Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Fukuura

Tomohiro Fukuura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230340289
    Abstract: The photosensitive composition according to the present invention is a photosensitive composition including a semiconductor particle (A), a photopolymerizable compound (C) and a photopolymerization initiator (D), in which the photosensitive composition satisfies any one or more of the following (a) to (c): (a) the photosensitive composition further includes a stabilizer (E), and a content of the stabilizer (E) is 8% by mass or more based on the total amount of the photosensitive composition; (b) the photopolymerizable compound (C) includes a (meth)acrylate compound (C1) having a molecular weight of 180 or less; and (c) the photopolymerizable compound (C) includes a compound (C2) having a vinyl ether group and a (meth)acryloyl group in the same molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomohiro FUKUURA, Yoshihiro HARADA, Yoshifumi KOMATSU, Masayoshi TOKUDA
  • Publication number: 20230176421
    Abstract: A display device including a light source (A), a color conversion layer (B), and a color filter (C), wherein the color conversion layer (B) contains quantum dots (B-r) that emit red light, the color filter (C) has a blue color filter (C-b), a green color filter (C-g), and a red color filter (C-r), and the display device satisfies ??1.80 and (II) ??63.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshihiro HARADA, Yoshifumi KOMATSU, Tomohiro FUKUURA
  • Publication number: 20230083182
    Abstract: The photosensitive composition according to the present invention is a photosensitive composition including a semiconductor particle (A), a photopolymerizable compound (C) and a photopolymerization initiator (D), in which the photosensitive composition satisfies any one or more of the following (a) to (c): (a) the photosensitive composition further includes a stabilizer (E), and a content of the stabilizer (E) is 8% by mass or more based on the total amount of the photosensitive composition; (b) the photopolymerizable compound (C) includes a (meth)acrylate compound (C1) having a molecular weight of 180 or less; and (c) the photopolymerizable compound (C) includes a compound (C2) having a vinyl ether group and a (meth)acryloyl group in the same molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomohiro FUKUURA, Yoshihiro HARADA, Yoshifumi KOMATSU, Masayoshi TOKUDA
  • Publication number: 20230034267
    Abstract: The photosensitive composition according to the present invention is a photosensitive composition including a semiconductor particle (A), a photopolymerizable compound (C) and a photopolymerization initiator (D), in which the photosensitive composition satisfies any one or more of the following (a) to (c): (a) the photosensitive composition further includes a stabilizer (E), and a content of the stabilizer (E) is 8% by mass or more based on the total amount of the photosensitive composition; (b) the photopolymerizable compound (C) includes a (meth)acrylate compound (C1) having a molecular weight of 180 or less; and (c) the photopolymerizable compound (C) includes a compound (C2) having a vinyl ether group and a (meth)acryloyl group in the same molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomohiro FUKUURA, Yoshihiro HARADA, Yoshifumi KOMATSU, Masayoshi TOKUDA
  • Publication number: 20230031949
    Abstract: A display device including a blue light source (A), a wavelength conversion layer (B), and a light absorption layer (C), wherein the wavelength conversion layer (B) has a first wavelength conversion layer (B1) containing a compound (Q1) that absorbs blue and emits red light, and a second wavelength conversion layer (B2) containing a compound (Q2) that absorbs blue and emits green light, and the display device satisfies 0.7?X1 and 0.7?X2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshihiro HARADA, Yoshifumi KOMATSU, Tomohiro FUKUURA
  • Publication number: 20220412889
    Abstract: Provided are a metal-based particle assembly including a plurality of metal-based particles arranged apart from each other, wherein the plurality of metal-based particles are each arranged so that an average distance between metal-based particles adjacent to each other is 1 nm or more and 1000 nm or less, and a standard deviation of the average distance is 25 nm or less; a layered body including the metal-based particle assembly; and a sensing apparatus including the layered body, a capturing layer that is arranged on the metal-based particle assembly and has a capturing substance for capturing an analyte, the analyte being labeled with a luminescent substance, a light-transmitting member, a light source that emits excitation light for exciting the luminescent substance, and a detector that detects emission from the luminescent substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomohiro FUKUURA
  • Patent number: 10379267
    Abstract: There is provided a metal-based particle assembly comprising 30 or more metal-based particles separated from each other and disposed in two dimensions, the metal-based particles having an average particle diameter in a range of from 200 to 1600 nm, an average height in a range of from 55 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio, as defined by a ratio of the average particle diameter to the average height, in a range of from 1 to 8, wherein the metal-based particles are disposed such that an average distance between adjacent metal-based particles may be in a range of from 1 to 150 nm. This metal-based particle assembly presents significantly intense plasmon resonance and also allows plasmon resonance to have an effect over a range extended to a significantly large distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomohiro Fukuura
  • Patent number: 9714461
