Abstract: The present invention provides a sample plate for laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry, comprising: a hydrophilic thin film capable of absorbing a laser ray; and a water-repellent thin film comprising surface-hydrophobized nanoparticles and being stacked in a region other than a region to be a sample spot on a surface of the hydrophilic thin film, wherein a water contact angle of the water-repellent thin film is 120° or more.

Abstract: An organic silica thin film including: organic silica having a light absorbable organic group in a skeleton, wherein the organic group has a local maximum absorption wavelength in a wavelength range of 200 to 1200 nm, a content ratio of silicon and the organic group which constitute the organic silica is in a range of 0.05 to 0.50 based on a ratio of a mass of the silicon to a mass of the organic group ([mass of the silicon]/[mass of the organic group]), the thin film has a textured structure, and an axis direction of the textured structure is a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface opposite to a surface of the organic silica thin film having the textured structure formed therein.

Abstract: An organic silica thin film including: organic silica having a light absorbable organic group in a skeleton, wherein the organic group has a local maximum absorption wavelength in a wavelength range of 200 to 1200 nm, a content ratio of silicon and the organic group which constitute the organic silica is in a range of 0.05 to 0.50 based on a ratio of a mass of the silicon to a mass of the organic group ([mass of the silicon]/[mass of the organic group]), the thin film has a textured structure, and an axis direction of the textured structure is a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface opposite to a surface of the organic silica thin film having the textured structure formed therein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sample plate for laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry, comprising: a hydrophilic thin film capable of absorbing a laser ray; and a water-repellent thin film comprising surface-hydrophobized nanoparticles and being stacked in a region other than a region to be a sample spot on a surface of the hydrophilic thin film, wherein a water contact angle of the water-repellent thin film is 120° or more.

Abstract: An antireflection member, including a resin base member; and a particle layer having mesoporous-silica nanoparticles directly fixed to a surface of the resin base member, wherein the nanoparticles are at least partially embedded in the surface of the resin base member, and the nanoparticles are arranged in a mono-particle layer to form the particle layer.

Abstract: An antireflection member, including a resin base member; and a particle layer having mesoporous-silica nanoparticles directly fixed to a surface of the resin base member, wherein the nanoparticles are at least partially embedded in the surface of the resin base member, and the nanoparticles are arranged in a mono-particle layer to form the particle layer.

Abstract: An antireflection film comprises: mesoporous nanoparticles having a metal oxide framework and an average particle diameter of 30 to 200 nm; and a mesoporous transparent material having a metal oxide framework and filling voids among the nanoparticles.

Abstract: Provided is an organosilane compound expressed by any one of the following general formulae (1) to (7): (wherein: Ar represents a phenylene group or the like; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R2 to R8 each represent a methyl group or the like; n represents an integer in a range from 0 to 2; m represents an integer of 1 or 2; L represents a single bond or the like; X represents a hydrogen atom or the like; and Y represents a hydrogen atom or the like).

Abstract: Provided is an organosilane compound expressed by the following general formula (1): where: Ar represents a divalent aromatic organic group, such as a phenylene group; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R2 to R6, which may be the same or different from each other, each represent a hydrogen atom or the like; and X represents a reactive substituent, such as a halogen atom.

Abstract: Provided is a bridged organosilane, which has a large complex organic group, and which is useful in the synthesis of a mesoporous silica and a light-emitting material, and a production method of the bridged organosilane. The bridged organosilane is expressed by the following general formula (1): [in the formula (1), q represents an integer in a range from 2 to 4, X1— represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of substituents expressed by the following general formulae (2) to (5): (in the formulae (2) to (5), R1 represents alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R2 represents an allyl group, and n represents an integer in a range from 0 to 3, and m represents an integer in a range from 0 to 6), and A1 represents an organic group expressed by, for example, the following general formula (6): (in the formula (6), Y1< represents a substituent expressed by, for example, O?C<)].

Abstract: Provided is an organosilane compound expressed by any one of the following general formulae (1) to (7): (wherein: Ar represents a phenylene group or the like; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R2 to R8 each represent a methyl group or the like; n represents an integer in a range from 0 to 2; m represents an integer of 1 or 2; L represents a single bond or the like; X represents a hydrogen atom or the like; and Y represents a hydrogen atom or the like).

