Patents by Inventor Miho OZEKI

Miho OZEKI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240023422
    Abstract: A composition containing a p-type semiconductor material and an n-type semiconductor material, an insulating material; and a solvent, wherein the n-type semiconductor material contains a non-fullerene compound, the insulating material is preferably a material that dissolves in an amount of 0.1 wt % or more at 25° C. in a solvent, preferably contains a polymer containing a constituent unit represented by Formula (I): wherein Ri1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and Ri2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a group represented by the following Formula (II-1), a group represented by the following Formula (II-2), or a group represented by the following Formula (II-3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiaoxiao SHEN, Miho OZEKI
  • Publication number: 20230209844
    Abstract: Provided is a photodetector having a small dark current ratio. A photodetector includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an active layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, the active layer contains a p-type semiconductor material and an n-type semiconductor material, the p-type semiconductor material contains a polymer having the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of ?5.45 eV or less, and the n-type semiconductor material contains a non-fullerene compound. It is preferable that the polymer contained in the p-type semiconductor material contains a constitutional unit DU having an electron donating property and a constitutional unit AU having an electron accepting property, and the non-fullerene compound contains a moiety DP having an electron donating property and a moiety AP having an electron accepting property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Giovanni FERRARA, Takafumi ARAKI, Miho OZEKI
  • Publication number: 20230200094
    Abstract: A photodetector element includes: an anode; a cathode; and an active layer provided between the anode and the cathode and containing a p-type semiconductor material and an n-type semiconductor material, and a value obtained by subtracting the absolute value of energy level of HOMO of the p-type semiconductor material from the absolute value of the energy level of HOMO of the n-type semiconductor material is 0.35 or less. Further, the difference between the HOMO of the n-type semiconductor material and the HOMO of the p-type semiconductor material is preferably 0 to 0.10 eV, and the p-type semiconductor material is preferably a polymer compound containing a constituent unit represented by the following Formula (I). Ar1 and Ar2 represent a trivalent aromatic heterocyclic group optionally having a substituent or a trivalent aromatic carbocyclic group optionally having a substituent, and Z represents a group represented by Formulae (Z-1) to (Z-7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Giovanni FERRARA, Takafumi ARAKI, Miho OZEKI
  • Publication number: 20230171973
    Abstract: To improve specific detectivity. A photodetector element 10 includes: an anode 12; a cathode 16; and an active layer 14 provided between the anode and the cathode and containing a p-type semiconductor material and an n-type semiconductor material, wherein a value (?EA+?EB) of a sum of a value (?EA) obtained by subtracting an absolute value of an energy level of HOMO of the p-type semiconductor material from an absolute value of an energy level of HOMO of the n-type semiconductor material and a value (?EB) obtained by subtracting an absolute value of an energy level of LUMO of the p-type semiconductor material from an absolute value of an energy level of LUMO of the n-type semiconductor material is in a range of more than 0 and less than 0.88.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Giovanni FERRARA, Takafumi ARAKI, Miho OZEKI
  • Publication number: 20210388490
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laminated body including at least a base material layer containing at least a flexible base material and an inorganic thin film layer, in which a distribution curve of IO2/ISi has at least one maximum value (IO2/ISi)maxBD in a region BD between a depth B and a depth D, where ionic strengths of Si?, C?, and O2? are each denoted as ISi, IC, and IO2 in a depth profile measured from a surface of the laminated body on an inorganic thin film layer side in a thickness direction using a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer (TOF-SIMS), an average ionic strength in a region A1 in which an absolute value of a coefficient of variation of an ionic strength value on a base material layer side is within 5% is denoted as ICA1, a depth that is closest to the region A1 on a surface side of the inorganic thin film layer with respect to the region A1 and exhibits an ionic strength to be 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shohei YAMAKAWA, Yasuhiro YAMASHITA, Miho OZEKI, Hidenori HANAOKA, Takashi ARIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200212355
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a gas barrier film which exhibits excellent gas barrier property and flexibility and suppresses the decreases in adhesive property between layers and optical properties under high humidity conditions. A gas barrier film including at least a substrate layer including at least a flexible substrate, an undercoat layer, and an inorganic thin film layer in this order, in which a water vapor transmission rate through the gas barrier film at 23° C. and 50% RH is 0.001 g/m2/day or less and a number of durability N measured by performing a steel wool test of an outermost surface on an inorganic thin film layer side of the gas barrier film using #0000 steel wool under conditions of a load of 50 gf/cm2, a speed of 60 rpm/min, and a one-way distance of 3 cm satisfies Formula (1): N?200??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Guan LI, Miho OZEKI, Yasuhiro YAMASHITA, Hidenori HANAOKA