Abstract: A surface treatment agent which is a water-repellent agent, includes (1) a fluorine-free block copolymer, and (2) a liquid medium which is an organic solvent, water, or a mixture of water and an organic solvent. The non-fluorinated block copolymer includes at least one block segment (A) which includes a repeating unit formed from one or more types of acrylic monomer having a long-chain hydrocarbon group containing 12-40 carbon atoms. The non-fluorinated block copolymer preferably contains a segment (B) constituted by at least one of: (B1) a block segment including a repeating unit, different from that of segment (A), that is formed from an acrylic monomer having a long-chain hydrocarbon group including 12-40 carbon atoms; (B2) a block segment including a repeating unit formed from an acrylic monomer not having a long-chain hydrocarbon group; and (B3) a random segment formed from at least two types of acrylic monomers.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing device including a voltage measuring unit and a determining unit. The voltage measuring unit measures a voltage across the positive and negative terminals of a set of a plurality of dye-sensitized solar cells connected in series. The determining unit determines the number of the dye-sensitized solar cells not generating electricity according to the amount of voltage drop across the positive and negative terminals from the voltage across the positive and negative terminals in the initial state in which all the dye-sensitized solar cells of the set generate electricity at the voltage measured by the voltage measuring unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing device including a voltage measuring unit and a determining unit. The voltage measuring unit measures a voltage across the positive and negative terminals of a set of a plurality of dye-sensitized solar cells connected in series. The determining unit determines the number of the dye-sensitized solar cells not generating electricity according to the amount of voltage drop across the positive and negative terminals from the voltage across the positive and negative terminals in the initial state in which all the dye-sensitized solar cells of the set generate electricity at the voltage measured by the voltage measuring unit.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a thin film semiconductor device including a semiconductor thin film and an interlayer insulating film configured to cover the semiconductor thin film. In the interlayer insulating film, a hydrogen supply part and a blocking part against contamination are deposited in that order from a semiconductor thin film side.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a thin film semiconductor device including a semiconductor thin film and an interlayer insulating film configured to cover the semiconductor thin film. In the interlayer insulating film, a hydrogen supply part and a blocking part against contamination are deposited in that order from a semiconductor thin film side.

Abstract: A thermal processing unit of the invention includes a substrate-holder which can support a plurality of substrates in such a manner that the plurality of substrates are arranged at a predetermined pitch, and a chamber vessel for housing the substrate-holder. The inside of the chamber vessel may be made a vacuum. A gas-introducing slit having a small conductance is provided in one part of a peripheral area of the plurality of substrates held by the substrate-holder. The gas-introducing slit extends in a direction in which the plurality of substrates are arranged and supplies a processing gas for a thermal process into the chamber vessel. A gas-absorbing opening having a large conductance is provided in another part of the peripheral area of the plurality of substrates held by the substrate-holder. The gas-absorbing opening extends in the direction in which the plurality of substrates are arranged. The substrate-holder may be loaded into and unloaded out of the chamber vessel by a loading mechanism.