Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Fujifilm Corporation

Sony Corporation

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Other

Schering Aktiengesellschaft

Japan Science and Technology Agency

Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Inc.

Bayer Schering Pharma Ag

Fuji Shashin Film Kabushiki Kaisha

Yoshio Inagaki

Keiichi Adachi

Masao Yabe

Hirohiko Tsuzuki

Yoshihisa Usami

Takanori Hioki

Masaki Okazaki

Nobuaki Inoue

Kimitaka Kameoka

Morio Yagihara

Shigeo Hirano

Shinsaku Fujita

Toshiro Takahashi

Yoshiaki Suzuki

Tadashi Ikeda

Masayuki Naya

Tadao Shishido

Toshiaki Arai

Takashi Kobayashi

Nobuhiko Umezu

Koichi Tatsuki

Koichi Koyama

Koichi Tsukihara

Goh Matsunobu

Katsusuke Endo

Shigeru Ohno

Takashi Kato

Kazunobu Katoh

Toru Harada

Katsuya Shirai

Yuji Mihara

Naonori Makino

Seiiti Kubodera

Toyohisa Oya

Toshinao Ukai

Toshiaki Kubo

Senzo Sasaoka

Ken-ichi Kuwabara

Shin Hotta

Masaharu Akiba

Shigenori Moriuchi

Mitsunori Ono

Hisashi Okada

Hiroyuki Mifune

Keisuke Shiba

Ken Kawata

Nobuo Seto

Hiroo Takizawa

Tetsuro Kojima

Hisashi Mikoshiba

Hidetoshi Kobayashi

Yoshihiro Takagi

Mitsuru Sawano

Naoki Saito

Katsumi Kobayashi

Koji Takaku

Shinichi Morishima

Masao Kitajima

Seiji Horie

Keiichi Suzuki

Shu Kobayashi

Takahiro Goto

Yoshihiro Jimbo

Kanji Meguro

Isamu Itoh

Fuminori Arai

Mitsuo Saitou

Naoyuki Hanaki

Michihiro Shibata

Tetsuo Nakamura

Nobuo Sakai

Takeharu Tani

Naoyuki Hayashi

Shoji Ishiguro

Hirotaka Kitagawa

Jun Yamaguchi

Noriyuki Hosoi

Kuniaki Okamoto

Kiyoteru Miyake

Kentaro Okazaki

Taro Shibagaki

Tsutomu Arai

Masayoshi Tsuboi

Ryo Akiyama

Kokichi Waki

Shuzo Suga

Tomoaki Sugiyama

Ryo Nishio

Tasuku Satou

Akira Kase

Hiroshi Arakatsu

Hiroyuki Ozaki

Sadao Tanikoshi

Kimiaki Miyamoto

Kenta Yoshida

Kenichi Kuwabara

Yasuhito Momoki

Koh Takeuchi

Tomoyuki Shimoda

Masayuki Takami

The present invention provides a charge transport film which is prepared through subjecting a coating film including at least one charge transporting agent to an atmospheric pressure plasma treatment, wherein electron transfer between the charge transport film and a substance that contacts with the charge transport film is promoted, and deterioration in performance due to diffusion and mixing or crystallization of low molecular weight components, such as a charge transporting agent, incorporated in a cured film is suppressed also in the case of film formation by a wet method, and which exhibits excellent charge transportability and stability over time; a production method with good productivity; and a light-emitting element and photoelectric conversion element equipped with the charge transport film, the atmospheric pressure plasma treatment being preferably a treatment that applies plasma, which is generated using a plasma generating apparatus and conveyed using an inert gas, to the coating film.

Charge transport film, method for producing the same, and light-emitting element and photoelectric conversion element using the same

An oxygen permeability measuring apparatus for measuring an oxygen permeation rate of oxygen barrier film in a dark room is provided. A container is charged with inert gas, and sealed hermetically by use of the oxygen barrier film at least partially. A chemiluminescent compound is contained in the container, for emitting light by oxidation with the oxygen. A photon detector detects photons emitted by the chemiluminescent compound so as to determine an amount of the oxygen permeated through the oxygen barrier film. Preferably, the container includes a container body. An opening is formed in the container body, and closed hermetically by the oxygen barrier film attached thereto. The photon detector is disposed inside or outside the container. The oxygen permeation rate is equal to or less than 10cc/m&#xb7;day&#xb7;atm. The chemiluminescent compound includes tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene.

Oxygen permeability measuring apparatus and method, and defect inspection apparatus and method

A method for crystallizing a thin film A gate insulating film formed on a substrate so as to cover a gate electrode. A light absorption layer is formed thereon through a buffer layer. Energy lines Lh are applied to the light absorption layer from a continuous-wave laser such as a semiconductor laser. This anneals only a surface side of the light absorption layer Lh and produces a crystalline silicon film obtained by crystallizing the amorphous silicon film using heat generated by thermal conversion of the energy lines Lh at the light absorption layer and heat of the annealing reaction.

Method for crystallizing thin film, method for manufacturing thin film semiconductor device, method for manufacturing electronic apparatus, and method for manufacturing display device

A thin film transistor having a crystalline silicon film that is formed over an insulating substrate with a gate electrode and a gate insulating film in between, and has a channel region in a region corresponding to the gate electrode; an insulating channel protective film that is selectively formed in a region corresponding to the channel region on the crystalline silicon film; an n+ silicon film having a source region and a drain region that sandwich a region corresponding to the channel region on the channel protective film and the crystalline silicon film; and a metal film having a source electrode and a drain electrode that respectively correspond to the source region and the drain region.

