Abstract: A fluorescence particle 17 according to the present invention is used for a light emitting display device and is made of a fluorescent material. The fluorescent material has at least one element 18 selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr and Y. Within a range 17a from the surface 17s of the fluorescence particle through a depth of 20 nm, the at least one element 18 has a local maximum of its concentration profile in the depth direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a touch screen input device, which includes a window plate through which a signal is input, a conductive film applied on one surface of the window plate using a conductive polymer, a first adhesive layer applied on one surface of the conductive film, and an anti-noise film applied on one surface of the first adhesive layer using a conductive polymer and thus grounded, so that the conductive film is directly applied on the window plate, thus omitting bonding of an additional film coated with a conductive film to the window plate, thereby preventing the generation of foam and simplifying the manufacturing process. A method of manufacturing the touch screen input device is also provided.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a composition having a carrier matrix, and a particulate luminescent composition dispersed therein, the particulate luminescent composition comprising a rare-earth-doped solid-state solution of alkaline earth fluorides represented by the chemical formula REx(CaaSrbBac)1?xF2+x?2yOy wherein RE represents a three-valent rare-earth element, 0.005?x?0.20, and 0?y?0.2, a+b+c=1, with the proviso at least two of a, b, and c are not equal to zero; the particulate luminescent composition exhibiting a luminescence spectrum having a plurality of intensity peaks at characteristic wavelengths. It is further directed to a process by contacting a surface with the composition and articles made therefrom.

Abstract: An electrophoresis display panel includes a plurality of first sub-pixels, a plurality of second sub-pixels, a plurality of third sub-pixels, and a plurality of white sub-pixels. The first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels, and the third sub-pixels are suitable for irradiating different light of three primary colors, respectively, while the white sub-pixels are suitable for irradiating white light. Each of the first sub-pixels does not adjoin the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels. Each of the second sub-pixels does not adjoin the third sub-pixels. Each of the first sub-pixels adjoins the white sub-pixels exclusively or adjoins the white sub-pixels and other first sub-pixels exclusively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device using a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) and to a manufacturing method thereof. A display device using a MEMS includes a first substrate comprising a first index of refraction; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a reflective layer formed on the first substrate and having a first aperture; a transparent layer covering the first aperture and comprising a second refractive index; and a shutter arranged on the second substrate, wherein a difference between the first refractive index and the second refractive index is equal to or less than 0.1.

Abstract: The invention relates to surface-modified phosphor particles based on luminescent particles which comprise at least one luminescent compound, where (Ca,Sr,Ba)2SiO4 and other silicates having one or more activator ions, such as Eu, Ce and Mn, are excluded as luminescent compounds, and where at least one inorganic layer comprising oxides/hydroxides of Si, Al, Zr, Zn, Ti and/or mixtures thereof and an organic coating of organosilanes or polyorganosiloxanes (silicones) and/or mixtures thereof are applied to the luminescent particles, and to a production process.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a field emission electron source, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a substrate, a carbon nanotubes slurry, and a conductive slurry; applying a conductive slurry layer onto the substrate; applying a layer of carbon nanotubes slurry onto the conductive slurry layer; and solidifying the substrate under a temperature of 300 to 600 degrees centigrade so as to form the field emission electron source.

Abstract: An method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescent element, the method including a positive electrode and a glass substrate sequentially laminated on one side of a light-emitting layer and a negative electrode formed on the other side of the light-emitting layer. The organic electroluminescent element has a functional layer which is formed by causing gas molecules of at least one type of compound selected from the group consisting of dyes and charge transport materials to contact and penetrate a ? conjugated organic polymer compound.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the non-electrolytic deposition of a compound, preferably an electrochromic compound, comprising the following successive steps: (a) an electroconductive layer is deposited on a non-conductive solid substrate; (b) a reducing agent or an oxidizing agent (=redox agent) is deposited on an area of said electroconductive layer, said area covering only a portion of the surface of said electroconductive layer; and (c) a solution of a precursor of the compound to be deposited is brought into contact both with the redox agent and with at least a portion of the area of said electroconductive layer not covered by the redox agent, said precursor being chosen from those having an oxidation-reduction potential higher or lower than the redox agent and forming, after an oxidation-reduction reaction, a compound insoluble in the solution of the precursor of the compound to be deposited.

