Abstract: A triazole compound having a structure represented by the following Formula (1.2): wherein Z represents a structure represented by the following Formula (1.2a), q is 2 or 3, and at least two structures Z bonded to the benzene ring of Formula (1.2) and are located in the ortho- or meta-position relative to each other: wherein R10 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an alkoxy group, p represents an integer of 1 to 5, and * represents a position at which the structure is bonded to the benzene ring.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition capable of forming a film exhibiting a small humidity-dependent variation in optical values; a triazole compound to be incorporated into the resin composition; an optical film and an optical lens, each of which is prepared from the resin composition and exhibits a small humidity-dependent variation in optical values; and a polarizing plate, a circularly polarizing plate, and an image display device, each of which includes the optical film and exhibits excellent moisture resistance. The resin composition of the present invention contains a resin and a compound having a 5-membered or 6-membered aromatic hydrocarbon or heterocyclic ring, wherein the resin is a hygroscopic resin, the compound has at least three specific aromatic rings having a specific NICS value, and the specific aromatic rings are bonded to one another via a single bond or one or two atoms.

Abstract: This invention addresses the problem of providing a charge-transporting thin film with small variations in properties due to disturbance and small variations in resistance over time during application of current. The invention further provides a charge-transporting thin film with a secondary effect of small variations over time and stable luminescent properties. The charge-transporting thin film of the present invention contains one or more types of functional organic compounds having chiral elements, and is characterized in that the total of the number of chiral elements per molecule in each type of the functional organic compounds summed over all types of the functional organic compounds is four or more.

Abstract: This invention addresses the problem of providing an electronic device, organic electroluminescent device, conductive film, organic thin-film solar cell, and dye-sensitized solar cell provided with a charge-transporting thin film that exhibits excellent stability. In the presence of external disturbances, the charge-transporting thin film exhibits little in the way of fluctuations, and the resistance of the charge-transporting thin film changes little over time as current is supplied. As one of the secondary effects thereof, the charge-transporting thin film results in little in the way of changes in emission characteristics over time.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic electroluminescent element that has low drive voltage, high emission efficiency, long endurance and an excellent effect of preventing generation of dark spots. Another object of the present invention is to provide a lighting device and a display device each including the organic electroluminescent element. The organic electroluminescent element according to the present invention includes an anode, a cathode, and an emissive layer, and the organic electroluminescent element includes a layer containing compound A that has a difference of 0 nm or more and 5 nm or less between the maximum emission wavelength on the shortest wavelength side in an emission spectrum measured at 300 K and the maximum emission wavelength on the shortest wavelength side in an emission spectrum measured at 77 K.

Abstract: An image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording material includes a tubular rotary member including a conductive layer, a magnetic core inserted into a hollow portion of the rotary member, a coil helically wound around an outer side of the magnetic core in the hollow portion, and a control unit configured to control a frequency of an alternating current flowing through the coil, in which the conductive layer generates heat by an electromagnetic induction in an alternating magnetic field formed when the alternating current flows through the coil, and the control unit controls the frequency in accordance with a size of the recording material.

Abstract: The organic electroluminescent element prevents degradation of phosphorescent luminescent organic metal complexes in a light emitting layer, has a long life, and has superior color stability during continuously drive. The organic electroluminescent element has a blue light emitting layer with a phosphorescent light emitting organometallic complex (A) with a local maximum phosphorescent light emission wavelength on the short wave side of 480 nm or less, a phosphorescent light emitting organometallic complex (B), and a host compound. The content of complex (A) is greater than the content of the complex (B). The complex (A) and the host are such that a single layer made from complex (A) and the host compound, the value for the ratio ((D)/(C)) of the percent of remaining luminescence (C) which UV irradiation with a wavelength of 365 nm and the percent of remaining luminescence (D) with UV irradiation by a HgXe light source is 0.75-0.95.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an iridium complex having improved luminous efficiency and emission lifetime, a method for producing the same, an organic electroluminescent element using the iridium complex, and a display device and a lighting device that include the organic electroluminescent element. The iridium complex is contained in at least one organic layer sandwiched between an anode and a cathode of an organic electroluminescent element, and has a coefficient of external influence of 0.73 ?2/MW or less as defined by the following definition equation: Coefficient of external influence (Svdw)=Van der Waals surface area [?2]/molecular weight (MW).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic electroluminescent element containing an organic layer interposed between an anode and a cathode, the organic layer containing at least one light emitting layer, wherein the at least one light emitting layer contains a n-conjugated compound having an electron donor portion and an electron acceptor portion in the molecule; the n-conjugated compound has a direction vector from an atom having a HOMO orbital in the electron donor portion to an electron cloud of the HOMO orbital, and a direction vector from an atom having a LUMO orbital in the electron acceptor portion to an electron cloud of the LUMO orbital, and the two direction vectors form an angle ? in the range of 90 to 180 degrees; and the n-conjugated compound has a plurality of the electron donor portions or a plurality of the electron acceptor portions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an iridium complex having improved luminous efficiency and emission lifetime, a method for producing the same, an organic electroluminescent element using the iridium complex, and a display device and a lighting device that include the organic electroluminescent element. The iridium complex is contained in at least one organic layer sandwiched between an anode and a cathode of an organic electroluminescent element, and has a coefficient of external influence of 0.73 ?2/MW or less as defined by the following definition equation: Coefficient of external influence (Svdw)=Van der Waals surface area [?2]/molecular weight (MW).

