Abstract: A dendron (2) comprising a focal point (4) and a plurality of fluorinated end groups (9) is disclosed, including one having a thiol, a silane, a carboxylic acid, a phosphonate or another moiety at the focal point suitable for chemisorption to a substrate (3). A self-assembled monolayer comprising a plurality of dendrons bonded to a substrate and a device comprising the self-assembled monolayer are also disclosed.

Abstract: A template 1 is brought close to or in contact with a surface to be patterned 111 and patterns are formed with liquid 62 on the surface 111. This method comprises the steps of: bringing the template 1 close to or essentially in contact with the surface 111, supplying liquid 62 to a plurality of through holes 12 established in the pattern transfer region 10 of the template 1 for supplying the liquid 62, and separating the template 1 from the surface 111 after the liquid 62 is adhered to the surface 111 via the through holes 12.

Abstract: An ink jet head is provided that can effectively suppress operational interferences among adjacent cavities, and is capable of ultra-high-density and high-speed printing. The ink jet head is equipped with a plurality of cavities each having a volume that is variable by a deformation operation of a piezoelectric element, wherein beam members are provided between inner walls that interpose the cavity.

Abstract: A pattern formation method for discharging a prescribed fluid onto a substrate form an ink-jet head and forming an arbitrary pattern. The method including the steps of discharging the fluid onto the substrate from an ink jet head and defining a pattern-forming region by subjecting the substrate to a specific treatment to prevent the fluid from spreading. The pattern forming region is formed after the fluid has been ejected so that the arbitrary pattern is formed in the fluid corresponding to the pattern-forming region. The treatment is one in which banks for preventing the fluid from flowing out are formed around the pattern-forming region. The method also includes removing the banks following the formation of the pattern.

Abstract: A dendron (2) comprising a focal point (4) and a plurality of fluorinated end groups (9) is disclosed, including one having a thiol, a silane, a carboxylic acid, a phosphonate or another moiety at the focal point suitable for chemisorption to a substrate (3). A self-assembled monolayer comprising a plurality of dendrons bonded to a substrate and a device comprising the self-assembled monolayer are also disclosed.

Abstract: A pattern formation method for discharging a prescribed fluid onto a substrate form an ink-jet head and forming an arbitrary pattern. The method including the steps of discharging the fluid onto the substrate from an ink jet head and defining a pattern-forming region by subjecting the substrate to a specific treatment to prevent the fluid from spreading. The pattern forming region is formed after the fluid has been ejected so that the arbitrary pattern is formed in the fluid corresponding to the pattern-forming region. The treatment is one in which banks for preventing the fluid from flowing out are formed around the pattern-forming region. The method also includes removing the banks following the formation of the pattern.

Abstract: An ink jet head is provided that can effectively suppress operational interferences among adjacent cavities, and is capable of ultra-high-density and high-speed printing. The ink jet head is equipped with a plurality of cavities each having a volume that is variable by a deformation operation of a piezoelectric element, wherein beam members are provided between inner walls that interpose the cavity.

Abstract: A pattern formation method for discharging a prescribed fluid onto a substrate form an ink-jet head and forming an arbitrary pattern. The method including the steps of discharging the fluid onto the substrate from an ink jet head and defining a pattern-forming region by subjecting the substrate to a specific treatment to prevent the fluid from spreading. The pattern forming region is formed after the fluid has been ejected so that the arbitrary pattern is formed in the fluid corresponding to the pattern-forming region. The treatment is one in which banks for preventing the fluid from flowing out are formed around the pattern-forming region. The method also includes removing the banks following the formation of the pattern.

Abstract: A pattern formation method for discharging a prescribed fluid onto a substrate form an ink-jet head and forming an arbitrary pattern. The method including the steps of discharging the fluid onto the substrate from an ink jet head and defining a pattern-forming region by subjecting the substrate to a specific treatment to prevent the fluid from spreading. The pattern forming region is formed after the fluid has been ejected so that the arbitrary pattern is formed in the fluid corresponding to the pattern-forming region. The treatment is one in which banks for preventing the fluid from flowing out are formed around the pattern-forming region. The method also includes removing the banks following the formation of the pattern.

Abstract: An information medium collecting unit receives and collects information media to be recycled. An inspection unit inspects the information media collected at the information medium collecting unit. An electronic-data recording unit transfers and records electronic data stored in a storage unit onto the information media that are determined to be recyclable as a result of the inspection. A product holding unit holds the information media on which the electronic data is recorded. A product discharging unit discharges the information media held in the product holding unit, in accordance with a distribution request. Since the information media collected at a vending machine are processed inside of the vending machine for recycling and are turned into products inside of the vending machine for direct sale, information media to be discarded are reduced and thus cost to customers to obtain information can be reduced.

Abstract: A template 1 is brought close to or in contact with a surface to be patterned 111 and patterns are formed with liquid 62 on the surface 111. This method comprises the steps of: bringing the template 1 close to or essentially in contact with the surface 111, supplying liquid 62 to a plurality of through holes 12 established in the pattern transfer region 10 of the template 1 for supplying the liquid 62, and separating the template 1 from the surface 111 after the liquid 62 is adhered to the surface 111 via the through holes 12.

