Abstract: A lubricating oil for hybrid engine includes a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity; a boron-containing compound in an amount to provide 50 to 300 ppm of boron to lubricating oil composition; an overbased calcium salicylate or a mixture of an overbased calcium sulfonate and overbased calcium salicylate individually having a total base number of greater than 150 mg KOH/g, measured by the method of ASTM D-2896, present in an amount that provides 800 ppm to 1800 ppm of calcium to the lubricating oil composition; zinc dithiophosphate (ZnDTP) in an amount to bring from 100 to 800 ppm of phosphorus to the lubricating oil composition; and a non-dispersant comb polymethacrylate (PMA) viscosity index improver (VII). The boron-containing compound includes a borated dispersant. The KV at 100° C. of the lubricating oil composition is from 6 cSt to 8.5 cSt, the KV at 40° C. of the lubricating oil composition is from 25 cSt to 35 cSt, and the VI of the lubricating oil composition is greater than 200.

Abstract: Provided is an internal combustion engine lubricating oil composition having a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity; a combination of alkaline earth metal alkylhydroxybenzoate detergents; at least about 50 to about 500 ppm of boron from a boron containing detergent; a molybdenum containing compound in an amount to provide the lubricating oil composition from about 100 to about 1500 ppm molybdenum; a ZnDTP compound; where the composition comprises magnesium in an amount from about 100 to about 800 ppm, and calcium in an amount from about 500 to about 2000 ppm.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lubricating oil composition comprising: a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity, and an salicylate compound derived from isomerized normal alpha olefin (NAO) having from about 10 to about 40 carbon atoms, wherein the TBN of the salicylate compound is at least 600 mg KOH/g on an actives basis, and wherein the lubricating oil composition contains from about 0.12 to about 0.17 wt. % of calcium and is substantially free of magnesium. Also provided is a method of lubricating an engine with said lubricating oil composition.

Abstract: A wavelength-converting encapsulant composition is provided, which includes a first organic material capable of absorbing ultraviolet light and converting absorbed light to longer wavelength light; and a second organic material capable of absorbing light with a wavelength longer than that of the light absorbed by the first organic material and converting absorbed light to longer wavelength light, wherein the maximum emission wavelength ?1em of the first organic material and the maximum excitation wavelength ?2ex of the second organic material satisfy the relationship of formula (1): ?1em?60??2ex (nm), and which has high durability, is advantageous in terms of cost and suitable for use on solar cells, and can improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency of solar cells by converting light in a wavelength region not contributable to power generation to light in another wavelength region contributable to power generation.

Abstract: Provided is an internal combustion engine lubricating oil composition having a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity; a combination of alkaline earth metal alkylhydroxybenzoate detergents; at least about 50 to about 500 ppm of boron from a boron containing detergent; a molybdenum containing compound in an amount to provide the lubricating oil composition from about 100 to about 1500 ppm molybdenum; a ZnDTP compound; where the composition comprises magnesium in an amount from about 100 to about 800 ppm, and calcium in an amount from about 500 to about 2000 ppm.

