Abstract: The present invention provides a polyamide and a polyamide film which are more sufficiently superior in all of heat-resisting properties, flexibility properties and rubber elastic properties. The present invention relates to a polyamide comprising a unit comprised of an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid (A) having 18 or more carbon atoms, a unit comprised of an aliphatic diamine (B) having 18 or more carbon atoms, a unit comprised of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid (C) having 12 or less carbon atoms and a unit comprised of an aliphatic diamine (D) having 12 or less carbon atoms, wherein the polyamide has a melting point of 240° C. or more, a crystalline melting enthalpy of 20 J/g or more and an elongation recovery rate of 50% or more in a hysteresis test, and a polyamide film comprising the polyamide.

Abstract: A flexible polyamide film obtained by forming a polyamide including a unit formed from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid (A1) having 18 or more carbon atoms and/or a unit formed from an aliphatic diamine (B1) having 18 or more carbon atoms, wherein the polyamide has a total content of 10 to 92% by mass of the unit formed from (A1) and the unit formed from (B1), and the film has a melting point of 240° C. or higher.

Abstract: A flexible polyamide including a unit formed from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid (A1) having 18 or more carbon atoms and/or a unit formed from an aliphatic diamine (B1) having 18 or more carbon atoms, wherein the polyamide has a total content of 10 to 90% by mass of the unit formed from (A1) and the unit formed from (B1) and has a melting point of 240° C. or higher.

Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of an organic compound, in which a reaction is performed between functional groups without using any solvents. The present invention relates to a production method of an organic compound, in which a reaction is performed between functional groups by using a mechanochemical effect.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a polyamide-imide which has a high regularity of molecular structure and few branched structures, does not contain hydrogen halide, is not required to be separated and purified in post processes, and can be suitably used as a film, a varnish, or a molding material; raw material salt of polyamide-imide and production method thereof. The polyamide-imide has a repeating unit represented by the general formula (1): in which R1, R2 represent independently a divalent residue having an aromatic ring, an aliphatic ring or an aliphatic hydrocarbon; R3, R4 represent independently a trivalent residue having an aromatic ring or an aliphatic ring; and an hydrogen atom bonding to the respective rings may be replaced by another atom or an atomic group.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an industrially advantageous method for producing a bisimide dicarboxylic acid, which uses substantially no solvent and requires no granulation after completion of the reaction.

Abstract: A diffraction structure includes a supporting layer, a high refractive index layer, and a low refractive index layer. The high refractive index layer has a first refractive index, is formed above the supporting layer, configures a waveguide guiding input light input from an input terminal along a specific direction, and includes an opening section formed along the specific direction. The low refractive index layer has a second refractive index lower that the first refractive index, and is formed so as to cover the high refractive index layer and fill the opening section. The opening section modifies the input light in at least one of direction or speed according to a wavelength of the input light, and outputs the modified light as output light.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an industrially advantageous method for producing a bisimide dicarboxylic acid, which uses substantially no solvent and requires no granulation after completion of the reaction.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a polyamide-imide which has a high regularity of molecular structure and few branched structures, does not contain hydrogen halide, is not required to be separated and purified in post processes, and can be suitably used as a film, a varnish, or a molding material; raw material salt of polyamide-imide and production method thereof. The polyamide-imide has a repeating unit represented by the general formula (1): in which R1, R2 represent independently a divalent residue having an aromatic ring, an aliphatic ring or an aliphatic hydrocarbon; R3, R4 represent independently a trivalent residue having an aromatic ring or an aliphatic ring; and an hydrogen atom bonding to the respective rings may be replaced by another atom or an atomic group.

Abstract: A diffraction structure includes a supporting layer, a high refractive index layer, and a low refractive index layer. The high refractive index layer has a first refractive index, is formed above the supporting layer, configures a waveguide guiding input light input from an input terminal along a specific direction, and includes an opening section formed along the specific direction. The low refractive index layer has a second refractive index lower that the first refractive index, and is formed so as to cover the high refractive index layer and fill the opening section. The opening section modifies the input light in at least one of direction or speed according to a wavelength of the input light, and outputs the modified light as output light.

