Abstract: Provided are a modified polysilazane film that is preferable as an intermediate material for forming a predetermined gas barrier film, and a method for producing a gas barrier film having excellent gas barrier properties using such modified polysilazane film as an intermediate material. A modified polysilazane film comprising a substrate and a modified polysilazane layer formed thereon, and a method for producing a gas barrier film obtained through such intermediate material, wherein the modified polysilazane layer has a thickness of a value in the range of 10 to 500 nm, and the modified polysilazane layer has a refractive index of a value in the range of 1.48 to 1.63.

Abstract: The present invention is a formed article sequentially comprising a base layer, a primer layer that includes a hydroxyl group-containing polymer, and a gas barrier layer, the gas barrier layer being formed of a material that includes at least an oxygen atom and a silicon atom, a surface layer part of the gas barrier layer having an oxygen atom content rate of 60 to 75%, a nitrogen atom content rate of 0 to 10%, and a silicon atom content rate of 25 to 35%, based on a total content rate of oxygen atoms, nitrogen atoms, and silicon atoms, and the surface layer part of the gas barrier layer having a film density of 2.4 to 4.0 g/cm3. According to the present invention, provided is a formed article, a method for producing the same, an electronic device member including the formed article, and an electronic device including the electronic device member, with an excellent gas barrier capability and excellent transparency.

Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device 1 includes a light receiving section 10, a first row selecting section 20, a second row selecting section 30, a first readout section 40, a second readout section 50, and a control section 60. Data of pixel units of rows in the light receiving section 10 selected by the first row selecting section 20 are output by the first readout section 40 to obtain image pickup data, and further, data of the pixel units of rows in the light receiving section 10 selected by the second row selecting section 30 are output by the second readout section 50 to obtain communication data.

Abstract: A sheet for producing a multilayer optical recording medium having a repeated structure in which a plurality of optical recording layers are laminated, wherein the sheet has a structure such that a unit comprising at least a release assisting layer, an optical recording layer having a thickness of 1 to 1,000 nm and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer are disposed on a process film, the release assisting layer is disposed on the surface of the process film, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer is disposed as the outermost layer, and an absolute value of difference between refractive indices of the release assisting layer and the pressure sensitive adhesive layer at a wavelength of 660 nm is 0.11 or smaller; and a multilayer optical recording medium obtained by using the sheet. The sheet enables to release the process film and transfer the optical recording layer while the condition of the surface of the optical recording layer is kept excellent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gas barrier film including a base layer, and a gas barrier layer that is provided on at least one side of the base layer, the base layer including a resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of more than 130° C., the gas barrier layer being formed of a material that includes at least an oxygen atom and a silicon atom, a surface layer part of the gas barrier layer having an oxygen atom content rate of 60 to 75%, a nitrogen atom content rate of 0 to 10%, and a silicon atom content rate of 25 to 35%, based on a total content rate of oxygen atoms, nitrogen atoms, and silicon atoms, and the surface layer part of the gas barrier layer having a film density of 2.4 to 4.0 g/cm3. Also provided are a process for producing the same, an electronic device member that includes the gas barrier film, and an electronic device that includes the electronic device member.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transparent conductive film including a base layer, a gas barrier layer, and a transparent conductive layer, the gas barrier layer being formed of a material that includes at least oxygen atoms, carbon atoms, and silicon atoms, the gas barrier layer including an area (A) in which an oxygen atom content rate gradually decreases, and a carbon atom content rate gradually increases from a surface in a depth direction, the area (A) including a partial area (A1) and a partial area (A2), the partial area (A1) having an oxygen atom content rate of 20 to 55%, a carbon atom content rate of 25 to 70%, and a silicon atom content rate of 5 to 20%, based on a total content rate of oxygen atoms, carbon atoms, and silicon atoms, and the partial area (A2) having an oxygen atom content rate of 1 to 15%, a carbon atom content rate of 72 to 87%, and a silicon atom content rate of 7 to 18%, based on a total content rate of oxygen atoms, carbon atoms, and silicon atoms.

