Patents by Inventor Rie Makiura

Rie Makiura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9540712
    Abstract: The alloy fine particles of the present invention are fine particles of a solid solution alloy, in which a plurality of metal elements are mixed at the atomic level. The production method of the present invention is a method for producing alloy fine particles composed of a plurality of metal elements. This production method includes the steps of (i) preparing a solution containing ions of the plurality of metal elements and a liquid containing a reducing agent; and (ii) mixing the solution with the liquid that has been heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kitagawa, Kohei Kusada, Rie Makiura
  • Patent number: 9273378
    Abstract: The alloy fine particles of the present invention are fine particles of a solid solution alloy, in which a plurality of metal elements are mixed at the atomic level. The production method of the present invention is a method for producing alloy fine particles composed of a plurality of metal elements. This production method includes the steps of: (i) preparing a solution containing ions of the plurality of metal elements and a liquid containing a reducing agent; and (ii) mixing the solution with the liquid that has been heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kitagawa, Kohei Kusada, Rie Makiura
  • Publication number: 20150231697
    Abstract: The alloy fine particles of the present invention are fine particles of a solid solution alloy, in which a plurality of metal elements are mixed at the atomic level. The production method of the present invention is a method for producing alloy fine particles composed of a plurality of metal elements. This production method includes the steps of (i) preparing a solution containing ions of the plurality of metal elements and a liquid containing a reducing agent; and (ii) mixing the solution with the liquid that has been heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi KITAGAWA, Kohei KUSADA, Rie MAKIURA
  • Patent number: 8987439
    Abstract: The three-dimensional structure of the present invention is a three-dimensional structure formed on a base. This three-dimensional structure contains a plurality of porphyrins, a plurality of first metal ions, and a plurality of specific organic molecules. The porphyrin contains two or more functional groups. The first metal ion is a metal ion for linking the functional group of one porphyrin to the functional group of another porphyrin. The above specific organic molecule is an organic molecule that forms a coordinate bond with a metal ion contained in the two-dimensional structure and that has only one site to coordinate to the metal ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Rie Makiura, Hiroshi Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20120296083
    Abstract: The three-dimensional structure of the present invention is a three-dimensional structure formed on a base. This three-dimensional structure contains a plurality of porphyrins, a plurality of first metal ions, and a plurality of specific organic molecules. The porphyrin contains two or more functional groups. The first metal ion is a metal ion for linking the functional group of one porphyrin to the functional group of another porphyrin. The above specific organic molecule is an organic molecule that forms a coordinate bond with a metal ion contained in the two-dimensional structure and that has only one site to coordinate to the metal ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Rie Makiura, Hiroshi Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20120094140
    Abstract: The alloy fine particles of the present invention are fine particles of a solid solution alloy, in which a plurality of metal elements are mixed at the atomic level. The production method of the present invention is a method for producing alloy fine particles composed of a plurality of metal elements. This production method includes the steps of: (i) preparing a solution containing ions of the plurality of metal elements and a liquid containing a reducing agent; and (ii) mixing the solution with the liquid that has been heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kitagawa, Kohei Kusada, Rie Makiura
  • Patent number: 7768197
    Abstract: An electroluminescence device having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a luminescent layer, and a buffer layer. The luminescent layer is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The buffer layer is disposed between the luminescent layer and the negative electrode, where the buffer layer is a plasma polymerized film made of a gas material and having an average thickness of equal to or less than 30 ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Rie Makiura
  • Patent number: 7652432
    Abstract: An organic electro-luminescence (EL) device including at least an emission layer between an anode and a cathode that are opposed to each other, including an anode buffer layer that is composed of an electrically conductive material and is provided between the anode and the emission layer, a cathode buffer layer that is composed of an electrically conductive material and is provided between the cathode and the emission layer, and a drive unit that applies a forward bias voltage and a reverse bias voltage that have opposite polarities to the anode and the cathode with setting application time periods of the forward bias voltage and the reverse bias voltage according to a luminance ratio of an image to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hara, Rie Makiura
  • Patent number: 7638949
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes: an emissive layer between an anode and a cathode facing each other; an anode buffer layer formed of a conductive material, installed between the anode and the emissive layer; a cathode buffer layer formed of the conductive material, installed between the cathode and the emissive layer; and a driving device which alternately applies a forward-biased voltage and a reverse-biased voltage which have different voltage values and polarities, to the anode and the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hara, Rie Makiura
  • Patent number: 7633222
    Abstract: An electroluminescence device having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a luminescent layer, and a buffer layer. The luminescent layer is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The buffer layer is disposed between the luminescent layer and the negative electrode, where the buffer layer is a plasma polymerized film made of a gas material and having an average thickness of equal to or less than 30 ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Rie Makiura
  • Patent number: 7621793
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic EL device provided at least with a light emitting layer between a first electrode and a second electrode disposed above a base member, includes a first step of forming a buffer layer above the first electrode, and at least a part of the buffer layer is formed by a plasma polymerization method in the first step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Rie Makiura
