Abstract: A transfer device for a living organism for placing an object in a living organism comprises a plurality of movable units. Each movable unit comprises one or more needles extending in a first direction. Each needle has a cylindrical shape capable of storing the object therein. Each movable unit is movable in the first direction.

Abstract: A gas barrier laminate including a substrate, an inorganic deposition layer containing an inorganic oxide, and a coating layer, arranged in this order, the coating layer contains a carboxy group-containing polymer (a), polyvalent metal-containing particles (b), a surfactant (c), and a silicon-containing compound (d), the silicon-containing compound (d) is at least one selected from the group consisting of a silane coupling agent having certain structures, hydrolysates thereof, and condensates thereof, a molar ratio (dt)/(at) represented by [the number of moles (dt) of the silicon-containing compound (d)/the number of moles (at) of carboxy groups of the carboxy group-containing polymer (a)] is 0.15% or more and 6.10% or less, and the coating layer has a film thickness of 230 nm or more and 600 nm or less, with (d) in the molar ratio (d)/(a) is the mass of the silicon-containing compound (d) converted into an equivalent mass of the silane coupling agent.

Abstract: Provided is a gas barrier laminate including: a paper substrate; a layer including a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin; a vapor-deposited layer; and a layer including a polyolefin having a polar group, in order.

Abstract: An electrode catalyst layer, a membrane electrode assembly, and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which are capable of improving material transport properties and proton conductivity in the electrode catalyst layer, and which are capable of exhibiting high power generation performance over the long term and have good durability. The electrode catalyst layer for use in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, and includes: a catalyst material; a conductive carrier that supports the catalyst material; a polymer electrolyte; and a fibrous material, wherein the fibrous material contains a material having nitrogen atoms, and the content of the fibrous material in the electrode catalyst layer is 1 wt % or more and less than 12 wt %.

Abstract: A light-emitting element includes an anode electrode, a QD layer containing QDs, and a cathode electrode, in which the QDs have a core-shell structure including a core and a shell and are Cd-free QDs that emit blue light, the QDs contain halogen elements, and an external quantum efficiency percentage of the light-emitting element is 7% or more.

Abstract: A range imaging device includes a light-receiving unit including at least one pixel circuit including a photoelectric conversion element that generates charge in response to incident light, N (N?3) charge storage units that integrate charge in a frame cycle, and transfer transistors, and a pixel drive circuit that causes the transfer transistors to distribute charge to the charge storage units with integration timing synchronizing with light pulses, a light source unit that emits light pulses; a range image processing unit that calculates a distance to an object based on integrated charges, and a measurement control unit that calculates a thinning time of not integrating charge, according to integrated charge in the charge storage units, the distance, and intensity of the incident light. The measurement control unit controls integration of charge with a thinning time set in a measurement zone corresponding to the distance from the light-receiving unit.

Abstract: Provided is a biodegradable resin composition having a high degradation rate. The biodegradable resin composition is a biodegradable resin composition having water holding properties. The biodegradable resin composition preferably contains a biodegradable resin and is preferably capable of holding 0.007 g or more and 15.0 g or less of water relative to 1 g of the biodegradable resin. The biodegradable resin composition preferably contains a seaweed-derived polysaccharide as a hydrolysis accelerator that improves the water holding properties and accelerates hydrolysis of the biodegradable resin. The seaweed-derived polysaccharide is preferably, for example, fucoidan, laminarin, alginic acid, or an alginate. The biodegradable resin composition preferably contains a photocatalytically active substance that degrades the biodegradable resin.

Abstract: Provided are an adhesive sheet that can reduce reflectance, increase luminance and reduce thickness of a display device, a display device using the adhesive sheet, and a composition for forming adhesive layer used for producing the adhesive sheet. An adhesive sheet comprising a first adhesive layer containing an adhesive and a dye, and an ultraviolet absorbing layer laminated on one surface side of the first adhesive layer, wherein the dye contains a first coloring material having a maximum absorption wavelength in the range of 470 to 530 nm and a half width of the absorption spectrum of 15 to 45 nm, and a second coloring material having a maximum absorption wavelength in the range of 560 to 620 nm and a half width of the absorption spectrum of 15 to 55 nm, and the ultraviolet absorbing layer has an ultraviolet shielding rate of 85% or more according to JIS L 1925.

Abstract: A gas barrier film includes a base material containing a polyethylene as a main resin component and an inorganic oxide layer formed on a first surface side of the base material. The birefringence ?N of the first surface calculated based on measurement by a parallel Nicol rotation method is 0 or more and 0.007 or less, and the proportion of the polyethylene in the entire gas barrier film is 90 mass % or more.

Abstract: A gate insulating layer of a thin film transistor includes a first gate insulating coating including an organic polymer compound or an organic-inorganic composite material, and a second gate insulating coating including one selected from a group of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, and aluminum oxide. The second gate insulating coating is sandwiched between the first gate insulating coating and a semiconductor layer. The first gate insulating coating has a thickness of 100 nm or greater and 1500 nm or less, and a product of the thickness and Young's modulus of the first gate insulating coating is 300 nm·GPa or greater and 30000 nm·GPa or less. The second gate insulating coating has a thickness of 2 nm or greater and 30 nm or less, and a product of the thickness and Young's modulus of the second gate insulating coating is 100 nm·GPa or greater and 9000 nm·GPa or less.

