Transmission loss of electrical signals is reduced. A conductive member for conductive connection between a first connection object and a second connection object includes a polymeric matrix made of a rubber-like elastic substance and a conductive medium. The conductive medium includes conductive particles successively arranged in a conducting direction of the conductive member. The conductive particles have a surface roughness expressed by an arithmetic mean height, and the surface roughness is 5 μm or less. The conductive particles have a surface roughness expressed by a developed interfacial area ratio (Sdr), and the surface roughness is 20 or less.

Transmission loss of electrical signals is reduced. A conductive member for conductive connection between a first connection object and a second connection object includes a polymeric matrix made of a rubber-like elastic substance and a conductive medium. The conductive medium includes conductive particles successively arranged in a conducting direction of the conductive member. The conductive particles have a surface roughness expressed by an arithmetic mean height, and the surface roughness is 5 μm or less. The conductive particles have a surface roughness expressed by a developed interfacial area ratio (Sdr), and the surface roughness is 20 or less.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming a conductive thin wire, the method being capable of improving thin wire formability, conductivity, adhesion, and transmittance of a conductive thin wire, a method for producing a transparent conductor, a method for producing a device, and a set of a conductive ink and a base material. This object is achieved by a method for forming a conductive thin wire on a base material by an inkjet method using a conductive ink containing at least a main solvent having a boiling point equal to or lower than the boiling point of water, a solvent having a boiling point higher than that of water, and a conductive material, in which the base material has surface energy of less than 40 mN/m, and conditions of 30°≤θ1≤70°, 0°≤θ2≤40°, and θ2≤θ1 are satisfied when a forward contact angle of the conductive ink to the base material is represented by θ1, and a backward contact angle of the conductive ink to the base material is represented by θ2.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming a conductive thin wire, the method being capable of improving thin wire formability, conductivity, adhesion, and transmittance of a conductive thin wire, a method for producing a transparent conductor, a method for producing a device, and a set of a conductive ink and a base material. This object is achieved by a method for forming a conductive thin wire on a base material by an inkjet method using a conductive ink containing at least a main solvent having a boiling point equal to or lower than the boiling point of water, a solvent having a boiling point higher than that of water, and a conductive material, in which the base material has surface energy of less than 40 mN/m, and conditions of 30°≤θ1≤70°, 0°≤θ2≤40°, and θ2≤θ1 are satisfied when a forward contact angle of the conductive ink to the base material is represented by θ1, and a backward contact angle of the conductive ink to the base material is represented by θ2.

The present disclosure provides organic-inorganic hybrid polymer particles, which have desirable surface chemistry and optical properties that make them particularly suitable for biological and optical applications. The present disclosure also provides methods of making organic-inorganic hybrid polymer particles. The present disclosure also provides methods of using the organic-inorganic hybrid polymer particles for biological and optical applications.

The present disclosure provides a solid electrolyte material having high lithium ion conductivity. The solid electrolyte material according to the present disclosure has a crystal structure including a structure framework and an ion-conductive species, wherein the structure framework has a one-dimensional chain in which a plurality of polyhedrons are linearly connected to each other while sharing a corner, and each of the plurality of polyhedrons contains at least one type of cation and at least one type of anion.

A fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersion liquid having excellent dispersibility of fibrous carbon nanostructures is provided. A fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersion liquid comprises: fibrous carbon nanostructures with a tap density of 0.024 g/cm.sup.3 or less; and a solvent.

This disclosure provides electrostatic discharge (ESD) mitigation devices. In one or more embodiments, the electrostatic discharge (ESD) mitigation device is a tubing connector to connect two or more conductive tubing segments in a fluid circuit, the tubing connector including an electrically conductive connector body with two or more attachment portions, two or more attachment fittings, and a conductive bracket configured to attach and interface with the connector body to electrically connect the connector body to ground.

This disclosure provides electrostatic discharge (ESD) mitigation devices. In one or more embodiments, the electrostatic discharge (ESD) mitigation device is a tubing connector to connect two or more conductive tubing segments in a fluid circuit, the tubing connector including an electrically conductive connector body with two or more attachment portions, two or more attachment fittings, and a conductive bracket configured to attach and interface with the connector body to electrically connect the connector body to ground.

A method for preparing a transition-metal adamantane carboxylate salt is presented. The method includes mixing a transition-metal hydroxide and a diamondoid compound having at least one carboxylic acid moiety to form a reactant mixture, where M is a transition metal. Further, the method includes hydrothermally treating the reactant mixture at a reaction temperature for a reaction time to form the transition-metal adamantane carboxylate salt.