Konica Minolta Medical and Graphic, Inc.

Konica Corporation

Ntt Mobile Communications Network, Inc.

Konica Minolta, Inc.

Konica-minolta Holdings, Inc.

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

Ntt Docomo, Inc.

Akihisa Nakajima

Hiroshi Nakamura

Kusunoki Higashino

Yasuhiro Sando

Eiichi Ueda

Yasuo Kurachi

Youichi Aoki

Chiaki Nagaike

Takayuki Sasaki

Yoshihiro Wada

Kazuhiro Watanabe

Takeo Arai

Tadashi Arimoto

Nobuhisa Ishida

Shoichi Hirata

Kenji Ohnuma

Yuji Hosoi

Yukichi Saito

Masafumi Onuki

Koji Yamamoto

Shinichi Suzuki

Yuichi Atarashi

Motoshi Tamura

Masami Yabusaki

Hiroshi Kawakami

Yoichi Saito

Nobuaki Kagawa

Takeshi Habu

Noriaki Yamamoto

Nobuo Kubo

Yasuo Maruyama

Kiyokazu Morita

Hideo Morita

Koichi Nagayasu

Hiroshi Kibayashi

Akihito Hisamitsu

Tomoyuki Ohtani

Hiroshi Sawada

Shinji Kudo

Yasuo Taima

Kenichi Yamaguchi

Hiroki Morikawa

Yasuyuki Uchiyama

Koji Miyazaki

Akira Kaiyama

Fumiaki Ishino

Hidetoshi Ezure

Kazuo Sugiyama

Miyuki Teranishi

Masumi Sotoyama

Teruki Niwa

Hisakazu Tsuboya

Yasuyuki Motokui

Kaoru Yaegashi

Eriko Takemoto

Kimio Ikeda

Jiro Itano

Yoshikazu Kurihara

Takatoshi Okagawa

Kohsuke Tanimoto

Yoichi Siato

Kaoru Y Aegashi

Keigo Tamaki

Shiokazu Fujiwara

Atsushi Shimokawa

Noriteru Shinagawa

Kusunoki Konica Minolta Technology Center Inc Higashino

Yasuhiro c/o Konica Minolta Technology Center Inc Sando

Youichi c/o Konica Minolta Technology Center Inc Aoki

Provided is a near-infrared reflective film that suppresses reflection peaks such as ripples that can arise in the visible region and shows an excellent reflection peak in the near-infrared region; the near-infrared reflective film having a support and a dielectric multilayer film disposed on the support, in which a high-refractive index layer and a low-refractive index layer are alternately layered, wherein any of the high-refractive index layer and the low-refractive index layer adjacent to said high-refractive index layer satisfy predetermined conditions.

Near-infrared reflective film having adjacent first and second dielectric film groups and near-infrared reflective glass using same

The near-infrared reflective film has, on a base material, a high refractive layer containing a water-soluble polymer and a metal oxide particle having a refractive index higher than the refractive index of the water-soluble polymer, and a low refractive layer containing a water-soluble polymer and a metal oxide particle having a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the water-soluble polymer are alternately laminated individually in two or more layers. The total number of the layers of the high refractive layer and the low refractive layer is n. The total film thickness of the component layers from the region of n/2 to the base material is &#x3a3;d1, and the total film thickness of the component layers from the region of n/2 to the outermost layer is &#x3a3;d2. The film thickness ratio &#x3a3;d1/&#x3a3;d2 is from 1.05 to 1.80.

Near-infrared reflective film and near-infrared reflector provided with the same

To provide a heat radiation reflective film which has a high heat radiation reflectance and good adherence property (peel resistance), which can have a large surface area, and which de-emphasizes certain visible reflected lights; and a method for producing the film. And to provide a heat radiation reflector which includes the heat radiation reflective film as described above. A heat radiation reflective film comprising: at least one heat radiation reflective unit on one surface of a support, the unit comprising: at least 6 laminated layers, each layer having a different refractive index from an adjacent layer, wherein a first unit as one of the heat radiation reflective units comprises the layer closest to the support having a thickness which is 3 times or more of the thickness of the layer farthest from the support.

