Abstract: The invention provides silane-treated forsterite microparticles having a specific surface area of 5 to 100 m2/g, wherein 1 to 5 silyl groups are bound to 1 nm2 of the surface area thereof.

Abstract: A method for producing forsterite microparticles having a primary particle size of 1 to 200 nm, as determined through electron microscopy, characterized in that the method includes spray-drying, at 50° C. or higher and lower than 300° C., a solution containing a water-soluble magnesium salt and colloidal silica at a mole ratio of magnesium atoms to silicon atoms (Mg/Si) of 2; and subsequently, firing the spray-dried product in air at 800 to 1,000° C.

Abstract: This invention provides a process for producing a dispersion liquid of an intrinsic electroconductive polymer in an organic solvent, comprising a deionization step of deionizing an aqueous colloid dispersion liquid of an intrinsic electroconductive polymer by a liquid feeding method to remove cations adsorbed on the intrinsic electroconductive polymer, a solvent displacement step of subjecting water in the aqueous colloid dispersion liquid after the deionization step to solvent displacement with an organic solvent (excluding N-methylpyrrolidone and dimethyl sulfoxide), and an additive treatment step of, after the solvent displacement step, adding N-methylpyrrolidone or dimethyl sulfoxide.

Abstract: Disclosed is a conductive coating composition containing an organic solvent dispersion of an intrinsically conductive polymer such as a doped polyaniline or a doped polythiophene, and a binder. The conductive coating composition is characterized in that the binder contains a polymerizable monomer-dispersed silica sol, which is obtained by dispersing a colloidal silica into a polymerizable organic compound monomer. The composition provides a conductive thin film having high transparency and excellent strength.

Abstract: There is provided a sol in which surface-modified colloidal particles are dispersed in a liquid, wherein the surface-modified colloidal particles are obtained by using anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles, metal oxides comprising tin atom, zinc atom, antimony atom and oxygen atom, or tin oxide-doped anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles as nuclei, and by coating the surface of the nuclei with an aluminum-containing substance (e.g., an aluminum chelating agent), a polymer type surfactant (e.g., a polycarboxylic acid ester or polyethylene glycol monoaliphatic acid ester surfactant) or both of them. The anhydrous zinc antimonate sol is used for several purposes such as transparent antistatic materials in the form of resin, plastic, glass, paper, magnetic tape or the like, transparent UV absorbers, transparent heat radiation absorbers, high refractive index hard coating agent, anti-reflective agent and the like.

Abstract: This invention provides a process for producing a dispersion liquid of an intrinsic electroconductive polymer in an organic solvent, comprising a deionization step of deionizing an aqueous colloid dispersion liquid of an intrinsic electroconductive polymer by a liquid feeding method to remove cations adsorbed on the intrinsic electroconductive polymer, a solvent displacement step of subjecting water in the aqueous colloid dispersion liquid after the deionization step to solvent displacement with an organic solvent (excluding N-methylpyrrolidone and dimethyl sulfoxide), and an additive treatment step of, after the solvent displacement step, adding N-methylpyrrolidone or dimethyl sulfoxide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions capable of forming a coating and comprising a mixture of a conductive polymer in colloidal form and carbon, methods for their manufacture and use for high-capacity electrical double layer capacitors to be utilized in various electronic apparatuses, power supplies and the like.

Abstract: A three-pole two-layer photo-rechargeable battery has a laminated two-layered structure that includes a solar battery cell, a storage cell, and a common electrode therebetween. The solar battery cell has a structure wherein a photo-electrode, which has a photo-sensitized dye and a semiconductor layer on a conductive substrate with optical transparency, counters via a first electrolytic solution a common electrode that has a catalyst layer on a conductive substrate. The storage cell has a structure wherein the common electrode, which has a first conductive polymer layer on a conductive substrate on a side opposite the catalyst layer, counters via a second electrolytic solution a storage cell counter electrode that has a second conductive polymer layer on a conductive substrate.

Abstract: A method for producing an organic solvent dispersion of an intrinsically conductive polymer which comprises a step of deionizing an aqueous colloidal dispersion of an intrinsically conductive polymer by the passing of liquid, thereby clearing the intrinsically conductive polymer of cations adhering thereto, and a subsequent step of substituting water in the aqueous colloidal dispersion by an organic solvent. This method permits easy production of an organic solvent dispersion of an intrinsically conductive polymer which can be applied to various uses as electrode materials, antistatic agents, UV light absorbers, heat ray absorbers, electromagnetic wave absorbers, sensors, electrolyte for electrolytic capacitors, and electrodes for secondary batteries.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal oxide particle comprising tin atom, zinc atom, antimony atom and oxygen atom, having a molar ratio SnO2:ZnO:Sb2O5 of 0.01–1.00:0.80–1.20:1.00 and having a primary particle diameter of 5 to 500 nm; and a process for producing the metal oxide particle comprising the steps of: mixing a tin compound, a zinc compound and an antimony compound in a molar ratio SnO2:ZnO:Sb2O5 of 0.01–1.00:0.80–1.20:1.00; and calcining the mixture at a temperature of 300 to 900° C. The metal oxide particle is used for several purposes such as antistatic agents, UV light absorbers, heat radiation absorbers or sensors for plastics or glass, etc.

Abstract: There is provided a sol in which surface-modified colloidal particles are dispersed in a liquid, wherein the surface-modified colloidal particles are obtained by using anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles, metal oxides comprising tin atom, zinc atom, antimony atom and oxygen atom, or tin oxide-doped anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles as nuclei, and by coating the surface of the nuclei with an aluminum-containing substance (e.g., an aluminum chelating agent), a polymer type surfactant (e.g., a polycarboxylic acid ester or polyethylene glycol monoaliphatic acid ester surfactant) or both of them. The anhydrous zinc antimonate sol is used for several purposes such as transparent antistatic materials in the form of resin, plastic, glass, paper, magnetic tape or the like, transparent UV absorbers, transparent heat radiation absorbers, high refractive index hard coating agent, anti-reflective agent and the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal oxide particle comprising tin atom, zinc atom, antimony atom and oxygen atom, having a molar ratio SnO2:ZnO:Sb2O5 of 0.01-1.00:0.80-1.20:1.00 and having a primary particle diameter of 5 to 500 nm; and a process for producing the metal oxide particle comprising the steps of: mixing a tin compound, a zinc compound and an antimony compound in a molar ratio SnO2:ZnO:Sb2O5 of 0.01-1.00:0.80-1.20:1.00; and calcining the mixture at a temperature of 300 to 900° C. The metal oxide particle is used for several purposes such as antistatic agents, UV light absorbers, heat radiation absorbers or sensors for plastics or glass, etc.

Abstract: An electro-conductive oxide particle comprising indium atoms, antimony atoms and oxygen atoms in a molar ratio of Sb/In of from 0.03 to 0.08, having a primary particle diameter of from 2 to 300 nm, and having a crystal structure of indium oxide.

Abstract: An electro-conductive oxide particle comprising indium atoms, antimony atoms and oxygen atoms in a molar ratio of Sb/In of from 0.03 to 0.08, having a primary particle diameter of from 2 to 300 nm, and having a crystal structure of indium oxide.