Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Cheil Industries Inc.

Yoshihide Nagata

Atsushi Sato

Hitomu Watanabe

Toru Odani

Ji Woo Kim

Keitaro Kitada

Takatoshi Munaoka

Yosuke Koike

Kenji Matsubara

Yuko Ohtaniuchi

Aiko Kanazawa

Nobuyuki Nagaoka

Masahiro Kikkawa

Kazuaki Takada

Takeshi Morozumi

An electrically conductive base includes a holding body and covering particles. The holding body includes a first super engineering plastic having non-crystallinity. The covering particles are dispersed in the holding body, and each include a center part and a covering part. The center part includes an electrically conductive material. The covering part covers a surface of the center part and includes a second super engineering plastic having crystallinity.

Electrically conductive base and secondary battery

An electrolytic solution includes at least one compound of a first oxazoline-based compound having a molecular weight of 200 or less and a second oxazoline-based compound having a molecular weight of 200 or less, and the electrolytic solution includes no dioxolane.

Electrolytic solution and secondary battery

A lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution includes a solvent, an electrolyte salt, and at least one of a first dioxane compound or a second dioxane compound.

Electrolytic solution for lithium-ion secondary battery, and lithium-ion secondary battery

A secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The anode includes a first anode active material, a second anode active material, and an anode binder. The first anode active material includes a first central portion and a first coating portion. The first central portion includes a material that includes silicon as a constituent element, and the first coating portion is provided on a surface of the first central portion and includes one or both of a polyacrylate salt and a carboxymethylcellulose salt. The second anode active material includes a material that includes carbon as a constituent element. The anode binder includes one or more of polyvinylidene fluoride, polyimide, and aramid.

Secondary battery-use anode and method of manufacturing the same, secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same, battery pack, electric vehicle, electric power storage system, electric power tool, and electronic apparatus

A secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode including an active material, and non-aqueous electrolytic solution. The active material includes a center portion and a covering portion provided on part or all of the center portion. The center portion includes silicon, tin, or both as constituent elements. The covering portion includes a plurality of fibrous carbon materials. Part or all of the fibrous carbon materials extend in a direction along a surface of the center portion and are closely attached to the center portion.

Active material, method of manufacturing active material, electrode, and secondary battery

A polarized-light splitting device includes a transmissive base member having a base portion and pattern of ridges on the base portion, and a non-transmissive layer on the ridges, wherein the non-transmissive layer includes a light reflecting portion, and a light absorbing portion.

Polarized-light splitting device, display including the same, method of manufacturing the same, and apparatus for manufacturing the same

A method of manufacturing fine patterns includes providing a base portion having a plurality of protruding portions with recess portions therebetween, depositing a material layer on the protruding portions, the material layer including grooves in an upper surface thereof and a plurality of material portions on respective protruding portions, the material portions being in direct contact with adjacent material portions to form contact surfaces therebetween and to overhang corresponding recess portions between the adjacent material portions, and wet etching the material portions through the grooves and contact surfaces to form pattern portions.

Method of manufacturing fine patterns

A wire grid polarizer includes a substrate adapted to transmit predetermined wavelengths of light, a plurality of dielectric wires extending parallel to one another along a first direction on the substrate, the dielectric wires including a dielectric material adapted to transmit the predetermined wavelengths of light, and a plurality of metal wires extending along the first direction between the dielectric wires, wherein sidewalls of the metal wires include portions in contact with sidewalls of the dielectric wires and portions not in contact with the sidewalls of the dielectric wires.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yoshihide Nagata