Abstract: A vaporization system includes a vaporization chamber having a first portion and a second portion. A first fluid supply part is connected to the first portion of the vaporization chamber, and configured to supply a mixed fluid in which a first carrier gas and a liquid precursor are mixed, toward the second portion. A second fluid supply part is configured to supply a second carrier gas toward the mixed fluid at the second portion.

Abstract: There is provided a polyester resin including a 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid unit and a cyclohexanedimethanol unit in a main chain, in which the polyester resin is high in molecular weight, has heat resistance and hydrolysis resistance, and is excellent in mechanical properties and melt heat stability. There is also provided a method for producing a polyester resin having the above characteristics. A polyester resin including a 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid unit and a 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol unit as main constituent components, wherein the following (I) and (II) are satisfied: (I) the reduced viscosity (?sp/c) is 0.7 dL/g or more; and (II) the sum of a cyclovinylidene terminal and a methylcyclohexene terminal is 80 ?eq/g or less.

Abstract: There is provided a polyester resin including a 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid unit and a cyclohexanedimethanol unit in a main chain, in which the polyester resin is high in molecular weight, has heat resistance and hydrolysis resistance, and is excellent in mechanical properties and melt heat stability. There is also provided a method for producing a polyester resin having the above characteristics. A polyester resin including a 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid unit and a 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol unit as main constituent components, wherein the following (I) and (II) are satisfied: (I) the reduced viscosity (?sp/c) is 0.7 dL/g or more; and (II) the sum of a cyclovinylidene terminal and a methylcyclohexene terminal is 80 ?eq/g or less.

Abstract: There is provided a polyester resin including a 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid unit and a cyclohexanedimethanol unit in a main chain, in which the polyester resin is high in molecular weight, has heat resistance and hydrolysis resistance, and is excellent in mechanical properties and melt heat stability. There is also provided a method for producing a polyester resin having the above characteristics. A polyester resin including a 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid unit and a 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol unit as main constituent components, wherein the following (I) and (II) are satisfied: (I) the reduced viscosity (?sp/c) is 0.7 dL/g or more; and (II) the sum of a cyclovinylidene terminal and a methylcyclohexene terminal is 80 ?eq/g or less.

Abstract: A blood anticoagulant material is provided which has high expandability, reduced influence on living bodies, and can efficiently prevent blood coagulation. A multiblock copolymer having at least a structural unit represented by Formula (1), a structural unit represented by Formula (2), and a structural unit represented by Formula (3) is used: wherein, R1, R2, and R3 in Formulas (1) to (3) each independently represent a divalent organic group, and m and n each independently represent an integer of 2 to 5000.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for transforming a plant by grafting of a rootstock and a scion, and using siRNA for initiating transcriptional gene silencing. The method for transforming a plant by grafting of a rootstock and a scion of the present invention as a means for resolution is characterized in that siRNA for initiating transcriptional gene silencing is produced in a scion, the siRNA produced in the scion is transported to a rootstock by grafting, and the rootstock is transformed by initiating transcriptional gene silencing therein.

Abstract: A blood anticoagulant material is provided which has high expandability, reduced influence on living bodies, and can efficiently prevent blood coagulation. A multiblock copolymer having at least a structural unit represented by Formula (1), a structural unit represented by Formula (2), and a structural unit represented by Formula (3) is used: wherein, R1, R2, and R3 in Formulas (1) to (3) each independently represent a divalent organic group, and m and n each independently represent an integer of 2 to 5000.

Abstract: There is provided a resin composition (I) exhibiting a less coloration which is excellent in transparency as well as hydrolysis resistance and chemical resistance. Also, there is provided a resin composition (II) exhibiting excellent transparency, hue, fluidity, impact resistance, wet-heat resistance and retention heat stability in a well-balanced condition. The present invention relates to a resin composition (I) comprising 100 parts by weight of a mixture comprising (A) 1 to 99 parts by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate resin and (B) 1 to 99 parts by weight of an alicyclic polyester resin; and (C) 0.001 to 5 parts by weight of a specific organic phosphoric ester metal salt, and a resin composition (II) comprising 100 parts by weight of a mixture comprising (A) 1 to 99 parts by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate resin and (B) 1 to 99 parts by weight of an alicyclic polyester resin; (C) 0.001 to 5 parts by weight of a specific organic phosphoric ester metal salt; and (D) 0.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a biodegradable label for in-mold forming, which is excellent in water resistance, is printable to allow for printing letters, or the like, by various printing methods, and is biodegradable in a natural environment; and to provide a biodegradable container attached with this biodegradable label for in-mold forming. In the present invention, the gist of the first invention is a biodegradable label for in-mold forming, comprising a laminate film (a/b), having a film (a), comprising a biodegradable resin (A), and a film (b), comprising a heat-sealable biodegradable resin (B); and the gist of the second invention is a biodegradable container attached with this biodegradable label for in-mold forming.

Abstract: An alicyclic polyester which is suitable for use as an optical material, low in coloration, satisfactory in thermal stability and hydrolytic stability, and reduced in foreign-matter content; and a resin composition comprising the alicyclic polyester and a polycarbonate. The alicyclic polyester is produced from a dicarboxylic acid ingredient comprising an alicyclic dicarboxylic acid as a major component and a diol ingredient comprising an alicyclic diol as a major component with the aid of a polycondensation catalyst comprising a titanium compound and an alkaline earth metal compound. The alicyclic polyester has a titanium content in terms of metal atom amount of 1-25 wt. ppm, excluding 25 wt. ppm, a ratio of the weight of the alkaline earth metal (M) to the weight of the titanium in terms of metal atom amount ratio, (M/Ti), of 0.25-1.0, and an intrinsic viscosity of 0.4 dl/g or higher.

