Abstract: The present invention provides a sample plate for laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry, comprising: a hydrophilic thin film capable of absorbing a laser ray; and a water-repellent thin film comprising surface-hydrophobized nanoparticles and being stacked in a region other than a region to be a sample spot on a surface of the hydrophilic thin film, wherein a water contact angle of the water-repellent thin film is 120° or more.

Abstract: An organic silica thin film including: organic silica having a light absorbable organic group in a skeleton, wherein the organic group has a local maximum absorption wavelength in a wavelength range of 200 to 1200 nm, a content ratio of silicon and the organic group which constitute the organic silica is in a range of 0.05 to 0.50 based on a ratio of a mass of the silicon to a mass of the organic group ([mass of the silicon]/[mass of the organic group]), the thin film has a textured structure, and an axis direction of the textured structure is a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface opposite to a surface of the organic silica thin film having the textured structure formed therein.

Abstract: There is provided a measurement system that measures the volume of a drug solution that fills a needle-shaped recess of a mold. A measurement unit of the measurement system measures respective heights of a plurality of measurement points which are stored in a storage unit and are preset on a plane parallel to the mold, in a direction orthogonal to the plane. A surface shape calculation unit calculates a three-dimensional shape of the surface of the drug solution on the basis of the heights of the plurality of measurement points measured by the measurement unit. A volume calculation unit calculates the volume of the drug solution that fills the needle-shaped recess on the basis of the three-dimensional shape of the surface of the drug solution calculated by the surface shape calculation unit and the shape of the needle-shaped recess of the mold.

Abstract: An organic silica thin film including: organic silica having a light absorbable organic group in a skeleton, wherein the organic group has a local maximum absorption wavelength in a wavelength range of 200 to 1200 nm, a content ratio of silicon and the organic group which constitute the organic silica is in a range of 0.05 to 0.50 based on a ratio of a mass of the silicon to a mass of the organic group ([mass of the silicon]/[mass of the organic group]), the thin film has a textured structure, and an axis direction of the textured structure is a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface opposite to a surface of the organic silica thin film having the textured structure formed therein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sample plate for laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry, comprising: a hydrophilic thin film capable of absorbing a laser ray; and a water-repellent thin film comprising surface-hydrophobized nanoparticles and being stacked in a region other than a region to be a sample spot on a surface of the hydrophilic thin film, wherein a water contact angle of the water-repellent thin film is 120° or more.

Abstract: A measurement system that measures an amount of a drug solution in each needle-shaped recess of a mold in which a plurality of needle-shaped recesses are formed, or an amount of a drug after drying the drug solution, includes: a first detection unit that detects position information regarding each needle-shaped recess in a state where the drug solution does not fill the needle-shaped recess; a first measurement unit that measures a shape of the needle-shaped recess; a second detection unit that detects position information regarding a surface of the drug solution or the drug; a second measurement unit that measures a shape of the surface of the drug solution or the drug; and a calculation unit that calculates a volume of the drug solution or the drug based on the shape of the needle-shaped recess and the shape of the surface of the drug solution or the drug.

Abstract: A measurement system that measures an amount of a drug solution in each needle-shaped recess of a mold in which a plurality of needle-shaped recesses are formed, or an amount of a drug after drying the drug solution, includes: a first detection unit that detects position information regarding each needle-shaped recess in a state where the drug solution does not fill the needle-shaped recess; a first measurement unit that measures a shape of the needle-shaped recess; a second detection unit that detects position information regarding a surface of the drug solution or the drug; a second measurement unit that measures a shape of the surface of the drug solution or the drug; and a calculation unit that calculates a volume of the drug solution or the drug based on the shape of the needle-shaped recess and the shape of the surface of the drug solution or the drug.

Abstract: There is provided a measurement system that measures the volume of a drug solution that fills a needle-shaped recess of a mold. A measurement unit of the measurement system measures respective heights of a plurality of measurement points which are stored in a storage unit and are preset on a plane parallel to the mold, in a direction orthogonal to the plane. A surface shape calculation unit calculates a three-dimensional shape of the surface of the drug solution on the basis of the heights of the plurality of measurement points measured by the measurement unit. A volume calculation unit calculates the volume of the drug solution that fills the needle-shaped recess on the basis of the three-dimensional shape of the surface of the drug solution calculated by the surface shape calculation unit and the shape of the needle-shaped recess of the mold.

Abstract: A polyester film containing a polyester resin having an intrinsic viscosity IV of from 0.73 to 0.9 dL/g in which the polyester film has a specific heat change at 85° C. to 135° C. (?Cp) of from 0.06 to 0.1 J/g, has an excellent weather resistance, a good planar surface state and a low thermal shrinkage.

