Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an antireflection film having a fine particle layer that is formed on a transparent substrate without allowing particles to aggregate as irregular lumps, while the region having no particles is being reduced to an area that is sufficiently small so as not to impair the visibility. In order to achieve the above-mentioned objective, the present invention provides an antireflection film that is characterized by having: a transparent substrate and a fine particle layer that is placed on the surface of the transparent substrate and made from at least a single layer of fine particles, wherein the surface of the transparent substrate and fine particles are allowed to adhere to each other by at least an electrostatic interaction, while the bulk of the above-mentioned fine particle layer is set to have a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the above-mentioned transparent substrate.

Abstract: The present invention intends primarily to provide such as a cell culture patterning substrate that is used to adhere cells in a highly precise pattern on a base material to culture and a cell culture substrate on which cells are adhered in a highly precise pattern. To attain the object, the invention provides a patterning substrate comprising: a base material; and a cell adhesion-inhibiting layer which is formed on the base material and comprises a cell adhesion-inhibiting material that has cell adhesion-inhibiting properties of inhibiting adhesion to cells and is denatured by action of a photocatalyst on the basis of irradiation with energy.

Abstract: The present invention provides a security element which is low in cost, is difficult to forge or alter, and can be applied to objects where a high level of security is required. The security element comprises at least a substrate and a fluorescent colorant layer provided on the substrate, wherein the fluorescent colorant layer comprises N species of fluorescent colorants Fn, wherein N is an integer of 2 or more and n is an integer of not less than one and not more than N, in the same layer, and the fluorescent colorant Fn absorbs light with a wavelength of ?n and emits fluorescence with a wavelength of ?n+1.

Abstract: An antireflection structure having on its surface an antireflection face having fine concaves or convexes, wherein 10 to 90% of the effective area of the antireflection face is accounted for by the concaves or convexes. The concaves or convexes include basic forms which may be connected to each other. The basic forms have an average length of 30 nm to 200 nm and an average diameter of 80 nm to 400 nm, and the basic forms are substantially irregularly arranged on the antireflection face. The antireflection structure can be used as an optical member to effectively prevent light reflection. For example, in the case of an optical member for information display such as display devices, the visibility can be improved, and, in the case of a light receiving optical member such as solar battery panels, the efficiency for light utilization can be improved.

Abstract: The present invention intends primarily to provide such as a cell culture patterning substrate that is used to adhere cells in a highly precise pattern on a base material to culture and a cell culture substrate on which cells is adhered in a highly precise pattern. To attain the above-mentioned object, the invention provides a patterning substrate, comprising a base material, a photocatalyst-containing layer which is formed on the base material and comprises at least a photocatalyst, and a cell adhesive layer which is formed on the photocatalyst-containing layer and at least comprises a cell adhesive material that has cell adhesive properties and is decomposed or denatured by action of the photocatalyst on the basis of irradiation with energy.

Abstract: A main object of the invention is to provide a new method for producing a cell culture substrate used to cause cells to adhere in a highly precise form onto a base material and then culture the cells.

Abstract: The present invention intends primarily to provide such as cells culture patterning substrate that is used to adhere a cell in a highly precise pattern on a base material to culture and a cell culture substrate on which cells are adhered in a high precision pattern. To attain the object, the invention provides a patterning substrate comprising: a base material; and a cell adhesive layer formed on the base material and comprising a cell adhesive material which has cell adhesive properties and is decomposed or denatured by action of a photocatalyst on the basis of irradiation with energy, and a binder.

Abstract: The present invention intends primarily to provide such as a cell culture patterning substrate that is used to adhere cells in a highly precise pattern on a base material to culture and a cell culture substrate on which cells is adhered in a highly precise pattern. In order to attain the object, the invention provides a patterning substrate comprising a base material, a photocatalyst-containing layer which is formed on the base material and comprises at least a photocatalyst, and a cell adhesion-inhibiting layer which is formed on the photocatalyst-containing layer and comprises a cell adhesion-inhibiting material that has cell adhesion-inhibiting properties of inhibiting adhesion to cells and is decomposed or denatured by action of the photocatalyst on the basis of irradiation with energy.

Abstract: The invention provides a carrier device for a thermal transfer medium comprising a spool for winding and supporting a thermal transfer sheet or a thermal transfer receiving sheet, wherein a mark containing a coloring material which absorbs an electromagnetic wave of a predetermined wavelength ?1 and emitting an electromagnetic wave of a wavelength ?2 different from the wavelength ?1 is provided on a region in a surface of the carrier device capable of being irradiated with an electromagnetic wave. The invention provides a discrimination method and a printer each of which utilizes such a carrier device capable of executing at least one process among the kind identification, the fake goods determination and the use amount calculation for the thermal transfer sheet or the thermal transfer receiving sheet based on a detection of the mark.

Abstract: The present invention intends primarily to provide such as a cell culture patterning substrate that is used to adhere a cell in a highly precise pattern on a base material to culture and a cell culture substrate on which the cell is adhered in a high precision pattern. In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a patterning substrate having a base material and a cell culture patterning layer that is formed on the base material and at least contains a photocatalyst and a cell adhesion-inhibiting material that has cell adhesion-inhibiting properties that inhibit the cell from adhering and is decomposed or modified owing to an action of the photocatalyst in combination with energy irradiation.

