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An aspect of the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a hexagonal ferrite magnetic particle comprising melting an Al-containing starting material mixture to prepare a melt and quenching the melt to obtain an amorphous material; subjecting the amorphous material to heat treatment to cause a hexagonal ferrite magnetic particle to precipitate in a product obtained by the heat treatment; collecting a hexagonal ferrite magnetic particle by subjecting the product to treatment with an acid and washing, wherein the hexagonal ferrite magnetic particle collected has a particle size ranging from 15 to 30 nm, comprises 0.6 to 8.0 weight percent of Al, based on Al2O3 conversion, relative to a total weight of the particle, and Al adheres to a surface of the hexagonal ferrite magnetic particle.

The present invention relates generally to methods for the synthesis of various solids such as diamonds, diamonds films, boron nitride and other similar materials. This invention specifically relates to utilizing novel sources of reaction species (e.g., in the case of diamond formation, novel sources of carbon and / or hydrogen and / or seeds) for the manufacture of various materials and the use of such materials for various commercial purposes.

There is disclosed a resist composition which comprises, at least, a polymer in which a sulfonium salt having a polymerizable unsaturated bond, a (meth)acrylate having a lactone or a hydroxyl group as an adhesion group, and a (meth)acrylate having an ester substituted with an acid labile group are copolymerized. There can be provided a resist composition with high resolution which has high sensitivity and high resolution to high energy beam, especially to ArF excimer laser, F2 excimer laser, EUV, X-ray, EB, etc., has reduced line edge roughness, and comprises a polymeric acid generator which has insolubility in water, and sufficient thermal stability and preservation stability.

An eye dropper with spring loaded soft tipped arms that hold open the eyelid to facilitate applying fluid eye medication drops to the eye. Eye dropper has attachment device for a bottle of liquid with a means of controllably dropping liquids into the open eye. Adjustable protrusions set maximum opening of eye and concurrently squeeze the bottle to controllably extract the eye drops.

A silicone hydrogel formulation may contains random and / or block copolymers or oligomers or macromers. The silicone copolymer is copolymerized or blended with other polymers or monomers or macromers to obtain final formulation. The silicone hydrogel may contain crosslinking groups to provide a complete or partially crosslinked final structure. The silicone hydrogel formulation may be pre-formed as a film or other structure, or it may be polymerized during application as in the case of an adhesive formulation. A wound dressing comprising a silicone hydrogel formed as a film, either prior to application to a wound or in situ on a wound, which film has gas permeability, moisture permeability, and high water content, wherein said silicone hydrogel is formed from a polymerizable silicone such as a difunctional polydimethylsiloxane methacrylate and crosslinking agents such as N,N-dimethyllacrylamide (DMA), 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), and trimethylsiloxy silane (TRIS).

The free-cutting copper alloy according to the present invention contains a greatly reduced amount of lead in comparison with conventional free-cutting copper alloys, but provides industrially satisfactory machinability. The free-cutting alloys comprise 71.5 to 78.5 percent, by weight, of copper, 2.0 to 4.5 percent, by weight, of silicon, 0.005 percent up to but less than 0.02, by weight, of lead, and the remaining percent, by weight, of zinc.

A thermoplastic resin composition comprising a polylactic acid polymer (A), an acrylic polymer (B) containing units of methyl methacrylate monomer, and a graft copolymer (C) obtained by graft-polymerizing a vinyl monomer onto a rubbery polymer, wherein the refractive index, Rc, of the graft copolymer (C) and the total refractive index, Rab, of the polylactic acid polymer (A) and the acrylic polymer (B) satisfy the following formula (1). −0.004≦−Rc−Rab≦+0.008   (1)

The present invention relates to a surface covering (100) comprising panels (200) and at least one extraneous locking element (300). The panels (200) are provided with respective longitudinal and transverse coupling means (400, 500) which are adapted to connect similar panels (200) at corresponding adjacent edges (211, 211′, 213, 213′). The transverse coupling means (500) are adapted to form a channel (501) in coupled condition which is adapted to receive the extraneous locking element (300). When inserted into the channel (501) formed by the transverse coupling means (500) of panels (200) in a first row (206), the extraneous locking element is adapted to extend at least partially into the groove (430) of an adjacent parallel panel in the second row (207), such that a lower surface (305) of the extraneous locking element (300) is in contact with a lower lip contact portion (433), and the upper surface (307) of the extraneous locking element (300) is in contact with an upper lip contact portion (437).

