Fujifilm Corporation

Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Chisso Corporation

Alps Electric Co., Ltd.

Fujitsu Corporation

Takashi Katoh

Katsumi Kobayashi

Koji Takaku

Takanori Hioki

Shigeru Sugimori

Junji Nishigaki

Akinori Fujita

Satoshi Higuchi

Kazutoshi Miyazawa

Hiroyuki Takeuchi

Shuichi Matsui

Hiroo Takizawa

Kazuhiro Yoshida

Kenya Ito

Hisashi Okamura

Fusayuki Takeshita

Mitsuru Kano

Hidenori Takahashi

Takashi Kato

Toshio Endoh

Yoshihiro Jimbo

Yasuhiro Ishiwata

Tomoyuki Ohzeki

Daisuke Sasaki

Noriyuki Ohnishi

Naoyuki Hayashi

Katsuhiro Yamashita

Katsuhisa Ohzeki

Hirotaka Kitagawa

Katsutoshi Yamane

Nobumasa Ootake

Katsumasa Yoshii

Toshihide Aoshima

Yasuyuki Koizumi

Kento Uemura

Suguru Yasutomi

Takuya Tsuruta

Yoshihiko Ishitaka

Keisuke Arimura

Yasusuke Hisatsune

Masatoshi Mizumura

Satoru Murayama

Takayuki Hattori

Yutaro Norizuki

Yumiko Sato

Koutaro Okabe

Nobuyuki Ootsuka

Keizo Iwatani

The present invention relates to an infrared sensor, a near-infrared ray absorption composition, a photosensitive resin composition, a compound, a near-infrared ray absorption filter, and an image pick-up device. Provided is an infrared sensorthat detects an object by detecting light in wavelengths of 900 nm to 1,000 nm, including infrared ray transmission filtersand near-infrared ray absorption filters, in which the near-infrared ray absorption filterscontains a near-infrared ray absorption substance having a maximum absorption wavelength in wavelengths of 900 nm to 1,000 nm.

Infrared sensor, near-infrared ray absorption composition, photosensitive resin composition, compound, near-infrared ray absorption filter, and image pick-up device

A coloring composition containing one or more species of compounds represented by Formula (I) or Formula (II) below, wherein each of Rand Rrepresents a hydrogen atom or substituent, each of Arto Arindependently represents an optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group or optionally substituted heterocyclic group, and each of Land Lindependently represents a divalent linking group which interrupts &#x3c0; electron conjugated system: 

Coloring composition, anisotropic light absorption film, laminate, polarizing plate, image display device and compound

Provided are a colored composition having excellent heat resistance, excellent solvent resistance, and an excellent voltage holding ratio; a cured film; a color filter; a method for manufacturing a color filter; a solid-state imaging element; an image display device; and a compound. The colored composition includes a colorant comprising a repeating unit having a triarylmethane structure containing a cation, and a counter anion, and a polymerizable compound.

Colored composition, cured film, color filter, method for manufacturing color filter, solid-state imaging element, image display device, and compound

Provided are a curable coloring composition which is useful for formation of a colored pattern of a color filter, having high heat resistance, excellent solvent resistance, and a high voltage holding ratio; a color filter; a method for manufacturing a color filter; a solid-state image pickup element; a picture display device; and a triarylmethane compound. The curable coloring composition includes a triarylmethane compound having a structure represented by the following General Formula (1) and a structure represented by the following General Formula (2) in the same molecule. 

Curable coloring composition, cured film, color filter, method for manufacturing color filter, solid-state image pickup element, picture display device, and triarylmethane compound

A colorant-containing particle that comprises a colorant and a polymer represented by (A-R)&#x2014;R&#x2014;(R&#x2014;P)wherein Ris organic linking group; Ris single bond or divalent linking group; Ais monovalent organic group containing organic dye residue etc., m is 1 to 8, n is 2 to 9, m+n is 3 to 10; Ris single bond or divalent linking group; Pis polymer backbone containing Si, has excellent dispersibility and dispersion stability.

Colorant-containing particles, colorant-containing particle dispersion, and polymer compound

A varnish for forming a liquid crystal alignment layer is prepared by formulating a polymer obtained by using a silsesquioxane derivative represented by the formula (1), and a solvent.  In the formula (1), R independently represents an unsubstituted phenyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, or t-butyl group, and Yindependently represents a group selected from the following formulae (a-1) to (a-6). 

