Abstract: A scintillator panel includes a substrate made of an organic material, a barrier layer formed on the substrate and including thallium iodide as a main component, and a scintillator layer formed on the barrier layer and including cesium iodide as a main component. According to this scintillator panel, moisture resistance can be improved by providing the barrier layer between the substrate and the scintillator layer.

Abstract: Provided is a macromolecular material that has self-healing properties, excellent stretchability, and a high degree of freedom in the design of stretchability, strength, and hardness, and that can be produced by a simple method; and also provided is a method for producing the same. The macromolecular material of the present invention comprises a polymer having a host group and a guest group. The host group is a monovalent group formed by removing one hydrogen atom or hydroxy group from a cyclodextrin derivative. The polymer is a polymer of a monomer mixture containing a host group-containing polymerizable monomer, a guest group-containing polymerizable monomer, and a third polymerizable monomer, and the third polymerizable monomer contains a (meth)acrylic ester compound. The host group-containing polymerizable monomer and the guest group-containing polymerizable monomer have a property of being dissolved in the third polymerizable monomer.

Abstract: A carbonaceous material is fabricated by kneading of carbon powder and a binder. The carbonaceous material is granulated such that an average particle diameter of the carbonaceous material is 0.3 mm or more. A brush material is fabricated by mixing of the granulated carbonaceous material and metallic powder. A ratio of the metallic powder to a total weight of the brush material is adjusted to 1% by weight or more and 30% by weight or less. Pressure molding is performed on the fabricated brush material, and thermal processing is further performed on the brush material at a temperature at which a resin in the brush material is not carbonized.

Abstract: A carbonaceous material is fabricated by kneading of carbon powder and a binder. The carbonaceous material is granulated such that an average particle diameter of the carbonaceous material is 0.3 mm or more. A brush material is fabricated by mixing of the granulated carbonaceous material and metallic powder. A ratio of the metallic powder to a total weight of the brush material is adjusted to 1% by weight or more and 30% by weight or less. Pressure molding is performed on the fabricated brush material, and thermal processing is further performed on the brush material at a temperature at which a resin in the brush material is not carbonized.

Abstract: A carbonaceous material is fabricated by kneading of carbon powder and a binder. A particle diameter of the carbonaceous material is adjusted after the fabricated carbonaceous material is granulated. A brush material is fabricated by mixing of the carbonaceous material of which the particle diameter is adjusted and metal powder. A brush is completed by forming and thermal processing of the fabricated brush material. In this case, the particle diameter of the carbonaceous material is adjusted in a constant range before the carbonaceous material and the metal powder are mixed such that an average particle diameter of the carbonaceous material in the brush is not less than 300 ?m and not more than 2000 ?m. Alternatively, a ratio of the volume of the carbonaceous material having the particle diameter of not less than 300 ?m to the volume of the brush is adjusted to not less than 50%.

Abstract: A carbon brush is provided that improves motor efficiency and achieves a longer service life. A carbon brush (1) to be pressed against an electrically-conductive rotor (2) is characterized by containing mesocarbon powder and an aggregate material containing carbon as at least one component thereof. It is preferable that the mesocarbon powder have a substantially spherical shape, and it is also preferable that the mesocarbon powder has been subjected to a preheating treatment. In addition, it is preferable that the temperature of the preheating treatment be from 500° C. to 700° C.