Abstract: A light control sheet including a light transmissive resin substrate, and a light control layer formed on the light transmissive resin substrate. The light control layer includes a liquid crystal layer and a pair of electrode layers that sandwich the liquid crystal layer. The light transmissive resin substrate includes a light transmissive resin sheet and a surface-treated layer that has a barrier property, the light transmissive resin sheet has a first surface that faces the light control layer and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the surface-treated layer is formed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface.

Abstract: This coating solution for a gas barrier contains an ammonium salt (A) of a polymer having a carboxyl group, a particulate multivalent metallic compound (B), and water, the content of the multivalent metallic compound (B) being about 0.5-2.0 times the chemical equivalent of the ammonium salt (A), and the mean particle diameter of the multivalent metallic compound (B) being about 4 ?m or less.

Abstract: A method of producing a lid including a top plate and a side wall extending downward from a periphery of the top plate, using molds, the molds including a papermaking mold and a drying mold. The top plate is provided with an abutting part abutting against an edge of an opening of a container, while an undercut part to be fitted to a lower part of the edge is formed on the side wall so as to be located below the abutting part. The papermaking mold is provided with suction holes at a level corresponding to a level of the undercut part formed on an inner surface of the side wall. The side wall is suctioned using the suction holes when a molded article is at least in one of several states to form the undercut part in a convex shape on the inner surface of the side wall.

Abstract: A power storage device packaging material includes a structure including at least a substrate layer, an adhesive layer, a metal foil layer, a sealant adhesive layer, and a sealant layer, which are laminated in this order, wherein the adhesive layer has a yield stress in the range of 3500 to 6500 N/cm2 and breaking elongation of 45 to 200% in a stress-strain curve determined by a tensile test at a tension rate of 6 mm/min. A power storage device packaging material according to the second aspect of the present disclosure includes a structure including at least a substrate layer, an adhesive layer, a metal foil layer, an anticorrosion treatment layer, a sealant adhesive layer, and a sealant layer, which are laminated in this order, wherein the adhesive layer has a glass transition temperature in a range of 140° C. or more and 160° C. or less.

Abstract: A biomolecule analysis kit includes a reaction container configured to perform an enzymatic reaction, the reaction container including a base portion which has a container-shaped portion and a low-adsorption structural portion which is provided on at least the inner surface of the container-shaped portion, the low-adsorption structural portion having an adsorption rate lower than the base portion at which at least one of a sample which becomes a target of analysis in the enzymatic reaction and a reagent for the enzymatic reaction is adsorbed thereonto, wherein a signal resulting from the enzymatic reaction is configured to be detected when the enzymatic reaction is performed in the reaction container.

Abstract: A thin-film transistor array including an insulating substrate, a gate insulating film sandwiched between a first structure and a second structure, the first structure including a gate electrode, a gate wire connected to the gate electrode, a capacitor electrode, and a capacitor wire connected to the capacitor electrode, and the second structure including a source electrode, a source wire connected to the source electrode, a drain electrode, and a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode, a resistor inserted between parts of the capacitor wire, and a semiconductor layer formed between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The pixel electrode is positioned over the capacitor electrode with the gate insulating film positioned therebetween and has a storage capacitance, and the source electrode and the drain electrode are positioned over the gate electrode with the gate insulating film positioned therebetween.

Abstract: A method of forming an undercut which is engageable with an edge, on a side wall of a cover intermediate body using a cover intermediate body and a secondary processing die. In the secondary processing die, a moving inner core has, on the outer surface thereof, a concave shape corresponding to a convex shape of the inner surface of the undercut. The moving inner core is made up of a plurality of core segments which are arranged along the circumferential direction. Each core segment is vertically movable along an inclined surface of a core. When the moving inner core is moved upward, the moving inner core transforms smaller than the inner diameter of the side wall of a cover. The slide core has, on the inner surface thereof, a convex shape corresponding to the concave shape of the undercut.

Abstract: A method of promoting spheroid formation, including: a preparation step of preparing a mixture obtained by mixing a cell sample with a promoter; and a culture step of culturing, inside a spheroid formation-culture vessel, the mixture obtained in the preparation step, in which the promoter is a polymer in which one or more selected from the group consisting of D-glucosamine, D-galactosamine, D-glucuronic acid, L-iduronic acid, and D-galactose are polymerized.

Abstract: The present invention provides a barrier film laminate including a first barrier film that includes a first substrate layer and a first barrier layer formed on the first substrate layer, a second barrier film that includes a second substrate layer and a second barrier layer formed on the substrate layer, and an adhesive layer. In the barrier film laminate, the first barrier film is bonded with the second barrier film so that the first barrier layer faces the second barrier layer with the adhesive layer interposed therebetween. In one embodiment of the barrier film laminate, the adhesive layer is formed of an adhesive containing an epoxy resin, a curing agent having an amino group, and either a silane coupling agent having an epoxy group or a silane coupling agent having an amino group and two hydrolyzable functional groups.

Abstract: An aseptic pillow packaging bag and a laminated resin film that can be preferably used to produce the packaging bag. The laminated resin film includes a center layer that has a first surface provided with an inner surface layer, and a second surface provided with an outer surface layer. In the laminated resin film, the inner surface layer is a first multilayer film made of linear low density polyethylene, including two or more films selected from C6L-LDPE and/or C8L-LDPE, the center layer is a nylon-based film, or a barrier nylon film, and the outer surface layer is formed by laminating a medium density polyethylene film onto a low density polyethylene film or a medium density polyethylene film with a nylon film interposed therebetween.

