Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes an element substrate, an electric wiring board, a cover member, and a support member having a first through hole, a second through hole, and a support surface. The element substrate includes an ejection port and a pressure chamber to supply liquid to the ejection port. The cover member is joined to the support surface with a first adhesive. The support member supports the element substrate and the electric wiring board on the support surface. The first through hole serves as a flow passage through which the liquid is supplied to the pressure chamber and the second through hole opens in the support surface. The first adhesive is disposed in an outer peripheral region of the support surface of the support member. A space surrounded by the cover member, the support member, and the first adhesive communicates with the second through hole.

Abstract: Provided are an electronic component manufacturing method by which even a platable layer made of a difficult-to-plate material can be easily plated with good adhesion without using a special chemical solution or a photolithography technique, and an electronic component which has a peel strength of 0.1 N/mm or greater as measured by a copper foil peel test. A picosecond laser beam having a pulse duration on the order of a picosecond or a femtosecond laser beam having a pulse duration on the order of a femtosecond is emitted at a surface of a platable layer (2) in order to roughen the surface, a wiring pattern is formed using a mask (13), and a plated part (12) is formed on the surface of the wiring pattern.

Abstract: Modifying agents for polyolefin resins and laminated films including the modifying agents generally include an ester compound and a nonionic surfactant. The mass ratio of the content of the ester compound to the content of the nonionic surfactant is (ester compound)/(nonionic surfactant)=10/90 to 30/70. The ester compound is at least one selected from the group consisting of partial esters of a dihydric alcohol having 2 to 4 carbon atoms with an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid having 8 to 22 carbon atoms. The nonionic surfactant is at least one selected from the group consisting of a partial ester of a tri- to hexahydric alcohol with an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, a specific ester compound, and a specific ether compound.

Abstract: This modifying agent for polyolefin resin films is a partial ester of a polyol having a functionality of 3-6 and a linear aliphatic carboxylic acid having 8-22 carbon atoms, and contains 70% by mass or more of monoesters and diesters in total, with the mass ratio of the monoester content to the diester content, namely, the monoester/diester mass ratio being from 30/70 to 86/14. This modifying agent for polyolefin resin films is applied to a polyolefin resin film which contains a specific diethanolamine compound or diethanolamide compound in an amount of 0.02% by mass or less, while containing an alkylsulfonic acid alkali metal salt in an amount of 0.004% by mass or less.

Abstract: Provided are an electronic component manufacturing method by which even a platable layer made of a difficult-to-plate material can be easily plated with good adhesion without using a special chemical solution or a photolithography technique, and an electronic component which has a peel strength of 0.1 N/mm or greater as measured by a copper foil peel test. A picosecond laser beam having a pulse duration on the order of a picosecond or a femtosecond laser beam having a pulse duration on the order of a femtosecond is emitted at a surface of a platable layer (2) in order to roughen the surface, a wiring pattern is formed using a mask (13), and a plated part (12) is formed on the surface of the wiring pattern.

Abstract: A liquid containing member that can supply a liquid having a uniform concentration of a precipitating component to a liquid ejecting portion is provided. A liquid containing member includes: a liquid containing portion that can contain ink; a liquid supply port for supplying the ink contained in the liquid containing portion to a liquid ejection head; and a communication channel that is in communication with the liquid containing portion and the liquid supply port. The communication channel has a first end that is positioned at a lower end on the gravity direction side in the liquid containing portion and can suck the ink, and a second end that is positioned closer to the anti-gravity direction side than the first end is, and can suck the ink, in an in-use state in which the ink is supplied from the liquid supply port to the liquid ejection head.

Abstract: A liquid containing member that can supply a liquid having a uniform concentration of a precipitating component to a liquid ejecting portion is provided. A liquid containing member includes: a liquid containing portion that can contain ink; a liquid supply port for supplying the ink contained in the liquid containing portion to a liquid ejection head; and a communication channel that is in communication with the liquid containing portion and the liquid supply port. The communication channel has a first end that is positioned at a lower end on the gravity direction side in the liquid containing portion and can suck the ink, and a second end that is positioned closer to the anti-gravity direction side than the first end is, and can suck the ink, in an in-use state in which the ink is supplied from the liquid supply port to the liquid ejection head.

Abstract: A liquid containing member that can supply a liquid having a uniform concentration of a precipitating component to a liquid ejecting portion is provided. A liquid containing member includes: a liquid containing portion that can contain ink; a liquid supply port for supplying the ink contained in the liquid containing portion to a liquid ejection head; and a communication channel that is in communication with the liquid containing portion and the liquid supply port. The communication channel has a first end that is positioned at a lower end on the gravity direction side in the liquid containing portion and can suck the ink, and a second end that is positioned closer to the anti-gravity direction side than the first end is, and can suck the ink, in an in-use state in which the ink is supplied from the liquid supply port to the liquid ejection head.

