Abstract: A cathode sputtering target includes: between 30 and 40 atomic % of a metal, between 2 and 10 atomic % of nitrogen, and between 35 and 50 atomic % of oxygen. The remainder up to 100% is constituted by at least one element selected from the group that comprises phosphorous (P), boron (B), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), gallium (Ga), sulphur (S) and aluminium (Al). Also provides a method of manufacturing a thin film from the target, and an electrochemical device comprising the thin film.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a ferrite magnetic material is provided. The ferrite magnetic material has the following formula. (NiaCubZncMndMgeLifCog)xFeyOz In the formula, x+y=2.5-3.5, y+z=5.5-6.5, y=1.70-2.40, a=0.08-0.22, b=0.03-0.23, c=0.09-0.42, d=0.12-0.31, e=0.01-0.21, f=0.06-0.42 and g=0-0.06. In an embodiment, x+y=2.5-3.5, y+z=5.5-6.5, y=1.70-2.30, a=0.13-0.22, b=0.07-0.20, c=0.09-0.40, d=0.13-0.22, e=0.01-0.21, f=0.29-0.40 and g=0. In an embodiment, x+y=2.5-3.5, y+z=5.5-6.5, y=1.90-2.40, a=0.08-0.22, b=0.03-0.23, c=0.32-0.42, d=0.13-0.31, e=0.01-0.08, f=0.14-0.42 and g=0. In an embodiment, x+y=2.5-3.5, y+z=5.5-6.5, y=1.70-2.30, a=0.09-0.20, b=0.07-0.20, c=0.13-0.32, d=0.13-0.24, e=0.07-0.20, f=0.29-0.38 and g=0. In an embodiment, x+y=2.5-3.5, y+z=5.5-6.5, y=1.70-2.10, a=0.13-0.20, b=0.13-0.20, c=0.13-0.20, d=0.13-0.20, e=0.13-0.20, f=0.29-0.36 and g=0. In an embodiment, x+y=2.5-3.5, y+z=5.5-6.5, y=1.90-2.30, a=0.12-0.22, b=0.07-0.20, c=0.30-0.39, d=0.13-0.24, e=0.01-0.08, f=0.06-0.

Abstract: The light-polarizing solid coating composition which comprises (i) particles of at least one magnetic material suspended in a solvent, is characterized in that it comprises (ii) at least one dichroic dye compound. Application to ophthalmic optics.

Abstract: The invention provides a ferrite material (ferrite sintered body, ferrite powders) having a composition formula of (1-x-y-z)(Li0.5Fe0.5)O.xZnO.y(Mn, Fe)2O3.zCuO, wherein x, y, z, and a satisfy 0.175?x?0.29; 0.475?y?0.51; 0.07?z?0.22; and 0.02?a?0.055 in a case of a=Mn/(Mn+Fe). At least one of Co oxide, Co hydroxide, and Co carbonate in an amount of 1 wt. % or less on the basis of CoO may be contained in 100 wt % of the ferrite material. The ferrite material has a normalized impedance ZN of 40000 ?/m or more at 30 MHz and a normalized impedance ZN of 60000 ?/m or more at 100 MHz as well as a specific resistance of 106 ?m or more.

Abstract: A ferrite material in which Bi2O3 is added at 6% by weight or less, and preferably 4% by weight or less, to a ferrite of Li—Zn—(Mn, Fe) containing a specified amount of Mn. In the ferrite material, change of magnetic permeability under high external stress is extremely small, and a core loss under a compression stress is small. By using this ferrite material, an inductor and transformer having small loss even in a state of being molded with resin can be obtained.

Abstract: A composite sintered body of dielectric substance and magnetic substance comprises a hexagonal Ba ferrite crystal, a perovskite type crystal containing at least one element selected from Ca, Sr, and Ba, and Ti, and Li element, and the relative magnetic permeability is 1.4 or more at 1 GHz. LC composite electronic component comprises the composite sintered body, a condenser circuit formed in the inside or the surface of the composite sintered body, and an inductor circuit formed in the inside or the surface of the composite sintered body.

Abstract: Rubber compound containing at least one nanoscale, magnetic filler and at least one non-magnetic filler. Vulcanizable mixture containing the rubber compound and at least one crosslinking agent and/or vulcanization accelerator. Molding obtainable from the vulcanizable mixture by heat treatment or action of an electrical, magnetic or electromagnetic alternating field.

Abstract: There is provided Y-type hexagonal ferrite having a high density of sintered body and a low level of loss and an antenna. The hexagonal ferrite having Y-type ferrite as the main phase is characterized in that main components of the hexagonal ferrite are M1O (M1 stands for at least one of Ba and Sr), M2O (M2 stands for at least one of Co, Ni, Cu, Zn and Mn) and Fe2O3, and the loss factor and the density of sintered body are 0.15 or lower and 4.6×103 kg/m3 or higher, respectively. The hexagonal ferrite is used to configure an antenna and a communication apparatus.

