Abstract: Provided are a manufacturing method of a printed article and a printing device which obtain a back printed article with a high image quality. A first treatment liquid which contains an aggregating agent that aggregates a color ink and a white ink is added to an impermeable medium, the color ink is applied to the impermeable medium to which the first treatment liquid is added to print an image, and the white ink is applied to the impermeable medium to which the color ink is applied. In a case in which a total amount of an applied amount of the color ink and an applied amount of the white ink exceeds a threshold value, a second treatment liquid which contains at least the aggregating agent that aggregates the white ink is added to the impermeable medium after the color ink is applied and before the white ink is applied.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid jetting device, a liquid jetting head cleaning device, and a liquid jetting head cleaning method, in which an increase in the number of jetting failures is suppressed in a case where a nozzle surface of a liquid jetting head is cleaned by causing a napped wiping member to abut against the nozzle surface.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid jetting device, a liquid jetting head cleaning device, and a liquid jetting head cleaning method, in which an increase in the number of jetting failures is suppressed in a case where a nozzle surface of a liquid jetting head is cleaned by causing a napped wiping member to abut against the nozzle surface.

Abstract: A printing apparatus and a printing method that can reduce a difference in glossiness in an in-plane direction of a printed matter to which aqueous varnish has been applied. The apparatus and method satisfy a relationship of “Tp?(40/6)×tw?a” when the temperature of a recording surface at the time of application of aqueous varnish containing water is denoted by Tp, coating formation time of the aqueous varnish is denoted by tw, and a constant determined according to an allowable value of a gloss difference, which is a difference between glossiness of the recording surface of a printed matter of which applied aqueous varnish has been dried in a first direction and glossiness of the recording surface in a direction orthogonal to the first direction, is denoted by a. Here, the unit of the temperature Tp is ° C. and the unit of the coating formation time tw is minute.

Abstract: Provided are a nozzle wiping sheet, a nozzle wiping unit, and an image forming apparatus capable of preventing occurrence of streaks during printing immediately after maintenance. A wiping member (120) wipes a nozzle surface (57K) of a jetting head (56K) provided with a nozzle through which liquid droplets are jetted, in which a shape of the liquid droplet added dropwise to the wiping member (120) after a cleaning liquid (108) is added to the wiping member (120) satisfies the following condition when an aspect ratio of the liquid droplet after 40 seconds after the addition of the cleaning liquid (108) is assumed to be R, and the R is 1.3 or more.

Abstract: A printing apparatus and a printing method that can reduce a difference in glossiness in an in-plane direction of a printed matter to which aqueous varnish has been applied. The apparatus and method satisfy a relationship of “Tp?(40/6)×tw?a” when the temperature of a recording surface at the time of application of aqueous varnish containing water is denoted by Tp, coating formation time of the aqueous varnish is denoted by tw, and a constant determined according to an allowable value of a gloss difference, which is a difference between glossiness of the recording surface of a printed matter of which applied aqueous varnish has been dried in a first direction and glossiness of the recording surface in a direction orthogonal to the first direction, is denoted by a. Here, the unit of the temperature Tp is ° C. and the unit of the coating formation time tw is minute.

Abstract: A transparent adhesive sheet for optics, which is capable of satisfying both adhesion and rework property, in view of the above problems of prior art. A production method of a silicone-based transparent adhesive sheet for optics for assembling the optical components, includes a step of forming a surface activation treated surface, in which peel strength after laminating onto an adherend increases with time, as compared with peel strength before lamination. The surface activation treatment is performed by using UV-ray irradiation on at least a part or the entire surface of an adhesive face contacting with the adherend of said transparent adhesive sheet for optics.

Abstract: Provided are a wiping mechanism, a liquid droplet jetting apparatus, and a wiping method capable of securing an absorption capacity of a wiping member which absorbs a liquid adhered to a nozzle surface while preventing infiltration of bubbles into a nozzle when the nozzle surface is wiped by the wiping member. The nozzle surface is wiped by the wiping member which has one surface 200A that comes into contact with the nozzle surface in which a plurality of nozzles through which liquid droplets are jetted are formed, and has a plurality of voids M that form capillaries from the one surface 200A side to the other surface 200B side, the voids M being greater in size on the other surface 200B side than on the one surface side 200A among the plurality of voids M.

Abstract: Provided are a nozzle wiping sheet, a nozzle wiping unit, and an image forming apparatus capable of preventing occurrence of streaks during printing immediately after maintenance. A wiping member (120) wipes a nozzle surface (57K) of a jetting head (56K) provided with a nozzle through which liquid droplets are jetted, in which a shape of the liquid droplet added dropwise to the wiping member (120) after a cleaning liquid (108) is added to the wiping member (120) satisfies the following condition when an aspect ratio of the liquid droplet after 40 seconds after the addition of the cleaning liquid (108) is assumed to be R, and the R is 1.3 or more.

Abstract: Provided are a wiping mechanism, a liquid droplet jetting apparatus, and a wiping method capable of securing an absorption capacity of a wiping member which absorbs a liquid adhered to a nozzle surface while preventing infiltration of bubbles into a nozzle when the nozzle surface is wiped by the wiping member. The nozzle surface is wiped by the wiping member which has one surface 200A that comes into contact with the nozzle surface in which a plurality of nozzles through which liquid droplets are jetted are formed, and has a plurality of voids M that form capillaries from the one surface 200A side to the other surface 200B side, the voids M being greater in size on the other surface 200B side than on the one surface side 200A among the plurality of voids M.

