Abstract: The toner for developing electrostatic images, comprising: colored resin particles comprising a binder resin, a colorant and a release agent, and an external additive. The colored resin particles further comprise a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer. The styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer comprises an isoprene unit. A content of a fatty acid ester compound having a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 500 or more and less than 2,000 as the release agent, is from 2 parts by mass to 20 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin.

Abstract: Provided is a production method of a carbon sheet having a structure intertwining only carbon nanotubes and having a porosity of 5% to 90%. The method comprises: removing a solvent from a dispersion liquid containing carbon nanotubes, spacer particles, and the solvent to obtain a primary sheet containing the carbon nanotubes and the spacer particles; and removing the spacer particles from the primary sheet. Alternatively, the method comprises: impregnating a porous substrate made from carbon with a dispersion liquid containing carbon nanotubes and a solvent, to obtain a dispersion liquid-impregnated porous substrate; and removing the solvent from the dispersion liquid-impregnated porous substrate. Alternatively, the method comprises: dispersing carbon nanotubes in a solvent to obtain a dispersion liquid, wherein an average bundle diameter of the carbon nanotubes in the dispersion liquid is 0.5 ?m or more and 1,000 ?m or less; and removing the solvent from the dispersion liquid.

Abstract: Provided is a conductive material dispersion liquid for an electrochemical device capable of forming an electrode that has excellent flexibility and smoothness and can cause an electrochemical device to display excellent cycle characteristics. The conductive material dispersion liquid contains a conductive material, a dispersant including CNTs, and a dispersion medium. The conductive material dispersion liquid has a Casson viscosity of 30 (Pa·s)1/2 or less, Casson yield value of 20 Pa1/2 or less, and hysteresis constant calculated by formula (I) (hysteresis constant C=(N1?N2)/N1) of 0.7 or less. N1 is viscosity (Pa·s) of the conductive material dispersion liquid at a shear rate of 10 s?1 when viscosity (25° C.) is measured while increasing shear rate from 10?2 s?1 to 103 s?1, and N2 is viscosity (Pa·s) thereof at a shear rate of 10 s?1 when viscosity (25° C.) is measured while decreasing shear rate from 103 s?1 to 10?2 s?1.

Abstract: Provided is an electrode for an electrochemical device that can cause an electrochemical device to display excellent cycle characteristics, rate characteristics, and high-temperature storage characteristics. The electrode includes a current collector and an electrode mixed material layer formed on the current collector. The electrode mixed material layer contains an electrode active material, a conductive material, and a dispersant, and the conductive material includes one or more carbon nanotubes. When mixed material layer resistance of the electrode mixed material layer is taken to be X ?·cm and interfacial resistance of the electrode mixed material layer with the current collector is taken to be Y ?·cm2, X is 20 or less, Y is 0.3 or less, and a ratio (X/Y) of X relative to Y is not less than 40 and not more than 1,000.

Abstract: An adhesive agent for a battery containing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte, the adhesive agent including a metal compound and a resin, wherein the metal compound is contained in an amount of 1% by weight or more and less than 60% by weight relative to a total weight of the metal compound and the resin. The metal compound is preferably a polyvalent metal salt, and more preferably a copper compound. An adhesive layered body for a battery including a sulfide-based solid electrolyte, the adhesive layered body including a substrate and a layer of the adhesive agent for a battery, the layer being provided on the substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a technique related to oxidized CNTs having excellent dispersion stability and dispersibility in water. The oxidized CNTs include oxidized single-walled CNTs, have a ratio of the oxidized single-walled CNTs relative to the total number of oxidized CNTs of more than 50%, and have a D? band in a Raman spectrum.

Abstract: A binder composition for a secondary battery positive electrode contains a polymer including a nitrile group-containing monomer unit, an aromatic vinyl monomer unit, a hydrophilic group-containing monomer unit, a conjugated diene monomer unit, and a linear alkylene structural unit having a carbon number of 4 or more. The aromatic vinyl monomer unit is included in the polymer in a proportion of not less than 30.0 mass % and not more than 60.0 mass %. The polymer has an iodine value of not less than 60 mg/100 mg and not more than 150 mg/100 mg.

Abstract: Disclosed are photosensitive resin compositions capable of forming positive resin films with excellent heat shape retention. The photosensitive resin compositions comprises a polymer having a monomer unit represented by the following general formula (I) and a polyamideimide: where R1 is a single chemical bond or a divalent C1-C6 hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, and R2 is a hydrogen or a monovalent C1-C6 hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent.

