SHOWA DENKO K.K. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160133465 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SiC SUBSTRATE - A method that includes at least a CMP step of subjecting both a Si surface ( | 05-12-2016 |
20160133350 | CONDUCTIVE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR MICROWAVE HEATING - Provided is a conductive resin composition for microwave heating capable of suppressing the generation of sparks when microwave heating is performed. A conductive resin composition for microwave heating comprising a non-carbonaceous conductive filler, a curable and insulating binder resin, and a carbonaceous material having a higher volume resistivity value than the non-carbonaceous conductive filler, the carbonaceous material having an aspect ratio of 20 or less, and the content of the carbonaceous material being 1 to 20 parts by mass, relative to the total of 100 parts by mass of the non-carbonaceous conductive filler and the curable and insulating binder resin. The carbonaceous material efficiently absorbs the microwave, and thus, when the microwave is irradiated to heat and cure the conductive resin composition, generation of sparks can be suppressed. | 05-12-2016 |
20160126592 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte solution for a secondary battery, including an electrolyte, a solvent and an additive, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The additive contains a compound represented by the following formula (I): | 05-05-2016 |
20160121403 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL NANOWIRES, METAL NANOWIRES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILVER NANOWIRES, AND SILVER NANOWIRES - Provided are a metal nanowire production method capable of producing long and thin metal nanowires, and metal nanowires produced thereby. A metal nanowire production method comprising, a step for preparing a solution containing a metal salt, a polymer, at least one selected from a group consisting of halides, sulfides, carbonates, and sulfates, and an aliphatic alcohol, and a step for heating and reacting the solution at the temperature of 100° C. to 250° C. for 10 minutes or more while maintaining a practical shear stress applied to the solution at 10 mPa·m or less, wherein, during the heating and reacting step, ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum change of the solution is measured, and a reaction time is controlled on the basis of the ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum information. | 05-05-2016 |
20160111724 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A method for producing a negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery which includes: pressing a mixed liquid comprising particles (B) containing an element capable of occluding/releasing lithium ions, carbon nanotubes (C) of which not less than 95% by number have a fiber diameter of not less than 5 nm and not more than 40 nm, and water into a pulverizing nozzle of a high-pressure dispersing device to obtain a paste or slurry; drying the paste or slurry into a powder; and mixing the powder and carbon particles (A). A negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery including carbon particles (A); and flocculates in which particles (B) containing an element capable of occluding/releasing lithium ions and carbon nanotubes (C) of which not less than 95% by number has a fiber diameter of not less than 5 nm and not more than 40 nm are uniformly composited. | 04-21-2016 |
20160108505 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STARTING MATERIAL FOR CUTTING - A method for producing a starting material for cutting capable of sufficiently eliminating residual stress is provided. The present invention is for producing a starting material for cutting which is a starting material for cutting to be cut/machined into a cut/machined product. The present invention includes a step for obtaining a primary molded article ( | 04-21-2016 |
20160099473 | CATALYST PARTICLE, SUPPORT-TYPE CATALYST PARTICLE, AND USES THEREOF - A catalyst particle including platinum and palladium, and having a proportion of palladium in the surface of the particle, measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), of 45 to 55 atom % with respect to a total amount of platinum and palladium of 100 atom %. Also disclosed is a support-type catalyst particle, a fuel cell catalyst layer, an electrode including the fuel cell catalyst layer and a membrane electrode assembly including the electrode. | 04-07-2016 |
20160096964 | FLAKY GRAPHITE CONTAINING BORON AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - There is provided a flaky graphite containing boron, the flaky graphite containing boron having an average thickness of 100 nm or less and an average plate diameter d | 04-07-2016 |
20160081592 | BED HAVING LOAD DETECTION FUNCTION AND BED-LOAD DETECTOR - In a bed having a load detection function, a load detector attached to a bed main body includes a load cell provided at a site which is positioned at any location on a load transmission path extending from a bed surface-forming portion to a bed installation surface, and at which a load from the bed surface-forming portion side is received and the load is transmitted to a configuration member of the installation surface side. The load cell includes a load-receiving member, and a base body which is separated from the load-receiving member and to which the load from the load-receiving member is applied. The load-receiving member comes into contact with the base body, the load from the load-receiving member acts on the base body, and the resulting strain is detected by a strain sensor. | 03-24-2016 |
20160073494 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONDUCTIVE PATTERN AND CONDUCTIVE PATTERN FORMED SUBSTRATE - Provided are a conductive pattern manufacturing method and a conductive pattern formed substrate, capable of easily achieving a narrow pitch. A metal nanowire layer | 03-10-2016 |
20160072336 | POWER TRANSMITTER, POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, POWER CONSUMPTION DEVICE, POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POWER TRANSMITTER - The power transmitter used for wireless power supply, includes a structure in which a sheet of a conductive body forming plural layers stacked in a thickness direction in a dielectric body. The dielectric body is also located between the plural layers, and different layers of the sheet of the conductive body are electrically connected. The power transmitter easily ensures the insulation properties at a position where the electrode is disposed while improving the power transmission efficiency in the case of the wireless power supply with the electric field coupling system. | 03-10-2016 |
20160068995 | SHIELD MEMBER AND APPARATUS FOR GROWING SINGLE CRYSTAL EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A shield member and an apparatus for growing a single crystal equipped with the shield member. Such a shield member includes: a vessel for growing the single crystal; a raw material storage part positioned at a lower portion of the vessel for growing the single crystal; a substrate supporting part, positioned above the raw material storage part to support the substrate; and a heating apparatus positioned at an outer periphery of the vessel for growing the single crystal, thereby sublimating the raw material from the raw material storage part to grow the single crystal of the raw material onto the substrate, in which a plurality of permeation holes through which the raw material gas passes is formed. The shield member is configured such that the heat capacity thereof increases from the center to the outer periphery. | 03-10-2016 |
20160064746 | CARBON MEMBER, CARBON MEMBER MANUFACTURING METHOD, REDOX FLOW BATTERY AND FUEL CELL - A carbon member for use as a battery member of a redox flow battery or a fuel cell, obtained by welding, into a single integrated body: a first layer including a first resin composition containing a polyolefin-based resin and having a melt flow rate of 0.01 to 10 g/10 min, and a first carbonaceous material; a second layer including a second resin composition containing a polyolefin-based resin, having a melt flow rate of 5 to 1,000 g/10 min that is greater than that of the first resin composition, and having a melting point that is 80° C. or higher, but is at least 10° C. lower than that of the first resin composition, and a second carbonaceous material; and a third layer, which is disposed facing the first layer with the second layer interposed therebetween, and is formed from a porous carbon material having a specified bulk density. | 03-03-2016 |
20160060506 | INJECTION MATERIAL FOR FRACTURING AND FLUID FOR FRACTURING - The present invention provides a fracturing fluid with a high level of safety, excellent dispersion stability of a fluid and a fracture support material, and a short-term degradability, and an injection material for fracturing to be contained in the fracturing fluid. The injection material for fracturing includes a resin composition at least containing a hydrolyzable or biodegradable resin and a starch. The fracturing fluid includes the injection material for fracturing, a support material with an average particle size of from 0.1 to 3 mm, and water. | 03-03-2016 |
20160060490 | CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE, ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE FILM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES USING BOTH - [Problem] To provide: a conductive adhesive which contains an epoxy (meth)acrylate resin and which can form a bonded zone that is not susceptible to being deteriorated by halogen; an anisotropic conductive film; and electronic devices using both. [Solution] A conductive adhesive and an anisotropic conductive film which each contain a conductive filler and a binder resin, wherein: the binder resin comprises an epoxy (meth)acrylate resin that is a product of addition reaction of (meth)acrylic acid and an epoxy compound having a sum of total chlorine atom concentration and total bromine atom concentration of 300 massppm or less, preferably 50 massppm or less; and the conductive filler is dispersed in the binder resin which comprises such an epoxy (meth)acrylate resin. The epoxy (meth)acrylate resin is preferably prepared by subjecting a starting compound (substrate) having a carbon-carbon double bond to epoxidation of the double bond with an oxidizing agent consisting of hydrogen peroxide, and then subjecting the obtained epoxy compound to addition reaction with (meth)acrylic acid. | 03-03-2016 |
20160060193 | DICHLOROMETHANE PURIFICATION METHOD AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING DIFLUOROMETHANE USING THE SAME - To provide a dichloromethane purification method which can reduce the amount of stabilizers present in dichloromethane and is feasible in industry by a simple operation, a dichloromethane purification method includes bringing dichloromethane containing at least one stabilizer selected from the group consisting of 2-methyl-2-butene, hydroquinone and resorcinol into contact in a liquid phase state with a zeolite having an average pore size of 3 to 11 Å and thereby reducing the amount of the stabilizer. | 03-03-2016 |
20160055981 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - A method for manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor, which includes the steps of: in a dispersion medium containing a monomer for obtaining a conjugated conductive polymer and a seed particle with protective colloid formed of a polyanion, polymerizing the monomer to obtain a conjugated conductive polymer-containing dispersion liquid; attaching the conjugated conductive polymer-containing dispersion liquid to the surface of a porous anode body at least having an anode body made of a valve metal and a dielectric film formed on the surface of the anode body; and removing a part or all of the dispersion medium from the conjugated conductive polymer-containing dispersion liquid attached to the porous anode body to form a solid electrolyte layer. Also disclosed is a solid electrolytic capacitor obtained by the method. | 02-25-2016 |
20160049259 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A production method efficiently produces a box sealed type solid electrolytic capacitor in which a capacitor element is accommodated in a box-shaped case. The method includes a step of preparing a bottom wall substrate having bottom walls. A step forms cathode anode circuit patterns on the bottom wall substrate. A step prepares a peripheral side wall substrate having peripheral side walls. A step prepares a peripheral side wall substrate in which a plurality of through-holes are provided that correspond to plurality of bottom wall structural portions. A step fixes a capacitor element to each bottom wall structural portion of the bottom wall substrate. A step obtains a capacitor continuous member in which a plurality of capacitor structural portions structuring a solid electrolytic capacitor by attaching an upper lid substrate on the peripheral side wall substrate. A step obtains a plurality of solid electrolytic capacitors by cutting the capacitor continuous member. | 02-18-2016 |
20160041649 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE PRODUCTION METHOD AND TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE - [Problem] To provide: a method for producing a transparent conductive substrate that is suitable for a capacitive touch panel having high pattern recognition performance by simple processes; and a transparent conductive substrate. [Solution] First electrode regions ( | 02-11-2016 |
20160035579 | SURFACE MACHINING METHOD FOR SINGLE CRYSTAL SIC SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND GRINDING PLATE FOR SURFACE MACHINING SINGLE CRYSTAL SIC SUBSTRATE - A surface machining method for a single crystal SiC substrate, including: a step of mounting a grinding plate which includes a soft pad and a hard pad sequentially attached onto a base metal having a flat surface, a step of generating an oxidation product by using the grinding plate, and a step of grinding the surface while removing the oxidation product, wherein abrasive grains made of at least one metallic oxide that is softer than single crystal SiC and has a bandgap are fixed to the surface of the hard pad. | 02-04-2016 |
20160027588 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR, ANODE LEAD CONNECTION METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - A solid electrolytic capacitor capable of assuredly connecting to a bolster member is provided. A solid electrolytic capacitor having a capacitor element with an anode made of tungsten is accommodated in a box-shaped case. An anode lead is connected to an anode circuit pattern provided on a bottom wall inner surface of the box-shaped case. In a state in which the anode lead is covered by an oxide film and is in direct contact with the anode circuit pattern, a conductive material is adhered between the anode lead and the anode circuit pattern to thereby form a conductive connection layer. The anode lead and the conductive connection layer are connected via the conductive film layer. The conductive film layer is connected to the anode lead at the film removed portion in which the oxide film has been removed from the surface of the anode lead. | 01-28-2016 |
20160024315 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE POLYMER-CONTAINING DISPERSION - The present invention provides a method for producing a conductive polymer-containing dispersion, including: a polymerization step of polymerizing a monomer for obtaining a conjugated conductive polymer in a dispersion medium including the monomer and seed particles converted into a protective colloid by a polyanion. | 01-28-2016 |
20160017076 | CURABLE COMPOSITION, TRANSPARENT HEAT-RESISTANT MATERIAL, AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a curable composition, which contains a crosslinking aid (B) containing three or more allyl groups in the molecule in an amount of 1 to 50 parts by mass, polyfunctional (meth)acrylic compound (C) in an amount of 5 to 50 parts by mass, and photopolymerization initiator (D1) and/or thermal polymerization initiator (D2) in an amount of 0.1 to 10 parts by mass, respectively, as a polymerization initiator (D) to 100 parts by mass of allyl group-terminated allyl ester oligomer (A); | 01-21-2016 |