A sound-permeable film (11) includes: a porous membrane (13) that contains polytetrafluoroethylene as its main component, allows sound to pass therethrough, and prevents an foreign object such as a water drop from passing therethrough; and a heat-resistant double-sided adhesive sheet (15) that is disposed on a part of at least one of main surfaces of the porous membrane (13).

The present invention provides a secondary battery which is less expensive, whose safety is extremely high, which is of large capacity as well as good cyclic characteristic, and which uses an aqueous solution for the electrolytic solution. A lithium secondary battery according to the present invention is constituted by including a positive electrode, formed by binding a positive-electrode raw-material mixture including a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, formed by binding a negative-electrode raw-material mixture including a negative electrode active material, and an electrolytic solution, comprising an aqueous solution in which a lithium salt is dissolved, said positive electrode active material including at least one of a layered structure lithium-manganese composite oxide whose basic composition is LiMnO2 and an olivine structure lithium-iron composite phosphorus oxide whose basic composition is LiFePO4. The present lithium secondary battery can be used in the fields of communication appliances and information-related appliances, and as an electric source for electric automobiles and the like.

A polymer which is obtained from a combination of (meth)acrylate having a bridged ring lactone group and (meth)acrylate having an acid leaving group with a hexafluoroalcohol group is used as a base resin to formulate a positive resist composition which when exposed to high-energy radiation and developed, exhibits a high sensitivity, a high resolution, and a minimal line edge roughness due to controlled swell during development. The composition also has excellent dry etching resistance.

A thermoplastic resin composition comprising a polylactic acid polymer (A), an acrylic polymer (B) containing units of methyl methacrylate monomer, and a graft copolymer (C) obtained by graft-polymerizing a vinyl monomer onto a rubbery polymer, wherein the refractive index, Rc, of the graft copolymer (C) and the total refractive index, Rab, of the polylactic acid polymer (A) and the acrylic polymer (B) satisfy the following formula (1)−0.004≦Rc−Rab≦+0.008  (1).

A sound-permeable film (11) includes: a porous membrane (13) that contains polytetrafluoroethylene as its main component, allows sound to pass therethrough, and prevents an foreign object such as a water drop from passing therethrough; and a heat-resistant double-sided adhesive sheet (16) that is disposed on a part of at least one of main surfaces of the porous membrane (13).

A method for lithium aluminum film packaging materials, with water, high temperature and corrosion resistance, the substrate layer, and then layer, aluminum foil layer, anti-corrosion layer, adhesive layer and the inner layer together constitute from the outermost to innermost layer laminate structure in which one side of the aluminum foil layer, or both side surface of the conductive coating material to said coating and curing anticorrosive layer, and the use of fluorine-containing polyurethane resin constituting the laminated rubber layer and the inner layer of corrosion between the adhesive layer, used lithium batteries as plastic film packaging applications, it can promote lithium battery with Merit water resistance, high temperature resistance and corrosion resistance, and enhance the use of lithium batteries in years.

A plate-like or block-like material for forming a pallet for loading and unloading, containing a large number of wood chips impregnated with thermosetting resin and joined with each other through the thermosetting resin and thermoplastic resin filling gaps among said wood chips, wherein the volume ratio of said wood chips and said thermoplastic resin is 1:1.

