Abstract: Provided is an imaging element including: a light receiving element 20; and a stacked structure body 130 that is placed on a light incident side of the light receiving element 20 and in which a semiconductor layer 131 and a nanocarbon film 132 to which a prescribed electric potential is applied are stacked from the light receiving element side. The semiconductor layer 131 is made of a wide gap semiconductor with an electron affinity of 3.5 eV or more, or is made of a semiconductor with a band gap of 2.0 eV or more and an electron affinity of 3.5 eV or more.

Abstract: There is provided a film-forming apparatus including a roll-to-roll mechanism and a heating unit. The roll-to-roll mechanism is configured to transport a film-forming target and includes a tensile force relaxation unit configured to relax a tensile force applied to the transported film-forming target. The heating unit is configured to heat the film-forming target transported by the roll-to-roll mechanism.

Abstract: An imaging device includes imaging elements 12 arranged in two-dimensional matrix in a first direction and a second direction, an analog-digital (AD) converter 13, and a pixel signal reading device 16. The pixel signal reading device 16 selects spatially at random the imaging element 12 that outputs a pixel signal to the AD converter 13, and randomly outputs the pixel signal of the imaging element 12 from the AD converter 13.

Abstract: There is provided a film-forming apparatus including a roll-to-roll mechanism and a heating unit. The roll-to-roll mechanism is configured to transport a film-forming target and includes a tensile force relaxation unit configured to relax a tensile force applied to the transported film-forming target. The heating unit is configured to heat the film-forming target transported by the roll-to-roll mechanism.

Abstract: A light control device according to the present disclosure includes: stacked M (provided that M?1) light control layers 113M in each of which a first nanocarbon film 114, a first intermediate layer 117A, a dielectric material layer 116, and a second intermediate layer 117B are stacked; and a second nanocarbon film 115 formed on the second intermediate layer 117B included in an M-th light control layer 113M. A voltage is applied to the first nanocarbon film 114 and the second nanocarbon film 115.

Abstract: Provided is an imaging element including: a light receiving element 20; and a stacked structure body 130 that is placed on a light incident side of the light receiving element 20 and in which a semiconductor layer 131 and a nanocarbon film 132 to which a prescribed electric potential is applied are stacked from the light receiving element side. The semiconductor layer 131 is made of a wide gap semiconductor with an electron affinity of 3.5 eV or more, or is made of a semiconductor with a band gap of 2.0 eV or more and an electron affinity of 3.5 eV or more.

Abstract: A light control device 10 includes a pair of electrodes 611 and 612 and a stacked structure body 613? of a plurality of light control layers 613 sandwiched by the pair of electrodes 611 and 612; and each light control layer 613 has a stacked structure of a first insulating layer 614, a first nanocarbon film 615 doped with an n-type impurity or not doped with an impurity, a second insulating layer 617, and a second nanocarbon film 616 doped with a p-type impurity or not doped with an impurity.

Abstract: A CO2 recovery device includes a cooling tower including a cooling unit for bringing the flue gas, which contains CO2, into contact with water so as to cool flue gas; a CO2-absorbing unit for bringing the flue gas into contact with a CO2 absorbent (lean solution) so as to remove CO2 from flue gas; and a regenerator including an absorbent regenerating unit for releasing CO2 from a rich solution so as to regenerate the CO2 absorbent. The CO2-absorbing unit includes: a cocurrent flow CO2-absorbing unit provided in a cocurrent flow CO2 absorber, for bringing the flue gas into contact with the CO2 absorbent in a cocurrent flow so as to remove CO2 from flue gas and a countercurrent CO2-absorbing unit provided in a CO2 absorber, for bringing the flue gas into contact with the CO2 absorbent in a countercurrent flow so as to remove CO2 from flue gas.

Abstract: A laminated structure includes a first substrate, an adhesive, a graphene, and a second substrate. The adhesive is provided on a principal surface of the first substrate, and the adhesive has a storage elastic modulus of 7.2*104 Pa or more and 6.1*105 Pa or less at 23° C. The graphene is bonded to the adhesive, and the graphene has one or a plurality of layers. The second substrate is bonded to the graphene.

Abstract: There is provided an optical modulator capable of electrically controlling intensity of transmitted light in a desired wavelength range at a high speed and reducing the size of a device containing the optical modulator. The optical modulator includes first electrode; a second electrode; and a dielectric layer provided between the first and second electrodes. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises at least one layer of graphene. There are also provided an imaging device and a display apparatus each containing the optical modulator.

