Abstract: Provided is a means capable of realizing a surface-roughening method for modifying the surface of a resin molded article to form a surficial layer, such as a coating or plating, or to impart a function derived from the surface configuration. The method comprises adding a resin composition and performing a post-treatment and is thus simpler and easier than conventional methods. The resin composition is a composition for resin surface roughening that contains an aliphatic polycarbonate and an alkali metal salt.

Abstract: A water-absorbent resin that exhibits a high liquid-retention capacity under a load and a small amount of re-wet, even when it is used in an absorbent material having a low proportion of hydrophilic fibers. The water-absorbent resin includes a polymer of a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer, wherein when a cross-sectional image of the water-absorbent resin is observed using X-ray computed tomography, the water-absorbent resin has cavity area percentage in the cross-sectional image of 10% or less.

Abstract: Provided is an aliphatic polycarbonate resin having excellent water repellency. Also provided are a partition material, a substrate and a method for producing the same, a method for producing a wiring substrate, and a wiring forming method. The aliphatic polycarbonate resin of the present invention comprises a structural unit represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1, R2, and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a C1-C10 alkyl group, or a C6-C20 aryl group; X is a substituent having a fluorine atom; and R1, R2, and R3 may be the same or different; and the aliphatic polycarbonate resin has a contact angle against water of 90° or more.

Abstract: This invention provides a means capable of treating skin ulcers. More specifically, the invention provides a composition for preventing and/or treating skin wounds, the composition comprising carbon monoxide.

Abstract: The present invention provides an epoxy resin composition that can produce a cured product maintaining good dielectric characteristics (low dielectric constant and low dielectric loss tangent), and having high adhesion strength to metal; and also provides a process for producing the same, a cured product obtained by curing the epoxy resin composition, and use thereof. The present invention includes an epoxy resin composition comprising an epoxy resin, an acid anhydride-based curing agent, and a curing accelerator, the epoxy resin being represented by the formula (1): wherein X is a divalent group obtained by removing two hydrogen atoms from a hydrocarbon ring, or a divalent group represented by the formula (2): wherein Y is a bond, a C1-6 alkylene group, etc.; R1 is the same or different, and is a C1-18 alkyl group, etc., R2 is the same or different, and is a C1-18 alkylene group, etc., R3 is the same or different, and is a C1-18 alkyl group, etc.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition that can preserve biomaterials. The biomaterial preservation composition of the present invention includes a microbubble.

Abstract: Disclosed is an additive for non-aqueous electrolyte solutions, which include a compound represented by Formula (1). In Formula (1), X represents a sulfonyl group or a carbonyl group, R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms which may be substituted with a halogen atom, or the like, and R2 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms which may be substituted with a halogen atom, or represents a divalent group formed of a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms which may be substituted with a halogen atom, and an oxygen atom that constitutes a cyclic structure together with the hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: This invention provides a more efficient means for treating inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases using CO. More specifically, the invention provides a composition for preventing and/or treating inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases, the composition comprising carbon monoxide and a solvent, the CO concentration being 800 ?M or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition that can preserve cells. The composition of the present invention includes a microbubble.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a carboxyl group-containing polymer composition that is excellent in all of the following: dispersibility in water or the like immediately after the preparation, storage stability, and the transparency of a neutral viscous solution thereof. A method for producing a carboxyl group-containing polymer composition, the carboxyl group-containing polymer composition comprising a carboxyl group-containing polymer (A) that is a copolymer of monomers comprising an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid (a-1) and a compound (a-2) having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups per molecule; and a nonionic surfactant (B), the method comprising the step of copolymerizing the monomers, wherein in the step, the nonionic surfactant (B) is added into the system when the polymerization degree of the ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid (a-1) has reached 70 to 100%.

