Abstract:
To provide a resistance element having an electric resistance body with excellent stability and a method of manufacturing the same. The resistance element includes an electric resistance body, on a base body surface, consisting of a carbon nanotube structure layer 14, which configures a mesh structure in which at least plural carbon nanotubes are cross-linked to one another. The method of manufacturing the resistance element includes: an applying step of applying the base body surface 12 with a liquid solution containing carbon nanotubes having functional groups; and a cross-linking step of forming the carbon nanotube structure layer 14, used as an electric resistance body, that configures a mesh structure in which the plural carbon nanotubes are cross-linked to one another through curing of the liquid solution after application.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide an antenna of small size which is excellent in the response characteristic in the high-frequency band, and to provide a communication device including the antenna having such an excellent characteristic that it is possible to realize downsizing of the device as a whole. That is, the present invention is directed to an antenna characterized by including a radiator made up of a carbon nanotube, and as a specific structure, for example, an antenna characterized by including an electrode that is connected with a part of the carbon nanotube and operates as a monopole antenna, and a communication device including the antenna.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a method of synthesizing an aliphatic polymer having a ketone group in the main chain thereof, in which polyhydric alcohol (for example, glycerin) as a raw material is polymerized in the presence of a catalyst, and a method of preparing a composition containing an aliphatic polymer having a ketone group in the main chain thereof, including such a process.
Abstract:
The coating composition for an electric part contains carbon nanotubes each having a functional group, and a crosslinking agent crosslinking the functional groups through a crosslinking reaction associated with heating, and the crosslinking agent is glycerin and/or butanetriol. The method for forming a coating film contains: coating the coating composition for an electric part on a target material, and heating the coating composition to form a crosslinked film of carbon nanotubes.
Abstract:
To provide a capacitor capable of utilizing carbon nanotube characteristics effectively to obtain excellent electric or mechanical characteristics, and a method of manufacturing the same. The capacitor is characterized by including two opposing electrodes, at least one of the two electrodes being formed from a coating film of a carbon nanotube structure in which plural carbon nanotubes with functional groups bonded constitute a mesh structure by cross-linking the functional groups through chemical bonding. The method of manufacturing a capacitor includes: a coating step for coating a surface of a base body with a solution that contains plural carbon nanotubes with functional groups bonded; and a cross-linking step for forming a carbon nanotube structure layer in which the functional groups are chemically bonded to one another, thereby causing the carbon nanotubes to cross-link to one another and build a mesh structure.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an electrode for electrochemical measurement including: a carbon nanotube and an insulator that encloses carbon nanotube, wherein: the carbon nanotube is enclosed by being chemically bonded with the insulator; and part of the carbon nanotube forms an electrical conduction part exposed at a surface of the insulator. The carbon nanotube can include plural carbon nanotubes electrically connected with each other. The electrical conduction part can be part of the plural carbon nanotubes exposed in plural spots at a surface of the insulator through the insulator. The plural carbon nanotubes can form a network structure by being electrically connected with each other by chemical bonding. The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing the electrode for electrochemical measurement.
Abstract:
To provide: an electrical member which can effectively apply characteristics of a carbon nanotube such as an electrode; and an electrical device such as an electrical switch. To provide: an electrical member provided with an electrical contact formed on a base body, in which the electrical contact has a carbon nanotube structure having a network structure constructed by mutually cross-linking functional groups bonded to multiple carbon nanotubes through chemical bonding of the functional groups together; an electrical device employing the electrical member; and a method of manufacturing an electrical member including the steps of: supplying a base body surface with a solution containing multiple carbon nanotubes to which multiple functional groups are bonded; and mutually cross-linking the multiple carbon nanotubes through chemical bonding of the multiple functional groups together to construct a network structure constituting a carbon nanotube structure as an electrical contact.
Abstract:
To provide a wire excellent in electrical characteristics or in mechanical characteristics. A wire is constructed at least by a carbon nanotube structure layer (1) in which plural carbon nanotubes mutually cross-link to configure a mesh structure on the surface of a substrate (2). A method of manufacturing the wire includes: an applying step of applying to the surface of the substrate (2) a liquid solution containing a carbon nanotube having a functional group; and a step of curing the liquid solution after the application. An electromagnet scarcely causing a loss is formed using the wire.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display element includes a first substrate having a first electrode on one surface thereof, a transparent second substrate having a transparent second electrode on one surface thereof, a first liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal composition, a color filter, and a second liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal composition, and at least one of the first and second liquid crystal layers includes an additive having dielectric properties, and the dielectric constant of the first liquid crystal layer is different from that of the second liquid crystal layer.
Abstract:
A recording device includes a first voltage application unit that applies a first voltage to a display layer; a second voltage application unit that applies a second voltage; a first irradiation unit that irradiates to the display layer first light synchronized with the application of the second voltage; a second irradiation unit that irradiates to the display layer a second light after the application of the second voltage is terminated, the second light having a third intensity if the second light is irradiated at an area corresponding to the first tone in the second liquid crystal layer, the second light not being irradiated if the second light is irradiated at an area corresponding to the second tone in the second liquid crystal layer.