Abstract: A film structure (10) includes a Si layer (12a), a ZrO2 layer (12b), which is a buffer film containing ZrO2, formed on the Si layer (12a), and a piezoelectric film (11) formed on the ZrO2 layer (12b). The Si layer 12a is an SOI layer on a Si(100) substrate or an SOI substrate including a base made of a Si substrate, an insulating layer on the base, and an SOI layer made of a Si(100) film on the insulating layer. The piezoelectric film (11) includes c-axis oriented LiNbO3 or LiTaO3.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor having a plurality of layers containing at least one outermost layer, wherein at least one of the outermost layer contains a polymer having a first structure where at least one carbonyl group is bonded to an aromatic group and a second structure represented by Formula (A).

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoconductor having a photosensitive layer and a protective layer in sequence on a conductive support, the protective layer containing an electron transporting compound having a left-right asymmetric structure in which an electron transporting skeleton is centered, with a side chain having a polymerizable functional group on one side, and with a side chain having no polymerizable functional group on the other side, the electrophotographic photoconductor having good electrical properties, especially residual potential properties, even when a compound having electron transportability is contained in the protective layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel electrophotographic photoconductor having at least a photosensitive layer and a protective layer on a conductive support, the protective layer containing an electron donating compound and preferably further containing an electron transporting compound, the electrophotographic photoconductor having good electrical properties, especially residual potential properties, even when a compound having an electron transporting structure is contained in the protective layer.

Abstract: A sliding member includes: a semi-annular metal member having a back metal layer arranged on an outer circumferential surface side and a lining layer made of an Al alloy and arranged on an inner circumferential surface side; an adhesive layer stacked on an inner circumferential surface of the metal member and containing Zn as a main component; an intermediate layer stacked on the adhesive layer and containing Ag, Ni, or Co as a main component; and a cover layer stacked on the intermediate layer and containing Bi, Pb, or Sn as a main component. The adhesive layer extends continuously so as to further cover an axial end face of the metal member, and the ratio of a surface area of the adhesive layer covering the axial end face to a surface area of the axial end face is 30% or more.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (1) below is proposed as a novel compound having electron-transporting property which dissolves sufficiently in an organic solvent.

Abstract: A novel compound having electron-transporting property which dissolves sufficiently in an organic solvent is provided.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an electrophotographic photoconductor comprises a photosensitive layer and a protective layer in sequence on a conductive support, wherein the protective layer contains a polymer having a structure represented by the following formula (1) or (2):

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor including at least a photosensitive layer and a protective layer in sequence on a conductive support, and the protective layer contains a cured product of a curable compound, conductive particles having a band gap of 2.0 eV or more and 3.6 eV or less, and particles having a band gap of 8.0 eV or more.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a stress sensor that includes a stress detection layer including a laminated body including a first ferromagnetic layer, a first non-magnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and an antiferromagnetic layer stacked one on another. The antiferromagnetic layer includes Mn, and the magnetization direction of the second ferromagnetic layer is fixed by the exchange bias caused by the exchange coupling with the antiferromagnetic layer. The stress sensor detects a stress by an electric resistance depending upon a relative angle between magnetization directions of the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer, the relative angle changing depending upon an externally applied stress.

Abstract: A membrane structure (10) includes: a substrate being a Si substrate or an SOI substrate; a buffer film containing ZrO2 and formed on the substrate; and a piezoelectric film (11) formed on the buffer film, a polarization direction in the piezoelectric film (11) being preferentially oriented parallel to the substrate.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes: a conductive support; a photosensitive layer on the conductive support; and a protective layer, for example, an outermost layer on a side opposite to the conductive support, wherein the protective layer contains a polymer having a structure represented by the following formula (a): A1-L1-X-L2-A2??(a).

Abstract: There is provided an electrophotographic photoreceptor including: a conductive support; and a photosensitive layer and a protective layer containing a cured product obtained by curing a curable compound, which are sequentially disposed on the conductive support. The photoreceptor has a Martens hardness of 255 N/mm2 or more. The photosensitive layer contains at least a hole transport material (HTM), and an energy difference between a HOMO level and a LUMO level of the hole transport material (HTM) is greater than 3.6 eV and 4.0 eV or less.

