Abstract: A laser system according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a wavelength-variable first solid-state laser device configured to output a first pulse laser beam; a wavelength conversion system including a first nonlinear crystal configured to wavelength-convert the first pulse laser beam and a first rotation stage configured to change a first incident angle of the first pulse laser beam on the first nonlinear crystal; an excimer amplifier configured to amplify a pulse laser beam wavelength-converted by the wavelength conversion system; and a control unit configured to receive, from an external device, data of a target center wavelength of an excimer laser beam output from the excimer amplifier, control a wavelength of the first pulse laser beam in accordance with the instructed target center wavelength, and control the first incident angle on the first nonlinear crystal in accordance with an average value of the target center wavelength.

Abstract: An optical filter, includes: a substrate, a dielectric multilayer film 1 laid on or above one major surface of the substrate, and a dielectric multilayer film 2 laid on or above the other major surface of the substrate, in which the substrate includes a near infrared ray absorbing glass and a resin film, the resin film includes a resin and a pigment (NIR1), and the optical filter satisfies all of spectral characteristics (i-1) to (i-5), (i-7) to (i-10), (i-12) and (i-14).

Abstract: The method for manufacturing a molded product of the present disclosure includes a deposition step of depositing a mixture including a fiber and a complex, a humidification step of humidifying the mixture, and a molding step of heating and pressurizing the humidified mixture to obtain a molded product. The complex includes a composite particle in which a binding material particle containing a binding material that exerts a binding force for binding the individual fibers together by being applied with moisture and an inorganic particle are included as a unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel polycarbonate diol and a polyurethane using the polycarbonate diol as raw materials. The novel polycarbonate diol produces polycarbonate diol-based polyurethane which has a high degree of hardness, superior abrasion resistance, and superior hydrophilicity, and is usable for an application such as a paint, a coating agent, a synthetic leather, an artificial leather, and a highly-functional elastomers, or the like. The present invention also provides an active-energy radiation curable polymer composition giving a cured film having a superior contamination resistance and high degree of hardness. The present invention is obtained, for example, by reacting specific two types of diols with diester carbonate in the presence of a transesterification catalyst being a compound using a metal of Group 1 or 2 on the periodic table.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalyst is provided which can be more enhanced in NOx purification performance.

Abstract: Provided is a porous structure for exhaust purification catalysts having excellent light-off temperature characteristics. The porous structure for exhaust purification catalysts includes an oxygen storage component and an inorganic porous solid. The porous structure has a pore volume distribution such that the ratio of the pore volume of pores with a diameter of from 15 nm to less than 25 nm to the pore volume of pores with a diameter of from 5 nm to less than 15 nm is 1.3 to 2.5 as measured with a mercury porosimeter. The pore volume distribution preferably has at least one peak top in a pore diameter range of from 15 nm to less than 25 nm.

Abstract: Provided is a porous structure for exhaust purification catalysts having excellent light-off temperature characteristics. The porous structure for exhaust purification catalysts includes an oxygen storage component and an inorganic porous solid. The porous structure has a pore volume distribution such that the ratio of the pore volume of pores with a diameter of from 15 nm to less than 25 nm to the pore volume of pores with a diameter of from 5 nm to less than 15 nm is 1.3 to 2.5 as measured with a mercury porosimeter. The pore volume distribution preferably has at least one peak top in a pore diameter range of from 15 nm to less than 25 nm.

Abstract: Provide is a new carrier for exhaust gas purification catalyst which exhibits excellent catalytic activity, particularly catalytic activity at a low temperature. Proposed is a carrier for exhaust gas purification catalyst composed of particles which contain a silicate or phosphate containing one kind or two or more kinds among the elements belonging to Group 1 and Group 2 in the periodic table.

Abstract: Provide is a new carrier for exhaust gas purification catalyst which exhibits excellent catalytic activity, particularly catalytic activity at a low temperature. Proposed is a carrier for exhaust gas purification catalyst composed of particles which contain a silicate or phosphate containing one kind or two or more kinds among the elements belonging to Group 1 and Group 2 in the periodic table.

