Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a metal wiring on a substrate, including the steps of: forming a first layer containing a first material in at least part on the substrate; forming a crack in the first layer to form the first layer having the crack; and forming a second layer containing a second material in the first layer having the crack.

Abstract: A conveyance route switching mechanism and a paper sheet handling apparatus that includes the conveyance route switching mechanism include a driving source, a gate, a first gear, and an internal gear. The driving source includes a driving shaft. The gate includes a gate shaft, and a blade that is provided on the gate shaft, and switches conveyance routes of paper sheets. The first gear is provided on the gate shaft. The internal gear meshes with the first gear. According to rotation of the driving shaft, the gate shaft rotates on an axis of the gate shaft, and revolves with the driving shaft as a rotation center while the first gear meshes with the internal gear.

Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus includes: a partition portion that forms an insertion space into which a paper sheet is inserted from an insertion port with a first opposing portion, and forms a taking-out space from which the paper sheet is taken out from the insertion port with a second opposing portion; and a conveyor that conveys the paper sheet left in the taking-out space in a state of protruding toward the taking-out space from a first opening portion of the first opposing portion and a second opening portion of the partition portion. The partition portion includes a second shutter that openably closes the second opening portion, and a second shutter opening/closing unit that opens the second opening portion by opening the second shutter in conjunction with an operation in which the partition portion moves to the remaining banknote conveyance position.

Abstract: A conveyance route switching mechanism and a paper sheet handling apparatus that includes the conveyance route switching mechanism include a driving source, a gate, a first gear, and an internal gear. The driving source includes a driving shaft. The gate includes a gate shaft, and a blade that is provided on the gate shaft, and switches conveyance routes of paper sheets. The first gear is provided on the gate shaft. The internal gear meshes with the first gear. According to rotation of the driving shaft, the gate shaft rotates on an axis of the gate shaft, and revolves with the driving shaft as a rotation center while the first gear meshes with the internal gear.

Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus includes: a first facing section and a second facing section that are disposed to face each other across an insertion/take-out space; a partition section that is disposed between the first and second facing sections so as to be capable of moving in a facing direction in which the first and second facing sections face each other, forms, within the insertion/take-out space, an insertion space between the partition section and the first facing section, and forms, within the insertion/take-out space, a take-out space between the partition section and the second facing section. The partition section includes a movable member provided at a leading end portion of the partition section on an insertion/take-out port side and capable of moving toward each of the first facing section and the second facing section.

Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus includes: a first facing section and a second facing section which are arranged so as to face each other in a facing direction with an insertion space interposed therebetween; and a conveyance section that conveys a paper sheet. The first facing section includes a first shutter that openably closes a first opening portion, and is disposed so as to be movable, in the facing direction, to an insertion position at a time when the paper sheet is inserted and a conveyance position at a time when the paper sheet is conveyed. The first facing section and the conveyance section include first shutter opening/closing units which open the first opening portion by meshing with each other to open the first shutter when the first facing section moves from the insertion position to the conveyance position.

Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus includes a support member that is disposed so as to face a taking-out port in a taking-out space in which a paper sheet is taken out from the taking-out port, and supports a lower end of the paper sheet. The support member moves toward the taking-out port at a time when the paper sheet is taken out.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a transistor being a bottom-gate transistor is provided. The method for manufacturing a transistor includes a step of forming a first metal layer 32 on an insulator layer 20 provided on a substrate 10 including a gate electrode, a step of applying a resist onto the first metal layer 32, and patterning the first metal layer 32 by a photolithographic method, an oxide film removal step of removing an oxide film 26 formed on the patterned first metal layer 32, and a step of forming a source electrode and a drain electrode by forming a second metal layer 42 on the first metal layer 32.

Abstract: A transistor manufacturing method includes forming a source electrode and a drain electrode on a substrate, forming a layer including an insulator layer to cover the source electrode and the drain electrode, and forming a gate electrode on the layer including the insulator layer, wherein the forming the gate electrode includes forming a plating base film, forming a protection layer of the plating base film, forming a photoresist layer on the protection layer to expose the photoresist layer with desired patterning light, causing the exposed photoresist layer to come into contact with a developer to remove the photoresist layer and the protection layer until the plating base film is uncovered corresponding to the patterning light, and after depositing a metal on the uncovered plating base film, causing an electroless plating solution to come into contact with the plating base film to perform electroless plating.

