Abstract: An adhesion method capable of strongly adhering two members without using an adhesive and without impairing a fine structure or optical properties of a joining surface, and a biochemical chip and optical component made by the same are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive paste in which fine metal particles are dispersed into a chemical adsorption liquid produced from a mixture of at least an alkoxysilane compound, a silanol condensation catalyst, and a nonaqueous organic solvent to form an organic thin film comprising molecules covalently bound to the surface of the fine metal particle by having the surface of the fine metal particle react with the alkoxysilane compound, so that fine metal particles that are given a reactive function to the surface are produced while almost maintaining the original conductivity of the fine metal particles, and further the particles are pasted with an organic solvent.

Abstract: Provided are a bonded structure, a sealed structure, an electronic component including the same, a bonding method, and a sealing method, the bonded structure and sealed structure allow hermetic adhesion using an adhesive even when the materials of the bonding surfaces are different, or the bonding surfaces have low wettability for the adhesive. A sealed structure 21 used for an electronic component or the like includes a first bonding surface 17 on a first adherent 11 bonded to a second bonding surface 18 on a second adherent 16 via an adhesive layer 24, the first and/or second bonding surfaces 17 and 18 having films 22 and 23 of film-forming compounds, the film-forming compounds being bound to the surfaces 17 and 18 at one end of the molecule thereof, and bound to a molecule of the adhesive at the functional group at the other end of the molecule.

Abstract: A fluorescent fine particle film that retains the intrinsic functions of fluorescent fine particles and that can be formed on any substrate at a desired thickness, a method for manufacturing the fluorescent fine particle film, and a display apparatus, a photoconductor, and a sensor each including the fluorescent fine particle film are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to light-reflection coating composition, characterized in that transparent particles having surfaces covered with a water-repellent and oil-repellent coating film are dispersed in the coating composition. Furthermore, there is provided, using the coating composition, a water-repellent, oil-repellent, and soil-resistant light-reflection coat, wherein the transparent particles covered with a water-repellent, oil-repellent, and soil-resistant coating film.

Abstract: An adhesion method capable of strongly adhering two members without using an adhesive and without impairing a fine structure or optical properties of a joining surface, and a biochemical chip and optical component made by the same are provided. The adhesion method includes step A of forming a coating film 13 of a first film compound having a first functional group on a first joining surface 11 of a first member 21, step B of forming a coating film 14 of a second film compound having a second functional group on a second joining surface 12 of a second member 22, and step C of bringing the first joining surface 11 into contact by pressure with the second joining surface 12 while bringing a coupling agent having at least one coupling reactive group that forms a bond by a coupling reaction with the first functional group and the second functional group into contact with the first and second functional groups to form bonds by the coupling reaction.

Abstract: A fluorescent paste that can form a fluorescent film and can be manufactured without a binder resin and has a high recording density and peel resistance Fluorescent fine particles each coated with a film formed of a film compound having a reactive group and a curing agent having a plurality of crosslinking reaction groups each reacting with the reactive group to form bonds are blended with a solvent to manufacture fluorescent paste. The fluorescent paste is applied to a substrate coated with a film formed of a second film compound having a second reactive group and is cured by crosslinking reactions between the reactive group and the second reactive group, and the crosslinking reaction groups to form a fluorescent film.

Abstract: A patterned fine particle film structure includes a fine particle layer including fine particles arranged and bound to a surface of a substrate coated with a patterned film including a first film compound having a first functional group. The fine particles are coated with films including a first coupling agent having a first coupling reactive group that undergoes a coupling reaction with the first functional group to form a bond. The fine particle layer is bound by a bond formed through a coupling reaction. In an embodiment, fine particles coated with films of a film compound that reacts with the first coupling reactive group and the fine particles are alternately bound to the substrate.

Abstract: A water-repellent, oil-repellent, and antifouling antireflection film having water-repellent, oil-repellent, and antifouling properties, a water liberation property, and durability; a method for manufacturing such an antireflection film; a lens, a glass sheet, and glass having a surface coated with a water-repellent, oil-repellent, and antifouling antireflection film; and an optical apparatus, a solar energy system, and a display equipped with such components are provided.

Abstract: An optical sensor that can be produced at a low cost from inexpensive silicon fine particles as raw materials and a method for making the optical sensor are provided. In an optical sensor 1, a layer of n-type silicon fine particles 24 coated with a coating film having a functional group is selectively fixed and bonded onto only a pattern portion of a surface of a transparent electrode 14 coated with a coating film having a first functional group, and a layer of p-type silicon fine particles 25 coated with a coating film having a third functional group is fixed and bonded thereon. The first and second functional groups and the second and third coupling groups are respectively fixed with each other via bonds formed between them and coupling reactive groups in a coupling agent.

Abstract: An antireflection film that requires neither a special vacuum chamber nor other expensive instruments and can be formed on a substrate having any size and a method for manufacturing such an antireflection film are provided. The antireflection film 1 is configured as follows: to the surface of a substrate 14 coated with a film composed of a first film compound having a first functional group, a transparent fine particle layer formed as an array of reactive silica fine particles 42, each coated with a film composed of a first coupling agent having a first coupling reactive group that forms a bond through a coupling reaction with the first functional group, is bound and fixed through a bond formed by a coupling reaction between the first functional group and the first coupling reactive group.

