Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Tokyo Electron Limited

Ihi Corporation

Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha

Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.

Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Japan Science and Technology Agency

Ishikawajima-harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

Shimizu Construction Co., Ltd.

Nippon Furnace Kogyo Kaisha, Ltd.

Toru Ishii

Kazuaki Nagaoka

Minoru Nakamura

Yuji Sakurai

Masaki Yamada

Kazutoshi Ishida

Ryo Sugiyama

Kenta Matsunaga

Akira Kawaguchi

Ian Colgan

Tomoya Uesugi

Ioan Domsa

David Hurley

George Eyres

Makoto Saito

Kazuhiko Yamazaki

Wataru Moriai

Maiko Iuchi

Hitoshi Kato

Yasushi Takeuchi

Genya Anan

Mitsuru Obara

Ha Sai

Yuichiro Sase

Yuji Ono

Yuji Seshimo

Hiroshi Morishita

Akio Nishi

Noel O'Shaughnessy

Ikuo Takahashi

Toshiaki Sato

Shigeru Tahara

Takashi Kusaba

Kentaro Yamawaki

Kunimasa Kawamura

Hideya Arimura

Masaru Sakai

Takashi Koyanagi

Toshihiko Yamada

Terutoshi Uchida

Shuzo Watanabe

Yoshiyuki Iso

Yoshinobu Ogawa

Hiroshi Kawase

Barry Clarke

Masashi Uno

Hiroshi Inada

Hirotoshi Takahashi

Mitsuru Yamazaki

Fumihiko Utsuno

Reiko Takasawa

Masashi Isobe

Yasuhiro Hayashi

Gerhardus Van Der Linde

Kunio Yoshikawa

Tsutomu Yasuda

Doni Parnell

Tetsushi Kiyokawa

Saito Makoto

Pat Hughes

Sekio Nambu

Mariko Endo

A vapor supply device includes a sunlight-condensing heat collection unit which condenses sunlight and collects heat to obtain thermal energy, a heat-storage and heat-exchange unit which heats a heat-storage agent stored therein using the thermal energy obtained in the sunlight-condensing heat collection unit and stores thermal energy in the heat-storage agent, and heats a supply medium using the thermal energy stored in the heat-storage agent, and a vapor supply unit which supplies a vapor of the supply medium obtained by heating the supply medium in the heat-storage and heat-exchange unit.

Vapor supply device and drying system

A method for depositing a silicon oxide film is provided. In the method, a silicon oxide film is deposited on a substrate by Atomic Layer Deposition with plasma while heating the substrate to a first temperature of 600° C. or higher. The silicon oxide film is annealed at a second temperature higher than the first temperature after completing the depositing the silicon oxide film.

Method for depositing film and film deposition system

A developing roller comprising an electroconductive substrate and an electroconductive elastic layer constituted by a single layer on an outer periphery of the substrate. The elastic layer contains a diene-based rubber, has a thickness of 0.30 mm or more, and the elastic layer has a crown shape in which an outer diameter of a center portion in a longitudinal direction along an axis of the substrate is larger than an outer diameter of each of both end portions in the longitudinal direction. Elastic moduli E11, E12 and E13 in a first region of the elastic layer in cross-sections at positions P1, P2 and P3 of the elastic layer are each 500 MPa or more.

Developing roller, process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus

An electrophotographic member includes an electro-conductive substrate, and an elastic layer as a surface layer, the elastic layer constituted by a single-layer, wherein the elastic layer includes a first resin, a second resin and an anion, the first resin is a crosslinked urethane resin, and the crosslinked urethane resin is a resin having a specific cationic structure in the molecule, the second resin is at least one of a crosslinked acrylic resin having an ether bond and a crosslinked epoxy resin having an ether bond, and in a first area of the elastic layer, the first are being from an outer surface of the elastic layer to a depth of 0.1 μm, the first resin and the second resin form an interpenetrating polymer network structure.

Electrophotographic member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus

A cleaning solution containing a compound represented by formula (1), a compound represented by formula (2), and water; and an inkjet printer cleaning method using the same.R—O(EO)(PO)H  (1)R—O(EO)H  (2) In formula (1), Rrepresents a linear or branched C1-C30 alkyl group. EO represents an ethyleneoxy group, and PO represents a propyleneoxy group. m and n each independently represent an integer of 1-5. m:n, which is the ratio between m and n, is at least 1:2 and smaller than 3:2. In formula (2), Rrepresents a linear or branched C1-C30 alkyl group, or an aryl group. EO represents an ethyleneoxy group. L represents an integer of at least 10. Formula (1): R—O(EO)(PO)H. Formula (2): R—O(EO)H.

Cleaning solution and inkjet printer cleaning method

A film deposition apparatus includes a rotary table disposed in a vacuum chamber; multiple stages on each of which a substrate is placeable, the stages being arranged along a circumferential direction of the rotary table; a process area configured to supply a process gas toward an upper surface of the rotary table; a heat treatment area that is disposed apart from the process area in the circumferential direction of the rotary table and configured to heat-treat the substrate at a temperature higher than a temperature used in the process area; and a cooling area that is disposed apart from the heat treatment area in the circumferential direction of the rotary table and configured to cool the substrate.

Film deposition apparatus and film deposition method

A developing roller comprising an electroconductive substrate and an electroconductive elastic layer constituted by a single layer on an outer periphery of the substrate. The elastic layer contains a diene-based rubber, has a thickness of 0.30 mm or more, and the elastic layer has a crown shape in which an outer diameter of a center portion in a longitudinal direction along an axis of the substrate is larger than an outer diameter of each of both end portions in the longitudinal direction. Elastic moduli E, Eand Ein a first region of the elastic layer in cross-sections at positions P, Pand Pof the elastic layer are each 500 MPa or more.