Abstract: A binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode contains a particulate polymer A and a particulate polymer B. The particulate polymer A is a block copolymer including an aromatic vinyl monomer unit and an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit having a carbon number of 4 or more. The particulate polymer B is a random copolymer including a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 20.0 mass % and not more than 80.0 mass %.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery positive electrode, a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery positive electrode, a positive electrode for a non-aqueous secondary battery, and a non-aqueous secondary battery that can favorably maintain the balance among the paste stability of the composition for a positive electrode prepared using the binder composition, the peel strength of the positive electrode mixed material layer formed using the composition for a positive electrode, and the output characteristics of the secondary battery using the positive electrode including the positive electrode mixed material layer.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for an electrochemical device that has excellent viscosity stability and is capable of forming an electrode having excellent peel strength. The binder composition contains a polymer including a nitrile group-containing monomer unit, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, and a halogenated hydrocarbon. The content of the halogenated hydrocarbon is not less than 2 mass ppm and not more than 400 mass ppm relative to the content of the polymer.

Abstract: Provided is a vinyl chloride resin composition for powder molding with which it is possible to form a vinyl chloride resin molded product having excellent alcohol resistance and low-temperature flexibility. The vinyl chloride resin composition for powder molding contains: (a) a vinyl chloride resin; and (b) a 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol-sebacic acid polyester that includes a sebacic acid-derived structural unit and a 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol-derived structural unit. The vinyl chloride resin composition for powder molding is preferably used for powder slush molding.

Abstract: Provided is a slurry composition for an all-solid-state secondary battery with which it is possible to form a solid electrolyte-containing layer that can cause an all-solid-state secondary battery to display excellent output characteristics and cycle characteristics. The slurry composition contains a solid electrolyte, a particulate polymer, and an organic solvent. The particulate polymer has a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion at least partially covering an outer surface of the core portion. A polymer forming the core portion has a glass-transition temperature of not lower than -60° C. and not higher than -10° C., and a polymer forming the shell portion has a glass-transition temperature of not lower than 15° C. and not higher than 100° C. The polymer forming the shell portion includes a nitrogen functional group-containing monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 10 mass% and not more than 90 mass%.

Abstract: The heat-dissipating material contains ground carbon particles derived from carbon nanotubes. Such a configuration can improve both elasticity and heat conductivity of the heat-dissipating material.

Abstract: A composition for an electrochemical device functional layer contains a polymer A and a solvent. The polymer A contained in the composition for an electrochemical device functional layer includes an alkylene oxide structure-containing monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 5 mol % and not more than 95 mol %.

Abstract: A ring-opened copolymer composition has a ring-opened copolymer containing structural unit derived from a norbornene compound represented by general formula (1) below and structural unit derived from a monocyclic olefin, wherein a content of a norbornene compound represented by general formula (1) is 1 ppm by weight or more and 1000 ppm by weight or less based on the ring-opened copolymer, wherein R1 to R4 are each a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituent containing a halogen atom, a silicon atom, an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom, and R2 and R3 may be bonded to each other to form a ring, and “m” is 0 or 1.

Abstract: A method for producing a phase difference film is provided. The phase difference film includes an orientation layer formed of a resin C having a negative intrinsic birefringence value. The resin C contains a block copolymer having a block (A) including as a main component a polymerization unit A having a negative intrinsic birefringence value and a block (B) including as a main component a polymerization unit B, and a weight fraction of the block (A) therein being 50% by weight or more and 90% by weight or less. The phase difference film has an NZ factor of greater than 0 and smaller than 1. The method comprising: forming a single layer film of the resin C; and causing phase separation of the resin C in the film, which includes a step of applying to the film a stress along a thickness direction thereof.

Abstract: A panel connected body includes a plurality of flat panels arranged in a matrix of m rows and n columns, where m?3 and n?3; and a plurality of row-direction connection portions and column-direction connection portions which connect together panels that are adjacent in a row direction and column direction, respectively. A first type row satisfying relationships D1?2L and Dy?Dy?1?2L and a second type row satisfying relationships Dn?2L and Dy?Dy+1+2L are alternately included, where Dy is a length along the column direction of the column-direction connection portions in a y-th column, and L is a thickness of the panels. The relationship E?WC?L is satisfied, where WC is a length along the column direction of the panels and E is a length along the column direction of the row-direction connection portions.

Abstract: Provided is a phase difference film formed of a resin containing a polymer having crystallizability. The phase difference film has an NZ factor of less than 1 and an in-plane retardation Re that satisfies 125 nm?Re?345 nm. The polymer has a crystallization degree of 15% or more. Alternatively, the polymer is an alicyclic structure-containing polymer being a hydrogenated product of a ring-opening polymer of dicyclopentadiene.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer with which it is possible to form a functional layer that has excellent heat shrinkage resistance and can cause a non-aqueous secondary battery to display excellent cycle characteristics. The composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer contains organic particles and a solvent. The organic particles include a polyfunctional ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 55 mass % and not more than 90 mass %, and have a volume-average particle diameter of not less than 50 nm and not more than 370 nm.