Abstract: To provide trimanganese tetraoxide having a high tap density and a uniform particle size distribution, and its production process. Trimanganese tetraoxide having a tap density of at least 1.5 g/cm3 and a relative standard deviation of the particle size of at most 40%. A process for producing such trimanganese tetraoxide, which comprises a step of mixing a manganese aqueous solution and an alkaline aqueous solution so that the oxidation-reduction potential is at least 0 mV and OH?/Mn2+ (mol/mol) is at most 0.55.

Abstract: To provide trimanganese tetraoxide from which a lithium manganese oxide with less fusion of particles by firing, i.e. necking phenomenon, is obtained. Trimanganese tetraoxide characterized in that the pore volume of pores having 5 pore diameters of from 0.3 to 2 ?m is at least 0.1 mL/g. The pore volume of pores having pore diameters of from 0.5 to 1 ?m is preferably at least 0.03 mL/g.

Abstract: A pink-colored zirconia sintered body has a high sintered body density and strength, and a colored translucency, which has a color tone similar to teeth and excellent translucency and has high aesthetic properties. A colored translucent zirconia sintered body includes from 2 to 4 mol % of yttria, from 0.02 to 0.8 mol % of Er2O3, at least 20 and less than 2,000 ppm, as calculated as Fe2O3, of an iron compound, at least 0.005 and less than 0.2 wt % of Al2O3 and the rest being zirconia, and having a lightness L* of from 55 to 75, a* of from 0 to 10 and b* of from 0 to 30 as chromatic parameters stipulated in JIS-Z8729, has a relative density of at least 99.80% and has a total light transmittance of at least 18% and at most 40% as measured at a sample thickness of 1 mm using a D65 light source.

Abstract: Provided are: a polyethylene laminate that exhibits excellent flexibility, barrier properties, and cleanliness (a low occurrence of fine particles), that does not deform even after sterilization treatment at 121° C., and that maintains high transparency; and a medical container using same. The medical container is configured by layering: an outer layer and an inner layer that comprise from 20 to 80 wt % of a high-density polyethylene (A) having specific properties, from 0 to 50 wt % of a linear low-density polyethylene (B1), and from 5 to 40 wt % of an ethylene-based polymer (C); and an intermediate layer that comprises from 10 to 40 wt % of the high-density polyethylene (A) and from 60 to 90 wt % of the linear low-density polyethylene (B1).

Abstract: The present invention provides a complex oxide sintered body 10 wherein Zr/(In+Zr+Y) is 0.05 to 4.5 at % and Y/(In+Zr+Y) is 0.005 to 0.5 at % in an atomic ratio when indium, zirconium, and yttrium are designated by In, Zr, and Y, respectively. Moreover, the present invention provides a sputtering target including the complex oxide sintered body 10 and a transparent conductive oxide film obtained by sputtering the sputtering target.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the first problem of providing an Fc-binding protein having improved stability, especially stability to heat and acid, of the Fc-binding protein, a method for producing this protein, and an antibody adsorbent using this protein. The present invention also addresses the second problem of providing a method that makes it possible to identify the presence or absence of glycosylation of an antibody, and a material to be used in this method. The first problem is solved by an Fc-binding protein having improved stability to heat and acid obtained by substituting amino acid residues at specific positions in the extracellular domain within human Fc?RIIIa with other specific amino acids, a method for producing this protein, and an antibody adsorbent using this protein. The second problem is solved by using an adsorbent capable of specifically adsorbing an antibody having a sugar chain, the adsorbent being obtained by immobilizing human Fc?RIIIa on an insoluble carrier.

Abstract: The invention provides an oxide sintered compact 2 composed of a crystal phase which consists of a bixbite-type oxide phase and a perovskite-type oxide phase, or a bixbite-type oxide phase, the crystal phase having indium, tin, strontium and oxygen as the constituent elements, and the indium, the tin and the strontium contents satisfying formulas (1) and (2) in terms of atomic ratio, as well as a sputtering target. There are further provided an oxide transparent conductive film formed using the sputtering target, and a solar cell. Sn/(In+Sn+Sr)=0.01-0.11??(1) Sr/(In+Sn+Sr)=0.0005-0.004??(2) [In formulas (1) and (2), In, Sn and Sr represent indium, tin and strontium contents (atomic percent), respectively.

Abstract: There is provided a zinc oxide sintered compact with a zirconium content of 10 to 1000 ppm, and a sputtering target containing the zinc oxide sintered compact. There is also provided a zinc oxide thin-film having a zirconium content of 10 to 2000 ppm and a resistivity of 10 ?·cm or greater.

Abstract: [Problem] The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a pentasil-type zeolite that combines a higher BET specific surface area and a higher acid amount than previously; and a method for manufacturing said pentasil-type zeolite. [Solution] A pentasil-type zeolite characterized in that the BET specific surface area thereof is 450 m2/g or more, and furthermore the acid amount thereof, measured by the ammonia-TPD method, is 0.38 mmol/g or more. This pentasil-type zeolite can be obtained by a manufacturing method which has a crystallization step for crystallizing a mixture containing tetrabutylphosphonium cations, a silica source, an alumina source, an alkali metal source, and water, and which is characterized in that the molar ratio of the alkali metal relative to the silica in the mixture is greater than 0.04 and less than 0.10.

