Abstract: First and second transparent conducting layers each containing a binder resin and a nano-structured network having metal nanowire intersections, are respectively formed on first and second main faces of a transparent resin film, each of the first and second transparent conducting layers has an absorption peak based on the nano-structured network in an optical transmission spectrum, the transparent resin film has a thickness of 40 ?m or more. After first and second protection layers are respectively formed on the first and second transparent conducting layer, only the first transparent conducting layer is etched from the first protection layer side so that a first transparent conducting pattern having a first conducting region and a first non-conducting region is formed by the first transparent conducting layer on the first main face.

Abstract: This optical cell for sedimentation analysis has a pair of opposing surfaces through which light is transmitted, and two polarizing plates, in which each of the two polarizing plates is disposed in a crossed Nicols state on each of the inner surfaces of the pair of opposing surfaces.

Abstract: The present method for evaluating an orientation of silver nanowires is a method for measuring an orientation of silver nanowires included in a polyvinyl alcohol film, the method including measuring, using linearly polarized near-infrared light, a first transmittance T1 for polarized light perpendicular to an orientation direction of silver nanowires and a second transmittance T0 for polarized light parallel to the orientation direction of the silver nanowires in a polyvinyl alcohol film including the silver nanowires, and determining an orientation to be high in a case where a ratio (T1/T0) of the first transmittance T1 to the second transmittance T0 is greater than 1, and determining the orientation to be low in a case where the ratio is close to 1.

Abstract: An acceleration sensor is provided in which a sensitive color plate is provided between two polarizing plates that are in a crossed Nicol disposition, and a silver nanowire dispersion is disposed between the sensitive color plate and one of the polarizing plates.

Abstract: An acceleration sensor is provided in which a sensitive color plate is provided between two polarizing plates that are in a crossed Nicol disposition, and a silver nanowire dispersion is disposed between the sensitive color plate and one of the polarizing plates.

Abstract: In a method for producing a high-molecular-weight polymer sheet, when a monomer composition including silver nanowires is polymerized, the monomer composition is allowed to stand in a state in which a thickness direction of the obtained high-molecular-weight polymer sheet before the polymerization is a vertical direction, and the silver nanowires in the monomer composition are oriented in the vertical direction and polymerized.

Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of a polymerized polymer containing a silver nanowire, including a preparation step of preparing a monomer composition containing the silver nanowire, a polymerization step of performing polymerization of the monomer composition containing the silver nanowire, and a standing step of leaving the monomer composition to stand which is performed between the preparation step and the polymerization step, in which a start of the polymerization step is determined in the standing step based on an orientation state in a vertical direction of the silver nanowire in the monomer composition as an index.

Abstract: An evaluation method includes a step of disposing a sensitive color plate between two polarization plates disposed in a crossed Nicols shape, a step of disposing a measurement material that is a transparent material containing a nanowire between any of one polarization plate or the other polarization plate of the polarization plates and the sensitive color plate, a step of making white light incident from a side of one of the disposed polarization plates, a step of observing a color of the measurement material from a side of the other polarization plate, and a step of evaluating an orientation direction of the nanowire from the color of the measurement material obtained by observation.

Abstract: Provided are a conductive pattern manufacturing method and a conductive pattern formed substrate, capable of easily achieving a narrow pitch. A metal nanowire layer 12 is formed on the entirety of a part of at least one of the main faces of a substrate 10, pulsed light is irradiated thereto through a mask 14 provided with a light transmission portion 14a formed in a predetermined pattern, and the metal nanowires in the metal nanowire layer 12 at the region having the above predetermined pattern were sintered, to thereby obtain conductivity at the predetermined patterned region. Accordingly, a substrate provided with a conductive pattern having any selected pattern can be produced by simple steps.

Abstract: Provided are a transparent electrode and a production method thereof, the transparent electrode using metal nanowires and/or metal nanotubes as conductive components, and showing favorable surface flatness, conductivity, and light transmittance. A transparent conductive ink is prepared by dispersing metal nanowires and/or metal nanotubes in a solution formed by dissolving a thermoset or thermoplastic binder resin having no fluidity within the range of 5 to 40° C. to a solvent, the content of the binder resin being 100 to 2500 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the metal nanowires and/or metal nanotubes. An electrode pattern having a desired shape is printed on a substrate with the transparent conductive ink, and pulsed light is irradiated to the printed electrode pattern, to thereby obtain a transparent electrode having a surface resistance of 0.1 to 500?/? and a surface arithmetic average roughness Ra satisfying Ra?5 nm.

Abstract: Provided are a transparent electrode and a production method thereof, the transparent electrode using metal nanowires and/or metal nanotubes as conductive components, and showing favorable surface flatness, conductivity, and light transmittance. A transparent conductive ink is prepared by dispersing metal nanowires and/or metal nanotubes in a solution formed by dissolving a thermoset or thermoplastic binder resin having no fluidity within the range of 5 to 40° C. to a solvent, the content of the binder resin being 100 to 2500 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the metal nanowires and/or metal nanotubes. An electrode pattern having a desired shape is printed on a substrate with the transparent conductive ink, and pulsed light is irradiated to the printed electrode pattern, to thereby obtain a transparent electrode having a surface resistance of 0.1 to 500?/? and a surface arithmetic average roughness Ra satisfying Ra?5 nm.

Abstract: Provided are a conductive pattern manufacturing method and a conductive pattern formed substrate, capable of easily achieving a narrow pitch. A metal nanowire layer 12 is formed on the entirety of a part of at least one of the main faces of a substrate 10, pulsed light is irradiated thereto through a mask 14 provided with a light transmission portion 14a formed in a predetermined pattern, and the metal nanowires in the metal nanowire layer 12 at the region having the above predetermined pattern were sintered, to thereby obtain conductivity at the predetermined patterned region. Accordingly, a substrate provided with a conductive pattern having any selected pattern can be produced by simple steps.