Abstract:
An infrared conversion device includes: a substrate (122); and a metal fine particle layer (123) formed on the substrate (122), wherein the metal fine particle layer (123) is formed with metal fine particles (124) and a dielectric material (125) that fills gaps between the metal fine particles (124) and absorbs incident infrared rays. Alternatively, an infrared conversion device detects infrared rays converted into visible light by detecting a change caused in the permittivity of a light receiving material (125) by infrared absorption as a change in the intensity of scattering light based on local plasmon resonance.
Abstract:
Transparent structures, electrochromic devices, and methods for making such structures/devices are provided. A transparent structure may include a transparent substrate having a plurality of micro- or nano-scale structures, at least one substance configured to block near-infrared or infrared radiation and partially cover at least substantial portions of the substrate and the plurality of micro- or nano-scale structures, and at least one photocatalyst configured to at least partially cover an outermost surface of the transparent structure.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device and a method of manufacturing it are provided. The display device includes a blue light backlight source (1) and a liquid crystal display panel (2), wherein the liquid crystal display panel comprises a first substrate (22) and a second substrate (21). The first substrate or the second substrate includes a layered assembly, functioning as a colour filter and including a black matrix pattern (201), a red pixel pattern (202) and a green pixel pattern (203), wherein the red pixel pattern and the green pixel pattern are quantum dot material thin-film patterns respectively emitting red light and green light upon excitation by blue light. The red pixel pattern (202) is separated from the black matrix pattern (201) by an intervening first passivation layer (241); furthermore, the red and green pixel patterns are mutually separated by an intervening second passivation layer (242), and the green pixel pattern (203) is covered by a protection layer (243).
Abstract:
A transparent electrode is described and includes metallic nanowires and a polymeric overcoat layer for protecting the nanowires from corrosion and abrasion. The polymeric overcoat layer includes nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of antimony tin oxide, zinc oxide and indium tin oxide, and has a sheet resistance of greater than about 107 ohm/sq. The transparent electrode can be used in electronic displays such as polymer-dispersed liquid crystal, liquid crystal, electrophoretic, electrochromic, thermochromic, electroluminescent and plasma displays.
Abstract:
Disclosed are polyamide microparticles, a manufacturing method therefor, an optical film, and a liquid crystal display device using the polyamide microparticles, whereby polarized light can be efficiently converted to non-polarized light that is close to natural light, without accompanying a change in color, and light from a light source can be evenly diffused. The disclosed polyamide microparticles are characterized by including a spherocrystal structure and exhibiting a crystallite size of at least 12 nm, as measured by wide-angle X ray diffraction, and a crystallinity of at least 50%, as measured by DSC. The disclosed optical film is characterized by having a resin layer that contains the aforementioned polyamide microparticles. The disclosed liquid crystal display device is provided with a light-source device, a rear polarizer, liquid crystal cells, and a front polarizer, and is characterized by having the aforementioned optical film between the light-source device and either the front surface of the front polarizer or the rear surface of the rear polarizer.