Abstract: [Object] To provide a technology that enables one user to appropriately recognize a tactile sensation based on a force from the other user. [Solving Means] A tactile presentation apparatus according to the present technology includes a first detection unit, a first presentation unit, and a control unit. The first detection unit detects a first detection value based on a force of a first user. The first presentation unit is provided at a position other than a position of the first detection unit and presents a tactile sensation to the first user. The control unit controls the first presentation unit to present a tactile sensation to the first user on the basis of a second detection value of another tactile presentation apparatus, the other tactile presentation apparatus including a second detection unit that detects a second detection value based on a force of a second user and a second presentation unit that presents a tactile sensation to the second user.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a technology capable of presenting various haptic sensations to a user. [Solving Means] A haptic presentation apparatus according to the present technology includes: a first deformable layer; a second deformable layer; and a drive unit. The first deformable layer is positioned on a front surface side. The second deformable layer is positioned inward of the first deformable layer. The drive unit is driven to control outflow and inflow of fluid between a first space and a second space, the first space retaining the fluid between the first deformable layer and the second deformable layer, the second space retaining the fluid inward of the second deformable layer.

Abstract: An imaging element which is formed by sequentially stacking at least an anode, an anode-side buffer layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a cathode, in which the anode-side buffer layer includes a material having structural formula in which thiophene and carbazole are combined.

Abstract: An imaging element which is formed by sequentially stacking at least an anode, an anode-side buffer layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a cathode, in which the anode-side buffer layer includes a material having structural formula in which thiophene and carbazole are combined.

Abstract: An imaging element which is formed by sequentially stacking at least an anode, an anode-side buffer layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a cathode, in which the anode-side buffer layer includes a material having structural formula: in which thiophene and carbazole are combined.

Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric-conversion device, an electronic instrument, and a building which can suppress long-term performance degradation by suppressing dye desorption or dye aggregation. The photoelectric-conversion device includes a conductive electrode, a porous semiconductor layer, a counter layer, and an electrolyte layer, and the porous semiconductor layer contains a dye and a phosphorous compound such as a decylphosphonic acid. The molar ratio of the phosphorous compound to the dye is 0.5 or more.

Abstract: An electromagnetic-wave suppressing material is provided. The electromagnetic-wave suppressing material includes an ionic liquid and nanometer-order particles mixed with the ionic liquid, where 10 wt % or more of the nanometer-order particles is mixed with respect to 100 wt % of the ionic liquid.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion element for use, for example, as a dye sensitized solar cell that has a wide range of choices of additives and moreover offers better characteristics than when 4-tert-butylpyridine is used as an additive. In the photoelectric conversion element having a structure in which an electrolyte layer (7) is filled between a porous photoelectrode (3) formed above a transparent substrate (1) and a counter electrode (6), an additive having a pKa falling within the range of 6.04?pKa?7.3 is added to the electrolyte layer (7), and/or the additive having a pKa falling within the range of 6.04?pKa?7.3 is adsorbed to the surface of at least either the porous photoelectrode (3) or counter electrode (6) facing the electrolyte layer (7). A pyridine-based additive or an additive having a heterocycle is used as an additive. When the electrolyte layer (7) includes an electrolytic solution, a solvent having a molecular weight of 47.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device and a method for making same are provided wherein a porous photoelectrode is prevented from dissolution in an electrolyte, a surface plasmon resonance effect can be well obtained, and a drastic improvement in photoelectric conversion efficiency can be attained. In a photoelectric conversion device having a structure wherein an electrolyte layer (6) is filled between a porous photoelectrode (3) formed on a transparent substrate (1) and a counter electrode (4), the porous photoelectrode (3) is constituted of metal/metal oxide fine particles (7) including a core made of a metal and a shell surrounding the core and made of a metal oxide. In a dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion device, a sensitizing dye (8) is adsorbed on the surface of the porous photoelectrode (3).

Abstract: An electromagnetic-wave suppressing radiator sheet includes a heat conductive sheet and at least one magnetic layer in the heat conductive sheet. The magnetic layer includes a plurality of plate-shaped magnetic bodies.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dye-sensitized solar cell which can obtain a high photoelectric conversion efficiency, which can be manufactured at a low cost, and which is superior in a design property, and a method of manufacturing the same. Dye supporting porous titanium oxide layers 2a to 2d are formed on a transparent conductive substrate 1 so as to display predetermined colors, respectively, and compose predetermined patterns, respectively, in accordance with selection of a thickness, a lamination structure, a particle diameter of titanium oxide fine particles, or a combination ratio of two or more kinds of titanium oxide fine particles when titanium oxide fine particles are composed of the two or more kinds of titanium oxide fine particles different in particle diameter from one another.

Abstract: An electromagnetism suppressing material has an increased electromagnetism suppressing effect, can be flexibly formed in various shapes, and is inexpensive. An electromagnetism suppressing device uses the electromagnetism suppressing material, and an electronic appliance uses the electromagnetism suppressing material or the electromagnetism suppressing device. The electromagnetism suppressing material is a liquid material and/or gel material with electrical polarity.

