Shin-etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

Shin-etsu Chemical C O., Ltd.

Shiori Nonaka

Jun Hatakeyama

Yuji Harada

Koji Hasegawa

Osamu Watanabe

Motoaki Iwabuchi

Yuki Suka

Takeru Watanabe

Seiichiro Tachibana

Daisuke Kori

Joe Ikeda

Tsutomu Ogihara

Ryo Mitsui

Yasuyoshi Kuroda

Toshihiko Fujii

Kazuomi Sato

Takehiko Ishii

A bio-electrode composition contains (A) an ionic polymer material, (B) an addition reaction-curable silicone having at least a hydrosilyl group, (C) a platinum-group catalyst, and a solvent. The bio-electrode composition has a water content of 0.2 mass % or less. The solvent includes one or more of an ether solvent, an ester solvent, and a ketone solvent each of which does not contain a hydroxy group, a carboxyl group, a nitrogen atom, or a thiol group. Thus, present invention provides: a bio-electrode composition capable of forming a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode which is excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, light-weight, and manufacturable at low cost, and which does not leave residue on skin after attachment to and peeling from the skin; a bio-electrode including a living body contact layer formed of the bio-electrode composition; and a method for manufacturing the bio-electrode.

Bio-electrode composition, bio-electrode, and method for manufacturing bio-electrode

A material for forming an organic film contains (A) a polymer having a repeating unit shown by the following general formula (1), and (B) an organic solvent. In the general formula (1), AR1, AR2, AR3, and AR4 each represent a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring; W1 represents a tetravalent organic group having 6 to 70 carbon atoms and at least one or more aromatic rings; and W2 represents a divalent organic group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms. An object of the present invention is to provide: a material for forming an organic film to enable high etching resistance and excellent twisting resistance without impairing the resin-derived carbon content; a patterning process using this material; and a polymer suitable for such a material for forming an organic film.

Material for forming organic film, patterning process, and polymer

A material for forming organic film contains (A) compound shown by general formula (1) and/or polymer having repeating unit shown by general formula (4), and (B) organic solvent. In formula (1), AR1, AR2, AR3, AR4, AR5, and AR6 each represent benzene ring or naphthalene ring; R1 represents any group shown in following formula (2); “n” represents integer of 1 or 2; and W represents divalent organic group having 2-50 carbon atoms. In formula (4), AR1, AR2, AR3, AR4, AR5, AR6, R1, “n”, and W are as defined above; and R2 and R3 each represent hydrogen atom or organic group having 1-20 carbon atoms, and optionally bond to each other within molecule to form cyclic organic group. An object provides a material for forming organic film to enable high etching resistance and excellent twisting resistance without impairing resin-derived carbon content; and compound and polymer suitable for material for forming organic film.

Material for forming organic film, patterning process, compound, and polymer

The present invention is a phenol compound represented by the following general formula (1A). This phenol compound makes it possible to provide a phenol compound as an additive for a conductive paste composition having a small decrease in electric conductivity in repetitive elongations and shrinkages and excellent printing processability, a conductive paste composition containing the additive, and a conductive wire made by using the conductive paste composition.

Phenol compound, conductive paste composition, method for producing conductive paste composition, conductive wire, and method for producing conductive wire

A polyurethane contains a weakly acidic functional group having a pKa of 5 to 11. Thus, the present invention provides: a conductive paste composition for forming a stretchable conductive wire which varies slightly in electric conductivity at the time of elongation and shrinkage; and a polyurethane for providing the composition.

Polyurethane, polyurethane production method, conductive paste composition, conductive wire, and method for producing conductive wire

The present invention provides a bio-electrode composition comprising a polymer compound having a repeating unit A that contains silver salt of fluorosulfonic acid, silver salt of fluorosulfonimide, or silver salt of fluorosulfonamide. This can form a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode with excellent electric conductivity, biocompatibility and light weight, which can be manufactured at low cost and does not cause large lowering of the electric conductivity even when it is wetted with water or dried. The present invention also provides a bio-electrode in which the living body contact layer is formed from the bio-electrode composition and a method for manufacturing the bio-electrode.

The present invention is a stretchable film of a cured product of a resin including: a polymer compound having a urethane bond in the main chain, a repeating unit containing a fluorine atom, and a repeating unit containing a silicon atom. The present invention provides a stretchable film that has excellent stretchability and strength, with the film surface having excellent water repellency, and a method for forming the same.

Stretchable film and method for forming the same

A stretchable film includes, in a stacked form: a polyurethane film containing a repeating unit having a fluorine atom; and a polyurethane film containing a repeating unit having a silicon atom. At least one surface of the stretchable film is made of the polyurethane film containing a repeating unit having a fluorine atom. Thus, provided are: a stretchable film having excellent stretchability and strength, with the film surface having excellent water repellency; and a method for forming the stretchable film.

Stretchable film and method for forming stretchable film

This is to provide a stretchable film having excellent stretchability and strength and excellent water repellency on the surface of the film, a method for forming the same, a urethane resin used for the stretchable film and a silicon-containing compound as a material of the urethane resin. A silicon-containing compound represented by the following general formula (1), 

Silicon-containing compound, urethane resin, stretchable film and method for forming the same

A method simply produces a narrowly distributed and high-purity polyalkylene glycol derivative having an amino group at an end without using a heavy metal catalyst. A method for producing a polyalkylene glycol derivative having an amino group at the end by reacting a compound represented by the general formula (V) with an alkylene oxide, then reacting a reaction product with an electrophile represented by the general formula (I), and deprotecting the obtained product without using a heavy metal:RO(RO)ROM&#x2003;&#x2003;(V) 

Method for producing polyalkylene glycol derivative having amino group at end

The present invention is a method for purifying an NCA, including the steps of: a) dissolving an NCA contaminated with impurities into a solvent which is a good solvent and is not a chlorinated solvent followed by stirring to precipitate an undissolved impurity to afford a suspension, b) adding an acidic filter aid having ability to trap a basic impurity to the obtained suspension followed by filtration and/or forming a fixed bed of the acidic filter aid having ability to trap a basic impurity followed by filtering the suspension to bring the suspension to be in contact with the acidic filter aid having ability to trap a basic impurity, and c) adding the obtained filtrate dropwise to a poor solvent for NCA to crystallize out the NCA in which the impurities are removed. This makes it possible to purify a low-purity NCA conveniently to afford a high-purity NCA.

Method for purifying an amino acid-n-carboxy anhydride

A polyalkylene glycol derivative with a minimal impurity content is prepared simply by the steps of reacting a compound having formula (III-I) or (III-II) with an electrophile having formula (IV) in the presence of an optional basic compound, to form a reaction solution containing a compound having formula (V), and passing the reaction solution through a column of cation and anion exchange resins to remove water-soluble impurities, for thereby purifying the desired polyalkylene glycol derivative.R&#x2014;R&#x2014;OR&#x2014;OR&#x2014;OM&#x2003;&#x2003;(III-I)R&#x2014;R&#x2014;OR&#x2014;OR&#x2014;OH&#x2003;&#x2003;(III-II)R&#x2014;R&#x2014;X&#x2003;&#x2003;(IV)R&#x2014;R&#x2014;OR&#x2014;OR&#x2014;R&#x2003;&#x2003;(V)

Methods of preparing and purifying polyalkylene glycol derivative

The present invention is a stretchable film composition including: a silicone main-chain type urethane having a structure shown by the following general formula (1)-1 and/or (1)-2, and a silicone-pendant type urethane having a structure shown by the following general formula (2)-1 and/or (2)-2. The present invention provides a stretchable film composition that has excellent stretchability and strength, with the film surface having excellent water repellency, and is favorably used for a non-tackiness stretchable film, a stretchable film using the stretchable film composition, and a method for forming the same. 

Stretchable film composition, stretchable film, and method for forming the same

The present invention provides a bio-electrode composition including: a resin containing a main chain having a urethane bond and two side chains each having a silicon-containing group; and an electro-conductive material, wherein the electro-conductive material is a polymer compound having one or more repeating units selected from fluorosulfonic acid salts shown by the following formulae (1)-1 and (1)-2, sulfonimide salts shown by the following formula (1)-3, and sulfonamide salts shown by the following formula (1)-4. This can form a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, light in weight, manufacturable at low cost, and free from large lowering of the electric conductivity even when it is wetted with water or dried. The present invention also provides a bio-electrode in which the living body contact layer is formed from the bio-electrode composition, and a method for manufacturing the bio-electrode.

Bio-electrode composition, bio-electrode, and method for manufacturing a bio-electrode

The present invention provides a silicon-containing compound shown by the following formula (1): wherein R, R, R, R, R, and Reach independently represent a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl group, or a group shown by &#x2014;(OSiRR)&#x2014;OSiRRR; R, R, R, R, and Rhave the same meanings as Rto R; X represents a linear or branched alkylene group having 3 to 7 carbon atoms optionally having an ether group; and 'n' is an integer in the range of 0 to 100. This provides a stretchable film that has excellent stretchability and strength, with the film surface having excellent repellency, and a method for forming the same; as well as a urethane resin used for the stretchable film; and a silicon-containing compound to be a material of the urethane resin.

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