摘要:
In a recording medium having a porous ink-receiving layer (2) containing alumina hydrate of boehmite structure formed on a base material (1), the alumina hydrate has crystallinity ranging from 15 to 80 and microcrystals of the alumina hydrate are directed to be parallel to a plane direction of the ink-receiving layer at a parallelization degree of not less than 1.5. The recording medium is employed in an ink-jet recording method conducting printing by ejecting ink droplets through an orifice onto a recording medium as the recording medium. A process for producing the recording medium comprises the steps of: applying a coating liquid containing alumina hydrate of boehmite structure with shearing stress onto a base material; and drying the coated material to obtain a degree of parallelization of a microcrystal of the alumina hydrate with a plane direction of the ink-receiving layer of not less than 1.5.
摘要:
A chiral smectic main chain-type polymer liquid crystal includes mesogen units and a flexible chain group connecting the mesogen units having a length equal to or longer than 1,4-butylene group. The polymer liquid crystal is also characterized by having at least two units having mutually different optically active groups and having at least two recurring units which show mutually reverse helical rotations in its chiral smectic phase. Because of these features, the polymer liquid crystal can show an improved responsiveness because of its chiral smectic ferroelectricity based on an elongated helical pitch while retaining a good film-formability of a main chain-type polymer liquid crystal.
摘要:
An optical modulation device is provided by forming an optical modulation layer comprising a polymer liquid crystal having a helical structure and a non-helical structure in chiral smectic C phase. The helical structure of the polymer liquid crystal is selectively formed or removed to provide a recorded state. The recorded state is held below the glass transition point of the polymer liquid crystal. The helical pitch of the helical structure can be selectively changed to form a recorded state. The helical structure can be formed to dispose its principal axis perpendicularly to the polymer liquid crystal layer. The recorded state may be read out by detecting a reflectance from the polymer liquid crystal layer.
摘要:
Disclosed herein is a recording medium having an ink-receiving layer which comprises an alumina hydrate and acid-processed or alkali-processed gelatin.
摘要:
A color display medium is' constituted by a colored polymer layer having at least two display regions of different colors, typically three colors of blue, green and red, along the extension of the polymer layer. The display regions of different colors have respectively different wavelength regions of light absorption or respectively different temperatures of thermal transition between transparent and scattering states.
摘要:
An image is printed in an image print area on a recording medium by using a first printing material (S9). Information is printed on an image preservation determination portion in a border portion as an area other than the image print area by using a second printing material which deteriorates faster than the first printing material (S10). This portion is stored as density data, color appearance data, or the like in the apparatus to be used as a criterion for determination of deterioration when the image is to be reused (S4, S5).
摘要:
An image is printed in an image print area on a recording medium by using a first printing material (S9). Information is printed on an image preservation determination portion in a border portion as an area other than the image print area by using a second printing material which deteriorates faster than the first printing material (S10). This portion is stored as density data, color appearance data, or the like in the apparatus to be used as a criterion for determination of deterioration when the image is to be reused (S4, S5).