Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic charge image developing toner including toner matrix particles containing at least a binder resin, wherein a photosensitizer having a singlet oxygen generating ability is contained inside the toner matrix particles or in an external additive attached to the toner matrix particles.

Abstract: A porous membrane obtainable by a process comprising curing a composition comprising: (i) cross-linking agent(s) comprising at least one ligand group; (ii) inert solvent(s); (iii) polymerization initiator(s); and (vi) optionally monomer(s) other than component (i) which are reactive with component (i); wherein the composition satisfies the following equation: Z=wt(i)/(wt(i)+wt(iii)+wt(iv)) wherein: Z has a value of at least 0.6; wt(i) is the number of grammes of component (i) present in the composition; wt(iii) is the number of grammes of component (iii) present in the composition; and wt(iv) is the number of grammes of component (iv) present in the composition.

Abstract: Arranged on a surface of a substrate are a patch conductor that radiates an electromagnetic field having been fed, a feed line that feeds the patch conductor with the electromagnetic field having been input, two slits parallel to the feed line on both sides of a connection part of the feed line toward an inner side of the patch conductor, and a ring conductor at a space from the patch conductor with an interposition of a gap to surround an outer periphery of the patch conductor. Accordingly, an electric capacitance can be formed between the patch conductor and the ring conductor, and when achieving impedance matching with the feed line, adjustment can be performed using the size of the ring conductor and the gap.

Abstract: The invention relates to dense synthetic membranes made from polymerised phosphonium-based ionic liquids which were found to be particularly suitable for use in gas separation. The membranes are obtainable by copolymerization via UV-curing of a composition comprising a phosphonium-based ionic liquid monomer, a co-monomer, a cross-linker, a surfactant and a photo-initiator, the remainder of the polymerization mixture consisting of water. The invention also relates to a process of manufacturing said membranes, resulting in solid, dense and mechanically stable membranes, and to the use of the membranes so produced in the separation of gas mixtures, particularly gas mixtures containing carbon dioxide.

Abstract: A surface-treating agent including a fluorine-containing compound having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond at its molecular terminal as a group of —Y-A wherein Y is a single bond, an oxygen atom or a divalent organic group, and A is —CH?CH2 or —C?CH, which is able to form a layer having higher alkaline resistance.

Abstract: A gas separation element comprising a membrane sheet and a permeate spacer, wherein the membrane sheet comprises a porous support and a discriminating layer, CHARACTERISED IN THAT: (a) the porous support comprises less than 10 mg/m2 of monovalent metal ions; and (b) the discriminating layer has an average thickness of at least 0.7 ?m.

Abstract: A gas separation element comprising a membrane sheet and a permeate spacer, wherein the membrane sheet comprises a porous support and a discriminating layer, CHARACTERISED IN THAT: (a) the permeate spacer has an open space volume of at least 0.0004 m3/m2; and (b) the membrane sheet has an aspect ratio of at least 1.5.

Abstract: Disclosed is a filter housing which is a molded body of a fluororesin composition in which carbon nanotubes are dispersed in a fluororesin, wherein the fluororesin composition comprises 0.01 to 2.0% by mass of the carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: A process for separating a feed gas comprising a polar gas and a non-polar gas into a permeate gas and a retentate gas, one of which is enriched in the polar gas and the other of which is depleted in the polar gas, the process comprising passing the feed gas through a gas separation module comprising: (i) a feed carrier comprising a membrane envelope and a feed spacer located within the membrane envelope; and (ii) a permeate carrier comprising: (a) a macroporous sheet; and (b) a protective sheet; and wherein: i) the feed gas is fed along the feed spacer of the feed carrier and a part of the feed gas passes through the membrane envelope and into the permeate carrier to give the permeate gas and a part of the feed gas is rejected by the membrane to give the retentate gas; ii) the protective sheet shields at least a part of the membrane envelope from contact with the macroporous sheet; and iii) the protective sheet comprises a non-woven material.

Abstract: Disclosed is a welding material made of a fluororesin composition in which carbon nano tubes are dispersed in a fluororesin, wherein the fluororesin composition includes 0.01 to 2.0% by mass of the carbon nano tubes.

Abstract: To provide a frequency selective surface of which an operating frequency and a bandwidth thereof can be readily adjusted.

