Abstract: A pattern forming method capable of easily removing a discontinuous portion in a pattern while keeping resistance of the pattern low. A pattern forming method including at least a printing step of printing a pattern intermediate containing a conductive material on a base material 1, and a plating step of subjecting the pattern intermediate to an electroplating treatment, in which the pattern intermediate printed in the printing step has a plating target portion that is energized in the plating step and a discontinuous portion that is discontinuously formed from the plating target portion and is not energized in the plating step, and in the plating step, by performing an electric field plating treatment using a plating solution containing at least two or more types of metal salts containing different types of metals and a complexing agent, the discontinuous portion of the pattern intermediate is removed to form a pattern constituted by the plating target portion covered with a plating film.

Abstract: This ink-jet ink (hereinafter, referred to as “ink”) comprises an aqueous solvent, a pigment, and a thixotropic agent, and is characterized by having a viscosity at 25° C. of 15 mPa·s or lower at a shear rate of 1,000 (1/s) and having a viscosity at 25° C. of 150 mPa·s or higher at a shear rate of 1 (1/s) in a state in which the aqueous solvent has been removed therefrom so that the mass of the ink is 80% of the initial mass.

Abstract: Provided are a substrate with a functional fine line having excellent optical properties and excellent adhesion of the functional fine line, and a method for forming the functional fine line. The substrate with a functional fine line according to the present invention has an undercoat layer including a hydrophobically modified polyester resin on the substrate, and has a functional fine line including a deposit of functional microparticles and having a line width of 1 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less on the undercoat layer. The method for forming a functional fine line according to the present invention includes forming an undercoat layer including a hydrophobically modified polyester resin on a substrate, and then forming a functional fine line including a deposit of functional microparticles and having a line width of 1 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less on the undercoat layer.

Abstract: A pattern forming method capable of easily removing a discontinuous portion in a pattern while keeping resistance of the pattern low. A pattern forming method including at least a printing step of printing a pattern intermediate containing a conductive material on a base material 1, and a plating step of subjecting the pattern intermediate to an electroplating treatment, in which the pattern intermediate printed in the printing step has a plating target portion that is energized in the plating step and a discontinuous portion that is discontinuously formed from the plating target portion and is not energized in the plating step, and in the plating step, by performing an electric field plating treatment using a plating solution containing at least two or more types of metal salts containing different types of metals and a complexing agent, the discontinuous portion of the pattern intermediate is removed to form a pattern constituted by the plating target portion covered with a plating film.

Abstract: Provided are a substrate with a functional fine line having excellent optical properties and excellent adhesion of the functional fine line, and a method for forming the functional fine line. The substrate with a functional fine line according to the present invention has an undercoat layer including a hydrophobically modified polyester resin on the substrate, and has a functional fine line including a deposit of functional microparticles and having a line width of 1 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less on the undercoat layer. The method for forming a functional fine line according to the present invention includes forming an undercoat layer including a hydrophobically modified polyester resin on a substrate, and then forming a functional fine line including a deposit of functional microparticles and having a line width of 1 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less on the undercoat layer.

Abstract: Provided is a photocurable ink jet ink, which contains maleimide compounds and with which low-temperature precipitation is controlled. In concrete terms, provided is a photocurable ink jet ink containing a first maleimide compound represented by general formula (1), a second maleimide compound having a chemical structure different from the first maleimide compound, and at least one butene diacid derivative.

Abstract: A thermal transfer image receiving sheet, excellent in releasability even after printing based on a thermal transfer process is performed a plurality of times, is provided. The thermal transfer image receiving sheet has: a substrate sheet; and an image receiving layer which is formed on the substrate sheet and having a binder resin, a high molecular weight silicone, and a low molecular weight-modified silicone. A kinematic viscosity of the high molecular weight silicone is 500000 mm2/s or more, and a kinematic viscosity of the low molecular weight-modified silicone ranges from 100 mm2/s to 100000 mm2/s.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a high performance and highly productive thermal transfer image-receiving sheet which solves drawbacks of the prior art, i.e., drawbacks such as the deterioration in sensitivity in using a pulp paper such as a coated paper as a substrate, and the reduction in productivity and the increase in cost in using a laminated and bonded sheet of a void-containing biaxially stretched film and a core material, is inexpensive, and can attain high-density and high-resolution images having no density irregularity and dot missing.

Abstract: A thermal transfer image receiving sheet, excellent in releasability even after printing based on a thermal transfer process is performed a plurality of times, is provided. The thermal transfer image receiving sheet has: a substrate sheet; and an image receiving layer which is formed on the substrate sheet and having a binder resin, a high molecular weight silicone, and a low molecular weight-modified silicone. A kinematic viscosity of the high molecular weight silicone is 500000 mm2/s or more, and a kinematic viscosity of the low molecular weight-modified silicone ranges from 100 mm2/s to 100000 mm2/s.