Abstract: There is provided a film-forming apparatus including a roll-to-roll mechanism and a heating unit. The roll-to-roll mechanism is configured to transport a film-forming target and includes a tensile force relaxation unit configured to relax a tensile force applied to the transported film-forming target. The heating unit is configured to heat the film-forming target transported by the roll-to-roll mechanism.

Abstract: A CO2 recovery system includes a CO2 absorption tower for absorbing CO2 in combustion exhaust gas into an absorbing solution by bringing the combustion exhaust gas into contact with the absorbing solution that absorbs CO2; a dissolved oxygen removing device that uses at least one device of a device for blowing bubbling gas into the rich absorbing solution into which CO2 has been absorbed, a device for applying ultrasonic oscillation, and a device for heating the rich absorbing solution; a bubble removing device that turns the rich absorbing solution into which CO2 has been absorbed in the CO2 absorption tower into a swirling flow or agitates the rich absorbing solution; and a regeneration tower that regenerates the absorbing solution by releasing CO2 from the absorbing solution from which oxygen has been removed by the dissolved oxygen removing device and the bubble removing device and obtains CO2 gas.

Abstract: A laminated structure includes a first substrate, an adhesive, a graphene, and a second substrate. The adhesive is provided on a principal surface of the first substrate, and the adhesive has a storage elastic modulus of 7.2*104 Pa or more and 6.1*105 Pa or less at 23° C. The graphene is bonded to the adhesive, and the graphene has one or a plurality of layers. The second substrate is bonded to the graphene.

Abstract: A dynamic quantity detecting member includes: a base substrate of which a part or the whole including a contact portion is deformed in accordance with pressing of a contact object and of which an original shape is recovered when the pressing of the contact object disappears; electrodes serving as displacement electrodes of which the plurality of electrodes are fixed to a surface or inside of the base substrate and of which at least one electrode is disposed in a deformable portion (which is a region deformable and displaceable during the deformation) of the base substrate; and wirings which are connected to the electrodes. During deformation, the displacement electrodes are deformed and displaced with the deformation and displacement of the deformable portion without separation from the base substrate and without damaging conductivity. The deformation and displacement of the deformable portion are detected as a variation in capacitance between the electrodes.

Abstract: A CO2 recovery device includes a cooling tower including a cooling unit for bringing the flue gas, which contains CO2, into contact with water so as to cool flue gas; a CO2-absorbing unit for bringing the flue gas into contact with a CO2 absorbent (lean solution) so as to remove CO2 from flue gas; and a regenerator including an absorbent regenerating unit for releasing CO2 from a rich solution so as to regenerate the CO2 absorbent. The CO2-absorbing unit includes: a cocurrent flow CO2-absorbing unit provided in a cocurrent flow CO2 absorber, for bringing the flue gas into contact with the CO2 absorbent in a cocurrent flow so as to remove CO2 from flue gas and a countercurrent CO2-absorbing unit provided in a CO2 absorber, for bringing the flue gas into contact with the CO2 absorbent in a countercurrent flow so as to remove CO2 from flue gas.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging element including: a plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion section; and a nano-carbon laminated film disposed on a side of a light receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion section and formed with a plurality of nano-carbon layers, transmittance of light and a wavelength region of transmissible light changing in the nano-carbon laminated film according to a voltage applied to the nano-carbon laminated film.

Abstract: A graphene structure includes a substrate and a graphene layer. The grapheme layer is laminated on the substrate, is formed of graphene doped with a dopant, and has a similar oxidation-reduction potential to that of water.

Abstract: A graphene structure includes a conductive layer and a protective layer. The conductive layer is formed of graphene doped with a dopant, and the protective layer is laminated on the conductive layer and formed of a material having a higher oxidation-reduction potential than water.

Abstract: Provided is a graphene production method including: contacting a carbon source substance with a surface of a flexible film-forming target having electrical conductivity; and applying a current to the film-forming target and heating the film-forming target at a temperature exceeding a graphene production temperature to produce graphene from the carbon source substance on the surface of the film-forming target.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thin film, includes the steps of: mixing a thin-film forming material and a surfactant to prepare a dispersion in which the thin-film forming material is dispersed; forming a dispersion film from the dispersion at an inner circumference side of ring-shaped holding means; relatively moving a cylindrical supporter and the dispersion film while being in contact with each other so that the dispersion is transferred on a surface of the supporter to have a film shape, the supporter being disposed between a central portion of an inside space of the holding means and an outer circumference thereof and along an inner circumference of the holding means; drying the dispersion having a film shape formed on the surface of the supporter to form the thin film.