| NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE Patent applications |
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| 20120129006 | WELDING STRUCTURAL PART AND WELDING METHOD OF THE SAME - A welding structural part | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127554 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND COLOR ELECTRONIC PAPER USING THE SAME - Provided are a display device which is advantageous not only in that it can smoothly switch display/non-display for a desired pattern and has a memory effect, but also in that the display device has a simple construction of the members thereof and can be driven at a low voltage, and exhibits high display contrast and can be increased in the display area, and a color electronic paper using the same. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125067 | ORIFICE PLATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE ORIFICE PLATE - An orifice plate for liquid injection made of plate-shaped stainless steel, wherein an orifice is formed by shearing, is characterized in that the average crystal grain size of the stainless steel is 3 μm or less. The thickness of the plate-shaped stainless steel is 1.2 mm or less, and preferably 0.1 mm or less. The aspect ratio of the orifices is 0.8 or lower. The orifices are formed orthogonal to the plate surface, or slanted by 50° or at smaller angles. The plate-shaped stainless steel has a composition containing C, Mn, and Si. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120120986 | THERMOCOUPLE AND THERMOMETER USING THAT - The invention has for its object the provision of a thermocouple having a fused portion that is kept against growing bulky in a small ball form, and a process for fabricating the same. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119234 | PHOSPHOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - The present invention is a phosphor expressed by the general formula (A | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118440 | HIGH-STRENGTH AND HIGH-DUCTILITY DIE-QUENCHED PARTS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength die-quenched part | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120112299 | FERROMAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION STRUCTURE AND MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT USING THE SAME - For the present ferromagnetic tunnel junction structure, employed is a means characterized by using an MgO barrier and using a Co | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120099291 | OXYNITRIDE FLUORESCENT MATERIAL AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - An oxynitride fluorescent material includes a JEM phase as a mother crystal and a luminescence center element Ce. The oxynitride fluorescent material has a fluorescence spectrum with a maximum emission wavelength of 420 nm to 500 nm inclusive and an excitation spectrum with a maximum excitation wavelength of 250 nm to 400 nm inclusive. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120097603 | PROCESS FOR FABRICATING MEMBRANE FILTERS, AND MEMBRANE FILTERS - The invention provides a process for fabricating a membrane filter that can stand up to filtration of nanometer-scaled fine particles or organic molecules, and a membrane filter having that filtration feature. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120083409 | TIO2 NANOPARTICLES - Disclosed is a TiO | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120067410 | SCHOTTKY-BARRIER JUNCTION ELEMENT, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL USING THE SAME - A Schottky-barrier junction element | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120064400 | Negative-Electrode Material And Lithium Secondary Battery Using Same - An embodiment of the present application aims at providing a material which repeatedly undergoes a conversion reaction and an alloying reaction to have an improved coulombic efficiency in a first cycle of the repeating, and thereby allowing the material to serve as a high-electrical capacity negative electrode of a lithium secondary battery. In order to attain the object, a negative-electrode material is made by mixed dispersion of (i) nanoparticles of an electrical conducting material having electronic conduction and (ii) nanoparticles of an electrode active material which is reducible to a simple substance which undergoes an alloying reaction with lithium. The electrical conducting material is a sulfide having electronic conduction, and the electrode active material is a sulfide of an element which undergoes the alloying reaction with lithium. Further, the element which undergoes the alloying reaction with lithium is silicon. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120032579 | Phosphor, production method thereof and light emitting instrument - A light emitting element includes a light-emitting source for emitting light at a wavelength of 330 to 500 nm and a constituent phosphor. The constituent phosphor includes a compound including M, A, Al, O, and N, where M is at least one kind of element selected from Mn, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb, and A is at least one kind of element selected from C, Si, Ge, Sn, B, Ga, In, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Y, La, Gd, Lu, Ti, Zr, Hf, Ta, and W. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20110311818 | Titanium dioxide particles doped with rare earth element - Titanium dioxide particles is doped with a rare earth element. The doping ratio of the rare earth element is within a range more than 0 at % and not more than 5.0 at %, and the rare earth element is substituted for titanium atoms in the unit lattice of titanium dioxide so that the titanium dioxide particles emit light attributable to the rare earth element when the titanium dioxide particles are irradiated with light having the absorption wavelength of titanium dioxide and showing a peak at 360 nm. