Abstract: Provided is a silicide-based alloy material with which environmental load can be reduced and high thermoelectric conversion performance can be obtained. Provided is a silicide-based alloy material including silicon and ruthenium as main components, in which when the contents of silicon and ruthenium are denoted by Si and Ru, respectively, the atomic ratio of the devices constituting the alloy material satisfies the following: 45 atm %?Si/(Ru+Si)?70 atm % 30 atm %?Ru/(Ru+Si)?55 atm %.

Abstract: A zirconia sintered body that includes a transparent zirconia portion and an opaque zirconia portion has a biaxial bending strength of 300 MPa or more. In addition, the opaque zirconia portion is configured by an opaque zirconia sintered body that is any one of a dark-colored zirconia sintered body, a medium-light-colored zirconia sintered body, and a light-colored zirconia sintered body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to resin particles including a residue unit represented by the following general formula (1) and having a volume average particle diameter equal to or more than 5 ?m and equal to or less than 2000 ?m, and a method for producing thereof. Furthermore the present invention relates to a fluororesin comprising a residue unit represented by a general formula (1) and having a weight average molecular weight Mw in a range of 5×104 to 3×105, and a yellow index of a heat-melted molded product (thickness 3 mm) after 24 h at 280° C. of equal to or less than 6, and a method for producing thereof. In the formula (1), Rf1, Rf2, Rf3, and Rf4 are each independently one of the groups consisting of a fluorine atom, a linear perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, a branched perfluoroalkyl group having 3 to 7 carbon atoms, or a cyclic perfluoroalkyl group having 3 to 7 carbon atoms. The perfluoroalkyl group may have an ethereal oxygen atom.

Abstract: A sputtering target for a gallium nitride thin film, which has a low oxygen content, a high density and a low resistivity. A gallium nitride powder having powder physical properties of a low oxygen content and a high bulk density is used and hot pressing is conducted at high temperature in high vacuum to prepare a gallium nitride sintered body having a low oxygen content, a high density and a low resistivity.

Abstract: A method for inducing differentiation of a pluripotent stem cell into an ectodermal cell, that includes coating a cell culture substrate having regions (A) and (B) below with Matrigel or the like, and seeding the pluripotent stem cell, (A) an island-shaped region having cell adhesiveness or the like, and an adjacent region (B) having no cell adhesiveness or the like; forming a pluripotent stem cell aggregate adhering onto the cell culture substrate by adherently culturing the seeded pluripotent stem cell in a feeder-free manner in an undifferentiated state maintenance medium; forming an embryoid body by culturing the formed pluripotent stem cell aggregate in a medium containing a differentiation-inducing factor in a state of adhering onto the cell culture substrate; and forming an ectodermal cell aggregate by culturing the formed embryoid body in a medium containing a differentiation-inducing factor in a state of adhering onto the cell culture substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a polyethylene laminate, which has high recyclability, is excellent in physical characteristics, such as rigidity, strength, and impact resistance, and is excellent in heat-sealing property. The heat-sealing polyethylene laminate of the present invention includes: a stretched film of an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene-based resin (A) having a viscosity-average molecular weight of from 300,000 to 15,000,000; and a low molecular weight ethylene-based resin layer, which is arranged on at least one side of the stretched film of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene-based resin (A) and includes an ethylene-based resin.

Abstract: A triazine compound represented by formula (1) is provided. In the formula (1), A and B each independently represent an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; L represents a phenyl group or a naphthyl group; n is 0 or 1; and C represents any one of groups X, Y, and Z below, wherein Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represent an aromatic hydrocarbon group or a pyridyl group.

Abstract: Provided is a silicide-based alloy material with which environmental load can be reduced and high thermoelectric conversion performance can be obtained. Provided is a silicide-based alloy material including silicon and ruthenium as main components, in which when the contents of silicon and ruthenium are denoted by Si and Ru, respectively, the atomic ratio of the devices constituting the alloy material satisfies the following: 45 atm %?Si/(Ru+Si)?70 atm % 30 atm %?Ru/(Ru+Si)?55 atm %.

Abstract: Provided is a method of stabilizing a perfluorodioxolane compound, which includes having a quinone compound present in a composition containing a perfluorodioxolane compound, wherein the perfluorodioxolane compound is one or more perfluorodioxolane compounds selected from the group consisting of a perfluorodioxolane compound denoted by general formula (1) and a perfluorodioxolane compound denoted by general formula (2).

Abstract: A sintered body includes zirconia, iron, cobalt and titanium, in which a total iron and cobalt content is more than 0.1 mass % and less than 3 mass % and a titanium content is more than 3 mass %.

Abstract: To provide a cobalt complex which is liquid at room temperature, useful for producing a cobalt-containing thin film under conditions without using an oxidizing gas. A cobalt complex represented by the following formula (1): wherein L1 and L2 represent a unidentate amide ligand of the following formula (A), a bidentate amide ligand of the following formula (B) or a hetero atom-containing ligand of the following formula (C): wherein R1 and R2 represent a C1-6 alkyl group or a tri(C1-6 alkyl)silyl group, and the wave line represents a binding site to the cobalt atom; wherein R3 represents a tri(C1-6 alkyl)silyl group, R4 and R5 represent a C1-4 alkyl group, and X represents a C1-6 alkylene group; wherein R6 and R8 represent a C1-6 alkyl group, R7 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group, Y represents an oxygen atom or NR9, Z represents an oxygen atom or NR10, and R9 and R10 independently represent a C1-6 alkyl group.