Abstract: An organic electronic device is provided that utilizes a conductive organic thin film having a conductive network in the channel region. The conductive network comprises an organic molecular group made up of organic molecules each having a light-responsive group or a polar group bonded together by conjugated bonds. Thus, high integration and high-speed response is made possible. In addition, a method of producing a functional organic thin film fixed to a specified portion of a substrate surface by covalent bonds is provided. This method comprises preliminarily treating the substrate by performing an active hydrogen exposure treatment on the specified portion (or an active hydrogen removing treatment on the portion other than the specified portion) and reacting the active hydrogens of the specified portion with organic molecules. Thus, a high precision functional organic thin film, even one formed to the micron pattern level, can be provided.

Abstract: An organic electronic device of the present invention includes a substrate, at least two electrodes formed on the substrate, a conductive organic thin film that is formed on the substrate and electrically connects the electrodes, and a coating film for coating at least a portion of the electrodes. The conductive organic thin film is a polymer of organic molecules containing a conjugated-bondable group, and one end of each of the organic molecules is chemically bonded to the surface of the substrate and the conjugated-bondable groups in the organic molecules are polymerized with other conjugated-bondable groups to form a conjugated bond chain. The coating film electrically connects the electrodes to the conductive organic thin film and achieves a smaller connection resistance than that in the case where the electrodes and the conductive organic thin film are connected directly.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display element having pretilt angles and anchoring energies with respect to liquid crystal molecules that differ between a pair of opposed substrates, a liquid crystal display element having pretilt angles and anchoring energies with respect to liquid crystal molecules that vary at a same substrate, and an optically anisotropic film having a plurality of optically different regions is provided. Thus, a liquid crystal display element that has improved display characteristics, response, and the like can be obtained. Methods of producing such liquid crystal display elements and such an optically anisotropic film are provided. The production methods are simply carried out utilizing the irradiation of polarized light. Thus, the present invention is of great value to industry.

Abstract: A biochemical chip in which at least the inner surface of a flow path is covered with a chemisorption monomolecular film having arbitrary surface energy, and the method includes: a step for pre-forming a chemisorption monomolecular film having arbitrary surface energy on the inner surfaces of flow path parts of first and second members which are processed to have flow paths; and a step for facing and bonding the first and second members.

Abstract: An organic electronic device of the present invention includes a substrate, at least two electrodes formed on the substrate, a conductive organic thin film that is formed on the substrate and electrically connects the electrodes, and a coating film for coating at least a portion of the electrodes. The conductive organic thin film is a polymer of organic molecules containing a conjugated-bondable group, and one end of each of the organic molecules is chemically bonded to the surface of the substrate and the conjugated-bondable groups in the organic molecules are polymerized with other conjugated-bondable groups to form a conjugated bond chain. The coating film electrically connects the electrodes to the conductive organic thin film and achieves a smaller connection resistance than that in the case where the electrodes and the conductive organic thin film are connected directly.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a conductive organic thin film having organic molecules that include at one end a terminal bonding group that is covalently bonded to a substrate surface, a conjugate bonding group that is located at any portion of the organic molecules and that is polymerized with other molecules, and a polar functional group that does not include active hydrogen and that is located at any portion between the terminal bonding group and the conjugate bonding group, wherein the organic molecules are oriented and their conjugate bonding groups are polymerized, forming a conduction network. The conductivity (?) of the conductive organic thin film at room temperature (25° C.) is at least 5.5×105 S/cm, and preferably at least 1×107 S/cm, without dopants, having significantly higher conductivity than metals such as gold and silver. In particular, a film of polypyrrole or polythienylene conjugate bonds that is polymerized through polymerization through electrolytic oxidation has high conductivity.

Abstract: An organic electronic device of the present invention includes a substrate, at least two electrodes formed on the substrate, a conductive organic thin film that is formed on the substrate and electrically connects the electrodes, and a coating film for coating at least a portion of the electrodes. The conductive organic thin film is a polymer of organic molecules containing a conjugated-bondable group, and one end of each of the organic molecules is chemically bonded to the surface of the substrate and the conjugated-bondable groups in the organic molecules are polymerized with other conjugated-bondable groups to form a conjugated bond chain. The coating film electrically connects the electrodes to the conductive organic thin film and achieves a smaller connection resistance than that in the case where the electrodes and the conductive organic thin film are connected directly.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a conductive organic thin film having organic molecules that include at one end a terminal bonding group that is covalently bonded to a substrate surface, a conjugate bonding group that is located at any portion of the organic molecules and that is polymerized with other molecules, and a polar functional group that does not include active hydrogen and that is located at any portion between the terminal bonding group and the conjugate bonding group, wherein the organic molecules are oriented and their conjugate bonding groups are polymerized, forming a conduction network. The conductivity (?) of the conductive organic thin film at room temperature (25° C.) is at least 5.5×105 S/cm, and preferably at least 1×107 S/cm, without dopants, having significantly higher conductivity than metals such as gold and silver. In particular, a film of polypyrrole or polythienylene conjugate bonds that is polymerized through polymerization through electrolytic oxidation has high conductivity.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a conductive organic thin film having organic molecules that include at one end a terminal bonding group that is covalently bonded to a substrate surface, a conjugate bonding group that is located at any portion of the organic molecules and that is polymerized with other molecules, and a polar functional group that does not include active hydrogen and that is located at any portion between the terminal bonding group and the conjugate bonding group, wherein the organic molecules are oriented and their conjugate bonding groups are polymerized, forming a conduction network. The conductivity (?) of the conductive organic thin film at room temperature (25° C.) is at least 5.5×105 S/cm, and preferably at least 1×107 S/cm, without dopants, having significantly higher conductivity than metals such as gold and silver. In particular, a film of polypyrrole or polythienylene conjugate bonds that is polymerized through polymerization through electrolytic oxidation has high conductivity.