Varnish for forming liquid crystal alignment layer and liquid crystal display element using the same

A novel liquid crystal composition and a novel liquid crystal element are disclosed. They comprise at least one compound represented by a formula (1), wherein Rto Rrespectively represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, provided that at least one of R, R, Rand Rrepresents a substituted or non-substituted alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, aryl group or heteroaryl group; S represents a sulfur atom, Band Brespectively represent a substituted or non-substituted arylene group, heteroarylene group or divalent cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbon group; Qrepresents a divalent linking group, Crepresents a substituted or non-substituted alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, alkoxy group, alkoxycarbonyl group, acyl group or acyloxy group; p, q and r respectively represent an integer from 0 to 5 and n is an integer from 1 to 3, provided that (p+r)&#xd7;n is from 3 to 10 

Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal element employing the composition

A novel display device is disclosed. The display device comprises a plural of liquid crystal layers disposed between a pair of electrodes respectively, wherein each of the liquid crystal layers shows an absorption peak at a different wavelength and comprises at least one dichroic dye and at least one dual-frequency switchable liquid crystal as a host liquid crystal.

Display device

A liquid crystal composition comprising at least one liquid crystal compound and at least one anthraquinone compound represented by formula (1) below: Formula (1) (wherein Rto Reach independently represents a hydrogen or substituent; Het is a sulfur or oxygen; Band Beach independently represents an optionally substituted arylene, heteroarylene, cycloalkan-diyl or cycloalken-diyl; Qis a bivalent linking group; Cis an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkokycarbonyl or acyloxy; p, q and r each represents a number from 0 to 5 and n is a number from 1 to 3 satisfying 3&#x2266;(p+r)&#xd7;n&#x2266;10; when plural {(B)-(Q)-(B)} are present, these may be the same or different) was disclosed 

Anthraquinone compound, liquid crystal composition, cell and display device employing the same

A novel smectic liquid crystal composition is disclosed. The smectic liquid crystal composition comprises at least, a dichroic dye, a dual-frequency switchable nematic liquid crystal and a smectic liquid crystal. The dielectric anisotropy of the composition changes from a positive value to a negative value with increasing a frequency of a field applied to the composition. A novel liquid crystal device is also disclosed. The device comprises a pair of electrodes of which at least one is a transparent electrode, and a layer between the pair of electrodes comprising the smectic liquid crystal composition.

Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal element

Novel liquid crystal compositions are disclosed. One of them comprises at least a dichroic dye having a substituent containing three or more cyclic moieties, and a dual-frequency switchable nematic liquid crystal as a host liquid crystal; and another one comprises a dichroic dye having a substituent containing three or more cyclic moieties, and a liquid crystal comprising at least one nematic liquid crystal compound and at least one chiral agent. A novel liquid crystal device, comprising a pair of electrodes of which at least one is a transparent electrode and a layer between the pair of electrodes comprising one of the liquid crystal compositions, is also disclosed.

Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal device

A novel liquid crystal composition is disclosed. The liquid crystal composition comprises at least one dual-frequency switchable smectic liquid crystal, and at least one dichroic dye. And a novel liquid crystal device is also disclosed. The device comprises a pair of electrodes of which at least one is a transparent electrode, and a liquid crystal layer between the pair of electrodes comprising a liquid crystal composition comprising at least one dual-frequency switchable smectic liquid crystal, and at least one dichroic dye.

Disclosed is a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein Zrepresents an atomic group necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring; Zrepresents an atomic group necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring, Zmay further be substituted, or may be condensed with a hetero ring of a benzene ring; Rrepresents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a mercapto group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, an alkylthio group, an alkenylthio group, or an arylthio group; Land Leach represents a methine group; prepresents 0 or 1; Vrepresents a substituent; and n represents 0, 1 or 2, and when n represents 2, a plurality of Vmay be the same or different.

Methine compound and silver halide photographic material containing the same

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon at least on light-sensitive halide emulsion layer, wherein the emulsion layer contains a compound represented by formula (1).

Methine dye and silver halide photographic light-sensitive material containing the methine dye

A high-molecular weight gel having a leuco dye represented by the formula (L-1) as defined herein, connected thereto by covalent bond or single bond, and a high-molecular weight gel represented by the formula (R-1) as defined herein.

High-molecular weight gel and display device

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Kanagawa, Japan

Takashi Katoh