Abstract: The present invention is a formed article sequentially including a base layer, a primer layer, and a gas barrier layer, the primer layer being formed of a material that includes at least a carbon atom, an oxygen atom, and a silicon atom, and is characterized in that a peak position of binding energy of 2p electrons of the silicon atom as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is 101.

Abstract: The invention pertains to an adhesive sheet including a base material having thereon at least a gas barrier layer and an adhesive layer, wherein the gas barrier layer is constituted of a material containing at least an oxygen atom and a silicon atom; in a surface layer part of the gas barrier layer, an existing proportion of an oxygen atom is from 60 to 75%, an existing proportion of a nitrogen atom is from 0 to 10%, and an existing proportion of a silicon atom is from 25 to 35% relative to a total existing amount of the oxygen atom, the nitrogen atom, and the silicon atom; and a film density in the surface layer part of the gas barrier layer is from 2.4 to 4.0 g/cm3, and also to an electronic device provided with the subject adhesive sheet as an electronic device member. The invention is able to provide an adhesive sheet with excellent gas barrier properties, resistance to folding and transparency and also an electronic device provided with the subject adhesive sheet as an electronic device member.

Abstract: Provided is a formed article comprising at least a gas barrier layer, the gas barrier layer being formed of a material that includes silicon atoms, oxygen atoms, and carbon atoms, a carbon atom content, a silicon atom content, and an oxygen atom content in a surface layer part of the gas barrier layer determined by XPS elemental analysis being 10.0 to 28.0%, 18.0 to 28.0%, and 48.0 to 66.0%, respectively, based on a total content (=100 atom %) of silicon atoms, oxygen atoms, and carbon atoms, and the formed article having a water vapor transmission rate at a temperature of 40° C. and a relative humidity of 90% of 5.3 g/m2/day or less, and a total light transmittance at a wavelength of 550 nm of 90% or more. Also provided are a method for producing the formed article, an electronic device member including the formed article, and an electronic device including the electronic device member.

Abstract: A transparent conductive film which exhibits excellent gas barrier performance and electrical conductivity, and exhibits low sheet resistivity and high electrical conductivity, even after having been placed in moist and high-temperature conditions. The conductive film is in the form of a zinc oxide-based electrically conductive stacked structure, and the film includes a substrate and, formed on at least one surface of the substrate, (A) a gas barrier layer and (B) a transparent conductive layer formed of a zinc oxide-based conductive material, wherein the gas barrier layer is formed of a material containing at least oxygen atoms, carbon atoms, and silicon atoms, and includes a region in which the oxygen atom concentration gradually decreases and the carbon atom concentration gradually increases from the surface in the depth direction of the layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a transparent conductive film, including a substrate and, formed on at least one surface of the substrate, a gas barrier layer and a transparent conductive layer, wherein the gas barrier layer is formed of a material containing at least oxygen atoms, nitrogen atoms, and silicon atoms, and includes a surface layer part which has an oxygen atom fraction of 60 to 75%, a nitrogen atom fraction of 0 to 10%, and a silicon atom fraction of 25 to 35%, each atom fraction being calculated with respect to the total number of the oxygen atoms, nitrogen atoms, and silicon atoms contained in the surface layer part and which has a film density of 2.4 to 4.0 g/cm3.

Abstract: A formed article comprising a layer obtained by implanting ions into a polycarbosilane compound-containing layer, a method of producing the formed article, an electronic device member, and an electronic device comprising the electronic device member. The formed article has an excellent gas barrier capability, excellent transparency, excellent bendability, excellent adhesion, and excellent surface flatness.

Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device 1 includes a light receiving section 10, a first row selecting section 20, a second row selecting section 30, a first readout section 40, a second readout section 50, and a control section 60. Data of pixel units of rows in the light receiving section 10 selected by the first row selecting section 20 are output by the first readout section 40 to obtain image pickup data, and further, data of the pixel units of rows in the light receiving section 10 selected by the second row selecting section 30 are output by the second readout section 50 to obtain communication data.

