Abstract: There is provided a photosensitive transparent composition for a color filter of a solid-state imaging device, containing (A) a photopolymerization initiator, (B) a polymerizable compound, and (C) an alkali-soluble resin, wherein the cured film obtained from the photosensitive transparent composition has a refractive index of 1.60 to 1.90 for light at a wavelength of 633 nm.

Abstract: A press-fitting structure has a press-fitting face of a rotor yoke formed from a laminated steel sheet is press fitted onto a face to be press-fitted of a rotor shaft, fitting is carried out with plastic deformation while the first projection of a press-fitting face of a rotor yoke, on which a first projection and a first recess extending in substantially the press-fitting direction are formed in turn, and the second projection of the face to be press-fitted of the rotor shaft, on which a second projection and a second recess extending in the direction intersecting the press-fitting direction are formed in turn, are in contact with each other. Since in a state in which press fitting is completed, the amount of plastic deformation of the second projection of the rotor shaft is larger than the amount of plastic deformation of the first projection of the rotor yoke.

Abstract: Provided is a lead-free piezoelectric material having a satisfactory and stable piezoelectric constant and electric insulation property in a wide practical temperature range. Provided is a piezoelectric material, including a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by the following general formula (1) as a main component, the piezoelectric material containing Mn in a content of 0.01 part by weight or more and 0.80 part by weight or less with respect to 100 parts by weight of the perovskite-type metal oxide: (Li?xNa?yK?zBa?Bi0.5?+?)a(Ti?+?Fe?) O3 . . . (1), where 0.800???0.999, 0???0.150, 0.001???0.050, ?+?+?=1, 0?x?0.050, 0.045?y?0.450, 0.045?z?0.450, 0.450?x+y+z?0.500, and 0.980?a?1.020.

Abstract: A heat receiving block formed of carbon material having a through hole; a cooling tube formed of copper alloy fitted in the through hole of the heat receiving block; cylindrical material of interlayer disposed between the heat receiving block and the cooling tube; and brazing material layers inserted between the material of interlayer and the heat receiving block and between the material of interlayer and the cooling tube, also a slit which penetrates the heat receiving block and the material of interlayer over thickness of the heat receiving block and reaches the cooling tube on the back side of the heat receiving surface. It can provide heat receiving tile formed of carbon fiber composite material for high heat flux component such as a first wall of nuclear fusion reactor, which is produced by metallurgically joining carbon material with copper alloy and has higher cooling efficiency than conventional heat receiving tiles.

Abstract: Provided are a barium titanate-based piezoelectric ceramics having satisfactory piezoelectric performance and a satisfactory mechanical quality factor (Qm), and a piezoelectric element using the same. Specifically provided are a piezoelectric ceramics, including: crystal particles; and a grain boundary between the crystal particles, in which the crystal particles each include barium titanate having a perovskite-type structure and manganese at 0.04% by mass or more and 0.20% by mass or less in terms of a metal with respect to the barium titanate, and the grain boundary includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of Ba4Ti12O27 and Ba6Ti17O40, and a piezoelectric element using the same.

Abstract: In a dust removing device including a vibration plate, which includes on its surface an optical effective region B having a substantially right-angled quadrate shape and an outer region A, and a piezoelectric element, when a region positioned in one end portion of the piezoelectric element in a direction along a side O of the piezoelectric element and spanning along the side P over a length b inwards from a line, which is an extension of a side N, N? of the optical effective region B and which intersects the piezoelectric element, is denoted by an near-end zone ? of the piezoelectric element, an absolute value of piezoelectric constant of the piezoelectric material in a region not including the near-end zone ?, is denoted by d, and an absolute value of the piezoelectric constant in the near-end zone ? is denoted by d0, relation of d>d0 is satisfied.

