Abstract: A method produces a semiconductor device, the method having a step of transferring an underlayer by employing a resist underlayer film-forming composition containing a hydrolysis condensate prepared through hydrolysis and condensation of a hydrolyzable silane in a non-alcoholic solvent in the presence of a strong acid, followed by a step (G) of removing the patterned resist film, the patterned resist underlayer film, and/or particles with a sulfuric acid-hydrogen peroxide mixture (SPM) prepared by mixing of aqueous hydrogen peroxide with sulfuric acid and/or an ammonia-hydrogen peroxide mixture (SC1) prepared by mixing of aqueous hydrogen peroxide with aqueous ammonia, wherein: the hydrolyzable silane contains a hydrolyzable silane of the following Formula (1): R1aR2bSi(R3)4?(a+b)??Formula (1) (wherein R1 is an organic group having a primary amino group, a secondary amino group, or a tertiary amino group and is bonded to a silicon atom via an Si—C bond).

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a positive electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery includes: firing a mixture containing a lithium compound, a nickel-containing complex compound, and a molybdenum compound, to obtain first particles containing a lithium transition metal complex oxide having a composition in which a ratio of a number of moles of nickel to a total number of moles of metals other than lithium is greater than 0.6 and less than 1; and bringing the first particles into contact with a liquid medium in such that a solid content concentration of the first particles is in a range of 20 mass % to 80 mass % to remove a part of molybdenum element contained in the first particles to obtain second particles.

Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material which inhibits a decrease in discharge capacity while improving output in a low SOC region. The positive electrode active material includes: first particles that each consist of a first lithium transition metal composite oxide, the first lithium transition metal composite oxide having a layered structure and having a ratio of a number of moles of nickel to a total number of moles of metals other than lithium in a composition thereof being 0.

Abstract: A method of molding which comprises preparing a molding material by compounding a filler and a curable composition, the filler being in an amount of 0 to 800 weight parts based on 100 weight parts of the curable composition and optionally aging the molding material at room temperature or by heating, followed by casting the molding material into a mold and curing the molding material under atmospheric pressure or higher, and articles molded by such method.

Abstract: A thermal latent acid catalyst which comprises (i) a compound having an epoxy group, (ii) a compound having a sulfur atom of the following formula: R.sup.5 --S--R.sup.6, wherein R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are the same or different from each other and are a hydrogen atom or an organic group of 1 to 40 carbon atoms, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 optionally are bonded with each other to form a cyclic structure; and (iii) a Lewis acid of the following formula: (X.sup.1).sub.n1 --M.sup.1 --(R.sup.7).sub.n2, wherein M.sup.1 is a boron atom, an aluminium atom, a tin atom, a lead atom or a transition element, X.sup.1 is one or more halogen atoms, R.sup.7 is one or more organic groups of 1 to 40 carbon atoms, R.sup.7 optionally forms a chelate ring by coordinating to the M.sup.1 atom, n1 and n2 are each an integer of 0 through 6, and n1 plus n2 equals an integer of 1 to 6. The ratio of the epoxy group of the epoxy compound (i) to the M.sup.1 atom of the Lewis acid is 0.

Abstract: A curable composition comprising (A) a compound having in the molecule two or more specific blocked carboxyl groups: (B) a compound having in the molecule two or more reactive functional groups which can form chemical bonds with the blocked carboxyl groups, and (C) a catalytic component selected from the following: (a) a thermal latent acid catalyst which comprises a compound having a epoxy group, a specific compound having a sulfur atom and a specific Lewis acid; (b) a thermal latent acid catalyst which comprises a specific compound, having at least one of a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, a phosphorus atom or a sulfur atom, a specific compound having a halogen atom and a specific Lewis acid having at least one of an aluminum atom, a zinc atom or a tin atom; or a mixture which comprises (c) a metallic chelate compound and a specific organic silicon compound or a condensate thereof.