Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Hakugen Co., Ltd.

Tetsuya Ashida

Touru Noda

Yukio Tokunaga

Hiroshi Matsuda

Osamu Kojima

Takao Senga

Sadao Kuriu

Masayuki Tsubaki

Shigehiko Miyamoto

Takahiro Tsukuda

Tomoichi Morita

Nobushige Ikeya

Tomoko Ishimaru

Hajime Sugita

Takuya Seri

Yasunosuke Sakai

Kohhei Nitta

Masayoshi Ikezawa

Disclosed is an ink-jet printing sheet which comprises a support and at least one ink-receptive layer provided on the support, wherein at least one of the ink-receptive layer contains silica fine particles having an average primary particle diameter of 20 nm or less and at least one water-soluble polyvalent metal compound.

Ink-jet recording sheet

Disclosed is an ink-jet recording material comprising a polyolefin resin-coated paper support and at least one ink-receptive layer containing fumed silica provided on the support, wherein a surface of the support on which the ink-receptive layer is provided has been subjected to work into slightly rough surface so that 75 degrees specular glossiness according to JIS P 8142 is from 30% to less than 70%.

Ink-jet recording material

Disclosed are a method for making an ink-jet recording material which comprises adding silica fine particles having an average primary particle diameter of 50 nm or less to a dispersion medium mainly comprising water containing a cationic polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 or less and mixing to prepare a slurry of silica fine particles; dispersing the slurry of silica fine particles by a dispersing machine to prepare a dispersion of silica fine particles; mixing the dispersion of silica fine particles with at least a hydrophilic binder to prepare a coating solution for forming an ink-receptive layer; and coating the coating solution for forming an ink-receptive layer on a support and drying, a method for preparing a dispersion of silica fine particles and the silica dispersion.

Silica dispersion, method for preparing the same and method for making ink-jet recording material using the same

An ink jet recording medium which comprises a support and a layer comprising fine particles of a thermoplastic organic polymer, formed on at least one side of the support, so that said fine particles of a thermoplastic organic polymer are dissolved or melted after ink jet recording to form a layer wherein said fine particles of a thermoplastic organic polymer are fused to one another, wherein said fine particles of a thermoplastic organic polymer have an average particle size within a range of from 1 to 20 &mgr;m.

Ink jet recording medium, apparatus for preparing an ink jet printed product, and ink jet printed product

The object of the present invention is to provide a nonwoven fabric for separators of non-aqueous electrolyte batteries which is superior in adhesion to electrodes, causes no breakage of the separator and neither slippage nor space between electrode and the separator at the time of fabrication of battery, provides superior battery processability such as rollability with electrodes, causes no internal short-circuit due to contact between electrodes caused by shrinking or burning of the nonwoven fabric even when electrodes generate heat owing to external short-circuit, whereby ignition of the battery can be inhibited, has no pin holes and is superior in retention of electrolyte and penetration of electrolyte, and which can give non-aqueous electrolyte batteries superior in capacity, battery characteristics and battery storage characteristics. Specifically, the nonwoven fabric for separators of non-aqueous electrolyte batteries according to the present invention has a thickness non-uniformity index (Rpy) of 1000 mV or less or a center surface average roughness SRa of 6 &mgr;m or less in whole wavelength region as measured using a tracer method three-dimensional surface roughness meter.

Nonwoven fabric for separator of non-aqueous electrolyte battery and non-aqueous electrolyte battery using the same

Indicator material

Disclosed are resin-coated paper having on one side of its base paper a first resin layer made of a resin composition obtained by melt-blending 90 to 65 parts by weight of a high-density polyethylene resin having a melt flow rate of 10.0 g/10 min to 40.0 g/10 min and a density of 0.960 g/cm.sup.3 or more and 10 to 35 parts by weight of a low-density polyethylene resin or a medium-density polyethylene resin, which has a melt flow rate of 0.2 g/10 min to 2 g/10 min, a density of 0.935 g/cm.sup.3 or less, a percentage of molecules with a molecular weight of 500,000 or more of 10% by weight or more and a critical shear rate of 0.5 (l/sec) or less, said resin composition obtained by the melt-blending having a critical shear rate of 10 (l/sec) or less; and a process for producing the resin-coated paper. The resin-coated paper is good in the molding processability of the resin layer, is excellent in the adhesion between the resin layer and the base paper, and contains only a small amount of a gel formed.

Resin-coated paper

There is disclosed a support for photosensitive materials which comprises base paper comprising natural kraft pulp, and a resin layer formed on the base paper, said natural kraft pulp being produced by digesting wood chips by the kraft process, and washing the digested product in the presence of an anti-foaming agent or a foam-inhibitor, followed by bleaching by the use of chlorine or an oxidizing agent containing at least one chlorine atom, and said natural kraft pulp having a number of areas tarnished by silver tarnishing reaction of 20 or less. This support exhibits good photographic properties when a silver halide photosensitive layer is provided thereon.

Support for photosensitive materials

Disclosed is a receiving sheet for heat transfer recording which comprises a substrate, a resin layer provided at least on one side of the substrate and a sublimable-dye-receiving layer provided on the resin layer and, if necessary, a layer containing high polymer microspheres. The receiving sheet for heat transfer recording forms images having a high optical density and white dots and curling are not substantially caused therein.

Receiving sheet for heat transfer recording

Disclosed is a support used for photographic materials which is prevented from staining of the edge portion which is caused by permeation of developing solution from cut section. This support for photographic materials comprises a base paper both sides of which are coated with a resin, said base paper containing a titanium oxide coated with at least one metal oxide selected from the oxides of Al, Si, Mn, Zn and Ti.

Support for photographic materials

A photographic support having an undercoating layer on a resin coated base sheet, said undercoating layer comprising (a) a hydrophilic colloid, and (b) a special amphoteric surface active agent, or (a) a hydrophilic colloid, (b') a p-hydroxybenzoic acid ester and/or a special amphoteric surface active agent and (c) a special isothiazoline-3-one compound, provides excellent coating and adhesive properties to a photographic emulsion layer formed on the undercoating layer.

Photographic support with an undercoating layer on a resin coated base

Blocking between emulsion layer and backcoating layer and haze of the emulsion surface which often occur when silver halide photographic papers are stored in the form of a roll or a stack can be avoided or reduced by providing a silver halide photographic paper comprising a support coated with a resin on both sides where the surface roughness of the resin layer provided on the side where emulsion layer is not present is within the range of 0.7-2.5 .mu. in terms of center line average height Ra according to JIS B0601. This effect is conspicuous in reduction of blocking and haze which severely occur in the photographic paper where the developer is contained in the photographic layer.

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Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuya Ashida