Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Shin Kitamura

Takeo Tsukamoto

Takaho Shibata

Yuu Nishimura

Toru Takahashi

Koh Ishigami

Yoshiyuki Osada

Nobuyoshi Sugahara

Tamaki Kobayashi

Junri Ishikura

Akira Shimazu

Hitoshi Sano

Daisuke Tsujimoto

Ryo Nakajima

Kazuki Murata

Kazunari Ooyama

Takashi Iwaki

Takahiro Sato

Junya Tanaka

Kazuya Miyazaki

Kenichi Iwata

Kentaro Kamae

Hirokatsu Miyata

Masahiko Takahashi

Shinichi Kawate

Tomoyo Miyakai

Kazuyuki Kuroda

Tsuyoshi Takegami

Oichi Kubota

Kazunari Oyama

Kyota Nozu

Yosuke Kanno

Maki Imura

A toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin, a colorant, and inorganic fine particles, in which in a depth profile of an element distribution in a depth region from the outermost surface of a particle to a depth of 500 nm the depth profile being obtained by an element analysis performed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy using the toner as a sample, two or more minimum points of a concentration of a carbon element in the depth region exist, a concentration of an inorganic element becomes a maximum value at a depth position corresponding to each of the minimum points, and the inorganic element is an element derived from the inorganic fine particle.

Toner

A toner, comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin and a water-soluble polyvalent metal salt, wherein a main component of the binder resin is a polyester resin having specific acid value, the water-soluble polyvalent metal salt is a chloride, nitrate or sulfate of the specific metal, the water-soluble polyvalent metal salt has a solubility in water at 25° C. of 30 to 200 g/100 mL, in a cross-sectional observation of the toner particle, a proportion of the area of domains having a concrete surface area, relative to the total area of domains derived from the water-soluble polyvalent metal salt, is 80 to 100 area %, the expression below is satisfied, where At (area %) denotes the proportion of the total area of domains and Fm (atomic %) denotes the proportion of the polyvalent metal atom relative to the atoms in the toner as detected by X-ray fluorescence analysis.0.02≤≤0.10

A toner comprising a toner particle containing a binder resin containing at least 50 mass % of a polyester resin, wherein the polyester resin contains a polyester resin A having a silicone segment, and in XPS analysis, when X is a ratio of the number of silicon atoms attributable to silicone segments relative to a total number of measured atoms, X1 is a value of the X on the toner particle surface, X2 is a value of the X at a depth of 30 nm from the surface, Z is a ratio of the number of carbon atoms attributable to ester bonds relative to a total number of measured atoms, Z1 is a value of the Z on the toner particle surface and Z2 is a value of the Z at a depth of 30 nm from the toner particle surface, X1, Z1, X2 and Z2 satisfy a specific relationship.

Provided are an antireflection film having a high antireflection effect and a production process therefor, an optical member excellent in antireflection effect, a water-repellent film having excellent water repellency, a substrate for mass spectrometry having high detection sensitivity, a high-accuracy phase plate, and a fine structure that can be used in the foregoing and a production process therefor. The fine structure is a structure, including multiple conical portions on a surface thereof, in which the conical portions have a mesostructure; and the mesostructure includes a structure having mesopores.

Fine structure, optical member, antireflection film, water-repellent film, substrate for mass spectrometry, phase plate, process for producing fine structure, and process for producing antireflection film

A method for producing an electron-emitting device includes forming a first conductive film on a side surface of an insulation layer including the side surface and a top surface connected to the side surface; forming a second conductive film from the top surface to the side surface and on the first conductive film; and etching the second electrically conductive film.

Method for producing electron-emitting device and method for producing image display apparatus including the same

An electron-emitting device has an insulating layer having a side surface, a recess portion formed on the side surface of the insulating layer, a gate electrode which is arranged above the recess portion, and a wedge-shaped emitter which is arranged on an edge of a lower side of the recess portion and has a first slope on a side of the recess portion and a second slope on a side opposite to the recess portion. A lower end of the first slope of the emitter enters the recess portion, and both the first slope and the second slope of the emitter tilt to an outside of the recess portion.