Method of manufacturing thin film transistor, thin film transistor, and display unit

The present invention provides a color tone variable film which is formed by a reaction of a cationic polymer containing a structural unit containing a positive ionic group in a side chain and a compound containing an acid group and a partial structure which can change color tone as a result of energy application, which can be formed by a wet method, which has flexibility and strength in practical use, and which changes color tone with high sensitivity as a result of energy application, a simple manufacturing method thereof, and an electrochromic element obtained by the manufacturing method.

Color tone variable film, method of manufacturing the same, and electrochromic element obtained by the manufacturing method

A gate insulating film () is formed on a substrate () so as to cover a gate electrode (), and an amorphous silicon film (semiconductor thin film) () is further formed. A light absorption layer () is formed thereon through a buffer layer (). Energy lines Lh are applied to the light absorption layer () from a continuous-wave laser such as a semiconductor laser. This oxidizes only a surface side of the light absorption layer Lh and produces a beautiful crystalline silicon film () obtained by crystallizing the amorphous silicon film () using heat generated by thermal conversion of the energy lines Lh at the light absorption layer () and heat of the oxidation reaction. This provides a method for crystallizing a thin film with good controllability at low costs achieved with simpler process.

The objective is to present compositions obtained by supporting by polymers micro clusters of transition metals and the like that are useful as catalysts in various reactions and, once used, are readily recovered and reused. A polymer-supported metal cluster composition is obtained by supporting a transition metal by a cross-linked polymer, and the polymer-supported cluster composition is characterized by the cross-linked polymer obtained by cross-linking of a cross-linkable polymer containing a hydrophilic side chain and a hydrophobic side chain group having a cross-linkable functional group. This polymer-supported metal cluster composition is, for example, preferably formed by first forming a micelle composed of the metal clusters supported by the cross-linkable polymer in a suitable solution and subsequently subjecting the cross-linkable polymer to a cross-linking reaction. The composition is useful as a catalyst and the like in hydrogenation reactions, dehydrogenation reactions, allylic substitution reactions, oxidation reactions, coupling reactions and carbonylation reactions.

Polymer-supported metal cluster composition

A crosslinked carbon nanotube, in which multiple carbon nanotubes therein are crosslinked with each other at multiple cross-linking sites via a connecting group containing a &#x3c0;-electron conjugation system, and the bond between the connecting group and the carbon nanotube is not an ester or amido bond.

Crosslinked carbon nanotube

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of: modifying a semiconductor film by applying a laser beam; and forming a semiconductor device on the modified semiconductor film. In the step of modifying the semiconductor film, the laser beam and the substrate are moved relative to each other in a first direction and a second direction which is opposite to the first direction, a change in an optical characteristic between an area irradiated with the laser beam and an area which is not irradiated with the laser beam in the substrate or an optical characteristic of the irradiated area is measured in each of the first and second directions, and irradiation power of the laser beam is modulated so that the difference between a measurement result in the first direction and a measurement result in the second direction lies in a predetermined range.

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, method of manufacturing display apparatus, apparatus of manufacturing semiconductor device, and display apparatus

A two-photon absorbing optical recording material comprising at least one two-photon absorbing compound and a recording component is provided. Recording is made on it by utilizing the two-photon absorption of the two-photon absorbing compound in the material, and then the material is irradiated with light to thereby detect the difference in the reflectance between the recorded area and the unrecorded area thereof, and the recorded information is thereby reproduced from the material, and also provided are a photosensitive polymer composition and a photon-mode recording method for the material.

Two-photon absorbing optical recording material and two-photon absorbing optical recording and reproducing method

A dye composition is provided and includes a non-aqueous dye and an ionic liquid. A dyeing method is provided and includes a process of applying the dye composition to an object, and a process of removing fluidity of the dye composition.

Dye composition and dyeing method

A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor capable of inhibiting the characteristics variation of the thin film transistor without deteriorating the characteristics thereof is provided. A crystalline silicon film is formed by indirect heat treatment through a photothermal conversion layer and a buffer layer. By patterning the buffer layer and an insulating film, a channel protective film is selectively formed in a region corresponding to a channel region on the crystalline silicon film. Further, when an n+ silicon film and a metal layer are selectively removed, the channel protective film functions as an etching stopper. When the crystalline silicon film is formed, heat is uniformly supplied. Further, in etching, the channel region of the crystalline silicon film is protected.

The present invention relates to a compound defined by a formula herein, a composition and/or a method relating to one or more of the defined compounds.

Near infrared fluorescent contrast agent and fluorescence imaging

A near infrared fluorescent contrast agent comprising a compound having three or more sulfonic acid groups in a molecule, and a method of fluorescence imaging comprising introducing the near infrared fluorescent contrast agent of the present invention into a living body, exposing the body to an excitation light, and detecting near infrared fluorescence from the contrast agent. The near infrared fluorescent contrast agent of the present invention is excited by an excitation light and emits near infrared fluorescence. This infrared fluorescence is superior in transmission through biological tissues. Thus, detection of lesions in the deep part of a living body has been made possible. In addition, the inventive contrast agent is superior in water solubility and low toxic, and therefore, it can be used safely.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yoshio Inagaki