Abstract: [Object] It is an object of the present invention to provide an aluminum alloy film having excellent bending resistance and heat resistance, and a thin film transistor including the aluminum alloy film. [Solving Means] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an aluminum alloy film according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an Al pure metal that includes at least one type of a first additive element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Sc, Mo, Y, Nb, and Ti. A content of the first additive element is 0.01 atomic % or more and 1.0 atomic % or less. Such an aluminum alloy film has excellent bending resistance and excellent heat resistance. Further, also etching can be performed on the aluminum alloy film.

Abstract: An optical recording medium in which a recording layer (4) on which optically readable data are recorded is formed on a rectangular base material (1), a protective layer (5) is formed by roll coating on the recording layer (4) and wherein the base material (1) on which the recording layer (4) and the protective layer (5) have been formed is cut into a predetermined shape. The protective layer (5) provided on the recording layer (4) is formed of a material having a low Young modulus and a lower thermal conductivity as compared with the base material.

Abstract: An optical recording medium in which a recording layer (4) on which optically readable data are recorded is formed on a rectangular base material (1), a protective layer (5) is formed by roll coating on the recording layer (4) and wherein the base material (1) on which the recording layer (4) and the protective layer (5) have been formed is cut into a predetermined shape. The protective layer (5) provided on the recording layer (4) is formed of a material having a low Young modulus and a lower thermal conductivity as compared with the base material.

Abstract: In an optically recordable carrier having a substrate and an optical record layer on the substrate, the optical record layer is enveloped, at all of its surfaces with a protective film of inorganic material by which the resistance to corrosion of the optical record layer is improved considerably.

Abstract: An information recording medium wherein the recording layer consists of a thin film of a SbSe compound containing 58-85 atomic % Sb, with the balance Se. This material has been found to facilitate transformation from the crystalline state to the amorphous state or from the amorphous state to the crystalline state by means of laser ray irradiation, thereby rendering recording and erasing of information more practical.

Abstract: An information recording medium which includes a light-transmitting substrate, a recording layer formed on the substrate, the recording layer having the characteristic of changing an optical characteristic upon heating thereof, together with a protective layer having light-absorbing properties disposed over the recording layer and arranged to absorb light passing through the recording layer upon recording, in combination with a planar layer superimposed on the protective layer and capable of suppressing mechanical deformation of the recording layer.