Abstract: A polymer compound includes a first chain structure constituted by a polyamideimide and a second chain structure constituted by a vinyl polymer and bonded to terminals of the first chain structures and connecting the first chain structures together. The vinyl polymer constituting the second chain structure is a random copolymer including a bond-constituting unit having a side chain to be bonded to the first chain structure, and a non-bond-constituting unit having no side chain to be bonded to the first chain structure.

Abstract: Cycle characteristics of a nonaqueous secondary battery are to be improved. An active material including: a first active material that contains a nano silicon produced by heating a layered polysilane represented by a composition formula (SiH)n and having a structure in which multiple six-membered rings formed from silicon atoms are connected; and a second active material that contains a graphite, is used in a negative electrode. With this, expansion and contraction due to stress during charging and discharging can be mitigated, and thereby cycle characteristics improve.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrically conductive bonding material having a high bonding strength and a high thermal conductivity, and capable of forming a bonding layer providing a very low porosity under low pressurization. The present invention relates to an electrically conductive bonding material which bonds a chip and an adherend under pressure, the electrically conductive bonding material containing silver particles; silver compound particles; and a dispersant, wherein the silver particles and the silver compound particles are present in a weight ratio of 30:70 to 70:30, and the electrically conductive bonding material provide a porosity of 15% or less after the chip and the adherend are subject to pressurizing-bond under an air atmosphere of pressure of 10 MPa and 280° C. for 5 minutes.

Abstract: This laminate is a laminate (10A) comprising a base (1) and a gas barrier unit (4), the gas barrier unit (4) comprising a first barrier layer (2a), a second barrier layer (2b), and an organic intermediate layer (3) that is situated between the first barrier layer (2a) and the second barrier layer (2b), and has a modulus of elasticity at 90° C. of 1.5 GPa or more, a ratio (X/Y1) of a thickness (X) of the organic intermediate layer (3) to a thickness (Y1) of the first barrier layer (2a) being 3 to 18, and a ratio (X/Y2) of the thickness (X) of the organic intermediate layer (3) to a thickness (Y2) of the second barrier layer (2b) being 3 to 18. The present invention provides a laminate that exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability, and rarely shows deterioration in gas barrier capability even when a thermal load is applied.

Abstract: Provided are conductive diamond particles including: particulate bases; and boron-doped diamond films on at least part of surfaces of the particulate bases, wherein an average particle diameter of the conductive diamond particles is greater than 0.5 micrometers, and wherein in Raman spectrum measurement of the conductive diamond particles at an excitation wavelength of 532 micrometers, a ratio of an intensity of the conductive diamond particles at 1,580 cm?1 to an intensity of the conductive diamond particles at 1,332 cm?1 is less than 0.090.

Abstract: The present invention is a long gas barrier laminate including a base, a functional layer, a smoothing layer, and a gas barrier layer, the functional layer being stacked on one side of the base, the smoothing layer and the gas barrier layer being sequentially stacked on the other side of the base, and a coefficient of static friction between a surface of the functional layer that is situated opposite to the base and a surface of the gas barrier layer that is situated opposite to the base being 0.35 to 0.80; and a method for producing the long gas barrier laminate.

Abstract: A nano silicon material having reduced amounts of oxygen (O) and chlorine (Cl) contained therein is provided. The nano silicon material contains fluorine (F) and nano-sized silicon crystallites. Generation of a layer in which oxygen (O) and chlorine (Cl) are present is suppressed due to the presence of fluorine (F), so that a decrease in the moving speed of lithium ions is suppressed. In addition, due to the presence of fluorine (F), the concentrations of oxygen (O) and chlorine (Cl) are reduced, so that reaction thereof with lithium ions is suppressed.

Abstract: In a conventional self-healing material, although the resin properties after self-healing are restored to the same level as the initial refractoriness and strength of the resin, no further extension of life can be expected. A resin cured product according to the present invention includes: a first vinyl monomer having an ester bond; a second vinyl monomer having a hydroxyl group; a transesterification reaction catalyst; and a boron compound.

Abstract: The present invention is a long gas barrier laminate including a base, a functional layer, a smoothing layer, and a gas barrier layer, the functional layer being stacked on one side of the base, the smoothing layer and the gas barrier layer being sequentially stacked on the other side of the base, and a coefficient of static friction between a surface of the functional layer that is situated opposite to the base and a surface of the gas barrier layer that is situated opposite to the base being 0.35 to 0.80; and a method for producing the long gas barrier laminate.

Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode active material including complex particles formed of: nano silicon aggregated particles produced by heating a layered polysilane represented by a composition formula of (SiH)n and having a structure in which multiple six-membered rings formed from silicon atoms are connected; and a composited carbon layer formed from an amorphous carbon and at least covering one portion of the aggregated particles. A mean particle diameter D50 of the aggregated particles is within a range of 0.2 ?m to 30 ?m, and a mean particle diameter D50 of the complex particles is within a range of 0.5 ?m to 40 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention is a sealing sheet comprising at least a base resin layer and a sealing resin layer, the base resin layer having a microstructure that is provided to one surface of the base resin layer, the sealing resin layer being provided on a side of the base resin layer on which the microstructure is provided, and the microstructure having a protrusion that has a maximum difference in height (H) of 1 to 50 ?m and is arranged two-dimensionally on the surface of the base resin layer, and an electronic device member, and an electronic device. The sealing sheet according to the invention exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability that suppresses or reduces the entry of a gas (e.g., water vapor) not only in the vertical direction, but also in the horizontal direction (from the edge) with respect to the surface of the sealing sheet.