Abstract: There is provided an optical structure having a quantization phase difference structure on one surface of a quantization phase difference structure layer, wherein in the quantization phase difference structure, a plurality of quantization projecting portions in a constant size and a plurality of quantization recessed portions in a constant size are aligned, wherein a multiple diffraction region has the quantization phase difference structure where ribbed projecting portions, in which the quantization projecting portions are aligned in one direction, are arranged adjacent to and alternately with groove-like recessed portions, in which the quantization recessed portions are aligned parallel to the ribbed projecting portions, and wherein the multiple diffraction region is a quantization phase difference structure configured to reproduce a plurality of reproduction points discrete in one direction and arranged regularly.

Abstract: A method of assessing an anti-cancer drug including culturing a cell structure including cancer cells and stromal cells in a presence of at least one anti-cancer drug, and assessing an anti-cancer effect of the at least one anti-cancer drug based on a number of viable cancer cells in the cell structure after the culturing.

Abstract: An optical film comprises a first transparent film substrate, a matte layer arranged on the first transparent film substrate and having irregularities, the matte layer having a coefficient of static friction of not larger than 0.3 and a maximum height roughness Rz of not less than 0.05 ?m to not larger than 8 ?m.

Abstract: An optical structure includes a multilayer relief that has a first surface having an uneven shape, and a reflection layer that is formed on the first surface and reflects visible light. The multilayer relief includes a first resin layer that contains a non-radiation curable resin as a main component and constitutes the first surface, and a second resin layer that contains a radiation curable resin as a main component and is adjacent to the first resin layer. The first resin layer has a thickness smaller than an unevenness difference of the uneven shape.

Abstract: A power storage device packaging material including a substrate protective layer, a substrate layer, an adhesive layer, a metal foil layer, and a sealant layer in this order, wherein the substrate protective layer is made of a cured curable resin containing a plurality of types of particles having different average particle sizes, the curable resin contains a polyol component as a base resin and a polyisocyanate component as a hardener, and when, particles with a large average particle size are referred to as a large filler and particles with small average particle size are a small filler, the average particle size of the large filler is 10 ?m or more, and the average particle size of the small filler is 1 ?m or more, and an amount of the large filler is 3 mass % or more, and an amount of the small filler contained is 5 mass % or more.

Abstract: An identification apparatus or system includes an estimation unit that estimates an operating distance between the surface of an optical device and an imaging unit as an estimated value. A reference distance refers to the distance between a first face of an identification target and the imaging unit and at which light diffracted by a diffraction grating is capable of being recorded by the imaging unit. A first determination unit is included that determines whether the estimated value matches the reference distance and a second determination unit that determines whether an image captured by the imaging unit matches a reference image. Conditions for identifying the optical device as the identification target include a condition that the first determination unit determines that the estimated value matches the reference distance and a condition that the second determination unit determines that the image captured by the imaging unit matches the reference image.

Abstract: To provide a decorative sheet including a transparent resin layer having high transparency and excellent surface scratch resistance from the viewpoint of the design properties and a transparent resin sheet. A decorative sheet (1) according to one aspect of the present invention has a transparent resin layer (4) containing a crystalline polypropylene resin as the main component, in which a value of a peak area ratio x represented by the following expression (1) of the transparent resin layer (4) is x?0.4. Herein, S040, S130, and Sam in the following expression (1) are peak areas determined from an X-ray diffraction spectrum obtained by measuring the transparent resin layer with an X-ray diffractometer, S040 is the peak area from the Miller index (040) of polypropylene ? crystals, S130 is the peak area from the Miller index (130) of the polypropylene ? crystals, and Sam is the peak area of an amorphous material.

Abstract: A membrane electrode assembly and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell that are capable of improving water release in a high current region, where a large amount of water is generated, without impairing water retention under low humidity conditions, and also capable of exhibiting high power generation performance and durability under high humidity conditions, and also reducing the production cost of the electrode catalyst layer. A membrane electrode assembly of the present embodiment includes a polymer electrolyte membrane, and a pair of electrode catalyst layers sandwiching the polymer electrolyte membrane. At least one of the pair of electrode catalyst layers contains catalyst-supporting particles having a hydrophobic coating, hydrophobic polymer fibers, and a polymer electrolyte.

Abstract: A display of the present invention includes a multilayer film and at least one reflective surface. The multilayer film includes a laminate of at least two dielectric layers having refractive indices different from each other, and the laminate has a first major surface and a second major surface. The laminate has at least one recess formed in the first major surface. At least one reflective surface which faces the second major surface of the laminate, and is configured to direct light in a visible range, which has entered the multilayer film and then emerged at an angle of emergence from the second major surface, to be incident on the second major surface at an angle of incidence which is different from the angle of emergence of the light.

Abstract: A transparent conductive gas barrier laminate includes a first transparent gas barrier film; a transparent adhesive layer made of one adhesive selected from the group consisting of an acrylic adhesive, a silicone adhesive, a polyolefin adhesive, a urethane adhesive, and a polyvinyl ether adhesive; a transparent conductive layer made of a conductive organic material or a conductive inorganic material; and a second transparent gas barrier film. The first transparent gas barrier film, the transparent adhesive layer, the transparent conductive layer, and the second transparent gas barrier film are laminated in this order. A method for producing the transparent conductive gas barrier laminate includes bonding together the first transparent gas barrier film and the transparent conductive layer via the transparent adhesive layer.