Nitto-denko Corporation

Mizuno Corporation

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Nec Corporation

Takeshi Saito

Takeshi Naruo

Shuichi Noguchi

Motoo Yumura

Tatsuya Yamasaki

Keisuke Kimura

Kinji Asaka

Fumiyuki Nihey

Tetsurou Ikeda

Ryo Kanno

Ken Mukai

Yasuaki Okada

Yuki Kuwahara

Fusako Sasaki

Masayuki Satake

Hideaki Numata

Shunsuke Shuto

Mie Nakata

Satoshi Ohshima

Hiroki Ashida

Tomohiro Yamashita

Shunsuke Murayama

Masashi Shinagawa

Tetsuro Ikeda

Kunihiro Inui

Tetsurou Takeda

Noritsugu Daigaku

Toshiki Oomine

Kenjiro Saomoto

Kentarou Kunishima

Toshimitu Shimizu

Kazutomo Suenaga

Ai Murakami

Makoto Tsuchinaga

Yuto Saruhashi

Ryuta Tomoyose

Sumio Iljima

A nanocarbon separation apparatus includes: an electrophoresis tank; electrodes disposed in an upper part and a lower part of the electrophoresis tank; a first injection port through which a liquid is injected into the electrophoresis tank; a second injection port which is provided below the first injection port and through which a liquid having a pH lower than a pH of the liquid injected through the first injection port is injected into the electrophoresis tank; and a recovery port provided in a surface facing a surface having the first injection port and the second injection port, wherein the liquid injected through at least one of the first injection port and the second injection port is a dispersion liquid having nanocarbons dispersed therein.

Nanocarbon separation apparatus and nanocarbon separation method

A plastic optical fiber includes a plastic optical fiber body and a coloring member covering a peripheral surface of the plastic optical fiber body. The coloring member is made from a cured product of a curable composition containing an active-energy-ray-curable multifunctional acrylate and a coloring agent. The reaction percentage yield of the vinyl group of the active-energy-ray-curable multifunctional acrylate in the coloring member is 85% or more.

Plastic optical fiber

A nanocarbon separation method includes: a step of preparing a plurality of liquids with different specific gravities in which at least one of the plurality of liquids is a dispersion liquid in which a mixture of nanocarbons with different properties is dispersed; a step of sequentially injecting the plurality of liquids into an electrophoresis tank so that the specific gravities of the liquids decrease from a bottom to a top of the liquids in a direction of gravitational force; and a step of separating the mixture of the nanocarbons by moving a part of the mixture toward an electrode side disposed in an upper part of the electrophoresis tank and moving a remainder of the mixture toward an electrode side disposed in a lower part of the electrophoresis tank by applying a direct current voltage to the electrodes.

Nanocarbon separation method

An object of the present invention is to provide a CNT yarn having excellent conductivity and strength, and a method for producing the same. The present invention provides a drawn yarn comprising carbon nanotubes and having a drawing rate of 10 to 50%.

Drawn carbon nanotube yarn and production method therefor

A polarizing film, comprising a polarizer, and a transparent protective film laminated on/over at least one surface of the polarizer to interpose an adhesive layer between the surface and the transparent protective film, and the polarizing film comprising, on/over the adhesion surface of the polarizer, an adhesion-improving layer interposed between the polarizer and the adhesive layer. The adhesion-improving layer preferably comprises a compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein X is a functional group containing a reactive group, and Rand Reach independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, aryl group or heterocyclic group that may have a substituent, and the compound represented by the general formula (1) is interposed between the polarizer and the adhesive layer.

Polarizing film, method for producing same, optical film, image display device, and adhesion improvement-treated polarizer

An organic metal compound-containing composition, comprising: at least one organic metal compound (A) selected from the group consisting of metal alkoxides and metal chelates, and a polymerizable compound (B) having a polymerizable functional group and a carboxyl group.

Organic metal compound-containing composition

A curable resin composition, comprising a compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein X is a functional group comprising a reactive group, and Rand Reach independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, aryl group or heterocyclic group that may have a substituent; and at least organometallic compound selected from the group consisting of metal alkoxides and metal chelates.

Curable resin composition, polarizing film and production process therefor, optical film, and image display device

In a method for manufacturing a polarizing film comprising a polarizer, a first transparent protective film provided on one surface of the polarizer with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween, and a second transparent protective film provided on another surface of the polarizer with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween, the adhesive layers are obtained by first using active energy rays to carry out irradiation by way of the first transparent protective film and then using the active energy rays to carry out irradiation by way of the second transparent protective film to cure the active energy ray-curable adhesive composition.

Polarizing film, method for manufacture thereof, optical film, and image display device

A polarizing film, comprising a polarizer; transparent protective films with a water-vapor permeability of 150 g/m2/24 hours or less provided on both sides of the polarizer; and adhesive layers each interposed between the polarizer and one of the transparent protective films, wherein the adhesive layers are formed by applying an active energy ray to an active energy ray-curable adhesive composition containing a radically polymerizable compound, and the transparent protective films are bonded to the polarizer with the adhesive layers.

Polarized film, optical film, and image display device

A method for manufacturing a polarizing plate comprising a polarizing film and a transparent protective film provided on at least one surface of the polarizing film, the method comprising the steps of: subjecting at least a surface of the transparent protective film to be bonded to the polarizing film to an adhesion improving treatment; bringing water into contact with at least the surface subjected to the adhesion improving treatment; and laminating the transparent protective film on the polarizing film so that the surface subjected to the adhesion improving treatment and brought into contact with water is bonded to the polarizing film.

Polarizing plate manufacturing method

The present invention relates to a nanocapsule-type structure having an average particle diameter of 1 to 50 nm, said nanocapsule-type structure comprising an aqueous solution of a metal compound encapsulated in the inside thereof. Preferably, the nanocapsule-type structure is such that the nanocapsule structure is formed by self-organization of a surfactant in an organic solvent. This nanocapsule structure is in a nanometer size, and high in dispersibility even in a high-concentration region in an organic solvent, and does not undergo aggregation, and it is useful as a catalyst for a CVD method.

Nanocapsule-type structure

A golf club shaft selecting system includes a head speed detecting unit detecting a head speed at impact in a swing of a golfer, a swing tempo detecting unit detecting a swing tempo of the golfer, a chart indicative of a shaft mass and a shaft flex point corresponding to the swing characteristics of each golfer, a selecting unit selecting a golf club shaft suitable for the golfer referring to the chart and based on the head speed and the swing tempo detected by the head speed detecting unit and the swing tempo detecting unit, and a displaying apparatus displaying the golf club shaft selected by the selecting unit.

Golf club shaft selecting system and golf club shaft selecting method

A high speed camera takes an image in the vicinity of a ball 3 and a club head 12, while a high speed camera 5 takes an image in the vicinity of the top of the swing of a golfer 1, and the images are recorded in a high speed video tape recorder 6. The recorded images are reproduced, swing time, a swing speed and a head speed are detected using a personal computer 15, and a shaft with an optimum flex for the golfer is selected based on the swing time, the swing speed, the swing time and the head speed, or the swing speed and the head speed.

Shaft selection aiding apparatus for selecting optimum shaft for a golfer

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Ibaraki, Japan

Takeshi Saito