Konica Minolta, Inc.

Konica Minolta Medical and Graphic, Inc.

Merck Patent Gmbh

Yasunobu Kobayashi

Takaaki Kuroki

Takeshi Hakii

Akihiko Takeda

Shun Furukawa

Provided are an electronic device and an organic electroluminescence element both of which are excellent in optical properties as well as long-term storage stability and scratch resistance. Herein, the electronic device includes at least one functional layer on a resin substrate, and the electronic device is configured so that the functional layer contains a component with a structure of X&#x2014;Y&#x2014;X' as a resin component; X and X&#x2032; independently include at least any one of the formulae (1)&#x2dc;(7) respectively; and Y is a bivalent group including at least one S atom and one aromatic ring.

Electronic device having functional layer including particles and binder material

Provided is a light extraction substrate capable of achieving both light extraction efficiency and preservability. Before forming a cap layer, a step of reducing in-membrane water content such that the in-membrane water content of a layer formed between a gas barrier layer and the cap layer is less than 1.0&#xd7;10/mg is performed. The in-membrane water content of less than 1.0&#xd7;10/mg is maintained until at least a step of forming the cap layer after the step of reducing the in-membrane water content, and the cap layer is then formed through a dry process.

Light extraction substrate, method for manufacturing light extraction substrate, organic electroluminescent element, and method for manufacturing organic electroluminescent element

Provided is an organic electroluminescent element including a film substrate having thereon: at least one gas barrier layer, a light scatter layer, at least one smooth layer, and a light-emitting unit containing an organic functional layer interposed between a pair of electrodes, laminated in this order, wherein the light scatter layer contains a binder and light scatter particles having an average particle size of 0.2 &#x3bc;m or more to less than 1 &#x3bc;m; and the smooth layer contains an oxide or a nitride of silicone or niobium as a main component.

Organic electroluminescence element

Disclosed is a printing plate material comprising a surface roughened aluminum support, and provided thereon, an image formation layer containing a heat-curable polymer having a main chain polymer in the main chain, and an acryloyl group or a methacryloyl group in the side chain, a glass transition temperature Tg of the main chain polymer being from 0 to 100&#xb0; C., wherein the printing plate material is capable of being developed on a printing press.

Printing plate material and printing process employing the same

Disclosed is a manufacturing process of a printing plate material comprising a boehmite treated aluminum support, and provided thereon, an image formation layer containing water soluble resins or water dispersible resins, the process comprising the steps of surface roughening an aluminum plate, anodizing the surface roughened aluminum plate, boehmite treating the anodized aluminum plate to produce the boehmite treated aluminum support having boehmite protrusions with an average height of from 30 to 200 nm and an average base size of from 10 to 100 nm, coating a coating solution for the image formation layer on the resulting aluminum support to form a coated layer, and drying the coated layer to form the image formation layer on the aluminum support.

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Hachioji, Japan

Yasunobu Kobayashi