Abstract: The present invention provides a near-infrared transmitting black material that can sufficiently absorb visible light and sufficiently inhibit the absorption of near-infrared light. Provided is a near-infrared transmitting black material containing an oxazine resin.

Abstract: Provided is a photosensitizer that can make a compound having a polymerizable group be efficiently cured by irradiation with an active energy ray. A photosensitizer comprising graphene, the graphene having a number average molecular weight (Mn) in terms of polystyrene of 500 or more and 1,000,000 or less, the number average molecular weight measured by gel permeation chromatography.

Abstract: The present invention provides black particles that have high electrical insulation and that can achieve high blackness in the visible light region, as well as a black coating material, a coating film, and a black matrix for a color filter each containing the black particles. Provided are black particles containing a copolymer including a structural unit derived from a pyrrole compound and a structural unit derived from a quinone compound, the black particles having an aqueous dispersion number average particle size of 100 nm or less and a zeta potential of ?5 mV or less.

Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode material for a secondary battery capable of improving cycle characteristics due to charge and discharge of the secondary battery. A negative electrode material for a secondary battery includes a negative electrode active material containing a particle 1 and a first carbon material capable of occluding and releasing alkali metal ions or alkaline earth metal ions; and a conductive aid containing a second carbon material different from the first carbon material, in which the particle 1 has a mother particle 2 including a metal or a metal compound, a covering layer 3 covering at least a portion of a surface 2a of the mother particle 2 and including amorphous carbon, and a conductive material 4 attached directly or indirectly to the surface 2a of the mother particle 2 and having conductivity higher than that of the amorphous carbon.

Abstract: A light-modulating material of which the light transmittance can be controlled over a wide region from visible light to infrared light by voltage application is provided. The light-modulating material comprises a graphene-like carbon material having an aspect ratio of 3 or more and 330 or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition having a high optical density and capable of providing a high-quality color filter excellent in long-term stability and insulation properties. The present invention also provides a cured product of the resin composition, a black matrix, a color filter, a liquid crystal display device, an organic electroluminescent display device, and a method for producing the resin composition. Provided is a resin composition including: amorphous carbon-containing black particles; and a curable compound, the black particles having a specific gravity of 1.75 or lower and an oil absorption as set forth in JIS K 51C1-13-1 of 30 ml/100 g or higher and 120 ml/100 g or lower.

Abstract: Provided are exfoliated graphite that rarely folds, rarely curls, and rarely causes corrosion of an electrode when used as the electrode material, and a method for manufacturing the exfoliated graphite. Exfoliated graphite being graphene or a laminate of graphene sheets, the exfoliated graphite having a ratio 2 D/G of 0.5 or more and 5.0 or less, the ratio 2 D/G being a peak area ratio of a 2 D band to a G band in a Raman. spectrum measured. using Raman spectroscopy, and a halogen content of 1,000 ppm or less.

Abstract: Provided is a gas barrier material having superior gas barrier properties. This gas barrier material 1 comprises a matrix resin 2, and a carbon material 3 disposed in the matrix resin 2, wherein the carbon material 3 contains a partially exfoliated graphite having a structure in which graphite is partially exfoliated.

Abstract: The present invention provides an active material for all-solid-state batteries that enables production of all-solid-state batteries having excellent battery characteristics. The present invention also provides an electrode for all-solid-state batteries and an all-solid-state battery each including the active material for all-solid-state batteries. Provided is an active material for all-solid-state batteries, including: an active material; and a coating layer containing amorphous carbon and coating a surface of the active material, the coating layer coating at least part of the surface of the active material.

Abstract: Provided is a new polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon derivative. The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon derivative is a derivative of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having 6 or more aromatic rings and has a substituent represented by the following formula (1). (In the formula (1), R1 and R2 are carbon atoms of the aromatic rings in the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, and R3 to R5 are carbon atoms of an aromatic ring or a heterocyclic ring in a group having the aromatic ring or the heterocyclic ring. n is 0 or 1, and m is the number of substituents.

Abstract: Provided is a photosensitizer that can make a compound having a polymerizable group be efficiently cured by irradiation with an active energy ray. A photosensitizer comprising graphene, the graphene having a number average molecular weight (Mn) in terms of polystyrene of 500 or more and 1,000,000 or less, the number average molecular weight measured by gel permeation chromatography.

