Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a tread rubber with a groove depth at a shoulder portion that comes into contact with a road surface of 10 mm or greater. A rubber composition of the tread rubber contains: 60 to 70 parts by mass of carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 70 to 130 m2/g, 0.5 parts or greater by mass of sulfur, and a vulcanization accelerator per 100 parts by mass of diene rubber including 50 to 70 mass % of styrene-butadiene rubber, 20 to 30 mass % of butadiene rubber, and 10 to 30 mass % of natural rubber. The diene rubber has an average glass transition temperature of ?65° C. or lower. A ratio of a compounded amount of the vulcanization accelerator to a compounded amount of the sulfur is 1.0 to 1.3. The tread rubber has a rubber hardness of 65 to 70 at 20° C.

Abstract: A first object of the present invention is to provide a conductive film having excellent substrate adhesiveness and a method for manufacturing the conductive film. A second object of the present invention is to provide a thermoelectric conversion layer, a thermoelectric conversion element, and a thermoelectric conversion module which are formed using the conductive film. A third object of the present invention is to provide a composition for forming the conductive film. The conductive film according to an embodiment of the present invention contains carbon nanotubes and an insulating polymer having a polar group, in which a content of oxygen atoms in the carbon nanotubes is 0.5 to 5.0 atm %, and a content of the insulating polymer with respect to the carbon nanotubes is 10% to 100% by mass.

Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire tread contains a diene rubber, silica, and a cured product; a content of the silica being from 20 to 100 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber, a content of the cured product being from 0.3 to 30 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber; the diene rubber containing a natural rubber and a modified butadiene rubber having a polyorganosiloxane group at a terminal, a content of the natural rubber in the diene rubber being from 30 to 90 mass %, a content of the modified butadiene rubber in the diene rubber being from 10 to 70 mass %; the cured product being a cured product obtained by curing a crosslinkable oligomer or polymer that is incompatible with the diene rubber; and a JIS A hardness of the cured product being from 3 to 45.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion layer contains carbon nanotubes and a surfactant, and in an upper portion and a lower portion and/or a side face end surface and a center, a mass ratio obtained by dividing the carbon nanotubes by the surfactant is higher in the upper portion and/or the end surface than in the other portions. A layer which contains carbon nanotubes and a surfactant and will become a thermoelectric conversion element is formed, the layer is washed with a washing agent which dissolves the surfactant but does not dissolve the carbon nanotubes. Accordingly, provided is a thermoelectric conversion element and a thermoelectric conversion module, each having not only high adhesiveness between the substrate and the thermoelectric conversion layer but also excellent thermoelectric conversion performance; and methods for manufacturing the thermoelectric conversion element and the thermoelectric conversion module.

Abstract: The present invention provides an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer, which has excellent electric conductivity and thermoelectromotive force and is inhibited from experiencing a change of the thermoelectromotive force even in a high-temperature environment, a thermoelectric conversion element having the n-type thermoelectric conversion layer, and a composition for forming an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer. A thermoelectric conversion element of the present invention has an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer and a p-type thermoelectric conversion layer electrically connected to the n-type thermoelectric conversion layer, in which the n-type thermoelectric conversion layer contains carbon nanotubes and a compound containing a repeating unit represented by Formula (1). In Formula (1), L1 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group. n represents an integer of equal to or greater than 2. X represents —O—, —CH(OH)—, —S—, —OC(?O)O—, —C(?O)—, —OC(?O)—, or a divalent group containing an amide group.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion module has a long support, a plurality of first metal layers formed on one surface of the support at intervals in a longitudinal direction of the support, a plurality of thermoelectric conversion layers formed at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the support, and a connection electrode for connecting the thermoelectric conversion layers adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the support, and a second metal layer formed on the other surface of the support, in which the first and the second metal layers have low rigidity portions that have rigidity lower than rigidity of other regions and extend in a width direction of the support, the low rigidity portions of the first and the second metal layers are formed at the same positions in the longitudinal direction, and the support is alternately bent into a mountain fold and a valley fold at the low rigidity portions.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor layer (n-type semiconductor layer) which demonstrate an excellent thermoelectric conversion performance and exhibits n-type characteristics. Another object of the present invention is to provide a thermoelectric conversion layer formed of the n-type semiconductor layer and a composition for forming an n-type semiconductor layer. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a thermoelectric conversion element, which has the thermoelectric conversion layer as an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer, and a thermoelectric conversion module. The n-type semiconductor layer of the embodiment of the present invention contains a nanocarbon material and an onium salt represented by a specific structure.