Abstract: A latent heat storage material includes a latent heat storage member formed of an organic compound, and a metallic seamless capsule encapsulating the latent heat storage member. A method for manufacturing the latent heat storage material includes preparing a grain of the latent heat storage member, supporting a powder on the latent heat storage member, conducting an electroless plating to form a first plating layer of the metallic seamless capsule on a surface of the latent heat storage member, and conducting an electrolytic plating to form a second plating layer of the metallic seamless capsule on a surface of the first plating layer.

Abstract: A liquid containing member that can supply a liquid having a uniform concentration of a precipitating component to a liquid ejecting portion is provided. A liquid containing member includes: a liquid containing portion that can contain ink; a liquid supply port for supplying the ink contained in the liquid containing portion to a liquid ejection head; and a communication channel that is in communication with the liquid containing portion and the liquid supply port. The communication channel has a first end that is positioned at a lower end on the gravity direction side in the liquid containing portion and can suck the ink, and a second end that is positioned closer to the anti-gravity direction side than the first end is, and can suck the ink, in an in-use state in which the ink is supplied from the liquid supply port to the liquid ejection head.

Abstract: A multilayered biaxially-oriented styrene based resin sheet comprises; a styrene based resin layer (A) as at least two outer layers formed by the polymerization of methacrylic acid in a weight proportion of 1˜3.5% and styrene, and a styrene based resin layer (B) formed from polystyrene which is sandwiched between the outer layers and for which the loss tangent (tan &dgr;) maximum peak value temperature for dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is 6.5˜25° C. lower than that for the resin of the resin layer (A). The sheet has excellent properties of transparency and external appearance, can be reused by recovering and moreover does not suffer from raindrop occurrence by secondary forming.

Abstract: A multilayered biaxially-oriented styrene based resin sheet comprises; a styrene based resin layer (A) as at least two outer layers formed by the polymerization of methacrylic acid in a weight proportion of 1-3.5% and styrene, and a styrene based resin layer (B) formed from polystyrene which is sandwiched between the outer layers and for which the loss tangent (tan .delta.) maximum peak value temperature for dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is 6.5-25.degree. C. lower than that for the resin of the resin layer (A). The sheet has excellent properties of transparency and external appearance, can be reused by recovering and moreover does not suffer from raindrop occurrence by secondary forming.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heat-sealable lactic acid-based polymer laminates which have heat resistance of 60.degree. C. or above, high sealing strength and good biodegradability and are useful in various films, sheets, packaging containers, etc., comprising a base layer (I) made of a crystallized lactic acid-based polymer (A) and a sealing layer (II) made of an amorphous lactic acid-based polymer (B) having a softening point lower than the melting point of said lactic acid-based polymer (A), and films, sheets or packaging containers with the use of these laminates.

Abstract: A method for forming a nozzle employed in continuous casting is provided in which powder refractory materials are pressed with low hydrostatic pressure to produce preforms for an edge portion, an inner hole portion, and a powder line portion, these preforms are combined one after another in a rubber mold employing a mandrel while filling the rubber mold with a powdered refractory material for a body portion of the nozzle, and then a nozzle configuration is formed by pressing the rubber mold with a higher hydrostatic pressure than that used to produce the preforms.

Abstract: A process for producing a lactic acid-based copolyester by the ring-opening copolymerization and transesterification of a lactide (A) with an aromatic polyester (B) and/or an aliphatic polyester (C) in the presence of a ring-opening polymerization catalyst (D), and a packaging material comprising the lactic acid-based copolyester obtained by the process are disclosed. According to the present invention, a lactic acid-based degradable copolyester which has a sufficiently high molecular weight and satisfactory toughness and also has suitable rigidity, pliability, and transparency according to applications can be produced. Further, a general-purpose packaging material, e.g., a sheet or film, which comprises the lactic acid-based copolyester produced by the process and is excellent in formability, degradability, and transparency can also be produced.

Abstract: An electron cyclotron resonance plasma chemical vapor deposition system has a reaction chamber for introducing a reaction gas therein, the reaction chamber housing a table for supporting a semiconductor wafer. A microwave oscillator is connected to the reaction chamber through a waveguide for generating and introducing a microwave into the reaction chamber to produce a plasma in the reaction chamber for activating the reaction gas to etch or deposit a film on the semiconductor wafer in the reaction chamber. A pair of upper and lower coils is disposed around the reaction chamber for generating respective magnetic fields in opposite directions in the reaction chamber. The magnetic fields cancel out each other creating a region with substantially no flux density in the magnetic fields between the coils. A bias voltage is applied to the table to attract the plasma to the table in a uniform manner.

Abstract: A nozzle for discharging molten metal used in a casting device, wherein at least an inner surface portion defining a nozzle bore of the nozzle is made of a refractory, whereby a blockage of the nozzle bore is effectively prevented.