Abstract: A radar apparatus includes a change amount calculation section for obtaining, for each of a plurality of peaks of a first spectrum belonging to the same group, a peak value at the present point in time and calculating the difference between the peak value and a peak value obtained before the present point in time; a ratio calculation section for comparing the obtained difference with a predetermined difference threshold and calculating a ratio of the number of peaks whose differences are greater than the difference threshold to the number of all the peaks belonging to the same group; and a pedestrian determination section for determining that the object is a pedestrian when the calculated ratio is greater than a predetermined ratio threshold and at least one of peaks belonging to the same group differs from the remaining peaks in terms of the sign of the difference.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for producing a polyamide resin, wherein a nylon salt obtained from a dicarboxylic acid and a diamine having a boiling point exceeding 100° C. is heated to be polymerized under normal pressure while water vapor is being allowed to be present in the polymerization reaction system.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a nylon salt powder, wherein in the production of a nylon salt powder by allowing a dicarboxylic acid powder to react, the content of water is regulated to be 5% by mass or less in relation to the total amount of the dicarboxylic acid powder and a diamine, the dicarboxylic acid powder is beforehand heated to a temperature equal to or higher than melting point of the diamine and equal to or lower than the melting point of the dicarboxylic acid, and while this heating temperature is being maintained, the diamine is added to the dicarboxylic acid powder in such a way that the dicarboxylic acid powder maintains the condition of being in powder form.

Abstract: A radar apparatus includes a change amount calculation section for obtaining, for each of a plurality of peaks of a first spectrum belonging to the same group, a peak value at the present point in time and calculating the difference between the peak value and a peak value obtained before the present point in time; a ratio calculation section for comparing the obtained difference with a predetermined difference threshold and calculating a ratio of the number of peaks whose differences are greater than the difference threshold to the number of all the peaks belonging to the same group; and a pedestrian determination section for determining that the object is a pedestrian when the calculated ratio is greater than a predetermined ratio threshold and at least one of peaks belonging to the same group differs from the remaining peaks in terms of the sign of the difference.

Abstract: A pedestrian detecting device mounted on a vehicle includes: a transmission unit that irradiates an electromagnetic wave to an area around a vehicle; a receiving unit that receives a reflected wave caused by reflection of the electromagnetic wave from an obstacle; a storage unit that stores data of the reflected wave received by the receiving unit; and a control unit that reads the data of the reflected wave, stored in the storage unit, and that calculates a variance of an intensity of the reflected wave, wherein the control unit determines that the obstacle is a pedestrian when the calculated variance of the intensity of the reflected wave is larger than or equal to a reference value, and, after the control unit determines that the obstacle is a pedestrian, the control unit identifies that the same obstacle is a pedestrian and outputs information regarding a position of the pedestrian.

Abstract: A semi-aromatic polyamide including an aromatic dicarboxylic acid component, an aliphatic diamine component and a monocarboxylic acid component and having a melting point of 300° C. or higher, wherein the monocarboxylic acid component includes a monocarboxylic acid having a molecular weight of 140 or more, and the content of the monocarboxylic acid component is 1 to 8% by mass.

Abstract: A wiring board according to the present invention has an insulating board 1 including a land conductor layer 14 on a surface thereof; an insulating layer 5 formed on the insulating board 1; a via hole 6 extending from an upper surface of the insulating layer 5 to the land conductor layer 14; a via conductor 7 formed in the via hole 6 and formed of a plated metal layer; and a wiring conductor 3b formed on the via conductor 7 and electrically connected to the via conductor 7, wherein the via hole 6 is provided with a protruding portion 8a formed of copper foil and protruding from a periphery of an opening of the via hole 6 toward a center of the opening.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for producing a polyamide resin, wherein a nylon salt obtained from a dicarboxylic acid and a diamine having a boiling point exceeding 100° C. is heated to be polymerized under normal pressure while water vapor is being allowed to be present in the polymerization reaction system.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a nylon salt powder, wherein in the production of a nylon salt powder by allowing a dicarboxylic acid powder to react, the content of water is regulated to be 5% by mass or less in relation to the total amount of the dicarboxylic acid powder and a diamine, the dicarboxylic acid powder is beforehand heated to a temperature equal to or higher than melting point of the diamine and equal to or lower than the melting point of the dicarboxylic acid, and while this heating temperature is being maintained, the diamine is added to the dicarboxylic acid powder in such a way that the dicarboxylic acid powder maintains the condition of being in powder form.

Abstract: The semiaromatic polyamide of the present invention includes a terephthalic acid component and a diamine component, wherein the diamine component is any of 1,8-octanediamine, 1,10-decanediamine and 1,12-dodecanediamine, and the proportion of the triamine unit in relation to the diamine unit in the polyamide is 0.3 mol % or less.