Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light emitting device having an anode and a cathode, and a first layer and a second layer disposed between the anode and the cathode.

Abstract: The present invention provides an efficient process for preparing a nucleic acid oligomer, that is, a process for preparing a nucleic acid having a phosphate triester bond effectively by oxidizing a nucleic acid precursor having a phosphite triester bond. Also the present invention provides a process for preparing a nucleic acid compound having at its 5?-terminus a nucleotide represented by formula (I) by a phosphoramidite method, which comprises a step of reacting a precursor having a phosphite triester bond represented by a formula (II) (the definitions of substituents of formulae (I) and (II) are described in the Description) with an oxidation solution which contains iodine, pyridine and water, and a molar ratio of iodic acid to iodine (mole of iodic acid/mole of iodine) is 30×10?3 or less.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a colored resin composition containing an aluminum phthalocyanine pigment capable of forming a colored coating film with no foreign matter (preferably a colored coating film with no foreign matter and good adhesion). The colored resin composition of the present invention contains a colorant, a compound represented by formula (DA), a resin, and a solvent, wherein the colorant contains an aluminum phthalocyanine pigment. [In formula (DA), Rd1 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent. When the hydrocarbon group has 2 to 12 carbon atoms and the hydrocarbon group has —CH2—, —CH2— may be substituted with —O—, —S—, or —CO—. Rd2 and Rd3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, or Rd2 and Rd3 are combined to form a ring together with —CO—NRd1—CO—.

Abstract: A particulate composition contains ?-alumina particles, and water-absorbing polymer particles. The content of the water-absorbing polymer particles is 2 parts by mass or more and 60 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the ?-alumina particles, and the content of the ?-alumina particles in the particulate composition is 50% by mass or more.

Abstract: Provided is an ethylene-based modifier with which a film having good slipperiness and relatively less fish eyes can be formed. The ethylene-based modifier has a strain-hardening exponent of 0.27 or more and 0.53 or less as determined by the LAOS method.

Abstract: Provided is a film including a thermoplastic resin, in which a relative permittivity of the film at a frequency of 1 GHz is 3 or less, a dielectric loss tangent of the film at a frequency of 1 GHz is 0.005 or less, and a molecular orientation (MOR) value of the film, which is measured by a microwave orientation meter, is in a range of 1 to 1.1.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer having a sharp melting peak and allowing easy adjustment of the melting peak temperature. Specifically provided is a polymer having two or more kinds of constitutional units containing an alkyl group having 14 or more and 30 or less carbon atoms, wherein the proportions of the number of the two or more kinds of constitutional units containing an alkyl group having 14 or more and 30 or less carbon atoms are each 20% or more, with respect to 100% of the total number of all constitutional units containing an alkyl group having 14 or more and 30 or less carbon atoms. An enthalpy of fusion of the polymer observed within a temperature range of 10° C. or higher and lower than 60° C. in differential scanning calorimetry is 30 J/g or more.

Abstract: A salt represented by formula (I), an acid generator, a resin, and a resist composition including the same. wherein R1 and R2 each represent a hydroxy group, etc.; R4, R5, R7 and R8 each represent a halogen atom, etc.; R10 represents an acid-labile group; A1 and A2 each represent a hydrocarbon group; m1 represents an integer of 1 to 5, m2 and m8 represent an integer of 0 to 5, m4, m5 and m7 represents an integer of 0 to 4, 1?m1+m7?5, 0?m2+m8?5; Qb1 and Qb2 each represent a hydrogen atom, etc.; Lb1 represents a saturated hydrocarbon group; Yb1 represents a single bond or an alicyclic hydrocarbon group; Rbb1 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; X10 represents a single bond, etc.; and L10 represents a single bond or a hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: A salt represented by formula (I), an acid generator, a resin, and a resist composition including the same. wherein R1 to R3 each represent a hydroxy group, etc.; R4 to R9 each represent a halogen atom, etc.; R10 represents an acid-labile group; A1 to A3 each represent a hydrocarbon group; m1 and m7 represent an integer of 0 to 5, m2 to m6, m8 and m9 represent an integer of 0 to 4, 0?m1+m7?5, 0?m2+m8?4, 0?m3+m9?4; Qb1 and Qb2 each represent a hydrogen atom, etc.; Lb1 represents a saturated hydrocarbon group; Yb1 represents a single bond or an alicyclic hydrocarbon group; Rbb1 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; X10 represents a single bond, etc.; and L10 represents a single bond or a hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: A salt represented by formula (1), an acid generator, a resin, and a resist composition including the same. wherein R1 to R3 each represent a hydroxy group, etc.; R4 to R9 each represent a halogen atom, etc.; R10 represents an acid-labile group; A1 to A3 each represent a hydrocarbon group; m1 represents an integer of 1 to 5, m2, m3, m8 and m9 represent an integer of 0 to 5, m4 to m7 represent an integer of 0 to 4, 1?m1+m7?5, 0?m2+m8?5, 0?m3+m9?5; Qb1 and Qb2 each represent a hydrogen atom, etc.; Lb1 represents a saturated hydrocarbon group; Yb1 represents a single bond or an alicyclic hydrocarbon group; Rbb1 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; X10 represents a single bond, etc.; and L10 represents a single bond or a hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gel containing a water-absorbing crosslinked polymer, and a condensate of a reactive silicon compound having at least one selected from the group consisting of an acidic dissociative group, an acidic dissociative group in a salt form, and a derivative group of an acidic dissociative group.

