Abstract: A composition of zinc salts of carboxylic acids. The carboxylic acids of the zinc salts include 0.5 to 6.0 mass % of a component (A), 0.05 to 1.2 mass % of a component (B) and 88.0 to 98.0 mass % of a component (C) described below. A ratio [(A)/(B)] of a mass of the component (A) with respect to a mass of the component (B) is 99/1 to 75/25, where (A) is a straight chain and saturated carboxylic acid having a carbon number of 12 to 22; (B) is a strait chain and unsaturated carboxylic acid having one unsaturated bond and a carbon number of 18, said unsaturated bond comprising a trans-form double bond; and (C) is a straight-chain and unsaturated carboxylic acid having one unsaturated bond and a carbon number of 18, said unsaturated bond comprising a cis-form double bond.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer structure including a base (X) and a layer (Y), wherein the layer (Y) includes an aluminum-containing compound (A) and a phosphorus compound (BH) in which a phosphorus atom having at least one hydroxy group and a polar group are bonded via an alkylene chain having 3 to 20 carbon atoms or a polyoxyalkylene chain based on an alkylene having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and the aluminum-containing compound (A) is a compound (Ab) including a reaction product (D) of an aluminum-containing metal oxide (Aa) and an inorganic phosphorus compound (BI).

Abstract: A composition of zinc salts of carboxylic acids. The carboxylic acids of the zinc salts include 0.5 to 6.0 mass % of a component (A), 0.05 to 1.2 mass % of a component (B) and 88.0 to 98.0 mass % of a component (C) described below. A ratio [(A)/(B)] of a mass of the component (A) with respect to a mass of the component (B) is 99/1 to 75/25, where (A) is a straight chain and saturated carboxylic acid having a carbon number of 12 to 22; (B) is a strait chain and unsaturated carboxylic acid having one unsaturated bond and a carbon number of 18, said unsaturated bond comprising a trans-form double bond; and (C) is a straight-chain and unsaturated carboxylic acid having one unsaturated bond and a carbon number of 18, said unsaturated bond comprising a cis-form double bond.

Abstract: A reinforcement structure is disposed on a midsole of a shoe. A first bar extends from a first point in a medial side of the midsole to a second point in the medial side of the midsole. The second point is closer to a toe of the shoe than the first point. A second bar extends from a third point in the medial side of the midsole to a fourth point in a lateral side of the midsole. The fourth point being closer to the toe of the shoe than the third point. A third bar extending from a fifth point in the medial side of the midsole to a sixth point in the lateral side of the midsole. The sixth point being closer to the toe of the shoe than the fifth point. The third bar extending further toward the toe of the shoe than the second bar.

Abstract: An object is to provide a wax dispersant capable of improving the resin composition in the fluidity in a molten state, the transparency and the storage stability, when adding the wax to a thermoplastic resin. The wax dispersant is a copolymer (A) which has a copolymerization composition comprising structural units respectively derived from: an aromatic monomer (A1) within 40 to 94% by mass; a (meth)acrylic acid long chain alkyl ester (A2) represented by the formula (1) (an alcohol residue R2 is C9 to C22 alkyl) within 5 to 40% by mass; and a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester (A3) represented by the formula (2) (an alcohol residue R4 is C1 to C8 alkyl) within 1 to 20% by mass, and also has a weight average molecular weight within 3,000 to 50,000.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer structure including a base (X) and a layer (Y), wherein the layer (Y) includes an aluminum-containing compound (A) and a phosphorus compound (BH) in which a phosphorus atom having at least one hydroxy group and a polar group are bonded via an alkylene chain having 3 to 20 carbon atoms or a polyoxyalkylene chain based on an alkylene having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and the aluminum-containing compound (A) is a compound (Ab) including a reaction product (D) of an aluminum-containing metal oxide (Aa) and an inorganic phosphorus compound (BI).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer structure including a base (X) and a layer (Y), wherein the layer (Y) includes an aluminum-containing compound (A) and a phosphorus compound (BH) in which a phosphorus atom having at least one hydroxy group and a polar group are bonded via an alkylene chain having 3 to 20 carbon atoms or a polyoxyalkylene chain based on an alkylene having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and the aluminum-containing compound (A) is a compound (Ab) including a reaction product (D) of an aluminum-containing metal oxide (Aa) and an inorganic phosphorus compound (BI).

Abstract: A reinforcement structure is disposed on a midsole of a shoe. A first bar extends from a first point in a medial side of the midsole to a second point in the medial side of the midsole. The second point is closer to a toe of the shoe than the first point. A second bar extends from a third point in the medial side of the midsole to a fourth point in a lateral side of the midsole. The fourth point being closer to the toe of the shoe than the third point. A third bar extending from a fifth point in the medial side of the midsole to a sixth point in the lateral side of the midsole. The sixth point being closer to the toe of the shoe than the fifth point. The third bar extending further toward the toe of the shoe than the second bar.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer structure including a base (X) and a layer (Y), wherein the layer (Y) includes an aluminum-containing compound (A) and a phosphorus compound (BH) in which a phosphorus atom having at least one hydroxy group and a polar group are bonded via an alkylene chain having 3 to 20 carbon atoms or a polyoxyalkylene chain based on an alkylene having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and the aluminum-containing compound (A) is a compound (Ab) including a reaction product (D) of an aluminum-containing metal oxide (Aa) and an inorganic phosphorus compound (BI).