Abstract: Provided is a novel palladium catalyst capable of efficiently purifying carbon monoxide (CO) and total hydrocarbons (THC) under a fuel-rich atmosphere even when palladium (Pd) is used as a catalyst active component. Proposed is a palladium monolayer catalyst for an exhaust gas from a saddle-riding-type vehicle, which is an exhaust gas purification catalyst for a saddle-riding-type vehicle to be installed in an exhaust gas passage in an internal combustion engine. The palladium monolayer catalyst includes a substrate, and a catalyst layer that has the form of a monolayer and contains palladium acting as a catalyst active component, an inorganic porous body acting as a catalyst carrier, ceria (CeO2) particles acting as a promoter component, and barium.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine exhaust gas purifying catalyst carrier has a core body formed of a CeO2—ZrO2 solid solution or a CeO2—ZrO2—La2O2 solid solution, and CeO2 supported on the surface of the core body, wherein the core body has a CeO2 content of 5 to 35 mass % and an La2O2 content of 0 to 10 mass %, on the basis of the mass of the carrier, and the amount of CeO2 supported on the core body is 5 to 17 mass %, on the basis of the mass of the carrier.

Abstract: Provided is a palladium catalyst in which palladium (Pd) is used as a catalyst active component, and particularly a novel palladium catalyst which can purify CO and THC with high efficiency even under a fuel-rich atmosphere having a high space velocity (SV). Proposed is a palladium catalyst having a substrate and a catalyst layer that contains palladium acting as a catalyst active component, an inorganic porous material acting as a catalyst support and ceria (CeO2) particles acting as a promoter component, in which a mass ratio (Pd/CeO2) of a content of the palladium in the catalyst layer to a content of the ceria particles in the catalyst layer is 0.0014 to 0.6000.

Abstract: An apatite compound represented by general formula: A10(PO4)6(OH)2 (wherein A represents Ba or a combination of Ba and Sr and/or Ca) is used as a carrier. This exhaust gas purifying catalyst is obtained by having the apatite compound carrier support a noble metal component.

Abstract: An apatite compound represented by general formula: A10(PO4)6(OH)2 (wherein A represents Ba or a combination of Ba and Sr and/or Ca) is used as a carrier. This exhaust gas purifying catalyst is obtained by having the apatite compound carrier support a noble metal component.

Abstract: A method of producing an electrophotographic blade member includes a continuous molding groove in an peripheral surface and an endless belt, in which the blade member includes a polyurethane resin cured a polyurethane composition having a viscosity of 500-3,000 mPa·s and including A)-D), and a position at which the composition is injected is set, on the belt, opposing to the groove, the position being away from a portion at which the molding drum and the belt are first contacted on an upstream for a moving direction of the belt: A) polyisocyanate; B) adipate-based polyester polyol having a number average molecular weight of 1,000-4,000; C) chain extender having a molecular weight of 200 or less; D) isocyanurate-forming catalyst at 20 to 500 ppm and a urethane-forming catalyst at 200-1,500 ppm.

Abstract: Provided is a novel palladium catalyst capable of efficiently purifying carbon monoxide (CO) and total hydrocarbons (THC) under a fuel-rich atmosphere even when palladium (Pd) is used as a catalyst active component. Proposed is a palladium monolayer catalyst for an exhaust gas from a saddle-riding-type vehicle, which is an exhaust gas purification catalyst for a saddle-riding-type vehicle to be installed in an exhaust gas passage in an internal combustion engine. The palladium monolayer catalyst includes a substrate, and a catalyst layer that has the form of a monolayer and contains palladium acting as a catalyst active component, an inorganic porous body acting as a catalyst carrier, ceria (CeO2) particles acting as a promoter component, and barium.

Abstract: Provided is a palladium catalyst in which palladium (Pd) is used as a catalyst active component, and particularly a novel palladium catalyst which can purify CO and THC with high efficiency even under a fuel-rich atmosphere having a high space velocity (SV). Proposed is a palladium catalyst having a substrate and a catalyst layer that contains palladium acting as a catalyst active component, an inorganic porous material acting as a catalyst support and ceria (CeO2) particles acting as a promoter component, in which a mass ratio (Pd/CeO2) of a content of the palladium in the catalyst layer to a content of the ceria particles in the catalyst layer is 0.0014 to 0.6000.

Abstract: A photographing device to photograph an object includes a displaying unit to display an image acquired from the object, an image recording unit to record the image, an enlarged image generating unit to extract a portion or whole of the image displayed on the displaying unit to generate an enlarged image from the image, and a display control unit to display the enlarged image instead of the image on the displaying unit or in an overlapped manner with the image before capturing the image into the image recording unit.