Abstract: Provided is a vanadium oxide film which shows substantially no hysteresis of resistivity changes due to temperature rising/falling, has a low resistivity at room temperature, has a large absolute value of the temperature coefficient of resistance, and shows semiconductor-like resistance changes in a wide temperature range. In the vanadium oxide film, a portion of the vanadium has been replaced by aluminum and copper, and the amount of substance of aluminum is 10 mol % based on the sum total of the amount of substance of vanadium, the amount of substance of aluminum, and the amount of substance of copper. This vanadium oxide film has a low resistivity, has a large absolute value of the temperature coefficient of resistance, and shows substantially no hysteresis of resistivity changes due to temperature rising/falling.

Abstract: There are provided a solid electrolyte material having high density and ion conductivity, and an all solid lithium ion secondary battery using the solid electrolyte material. The solid electrolyte material has a garnet-related structure which has a chemical composition represented by Li7-x-yLa3Zr2-x-yTaxNbyO12 (0?x?0.8, 0.2?y?1, and 0.2?x+y?1) and relative density of 99% or greater, and belongs to a cubic system. The solid electrolyte material has lithium ion conductivity which is equal to or greater than 1.0×10?3 S/cm. The solid electrolyte material has a lattice constant a which satisfies 1.28 nm?a?1.30 nm, and has a lithium ion which occupies only two or more 96h sites in a crystal structure. The all solid lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte. The solid electrolyte includes the solid electrolyte material.

Abstract: There are provided a solid electrolyte material having high density and ion conductivity, and an all solid lithium ion secondary battery using the solid electrolyte material. The solid electrolyte material has a garnet-related structure which has a chemical composition represented by Li7-x-yLa3Zr2-x-yTaxNbyO12 (0?x?0.8, 0.2?y?1, and 0.2?x+y?1) and relative density of 99% or greater, and belongs to a cubic system. The solid electrolyte material has lithium ion conductivity which is equal to or greater than 1.0×10?3 S/cm. The solid electrolyte material has a lattice constant a which satisfies 1.28 nm?a?1.30 nm, and has a lithium ion which occupies only two or more 96h sites in a crystal structure. The all solid lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte. The solid electrolyte includes the solid electrolyte material.

Abstract: Provided is a vanadium oxide film which shows substantially no hysteresis of resistivity changes due to temperature rising/falling, has a low resistivity at room temperature, has a large absolute value of the temperature coefficient of resistance, and shows semiconductor-like resistance changes in a wide temperature range. In the vanadium oxide film, a portion of the vanadium has been replaced by aluminum and copper, and the amount of substance of aluminum is 10 mol % based on the sum total of the amount of substance of vanadium, the amount of substance of aluminum, and the amount of substance of copper. This vanadium oxide film has a low resistivity, has a large absolute value of the temperature coefficient of resistance, and shows substantially no hysteresis of resistivity changes due to temperature rising/falling.

Abstract: A colorless antireflection film excellent in productivity and high in transparency, and an antireflection layer-affixed plastic substrate. An antireflection film and an antireflection layer-affixed plastic substrate having moisture-proofing and gas-barrier properties and being excellent in optical characteristics. An antireflection film comprising a hard coat layer formed on a substrate, and a transparent, high-refractive-index oxide layer and a transparent, low-refractive-index oxide layer alternately laminated on the hard coat layer. The transparent, high-refractive-index oxide layer is compose of a Nb2O5 layer formed by a reactive sputtering method. An antireflection film using a substrate consisting of an organic material, wherein an inorganic, moisture-proofing layer having a refractive index approximate to that of the organic material is formed in contact with one surface of the substrate.

Abstract: The surface of a positive-electrode active material layer or a negative-electrode an active material layer is coated with a gel electrolyte composition to form a gel electrolyte layer. The positive and negative electrodes are laminated such that the gel electrolyte layer is sandwiched. At this time, the gel electrolyte composition is formed into a sol form so as to be applied to the surface of the positive-electrode active material layer or the negative-electrode active material layer. The viscosity of the gel electrolyte composition formed into the sol form is 1 cp to 50 cp. The gel electrolyte composition is formed into the sol form by heating the gel electrolyte composition or diluting the gel electrolyte composition with nonaqueous solvent. When dilution with the nonaqueous solvent is performed, solvent having a high boiling point and solvent having a low boiling point are mixed with each other.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium according to the present invention exhibits not only a good surface property but also a high electromagnetic transduction characteristic. The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic substrate, a lower layer provided on the non-magnetic substrate and composed of a non-magnetic powder and a binder and an upper layer provided on the lower layer and composed of a ferromagnetic powder and a binder, wherein the upper layer has a thickness of not more than 0.5 .mu.m, and the lower layer contains as said non-magnetic powder an acicular iron oxide powder which has a longer axis length of 0.05 to 0.2 .mu.m and an aspect ratio of 2 to 10.

Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic recording medium having a first magnetic layer 2 and a second magnetic layer 4 laminated on a non-magnetic support in this order, wherein the binder in the lower first magnetic layer 2 comprises only polyurethane resin(s) having tertiary amines as polar groups or only said polyurethane resin(s) and a curing agent or comprises a mixed system composed of polyurethane resin(s) having tertiary amines as polar groups and amine-modified vinyl chloride-based resin(s) or of these resins and a curing agent. The first magnetic layer 2 may contain carbon black having a specifically-defined mean particle size. The coatability of the magnetic coating compositions is improved. The electromagnetic conversion characteristics (especially, video S/N, chroma output power, chroma S/N) of the medium are improved. Since the crosslinking of the components constituting the lower magnetic layer is improved, the dropout of the medium is not increased even after stored.