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire. An undertread is obtained by blending Wu parts by mass (Wu?0) of a softener (U) including a plasticizer component with 100 parts by mass of a rubber component. A cap tread is obtained by blending 30 parts by mass or greater of silica and Wc parts by mass (Wc is from 20 to 70) of a softener (C) including from 5 to 30 parts by mass of a resin component having a softening point of from 90° C. to 150° C. and a plasticizer component with 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber containing 30 mass % or greater of polybutadiene. The cap tread rubber component has a mass ratio of the resin component in the softener of from 0.1 to 0.5. A difference (Wc?Wu) in compounded amount between the softener and the softener is from 20 parts by mass to 60 parts by mass.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a thermoelectric conversion layer having excellent thermoelectric conversion performances (particularly, a power factor and a figure of merit Z). Another object of the present invention is to provide a composition for forming a thermoelectric conversion layer that is used for forming the thermoelectric conversion layer, and a thermoelectric conversion element and a thermoelectric conversion module including the thermoelectric conversion layer.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor layer (p-type semiconductor layer) which demonstrate an excellent thermoelectric conversion performance and exhibits p-type characteristics. Another object of the present invention is to provide a thermoelectric conversion layer formed of the p-type semiconductor layer and a composition for forming a p-type semiconductor layer. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a thermoelectric conversion element, which has the thermoelectric conversion layer as a p-type thermoelectric conversion layer, and a thermoelectric conversion module. The p-type semiconductor layer of the embodiment of the present invention contains a nanocarbon material and at least one kind of onium salt selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formula (1) to Formula (4).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a thermoelectric conversion element which includes a p-type thermoelectric conversion layer and an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer, has excellent power generation capacity and durability, and inhibits a variation in power generation capacity between lots.

Abstract: The present invention has a first substrate having a high thermal conduction portion which has a thermal conductivity higher than that of other regions in a plane direction, a thermoelectric conversion layer which is formed on the first substrate, consists of an organic material, and has a thermoelectric conversion material having a positive Seebeck coefficient, a second substrate which is formed on the thermoelectric conversion layer and has a high thermal conduction portion having a thermal conductivity higher than that of other regions in the plane direction and in which the high thermal conduction portion does not completely overlap the high thermal conduction portion of the first substrate in the plane direction, and a pair of electrodes which are connected to the thermoelectric conversion layer and consist of a metal material having a negative Seebeck coefficient.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a thermoelectric conversion element having excellent thermoelectric conversion performance and excellent high-temperature durability, a method for manufacturing the thermoelectric conversion element, a thermoelectric conversion module, and a method for manufacturing the thermoelectric conversion module.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a thermoelectric conversion layer, which has a high power factor and a low thermal conductivity and exhibits the characteristics of an n-type excellently maintaining performance stability even being exposed to a high temperature for a long period of time, a thermoelectric conversion element having the thermoelectric conversion layer as an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer, and a composition for forming a thermoelectric conversion layer used for forming the thermoelectric conversion layer. The thermoelectric conversion layer of the present invention contains a carbon nanotube-containing n-type thermoelectric conversion material and a hydrogen bonding resin.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer, which has a high power factor and exhibits excellent performance stability, a thermoelectric conversion element including the n-type thermoelectric conversion layer, and a composition for forming an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer used in the n-type thermoelectric conversion layer. The n-type thermoelectric conversion layer of the present invention contains carbon nanotubes and an amine compound which is represented by General Formula (1) or (2) and has a ClogP value of 2.0 to 8.2.