Abstract: An image forming method uses an electrophotographic photoreceptor and a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image. The image forming method has a charging step, an exposure step, a developing step, a transfer step and a cleaning step, wherein the charging step uses a contact charging device; the photoreceptor has a universal hardness value (HU) of 170 N/mm2 or more, and an elastic deformation ratio of 40% or more when a Vickers indenter is used in a predetermined environment and pushed by a maximum load of 2 mN. The toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner base particles of a core-shell structure having a shell layer of 10% by mass or less with respect to a mass of a toner base particle on an outside of a resin constituting a core particle, and a solubility parameter value (SPs) of a resin constituting the shell layer is 10.75 or less.

Abstract: Membranes having an average pore size of 5 nm to 5,000 nm and a porosity of 15% or more, said membrane being obtainable by a process comprising curing a composition comprising: 5 to 64 wt % of (i) a cross-linking agent comprising at least one cationic group; and 36 to 95 wt % of (ii) inert solvent(s). The membranes are useful for detecting, filtering and/or purifying biomolecules.

Abstract: Method for acquiring local gonio-reflection characteristics of an image which is aggregation of dots. Sensory glossiness (L) of the image determined by equation (1) is 1.0 or more. The sensory glossiness (L) is determined based on a height of a peak (H), a height of a base (B) and a half width of a peak (W) of a distribution information of lightness with respect to light receiving angle, obtained by measuring reflected light of a measuring light irradiated into the image. The local gonio-reflection characteristics is acquired with a spatial resolution (A) for acquiring the local gonio-reflection characteristics and a resolution (B) which represents a distribution information of the dots within a region where the sensory glossiness (L) being 1.0 or more, satisfying formula (2). L=Log((H?B)/W)??Equation (1) 0.

Abstract: An injector includes a nozzle portion to inject fluid, a coil to generate a driving force to open and close the nozzle portion, and a molded resin that seals the coil. A cooling jacket has a flow path to cause cooling fluid to flow therethrough. The cooling jacket houses the injector and has an opening in an end opposite to the nozzle portion. A sealing material is filled in a space between the cooling jacket and the molded resin.

Abstract: To accurately estimate frequency characteristics from structural parameters of a frequency selective surface.

Abstract: A coated body is obtained by providing a surface layer of a coating composition on a substrate, wherein the surface layer contains cerium oxide particles having an oxygen-deficient fluorite structure and having an average crystallite diameter of 10 nm or less, and the cerium oxide particles have, in a Raman spectrum, a peak that is attributed to the F2g vibration mode of a Ce—O bond and that is offset by more than 2 cm?1 toward the lower wavenumber from a peak that is attributed to the F2g vibration mode of a Ce—O bond and that is obtained when a standard substance is measured. This coated body significantly suppresses fungal growth inside of a door and algal growth outside of a door for a long period of time.

Abstract: Membranes having an average pore size of 5 nm to 5,000 nm and a porosity of 10% or more, said membrane being obtainable by a process comprising curing a composition comprising: (i) a cross-linking agent comprising at least one anionic group; and (ii) inert solvent(s). The membranes are useful for detecting metal ions and for filtering and/or purifying biomolecules and compositions comprising metal-ions.

Abstract: A frequency selective surface having a steep attenuation slope (high sharpness) characteristic is provided without decreasing the line width of a conductive pattern nor the pattern interval thereof. In a frequency selective surface having a structure in which resonators k1xy having identical shapes are periodically arrayed on a dielectric substrate 101, each resonator k1xy includes a cross-shaped conductive pattern formed on the dielectric substrate 101 and a lateral pattern 10 and a longitudinal pattern 20 forming a cross are shaped such that each pattern is extended by a predetermined length in respective directions, each pattern extended by the predetermined length is further extended in both directions orthogonal to each other on the dielectric substrate 101, and leading end parts of the respective further extensions face each other at a predetermined interval d.

Abstract: A door device for a vehicle includes a latch drive device configured to unlatch a swing door by driving a latch mechanism, a door hold-open device configured to hold the swing door at an opened angle by applying a braking force to the swing door, a door open switch issuing an operation request of the latch drive device to open the swing door; a door stop switch issuing an operation request of the door hold-open device, and a grip portion including the door open switch and the door stop switch to issue the operation requests of the door open switch and the door stop switch in a state where an occupant of the vehicle holds the grip portion.