Provided are excellent coated lithium-nickel composite oxide particles with which it is possible, due to the high environmental stability thereof, to minimize the incidence of impurities owing to absorption of moisture and carbon dioxide gas, said particles having high adhesiveness such that the coating layer does not easily delaminate, and having lithium-ion conductivity. The coated lithium-nickel composite oxide particles, in which an electroconductive polymer is cross-linked to the lithium-nickel composite oxide particles by a three-dimensional structure, are electrically and ionically conductive, and the compound is capable of suppressing the transmission of moisture and carbon dioxide. It is therefore possible to provide coated lithium-nickel composite oxide particles for a lithium-ion cell positive-electrode active substance that is excellent for use in a lithium-ion cell.

In an electronic component including two substrates at least one of which is transparent, an organic member arranged between these substrates, and a bonding portion located onto respective outer circumferential portions of the two substrates, this bonding portion includes a low-melting glass and filler particles. The low-melting glass includes vanadium oxide. The filler particles include a low thermally-expandable material, and an oxide containing a bivalent transition metal as a constituent element. The oxide is dispersed in the low thermally-expandable material, and the low thermally-expandable material has a thermal expansion coefficient of 510.sup.7/ C. or less in a temperature range from 30 to 250 C. This invention makes it possible to heat the filler particles by irradiation with a laser to give the electronic component which is a component having a highly reliable bonding portion.

Oxidation-resistant electrically-conductive metal particles (ORCMP) are disclosed. ORCMPs are comprised of a base-metal core, an oxidation-resistant first shell, and an optional conductive second shell. ORCMPs are low cost alternatives to silver particles in metal fillers for low-temperature, electrically-conductive adhesives. Adhesives including ORCMPs, organic vehicles, and optional conductive metal particles such as silver were formulated to yield conductive films upon curing at low temperatures. Such films can be used in many electronic devices where low-temperature, low cost films are needed.

A positive electrode material for a secondary battery and a method of making the same is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a positive electrode active material includes a lithium composite transition metal oxide including nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and manganese (Mn), wherein the lithium composite transition metal oxide includes 60 mol % or more of the nickel (Ni) among metals excluding lithium, and a coating layer is formed on surfaces of particles of the lithium composite transition metal oxide, wherein the coating layer includes a lithium-polymer compound which is formed by a reaction of a lithium by-product with a polymer.

Provided herein include methods and compositions pertaining to coatings, such as paints, for covering a substrate. In some aspects and embodiments the coatings may include a heat reflective metal oxide pigment that, applied to an external surface of a building (or is applied on a substrate used for an external surface of a building such as an architectural metal panel, EIFS, as a stucco top coat or as a top coat for roofing tiles) reduces the energy consumption in the building. In other aspects and embodiments, provided are textured coatings having a texturing material; for example, methods and compositions are provided pertaining to textured coatings that can be applied robotically or in an automated fashion. In various aspects and embodiments, textured coatings are provided that include a texturing material and a heat reflective metal oxide pigment. In some aspects and embodiments heat reflective coatings for concrete or clay tiles and methods of applying such are provided.

Provided are an epoxy resin composition for semiconductor encapsulation; and a semiconductor device having a cured product of such composition. The composition has a superior curability, and a metal layer (plated layer) can be selectively and easily formed on the surface of or inside the cured product of this composition via an electroless plating treatment. The composition of the present invention contains: (A) an epoxy resin; (B) a phenolic curing agent; (C) a curing accelerator having a urea structure; (D) a laser direct structuring additive; and (E) an inorganic filler.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a double-sided adhesive film which has a generally equal elongation in the XY (longitudinal and transverse) directions, more preferably in the thickness direction, while being prevented from the occurrence of adhesive protrusion or glue burr, and which has higher adhesive force and higher holding power in comparison to similar single-layer adhesive articles, while being applicable to a stretchable or flexible adherend. A double-sided adhesive film according to the present invention is a substrate-less double-sided adhesive film which is composed of a center layer that is formed of a resin adhesive, and adhesive layers that are superposed on the front surface and the back surface of the center layer, said adhesive layers being formed of a resin that is the same as or similar to the resin that constitutes the center layer, wherein the weight average molecular weight or the crosslinking degree of the resin that constitutes the center layer is higher than the weight average molecular weight or the crosslinking degree of the resin that constitutes the adhesive layers. This double-sided adhesive film is characterized in that the tolerance between the elongation in the longitudinal direction and the elongation in the transverse direction is 20% or less relative to one of the elongations, more preferably, the elongation in the longitudinal direction and the elongation in the transverse direction are equal to each other.

A binder that hardly causes gelation even when mixed with a positive electrode active material containing nickel, and has sufficient adhesiveness in a small amount. The binder contains a vinylidene fluoride polymer, the vinylidene fluoride polymer includes a structural unit derived from vinylidene fluoride and two or more kinds of structural units having a carboxy group, and a viscosity ratio of slurry determined by a specific method is 100% or less.

The invention relates to novel linear, semi-crystalline, functional fluoropolymers that have been obtained by copolymerizing a fluorinated vinylic monomer and a hydrophilic (meth)acrylic comonomer bearing a halogen functionality.

The present invention aims to obtain a resin composition with low thermal expansion property by suppressing functional deterioration in negative thermal expansion property when a negative thermal expansion material is added to a thermoplastic resin and heat-processed. The present invention provides a resin composition including metal oxide particles and a thermoplastic resin, both having a negative thermal expansion property. The negative thermal expansion of the particles is attributed to a crystal phase transition, which is driven by electron transfer between the constituent metals, and a covalent protective layer that inhibits the electron transfer is formed between the particles and the thermoplastic resin.