Abstract: The invention provides a ferrite material (ferrite sintered body, ferrite powders) having a composition formula of (1?x?y?z)(Li0.5Fe0.5)O.xZnO.y(Mn, Fe)2O3.zCuO, wherein x, y, z, and a satisfy 0.175?x?0.29; 0.475?y?0.51; 0.07?z?0.22; and 0.02?a?0.055 in a case of a=Mn/(Mn+Fe). At least one of Co oxide, Co hydroxide, and Co carbonate in an amount of 1 wt. % or less on the basis of CoO may be contained in 100 wt % of the ferrite material. The ferrite material has a normalized impedance ZN of 40000 ?/m or more at 30 MHz and a normalized impedance ZN of 60000 ?/m or more at 100 MHz as well as a specific resistance of 106 ?m or more.

Abstract: A ferrite material in which Bi2O3 is added at 6% by weight or less, and preferably 4% by weight or less, to a ferrite of Li—Zn—(Mn, Fe) containing a specified amount of Mn. In the ferrite material, change of magnetic permeability under high external stress is extremely small, and a core loss under a compression stress is small. By using this ferrite material, an inductor and transformer having small loss even in a state of being molded with resin can be obtained.

Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of a ferrite material comprising as main constituents Fe2O3: 62 to 68 mol %, ZnO: 12 to 20 mol %, and MnO substantially constituting the balance, wherein the method comprises a compacting step for obtaining a compacted body by using a powder containing the main constituents, the powder having a specific surface area falling within a range between 2.5 and 5.0 m2/g and a 90% particle size of 10 ?m or less, and a sintering step for sintering the compacted body obtained in the compacting step. Accordingly, the saturation magnetic flux density of the Mn—Zn based ferrite can be improved.

Abstract: The ferrite sintered body of hexagonal Z-type ferrite contains 17 mol % to 21 mol % of BaO, 6 mol % to 13 mol % of CoO, the remainder being Fe2O3 as its main components and also contains 0.05% to 1.0% by mass of Li, based on the main components, in terms of Li2CO3 and 0.05% to 0.5% by mass of Si, based on the main components, in terms of SiO2. Further, the rate of a spinel-type ferrite phase to entire phases including a Z-type ferrite phase and the spinel-type ferrite phase is 5% or less in terms of an area ratio in the cross section of the sintered body.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a permanently linked, rigid, magnetic chain of particles prepared by sol-gel methods. A second aspect of the present invention relates to a method of preparing a permanently linked, rigid, magnetic chain of particles comprising: coating a core material with one or more polyelectrolyte layers resulting in a coated particle; further coating the coated particle with a layer of magnetic nanoparticles resulting in a magnetic particle; coating the magnetic particle with a layer of a polycationic polyelectrolyte resulting in a coated magnetic particle; and applying a magnetic field to the coated magnetic particle in the presence of a metal oxide or metal oxide precursor capable of undergoing hydrolysis.

Abstract: A composite magnetic material contains first magnetic particles made of a first magnetic material and second magnetic particles made of a second magnetic material, the first and second magnetic particles being mixed with each other. A frequency characteristic of the first magnetic material is different from that of the second magnetic material. The first and second magnetic particles are mixed so that, at a frequency of an intersecting point between a first curve representing a frequency characteristic of a real part of a complex magnetic permeability of the first magnetic material and a second curve representing a frequency characteristic of a real part of a complex magnetic permeability of the second magnetic material, a value of a real part of a complex magnetic permeability of the composite magnetic material is larger than a value of the intersecting point.

Abstract: A magnetic device and method for making it involve a magnetic device specifically constructed of grains in a matrix. The matrix may be cement or plaster. The grains have an average diameter that is greater than their magnetic domains. The device may be applied to shielding applications for frequencies ranging from 100 kHz to 10 GHz. The shielding may be applied to walls of a building, consumer products such as magnetic disks, and the like. The grains may be any ferromagnetic material, including ferrite.

Abstract: An oxide magnetic material is prepared by wet molding in a magnetic field a slurry containing a particulate oxide magnetic material, water and a polyhydric alcohol having the formula: Cn(OH)nHn+2 wherein n is from 4 to 100 as a dispersant. By improving the orientation in a magnetic field upon wet molding using water, an oxide magnetic material having a high degree of orientation, typically an anisotropic ferrite magnet, is obtained at a high rate of productivity. The method is advantageous from the environmental and economical standpoints.