Abstract: A template 1 is brought close to or in contact with a surface to be patterned 111 and patterns are formed with liquid 62 on the surface 111. This method comprises the steps of: bringing the template 1 close to or essentially in contact with the surface 111, supplying liquid 62 to a plurality of through holes 12 established in the pattern transfer region 10 of the template 1 for supplying the liquid 62, and separating the template 1 from the surface 111 after the liquid 62 is adhered to the surface 111 via the through holes 12.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate manufacturing technique for forming patterns on substrates with the aid of an ink-jet systems. Relates to a substrate manufacturing apparatus for forming arbitrary patterns on a substrate 1 from a fluid 11. This apparatus comprises an ink-jet print head 2 configured to allow the fluid 11 to be ejected onto the substrate 1; treatment means 3 for performing a specific treatment on the substrate 1; drive means 4 configured to allow the relative positions of the ink-jet print head 2, the treatment means 3, and the substrate 1 to be varied; and control means 5 for controlling the ejection of the fluid 11 from the ink-jet print head 2, the treatment performed by the treatment means 3, and the drive effected by the drive means 4. The control means 5 is configured to allow the treatment by the treatment means to be performed prior to the ejection of fluid from the ink-jet print head 2.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate manufacturing technique for forming patterns on substrates with the aid of an ink-jet systems. Relates to a substrate manufacturing apparatus for forming arbitrary patterns on a substrate 1 from a fluid 11. This apparatus comprises an ink-jet print head 2 configured to allow the fluid 11 to be ejected onto the substrate 1; treatment means 3 for performing a specific treatment on the substrate 1; drive means 4 configured to allow the relative positions of the ink-jet print head 2, the treatment means 3, and the substrate 1 to be varied; and control means 5 for controlling the ejection of the fluid 11 from the ink-jet print head 2, the treatment performed by the treatment means 3, and the drive effected by the drive means 4. The control means 5 is configured to allow the treatment by the treatment means to be performed prior to the ejection of fluid from the ink-jet print head 2.

Abstract: Information collecting means 9 collects provided information 27 which is added by a user operation to a container 1 storing electronic book data 26 in a storage unit 10 of a host computer 5. Editing means 11 edits the entirety or part of the collected provided information and adds the provided information to the electronic book data. Distribution means 15 adds the edited provided information to the electronic book data published by a publisher 6 and distributes the data.

Abstract: An information-medium collecting unit 2 receives and collects information media to be recycled. An inspection unit 3 inspects the information media collected at the information-medium collecting unit 2. An electronic-data recording unit 5 transfers and records electronic data 15 stored in a storage unit 9 onto the information media that are determined to be recyclable as a result of the inspection. A product holding unit 6 holds the information media on which the electronic data is recorded. A product discharging unit 7 discharges the information media held in the product holding unit 6, in accordance with a distribution request.

Abstract: In order to manufacture, with high productivity, an information record carrier capable of recording information at a high density, in a method in which a curable resin is coated on a master (1) having a pattern corresponding to the required information, and the master and a substrate of the information record carrier are bonded to transfer the pattern on the master to the substrate of the information record carrier, a projection (2), a hole, a recess, or the like is provided on the surface of the master (1) so as to engage with the substrate of the information record carrier.

Abstract: In an optical recording medium manufacturing method for forming an optical recording medium by hardening photo curing resin between a resin plate (11) and a template in order to provide a technique for manufacturing an optical recording medium that has excellent optical properties and that is not apt to undergo failure during production, the resin plate (11) is produced by a heating step (104) for heating thermoplastic resin (10) to a predetermined temperature to be melted, a feeding step (103, 105) for feeding the melted thermoplastic resin (10) into a mold (1), and a molding step (101, 102) for molding the thermoplastic resin (10), which has been fed into the mold (1), into the resin plate (11) by compression. Since molding is performed by the mold in a low-pressure and low-temperature environment, it is possible to prevent deterioration due to oxidation, and molding strains.

Abstract: In order to realize a compact construction of an apparatus for producing an optical recording medium while shortening the time required for transporting a mold, there is provided an apparatus for producing an optical recording medium by curing a curable resin (102b) between a substrate (101) and a mold (103), including: a mold fixing mechanism (2) for fixing the mold (103); a transporting mechanism (1) for transporting the substrate (101) to which the curable resin (102b) has been applied to a position where the mold (103) is fixed, and placing the substrate (101) on the mold (103) such that the surface of said substrate to which the curable resin (102b) has been applied faces the mold (103); a resin curing mechanism (3) for curing the curable resin (102b) which has been sandwiched between the mold (103) and the substrate (101) by the action of the transporting mechanism (1); and a separating mechanism (4) for separating the resin (102) that has been cured by said resin curing mechanism (3), together with the

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has a light source and includes a two-dimensional light-emitting element array plate formed of a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in a plane array, and a liquid crystal panel having a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels corresponds to each of the light-emitting elements. A light-projecting portion of each of the light-emitting elements is disposed within a light-transmitting region of the corresponding pixel.