Abstract: A silicon quantum dot fluorescent lamp is made via providing a high voltage source between a cathode assembly and an anode assembly. The cathode assembly is made by providing a first substrate, coating a buffer layer on the first substrate, coating a catalytic layer on the buffer layer and providing a plurality of nanometer discharging elements on the catalytic layer. The anode assembly is made via providing a second substrate, coating a silicon quantum dot fluorescent film on the second substrate with and coating a metal film on the silicon quantum dot fluorescent film.

Abstract: In a method for making a pulsed high-voltage silicon quantum dot fluorescent lamp, an excitation source is made by providing a first substrate, coating the first substrate with a buffer layer of titanium, coating the buffer layer with a catalytic layer of a material selected from a group consisting of nickel, aluminum and platinum and providing a plurality of nanometer discharging elements one the catalytic layer. An emission source is made by providing a second substrate, coating the second substrate with a transparent electrode film of titanium nitride and coating the transparent electrode film with a silicon quantum dot fluorescent film comprising silicon quantum dots. A pulsed high-voltage source is provided between the excitation source and the emission source to generate a pulsed field-effect electric field to cause the nanometer discharging elements to release electrons and accelerate the electrons to excite the silicon quantum dots to emit pulsed visible light.

Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method for a charged particle migration type display panel which has a plurality of cells partitioned between two substrates placed opposite to each other by partition walls, and charged particles enclosed in the individual cells, the method including a partition wall forming step of forming the partition walls in one of the substrates, and an electrode film forming step of forming, by vapor deposition, an electrode film on a surface of the substrate where the partition walls are formed, wherein an electric contact is disconnected between the electrode film formed on the substrate surface and a surplus electrode film formed on a side face of the partition wall in the electrode film forming step by performing an insulating part forming step of forming an insulating part so shaped that a deposition material does not reach vicinities of at least bases of the partition walls before the electrode film forming step.

Abstract: An organic/inorganic white lighting device is disclosed. The organic/inorganic white lighting device includes an anode, an organic/inorganic lighting layer, and a cathode. The organic/inorganic lighting layer is disposed between the anode and the cathode. The organic/inorganic lighting layer includes organic material and an inorganic micro/nano structure of Zinc Oxide (ZnO), wherein the organic material is capable of emitting blue light, the inorganic micro/nano structure of Zinc Oxide is capable of emitting green-yellow light, and the blue light and green-yellow light are mixed for generating white light.

Abstract: An electrochromic display device including a substrate including a dividing wall and a concave portion surrounded by the dividing wall, a first conductive layer formed on a bottom surface of the concave portion, a second conductive layer formed on the dividing wall to electrically connect the first conductive layer within adjacent concave portions to each other in a predetermined direction, a third conductive layer disposed opposite to the first conductive layer, a first color-development layer and an electrolyte layer formed between the first conductive layer and the third conductive layer, and an insulating layer formed on the second conductive layer on the dividing wall.

Abstract: A process of making an organic thin film on a substrate by atomic layer deposition is disclosed, the process comprising simultaneously directing a series of gas flows along substantially parallel elongated channels, and wherein the series of gas flows comprises, in order, at least a first reactive gaseous material, an inert purge gas, and a second reactive gaseous material, optionally repeated a plurality of times, wherein the first reactive gaseous material is capable of reacting with a substrate surface treated with the second reactive gaseous material wherein the first reactive gaseous material, the second reactive gaseous material or both is a volatile organic compound. The process is carried out substantially at or above atmospheric pressure and at a temperature under 250° C., during deposition of the organic thin film.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a pattern of an electroconductive member, comprising: a step of forming a resin film on a substrate surface; a step of incorporating the first metal component into the resin by applying to the resin a liquid which contains a complex of a first metal component, which contains also a second metal component different from the first component, and to which a compound forming a complex with the second metal component is contacting or contacted preliminary; and a step of baking the resin film to form the electroconductive member from the first metal component incorporated into the resin film. Thus, the second metal component is prevented from adversely affecting the first metal component to be incorporated into the resin.