Electron-emitting device and image display apparatus using the same

There is provided an image display device which can prevent a charge-up occurring on the surface of an insulation substrate with a simple constitution even if any antistatic film is not provided. In the image display device which includes an electron-emitting device on an insulation layer on the substrate, there is provided a conductive layer which is an orthogonal projection region of an anode electrode and includes a predetermined metal kind directly below an exposed surface of the insulation layer.

Image display device

The present invention prevents the oxidization of a member of carbon fibers and improves the electric connection between the carbon fibers and the member of carbon fibers. In the present invention, a memberof carbon fibersincludes: a first element selected from the group consisting of IVa group elements and Va group elements; a second element selected from the group consisting of C, Al, Si, Cr, and Zr; and N. Preferably, the first element is Ti. More preferably, the memberincludes Al or Si and the ratio of Al or Si to Ti is not less than 10 atm % and not more than 30 atm %.

Structure, electron emitting device, secondary battery, electron source, and image display device

A method for producing a durable electron-emitting device having a uniform electron emission characteristic, an electron source, and an image-forming apparatus having a uniform display characteristic for a long period are provided. The method for producing an electron-emitting device according to the present invention includes the steps of: disposing a cathode electrode on a surface of a substrate; providing an electrode opposite the cathode electrode; disposing plural pieces of fiber containing carbon as a main component on the cathode electrode; and applying potential higher than potential applied to the cathode electrode under depressurized condition to an electrode opposite the cathode electrode.

Method for producing electron-emitting device and electron-emitting apparatus

The invention provides a fiber containing carbon which is less deteriorated in terms of electron emission characteristic, is excellent in terms of reproducibility, and can in addition be formed at a low cost, a substrate and electron emission device using the fiber containing carbon, an electron source using the electron emission device, a display panel using the electron source, and an information displaying/playing apparatus using the display panel, and a method of manufacturing these. The manufacturing method comprises a first step of preparing a substrate (substrate) equipped with a catalyst (catalyst layer) on its surface; and a second step of causing the fiber containing carbon (carbon fiber) to grow using the catalyst, whereby the second step comprises, in order to decrease, from a midway point of time in this step, the growth rate at which the fiber containing carbon grows, a sub-step of controlling the growth conditions for the fiber containing carbon.

Fiber containing carbon, substrate and electron emission device using fiber containing carbon, electron source using the electron emission device, display panel using the electron source, and information displaying/playing apparatus using the display panel, and a method of manufacturing thereof

Electron-emitting device, electron source, image-forming apparatus, and method for producing electron-emitting device and electron-emitting apparatus

A method of producing a fiber, comprising the steps of introducing catalytic particles originally formed in a particle-forming chamber into an arraying chamber together with a carrier gas, to cause the catalytic particles to become arranged on a substrate disposed in the arraying chamber. A next step includes growing fibers, each including carbon as a major component, based on the catalytic particles arranged on the substrate. The fibers grow by heating the catalytic particles arranged on the substrate in an atmosphere containing carbon.

Method of producing fiber, and methods of producing electron-emitting device, electron source, and image display device each using the fiber

In a method for manufacturing carbon fibers by means of a thermal CVD method through catalysts, the method capable of obtaining a uniform film thickness regardless of a growth position and a growth area on a substrate is provided. The substrate on which a catalyst layer is formed is disposed in a reaction container. An atmosphere in the reaction container is set to be a reduced pressure atmosphere including a carbon containing gas having a partial pressure of 10 Pa or less, and the substrate is heated in the atmosphere to grow carbon fibers on the catalyst layer.

Methods for manufacturing carbon fibers, electron-emitting device, electron source, image display apparatus, light bulb, and secondary battery using a thermal CVD method

An electron emitting device includes a first electrode located on a substrate, an insulating layer located on the first electrode, and a second electrode located on the insulating layer. The second electrode has a first surface and a second surface, which are substantially vertical to a direction that the first electrode and the insulating layer are laminated. The first surface of the second electrode is in contact with the insulating layer. A higher potential than that applied to the second electrode is applied to the first electrode to emit an electron from the second surface.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Shin Kitamura