Abstract: A formed article comprising a gas barrier layer that is formed of a material including at least an oxygen atom, a carbon atom, and a silicon atom, the gas barrier layer including an area (A) where an oxygen atom content rate gradually decreases, and a carbon atom content rate gradually increases in a depth direction from a surface, the area (A) including a partial area (A1) and a partial area (A2), the (A1) having a specific oxygen, carbon and silicon content, and the (A2) having a specific oxygen, carbon and silicon content; a method of producing the same; an electronic device member; an electronic device. The formed article exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability, excellent bendability, excellent adhesion, and excellent surface flatness.

Abstract: Disclosed is a formed article comprising a layer obtained by implanting ions of a hydrocarbon compound into a polyorganosiloxane compound-containing layer. Also disclosed are: a method of producing the formed article, the method comprising implanting ions of a hydrocarbon compound into a surface of a polyorganosiloxane compound-containing layer of a formed body that includes the polyorganosiloxane compound-containing layer in its surface; an electronic device member that includes the formed article; and an electronic device that includes the electronic device member. The present invention provides; a formed article which exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability, transparency, bendability, antistatic performance, and surface flatness; a method of producing the formed article, an electronic device member, and an electronic device.

Abstract: A formed article includes a gas barrier layer that is formed of a material including at least an oxygen atom and a silicon atom, a surface area of the gas barrier layer having an oxygen atom content rate of 60 to 75%, a nitrogen atom content rate of 0 to 10%, and a silicon atom content rate of 25 to 35%, based on the total content of oxygen atoms, nitrogen atoms, and silicon atoms, and having a film density of 2.4 to 4.0 g/cm3. A method of producing a formed article includes implanting ions into a surface layer part of a polysilazane compound-containing layer of a formed body that includes the polysilazane compound-containing layer in its surface layer part. An electronic device member includes the formed article. An electronic device includes the electronic device member. The formed article exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability, excellent folding resistance, and excellent transparency.

Abstract: There is provided a method for cleaving a target nucleic acid at a desired site using a metal ion or a metal ion complex as a catalyst for cleaving a nucleic acid (DNA, etc.), which has high site-selectivity, high reaction efficiency and low side-reactivity (non-specific reactivity), and is economical and convenient. The method for cleaving a target nucleic acid of the present invention comprises allowing a target nucleic acid to come into contact with a specific complex compound and a metal ion or a metal complex, or allowing a target nucleic acid to come into contact with a specific complex compound, to which a metal ion or a metal complex binds.

Abstract: Disclosed is a formed article comprising an ion-implanted layer obtained by implanting ions of a silicon compound into a polymer layer. Also disclosed are: a method of producing the formed article, the method comprising implanting ions of a silicon compound into a surface of a polymer layer of a formed body that includes the polymer layer in its surface; an electronic device member comprising the formed article; an electronic device comprising the electronic device member. Consequently, the present invention provides: a formed article which has excellent gas barrier capability, bendability and surface flatness; a method of producing the formed article, an electronic device member comprising the formed article; an electronic device comprising the electronic device member.

Abstract: A laminate comprises a gas barrier layer and an inorganic compound layer, the gas barrier layer being formed of a material that includes at least an oxygen atom, a carbon atom, and a silicon atom, the gas barrier layer having an oxygen atom content rate that gradually decreases from the surface of the gas barrier layer in the depth direction, and having a carbon atom content rate that gradually increases from the surface of the gas barrier layer in the depth direction. An electronic device member includes the laminate, and an electronic device includes the electronic device member. The laminate exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability and excellent transparency, and does not produce cracks (i.e., the gas barrier capability does not deteriorate) even when the laminate is folded. The laminate exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability and an excellent impact-absorbing capability even if an impact is applied from the outside.

Abstract: A sheet for producing a multilayer optical recording medium having a repeated structure in which a plurality of optical recording layers are laminated, wherein the sheet has a structure such that a unit comprising at least a release assisting layer, an optical recording layer having a thickness of 1 to 1,000 nm and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer are disposed on a process film, the release assisting layer is disposed on the surface of the process film, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer is disposed as the outermost layer, and an absolute value of difference between refractive indices of the release assisting layer and the pressure sensitive adhesive layer at a wavelength of 660 nm is 0.11 or smaller; and a multilayer optical recording medium obtained by using the sheet. The sheet enables to release the process film and transfer the optical recording layer while the condition of the surface of the optical recording layer is kept excellent.