Abstract: The flame-retardant adhesive composition contains a styrene-based elastomer containing a carboxyl group, an epoxy resin, and a phosphorus-containing oligomer including a structural unit represented by general formula (1), and the epoxy resin content is 1-20 parts by mass and the phosphorus-containing oligomer content is 10-50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the styrene-based elastomer containing carboxyl groups. (wherein, R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, n is an integer of 1-20.

Abstract: An adhesive composition, which exhibits excellent adhesion to base films made from polyimide resins and the like or copper foils, as well as superior electrical properties, and a laminate having an adhesive layer, which is low in warpage when the adhesive layer is in the B stage, and which is excellent in storage stability of the laminate, are provided.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing polymer fine particles having a narrow particle diameter distribution without any particular limitations on the raw materials and the like. To achieve this purpose, this method for manufacturing polymer fine particles includes polymerizing a vinyl monomer using a dispersion polymerization method, wherein the amount of water in the reaction liquid in the polymerizing is no more than 30,000 ppm, the reactor for carrying out the polymerizing is a stirring tank reactor, the stirring blade attached to the stirring rotation shaft of the stirring tank reactor is one type selected from a large wide blade and a large lattice blade, and the tip speed of the stirring blade is no more than 1.0 m/sec.

Abstract: An adhesive composition which contains a vinyl polymer and an acrylic adhesive polymer, and wherein: the vinyl polymer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of from 60° C. to 200° C. (inclusive) and a number-average molecular weight of from 500 to 10,000; and the vinyl polymer is contained in an amount of from 0.5 part by mass to 60 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the acrylic adhesive polymer. If this adhesive composition is applied to a separator and then dried, thereby obtaining an adhesive layer, a first Tg that is the glass transition temperature of the entire adhesive layer is from ?80° C. to 10° C., and a second Tg that is the glass transition temperature calculated from a surface layer portion of the adhesive layer as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is 40° C. or higher, and is higher than the first Tg by 30° C. or more.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery electrode is obtained by coating and drying a slurry including an active material, a crosslinking water-absorbing resin particle, a binder, and water, on a current collector surface to form a mixture layer and then compressing the mixture layer, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes the electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution.

Abstract: The composition for producing neural stem cells provided by the present invention contains an artificially synthesized synthetic peptide having a neural stem cell-inducing peptide sequence that induces neural stem cells from fibroblasts, and one or two or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers. The neural stem cell-inducing peptide sequence is any of (i) an amino acid sequence constituting a signal peptide of any protein belonging to the amyloid precursor protein (APP) family, (ii) a partial amino acid sequence of the amino acid sequence of (i), and (iii) a modified amino acid sequence of the amino acid sequence of (i) or (ii).

Abstract: The polyester-based resin composition according to the present invention is, at least, a polyester-based resin composition including: a polyester resin (A); a surfactant (B); and a terpene-based resin (C), in which the polyester resin (A) is obtained by copolymerizing, as a constituent component, a compound that has, as a frame, a polyalkylene glycol having a number of repeating units of from 3 to 50, in which the surfactant (B) is a non-ionic surfactant having a polyalkylene glycol frame, in which a mixing ratio (A)/(C) of the polyester resin (A) to the terpene-based resin (C) is from 80/20 to 99/1 by mass ratio, and in which the polyester-based resin composition has a water contact angle of 30° or less.

Abstract: To provide a 2-cyanoacrylate-based adhesive composition not only exhibiting an excellent adhesion rate to a metal and a thermoplastic elastomer low in polarity, but also being excellent in storage stability. A 2-cyanoacrylate-based adhesive composition containing a 2-cyanoacrylic acid ester, and a compound having a sulfur atom-containing heteroallene structure.

Abstract: To provide a chemical adsorbent for an acid gas, the chemical adsorbent having a high chemical adsorbing performance and not causing resin degradation, and to provide a deodorant processed product such as paper, nonwoven fabric, or fibers, the deodorant processed product exhibiting an excellent deodorizing performance by using the adsorbent. A chemical adsorbent for an acid gas, the chemical adsorbent including an amorphous zirconyl hydroxide represented by Formula (1) below, as a main component, and a deodorant processed product in which the chemical adsorbent for an acid gas is applied or kneaded: (ZrO)1?x(HfO)x(OH)y.zH2O ??(1) in which, in Formula (1): x, y, and z each represents a positive number; x represents a number from 0.0001 to 0.005; y represents a number from 1.9 to 3.0; and z represents a number from 0.05 to 1.0.

Abstract: Apparatus for producing alkali hydroxide and method for operating apparatus for producing alkali hydroxide are provided. A cooling chamber through which a coolant can pass is constructed by placing a separation wall in a cathode chamber on a side opposite to an ion-exchange membrane, and a flow rate adjuster, such as manual valves, which can adjust the supply flow rate of the coolant is placed in each unit cell. The electrolytic temperature of each unit cell is regulated at an optimum operating temperature depending on the current density by adjusting the flow rate of the coolant without individually adjusting the flow rate of salt water supplied to the unit cell or the concentration of the salt water.