20150372311 | CATALYST, PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF - Catalysts of the present invention are not corroded in acidic electrolytes or at high potential and have excellent durability and high oxygen reducing ability. The catalyst includes a metal oxycarbonitride containing two metals M selected from the group consisting of tin, indium, platinum, tantalum, zirconium, titanium, copper, iron, tungsten, chromium, molybdenum, hafnium, vanadium, cobalt, cerium, aluminum and nickel, and containing zirconium and/or titanium. Also disclosed is a process for producing the catalyst. | 12-24-2015 |
20150371785 | CARBON PASTE AND SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR ELEMENT - A carbon paste including a carbon powder, a resin, and an oxygen releasing oxidizer. The amount of the oxidizer is 3 to 30 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the carbon powder and the resin. A solid electrolytic capacitor element is prepared by a method which includes making a valve-action metal powder sintered to obtain an anode body, electrolytically oxidizing a surface of the anode body to chemically convert the surface into a dielectric layer, electrolytic polymerization to form a semiconductor layer of an electro conductive polymer on the dielectric layer, applying the carbon paste onto the semiconductor layer, and drying and hardening the carbon paste to form a carbon layer. | 12-24-2015 |
20150371784 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TUNGSTEN CAPACITOR ELEMENT - A method for manufacturing a tungsten capacitor element, which includes: a sintering process for forming an anode body by sintering a tungsten powder or a molded body thereof, a chemical conversion process for forming a dielectric layer on the surface layer of the anode body, a process for forming a semiconductor layer on the dielectric layer, a post-chemical conversion process for repairing the defects generated on the dielectric layer, a non-aqueous electrolysis process for conducting electrolysis operation by immersing the anode body in a solution of a non-aqueous solvent containing an oxidizing agent, and a process of forming a conductor layer on the anode body, in this order. | 12-24-2015 |
20150368376 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF POLAR GROUP-CONTAINING OLEFIN POLYMERS - The present invention relates to a method for producing a homopolymer of olefin represented by formula (1): CH | 12-24-2015 |
20150364751 | GRAPHITE POWER FOR NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL OF LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A graphite powder, preferably including scale-like particles, which satisfies the following formulae (1) and (2), wherein e(0.5) represents the initial charge-discharge efficiency of a coin cell fabricated from an electrode (work electrode) produced by compressing an electrode material employing graphite powder as an active material under a pressure of 0.5 t/cm | 12-17-2015 |
20150357647 | BINDER FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODES, SLURRY, ELECTRODE, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention provides a binder for lithium ion secondary battery electrodes that is obtained by emulsion polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a surfactant, the ethylenically unsaturated monomer being composed, with respect to the total mass of the ethylenically unsaturated monomer, of 15% by mass to 70% by mass of styrene, 1% by mass to 10% by mass of an N atom-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer, 1% by mass to 10% by mass of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, 0.1% by mass to 5% by mass of an internal crosslinking agent, and 22% by mass to 82.9% by mass of another ethylenically unsaturated monomer that is copolymerizable with these substances, and has a glass transition temperature of −55° C. to 30° C. | 12-10-2015 |
20150352637 | CHEMICAL CONVERSION BODY FOR NIOBIUM CAPACITOR POSITIVE ELECTRODE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A chemical conversion body obtained from a niobium granulated product being porous and having high binding strength, an electrolytic capacitor including the chemical conversion body and a production method thereof. The capacitor includes a chemical conversion body which has a dielectric layer on its surface and a metal element other than niobium distributed therein so that the metal element surrounds niobium; and a cathode formed on the dielectric layer on the surface of the chemical conversion body. The chemical conversion body is produced by mixing niobium hydride and a compound containing a metal element other than niobium; and subjecting the mixture to heat treatment at a temperature higher than a diffusion starting temperature of the compound containing a metal element other than niobium to obtain a niobium granulated product; sintering the granulated product; and subjecting the sintered body to electrolytic oxidation to form a dielectric layer on its surface. | 12-10-2015 |
20150345046 | FILM-FORMING DEVICE - A CVD device equipped with a container chamber ( | 12-03-2015 |
20150340163 | ANODE BODY FOR SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - An anode body for a capacitor formed by subjecting the sintered body which is obtained by sintering the molded body of tungsten powder to chemical conversion treatment, which anode body is doped with potassium in the amount of 0.003 to 0.3 mass %; a method of producing an anode body for a capacitor formed by subjecting the sintered body which is obtained by sintering the molded body of tungsten powder to chemical conversion treatment, including a process of doping the anode body with potassium in an amount of 0.003 to 0.3 mass %; and a solid electrolytic capacitor using the anode body. | 11-26-2015 |
20150340162 | CHEMICAL CONVERSION BODY FOR NIOBIUM CAPACITOR POSITIVE ELECTRODE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A chemical conversion body, electrolytic capacitor and production method are disclosed. The capacitor contains a chemical conversion body obtained by sintering a niobium granulated product. The sintered product is obtained by mixing niobium hydride and a niobium-aluminum intermetallic compound, pulverizing the mixture, and allowing the mixture to agglomerate by heat treatment to thereby form a granulated product; sintering the granulated product; and subjecting the sintered body to electrolytic oxidation to form a dielectric layer on the surface of the sintered body; in which chemical conversion body the sites of aluminum localization having a size of 0.1 μm to 0.5 μm are scattered in a depth of less than 0.06 μm from the surface of the dielectric layer. Nb | 11-26-2015 |
20150340159 | ANODE BODY FOR CAPACITOR - The present invention relates to a tungsten anode body containing a total of 400 to 1,200 ppm by mass of bismuth element or antimony element. A capacitor having large capacitance, little variation in capacitance and good leakage current (LC) characteristics can be produced by using the anode body of the present invention in a capacitor. | 11-26-2015 |
20150340158 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CAPACITOR - A capacitor having at least an anode body composed of a tungsten sintered compact and having less leakage current under high-voltage conditions and less variation in leakage current values, obtained by a production method including the steps of: compacting a tungsten powder to obtain a compression body; firing the compression body to obtain an anode body; applying voltage to the anode body, which is used as an positive electrode, in an alkaline fluid; chemically converting the surface layer of the anode body into a dielectric; optionally removing water from the anode body; and heat-treating the anode body, whose surface has been chemically converted into a dielectric, at a temperature of 100° C. or more and 260° C. or less. | 11-26-2015 |
20150337403 | PLANT-BIOMASS HYDROLYSIS METHOD - A method for hydrolyzing a plant biomass, which includes hydrothermal treatment in the presence of an equivalent concentration of an acid equal to 30 to 1,000% of the equivalent concentration of cations in a plant-biomass hydrolysis reaction solution; and a method for producing glucose using the above method for hydrolyzing a plant biomass. The hydrothermal treatment is preferably conducted by using a solid catalyst comprising a carbon material and using inorganic acid as acid. The method eliminates reaction-inhibiting factors to thereby obtain a high glucose yield. | 11-26-2015 |
20150337402 | PLANT-BIOMASS HYDROLYSIS METHOD - A method for hydrolyzing a plant biomass, which includes a first process of heating a mixture containing a plant biomass, a solid catalyst, acid and water, and a second process for heating the mixture containing a solid containing a plant biomass and a catalyst separated from the reaction solution after the first process, acid and water, wherein the highest heating temperature in the second process is higher than that in the first process; and a method for producing glucose and xylose using the above-mentioned hydrolyzing method. In the method, both of glucose and xylose can be obtained efficiently from an actual biomass. | 11-26-2015 |
20150337401 | PLANT-BIOMASS HYDROLYSIS METHOD - A method for hydrolyzing a plant biomass, including hydrothermal treatment in which an equivalent concentration of an acid equal to the total of 30 to 1,000% of the equivalent concentration of cations and equivalent concentration of hydroxide ions in a plant-biomass hydrolysis reaction solution is added to the reaction solution; and a method for producing glucose using the above method for hydrolyzing a plant biomass. The hydrothermal treatment is desirably conducted using a solid catalyst including a carbon material and an inorganic acid. The method can eliminate reaction-inhibiting factors due to cations existing in the reaction system to thereby attain a high glucose yield. | 11-26-2015 |
20150329563 | GAS SEPARATION MATERIAL USING METAL COMPLEX AND GAS SEPARATION METHOD - A separation material and method for separating and recovering a target gas from a mixed gas including the target gas and a hydrocarbon gas that has the same number of carbon atoms as the target gas, the target gas being a hydrocarbon gas having 2 or 4 carbon atoms and a carbon-carbon double bond. This gas separation material includes: a metal complex containing a 2,3-pyrazinedicarboxylic acid; an ion of at least one type of metal (M); and an organic ligand (B) capable of bidentate coordination to the metal ion represented by general formula (1) or general formula (2), where (M), formula (1) and formula (2) are as defined herein. The metal complex has a composition represented by M | 11-19-2015 |
20150322625 | PRETREATMENT METHOD FOR CELLULOSE-CONTAINING BIOMASS, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SACCHARIFYING BIOMASS COMPOSITION, AND SUGAR PRODUCTION METHOD - A pretreatment method (1) for improving saccharification performance of a cellulose-containing biomass as a saccharification starting material, which includes: step 1 of pulverizing cellulose-containing biomass; step 2 of subjecting the pulverized cellulose-containing biomass to hydrothermal treatment; and step 3 of finely pulverizing the cellulose-containing biomass subjected to the hydrothermal treatment. The fine pulverization in step 3 is performed by using a refiner or disc mill provided with a plate or disc without a flow passage leading from a center toward a circumferential direction. Also disclosed is (2) a method for producing a biomass composition for saccharification, which includes conducting the pretreatment method; and (3) a method for producing a sugar, which includes hydrolyzing a biomass composition for saccharification obtained by the production method. | 11-12-2015 |
20150321254 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ULTRAFINE TUNGSTEN POWDER - A method for finely powdering tungsten powder, which includes: a process for classifying a material tungsten powder into a fine powder having a relatively small average particle diameter and a coarse powder having a relatively large average particle diameter; an oxidation process for forming an oxide film on the particle surface of the coarse powder; and an alkali treatment process for removing the oxide film formed in the oxidation process and a natural oxide film formed on the fine powder with an alkali aqueous solution. Also disclosed is a method for producing ultrafine tungsten powder, which includes obtaining tungsten powder having an average particle diameter of 0.04 to 0.4 μm and a BET specific surface area of 5 to 15 m | 11-12-2015 |
20150318174 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SIC SUBSTRATE - A method for manufacturing a SiC substrate is provided. The method includes: a sacrificial film-forming process of forming a sacrificial film on a surface of a SiC substrate in a film thickness that is equal to or greater than a maximum height difference of the surface; a sacrificial film planarization process of planarizing a surface of the sacrificial film by mechanical processing; and a SiC substrate planarization process of performing dry etching under conditions in which etching selectivity between the SiC substrate and the sacrificial film is in a range of 0.5 to 2.0 so as to remove the sacrificial film and so as to planarize the surface of the SiC substrate. | 11-05-2015 |
20150310997 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR TUNGSTEN ANODE BODY - A method for producing an anode body in a capacitor, which includes making a molded body by molding a tungsten powder and making an anode body by sintering the molded body, which includes a step of bringing the tungsten powder or the molded body thereof into contact with a solution of a silicon compound before sintering the molded body so as to adjust the silicon content in the anode body to 0.05 to 7 mass %. | 10-29-2015 |
20150308014 | SIC SINGLE CRYSTAL, SIC WAFER, SIC SUBSTRATE, AND SIC DEVICE - A SiC single crystal includes, in a plane substantially parallel to a c-plane thereof, a region (A) in which edge dislocations having a Burgers vector (A) in a specific direction are unevenly distributed, and a region (B) in which basal plane dislocations having a Burgers vector (B) in a specific direction are unevenly distributed. The region (A) is located in a <1-100> direction with respect to a facet portion, while the region (B) is located in a <11-20> direction with respect to the facet portion. A SiC substrate is produced by cutting a SiC wafer from the SiC single crystal in a direction substantially parallel to the c-plane, and cutting the SiC substrate from the SiC wafer such that the SiC substrate mainly contains one of the region (A) and the region (B). A SiC device is fabricated using the SiC substrate. | 10-29-2015 |
20150303460 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES - A negative electrode material for use in a lithium-ion battery is obtained by a method comprising subjecting a carbon particle (B) comprising a graphite material or the like to surface treatment with an oxidizing agent and then removing a residue of the oxidizing agent, modifying the carbon particle (B) from which the residue of the oxidizing agent has been removed with a silane coupling agent, modifying a particle (A) comprising an element capable of occluding and releasing a lithium ion, such as a Si particle, with a silane coupling agent, linking the modified carbon particle (B) and the modified particle (A) via a chemical bond, and coating a composite particle comprising the particle (A) and the carbon particle (B) linked to the particle (A) via a chemical bond with carbon. | 10-22-2015 |
20150303050 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SiC SUBSTRATE - A method of manufacturing a SiC substrate of the invention includes at least an oxide film-forming process of forming an oxide film ( | 10-22-2015 |
20150300872 | BED HAVING LOAD DETECTION FUNCTION AND LOAD DETECTOR FOR BED - The object of the invention is to provide a bed with a load detection function. The invention provides a bed with a load detection function that detects a load applied to a bed body, using a load detector attached to the bed body, and detects the state of a user on a bed surface of the bed body. Additionally, a load detector suitable for the bed is provided. | 10-22-2015 |