Abstract: A void-containing resin molded product consisting of a polymer having crystallinity, wherein the void-containing resin molded product has elongated voids whose longitudinal directions are aligned in one direction, wherein the elongated voids satisfy the expression h(avg)>T/100, where h(avg) denotes an arithmetic average of h(i)s which each denote a distance from a surface of the void-containing resin molded product to a center of each of 10 voids whose centers are closer to the surface of the void-containing resin molded product than are centers of any other voids in a cross-section of the void-containing resin molded product that is perpendicular to a direction in which the voids are aligned, the 10 voids being selected from voids in a region defined by one straight line which is parallel to a thickness direction of the void-containing resin molded product and another straight line which is parallel to and distant by 20×T from the one straight line; and T denotes an arithmetic average thickness of the cro

Abstract: An image recording material which has a support and an image recording layer containing a crystalline polymer and an amorphous polymer on at least one surface of the support, wherein the image recording layer has a storage elastic modulus G? at 100° C. of 1×102 Pa to 1×105 Pa during a temperature increase at 5° C./min, a storage elastic modulus G? at 60° C. of 1×106 Pa or more during a temperature decrease at 5° C./min and a temperature difference of 18° C. or less between a temperature at which the storage elastic modulus G? during a temperature increase at 5° C./min reaches 1×105 Pa and a temperature at which the storage elastic modules G? during a temperature decrease at 5° C./min reaches 1×105 Pa, upon measurement of viscoelasticity by using a rheometer of plate-to-plate distance: 1.5 mm, diameter: 20 mm.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film produced by a melt-casting film formation, wherein the total of the number of projections having a height of from 0.1 ?m to 100 ?m and a length of at least 1 mm and the number of depressions having a depth of from 0.1 ?m to 100 ?m and a length of at least 1 mm is at most 10 per 10 cm of the width of the film. When built in a liquid-crystal display device, the cellulose acylate film significantly reduces the display blur in the device.

Abstract: A polyester film containing a polyester resin having an intrinsic viscosity IV of from 0.73 to 0.9 dL/g in which the polyester film has a specific heat change at 85° C. to 135° C. (?Cp) of from 0.06 to 0.1 J/g, has an excellent weather resistance, a good planar surface state and a low thermal shrinkage.

Abstract: Provided is an organosilane compound expressed by any one of the following general formulae (1) to (7): (wherein: Ar represents a phenylene group or the like; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R2 to R8 each represent a methyl group or the like; n represents an integer in a range from 0 to 2; m represents an integer of 1 or 2; L represents a single bond or the like; X represents a hydrogen atom or the like; and Y represents a hydrogen atom or the like).

Abstract: Provided are an electrophotographic image-receiving sheet that comprises a support, a toner image-receiving layer on at least one side of the support, wherein the toner image-receiving layer is formed from a coating liquid for the toner image-receiving layer and the coating liquid for the toner image-receiving layer comprises an aqueous dispersion that comprises a crystalline polymer, and an image forming method that employs the electrophotographic image-receiving sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrophotographic image receiving sheet including a support, and at least two toner image receiving layers formed over at least one surface of the support, wherein a mixture mass ratio M of a crystalline polymer and an amorphous polymer in each of the toner image receiving layers is defined as [A/(A+B)], where A represents a mass of the crystalline polymer (g), and B represents a mass of the amorphous polymer (g), and a mixture mass ratio M1 of the outermost toner image receiving layer which is located farthest from the support, and a mixture mass ratio M2 of the highest inner toner image receiving layer, which has the highest mixture mass ratio among the inner toner image receiving layers located under the outermost toner image receiving layer, satisfy the relation: M1<M2.

Abstract: Described is a method for producing a void-containing resin molded product which enables producing a void-containing resin molded product having a high color saturation and an appearance excellent in brightness and heat insulation properties by stretching polymer-molded product containing a single crystalline polymer, and a void-containing resin molded product obtained by the production method. A first aspect of the method for producing a void-containing resin molded product is a method for producing a void-containing resin molded product, the method including: stretching a polymer-molded product containing a single crystalline polymer in at least one axial direction, wherein a yield stress (A) and a stress (L30) at an elongation of 30% in a stress-strain curve of the polymer-molded product in the stretching in the one axial direction satisfy Relationship (I): L30/A<0.

Abstract: A liquid crystalline composition is disclosed. The composition comprises at least one liquid-crystal compound and at least one fluoroaliphatic group-containing polymer of a formula (1-1). In the formula, i and j each indicate an integer equal to or more than 1; M represents k types of repetitive units each derived from an ethylenic unsaturated monomer (k indicates an integer equal to or more than 1); a, b and c each mean a mass percentage indicating a polymerization ratio; R11 and R12 each represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; X1 and X2 each represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —N(R13)—; R13 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; m1 and m2 each indicate an integer of from 1 to 6; and n1 indicates an integer of from 0 to 3.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrophotographic image receiving sheet including a support, and at least two toner image receiving layers formed over at least one surface of the support, wherein a mixture mass ratio M of a crystalline polymer and an amorphous polymer in each of the toner image receiving layers is defined as [A/(A+B)], where A represents a mass of the crystalline polymer (g), and B represents a mass of the amorphous polymer (g), and a mixture mass ratio M1 of the outermost toner image receiving layer which is located farthest from the support, and a mixture mass ratio M2 of the highest inner toner image receiving layer, which has the highest mixture mass ratio among the inner toner image receiving layers located under the outermost toner image receiving layer, satisfy the relation: M1<M2.

Abstract: The present invention provides a void-containing resin molded product having high heat insulation properties and a method for producing such a molded product. The present invention also provides an image-receiving film or sheet that includes the void-containing resin molded product to provide favorable printing characteristics and is intended for use in a sublimation transfer recording material or a thermal transfer recording material. The void-containing resin molded product consists of a crystalline polymer and has voids therein, wherein the resin molded product has a ratio X/Y of 0.27 or less, where X denotes a thermal conductivity (in W/mK) of the void-containing resin molded product, and Y denotes a thermal conductivity (in W/mK) of a void-free polymer molded product having the same thickness as the void-containing resin molded product and formed of the same crystalline polymer that forms the void-containing resin molded product.