Abstract: There is provided a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet which has none of the offset of an antistatic agent, the transfer of the antistatic agent onto a carrier roll of a thermal printer or the like, a lowering in whiteness, glossiness, and sensitivity in printing of the thermal transfer image-receiving sheet, and a remarkable lowering in coating strength under high-humidity environmental conditions and thus can realize stable and excellent antistatic properties. The thermal transfer image-receiving sheet comprises a substrate sheet and a dye-receptive layer provided on at least one side of the substrate sheet. An electrically conductive layer is provided as at least one layer between the substrate sheet and the receptive layer, or as at least one layer on the substrate sheet in its side remote from the receptive layer. The electrically conductive layer comprises electrically conductive synthetic phyllosilicate.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a thermal transfer image receiving sheet which can enhance sensitivity by low heat conductivity and can be easily manufactured at a low cost compared with the lamination of a foaming film. In a thermal transfer image receiving sheet 1 wherein a thermal insulation layer 5 and a dye receiving layer 8 are formed on a base material sheet 2, the thermal insulation layer 5 is formed by extrusion-molding a resin containing at least one of a foaming agent and hollow bodies. The resin extruded at the time of forming the thermal insulation layer 5 is inserted between the base material sheet 2 and the base material film 6, and the base material sheet 2 and the base material film 6 are bonded to each other via the thermal insulation layer 5. The dye receiving layer 8 is formed outside of the base material film 6.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal transfer image receiving sheet having a good productivity, capable of inexpensively obtaining an image with high density and high resolution. A dye receiving layer is provided on one surface side of a base material film, and a porous layer with hollow particles bonded by a binder resin provided on the other surface side, respectively. The porous layer is attached with a base material via an adhesive layer.

Abstract: The present invention is first directed to a thermal transfer sheet which is not high in cost for obtaining a substrate, does not involve a problem of blocking or the like at the time of winding after coating of a backside layer onto the substrate, can eliminate the need to provide a release layer on the protective layer region, and further can enhance glossiness of a print with a protective layer. The thermal transfer sheet comprises a substrate, a dye layer of at least one color and a thermally transferable protective layer provided in a face serial manner on one side of the substrate, a protective layer provided on a part of one side of the substrate, an easy-adhesion layer provided on the whole surface of the protective layer and the substrate, the dye layer being provided on the easy-adhesion layer in its region where the protective layer is not located on the underside of the easy-adhesion layer.

Abstract: There is provided a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet which can yield, on its receptive layer, a thermally transferred sublimation dye image possessing excellent resistance to hand cream, resistance to sebum, resistance to plasticizers, and resistance to fats and oil. The thermal transfer image-receiving sheet comprises: a substrate sheet; and, provided on at least one side of the substrate sheet in the following order, an intermediate layer and a dye-receptive layer, the intermediate layer comprising a resin layer comprising an inorganic pigment having an acicular crystal structure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal transfer image receiving sheet having a good productivity, capable of inexpensively obtaining an image with high density and high resolution. A dye receiving layer is provided on one surface side of a base material film, and a porous layer with hollow particles bonded by a binder resin provided on the other surface side, respectively. The porous layer is attached with a base material via an adhesive layer.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a thermal transfer image receiving sheet which can enhance sensitivity by low heat conductivity and can be easily manufactured at a low cost compared with the lamination of a foaming film. In a thermal transfer image receiving sheet 1 wherein a thermal insulation layer 5 and a dye receiving layer 8 are formed on a base material sheet 2, the thermal insulation layer 5 is formed by extrusion-molding a resin containing at least one of a foaming agent and hollow bodies. The resin extruded at the time of forming the thermal insulation layer 5 is inserted between the base material sheet 2 and the base material film 6, and the base material sheet 2 and the base material film 6 are bonded to each other via the thermal insulation layer 5. The dye receiving layer 8 is formed outside of the base material film 6.

Abstract: There is provided a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet which has none of the offset of an antistatic agent, the transfer of the antistatic agent onto a carrier roll of a thermal printer or the like, a lowering in whiteness, glossiness, and sensitivity in printing of the thermal transfer image-receiving sheet, and a remarkable lowering in coating strength under high-humidity environmental conditions and thus can realize stable and excellent antistatic properties. The thermal transfer image-receiving sheet comprises a substrate sheet and a dye-receptive layer provided on at least one side of the substrate sheet. An electrically conductive layer is provided as at least one layer between the substrate sheet and the receptive layer, or as at least one layer on the substrate sheet in its side remote from the receptive layer. The electrically conductive layer comprises electrically conductive synthetic phyllosilicate.

Abstract: There is provided a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet which has dyeability high enough to realize high-speed printing and low-energy printing, permits a protective layer to be thermally transferred onto an image formed on the thermal transfer image-receiving sheet, is free from heat fusing to a thermal transfer sheet at the time of image formation on the thermal transfer image-receiving sheet, and has satisfactory separability from the thermal transfer sheet.

Abstract: There is provided a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet which has dyeability high enough to realize high-speed printing and low-energy printing, permits a protective layer to be thermally transferred onto an image formed on the thermal transfer image-receiving sheet, is free from heat fusing to a thermal transfer sheet at the time of image formation on the thermal transfer image-receiving sheet, and has satisfactory separability from the thermal transfer sheet.

Abstract: The present invention is first directed to a thermal transfer sheet which is not high in cost for obtaining a substrate, does not involve a problem of blocking or the like at the time of winding after coating of a backside layer onto the substrate, can eliminate the need to provide a release layer on the protective layer region, and further can enhance glossiness of a print with a protective layer. The thermal transfer sheet comprises a substrate, a dye layer of at least one color and a thermally transferable protective layer provided in a face serial manner on one side of the substrate, a protective layer provided on a part of one side of the substrate, an easy-adhesion layer provided on the whole surface of the protective layer and the substrate, the dye layer being provided on the easy-adhesion layer in its region where the protective layer is not located on the underside of the easy-adhesion layer.