Abstract: A recording medium includes a recording layer. The recording layer includes an aliphatic polymer, and a multiphoton absorption compound containing at least one bond selected from the group consisting of a carbon-carbon double bond, a carbon-nitrogen double bond, and a carbon-carbon triple bond, and having a multiphoton absorption characteristic. When the thickness of the recording layer is 100 ?m, the transmittance of the recording layer in the thickness direction with respect to light having a wavelength of 405 nm is greater than or equal to 80%.

Abstract: A nonlinear light absorption material includes a compound represented by the following formula (1) as a main component: in the formula (1), R1 to R6 are each independently a hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: A nonlinear light absorption material includes a compound having a nonlinear light absorption property at a wavelength of 390 nm or more and 420 nm or less and represented by the formula (1) as a main component: in the formula (1), X is an oxygen atom.

Abstract: A nonlinear light absorption material includes a compound represented by the following formula (1) as a main component: in the formula (1), R1 to R10 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a saturated hydrocarbon group, a halogenated alkyl group, an unsaturated hydrocarbon group, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aldehyde group, an acyl group, an amide group, a nitrile group, an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group, a thiol group, an alkylthio group, a sulfonate group, an acylthio group, an alkylsulfonyl group, a sulfonamide group, a primary amino group, a secondary amino group, a tertiary amino group, or a nitro group.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte of the present disclosure includes: a porous dielectric having a plurality of pores interconnected mutually; and an electrolyte including a metal salt and at least one selected from the group consisting of an ionic compound and a bipolar compound and at least partially filling an interior of the plurality of pores. Inner surfaces of the plurality of pores of the porous dielectric are at least partially modified by a functional group containing a halogen atom.

Abstract: A gas adsorption/desorption device includes a gastight enclosure filled with a predetermined gas and supplied with no gas from outside or releasing no gas to the outside, and a porous medium disposed in the gastight enclosure. The predetermined gas in the porous medium is released out of the porous medium in response to supply of energy to the porous medium. The porous medium captures the predetermined gas in the gastight enclosure in response to stopping or reducing of the supply of the energy to the porous medium.

Abstract: A photoresponsive oxygen storage material includes a plurality of unit cells. Each of the plurality of unit cells has a shape of a cube having eight corners and six faces. Each of the plurality of unit cells includes a plurality of zirconium-oxo clusters each located at a corresponding corner of the eight corners, and a plurality of ligands each located on a corresponding face of the six faces and each having a porphyrin skeleton and including greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 4 carboxy groups. A molybdenum ion is located at a center of the porphyrin skeleton, and at least some of the plurality of unit cells are empty.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte of the present disclosure includes: a porous dielectric having a plurality of pores interconnected mutually; and an electrolyte including a metal salt and at least one selected from the group consisting of an ionic compound and a bipolar compound and at least partially filling an interior of the plurality of pores. Inner surfaces of the plurality of pores of the porous dielectric are at least partially modified by a functional group containing a halogen atom.

Abstract: The present invention provides an actuator device comprising an actuator wire; a net-shaped electric heating element which covers a side surface of the actuator wire and comprises heating wires; and a controller for supplying electric power to the net-shaped electric heating element to heat the net-shaped electric heating element. The actuator wire is capable of being contracted by application of heat and restored by release of heat. The side surface of the actuator wire is formed of polymer. One end and the other end of the net-shaped electric heating element is connected to one end and the other end of the actuator wire, respectively. The net-shaped electric heating element is in contact with the side surface of the actuator wire, when the net-shaped electric heating element is not heated. The net-shaped electric heating element is moved outward from the side surface of the actuator wire due to contraction of the actuator wire, when the net-shaped electric heating element is heated.

Abstract: An optical scanning device comprises: a first mirror that has a first reflecting surface; a second mirror that has a second reflecting surface, and that faces the first mirror; an optical waveguide region that is disposed between the first mirror and the second mirror and that propagates light in a direction parallel to at least either the first reflecting surface or the second reflecting surface; and a first adjusting element that changes at least either an average refractive index of the optical waveguide region or a thickness of the optical waveguide region. The optical waveguide region contains a liquid. Each of the first and second mirrors includes a portion in contact with the optical waveguide region.

Abstract: The present invention provides an actuator, comprising a fiber and a temperature regulator capable of at least one of heating and cooling the fiber. The fiber is twisted around a longitudinal axis thereof. The fiber is folded so as to have a shape of a cylindrical coil. The fiber is formed of linear low-density polyethylene. The following mathematical formula (I) is satisfied: D/d<1 (I), where D represents a mean diameter of the cylindrical coil; and d represents a diameter of the fiber.

