Abstract: A positive electrode active material in which a capacity decrease caused by charge and discharge cycles is suppressed is provided. Alternatively, a positive electrode active material having a crystal structure that is unlikely to be broken by repeated charging and discharging is provided. The positive electrode active material contains titanium, nickel, aluminum, magnesium, and fluorine, and includes a region where titanium is unevenly distributed, a region where nickel is unevenly distributed, and a region where magnesium is unevenly distributed in a projection on its surface. Aluminum is preferably unevenly distributed in a surface portion, not in the projection, of the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: Provided is an unprecedented and innovative wiring formation method with which it is possible to form transfer wiring using a transfer mold on a substrate having recesses and protrusions on the surface, without carrying out a smoothing process. The wiring formation method includes filling recesses (4a) arranged in a prescribed pattern in a transfer mold (4) having the recesses (4a) with an electroconductive member (2), laying the transfer mold (4) filled with the electroconductive member (2) over the surface of a substrate (1) having recesses and protrusions, transferring the electroconductive member (2) to the surface of the substrate (1), and forming a wiring part (3) on the surface of the substrate (1) using the electroconductive member (2), wherein a soft mold having a durometer A hardness of 40-70 is used as the transfer mold (4).

Abstract: An inkjet printer printhead, member thereof, or other component has an internal cavity that has a protective coating. Further surfaces of the component may have the protective coating. To make the protective coating, a target thickness for a film of HfO2 (hafnia) is selected, that will avoid formation of pinholes, thin spots and nodule growth. Using atomic layer deposition (ALD), with the processing adjusted for the target thickness, the film of HfO2 is deposited as a conformal layer on the component, including on a surface of the internal cavity, to form a coated component. A non-wetting coating can be included over the film of HfO2.

Abstract: An inkjet printer printhead, member thereof, or other component has an internal cavity that has a protective coating. Further surfaces of the component may have the protective coating. To make the protective coating, a target thickness for a film of HfO2 (hafnia) is selected, that will avoid formation of pinholes, thin spots and nodule growth. Using atomic layer deposition (ALD), with the processing adjusted for the target thickness, the film of HfO2 is deposited as a conformal layer on the component, including on a surface of the internal cavity, to form a coated component. A non-wetting coating can be included over the film of HfO2.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid jetting structure and its applications. The liquid jetting structure includes: a nozzle substrate on which a nozzle for jetting a liquid is formed; and a flow passage substrate on which a liquid flow passage communicating with the nozzle is formed, in which a first layer, a second layer, and a liquid-repellent layer are provided in this order on a jetting surface of the nozzle substrate, the first layer and the second layer are provided in this order on an inner wall of the liquid flow passage, the first layer is a layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of tantalum oxide, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, and hafnium oxide, and the second layer is a layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of SiO2, SiC, SiN, SiCN, and SiON.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass ceramic having a three-dimensional shape including a plurality of round shapes including a minimum round shape having an average curvature radius of 5.0×102 mm or less and a maximum round shape having an average curvature radius of 1.0×103 mm or more, in which the glass ceramic has a sheet thickness t [mm], and a value obtained by dividing a maximum value of retardation [nm] measured by the following measurement method by the sheet thickness t [mm] is 50 [nm/mm] or less, measurement method: retardation is measured using a birefringence measuring device by vertically irradiating one or more points on an arc of each of the round shapes with light having a wavelength of 543 nm.

Abstract: Included are: a cylindrical body (cylindrical portion 16) provided with a shaft portion (18); and a first valve body (11) that is in close contact with the shaft portion to close an opening portion (22) of the cylindrical body, and is separated from the shaft portion when pressure (P) in the cylindrical body rises to a threshold (Pth) or higher by gas that has entered the cylindrical body, to release the gas from the cylindrical body to the outside. The valve body includes a closing portion (40) that receives the pressure (P) of the gas in the cylindrical body. The pressure received by the closing portion (40) serves as a valve opening force. As a result, the discharge characteristics of the gas filling a case are improved to enhance a pressure regulation function.

Abstract: Provided is an unprecedented and innovative wiring formation method with which it is possible to form transfer wiring using a transfer mold on a substrate having recesses and protrusions on the surface, without carrying out a smoothing process. The wiring formation method includes filling recesses (4a) arranged in a prescribed pattern in a transfer mold (4) having the recesses (4a) with an electroconductive member (2), laying the transfer mold (4) filled with the electroconductive member (2) over the surface of a substrate (1) having recesses and protrusions, transferring the electroconductive member (2) to the surface of the substrate (1), and forming a wiring part (3) on the surface of the substrate (1) using the electroconductive member (2), wherein a soft mold having a durometer A hardness of 40-70 is used as the transfer mold (4).

Abstract: A method for forming electroconductive elements into a pattern on a substrate, in which: recesses (3) in a printing plate (2) are filled with an electroconductive paste (4) containing a resin that is curable by active light rays, the active-light-curable-resin-containing electroconductive paste (4) including an active-light-curable resin for which the average particle diameter is set to 0.1-20 ?m; the printing plate (2) is superposed on a substrate (1); at least a contact interface portion at which the active-light-curable-resin-containing electroconductive paste (4) contacts the recesses (3) is cured by being irradiated with active light rays from the printing plate (2) side; and then the printing plate (2) is separated from the substrate (1), the active-light-curable-resin-containing electroconductive paste (4) is transferred to the substrate (1), and electroconductive elements (5) having a prescribed pattern are formed on the substrate (1).

