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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110027847 | HEXOSE-PENTOSE COFERMENTING YEAST HAVING EXCELLENT XYLOSE FERMENTABILITY AND METHOD FOR HIGHLY EFFICIENTLY PRODUCING ETHANOL USING THE SAME - Genetic recombinant yeast expressing xylose reductase (XR), (wild-type or mutant) xylitol dehydrogenase (XDH), and xylulokinase (XK) and a method for highly efficiently producing ethanol from xylose using the yeast are provided. | 02-03-2011 |
20100056361 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING DISPERSION OF FINE CORE/SHELL TYPE METAL OXIDE PARTICLES AND DISPERSION - The present invention is to provide a process for producing a dispersion of fine core/shell type metal oxide particles and the dispersion thereby produced, the present invention are a process for producing a dispersion of fine core/shell type metal oxide particles comprising the steps of mixing a metal salt and a polymer in an organic solvent to obtain a mixture and heating this mixture under reflux at a prescribed temperature to precipitate metal oxide, wherein the metal salt is a nitrate salt or acetate salt and the particle diameter of the fine core/shell type metal oxide particles is adjusted using the molecular weight of the polymer, and a dispersion of fine core/shell type metal oxide particles obtained by the process, which does not undergo sedimentation even after standing for at least one day, and exhibits long-term stability, and a powder thereof. | 03-04-2010 |
20090323159 | ALL SOLID STATE TYPE REFLECTION LIGHT CONTROL ELECTROCHROMIC ELEMENT EMPLOYING MAGNESIUM/TITANIUM ALLOY AND LIGHT CONTROL MEMBER - The present invention provides an all solid state type reflection light control electrochromic element and a light control member that uses this element, relates to an all solid state type reflection light control electrochromic element, which is a magnesium/titanium alloy reflection type light control element in which a multilayer thin film is formed on a transparent substrate, wherein at least a transparent conductive film layer, an ion storage layer, a solid electrolyte layer, a catalyst layer, and a reflection light control layer employing a magnesium/titanium alloy thin film are formed on the substrate; and a light control member which is incorporated with this reflection light control electrochromic element, and the present invention allows a reflection light control electrochromic element, which has a novel multilayer structure that is colorless when transparent and can be switched in a short time over a wide area, as well as a light control member incorporated with this element to be provided. | 12-31-2009 |
20090302314 | P-TYPE ZINC OXIDE THIN FILM AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME - The present invention provides a p-type zinc oxide thin film that is clearly shown to be a p-type semiconductor based on the magnetic field dependence of the Hall voltage in the measurement of the Hall effect using a Hall bar, as well as a method for producing such a thin film with good reproducibility, and a light-emitting element thereof, and the present invention relates to the method for producing a p-type zinc oxide semiconductor thin film, for which combination is effected between a high temperature annealing step for activating a p-type dopant added to a zinc oxide thin film in order to develop the p-type semiconductor properties of zinc oxide or irradiating the thin film with an active species of p-type dopant to dope the film while the p-type dopant is active, and a low temperature annealing step in an oxidizing atmosphere, whereby conversion to a p-type semiconductor is realized, and relates to a p-type zinc oxide thin film thus produced using this method and a light-emitting element thereof, the present invention thereby affording a highly reliable p-type zinc oxide thin film, method of producing the same, and blue light-emitting element thereof. | 12-10-2009 |
20090291347 | ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR UNITS AND MODULES AND SYSTEMS COMPOSED OF THEM - The present invention is an electrochemical reactor unit in which a plurality of electrochemical reactor cells constituted by a tube are housed in a porous material body having a heat releasing function and a current collecting function, these are electrically connected in series, and a fuel manifold is mounted to the connected electrochemical reactor cells; an electrochemical reactor module that comprises a plurality of the units which are arranged in fuel supply holes, and a structure supplying air directly to the entire electrochemical reactor module; and an electrochemical reaction system in which such an electrochemical reactor module is utilized. | 11-26-2009 |
20090214919 | ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR BUNDLES, STACKS, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR SYSTEMS CONSISTING OF THESE COMPONENTS - Tube electrochemical reactor bundle or stack, having a structure, in which a plurality of tube fuel cells, formed of a dense ion conductor (electrolyte) and cathode (air electrode) laminated to an anode (fuel electrode) material having a tube structure, are electrically connected by a thin metallic wire, and an electrochemical reactor system using them are provided. | 08-27-2009 |
20090167139 | PHOSPHORUS-DOPED DIAMOND FILM ALLOWING SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED ELECTRON EMISSION VOLTAGE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ELECTRON SOURCE USING THE SAME - According to the present invention, a phosphorus-doped diamond film allowing a significantly reduced electron emission voltage, a method for producing the same, and a diamond electron source using the same, such diamond electron source exerting stable and excellent electron emission characteristics, which can be used for a cold cathode surface structure operable with low voltage, are provided. Also, a method for producing a phosphorus-doped diamond film, comprising growing a diamond film on a diamond substrate by a microwave CVD method in an atmosphere containing gases (methane and hydrogen) and phosphorus with the use of tertiary butyl phosphorus as a source of addition of phosphorous, such diamond film containing phosphorus at a concentration of 10 | 07-02-2009 |
20090121614 | DIAMOND ELECTRON SOURCE HAVING CARBON-TERMINATED STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a diamond electron source exerting stable and excellent electron emission characteristics, which can be used for a cold cathode surface structure operable with low voltage and a method for producing the diamond electron source. Specifically, the diamond electron source having a carbon-terminated structure has a structure composed of an electrode and a diamond film and emits electrons or electron beams from the diamond film when voltage is applied to the electrode. The diamond film is made of diamond having a carbon-terminated structure. The method for producing the diamond electron source is also provided herein. | 05-14-2009 |
20090011328 | POROUS SUPPORT FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION CELL HIGH-DENSITY INTEGRATION, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION CELL STACK AND ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION SYSTEM COMPRISING THE POROUS SUPPORT FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION CELL HIGH-DENSITY INTEGRATION - The invention provides a porous support for integrating electrochemical reaction cells with high-density, having a plurality of through-holes, an electrochemical reaction cell stack and an electrochemical reaction system comprising the porous support for integrating electrochemical reaction cells with high-density, and the invention relates to a support for integrating electrochemical reaction cells with high-density, in which a plurality of through-holes provided in a porous support act as structural supports for electrochemical reaction cells, to an electrochemical reaction cell stack in which electrochemical reaction unit cells are integrated at a high density using the porous support, to an electrochemical reaction system comprising the electrochemical reaction cell stack, and to a manufacturing method thereof, and the present invention enables to provide a porous support for integrating electrochemical reaction cells with high-density, an electrochemical reaction cell stack and an electrochemical reaction system that can simultaneously realize a size reduction and higher-density integration of the electrochemical reaction cell stack as a unit cell integration product. | 01-08-2009 |
20080295886 | ZNO WHISKER FILMS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - The present invention is a ZnO whisker film, a manufacturing method thereof and an electronic device material composed of such a ZnO whisker film, the film is composed of primarily (at least 50 mol %) of ZnO crystals, and of accumulated whisker-like particles having an aspect ratio of 2 or more, and the film has a nanostructure with both a high specific surface area and a high electrical conductivity, the film can be manufactured by adjusting one or more solution condition selected from starting material concentration, temperature and pH so as to induce the deposition of ZnO crystals, in a reaction solution system for depositing zinc oxide, and forming thereby a ZnO whisker film on a substrate. | 12-04-2008 |