NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160056390 | AROMATIC HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL, AND ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided are an organic semiconductor material having a high charge mobility, oxidation stability, and solvent solubility, an organic semiconductor device using the same, and a novel aromatic heterocyclic compound to be used for the same and a production method therefor. The aromatic heterocyclic compound is represented by the following general formula (1), has two heteroatoms, and has a structure in which six rings are fused. In the formula, X represents an oxygen atom or N—R, and R represents hydrogen or a monovalent substituent. The organic semiconductor material contains the aromatic heterocyclic compound, and is used for an organic semiconductor film or an organic device, such as an organic thin-film transistor or an organic photovoltaic device. | 02-25-2016 |
20160049594 | ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC TRANSISTOR, AND ORGANIC TRANSISTOR ELEMENT - Provided are a semiconductor material for an organic transistor having a high charge mobility, solvent solubility, oxidation stability, and satisfactory film formability, and an organic thin-film transistor using the semiconductor material. The organic semiconductor material for an organic transistor is a seven-ring-fused heterocyclic compound having benzene rings at both ends, and having, therebetween, rings of a structure in which benzene rings A and pyrrole rings B are fused in the order of A-B-A-B-A. The fused heterocyclic compound may be substituted with an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, or an aromatic group. In addition, the organic thin-film transistor includes a semiconductor layer using the compound. | 02-18-2016 |
20160020397 | BORON COMPOUND FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENTS, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - Provided are an organic EL device which is practically satisfactory in terms of a light-emitting characteristic, a driving voltage, and durability, and a compound for organic EL devices to be used in the device. The organic EL device is an organic EL device produced by laminating, on a substrate, an anode, a plurality of organic layers including a light-emitting layer, and a cathode, the organic EL device containing, in at least one organic layer selected from the light-emitting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an electron-transporting layer, a hole-blocking layer, and an electron-blocking layer, a boron compound having two indolocarbazolyl groups in a molecule thereof. The boron compound is represented by Y-L-B(A)a-L-Y or Y-L(Z)b-Y, where Y represents an indolocarbazolyl group, L represents an aromatic group, and Z represents a boron-containing group. | 01-21-2016 |
20150352522 | CARBON MATERIAL FOR CATALYST SUPPORT USE - A carbon material for catalyst support use which, when used as a catalyst support, maintains a high porosity while being stable chemically, having electrical conductivity, being excellent in durability, and being excellent in diffusibility of the reaction starting materials and reaction products is provided. It is characterized by comprising dendritic carbon mesoporous structures which have 3D structures of branched carbon-containing rod shapes or carbon-containing ring shapes, having a pore size of 1 to 20 nm and a cumulative pore volume of 0.2 to 1.5 cc/g found by analyzing a nitrogen adsorption isotherm by the Dollimore-Heal method, and having a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum which has a peak corresponding to a 002 diffraction line of graphite between diffraction angles (2θ: degrees) of 20 to 30 degrees and has a peak with a half value width of 0.1 degree to 1.0 degree at 25.5 to 26.5 degrees. | 12-10-2015 |
20150136209 | POLYIMIDE LAYER-CONTAINING FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE, POLYIMIDE LAYER-CONTAINING SUBSTRATE FOR FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELL, FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A flexible substrate has heat resistance to endure the high temperature such as sintering of a photovoltaic conversion layer of a compound-type thin film solar cell, can prevent permeation and/or diffusion of metal into the photovoltaic conversion layer, and can be used for many applications. The polyimide layer-containing flexible substrate has a metal substrate of metal foil made of ordinary steel or stainless steel having a coefficient of thermal expansion in a plane direction of not more than 15 ppm/K, or a metal substrate of metal foil made of that ordinary steel or stainless steel on the surface of which a metal layer comprising one of copper, nickel, zinc, or aluminum or an alloy layer of the same is provided, over which a polyimide layer having a layer thickness of 1.5 to 100 μm and a glass transition point temperature of 300 to 450° C. is formed. | 05-21-2015 |
20140349218 | PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL, HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING METHOD - A photosensitive material includes: a polymer matrix, a radical polymerization monomer and photo-radical polymerization initiator, wherein the polymer matrix has stable nitroxy radical at side chain thereof, wherein a molar ratio of the stable nitroxy radical to the radical polymerization monomer is set within a range of 0.03 to 0.25. | 11-27-2014 |