Abstract: To provide a polyester resin having 1,4-CHDA as the main dicarboxylic acid units, having isomerization of trans-1,4-CHDA suppressed in the esterification and polyconsensation reactions and having a high melting point and excellent heat resistance, and a process for its production. A polyester resin obtainable by preparing an oligomer by an esterification reaction of a dicarboxylic acid component containing 1,4-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid as the main component, with a diol component, and polycondensing this oligomer in the presence of a polycondensation catalyst; and a process for producing a polyester resin characterized in that the esterification reaction is carried out by means of a basic compound, and then, the polycondensation reaction is carried out by means of a polycondensation catalyst.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a biodegradable label for in-mold forming, which is excellent in water resistance, is printable to allow for printing letters, or the like, by various printing methods, and is biodegradable in a natural environment; and to provide a biodegradable container attached with this biodegradable label for in-mold forming. In the present invention, the gist of the first invention is a biodegradable label for in-mold forming, comprising a laminate film (a/b), having a film (a), comprising a biodegradable resin (A), and a film (b), comprising a heat-sealable biodegradable resin (B); and the gist of the second invention is a biodegradable container attached with this biodegradable label for in-mold forming.

Abstract: To provide a polyester resin particularly useful in application to optical films, etc. A polyester resin which is an alicyclic polyester comprising dicarboxylic acid units and diol units, characterized by the following (1) to (4): (1) the dicarboxylic acid units are composed mainly of 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid units, (2) the diol units are composed mainly of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol units, (3) the ratio of alkyl ester terminals to all terminals of the polyester is at most 5 mol %, and (4) the light transmittance of a molded plate of the resin having a thickness of 2 mm is at least 87%.

Abstract: To provide a polyester resin particularly useful in application to optical films, etc. A polyester resin which is an alicyclic polyester comprising dicarboxylic acid units and diol units, characterized by the following (1) to (4): (1) the dicarboxylic acid units are composed mainly of 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid units, (2) the diol units are composed mainly of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol units, (3) the ratio of alkyl ester terminals to all terminals of the polyester is at most 5 mol %, and (4) the light transmittance of a molded plate of the resin having a thickness of 2 mm is at least 87%.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a biodegradable label for in-mold forming, which is excellent in water resistance, is printable to allow for printing letters, or the like, by various printing methods, and is biodegradable in a natural environment; and to provide a biodegradable container attached with this biodegradable label for in-mold forming. In the present invention, the gist of the first invention is a biodegradable label for in-mold forming, comprising a laminate film (a/b), having a film (a), comprising a biodegradable resin (A), and a film (b), comprising a heat-sealable biodegradable resin (B); and the gist of the second invention is a biodegradable container attached with this biodegradable label for in-mold forming.

Abstract: The present invention relates to battery parts comprising molded pieces made of polyolefin resin, whose surface to be bonded are treated so as to have at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl group, carboxyl group, carbonyl group, fluorosulfuryl group, sulfonic group and its metallic bases, said molded pieces being bonded together with reactive hot-melt adhesive.

Abstract: Aliphatic polyester copolymers, which have molecular weights high enough for practical use and which are excellent in thermal stability, tensile strength and moldability, and which are biodegradable as well, are provided, which are produced by a process comprising effecting polycondensation of an aliphatic diol and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid in the presence of an aliphatic monohydroxymonocarboxylic acid in a specific amount and of a catalyst comprising a germanium compound.

Abstract: A wholly aromatic polyester consisting essentially of:(a) from 2 to 50 equivalent % of a 3,3'-biphenyldicarboxylic acid residue;(b) from 10 to 40 equivalent % of a dicarboxylic acid residue excluding the residue of 3,3'-bisphenyldicarboxylic acid;(c) from 10 to 52 equivalent % of a dioxy compound residue of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.2 is a group of the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sup.6 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group or a phenyl group and n is 0 or an integer up to 4, ##STR3## wherein X is as defined above, ##STR4## wherein X is as defined above, and/or ##STR5## and (d) from 0 to 80 equivalent % of an oxycarboxylic acid residue of the formula: ##STR6## wherein R.sup.3 is a bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or R.sup.4 --X--R.sup.5, wherein R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and X are as defined above, said polyester having a melt viscosity of at least 50 poise as measured at 275.degree. C. at 100 sec.sup.-1.

Abstract: A process for producing a copolymeric polyester, which comprises a first step of preparing a copolymeric oligomer by reacting a starting material oligoester or polyester having repeating units of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having from 6 to 10 carbon atoms, a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms or/and a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms (provided a hydrogen atom in the aromatic ring of the aromatic hydrocarbon group may be substituted by a halogen atom or an alkyl or alkoxy group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms), and R.sup.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wholly aromatic polyester comprising the structural units represented by the formulae (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, an alkoxy group or a phenoxy group ##STR2## wherein A represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a sulfonyl group, a carbonyl group, an alkylene group or an alkylidene group, or a single bond directly connecting the two benzene rings and R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 represent respectively a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a hydrocarbon group,the wholly aromatic polyester containing 5 to 50 mol % of the unit (A), 5 to 45 mol % of the unit (B), 5 to 45 mol % of the unit (C), 5 to 20 mol % of the unit (D) and 0 to 10 mol % of the unit (E), and the sum of the amounts of the unit (A) and the unit (B) and the sum of the amounts of the unit (C), the unit (D) and the unit (E) being substantially equimolar, and a process for producing the same.