Abstract: Provided is an optical film containing a cellulose derivative, the optical film having an in-plane retardation Ro550 within the range of 120 to 160 nm measured at a wavelength of 550 nm under an atmosphere of a temperature of 23° C. and a relative humidity of 55%, and a ratio Ro450/Ro550 within the range of 0.65 to 0.99, Ro450/Ro550 being a ratio of an in-plane retardation Ro450 measured at a wavelength of 450 nm to the in-plane retardation Ro550 measured at a wavelength of 550 nm, wherein, a substituent of a glucose skeleton in the cellulose derivative satisfies the requirements (a) and (b) which are described in the specification, and the optical film contains a compound A satisfying the following condition defined by Expression (a1) which is described in the specification.

Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element having high luminous efficiency and long life. Also disclosed are a display device and an illuminating device respectively using such an organic electroluminescent element. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element comprising an electrode and at least one or more organic layers on a substrate. This organic electroluminescent element is characterized in that at least one of the organic layers is a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent compound and a host compound, the phosphorescent compound has a HOMO of ?5.15 to ?3.50 eV and a LUMO of from ?1.25 to +1.00 eV, and the host compound has a 0-0 band of the phosphorescence spectrum at not more than 460 nm and a glass transition temperature of not less than 60° C.

Abstract: A method for synthesizing an organic metal complex having a substituent capable of coordinating to a central metal ion includes replacing substituents RX and RX? in an organic metal complex having a structure represented by general formula (2) with substituents RB and RB? in an organic metal complex having a structure represented by general formula (1), respectively:

Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element having high luminous efficiency and long life. Also disclosed are a display device and an illuminating device respectively using such an organic electroluminescent element. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element comprising an electrode and at least one or more organic layers on a substrate. This organic electroluminescent element is characterized in that at least one of the organic layers is a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent compound and a host compound, the phosphorescent compound has a HOMO of ?5.15 to ?3.50 eV and a LUMO of from ?1.25 to +1.00 eV, and the host compound has a 0-0 band of the phosphorescence spectrum at not more than 460 nm and a glass transition temperature of not less than 60° C.

Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element having high luminous efficiency and long life. Also disclosed are a display device and an illuminating device respectively using such an organic electroluminescent element. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element comprising an electrode and at least one or more organic layers on a substrate. This organic electroluminescent element is characterized in that at least one of the organic layers is a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent compound and a host compound, the phosphorescent compound has a HOMO of ?5.15 to ?3.50 eV and a LUMO of from ?1.25 to +1.00 eV, and the host compound has a 0-0 band of the phosphorescence spectrum at not more than 460 nm and a glass transition temperature of not less than 60° C.

Abstract: An optical film includes an optical functional layer on a supporting body containing a cellulose derivative as a major component. The optical functional layer is disposed on at least one surface of a film-like supporting body. The supporting body contains a cellulose derivative having an enhanced breaking elongation, and the supporting body has a breaking elongation of 110% or more of the breaking elongation of a supporting body containing a cellulose derivative whose breaking elongation is not enhanced.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element includes an organic layer including a compound having an electron donor moiety and an electron acceptor moiety in a single molecule. The compound satisfies the following expression: (?EH+?EL)?2.0 eV. ?EH represents a difference in energy level between a highest energy occupied molecular orbital spreading over the electron donor moiety and a highest energy occupied molecular orbital spreading over the electron acceptor moiety, and ?EL represents a difference in energy level between a lowest energy unoccupied molecular orbital spreading over the electron donor moiety and a lowest energy unoccupied molecular orbital spreading over the electron acceptor moiety, determined by molecular orbital calculation. A highest energy occupied molecular orbital of the compound has an energy level of ?5.2 eV or more. A lowest energy unoccupied molecular orbital of the compound has an energy level of ?1.2 eV or less.

Abstract: A spectral color sensor including a spectroscopic unit that disperses reflected light from a measurement target, and a light detection element that detects the dispersed light from the reflected light, comprises: a storage unit that stores a correspondence relationship between a pre-measured wavelength of the dispersed light projected on the light detection element and a projection position, as well as a stray light component; a first correction unit that, based on a measurement result when a color is measured, corrects the correspondence relationship between the wavelength of the dispersed light projected on the light detection element and the projection position stored in the storage unit; and a second correction unit that carry out wavelength correction on the stray light component stored in the storage unit using the corrected correspondence relationship between the wavelength and the projection position.

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent element containing an anode, a cathode, and an organic functional layer containing one or a plurality of light-emitting layers, the organic functional layer being interposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein at least one of the light-emitting layers contains a compound having two condensed aromatic rings bonded to each other with a linking group; and the condensed aromatic rings form a ?-? stacking structure in the molecule.

Abstract: An image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording material includes a tubular rotary member including a conductive layer, a magnetic core inserted into a hollow portion of the rotary member, a coil helically wound around an outer side of the magnetic core in the hollow portion, and a control unit configured to control a frequency of an alternating current flowing through the coil, in which the conductive layer generates heat by an electromagnetic induction in an alternating magnetic field formed when the alternating current flows through the coil, and the control unit controls the frequency in accordance with a size of the recording material.