Abstract: Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolytic solution for an energy storage device, including a non-aqueous solvent, an electrolyte salt, a first additive consisting of a sulfolane compound represented by the following formula (1), and a second additive which is at least one selected from the group consisting of a cyclic sulfuric ester compound represented by the following formula (2a) and a dinitrile compound represented by the following formula (2b):

Abstract: There is provided a gel composition that can be suitably used as a thickener for cosmetic preparations and the like. A gel composition comprising a neutralized product of an alkyl-modified carboxyl group-containing polymer, which is a copolymer of monomers comprising 100 parts by mass of (meth)acrylic acid (a), 2.5 to 5 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester (b) in which the alkyl group has 18 to 24 carbon atoms, and 0.1 part by mass or less of a compound (c) having two or more ethylenically unsaturated groups; and at least one of an anionic emulsifier and a nonionic emulsifier.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an absorbent body according to the present invention includes a first step of successively introducing an aggregate of absorbent fibers and a water-absorbent resin into a gap that is formed between a first surface and a second surface and is smaller than a thickness of the aggregate of the absorbent fibers, recesses and protrusions being formed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface, a second step of applying a shearing force to the aggregate of the absorbent fibers by moving the first surface relative to and parallel to the second surface in order to mix the absorbent fibers and the water-absorbent resin, and a third step of causing the absorbent fibers and the water-absorbent resin that were mixed to fall, and stacking the absorbent fibers and the water-absorbent resin by suctioning the absorbent fibers and the water-absorbent resin into a recessed portion having a predetermined shape.

Abstract: Provided is an aliphatic polycarbonate applicable to the production of a block copolymer by radical polymerization. The aliphatic polycarbonate is represented by formula (1): wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are identical or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; A and B are identical or different, and each represents a substituent that serves as an initiating group for living radical polymerization, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group, or a carboxy group, provided that at least one of A and B is a substituent that serves as an initiating group for living radical polymerization; and m is an integer of 10 to 2500.

Abstract: This binder for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery electrodes contains: a copolymer of vinyl alcohol and an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid alkali metal neutralized product; and a polyalkylene oxide.

Abstract: Provided is an epoxy resin composition that has excellent electric characteristics (particularly low dielectric tangent), and that can achieve high adhesive strength to metal. Specifically, provided is an epoxy resin composition comprising an active ester compound and an epoxy resin having a specific structure.

Abstract: Provided is an epoxy resin composition that can achieve excellent low dielectric characteristics and high adhesive strength to metal. Specifically, provided is an epoxy resin composition comprising organic fine particles and an epoxy resin having a specific structure.

Abstract: Provided is a water-absorbent resin dispersion that is capable of maintaining the dispersibility of a water-absorbent resin more readily than conventional dispersions. The water-absorbent resin dispersion of the present invention comprises a water-absorbent resin, a thickener, and an organic solvent, the thickener being dissolved in the organic solvent, and the water-absorbent resin being dispersed in the organic solvent. The water-absorbent resin dispersion of the present invention is capable of maintaining the dispersibility of a water-absorbent resin more readily than conventional dispersions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing water-absorbent resin particles that has a low stirring load, and can produce water-absorbent resin particles having a particle diameter within a specific range, with high productivity. The method for producing water-absorbent resin particles comprises adding an ethylenically unsaturated monomer all at once to a hydrocarbon dispersion medium mixed with a surfactant to perform reversed phase suspension polymerization, wherein the reversed phase suspension polymerization is performed in one step, or two or more steps, the surfactant is at least one selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene alkyl ether phosphates, alkali metal salts of polyoxyethylene alkyl ether phosphates, and alkaline earth metal salts of polyoxyethylene alkyl ether phosphates, and the surfactant has an HLB of 9 to 15.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing water-absorbing resin particles for which surface cross-linking treatment is conducted, the surface cross-linking treatment being conducted by spraying a surface cross-linking agent to a water-absorbing resin particle precursor and heating the agent and the precursor, the apparatus includes a treatment container in which the surface cross-linking treatment is conducted, a stirring device including a stirring member disposed in the treatment container, a heating device that heats an inside of the treatment container; and a spray nozzle disposed in the treatment container, the spray nozzle spraying into the treatment container the surface cross-linking agent supplied from a surface cross-linking agent supply source in an exterior of the treatment container through a supply pipe. In a flow path in the spray nozzle spanning from an entrance of the spray nozzle to a spray exit, a point whose opening cross-section is smallest in a flow path through which a fluid passes is the spray exit.