Abstract: Provided is a resin composition for molding materials, comprising a plant fiber (A), a thermoplastic resin (B), and a compound (C) having a reactivity with a carboxy group.

Abstract: A film formation method to form a predetermined thin film on a target substrate includes first and second steps alternately performed each at least once. The first step is arranged to generate first plasma within a process chamber that accommodates the substrate while supplying a compound gas containing a component of the thin film and a reducing gas into the process chamber. The second step is arranged to generate second plasma within the process chamber while supplying the reducing gas into the process chamber, subsequently to the first step.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a graded refractive index optical element, the method being capable of easily forming a graded refractive index distribution in a desired portion of a glass substrate without the need for a specific treatment atmosphere, and without using a molten salt. More specifically, the present invention provides a method of producing a graded refractive index optical element comprising applying a paste containing a copper compound, an organic resin and an organic solvent to a glass substrate containing an alkali metal component as a glass component, and then performing heat treatment at a temperature below the softening temperature of the glass substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing an optical element without the need for high vacuum, unlike the thin film deposition methods, and without using a molten salt. More specifically, the invention provides a method of producing an optical element comprising applying a paste containing at least one compound selected from lithium compounds, potassium compounds, rubidium compounds, cesium compounds, silver compounds, and thallium compounds, an organic resin, and an organic solvent to a glass substrate containing an alkali metal component as a glass component and then performing heat treatment at a temperature below the softening temperature of the glass substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing an optical element without the need for high vacuum, unlike the thin film deposition methods, and without using a molten salt. More specifically, the invention provides a method of producing an optical element comprising applying a paste containing at least one compound selected from lithium compounds, potassium compounds, rubidium compounds, cesium compounds, silver compounds, and thallium compounds, an organic resin, and an organic solvent to a glass substrate containing an alkali metal component as a glass component and then performing heat treatment at a temperature below the softening temperature of the glass substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a graded refractive index optical element, the method being capable of easily forming a graded refractive index distribution in a desired portion of a glass substrate without the need for a specific treatment atmosphere, and without using a molten salt. More specifically, the present invention provides a method of producing a graded refractive index optical element comprising applying a paste containing a copper compound, an organic resin and an organic solvent to a glass substrate containing an alkali metal component as a glass component, and then performing heat treatment at a temperature below the softening temperature of the glass substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming an optical waveguide characterized by applying a paste containing a copper compound to a glass substrate containing an alkali metal as a glass component over the whole surface thereof or in a patterned form, and performing heat treatment at a temperature lower than the softening temperature of the glass substrate. The method of the invention can produce an optical waveguide without the need for a high vacuum as in the thin film deposition method and without the use of a molten salt, and is capable of dispersing Cu+ ions selectively in a glass substrate with excellent controllability.

Abstract: A film formation method to form a predetermined thin film on a target substrate includes first and second steps alternately performed each at least once. The first step is arranged to generate first plasma within a process chamber that accommodates the substrate while supplying a compound gas containing a component of the thin film and a reducing gas into the process chamber. The second step is arranged to generate second plasma within the process chamber while supplying the reducing gas into the process chamber, subsequently to the first step.

Abstract: A film-formation method for a semiconductor process includes pre-coating of covering a worktable with a pre-coat before loading a target substrate into a process chamber, and film formation thereafter of loading the target substrate into the process chamber, and forming a main film on the target substrate. The pre-coating repeats the first and second steps a plurality of times, thereby laminating segment films to form the pre-coat. The first step supplies first and second process gases into the process chamber, thereby forming a segment film containing a metal element on the worktable. The second step supplies the second process gas containing no metal element into the process chamber, thereby exhausting and removing, from the process chamber, a byproduct produced in the first step other than a component forming the segment film.

Abstract: A substrate treatment device includes: a treatment chamber in which a substrate is to be placed; a supply system configured to supply at least two kinds of treatment gases into the treatment chamber; an exhaust system having a pump, configured to exhaust the treatment gases from the treatment chamber; and a capturing unit interposed between the treatment chamber and the pump and containing fine grains, configured to capture by the fine grains at least one kind of the treatment gas exhausted from the treatment chamber.

Abstract: It is the object of the present invention to provide utensils for table use or cooking use, which can easily improve the taste of food and drink and make them tasty without using particular energy in a short time. The utensils for table use or cooking use according to the present invention have their surface coated with a film of titanium oxide; when they are exposed to sunrays, an electric light or the like, electrons and positive holes are formed on the film of titanium oxide on the surface thereof according to photocatalytic reaction, whose strong oxidation-reaction decomposes residual chlorine and organic compounds dissolved in water to remove the odor of chlorine and the odor of mold and makes clusters of water in food and drink small to improve the taste of food and drink and to make them tasty.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing an economical process for purifying water which can produce clean water by treating polluted water, which contains agricultural chemicals, organic solvents (particularly, halocarbon) and surface active agents (particularly, those with side chains) which are hard to treat according to a conventional activated sludge process, under moderate conditions readily and promptly, and also, which process is characterized by adding titanium oxide and iron salt into water to be treated, and irradiating light thereupon.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing an economical process for purifying water which can produce clean water by treating polluted water, which contains agricultural chemicals, organic solvents (particularly, halocarbon) and surface active agents (particularly, those with side chains) which are hard to treat according to a conventional activated sludge process, under moderate conditions readily and promptly, and also, which process is characterized by adding titanium oxide and iron salt into water to be treated, and irradiating light thereupon.