Abstract: Disclosed is a power wiring device which comprises: at least one elongated wiring member which includes a plurality of first connectors and allows the first connectors to be mutually electrically conducted; and a plurality of circuit modules each including a second connector which is mechanically and electrically attachable to and detachable from any of the first connectors, wherein the plurality of circuit modules include: at least one energy harvesting module as a circuit module capable of outputting power generated by energy harvesting from the second connector; and at least one load module as a circuit module capable of consuming power input from the second connector.

Abstract: Provided is a fibrous carbon nanostructure that is easy to surface modify. A peak of a temperature derivative curve that is a first derivative curve of a thermogravimetric curve obtained by thermogravimetric analysis of the fibrous carbon nanostructure in a dry air atmosphere has a full width at half maximum of not less than 38° C. and less than 90° C., and a high-temperature-side temperature at a height equivalent to 1/10 of the peak top height of the peak is 658° C. or higher.

Abstract: Provided is a production method that enables production of monofluoromethane by a gas phase flow method without using a catalyst. The method of producing monofluoromethane includes causing electrical discharge of a feedstock gas containing a fluorine-containing inorganic compound, a compound represented by formula 1: CH3—R (R is a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, an iodine atom, or an organic group other than a hydrocarbon group), and an inert gas, while in a continuous flow state, and then causing continuous release to outside of an electrical discharge zone.

Abstract: An acrylic rubber, including: 50 to 99.9% by weight of a bond unit derived from at least one (meth) acrylic acid ester selected from the group consisting of (meth) acrylic acid alkyl ester and (meth) acrylic acid alkoxyalkyl ester; 0.1 to 20% by weight of a bond unit derived from a monomer containing a reactive group; and 0 to 30% by weight of a bond unit derived from other monomer, wherein the acrylic rubber contains a phenolic anti-aging agent represented by a general formula (1), (R1 represents an isopropyl group or a t-butyl group, and R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms), and the weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the acrylic rubber is in the range of 100,000 to 5,000,000.

Abstract: Provided is a resin sheet including a plurality of aspheric sections having low variation of thickness precision and high shape precision. A method of producing a resin sheet includes hot press forming a thermoplastic resin film formed using a thermoplastic resin so as to produce a resin sheet including a plurality of aspheric sections that are separated from one another. The hot press forming is performed by increasing the pressing pressure to a final pressing pressure with an average pressure increase rate of 0.1 MPa/s or less at a pressing temperature that is at least 40° C. higher than the glass-transition temperature of the thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: A latex composition for dip molding including a latex of a conjugated diene polymer (A) having a methyl ethyl ketone insolubles content of 50% by weight or less, and a latex of a polymer (B) having a methyl ethyl ketone insolubles content of 55% by weight or more.

Abstract: A composition for an electrochemical device functional layer contains non-conductive heat-resistant particles and a particulate polymer having a particle diameter distribution value (Dv/Dn) of not less than 1.00 and less than 1.10.

Abstract: Disclosed is a gas seal member for high-pressure hydrogen device with sufficiently reduced occurrence of both swelling destruction and blister destruction. The gas seal member is formed of a cross-linked product of an elastomer composition which comprises an elastomer and fibrous carbon nanostructures, wherein a hydrogen diffusion coefficient D1 of a cross-linked product of an elastomer component including the elastomer and a hydrogen diffusion coefficient D2 of the cross-linked product of the elastomer composition satisfy the relationship 0.7<D2/D1<1.0.

Abstract: Disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolyte battery using an aqueous sealant composition. The aqueous sealant composition comprises an aqueous dispersion in an amount of 70 mass % or more and 97 mass % or less by mass of solid content, wherein the aqueous dispersion comprises an olefinic polymer as a main component, and a water-soluble polymer in an amount of 3 mass % or more and 30 mass % or less by mass of solid content. The aqueous dispersion comprises an olefinic polymer as a main component. The olefinic polymer is a modified olefinic polymer. The modified olefinic polymer is a partial copolymer of a polymer selected from a group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polybutene and ethylene-propylene polymers, and a polymerizable unsaturated organic acid selected from a group consisting of maleic anhydride, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and esters thereof.