A filter bag for use in a liquid filtering system is provided. The filter bag comprises a filtration layer. The filtration layer is defined by one or more filter mediums. The filter mediums can be composed of an adsorbent material disposed between two thin wall substrates. The adsorbent material can be a granular activated carbon. The thin wall substrates can be selected to be highly porous thin wall substrates. The filter bag can further comprise one or more diffusion mediums. The diffusion mediums can be defined by a woven or a non-woven mesh material. The mesh material can be selected from a suitable material that is temperature and fluid compatible with the filtering application to be carried out. The filter bag can include alternating layers of medium having one or more filter mediums and one or more diffusion mediums.

A dielectric constant measuring apparatus for measuring a dielectric constant of a dielectric substance is provided with: a cantilever having a small projection on a tip side of a cantilevered electric conductor; an electrode which is placed around the cantilever and is earthed; an inductor (L) placed so as to constitute a resonance circuit together with a capacitance (Cs) in a small area of the dielectric substance that the cantilever contacts; an oscillating device connected to the resonance circuit; a demodulating device for demodulating an oscillation frequency of the oscillating device; and a dielectric constant detecting device for detecting a dielectric constant information from a demodulation signal of the demodulating. The dielectric constant measuring apparatus can be applied to an information recording / reproducing apparatus using a dielectric record medium.

There is disclosed a resist composition which comprises, at least, a polymer in which a sulfonium salt having a polymerizable unsaturated bond, a (meth)acrylate having a lactone or a hydroxyl group as an adhesion group, and a (meth)acrylate having an ester substituted with an acid labile group are copolymerized. There can be provided a resist composition with high resolution which has high sensitivity and high resolution to high energy beam, especially to ArF excimer laser, F2 excimer laser, EUV, X-ray, EB, etc., has reduced line edge roughness, and comprises a polymeric acid generator which has insolubility in water, and sufficient thermal stability and preservation stability.

An intake valve automatically opened and closed by pressure of a pressuring chamber is provided in a fuel intake passage, the intake valve is pushed to open by a plunger of an electromagnetic plunger mechanism, pulling-in operating timing of the plunger is controlled according to the operating condition of an internal combustion engine, and opening time of the intake valve during compression stroke of a pump is controlled to make discharge flow-rate of high pressure fuel variable.

A resin composition excellent in heat resistance after moisture absorption, lead-free solder reflow properties, dimensional stability and electrical characteristics for high-multilayer and high-frequency-capable printed wiring boards, which composition comprises a bisphenol A type epoxy resin (a) having at least two epoxy groups per molecule and a secondary hydroxyl group amount of 0.4 meq / g or less, a novolak type epoxy resin (b) at least two epoxy groups per molecule, a cyanate ester resin (c) having at least two cyanate groups per molecule and spherical silica having an average particle diameter of 4 μm or less, wherein the equivalent ratio of cyanate groups / epoxy groups in the resin composition is in the range of 0.7 to 1.45, and a prepreg and a metal-foil-clad laminate each of which comprises the resin composition.

Disclosed is a method for producing a silver-containing nanostructure which can reduce the time required for a post treatment step and the amount of a waste material and which is achieved by the application of the reduction reaction of silver oxide; and a silver-containing nanostructure having a specific structure, which can be produced by the method. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a silver-containing nanostructure, including dispersing a polymeric compound in which a hydrophilic segment is bonded to a polyalkyleneimine chain in a medium, adding silver oxide thereto, and carrying out a reduction reaction of the silver oxide, thereby obtaining a silver-containing nanostructure. In the method, a structure having a branched structure can be produced when a specific compound is used as a complexing agent. The silver-containing nanostructure thus produced can be used as a conductive paste or the like.

A liquid crystal device has a liquid crystal layer of a liquid crystal composition comprising a discotic mesomorphic compound and a rod-shaped mesomorphic compound. The discotic mesomorphic compound and the rod-shaped mesomorphic compound are essentially mutually different in molecular structure and refractive index anisotropy and are co-present in the liquid crystal layer in a mutual phase separation state, thus improving a light-scattering performance of the liquid crystal device.