Abstract: Provided is an organosilane compound expressed by the following general formula (1): where: Ar represents a divalent aromatic organic group, such as a phenylene group; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R2 to R6, which may be the same or different from each other, each represent a hydrogen atom or the like; and X represents a reactive substituent, such as a halogen atom.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a gelling agent composed of a functional amino acid compound having a tetrathiafulvalenyl group, and a production method of a gelling agent, comprising reacting a tetrathiafulvalene derivative with an amino acid derivative in the presence of 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride and 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)pyridine to obtain a functional amino acid compound having a tetrathiafulvalenyl group.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a gelling agent composed of a functional amino acid compound having a tetrathiafulvalenyl group, and a production method of a gelling agent, comprising reacting a tetrathiafulvalene derivative with an amino acid derivative in the presence of 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride and 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)pyridine to obtain a functional amino acid compound having a tetrathiafulvalenyl group.

Abstract: A liquid crystal composition comprising a liquid crystal compound, a gelling agent comprising a hydrogen-bonded compound with polymerizable double bonds at both ends to form a gelatinizable mixture with the liquid crystal compound, and a photoinitiator causing a polymerization reaction of the hydrogen-bonded compound of the gelling agent is disclosed. Because the denatured liquid crystal composition, obtainable by photo polymerization of the non-denatured liquid crystal composition, has alignment direction self-control characteristics, the liquid crystal composition can be reversibly changed between the isotropic state and the aligned gelatinized state by controlling the temperature conditions not only in a non-denatured state but also in a denatured state. A liquid crystal display element using the liquid crystal composition, a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for controlling the same are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel photo-responsive liquid crystal composition in which an oriented state of a liquid crystalline compound is capable of being controlled by an irradiation of light. The photo-responsive liquid crystal composition is composed of a liquid crystalline compound and a gelling agent mixed with the liquid crystalline compound to form a gelling mixture, wherein the liquid crystalline compound is capable of being controlled in a state orientated in one direction by the irradiation of light. In the photo-responsive liquid crystal composition, the liquid crystalline compound is oriented in a direction parallel to the direction of the irradiation of light. In the photo-responsive liquid crystal composition, the gelling agent is formed of a compound having an azobenzene structural part and a specific skeletal structure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel photo-responsive liquid crystal composition in which an oriented state of a liquid crystalline compound is capable of being controlled by an irradiation of light. The photo-responsive liquid crystal composition is composed of a liquid crystalline compound and a gelling agent mixed with the liquid crystalline compound to form a gelling mixture, wherein the liquid crystalline compound is capable of being controlled in a state orientated in one direction by the irradiation of light. In the photo-responsive liquid crystal composition, the liquid crystalline compound is oriented in a direction parallel to the direction of the irradiation of light. In the photo-responsive liquid crystal composition, the gelling agent is formed of a compound having an azobenzene structural part and a specific skeletal structure.

Abstract: A liquid crystal composition comprising a liquid crystal compound, a gelling agent comprising a hydrogen-bonded compound with polymerizable double bonds at both ends to form a gelatinizable mixture with the liquid crystal compound, and a photoinitiator causing a polymerization reaction of the hydrogen-bonded compound of the gelling agent is disclosed. Because the denatured liquid crystal composition, obtainable by photo polymerization of the non-denatured liquid crystal composition, has alignment direction self-control characteristics, the liquid crystal composition can be reversibly changed between the isotropic state and the aligned gelatinized state by controlling the temperature conditions not only in a non-denatured state but also in a denatured state. A liquid crystal display element using the liquid crystal composition, a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for controlling the same are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photo-responsive liquid crystal composition which is composed of a liquid crystalline compound and a gelling agent, an information-recording medium and an information-recording process making use of the information-recording medium. The gelling agent consists of a photochromic compound having a group capable of forming an intermolecular hydrogen bond in its molecule as well as a photo-responding site of a specific structure. The composition can exist in any state of gel of a first phase and gel of a second phase and can undergo changes in state between the gel of the first phase and the gel of the second phase. The information-recording medium has a recording layer formed of the composition, and the information-recording process utilizes changes in state between the gel phases in the recording layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal composition by which the state of molecular orientation of a liquid crystalline compound can be stably maintained even when no electric field is caused to effect on, and moreover the state of molecular orientation of the liquid crystalline compound can be changed, and a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal displaying method by which a displayed state can be stably retained even after the action of an electric field is ceased, and moreover the displayed state can be dissolved with ease. The liquid crystal composition contains a liquid crystalline compound and a liquid crystal orientation state-regulating agent for regulating the orientated state of the liquid crystalline compound by gelling, wherein a phase transition temperature between an isotropic liquid phase and a liquid crystal phase in the liquid crystalline compound is higher than a gelling temperature by the liquid crystal orientation state-regulating agent.