Abstract: An optical film comprises: a transparent substrate having an ultraviolet blocking rate of 85% or more according to JIS L 1925; one or more functional layers formed on a first surface side of the transparent substrate; and a colored layer that is formed on a second surface side of the transparent substrate that is configured by one or more layers containing a colored material. The colored layer contains a first colorant that has a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 470 nm or more and 530 nm or less, an absorption spectrum thereof having a half-width of 15 nm or more and 45 nm or less, and a second colorant that has a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 560 nm or more and 620 nm or less, an absorption spectrum thereof having a half-width of 15 nm or more and 55 nm or less.

Abstract: A solid-state image sensor includes a substrate, photoelectric conversion elements positioned on the substrate, a filter module positioned above the photoelectric conversion elements positioned on the substrate, lenses positioned above the filter module positioned above the photoelectric conversion elements, a resin layer formed such that the resin layer is surrounding an outer edge of the filter module positioned on the substrate, and an anti-reflection film formed on the lenses and resin layer such that the anti-reflection film has a peripheral film portion covering a peripheral portion of the resin layer. The filter module is positioned such that light is transmitted through the filter module before being incident on the photoelectric conversion elements, and the anti-reflection film is formed such that the peripheral film portion has an uneven shape having unevenness in thickness direction of the resin layer and at least part of an outer edge protruding outside the resin layer.

Abstract: A composition for forming a colored layer includes a dye, an ionizing radiation-curable resin, a photoinitiator, and a solvent. The dye contains a first colorant and a second colorant, the first colorant has a wavelength of maximum absorption in a range of 470 nm to 530 nm, and an absorption spectrum with a full width at half maximum of 15 nm to 45 nm, the second colorant has a wavelength of maximum absorption in a range of 560 nm to 620 nm, and an absorption spectrum with a full width at half maximum of 15 nm to 55 nm, and the ionizing radiation-curable resin contains a resin having an amine structure.

Abstract: A laminate includes a substrate layer and a heat-sealing layer. A fold of the laminate produced by a weight of a 2 kg roller has a folding angle of 20 to 55°, and a content of polyethylene in the laminate is 90% by mass or more. The folding angle may be 25 to 55°. The substrate layer may contain high-density polyethylene. The substrate layer may be a uniaxially oriented linear low-density polyethylene film or an unstretched film made of polyethylene.

Abstract: An optical film includes a substrate, an optical function layer, and a colored layer. The substrate has an ultraviolet shielding rate of 85% or higher according to JIS L 1925. The optical function layer is formed on a first surface side of the substrate. The colored layer is formed on a second surface side. A difference ?E*ab between chromaticities before and after a lightfastness test is 5 or less. A first coloring material includes a maximum absorption wavelength of 470 to 530 nm and an absorption spectrum half width of 15 to 45 nm. A second coloring material includes a maximum absorption wavelength of 560 to 620 nm and an absorption spectrum half width of 15 to 55 nm. A third coloring material has a wavelength having the lowest transmittance in a wavelength range of 400 to 800 nm is in a range of 650 to 800 nm.

Abstract: An examination marker for use in diagnostic imaging using microwaves. The examination marker includes a marker main body to be attached to an examination target. The marker main body is capable of displaying, on the marker main body, an index for use in scanning the examination target marker and is deformable following the shape of the examination target. The marker main body has a relative permittivity of 10 or less to microwaves at a frequency of 1 GHz.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wiring board, including a step A of forming a laser-modified portion in a glass substrate by applying laser light to the glass substrate from a first surface to an opposite surface of the glass substrate; a step B of forming a first surface wiring layer including a MIM capacitor on the first surface of the glass substrate; a step C of performing an etching process on a surface of the glass substrate opposite to the first surface to form a through via in the laser-modified portion and form a second surface of the glass substrate opposite to the first surface; and a step D of forming a through electrode in the through via and forming, on the second surface, a second surface wiring layer that is connected to the first surface wiring layer via the through electrode.

Abstract: An optical film includes a transparent substrate having opposite first and second surfaces, a colored layer formed to face the first surface of the substrate, and an optical function layer. A colorant in the colored layer contains at least one of a first coloring material having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 470 to 530 nm and an absorption spectral half width of 15 to 45 nm, a second coloring material having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 560 to 620 nm and an absorption spectral half width of 15 to 55 nm, and a third coloring material having the lowest transmittance in a wavelength range of 400 to 800 nm is in a range of 650 to 800 nm. A transmittance in one of the absorption wavelength bands of the colorant is 1% or more and less than 50%, and ?E*ab.

Abstract: A Cd-free chalcopyrite-based quantum dot with a narrow fluorescence FWHM and a high fluorescence quantum yield. The quantum dot contains ZnAgInxGa1-xSySe1-y (0?x<1 and 0?y?1), and exhibits fluorescence properties that can include a fluorescence full width at half maximum of less than or equal to 33 nm, and a fluorescence quantum yield of greater than or equal to 70% in a green wavelength range to a red wavelength range. The quantum dot has a core-shell structure including a core and a shell covering the core, and the shell preferably contains Zn.

Abstract: Provided is a display device containing quantum dots. A display device includes a display area. The display area includes a light emitting device in which a first electrode, a first layer between the first electrode and an emitting layer, the emitting layer, a second layer between the emitting layer and a second electrode, and the second electrode are stacked in that order on a substrate. The emitting layer is formed of an inorganic layer containing quantum dots, and the light emitting device is a top emission device. An electron transport layer or an electron injection layer is provided in the first layer between the first electrode and the emitting layer, or in the second layer between the emitting layer and the second electrode. The electron transport layer or the electron injection layer comprises SnO.