Abstract: Provided are a polymer compound, which comprises a copolymer containing at least a unit B, and a unit A and/or a unit C referring to repeating units A, B and C, and which has a weight-average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,500,000; a material for electronic devices and a material for organic electroluminescent devices comprising the compound; an organic electroluminescent device having an anode, a cathode and an organic thin film layer, wherein at least one organic thin film layer contains the polymer compound; a coating liquid containing the polymer compound and a solvent; and a method for producing an organic electroluminescent device using the coating liquid. Also provided is a polymer compound suitable to a coating method; a material for electronic devices and a material for organic electroluminescent devices comprising the compound; and an organic EL device, a coating liquid and a method for producing an organic EL device using the compound.

Abstract: Provided are a copolymer having plural repeating units each having a specific structure, and having a weight-average molecular weight of from 100,000 to 3,000,000; a material for organic electronic devices and a material for organic electroluminescent devices containing the copolymer; a solution containing the copolymer and a solvent; and an organic electroluminescent device using the material for organic electroluminescent devices. The copolymer has not only charge transporting properties but also solubility and is suitable for forming a film according to a coating method. The present invention provides the copolymer, and a material for organic electronic devices and a material for organic electroluminescent devices containing the copolymer, an organic electroluminescent device, and a solution containing the copolymer.

Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: an engine which is disposed on a front side in the vehicle, and which is configured to drive rear wheels of the vehicle, the engine which includes a crank shaft that is extended in a front/back direction of the vehicle; and a drive motor which is arranged in line with the engine in a width direction of the vehicle, and which is disposed on an air intake side of the engine, the drive motor which is configured to drive front wheels of the vehicle.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (I), wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a methyl group or a trifluoromethyl group.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein in the formula, L1 is a single bond or a linking group, A is a group represented by the following formula (A), B is a group represented by the following formula (B), m is an integer of 1 to 3, and n is an integer of 1 to 4.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein in the formula, L1 is a single bond or a linking group, A is a group represented by the following formula (A), B is a group represented by the following formula (B), m is an integer of 1 to 3, and n is an integer of 1 to 4.

Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: an engine which is disposed on a front side in the vehicle, and which is configured to drive rear wheels of the vehicle, the engine which includes a crank shaft that is extended in a front/back direction of the vehicle; and a drive motor which is arranged in line with the engine in a width direction of the vehicle, and which is disposed on an air intake side of the engine, the drive motor which is configured to drive front wheels of the vehicle.

Abstract: A (meth)acrylic polymer obtained by polymerizing a (meth)acrylic ester of formula wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R3 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group; and n and m are each independently an integer of 0 to 3, provided that n and m are not simultaneously 0. Also, a positive photoresist composition including the (meth)acrylic polymer and a method of forming a photoresist pattern with the positive photoresist composition.

Abstract: Provided are a copolymer having plural repeating units each having a specific structure, and having a weight-average molecular weight of from 100,000 to 3,000,000; a material for organic electronic devices and a material for organic electroluminescent devices containing the copolymer; a solution containing the copolymer and a solvent; and an organic electroluminescent device using the material for organic electroluminescent devices. The copolymer has not only charge transporting properties but also solubility and is suitable for forming a film according to a coating method. The present invention provides the copolymer, and a material for organic electronic devices and a material for organic electroluminescent devices containing the copolymer, an organic electroluminescent device, and a solution containing the copolymer.

Abstract: Provided are a polymer compound, which comprises a copolymer containing at least a unit B, and a unit A and/or a unit C referring to repeating units A, B and C, and which has a weight-average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,500,000; a material for electronic devices and a material for organic electroluminescent devices comprising the compound; an organic electroluminescent device having an anode, a cathode and an organic thin film layer, wherein at least one organic thin film layer contains the polymer compound; a coating liquid containing the polymer compound and a solvent; and a method for producing an organic electroluminescent device using the coating liquid. Also provided is a polymer compound suitable to a coating method; a material for electronic devices and a material for organic electroluminescent devices comprising the compound; and an organic EL device, a coating liquid and a method for producing an organic EL device using the compound.

Abstract: To provide an electrophotographic photoconductor, containing: a conductive support; a photosensitive layer provided above the conductive support; and a hardened protective layer provided above the photosensitive layer, wherein the hardened protective layer contains a hardened product of a radical polymerizable compound containing an adamantane skeleton.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (I), wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a methyl group or a trifluoromethyl group.

