Abstract: A surface protective sheet 1 endowed with both a higher re-peelability and higher non-staining properties is provided. The surface protective sheet 1 has a supporting substrate 10 and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 20 provided on a front side of the supporting substrate 10. At least a portion of the supporting substrate 10, including the front side 10a, is made of a resin material that is composed primarily of a polyolefin and includes A: at least one of a fatty amide and a fatty acid metal salt, and B: an antioxidant. The content CA of the component A, based on the weight of the resin material, is from 50 ppm to 500 ppm.

Abstract: A carrying section of a disk apparatus includes a pair of arms disposed in a substantially symmetrical relationship with respect to the carrying direction of a disk in the proximity of the opposite ends of an opening formed in a housing such that the arms pivot around end portions thereof adjacent the opening in synchronism with each other in directions toward and away from each other, and a biasing element which biases the arms in a direction in which ends of the arms remote from the opening approach each other. The arms individually have rollers provided thereon which grip and carry the disk to a predetermined position. At least one of the rollers is rotated by the driving member to carry the disk. A controller includes a state decision section which decides a carrying state of the disk and a driving control section which stops, if it is decided that part of the disk is carried out to the outside of the housing, the driving of the driving means in a state wherein the rollers grip the disk.

Abstract: A disk apparatus for preventing a disk from being dropped while being inserted or removed therein, including a housing on which an opening through which a disk is inserted into and extracted from is formed; a carrying unit for performing carrying-in and carrying-out of the disk into the housing; first and second motors for driving the carrying means, and for rotating the disk; an optical unit for reading and recording information to/from the disk; and a control unit for controlling the entire apparatus; the carrying unit including a pair of arms disposed in a substantially symmetrical relationship with respect to the carrying direction of the disk in the proximity of the ends of the opening such that the arms pivot around end portions thereof adjacent to the opening in synchronism with each other in directions toward and away from each other.

Abstract: A paint film-protecting sheet (1) is provided which effectively prevents adhesive transfer to the paint film. The paint film-protecting sheet (1) has a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which is comprised of a non-crosslinking pressure-sensitive adhesive (20) adjacent a polyolefin-based resin film serving as a supporting substrate (10). At least a surface portion (12) of the supporting substrate that adjoins the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer satisfies the following conditions: (1) it has an indentation modulus at 25° C. (Er(25)) of from 200 MPa to 1,100 MPa and (2) it has an indentation modulus at ?5° C. (Er(?5)) of from 400 MPa to 2,400 MPa.

Abstract: A paint film-protecting sheet (1) that effectively prevents adhesive transfer to the paint film is provided. The paint film-protecting sheet (1) includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) layer (20), which is comprised of a non-crosslinking PSA, disposed on a polyolefin-based resin film serving as a supporting substrate (10). At least a surface portion (12) of the supporting substrate which adjoins the PSA layer is formed of a resin material that satisfies both of the following conditions: (1) it contains W wt % of a LLDPE having a density d of 0.925 g/cm3 or less, wherein W is greater than or equal to 20; and (2) it has a LLDPE content index ? of 400 or more, the LLDPE content index ? being defined as (0.935?d)×W×1000.

Abstract: A charge-transporting polymer including a unit derived from at least one polymerizable compound represented by formula (1), formula (2) and formula (3): where R1 to R3 are as defined herein.

Abstract: Organic electroluminescence devices of the invention have excellent luminous efficiency and durability. Uses of the devices are also disclosed.

Abstract: To safely and easily provide information that an operator needs, when a mobile body has started to move, a first acquiring unit and a second acquiring unit respectively acquire corresponding image information. Using the acquired image information and map information, an extracting unit extracts map information identical to the image information of the scenery around the mobile body. A selecting unit selects, from the extracted map information, an object that coincides with the position of the point viewed by the operator in the image information of the scenery around the mobile body. An output unit outputs information concerning the selected object.

Abstract: A paint film-protecting sheet that provides a high level of weather resistance and minimizes staining of the paint film, and a substrate for such a sheet are provided. The paint film-protecting sheet has a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) layer formed on a sheet-like substrate. The substrate has a surface resin layer (layer A) forming a surface of the substrate on the PSA layer side and one, two or more resin layers (layers B) superimposed on a back side of the layer A. The layer B contains an organic weathering stabilizer HMS having a weight-average molecular weight Mw of at least 1.5×103 in a predetermined amount Pb. The layer A is either free of the organic weathering stabilizer HMS or contains the stabilizer in a predetermined amount Pa which satisfies the condition Pa/Pb?0.5.