Abstract: Provided is a new polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon derivative. The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon derivative is a derivative of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having 6 or more aromatic rings and has a substituent represented by the following formula (1). (In the formula (1), R1 and R2 are carbon atoms of the aromatic rings in the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, and R3 to R5 are carbon atoms of an aromatic ring or a heterocyclic ring in a group having the aromatic ring or the heterocyclic ring. n is 0 or 1, and m is the number of substituents.

Abstract: A light-modulating material of which the light transmittance can be controlled over a wide region from visible light to infrared light by voltage application is provided. The light-modulating material comprises a graphene-like carbon material having an aspect ratio of 3 or more and 330 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a gas barrier material having superior gas barrier properties. This gas barrier material 1 comprises a matrix resin 2, and a carbon material 3 disposed in the matrix resin 2, wherein the carbon material 3 contains a partially exfoliated graphite having a structure in which graphite is partially exfoliated.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an antibacterial and antiviral composition capable of exhibiting antibacterial and antiviral properties in a short period of time and excellent in handleability and safety. The present invention also aims to provide antibacterial and antiviral particles, a processed fabric, a coating material for a processed coating film, a processed coating film, a coating material for a UV-cured coating film, and a UV-cured coating film each prepared using the antibacterial and antiviral composition. Provided is an antibacterial and antiviral composition containing an antibacterial and antiviral polymer compound, the polymer compound being an amino group-containing polymer.

Abstract: A microfluidic device provided with a micro-channel structure capable of easily and positively providing therein micro-droplet having various dilution ratios. A micro-channel structure provided in a substrate (2) has a first mixing unit (11) and a second mixing unit (21) connected to the downstream side of the first mixing unit (11), with each mixing unit (11, 21) having first through third micro-channels. One end of a first weighing unit (11d) consisting of a micro-channel having a capacity equivalent to the volume of a specified-amount first micro-droplet is opened to a first micro-channel (11a), and the other end is opened to a merging unit (12a) provided on a second micro-channel (12). One end of a second weighing unit (13d) consisting of a micro-channel having a capacity equivalent to the volume of a specified-amount second micro-droplet is connected to a third micro-channel (13), and the other end is opened to the merging unit (12a).

Abstract: The present invention provides a photoresponsive gas-generating material that is to be used in a micropump of a microfluid device having fine channels formed therein, and is capable of effectively generating gases for transporting a microfluid in response to light irradiation and transporting the microfluid at an improved transport efficiency. The present invention also provides a micropump incorporating the photoresponsive gas-generating material. A photoresponsive gas-generating material 13 is to be used in a micropump having fine channels formed in a substrate, and comprises a photo-sensitive acid-generating agent and an acid-sensitive gas-generating agent, and a micropump 10 has the photoresponsive gas-generating material 13 housed therein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photoresponsive gas-generating material that is to be used in a micropump of a microfluid device having fine channels formed therein, and is capable of effectively generating gases for transporting a microfluid in response to light irradiation and transporting the microfluid at an improved transport efficiency. The present invention also provides a micropump incorporating the photoresponsive gas-generating material. A photoresponsive gas-generating material 13 is to be used in a micropump having fine channels formed in a substrate, and comprises a photo-sensitive acid-generating agent and an acid-sensitive gas-generating agent, and a micropump 10 has the photoresponsive gas-generating material 13 housed therein.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a binder resin which, when used in an inorganic fine particle-dispersed paste composition, leaves little amount of residual carbon after sintering and can be degreased even under low temperature conditions. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle composition and an inorganic fine particle-dispersed paste composition, which are obtained by using the binder resin. The binder resin of the present invention is for use in an inorganic fine particle-dispersed paste composition containing inorganic fine particles. The binder resin contains from 5 to 55% by weight of a segment derived from methyl methacrylate, from 30 to 80% by weight of a segment derived from isobutyl methacrylate, and from 5 to 20% by weight of a segment derived from polyoxyalkylene ether monomethacrylate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a terminally modified acrylic polymer having excellent thermal decomposition properties at low temperatures, an inorganic fine particle dispersed paste composition obtained by using the terminally modified acrylic polymer and a method of producing of the terminally modified acrylic polymer.