Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100098883 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE - A method and apparatus for producing one-dimensional nanostructures are disclosed. The production of the nanostructures is carried out by disposing a vanadium containing target facing a substrate; irradiating the target with laser light; and depositing target sublimation materials to the substrate under pressure conditions so that a plasma, which is generated by the laser light irradiation including target sublimation materials and gas atmosphere, does not substantially reach the substrate. | 04-22-2010 |
20100233874 | METHOD FOR FORMING FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT USING METAL-TO-INSULATOR TRANSITION MATERIAL, FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT FORMED BY METHOD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FUNCTIONAL DEVICE, AND FUNCTIONAL DEVICE PRODUCED BY METHOD - A method for forming a functional element includes a first step of forming an insulating layer composed of an insulator phase of a transition metal oxide serving as a metal-to-insulator transition material, the transition metal oxide being mainly composed of vanadium dioxide, and a second step of causing part of the insulating layer to transition to a metallic phase, in which the insulator phase differs from the metallic phase in terms of electrical resistivity and/or light transmittance. | 09-16-2010 |
20100264409 | MOLECULAR DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, PHOTOSENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A molecular device includes a gold electrode, cytochrome c552 or a derivative or variant thereof immobilized on the gold electrode, and an electron transfer protein coupled to the cytochrome c552 or the derivative or variant thereof. Electrons or holes, or both, are transferred through the electron transfer protein by transition of electrons between molecular orbitals of the electron transfer protein. | 10-21-2010 |
20100314617 | VANADIUM DIOXIDE NANOWIRE, FABRICATION PROCESS THEREOF, AND NANOWIRE DEVICE USING VANADIUM DIOXIDE NANOWIRE - A vanadium dioxide nanowire grown long and thin along a [110] direction is disclosed. | 12-16-2010 |
20110003320 | IMMUNOASSAY METHOD AND KIT AND DEVELOPING SOLVENT THEREFOR - An immunoassay method and a kit which comprises a combination of a test piece for immunochromatography and a developing solvent, by which a target substance is detected accurately in a short period of time while a preventing a nonspecific reaction. | 01-06-2011 |
20110152443 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLYMER MATERIAL - A method of manufacturing a polymer material which is allowed to manufacture β-phase PVDF easily and stably in a short time is provided. The method of manufacturing a polymer material includes a step of mixing an ionic liquid and a polymer compound including α-phase polyvinylidene difluoride to form a mixture, and then heating the mixture. | 06-23-2011 |
20120012823 | COLOR IMAGING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, PHOTOSENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, PHOTOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A color imaging element, a photosensor and a photoelectric transducer which use a protein and are capable of being stably used for a long time, and methods of manufacturing them are provided. A zinc-substituted cytochrome c552 is immobilized on a gold electrode with a self-assembled monolayer in between to form a blue-light photoelectric transducer. Alternatively, a cytochrome c552 is immobilized on a gold electrode with a self-assembled monolayer in between, and a fluorescent protein absorbing blue light is bonded to the cytochrome c552, thereby forming a blue-light photoelectric transducer. These photoelectric transducers each are used as a color imaging element or a blue-light photoelectric transducer of a photosensor. | 01-19-2012 |
20120021280 | COMPOSITE ELECTRODE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A composite electrode includes a plate-shaped conductor; a plurality of auxiliary electrodes disposed such that ends of the plurality of auxiliary electrodes are connected to a surface of the plate-shaped conductor and the plurality of auxiliary electrodes extend from the surface of the plate-shaped conductor; and an active material layer formed between the plurality of auxiliary electrodes so as to be in contact with the plate-shaped conductor. When the height of the plurality of auxiliary electrodes is defined as h, the center-to-center spacing of auxiliary electrodes facing each other in the plurality of auxiliary electrodes or the spacing of auxiliary electrodes facing each other in the plurality of auxiliary electrodes is h or more and 2h or less. | 01-26-2012 |
20120063015 | LENS BARREL - A lens barrel includes a lens frame, a guide shaft, a lead screw, a nut, and a biasing spring. The guide shaft is inserted into the lens frame. The nut is threaded onto the lead screw. The biasing member biases the lens frame toward the nut. The lens frame includes a first bearing component having a first insertion hole and a second bearing component having a second insertion hole. The guide shaft hits an inner peripheral face of the first insertion hole at a first and second contact point, and hits an inner peripheral face of the second insertion hole at a third and fourth contact point. The first and second contact points are disposed on opposing side of the third and fourth contact points using as a reference a parallel plane which extends along the direction of an optical axis and passes through a guide axis. | 03-15-2012 |
20120069459 | LENS BARREL - A lens barrel is provided that includes an image optical system with an optical axis. The lens barrel has a first lens, a second lens, a guide shaft, and a driving unit, an adjusting mechanism, and a base frame. The adjusting mechanism is coupled to the guide shaft and has a first and a second portion. The first portion is deflectable and supports one end of the guide shaft. The second portion is configured to press against the first portion to deflect the first portion at an angle relative to the optical axis. The adjusting mechanism is configured to adjust the position of the guide shaft. The guide shaft is arranged to at least partially overlap the driving unit in the circumferential direction around the optical axis, and the first lens is arranged to at least partially overlap the adjusting mechanism in the radial direction relative to the optical axis. | 03-22-2012 |