20150295233 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES - A negative electrode material for lithium ion batteries is obtained by a method which includes: mixing carbon particles (B) such as graphite particles, particles (A), such as Si particles, containing an element capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions, a carbon precursor such as sucrose, a carboxylic acid compound such as acetic acid, and a liquid medium such as water or isopropyl alcohol to prepare a slurry; drying and solidifying the slurry; and heat-treating the resulting solidified material to carbonize the carbon precursor. A lithium ion battery is obtained using this negative electrode material. | 10-15-2015 |
20150287983 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANODE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, ANODE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND SECONDARY BATTERY - This method for producing an anode active material for a secondary battery is provided with a step for forming titanium dioxide by means of hydrolysis by adding a titanium-containing compound to an acidic aqueous solution, and furthermore, by means of adding a compound containing an alkaline earth metal and a condensed phosphate, the surface of the titanium dioxide is covered by the condensed phosphate containing the alkaline earth metal in a manner so that the amount of elemental phosphorus atoms and the amount of alkaline earth metal are each in the range of 0.1 to 10 mass % with respect to the mass of titanium dioxide, thus synthesizing the anode active material ( | 10-08-2015 |
20150275397 | SEED CRYSTAL FOR SIC SINGLE-CRYSTAL GROWTH, SIC SINGLE CRYSTAL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SIC SINGLE CRYSTAL - A seed crystal for SiC single-crystal growth includes a facet formation region containing a {0001}-plane uppermost portion and n (n>=3) planes provided enclosing the periphery of the facet formation region. The seed crystal for SiC single-crystal growth satisfies the relationships represented by formula (a): B | 10-01-2015 |
20150270535 | COMPOSITE CARBON PARTICLE AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY CELL USING SAME - A composite carbon particle for use in a negative electrode of a lithium-ion secondary battery, the composite carbon particle including a core particle composed of a carbon material obtained by heating, at not higher than 2500° C., petroleum coke having a Hardgrove grindability index (HGI value) of 30 to 60 (defined by ASTM D409), and a covering layer composed of a carbonaceous material obtained by heating an organic compound at 1000° C. to 2000° C. The composite carbon particle has a 50% particle diameter (D50) of 1 μm to 30 μm in a volume-based cumulative particle size distribution as measured by a laser diffraction method. | 09-24-2015 |
20150263348 | CARBON MATERIAL, CARBON MATERIAL FOR BATTERY ELECTRODE, AND BATTERY - A carbon material containing boron atom in an amount of 0.001 to 0.5 mass %, in which the average interplanar spacing (d002) of plane (002) is 0.337 nm or less. By observing optical structures in cross-section of formed bodies made of the carbon material, when areas are accumulated from a smallest structure in an ascending order, SOP represents an area of an optical structure whose accumulated area corresponds to 60% of the total area of all optical structures; when the structures are counted from a structure of a smallest aspect ratio in an ascending order, AROP represents the aspect ratio of the structure which ranks at the position of 60% in total number of all the structures; and when D50 represents an average particle diameter; SOP, AROP and D50 satisfy the following relationship: 1.5≦AROP≦6 and 0.2×D50≦(SOP×AROP) | 09-17-2015 |
20150255793 | CARBON MATERIAL FOR NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF - A carbon material for negative electrodes in lithium ion secondary battery, wherein a specific surface area is not less than 1.5 m | 09-10-2015 |
20150255788 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND SECONDARY BATTERY - An object of the present invention is to provide a secondary battery capable of rapid charging and discharging at a high current, in which, even when a titanium-containing oxide is used as a negative electrode active material, the internal resistance and impedance of the secondary battery are low without adding a material, which does not contribute to electrical capacity, such as a conductive assistant to a negative electrode active material layer in a large amount. Provided is a negative electrode for a secondary battery including: metal foil; and a negative electrode active material layer that is formed on a single surface or both surfaces of the metal foil and includes a titanium-containing oxide as a negative electrode active material, in which a film containing a conductive material is formed between the metal foil and the negative electrode active material layer. | 09-10-2015 |
20150255680 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE, LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE LAMP, AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - In a light-emitting diode, a plurality of dot-shaped ohmic contact electrodes are provided between a metal reflective film and a compound semiconductor layer, an ohmic electrode and a surface electrode composed of a pad portion and a plurality of linear portions connected to the pad portion are provided in that order on the opposite side of the compound semiconductor layer from the semiconductor substrate, the surface of the ohmic electrode is covered with the linear portions, the ohmic contact electrodes and the ohmic electrode are formed in positions that do not overlap with the pad portion in plane view, and among the plurality of ohmic contact electrodes, 5% or more and 40% or less of the ohmic contact electrodes are disposed in positions that overlap with the linear portions in plane view. | 09-10-2015 |
20150232486 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MONOSILANE AND TETRAALKOXYSILANE - The present invention relates to a method for producing monosilane and tetraalkoxysilane comprising subjecting alkoxysilane represented by formula (1) | 08-20-2015 |
20150232397 | 1, 3-BUTADIENE-SEPARATING MATERIAL, AND SEPARATION METHOD USING SAID SEPARATING MATERIAL - The invention separating material and separation method make it possible to separate and collect 1,3-butadiene selectively from a mixed gas containing 1,3-butadiene and a C | 08-20-2015 |
20150228880 | THERMOELECTRIC ELEMENT, THERMOELECTRIC MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THERMOELECTRIC ELEMENT - Cracking in a thermoelectric element made of a filled-skutterudite-type alloy is suppressed. A p-type thermoelectric element includes: a p-type thermoelectric conversion layer made of an alloy having a filled-skutterudite structure containing antimony; a p-side first metal layer that contains titanium simple substances and iron simple substances, and is laminated on the p-type thermoelectric conversion layer; and a p-side second metal layer that contains titanium simple substances, and is laminated on the p-side first metal layer. | 08-13-2015 |
20150225857 | SUBSTRATE FOR PRINTED ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONIC CURING PROCESS - A coating layer | 08-13-2015 |
20150223295 | MICROWAVE HEATING APPARATUS - Provided is a microwave heating apparatus capable of effectively preventing the generation of sparks when an object containing a conductor (including a metal precursor such as a metal oxide) or a semiconductor is subjected to microwave heating. A microwave heating apparatus supplies a microwave so that the direction of the electrical flux line of the microwave is identical with the direction substantially parallel with a surface of a plate-like substrate and having thereon a pattern containing a conductor, a metal oxide, or a semiconductor, the substrate being arranged in the waveguide. The microwave heating apparatus also controls a pulse width of the microwave so that pulsed microwaves are supplied to the surface having the pattern thereon. | 08-06-2015 |
20150221444 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method of manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor chip, which includes mounting a solid electrolytic capacitor element on the front surface side of a cathode lead of a lead frame serving as a cathode terminal; electrically connecting an anode and a cathode of the solid electrolytic capacitor element respectively to an anode terminal and the cathode terminal of the lead frame; and injecting an exterior resin from a resin injection port of a mold by transfer molding so as to seal the solid electrolytic capacitor element with the exterior resin. The resin injection port is located such that the exterior resin injected from the injection port branches and flows toward both the front surface side and the rear surface side and of the lead frame. | 08-06-2015 |
20150213967 | ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An electricity storage device including at least one electrode having one metal tab lead and plural electrode plates. The electrode plate includes a metal foil, an undercoat layer formed on one surface or both surfaces of the metal foil, and an active material layer formed on a surface of the undercoat layer. The undercoat layer includes a carbon material and the undercoat layer has a coating weight per unit area of one surface of 0.01 to 3 g/m | 07-30-2015 |
20150202680 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMIFINISHED PRODUCT FOR HARD DISK DRIVE DEVICE CASE BODY AND SEMIFINISHED PRODUCT FOR CASE BODY - The present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a case body of a hard disk drive device (HDD) case capable of not easily causing a defect in a thin portion, accurately forming a thin portion and a fine shape portion, and obtaining satisfactory rigidity, strength, machinability, joint performance, and airtightness. A forging material composed of an aluminum alloy is die-forged into an intermediate product having an intermediate shape and intermediate dimension by hot forging and the intermediate product is further die-forged into the shape of a semifinished product for a case body by cold forging. The intermediate product is rapidly cooled by heat extraction effect from a cold forging die when the intermediate product is charged into the cold forging die and cold-forged in a second forging step after being removed from a hot forging die. | 07-23-2015 |
20150199988 | LUBRICANT FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - A lubricant for a magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes an organic compound having a fullerene skeleton, and the organic compound having the fullerene skeleton is expressed by the general formula (i), and at least one hydroxyl group on a terminal of the organic compound having the fullerene skeleton is substituted by any one of hydrogen, a methyl group, and a trifluoro methyl group, in which A is a group in which any one hydroxyl group on a terminal of a fluoro compound is not included, and R1 is an organic group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms. | 07-16-2015 |
20150194268 | CAPACITOR ELEMENT - A capacitor element including at least an anode body composed of a sintered compact containing tungsten as a main component, a dielectric layer with a smooth surface formed by chemical conversion of the surface of the anode body, and a semiconductor layer laminated on the dielectric layer. The capacitor is obtained by a production method which includes the steps of chemically converting the surface layer of the tungsten powder sintered compact into the dielectric layer in an aqueous solution containing 0.05 to 12% by mass of an oxidant composed of an oxygen-containing compound at a solution temperature of 62° C. or less, and removing all or most of water adhering to the inner surface of pores at a temperature of less than the boiling point of water, followed by drying at a temperature of not less than the boiling point of water. | 07-09-2015 |
20150191498 | METHOD FOR DECOMPOSING PLANT BIOMASS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLUCOSE - A plant biomass; a solid catalyst which can catalyze the hydrolysis of the biomass; and a method for hydrolyzing a plant biomass, which is characterized by a step of heating a mixture containing an inorganic acid and water and which has high glucose yield and high glucose selectivity. As the inorganic acid, hydrochloric acid can be used. The pH value is adjusted to 1.0 to 4.0. As the solid catalyst, activated carbon or the like can be used. | 07-09-2015 |
20150189791 | RADIATOR FOR LIQUID-COOLED-TYPE COOLING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A radiator for a liquid-cooled-type cooling device includes a plurality of elongated rectangular fin plates and rod-shaped connection members. The fin plates are disposed, while being separated from one another in the thickness direction, such that their width direction coincides with the vertical direction. The connection members extend in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the fin plate, and connect and unite all the fin plates together. A first cutout is formed in an upper side edge portion of each fin plate, and a second cutout is formed in a lower side edge portion thereof at a position shifted from the first cutout in the longitudinal direction of the fin plate. The connection members are press-fitted into the first and second cutouts such that they do not project from the cutouts, whereby all the fin plates are connected and united together by the connection members. | 07-02-2015 |
20150187505 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR ELEMENT - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor element, wherein a dielectric layer, a semiconductor layer, a carbon layer and a silver layer are sequentially formed on a tungsten base material. This method is characterized in that: the formation of the carbon layer is carried out by laminating a carbon paste on the semiconductor layer; the carbon paste is an aqueous resin solution containing carbon particles; and a repair formation treatment is carried out after the formation of the carbon layer but before the formation of the silver layer. The time duration of the repair formation treatment is 1-40 minutes; the current density is 0.05-2.5 mA/piece; and the treatment temperature is 0-40° C. | 07-02-2015 |
20150187381 | CARBON FILM FORMING APPARATUS, CARBON FILM FORMING METHOD, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM MANUFACTURING METHOD - A carbon film forming method, that introduces a raw material gas including carbon into a film forming chamber, ionizes the gas by using an ion source, accelerates the ionized gas, and radiates the ionized gas to a surface of a substrate to form a carbon film on the surface of the substrate, includes forming the carbon film while rotating a first magnet, which is provided on the opposite side of the substrate across a region in which the raw material gas is ionized so as to be eccentric and/or inclined with respect to a central axis connecting the center of the ion source and a position corresponding to the center of the substrate held by the holder, in a circumferential direction. | 07-02-2015 |
20150183925 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE POLYMER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLID ELECTROLYTE CAPACITOR - A solid electrolytic capacitor is obtained by a method comprising dissolving a polymerizable material for being converted into a conductive polymer in a water-soluble organic solvent to obtain a solution, adding the solution to water while homogenizing the solution to obtain a sol, immersing an anode body having a dielectric layer in the surface of the anode body in the sol, and applying voltage using the anode body as a positive electrode and a counter electrode as a negative electrode placed in the sol to electropolymerize the polymerizable material. An electropolymerizable liquid for producing a conductive polymer, the liquid composed of a sol comprising water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a polymerizable material for being converted into the conductive polymer. | 07-02-2015 |