Abstract: A method of performing pattern transfer includes the steps of: applying liquid to a substrate, while performing relative movement of the substrate and a liquid ejection head having a plurality of nozzles, by performing ejection and deposition of a plurality of droplets of the liquid from the nozzles onto the substrate in a state where a shape of each of the droplets upon the deposition is not a single circular shape and each of the droplets does not combine with adjacent another of the droplets on the substrate; and curing the liquid that has been applied to the substrate in the applying step while pressing a pattern forming surface of a stamper having a prescribed projection-recess pattern against the liquid.

Abstract: Luminescent compositions are described comprising lanthanide-containing nanoclusters comprising lanthanide atoms bonded to at least one semimetal or transition metal via an oxygen or sulfur atom. Novel compositions include an antenna ligand complexed with the nanoclusters. The rare earth-metal nanoclusters are in the size range of 1 to 100 nm. Articles, such as solar cells, are described in which the nanoclusters (with or without antenna ligands) are dispersed in a polymer matrix. Novel methods of making luminescent films are also described.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a transparent adhesive sheet for optics, which is capable of satisfying both adhesion and rework property, in view of the above problems of prior art. A production method of a silicone-based transparent adhesive sheet for optics for assembling the optical components, characterized by forming a surface activation treated surface, in which peel strength after laminating onto an adherend increases with time, as compared with peel strength before lamination, by performing surface activation treatment using UV-ray irradiation on at least a part or the entire surface of an adhesive face contacting with the adherend of said transparent adhesive sheet for optics, and a transparent adhesive sheet for optics obtained from the production method thereof, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides an organic/inorganic composite containing an inorganic phase dispersed in an organic polymer, the inorganic phase comprises one or more metal atoms that are coordinated to at least one rare earth metal atom via oxygen. The composite contains at least 5 mass % of rare earth metal. This rare earth metal is dispersed in the inorganic phase.

Abstract: A line image forming method includes the steps of: ejecting a plurality of droplets of liquid sequentially from an inkjet head, the liquid containing a functional component; and depositing the droplets of the liquid onto a non-permeable medium, the deposited droplets becoming joined together on the non-permeable medium to form a line pattern of the liquid, wherein a receding contact angle of the liquid with respect to the non-permeable medium being not larger than 10°.

Abstract: Provided are a method of forming copper wiring, a method of manufacturing a wiring board, and a wiring board, which are capable of improving conductivity and suppressing deterioration over a period of time of copper wiring. The method of forming copper wiring includes: a wiring pattern formation step of depositing a suspension onto a substrate to form a wiring pattern of the suspension on the substrate, the suspension including dispersed copper particles having an average particle diameter that is not smaller than 100 nm; a drying step of drying the copper particles at a temperature lower than 150° C.; a pressure application step of applying pressure to the copper particles in the wiring pattern; a heat application step of applying heat to the copper particles in the wiring pattern; and a reducing treatment step of subjecting the copper particles to a reducing treatment.

Abstract: A method of forming copper wiring includes: a wiring pattern formation step of depositing a first suspension onto a substrate to form a wiring pattern of the first suspension on the substrate, the first suspension including dispersed first copper particles having an average particle diameter that is not smaller than 100 nm; a drying step of drying the first copper particles at a temperature lower than 150° C.; a second suspension deposition step of depositing a second suspension onto the wiring pattern, the second suspension including dispersed second copper particles having an average particle diameter that is smaller than the average particle diameter of the first copper particles; a compaction step of reducing voids between the first and second copper particles; a heat application step of applying heat to the first and second copper particles; and a reducing treatment step of subjecting the first and second copper particles to a reducing treatment.

Abstract: The pattern transfer apparatus includes: a liquid ejection device having liquid ejection ports through which droplets of liquid are ejected and deposited onto a substrate surface while the liquid ejection device relatively moves to scan the substrate surface in a relative scanning direction; and a stamp having a stamp surface on which a pattern is formed, the stamp surface being applied to the droplets of the liquid on the substrate surface in a stamp application direction while the stamp is relatively moved with respect to the substrate, wherein when defining, on the substrate surface, strips which are straight and parallel to the stamp application direction and have widths substantially equal to diameters of the droplets deposited on the substrate surface, at least one of the strips includes the droplets which are ejected respectively from at least different two of the liquid ejection ports of the liquid ejection device.

Abstract: A method of performing pattern transfer includes the steps of: applying liquid to a substrate, while performing relative movement of the substrate and a liquid ejection head having a plurality of nozzles, by performing ejection and deposition of a plurality of droplets of the liquid from the nozzles onto the substrate in a state where a shape of each of the droplets upon the deposition is not a single circular shape and each of the droplets does not combine with adjacent another of the droplets on the substrate; and curing the liquid that has been applied to the substrate in the applying step while pressing a pattern forming surface of a stamper having a prescribed projection-recess pattern against the liquid.

Abstract: The present invention provides an organic/inorganic composite containing an inorganic phase dispersed in an organic polymer, the inorganic phase comprises one or more metal atoms that are coordinated to at least one rare earth metal atom via oxygen. The composite contains at least 5 mass % of rare earth metal. This rare earth metal is dispersed in the inorganic phase.