Abstract: As an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a protective layer (an outermost layer), a photosensitive layer and a conductive support, wherein the protective layer (the outermost layer) comprises a polymer obtained by polymerizing a compound having a chain polymerizable functional group, and the photosensitive layer comprises a hole transport material satisfying the following formula (1) and an electron transport material satisfying the following formula (2): 600?a??(1) 400?b??(2) in the formula (1), a represents a molecular weight of the hole transport material, and in the formula (2), b represents a molecular weight of the electron transport material.

Abstract: There is provided an electrophotographic photoreceptor including: a conductive support; and a photosensitive layer and a protective layer containing a cured product obtained by curing a curable compound, which are sequentially disposed on the conductive support. An area ratio A/B is 0.0045 or less, where A is an absorbance area at a wavelength of 1647 cm?1 to 1627 cm?1 and B is an absorbance area of a peak at a wavelength of 1800 cm?1 to 1647 cm?1 in an infrared absorption spectrum measurement of the protective layer. The photosensitive layer contains at least a hole transport material (HTM) and a radical acceptor compound. The electrophotographic photoreceptor is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a protective layer with a high curing degree and having good initial electrical characteristics, excellent strong exposure characteristics, and excellent transfer repeatability.

Abstract: A sliding member includes a bearing alloy layer and an overlay. The overlay includes a diffusion prevention layer on the bearing alloy layer, and a corrosion prevention layer on the diffusion prevention layer. A surface of the corrosion prevention layer is a sliding surface. The corrosion prevention layer constitutes 50% to 90% of an entire volume of the overlay. The corrosion prevention layer and the diffusion prevention layer each include a corrosion inhibitor and the balance of Bi and inevitable impurities. The corrosion inhibitor is defined as one or more elements that have a higher oxygen affinity than Bi and that form an alloy, a solid solution or an intermetallic compound with Bi. An average concentration of the corrosion inhibitor included in the diffusion prevention layer is lower than an average concentration of the corrosion inhibitor included in the corrosion prevention layer.

Abstract: In a positively charging single layer type electrophotographic photoreceptor having an over coat layer, an electrophotographic photoreceptor that is excellent in mechanical strength, electric characteristics, and adhesiveness, an electrophotographic photoreceptor cartridge, and an image formation device are provided. In a positively charging electrophotographic photoreceptor having a single layer type photosensitive layer and an over coat layer, the Martens hardness on the photoreceptor surface satisfies the prescribed condition, and preferably the photosensitive layer satisfies the particular relational expression of the contents and the molecular weights of the hole transporting substance and the electron transporting substance contained therein, thereby solving the problem.

Abstract: As a new negatively charging electrophotographic photoconductor having a cured resin based protective layer that does not necessitate a heat treatment for enhancing the electric characteristics, a negatively charging electrophotographic photoconductor having a structure including a photosensitive layer and a protective layer containing a cured product formed by curing a curable compound on a conductive support in this order, the photosensitive layer containing at least a hole transporting material (HTM) and a radical acceptor compound or an electron transporting material (ETM), the hole transporting material (HTM) being a compound having an energy difference between a HOMO level and a LUMO level of 3.60 eV or less, and having a HOMO level of ?4.50 eV or less based on the vacuum level is proposed.

Abstract: A control device includes a specifying unit that specifies one of a plurality of detection objects on the basis of a state of an industrial vehicle when the plurality of detection objects are detected around the industrial vehicle, and a control unit that causes a notification to be performed for the one detection object specified by the specifying unit in an aspect different from those of other detected detection objects.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electrophotographic photoreceptor which can prevent an increase in potential even using a fluorine resin in a charge transport layer, and can achieve both electrical properties and abrasion resistance, and present invention relates to a lamination type electrophotographic photoreceptor, in which a charge transport layer of the lamination type electrophotographic photoreceptor contains a compound having an E_homo of ?4.550 eV or more based on structure optimization calculation by density functional calculation B3LYP/6-31G (d, p) and fluorine resin particles, and a content of the fluorine resin particles is 3% by weight to 20% by weight based on a total mass of the charge transport layer.