Abstract: A medicine container which absorbs very little protein over time is manufactured using a resin composition including 50 to 99 wt % of a norbornene-based polymer, and 1 to 50 wt % of a hydrogenated styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer, a content of a low-molecular-weight component having a weight average molecular weight of 1000 or less in the resin composition being 3 wt % or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer composition comprising a polymer and an antioxidant comprising a diarylamine-based compound represented by General Formula (1): where, in General Formula (1), A1 and A2 each independently represent a C6 to C18 arylene group which may have a substituent, and A3 and A4 each independently represent an organic group having a cyclic imide structure which may have a substituent.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides scalable nanotube fabrics and methods for controlling or otherwise adjusting the nanotube length distribution of a nanotube application solution in order to realize scalable nanotube fabrics. In one aspect of the present disclosure, one or more filtering operations are used to remove relatively long nanotube elements from a nanotube solution until nanotube length distribution of the nanotube solution conforms to a preselected or desired nanotube length distribution profile. In another aspect of the present disclosure, a sono-chemical cutting process is used to break up relatively long nanotube elements within a nanotube application solution into relatively short nanotube elements to realize a pre-selected or desired nanotube length distribution profile.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing surface-treated carbon nanostructures which comprises: a depressurization step wherein a carbon nanostructure-containing liquid which comprises carbon nanostructures and a dispersion medium is depressurized; and a surface treatment step wherein an oxidizing agent is added in the carbon nanostructure-containing liquid after or during the depressurization step so that the carbon nanostructures have a surface oxygen atom concentration of 7.0 at % or more. The carbon nanostructures preferably comprise carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer that when used as a main chain scission-type positive resist, can sufficiently inhibit resist pattern collapse, can favorably form a clear resist pattern, and can also improve sensitivity. The polymer includes a monomer unit (A) represented by general formula (I), shown below, and a monomer unit (B) represented by general formula (II), shown below. [In formula (I), R1 is an organic group including not fewer than 5 and not more than 7 fluorine atoms. In formula (II), R2 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, an unsubstituted alkyl group, or a fluorine atom-substituted alkyl group, R3 is a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted alkyl group, or a fluorine atom-substituted alkyl group, p and q are each an integer of not less than 0 and not more than 5, and p+q=5.

Abstract: A resin composition contains: a resin including one or more among a norbornene-based polymer, a monocyclic cycloolefin-based polymer, a cyclic conjugated diene-based polymer, a vinyl alicyclic hydrocarbon polymer, and hydrogenated products thereof; and a conductive fibrous filler having an aspect ratio of not less than 5 and not more than 500.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition that can result in high peel strength in an electrode and excellent cycle characteristics in a secondary battery. A binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery contains a water-soluble polymer (A) and a water-soluble polymer (B). The water-soluble polymer (A) is formed of one or more types of units selected from the group consisting of unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer units, unsaturated carboxylic acid amide monomer units, unsaturated carboxylic acid ester monomer units, hydroxyl group-containing vinyl monomer units, and vinyl alcohol structural units, and includes a predetermined amount of unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer units. The water-soluble polymer (B) is formed of one or more types of ethylenically unsaturated monomer units, and includes a predetermined amount of sulfo group-containing aromatic vinyl monomer units.

Abstract: An organic particle dispersion liquid for a secondary battery functional layer contains a solvent and organic particles including a polyfunctional monomer unit in a proportion of 50 mass % or more. In this organic particle dispersion liquid, the polymerization initiator decomposition product content is 50 ppm or less, and the total polymerization initiator decomposition product and unreacted polyfunctional monomer content is 500 ppm or less.

Abstract: A composite particle for an electrochemical element including an electrode active material and a granular polymer, wherein the granular polymer is composed of a graft polymer, the graft polymer has a molecular structure which includes a specific backbone portion and a graft portion bonded to the backbone portion, the graft portion being a hydrophilic graft chain, a content ratio of the graft portion in the graft polymer is 1 part by weight or more and 40 parts by weight or less relative to 100 parts by weight of the backbone portion, and an angle of repose of the composite particle is 20° to 40°. Also provided are a producing method of the composite particle, an electrode for an electrochemical element including the composite particle, and an electrochemical element including the same.

Abstract: A nitrile group-containing copolymer rubber including 10 to 60 wt % of an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer unit and 1 to 60 wt % of an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monoester monomer unit, and having an iodine value of 120 or less, wherein a processability index Ipro (Ipro=CC×SA) is 0.0030 or less, where the processability index Ipro is the product of the carboxyl group content CC, which is the number of moles of carboxyl groups per 100 g of nitrile group-containing copolymer rubber, and the absorbance area SA of a carboxylic anhydride group determined by infrared spectroscopy.

Abstract: A conjugated diene-based polymer including at least conjugated diene monomer units, and having a shrinkage factor of high molecular weight molecules of 0.4 to 0.8, a degree of adsorption of high molecular weight molecules onto silica of 75% or less, and a degree of adsorption of medium molecular weight molecules of 40 to 100%.