Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inkjet ink which can produce printed images having good glossiness and durability without increasing the viscosity of the ink. SOLUTION: The inkjet ink contains a polymer-bound pigment (10) whose particle diameter can be changed to exhibit a compact form and an extended form. The polymer-bound pigment (10) can contain a pigment to whose surface at least one polymer (2) can be bound. The at least one polymer (2) can be formed from a hydrophobic monomer (4) and a hydrophilic monomer (6). The hydrophilic monomer (6) is soluble in aqueous environments, and the hydrophobic monomer (4) is insoluble in the aqueous environments. The polymer-bound pigment (10) can be dispersed in an ink vehicle to give a low viscous inkjet ink. A method for producing printed images having excellent durability and gloss is also disclosed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the incidence of malfunctions of a patch clamp device and obtain a high density of apertures for screening large numbers of candidate compounds with higher throughput than a manual approach, and to automatically and selectively monitor and modify the conditions at individual apertures. SOLUTION: A biochip device 34 may include a substrate assembly 42 defining an array of apertures 50 and including a plurality of thin-film devices 54 configured to sense an electrical property of biological membranes that seal the apertures. The biochip device 34 also may include an electrical interface 60 coupled electrically to the thin-film devices and configured to electrically couple the thin-film devices to a control apparatus 36. The electrical interface may define a plurality of interface elements, and the apertures may be in excess of the interface elements. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inkjet ink which can brought about improved printing quality over various kinds of printing media and/or in printing media having a plurality of chemically or physically different domains. SOLUTION: The inkjet ink is one comprising a first pigment dispersion and a second pigment dispersion, wherein the pigments are formulated so that they may form their respective domains when adhered to a gloss printing medium, and preferably, the pigment in each of the first and second pigment dispersions is different in at least one of a particle diameter, a particle form, and a dispersion manner. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gray inkjet-printing ink which is capable of forming a high quality black-and-white picture with a color shade of a desired halftone, warm or cold color and also capable of improving the graininess and pixel property of a black-and-white picture without using a photographic technique and to provide a ink set capable of realizing a black-and-white picture which is not badly influenced by a specific lighting condition. SOLUTION: The gray inkjet-printing ink comprises a black colorant and at least one of cyan, magenta and yellow colorants. The method for manufacturing a gray inkjet-printing ink showing a halftone, warm color, cold color or sepia tone, comprises controlling an amount each of cyan, magenta or yellow colorant in an inkjet-printing ink. The method for forming a black-and-white picture of high resolution uses at least one of gray inkjet-printing inks in a black ink set or an eight-color ink set; and this method is also a method for forming a black-and-white picture showing a desired gray tone. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a filter for a display system of a liquid crystal display device, the display system, and a method for filtering light or displaying an image. SOLUTION: This filter comprises filters (28, 30, 32, 49, 71) for a display system. The filter is provided with: a fluid chamber having a selectively moveable filtering fluid (21, 50); a plurality of electrodes (60, 61, 64, 72, 74, 76, 78, 82, 84, 86, 88) being coupled with the fluid chamber and accommodated to generate electric field. Thus, the electric field is generated, thereby arranging the filtering fluid (21, 50) selectively in optical pathes (38, 42, 46, 53). COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and a method for sorting particles, in each of which particles can be sorted by a simple operation. SOLUTION: The device includes a channel structure that defines a channel having an inlet and first and second outlets, a first transport mechanism configured to create a particle stream of first particles and one or more second particles and a second transport mechanism configured to be pulse-activated to selectively move at least one of the second particles from the particle stream toward the second outlet. The first transport mechanism is configured so that each particle moves along the channel from the inlet toward the first outlet and is disposed in a fluid supported by the channel structure. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To securely discharge a desired dose using a medicine ejector having a clean nozzle. SOLUTION: This medicine ejector (20) is equipped with a jet mechanism (28) containing at least one jet port constituted so as to jet a fluid containing a medicine, and a maintaining mechanism (36) which can be selectively arranged for maintaining at least one jet port. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system, including methods and apparatus, for microfluidic analysis of a nucleic acid target in a nucleic acid mixture. SOLUTION: The system includes a method to preselect (42) the target from the mixture before amplification. The preselection enriches the mixture for the target by retaining the target on a target-selective receptor and then removing unretained non-target nucleic acids. The preselected target then may be amplified (44) from the enriched mixture and assayed (46). COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ink set which saves a printed image from suggestive discoloring by light and granulating. SOLUTION: The ink set comprises at least one dense color inkjet-ink and at least one pale color inkjet-ink, wherein the dense color inkjet-ink contains at least one pigment which has high chromaticity and low light resistance, the pale color inkjet-ink contains at least one pigment which has low chromaticity and high light resistance, and the pigment contained in the dense color inkjet-ink is different from the pigment contained in the pale color inkjet-ink in at least one of crystal form, particle diameter, chromophore, and chemical dispersant. There is disclosed also a method for saving a printed image from suggestive discoloring by light and granulating. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ink-jet ink with an improved storage life, an ink-jet printing system, and a method for printing on a fabric substrate. SOLUTION: The ink-jet ink with an improved storage life contains an ink vehicle and a reactive colorant. The colorant does not react with water and is durable at elevated temperatures, thereby elongating the shelf life of the ink to more than about 12 months. Also is disclosed an ink-jet printing system including the ink and an activating agent. The reactive colorant for the ink is non-reactive with water while reacting well with the activating agent to form an activated complex, resulting in the fixed reactive colorant on a fabric substrate. A method for printing on the fabric substrate is also disclosed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO