Abstract:
In order to provide a liquid crystal composition and a cosmetic preparation, which is favorable in adaptation to skin and gives smooth feeling in case of using as a skin care product, and which is favorable in adaptation to makeup and has high makeup removing effect in case of using as a make-up remover, and which is favorable in adaptation to hair and has favorable feeling of use to provide glossiness to hair in case of using as a hair care product, a cosmetic preparation of the present invention comprises (A) 10 to 60 wt % of a nonionic surfactant, (B) 1 to 50 wt % in all of one or more of a water-soluble substance having a hydroxyl group, (C) 1 to 70 wt % of a silicone oil, and (D) 10 to 60 wt % of water and has a liquid crystal phase and/or an isotropic surfactant continuous phase.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a gel composition having improved texture in use. A gel composition consisting of an organosiloxane derivative represented by the following formula (1) or (3), a monohydric aliphatic alcohol having 10 to 30 carbon atoms, and water.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a MEMS element comprises a first electrode fixed on a substrate, a second electrode formed above the first electrode to face it, and vertically movable, a first anchor portion formed on the substrate and configured to support the second electrode, and a first spring portion configured to connect the second electrode and the first anchor portion. The first spring portion includes a liner layer includes a brittle material in contact with the second electrode and the first anchor portion, and a base layer formed on the liner layer, includes a brittle material having a composition different from that of the liner layer, and having a film thickness larger than that of the liner layer.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a water-in-oil emulsion cosmetic that is excellent in the resilient and supple (in other words, firm and tensional) feels and also excellent in the moisturizing effect and feeling in use. The water-in-oil emulsion cosmetic of the present invention is characterized by comprising the following (A) to (D): (A) 0.5 to 10 mass % of bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2 (B) an oil containing (b1) (b1) a volatile oil of low compatibility with (A) (C) an emulsifying agent and (D) 60 to 90 mass % of an aqueous component, wherein the percentage of component (b1) is 40 to 85% with respect to component (A) and component (B).
Abstract:
A printer can print to paper with a narrow width while maintaining a print format with good legibility without changing the application program and printer driver installed on the host computer. The control method of a printer that prints based on print data 5 sent from a host computer 3 has a step S105 of extracting data attributes contained in the print data 5 and assigning the print data 5 to data segment areas for each data attribute; a step of setting the data segment areas to specific printing areas based on the data attribute; an actual print data generating step (steps S122, S107, S133, S134, S111) of converting the print data 5 assigned to the data segment areas to actual print data according to the data attributes; and a printing step S113 of printing the actual print data in the printing areas.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a cleanser which is excellent in both of the foaming property and the cleansing capability. The cleanser comprises an organosiloxane derivative salt represented by the following formula (1) or (3) and one or more anionic surfactants selected from a group consisting of carboxylate salt with an alkyl group having 10 to 20 carbon atoms, sulfate salt with an alkyl group having 10 to 20 carbon atoms, sulfonate salt with an alkyl group having 10 to 20 carbon atoms, and phosphate salt with an alkyl group having 10 to 20 carbon atoms.
Abstract:
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, includes forming a dielectric film above a substrate; forming an opening in the dielectric film; forming a first film containing a metal whose energy for forming silicide thereof is lower than that of Cu silicide inside the opening; forming a second film that is conductive and contains copper (Cu) in the opening in which the first film containing the metal is formed; and forming a compound film containing Cu and silicon (Si) selectively on the second film in an atmosphere in which a temperature of the substrate is below 300° C.
Abstract:
A nonvolatile storage device is formed by laminating a plurality of memory cell arrays, the memory cell array including a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines, and memory cells. The memory cell includes a current rectifying device and a variable resistance device, the variable resistance device includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode, and a resistance change layer including a conductive nano material formed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, one of the variable resistance devices provided adjacent to each other in the laminating direction has titanium oxide (TiOx) between the resistance change layer and the lower electrode serving as a cathode, the other of the variable resistance devices provided adjacent to each other in the laminating direction has titanium oxide (TiOx) between the resistance change layer and the upper electrode serving as a cathode.
Abstract:
An optical waveguide structure has excellent heat resistance and a low water absorbing property and can be manufactured with a low material cost. Such an optical waveguide structure includes: an optical waveguide having two surfaces, a core layer including core portions and cladding portions each having a refractive index lower than that of each of the core portions, the core layer having two surfaces, and cladding layers provided so as to make contact with the two surfaces of the core layer and having a refractive index lower than that of each of the core portions; and conductor layers provided on the two surfaces of the optical waveguide. In the optical waveguide structure, each of the cladding layers is formed of a norbornene-based polymer as a major component thereof. Further, it is preferred that the norbornene-based polymer is composed of molecules each represented by the following formula 1 as a major component thereof: wherein R is an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 10, “a” is an integer of 0 to 3, “b” is an integer of 1 to 3, and “p”/“q” is 20 or less.
Abstract:
This invention provides a solubilized composition in which a cyclic or straight silicone oil is solubilized in a large amount and stably. The solubilized composition is characterized by comprising (a) a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether type nonionic surfactant represented by the following formula (I): R1—O—(CH2CH2O)a—H (I) wherein R1 represents a branched chain alkyl group having 8 to 18 carbon atoms; a represents an integer satisfying 3≦a≦20, (b) one or more silicone(s) selected from a cyclic silicone represented by the following formula (II) and a short chain straight silicone represented by the following formula (III): [(CH3)HSi—O—]m (II) (CH3)3Si—O—[Si(CH3)2O]nSi(CH3)3 (III) wherein m represents an integer satisfying 3≦m≦7; and n represents an integer satisfying 0≦n≦7, and (c) water.