20150174631 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRAWING METAL TUBE - A device for drawing a metal tube capable of sufficiently applying a lubricating oil to an inner surface of a tube at the time of drawing and preventing occurrence of seizures is provided. The device for drawing a metal tube in which drawing is performed by making a metal blank tube | 06-25-2015 |
20150162600 | CARBON MATERIAL, CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL FOR BATTERY ELECTRODE, AND BATTERY - A scale-like carbon material and carbon material for a battery electrode suitable for use as an electrode material for an aqueous-electrolyte secondary battery, wherein the ratio I | 06-11-2015 |
20150162494 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device ( | 06-11-2015 |
20150162187 | SIC EPITAXIAL WAFER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a method of manufacturing a SiC epitaxial wafer including a SiC epitaxial layer on a SiC substrate using a SiC-CVD furnace which is installed in a glove box. The method includes a SiC substrate placement step of placing the SiC substrate in the SiC-CVD furnace while circulating gas in the glove box. | 06-11-2015 |
20150162136 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CAPACITOR ELEMENT - The present invention provides an anode body for capacitors, which is formed of a sintered body that is obtained by sintering a powder mixture of a tungsten powder and a tungsten trioxide powder, and wherein the ratio of the tungsten trioxide powder to the total amount of the tungsten powder and the tungsten trioxide powder is 1 to 13 mass %. The present invention is able to reduce the number of semiconductor layer formation wherein polymerization of a semiconductor precursor is carried out a plurality of times on a dielectric layer. Consequently, a solid electrolytic capacitor element, in which a semiconductor layer that is composed of a conductive polymer is formed on a dielectric layer that is formed on the outer surface layer and the inner surface layer of the fine pores of a tungsten sintered body, can be produced efficiently. | 06-11-2015 |
20150162044 | LUBRICANT FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - A lubricant for a magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes an organic compound having a fullerene skeleton, and the organic compound having the fullerene skeleton is expressed by the following general formula (i). | 06-11-2015 |
20150155569 | METHOD FOR OPERATING FUEL CELL AND POWER GENERATION DEVICE - Provided is a method for operating a fuel cell involving supplying an electrode with a low or non-humidified gas that achieves no significant decrease of voltage as compared with when a high-humidified feed gas is used. The method for operating a fuel cell having a membrane electrode assembly includes a cathode, an anode and an electrolyte membrane interposed between both the electrodes, wherein the cathode has a layer including an oxygen reducing catalyst including composite particles which include atoms of a metal element M1, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen and in which primary particles of a compound of the metal element M1 are dispersed in a carbon structure, which method includes supplying the cathode with an oxidizing agent gas which includes an oxygen gas and which has a relative humidity at a temperature of the membrane electrode assembly of 60% or less, and supplying the anode with a fuel gas. | 06-04-2015 |
20150147801 | METHOD OF PROMOTING GROWTH OF GREEN ALGAE - Provided is a method of culturing green algae which promotes the growth of the green algae which is in a state of being a green swarm cell by irradiating the green algae that accumulate astaxanthin with an artificial light, in which the green algae are grown in a liquid medium while maintaining a state in which the color of a culture solution of the green algae is green or brown by intermittently radiating a blue illumination light while continuously radiating a red illumination light. | 05-28-2015 |
20150140642 | METHOD OF PROMOTING GROWTH OF GREEN ALGAE - Provided is a method of culturing green algae which promotes the growth of the green algae which is in a state of being a green swarm cell by irradiating the green algae that accumulate astaxanthin with an artificial light, in which the green algae are grown in a liquid medium while maintaining a state in which the color of a culture solution of the green algae is green or brown by intermittently radiating a red illumination light while continuously radiating a blue illumination light. | 05-21-2015 |
20150132864 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - A method for manufacturing an electroluminescent element including: a first manufacturing step of layering on a substrate, in the following order, a first electroconductive layer, a dielectric layer in which plural contact holes are formed which pass therethrough in a direction orthogonal to the substrate, a second electroconductive layer which is electrically connected to the first electroconductive layer inside the contact holes and which fills the contact holes, a light-emitting layer, and a third electroconductive layer; a temperature distribution measurement step of applying a voltage to the first electroconductive layer and the third electroconductive layer, causing the light-emitting layer to emit light, and measuring the temperature distribution of the electroluminescent element to obtain temperature unevenness information for the electroluminescent element; and a second manufacturing step of adjusting, on the basis of the temperature unevenness information, the density of the plural contact holes that pass through the dielectric layer. | 05-14-2015 |
20150125597 | IN-LINE TYPE FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SAME - Provided is an in-line type film forming apparatus including a processing chamber which is disposed to deviate from a closed path and is connected to a corner chamber, a first loading and unloading unit which unloads a substrate from a carrier and moves the substrate to the inside of the processing chamber, a second loading and unloading unit which unloads the substrate processed in the processing chamber and loads the substrate on the carrier, and a control device which performs control of driving the first and second loading and unloading units to unload the substrate from the carrier and to move the substrate to the inside of the processing chamber, and to take out the substrate processed in the processing chamber in advance from the processing chamber and to load the substrate on the carrier. | 05-07-2015 |
20150103269 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE PRODUCTION METHOD, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE, AND ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITANCE TOUCH PANEL - Provided are a transparent conductive substrate production method for an electrostatic capacitance touch panel having a high pattern recognition property, by simple steps without using a vacuum process and a wet etching method, as well as a transparent conductive substrate and an electrostatic capacitance touch panel. An electrode drawing lead wiring pattern is formed on at least one main face of a transparent film using a conductive paste. An electrode pattern forming unit prints an electrode pattern with a transparent conductive pattern forming ink containing metal nanowires or metal nanoparticles so that the electrode pattern is connected to the electrode drawing lead wiring pattern, and dries the printed electrode pattern. The dried electrode pattern is subjected to pulsed light irradiation by a photoirradiation unit | 04-16-2015 |
20150102307 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An electroluminescent element including a substrate and a layered part having a first electroconductive layer, a dielectric layer, a second electroconductive layer, a light-emitting layer and a third electroconductive layer. Plural contact holes that pass through at least the dielectric layer are disposed in the dielectric layer, the first and second electroconductive layers are electrically connected inside the contact holes, the refractive indices of the second electroconductive layer and light-emitting layer are 1.5 to 2.0 inclusive, the absolute value of the difference between the refractive indices, respectively, and the refractive index of the dielectric layer is 0.1 or more. Further, (i) the light-emitting surface side has at continuous light-emitting region, and (ii) the number of contact holes is 10 | 04-16-2015 |
20150099857 | CATALYST FOR SYNTHESIZING POLYOLEFINS - The present invention relates to a method for producing a high-molecular-weight copolymer of polar group-containing allyl monomers comprising monomer units represented by formulae (3) and (4) (in the formulae, R | 04-09-2015 |
20150093681 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FUEL CELL ELECTRODE CATALYST, FUEL CELL ELECTRODE CATALYST, AND USES THEREOF - An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell electrode catalyst with which high durability and a high maximum output density are obtained even when a fuel cell is continuously operated for long time; a method for producing the fuel cell electrode catalyst; a fuel cell in which the catalyst is used; and the like. A method for producing a fuel cell electrode catalyst is provided, the method including: a step of preparing a catalyst precursor comprising each atom of a metal element, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, and comprising copper as the metal element; and a contact step of bringing the catalyst precursor and an acid solution into contact with each other to obtain a catalyst. | 04-02-2015 |
20150093322 | METHOD FOR PURIFYING MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES - A method comprising adding a multi-walled carbon nanotube synthesized by the vapor phase process to a nitric acid aqueous solution of not lower than 0.2 mol/L so as to dissolve a catalyst metal present in the multi-walled carbon nanotube, performing solid-liquid separation to isolate solid matter, and subjecting the isolated solid matter to heat treatment at a temperature higher than 150° C. gives a purified multi-walled carbon nanotube in which the amount of a metallic element left in the multi-walled carbon nanotube originating the catalyst metal is not smaller than 1000 ppm and not larger than 8000 ppm determined by ICP optical emission spectrometry and the amount of an anion left in the multi-walled carbon nanotube originating in the acid is smaller than 20 ppm determined by ion chromatography analysis. | 04-02-2015 |
20150086850 | ANODE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND SECONDARY BATTERY - In this anode for a secondary battery, method for producing same, and secondary battery, an anode active material is laminated on a surface of a metal foil, the anode active material contains at least titanium dioxide, and the titanium dioxide contains a Brookite crystal phase and contains an amorphous phase in a ratio of 1 vol % to 20 vol %. | 03-26-2015 |
20150085628 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A thermally-assisted magnetic recording medium or a microwave-assisted magnetic recording medium includes: an orientation control layer ( | 03-26-2015 |
20150083223 | FULLERENE DERIVATIVE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FULLERENE DERIVATIVE AND SOLAR CELL - A fullerene derivative represented by the following formula (1): | 03-26-2015 |
20150079379 | POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION, POLYMER, OPTICAL ADHESIVE SHEET, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are: a polymerizable composition; a polymer obtained by polymerizing the composition (including an optical adhesive sheet); an image display device using the polymer; and a method for manufacturing the image display device. The polymerizable composition includes: (1) at least one chosen from the group consisting of a compound including a (meth)acrylol group with a polyolefin structural unit, a compound including a (meth)acrylol group with a hydrogenated polyolefin structural unit, a compound including a (meth)acrylol group with a (poly)ester structural unit, and a compound including a (meth)acrylol group with a (poly)carbonate structural unit; (2) a liquid compound including a (meth)acrylol group other than constituent (1); (3) at least one chosen from the group consisting of liquid hydrogenated polybutadiene polyol, liquid hydrogenated polyisoprene polyol, and hydrogenated dimer diol; and (4) a photopolymerization initiator. | 03-19-2015 |
20150064046 | TI/TIC COMPOSITE, PRODUCTION METHOD AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a Ti material extremely high in mechanical strength. A Ti/TiC composite, wherein no simple substance of carbon essentially exists in a TiC, and wherein 0.3 mass % or more of oxygen is solidified in the composite. A Ti/TiC composite has an upper yield point in a relation between a tensile strength and an elongation. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062763 | DISCHARGE GAP FILLING COMPOSITION AND ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTOR - An electrostatic discharge protector including two electrodes for forming a discharge gap, and a discharge gap filling-member including a discharge gap filing composition filed in the discharge gap, the discharge gap filling composition contains metal particles (A) obtainable by metal particles with a hydrolyzed product of a metal alkoxide represented by the following formula (1) and a binder component (C), and the electrostatic discharge protector includes the composition; | 03-05-2015 |
20150057399 | CHLOROPRENE RUBBER-BASED POLYMER LATEX COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF - It is an object of the invention to provide a chloroprene rubber-based polymer latex that has a good balance between initial adhesion and storage stability and is suitable for one-component aqueous adhesive applications. The invention relates to a chloroprene rubber-based polymer latex composition containing a mixture of a chloroprene rubber-based polymer latex and a latex of an acrylic or styrene-acrylic resin-based polymer obtained by copolymerization of a specific carboxyl group-containing unsaturated monomer, in which the specific carboxyl group is neutralized with an alkali. | 02-26-2015 |
20150056128 | EVAPORATIVE GAS GENERATING DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING EVAPORATIVE GAS, HYDROGEN BROMIDE PRODUCTION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN BROMIDE - An evaporative gas generating device and a method for producing evaporative gas. A hydrogen bromide production device and a method for producing hydrogen bromide are also disclosed. The hydrogen bromide production device is provided with an evaporative gas generating device ( | 02-26-2015 |
20150051361 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF COPOLYMER OF ALLYL MONOMER CONTAINING POLAR GROUP - The present invention relates to a method for producing a high-molecular-weight copolymer of polar group-containing allyl monomers including monomer units represented by formulae (3) and (4) (in the formulae, R | 02-19-2015 |
20150049594 | THERMALLY ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A thermally assisted magnetic recording medium ( | 02-19-2015 |
20150044784 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - A manufacturing method for an electroluminescent element including a first manufacturing step of layering on a substrate, a first electroconductive layer, a dielectric layer in which plural contact holes are formed which penetrate therethrough, a second electroconductive layer electrically connected to the first electroconductive layer inside the contact holes and which fills the contact holes, a light-emitting layer, and a third electroconductive layer; a luminance distribution measurement step of applying a voltage to the first electroconductive layer and the third electroconductive layer of the electroluminescent element manufactured, causing the light-emitting layer to emit light, and the luminance distribution of the electroluminescent element is measured to obtain luminance unevenness information; and a second manufacturing step in which, on the basis of the luminance unevenness information, the density of the plural contact holes that penetrate the dielectric layer is adjusted to manufacture a second electroluminescent element having reduced luminance unevenness. | 02-12-2015 |