Abstract: A multilayer structure disclosed is a multilayer structure including at least one base (X), at least one layer (Y), and at least one layer (Z). The layer (Y) contains an aluminum atom. The layer (Z) contains a polymer (E) having a plurality of phosphorus atoms. The polymer (E) is a polymer of at least one monomer including a vinylphosphonic acid compound. The multilayer structure includes at least one pair of the layer (Y) and the layer (Z) that are contiguously stacked. The layer (Z) is formed by applying a coating liquid (V) which is a solution of the polymer (E) having a plurality of phosphorus atoms. The multilayer structure disclosed is excellent in gas barrier properties, and can maintain the gas barrier properties at a high level even when subjected to physical stresses such as deformation and impact.

Abstract: A product provided includes a packaging material, and the packaging material includes a multilayer structure. The multilayer structure includes at least one base (X), at least one layer (Y), and at least one layer (Z). The layer (Y) contains an aluminum atom. The layer (Z) contains a polymer (E) containing a monomer unit having a phosphorus atom. The multilayer structure includes at least one pair of the layer (Y) and the layer (Z) that are contiguously stacked. This product is excellent in gas barrier properties, and adapted to maintain the gas barrier properties at a high level even when subjected to physical stresses such as deformation and impact.

Abstract: An electronic device provided includes an electronic device body and a protective sheet protecting a surface of the electronic device body. The protective sheet includes a multilayer structure including at least one base (X), at least one layer (Y), and at least one layer (Z). The layer (Y) contains an aluminum atom, and the layer (Z) contains a polymer (E) containing a monomer unit having a phosphorus atom. The multilayer structure includes at least one pair of the layer (Y) and the layer (Z) that are contiguously stacked. This electronic device is adapted to maintain the gas barrier properties of the protective sheet at a high level even when subjected to physical stresses.

Abstract: A multilayer structure disclosed is a multilayer structure including at least one base (X), at least one layer (Y), and at least one layer (Z). The layer (Y) contains an aluminum atom. The layer (Z) contains a polymer (E) having a plurality of phosphorus atoms. The polymer (E) is a polymer of at least one monomer including a vinylphosphonic acid compound. The multilayer structure includes at least one pair of the layer (Y) and the layer (Z) that are contiguously stacked. The layer (Z) is formed by applying a coating liquid (V) which is a solution of the polymer (E) having a plurality of phosphorus atoms. The multilayer structure disclosed is excellent in gas barrier properties, and can maintain the gas barrier properties at a high level even when subjected to physical stresses such as deformation and impact.

Abstract: A product provided includes a packaging material, and the packaging material includes a multilayer structure. The multilayer structure includes at least one base (X), at least one layer (Y), and at least one layer (Z). The layer (Y) contains an aluminum atom. The layer (Z) contains a polymer (E) containing a monomer unit having a phosphorus atom. The multilayer structure includes at least one pair of the layer (Y) and the layer (Z) that are contiguously stacked. This product is excellent in gas barrier properties, and adapted to maintain the gas barrier properties at a high level even when subjected to physical stresses such as deformation and impact.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an adsorbent material having excellent gas storage performance and gas separation performance. This object can be achieved by an adsorbent material comprising a composition comprising a metal complex (A) and an elastomer (B), the metal complex (A) containing an anionic ligand and at least one metal ion selected from ions of metals belonging to Groups 1 to 13 of the periodic table, the metal complex (A) being capable of undergoing a volume change upon adsorption, and the mass ratio of the metal complex (A) and the elastomer (B) being within the range of 1:99 to 99:1.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an adsorbent material having excellent gas storage performance and gas separation performance. This object can be achieved by an adsorbent material comprising a composition comprising a metal complex (A) and an elastomer (B), the metal complex (A) containing an anionic ligand and at least one metal ion selected from ions of metals belonging to Groups 1 to 13 of the periodic table, the metal complex (A) being capable of undergoing a volume change upon adsorption, and the mass ratio of the metal complex (A) and the elastomer (B) being within the range of 1:99 to 99:1.

Abstract: Provide are: a conjugated block copolymer capable of increasing the amount of optical absorption by a photoelectric conversion active layer and controlling the morphology thereof and capable of achieving excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency; and a photoelectric conversion element comprising a composition including an electron accepting material and this kind of conjugated block polymer. A ?-electron conjugated block copolymer comprising: a polymer block (A) which involving a monomer unit having at least one heteroaryl skeleton selected from the group consisting of a fused ?-conjugated skeleton, a fluorene, a carbazole, a dibenzosilole and a dibenzogermole containing at least one thiophene ring in a part of a chemical structure thereof; and a polymer block (B) involving a monomer unit of a thiophene-2,5-diyl group having a substituent at least at a 3-position thereof.

Abstract: Provided are: a conjugated block copolymer capable of increasing the amount of optical absorption by a photoelectric conversion active layer and controlling the morphology thereof and capable of achieving excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency; and a photoelectric conversion element comprising a composition including an electron accepting material using this kind of conjugated block polymer. A ?-electron conjugated block copolymer comprises: a polymer block (A) and a polymer block (B), each of which involves a monomer unit having at least one fused ?-conjugated skeleton including at least one thiophene ring in one part of the chemical structure thereof, the polymer block (A) and the polymer block (B) have different monomer units from each other.

Abstract: Provided is a conjugated block copolymer that is capable of morphology control and that can achieve superior conversion efficiency.

Abstract: A polymer electrolyte membrane comprising as a main ingredient a block copolymer which comprises, as its constituents, a polymer block (A) having as a main unit an aromatic vinyl compound unit and a polymer block (B) forming a flexible phase, and has ion-conducting groups on the polymer block (A), said aromatic vinyl compound unit being such that the hydrogen atom bonded to the ?-carbon atom is non-replaced or replaced with an alkyl group or an aryl group optionally having substituent(s), and at least one of hydrogen atoms directly bonded to the aromatic ring is replaced with an alkyl group; and a membrane electrode assembly and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell both of which uses it. The polymer block (A) can have a restraining phase, and/or can be cross-linked.