Abstract: This invention discloses a low cost method to manufacture electrooptic devices at low cost and discloses materials that may be used in fabrication of electrooptic devices.

Abstract: The various embodiments of the invention provide an addressable or a static emissive display comprising a plurality of layers, including a first substrate layer, wherein each succeeding layer is formed by printing or coating the layer over preceding layers. Exemplary substrates include paper, plastic, rubber, fabric, glass, ceramic, or any other insulator or semiconductor. In an exemplary embodiment, the display includes a first conductive layer attached to the substrate and forming a first plurality of conductors; various dielectric layers; an emissive layer; a second, transmissive conductive layer forming a second plurality of conductors; a third conductive layer included in the second plurality of conductors and having a comparatively lower impedance; and optional color and masking layers. Pixels are defined by the corresponding display regions between the first and second plurality of conductors.

Abstract: A system and method for forming encoded microparticles is described. One embodiment includes a method of forming an encoded microparticle, the method comprising: depositing and patterning a plurality of layers on a substrate so as to form a plurality of microparticles, each microparticle comprising a plurality of separate segments aligned along an axis and representing a code; and releasing the microparticles in order to separate the microparticles from the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a coating displaying increased conductivity which contains at least one conductive polymer derived from optionally substituted thiophene, optionally together with at least one further conductive polymer, in particular polyaniline, in which process firstly an aqueous or organic dispersion or solution which contains the at least one conductive polymer is applied to a substrate; thereafter the forming or formed layer is dried; and at least one polar solvent is brought into contact with the formed or forming layer during or after the drying. The invention also relates to the preparation of an article in which a coating according to the present invention is applied to the surface of a transparent substrate. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of a polar solvent for increasing the conductivity of a coating containing at least one conductive polymer derived from optionally substituted thiophene.

Abstract: A medium is provided in which nano-crystalline semiconductors or quantum dots are stable for extended periods when subjected to exterior lighting. The colour emission of the resultant quantum dots provides a fingerprint which is still effective after one year of exposure to exterior conditions. Such encapsulation protects the quantum dots in exterior conditions, so that they may be used as pigments or coding systems based on their optical emission.

Abstract: A multiple layer film and a method of manufacturing the same, the film having a phosphor bearing layer including phosphor and a carrier, and a rigid protective layer. In some embodiments a mixture including phosphor and an uncurable fluid are dispensed onto a surface, and the mixture is at least partially dried. A curable fluid is dispensed onto the at least partially dried mixture, and the curable fluid is cured.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal cell substrate, a liquid crystal panel, and a liquid crystal display whose thicknesses and weights can be reduced and optical characteristics at the time of producing them are easily controlled. The liquid crystal cell substrate 10 of the present invention is a liquid crystal cell substrate including a resin substrate 11 and an optical compensation layer 12, and the optical compensation layer 12 is laminated on the resin substrate 11. The optical compensation layer 12 has a refractive index distribution satisfying nx?ny>nz, and the optical compensation layer 12 is formed by applying a material for forming an optical compensation layer to the resin substrate 11 or a base substrate that is different from the resin substrate 11.

Abstract: A transparent signboard and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The transparent signboard includes: a transparent substrate; an electrode layer made of polymer or carbon nanotube and comprising a plurality of conducting parts separated from each other with respect to a predetermined pattern region interposed therebetween, and a non-conducting part formed on the predetermined pattern region and integrally formed with the conducting parts; and a light-emitting device configured to connect the separated conducting parts to each other.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for the deposition of a thin film of a pre-determined composition onto a substrate, the thin film comprising ternary, quaternary or higher sulfide compounds selected from the group consisting of thioaluminates, thiogallates and thioindates of at least one element from Groups IIA and IIB of the Periodic Table. The method comprises volatizing at least one source material of a sulfide of a pre-determined composition to form a sulfur-bearing thin film composition on a substrate and simultaneously inhibiting any excess quantity of sulfur-bearing species volatilized from the at least one source material from impinging on the substrate. The method improves the luminance and emission spectrum of phosphor materials used for full color ac electroluminescent displays employing thick film dielectric layers with a high dielectric constant.

