Abstract: The present invention pertains to a fungicide that causes little environmental pollution and has excellent safety, a fungicide product having a fungicide layer containing said fungicide, and a fungicidal coating containing said fungicide, the fungicide being represented by formula (1) Ln2xFe2(1-x)O3 (in formula (1), Ln is a rare earth element selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, praseodymium, neodymium and yttrium; and x is a number that is at least 0.45 and is less than 1.00).

Abstract: The present invention pertains to an antimicrobial agent that causes little environmental pollution and has excellent safety, an antimicrobial product having an antimicrobial layer containing said antimicrobial agent, and an antimicrobial coating containing said antimicrobial agent, the antimicrobial agent being represented by formula (1) Ln2xFe2(1-x)O3 (in formula (1), Ln is a rare earth element selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, praseodymium, neodymium and yttrium; and x is a number that is at least 0.55 and is less than 1.00).

Abstract: Provided is an ink composition that is obtained by using an ultraviolet-curable urethane acrylate resin together with a tungsten-based infrared-absorbing pigment and an ultraviolet-absorbing fluorescent pigment. Specifically, this infrared-absorbing ultraviolet-curable ink contains: a tungsten-based infrared-absorbing pigment; a UV-absorbing fluorescent pigment; a UV-curable urethane acrylate resin; and a UV-curable acrylic resin that does not contain a urethane bond.

Abstract: Dispersion is obtained by: blending a specific resin emulsion for protecting a tungsten-based infrared-absorbing pigment; and dispersing the tungsten-based infrared-absorbing pigment in a state of being coated in advance by means of the resin emulsion.

Abstract: Provided are: an infrared ray-absorbing ultraviolet-ray curable ink which has infrared ray-absorbing ability and from which it is possible to provide printed matter having excellent resistance to bases, particularly resistance to washing; and an infrared ray-absorbing printed matter. According to the present invention, an ink composition is obtained by using an ultraviolet-ray curable urethane acrylate resin together with a tungsten-based infrared ray-absorbing pigment. More specifically, this infrared ray-absorbing ultraviolet-ray curable ink contains a tungsten-based infrared ray-absorbing pigment, an ultraviolet-ray curable urethane acrylate resin, and an ultraviolet-ray curable acrylic resin not including a urethane bond.

Abstract: The infrared-absorbing UV ink according to the present invention contains a tungsten-based infrared-absorbing pigment, a solvent, an acrylic resin that is soluble to the solvent, a UV-curable acrylic monomer, and a photocuring agent.

Abstract: A printed object includes a substrate and a first information code disposed on the substrate, wherein: the first information code is constituted of an infrared ray-absorptive ink layer that has been printed with an infrared ray absorptive ink; and the infrared ray absorptive ink layer is configured such that, when a laminated body constituted of a test substrate made of the same material as that of the substrate, and a test infrared absorptive ink layer made of the same material as that of the infrared ray absorptive ink layer and disposed on the test substrate is subjected to a relative spectral reflectivity measurement on the test infrared ray absorptive ink layer side, with the test substrate as the reference (100% reflectivity), the minimum relative reflectivity in the visible region is 50% or higher, and the minimum relative reflectivity in the infrared region is 75% or lower.

Abstract: Provided is an infrared-absorbing fiber, knit fabric, or non-woven fabric containing an infrared-absorbing pigment, wherein L* in the CIE 1976 color space is at least 30, and the color difference ?E in the CIE 1976 color space between said infrared-absorbing fiber, knit fabric, or non-woven fabric and an infrared-absorbing fiber, knit fabric, or non-woven fabric containing no infrared-absorbing pigment is at most 10.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an adsorbent composition which can be easily formed into a film by inflation molding at relatively low temperatures even if zeolite is contained therein, and which is not susceptible to the formation of a pin hole. An adsorbent composition which is a resin composition containing a resin, zeolite and a metal soap, and wherein the metal soap contains a long-chain fatty acid calcium, which is a divalent salt of calcium and a long-chain fatty acid having 5-30 carbon atoms, and a long-chain fatty acid zinc, which is a divalent salt of zinc and a long-chain fatty acid having 5-30 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The present invention provides a film which has non-adsorbing properties equivalent to those of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer film, and which does not undergo a dimensional change in a humid environment. A laminate for heat sealing according to the present invention provided with: a non-adsorbing layer containing an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and an acid-modified polyolefin, and a non-swelling layer laminated on the non-adsorbing layer and containing a polyolefin and/or an acid-modified polyolefin.