Abstract: Provided is a piezoelectric material that achieves both high piezoelectric performance and high Curie temperature. In addition, provided are a piezoelectric element, a liquid discharge head, an ultrasonic motor, and a dust removing device, which use the piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric material includes a perovskite-type metal oxide that is expressed by the following general formula (1): xBaTiO3-yBiFeO3-zBi(M0.5Ti0.5)O3 (1), where M represents at least one type of element selected from the group consisting of Mg and Ni, x satisfies 0.25?x?0.75, y satisfies 0.15?y?0.70, z satisfies 0.05?z?0.60, and x+y+z=1 is satisfied.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium has stored therein a program for causing a computer to execute a process, the process includes transferring communication data, transmitted from a first apparatus, which includes data and a first attribute regarding the data, to a second apparatus, receiving a notification that includes a second attribute regarding the data and a transfer destination of the communication data inclusive of the second attribute, transferring the communication data inclusive of the second attribute to a third apparatus of the transfer destination included in the notification; and transferring the notification to other transfer apparatus.

Abstract: There is provided an electroless plating apparatus which, despite using a high-productivity batch processing method, can reduce the amount of a liquid chemical brought out of a processing tank, thereby reducing the cleaning time in a cleaning step, and can perform flushing easily and quickly. The electroless plating apparatus includes a pre-plating treatment module including a pre-plating treatment tank, a plating module, and an inter-module substrate transport device. The pre-plating treatment tank is provided with a pre-plating treatment solution circulation line having a temperature control function for a pre-plating treatment solution. The plating tank is provided with a plating solution circulation line having a filter and a temperature control function for a plating solution. The plating solution circulation line is connected to a flushing line for flushing the interior of the plating solution circulation line and the interior of the plating tank.

Abstract: The invention provides a dispersed composition including: (A) titanium black; (B) a polymer compound including a constituent component having a side chain structure to which an acidic group is linked via a linking group; and (C) a solvent. The (B) polymer compound is a polymer having a structure in which an acidic group is linked to a main chain part via a linking group.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for forming a far-infrared radiation shielding layer which is able to form a layer having excellent far-infrared radiation shielding properties. A composition for forming a far-infrared radiation shielding layer of the present invention contains at least inorganic fine particles and a dispersant.

Abstract: Provided is a dust removing device that can be designed and controlled appropriately and has high dust removal performance even at low temperature, and an imaging device using the dust removing device. In a dust removing device to be set on a base, including a piezoelectric element formed of a piezoelectric material and a pair of opposing electrodes, a vibration member, and a fixation member containing at least a high molecular compound component, a phase transition temperature T from a first ferroelectric crystal phase to a second ferroelectric crystal phase of the piezoelectric material is set to ?60° C.?T??5° C., and whereby, the dust removing device can be designed and controlled appropriately and high dust removal performance can be obtained even at low temperature.

Abstract: Provided are a barium titanate-based piezoelectric ceramics having satisfactory piezoelectric performance and a satisfactory mechanical quality factor (Qm), and a piezoelectric element using the same. Specifically provided are a piezoelectric ceramics, including: crystal particles; and a grain boundary between the crystal particles, in which the crystal particles each include barium titanate having a perovskite-type structure and manganese at 0.04% by mass or more and 0.20% by mass or less in terms of a metal with respect to the barium titanate, and the grain boundary includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of Ba4Ti12O27 and Ba6Ti17O40, and a piezoelectric element using the same.

Abstract: A sodium niobate powder includes sodium niobate particles having a shape of a cuboid and having a side average length of 0.1 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less, wherein at least one face of each of the sodium niobate particles is a (100) plane in the pseudocubic notation and a moisture content of the sodium niobate powder is 0.15 mass % or less. A method for producing a ceramic using the sodium niobate powder is provided. A method for producing a sodium niobate powder includes a step of holding an aqueous alkali dispersion liquid containing a niobium component and a sodium component at a pressure exceeding 0.1 MPa, a step of isolating a solid matter from the aqueous dispersion liquid after the holding, and a step of heat treating the solid matter at 500° C. to 700° C.