20140254114 | FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AND BEND STRUCTURE OF FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARD - Provided are a flexible circuit board with excellent bendability and durability against hard conditions particularly in a repeated bend portion having a small curvature radius, and a method of producing the same. The flexible circuit board includes a resin layer and a wiring formed of a metal foil and is used with a bend portion provided at at least one position of the wiring. The metal foil is made of a metal having a cubic crystal structure, and a cross section of the wiring cut in a thickness direction from a ridge line in the bend portion forms a principal orientation on any one of planes within a range of (20 1 0) to (1 20 0) in a rotation direction from (100) to (110) with [001] set as a zone axis. The wiring is formed so that the metal foil is made of a metal having a cubic crystal structure, and that the ridge line in the bend portion has an angle in a range of 2.9° to 87.1° relative to one of fundamental crystal axes <100> in a surface of the metal foil. | 09-11-2014 |
20140209885 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) which has improved luminous efficiency and a simple configuration, while ensuring sufficient driving stability. This organic electroluminescent device includes a light-emitting layer between an anode and a cathode that are laminated on a substrate. The light-emitting layer contains a phosphorescent light-emitting dopant, and a carbazole compound represented by the following formula (1) as a host material. In the formula (1), E represents oxygen or sulfur, and R | 07-31-2014 |
20140203270 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT MATERIAL HAVING SILICON-CONTAINING FOUR MEMBERED RING STRUCTURE, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - Provided are a material for an organic electroluminescent element formed of a silicon-containing four-membered ring compound, and an organic electroluminescent element using the material. The material for an organic electroluminescent element is formed of a compound represented by the following formula (1) and is used for, for example, a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent light-emitting dopant in an organic electroluminescent element. In the formula, X represents nitrogen or phosphorus, L's each represent an (n+1)-valent aromatic hydrocarbon group or aromatic heterocyclic group, and at least one of the L's represents an aromatic heterocyclic group. A | 07-24-2014 |
20140186215 | SENSOR ELEMENT, DEW CONDENSATION SENSOR, HUMIDITY SENSOR, METHOD FOR DETECTING DEW CONDENSATION, AND DEW-POINT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A dew condensation sensor is described, including a nano-composite for generating local surface plasmon resonance, a light reflecting member disposed on one side of the nano-composite, a protection layer laminated on the light reflecting member, a light source/light receiver disposed facing the nano-composite, a spectroscope (or photo-detector) for detecting the light reflected by the light source/light receiver, a controller connected to the light source/light receiver and the spectroscope (or photo-detector) and used for overall control thereof, and a display unit connected to the controller. The dew condensation sensor detects occurrence of dew condensation based on the variation in the absorption spectrum, the absorption intensity or the reflected-light intensity of the local surface plasmon resonance of the nano-composite. | 07-03-2014 |
20140182669 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To provide a dye-sensitized solar cell with suppressed photoelectric conversion efficiency deterioration due to a gap to be possibly be generated between a transparent member on which a light is incident and the dye-sensitized solar cell components. | 07-03-2014 |
20140084279 | POLYMER FOR USE IN ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT EMPLOYING SAME - Provided are a polymer for an organic electroluminescent element, which has improved luminous efficiency and is applicable to a wet process, and an organic electroluminescent element obtained therefrom. The polymer for an organic electroluminescent element has a repeating unit represented by [—(Z) | 03-27-2014 |
20140036268 | COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE, LSPR SENSOR INCLUDING THE SAME, METHOD OF USING LSPR SENSOR, AND DETECTION METHOD USING LSPR SENSOR - A composite substrate is described, including a laminate of a metal fine-particle dispersed layer and a light transmission layer. The metal fine-particle dispersed layer includes a matrix having a solid framework and voids therein, and metal fine-particles immobilized in the solid framework. The solid framework has a 3D network structure of aluminum oxyhydroxide or alumina hydrate. The metal fine-particles have a mean particle diameter of 20 to 100 nm, with 50% or more having particle diameters in the same range. The metal fine-particles are separated from each other, with a distance greater than or equal to the particle diameter of the larger one of neighboring fine-particles. The metal fine-particles have portions exposed in the voids of the matrix, and are 3D-dispersed in the matrix. The metal fine-particle dispersed layer has a thickness of 0.5 to 5 μm and a metal fine-particle content of 22 to 900 μg/cm | 02-06-2014 |