20150044595 | PRODUCTION PROCESS OF ELECTRODE CATALYST FOR FUEL CELLS, ELECTRODE CATALYST FOR FUEL CELLS AND USES THEREOF - An object of the present invention is to suppress flooding phenomenon in an electrode catalyst for fuel cells containing a metal atom, a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom and an oxygen atom. A production process of an electrode catalyst for fuel cells is provided which includes a fluorination step of bringing a catalyst body into contact with fluorine, the catalyst body having an atom of at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of zinc, titanium, niobium, zirconium, aluminum, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, strontium, yttrium, tin, tungsten, cerium, samarium and lanthanum, a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom and an oxygen atom. | 02-12-2015 |
20150037910 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - A method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescent element including: a first manufacturing process of stacking at least a first electrode layer, a dielectric layer, and a second electrode layer on a substrate in this order, the organic electroluminescent element having a light-emitting portion that is in contact with an inner surface of a concave portion formed to penetrate the dielectric layer; measuring a brightness distribution of the organic electroluminescent element while causing the light-emitting portion to emit light by applying a voltage to the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer of the organic electroluminescent element manufactured in the first manufacturing process, and obtaining uneven brightness information of the organic electroluminescent element; and a second manufacturing process of adjusting concave portion density on the basis of the uneven brightness information obtained in the brightness distribution measurement process, and reducing uneven brightness of the organic electroluminescent element. | 02-05-2015 |
20150037575 | CURABLE HEAT RADIATION COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a curable heat radiation composition which includes two types of fillers with different compressive breaking strengths (except when the two types of fillers are the same substance) and a thermosetting resin, the compressive breaking strength ratio of the two types of fillers [compressive breaking strength of a filler (A) with a higher compressive breaking strength/compressive breaking strength of a filler (B) with a lower compressive breaking strength] being 5 to 1,500, the compressive breaking strength of the filler (A) being 100 to 1,500 MPa, and the compressive breaking strength of the filler (B) being 1.0 to 20 MPa, an adhesive sheet using the composition and a method for producing the same. An aluminum nitride is preferable as the filler (A) and hexagonal boron nitride agglomerated particles are preferable as the filler (B). | 02-05-2015 |
20150034900 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A light-emitting diode and manufacturing method, including a flat portion and a mesa structure. An inclined side surface is formed by wet etching such that a cross-sectional area of the mesa structure is continuously reduced toward a top surface. A protective film covers the flat portion, the inclined side surface, and a peripheral region of the top surface of the mesa structure. The protective film includes an electrical conduction window arranged around a light emission hole and from which a compound semiconductor layer is exposed. A continuous electrode film contacts the exposed compound semiconductor layer, covers the protective film formed on the flat portion, and has the light emission hole on the top surface. A transparent conductive film is formed between a reflecting layer and the layer at a position that corresponds to the electrical conduction window and in a range surrounded by the electrical conduction window. | 02-05-2015 |
20150031650 | ASCORBIC ACID DERIVATIVE COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE SAME, ASCORBIC ACID DERIVATIVE SOLUTION, AND SKIN EXTERNAL PREPARATION - An ascorbic acid derivative composition of a first aspect according to the present invention consists of a salt of a compound (1) represented by a general formula (1) shown below; and a salt of a compound (2) represented by a general formula (2) shown below, wherein a ratio of the salt of the compound (2) with respect to a total amount of the salt of the compound (1) and the salt of the compound (2) is from 0.1 to 10% by mass, | 01-29-2015 |
20150030836 | POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION, POLYMERIZATION PRODUCT, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - In relation to a polymerizable composition for forming a transparent optical resin layer to be interposed between an image display section of an image display device and a light-transmissive protective section thereof, the present invention provides a polymerizable composition that does not give rise to display defects caused by the deformation of the image display section, enables high-luminance, high-contrast image displaying, has excellent heat resistance, and also has a low dielectric constant. This polymerizable composition comprises: (1) a urethane (meth)acrylate obtained by reacting a hydrogenated polyolefin polyol and a compound having an isocyanato group and a (meth)acryloyl group; (2) a (meth)acryloyl-group-containing compound having a hydrocarbon group with a carbon number of 6 or greater; and (3) a photopolymerization initiator. | 01-29-2015 |
20150030783 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE PATTERN - A method for producing a transparent conductive pattern having an improved conductivity by pulse light irradiation. A transparent conductive pattern is produced by coating and drying a dispersion liquid having metal nanowires dispersed therein on a substrate, to deposit the metal nanowires, and irradiating pulsed light having a pulse width of 20 microseconds to 50 milliseconds to the metal nanowires deposited on the substrate, to thereby join intersections of the metal nanowires. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029830 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC STORAGE APPARATUS - A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a magnetic layer including an alloy having an L1 | 01-29-2015 |
20150024519 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - A method for producing an organic electroluminescent element including: a first producing process of stacking at least a first electrode layer, a dielectric layer, and a second electrode layer on a substrate in this order, the organic electroluminescent element having a light-emitting portion that is in contact with an inner surface of a concave portion formed to penetrate the dielectric layer; measuring a temperature distribution of the organic electroluminescent element while causing the light-emitting portion to emit light by applying a voltage to the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer of the organic electroluminescent element produced in the first producing process, and obtaining temperature irregularity information of the organic electroluminescent element; and a second producing process of adjusting concave portion density on the basis of the temperature irregularity information, and reducing temperature irregularity of the organic electroluminescent element. | 01-22-2015 |
20150024120 | CONDUCTIVE-PATTERN FORMING METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR FORMING CONDUCTIVE PATTERN BY PHOTO IRRADIATION OR MICROWAVE HEATING - Provided are a conductive pattern forming method and a composition for forming a conductive pattern by photo irradiation or microwave heating, capable of increasing the conductivity of the conductive pattern. A conductive pattern is formed by preparing a composition for forming a conductive pattern comprising, copper particles each having a copper oxide thin film on the entirety or a part of the surface thereof, copper oxide particles, a reducing agent such as a polyhydric alcohol, a carboxylic acid, or a polyalkylene glycol, and a binder resin; forming a printed pattern having any selected shape on a substrate using this composition for forming a conductive pattern; and subjecting the printed pattern to photo irradiation or microwave heating to generate a sintered body of copper. | 01-22-2015 |
20150017087 | CARBON FIBER AND CATALYST FOR MANUFACTURE OF CARBON FIBER - Carbon fibers containing at least one element (I) selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni, at least one element (II) selected from the group consisting of Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Cu, Y, Zr, Nb, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, a lanthanide, Hf, Ta, Re, Os, Ir, Pt and Au, and at least one element (III) selected from the group of W and Mo, wherein the element (II) and the element (III) each is 1 to 100 mol % relative to the mols of element (I). | 01-15-2015 |
20150016236 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS, MAGNETIC RECORDING METHOD AND MAGNETIC REPRODUCING METHOD - Provided is a magnetic recording medium including a structure in which at least a soft magnetic underlayer, a non-magnetic intermediate layer, and a magnetic recording layer are sequentially laminated on a non-magnetic substrate, wherein the magnetic recording layer includes a first magnetic layer, a non-magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer in order from the non-magnetic substrate side, has a structure in which the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer are magnetically separated from each other with the non-magnetic layer interposed therebetween, and consists of a plurality of patterns which are magnetically separated from each other, and the coercive force Hc of the second magnetic layer is larger than that of the first magnetic layer, and the coercive force Hc of the second magnetic layer is smaller than that of the first magnetic layer temporarily when the second magnetic layer is heated. | 01-15-2015 |
20150016026 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - Disclosed is (1) an anode body for capacitors, which is composed of a sintered body containing tungsten dioxide in amount of 80 mass % or more and preferably silicon element in amount of 3.4 mass % or less, (2) a powder as a raw material of the sintered body containing a mixture of tungsten dioxide and silicon element powder in an amount of 80 mass % or more and 3.4 mass % or less, respectively, and which may optionally contain metal tungsten powder, (3) a method for producing an anode body for capacitors, and (4) an electrolytic capacitor which uses the anode body as one electrode and has a dielectric body interposed between the electrode and a counter electrode. | 01-15-2015 |
20150007568 | POWER GENERATION APPARATUS, POWER GENERATION METHOD, DECOMPOSITION-GAS TURBINE AND DECOMPOSITION-GAS BOILER - A power generation apparatus, a power generation method, a decomposition-gas boiler, and a decomposition-gas turbine with which nitrous oxide may be used as an environmentally friendly energy source. A fuel gas including nitrous oxide (N | 01-08-2015 |
20140378571 | CURABLE COMPOSITION AND USES THEREOF - A curable composition includes (A) silica fine particles surface-modified with at least one silane compound including at least (A1) a polymerizable silane compound of the general formula (1), (B) a (meth)acrylate compound, and (C) a polymerization initiator, | 12-25-2014 |
20140363909 | METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT - A method of producing the organic light emitting element which includes laminating a first substrate, an anode, an organic compound layer and a light reflective cathode in this order. The organic compound layer includes a light emitting layer, and the method of forming the light reflective cathode includes forming an Al thin layer having a thickness of 0.1 to 10 nm in contact with the organic compound layer and laminating a metal layer having a thickness of 70 nm to 10 μm on one side of the Al thin layer opposite the side in contact with the organic compound layer. The Al thin layer forming step is carried out in a vacuum of 1×10 | 12-11-2014 |
20140356544 | RESIN MOLDED BODY FOR ELECTROSTATIC COATING - The present invention relates to a resin molded body for electrostatic coating, which contains resin and carbon fiber that have an average fiber diameter of from 1 nm to 150 nm (inclusive), and which has a surface resistivity of from 1.0×10 | 12-04-2014 |
20140355178 | TUNGSTEN CAPACITOR ANODE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A capacitor anode including a tungsten sintered body having an average pore diameter of 0.3 μm or less; and a method for producing the anode. The method includes forming tungsten powder into a molded body having a density (Dg) of 8 g/cm | 12-04-2014 |
20140352060 | BED HAVING LOAD DETECTION FUNCTION AND LOAD DETECTOR FOR BED - An object of the invention is to provide a bed to which a load detection function is added with a simple structure, while suppressing an increase in the number of parts. The invention also provide a bed with a load detection function in which a load cell of a load detector is incorporated into a caster mechanism of a leg section in a bed body. Additionally, a load detector suitable for the bed is provided. | 12-04-2014 |
20140349212 | OXYGEN REDUCTION CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The present invention concerns an oxygen reduction catalyst comprising composite particles in which primary particles of a titanium compound is dispersed into a carbon structure, wherein the composite particles have titanium, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen as constituent elements, and with regard to a ratio of number of atoms of each of the elements when titanium is taken as 1, a ratio of carbon is larger than 2 and 5 or less, a ratio of nitrogen is larger than 0 and 1 or less, and a ratio of oxygen is 1 or more and 3 or less, and an intensity ratio (D/G ratio) of D band peak intensity to G band peak intensity in a Raman spectrum is in the range of 0.4 to 1.0. The oxygen reduction catalyst according to the present invention has satisfactory initial performance and excellent start-stop durability. | 11-27-2014 |
20140339571 | SILICON CARBIDE EPITAXIAL WAFER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A SiC epitaxial wafer obtained by forming a SiC epitaxial layer on a 4H—SiC single-crystal substrate that is tilted at an off-angle of 0.4° to 5°, wherein linear density of step bunchings, which are connected to shallow pits which are due to screw dislocation in the SiC epitaxial wafer, is 5 mm | 11-20-2014 |
20140339288 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF MULTILAYER CLAD MATERIAL - A production method includes a rolling step of obtaining a laminated plate by clad rolling first and second metallic plates in a superposed manner at a rolling reduction of 25% to 85%, a surface activation treatment step of subjecting at least joint scheduled surfaces of the laminated plate | 11-20-2014 |
20140336310 | BIODEGRADABLE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND BIODEGRADABLE FILM - There are disclosed a biodegradable resin composition including a starch (a1), a biodegradable resin (a2) other than a polylactic acid-based polymer and a non-crystalline polylactic acid-based polymer (b), a mass ratio of the starch (a1) to the biodegradable resin (a2) other than a polylactic acid-based polymer (a1/a2) being from 20/80 to 50/50, and a mass ratio of a sum of the components other than the polymer (b) to the polymer (b) (sum of components other than polymer (b)/polymer (b)) being from 95/5 to 50/50, and a biodegradable film using the biodegradable resin composition. | 11-13-2014 |
20140335428 | GRAPHITE MATERIAL, CARBON MATERIAL FOR BATTERY ELECTRODE, AND BATTERY - A graphite material having pores which, when 200 rectangular regions of 6 μm×8 μm are randomly selected in a surface image of the graphite material observed by a scanning electron microscope, in the surface of the graphite material appearing in the regions, a pore appearing on the surface and having an aperture in a shape having a diameter of 15 nm to 200 nm, a circularity degree of 0.75 to 1.0 and a major axis/minor axis ratio of 1.0 to 1.5 is visible in two regions or more. Also disclosed is a carbon material for battery electrodes, a paste for electrodes, an electrode and a lithium ion secondary battery including the graphite material. | 11-13-2014 |
