Abstract: Disclosed is a cationic water-soluble resin which comprises a (co)polymer of, in formula (I), repeating units (a) represented by formula (a) and repeating units (b) represented by formula (b), the content of the repeating units (a) in the (co)polymer being 100 to 0% by mole, the (co)polymer having in its molecule a carboxyl-containing group as one of the terminal groups and an aromatic ring-containing group as the other terminal group. The addition of this resin to ink compositions can realize the formation of images possessing excellent waterfastness and lightfastness and having no significant feathering or color bleeding. Likewise, the addition of this resin to a reaction solution for ink jet recording involving the deposition of two liquids, an ink composition and a reaction solution, onto a recording medium, can realize the formation of images possessing excellent waterfastness and lightfastness and no significant feathering or color bleeding.

Abstract: An ink composition and/or a recording medium are made to contain a compound expressed by general formula (1) and a hydrazide compound. An ink composition thereby obtained does not clog and the ink composition and recording medium thus obtained can offer high quality images that hardly cause yellowing of the resulting recording with superior light resistance. Recording and an inkjet recording method pertaining thereto are also provided.

Abstract: A small-sized semiconductor light-emitting device of high emission directivity and high output is provided. A portion of a light extraction section of a semiconductor light-emitting device including a pn-junction portion is covered with a light-shielding substance of low conductivity. The electrical resistance of the light-shielding substance is 106 &OHgr;m or higher, and the substance contains powder of at least one species selected from metals and pigments. The powder of metal contains at least one species selected from among Al, Cu, Ag, Au, Pt, Ti, Ni, Sn, Pb, Mg, Zn, Fe, Co, and Cr. The powder is a plate-like powder having a thickness falling within a range of 0.001-10 &mgr;m and a length falling within a range of 0.01-100 &mgr;m.

Abstract: An aqueous ink comprising at least a colorant, a water-soluble organic solvent and a compound represented by general formula (I) shown below, wherein said water-soluble organic solvent stays liquid at a temperature of not higher than 40° C., exhibits a water solubility of not lower than 1% by weight at a temperature of 20° C. and a saturated vapor pressure of not higher than 1.7 Pa at a temperature of 20° C.

Abstract: An additive for inkjet printing, comprising a stabilized ascorbic acid derivative. Also disclosed are a recording solution, a method for preventing discoloration and fading of an image, and a recording sheet, each using the additive. The color change of an image can be prevented by incorporating the stabilized ascorbic acid derivative into an inkjet-printed image.

Abstract: The present invention provides an LSI device polishing composition containing water, abrasive grains, an organic acid, and an oxidizing agent, and having a pH of 5.5-10.0 adjusted by an alkaline substance, the LSI device polishing composition being used for polishing a copper-containing metal wiring layer in which copper is deposited on an insulating film via barrier metal formed of Ta or TaN; and a method for producing LSI devices by use of the polishing composition. During polishing of a barrier metal such as Ta or TaN and a copper wiring layer, the rate of polishing Ta or TaN can be enhanced, to thereby prevent dishing and erosion.

Abstract: A composition comprising metal oxide particles having photo-catalytic activity, a solvent-soluble zirconium compound and a solvent. Preferably, the metal oxide particles having photocatalytic activity are titanium oxide particles; the metal oxide particles have an average particle diameter of about 0.005 to 0.3 &mgr;m; and the amount of the zirconium compound is in the range of about 3-200 parts by weight, as ZrO2, per 100 parts by weight of the metal oxide articles. A composite of a film having a photo-catalytic activity with a base material is made by coating the base material with the above composition to form a film, and curing the film on the base material.

Abstract: A polishing-material composition, for polishing of LSI devices, which is a polishing-material composition comprising water and cerium oxide which has been surface-treated with a coupling agent, wherein the maximum value is no greater than about 5 &mgr;m and the average value is about 0.01-1.0 &mgr;m in the secondary particle size distribution of the cerium oxide. Also, a polishing method for LSI devices which employs the polishing-material composition.

Abstract: This invention relates to a polyorganosiloxane comprising a polymethylsilsesquioxane structure as a main structural unit and having a methyl group and a reactive group at the side chains thereof, which is suitable as a polymer modifier; a process for producing the same; a copolymer resin obtained by polymerizing the polyorganosiloxane with a polymerizable monomer or by reacting the polyorganosiloxane with a polymer; a method for crosslinking the copolymer resin; and a coating composition containing the copolymer resin.

Abstract: A polymer having an isoindole structure represented by the following general formula: ##STR1##wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, X.sup.- represents an anion of an electrolyte, y is a number of from 0.01 to 1, which indicates the proportion of the anion to 1 mole of the monomer, and n is a number of from 5 to 500, which indicates the degree of polymerization,shows a high electroconductivity when doped, and the stability of the polymer in the oxidized state is high. This polymer is obtained by subjecting an isoindole compound represented by the following general formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are as defined above, to (1) electrochemical polymerization in the presence of an electrolyte in a solvent or (2) oxidative polymerization in a solvent by the action of an oxidant.

Abstract: A polymer having an isoindole structure represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms X.sup.- represents an anion of an electrolyte, y is a number of from 0.01 to 1, which indicates the proportion of the anion to 1 mole of the monomer, and n is a number of from 5 to 500, which indicates the degree of polymerization,shows a high electroconductivity when doped, and the stability of the polymer in the oxidized state is high. This polymer is obtained by subjecting an isoindole compound represented by the following general formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are as defined above, to (1) electrochemical polymerization in the presence of an electrolyte in a solvent or (2) oxidative polymerization in a solvent by the action of an oxidant.