Abstract: Provided is a production method for a composite active material for lithium secondary batteries which enables production of an electrode material in which volume expansion is suppressed even after repeated charging and discharging, and enables production of a lithium secondary battery exhibiting excellent cycle characteristics. A composite active material for lithium secondary batteries is produced using a mixing step of mixing graphite having a specific surface area of not less than 30 m2/g, silicon monoxide, and a carbon precursor to obtain a mixture; a conglobation step of performing conglobation treatment on the mixture and obtaining a spherical mixture; and a heating step of heat-treating the spherical mixture and producing a substantially spherical composite active material for lithium secondary batteries.

Abstract: A resin composition containing a specific cellulose-based resin and a specific fumaric acid diester polymer in a specific blending ratio or containing, as the resin component, a specific cellulose-based resin and a specific fumaric acid diester polymer in a specific blending ratio and containing the resin component and an additive having an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or the like in a specific blending ratio. An optical compensation film can be produced using the resin composition.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a Group IV metal oxide film useful as a semiconductor element or an optical element at a low temperature. The present invention relates to a method for producing a Group IV metal oxide film, comprising coating a surface of a substrate with a film-forming material dissolved in an organic solvent, and subjecting the substrate to a heat treatment, an ultraviolet irradiation treatment, or both of these treatments, wherein a film-forming material obtained by reacting a vinylenediamide complex having a specific structure with an oxidizing agent such as oxygen gas, air, ozone, water and hydrogen peroxide is used as the film-forming material.

Abstract: A nickel-manganese composite oxyhydroxide which is stable in the air, in which manganese oxide (Mn3O4) will not form as a by-product during long term storage or at the time of drying, and which has high metal element dispersibility, its production method, and its use. A nickel-manganese composite oxyhydroxide having a chemical compositional formula represented by Ni(0.25+?)?xM1xMn(0.75??)?yM2yOOH (wherein each of M1 and M2 which are independent of each other, is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn and Zr, 0?x?0.1, 0?y?0.25, and ?0.025???0.025), and having a hexagonal cadmium hydroxide type crystal structure, its production method and its use.

Abstract: Provided is AEI zeolite having a uniform acid strength of an appropriate degree. AEI zeolite comprising phosphorus, preferably AEI zeolite comprising phosphorus in the pores, and a method for producing AEI zeolite comprising a crystallization step of crystallizing a raw material mixture containing a tetraethylphosphonium cation.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a ruthenium complex represented by formula (1a), (2), (3), etc., which is useful for producing a ruthenium-containing thin film both under the conditions using an oxidizing gas as the reaction gas and under the conditions using a reducing gas as the reaction gas: wherein R1a to R7a, R8, R9 and R10 to R18 represents an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 6, etc., and n represents an integer of 0 to 2.

Abstract: Provided is a cylindrical ceramic sputtering target, which significantly reduces the occurrence of a crack, a chip, extraordinary discharge and a nodule. By filling a molten bonding material in a cavity defined by a cylindrical ceramic target material and a cylindrical base material, starting cooling the molten bonding material from its one end toward its other end in a cylindrical axial direction in sequence, and further filling the molten bonding material in the cavity during cooling, a cylindrical ceramic sputtering target is manufactured so as to be characterized in that as observed by an X-ray radiograph of the bonding material, the total area of portions where no bonding material exists is 10 cm2 or less per 50 cm2 of X-ray radiograph area, and the maximum area of the portions where no bonding material exists is 9 cm2 or less.

Abstract: To provide a composite oxide sintered body from which an oxide transparent conductive film having lower light absorption properties in a wide wavelength region and having a low resistance can be obtained, and an oxide transparent conductive film. A composite oxide sintered body containing indium, zirconium, hafnium and oxygen, wherein the atomic ratio of the elements constituting the sintered body satisfies the following formulae, where In, Zr and Hf are respectively contents of indium, zirconium and hafnium: Zr/(In+Zr+Hf)=0.05 to 4.5 at % Hf/(In+Zr+Hf)=0.0002 to 0.15 at %.

Abstract: The present invention provides an LEV-type zeolite which is less likely than a conventional LEV-type zeolite to have reduced zeolite crystallinity even when exposed to high-temperature, high-humidity environments, particularly high-temperature, high-humidity environments of at least 700° C. The LEV-type zeolite has a molar ratio of silica to alumina of at least 20 and a molar ratio of silanol groups to silicon of at most 1.5×10?2. Such an LEV-type zeolite preferably has a silanol volume of at most 1.5×1020/g.

Abstract: A resin composition including from 30 to 99 wt % of a cellulose-based resin represented by the following formula (1) and from 70 to 1 wt % of a fumaric acid ester polymer containing 30 mol % or more of a fumaric acid diester residue unit represented by the following formula (2); an optical compensation film using the same; and a production method of the optical compensation film. (wherein R1 to R3 represent a substituent having a carbon number of 1 to 12, and R4 and R5 represent an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 12).

Abstract: To provide a novel diisopropyl fumarate-cinnamic acid derivative-based copolymer expected to be formed into a retardation film having excellent optical properties ensuring that, for example, the refractive index in the film thickness direction and the out-of-plane retardation are large and even in the form of a thin film, the film has a high out-of-plane retardation, and a retardation film using the same. The diisopropyl fumarate-cinnamic acid derivative-based copolymer contains: a diisopropyl fumarate residue unit; and a cinnamic acid residue unit or a cinnamic acid ester residue unit having an alkyl group with a carbon number of 1 to 6.