The present invention relates to an infrared stealth element using a dual band perfect absorption metamaterial. The infrared stealth element includes: a first metal layer; an insulator layer formed on an upper part of the first metal layer; and a second metal layer formed on an upper part of the insulator layer. The second metal layer includes at least one among a metal ring and a metal dot.

A glass article having a first glass layer, a second glass layer disposed adjacent to the first glass layer, and an interface slidably coupling the first glass layer to the second glass layer. The interface has a thickness of from 2 nm to 500 nm. The glass article is characterized by: (a) an absence of failure when the article is held at a parallel plate separation distance of 10 mm for 60 minutes at 25 C. and 50% relative humidity; (b) a puncture resistance of greater than about 6 kgf when the second glass layer is supported by (i) a 50 m thick pressure-sensitive adhesive having an elastic modulus of less than 1 GPa and (ii) an approximately 100 m thick polyethylene terephthalate layer having an elastic modulus of less than 10 GPa, and the first glass layer is loaded with a tungsten carbide ball having a 1 mm diameter.

An object of the present invention is to provide a polyimide tube for a fixing belt, the polyimide tube having good toner fixability. A polyimide tube for a fixing belt of an image-forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a polyimide layer that contains a polyimide as a main component and a needle-like filler, the needle-like filler containing a carbon nanotube and needle-like titanium oxide. A product of a thermal diffusivity (m.sup.2/s) of the polyimide layer and a breaking elongation (%) of the polyimide layer in an axial direction is 3510.sup.7 or more. An orientation direction of the needle-like filler is preferably an axial direction or a circumferential direction.

A sandwich component has a first cover layer, a second cover layer, and a core disposed therebetween. In the sandwich component, the cover layers are each formed from an outer layer made of a fiber-reinforced thermoplast material having greater resistance to a certain solvent and, fused therewith, an inner layer made of a thermoplast material having lower resistance to the solvent. The core has outer layers, each of which is formed from a thermoplast material having lower resistance to the solvent, and an inner structure, which is formed entirely or partially from a thermoplast material having greater resistance to the solvent. The inner layers of the cover layers were each fused with one of the outer layers of the core with the use of the solvent.

The present invention relates to a laminate and a device fabricated using the laminate. The laminate includes a debonding layer including a polyimide resin between a carrier substrate and a flexible substrate. The adhesive strength of the debonding layer to the flexible substrate is changed by a physical stimulus. According to the present invention, the flexible substrate can be easily separated from the carrier substrate without the need for further processing such as laser or light irradiation. Therefore, the use of the laminate facilitates the fabrication of the device having the flexible substrate. The device may be, for example, a flexible display device. In addition, the device can be prevented from deterioration of reliability and occurrence of defects caused by laser or light irradiation. This ensures improved characteristics and high reliability of the device.

A sandwich component and method of producing the sandwich component are provided wherein the sandwich component has a first cover layer, a second cover layer, and a core disposed therebetween. In the sandwich component, the cover layers are each formed from an outer layer made of a fiber-reinforced high-melting-point thermoplast material and, fused therewith, an inner layer made of a low-melting-point thermoplast material. The core has outer layers, each of which is formed from a low-melting-point thermoplast material, and an inner structure, which is formed entirely or partially from a high-melting-point thermoplast material. The inner layers of the cover layers were each fused with one of the outer layers of the core.

The present invention provides: an optical laminate comprising at least two films, the optical laminate comprising at least a film A satisfying a given condition (1) and a film C satisfying a given condition (2), wherein a retardation value Re(0) observed in a direction of an axis perpendicular to a plane of the optical laminate is 4,000 to 30,000 nm, and a retardation value Re(40) observed in a direction of an axis tilted from the axis perpendicular to the plane of the optical laminate toward a slow axis by 40 degrees in a plane lying perpendicular to the plane of the optical laminate and extending along the slow axis is 4,000 to 25,000 nm, the slow axis being an axis along which refractive index is highest in a plane of the film A; and a display device comprising the optical laminate.

An adhesive composition is provided which exhibits not only adhesiveness to a polyimide film or copper foil, but also high adhesiveness to gold-plated copper foil, and is also superior in heat resistance such as soldering heat resistance.

The adhesive composition comprises a solvent-soluble polyamide resin (A) which is solid at 25 C., an epoxy resin (B), and an imidazole compound (C) having an alkoxysilyl group, wherein the mass ratio (A)/(B) of the component (A) to the component (B) is 99/1-50/50, and the content of the component (C) is 0.3-5 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the total of the component (A) and the component (B).

It comprises: a film made of a resin in which an aperture pattern is formed, the aperture pattern passing through the film, the aperture being with a shape and dimension corresponding to the thin-film pattern in a pre-established region for formation of the thin-film pattern on the substrate; and a metal member that has an aperture part opposite the aperture pattern with a shape and dimension larger than the aperture pattern, the metal member being provided as a thin sheet in intimate contact with one surface of the film on an outside part of the aperture pattern of the film. The film is mutually distanced and distributed, at a position where the film does not overlap the aperture pattern, into a plurality of divided parts on one surface of the metal member.

The instant disclosure provides a polyimide composite film for a flexible display and a method for manufacturing the same. The composite film can be attached to a supporting carrier and includes a double-sided tape, a releasing layer and a transparent polyimide film. The double-sided tape includes a substrate, a surface of the substrate has an adhesive disposed thereon, and the other surface of the substrate has a releasing agent disposed thereon. A releasing layer is attached to the adhesive on the substrate and is removable from the substrate so that the substrate is attachable to the supporting carrier through the adhesive. The method includes providing a transparent polyimide film; providing the double-sided tape mentioned above; and removing the releasing layer on the releasing agent of the substrate for adhering the transparent polyimide film to the releasing agent.