Abstract: Charge transport materials are provided, and methods for making the same.

Abstract: A plasma display panel and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The plasma display panel includes a substrate and a plurality of electrodes that are positioned substantially parallel to each other on the substrate. The plurality of electrodes include a first electrode in a first area of the substrate and a second electrode in a second area of the substrate outside the first area. A shape of a cross section of the first electrode is different from a shape of a cross section of the second electrode.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus of a lighting device, including a vacuum chamber, an exhaust system by which the vacuum chamber is set to a reduced-pressure state, and a transfer chamber from which a substrate is transferred to the vacuum chamber is provided. The vacuum chamber of the manufacturing apparatus includes a plurality of deposition chambers in which a first electrode, a first light-emitting unit including at least a light-emitting layer, an intermediate layer, a second light-emitting unit including at least a light-emitting layer, a second electrode, a sealing film are formed, and a substrate transfer means by which the substrate is sequentially transferred to the deposition chambers.

Abstract: The invention relates to flexible liquid crystal devices and methods, and the electrically conducting backplane of a liquid crystal display for example. A substrate is provided that supports components of a liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal layer that is electrically addressed to produce images. The substrate can be flexible or drapable. An electrode arrangement is formed on the substrate, which includes a plurality of small islands or zones of highly conductive material. The highly conductive islands or zones may be dimensioned to be smaller than the dimensions of the electrode pattern, and are electrically isolated from one another. The plurality of islands or zones are then connected in a predetermined pattern by a conducting polymer layer having a predetermined configuration to provide the desired electrode pattern.

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light emitting portion comprising a substrate having a mounting surface for mounting a LED element and a metal portion formed on a surface of the substrate opposite to the mounting surface, the substrate comprising ceramic or a semiconductor and the metal portion being bondable to a solder material and a heat dissipating member comprising aluminum, aluminum alloy, magnesium or magnesium alloy, and having, on a surface thereof, a junction treated so as to be bondable to the solder material and a heat dissipating film formed in a periphery of the junction, wherein the metal portion of the light emitting portion is bonded to the junction of the heat dissipating member by the solder material.

Abstract: A method of producing an electroluminescent display is provided. A medium is obtained from a stream of commerce. The medium is activated to form a pattern such that the medium emits light by electroluminescence according to the pattern in response to electrical energization.

Abstract: The invention provides a coating method by which plural coating solutions of a coating solution formed from organic EL material for formation of an organic EL layer in an organic EL element and another coating solution formed from organic photoelectric conversion element material for formation of an organic photoelectric conversion element layer can be coated to prepare a multilayer film with no damage of the organic EL layer and organic photoelectric conversion element layer, and also provides a coating apparatus with the coating method. It is a feature in the coating method that plural coating units each facing a backup roll and sandwiching a long length support with the backup roll are provided, and plural coating solutions are coated onto the support by the plural coating units to form a multilayer coating film, wherein the moving support is wound up by the continuously moving backup roll supporting the support.

Abstract: A method of producing a lenticular device for an autostereoscopic display apparatus comprises providing a substrate having a surface which corresponds in shape to a desired surface profile for the array of lenticular elements, and providing an optical layer mixture of an optically birefringent material and a polymer precursor over the substrate surface. The optical layer is exposed to a stimulus for polymerizing the polymer precursor to have at least a polymer surface layer, thereby enclosing the material between the polymerized material and the surface to define lenticular elements. This method allows a simple polymerization process, forming a single layer, to complete the LC cell formation in the desired lenticular array shape.