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a metal-based particle assembly, comprising the steps of: producing a metal-based film having an average thickness equal to or smaller than 50 nm on a substrate (a first step); and morphologically changing the metal-based film through a heat treatment into a metal-based particle assembly comprising a plurality of metal-based particles mutually separated and disposed in two dimensions (a second step). The method allows a metal-based particle assembly to be produced that for example includes 30 or more metal-based particles having an average particle diameter in a range of from 200 to 1600 nm, an average height in a range of from 55 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio, as defined by a ratio of the average particle diameter to the average height, in a range of from 1 to 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomohiro Fukuura
  • Patent number: 9696462
    Abstract: There is provided a metal-based particle assembly comprising 30 or more metal-based particles separated from each other and disposed in two dimensions, the metal-based particles having an average particle diameter in a range of from 200 to 1600 nm, an average height in a range of from 55 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio, as defined by a ratio of the average particle diameter to the average height, in a range of from 1 to 8, wherein the metal-based particle assembly has in an absorption spectrum for a visible light region a maximum wavelength of a peak at a longest side in wavelength, and an absorbance at the maximum wavelength is higher as compared with that of a reference metal-based particle assembly, on the premise that the numbers of the metal-based particles are the same. The metal-based particle assembly of the present invention presents significantly intense plasmon resonance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomohiro Fukuura
  • Patent number: 9693424
    Abstract: There is provided a metal-based particle assembly comprising 30 or more metal-based particles separated from each other and disposed in two dimensions, the metal-based particles having an average particle diameter of 200 to 1600 nm, an average height of 55 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio of 1 to 8, wherein the metal-based particle assembly has in an absorption spectrum for a visible light region a maximum wavelength of a peak at a longest side in wavelength, and the maximum wavelength shifts toward a shorter side in wavelength in a range of from 30 to 500 nm as compared with that of a prescribed reference metal-based particle assembly. The metal-based particle assembly can have in an absorption spectrum a maximum wavelength of a peak at a longest side in wavelength, and the maximum wavelength is in a range of from 350 to 550 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomohiro Fukuura
  • Patent number: 9693423
    Abstract: There is provided a metal-based particle assembly comprising 30 or more metal-based particles separated from each other and disposed in two dimensions, the metal-based particles having an average particle diameter in a range of from 200 to 1600 nm, an average height in a range of from 55 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio, as defined by a ratio of the average particle diameter to the average height, in a range of from 1 to 8, wherein the metal-based particles are disposed such that an average distance between adjacent metal-based particles may be in a range of from 1 to 150 nm. This metal-based particle assembly presents significantly intense plasmon resonance and also allows plasmon resonance to have an effect over a range extended to a significantly large distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomohiro Fukuura
  • Patent number: 9655200
    Abstract: There is provided a metal-based particle assembly comprising 30 or more metal-based particles separated from each other and disposed in two dimensions, the metal-based particles having an average particle diameter in a range of from 200 to 1600 nm, an average height in a range of from 55 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio, as defined by a ratio of the average particle diameter to the average height, in a range of from 1 to 8, wherein the metal-based particles are disposed such that an average distance between adjacent metal-based particles may be in a range of from 1 to 150 nm. This metal-based particle assembly presents significantly intense plasmon resonance and also allows plasmon resonance to have an effect over a range extended to a significantly large distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomohiro Fukuura
  • Publication number: 20170097447
    Abstract: There is provided a metal-based particle assembly comprising 30 or more metal-based particles separated from each other and disposed in two dimensions, the metal-based particles having an average particle diameter in a range of from 200 to 1600 nm, an average height in a range of from 55 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio, as defined by a ratio of the average particle diameter to the average height, in a range of from 1 to 8, wherein the metal-based particles are disposed such that an average distance between adjacent metal-based particles may be in a range of from 1 to 150 nm. This metal-based particle assembly presents significantly intense plasmon resonance and also allows plasmon resonance to have an effect over a range extended to a significantly large distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomohiro FUKUURA
  • Patent number: 9615425
    Abstract: There is provided a metal-based particle assembly comprising 30 or more metal-based particles separated from each other and disposed in two dimensions, the metal-based particles having an average particle diameter in a range of from 200 to 1600 nm, an average height in a range of from 55 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio, as defined by a ratio of the average particle diameter to the average height, in a range of from 1 to 8, wherein the metal-based particles are disposed such that an average distance between adjacent metal-based particles may be in a range of from 1 to 150 nm. This metal-based particle assembly presents significantly intense plasmon resonance and also allows plasmon resonance to have an effect over a range extended to a significantly large distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomohiro Fukuura