Abstract: The present invention is a gas barrier laminate comprising a base and a gas barrier unit, the gas barrier unit comprising at least two inorganic layers, at least one of the at least two inorganic layers being a silicon oxynitride layer, the silicon oxynitride layer including a composition-gradient region that has a thickness of 25 nm or more, the composition-gradient region being a region in which a content ratio of oxygen decreases and a content ratio of nitrogen increases in a thickness direction toward the base, and a ratio of the thickness of the composition-gradient region to the thickness of the entire silicon oxynitride layer being 0.15 or more. The present invention also relates to: an electronic device member that includes the gas barrier laminate, and an electronic device that includes the electronic device member.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an electroconductive adhesive composition which contains a thermoplastic resin and has high heat dissipation properties and which is inhibited from suffering the bleeding-out phenomenon in which a nonpolar solvent undesirably bleeds out after die bonding. The present invention relates to an electroconductive adhesive composition including (A) electroconductive particles, (B) a thermoplastic resin, (C) a nonpolar solvent, and (D) a water-insoluble fluorochemical surfactant.

Abstract: A washing device for on-board camera includes a spout port, a tank, and a controller. The spout nozzle is directed to the lens surface of a camera installed on a vehicle, and spouts a washing liquid and compressed air. The tank communicates with the spout port, and reserves the washing liquid and compressed air under pressurized condition. The controller controls the washing liquid and compressed air reserved in the tank so as to spout through the spout port.

Abstract: A grill shutter device for vehicle includes a grill, a shutter, and a drive source. The grill is provided with an opening penetrating the grill in the front/rear direction. The shutter includes fins opening and closing the opening, lining up in a vehicular width direction, and curving so as to fit into a curved configuration of the grill. The drive source drives the shutter so that the fins open and close the opening. The fins include a body plate, and a support shaft fixed to the body plate, extending in a direction linearly linking between vehicular-width-direction opposite ends of a corresponding site in the opening, and supported to the grill so as to rotate when actuated by the drive source. Moreover, a universal joint joins between the support shafts of two of the fins neighboring one another in the vehicular width direction.

Abstract: A polymer compound to be used as a binder for a negative electrode of a power storage device is provided. The polymer compound is formed by condensation of a polyacrylic acid and a polyfunctional amine represented by the following general formula (1), where X is a ring structure having 1 to 3 benzene rings; and C1 to C4 are each a carbon atom constituting a benzene ring in the ring structure.

Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a thermally and electrically conductive adhesive composition used as a die-bonding material which shows high heat dissipation performance and stable electric conductivity as well as high adhesion force. [Solution] Provided is a thermally and electrically conductive adhesive composition, comprising: (A) an electrically conductive filler; (B) an epoxy resin; (C) a curing agent, and (D) an organic solvent, in which the electrically conductive filler (A) is a submicron fine silver powder, and the content of the electrically conductive filler (A) is such that (A)/(B) is 96.0/4.0 to 99.5/0.5 in the mass ratio to the content of the epoxy resin (B); and the epoxy resin (B) comprises at least a bisphenol-type epoxy resin and a novolac-type epoxy resin; and the curing agent (C) is diaminodiphenyl sulfone and/or a derivative thereof, and the content of the curing agent (C) is 0.4 to 2.

Abstract: Screen printer 10 is for screen printing solder paste 13 loaded on an upper surface of stencil 12 onto board S using one of first and second squeegees 71 and 72. Screen printer 10 is provided with a stencil frame holding rail that holds stencil frame 12a of stencil 12, pair of board holding members 36 and 38 that hold board S, raising and lowering table 16 that raises and lowers board holding members 36 and 38, and pair of stencil supporting members 50 and 52 that support stencil 12 from below at a portion outside a printing region of stencil 12 used for screen printing. Stencil supporting members 50 and 52 are provided independently from raising and lowering table 16. Therefore, the load applied to raising and lowering table 16 is reduced. Also, there is increased design freedom with respect to members and the like loaded on raising and lowering table 16.

Abstract: A mounting structure of a camera, includes: a camera configured to image an image corresponding to at least a part of surroundings of a vehicle; and a decorative member configured to be mounted on an exterior component of the vehicle and to cover the camera, wherein: the decorative member closely contacts the exterior component, and covers the camera in such a manner that the camera is not disturbed to image the image; and the camera is disposed in a region of an inside of the decorative member from an external surface of the decorative member.

Abstract: A negative-electrode active material is used for a negative electrode, the negative-electrode active material including: agglomerated particles including nanometer-size silicon produced by heat treating a lamellar polysilane having a structure in which multiple six-membered rings constituted of a silicon atom are disposed one after another, and expressed by a compositional formula, (SiH)n; and a carbon layer including amorphous carbon, and covering at least some of the agglomerated particles to be composited therewith. An electric storage apparatus including the same is not only able to reduce the irreversible capacity, but also able to inhibit the generation of “SEI.