Abstract: A flexible sensor includes a substrate having flexibility; and a sensor element provided on the substrate, wherein the sensor element includes a transistor having a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode; and a variable resistance portion connected to either of the gate electrode, the source electrode, and the drain electrode, and the variable resistance portion has a resistance value changeable due to a strain, and wherein the variable resistance portion includes an extension portion extending in a direction.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a transistor being a bottom-gate transistor is provided. The method for manufacturing a transistor includes a step of forming a first metal layer 32 on an insulator layer 20 provided on a substrate 10 including a gate electrode, a step of applying a resist onto the first metal layer 32, and patterning the first metal layer 32 by a photolithographic method, an oxide film removal step of removing an oxide film 26 formed on the patterned first metal layer 32, and a step of forming a source electrode and a drain electrode by forming a second metal layer 42 on the first metal layer 32.

Abstract: Provided is a compound which is excellent terms of stability and tight adhesion to substrates and on which wiring can be formed by electroless plating. The compound is a high-molecular-weight compound having a constituent unit represented by the following formula (1). [In formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, m is an integer of 2-20, and Q represents a photosensitive leaving group].

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminate, transistor, and method of manufacturing transistor using a composition that includes an organic compound having a hydroxy group; a first cross-linking agent that is at least one organic silicon compound selected from the group including an organic silicon compound including a siloxane bond in the molecule and having three or more cyclic ether groups in the molecule, a chain organic silicon compound including two or more siloxane bonds in the molecule and having two or more cyclic ether groups in the molecule, a cyclic organic silicon compound including D unit in the molecule and having four or more cyclic ether groups bonded to a silicon atom of the D unit in the molecule, and a cyclic organic silicon compound including a T unit in the molecule and having two or more cyclic ether groups in the molecule; and a photocationic polymerization initiator.

Abstract: Laminate, method of manufacturing laminate, transistor, and method of manufacturing transistor using a composition having the following (a) to (c): (a) a first organic compound represented by Formula (1) below (R represents a hydrogen atom or a glycidyl group.

Abstract: A transistor manufacturing method includes forming a source electrode and a drain electrode on a substrate, forming a layer including an insulator layer to cover the source electrode and the drain electrode, and forming a gate electrode on the layer including the insulator layer, wherein the forming the gate electrode includes forming a plating base film, forming a protection layer of the plating base film, forming a photoresist layer on the protection layer to expose the photoresist layer with desired patterning light, causing the exposed photoresist layer to come into contact with a developer to remove the photoresist layer and the protection layer until the plating base film is uncovered corresponding to the patterning light, and after depositing a metal on the uncovered plating base film, causing an electroless plating solution to come into contact with the plating base film to perform electroless plating.

Abstract: A wiring pattern production method includes forming, on a substrate, a precursor film for a plating base film including a first formation material having an amino group protected by a photoreactive protecting group, forming a photoresist layer including a photoresist material on a surface of the precursor film, exposing the photoresist layer with a desired pattern of light, exposing the precursor film with a desired pattern of light to form the plating base film, developing the exposed photoresist layer, removing a deprotected protecting group, and depositing an electroless plating catalyst on the exposed surface of the plating base film.

Abstract: A wiring pattern manufacturing method includes: applying a liquid body including a first formation material on a substrate to form a base film; applying a liquid body including a second formation material on at least part of a surface of the base film to form a protection layer of the base film; forming a resist layer on a surface of the protection layer to expose the resist layer with desired patterning light; causing the exposed resist layer to come into contact with a developer to remove the resist layer and the protection layer until the base film is uncovered corresponding to the patterning light; and after depositing a catalyst on a surface of the uncovered base film, causing an electroless plating solution to come into contact with the surface of the base film to perform electroless plating.

Abstract: A banknote storage device includes a housing member having a loading region in which a banknote is loaded; a storage which is disposed to be adjacent to the housing member and in which the banknote is stored; a temporary accumulation region provided between the loading region and the storage so as to temporarily accumulate the banknote to be stored in the storage; and a push-in mechanism that pushes the banknote loaded to the loading region, into the temporary accumulation region and that pushes a plurality of the banknotes accumulated in the temporary accumulation region, into the storage.

Abstract: Laminate, method of manufacturing laminate, transistor, and method of manufacturing transistor using a composition having the following (a) to (c): (a) a first organic compound represented by Formula (1) below (R represents a hydrogen atom or a glycidyl group.