Abstract: An observation device (1) is provided with: a general observation unit (10) for observing sample cells by observing an entire container (C) containing the cells and a culture solution; and a magnification observation unit (20) for magnifying a region within the container (C) and observing the cells, the general observation unit (10) and the magnification observation unit (20) each individually having lighting for illuminating the cells with light, and an optical system for observing the cells. The general observation unit (10) and the magnification observation unit (20) are thereby each provided with an individual optical system and lighting, making it possible to configure an appropriate observation unit for use both when the cells are observed by observing the entire container (C) and when a part within the container (C) is magnified and the cells are observed.

Abstract: An observation device (1) is provided with: a general observation unit (10) for observing sample cells by observing an entire container (C) containing the cells and a culture solution; and a magnification observation unit (20) for magnifying a region within the container (C) and observing the cells, the general observation unit (10) and the magnification observation unit (20) each individually having lighting for illuminating the cells with light, and an optical system for observing the cells. The general observation unit (10) and the magnification observation unit (20) are thereby each provided with an individual optical system and lighting, making it possible to configure an appropriate observation unit for use both when the cells are observed by observing the entire container (C) and when a part within the container (C) is magnified and the cells are observed.

Abstract: An observation system includes: a container holding unit; a ring illumination, including a light source in a ring shape, arranged in a position opposed to an outer bottom surface of a container so that a central axis of the illumination is aligned to that of a bottom surface of the container held by the container holding unit, when an observation target is observed; a first light-shielding plate in a ring shape, having an inner diameter capable of varying, arranged between the illumination and the container holding unit, and configured to shield light from the illumination; a lens, arranged in a position opposed to an inner bottom surface of the container held by the container holding unit, to observe the observation target; and a second light-shielding plate, having an outer diameter capable of varying, arranged in an internal space of the illumination, and configured to shield light from the illumination.

Abstract: An organic EL element which has no layer that prevents penetration of holes and electrons to the counter electrode. The organic EL element includes: an anode, a hole injecting and transporting layer formed on the anode, a light emitting layer formed on the hole injecting and transporting layer, an electron injecting and transporting layer formed on the light emitting layer, and a cathode formed on the electron injecting and transporting layer. Ip2?Ip3 is established when an ionization potential of a constituent material for the light emitting layer is Ip2 and an ionization potential of a constituent material for the electron injecting and transporting layer is Ip3. Ea1?Ea2 is established when an electron affinity of a constituent material for the hole injecting and transporting layer is Ea1 and an electron affinity of the constituent material for the light emitting layer is Ea2.

Abstract: An observation system includes: a container holding unit; a ring illumination, including a light source in a ring shape, arranged in a position opposed to an outer bottom surface of a container so that a central axis of the illumination is aligned to that of a bottom surface of the container held by the container holding unit, when an observation target is observed; a first light-shielding plate in a ring shape, having an inner diameter capable of varying, arranged between the illumination and the container holding unit, and configured to shield light from the illumination; a lens, arranged in a position opposed to an inner bottom surface of the container held by the container holding unit, to observe the observation target; and a second light-shielding plate, having an outer diameter capable of varying, arranged in an internal space of the illumination, and configured to shield light from the illumination.

Abstract: Provided are a hole-injecting material for an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) exhibiting high luminous efficiency at a low voltage and having greatly improved driving stability, and an organic EL device using the material. The hole-injecting material for an organic EL device is selected from benzenehexacarboxylic acid anhydrides, benzenehexacarboxylic acid imides, or N-substituted benzenehexacarboxylic acid imides. Further, the organic EL device has at least one light-emitting layer and at least one hole-injecting layer between an anode and a cathode arranged opposite to each other, and includes the above-mentioned hole-injecting material for an organic EL device in the hole-injecting layer. The organic EL device may contain a hole-transporting material having an ionization potential (IP) of 6.0 eV or less in the hole-injecting layer or a layer adjacent to the hole-injecting layer.

Abstract: In order to avoid competition with other components for a space, to thereby improve the degree of designing freedom, the power transmission apparatus includes a transfer case housing and supporting a ring gear and a pinion gear that orthogonally mesh with each other and form an orthogonal gear set, the transfer case is divided into a first case part and a second case part along a division plane that extends along an axis of rotation of the ring gear, and the first and second case parts and are fixed together along the division plane with bolts.

Abstract: The carrying device comprises a carrying mechanism carrying a fluid vessel containing liquid, a detection device detecting depth information changing with depth of the liquid in the fluid vessel, and a control device controlling the carrying mechanism. The control device comprises: an information acquisition unit acquiring the depth information detected by the detection device; a computing unit calculating a maximum value of an acceleration which can be given to the fluid vessel when carried based on the depth information acquired by the information acquisition unit; and a carry command unit giving the carrying mechanism a command for carrying the fluid vessel at acceleration of the maximum value or smaller. The computing unit calculates a greater value as the maximum value of the acceleration as the depth of the liquid in the fluid vessel increases, and a smaller value as the maximum value of the acceleration as the depth of the liquid in the fluid vessel decreases.

Abstract: An observation device (1) is provided with: a general observation unit (10) for observing sample cells by observing an entire container (C) containing the cells and a culture solution; and a magnification observation unit (20) for magnifying a region within the container (C) and observing the cells, the general observation unit (10) and the magnification observation unit (20) each individually having lighting for illuminating the cells with light, and an optical system for observing the cells. The general observation unit (10) and the magnification observation unit (20) are thereby each provided with an individual optical system and lighting, making it possible to configure an appropriate observation unit for use both when the cells are observed by observing the entire container (C) and when a part within the container (C) is magnified and the cells are observed.