20120288299 | TONER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A set of toners including yellow, cyan, magenta, and black toner, each of which containing a binder resin containing a crystalline resin and a non-crystalline resin, a releasing agent, and a corresponding coloring agent, wherein the following relationship is satisfied: 0.811-15-2012 | |
20130224885 | BLUE-COLORED GOLD NANOPARTICLES FOR IMMUNOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SAME, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD USING SAME - Gold nanoparticles which comprises organic buffer containing a piperazine ring, gold, and an organic acid having reducing properties and which shows a blue color by visually view when it is dispersed as a colloidal solution, can be produced easily by conducting a nucleus formation step by reacting organic acid containing a piperazine ring with a solution of a first gold salt to form nucleus gold nanoparticles and a growth step by simultaneously adding and reacting a solution of a second gold salt and an organic acid having reducing properties with a solution of the nucleus gold nanoparticle to grow the nucleus gold nanoparticles. The produced gold nanoparticles can be used as labeling particles in an immunological measurement method. | 08-29-2013 |
20130235289 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes: pixels corresponding to respective plural colors arranged in matrix, wherein each pixel has a pixel circuit portion in which a circuit for display driving of the pixel is arranged and a pixel opening to be an area obtaining effective display light, the pixel openings of the pixels corresponding to at least one color have an area different from areas of the pixel openings of pixels corresponding to other colors, and the pixel circuit portions in respective pixels are arranged at equal pitches. | 09-12-2013 |
20130243488 | TONER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner including: toner base particles; and external additive, the toner base particles each comprising binder resin and colorant, wherein the external additive comprises coalesced particles, the coalesced particles are each a non-spherical secondary particle in which primary particles are coalesced together, and an index of a particle size distribution of the coalesced particles is expressed by Formula (1): | 09-19-2013 |
20130244155 | TONER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner including: toner base particles; and an external additive, the toner base particles each comprising a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the external additive comprises non-spherical particles and spherical particles, wherein the non-spherical particles are each a secondary particle in which spherical primary particles are coalesced together, and wherein the non-spherical particles and the spherical particles in the external additive satisfy a relationship expressed by the following formula (1): | 09-19-2013 |
20130244156 | TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner for developing an electrostatic image, including: toner base particles each including a binder resin and a releasing agent; and inorganic fine particles, wherein the toner includes the inorganic fine particles as an external additive on a surface of the toner base particle, wherein the toner base particles have a BET specific surface area of 2.5 m | 09-19-2013 |
20130244158 | TONER SET, DEVELOPER SET, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner set, including: a transparent toner including a binder resin a, a releasing agent a and no colorant; and one or more color toners, each including a binder resin b, a colorant b and a releasing agent b, wherein the binder resin a includes a non-crystalline resin α and a crystalline resin α, the binder resin b includes a non-crystalline resin β and a crystalline resin β, the releasing agent a has an average particle diameter as a long diameter of 0.2 μm to 2.0 μm, and there is a relationship of 1 | 09-19-2013 |
20140086605 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a transfer unit, and a control unit. The image carrier has a surface to bear a toner image thereon. The transfer unit has a transfer member to transfer the toner image onto a recording sheet conveyed in a conveyance direction for trailing-end borderless image formation and duplex image formation. The transfer unit is configured to form the toner image on the recording sheet without forming a margin at a trailing end of the recording sheet in the conveyance sheet in the trailing-end borderless image formation. The transfer unit is configured to form the toner image on front and back faces of the recording sheet in the duplex image formation. When a width of the toner image formed in a borderless image area of the recording sheet in the trailing-end borderless image formation is smaller in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction than a threshold value, the control unit permits the duplex image formation. When the width is the threshold value or greater, the control unit prohibits the duplex image formation. | 03-27-2014 |
20140140731 | TONER, DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner including: a binder resin; a releasing agent; and a colorant, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline polyester resin and a non-crystalline polyester resin, wherein the releasing agent has an endothermic peak temperature of 60° C. to 80° C. at the second temperature rising in differential scanning calorimetry, and wherein the releasing agent is an ester wax which satisfies the following expressions (1) and (2): 1.1 Pa·s≦η*a≦2.0 Pa·s . . . Expression (1) 0.001≦η*b/η*a≦1.00 . . . Expression (2) where in Expressions (1) and (2), η*a denotes a complex viscosity (Pa·s) determined by measuring a dynamic viscoelasticity of the releasing agent at a measurement frequency of 6.28 rad/s, and η*b denotes a complex viscosity (Pa·s) determined by measuring a dynamic viscoelasticity of the releasing agent at a measurement frequency of 62.8 rad/s. | 05-22-2014 |