Konica Corporation

Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc.

Konica Minolta, Inc.

Konica-minolta Holdings, Inc.

Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.

Hirokazu Koyama

Hiroki Nakane

Hiroshi Watanabe

Hiroaki Yamagishi

Toshiaki Shibue

Akihiko Takeda

Makoto Honda

Takashi Murakami

Shigeto Ohmori

Yasuo Kurachi

Hirokazu Sato

Yoichi Saito

Akira Sato

Yoshiyuki Suzuri

Masaru Iwagaki

Nobuo Kubo

Kiyokazu Morita

Koji Tasaka

Kazuhiro Miyazawa

Shigeki Oka

Yoshihiro Wada

Yoriko Nakayama

Takatoshi Suematsu

Kaori Fukumuro

Disclosed is a transparent electrode which is configured of: a first conductive layer that is composed of a metal or metal oxide fine wire that is formed in a pattern on a substrate; and a second conductive layer that covers the first conductive layer and contains a conductive polymer. The transparent electrode is characterized in that the fine wire of the first conductive layer satisfies the conditions mentioned below. Also disclosed is an organic electronic element. Line width (W): 20-200 &#x3bc;m Height (H): 0.2-2.0 &#x3bc;m Aspect ratio: 0.001&#x3c;H/W&#x2266;0.1 Coefficient of cross-sectional shape: 0.6&#x3c;S/(W&#xb7;H)&#x3c;0.9 (In this connection, S represents the cross-sectional area of the conductive layer.)

Transparent electrode and organic electronic element using same

Provided is an organic electronic device exhibiting excellent conductivity and transparency of an electrode, and low driving voltage, together with en excellent storing property and excellent lifetime. Also disclosed is an organic electronic device possessing a transparent substrate and provided thereon, a first transparent electrode, a second electrode and an organic functional layer provided between the first transparent electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first transparent electrode and the second electrode are opposed to each other, and a transparent conductive layer containing a conductive polymer and an aqueous binder is provided between the first transparent electrode and the organic functional layer.

Organic electronic device and method of manufacturing the same

Disclosed is a transparent electrode which is configured of a first conductive layer that is composed of a metal or metal oxide fine wire that is formed in a pattern on a substrate; and a second conductive layer that covers the first conductive layer and contains a conductive polymer. The transparent electrode is characterized in that the fine wire of the first conductive layer satisfies the conditions mentioned below. Also disclosed is an organic electronic element. Line width (W): 20-200 &#x3bc;m Height (H): 0.2-2.0 &#x3bc;m Aspect ratio: 0.001&#x3c;H/W&#x2266;0.1 Coefficient of cross-sectional shape: 0.6&#x3c;S/(W&#xb7;H)&#x3c;0.9 (In this connection, S represents the cross-sectional area of the conductive layer.)

Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element in which light extraction efficiency is improved without lowering the electrical conductivity or the transporting or blocking performance for electrons or holes in a transparent electrode or an organic layer. The organic electroluminescent element of the invention is characterized in that it comprises a transparent substrate and provided thereon, at least a first electrode section with a light transmission property, an organic light emission layer section and a second electrode section in this order, the first electrode section containing at least metal nanowires, wherein an average refractive index of the first electrode section is lower than that of the organic light emission layer section.

Organic electroluminescent element

A manufacturing method of an optical film provided with a convexoconcave structure, comprises the steps of: coating a resin solution including a first resin solved by a solvent onto an endless or roll-like mold provided with a convexoconcave structure, and forming a resin solution layer on the mold; laminating a film substrate onto the resin solution layer to make a laminated film before the solvent in the resin solution layer is completely dried, the film substrate including a second resin, which is capable of absorbing the solvent or is soluble by the solvent; and peeling the laminated film from the mold before the solvent in the laminated film is completely dried.

Method for manufacturing an optical film having a convexoconcave structure

An image forming method containing the steps of (a) forming an image on a thermal transfer sheet of a thermal transfer recording material, and (b) transferring the image onto an image receiving sheet of the thermal transfer recording material, wherein the thermal transfer sheet including a substrate having thereon a yellow ink layer containing a thermally transferable yellow dye, a magenta ink layer containing a thermally transferable magenta dye, and a cyan ink layer containing a thermally transferable cyan dye, the image receiving sheet including a substrate having thereon a thermally transferable dye receiving layer; at least one of the thermally transferable dyes is reactive with a dye fixing agent, and satisfies Formula of (Aa/Am)&#xd7;100&#x2267;75; and a printing rate of each of the yellow ink layer, the magenta ink layer and the cyan ink layer is not more than 2.5 msec./line.

Image forming method using thermal transfer recording material

Disclosed is a protective layer transfer sheet for forming an image by the method which comprising the steps of overlaying a thermal transfer image receiving sheet and a thermal transfer recording ink sheet, forming an image on the thermal diffusible dye receiving layer by heating, and forming a protective layer on the image by transferring the thermal transferable protective layer unit by heating, in which the thermal transferable protective layer unit is constituted by plural transferable resin layers and at least one of the resin layers contains a metal ion-containing compound and a layer other than the resin layer containing the metal ion-containing compound contains a UV absorbent, and a barrier layer is arranged between the metal ion-containing layer and the UV absorbent containing layer.

Protective layer transfer sheet and an image forming method employing it

A thermal transfer image receiving sheet comprising a support having an image receiving layer on one surface of the support and a backing layer on the other surface of the support, wherein, (a) a first electrical resistance of the thermal transfer image receiving sheet is in a range of 1&#xd7;10&#x2013;1&#xd7;10ohms per square before the transferable protection layer is transferred; and (b) a second electrical resistance of the thermal transfer image receiving sheet is in a range of 1&#xd7;10&#x2013;1&#xd7;10ohms per square after the transferable protection layer is transferred and after the backing layer is removed, the first and second electrical resistances being measured by a salt bridge method.

Thermal transfer image receiving sheet and image forming method using the same

A support for rolled light-sensitive photographic materials is disclosed. The support is composed of at least three polyester films laminated, in which outer layers are comprised of copolyester; at least one interlayer is comprised of the mixture of said copolyester and homopolyester; the total film thickness is between 105 and 130 &mgr;pm; the total thickness of interlayers is between 45 and 85 &mgr;m; and the ratio of said copolyester in the mixture layer of said copolyester and said homopolyester is between 10 and 40 percent by weight.

Support for rolled light-sensitive photographic material

A method for producing an information recording medium is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of (1) applying a surface treatment on a surface of a film support so that the atomic percentage of oxygen at said surface is increased by 1.0 atomic-% to 10 atomic-% compared to the atomic percentage of oxygen at said surface before treatment, (2) providing a subbing layer comprising a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer having a 2-oxazoline group represented by Formula A on said treated surface of the film support so that the subbing layer is directly adjoined to said surface, and (3) providing an information recording layer on said subbing layer, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, a phenyl group.

Method for producing information recording medium

A light-sensitive silver halide photographic material is disclosed which comprises a support and provided thereon, a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a conductive layer comprising a conductive material in an amount of 0.01 to 30% by volume and a binder, the conductive material being powder comprising an oxide of a metal selected from Zn, Ti, Al, In, Si, Mg, Ba, Mo, W and V, said powder having a specific volume resistance of not more than 10.sup.7 .OMEGA..multidot.cm and having a particle structure with a linkage of 3 to 1000 primary particles of the oxide.

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Hirokazu Koyama