20140012031 | SILICONE RESIN, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME - Provided are a silicone resin that yields a cured product excellent in flexibility, toughness, and heat resistance and high in transparency, a process for producing the said silicone resin, and a curable resin composition comprising the said silicone resin. The silicone resin is obtained by reacting an organopolysiloxane containing SiH groups represented by general formula (3) with an organopolysiloxane containing hydroxyl groups at both ends represented by general formula (5) and an alcohol containing radically reactive groups represented by general formula (6) in the presence of a hydroxylamine compound represented by general formula (4) as a catalyst and this silicone resin is used in formulating a curable resin composition. In the general formulas, R is an alkyl group of 1-12 carbon atoms optionally containing an oxygen atom or an aryl group, R | 01-09-2014 |
20130329272 | METAL FINE-PARTICLE DISPERSED COMPOSITE, METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME, AND SUBSTRATE CAPABLE OF INDUCING LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE - A nano-composite | 12-12-2013 |
20130321783 | VECTOR WAVE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MULTIPLE RECORDING AND REPRODUCING METHOD - The present invention pertains to a vector wave recording medium which: has an information recording layer comprising a photo-induced birefringence material; irradiates a recording signal light of a first polarization state, and a recording reference light of a second polarization state that differs to the first polarization state; and carries out vector wave multiplex recording by holography on the information recording layer. The vector wave recording medium is configured in such a manner that ηmin/ηmax=0.1 is satisfied, where, assuming irradiation energy for the recording signal light and the recording reference light is constant, the maximum value of the diffraction efficiency of a playback signal light from diffraction gratings corresponding to information recorded in the information recording layer after the vector wave multiplex recording has been carried out by holography on the information recording layer, is regarded as ηmax, and the minimum value is regarded as ηmin. A vector wave recording medium and a multiplex recording and playback method therefor, which do not require scheduling to be carried out, and which carry no risk of causing a reduction in transfer rates in a recording system, can thus be provided. | 12-05-2013 |
20130207097 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (EL device) that uses an indolocarbazole compound. The organic EL device includes an anode, a plurality of organic layers including a phosphorescent light-emitting layer, and a cathode laminated on a substrate, in which at least one organic layer selected from the phosphorescent light-emitting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an electron-transporting layer, and a hole-blocking layer contains an indolocarbazole compound represented by the general formula (1). In the general formula (1), a ring I and a ring II represent rings represented by the formula (1a) and the formula (1b), respectively, each of which are fused to an adjacent ring. X's each represent nitrogen or C—Y and at least one of X's represents nitrogen. Y's each represent hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aromatic group. A represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aromatic group. At least one of Y and A represents an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group. R's each represent hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, or an aromatic heterocyclic group. | 08-15-2013 |
20130207047 | CHALCOGEN-CONTAINING AROMATIC COMPOUND, ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL, AND ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided are a novel chalcogen-containing aromatic compound and an organic electronic device using the compound. This compound is a chalcogen-containing aromatic compound represented by the formula (1). Among the organic electronic devices each using this chalcogen-containing aromatic compound are an organic EL device, an organic TFT device, a photovoltaic device, and the like. In the formula (1): X represents oxygen, sulfur, or selenium; A represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, or an amino group; and n's each independently represent an integer of 0 to 2, provided that a sum of two n's is 1 to 4. | 08-15-2013 |
20130181172 | CARBON NANAOSTRUCTURE, METAL-SUPPORTED CARBON NANOSTRUCTURE, LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOSTRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL-SUPPORTED CARBON NANOSTRUCTURE - This invention provides a carbon nanostructure including: carbon containing rod-shaped materials and/or carbon containing sheet-shaped materials which are bound three-dimensionally; and graphene multilayer membrane walls which are formed in the rod-shaped materials and/or the sheet-shaped materials; wherein air-sac-like pores, which are defined by the graphene multilayer membrane walls, are formed in the rod-shaped materials and/or the sheet-shaped materials. | 07-18-2013 |
20130118560 | SEALING STRUCTURE FOR PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE - Provided is a sealing structure of a photoelectric conversion element in which the open side end section of the photoelectric conversion element can be surely and continuously sealed by a simple structure with high durability, and also the problem of insufficient sealing of the extraction electrode can be solved. A sealing structure | 05-16-2013 |
20130071619 | METAL FINE-PARTICLE COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A nano-composite | 03-21-2013 |