Abstract: Provided are a encapsulant composition that is for solar cells and can reduce the time required for a lamination process and improve light stability and resistance to moisture and heat, and a solar cell encapsulant layer and a solar cell module, each produced with the composition, wherein the composition includes an ethylenic copolymer and an organic peroxide having a peroxyester structure represented by formula (1) or (2) wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent an optionally substituted alkyl group of 1 to 18 carbon atoms or an optionally substituted aryl group of 5 to 18 carbon atoms.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a luminescent ethylene-based copolymer which causes no problem of the shift or bleeding-out of a fluorescent body, which has a high workability, desired optical properties and a good light stability and which is easily handled in a kneading step; and a encapsulant composition for a solar cell, using this copolymer. Another object of the invention is to provide a encapsulant layer, for a solar cell, which is formed using the photovoltaic encapsulant composition to cause no problem of the shift or bleeding-out of a fluorescent body in this layer and to have desired optical properties and a good light stability; and a photoelectromotive module having this layer. The copolymer is a luminescent ethylene-based copolymer including, as a monomer component, a fluorescent dye compound having an unsaturated bond.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fluorescent, benzotriazole-containing dye compounds, which possess a high workability, desirable optical properties, and a good light stability, while suppressing the formation of a precipitate. The invention further relates to a wavelength-converting encapsulant layer, which is formed using the wavelength-converting encapsulant composition comprising said fluorescent, benzotriazole dye compounds. The fluorescent, benzotriazole-containing dye compounds are represented by general formula (I). wherein the variables are defined in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fluorescent, benzotriazole-containing dye compounds, which possess high processability, desirable optical characteristics and good photostability, while suppressing the formation of a precipitate, and to dye polymers comprising the same. The present invention further relates to a wavelength-converting encapsulant composition comprising said dye polymer and to a photovoltaic module, which comprises a layer comprising said wavelength-converting encapsulant. The polymer fluorescent benzotriazole-containing dye compound is represented by general formula (I): where the variables are defined in the specification.

Abstract: A wavelength-converting encapsulant composition is provided, which includes a first organic material capable of absorbing ultraviolet light and converting absorbed light to longer wavelength light; and a second organic material capable of absorbing light with a wavelength longer than that of the light absorbed by the first organic material and converting absorbed light to longer wavelength light, wherein the maximum emission wavelength ?1em of the first organic material and the maximum excitation wavelength ?2ex of the second organic material satisfy the relationship of formula (1): ?1em?60??2ex (nm), and which has high durability, is advantageous in terms of cost and suitable for use on solar cells, and can improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency of solar cells by converting light in a wavelength region not contributable to power generation to light in another wavelength region contributable to power generation.

Abstract: A liquid-crystalline coating fluid which comprises: an azo compound represented by the following general formula (1); and a solvent to dissolve the azo compound: wherein R is an amino group, a cyano group, a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, a halogen group or a hydrogen atom; and M is a counterion.

Abstract: A liquid-crystalline coating fluid which comprises: an azo compound represented by the following general formula (1); and a solvent to dissolve the azo compound: wherein R is an amino group, a cyano group, a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, a halogen group or a hydrogen atom; and M is a counterion.

Abstract: A coating liquid comprising: a lyotropic liquid crystalline compound having a ?-conjugated system planar skeleton moiety and one or plural nitrogen-containing heterocyclic cation moiety or nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic cation moiety bonded to the planar skeleton moiety; and a solvent, an optical anisotropic film obtained by applying the coating liquid on a developing surface to form a coated film and solidifying this coated film, and an image display device provided with the optical anisotropic film are disclosed.

Abstract: A liquid-crystalline coating fluid which comprises: an azo compound represented by the following general formula (1); and a solvent to dissolve the azo compound: wherein R is an amino group, a cyano group, a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, a halogen group or a hydrogen atom; and M is a counterion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polarizing film containing an azo compound represented by the following formula (1): in which X is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and M is a counter ion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polarizing film containing an azo compound represented by the following formula (1): in which X is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and M is a counter ion.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a method for production of a polyisocyanide derivative having a stable helical main chain structure with a right-handed or left-handed helix or a mixture thereof from a single type of monomer by polymerizing an aromatic isocyanate having a substituent harboring a structure —CONH in the aromatic ring and a hydrophobic moiety having 6 or more carbon atoms in a polymerization solvent, wherein the direction of the helix depends on the polarity of the polymerization solvent; a poly(aromatic isocyanide) derivative produced by the method; and an aromatic isocyanide which is useful as a monomer for use in the production of the poly(aromatic isocyanide) derivative.

Abstract: The object is to provide: a method for producing a polymer having a stable right-handed or left-handed helical structure from a single type of monomer in a per-selective manner and controlling the proportion between a polymer having the right-handed helical structure and a polymer having the left-handed helical structure; and a polymeric material which can be used for the formation of any of the right-handed and left-handed helical structures.