Abstract: The present invention has a first substrate having a high thermal conduction portion which has a thermal conductivity higher than that of other regions in a plane direction, a thermoelectric conversion layer which is formed on the first substrate, consists of an organic material, and has a thermoelectric conversion material having a positive Seebeck coefficient, a second substrate which is formed on the thermoelectric conversion layer and has a high thermal conduction portion having a thermal conductivity higher than that of other regions in the plane direction and in which the high thermal conduction portion does not completely overlap the high thermal conduction portion of the first substrate in the plane direction, and a pair of electrodes which are connected to the thermoelectric conversion layer and consist of a metal material having a negative Seebeck coefficient.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion layer contains carbon nanotubes and a surfactant, and in an upper portion and a lower portion and/or a side face end surface and a center, a mass ratio obtained by dividing the carbon nanotubes by the surfactant is higher in the upper portion and/or the end surface than in the other portions. A layer which contains carbon nanotubes and a surfactant and will become a thermoelectric conversion element is formed, the layer is washed with a washing agent which dissolves the surfactant but does not dissolve the carbon nanotubes. Accordingly, provided is a thermoelectric conversion element and a thermoelectric conversion module, each having not only high adhesiveness between the substrate and the thermoelectric conversion layer but also excellent thermoelectric conversion performance; and methods for manufacturing the thermoelectric conversion element and the thermoelectric conversion module.

Abstract: The present invention provides an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer, which has excellent electric conductivity and thermoelectromotive force and is inhibited from experiencing a change of the thermoelectromotive force even in a high-temperature environment, a thermoelectric conversion element having the n-type thermoelectric conversion layer, and a composition for forming an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer. A thermoelectric conversion element of the present invention has an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer and a p-type thermoelectric conversion layer electrically connected to the n-type thermoelectric conversion layer, in which the n-type thermoelectric conversion layer contains carbon nanotubes and a compound containing a repeating unit represented by Formula (1). ?L1-X?n ??Formula (1) In Formula (1), L1 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group. n represents an integer of equal to or greater than 2.

Abstract: An organic photoelectric conversion element composition including a p-type-and-n-type linked organic semiconductor polymer represented by any one of formulas (1) to (5), a thin film and a photovoltaic cell each containing the same, an organic semiconductor polymer and a compound each for use in these, and a method of producing the polymer: wherein, in formulas, A to A4 represent a group of a p-type organic semiconductor unit, and B to B3 represent a group of an n-type organic semiconductor unit; L1 to L4 represent a divalent or trivalent linking group; herein, in the formulas, at least one bonding hand represented by -* in the structures shown upperward and downward, and in the case of formula (4), L4 and (b), and L1 or L2 and (a), bond directly or through a divalent linking group; l, n, r, t, u and v represent an integer of 1 to 1,000; m and s represent an integer of 1 to 10; and p, q, l? and n? represent an integer of 0 to 1,000; in which p and q do not simultaneously represent 0.

Abstract: An organic film transistor containing a compound, which is composed of n repeating units represented by Formula (1-1), (1-2), or (101), in a semiconductor active layer is an organic film transistor using a compound that results in high carrier mobility when being used in the semiconductor active layer of the organic film transistor and exhibits high solubility in an organic solvent; (Each of R1 R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; each of Ar1 and Ar2 independently represents a heteroarylene group or an arylene group; V1 represents a divalent linking group; m represents an integer of 0 to 6; cy represents a naphthalene ring or an anthracene ring; each of R3 and R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; each of Ar3 and Ar4 represents a heterocyclic aromatic ring or an aromatic ring; V2 represents a divalent linking group; p represents an integer of 0 to 6; n represents an integer of equal to or greater than 2; A is a divalent linking group represented by Formula (101?); each of RA1 to RA6