Provided is a developing device including: a toner; and a developer carrying member. The developer carrying member includes an electroconductive substrate and a surface layer on the substrate, the surface layer being a single layer and including a matrix containing a crosslinked urethane resin as a binder, wherein E1 &#x2265;200 MPa and 10 MPa&#x2264;E2 &#x2264;100 MPa, where E1 is an elastic modulus of the matrix in a first region from an outer surface of the surface layer to a depth of 0.1 and E2 is an elastic modulus of the matrix in a second region from a depth of 1.0 to 1.1 &#x3bc;m from the outer surface. The toner includes a toner particle containing a binder resin and a colorant and having a Martens hardness of 85 to 1,100 MPa when measured under a condition of a maximum load of 2.0&#xd7;10N.

Developing apparatus, electrophotography process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus

An apparatus for magnetic annealing one or more workpieces, and a method of operating the apparatus, are described. The apparatus includes: a workpiece holder configured to support one or more workpieces, wherein the one or more workpieces having at least one substantially planar surface; an optional workpiece heating system configured to elevate the one or more workpieces to an anneal temperature; and a magnet assembly having a first magnet and a second magnet, the first and second magnets defining a gap between opposing poles of each magnet, wherein the magnet assembly is arranged to generate a magnetic field substantially perpendicular to the planar surface of the one or more workpieces.

Workpiece magnetizing system and method of operating

An electrophotographic member includes an electro-conductive substrate and an elastic layer containing inorganic particles and a binder resin. The electrophotographic member has a protrusion on an outer surface of the electrophotographic member containing the inorganic particles. At least part of the inorganic particles contained in the protrusion are exposed to a surface of the protrusion, and the binder resin is present among the inorganic particles contained in the protrusion. An elastic modulus E1 of the binder resin measured at a first region in a cross-section in a thickness direction of the elastic layer is equal to or above 1000 MPa.

Electrophotographic member, electrophotographic process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus

Provided is an electrophotographic member in which density unevenness of an image is less likely to occur even in the case of outputting an image after standing in a high-temperature and high-humidity environment for a long period of time. The electrophotographic member includes: an electroconductive substrate; an electroconductive elastic layer on or above the substrate; and an insulating portion on the elastic layer, an outer surface of the electrophotographic member being composed of an outer surface of the insulating portion and an outer surface of the elastic layer that is not covered with the insulating portion, wherein the elastic layer contains a urethane resin as a first resin, and the elastic layer has a region from the outer surface of the elastic layer constituting the outer surface of the electrophotographic member to a depth of 1 &#x3bc;m, the region further containing a second resin.

The electrophotographic member includes: an electroconductive substrate; and a surface layer having a mono-layer structure, wherein the surface layer has a matrix containing a cross-linked urethane resin as a binder, and when an elastic modulus of the matrix in a first region in a thickness direction from an outer surface of the surface layer to a depth of 0.1 &#x3bc;m from the outer surface of the surface layer is defined as E1, and an elastic modulus of the matrix in a second region in a thickness direction from a depth of 1.0 &#x3bc;m from the outer surface of the surface layer to 1.1 &#x3bc;m from the outer surface of the surface layer is defined as E2, E1 and E2 satisfy the following Expressions (1) and (2), respectively:1&#x2265;200 MPa&#x2003;&#x2003;(1); and10 MPa&#x2264;2&#x2264;100 MPa&#x2003;&#x2003;(2).

Electrophotographic member having a surface layer with a cross-linked urethane resin-containing matrix, process cartridge, and apparatus

The developing member has an electroconductive substrate, and an elastic layer having a mono-layer structure on the substrate as a surface layer, wherein the elastic layer has a thickness of T &#x3bc;m and a volume resistivity of 1.0&#xd7;10&#x3a9;&#xb7;cm to 1.0&#xd7;10&#x3a9;&#xb7;cm, and includes a first resin as a main binder; and the elastic layer further includes a second resin having a structural unit represented by Formula (1), in a region extending toward a first surface from a second surface by a depth of t &#x3bc;m, where the first surface is defined as a surface of the elastic layer on a side facing the substrate, and the second surface is defined as a surface thereof opposite to the first surface, wherein in the region, a concentration of ether bonds is higher on the second surface side than on the first surface side (provided that T&#x3e;t): 

Developing member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus

There is provided an electrophotographic member which suppresses scraping and contamination of a surface even in the durable use of multiple sheet printing under a high temperature environment. The electrophotographic member has an electroconductive substrate and a single elastic layer as a surface layer, the surface layer includes a binder resin and carbon black dispersed in the binder resin, the carbon black has a volatile content of 0.4% or more, the binder resin includes a crosslinked urethane resin and a crosslinked acrylic resin, and the surface layer has a first area in which the crosslinked urethane resin and the crosslinked acrylic resin form an interpenetrating polymer network structure, the first area being from an outer surface of the surface layer to a depth of 0.1 &#x3bc;m in the surface layer.

Electrophotographic member, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus

A method for performing post-etch annealing of a workpiece in an annealing system is described. In particular, the method includes disposing one or more workpieces in an annealing system, each of the one or more workpieces having a multilayer stack of thin films that has been patterned using an etching process sequence to form an electronic device characterized by a cell critical dimension (CD), wherein the multilayer stack of thin films includes at least one patterned layer containing magnetic material. Thereafter, the patterned layer containing magnetic material on the one or more workpieces is annealed in the annealing system via an anneal process condition, wherein the anneal process condition is selected to adjust a property of the patterned layer containing magnetic material.

Method and system for performing post-etch annealing of a workpiece

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