20140332734 | CONDUCTIVE PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR FORMING CONDUCTIVE PATTERN VIA PHOTO IRRADIATION OR MICROWAVE HEATING - To provide a conductive pattern formation method capable of improving conductivity of a conductive pattern and a composition for forming a conductive pattern by means of photo irradiation or microwave heating. A composition for forming a conductive pattern that contains copper particles each having a copper oxide thin film formed on the entire or a part of a surface thereof, plate-like silver particles each being 10 to 200 nm thickness, and a binder resin is prepared. The composition for forming a conductive pattern is printed in a pattern having a desired shape on a substrate. Photo irradiation or microwave heating is applied to the printed pattern to thereby produce a copper/silver sintered body, to form a conductive film. | 11-13-2014 |
20140327028 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE, LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE LAMP AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A light-emitting diode, a method of manufacturing the same, a lamp and an illumination device. A light-emitting diode ( | 11-06-2014 |
20140326983 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - An organic light-emitting element ( | 11-06-2014 |
20140326368 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SHAPED ARTICLE OF ALUMINUM ALLOY, SHAPED ALUMINUM ALLOY ARTICLE AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM - A method for producing an aluminum-alloy shaped product, includes a step of forging a continuously cast rod of aluminum alloy serving as a forging material, in which the aluminum alloy contains Si in an amount of 10.5 to 13.5 mass %, Fe in an amount of 0.15 to 0.65 mass %, Cu in an amount of 2.5 to 5.5 mass % and Mg in an amount of 0.3 to 1.5 mass %, and heat treatment and heating steps including a step of subjecting the forging material to pre-heat treatment, a step of heating the forging material during a course of forging of the forging material and a step of subjecting a shaped product to post-heat treatment, the pre-heat treatment including treatment of maintaining the forging material at a temperature of −10 to 480° C. for two to six hours. | 11-06-2014 |
20140322353 | COPPER-AND-TITANIUM-CONTAINING COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - The Cu- and Ti-containing composition of the present invention contains titanium oxide having a rutile-type titanium oxide content of 15 mol % or more, and at least one divalent copper compound represented by the following formula (1). The Cu- and Ti-containing composition production method of the present invention is characterized by including stirring a mixture containing titanium oxide having a rutile-type titanium oxide content of 15 mol % or more, a divalent copper compound raw material represented by formula (2), water, and an alkaline compound, to thereby cause precipitation. The composition of the present invention exhibits excellent anti-viral property under light and in the dark, and excellent organic compound decomposition activity under light. | 10-30-2014 |
20140315039 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FINE TUNGSTEN POWDER - A method for finely powdering tungsten powder, which includes dispersing tungsten powder in an aqueous solution containing an oxidizing agent to form an oxide film in the surface of the tungsten powder and removing the oxide film with an alkaline aqueous solution. Also disclosed is a method for producing fine tungsten powder, which includes obtaining tungsten powder having an average particle size of 0.05 to 0.5 μm by a process including the above method for finely powdering. Also disclosed is a tungsten powder having an average particle size of 0.05 to 0.5 μm, in which the dMS value (product of an average particle size d (μm), true density M (g/cm | 10-23-2014 |
20140314612 | R-T-B RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing an R-T-B rare earth sintered magnet includes a process of disposing and sintering a compact of a first alloy powder and an alloy material of a second alloy in a chamber of a sintering furnace. The first alloy consists of R which represents a rare earth element, T which represents a transition metal essentially containing Fe, a metal element M which represents Al and/or Ga, B, Cu, and inevitable impurities. The first alloy contains 11 at % to 17 at % of R, 4.5 at % to 6 at % of B, 0 at % to 1.6 at % of M, and T as the balance, and Dy content in all of the rare earth elements is 0 at % to 29 at %. The second alloy consists of R which represents a rare earth element, T which represents a transition metal essentially containing Fe, a metal element M which represents Al and/or Ga, B, Cu, and inevitable impurities. The second alloy contains 11 at % to 20 at % of R, 4.5 at % to 6 at % of B, and 0 at % to 1.6 at % of M, and T as the balance, and Dy content in all of the rare earth elements is 0 at % to 29 at %. | 10-23-2014 |
20140309326 | CURABLE COMPOSITION - Provided are a polymerizable compound, a photocurable composition, and a photocurable moisture-proof insulating coating material for mounting circuit boards, which reduce environmental impact, excel in surface curability at low irradiation dose, and have high adhesion to substrate materials. The compound according to the present invention has a structural unit derived from a dimerdiol and has, as an end group, a group represented by formula (1): | 10-16-2014 |
20140308542 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC STORAGE APPARATUS - A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, multiple underlayers formed on the substrate, and a magnetic layer formed on the multiple underlayers. A main component of the magnetic layer is an alloy having a L1 | 10-16-2014 |
20140308460 | CONDUCTIVE PATTERN FORMATION METHOD - Provided is a conductive pattern formation method capable of improving conductivity of a conductive pattern. An ink layer | 10-16-2014 |
20140303291 | BIODEGRADABLE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND BIODEGRADABLE FILM - There are disclosed a biodegradable resin composition including a starch (a1), a condensation polymer (a2) of an aliphatic diol and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, a non-crystalline polylactic acid-based polymer (b) and an aliphatic aromatic polyester (c), a mass ratio (a1/a2) being from 20/80 to 50/50, a mass ratio of a composition (A) comprising the components other than the components (b) and (c) to the component (b) ((A)/(b)) being from 95/5 to 50/50, and a mass ratio {(A)+(b)}/(c) being from 98/2 to 85/15, and a biodegradable film using the biodegradable resin composition. | 10-09-2014 |
20140300204 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL, TRANSMISSION SHEET, TRANSMISSION UNIT, AND NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a composite material which is obtained by dispersing conductive filler in a polymer material, wherein an amount of the conductive filler added is 1 part by mass to 25 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymer material, and wherein a relative dielectric constant of the composite material is 30 or higher and a dielectric loss tangent of the composite material is 3 or lower at an AC voltage with a frequency of 100 Hz. | 10-09-2014 |
20140295206 | SUBSTRATE FOR PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM - A substrate | 10-02-2014 |
20140295073 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM FABRICATION METHOD - A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium by sequentially forming a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body, includes forming the lubricant by depositing a first lubricant on the stacked body after forming the protection layer, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere, and depositing a second lubricant on the stacked body after depositing the first lubricant, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere. The first lubricant has a lower molecular mass and a higher chemical polarity than those of the second lubricant. | 10-02-2014 |
20140295072 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM FABRICATION METHOD - A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium includes forming the lubricant by depositing a first lubricant on the stacked body after forming the protection layer, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere, and depositing a second lubricant that is dissolved in an organic solvent onto the stacked body after depositing the first lubricant. A molecular mass of a compound included in the first lubricant is higher than that of the second lubricant, and a chemical polarity of the compound included in the first lubricant is lower than that of the second lubricant. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294989 | COPPER-AND-TITANIUM-CONTAINING COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - The Cu- and Ti-containing composition of the present invention contains titanium oxide including rutile-crystal-type titanium oxide, and a divalent copper compound, wherein the rutile-crystal-type titanium oxide exhibits the most intense diffraction peak attributed to rutile-type titanium oxide having a full width at half maximum of 0.65° or less, in a Cu—Kα line X-ray diffraction pattern, which is obtained by plotting intensity of diffraction line with respect to diffraction angle 2θ. The composition exhibits excellent anti-viral property under light and in the dark, and excellent organic compound degradability under light. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294663 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FINE TUNGSTEN POWDER - A method for finely powdering tungsten powder, which includes electrolytically oxidizing tungsten powder while stirring in an aqueous mineral-acid solution to form an oxide film in the surface of the tungsten powder and removing the oxide film with an alkaline aqueous solution; a method for producing tungsten powder to obtain fine tungsten powder by a process including the above method for finely powdering; and a tungsten powder having an average particle size of 0.04 to 0.4 μm, in which the dMS value (product of an average particle size d (μm), true density M (g/cm | 10-02-2014 |
20140292007 | SHOCK ABSORBING MEMBER - A shock absorbing member according to the present invention includes an outer peripheral wall ( | 10-02-2014 |
20140291612 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A light-emitting diode and method of manufacturing the same, including a flat portion and a mesa structure including an inclined side surface formed by wet etching and a top surface. A protective film and an electrode film sequentially cover a part of the flat portion and at least a part of the mesa structure, the protective film including an electrical conduction window arranged around a light emission hole and from which a compound semiconductor layer is exposed. The electrode film is a continuous film that contacts the surface of the exposed compound semiconductor layer, covers a portion of the protective film formed on the flat portion, and has the light emission hole on the top surface. A transparent film is formed between a reflecting layer and a compound semiconductor layer. A through-electrode is provided in a range of the transparent film which overlaps the light emission hole. | 10-02-2014 |
20140287167 | POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION, POLYMER, IMAGE-DISPLAY DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a polymerizable composition for providing a thin image-display device that does not exhibit display problems due to deformation of an image-display unit, allows high-brightness, high-contrast image display, and tolerates heat well. A polymerizable composition for forming a polymer layer interposed between an image-display unit in an image-display device and a light-transmitting protective part. Said polymerizable composition is characterized by containing the following: (1) a (meth)acryloyl group-containing compound that has a structural unit derived from a (poly)ester polyol and/or a structural unit derived from a (poly)carbonate polyol; (2) a (meth)acryloyl group-containing compound that has a C | 09-25-2014 |
20140287146 | PRODUCTION PROCESS OF FILM AND COLUMN FOR CATION CHROMATOGRAPHY - One object of the present invention is to produce a weakly acidic cation exchanger under mild conditions. Another object of the present invention is to produce a more firm weakly acidic cation exchange film. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a weakly acidic cation exchanger capable of realizing high-level separation of monovalent cation and simultaneously analyzing monovalent cation and divalent cation and also provide a chromatography column using the ion exchanger. In the production method of a weakly acidic cation exchanger of the invention, a solvent incapable of dissolving a polymer having a double bond within the molecule is used and the weakly acidic cation exchanger is produced by polymerization at temperature of 100° C. or less. | 09-25-2014 |
20140275437 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ALIPHATIC POLYESTER HAVING INCREASED MOLECULAR WEIGHT - The present invention relates to a method for producing an aliphatic polyester having an increased molecular weight comprising the steps of:
| 09-18-2014 |
20140272596 | COMPOSITE CARBON FIBERS - Provided is composite carbon fibers comprising multi-walled carbon nanotubes wherein 99% by number or more of the multi-walled carbon nanotubes have a fiber diameter of not less than 5 nm and not more than 40 nm, carbon particles having a primary particle diameter of not less than 20 nm and not more than 100 nm and graphitized carbon nanofibers wherein 99% by number or more of the graphitized carbon nanofibers have a fiber diameter of not less than 50 nm and not more than 300 nm, wherein the multi-walled carbon nanotubes are homogeneously dispersed between the graphitized carbon nanofibers and the carbon particles. | 09-18-2014 |
20140255619 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FUEL CELL SEPARATOR - Provided is a method for producing a fuel cell separator which can achieve a stable power generation over a prolonged period of time and a method of producing the fuel cell separator. The fuel cell separator has a recess for gas flow path whose surface is roughened in such a manner that the arithmetic mean roughness Ra is 0.5 to 10 μm, and the recess for gas flow path is brought into contact with a fluorine-containing gas or a gas containing both fluorine and oxygen. The thus obtained fuel cell separator can retain a uniform liquid film formed on the surface thereof for at least 10 seconds when a test piece prepared from the fuel cell separator is immersed in water for 30 seconds and pulled out therefrom to a position at not less than 1 cm from the water surface within 1 second. | 09-11-2014 |
20140255292 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES - A method for producing a graphite material for lithium ion batteries, including a step for exothermically graphitizing a carbon material by directly applying an electric current therethrough. The carbon material is obtained by heating at a temperature in the range of 800° C.-1500° C. inclusive and subsequently pulverizing an organic carbon starting material, has a compact powder resistivity of 0.3 Ωcm or less when compressed to a density of 1.4 g/cm | 09-11-2014 |
20140242268 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM FABRICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium sequentially forms a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body. The lubricant layer is formed on a surface of the protection layer by vapor-phase lubrication without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere after forming the protection layer on the stacked body. Nitrogen atoms or oxygen atoms are injected onto the surface of the protection layer after forming the protection layer and before forming the lubricant layer. | 08-28-2014 |