A polymer is composed of recurring units of hydroxyvinylnaphthalene, (meth)acrylic units having a lactone ring fused to a bridged ring, and (meth)acrylic units having acid labile groups. A positive resist composition comprising the polymer as a base resin, when exposed to high-energy radiation and developed, exhibits a high sensitivity, a high resolution, and a minimal line edge roughness due to controlled swell during development.

It is an object to provide a surface-treated electro-deposited copper foil which has a low profile at a level equal to or excellent than that of low-profile surface-treated electro-deposited copper foils that have conventionally been supplied to the market and in which waviness affecting the straight line performance of wiring is small, and a method for manufacturing the same. In order to achieve this object, in the surface-treated electro-deposited copper foil, the maximum waviness height (Wmax) of the bonding surface to be bonded with an insulation layer-constituting material to be 0.05 μm to 0.7 μm, the maximum peak to valley height (PV) to be 0.05 to 1.5 μm, and the surface roughness (Rzjis) to be 0.1 μm to 1.0 μm. The electro-deposited copper foil used for the manufacturing of this surface-treated electro-deposited copper foil is manufactured by using a sulfuric acid base copper electrolytic solution obtained by adding 3-mercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid or bis(3-sulfopropyl)disulfide, a quaternary ammonium salt polymer having a cyclic structure, and chlorine, and using a cathode having small surface roughness, under electrolysis conditions of carrying out continuous first-step electrolysis to n-th-step electrolysis at two or more different levels of electric current density.

The free-cutting copper alloy according to the present invention contains a greatly reduced amount of lead in comparison with conventional free-cutting copper alloys, but provides industrially satisfactory machinability. The free-cutting alloys comprise 69 to 79 percent, by weight, of copper, 2.0 to 4.0 percent, by weight, of silicon, 0.02 to 0.4, by weight, of lead, and the remaining percent, by weight, of zinc.

Disclosed are photocurable polymers that can be used as active and / or passive organic materials in various electronic, optical, and optoelectronic devices. In some embodiments, the device can include a dielectric layer prepared from such photocurable polymers. In some embodiments, the device can include a passivation layer prepared from the polymers described herein.

A radiation-sensitive resin composition comprising (A) an alkali-soluble resin having an unsaturated group, (B) a compound having at least one ethylenically unsaturated double bond, and (C) a radiation-induced radical polymerization initiator, wherein: the alkali-soluble resin having an unsaturated group (A) is obtained by reacting: 100 parts by weight of a copolymer comprising 1 to 40 wt % structural units derived from (a) a radically polymerizable compound having a carboxyl group; 1 to 50 wt % structural units having a phenolic hydroxyl group which are derived from (b-1) a radically polymerizable compound having a phenolic hydroxyl group or (b-2) a radically polymerizable compound having a functional group convertible into a phenolic hydroxyl group after the copolymerization, other structural units of said copolymer being derived from (c) another radically polymerizable compound; with 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of (d) a radically polymerizable compound having an epoxy group. The resin composition can form a radiation-sensitive film in a thickness greater than a deposit thickness and has a high resolution.

A personal breathing device for filtering, diffusing, and conditioning air inhaled by a person. The device includes an eyewear frame with an attached nose piece and air-permeable membrane which is positioned to surround the nose and permit normally inhaled volumes of air to pass through the membrane as the air is inhaled, and thereby filter and condition the inhaled air. The device can be conveniently placed on and removed from the face, does not obstruct speech, and is suitable for wearing during a variety of normal daily activities to filter and condition inhaled air. The air permeable membrane can be impregnated with various liquids or other agents to enhance filtering and antimicrobial functions, or to provide cooling, moisturizing, or scenting of the inhaled air. The device can be provided with a detachable air permeable membrane which can be easily replaced as needed.