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110303655 | WELDING EQUIPMENT FOR METALLIC MATERIALS AND METHOD FOR WELDING METALLIC MATERIALS - A welding equipment for metallic materials capable of performing heat treatment such as tempering based on partial heating in spot welding is provided. The welding equipment | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110301344 | WATER-SOLUBLE PHTHALOCYANINE DYE - The invention has for its object to provide a water-soluble phthalocyanine dye unlikely to lose its own properties even upon dissolved in a concentration as high as 10 | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110280786 | SILICON MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method for producing silicon, the method comprising a heating step of heating a metal powder M | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110251281 | Composite Material Comprising High-Molecular-Weight Matrix and Low-Molecular-Weight Organic Compound and Process For Producing Same - Previously reported composite materials comprising a hydrophilic high-molecular-weight matrix and a low-molecular-weight organic compound involve a problem in that: it is difficult to compound a high load of the low-molecular-weight organic compound in the high-molecular-weight matrix; and thus produced composite material yields a high-molecular-weight matrix component that can form a thrombus when contacting with blood. Now, it becomes possible to produce a composite material having an antithrombogenic activity and a high content of a low-molecular-weight organic compound by the present invention comprising the steps of: crosslinking a polymer with an organic acid derivative which is used as a crosslinker in an organic solvent while at the same time embedding the low-molecular-weight organic compound therein; and substituting the organic solvent by water after the production of the high-molecular-weight matrix to effect precipitation and compounding of the low-molecular-weight organic compound in the high-molecular-weight matrix. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110235309 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An illumination device for a display device, which is formed from a substrate and a plurality of white light-emitting devices disposed on top of the substrate, and can be used as a backlight for a liquid crystal display panel, wherein the white light-emitting devices have a light source and a phosphor that is excited by the light source and emits light, and a fluorescent material with a composition represented by a general formula: M(0) | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110233689 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - There is provided a semiconductor device that includes a III-V Group compound semiconductor having a zinc-blende-type crystal structure, an insulating material being in contact with the (111) plane of the III-V Group compound semiconductor, a plane of the III-V Group compound semiconductor equivalent to the (111) plane, or a plane that has an off angle with respect to the (111) plane or the plane equivalent to the (111) plane, and an MIS-type electrode being in contact with the insulating material and including a metal conductive material. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110213154 | Bis-terpyridine monomer - A bis-terpyridine monomer includes a first terpyridyl substituent (A), a second terpyridyl substituent (B), and a spacer that contains at least one benzene ring and links the first terpyridyl substituent (A) and the second terpyridyl substituent (B). The bis-terpyridine monomer is represented by the following formula (10): | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110206860 | Method for forming polarization reversal - A method for forming a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal includes the steps of forming a convexo-concave structure on a top face of a ferroelectric substrate firstly, and then forming a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization region on the substrate including one portion of a convex portion, with a concave portion being formed on the bottom face of the substrate within a region where a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal is to be formed and the convex portion is formed, and then applying an electric field into the substrate. The depth of the concave portion on the bottom face of the substrate may be greater than the height of the convex portion on the top face of the substrate. The width of the concave portion on the bottom face of the substrate may be wider than width of said convex portion on the top face of the substrate. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110204520 | METAL ELECTRODE AND SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT USING THE SAME - A metal electrode is used for a pair with a semiconductor so as to sandwich a high-dielectric constant thin film between the metal electrode and the semiconductor. A metal electrode | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110201133 | Method for forming polarization reversal - A method for forming a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal, including the steps of forming a concave portion on a top face of a ferroelectric substrate or a bottom face of a ferroelectric substrate, and applying an electric field into the substrate, wherein a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal is formed at least in one portion of a region of the substrate with the concave portion, and wherein the shape of the concave portion is configured such that the width of the concave portion gets narrower gradually toward the inside of the substrate. The method may further include the steps of, after the reversal, making into almost a flat-plane the top or bottom face having the concave portion, and then, forming a new concave portion in another region and applying an electric field to form another reversal in one portion of the region of the substrate having the new concave portion. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110197432 | Method for forming polarization reversal - A method for forming a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal in a desired region of a ferroelectric substrate includes the steps of forming, for the desired region of the surface of the ferroelectric substrate, an electrode pattern or a mask pattern composed of aggregates of micropatterns, and then applying a given voltage into the desired region. The configuration of the micropatterns can be a stripe-shaped pattern, an ellipse-shaped pattern, a hexagon-shaped pattern, a network pattern, or a double cross shaped pattern. The method can further include the steps of generating many nucleuses by using the electrode pattern or the mask pattern composed of the aggregates of micropatterns, forming another electrode pattern or another mask pattern corresponding to the desired region, and then applying a given voltage into the desired region to generate a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal around the nucleuses. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110195315 | SOLID BATTERY - A solid battery includes: a positive electrode active material layer that includes a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode active material layer that includes a negative electrode active material; and a solid electrolyte layer that is formed between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer. A reaction suppressing portion made of an oxide of a group 4 metallic element is formed at an interface between the positive electrode active material and an amorphous non-bridging sulfide-based solid electrolyte material that does not substantially contain bridging sulfur. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110195310 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR ELECTRODE FOR BATTERY, ELECTRODE PRODUCED BY PRODUCTION METHOD, AND BATTERY INCLUDING ELECTRODE - A production method for an electrode for a battery includes preparing a conductive substrate, and electrode material particles having ion conduction anisotropy; and producing an electrode by attaching the electrode material particles onto the conductive substrate, and applying a magnetic field in a predetermined direction. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110190436 | ACRYLIC ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, AND PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET EMPLOYING THE SAME - There is provided an acrylic adhesive composition which comprises: (A) a vinyl polymer comprising a homopolymer or a copolymer of an alkyl (meth)acrylate having a C4 to C14 alkyl group; (B) an organophilic layered double hydroxide organically treated with an organic anion; and (C) a crosslinking agent. Therefore the obtained adhesive composition has sufficient adhesiveness to an object, excellent heat resistance and excellent adhesive properties particularly at higher temperatures, and is substantially free from variations in adhesiveness. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110175519 | Oxynitride fluorescent material and light-emitting device - An oxynitride fluorescent material includes a JEM phase as a mother crystal and a luminescence center element Ce. The oxynitride fluorescent material has a fluorescence spectrum with a maximum emission wavelength of 420 nm to 500 nm inclusive and an excitation spectrum with a maximum excitation wavelength of 250 nm to 400 nm inclusive. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110168056 | ALLOY PARTICLE AND WIRE USED IN AIR PLASMA SPRAY OR WIRE ARC SPRAY - The present invention relates to improvement in alloy powder particles or wires used as a source material in atmospheric plasma spray and wire arc spray to reduce the amount of oxides on the thermal-sprayed coating. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110159212 | INSULATING FILM MATERIAL, METHOD FOR FORMING FILM BY USING THE INSULATING FILM MATERIAL, AND INSULATING FILM - An insulating film material for plasma CVD, wherein the material is represented by the chemical formula (1); a film forming method using the material; and an insulating film; | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110135532 | MG-BASED ALLOY COLD WORKED MEMBER - The present invention has as its object to provide an Mg-based alloy cold worked member which can remarkably lower the load weight required for cold plastic working and enables practical usage of the same. The present invention is an Mg-based alloy cold worked member obtained by cold working an Mg-based alloy to form it into a predetermined shape, characterized by having a microstructure which includes crystal grains divided and made finer by cold working. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110086965 | BORON NITRIDE NANOSHEET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING BORON NITRIDE NANOSHEET THEREOF AND COMPOSITION CONTAINING BORON NITRIDE NANOSHEET THEREOF - A boron nitride nanosheet containing three-layered hexagonal boron nitride, which is in a form of multi-layered hexagonal boron nitride with some its layers peeled, can be produced by dispersing pristine hexagonal boron nitride powder in an organic solvent and by subjecting the fluid dispersion to ultrasonication. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110037015 | LEAD-FREE PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL - Problem to be Solved An object of the present invention is to provide a lead-free piezoelectric material capable of showing a high piezoelectric coefficient (d | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110033707 | SPHERICAL BORON NITRIDE NANOPARTICLES AND SYNTHETIC METHOD THEREOF - Spherical boron nitride nanoparticles having an average particle diameter is less than 50 nm is obtained by a method of synthesizing spherical boron nitride nanoparticles including the following steps; heating a mixture of boric acid ester and nitrogen gas in ammonia gas and argon gas to form reaction product; crystallizing reaction product to form precursor of spherical boron nitride nanoparticles; and, heating the precursor in inert gas. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110024742 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ZnO SINGLE CRYSTAL, SELF-SUPPORTING ZnO SINGLE-CRYSTAL WAFER OBTAINED BY THE SAME, SELF-SUPPORTING WAFER OF Mg-CONTAINING ZnO MIXED SINGLE CRYSTAL, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING Mg-CONTAINING ZnO MIXED SINGLE CRYSTAL FOR USE IN THE SAME - A ZnO single crystal can be grown on a seed crystal substrate using a liquid phase epitaxial growth method by mixing and melting ZnO as a solute and a solvent, bringing the crystal substrate into direct contact with the resultant melt, and pulling up the seed crystal substrate continuously or intermittently. A self-supporting Mg-containing ZnO mixed single crystal wafer can be obtained as follows. A Mg-containing ZnO mixed single crystal is grown using a liquid phase epitaxial growth method by mixing and melting ZnO and MgO forming a solute and a solvent, then bringing a seed crystal substrate into direct contact with the resultant melt, and pulling up the seed crystal substrate continuously or intermittently. Then, the self-supporting Mg-containing ZnO mixed single crystal wafer is obtained by removing the substrate by polishing or etching, and polishing or etching a surface, on the side of −c plane, of the single crystal grown by the liquid phase epitaxial growth method. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110019266 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT - A wavelength conversion element | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110014380 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR FABRICATING ARTIFICIAL OPAL FILMS - The invention has for its object to provide an apparatus and process for fabricating an artificial opal film having a uniform thickness yet a large area, and provides an artificial opal film fabrication apparatus, in which a substrate (S | 01-20-2011 |
| 20100315107 | ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND ELECTRODE FOR BIOSENSORS - An object of this invention is to provide an inexpensive and highly durable electrode which is capable of causing hydrogen peroxide to generate a current output in the same manner as those of platinum or iridium. A working electrode ( | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100296984 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN FROM METHANOL - An apparatus for producing hydrogen from methanol in a simple manner comprises a container ( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100283381 | Phosphor and light emitting device - A JEM phase phosphor having superior luminous efficiency is obtained, and a light emitting device is provided, which includes first and second phosphors and in which fluorescence from the first phosphor is not much absorbed by the second phosphor, with the JEM phase phosphor used as a first phosphor. The first phosphor is the JEM phase phosphor having optical absorption of at most 30% at a wavelength in a relation of complementary color to the emission wavelength of the first phosphor. In the light emitting device having a combination of the first phosphor and the second phosphor emitting fluorescence of longer wavelength than the first phosphor, the first phosphor has optical absorption at the emission wavelength of the second phosphor of at most 30%. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100279848 | PREPARATION METHOD FOR ANION-EXCHANGEABLE, LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES - The invention has for its object to provide a preparation method for preparing an anion-exchangeable LDH by decarbonation of a carbonate ion type LDH, which makes sure de carbonation is implemented with safety in a continuous manner while crystal shape, crystal structure and crystallinity are kept intact. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100219120 | A FLEXIBLE FREE-STANDING ULTRATHIN OR THIN PROTEIN MEMBRANE, ITS FABRICATION METHOD AND APPLICATION - [Purpose] A purpose of this invention is to provide a robust and flexible free-standing ultrathin (nano) or thin pure protein membrane which enables a rapid and simple separation (or condensation) of relatively small (M.W.=ca. 1,000 Da) molecules. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100209686 | Mg-CONTAINING ZnO MIXED SINGLE CRYSTAL, LAMINATE THEREOF AND THEIR PRODUCTION METHODS - The present invention can provide an Mg-containing ZnO mixed single crystal wherein the mixed single crystal comprises an Mg-containing ZnO semiconductor having a bandgap (Eg) of 3.30≦Eg≦3.54 eV, and has a film thickness of 5 μm or less. The present invention can provide a method for producing an Mg-containing ZnO mixed single crystal by liquid phase epitaxial growth, wherein the method comprises: mixing and melting ZnO and MgO as solutes and PbO and Bi | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100200874 | PHOSPHOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - The invention is a phosphor which includes a phosphor material having a composition represented by a general formula: M(0) | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100191033 | ADSORBENT FOR RADIOELEMENT-CONTAINING WASTE AND METHOD FOR FIXING RADIOELEMENT - An adsorbent for radioelement-containing waste includes spherical layered double hydroxide (A) or spherical metal hydroxide (B). (A) is a nonstoichiometric compound represented by general formula (a) or (b): | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100184971 | METAL NANOPARTICLES, AN ELECTRODE USING THEM AND A PROCESS OF PREPARING METAL NANOPARTICLES - An object of the invention is to modify the surface of a metal nanoparticle with a cyclic phenylazomethine having a multi-ion sensing capability, thereby making the sensing of multiple substances possible. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100163141 | Mg ALLOY AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAME - An Mg alloy provided with high strength and high ductility by matching the strength and ductility in tensile deformation and compressive deformation at the same levels is provided. The Mg alloy of the present invention is characterized by having a chemical composition consisting of Y: 0.1 to 1.5 at % and a balance of Mg and unavoidable impurities and having a microstructure with high Y regions with Y concentrations higher than an average Y concentration distributed at nanometer order sizes and intervals. The present invention further provides an Mg alloy characterized by having a chemical composition consisting of Y: more than 0.1 at % and a valance of Mg and unavoidable impurities, having a microstructure with high Y regions with Y concentrations higher than an average Y concentration distributed at nanometer order sizes and intervals and having an average recrystallized grain size within the range satisfying the following formula 1: | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100158757 | CHIP USING METHOD AND TEST CHIP - A measuring chip is configured for separating and measuring a target component in a sample by rotation around first and second axes of rotation. The measuring chip includes a centrifugal separation tube that centrifugally separates the target component from the sample by rotating the measuring chip around the first axis of rotation; a first holding section installed in the bottom of the centrifugal separation tube, wherein non-target components other than the target component in the sample are introduced therein by rotation around the first axis of rotation, and the first holding section holds the non-target components during rotation around the second axis of rotation; and a measuring section connected to one end of the centrifugal separation tube that measures the non-target components introduced from the centrifugal separation tube by rotation around the second axis of rotation. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100151193 | Film of SP3-bonded boron nitride having a self-organized surface texture capable of promoting field electron emission - A membrane body of sp | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100140163 | Flexible free-standing ultrathin or thin protein membrane, its fabrication method and application - [Purpose] A purpose of this invention is to provide a robust and flexible free-standing ultrathin (nano) or thin pure protein membrane which enables a rapid and simple separation (or condensation) of relatively small (M.W.=ca. 1,000 Da) molecules. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100124526 | Method of and apparatus for synthesizing highly oriented, aligned carbon nanotubes from an organic liquid - A method capable of synthesizing carbon nanotubes at low cost and large quantities, an apparatus usable for carrying out the method, and carbon nanotubes densely aligned on and firmly bonded to a Si substrate over, and oriented perpendicular to, an entire surface thereof are provided. Highly oriented, aligned carbon nanotubes are synthesized from an organic liquid by forming a substrate with a buildup thereon of a thin film or fine insular particles composed of at least one metallic element; exposing the substrate ( | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100120187 | PRODUCTION OF A HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE CRYSTAL BODY CAPABLE OF EMITTING OUT ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION - The invention has for its object to provide a process of synthesizing high-purity hBN crystal bodies on a robust substrate even under normal pressure. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100110534 | Wavelength conversion element, wavelength conversion method, phase matching method, and light source device - A wavelength conversion element is provided as one including a monocrystalline nonlinear optical crystal. The nonlinear optical crystal has: a plurality of first regions having a polarity direction along a predetermined direction; a plurality of second regions having a polarity direction opposite to the predetermined direction; an entrance face into which a fundamental incident wave having a wavelength λ and a frequency ω is incident in a direction substantially perpendicular to the predetermined direction; and an exit face from which a second harmonic with a frequency 2ω generated in the crystal emerges. The plurality of first and second regions are formed as alternately arranged in a period substantially equal to d expressed by a predetermined expression, between the entrance face and the exit face. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100091803 | Solid-state high-luminance far ultraviolet light emitting element including highly pure hexagonal boron nitride single crystal, solid-state laser, and solid-state light emitting apparatus - A solid-state far ultraviolet light emitting element is formed by a hexagonal boron nitride single crystal, excited by electron beam irradiation to emit far ultraviolet light having a maximum light emission peak in a far ultraviolet region at a wavelength of 235 nm or shorter. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090226 | DIAMOND UV-RAY SENSOR - Au base electrode materials have fatal disadvantages, such as inferior adhesion to diamond, low mechanical strength, and low thermal stability. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100084634 | Nano-crystal diamond film, manufacturing method thereof, and device using nano-crystal diamond film - A nano-crystal diamond film synthesized on a substrate and containing, as a major component, nano-crystal diamond having a grain diameter from 1 nm to less than 1000 nm. This nano-crystal diamond film can be formed on a substrate by means of a plasma CVD method using a raw material gas containing a hydrocarbon and hydrogen, allowing the formation of the nano-crystal diamond film to take place outside the plasma region. This nano-crystal diamond film is applicable to the manufacture of an electrochemical device, an electrochemical electrode, a DNA chip, an organic electroluminescent device, an organic photoelectric receiving device, an organic thin film transistor, a cold electron-emission device, a fuel cell and a catalyst. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100072881 | SIALON PHOSPHOR - A SiAlON phosphor represented by a general formula (1) | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100072498 | Lithium-containing sialon phosphor and method of manufactring the same - According to the invention, a highly crystalline α-sialon is synthesized to emit highly intense light and a white LED showing an excellent color rendering characteristic is provided by shifting emitted light to the short wavelength side (blue shift). Such an α-sialon is designed so as to be expressed by general formula (Li | 03-25-2010 |