Abstract: A binder for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery electrode and use thereof are described. The binder contains a crosslinked polymer or salt thereof, the crosslinked polymer having an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and a crosslinkable monomer in constituent monomers thereof, or salt thereof, wherein the crosslinked polymer includes the ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid in an amount of 20 to 99.95 mass % of the total constituent monomers, and the crosslinked polymer includes at least one compound selected from the group made of trimethylolpropane diallyl ether and trimethylolpropane triallyl ether as the crosslinkable monomer.

Abstract: A subject of the present invention is to provide a cosmetic for unevenness correction which has an excellent effect of concealing wrinkles and pores and correcting skin unevenness and has good compatibility with a makeup cosmetic. The present inventors have found that the cosmetic for unevenness correction which conceals wrinkles and pores and has good compatibility with a makeup cosmetic at the time of application can be easily provided by using a polyacrylate water-absorbing polymer having a specific water absorption capacity, but not a water-soluble macromolecule having a thickening effect commonly used in cosmetics, and they thus have completed the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides a (meth)acrylate manufacturing method characterized in that when manufacturing a (meth)acrylate by an ester exchange reaction between an alcohol and a monofunctional (meth)acrylate using catalyst A and catalyst B together, contact treatment of the ester exchange reaction product with adsorbent C is performed. Catalyst A: One or more kinds of compounds selected from a group consisting of cyclic tertiary amines with an azabicyclo structure and salts or complexes thereof, amidine and salts or complexes thereof, compounds with a pyridine ring and salts or complexes thereof, phosphines and salts or complexes thereof, and compounds with a tertiary diamine structure and salts or complexes thereof. Catalyst B: One or more kinds of compounds selected from a group consisting of compounds comprising zinc. Adsorbent C: One or more kinds of compounds selected from a group consisting of oxides and hydroxides comprising at least one of magnesium, aluminum and silicon.

Abstract: A molding packaging material excellent in interlaminar lamination strength is provided, in which it is possible to prevent deterioration of the interlaminar strength due to influences of electrolytes and also possible to prevent deterioration of the interlaminar strength due to influences of heat generation and/or expansion/contraction of the packaging material caused by repetition of charging/discharging.

Abstract: An antiviral agent of the present invention includes an inorganic solid acid having an acid site concentration of more than 0.005 mmol/g. The inorganic solid acid preferably includes an inorganic phosphoric acid compound, an inorganic silicic acid compound, or an inorganic oxide. An acid strength (pKa) of an acid site in the inorganic solid acid is preferably 3.3 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a method for easily reinforcing a three-dimensional shaped object. The method for reinforcing a three-dimensional shaped object comprises reinforcing the three-dimensional shaped object using an impregnating composition containing a 2-cyanoacrylic acid ester having a specific structure, said impregnating composition having a viscosity at 25° C. in a range of from 1 to 1000 mPa·s, and said impregnating composition having a Shore hardness D in a range of from 20 to 75 when being hardened. Preferably, the three-dimensional shaped object is formed of an inorganic powder.

Abstract: A binder for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery electrode, containing a crosslinked polymer or salt thereof having a carboxyl group and a use thereof, and a method of manufacturing the polymer or salt. The polymer has a structural unit derived from an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer in an amount of 50 to 99 mass % of total structural units and a structural unit derived from a nonionic ethylenically unsaturated monomer in an amount of 1 to 50 mass % of the total structural units, the monomer is a compound having a substituent with a carbon atom number of 6 or more, and a particle diameter of the crosslinked polymer is 0.1 to 7.0 ?m in a volume-based median diameter when the crosslinked polymer is neutralized to a neutralization degree of 80 to 100 mol %, subjected to water swelling in water, and then dispersed in a 1 mass % NaCl aqueous solution.

Abstract: The present invention is a composition for detecting a latent fingerprint characterized in that the composition includes a 2-cyanoacrylate and a silicone oil, and that a content of the silicone oil is in a range from 700 to 9000 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the 2-cyanoacrylate. The composition may further include a fluorescent dye, a stabilizer, etc.

Abstract: Provided are: a deodorizer that has high VOC-adsorbing performance and can exhibit deodorizing properties even in a case in which the deodorizer is kneaded into resin, a deodorizing processed product produced by using the deodorizer, and a method for producing the deodorizer. The deodorizer of the present invention is characterized by including a zeolite represented by the following Formula [1], in which the zeolite is obtained by producing a zeolite and then heating the produced zeolite at a temperature of from 120° C. to 250° C.: xNa2O.Al2O3.ySiO2.zH2O [1]. In Formula [1], x represents a positive number of from 0.5 to 5.0, y represents a positive number of from 80 to 150, and z represents a positive number of from 1 to 20.

Abstract: Provided are a synthetic peptide that induces the reprogramming of a differentiated cell, a reprogramming-inducing pharmaceutical composition that contains this synthetic peptide, and a method for producing an undifferentiated cell from a differentiated cell using this synthetic peptide. The peptide provided by the present invention is a synthetic peptide having a reprogramming-inducing peptide sequence formed of the amino acid sequence given by SEQ ID NO: 1 or a modified amino acid sequence thereof. The method for producing an undifferentiated cell provided by the present invention includes inducing the reprogramming of a target cell by culturing a cell culture which contains the target cell and to which the synthetic peptide has been supplied.