Abstract: A paint film-protecting sheet, which is unwound from a roll for use, and in which occurrence of adhesive transfer at edges thereof is effectively prevented, and a method of manufacturing same are provided. The paint film-protecting sheet is in the form of a roll obtained by winding in a lengthwise direction a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet formed of a substrate in continuous sheet form and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer disposed on the substrate. The substrate comprises a resin component made primarily of polyethylene resin or polypropylene resin. The paint film-protecting sheet, after being unwound from the roll, has a percent shrinkage, in the lengthwise direction, of not greater than 1.2% when heated at 80° C. for 1 hour.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method of stably producing a high quality organic EL device by surely avoiding adverse influence due to organic matters and the like when an organic layer is formed on a surface of, for example, a substrate having an anode formed thereon. The means for resolution is characterized in that the inside of an organic EL device production apparatus equipped with an organic film-forming chamber for forming an organic layer on a surface of, for example, a substrate having an anode formed thereon is cleaned with an ozone gas, and the organic layer is then formed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound that can be readily purified and an organic EL device having a luminescent layer including the compound. In particular, the present invention provides a cyclic siloxane compound represented by Formula (1) below: wherein, in Formula (1), R1 and R2 are each independently a luminescent monovalent group, a charge-transporting monovalent group, or another substituent; at least one of R1 and R2 is the charge-transporting monovalent group or the luminescent monovalent group; and n is an integer of 2 to 100, and an organic EL device having luminescent layer containing the compound.

Abstract: The present invention provides an organic EL device having a high luminous efficiency and a long life, and an iridium complex compound used for preparing the above device. The iridium complex compound is represented by the following Formula (1): [in Formula (1), R1 to R4 are each independently a specific group; at least one of R1 to R4 is a group having 2 or more carbon atoms; R5 to R8 are each independently a specific group; and at least one of R5 to R8 is a specific electron-withdrawing group; (with the proviso that R1 to R8 are not combined with each other to form rings)].

Abstract: A polymer light emitting material, wherein the material has a light emitting mechanism based on transition from an excited triplet state to a ground state or transition through an excited triplet state to a ground state of an electron energy level, and the material comprises a nonionic light emitting part which constitutes a part of the polymer or is bound to the polymer. The polymer light emitting material exhibits high light emission efficiency above 5%, which is the limit of external quantum efficiency of fluorescence and can be designed so as to have a large area and hence are suitable for mass production of organic light emitting devices.

Abstract: A pipette tip formed by a polypropylene substrate coated with a water repellent agent. The water repellent agent contains a silicone resin containing at least one specific substance selected from the group consisting of diisononyl phthalate, diisodecyl phthalate, trioctyl trimellitate and poly (1,3-butanediol adipate). The total mass of the specific substance is 1-30 mass % of the silicone resin.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first FET that is formed with first unit FETs each having a first finger electrode and a second finger electrode provided on either side of a gate finger electrode, the first unit FETs being connected in parallel; and a second FET that is formed with second unit FETs each having a first finger electrode and a second finger electrode provided on either side of a gate finger electrode, the second unit FETs being connected in parallel. In this semiconductor device, the second finger electrode of each of the first unit FETs and the first finger electrode of each corresponding one of the second unit FETs form a common finger electrode, and the first finger electrodes of the first unit FETs, the second finger electrodes of the second unit FETs, and the common finger electrodes are arranged in the gate length direction of the first FET and the second FET.

Abstract: There is proposed an engine controller which is excellent in reliability in that the outer peripheral edge face (cut surface) of covering member can be prevented from being rusted while securing the water-proofness and dust-proofness. This engine controller comprises a circuit board (12) for controlling an engine; an aluminum die-cast main case body (20) having an open top; and a covering member (30) made of an iron-based metal plate which is preliminarily applied with surface treatment, the covering member (30) being fixedly clamped to the main case body (20) by means of a setscrew (40) so as to hermetically close the open top of the main case body (20); wherein the main case body (20) is provided thereon with a pedestal (24) or groove (25) on which a liquid or jellied water-proofing adhesive (50) is coated or filled (piled), thereby enabling entire outer peripheral edge face (33a) of the covering member (30) to be covered by the water-proofing adhesive (50).

Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light-emitting device which contains one or more organic layers sandwiched between an anode and a cathode, wherein at least one of the organic layers is a light-emitting layer comprising a polymer compound (I), the polymer compound (I) comprising structural units derived from a hole transport or electron transport and phosphorescent polymerizable compound (a1) and structural units derived from a polymerizable compound (b) capable of transporting an oppositely charged carrier, the polymerizable compound (a1) being selected from the group consisting of the following formulae (E1-1) and the like.

Abstract: A polymer light emitting material, wherein the material has a light emitting mechanism based on transition from an excited triplet state to a ground state or transition through an excited triplet state to a ground state of an electron energy level, and the material comprises a nonionic light emitting part which constitutes a part of the polymer or is bound to the polymer. The polymer light emitting material exhibits high light emission efficiency above 5%, which is the limit of external quantum efficiency of fluorescence and can be designed so as to have a large area and hence are suitable for mass production of organic light emitting devices.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a pad that is formed on a semiconductor layer, contains Al, and has an interconnection portion that is formed outside a bonding area; an interconnection layer that contains Au and is electrically connected to the interconnection portion of the pad, an edge of the interconnection layer being formed outside of the bonding area; and a barrier layer that is provided between the interconnection portion and the interconnection layer.