| 20090305885 | Adsorbent for radioelement-containing waste and method for fixing radioelement - An adsorbent for radioelement-containing waste composed of the following spherical layered double hydroxide (A) or spherical metal hydroxide (B) is provided. (A) is a nonstoichiometric compound represented by general formula (a) or (b): [M | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090295510 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE RESONATOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF RESONATING ELETROMAGNETIC WAVE - The present invention provides an electromagnetic wave resonator that is capable of showing surface wave resonance typically as outstanding plasmon resonance and can be manufactured industrially with excellent reproducibility and efficiency by combining currently available microprocessing technologies. The electromagnetic wave resonator of the present invention includes a first negative dielectric surface, a second negative dielectric surface and a positive dielectric thin film disposed between the first and the second negative dielectric surfaces. The positive dielectric thin film has an end face having an electromagnetic wave introduced therefrom. Intensity of the electromagnetic wave having a predetermined wavelength and being introduced from the end face is enhanced in the electromagnetic wave resonator due to resonance of a surface wave having an electric field component in a direction of film thickness of the positive dielectric thin film and without having a cut-off frequency. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090281633 | POROUS CERAMIC MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Provision of a porous ceramic material which rapidly induces bone tissue formation and has practical strength. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090272995 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT ENCAPSULATION, AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PRODUCED BY USING THE SAME - An epoxy resin composition for optical semiconductor element encapsulation includes an epoxy resin (Component (A)) mainly containing an epoxy compound represented by a specific structural formula (1), a curing agent (Component (B)), and at least one of an oxynitride phosphor and a nitride phosphor (Component (C)). Therefore, the phosphor component (C) is uniformly dispersed in the epoxy resin composition without segregation. Thus, the resin composition serves as an excellent optical semiconductor element encapsulation material which has an adequate light diffusion property and a high light transmittance and permits a reduction in internal stress. Therefore, a light emitting diode element encapsulated with the epoxy resin composition is capable of stably emitting light, and satisfactorily performs its functions. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090270589 | Bis-Terpyridine Monomer, Production Process Thereof, Polymer Material Derived from the Monomer, and Electrochromic Device - Provided are (1) a terpyridine monomer that has a strong ability to coordinate with metal atoms, and (2) a polymer material that can be readily switched between a colored state and a colorless state by controlling the electrical potential applied to it and that can be processed. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090236969 | FLUORESCENT SUBSTANCE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LUMINESCENT DEVICE - This invention provides a blue phosphor, which has higher blue brightness and larger half-value width in an emission spectrum as compared with the conventional rare earth-activated sialon phosphor and has better durability as compared with the conventional oxide phosphor. The phosphor comprises a metal element M, wherein M represents Ce, dissolved as a solid solute in a nitride or oxynitride crystal having a β-type Si | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090233107 | MIXED-LAYERED PHYLLOSILICATE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A new mixed layer silicate useful for industrial materials is provided. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231703 | Method of Fixing Polarization-Reversed Region Formed in Ferroelectric Single Crystal and Optical Element Using the Same - A method of fixing polarization-reversed regions formed in a ferroelectric single crystal with ease and an optical element containing such a ferroelectric single crystal are provided. The method of fixing the polarization-reversed regions formed in a ferroelectric single crystal is characterized by including a step of irradiating an ion beam or a neutral beam on the ferroelectric single crystal where polarization-reversed regions are formed. An optical element containing such a ferroelectric single crystal is characterized by being manufactured by a method including such a step. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090221734 | RESIN COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The object of this invention is to provide a polyamide resin composition excellent in insulating properties, mechanical properties and dimensional stability. This invention is a resin composition containing 100 parts by weight of a polyamide resin and 0.01 to 50 parts by weight of boron nitride nanotubes. The invention also includes a formed article from the resin composition and processes for the production of the resin composition and the formed article. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090196820 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ANISOTROPIC MAGNETIC MATERIAL AND ANISOTROPIC MAGNETIC MATERIAL - A process for producing an anisotropic magnetic material includes: preparing a feebly magnetic material capable of transforming into a magnetic material by a prescribed reaction, orienting the feebly magnetic material by imparting an external field to the feebly magnetic material, and transforming the oriented feebly magnetic material to a magnetic substance by the prescribed reaction. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090185943 | STEEL PLATE AND STEEL PLATE COIL - In a steel plate having tensile strength of 1 GPa or more at the normal temperature, the steel plate is made, stress decrement (SD) after uniform elongation in the stress-strain diagram obtained by using a tabular specimen of which is not less than 1.8×10 | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090167153 | Light emitting diode lamp and light emitting device - The present invention aims at providing a white light emitting diode lamp (a bullet type light emitting diode lamp or a chip-type light emitting diode lamp to be mounted on a substrate) and light emitting device with warmness at a higher luminance, and an intermediate color light emitting diode lamp and light emitting device satisfying light emission in diversified color tones at a higher luminance. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090166580 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POROUS BODY COMPRISING APATITE/COLLAGEN COMPOSITE FIBERS - A method for producing a porous body comprising apatite/collagen composite fibers comprising the steps of gelling a dispersion comprising long apatite/collagen composite fibers having an average length of 10-75 mm, short apatite/collagen composite fibers having an average length of 0.05-1 mm, and a liquid; freezing and drying the resultant gel to form a porous body; and cross-linking collagen in the porous body. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090153028 | Fluorescent substance, method for manufacturing the same and image display device - A fluorescent substance includes a crystal of nitride or oxy-nitride having a β-type Si | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090146549 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An LED with a semiconductor light emitting element that emits a blue or a blue-violet light, and a fluorescent material that absorbs some or all of the light emitted from the element and emits a fluorescent light of a wavelength different from the absorbed light. The fluorescent material is a mixed fluorescent material obtained by mixing a first fluorescent material that emits a blue-green or a green light, a second fluorescent material that has a peak emission wavelength longer than that of the first fluorescent material and emits a green or a yellow-green light, a third fluorescent material that has a 1 peak emission wavelength longer than that of the second fluorescent material and emits a yellow-green, a yellow or a yellow-red light, and a fourth fluorescent material that has a peak emission wavelength longer than that of the third fluorescent material and emits a yellow-red or a red light. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090134403 | DIAMOND ULTRAVIOLET SENSOR - In a conventional ultraviolet sensing device using a diamond semiconductor in a light-receiving unit, an Au-based electrode material is used for both a rectifier electrode and an ohmic electrode. However, the Au-based electrode material has fatal defects, such as poor adhesion to diamond, low mechanical strength, and furthermore poor thermal stability. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090130476 | Method of Forming Polarization Reversal Area, Apparatus thereof and Device Using it - Provided are a method and an apparatus for forming a nanometer-order polarization-reversed region in a ferroelectric single crystal, and a device using the ferroelectric single crystal. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090129052 | Illuminator with fluorescent substance - An illuminator includes a light emitting light source and a fluorescent substance. The fluorescent substance includes a crystal of nitride or oxy-nitride having a β-type Si | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090127478 | Infrared Source and Method of Manufacturing the Same - There is provided an infrared light source that has a simple structure and radiates infrared rays polarized in a specific direction and having a specific wavelength. The infrared light source ( | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090110929 | Titanium Dioxide Particles Doped with Rare Earth Element and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A method of manufacturing titanium dioxide particles can produce titanium dioxide particles where a rare earth element is substituted at the titanium sites from which it is possible to highly efficiently take out fluorescence attributable to the rare earth element. The method of manufacturing titanium dioxide particles doped with a rare earth element comprises a step of preparing a liquid precursor containing a titanium source and rare earth metal source, the doping ratio of the rare earth element in the liquid precursor being within a range not less than 0 at % and not more than 5.0 at %, a step of generating thermal plasma and a step of providing the liquid precursor into the thermal plasma. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090108232 | LENS MATERIAL, OPTICAL ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND OPTICAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An optical material includes lithium tantalate, and a molar composition ratio of lithium oxide and tantalum oxide (Li | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090107495 | DEVICE FOR INHALATION OF MEDICINE - An object of the present invention is to provide an inhalation device by which nano-sized particles of a medicine are able to be stably present without aggregation even in air or the like where no dispersing solvent is present. A device for inhalation of medicine according to the present invention for solving such a problem is that where medicine particles in a nano- to micron-size are adhered to a matrix comprising a nano fiber to such an extent that the particles are detached by inspiration permeating through the matrix. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090091237 | FLUOROPHOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF AND ILLUMINATOR - A fluorophor which comprises as a main component, an α type sialon crystal containing at least Li, A element (wherein A represents one or more elements selected from among Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Er, Tm and Yb), M element (wherein M represents one or more metal elements except Li and the A element), Si, Al, oxygen and nitrogen. The fluorophor has an a type sialon crystal structure which is represented by the general formulae: (Li | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090085465 | FLUOROPHOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF AND ILLUMINATOR - A fluorophor comprising, as a main component, an α-type sialon crystal which contains at least an A element (wherein A represents one or more elements selected from among Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Er, Tm and Yb), an M element (wherein M represents one or more elements selected from among Li, Na, Mg, Ca, Y, La, Gd and Lu), Si, Al, oxygen and nitrogen, and is represented by the general formulae: (M | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090081554 | ALL-SOLID LITHIUM BATTERY - An all-solid lithium secondary battery has excellent reliability including safety. However, in general, its energy density or output density is lower than that achieved by liquid electrolyte systems. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090078851 | Far Ultraviolet With High Luminance Emitting High-Purity Hexagonal Boron Nitride Monocrystalline Powder And Method Of Manufacturing The Same - While high-purity hexagonal boron nitride monocrystal (hBN) obtained by way of a high temperature/high-pressure treatment in the presence of a high-purity solvent has excellent properties in terms of far-UV luminescence characteristics, it has drawbacks including that it can be easily adversely affected by mechanical vibrations and impetus, that monocrystal shows a poor morphological retentiveness and that the luminescence characteristics fluctuate to shift the selected and set wavelength. The present invention can overcome the drawbacks of being easily affected by vibrations and showing a poor morphological retentiveness by grinding down the monocrystal obtained by a solvent/refining process into powder and applying the powder to a light emitting surface. Thus, the present invention provides crystal powder to be used for a far-UV luminescence device showing excellent luminescence characteristics that are stable and do not fluctuate. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090057611 | PHOSPHOR AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A green phosphor that exhibits a green luminance higher than those of conventional rare-earth-activated sialon phosphors, having durability higher than those of conventional oxide phosphors, and that emits light by ultraviolet or visible light. There is provide a phosphor comprising a crystal of oxynitride or nitride with β-type Si3N4 crystal structure and, solid dissolved therein, Eu, which phosphor emits a fluorescence having a peak at a wavelength falling within the wavelength region of 500 to 600 nm upon excitation source irradiation. The luminous intensity within the wavelength region of 500 to 600 nm is high, so that the phosphor is excellent as a green phosphor. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090050845 | BETA TYPE SIALON FLUORESCENT SUBSTANCE - A β type Sialon fluorescent substance is disclosed that is capable of achieving enhanced brightness of a white light emitting diode using blue to ultraviolet light as a light source. In the fluorescent substance which contains not less than 90% by mass of a β type Sialon composition represented by general formula: Si | 02-26-2009 |
| 20080303409 | Phosphor and Light Emitting Instrument - The present invention aims at providing a chemically stabilized inorganic phosphor which emits orange light or red light at wavelengths longer than the conventional rare-earth activated sialon phosphor and which has a higher luminance. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080286767 | Method of Analyzing Dna Sequence Using Field-Effect Device, and Base Sequence Analyzer - Since conventional DNA sequence analyzing technologies are based on the fundamental principle of fluorescent detection, expensive, complex optical systems and laser sources have been necessary. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080286762 | Gene Detection Field-Effect Device And Method Of Analyzing Gene Polymorphism Therewith - A gene detection field-effect device provided with an insulation film ( | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080265748 | Oxynitride fluorescent material and light-emitting device - The invention has for its object the provision of an oxynitride fluorescent material has higher emission luminance than conventional rare earth element-activated sialon fluorescent materials. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080213557 | Carbon Porous Body, Method of Manufacturing Carbon Porous Body, Adsorbent and Biomolecular Element - There are provided a carbon porous body having a larger pore capacity and a larger specific surface area that can advantageously diffuse the substance it adsorbs into the inside and a method of manufacturing such a carbon porous body. The method of manufacturing a carbon porous body is characterized by comprising a step of mixing a cage-shaped silica porous body and a carbon source, a step of heating the obtained mixture and a step of removing the cage-shaped silica porous body from the reaction product. The cage-shaped silica porous body contains a silica skeleton, a plurality of pores formed by the silica skeleton and a plurality of channels also formed by the silica skeleton to mutually link the plurality of pores. The plurality of pores are arranged three-dimensionally, regularly and symmetrically, the diameter d | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080212915 | Nested modulator - A nested modulator is provided where the circuit arrangement of modifying electrodes including signal electrodes is simplified, and at the same time, the drive voltage can be lowered. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080210677 | Vertical-position welding method - A pair of thick steel plates are set up side by side such that an I groove with a narrow gap is formed between the facing edges of the plates, and a welding wire projecting from a welding torch of an arc welding unit with a constant voltage characteristic is inserted into the I groove obliquely from above with respect to the thickness direction of the plates. The welding torch is moved vertically while the distal end of the welding wire is caused to reciprocate inside the I groove in the thickness direction. At this time, the wire feed rate Vf is varied and also the extension L of the welding wire is increased or decreased so as to keep welding current Iw at a target value. Further, the wire feed rate Vf is subjected to incremental/decremental correction according to the moving direction of the torch. | 09-04-2008 |
