Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion material containing an electrically conductive polymer and a thermal excitation assist agent, wherein the thermal excitation assist agent is a compound that does not form a doping level in the electrically conductive polymer, an energy level of LUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital) of the thermal excitation assist agent and an energy level of HOMO (highest occupied molecular orbital) of the electrically conductive polymer satisfy following numerical expression (I): 0.1 eV?|HOMO of an electrically conductive polymer|?|LUMO of a thermal excitation assistant agent|?1.9 eV wherein, in numerical expression (I), |HOMO of an electrically conductive polymer| represents an absolute value of an energy level of HOMO of the electrically conductive polymer, and |LUMO of a thermal excitation assist agent| represents an absolute value of an energy level of LUMO of the thermal excitation assist agent, respectively.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion material containing a carbon nanotube and a conjugated polymer, in which the conjugated polymer at least has, as a repeating unit having a conjugated system, (A) a condensed polycyclic structure in which three or more rings selected from hydrocarbon rings and heterocycles are condensed, and (B) a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon ring structure, a monocyclic aromatic heterocyclic structure, or a condensed ring structure including the monocyclic structure; and a thermoelectric conversion element using the same.

Abstract: An organoelectroluminescent element which can satisfy both a high external quantum efficiency and high power efficiency at the same time, which has on a substrate an anode, a first intermediate organic layer composed of at least one organic layer, a light-emitting layer, a second intermediate organic layer composed of at least one organic layer, and a cathode in this order, and in which light is extracted from the aforementioned anode side, wherein the aforementioned light-emitting layer contains a light-emitting material that is oriented in the horizontal direction with the substrate, the order parameter of the aforementioned light-emitting material in the aforementioned light-emitting layer is at least 0.7, and the relationship between the thickness T1 (nm) of the aforementioned first intermediate organic layer and the thickness T2 (nm) of the aforementioned second intermediate organic layer is such that 1.1<T1/T2<4.0 and also such that 20 nm<T2<80 nm.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion element formed by laminating, on a substrate having a porous anodic oxidation film of aluminum, a thermoelectric conversion layer which contains an inorganic oxide semiconductor or an element having a melting point of 300° C. or higher, as a main component, and which has a void structure; and a method of producing the same.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device, having a pair of electrodes, and an organic layer containing multiple light emitting layers provided between a pair of electrodes, wherein at least one of the multiple light emitting layers is formed by coating a liquid containing ingredients to constitute the layer in a state of solution or dispersion in an organic solvent through the use of a spraying method.

Abstract: A producing method of a plasma polymerized film includes irradiating a composition containing at least one kind of radically polymerizable compound, and at least one of a polymerization initiator and a chain transfer agent with plasma. The plasma polymerized film is formed by polymerizing a composition containing at least one of a polymerization initiator and a chain transfer agent, and at least one kind of radically polymerizable compound by irradiation of plasma.

Abstract: An electrically conductive composition, containing (A) a carbon nanotube, (B) an electrically conductive polymer, and (C) an onium salt compound, an electrically conductive film using the composition, and a method of producing the electrically conductive film.

Abstract: An electrically conductive composition, containing an electrically conductive polymer, and an onium salt compound as a dopant to the electrically conductive polymer, an electrically conductive film formed by shaping the composition and a method of producing the electrically conductive film.

Abstract: A thermoelectric power generation device includes a substrate and a thermoelectric conversion element formed on one surface of the substrate, the thermoelectric conversion element is formed so that the one surface side is used as a low temperature side, and the thermoelectric power generation device further includes: an electric storage circuit which is formed on other surface of the substrate to store electric energy generated by the thermoelectric conversion element; a first wiring which is a wiring formed on the other surface of the substrate to electrically connect the thermoelectric conversion element and the electric storage circuit to each other; and a heat radiation fin which is disposed above the other surface of the substrate to cover the first wiring in plan view.