Abstract: Provided are a pentasil-type zeolite that is less likely to adsorb water compared to conventional zeolites and has excellent strength when used as a molded body, and a method for producing the pentasil-type zeolite. A pentasil-type zeolite having a water adsorption amount of 4.0 g/100 g-zeolite or less under the conditions of 25° C. and a relative humidity of 90% and having a major axis diameter of primary particles of from 0.2 ?m to 4.0 ?m, and a method for producing the pentasil-type zeolite.

Abstract: A zirconia powder is provided comprising a yttria source and zirconia, wherein a content of the yttria source is 4.5 mol % or more and 6.5 mol % or less and the remainder is zirconia, a ratio of a total of tetragonal and cubic crystals to an entire crystal phase of zirconia is 90% or less, a BET specific surface area is 7.5 m2/g or more and 15 m2/g or less, and an average crystallite size is 325 ? or greater. The powders are useful in producing sintered bodies having the mechanical strength and the translucency desired for use in dental prosthetic materials, and precursors thereof.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a zirconia sintered body includes molding a powder composition that has a yttria content of more than 3% by mole and 5.2% by mole or less and that contains a first zirconia powder having a yttria content of 2% by mole or more and 4% by mole or less and a second zirconia powder having a yttria content of more than 4% by mole and 6% by mole or less to obtain a green body, and sintering the green body to obtain a sintered body.

Abstract: Provided is at least one of an improvement in the thermal stability of a CHA-type zeolite, which is achieved by a method different from that of the related art for improving thermal stability; a method for producing a CHA-type zeolite that improves thermal stability; and such a CHA-type zeolite. Provided is a CHA-type zeolite having a 1H-MAS-NMR spectrum and an IR spectrum in which, preferably, in the 1H-MAS-NMR spectrum, a ratio of an integrated intensity of a maximum peak having a peak top at a chemical shift of 3.0 to 3.5 ppm to an integrated intensity of a maximum peak having a peak top at a chemical shift of 4.0 to 4.5 ppm is greater than 0.12 and 0.5 or less, and, in the IR spectrum, a ratio of a maximum peak height of an absorption peak having a peak top at a wavenumber of 3630 cm?1 or greater and 3650 cm?1 or less to a maximum peak height of an absorption peak having a peak top at a wavenumber of 3590 cm?1 or greater and 3610 cm?1 or less is 0.40 or greater and 1.0 or less.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a resin composition usable as a modifier with which the brittleness of a plastic material including a plurality of resins, such as a laminate of different kinds of materials collected for recycling, can be overcome and the impact resistance and elongation at break can be enhanced. Provided is a resin composition (A) including the following components (1) and (2): (1) a composition (a1) including at least two kinds of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers having different vinyl acetate contents; and (2) a copolymer (a2) that is at least one copolymer selected from an ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer and an ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a high-density Cr—Si—C-based sintered body including chromium (Cr), silicon (Si) and carbon (C) and is furthermore to provide at least one of the high-density Cr—Si—C-based sintered body, a sputtering target including the sintered body or a method for producing a film using the sputtering target. The present invention can provide a Cr—Si—C-based sintered body including chromium (Cr), silicon (Si) and carbon (C), wherein the sintered body has a relative density of 90% or more and a porosity of 13% or less.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon adsorbent having high hydrocarbon adsorbing properties even after exposed to a high temperature/high humidity reducing atmosphere, includes a FAU type zeolite having in ESR measurement a spin concentration of a least 1.0 × 10^19 (spins/g) and a ratio of a peak intensity at a magnetic field of at least 260 mT and at most 270 mT to a peak intensity at a magnetic field of at least 300 mT and at most 320 mT of at least 0.25 and at most 0.50 Å and containing bivalent copper. The hydrocarbon adsorbent may be used for a method for adsorbing hydrocarbons to be exposed to a high temperature/high humidity environment, and may be used particularly for a method for adsorbing hydrocarbons in an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, such as an automobile exhaust gas.

Abstract: A composition is provided that has heat resistance sufficient for use as a hydrocarbon adsorbent and desorbs hydrocarbons slowly with respect to an increase in temperature. The composition includes an alkali metal and a zeolite having a YFI structure. A content of the alkali metal is 1 to 40 mass% based on a total mass of the composition, and a content of the zeolite having a YFI structure is 99 to 60 mass% based on the total mass of the composition.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for detecting pancreatic cancer and a reagent that can be used for the method. The method is a method for detecting pancreatic cancer, characterized by comprising measuring the amount of TFPI2 in a body fluid collected from a subject. In addition, an antibody that specifically recognizes the TFPI2 processing polypeptide and intact TFPI2 is included in the reagent for detecting pancreatic cancer.