Abstract: Provided are a thermoelectric conversion element which has a thermoelectric conversion layer made of an organic material and is capable of generating electric power at a favorable efficiency and a method for manufacturing the thermoelectric conversion element.

Abstract: The present invention provides a silver halide emulsion containing silver halide particles, wherein a content of silver chloride in the silver halide particles is at least 89 mol %, and wherein the silver halide particles comprising at least one of (i) at least one phase selected from the group consisting of a laminar phase containing silver bromide, a laminar phase comprising silver iodide and a phase comprising silver bromide and having a maximum point where a silver bromide content ratio is at a maximum value, which maximum point is inside the silver particles, and (ii) a phase comprising silver iodide and a phase comprising silver bromide, which phase comprising silver bromide is disposed further inside of the silver halide particles than the phase comprising silver iodide. Further, the present invention provides a silver halide photosensitive material comprising the silver halide emulsion.

Abstract: A method of producing a compound represented by formula (I), including reacting a compound represented by formula (II) with a compound represented by formula (III): wherein, in formulas (I) to (III), Ar31 represents a divalent aromatic group or a divalent heterocyclic group; L21 represents a single bond, —O—, or —N(R26)—; Z21 represents —O— or —N(R27)—; R21, R22, R23, R24, and R27 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R25, R26, R31, and R32 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic group bonding through its carbon atom; and n21 represents 0 or 1, wherein any of R21, R22, R23, R24, and R27 may bond to one another to form a ring, and any of Ar31, R31, and R32 may bond to one another to form a ring.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion is disclosed, comprising silver chloroiodide grains or silver chloroiodobromide grains, having 90 mol % or more of a silver chloride content, wherein the silver chloroiodide grains or silver chloroiodobromide grains have a layer having a silver iodide content of decreasing in the depth direction from the grain surface.

Abstract: A silver halide emulsion comprises silver halide grains. The variation coefficient of equivalent-circle diameters of all the silver halide grains is 40% or less. 70% or more of the total projected area of all the grains is accounted for by silver halide grains each satisfying the following requirements (i), (ii) and (iii): (i) a silver iodobromide or silver iodochlorobromide tabular grain having (111) planes as main planes thereof, (ii) a thickness thereof is 0.1 &mgr;m or less, and (iii) surface iodide contents in the main plain thereof meeting the following relations: Io<30 mol % and 0.7Io<Is<1.3Io wherein “Is” is an average value of surface iodide contents (Ip's) in the main plane of each grain and “Io” is an average value of the “Is” values of all the tabular grains.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion is disclosed, comprising silver chloroiodide grains or silver chloroiodobromide grains, having 90 mol % or more of a silver chloride content, wherein the silver chloroiodide grains or silver chloroiodobromide grains have a layer having a silver iodide content of decreasing in the depth direction from the grain surface.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion is disclosed, comprising silver chloroiodide grains or silver chloroiodobromide grains, having 90 mol % or more of a silver chloride content, wherein the silver chloroiodide grains or silver chloroiodobromide grains have a layer having a silver iodide content of decreasing in the depth direction from the grain surface.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion is disclosed, comprising silver chloroiodide grains or silver chloroiodobromide grains, having 90 mol % or more of a silver chloride content, wherein the silver chloroiodide grains or silver chloroiodobromide grains have a layer having a silver iodide content of decreasing in the depth direction from the grain surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a silver halide emulsion containing silver halide particles, wherein a content of silver chloride in the silver halide particles is at least 89 mol %, and wherein the silver halide particles comprising at least one of (i) at least one phase selected from the group consisting of a laminar phase containing silver bromide, a laminar phase comprising silver iodide and a phase comprising silver bromide and having a maximum point where a silver bromide content ratio is at a maximum value, which maximum point is inside the silver particles, and (ii) a phase comprising silver iodide and a phase comprising silver bromide, which phase comprising silver bromide is disposed further inside of the silver halide particles than the phase comprising silver iodide. Further, the present invention provides a silver halide photosensitive material comprising the silver halide emulsion.

Abstract: A silver halide emulsion comprises silver halide grains. The variation coefficient of equivalent-circle diameters of all the silver halide grains is 40% or less.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion is disclosed, comprising silver chloroiodide grains or silver chloroiodobromide grains, having 90 mol % or more of a silver chloride content, wherein the silver chloroiodide grains or silver chloroiodobromide grains have a layer having a silver iodide content of decreasing in the depth direction from the grain surface.