Konica Minolta, Inc.

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company, Limited

Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.

Kou Osawa

Koujirou Sekine

Mitsuru Yokoyama

Hiroshi Hirayama

Youichi Aoki

Hiroshi Hatano

Hideyuki Fujii

Koji Miyazaki

Takanori Murayama

Yuuya Shouji

Naoki Kimura

Temperature adjustment with a pipette tip temperature adjustment unit () and a drive unit () for raising and lowering a pipette tip (), an environment temperature sensor () for sensing temperature inside an analysis apparatus (A), a pump () for drawing a liquid into pipette tip () and discharging liquid in the pipette tip (), and a control unit () for setting, in advance, temperature control target value during sample analysis for unit () based on environment temperature sensed by sensor (), and during sample analysis, drive unit () lowers pipette tip (), pump () performs pumping wherein intake and discharge are repeated in a state in which unit () blows air, and unit () sets, in advance, the temperature value for use during sample analysis for the pipette tip temperature adjustment unit () on the basis of analysis reagent information and the environment temperature sensed by e sensor ().

Temperature adjustment system and temperature adjustment method

Provided is an electroluminescent device that emits light of a single color and includes a plurality of functional layers, in which an absorption peak is included in the emission wavelength and at least one absorption peak is included in a complementary color region of an emission wavelength in the range of 380 nm to 780 nm, an absolute value of a deviation (&#x394;uv) of a color coordinate of front reflected light at the time of white color illumination from a blackbody locus is below 0.02, and a refractive index and a film thickness of each of the plurality of functional layers are determined to satisfy the formula D(&#x3b8;)&#x2265;D(0)cos &#x3b8; (0&#x2264;&#x3b8;&#x2264;&#x3b8;&#x2264;60 degrees) when an angle dependence of emission intensity is defined as D(&#x3b8;).

Electroluminescent device capable of preventing coloration of front reflected light

A method of designing an electroluminescent device includes preparing a reference device including a construction of an electroluminescent device and a desired analyzed device including a construction of an electroluminescent device, performing quantum optical analysis, electromagnetic field analysis, and ray trace with thicknesses and complex relative permittivities of a first transparent member, a first electrode, a first functional layer, a second functional layer, an emissive layer, and a second electrode as well as a position of a light-emitting point in the emissive layer and a distribution of light-emitting points in the emissive layer being used as design variables, calculating a 'ratio of light extraction efficiency' between the reference device and the analyzed device by computing efficiency of light extraction from the emissive layer into the transparent member or air in both of the reference device and the analyzed device, finding relation of the thickness and the complex relative permittivity of each layer forming the reference device and the analyzed device with the 'ratio of light extraction efficiency,' and obtaining thicknesses and complex relative permittivities of the first transparent member, the first electrode, the first functional layer, the second functional layer, the emissive layer, and the second electrode as the design variables, based on the relation and an electroluminescence spectrum in air and the first transparent member measured by feeding a current to the reference device.

Method of designing electroluminescent device, electroluminescent device manufactured with the design method, and method of manufacturing electroluminescent device with the design method

A method of designing an electroluminescent device allows more accurate computation of an external emission spectrum output to the outside in a current injection state and accurate estimate of a quantity and/or a color of light extracted to the outside, an electroluminescent device manufactured with the design method, and a method of manufacturing an electroluminescent device with the design method.

An electroluminescent element includes a first transparent electrode, a second transparent electrode, a light emitting layer sandwiched between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode, a first transparent member formed on a surface of the first transparent electrode opposite to the light emitting layer, and a second transparent member formed on a surface of the second transparent electrode opposite to the light emitting layer, wherein refractive indices of the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode are selected such that as seen from the light emitting layer, a reflectance of an interface between the light emitting layer and the first transparent electrode becomes higher than a reflectance of an interface between the light emitting layer and the second transparent electrode, and wherein a refractive index of the first transparent member is set to be higher than a refractive index of the second transparent member.

Electroluminescent element and lighting apparatus comprising the same

Provided is a near field light generator to be utilized, effectively generating near field light with respect to a recording medium. Thus, disclosed is a near field light generator possessing a waveguide comprising a core and a cladding brought into contact with the core, to guide light having an electric field component perpendicular to an interface between the core and the cladding, and a metallic structure body provided on an outputting end face onto which light of the waveguide is output, to generate near field light by receiving light guided by the waveguide, wherein the metallic structure body is placed straddling the core and the cladding on the outputting end face in such a way that the metallic structure body receives the electric field component protruding from the interface to the cladding.

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Hino, Japan

Kou Osawa