Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Research Institute Tokyo, Inc.

Katsuhiro Nichogi

Akihito Miyamoto

Kazuhiro Watanabe

Akira Taomoto

Norishige Nanai

Shiro Asakawa

Soji Tsuchiya

Kunio Yoshida

Yasuhiko Machida

Nonaqueous secondary battery, constituent elements of battery, and materials thereof

A carbon material for negative electrode of a secondary battery, in particular lithium-ion secondary battery, is prepared by pyrolysis in an inert gas atmosphere or in a vacuum of a composite resin obtained by dissolving pitch in a pitch-soluble resin such as a nobolac phenol resin as it is, or a resin solidified by curing treatment in a state in which the above composite resin is dispersed in a resin solidified by curing treatment or in an uncured resin having a phenol hydroxyl radical such as resol type phenol resin, followed by pulverization in an inert gas, and further heat treatment in an inert gas atmosphere or in a vacuum. Also, a negative electrode material with which irreversible capacity is small, initial discharge capacity is large, and capacity decrease due to cycles is small can be provided by pyrolyzing in an inert gas atmosphere or in a vacuum powder of a resin such as a resol type phenol resin the primary chain of which containing an aromatic compound, or pyrolyzing in an inert gas atmosphere or in a vacuum in a first step, followed by heat treatment in a vacuum in a second step. By employing these negative electrode materials, it is possible to achieve a higher capacity in lithium-ion secondary batteries.

Carbon materials for negative electrode of secondary battery and manufacturing process

An artificial neural function circuit includes an organic thin film element having a resistance state which changes in dependence on an electrical signal inputted thereto and exhibits information processing function similar to that of a nervous system. The organic thin film element has such physical properties that the changed resistance state is held as it is at least for a predetermined time period even after removal of the electric input signal and that the direction in which the resistance is increased or decreased depends on the polarity of the electric input signal. As an example of such organic thin film, a lead phthalocyanine thin film is employed.

Artificial neural function circuit having organic thin film elements

A modulatory molecular element includes a chain of molecules A and molecules Bi. The molecules A alternate with the molecules Bi and are bound to the adjacent molecules Bi. The molecules A are selected from common molecules. The molecules Bi are selected from at least two different types of molecules. The molecules Bi are changeable from first stable states to second stable states in response to applied stimulative energy. The molecules Bi return from the second stable states to the first stable states at different relaxation time constants dependent on the types of the molecules Bi when the applied stimulative energy is removed. The chain has a physical property which depends on whether or not all the molecules Bi are in the second stable states.

Modulatory molecular element

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