Abstract: There is provided a camera-shake correction mechanism by which camera shaking is corrected for by moving an imaging device on a plane that is orthogonal to an optical axis and in directions that are mutually orthogonal. The mechanism includes a heat dissipating mechanism that diffuses heat from the imaging device into atmosphere from a rear surface of the imaging device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion element and a method for manufacturing the same which provide a dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion element capable of solving the problem of decreasing the efficiency of photoelectric conversion over time and significantly improving durability, and a method for manufacturing the same, and also relates to an electronic apparatus. A dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion element has a structure in which an electrolyte layer 7 is filled between a semiconductor layer 3 and a counter electrode 6. Z907 and dye A are bounded in different configurations as photosensitizing dyes to the semiconductor layer 3. The electrolyte layer 7 contains 3-methoxypropionitrile as a solvent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device configured to make use of features in terms of design quality and flexibility of a dye-sensitized solar cell. A solar cell-cum-display unit 61 has both a function of a solar cell and a function of a display unit that displays a predetermined display body, allows a predetermined character string such as “PONY” to be indentified, generates electric power from illuminating light or sunlight, and stores the electric power in a storage battery 62. A light source 63 such as a fluorescent lamp radiates light to the solar cell-cum-display unit 61 by the electric power stored in the storage battery 63, whereby the features of the dye-sensitized solar cell can be made use of. The present invention is applicable to a device including a dye-sensitized solar cell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a functional device in which it is possible to improve durability by inhibiting corrosion due to an electrolyte solution, and it is possible to reduce series resistance, and also relates to a method for producing the same. A functional device includes a transparent photoelectrode including a photoelectric substrate 11 and a photoelectrode layer 12a, a counter electrode substrate 18a composed of a metal, an electrolyte solution 15 filled in a space between the two substrates, a corrosion-resistant conductive layer 17a which is disposed on the counter electrode substrate and has corrosion resistance to the electrolyte solution, and a conductive catalyst layer 16. The counter electrode substrate is composed of any of Al, Cu, Ag, Au, and SUS; the corrosion-resistant conductive layer is composed of any of Ti, Cr, Ni, Nb, Mo, Ru, Rh, Ta, W, In, Pt, and Hastelloy; and the conductive catalyst layer is composed of any of carbon, Tu, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt, and conductive polymers.

Abstract: There are provided a dye-sensitized solar cell that achieves high photoelectric conversion efficiency, can be manufactured at low cost, and has excellent design properties and a method for manufacturing the dye-sensitized solar cell. Dye-carrying porous titanium oxide layers (2a to 2d) are formed on a transparent conductive substrate (1) such that a desired color is produced and a desired pattern is formed by selecting the type of a sensitizing dye, the thickness, the stacked structure, the particle size of the titanium oxide fine particles or, if the titanium oxide fine particles are composed of at least two types of titanium oxide fine particles having different particle sizes, the combination ratio of the at least two types of titanium oxide fine particles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a functional device capable of providing a functional device such as a dye-sensitized solar cell or the like, which is capable of maintaining high characteristics, and a method for manufacturing the functional device. A dye-sensitized solar cell serving as a functional device includes a transparent substrate 12a on which a transparent conductive film 13a is formed; a substrate 12b on which a conductive film 13b is formed; an electrolyte solution 16 filled between the two substrates; an inner main seal 15a composed of a first ultraviolet-curable resin so as to seal the electrolyte solution and bond the two substrates together; and an outer main seal 17a composed of a second ultraviolet-curable resin so as to bond the two substrates together outside the inner main seal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device in which selective dye adsorption can be performed easily. In the step of a dye adsorbing process, a material unit 21 having partition walls of a predetermined shape is placed over semiconductor electrodes 121 to 123, which are a titanium oxide electrode. The material unit 21 is laminated by a UV cure adhesive. Dye solutions S1 to S3 obtained by dissolving each of three kinds of dyes of N719, Black dye, and D149, for example, into a CH3CN/t-BuOH mixed solution are put in each of sections divided by the partition walls. The material unit 21 is inverted in that state, and left standing still for 24 hours. Then, the adhesive is removed after passage of the 24 hours. Thus, the semiconductor electrodes 121 to 123 having regions corresponding to the sections which regions are colored with the three different kinds of dyes are obtained.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion element module, such as a dye-sensitized solar cell module, which can be structured so as to be lightweight, thin and flexible, and with which a high electric power generation efficiency can be obtained, and a method of manufacturing the same. In a dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion element module having a plurality of dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion elements on a supporting base material, a filmy glass substrate 1 having a thickness of 0.2 mm or less is used as the supporting base material, and a resin system protective film 9, 11 having a size equal to or larger than that of the filmy glass substrate 1 is bonded to at least one surface of the dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion element module.