Abstract: A piezoelectric material that has good insulating properties and piezoelectricity and is free of lead and potassium and a piezoelectric element that uses the piezoelectric material are provided. The piezoelectric material contains copper and a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by general formula (1): (1?x){(NayBa1-z)(NbzTi1-z)O3}-xBiFeO3 (where 0<x?0.015, 0.80?y?0.95, and 0.85?z?0.95). In the piezoelectric material, 0.04 mol % or more and 2.00 mol % or less of Cu is contained relative to 1 mol of the perovskite-type metal oxide. Also provided is a piezoelectric element that includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric material, and a second electrode, in which the piezoelectric material described above is used as the piezoelectric material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a piezoelectric element that includes a piezoelectric material having first and second surfaces; a common electrode disposed on the first surface; and a plurality of drive phase electrodes, a detection phase electrode, and a non-drive phase electrode disposed on the second surface, the piezoelectric material being sandwiched between the common electrode and the electrodes on the second surface. An absolute value d(1) of a piezoelectric constant of the piezoelectric material (1) in portions sandwiched between the drive phase electrodes and the common electrode, an absolute value d(2) of a piezoelectric constant of the piezoelectric material (2) in a portion sandwiched between the detection phase electrode and the common electrode, and an absolute value d(3) of the piezoelectric material (3) in a portion sandwiched between the non-drive phase electrode and the common electrode satisfy d(2)<0.95d(1), d(3)<0.95d(1), and 0.9?d(3)/d(2)?1.1.

Abstract: A piezoelectric material that does not contain lead and has excellent piezoelectric constant and mechanical quality factor in a device driving temperature range (?30° C. to 50° C.) is provided. A piezoelectric material includes a main component containing a perovskite metal oxide represented by following general formula (1), and a first auxiliary component containing Mn, wherein an amount of the contained Mn is 0.002 moles or more and 0.015 moles or less relative to 1 mole of the metal oxide. (Ba1-yBy)a(Ti1-x-zZrxFez)O3??(1) (where 0.010?x?0.060, 0.001?y?0.015, 0.001?z?0.015, 0.950?y/z?1.050, and 0.986?a?1.

Abstract: A piezoelectric element according to the present invention includes a piece of piezoelectric material and a plurality of electrodes disposed on both surfaces of the piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric material is including a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by general formula (1) below as a main component, a portion or the entire of the piezoelectric material is held by the plurality of electrodes, and the piezoelectric material held by the electrodes has a first region having remanent polarization. General Formula (1) (Ba1-x-yCaxSny)?(Ti1-zZrz)O3 (where 0.020?x?0.200, 0.020?y?0.200, 0?z?0.050, and 0.986???1.

Abstract: A dust removal apparatus includes a vibrating plate, a piezoelectric element, a power supply that applies the piezoelectric element with an alternating voltage; and a control circuit that changes a frequency of the alternating voltage, in which the piezoelectric element includes first and second electrodes and a piezoelectric material, a phase transition temperature T from a first crystal phase to a second crystal phase of the piezoelectric material is ?40° C.?T?85° C., the change of the frequency is for repeating a frequency sweep operation from a first frequency to a second frequency, and when a frequency at which an audible vibration is generated during the sweep operation is set as fns, a frequency at which the audible vibration is ended is set as fne, and a changing time from fns to fne during the sweep operation is set as ?tn, ?tn?10 ms is satisfied.

Abstract: A data transfer control device is provided with a storage configured to store management information that manages a topology of relay devices and a delay of a link between each adjacent relay devices where a link exists, and a processor executing the processing of specifying a main signal path and a detouring path that make an accommodation destination device an exit, allocating an identical label value to the main signal paths while allocating a separate label value different from the label value of the main signal path to the detouring paths respectively, generating a rule for a detouring label value management table, and transmitting the rule to relay devices that are subject to distribution.