Abstract: A negative electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries according to the present invention is characterized by containing composite particles that contain SiC and at least one of Si and an Si alloy, and is also characterized in that the composite particles have a crystallite diameter of 2.0 mm to 5.0 nm as calculated from the half width of the diffraction peak of the (111) plane of SiC in an XRD pattern obtained by an X-ray diffraction method.

Abstract: A strain gauge according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a strain gauge having a pattern of a laminate including a strain resistance layer and a protective layer having a portion in contact with the strain resistance layer, the protective layer being electrochemically more noble than the strain resistance layer. Thus, when wet etching is performed to form the pattern of the laminate, the protective layer is not easily etched in the vicinity of the strain resistant layer. This inhibits resist pattern peeling or the like, reducing variations in the amount of undercut.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sodium-based solid electrolyte having excellent ion conductivity, a method for producing a sodium-based solid electrolyte, a modified positive electrode active material, a modified negative electrode active material, a solid-state secondary battery, an electrode sheet for a solid-state secondary battery, a solid electrolyte sheet, and an electrode for a solid-state secondary battery. The sodium-based solid electrolyte of the present invention contains amorphous sodium tetraborate, water, and a sodium salt.

Abstract: Provided are an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery including, in the following order, a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer, in which the solid electrolyte layer contains an amorphous solid electrolyte which contains a lithium-containing oxide containing Li, B, and O and a lithium salt, in the amorphous solid electrolyte, a value of a ratio of a content of the lithium salt to a content of the lithium-containing oxide is 0.001 to 1.5 in terms of a molar ratio, and moisture contained in a laminate consisting of a positive electrode active material layer, the solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode active material layer is in a specific state; and a manufacturing method of the all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery.

Abstract: Provided is an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery including one or more laminates in which a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer are arranged in this order, in which at least one collector layer included in at least one of the positive electrode layer or the negative electrode layer is a layer having a specific metal as a constitutional material or a layer having the specific metal in a coating layer, and the solid electrolyte layer contains an amorphous solid electrolyte which contains a lithium-containing oxide containing Li, B, and O, and water and a lithium salt with a specific molar ratio with respect to the lithium-containing oxide.

Abstract: Provided are a wound-type all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery including a laminate in which a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer are arranged in this order, the laminate being wound around a core material, in which the solid electrolyte layer contains an amorphous solid electrolyte which contains a lithium-containing oxide containing Li, B, and O and a lithium salt, and in the amorphous solid electrolyte, a value of a ratio of a content of the lithium salt to a content of the lithium-containing oxide is 0.001 to 1.5 in terms of a molar ratio; and a manufacturing method of the wound-type all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery.

Abstract: A thermal fixer includes a first thermal fixing roller and a second thermal fixing roller. The first thermal fixing roller includes a first heater. The second thermal fixing roller is pressed to the first thermal fixing roller. The second thermal fixing roller includes a second heater and has a diameter, a rigidity, and a surface releasability substantially identical to the first thermal fixing roller.

Abstract: A brain measurement apparatus includes: a magnetoencephalograph module having a cell; a pump laser configured to emit pump light; a probe laser configured to emit probe light; an optical sensor group configured to detect a polarization plane angle of the probe light having passed through the sensitivity region; a bias magnetic field coil configured to apply a bias magnetic field; and bias magnetic field gradient correction coils configured to correct a gradient of the bias magnetic field; and an MRI module having a transmission coil for transmitting an RF pulse of a predetermined frequency and a receiver coil configured to detect a nuclear magnetic resonance signal. At least one of the coil that applies a static magnetic field and the coil that applies a gradient magnetic field is configured by the same coil as the bias magnetic field coil or the bias magnetic field gradient correction coils.

Abstract: An optically pumped magnetometer includes a cell, a pump light incidence unit causing pump light to be incident on a sensitivity region inside the cell in a first direction, a probe light incidence unit causing probe light for detecting change in electron spins to be incident on the sensitivity region in a direction intersecting the first direction, a bias magnetic field coil applying a bias magnetic field in the first direction to the inside of the cell and determining a resonance frequency of the electron spins, a gradient correction coil correcting a gradient of the bias magnetic field, an electron spin tilting unit tilting a rotation axis direction of the electron spins, an optical sensor detecting the probe light having passed through the sensitivity region, and a magnetic field measuring unit measuring a magnetic field strength related to the sensitivity region based on an output of the optical sensor.

Abstract: A brain measurement apparatus includes: a magnetoencephalograph module having a cell, a pump laser configured to emit pump light, a probe laser configured to emit probe light to a sensitivity region intersecting the pump light in the cell, an optical sensor group configured to detect a polarization plane angle of the probe light having passed through the sensitivity region, and a bias magnetic field coil configured to apply a bias magnetic field; and an MRI module having a transmission coil for transmitting an RF pulse of a predetermined frequency, and a receiver coil configured to detect a nuclear magnetic resonance signal generated by transmission of the RF pulse. The magnetoencephalograph module and the MRI module are surrounded by a magnetic shield including a soft magnetic material.

