The area of a spacer that is to be provided between the adjacent substrates in a laminate including a plurality of substrates to keep the adjacent substrates apart from each other is smaller than those of the stacked substrates. When pressure is released to bring the laminate obtained by providing the spacers between the substrates from a pressed state in which 0.60 MPa of pressure is applied to the laminate in the stacking direction into a non-pressed state, an amount of change W in thickness per spacer that is calculated from a change in the thickness of the laminate due to the release of pressure is 30 m or less.

The present technology is generally related to a filter assembly. The filter assembly has a first layer has a base layer defining a first perimeter region and a region central to the first perimeter region. A first adhesive is disposed on a first surface of the first layer substantially within the central region, and first adsorbent beads are coupled to the first adhesive. A second layer has a first sheet of filter material having a second perimeter region, wherein the first perimeter region and the second perimeter region are bonded. A third layer has a second sheet of filter material having a third perimeter region, wherein the first perimeter region and the third perimeter region are bonded. The base layer, second layer, and third layer are substantially coextensive.

Disclosed are a heat conductive sheet including a resin and a particulate carbon material, and having a thermal resistance value under a pressure of 0.05 MPa of 0.20 C./W or less, a heat dissipation device including the heat conductive sheet interposed between a heat source and a heat radiator, and a method of producing a heat conductive sheet.

An interconnected corrugated carbon-based network comprising a plurality of expanded and interconnected carbon layers is disclosed. In one embodiment, each of the expanded and interconnected carbon layers is made up of at least one corrugated carbon sheet that is one atom thick. In another embodiment, each of the expanded and interconnected carbon layers is made up of a plurality of corrugated carbon sheets that are each one atom thick. The interconnected corrugated carbon-based network is characterized by a high surface area with highly tunable electrical conductivity and electrochemical properties.

An interconnected corrugated carbon-based network comprising a plurality of expanded and interconnected carbon layers is disclosed. In one embodiment, each of the expanded and interconnected carbon layers is made up of at least one corrugated carbon sheet that is one atom thick. In another embodiment, each of the expanded and interconnected carbon layers is made up of a plurality of corrugated carbon sheets that are each one atom thick. The interconnected corrugated carbon-based network is characterized by a high surface area with highly tunable electrical conductivity and electrochemical properties.

A biaxially orientated polyester film has a P.sub.L/V.sub.L ratio of 0.3 to 1.2, P.sub.L and V.sub.L representing the average diameter of the convex portions and the average diameter of the concave portions, respectively, that are defined on the basis of a slice level with a height of 0 nm (reference plane) in a roughness curve determined for at least one surface using a three dimensional surface roughness meter, and the convex portions accounting for an area ratio of 30% to 51% of the reference plane. The biaxially oriented polyester film is excellent in travelling property, slitting property, and dimensional stability, and serves, when used for magnetic recording medium production, to provide a high density magnetic recording medium having a smooth magnetic layer, suffering little dimensional change due to variations in environmental parameters such as temperature and humidity or due to storage, and having good electromagnetic conversion characteristics with little dropout.

A method for manufacturing a substrate includes processing a side face of a laminate that includes substrates and a sheet-shaped spacer disposed between adjacent substrates. The processing of the side face includes bringing the laminate into a pressed state, first side face processing for processing a side face of the laminate in the pressed state, releasing the laminate from the pressed state after the first side face processing, intermediate processing for performing one of dividing the laminate released from the pressed state into two or more laminates, combining the laminate released from the pressed state with another laminate in a stacking direction, and leaving the laminate released from the pressed state as it is, bringing the laminate that has undergone the intermediate processing into a pressed state after the intermediate processing, and processing a side face of the laminate in the pressed state after the intermediate processing.

Disclosed are a heat conductive sheet including a resin and a particulate carbon material, and having a thermal resistance value under a pressure of 0.05 MPa of 0.20 C./W or less, a heat dissipation device including the heat conductive sheet interposed between a heat source and a heat radiator, and a method of producing a heat conductive sheet.

A recording medium substrate in an aspect of the present invention is a recording medium substrate having a base paper and a stretched film layer on the base paper, wherein the stretched film layer has a thickness of 70 m or more, and the recording medium substrate has an average surface roughness of 0.3 m or less. A recording medium in another aspect of the present invention includes a recording medium substrate, a first ink receiving layer on the recording medium substrate, and a second ink receiving layer on the first ink receiving layer, wherein the first ink receiving layer is in contact with the second ink receiving layer, the first ink receiving layer contains an alumina hydrate and a hydroxy acid, the second ink receiving layer contains an alumina hydrate and a sulfonic acid.

A no-bake label for use in heat fusible applications including compression moulding of plastic products, and particularly PVC record manufacturing, is provided. The label may include a laminate paper backing layer composed of a polymeric film interposed and bonded between first and second paper web layers; a primer layer in juxtaposed contact with a forward facing side of the backing layer corresponding to a side of the first paper web layer; and printed indicia overlaying at least part of the primer layer. The no-bake label may advantageously be made of material that is starch-free and that resists the accumulation of humidity or moisture; and include a protective layer that has a thickness and thermal resistivity and/or reflectivity which assist in preventing bubbling of the printed indicia layer or the first paper web layer at a contact temperature of between 100 C. and 300 C. for between 2 and 60 seconds.