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence device material, which, in its production, is free from formation of impurities that worsen the performance of organic EL devices, which, in forming an upper layer by coating, does not cause dissolution mixing or swelling mixing, which forms a film of good quality and which contributes toward improving the performance (high durability, and low driving voltage) of organic EL devices. The organic electroluminescence device material is a siloxane compound having a recurring unit represented by the following general formula (1): (In the general formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group; L1 represents a divalent linking group having at least 3 carbon atoms; and HL represents a group containing at least two triarylamine units.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an organic electroluminescence device which contains an anode, a cathode and an organic layer between the anode and the cathode where the organic layer contains a light-emitting layer and an adjacent layer adjacent to the light-emitting layer, the method including: applying to the adjacent layer a coating liquid prepared by dissolving or dispersing a light-emitting material and a host material in a solvent, and heating the coating liquid applied to the adjacent layer at a temperature higher than a melting temperature of the host material and higher than a boiling point of the solvent, to thereby form the light-emitting layer, wherein a difference as an absolute value between contact angle A (°) of the light-emitting layer with respect to pure water and contact angle B (°) of the adjacent layer with respect to pure water is 13 (°) or smaller.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device including an anode, a cathode, an organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, the organic layer containing a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer and an emission layer containing a host material, wherein the hole injection layer, the hole transport layer and the emission layer each contain a phosphorescent light-emitting material, wherein the hole injection layer contains the phosphorescent light-emitting material in an amount of 10% by mass or more but less than 50% by mass, and wherein a concentration of the phosphorescent light-emitting material contained in the hole transport layer is lower than that in the hole injection layer, and a concentration of the phosphorescent light-emitting material contained in the emission layer is lower than that in the hole injection layer and higher than that in the hole transport layer.

Abstract: An electroconductive material has a support, at least one electroconductive layer on or above the support, and an adhesive layer containing at least two binder resins between the support and the electroconductive layer. Preferably, the electroconductive layer contains PEDOT and PSS, the support is composed of PET, and the adhesive layer contains a polyurethane resin and an acrylic resin.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A composition includes: (B) an arylamine derivative having at least one polymerizable group; and (A) a cyano group-free azo based polymerization initiator.

Abstract: A nanocarbon film that is produced in such a manner that, after a nanocarbon dispersion containing nanocarbon and a dispersant is used to form a film containing the nanocarbon and the dispersant, an external stimulus is applied to the film to at least partially decompose the dispersant contained in the film. Light irradiation is preferably applied as the external stimulus.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device, having a pair of electrodes, and an organic layer containing multiple light emitting layers provided between a pair of electrodes, wherein at least one of the multiple light emitting layers is formed by coating a liquid containing ingredients to constitute the layer in a state of solution or dispersion in an organic solvent through the use of a spraying method.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device including a pair of electrodes provided with a vertical alignment film and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pair of electrodes and including a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal with positive dielectric anisotropy, a dichroic dye and a chiral reagent, with a ratio (P/G) of a chiral pitch length (P) of the liquid crystal composition to a gap (G) between the pair of electrodes being from 0.06 to less than 1.0.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal composition having at least a liquid crystal and a chiral dopant, in which the chiral dopant is a compound having a liquid crystalline group of a specific structure bonded to a rigid optically active compound. The present invention provides a liquid crystal element having at least a pair of electrodes in which at least one of the electrodes is a transparent electrode, and a liquid crystal layer containing the liquid crystal composition. The present invention also provides a reflective display material and a light-controlling material having at least the liquid crystal element, and a method of preparing the liquid crystal element by adding the chiral dopant to a host liquid crystal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a driving method using a liquid crystal light modulating device including transparent electrodes which each have a horizontally alignment film; and a liquid crystal composition which contains at least a chiral dopant, a dichroic dye and a host liquid crystal. The transparent electrodes face each other to have a cell gap having a width of 10 ?m or less therebetween. The liquid crystal composition is filled into the cell gap, and has a positive dielectric constant anisotropy. The driving method attains display-switching by (a) applying a higher voltage than a threshold voltage of the liquid crystal composition into the device so as to be transparent and colorless, (b) applying a lower voltage than a threshold voltage so as to be light-scattered white, or (c) applying no voltage so as to be colored.