Abstract: A method for producing a cellulose nanofiber capsule according to the present invention includes forming a Pickering emulsion by irradiating a mixture containing cellulose nanofibers, water, and fluid carbon dioxide with ultrasonic waves in a closed container; and facilitating encapsulation using cellulose nanofibers from the Pickering emulsion by opening the closed container. The present invention enables encapsulation using the cellulose nanofibers from a Pickering emulsion that does not contain an organic solvent, for example, and is useful in the technical fields of pharmaceutical agents, foods, and cosmetics, for example.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state image pickup device, a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic apparatus that make it possible to increase the yield. The solid-state image pickup device includes an optical sensor including a light receiving unit and a cover glass provided on the light receiving unit's side of the optical sensor. The cover glass includes a chamfered portion at a ridge portion that surrounds a surface on the optical sensor's side. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a package for a CMOS image sensor.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state image pickup device, a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic apparatus that make it possible to increase the yield. The solid-state image pickup device includes an optical sensor including a light receiving unit and a cover glass provided on the light receiving unit's side of the optical sensor. The cover glass includes a chamfered portion at a ridge portion that surrounds a surface on the optical sensor's side. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a package for a CMOS image sensor.

Abstract: The retardation film has a slow axis with an angle of 10 to 80° with respect to a longitudinal direction thereof and contains cellulose acylate having a degree of acyl substitution of 2.0 to 2.7 and a regulating agent. The retardation film has an in-plane retardation, measured at a wavelength of 550 nm, Ro550, of 115 to 260 nm. The retardation film has a ?Ro is 3 to 30 nm, where ?Ro is Ro550?Ro450, where Ro450 is the in-plane retardation of the film measured at a wavelength of 450 nm. The retardation film without the regulating agent has an in plane retardation, measured at a wavelength of 550 nm, Rc550, and ?Rc(Rc550?Rc450) equal to or greater than 0, where Rc450 is the in-plane retardation measured a wavelength of 450 nm.

Abstract: A retardation film includes a cellulose ether derivative and a compound having a negative intrinsic birefringence, wherein the retardation film includes: a transmittance at a wavelength of 320 to 400 nm of 89% or more; an in-plane retardation Ro550 at a wavelength of 550 nm of 115 to 160 nm; and a ratio (Ro450/Ro550) of an in-plane retardation Ro450 at a wavelength of 450 nm to the Ro550 of 0.72 to 0.94.

Abstract: An optical film includes a cellulose derivative, the film having an in-plane retardation Ro550 within 120 to 160 nm measured at 550 nm wavelength, and a ratio Ro450/Ro550 of in-plane retardations Ro450 and Ro550 within 0.65 to 0.99, respectively, measured at 450 and 550 nm wavelengths, under a 23° C. atmosphere with a relative humidity of 55%, wherein, substituents of glucose skeletons of the cellulose derivative satisfy: part of the substituents have multiple bonds, and the average degree of substitution of the substituents having multiple bonds is within 0.1 to 3.0 per glucose skeleton unit; the maximum absorption wavelength of the substituents having multiple bonds is within 220 to 400 nm; and at least part of the substituents in the glucose skeletons form ether bonds with the glucose skeletons, and the average degree of substitution of the substituents having ether bonds is within 1.0 to 3.0 per glucose skeleton unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a retardation film which has a slow axis with an angle of 10 to 80° with respect to a longitudinal direction thereof, wherein the retardation film contains cellulose acylate having a degree of acyl substitution of 2.0 to 2.7, and wherein: Ro550 is 115 to 160 nm; ?Ro is 3 to 30 nm; each of ?Rc, ?Ra, and Rc and Ra at a wavelength of 550 nm is equal to or greater than 0; a retardation share ratio of Ra550 to Ro550 is 10 to 80; and a wavelength-dispersion share ratio of ?Ra to ?Ro is 0 to 80.

Abstract: In order to provide an organic electroluminescent display device which does not exhibit redness in reflected external light, and exhibits little fluctuation in the hue of a black image as a result of changes in environmental temperature and differences in the light emitting state, the organic electroluminescent display device according to the present invention comprises, in order from the viewing side, a protective film, a polarizer, a ?/4 phase difference film, and an organic electroluminescent element, and is characterized in that the ?/4 phase difference film satisfies formulas (1) and (2) below. Ro(450)<Ro(550)<Ro(650)??Formula (1) 0.90<photoelastic coefficient ratio(450/650)value<1.

Abstract: A sheet material accumulating apparatus for accumulating a sheet material W into an accumulated bundle P by arranging it in a mutually overlapping state is configured to be able to suppress an enlargement, a higher tallness, more complication, etc. of the apparatus and attain a curtailment of various costs, including a manufacture cost.

Abstract: A sheet material accumulating apparatus for accumulating a sheet material W into an accumulated bundle P by arranging it in a mutually overlapping state is configured to be able to suppress an enlargement, a higher tallness, more complication, etc. of the apparatus and attain a curtailment of various costs, including a manufacture cost.