Abstract: An absorbent film and a substrate having extremely simple production without having an adhesive layer that can generate volatile components. The absorbent laminate contains a substrate, which has an inorganic material or a low-thermal-contraction organic material, and an absorbent film on the surface of the substrate. The organic material of the substrate has a rate of thermal contraction in the direction of conveyance thereof when performing hot pressing by means of a heating roller under the conditions of 140° C., a roller pressure of 0.1 MPa, and a conveyance speed of 0.4 m/min of less than 0.6%. The absorbent film has an absorbent layer adhered to the surface of the substrate without an adhesive layer therebetween and containing less than 87 vol % and at least 25 vol % of a thermoplastic resin binder and over 13 vol % and no greater than 75 vol % of an inorganic absorption agent.

Abstract: An absorbent film and a substrate having extremely simple production without having an adhesive layer that can generate volatile components. The absorbent laminate contains a substrate, which has an inorganic material or a low-thermal-contraction organic material, and an absorbent film on the surface of the substrate. The organic material of the substrate has a rate of thermal contraction in the direction of conveyance thereof when performing hot pressing by means of a heating roller under the conditions of 140° C., a roller pressure of 0.1 MPa, and a conveyance speed of 0.4 m/min of less than 0.6%. The absorbent film has an absorbent layer adhered to the surface of the substrate without an adhesive layer therebetween and containing less than 87 vol % and at least 25 vol % of a thermoplastic resin binder and over 13 vol % and no greater than 75 vol % of an inorganic absorption agent.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an adsorbent composition which can be easily formed into a film by inflation molding at relatively low temperatures even if zeolite is contained therein, and which is not susceptible to the formation of a pin hole. An adsorbent composition which is a resin composition containing a resin, zeolite and a metal soap, and wherein the metal soap contains a long-chain fatty acid calcium, which is a divalent salt of calcium and a long-chain fatty acid having 5-30 carbon atoms, and a long-chain fatty acid zinc, which is a divalent salt of zinc and a long-chain fatty acid having 5-30 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A method of producing shikonin, having the following chemical structure ##STR1## which method comprises dehydrating 2-(1'-acetoxy-4'-hydroxy-4'-methylpentyl)-5,8-diacetoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone , treating the resulting product with an alkali hydroxide and acidifying the treated product.

Abstract: Magnetic recording member having a magnetic storage layer covered by composite overlaying layers including an intermediate layer and a lubricant layer. The thin intermediate layer is formed by coating an aminosilane or epoxysilane compound directly or indirectly over the magnetic layer. The lubricant layer is formed over the intermediate layer by coating a lubricant made of a fluorinated hydrocarbon polymer having a terminal carboxyl or sulfonic acid group. The lubricant layer is chemically coupled with the intermediate layer by reacting the terminal carboxy or sulfonic acid group with the aminosilane or epoxysilane compound of the lubricant layer at room temperature or by heating, whereby the lubricant layer is stabilized to suppress deterioration of the lubricant layer and to suppress the reduction in lubricating property due to dispersion.

Abstract: A high molecular film for polarization is disposed on an electrode plate with an intermediate high molecular film sandwiched therebetween to form a laminated member, the intermediate high molecular film having a lower melting point than the high molecular film for polarization. The laminated member is heated at a temperature in the vicinity of the melting point of the intermediate high molecular film to fusion-weld the high molecular film for polarization to the electrode plate through the intermediate high molecular film, and then the high molecular film for polarization is polarized.

Abstract: A method of roducing .gamma.-Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 magnetic disk medium of continuous thin film is provided, in which a deposition source is deposited on an opposed Al-alloy substrate by means of a reactive vacuum deposition technique and the deposited film is thermally treated so as to be the magnetic disk medium. As the deposition source, a ferroalloy containing about 1 to 10 at.% Ti and about 0.5 to 5 at.% Co is employed.