  • Patent number: 7514115
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention can provide a method of fabricating an organometallic compound film capable, by stably forming a film with the organometallic compound, of increasing bonding forces of junction interfaces and of realizing a hyper thin film, the organometallic compound film, and an organoelectronic device (e.g., an organic electroluminescence device, an organic solar battery, or an organic thin film transistor) and an electronic device equipped with the organometallic compound film are provided. The method of fabricating a thin film of an organometallic compound on a substrate, can include the step of forming an organic material by a liquid phase process and the step of forming metal by a vapor phase process to form a thin film of an organometallic compound composed of the organic material and the metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Takashima, Katsuyuki Morii, Hirofumi Hokari, Rie Makiura
  • Publication number: 20070228356
    Abstract: Organic-inorganic composite semiconductor material including material mainly made of at least one kind of a metal ion selected from an alkali metal ion, an alkali earth metal ion and a rare-earth metal ion, and a chemical compound represented by the following general formula (1): where Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 are each independently an aromatic ring group that optionally has a substituent group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation, Dyden Corporation, Kyushu Electric Power Company, Incorporated
    Inventors: Rie Makiura, Tomoyuki Okuyama, Takeo Kawase, Mitsuharu Noto, Tsuyoshi Hayashida, Yasuyuki Goto
  • Patent number: 7252570
    Abstract: According to the manufacturing method for an organic electroluminescence device comprising luminescent layers between an anode and a cathode, electron transport layer forming materials are introduced in the liquid phase process so as to form electron transport layers. First materials composed of prescribed elements, such as halides (e.g., LiF) or oxides of alkali metals, alkali earth metals, and rare earth metals, are introduced into openings of organic bank layers so as to form electron transport layers on blue-color luminescent layers realizing blue-color emission; and second materials composed of organic metallic complex (e.g., ?-diketone complex), generally expressed in a chemical formula MAn using a center atom M (e.g. Ca) and a ligand A (e.g., acetylacetone (acac)), are introduced into openings of organic bank layers so as to form electron transport layers on red-color and green-color luminescent layers realizing red-color and green-color emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Takashima, Shuichi Takei, Katsuyuki Morii, Hirofumi Hokari, Rie Makiura, Shunichi Seki
  • Publication number: 20070120115
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting element comprises: an anode;an organic light-emitting layer formed on one surface of the anode, an electron transportation layer formed on the organic light-emitting layer; and a cathode formed on a side being opposite to the organic light-emitting layer with respect to the electron transportation layer. A main material of the electron transportation layer is composed of an organic compound with electron transportation characteristic having at least one element that holds a unshared electron pair, and a metal ion including at least one kind of an alkali metal ion, alkaline earth metal ion and rare earth metal ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rie MAKIURA, Tomoyuki OKUYAMA, Takeo KAWASE
  • Publication number: 20070098879
    Abstract: The method of manufacturing a light-emitting element includes: a) forming a coating film made mostly of a polysiloxane derivative, the process a) including applying a monomer corresponding to the desired polysiloxane derivative on a surface of an anode and polymerizing the monomer by plasma polymerization,; b) forming an anode buffer layer, the process b) including irradiating ultraviolet light onto the coating film to change the polysiloxane derivative in the coating film into silicon dioxide (SiO2); c) forming a semiconductor layer having at least a light-emitting layer on the anode buffer layer ;and d) forming a cathode on a side opposite to the anode of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rie MAKIURA
  • Publication number: 20070090752
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence device includes a process for forming a positive electrode on a substrate, a process for forming a luminescent layer on the positive electrode, a process for forming a buffer layer on the luminescent layer, and a process for forming a negative electrode on the buffer layer, in which the buffer layer is formed by plasma polymerization using gas material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rie MAKIURA
  • Publication number: 20060220543
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic EL device provided at least with a light emitting layer between a first electrode and a second electrode disposed above a base member, includes a first step of forming a buffer layer above the first electrode, and at least a part of the buffer layer is formed by a plasma polymerization method in the first step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rie Makiura
  • Publication number: 20060208657
    Abstract: An organic electro-luminescence (EL) device including at least an emission layer between an anode and a cathode that are opposed to each other, including an anode buffer layer that is composed of an electrically conductive material and is provided between the anode and the emission layer, a cathode buffer layer that is composed of an electrically conductive material and is provided between the cathode and the emission layer, and a drive unit that applies a forward bias voltage and a reverse bias voltage that have opposite polarities to the anode and the cathode with setting application time periods of the forward bias voltage and the reverse bias voltage according to a luminance ratio of an image to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hara, Rie Makiura
  • Publication number: 20060192497
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes: an emissive layer between an anode and a cathode facing each other; an anode buffer layer formed of a conductive material, installed between the anode and the emissive layer; a cathode buffer layer formed of the conductive material, installed between the cathode and the emissive layer; and a driving device which alternately applies a forward-biased voltage and a reverse-biased voltage which have different voltage values and polarities, to the anode and the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hara, Rie Makiura