Abstract: An evaporation device and an evaporation apparatus applying the same are adapted to performing evaporation process to an object to be coated. The evaporation device includes a tape carrier and a mask. The tape carrier has a heating region. The object to be coated is located over the heating region and is adapted to move along a feeding direction. The tape carrier is adapted to carry a coating material to pass through the heating region. The coating material is heated in the heating region and evaporated. The mask having an opening between the heating region and the object to be coated is disposed in the periphery of the heating region. The evaporated coating material is adapted to pass through the opening and coated on the object.

Abstract: An organic EL device including at least an anode, a cathode and an organic light-emitting zone with high brightness is provided. A mixture containing at least two compounds is used for a light-emitting zone and the spectrum of the luminescence from light-emitting zone includes at least one peak at a wavelength which is different from neither of fluorescent peak positions of the compounds included in light-emitting zone.

Abstract: An organic EL (electroluminescence) element capable of efficiently recombining holes and electrons in a light emitting layer and also improving efficiency and lifetime of the element. The element comprises electrodes 1 and 2, the light emitting layer 4, and transport layers 3 and 5 that transport holes and electrons to the layer 4. The layer 4 contains compound functioning as electron accepting dopant and/or substance functioning as electron donating dopant. Accordingly, it is possible to optimize the injection valance of holes or electrons into the layer 4.

Abstract: A light modulator includes: a holding member having a frame disposed around an opening; and a light modulation panel formed in such a way that the edge thereof is held by the frame and the outer surface of the portion corresponding to the opening is flush with the outer surface of the frame or positioned outside the outer surface of the frame.

Abstract: An evaporation source having a nozzle structure that makes the distribution of film thickness uniform in the width direction of a substrate and a vacuum evaporator using the same are provided. A vapor produced by evaporation or sublimation by heating to evaporation material is discharged from a long nozzle opening like a band. A deposited substrate is transferred in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the nozzle opening while facing the nozzle opening. A discharge flow rate of vapor per unit area in the longitudinal direction of the nozzle opening is made to be maximum in a portion at a nozzle width direction position corresponding to a substrate edge position rather than a central part of the nozzle opening and a plurality of partition plates providing directivity to the flow of vapor are arranged inside the nozzle opening.

Abstract: The present invention provides a patterning method of an organic EL device that can easily and efficiently be performed with high definition, and that can control a contrast by a luminous brightness. In an organic EL device having an organic layer, including an organic luminescent material, formed between a pair of counter electrodes, ultraviolet ray is irradiated to the organic layer, and the amount of irradiation is changed to form an emission pattern having a contrast caused by a luminous brightness corresponding to the amount of the irradiation of the ultraviolet ray.

Abstract: Provided are a hole-injecting material for an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) exhibiting high luminous efficiency at a low voltage and having greatly improved driving stability, and an organic EL device using the material. The hole-injecting material for an organic EL device is selected from benzenehexacarboxylic acid anhydrides, benzenehexacarboxylic acid imides, or N-substituted benzenehexacarboxylic acid imides. Further, the organic EL device has at least one light-emitting layer and at least one hole-injecting layer between an anode and a cathode arranged opposite to each other, and includes the above-mentioned hole-injecting material for an organic EL device in the hole-injecting layer. The organic EL device may contain a hole-transporting material having an ionization potential (IP) of 6.0 eV or less in the hole-injecting layer or a layer adjacent to the hole-injecting layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides an organic EL element having a multi-photon structure, in which optical absorption in the visible region caused by a charge-transfer complex in a conventional intermediate layer structure is inhibited, and the resistance of this intermediate layer to a counter career is improved, thus allowing high efficiency and a long operation life of the element. The element is arranged to be formed on a substrate 1 and have a multi-photon structure in which a plurality of light emitting units 4 including at least one light emitting layer are stacked via an intermediate layer 5 between an anode layer 2 and a cathode layer 3 which is a counter electrode, the above-mentioned intermediate layer 5 is formed by mixing or stacking an electron accepting material or an electron donating material and an organic compound, so as to avoid formation of a charge-transfer complex.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new bipyridine derivative which is suitable for an electron transport material of an organic electronics element and which has bipyridyl central rings as a core, and further provides an organic electroluminescence element containing the derivative. The bipyridine derivative is expressed by the following general formula. (where A1, A2: represent an aromatic heterocyclic group (except for a carbazolyl group) and an aromatic hydrocarbon group and the aromatic heterocyclic group may be combined; a, b=1 or 2; Ar1, Ar2: represent a divalent or trivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group which may be substituted by hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an alkoxy group; B1, B2: represent hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, or an aromatic heterocyclic group; and ring E1, ring E2: represent a pyridine ring, and may have hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an alkoxy group.

Abstract: There is provided a rotary compressor capable of preventing deterioration of performance following plug fixing carried out to prevent falling-off of a spring member. The rotary compressor comprises a cylinder constituting a rotary compression element, a roller engaged with an eccentric portion formed in a rotary shaft of an electric element, and eccentrically rotated in the cylinder, a vane abutted on the roller to divide an inside of the cylinder into a low pressure chamber side and a high pressure chamber side, a spring member for always pressing the vane to the roller side, a housing portion of the spring member, formed in the cylinder, and opened to the vane side and a hermetically sealed container side, a plug positioned in the hermetically sealed container side of the spring member, and inserted into the housing portion to fit into a gap, and an O ring attached around the plug to seal a part between the plug and the housing portion.

Abstract: A light modulator includes: a holding member having a frame disposed around an opening; and a light modulation panel formed in such a way that the edge thereof is held by the frame and the outer surface of the portion corresponding to the opening is flush with the outer surface of the frame or positioned outside the outer surface of the frame.