Abstract: A method for machining a sputtering target that includes a sputtering surface, an opposing surface opposite to the sputtering surface, and an outer peripheral surface being between the sputtering surface and the opposing surface comprises the steps of: fixing the sputtering target on a fixing table by mounting the sputtering surface or the opposing surface of the sputtering target on the fixing table; and cutting the outer peripheral surface of the sputtering target by a cutting tool while rotating the cutting tool along a circumferential direction of the outer peripheral surface of the sputtering target.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention achieves a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer that has both favorable ion permeability and favorable heat resistance despite being thin. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer in accordance with an aspect of the present invention has a thickness of less than 8 ?m and an elastic modulus in a shear direction of not less than 16 GPa.

Abstract: A method of producing a film having excellent external quantum efficiency when used in a light emitting layer of a light emitting device is provided. A method of film production includes preparing an ink containing a specific metal complex, storing the ink for 3 days or more under light shielding, and forming a film by using the stored ink. The total content of metal complexes having a molecular weight larger by 16, 32 or 48 than that of the specific metal complex according to an area percentage value determined by liquid chromatography is 0.6 or less when the content of the specific metal complex is taken as 100.

Abstract: The present invention provides an excellent control method against plant diseases. A compound represented by formula (I) [wherein: Z represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group or the like; Q represents a group represented by Q1, a group represented by Q2, or a group represented by Q3 (wherein # represents the binding site to the phenyl group; and • represents the binding site to the sulfur atom); R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are identical to or different from each other, and each represent a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group or the like; R6, R7, R8, and R9 are identical to or different from each other, and each represent a hydrogen atom or the like; and n represents 0, 1, or 2] can be used for controlling plant diseases.

Abstract: Provided is a novel semiconductor material. A compound represented by the following formula (I): A1-B1-A1 (I) (In the formula (I), A1 represents an electron-withdrawing group, B1 is a divalent group including two or more constituent units that are linked by a single bond to constitute a ?-conjugated system, at least one of the two or more constituent units is a first constituent unit represented by the following formula (II), and the remaining second constituent unit other than the first constituent unit is a divalent group including an unsaturated bond, an arylene group, or a heteroarylene group.) (In the formula (II), Ar1, Ar2, Y, and R are as defined in the specification.).

Abstract: Provided are a bacterium having a 16S rRNA gene that contains a nucleotide sequence with 98.80% or more identity to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID No: 1 and having the ability to assimilate mannitol and the ability to control a plant disease and a bacterium with Accession Number of NITE BP-03197, NITE BP-03198, NITE BP-03199, NITE BP-03200, NITE BP-03201, or NITE BP-03202, and a control agent against a plant disease caused by Ralstonia solanacearum or Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum, containing bacterial cells or a cell culture product of the bacterium, or an extract thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a fiber-reinforced polypropylene composition having a light weight and improved mechanical strength. A carbon fiber-containing polypropylene composition contains a predetermined amount of each of polypropylene (component 1), carbon fiber (component 2), and modified polypropylene (component 3), wherein the component 2 contains a predetermined amount of each of a C—O bond, a C?O bond, an O—C?O bond, a C—C bond, and a C—N bond.

Abstract: The present invention provides an effective production method for a pyridone compound. More specifically, the present invention provides a production method comprising: a step of reacting the compound represented by formula (1) (in the formula, X1 and X2 each independently represent a halogen atom, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an amino group, or a group represented by NHCOR2, and R2 represents a C1-C5 alkyl group) with 4 to 10 times by mass, with respect to the compound represented by formula (1), of the compound represented by formula (2) (in the formula, R2 represents the same as described previously), in the presence of at least one of a tri(C1-C8 alkyl)amine and an alkali metal acetate, at a temperature of 100° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I), which compound is useful for improving the abrasion resistance of a vulcanized rubber composition (the symbols in the following formula are as defined in the description).