Abstract: The present invention provides an actuator device comprising an actuator wire; a net-shaped electric heating element which covers a side surface of the actuator wire and comprises heating wires; and a controller for supplying electric power to the net-shaped electric heating element to heat the net-shaped electric heating element. The actuator wire is capable of being contracted by application of heat and restored by release of heat. The side surface of the actuator wire is formed of polymer. One end and the other end of the net-shaped electric heating element is connected to one end and the other end of the actuator wire, respectively. The net-shaped electric heating element is in contact with the side surface of the actuator wire, when the net-shaped electric heating element is not heated. The net-shaped electric heating element is moved outward from the side surface of the actuator wire due to contraction of the actuator wire, when the net-shaped electric heating element is heated.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid-crystalline elastomer having large generation force and a large amount of displacement. The liquid-crystalline elastomer according to the present invention is composed of a polymer of liquid-crystalline molecular units and cross-linking reagent units. Each of the cross-linking reagent units contains a bicyclo structure selected from the group consisting of a bicyclo [2,2,1] heptane structure or a bicyclo [2,2,2] octane structure. A molar ratio of the cross-linking reagents to the liquid-crystalline molecular units is not less than 0.1 and not more than 0.2. The bicyclo [2,2,1] heptane structure may be a trycyclodecane structure. The bicyclo [2,2,2] octane structure may be a trycycloundecane structure.

Abstract: A solar cell element includes: a transparent body; a MgxAg1-x layer (0.001?x?0.045) having a thickness (2-13 nm); a ZnO layer having an arithmetical mean (Ra: 20-870 nm); and a transparent conductive layer. A photoelectric conversion layer including n-type and p-type layers further includes n-side and p-side electrodes. The ZnO layer is composed of ZnO columnar crystal grains grown on the MgxAg1-x layer, and each ZnO grain has a longitudinal direction along a normal line of the body, has a width increasing from the MgxAg1-x layer toward the transparent conductive layer, has a width which appears by cutting each ZnO grain along the normal line, and has a R2/R1 ratio (1.1-1.8). R1 represents the width of one end of the ZnO grain, and the one end is in contact with the surface of the MgxAg1-x layer, and R2 represents the width of the other end of the ZnO grain.

Abstract: The present invention provides an actuator, comprising a fiber and a temperature regulator capable of at least one of heating and cooling the fiber. The fiber is twisted around a longitudinal axis thereof. The fiber is folded so as to have a shape of a cylindrical coil. The fiber is formed of linear low-density polyethylene. The following mathematical formula (I) is satisfied: D/d<1 (I), where D represents a mean diameter of the cylindrical coil; and d represents a diameter of the fiber.

Abstract: A solar cell element having a transparent substrate body, a NaxAg1-x, layer, a ZnO layer, a transparent conductive layer, and a photoelectric conversion layer including an n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer. The transparent substrate body, the NaxAg1-x layer, the ZnO layer, the transparent conductive layer, and the photoelectric conversion layer are stacked in this order, x represents a value of not less than 0.001 and not more than 0.02, the NaxAg1-x layer has a thickness of 2-15.2 nanometers, and the ZnO layer has an arithmetical mean roughness of not less than 20-750 nanometers. The ZnO layer is composed of a plurality of ZnO columnar crystal grain, each ZnO columnar crystal grain has a longitudinal direction along a normal line direction of the transparent substrate body, and each ZnO columnar crystal grain has a R2/R1 ratio of 1.1-1.6.

Abstract: In order to provide a novel method for producing a chip having a water-repellent obverse surface and a hydrophilic reverse surface, the characteristic of the present disclosure lies in that the obverse surface of the chip having a hydroxyl group is brought into contact with an organic solvent in which R1—Si(OR2)3 or R1—SiY3 is dissolved in a second hydrophobic solvent, while the reverse surface of the chip is protected by the water film, so as to form a water-repellent film on the obverse surface of the chip.

Abstract: A solar cell element includes: a transparent body; a MgxAg1-x layer (0.001?x?0.045) having a thickness (2-13 nm); and a ZnO layer having an arithmetical mean (Ra: 20-870 nm); a transparent conductive layer; and a photoelectric conversion layer including n-type and p-type layers, further includes n-side and p-side electrodes, the ZnO layer is composed of ZnO columnar crystal grains grown on the MgxAg1-x layer; each ZnO grain has a longitudinal direction along a normal line of the body, and has a width increasing from the MgxAg1-x layer toward the transparent conductive layer, and has a width which appears by cutting each ZnO grain along the normal line, and has a R2/R1 ratio (1.1-1.8); where R1 represents the width of one end of the ZnO grain, the one end being in contact with the surface of the MgxAg1-x layer; and R2 represents the width of the other end of the ZnO grain.

Abstract: A solar cell element having a transparent substrate body, a NaxAg1-x, layer, a ZnO layer, a transparent conductive layer, and a photoelectric conversion layer including an n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer. The transparent substrate body, the NaxAg1-x layer, the ZnO layer, the transparent conductive layer, and the photoelectric conversion layer are stacked in this order, x represents a value of not less than 0.001 and not more than 0.02, the NaxAg1-x layer has a thickness of 2-15.2 nanometers, and the ZnO layer has an arithmetical mean roughness of not less than 20-750 nanometers. The ZnO layer is composed of a plurality of ZnO columnar crystal grain, each ZnO columnar crystal grain has a longitudinal direction along a normal line direction of the transparent substrate body, and each ZnO columnar crystal grain has a R2/R1 ratio of 1.1-1.6.

Abstract: In order to provide a novel method for producing a chip having a water-repellent obverse surface and a hydrophilic reverse surface, the characteristic of the present disclosure lies in that the obverse surface of the chip having a hydroxyl group is brought into contact with an organic solvent in which R1—Si(OR2)3 or R1—SiY3 is dissolved in a second hydrophobic solvent, while the reverse surface of the chip is protected by the water film, so as to form a water-repellent film on the obverse surface of the chip.