20140239738 | TRANSMISSION SHEET, TRANSMISSION UNIT, AND NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a transmission sheet constituting a transmission unit used for a non-contact power transmission system, wherein the transmission sheet comprises a functional composite material layer wherein the functional composite material layer is obtained by dispersing conductive filler in a polymer material, wherein an amount of the conductive filler added in the functional composite material layer is 90 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymer material, and wherein a conductivity of the functional composite material layer is 10 S/m or higher. | 08-28-2014 |
20140234927 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR ORGANIC ACID USING COA-TRANSFERASE - The present invention relates to a method of producing organic acids, comprising biochemical synthesis of organic acid-CoA using acetyl-CoA as a substrate and conducting CoA elimination reaction of the organic acid-CoA using CoA transferase in the presence of acetic acid, in which organic acid is obtained by culturing transformed microorganisms which have an enzyme gene cluster for the synthesis of organic acid-CoA using acetyl-CoA as a substrate and a CoA transferase gene. | 08-21-2014 |
20140234724 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BATTERY ELECTRODE - A battery electrode is obtained by a method comprising: mixing active material (A), carbon fibers (B) having a fiber diameter of not less than 50 nm and not more than 300 nm, carbon fibers (C) having a fiber diameter of not less than 5 nm and not more than 40 nm, carbon black (D) and a binder (E) by dry process to obtain a mixture; to the mixture, adding not less than 5/95 and not more than 20/80 of a liquid medium by mass relative to the total mass of the active material (A), the carbon fibers (B), the carbon fibers (C), carbon black (D) and the binder (E); performing kneading while applying shear stress; and shaping the kneaded material into a sheet form. | 08-21-2014 |
20140233154 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ANODE BODY OF CAPACITOR - A method of manufacturing an anode body of a capacitor. An anode body of a capacitor is obtained by sintering a molded body of tungsten powder, which includes sintering the molded body by exposing the molded body to silicon vapor so that at least a part of the surface of the obtained sintered body is made to be tungsten silicide. | 08-21-2014 |
20140230722 | EPITAXIAL WAFER MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - An epitaxial wafer manufacturing device, including a shield ( | 08-21-2014 |
20140215918 | METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PLANT - A plant-cultivating method is provided which comprises a step (A) of irradiating a plant with a red light and a step (B) of irradiating a plant with a blue light, and a step (C) of irradiating a plant with a light predominantly comprised of far-red light wherein the step (A), the step (B) and the step (C) are independently and separately carried out for a predetermined period of time. The light irradiated at each of the steps (A), (B) and (C) has at least 60%, based on the total emission intensity of the light, of an emission intensity ratio of red light, blue light or far-red light. | 08-07-2014 |
20140215917 | PLANT CULTIVATION LAMP AND PLANT CULTIVATION METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided is a plant cultivation lamp used in a plant cultivation method including a step of independently performing a sequence of irradiating a plant with red light and a sequence of irradiating the plant with blue light within a certain period of time, including: a light irradiation unit that includes one or more red light emitting elements that emit red light and one or more blue light emitting elements that emit blue light; and a control unit that controls the light irradiation unit to independently turn on and off the red light emitting elements and the blue light emitting elements. | 08-07-2014 |
20140215916 | PLANT CULTIVATION METHOD AND PLANT CULTIVATION APPARATUS - A plant cultivation method is provided, including: a sequence of irradiating a plant with sunlight; a sequence of irradiating the plant with red light; and a sequence of irradiating the plant with blue light, in which the sequences are performed independently within a certain period of time. A plant cultivation apparatus is also provided, including: a region in which a plant is irradiated with sunlight; a light irradiation unit that irradiates the plant with artificial light including red light and/or blue light; and a control unit that controls the light irradiation unit to independently perform a step of irradiating a plant with red light and a step of irradiating the plant with blue light. | 08-07-2014 |
20140215915 | METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PLANT - A plant-cultivating method is provided which comprises a red light irradiation step (A) and a blue light irradiation step (B), wherein the step (A) and the step (B) are independently carried out for a predetermined period of time under cultivation conditions such that the temperature in a cultivation atmosphere at the step (A) is lower than that at the step (B). Preferably, the temperatures in a cultivation atmosphere at the step (A) and the step (B) are in the ranges of 12° C. to 19° C. and 20° C. to 25° C., respectively. | 08-07-2014 |
20140215914 | METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PLANT - A plant-cultivating method is provided which comprises a red light irradiation step (A) and a blue light irradiation step (B), wherein the step (A) and the step (B) are independently carried out for a predetermined period of time under cultivation conditions such that the concentration of carbon dioxide in a cultivation atmosphere at the step (B) is higher than that at the step (A). Preferably the concentrations of carbon dioxide at the step (B) and the step (A) are 1000-2500 ppm and 700-1500 ppm, respectively. The concentration of carbon dioxide at the step (B) is preferably at least 200 ppm higher than that at the step (A). | 08-07-2014 |
20140215913 | METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PLANT - A plant-cultivating method is provided wherein a red light irradiation step (A) and a blue light irradiation step (B) are independently carried out for a predetermined time period, and far-red light is additionally irradiated concurrently with red light at step (A) or with blue light at step (B), or, with red light and blue light at step (A) and step (B), respectively. When far-red light is irradiated concurrently with red light at step (A), the emission intensity of red light is larger than that of far-red light, and an emission intensity ratio of red light to the total lights at step (A) is at least 50%. When far-red light is irradiated concurrently with blue light at step (B), the emission intensity of blue light is larger than that of far-red light, and an emission intensity ratio of blue light to the total lights at step (B) is at least 50%. | 08-07-2014 |
20140215912 | METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PLANT - A plant-cultivating method is provided which comprises a red light irradiation step (A) and a blue light irradiation step (B), wherein the step (A) and the step (B) are independently carried out for a predetermined period of time under cultivation conditions such that a fertilizer is used at each of the step (A) and the step (B), of which at least the fertilizer used at the step (B) is applied in the form of a nutritious liquid containing fertilizer ingredients and further an increased amount of dissolved oxygen, which nutritious liquid is prepared by adding oxygen therein. Preferably, a nutritious liquid is applied at each of the step (A) and the step (B), and the nutritious liquid applied at the step (B) contains dissolved oxygen at a content higher than that in the nutritious liquid applied at the step (A). | 08-07-2014 |
20140215911 | METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PLANT - A plant-cultivating method is provided which comprises a red light irradiation step (A) and a blue light irradiation step (B), wherein the step (A) and the step (B) are independently carried out for a predetermined period of time under cultivation conditions such that amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium as fertilizer ingredients as used at the step (B) are smaller than amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium as fertilizer ingredients, respectively, as used at the step (A). Preferably, fertilizer ingredients are applied in amounts such that a growth medium at the step (B) contains 10-15 me/L of nitrogen, 1-4 me/L of phosphorus and 2-6 me/L of potassium, and a growth medium at the step (A) contains 15-20 me/L of nitrogen, 3-6 me/L of phosphorus and 6-9 me/L of potassium. | 08-07-2014 |
20140215910 | METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PLANT - A plant-cultivating method is provided which comprises a red light irradiation step (A) and a blue light irradiation step (B), wherein the step (A) and the step (B) are independently carried out for a predetermined period of time under cultivation conditions such that the humidity in a cultivation atmosphere at the step (A) is higher than that at the step (B). Preferably the humidities in a cultivation atmosphere at the step (A) and the step (B) are in the ranges of 60%-90% and 40%-60%, respectively. | 08-07-2014 |
20140215906 | METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PLANT - A plant-cultivating method is provided which comprises a step (A) of irradiating a plant with a red light and a step (B) of irradiating a plant with a blue light, wherein the step (A) and the step (B) are independently carried out for a predetermined period of time under cultivation conditions such that a fertilizer is used for each of the step (A) and the step (B), of which at least the fertilizer used for the step (A) is applied in the form of a nutritious liquid containing fertilizer ingredients and further carbon dioxide added therein. Preferably, a nutritious liquid is applied at each of the step (A) and the step (B), and the nutritious liquid applied at the step (A) contains carbon dioxide at a concentration higher than that in the nutritious liquid applied at the step (B). | 08-07-2014 |
20140212762 | COMPOSITE ELECTRODE MATERIAL - Particles (A) including an element capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions, carbon particles (B) capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (C), carbon nanofibers (D) and optionally electrically conductive carbon particles (E) are mixed in the presence of shear force to obtain a composite electrode material. A lithium ion secondary battery is obtained using the above composite electrode material. | 07-31-2014 |
20140212579 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM FABRICATION METHOD - A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium by sequentially forming a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body, includes forming the lubricant by depositing a first lubricant on the stacked body after forming the protection layer, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere, and depositing a second lubricant that is dissolved in an organic solvent onto the stacked body after depositing the first lubricant. | 07-31-2014 |
20140212577 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM FABRICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium by sequentially forming a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body, includes forming the lubricant by depositing a first lubricant on the stacked body after forming the protection layer, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere, and depositing a second lubricant on the stacked body after depositing the first lubricant, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere. | 07-31-2014 |
20140204484 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium, includes at least: forming an orientation control layer | 07-24-2014 |
20140203255 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An organic light-emitting element ( | 07-24-2014 |
20140203218 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A method is employed for producing a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery that comprises mixing lithium phosphate having a particle diameter D | 07-24-2014 |
20140200345 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR 2-ALKENYLAMINE COMPOUND - Provided is a method for producing a 2-alkenylamine compound efficiently and at low cost, using a primary or secondary amine compound and a 2-alkenyl compound as the starting materials therefor. The 2-alkenyleamine compound is produced by 2-alkenylating a primary or secondary amine compound, using a specified 2-alkenylating agent and in the presence of a catalyst comprising a complexing agent and a transition metal precursor stabilized by a monovalent anionic five-membered conjugated diene. | 07-17-2014 |
20140199476 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM FABRICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium sequentially forms a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body. The stacked body is enclosed in a transfer container unit without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere after forming the protection layer on the stacked body by a deposition apparatus, and the transfer container unit is transported to a vapor-phase lubrication deposition apparatus. The stacked body is removed from the transfer container unit without exposing the stacked body to the atmosphere, in order to form the lubricant layer on the stacked body within the vapor-phase lubrication deposition apparatus. | 07-17-2014 |
20140199475 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF SAME - A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery having a core portion and a shell layer is employed in which the core portion is represented by Lix | 07-17-2014 |
20140199357 | ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTIVIRAL COMPOSITION, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An antimicrobial and antiviral composition, a method of producing the same, and the like are provided, which are capable of exhibiting an excellent antimicrobial and antiviral properties over a long time in the application for various uses. The antimicrobial and antiviral composition contains cuprous oxide particles having a BET specific surface area of 5 to 100 m | 07-17-2014 |
20140193739 | OXYGEN REDUCTION CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - It is an object of the present invention to provide an oxygen reducing catalyst having high catalytic activity and high durability using a transition metal (such as titanium); and a method for producing a fuel cell electrode catalyst using the oxygen reducing catalyst. The present invention provides the oxygen reduction catalyst including titanium, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen as constituent elements at a specific ratio, wherein in XRD measurement using a Cu—Kα ray, peaks are each present in at least regions A and B among regions A to D which occupy 2θ ranges of 42° to 43°, B: 36.5° to 37°, 25° to 26°, and 27° to 28°, respectively; and each of maximum peak intensities I | 07-10-2014 |
20140191831 | R-T-B RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET, ALLOY FOR R-T-B RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An R-T-B rare earth sintered magnet contains R which represents a rare earth element; T which represents a transition metal essentially containing Fe; a metal element M which represents Al and/or Ga; B; Cu; and inevitable impurities the R-T-B rare earth sintered magnet including 13.4 to 17 at % of R, 4.5 to 5.5 at % of B, and 0.1 to 2.0 at % of M, and T as the balance; in which the R-T-B rare earth sintered magnet is formed of a sintered body which includes a main phase composed of R | 07-10-2014 |
20140190400 | EPITAXIAL WAFER MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is an epitaxial wafer manufacturing device ( | 07-10-2014 |
20140186743 | FUEL CELL CATALYST LAYER AND USES THEREOF - Provided is a fuel cell catalyst layer which has a catalytic performance equivalent to or higher than fuel cell catalyst layers containing platinum alone and which is inexpensive. The fuel cell catalyst layer of the present invention includes a metal oxycarbonitride-containing layer (I) and a platinum-containing layer (II). It is preferable that the mass ratio per unit area of the metal oxycarbonitride in the layer (I) to platinum in the layer (II) (metal oxycarbonitride/platinum) is 2 to 500. It is preferable that the mass per unit area of platinum in the layer (II) is 0.005 to 0.2 mg/cm | 07-03-2014 |