Abstract: The present invention intends primarily to provide such as a cell culture patterning substrate that is used to adhere a cell in a highly precise pattern on a base material to culture and a cell culture substrate on which a cell is adhered in a high precision pattern. In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a patterning substrate having a base material and a cell culture patterning layer that is formed on the base material and has at least a photocatalyst and a cell adhesive material that has the adhesiveness with the cell and is decomposed or modified owing to an action of the photocatalyst in combination with energy irradiation.

Abstract: An objective of the invention is to provide a method for producing a polymer-particle composite by which a polymer-particle composite having a desired particle density and a desired film thickness can be produced conveniently without allowing the particle to be aggregated in the polymeric matrix. To accomplish the objective described above, the present invention provides a method for producing a polymer-particle composite comprising a step of forming a polymer-containing layer mainly consisting of a polymeric material and a step of bringing a particle suspension containing the particle suspended in a solvent capable of swelling the polymeric material into contact with the polymer-containing layer.

Abstract: For the purpose of improving the accuracy of a variety analyses using a bio-microarray, it is a main object of the invention to provide a bio-microarray capable of producing relatively high signal intensity from a fluorescent molecule and capable of having improved quantification performance and to provide a substrate for bio-microarray. In order to achieve the object, the invention provides a substrate for bio-microarray characterized by having a reflection-suppressing function.

Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide: fine particles whose excitation light is not the one such as UV light or the like which has negative effects on a subject to be analyzed, emit light stably, and has excellent light emitting efficiency, and a fluorescent probe labeled with the fine particles. In order to achieve the aforementioned object, the present invention provides a fluorescent probe comprising: fine particles containing a rare earth element characterized in that they are excited by light having a wavelength in a range of 500 nm to 2000 nm and thereby emit up-conversion emission; and a specific binding substance which binds to the fine particles containing a rare earth element.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a cell culture base material having a base material and a pattern of regions of excellent cell adhesiveness formed on the base material with high precision, and a method of producing the same.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a fine particle layer laminated film configured in such a manner that a plurality of fine particle layers containing the fine particles, of which average particle diameters are in the range of 1 nm and 95 nm, are laminated; wherein the fine particles in the fine particle layer laminated film are accreted by polymer molecules; there are air spaces within a film of the fine particle layer laminated film; and a density of the fine particles in the fine particle layer laminated film is in the range of 40% and 80% in percentage by volume. According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a laminated film sufficiently having a property of the fine particle, for example, a property such as a low index of refraction or the like. Therefore, the present invention has an effect such that the fine particle layer laminated film according to the present invention can be preferably used for an application such as an antirelection film or the like.

Abstract: The invention provides a carrier device for a thermal transfer medium comprising a spool for winding and supporting a thermal transfer sheet or a thermal transfer receiving sheet, wherein a mark containing a coloring material which absorbs an electromagnetic wave of a predetermined wavelength &lgr;1 and emitting an electromagnetic wave of a wavelength &lgr;2 different from the wavelength &lgr;1 is provided on a region in a surface of the carrier device capable of being irradiated with an electromagnetic wave. The invention provides a discrimination method and a printer each of which utilizes such a carrier device capable of executing at least one process among the kind identification, the fake goods determination and the use amount calculation for the thermal transfer sheet or the thermal transfer receiving sheet based on a detection of the mark.

Abstract: The present invention provides a security element which is low in cost, is difficult to forge or alter, and can be applied to objects where a high level of security is required. The security element comprises at least a substrate and a fluorescent colorant layer provided on the substrate, wherein the fluorescent colorant layer comprises N species of fluorescent colorants Fn, wherein N is an integer of 2 or more and n is an integer of not less than one and not more than N, in the same layer, and the fluorescent colorant Fn absorbs light with a wavelength of &lgr;n and emits fluorescence with a wavelength of &lgr;n+1.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an antireflection film having a fine particle layer that is formed on a transparent substrate without allowing particles to aggregate as irregular lumps, while the region having no particles is being reduced to an area that is sufficiently small so as not to impair the visibility. In order to achieve the above-mentioned objective, the present invention provides an antireflection film that is characterized by having: a transparent substrate and a fine particle layer that is placed on the surface of the transparent substrate and made from at least a single layer of fine particles, wherein the surface of the transparent substrate and fine particles are allowed to adhere to each other by at least an electrostatic interaction, while the bulk of the above-mentioned fine particle layer is set to have a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the above-mentioned transparent substrate.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a fine particle layer laminated film configured in such a manner that a plurality of fine particle layers containing the fine particles, of which average particle diameters are in the range of 1 nm and 95 nm, are laminated; wherein the fine particles in the fine particle layer laminated film are accreted by polymer molecules; there are air spaces within a film of the fine particle layer laminated film; and a density of the fine particles in the fine particle layer laminated film is in the range of 40% and 80% in percentage by volume, According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a laminated film sufficiently having a property of the fine particle, for example, a property such as a low index of refraction or the like. Therefore, the present invention has an effect such that the fine particle layer laminated film according to the present invention can be preferably used for an application such as an antirelection film or the like.