Abstract: An aluminum flake pigment is an aluminum flake pigment including aluminum flakes, wherein the aluminum flakes include small-size aluminum flakes each having a particle size of less than or equal to 1 ?m, and in a microscope image when the aluminum flakes are observed using a scanning electron microscope, a ratio of the number of the small-size aluminum flakes is less than or equal to 35% with respect to the number of a whole of the aluminum flakes.

Abstract: An aluminum flake pigment is an aluminum flake pigment including aluminum flakes, wherein the aluminum flakes include small-size aluminum flakes each having a particle size of less than or equal to 1 ?m, and in a microscope image when the aluminum flakes are observed using a scanning electron microscope, a ratio of the number of the small-size aluminum flakes is less than or equal to 35% with respect to the number of a whole of the aluminum flakes.

Abstract: A multi-layer direct blow bottle in which a metallic layer containing a metal pigment having an average thickness of not more than 1 ?m dispersed in a resin is formed at a position where it is visible from the outer surface side.

Abstract: A decorative resin composition containing a metal pigment having an average thickness of not more than 600 nm dispersed in a blend of a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) having a density of not less than 0.910 g/cm3 but less than 0.930 g/cm3 and a linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) having a density of 0.910 to 0.925 g/cm3.

Abstract: A decorative resin composition containing a metal pigment having an average thickness of not more than 600 nm dispersed in a blend of a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) having a density of not less than 0.910 g/cm3 but less than 0.930 g/cm3 and a linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) having a density of 0.910 to 0.925 g/cm3.

Abstract: A multi-layer direct blow bottle in which a metallic layer containing a metal pigment having an average thickness of not more than 1 ?m dispersed in a resin is formed at a position where it is visible from the outer surface side.

Abstract: One of disclosed embodiments provides a photoelectric conversion device, comprising a member including a first surface configured to receive light, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions aligned inside the member in a depth direction from the first surface, wherein at least one of the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions other than the photoelectric conversion portion positioned closest to the first surface includes, on a boundary surface thereof with the member, unevenness having a difference in level larger than a difference in level of unevenness of the photoelectric conversion portion positioned closest to the first surface, and wherein the boundary surface having the unevenness is configured to localize or resonate light incident on the member from a side of the first surface around the boundary surface having the unevenness.

Abstract: One of disclosed embodiments provides a photoelectric conversion device, comprising a member including a first surface configured to receive light, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions aligned inside the member in a depth direction from the first surface, wherein at least one of the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions other than the photoelectric conversion portion positioned closest to the first surface includes, on a boundary surface thereof with the member, unevenness having a difference in level larger than a difference in level of unevenness of the photoelectric conversion portion positioned closest to the first surface, and wherein the boundary surface having the unevenness is configured to localize or resonate light incident on the member from a side of the first surface around the boundary surface having the unevenness.

Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device according to the present invention is a backside-illuminated solid-state image pickup device that includes a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion portion. A p-type semiconductor region 110 in which holes are collected is disposed on the front side of a PD substrate 101. An n-type semiconductor region 119 is disposed below the p-type semiconductor region 110 on the back side of the PD substrate 101. The n-type semiconductor region 119 contains arsenic as a principal impurity. The photoelectric conversion portion includes the p-type semiconductor region 110 and the n-type semiconductor region 119.

Abstract: The present invention provides a solid-state image pickup device that includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units disposed in a semiconductor substrate, a first planarizing layer disposed at a first principal surface side of the semiconductor substrate where light enters, a color filter layer disposed on the first planarizing layer and including color filters each of which is provided for a corresponding photoelectric conversion unit, and a second planarizing layer disposed on the color filter layer for reducing a level difference between the color filters. In the solid-state image pickup device, a gap is disposed in a position corresponding to a boundary between the neighboring color filters in the color filter layer, the gap extending to the second planarizing layer, and a sealing layer for sealing the gap is disposed on the gap and the second planarizing layer.

Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition comprising 40 to 80% of a polypropylene component (A) comprising a copolymer of propylene with ethylene and/or a C4-12 ?-olefin, or a homopolymer of propylene, and 20 to 60% of a copolymer component (B) containing copolymer (B-1) and copolymer (B-2), wherein both (B-1) and (B-2) are copolymers of propylene with ethylene and/or a C4-12 ?-olefin, in (B-1) the amount of units derived from propylene is more than 50% to 85%, and in (B-2) the amount of units derived from propylene is 15 to 50%, the molecular weight distribution is 3.0 or less, and blockness is 1.3 or less; in which composition the amount of (B-2) is 3% or more, and the ratio of the limiting viscosity of (B-1) to the viscosity of (A). is 1.5 or less, and the ratio of the limiting viscosity of (B-1) to the viscosity of (B-2) is 0.8 or more.

Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition comprising 40 to 80% of a polypropylene component (A) comprising a copolymer of propylene with ethylene and/or a C4-12 ?-olefin, or a homopolymer of propylene, and 20 to 60% of a copolymer component (B) containing a copolymer (B-1) and a copolymer (B-2), wherein both (B-1) and (B-2) are copolymers of propylene with ethylene and/or a C4-12 ?-olefin, in (B-1) the amount of units derived from propylene is more than 50% to 85%, and in (B-2) the amount of units derived from propylene is 15 to 50%, the molecular weight distribution is 3.0 or less, and blockness is 1.3 or less; in which composition the amount of (B-2) is 3% or more, and the ratio of the limiting viscosity of (B-1) to the viscosity of (A) is 1.5 or less, and the ratio of the limiting viscosity of (B-1) to the viscosity of (B-2) is 0.8 or more.