Abstract: The preparation of microlenses on a substrate and light emitting devices employing microlenses on the surface from which light is emitted is described. The miscrolenses are formed on a surface that has been coated to have functionality that promotes a sufficiently large contact angle of the microlense on the surface and contains functionality for bonding the microlense to the coating. The microlenses are formed on the coating by deposition of a microlense precursor resin as a microdrop by inkjet printing and copolymerizing the resin with the bonding functionality in the coating. The coating can be formed from a mixture of silane coupling agents that contain functionality in some of the coupling agents that is copolymeriable with the resin such that the microlens can be formed and bonded to the surface by photopolymerization.

Abstract: In an antenna device of this invention, an antenna (81) and electric wiring connecting the antenna (81) with a receiving section (82) are monolithically formed on an active matrix substrate through a thin film process. A material of which the antenna (81) is made has a higher electric conductivity than that of a material of which the electric wiring is made.

Abstract: An ink composition comprising dipropylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate (DPMA). For example, an ink composition for a color filter includes a binder material, a monomer material, a polymerization initiator, a pigment dispersion, and a solvent including dipropylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate (DPMA).

Abstract: A mask includes a substrate which includes a front side and a back side and is provided with through-holes; and a film which adjusts a shape of the substrate provided above at least one of the front side and the back side of the substrate. A method of manufacturing a mask includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a front side and a back side; forming a film which adjusts a shape of the substrate above at least one of the front side and the back side of the substrate; and drilling through-holes in the substrate.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing electron emitting devices each having electrodes formed on a substrate and an electroconductive thin film connected between a pair of electrodes and having an electron emitting region is provided which can manufacture electron emitting devices having an excellent uniformity of electron emitting characteristics by improving the formation of liquid droplets to be dispensed to the substrate. In the manufacturing method, the substrate formed with the electrodes is subjected to a hydrophobic process using a silane coupling agent which contains two or more acetoxy groups in a molecule, and thereafter liquid droplets containing material for forming the electroconductive thin film are dispensed to the substrate. An image of excellent uniformity can be displayed by adopting electron emitting devices manufactured in the above manner to an image display apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorescent substance exhibiting higher brightness as compared to conventional fluorescent substances, a method for producing the same, and a light-emitting device using such a fluorescent substance. Specifically, the fluorescent substance comprises an ?-sialon crystal structure having the same crystal structure with an ?-type silicon nitride crystal, which includes at least an M(0) element (where M(0) represents one or two elements selected from Sr and La), an M(1) element (where M(1) represents one or more elements selected from Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm and Yb), Si, Al, and nitrogen.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus of display element which forms highly reliable drive circuits or thin-film transistors on a flexible substrate, a manufacturing method, and a highly reliable display element are provided. A display element (50) includes a flexible substrate (FB), a first partition wall and second partition wall (BA) formed by pressing the flexible substrate, a lyophobic surface (PJ) formed on surfaces of the first partition wall and the second partition wall, and electrodes (S, P) formed by applying droplets onto a groove portion formed between the first partition wall and second partition wall. It is also possible for a lyophilic surface to be formed on the surface of the groove portion (GR) between the first partition wall and second partition wall (BA).

Abstract: A front filter for improving quality of a display device by improving a shielding capability of the filter and a method of manufacturing the front filter. In one embodiment, the front filter includes a base substrate, a first shielding structure, and a second shielding structure. The first shielding structure includes a first lower insulating layer on the base substrate, a first conductive layer on the first lower insulating layer, and a first upper insulating layer on the first conductive layer. The second shielding structure includes a second lower insulating layer on the first upper insulating layer, a second conductive layer on the second lower insulating layer, and a second upper insulating layer on the second conductive layer. In the front filter, an edge of the first shielding structure is exposed to an outside of the second shielding structure.

Abstract: The invention described and claimed herein relates to a chemical vapor deposition process for depositing a zinc oxide coating on a substrate by delivering two gaseous precursor streams to a surface of the substrate, and mixing the gaseous precursor streams at the substrate surface for a time sufficiently short so as to form a zinc oxide coating at a deposition rate greater than 5 nm/second.

