Abstract: There is provided an optical wheel device including a motor, a wheel holding member which is fixed to a motor shaft of the motor and which has a recess portion on a surface which is normal to the motor shaft, an optical wheel which is fixed to a surface of the wheel holding member which is opposite to a surface facing the motor, and a collective lens which is disposed in the proximity to the optical wheel on a side of the optical wheel which is opposite to a side facing the motor, wherein a distal end face of a projecting portion on the wheel holding member which projects towards a side of the collective lens is positioned closer to a side of the motor than a plane of a surface of the collective lens which faces the motor.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a display section displaying function screens each including a plurality of function setting keys for receiving function settings; a first operation key for displaying the first function screen at the display section; a second operation key for displaying the second function screen at the display section; and a control section displaying, at the display section, the first and second function screens in accordance with operation performed on the first and second operation keys. The control section displays the first and second function screens at the display section when the first and second operation keys have been pressed simultaneously.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dye compound excellent in both chroma and light fastness, an ink, and a resist composition for a color filter. The present invention provides an ink and a resist composition for a color filter, in which each of the ink and the resist composition contains a pyridone azo compound having a specific structure.

Abstract: There are provided a new compound which has the following general formula (1) and which is useful as a coloring material, an ink containing the compound, an ink cartridge containing the ink and an ink jet recording method including ejecting the ink from a recording head of an ink jet system to record an image on a recording medium.

Abstract: The present invention provides a toner excellent in both saturation and light resistance. The toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin and a colorant. The colorant is a pyridoneazo compound having a specific structure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a water-insoluble coloring compound having a high solvent solubility, showing increased brightness and saturation, and being useful for increasing the green gamut and also provides an ink containing the water-insoluble coloring compound. The present invention provides a thermal transfer recording sheet including a coloring material layer formed on a base material from the ink and also provides a color filter resist composition showing an increased green gamut due to the ink.

Abstract: The present invention provides a water-insoluble coloring compound having excellent light resistance, an ink containing the coloring compound, a thermal transfer recording sheet including a coloring material layer formed on a base material from the ink, and a color filter resist composition containing the ink.

Abstract: A light source unit includes a red light source, a first blue-light source, a fluorescent material, a second blue light source and an optical system. The red light source emits light in red wavelength range. The first blue-light source emits light in a first blue-wavelength range. The fluorescent material receives the light in the first blue-wavelength range and emits light in a green wavelength range. The second blue-light source emits light in a second blue-wavelength range whose wavelengths are longer than those in the first blue-wavelength range. An optical system guides the light emitted from the red light source, the light emitted from the second blue-light source, and the light emitted from the fluorescent material, along a unique optical path.

Abstract: It is intended to provide an object-holding sheet and an object-treating equipment, which are useful for arranging objects such as biological materials (e.g., cells, embryos or individuals) or particles having the similar size thereto and efficiently conducting procedures such as analysis and fractionation on the objects. The present invention provides an object-holding sheet for holding two or more objects, the object-holding sheet including: a sheet member having two or more through-holes; and an anti-drop member corresponding to each of the holes, wherein the holes have a size that enables only one of the objects to be held, and the anti-drop member is disposed in the vicinity of one opening of each of the holes so as not to permit the object held in each of the holes to pass through the opening.

Abstract: A yellow toner is provided which is superior in dispersibility of C. I. pigment yellow 185, has a high color development property, and is superior in light resistance. The yellow toner has toner particles containing at least a binder resin, a wax, and a colorant, wherein the yellow toner contains C.I.

Abstract: There is provided a luminescent wheel including a reflecting plate on which a diffuse plate and a luminescent material layer are provided in an end-to-end relationship with each other in a circumferential direction, a first supporting plate which is provided on one surface of the reflecting plate to support part of the diffuse plate, and a second supporting plate which is provided on the other surface of the reflecting plate to support part of the diffuse plate, and the luminescent material layer is formed on the reflecting plate.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a channel plate, a diaphragm member, a piezoelectric element, and a temperature detector. The channel plate includes an individual liquid chamber in communication with a nozzle to discharge a droplet. The diaphragm member forms part of a wall face of the individual liquid chamber. The piezoelectric element is disposed on the diaphragm member and includes a lower electrode, a piezoelectric substance, and an upper electrode. The temperature detector is disposed on the diaphragm member and includes an electrode layer formed on the diaphragm member and a piezoelectric substance layer formed on the electrode layer.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode; and an electrolytic solution. The anode includes a lithium composite oxide represented by following Formula (1), LiwZnxSnyMzO4??(1) where M is one or more of Co, Mg, Ni, Ca, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, and Ag; and w to z satisfy 0.3?w?1, 0.3?x?1, 0.8?y?1.2, and (w+x+y+z)=3.

Abstract: The present invention provides a toner that exhibits an excellent chromogenicity and provides a method of producing a toner that has an excellent particle size distribution and an excellent chromogenicity, in which a toner containing a binder resin and a colorant that contains a coloring compound with general formula (1), and a method of producing this toner.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an identification method for a macrophage subtype using an organic compound. Another object of the present invention is to provide a macrophage identification agent containing an organic compound in which a spectral characteristic obtained when the organic compound is added is different depending on a macrophage subtype. Still another object of the present invention is to provide an evaluation method for a macrophage subtype using a macrophage identification agent, an analysis method for correlation between a macrophage subtype and a test substance, a screening method for correlation between a macrophage subtype and a test substance, and a kit. An identification method for a macrophage subtype utilizing that a spectral characteristic obtained with an organic compound added is different depending on a macrophage subtype is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hematopoietic stem cell identification probe.

Abstract: Provided is a toner having high coloring power and being excellent in light fastness. Specifically, provided is a yellow toner, including at least: a binder resin; a wax; and a colorant, in which the colorant contains a compound represented by the general formula (1).

Abstract: Provided are a hydroxy compound and an ion conducting agent each having excellent electroconductivity. Also provided is an electroconductive resin composition suppressed in bleeding and excellent in electroconductivity through the use of the hydroxy compound. Specifically, provided are a hydroxy compound represented by the following general formula (1), and an ion conducting agent including the hydroxy compound.

Abstract: An amine compound and an ionic conductive agent excellent in electroconductivity are provided. By using the amine compound, an electroconductive resin composition suppressed in bleeding and excellent in electroconductivity is provided. The amine compound and the ionic conductive agent have a structure represented by the following general formula (1).