Abstract: A display element comprising a pair of substrates; a display layer provided between the substrates for performing a display operation; and a looped seal member provided between the substrates for enclosing the display layer between the substrates; the substrates having different linear expansion coefficients; the looped seal member comprising a plurality of resin layers stacked from an inner side to an outer side, at least one of the resin layers being composed of a thermosetting resin, the rest of the resin layers being composed of a UV curable resin.

Abstract: A composite-based rim and methods for manufacturing such a rim are provided. The rim includes multiple fiber-based, co-mingled layers, wherein the strength and/or stiffness of the layers increases from the innermost layer of the rim to the outermost layer of the rim, but where the radial stress and strain generated in the rim decreases from the innermost layer to the outermost layer. Incorporation of this rim into a high stress and strain usage environment, such as a flywheel system, allows the rim to be spun at high speeds in order to generate high levels of kinetic energy while beneficially managing the amount of strain and radial stresses generated within the rim, and, in turn, minimizing or at least controlling the formation and propagation of cracks within the rim.

Abstract: The invention provides an electrode plate for a color display, a manufacturing method thereof, and a color display using the display plate, capable of preventing the physical/chemical damage of a color filter or an organic protective film in a more convenient way and capable of improving the adhesive properties with a conductive film.

Abstract: In a droplet spray apparatus spraying out ink from an ink path by altering the volume of an ink channel formed in a trench that is covered with a cover plate and that has a conductive member provided at one end formed at a piezoelectric member, an ink supply opening to supply ink is provided at the end side where the conductive member is provided. Accordingly, an ink jet head that can be made compact, fabricated easily, and superior in productivity is obtained.

Abstract: A display device capable of allowing a page to be turned to give a feeling as if a page is actually turned includes a memory for storing information, a display for displaying information, a page turn instruction unit for detecting that the unit itself is tilted to output a detection signal indicating the direction of the tilt, and a display control unit for receiving an instruction from the page turn instruction unit to read information of the next or previous page from the memory according to the direction of the tilt and display the read information on the display.

Abstract: A plasma deposition device 1 comprises electrodes 13 mounted on an electrode substrate 11, gas introducing holes 12 provided between said electrodes 13 for introducing material gas G to the interior, a deposition substrate 30 provided to oppose to said electrodes 13 from a predetermined distance d, and a power source 60 generating plasma from said material gas by providing energy thereto, wherein material gas G is resolved to active species R deposited on said deposition substrate 30, characterized in applying voltage to adjacent electrodes 13 so as to generate discharge DC.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a backing plate used for the sputtering apparatus and a sputtering method which can improve film deposition rate and film quality without increasing the size of the target with respect to the substrate. High sputtering power is applied to a target portion opposite to a location where a thin film is formed on a surface of a substrate, thereby a thin film having even film thickness and film quality can be formed without increasing the size of the target. Further, a cooling medium flow passage can eliminate temperature unevenness caused by different sputtering powers to be applied to a target surface. The problem caused by the temperature rise can be solved and the film deposition speed can be enhanced by increasing the sputtering power which can be applied to the target. Consequently, it is possible to improve productivity of the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment media for purifying water, and methods for forming such treatment media. Formation of the treatment media of the present invention entails heating an alumina substrate to a temperature in the range of 375° F. to 300° F. and then depositing a predetermined quantity and concentration of silver onto the activated alumina substrate such that silver ions are released and catalysis reactions occur, thus beneficially ensuring both an immediate and a residual germicidal effect to water that is treated by the treatment media.

Abstract: A composite active-matrix substrate includes: a plurality of active-matrix substrates which are disposed adjacent to one another; a base substrate which is disposed to oppose a bottom surface of the active-matrix substrates; a sealant which is disposed in the form of a frame between the active-matrix substrate and the base substrate; a first filler which fills a spacing surrounded by the active-matrix substrate, the base substrate, and the sealant; and a second filler which fills a gap between edges of the active-matrix substrates. The sealant prevents the first filler from seeping out. In this way, seeping of an adhesive filler can be prevented in the arrangement where a plurality of active-matrix substrates are fixed on the base substrate using the adhesive filler. An electromagnetic wave capturing device according to the present invention uses such a composite active-matrix substrate.

Abstract: An oxide film is formed on an insulating substrate by means of a wet type film forming technique such as a sol-gel method, a chemical deposition method or a liquid phase deposition method. Next, the oxide film is patterned according to the shape of interconnections. Then, a metal film made of Ni is formed on an oxide film pattern by such a wet type film forming technique as a wet type plating method. Further, a metal film made of Au that has a low resistance is laminated on the metal film made of Ni by electroless plating, and a metal film made of Cu that has a low resistance and is low cost is laminated on the Au film by electroplating. Thus, by the above method for manufacturing electric interconnections, a large-area interconnection substrate for a display device and an image detector is able to be fabricated at low cost without using a vacuum film forming apparatus.