Abstract: This invention provides a novel process for producing an electrochemical display element, which can easily form a white scattering layer between opposed electrodes, has a high level of suitability for production, and has high stability after long-term use. The production process is characterized in that a film containing a white scattering material and a polymeric binder is formed on at least one electrode in opposed electrodes, the other electrode is disposed so as to face the electrode with film formed thereon, a low-viscosity electrolyte is poured into a space between the opposed electrodes, and the polymeric binder is dissolved in or swollen in the electrolyte to form a gel-like electrolyte layer containing the white scattering material and the polymeric binder within the space.

Abstract: A constitution of the display device of the invention is shown in the following. The display device includes a pixel unit including TFTs of which the active layer contains an organic semiconductor material for forming channel portions in the opening portions in an insulating layer arranged to meet the gale electrodes. The pixel unit further includes a contrast media foamed on the electrodes connected to the TFTs for changing the reflectivity upon the application of an electric field, or microcapsules containing electrically charged particles that change the reflectivity upon the application of an electric field. The pixel unit is sandwiched by plastic substrates, and barrier layers including an inorganic insulating material are provided between the plastic substrates and the pixel unit. The purpose of the present invention is to supply display devices which are excellent in productivity, light in weight and flexible.

Abstract: A disclosed method of manufacturing an image display element structure includes a coating step of coating a substrate surface including a plurality of recessed portions arranged at predetermined intervals, with a coating material that is plastic-deformable, in such a manner as to maintain spaces in the recessed portions; and an expanding step of forming gaps in the coating material coating the substrate surface by expanding gas in the spaces, wherein the gaps correspond to the recessed portions; and a peeling step of peeling off the coating material in which the gaps have been formed, from the substrate surface.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a PDP includes: a partition forming step to form a first partition (124) and a second partition (125) substantially perpendicular to the first partition (124) on an address-electrode dielectric layer (122) of a rear substrate (120); a base layer forming step to form a base layer after the partition forming step by moving a base-forming-agent applying nozzle (200) along a second groove formed between the second partitions (125) and applying a base forming agent (201) thereto; and a phosphor layer forming step to form a phosphor layer after the base layer forming step by moving a phosphor applying nozzle along a first groove formed between the first partitions (124) and applying a phosphor paste thereto.

Abstract: A flat-type fluorescent lamp device includes a first substrate, a plurality of first and second electrodes arranged on the first substrate at fixed intervals, a first fluorescent layer on an entire surface of the first substrate including the first and second electrodes, a second substrate having a plurality of projection portions for maintaining a uniform gap between the first and second substrates, and a second fluorescent layer on the second substrate except at regions of the projection portions that contact the first substrate.

Abstract: A linkage member to link lamps; said lamps being of the kind which comprise electrical contact points located at their first end and no external electrical contact points at their second end; said linkage member comprises a first portion configured to attach to the electrical contact points of a first lamp and to cover at least in part said electrical contact points; and a second portion configured to connect to a second lamp at an end which has no external electrical contact points.

Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a sealant which is formed on a peripheral area surrounding a display area including a plurality of pixel portions. The sealant includes a photocuring material hardened by multiphoton absorption and a thermosetting material hardened by heat. The second substrate faces the first substrate and is combined with the first substrate by the sealant. Thus, the reliability of manufacturing the display device, the display quality, and the productivity may be improved.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a full color, reflective display includes the steps of depositing a first plurality of electrophoretic display elements in substantial registration with a first electrode and a second plurality of electrophoretic display elements in substantial registration with a second electrode. The electrophoretic display elements include a capsule containing a species of particles dispersed in a suspending fluid. The selective deposition of the display elements can be achieved by ink-jet printing methods, screen printing methods or other printing methods. In some embodiments the electrodes are printed onto the substrate before selective deposition of the display elements, while in other embodiments the substrate is provided having the electrodes already disposed on it. In still other embodiments, the sequence of printing of electrodes and electrophoretic display elements can be varied.