20140186240 | PROCESS FOR NEUTRALIZING BAUXITE DISSOLUTION RESIDUAL SUBSTANCE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE - A process for neutralization is provided which can maintain a high solid content of a bauxite dissolution residual substance slurry even after a neutralization treatment is completed and the stabilize pH within a short time of the neutralization treatment. Such a process for neutralizing a bauxite dissolution residual substance containing a desiliconizing product which is generated in the production process of aluminum hydroxide using Bayer process, includes: mixing a bauxite dissolution residual substance or a bauxite dissolution residual substance slurry with sulfuric acid in an amount ranging from 0.6 to 1.2 equivalence to the total amount of sodium contained in the bauxite dissolution residual substance or a bauxite dissolution residual substance slurry, such that the solid content after mixing becomes 400 to 700 g/l to gelate the mixture, and thereafter obtaining a bauxite dissolution residual substance neutralized slurry. | 07-03-2014 |
20140183588 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided are a light-emitting diode which prevents degradation of reflectance and which enables high-luminosity light emission, and its manufacturing method. Such a light-emitting diode includes a substrate ( | 07-03-2014 |
20140178790 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING OXYGEN REDUCING CATALYST AND USES THEREOF - A process for producing an oxygen reducing catalyst including a step of heat-treating, in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, a catalyst precursor including a compound (i) supplying a carbon element and a nitrogen element by heating in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, and a compound (ii) containing at least one element of iron and cobalt. Also disclosed is an oxygen reducing catalyst, a fuel cell catalyst layer including the oxygen reducing catalyst, an electrode including the fuel cell catalyst layer, a membrane-electrode assembly including the electrode and a fuel cell including the membrane-electrode assembly. | 06-26-2014 |
20140175461 | SIC EPITAXIAL WAFER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided are a SiC epitaxial wafer in which the surface density of stacking faults is reduced, and a manufacturing method thereof. The method for manufacturing such a SiC epitaxial wafer comprises a step of determining a ratio of basal plane dislocations (BPD), which causes stacking faults in a SiC epitaxial film of a prescribed thickness which is formed on a SiC single crystal substrate having an off angle, to basal plane dislocations which are present on a growth surface of the SiC single crystal substrate, a step of determining an upper limit of surface density of basal plane dislocations on the growth surface of a SiC single crystal substrate used based on the above ratio, and a step of preparing a SiC single crystal substrate which has surface density equal to or less than the above upper limit, and forming a SiC epitaxial film on the SiC single crystal substrate under the same conditions as the growth conditions of the epitaxial film used in the step of determining the ratio. | 06-26-2014 |
20140171687 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR 2-ALKENYLAMINE COMPOUND - Provided is a method for producing a 2-alkenylamine compound efficiently and at low cost, using a primary or secondary amine compound and a 2-alkenyl compound as the starting materials therefor. The 2-alkenylamine compound is produced by adding Bronsted acid when 2-alkenylating by reacting the primary or secondary amine compound with the 2-alkenyl compound, and 2-alkenylating in the presence of a catalyst comprising a complexing agent and a transition metal precursor stabilized by a monovalent anionic five-membered conjugated diene. | 06-19-2014 |
20140170733 | ALGAE CULTIVATION METHOD AND ALGAE CULTIVATION EQUIPMENT - As a simple and convenient method for promoting the proliferation of algae, a method for cultivating the algae while conducting a procedure S | 06-19-2014 |
20140170528 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A FUEL CELL ELECTRODE CATALYST, FUEL CELL ELECTRODE CATALYST AND USE THEREOF - Provided is a process for producing a fuel cell electrode catalyst with high catalytic activity that is alternative to a noble metal catalyst, through a heat treatment at a relatively low temperature. A process for producing a fuel cell electrode catalyst includes a step (I) of obtaining a catalyst precursor, including a step (Ia) of mixing at least a metal compound (1), a nitrogen-containing organic compound (2), and a fluorine-containing compound (3), and a step (II) of heat-treating the catalyst precursor at a temperature of 500 to 1300° C. to obtain an electrode catalyst, a portion or the entirety of the metal compound (1) being a compound containing an atom of a metal element M1 selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, chromium, nickel, copper, zinc, titanium, niobium and zirconium, and at least one of the compounds (1), (2) and (3) containing an oxygen atom. | 06-19-2014 |
20140170527 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CATALYST FOR DIRECT-LIQUID FUEL CELL, CATALYST PRODUCED BY THE PROCESS AND USES THEREOF - In a direct-liquid fuel cell supplied directly with a liquid fuel, a process for producing an electrode catalyst for a direct-liquid fuel cell is provided which is capable of suppressing decrease in cathode potential caused by liquid fuel crossover and providing an inexpensive and high-performance electrode catalyst for a direct-liquid fuel cell. The process for producing an electrode catalyst for a direct-liquid fuel cell includes Step A of mixing at least a transition metal-containing compound with a nitrogen-containing organic compound to obtain a catalyst precursor composition, and Step C of heat-treating the catalyst precursor composition at a temperature of from 500 to 1100° C. to obtain an electrode catalyst, wherein part or entirety of the transition metal-containing compound includes, as a transition metal element, at least one transition metal element M1 selected from Group IV and Group V elements of the periodic table. | 06-19-2014 |
20140170526 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION AND USE OF CARBONITRIDE MIXTURE PARTICLES OR OXYCARBONITRIDE MIXTURE PARTICLES - The invention has an object of providing catalysts that are not corroded in acidic electrolytes or at high potential, have excellent durability and show high oxygen reducing ability. An aspect of the invention is directed to a process wherein metal carbonitride mixture particles or metal oxycarbonitride mixture particles are produced from an organometallic compound of a Group IV or V transition metal, a metal salt of a Group IV or V transition metal, or a mixture of these compounds using laser light as a light source. | 06-19-2014 |
20140170499 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND ANODE COMPOSITION, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The invention relates to an anode for lithium secondary battery comprising vapor grown carbon fiber uniformly dispersed without forming an agglomerate of 10 μm or larger in an anode active material using natural graphite or artificial graphite, which anode is excellent in long cycle life and large current characteristics. Composition used for production for the anode can be produced, for example, by mixing a thickening agent solution containing an anode active material, a thickening agent aqueous solution and styrene butadiene rubber as binder with a composition containing carbon fiber dispersed in a thickening agent with a predetermined viscosity or by mixing an anode active material with vapor grown carbon fiber in dry state and then adding polyvinylidene difluoride thereto. | 06-19-2014 |
20140165462 | PLANT CULTIVATION METHOD AND PLANT CULTIVATION EQUIPMENT - As a plant cultivation method by an artificial light irradiation which is convenient, highly energy efficient, and excellent in growth promoting effect, a plant cultivation method which promotes the plant growth by conducting a step S | 06-19-2014 |
20140147748 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium secondary battery negative electrode material | 05-29-2014 |
20140145214 | SIC EPITAXIAL WAFER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING SIC EPITAXIAL WAFER - A SiC epitaxial wafer manufacturing method of the present invention includes: manufacturing a SiC epitaxial wafer including a SiC epitaxial layer on a surface of a SiC single crystal wafer while supplying a raw material gas into a chamber using a SIC epitaxial wafer manufacturing apparatus; and manufacturing a subsequent SiC epitaxial wafer after measuring a surface density of triangular defects originating from a material piece of an internal member of the chamber on the SiC epitaxial layer of the previously manufactured SiC epitaxial wafer. | 05-29-2014 |
20140140004 | HEAT SINK FOR POWER MODULE - A power module includes a power device and a heat sink. The heat sink includes a refrigerant passage in which a cooling medium flows and a corrugated fin body arranged in the refrigerant passage. The refrigerant passage is defined by a surface and a backside, and the power device is disposed in proximity to the surface. The corrugated fin body has crests and troughs that extend in the flow direction of the cooling medium and side walls each of which connects the corresponding one of the crests with the adjacent one of the troughs. Each adjacent pair of the side walls and the corresponding one of the crests or the corresponding one of the troughs arranged between the adjacent side walls form a fin. A guide that extends in the flow direction of the cooling medium and operates to stir the cooling medium is arranged in each of the fins. | 05-22-2014 |
20140139946 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - Disclosed is a magnetic recording medium having at minimum a magnetic layer, a protective layer and a lubricant agent layer on a non-magnetic substrate in sequential order, in which the protective layer is formed of carbon or silicon carbide, the lubricant agent layer is formed by being in contact with the protective layer, contains compound A shown in the below general formula (1) and compound B, in which the mass ratio (A/B) of the compound A with respect to the compound B is in the range of 0.05 to 0.9 and the average film thickness of the lubricant agent layer is 0.8 nm to 2 nm. | 05-22-2014 |
20140133047 | SERVO INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD AND MAGNETIC STORAGE APPARATUS - A servo information recording method continuously records servo information in a radial direction of a magnetic disk on a plurality of concentric tracks or on a single spiral track of a first recording layer that forms a magnetic layer of the magnetic disk together with a second recording layer to which data are recorded and from which data are reproduced, wherein the first recording layer has a coercivity higher than that of the second recording layer, and partially overlaps two mutually adjacent tracks when continuously recording the servo information on an entire surface of the first recording layer. | 05-15-2014 |
20140132377 | ALLOY FOR R-T-B-BASED RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET, PROCESS OF PRODUCING ALLOY FOR R-T-B-BASED RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET, ALLOY MATERIAL FOR R-T-B-BASED RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET, R-T-B-BASED RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET, PROCESS OF PRODUCING R-T-B-BASED RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET, AND MOTOR - An alloy for R-T-B-based rare earth sintered magnets which contains R which is a rare earth element; T which is a transition metal essentially containing Fe; a metallic element M containing one or more metals selected from Al, Ga and Cu; B and inevitable impurities, in which R accounts for 13 at % to 15 at %, B accounts for 4.5 at % to 6.2 at %, M accounts for 0.1 at % to 2.4 at %, T accounts for balance, a proportion of Dy in all rare earth elements is in a range of 0 at % to 65 at %, and the following Formula 1 is satisfied, | 05-15-2014 |
20140131690 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT - An organic light emitting element ( | 05-15-2014 |
20140127574 | SECONDARY-BATTERY CURRENT COLLECTOR, SECONDARY-BATTERY CATHODE, SECONDARY-BATTERY ANODE, SECONDARY BATTERY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A secondary-battery current collector comprising an aluminum foil and a film containing an ion-permeable compound and carbon fine particles formed thereon or a secondary-battery current collector comprising an aluminum foil, a film containing an ion-permeable compound and carbon fine particles formed thereon as the lower layer, and a film containing a binder, carbon fine particles and a cathodic electroactive material formed thereon as the upper layer, a production method of the same, and a secondary battery having the current collector are provided. | 05-08-2014 |
20140124733 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE, LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LAMP, AND ILLUMINATING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a light-emitting diode, which has a red and infrared emitting wavelength, excellent monochromatism characteristics, and high output and high efficiency and excellent humidity resistance. The light-emitting diode is provided with: a light-emitting section, which includes an active layer having a quantum well structure and formed by laminating alternately a well layer which comprises a composition expressed by the composition formula of (Al | 05-08-2014 |
20140120454 | FUEL CELL ELECTRODE CATALYST AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF - A fuel cell electrode catalyst which includes, at least, M1 that is at least one element selected from 3 to 7 group transition metal elements; M2 that is at least one element selected from iron group elements; M3 that is at least one element selected from 13 group elements; carbon; nitrogen; and oxygen, as constitutional elements, wherein when the atomic ratios of the elements (M1:M2:M3:carbon:nitrogen:oxygen) are represented by a:b:c:x:y:z, 0 | 05-01-2014 |
20140120423 | ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES - This invention related to an electrode for lithium secondary batteries, which enables high-rate charging and discharging and is capable of maintaining high battery capacity retention ratio even under large charge and discharge current conditions; a lithium secondary battery; and a method for producing an electrode for lithium secondary batteries. The electrode for lithium secondary batteries includes a metal foil, a coating layer that is provided on the surface of the metal foil and an electrode mixture laminated on the surface of the coating layer, and wherein the coating layer contains a binder and conductive particles; and the electrode mixture contains an electrode active material and 0 to 1.4 mass % of a conductive additive with respect to the electrode mixture. | 05-01-2014 |
20140120420 | COMPOSITE ELECTRODE MATERIAL - A composite electrode material consisting of a carbon coated complex oxide, fibrous carbon and a binder. Said material is prepared by a method which includes co-grinding an active electrode material and fibrous carbon, and adding a binder to the co-grinded mixture to lower the viscosity of the mixture. The fibrous carbon is preferably vapor grown carbon fibers. | 05-01-2014 |
20140113189 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE SUBSTANCE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The present invention provides an anode material for a lithium secondary battery, which material realizes prolongation of the cycle life of a lithium secondary battery. The present invention relates to an anode active material for a lithium secondary battery, the active material containing a powder produced by a step of forming an etched foil through etching of both surfaces of a foil of Al having a purity of 90 mass % or higher, and a step of shredding the etched foil, the steps being carried out in this order. | 04-24-2014 |