Abstract: An optically pumped magnetometer includes a cell, a pump light incidence unit causing pump light to be incident on a plurality of sensitivity regions inside the cell in a first direction, a probe light incidence unit causing probe light to be incident on the sensitivity regions in a direction intersecting the first direction, bias magnetic field coils applying a bias magnetic field to the inside of the cell and determining a resonance frequency of the electron spins, an electron spin tilting unit tilting a rotation axis direction of the electron spins in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, an optical sensor detecting the probe light; and a magnetic field measuring unit measuring magnetic field strengths related to the sensitivity regions, wherein the bias magnetic field coils respectively apply a plurality of the bias magnetic fields having strengths different from each other to the plurality of corresponding sensitivity regions.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode; a second electrode that is opposed to the first electrode; and an organic photoelectric conversion layer that is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and includes, as a first organic semiconductor material, a benzothienobenzothiophene-based compound represented by a general formula (1).

Abstract: To provide a photoelectric conversion element that can improve image quality. Provided is a photoelectric conversion element including at least a first electrode, a work function control layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, an oxide semiconductor layer, and a second electrode in this order, and further including a third electrode, in which the third electrode is provided apart from the second electrode and is provided facing the photoelectric conversion layer via an insulating layer, and the work function control layer contains a larger amount of oxygen than an amount of oxygen satisfying a stoichiometric composition.

Abstract: A sheet laminator includes a fuser pressure member, a conveyor, and a guide. The fuser pressure member thermally fixes a two-ply sheet and a sheet medium inserted between two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The conveyor conveys the two-ply sheet toward the fuser pressure member in a sheet conveyance direction. The guide guides the two-ply sheet in a sheet conveyance passage between the conveyor and the fuser pressure member. At least one of the fuser pressure member or the conveyor is operable to guide the two-ply sheet outside the sheet conveyance passage in response to an occurrence of an abnormal stop of the sheet laminator.

Abstract: A sheet laminator includes a thermal fixing roller pair, a first heater, a second heater, multiple temperature detectors, and a driver. The thermal fixing roller pair includes a first thermal fixing roller and a second thermal fixing roller facing the first thermal fixing roller. The thermal fixing roller pair thermally fixes and conveys a two-ply sheet and a sheet medium nipped between two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The first heater heats the first thermal fixing roller. The second heater heats the second thermal fixing roller. The multiple temperature detectors are at different positions along an axial direction of the thermal fixing roller pair. The multiple temperature detectors detect a surface temperature of the thermal fixing roller pair. The driver drives the thermal fixing roller pair.

Abstract: An imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed to be opposed to the first electrode; an organic layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and at least including a photoelectric conversion layer; and a first semiconductor layer provided between the second electrode and the organic layer and having an electron affinity of 4.5 eV or more and 6.0 eV or less, the first semiconductor layer including a first carbon-containing compound and a second carbon-containing compound, the first carbon-containing compound having an electron affinity greater than 4.8 eV or an electron affinity greater than a work function of the second electrode, the second carbon-containing compound having an ionization potential greater than 5.5 eV.

Abstract: An imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode; a second electrode that is disposed to be opposed to the first electrode; and an organic layer that is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic layer includes a compound represented by a general formula (1).

Abstract: A seal member has a first seal layer which is opposite a container main body; and a second seal layer which is opposite a cap member and the compression slip resistance ? [N] of the first seal layer, the compression rate k [%] of the first seal layer, the thickness T1 [mm] of the first seal layer, the compression residual strain ?1[%] of the first seal layer, the thickness T2 [mm] of the second seal layer, the compression residual strain ?2[%] of the second seal layer, the thickness Tn [mm] of the seal layer other than the first seal layer and the second seal layer and the compression residual strain ?n [%] of the seal layer other than the first seal layer and the second seal layer satisfy 0<?/k<0.3 and 0.04<T2?2/(T1?1+T2?2+ . . . Tn?n)<0.48.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging element with pixel transistors and wires capable of efficiently outputting and transferring a pixel signal from a stacked photoelectric conversion film while suppressing an increase in manufacturing cost, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided.

Abstract: A first semiconductor element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed to be opposed the first electrode; and an organic semiconductor layer that is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and including an organic semiconductor material, the organic semiconductor material having a crystal density of greater than 1.26 g/cm3 and less than 1.50 g/cm3 in powder form by X-ray structure analysis, and a molecular weight of 1200 or less, and being available for vacuum deposition film formation.