Abstract: A composite magnetic material contains first magnetic particles made of a first magnetic material and second magnetic particles made of a second magnetic material, the first and second magnetic particles being mixed with each other. A frequency characteristic of the first magnetic material is different from that of the second magnetic material. The first and second magnetic particles are mixed so that, at a frequency of an intersecting point between a first curve representing a frequency characteristic of a real part of a complex magnetic permeability of the first magnetic material and a second curve representing a frequency characteristic of a real part of a complex magnetic permeability of the second magnetic material, a value of a real part of a complex magnetic permeability of the composite magnetic material is larger than a value of the intersecting point.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing single crystal ceramic powder is provided. The method includes a powder supply step for supplying powder consisting essentially of ceramic ingredients to a heat treatment area with a carrier gas, a heat treatment step for heating the powder supplied to the heat treatment area at temperatures required for single-crystallization of the powder to form a product, and a cooling step for cooling the product obtained in the heat treatment step to form single crystal ceramic powder. The method provides single crystal ceramic powder consisting of particles with a very small particle size and a sphericity being 0.9 or higher.

Abstract: A composition for producing granules for molding ferrite, which comprises a ferrite slurry at least having raw ferrite powders; an ethylene-modified polyvinyl alcohol whose ethylene modified amount is from 4 to 10 mol %, average polymerization degree is from 500 to 1700, and average saponification degree is from 90.0 to 99.5 mol %; and water mixed therewith, ferrite granules produced from the composition, ferrite green body produced from the granules and ferrite sintered body produced from the sintered body are disclosed.

Abstract: A carrier core material containing at least one metal oxide (MLO) having a melting point of not higher than 1000° C. and at least one metal oxide (MHO) having a melting point of not lower than 1800° C., wherein the metal (MH) for constituting the metal oxide (MHO) has an electrical resistivity of not less than 10−5 &OHgr;·cm. Also disclosed is a two-component developing agent comprising a coated carrier, which comprises the carrier core material coated with a resin, and toner particles. Further disclosed is an image forming method comprising developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a photosensitive member with the two-component developing agent using an alternating electric field. The carrier core material and the coated carrier have high magnetization and are free from occurrence of leakage of electric charge over a wide range of electric field from low electric field to high electric field.

Abstract: A ferrite fine powder having a mean particle size of 0.1 to 30 &mgr;m and made of spherical single-crystal particles. The ferrite fine powder has superior physical properties and excellent magnetic properties desirable for use as a raw material for a dust core of coils, transformers, etc. The powder is prepared by forming a solution or suspension containing a compound or compounds of at least one of the metals forming the ferrite into fine droplets, and thermally decomposing the droplets at elevated temperatures.

Abstract: A magnetic ferrite composition including at least one of Mg, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mn, and Li and having a content of carbon within a predetermined range, for example, over 9.7 weight ppm to less than 96 weight ppm. The composition may be used as the magnetic core for an inductor, transformer, coil, etc. used for radios, televisions, communication devices, office automation equipment, switching power sources, and other electronic apparatuses or magnetic heads for video apparatuses or magnetic disk drives or other electronic components.

Abstract: The subject invention includes a composite material comprising a ferroelectric material and a ferromagnetic material having a loss factor (tan &dgr;) for the composite material which includes a dielectric loss factor of the ferroelectric material and a magnetic loss factor of the ferromagnetic material. The composite material achieves the loss factor of from 0 to about 1.0 for a predetermined frequency range greater than 1 MHz. The ferroelectric material has a dielectric loss factor of from 0 to about 0.5 and the ferromagnetic material has a magnetic loss factor of from 0 to about 0.5 for the predetermined frequency range. The ferroelectric material is present in an amount from 10 to 90 parts by volume based on 100 parts by volume of the composite material and the ferromagnetic material is present in an amount from 10 to 90 parts by volume based upon 100 parts by volume of the composite material such that the amount of the ferroelectric material and the ferromagnetic material equals 100 parts by volume.

Abstract: A fluorescent or luminous composition, comprising a multilayered film-coated powder having at least two coating films on a base particle, and a fluorescent or luminous substance; the composition, wherein at least one layer of the coating films contains the fluorescent or luminous substance; a genuine/counterfeit discrimination object, in which the fluorescent or luminous composition; and a genuine/counterfeit discrimination method, comprising recognizing fluorescence or luminescence by irradiating, with a light, the genuine/counterfeit discrimination object.

Abstract: In a composition for a plastic magnet, containing an Nd—Fe—B based alloy powder and a ferrite magnetic material powder mixed to a resin material, the Nd—Fe—B based alloy powder has particle sizes distributed in a range of 100 to 400 &mgr;m, and the ferrite magnetic material powder has an average particle size of approximately 1 &mgr;m. The weight ratio of the Nd—Fe—B based alloy powder to the ferrite magnetic material powder is in a range of 30:70 to 70:30. Further, the ratio of the total weight of the Nd—Fe—B based alloy powder 2 and the ferrite magnetic material powder 3 to the weight of the resin material is in a range of 90:10 to 80:20. Thus, in a plastic magnet 1 formed using the composition, peripheries of particles of the Nd—Fe—B based alloy powder 2 are surrounded by particles of the ferrite magnetic material powder 3 and the resin material.

