Abstract: To provide a fluororesin composition excellent in elongation deformability and excellent in mechanical strength of its molded product. The fluororesin composition comprises: a copolymer (A) comprising units derived from a monomer (a), units derived from a monomer (b) and units derived from a monomer (c); and a copolymer (B) comprising units derived from the monomer (a) and units derived from the monomer (b) but containing substantially no units derived from the monomer (c). In the copolymer (A), the molar ratio of units derived from the monomer (a) to units derived from the monomer (b) is from 20/80 to 80/20; the proportion of units derived from the monomer (c) to all units is from 0.2 to 3 mol %; MFR is at most 0.5 dg/min; the proportion of the copolymer (A) to the total of the copolymer (A) and the copolymer (B) is from 4 to 30 mass %; and fish eyes are present in an amount of less than 200 fish eyes per square meter.

Abstract: To provide a fluorinated copolymer excellent in adhesion and elongation deformation processability. This fluorinated copolymer is characterized in that it has carbonyl groups, its melting point is from 120 to 230° C., the ratio (X/W) of the melt tension X (N) to the load W (N) at the time of measuring the melt tension X, is from 0.5×10?4 to 2.0×10?4 [N/N], it comprises units derived from the following monomer (a), units derived from the following monomer (b), and units derived from the following monomer (c), the molar ratio ([units derived from monomer (a)]/[units derived from monomer (b)]) of the units derived from the monomer (a) to the units derived from the monomer (b) is from 30/70 to 70/30, and the total content of the units derived from the monomer (a) and the units derived from the monomer (b) is from 80 to 99.995 mol % based on the total of all units: Monomer (a): tetrafluoroethylene. Monomer (b): ethylene. Monomer (c): a monomer having two or more polymerizable carbon-carbon double bonds.

Abstract: To provide a fluorinated resin composition excellent in adhesion and elongation deformation processability. The fluorinated resin composition is characterized by comprising the following copolymer (A) and the following copolymer (B), wherein the mass ratio (A/B) of the following copolymer (A) to the following copolymer (B) is from 60/40 to 99/1, and the following volume flow rate is from 0.5 to 100 mm3/sec.: Copolymer (A): a copolymer comprising units derived from the following monomer (a) and units derived from the following monomer (b), and optionally containing units derived from the following monomer (c), wherein the content of the units derived from the following monomer (c) is from 0 to 0.

Abstract: To provide a wire coating resin material comprising an ETFE type copolymer, capable of forming a coating layer which is excellent in thermal stress cracking resistance and has good mechanical properties, and an electric wire having a coating layer which is excellent in thermal stress cracking resistance and has good mechanical properties. A wire coating resin material comprising a resin component (X) composed of at least one type of a copolymer (A) which has units derived from tetrafluoroethylene and units derived from ethylene, wherein at least one type of the copolymer (A) is a copolymer (A1) which further has units derived from a monomer having at least two polymerizable carbon-carbon double bonds or units derived from a monomer having a radical generating group; the strain hardening rate (parameter showing the degree of strain hardening such that the elongational viscosity deviates from a linear region and sharply increases in a high strain region) of the resin component (X) is from 0.1 to 0.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device and an optical sensor, which can enhance a wide dynamic range while keeping a high sensitivity with a high S/N ratio, and a method of operating a solid-state imaging device for enhancing a wide dynamic range while keeping a high sensitivity with a high S/N ratio are disclosed. An array of integrated pixels has a structure wherein each pixel comprises a photodiode PD for receiving light and generating and accumulating photoelectric charges and a storage capacitor element CS coupled to the photodiode PD through a transfer transistor Tr1 for accumulating the photoelectric charges overflowing from the photodiode PD. The storage capacitor element CS is structured to accumulate the photoelectric charges overflowing from the photodiode PD in a storage-capacitor-element accumulation period TCS that is set to be a period at a predetermined ratio with respect to an accumulation period of the photodiode PD.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device and an optical sensor, which can enhance a wide dynamic range while keeping a high sensitivity with a high S/N ratio, and a method of operating a solid-state imaging device for enhancing a wide dynamic range while keeping a high sensitivity with a high S/N ratio are disclosed. An array of integrated pixels has a structure wherein each pixel comprises a photodiode PD for receiving light and generating and accumulating photoelectric charges and a storage capacitor element CS coupled to the photodiode PD through a transfer transistor Tr1 for accumulating the photoelectric charges overflowing from the photodiode PD. The storage capacitor element CS is structured to accumulate the photoelectric charges overflowing from the photodiode PD in a storage-capacitor-element accumulation period TCS that is set to be a period at a predetermined ratio with respect to an accumulation period of the photodiode PD.

Abstract: An anhydrous crystal of a compound represented by the formula: R2—CH2CONH—R1 wherein R1 represents a substituted or non-substituted pyridyl group or substituted or non-substituted phenyl group and R2 represents a substituted or non-substituted 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidinyl group, characterized in that said crystal is substantially free from hygroscopicity. For example, by drying a hydrous crystal of said compound at a temperature of 80° C. or above under reduced pressure, an anhydrous crystal is provided that exhibits a weight increase of 1% or less when stored under the relative humidity of 83% at the temperature of 25° C. for 30 days. By using the anhydrous crystal for the manufacture of a medicament comprising the compound as an active ingredient, a product with a constant content of the active ingredient can be obtained.

Abstract: A process for preparing a 2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)acetamide derivative useful as a cerebral function improving agent is disclosed, comprising reacting a halogenoacetamide derivative with substituted or unsubstituted 2-pyrrolidinone, the halogenoacetamide derivative being prepared by reacting an amine and a halogenoacetyl chloride. High yields of the intermediate compound as well as the final product are attained at low cost.