Abstract: A homoadamantane derivative represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are independently a hydrogen atom or a linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, x is a hydroxyl group or a halogen atom, and n and m are independently an integer of 0 to 3, provided that n and m are not simultaneously 0.

Abstract: To provide an electrophotographic photoconductor, containing: a conductive support; a photosensitive layer provided above the conductive support; and a hardened protective layer provided above the photosensitive layer, wherein the hardened protective layer contains a hardened product of a radical polymerizable compound containing an adamantane skeleton.

Abstract: Provided are a resin composition containing a (meth)acrylate compound (A) having a specific structure and a rigid moiety, and a (meth)acrylate compound (B) having a flexible moiety; a resin composition further containing a silane-based (meth)acrylate compound (C-1), an antioxidant (C-2) or an aliphatic compound (C-3) having a specific structure; and an optical component. A resin for an optical component can be produced from those resin compositions, the resin having excellent transparency, causing no cracks, being stable against heat without causing yellowing, and having a low coefficient of thermal expansion, a low water content, excellent shape stability, with excellent mold releasability, and excellent adhesiveness with a coating material that suppresses surface reflection and improves transmittance.

Abstract: Provided are: an adamantane derivative represented by the following general formula (I) giving a cured product excellent in optical characteristics such as transparency and light resistance, durabilities such as heat resistance, and electrical characteristics such as dielectric constant; a method of producing the adamantane derivative; a resin composition containing the adamantane derivative and an epoxy resin curing agent; and a sealing agent for an optical semiconductor using the resin composition: where: Y represents a group selected from a hydrocarbon group, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, and an ?O group formed by two Y's being combined together; Z represents a cyclic ether group; n represents an integer of 0 or more; and p represents an integer of 2 to 4 and q represents an integer of 0 to 14, while satisfying 2?p+q?16.

Abstract: An adamantane derivative capable of affording a cured product which is excellent in optical characteristics such as transparency and light resistance, durability such as long-term heat resistance, and electrical characteristics such as dielectric constant, a process for producing such an adamantane derivative, and a curable composition containing such an adamantane derivative, the adamantane derivative being represented by the general formula (I) shown below and having a group selected from an acrylate group, a methacrylate group and a trifluoromethacrylate group, where R1 represents a group selected from a hydroxyl group, an acrylate group, a methacrylate group and a trifluoromethacrylate group, R2 represents a group selected from a hydrogen atom, a methyl group and a trifluoromethyl group, k is an integer of 0 to 4 and n is an integer of 1 to 6.

Abstract: Provided are: an adamantane derivative represented by the following general formula (I) giving a cured product excellent in optical characteristics such as transparency and light resistance, durabilities such as heat resistance, and electrical characteristics such as dielectric constant; a method of producing the adamantane derivative; a resin composition containing the adamantane derivative and an epoxy resin curing agent; and a sealing agent for an optical semiconductor using the resin composition: where: Y represents a group selected from a hydrocarbon group, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, and an ?O group formed by two Y's being combined together; Z represents a cyclic ether group; n represents an integer of 0 or more; and p represents an integer of 2 to 4 and q represents an integer of 0 to 14, while satisfying 2?p+q?16.

Abstract: A polymerizable compound having a fluorinated substituent (Z) represented by the general formula (1), an adamantane structure and a polymerizable group (A) having the structure represented by the general formula (1), a production method thereof, and a photoresist composition, a thermocurable resin composition and a photocurable resin composition containing a polymer obtained using the polymerizable compound are provided. Use of the polymerizable compound with the adamantane structure and a resin composition thereof in the present invention provides in the field of photolithography the effect of preventing a liquid immersion medium from penetration and improving dry etching resistance in a liquid immersion exposure method as well as reducing adhesion to a mold and improving dry etching resistance in a nanoimprint method.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polymerizable compound having an alicyclic structure and a polymerizable group and represented by the general formula (1) or (19). The polymerizable compound exhibits high adhesion to substrates, reduced swelling during development, a reduced amount of water absorption during exposure in water, and high dry-etching resistance. Also provided are a polymer of such a polymerizable compound, a process for producing the same and a photoresist composition containing the polymer.