Heat radiation reflective film and method for producing the same, and heat radiation reflector

The present invention provides a near-infrared reflective film and a near-infrared reflector, which can be used over large areas and are flexible, and have low haze and high visible light transmittance. The near-infrared reflective film comprises at least one unit composed of a high refractive index layer and low refractive index layer on a substrate, and is characterized in that the refractive index difference between an adjacent high refractive index layer and low refractive index layer is at least 0.1, and said high refractive index layer contains at least one type of compound (A) selected from: 1) a rutile-type titanium oxide having a volume-average particle diameter of not more than 100 nm; 2) a water-soluble polymer; and 3) the following group of compounds. Group of compounds: a carboxyl group-containing compound, hydroxamic acids, pyridine derivatives.

Near-infrared reflective film, method for manufacturing near-infrared reflective film, and near-infrared reflector

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a near-infrared reflective body in which a near-infrared reflective film is manufactured that has excellent manufacturing cost performance, is capable of being employed over a large area, and has excellent application stability and resistance to refractive index unevenness in the surface. A method for manufacturing a near-infrared reflective film in which a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer are alternately laminated on a support, wherein the difference in the refractive index of adjacent high refractive index layers and low refractive index layers is at least 0.3, and the near-infrared reflective film is formed using a coating liquid for a high refractive index layer and a coating liquid for a low refractive index layer, if the viscosity of the high refractive index layers and low refractive index layers at 15&#xb0; C. is &#x3b7;and at 45&#xb0; C. is &#x3b7;, the viscosity ratio (&#x3b7;/&#x3b7;) in each case is at least 2.0.

Method for manufacturing near-infrared reflective film and near-infrared reflective body provided with same

A microchip capable of sending liquid in a micro flow channel to a predetermined place irrespective of the pressure difference and sending a mixture of two or more liquid masses to a predetermined place even if the channel structure is simple. The microchip comprises an intermediate reservoir portion provided in a micro flow channel and adapted for temporarily holding liquid sent through the micro flow channel. The microchip is characterized in that the intermediate reservoir portion has a side channel, the volume of the intermediate reservoir portion is smaller than the total volume of the liquid sent into the intermediate reservoir portion, the side channel is provided for communication of a micro flow channel on the upstream side of the intermediate reservoir portion with a micro flow channel on the downstream side thereof, and the cross-section area of the side channel is smaller than that of the micro flow channel.

Microchip and liquid sending method for microchip

Provided is a microchip which is capable of determining the quantity of the liquid in the chip and dividing the liquid, and has a relatively simple flow passage structure. In the microchip liquid supply system, a portion of the liquid in an upstream passage among the liquid injected into a first flow passage is supplied from a liquid discharge passage by operating a suction pump connected to a liquid supply passage in such a state that an air vent hole is closed. Thereafter, the suction pump is operated with the air vent hole closed, whereby a portion of the liquid in a quantity determination passage among the liquid injected into the first flow passage is supplied from a liquid supply passage.

Microchip, microchip liquid supply system, and microchip liquid supply method

In the case of passing a reagent in a reaction channel in a microchip, which carries a reactant capable of reacting with the reagent on the wall thereof, and bringing the reactant into contact with the reagent so as to carry out a reaction, the reagent is efficiently passed to the reactant to thereby promote the progress of the reaction. In carrying out the reaction as described above, the reagent () is passed in such a manner that the periphery of the gas/liquid interface at the front end of the reagent moves forward and backward along the wall face of the reaction channel (). After the completion of the reaction between the reagent () and the reactant, another reagent (), which is to be reacted with the reactant capable of reacting with the reagent that is carried on the reaction channel, is passed into the reaction channel () while providing a gas in the front edge side thereof. In carrying out the reaction, the reagent () is passed in such manner that the periphery of the gas/liquid interface at the front end of the reagent moves forward and backward along the wall face of the reaction channel ().

Method of reaction in flow channel of microchip and analysis device

The present invention provides a solid support for performing steps of isolation of cell or extraction and purification of nucleic acid, safely, easily, efficiently, and with high yield in the genetic test for investigating the presence of pathogenic bacterial infection. A solid support for binding with cell as an embodiment of the above-described solid support, comprises a polypeptide having capability of binding with my colic acid-containing glycolipid which is immobilized on the surface of a carrier. In addition, a solid support for binding with nucleic acid as another embodiment of the above-described solid support, comprises a polypeptide having capability of binding with nucleic acid which is immobilized on the surface of a carrier.

