Abstract: A rubber-particle-dispersed polyimide resin solution contains at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyimide precursors and polyimides having a solubility of 1% by mass or more in an aprotic polar solvent; rubber particles; and a solvent including a poor solvent for the rubber particles.

Abstract: A liquid developer includes toner particles and a carrier liquid, wherein the toner particles include, as a binder resin, an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline saturated aliphatic polyester resin having a composition ratio (C/O ratio) of carbon atoms and oxygen atoms of 3.4 or less, and with respect to a toner obtained by vacuum drying the toner particles, a crystal melting peak at a first temperature rise in differential heating calorimetry is 60° C. or more.

Abstract: A liquid developer includes toner particles containing, as a binder resin, at least a polyester resin containing a monomer unit, which includes a linear or branched chain saturated hydrocarbon chain having 2 to 5 carbon atoms between ester bonds, in a range of from 5 mol % to 25 mol % with respect to all monomer units included in the polyester resin, and a colorant; and a carrier liquid including an insulating liquid.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire manufacturing method comprises (A) a step for melting an aluminum alloy containing 0.40-0.55 mass % of Mg and 0.45-0.65 mass % of Si, the balance being obtained from Al and unavoidable impurities, (B) a step for casting molten metal of the aluminum alloy and rolling to form a rough-drawn wire rod, (C) a step for solutionizing the rough-drawn wire rod, (D) a step for drawing the rough-drawn wire rod after solutionizing to form a drawn wire rod with a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less, and (E) a step for heat treatment so that internal strain is removed with substantially no deposition of Mg2Si.

Abstract: A liquid developer includes a carrier liquid and a toner including a urethane-modified acrylic resin.

Abstract: A liquid developer includes a carrier liquid and a toner including a urethane-modified acrylic resin.

Abstract: A liquid developer includes a carrier liquid and a toner particle whose surface is treated by a polyamine, wherein an amount of sodium ion to be eluted in 1 g of the toner particles is 0.04 mg or less.

Abstract: There is provided a monitoring apparatus including a gas sampling apparatus and a sensor that detects a chemical substance included in gas obtained by the gas sampling apparatus. The gas sampling apparatus includes: an air supplying unit that forms an air curtain to form a space that covers a region to which an object to be monitored is included and which is separated from the outside environment; a sampling unit that extracts the gas inside the separated space; and a diffusion gas supplying unit that supplies, into the separated space, an amount of diffusion gas that is at least equal to the sampled amount of the sampling unit, wherein the sampling unit includes a plurality of sampling nozzles disposed at three-dimensionally different positions inside the separated space.

Abstract: A liquid developer contains a carrier liquid and a toner particle which contains a binder resin, wherein the toner particles have a content of aluminum measured by fluorescent X-ray analysis in a range of from 0.04% by weight to 0.1% by weight of total elements.

Abstract: A positively chargeable toner includes at least a binder resin, and toner particles of which surfaces are modified by a polyvinylamine compound.

Abstract: There is provided an analyzing apparatus including an irradiation unit irradiating a first point with a laser, a convergence unit causing an analysis target to converge at the first point, and a unit analyzing a sample gas including a substance that has been irradiated with the laser at the first point using an ion mobility sensor. One example of the convergence unit includes a unit causing the analysis target to be captured in a carrier substance in a liquid state; and a discharging unit discharging the carrier substance including the analysis target to the first point.

Abstract: A liquid developer includes a carrier liquid, and a toner particle which contains a resin having an unsaturated double bond, a compound represented by the formula (I) and a photopolymerization initiator and whose surface is treated by a polyamine, wherein m and n each independently represent an integer of 1 to 10,000; m+n represents an integer of 10 to 10,000; and R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent a single bond or a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a toner particle that contains a binder resin and is surface-modified by a polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer containing dicyandiamide and diethylenetriamine, wherein toner particles have positive charging properties.

Abstract: A liquid developer includes a carrier liquid and a toner particle whose surface is treated by a polyamine, wherein an amount of sodium ion to be eluted in 1 g of the toner particles is 0.04 mg or less.

Abstract: A liquid developer includes a carrier liquid, and a toner particle which contains a resin having an unsaturated double bond, a compound represented by the formula (I) and a photopolymerization initiator and whose surface is treated by a polyamine, wherein m and n each independently represent an integer of 1 to 10,000; m+n represents an integer of 10 to 10,000; and R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent a single bond or a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A liquid developer contains a carrier liquid and a toner particle which contains a binder resin, wherein the toner particles have a content of aluminum measured by fluorescent X-ray analysis in a range of from 0.04% by weight to 0.1% by weight of total elements.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a toner particle that contains a binder resin and is surface-modified by a polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer containing dicyandiamide and diethylenetriamine, wherein toner particles have positive charging properties.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device includes the step of forming an SOI device region and a bulk device region on an SOI type semiconductor wafer. The method includes: removing a BOX layer and an SOI layer in a bulk device region; and thereafter forming an STI region in both the SOI device region and the bulk device region. In the method, the STI region in the SOI device region is formed to extend through the BOX layer.

Abstract: A liquid developer includes a carrier liquid having silicone oil, and toner particles including a polyester resin and having a value of ammonium ions contained therein measured by underwater extraction in a range of 0.005 ppm to 1 ppm.

Abstract: An image forming method includes forming an unfixed toner image on a recording medium using a toner that contains a carboxyl group-containing resin having a carboxyl group and an oxazoline group-containing resin having an oxazoline group, fixing the unfixed toner image to the recording medium to form a fixed toner image, and performing a heat treatment on the fixed toner image at a temperature higher than or equal to a fixing temperature.