Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide thermoelectric conversion materials having a high thermoelectric conversion performance and excellent mass productivity. The thermoelectric conversion materials have a core-shell structure with a plurality of core parts and shell parts for covering the core parts. The plurality of core parts are independent of each other and the shell parts are provided continuously such that the shell part of one core part is continuous with the shell part of a different core part.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide an inorganic nanoparticle being a skutterudite compound, expected to realize the quantum effect, and a method for producing the same. The object of the present invention is achieved by providing an inorganic nanoparticle being a skutterudite compound, having the average particle size in a range of 2 nm to 100 nm.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide an InSb nanoparticle to be dispersed independently, InSb nanoparticle dispersion and a method for producing an InSb nanoparticle. The object of the present invention is achieved by providing an InSb nanoparticle having an average particle size in a range of 2 nm to 200 nm, capable of being dispersed and to be dispersed independently in a dispersion medium.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide the thermoelectric conversion materials having a high thermoelectric conversion performance and the excellent mass productivity. The object of the present invention is achieved by providing the thermoelectric conversion materials comprising a core-shell structure having a plurality of core parts and shell parts for covering the above-mentioned core parts, wherein the plurality of the above-mentioned core parts are independent with each other and the above-mentioned shell parts are provided continuously.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide an inorganic nanoparticle being a skutterudite compound, expected to realize the quantum effect, and a method for producing the same. The object of the present invention is achieved by providing an inorganic nanoparticle being a skutterudite compound, having the average particle size in a range of 2 nm to 100 nm.

Abstract: An image-receiving sheet having an opaque detection mark formed by coating a resin varnish comprising a resin, a low-boiling good solvent, and a high-boiling poor solvent, the detection mark being rendered transparent upon heating, the resin comprising a terpolymer of vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate, and vinyl alcohol monomers. By virtue of this constitution, before image formation, the detection mark has high opacity and can be detected in high sensitivity, that is, does not cause a lowering in infrared radiation transmission or reflectance properties before heating at the time of image information, while when an image is formed by means of a copying machine or a printer in high-processing electrophotographic system, thermal transfer system or the like, heating and application of pressure at the time of image formation erases the detection mark to such an extent that the detection mark is no longer visually noticeable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrostatic information recording medium in which a charge retaining layer having high insulating properties is laminated on an electrode, and an electrostatic information recording/reproducing process wherein, while said electrostatic information recording medium is positioned in opposition to a photosensitive member on which a photoconductive layer is laminated, the recording medium is subjected to information exposure with the application of voltage between both electrodes to accumulate electrostatic charges thereon depending upon the dosage of said information exposure, and the electrostatic information thus accumulated is reproduced by potential reading.The present electrostatic information recording medium has an information density as expressed in terms of a high recording capacity of the order of 8.times.10.sup.8 bits/cm.sup.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrostatic information recording medium in which a charge retaining layer having high insulating properties is laminated on an electrode, and an electrostatic information recording/reproducing process wherein, while said electrostatic information recording medium is positioned in opposition to a photosensitive member on which a photoconductive layer is laminated, the recording medium is subjected to information exposure with the application of voltage between both electrodes to accumulate electrostatic charges thereon depending upon the dosage of said information exposure, and the electrostatic information thus accumulated is reproduced by potential reading.The present electrostatic information recording medium has an information density as expressed in terms of a high recording capacity of the order of 8.times.10.sup.8 bits/cm.sup.

Abstract: The electrostatic information recording medium according to the present invention comprises an electrode layer and an electric charge retaining layer. By improving the laminating method of electric charge retaining layer or by improving the layer arrangement or by converting electrostatic information to the visible information or position information, high information retaining property can be obtained and the accumulated electrostatic information can be maintained for long period.In the electrostatic information recording method according to the present invention, an electrostatic information recording medium is placed face-to-face to a photosensitive member having photoconductive layer on an electrode. The image exposure is performed by applying voltage between two electrodes, and the electrostatic information corresponding to the image exposure is recorded on the electrostatic information recording medium.

Abstract: Information recording media enable images to be recorded and reproduced with high resolution, wherein oozing of liquid crystal material thereof is prevented and the information is recorded without unevenness. A first recording medium has an information recording layer comprising a liquid crystal phase and an ultraviolet curing resin phase. The information recording layer is stacked on an electrode layer provided on a substrate by coating a mixed solution of liquid crystal and ultraviolet curing resin material on the surface of the electrode layer and then irradiating the coating by irradiation with ultraviolet rays, thereby forming a cured skin layer of the resin material on the outer surface of the information recording layer. A second recording medium has a transparent electrode layer additionally provided on the information recording layer of the first recording medium.

