Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, in which the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet is provided in a form that it is wound into a roll and all periphery of the roll is covered with a protective sheet, and in which the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet contains, on a support, at least one receptor layer containing a latex polymer, and at least one heat-insulating layer containing hollow polymer particles.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, containing, on a support, at least one dye-receptive layer containing latex polymer and at least one heat-insulating layer, at least said receptive layer and a layer adjacent thereto being formed by a water-based simultaneous multilayer coating method, wherein said sheet contains at least one solid dispersion having an average particle diameter of 1.0 g ?m or less of at least one material selected from a compound represented by formula (L1) and wax: wherein R01 represents —C(?O)R or a hydrogen atom, in which R represents an aliphatic group which may have a substituent, and a plurality of Rol 's are the same as or different from each other, but at least one of R01's is —C(?O)R; and n represents 0 or 1.

Abstract: A catalyst-aided chemical processing method can process hard-to-process materials, especially SiC, GaN, etc. whose importance as electronic device materials is increasing these days, with high processing efficiency and high precision even for a space wavelength range of not less than several tens of ?m. The catalyst-aided chemical processing method comprises: putting a workpiece in a processing liquid in which halogen-containing molecules are dissolved; and moving the workpiece and a catalyst composed of molybdenum or a molybdenum compound relative to each other while keeping the catalyst in contact with or close proximity to a surface to be processed of the workpiece, thereby processing the surface of the workpiece.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is described containing at least one electron-donative, silver halide-adsorptive compound represented by the following general formula (A) or (B), which is not a spectral sensitizing agent for silver halide or a nucleating agent:D--L--X (A)D--X (B)wherein D represents an electron donative atomic group comprising an aromatic ring or hetero ring, which may be unsubstituted or substituted with at least one substituent; L represents a linkage group containing at least one of C, N, S or O; and X represents a group which is adsorptive with a silver halide-adsorptive group containing at least one of C, N, S, O or Se, said N being optionally quarternized.