Abstract: A magnetic ferrite composition including at least one of Mg, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mn, and Li and having a content of carbon within a predetermined range, for example, over 9.7 weight ppm to less than 96 weight ppm. The composition may be used as the magnetic core for an inductor, transformer, coil, etc. used for radios, televisions, communication devices, office automation equipment, switching power sources, and other electronic apparatuses or magnetic heads for video apparatuses or magnetic disk drives or other electronic components.

Abstract: A ferrite with a high permeability and a high dielectric constant is introduced. Raw material powders, such as TiO2, Fe2O3 and the oxide of Mn, Ni, Cu, Mg, Li or Zn is prepared and combined in the proportion Tix(MFe2O4+2x/y)y, where x+y=1 and 0<×<1. M is any one of a mixture of metals selected from Mn, Ni, Cu, and Zn. The ratio between x and y can be adjusted according to practical needs to obtain ferrites with different permeabilities and dielectric constants. The ferrite can simultaneously be a magnetic material and a dielectric material in an electronic element. This can avoid the possible drawbacks due to sintering of two different materials in the prior art.

Abstract: The subject invention includes a composite material comprising a ferroelectric material and a ferromagnetic material having a loss factor (tan &dgr;) for the composite material which includes a dielectric loss factor of the ferroelectric material and a magnetic loss factor of the ferromagnetic material. The composite material achieves the loss factor of from 0 to about 1.0 for a predetermined frequency range greater than 1 MHz. The ferroelectric material has a dielectric loss factor of from 0 to about 0.5 and the ferromagnetic material has a magnetic loss factor of from 0 to about 0.5 for the predetermined frequency range. The ferroelectric material is present in an amount from 10 to 90 parts by volume based on 100 parts by volume of the composite material and the ferromagnetic material is present in an amount from 10 to 90 parts by volume based upon 100 parts by volume of the composite material such that the amount of the ferroelectric material and the ferromagnetic material equals 100 parts by volume.

Abstract: A magnetic ferrite composition including at least one of Mg, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mn, and Li and having a content of carbon within a predetermined range, for example, over 9.7 weight ppm to less than 96 weight ppm. The composition may be used as the magnetic core for an inductor, transformer, coil, etc. used for radios, televisions, communication devices, office automation equipment, switching power sources, and other electronic apparatuses or magnetic heads for video apparatuses or magnetic disk drives or other electronic components.

Abstract: A magnetic ferrite composition including at least one of Mg, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mn, and Li and having a content of carbon within a predetermined range, for example, over 9.7 weight ppm to less than 96 weight ppm. The composition may be used as the magnetic core for an inductor, transformer, coil, etc. used for radios, televisions, communication devices, office automation equipment, switching power sources, and other electronic apparatuses or magnetic heads for video apparatuses or magnetic disk drives or other electronic components.

Abstract: Porous composite particles contain 80 to 98% by weight of a filling material and 2 to 20% by weight of carbon, and have an average pore diameter of not more than 5 nm when measured with respect to pores existing in both the surface and inside portions thereof, an average particle size of 1 to 1,000 &mgr;m and a specific surface area of 45 to 200 m2/g. These porous composite particles individually contain the filling material in as large an amount as possible, so they have not only a high catalytic but also a high adsorption ability, thereby exhibiting an excellent catalytic activity.

Abstract: Granule for forming ferrite is provided by mixing powders of ferrite raw material, polyvinyl alcohol as a binder and polyethylene glycol added as plasticizer and having molecular weight being 1000 to 6000, and forming granules.

Abstract: A magnetic ceramic composition containing ferrite serving as a primary component and a sintering aid. The composition can be sintered at low temperature. The sintering aid contains about 2-45 mol % Li2O; about 5-40 mol % RO, with R being at least one of Ba, Sr, Ca, and Mg; and about 30-70 mol % (Ti, Si)O2 with SiO2 accounting for at least about 15 mol %. The resultant composition provides inductor elements in which migration of inner conductors is suppressed, and insulation deterioration and increase of direct-current resistance is restrained.

Abstract: Methods of preparing ferrite powders for use in microwave elements such as isolators, circulators, phase shifters and transmission line elements. In one method separate precipitations of metal dicarboxylate salts such as oxalates or malonates are mixed with a ferrous dicarboxylate. This is followed by mixing and calcining of the precipitated dicarboxylates to form the ferrite powder. In another method metal acetates in a solution of concentrated acetic acidare mixed with iron powder to form a solution which is mixed with malonic acid. The resulting mixed metal malonates are processed into a powder which is calcined to obtain the ferrite. To form a lithium ferrite, lithium carbonate is added to prepared powders prior to the calcining step.