Abstract: A method for preparing composite microspheres of a high-molecular material and a core substance includes the steps of: dissolving a high-molecular material and dispersing a core substance in a high pressure fluid containing a supercritical fluid and an entrainer, under a shear stress of 1 Pa or more; and spraying the resultant high pressure fluid containing the high-molecular material and the core substance into a poor solvent to cause rapid expansion. According to the method composite microspheres having a uniform size of several micrometers or less, and more preferably nanometer order (a size of 1 ?m or less) can be obtained.

Abstract: Provided are a sheet material accumulating method and a sheet material accumulating apparatus capable of performing a proper accumulation of a sheet material that does not produce a defective in the next process even when an overlap condition of a conveyed sheet material, such as a printed sheet, varies. Provided is a sheet material accumulating method for accumulating the sheet material W continuously conveyed from the above while a part of the sheet material W is overlapped, with the sheet material standing on a lower horizontal table 7, including the steps of: detecting a backpressure F that a bundle of sheet materials applied to a holder 8 for preventing a head side collapse of a bundle of sheet materials accumulated on the table during an accumulation process; and controlling a movement of the holder in an accumulation direction so that a backpressure may maintain a predetermined magnitude.

Abstract: A method for producing high-molecular weight microspheres of the present invention includes the steps of dissolving or dispersing a high-molecular material in a high pressure fluid containing a supercritical fluid and an entrainer, and spraying the resultant high pressure fluid into a poor solvent to cause rapid expansion. According to the production method, high-molecular weight microspheres or coated microspheres whose average particle size can be controlled can be produced.

Abstract: A method of gene amplification which comprises annealing primers to a target gene of an animal, a plant, etc. and then amplifying the gene by using a heat-resistant nucleic acid polymerase such as Taq polymerase or Pfu polymerase, characterized by using at least one high-pressure fluid selected from the group consisting of supercritical fluids such as carbon dioxide, subcritical fluids, high-pressure gases and liquids as the reaction medium. It is preferable to amplify the gene by using a surfactant-coated enzyme obtained by coating a heat-resistant nucleic acid polymerase with a surfactant and controlling the reaction temperature.

Abstract: According to a toner and a manufacturing method of the present invention, the toner, which is composed of a binding resin component precipitated in particle shapes with a coloring agent component dispersed in the binding resin component, is produced by dissolving the binding resin component in a supercritical fluid (a SCF), blending the coloring agent component in the SCF, and lowering solubility of the binding resin component for precipitating the binding resin component in the particle shapes. Even when the coloring agent content is increased, by the SCF, the toner can maintain dispersibility of the coloring agent component in the binding resin component precipitated in the particle shapes, meanwhile coloring power is also maintained thereby. Therefore, the toner can promote miniaturization of an image forming apparatus using the toner.

Abstract: According to a toner and a manufacturing method of the present invention, the toner, which is composed of a binding resin component precipitated in particle shapes with a coloring agent component dispersed in the binding resin component, is produced by dissolving the binding resin component in a supercritical fluid (a SCF), blending the coloring agent component in the SCF, and lowering solubility of the binding resin component for precipitating the binding resin component in the particle shapes. Even when the coloring agent content is increased, by the SCF, the toner can maintain dispersibility of the coloring agent component in the binding resin component precipitated in the particle shapes, meanwhile coloring power is also maintained thereby. Therefore, the toner can promote miniaturization of an image forming apparatus using the toner.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing electrical windings, according to which it is possible to manufacture, with high efficiency, the electrical windings differing in function and capable of performing the functions required of the respective windings. In the steps of forming the windings by winding the conductors and applying insulation on the windings, there are formed the insulating layers 12, 22 and 32 suitable for the respective types of windings, viz. main pole coil 10, interpole coil 20 and compensating coils 30, and a same impregnating resin is impregnated and hardened in each of said main pole coil 10, interpole coil 20 and compensating coils 30.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for taking up a narrow sheet member which is a tire component in which disordered winding by detecting a difference between a delivery velocity and a takeup velocity of the narrow sheet member using a dancer member, and by controlling a drive motor of a bobbin using the detected signal in such a way that the takeup velocity and the delivery velocity are equal to each other.

Abstract: A tire former for use in a tire building apparatus, the tire former includes a center ring provided coaxially around a drum shaft and a pair of side rings provided coaxially around the drum shaft and on opposite sides of the center ring. The center ring consists of a plurality of circumferentially separatable ring segments. The side rings are movable closer to and away from each other along the shaft to selectively provide an axially expanded state where the side rings are positioned on opposite sides of the center ring and an outer circumferential surface of the side rings is flush with an outer circumferential of the center ring; and an axially contracted state where the side rings are positioned radially inside of the center ring.

Abstract: Electrically insulated coils having excellent moisture resistance or water resistance utilize a simple material that is readily available. Using a simple method of manufacture, rotating electric machines such as motors for driving pumps, traction motors for rolling stocks and the like suitable for use in the outdoors may be built with the electrically insulated coils. The coils are coated with a fluorine-containing coating at least on portions which are exposed out of the side of the core. Since a uniform hydrophobic layer utilizing the repellent action of fluorine atoms is capable of being provided on the surface of the electrically insulated coils, the electrically insulated coils and the rotating electrical machines incorporating them feature excellent moisture resistance and water resistance.