Li0.35La0.55TiO3 (LLT) with a honeycomb structure, which has microsized holes on both sides of a membrane, was prepared as an electrolyte for three-dimensional all-solid-state rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. In this study, LiCoO2 and Li4Mn5normalO12 were used as cathode and anode materials, respectively, and their particles were fabricated by the sol–gel method, which provided not only small particles to inject into the microsized holes of the honeycomb electrolyte (0.6 and 0.3μm for LiCoO2 and Li4Mn5normalO12 , respectively) but also particles with high discharge capacities (98.6 and 90.2% of their theoretical capacities for LiCoO2 and Li4Mn5normalO12 , respectively). The impregnation of active material particles mixed with the precursor sol into the honeycomb holes provided a good contact between the LLT electrolyte and the active materials, which reduced the internal resistance of the cell and improved the discharge capacity. Accordingly, the LiCoO2/LLT/Li4Mn5normalO12 all-solid-state battery was successfully operated at 1.1 V with a discharge capacity of 7.3μAhcm−2 .

The present study examined whether implicit motion information from static images influences perceived duration of image presentation. In Experiments 1 and 2, we presented observers with images of a human and an animal character in running and standing postures. The results revealed that the perceived presentation duration of running images was longer than that of standing images. In Experiments 3 and 4, we used abstract block-like images that imitated the human figures used in Experiment 1, presented with different instructions to change the observers' interpretations of the stimuli. We found that the perceived duration of the block image presented as a man running was longer than that of the image presented as a man standing still. However, this effect diminished when the participants were told the images were green onions (objects with no implied motion), suggesting that the effect of implied motion cannot be attributed to low-level visual differences. These results suggest that implied motion increases the perceived duration of image presentation. The potential involvement of higher-order motion processing and the mirror neuron system is discussed.

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Anthra[2,3-b]thieno[2,3-d]thiophene (ATT), which is readily accessed from thieno[3,2-b]thiophene and 2,3-naphthalenedicarboxylic anhydride, allows for selective substitution at the terminal thiophene ring, thereby providing asymmetric monoalkyl and monoalkylthienyl thienoacenes. Alkyl-substituted ATT (CnATT, n = 6, 8, 10, 12) has characteristics of a p-type field-effect transistor (FET), with mobility on the order of 0.01 cm V s, which is the same as ATT. Conversely, alkylthienyl-substituted ATT (CnTATT, n = 6, 8, 10, 12) exhibits FET mobility of 0.15-1.9 cm V s, which is up to 2 orders of magnitude greater than that of ATT and CnATT. Moreover, CnTATT forms crystalline thin films both by spin coating and drop casting, and C8TATT in particular exhibits a mobility of up to 1.6 cm V s in the drop-cast film. X-ray diffraction patterns of CnTATT thin films indicate that the molecules become oriented edge-on at the substrate surface with a highly ordered structure in the in-plane direction. Accordingly, CnTATT serves as a solution-processable p-type organic field-effect transistor, where the additional thiophene ring contributes significantly to the highly ordered thin-film structure and the high carrier mobility.