Abstract: To suppress reduction in rigidity. A cover material has a curvature in a first direction X and a curvature in a second direction Y. The curvature in the first direction X and the curvature in the second direction Y intersect with each other on a plane of the cover material 10. The radius of curvature of the curvature in the first direction X is 60 mm or more and 300 mm or less. The radius of curvature of the curvature in the second direction Y is 1000 mm or more and 14000 mm or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass in which: the glass is a crystallized glass; the glass has a difference log ??log ?0 (dPa·s) between a logarithm log ? (dPa·s) of bulk viscosity ? (dPa·s) and a logarithm log ?0 (dPa·s) of local viscosity ?0 (dPa·s) of larger than 0 and 1.8 or smaller, in a temperature range in which the logarithm log ?0 (dPa·s) of the bulk viscosity ? (dPa·s) is 11.4 or larger and 12.7 or smaller.

Abstract: An X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes an X-ray limiter having four diaphragm blades; and a console on which four physical operating units that correspond to the four diaphragm blades are placed at four positions. When viewed from the side of the operator of the console, the four operating units are placed on the far side, the near side, the left side, and the right side. The far-side operating unit, the near-side operating unit, the left-side operating unit, and the right-side operating unit correspond to the upper diaphragm blade, the lower diaphragm blade, the left-side diaphragm blade, and the right-side diaphragm blade, respectively, with reference to an X-ray image displayed in a display.

Abstract: Provided is an aluminum member for electrodes capable of stably maintaining a low electric resistance state, and a method of producing an aluminum member for electrodes. An aluminum member for electrodes includes an aluminum substrate and an oxide film that is laminated on at least one main surface of the aluminum substrate, and the oxide film has a density of 2.7 to 4.1 g/cm3 and a thickness of 5 nm or less.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid jetting structure and its applications. The liquid jetting structure includes: a nozzle substrate on which a nozzle for jetting a liquid is formed; and a flow passage substrate on which a liquid flow passage communicating with the nozzle is formed, in which a first layer, a second layer, and a liquid-repellent layer are provided in this order on a jetting surface of the nozzle substrate, the first layer and the second layer are provided in this order on an inner wall of the liquid flow passage, the first layer is a layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of tantalum oxide, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, and hafnium oxide, and the second layer is a layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of SiO2, SiC, SiN, SiCN, and SiON.

Abstract: An image acquiring apparatus includes: a light irradiation unit configured to be capable of radiating light modulated with a modulation signal in a predetermined frequency band; photosensors configured to be capable of receiving the light radiated from the light irradiation unit, the light including reflected light reflected by an object, and the photosensors being arranged in a matrix; and a generation unit configured to generate a DC component from an electrical signal output from the photosensor due to the light received by the photosensor on the basis of the predetermined frequency band or the modulation signal.

Abstract: An X-ray diagnosis apparatus includes an X-ray limiter having four diaphragm blades and a console on which four physical operating units that correspond to the four diaphragm blades are placed at four positions. When viewed from the side of the operator of the console, the four operating units are placed on the far side, the near side, the left side, and the right side. The far-side operating unit, the near-side operating unit, the left-side operating unit, and the right-side operating unit correspond to the upper diaphragm blade, the lower diaphragm blade, the left-side diaphragm blade, and the right-side diaphragm blade, respectively, with reference to an X-ray image displayed in a display.

Abstract: A sensor element includes a first reference potential side terminal located between a first signal side terminal and a second signal side terminal along a first axis passing through the first signal side terminal and the second signal side terminal in a plan view from a direction in which a first piezoelectric element and a second piezoelectric element are stacked and a second reference potential side terminal located between the first signal side terminal and the second signal side terminal along the first axis in the plan view from the direction. The first axis is located between the first reference potential side terminal and the second reference potential side terminal in the plain view from the direction.

Abstract: A reinforcing device for reinforcement of an angle material of an existing structure includes two band members for holding both sides of the angle material. A band auxiliary member is arranged at an inside corner of the angle material, a joining bolt/nut set is provided for joining the band auxiliary member and one end of each of the band members together, and a tightening bolt/nut set is provided for integrally fixing the other end of each of the band members to the angle material. The joining bolt/nut set and the tightening bolt/nut set are arranged only one by one respectively at one end and the other end of each of the band members. An outer face of each of the band members has reinforcing ribs provided at either an upper part or a lower part of each of the two band members.

Abstract: Provided is an aluminum member for electrodes capable of stably maintaining a low electric resistance state, and a method of producing an aluminum member for electrodes. An aluminum member for electrodes includes an aluminum substrate and an oxide film that is laminated on at least one main surface of the aluminum substrate, and the oxide film has a density of 2.7 to 4.1 g/cm3 and a thickness of 5 nm or less.