  • Patent number: 9585225
    Abstract: There is provided a metal-based particle assembly comprising 30 or more metal-based particles separated from each other and disposed in two dimensions, the metal-based particles having an average particle diameter of 200 to 1600 nm, an average height of 55 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio of 1 to 8, wherein the metal-based particle assembly has in an absorption spectrum for a visible light region a maximum wavelength of a peak at a longest side in wavelength, and the maximum wavelength shifts toward a shorter side in wavelength in a range of from 30 to 500 nm as compared with that of a prescribed reference metal-based particle assembly. The metal-based particle assembly can have in an absorption spectrum a maximum wavelength of a peak at a longest side in wavelength, and the maximum wavelength is in a range of from 350 to 550 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomohiro Fukuura
  • Patent number: 9551815
    Abstract: There is provided a metal-based particle assembly comprising 30 or more metal-based particles separated from each other and disposed in two dimensions, the metal-based particles having an average particle diameter in a range of from 200 to 1600 nm, an average height in a range of from 55 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio, as defined by a ratio of the average particle diameter to the average height, in a range of from 1 to 8, wherein the metal-based particle assembly has in an absorption spectrum for a visible light region a maximum wavelength of a peak at a longest side in wavelength, and an absorbance at the maximum wavelength is higher as compared with that of a reference metal-based particle assembly, on the premise that the numbers of the metal-based particles are the same. The metal-based particle assembly of the present invention presents significantly intense plasmon resonance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomohiro Fukuura
  • Patent number: 9554443
    Abstract: There is provided a metal-based particle assembly comprising 30 or more metal-based particles separated from each other and disposed in two dimensions, the metal-based particles having an average particle diameter of 200 to 1600 nm, an average height of 55 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio of 1 to 8, wherein the metal-based particle assembly has in an absorption spectrum for a visible light region a maximum wavelength of a peak at a longest side in wavelength, and the maximum wavelength shifts toward a shorter side in wavelength in a range of from 30 to 500 nm as compared with that of a prescribed reference metal-based particle assembly. The metal-based particle assembly can have in an absorption spectrum a maximum wavelength of a peak at a longest side in wavelength, and the maximum wavelength is in a range of from 350 to 550 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomohiro Fukuura
  • Patent number: 9401497
    Abstract: Provided are a metal-based particle assembly comprising 30 or more metal-based particles separated from each other and disposed in two dimensions, the metal-based particles having an average particle diameter of 200 to 1600 nm, an average height of 55 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio, as defined by a ratio of the average particle diameter to the average height, of 1 to 8, the metal-based particle assembly having a scattering intensity ratio S1/S0 of not less than 0.15, S1 representing a scattering intensity at a maximum wavelength of a peak having a highest peak intensity in a scattering spectrum of light scattered at an angle of 30° from light incident on a surface of the metal-based particle assembly along a normal to the surface, S0 representing a scattering intensity of the peak for a reference system made of a barium sulfate layer, and an optical device including the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomohiro Fukuura
  • Patent number: 9263630
    Abstract: There is provided an inorganic layer light-emitting device including: a light-emitting layer including an emission body made of an inorganic material; and a metal-based particle assembly layer being a layer consisting of a particle assembly including 30 or more metal-based particles separated from each other and disposed in two-dimensions, said metal-based particles having an average particle diameter in a range of from 200 to 1600 nm, an average height in a range of from 55 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio in a range of from 1 to 8, and said metal-based particles that compose said metal-based particle assembly layer are disposed such that an average distance between adjacent metal-based particles is in a range of from 1 to 150 nm. The inorganic layer light-emitting device exhibits high luminous efficiency through emission enhancement and improvement in light extraction efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomohiro Fukuura
  • Patent number: 9257662
    Abstract: There is provided a quantum dot light-emitting device including: a light-emitting layer containing a quantum dot luminescent material; and a metal-based particle assembly layer being a layer consisting of a particle assembly including 30 or more metal-based particles separated from each other and disposed in two-dimensions, said metal-based particles having an average particle diameter in a range of 200 to 1600 nm, an average height in a range of 55 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio, as defined by a ratio of said average particle diameter to said average height, in a range of 1 to 8, wherein said metal-based particles that compose said metal-based particle assembly layer are disposed such that an average distance between adjacent metal-based particles may be in a range of 1 to 150 nm. The quantum dot light-emitting device provides enhanced emission via the metal-based particle assembly layer and thus presents high luminous efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomohiro Fukuura