Abstract: Information recording media enable images to be recorded and reproduced with high resolution, wherein oozing of liquid crystal material thereof is prevented and the information recorded without unevenness. A first recording medium has an information recording layer comprising a liquid crystal phase and an ultraviolet curing resin phase. The information recording layer is stacked on an electrode layer provided on a substrate by coating a mixed solution of liquid crystal and ultraviolet curing resin material on the surface of the electrode layer and then irradiating the coating by irradiation with ultraviolet rays, thereby forming a cured skin layer of the resin material on the outer surface of the information recording layer. A second recording medium has a transparent electrode layer additionally provided on the information recording layer of the first recording medium.

Abstract: The electrostatic information recording medium according to the present invention comprises an electrode layer and an electric charge retaining layer. By improving the laminating method of electric charge retaining layer or by improving the layer arrangement or by converting electrostatic information to the visible information or position information, high information retaining property can be obtained and the accumulated electrostatic information can be maintained for long period.In the electrostatic information recording method according to the present invention, an electrostatic information recording medium is placed face-to-face to a photosensitive member having photoconductive layer on an electrode. The image exposure is performed by applying voltage between two electrodes, and the electrostatic information corresponding to the image exposure is recorded on the electrostatic information recording medium.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrostatic information-recording medium including an electrode layer (13) and a charge-retaining layer, in which said charge-retaining layer is formed of a laminate of a resin layer (11a) having a low glass transition temperature with a heat-resistant, insulating layer (11b), or an electrostatic information-recording medium comprising at least an electrode layer (13) and a charge-retaining layer (11) in which said charge-retaining layer (11) is formed of a polymer layer (12) containing pentafluorostyrene as a monomer component and having a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 2,000,000, or which includes a photoconductive layer (44) and a charge-retaining layer (43) between a pair of electrodes (42) and (45) and is designed to carry out exposure with the application of voltage between both said electrodes (42) and (45) or apply voltage between both said electrodes (42) and (45) while exposure is carried out, thereby forming an electrostatic latent image, which is t

Abstract: Information recording media enable images to be recorded and reproduced with high resolution, wherein oozing of liquid crystal material thereof is prevented and the information recorded without unevenness. A first recording medium has an information recording layer comprising a liquid crystal phase and an ultraviolet curing resin phase. The information recording layer is stacked on an electrode layer provided on a substrate by coating a mixed solution of liquid crystal and ultraviolet curing resin material on the surface of the electrode layer and then irradiating the coating by irradiation with ultraviolet rays, thereby forming a cured skin layer of the resin material on the outer surface of the information recording layer. A second recording medium has a transparent electrode layer additionally provided on the information recording layer of the first recording medium.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrostatic information-recording medium including an electrode layer (13) and a charge-retaining layer, in which said charge-retaining layer is formed of a laminate of a resin layer (11a) having a low glass transition temperature with a heat-resistant, insulating layer (11b), or an electrostatic information-recording medium comprising at least an electrode layer (13) and a charge-retaining layer (11) in which said charge-retaining layer (11) is formed of a polymer layer (12) containing pentafluorostyrene as a monomer component and having a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 2,000,000, or which includes a photoconductive layer (44) and a charge-retaining layer (43) between a pair of electrodes (42) and (45) and is designed to carry out exposure with the application of voltage between both said electrodes (42) and (45) or apply voltage between both said electrodes (42) and (45) while exposure is carried out, thereby forming an electrostatic latent image, which is t

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrostatic information recording medium in which a charge retaining layer having high insulating properties is laminated on an electrode, and an electrostatic information recording/reproducing process wherein, while said electrostatic information recording medium is positioned in opposition to a photosensitive member on which a photoconductive layer is laminated, the recording medium is subjected to information exposure with the application of voltage between both electrodes to accumulate electrostatic charges thereon depending upon the dosage of said information exposure, and the electrostatic information thus accumulated is reproduced by potential reading.The present electrostatic information recording medium has an information density as expressed in terms of a high recording capacity of the order of 8.times.10.sup.8 bits/cm.sup.

Abstract: The heat-sensitive stencil sheet of the present invention is a heat-sensitive stencil sheet including a thermoplastic film (3) laminated through an adhesive layer (2) on one surface of a porous base (1). The adhesive layer includes an ionizing-radiation-curable adhesive, and therefore the above porous support (1) and the thermoplastic film (3) can be rapidly and firmly adhered together, and yet printing resistance during printing can be improved simultaneously with the additional excellent effect of making the printed image sharper.

Abstract: The IC card of the present invention comprises an IC card comprising an IC module embedded in a card substrate, said IC card having a reinforcing sheet layer laid in the planar direction of the card so as to cover at least the peripheral portion of the boundary between the card substrate and the IC module, and/or has a reinforcing member comprising at least a part of the side portion of said IC module extended in the outer circumferential direction, and it is excellent in mechanical strength and flexibility against bending of card.