Abstract: An alumina fiber aggregate comprising alumina short fibers whose average diameter is 4.0 to 10.0 &mgr;m and smallest diameter is not less than 3.0 &mgr;m, and a method of producing an alumina fiber aggregate which comprises spinning a spinning solution containing basic aluminum chloride, a silicon compound, an organic polymer and water by the blowing method, and calcining the obtained aggregate of alumina short fiber precursor, the spinning solution being one in which the aluminum/silicon ratio is 99/1 to 65/35 calculated as Al2O3/SiO2 ratio by weight, the concentration of basic aluminum chloride is 180 to 200 g/L and the concentration of the organic polymer is 20 to 40 g/L. The alumina short fibers in the alumina fiber aggregate are enlarged in diameter to suppress scattering of the fibers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polycarbonate which can be obtained by a melting method and has a viscosity-average molecular weight of 16000 to 27000, and whose loss angle &dgr; and complex viscosity &eegr;* (Pa·s) measured under the conditions of 250° C. and an angular velocity of 10 rad/s satisfy the following relation (1): 4,700≦Tan &dgr;/(&eegr;*)−0.

Abstract: A method is described for enhancing mass and heat transport of fluids in a fine pore structure through an appropriate modulation of the fluid pressure. For example, in an air drying process for a porous material that contains liquid, the air pressure is modulated throughout the volume of the drying chamber. Alternatively, the fluid pressure is modulated in a process stream. As an example, this method can be used for rapid drying of any open porous substances ranging from small pored materials such as aerogels and xerogels, to larger pored substances or articles such as industrial articles, agricultural articles (e.g., densely stacked vegetables, coffee beans, hops and other grains), paper-based products, thin films, pharmaceuticals, cloth, and clothing.

Abstract: An oxide film is formed on an insulating substrate by means of a wet type film forming technique such as a sol-gel method, a chemical deposition method or a liquid phase deposition method. Next, the oxide film is patterned according to the shape of interconnections. Then, a metal film made of Ni is formed on an oxide film pattern by such a wet type film forming technique as a wet type plating method. Further, a metal film made of Au that has a low resistance is laminated on the metal film made of Ni by electroless plating, and a metal film made of Cu that has a low resistance and is low cost is laminated on the Au film by electroplating. Thus, by the above method for manufacturing electric interconnections, a large-area interconnection substrate for a display device and an image detector is able to be fabricated at low cost without using a vacuum film forming apparatus.

Abstract: An image display device allowing viewing of zoomed images with good operability includes a divided line region extracting portion (2) for dividing a line region included in an input image in a line direction, and extracting a plurality of divided line regions; and a processing portion (4, 5) connected to the divided line region extracting portion (2) for zooming in or out, arranging and displaying the divided line regions at a predetermined zoom rate in units each formed of the extracted divided line region while keeping a sequence of arrangement.

Abstract: This invention is an optical data recording medium having a substrate protective film for effectively suppressing deformation (warpage) associated with change in environmental humidity. The optical data recording medium includes a transparent substrate, a thin film layer formed on one surface of the transparent substrate, a thin film protective film formed of a resin as a main component on the thin film layer, and a substrate protective film formed of a resin as a main component on the other surface of the transparent substrate than the thin film protective film, in which the thin film layer is a single layer film or a multi-layer film including at least one of a dielectric film, a recording film and a reflective film, and the substrate protective film has a coefficient of humidity expansion that is larger than a coefficient of humidity expansion of the thin film protective film.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display element includes a pair of substrates made of plastic, a liquid crystal sandwiched between the pair of substrates, and a plurality of spacers for maintaining a gap d between the pair of substrates, which are sandwiched between the pair of substrates, and when x is an average value of thickness of the plurality of spacers in a state without a load in such a direction that the plurality of spacers are sandwiched between the pair of substrates, d<x≦1.1d is satisfied. Further, in the liquid crystal display element, a numerical density of the spacers is set to be not less than 240 pieces/mm2 and not more than 300 pieces/mm2. Further, in the liquid crystal display element, an elastic modulus of the spacers is set to be larger than that of the pair of substrates. As a result, in the liquid crystal display element, color shading is suppressed while suppressing generation of bubbles in a vacuum region and reduction in contrast, thus obtaining desirable display quality of a display image.

Abstract: The electron-source array of the present invention is provided with cathode electrodes placed on an insulation substrate in the form of lines; and gate electrodes that are placed face to face with the cathode electrodes with the insulation film being interpolated in between. In this arrangement, the cathode electrodes and the gate electrodes are arranged so as to intersect each other with a pore being formed at an intersecting portion between each cathode electrode and each gate electrode in a manner so as to penetrate the insulation film, and the pore is filled with a conductive material or a semiconductive material with the material being electrically connected to the corresponding cathode electrode, and is formed in a manner so as to separate from the gate electrodes with a space in between. Thus, it becomes possible to form very fine emitters uniformly without the need for a high-precision patterning technique and consequently to provide an electron-source array that enables an X-Y matrix driving process.

Abstract: There are disclosed a conductive antioxidant paint suitably used as an antioxidant material for a graphite electrode used in arc furnaces such as electric steel-making furnaces, and a graphite electrode coated with the conductive antioxidant paint.

Abstract: A management system for semiconductor fabrication devices is provided with a sensor for always collecting management information from a fabrication device provided in a semiconductor fabrication process line, and a determiner for monitoring the management information collected by the sensor as a time-sequential measured value pattern, and for comparing the measured value pattern with a set value pattern registered beforehand in accordance with the management information. This enables to presume causes or the like of failures based on data, and hence, to immediately identify the causes of even sudden failures, thereby allowing measures to be immediately taken. Consequently, the process line can be stably operated.