Solid support

A microreactor capable of reaction between a sample and a mixed reagent containing a mixture of multiple reagents, which microreactor avoids the interposition of air between driving solution and reagents and realizes high-precision controlling of the timing of mixing of reagents and other liquids, the mixing ratio of liquids, the pressure for liquid feeding, etc. Further, there is provided a method of liquid feeding making use of the same. Accordingly, a flow path branched at the position of an inlet from a flow path through which an opening communicating with an external pump communicates with the inlet is provided with an air evacuation flow path with its terminal open outward. Further, the flow path resistance of the air evacuation flow path for a liquid is made greater than the flow path resistance, for the liquid, of a flow channel from the reagent storage chamber to a reagent feed-out flow path.

Microreactor and method of liquid feeding making use of the same

An analyzer for analysis of a specimen in a testing chip that includes a micropump connecting section that is connected with a micropump to take in liquid from the micropump and includes a micro flow channel in which a reagent and the specimen are mixed so as to react with each other, the analyzer including: a mounting section for mounting the testing chip attachably and detachably thereto; a micropump unit that has a testing chip connecting section to be connected with the micropump connecting section of the testing chip which is mounted on the mounting section, and feeds liquid to the testing chip through the testing chip connecting section; and a pressing mechanism that presses the micropump connecting section and the testing chip connecting section against each other, the connecting sections being connected with each other.

Analyzer

A micro integrated analysis system includes a testing chip, system main body and heat insulating section. The chip has a pump connecting section to communicate with micro pumps; a mixing flow path for mixing a specimen and reagent and for reaction processing by heating; and a testing flow path for performing a predetermined test of a mixed solution heated and processed for reaction. The system main body has a holding section to hold the testing chip; micro pumps for injecting a specimen and reagent; a heating section for heating the mixing flow path; and a detection section for performing a test in the testing flow path. The heat insulating section insulates flow path portions continuing from both an inlet end and outlet end of a heated flow path area of the mixing flow path, from heat of the heating section so as to prevent a rise in temperature.

Micro analysis system

There is described a microchip inspection system, which makes it possible not only to correct the influence of the viscosity change of the liquid, but also to accurately conduct the liquid conveyance controlling operation. The microchip inspection system includes: a micro pump to inject a driving liquid from a liquid flow path into a microchip; a liquid temperature adjusting section to adjust a liquid temperature of the driving liquid; a driving liquid detecting section to detect presence or absence of the driving liquid at two predetermined positions located in the liquid flow path, so as to output detection signals; a fluid velocity calculating section to calculate a fluid velocity based on the detection signals outputted by the driving liquid detecting section; and a liquid temperature controlling section to control the liquid temperature adjusting section, based on the fluid velocity calculated by the fluid velocity calculating section.

Microchip inspection system and program employed for the same

A micro-reactor for analyzing a sample, comprises (1) a plate-shaped chip; (2) a plurality of regent storage sections each having a chamber to store respective agents; (3) a regent mixing section to mix plural regents fed from the plurality of regent storage sections so as to produce a mixed reagent; (4) a sample receiving section having an injection port through which a sample is injected from outside; and (5) a reacting section to mix and react the mixed regent fed from the reagent mixing section and the sample fed from the sample receiving section. The plurality of regent storage sections, the regent mixing section, the sample receiving section and the reacting section are incorporated in the chip and are connected through flow paths, and the regent mixing section includes a feed-out preventing mechanism to prevent an initially-mixed regent from being fed out to the reacting section.

Testing microreactor, testing device and testing method

A testing chip that analyzes a specimen includes: a reagent storage section; a mixing and reaction flow channel to perform a series of operations to mix a specimen and aqueous reagent, make the specimen and reagent react with each other, and detect the reaction; and a liquid feed control section provided between an outlet flow channel of the reagent storage section and the inlet of the mixing and reaction flow channel. Herein, aqueous reagent, lipophilic liquid, and aqueous liquid having greater surface tension than that of the aqueous reagent are disposed in the reagent storage section in this order toward the outlet flow channel, the aqueous liquid being stored in contact with the liquid feed control section; and aqueous liquid passes the micro flow path of the liquid feed control section by applying a liquid feed pressure higher than or equal to a predetermined pressure to the reagent storage section.

Testing chip and micro analysis system

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Sagamihara, Japan

Akihisa Nakajima