Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080205842 | Photonic structure - A photonic structure has rods arranged with periodicity which is of a non-translational symmetry and defined in a polar coordinate system, which uses a distance in a radial direction and an angle in a circumferential direction, and has a center of the polar coordinate system used as a reference. A heterointerface is provided between adjoining areas of the plurality of areas. The positions of the centers of the polar coordinate systems of the plurality of areas are different. Lines of rods are smoothly connected between adjoining areas of the plurality of areas at the heterointerfaces. Rods are removed in a spiral shape or in a curve whose radius of curvature changes, to form an optical waveguide in the spiral shape or in the curve. | 08-28-2008 |
20080297047 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A semiconductor light-emitting device is provided, which includes a semiconductor light-emitting element which emits light, and a sealing material made from an optical transparent inorganic material and provided on the semiconductor light-emitting element. The optical transparent inorganic material contains phosphor particles and inorganic filler. The inorganic filer has an average particle diameter of 0.001 to 1 μm and is dispensed in an amount of 25 wt % or less. | 12-04-2008 |
20080303044 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a semiconductor light-emitting element which is capable of emitting light, a fluorescent substance which is capable of absorbing at least part of light emitted from the semiconductor light-emitting element and also capable of subsequently converting the wavelength of the absorbed light and emitting the light having a converted wavelength, and a light-transmissive sealing material encapsulating the semiconductor light-emitting element, formed of an inorganic material having, at least partially, a silicon-nitrogen linkage and including a fluorescent substance. | 12-11-2008 |
20080315128 | Method and Apparatus For Flattening Solid Surface - A method for flattening a sample surface by irradiating the sample surface with a gas cluster ion beam, generates clusters of source gas in a cluster generating chamber, ionizes the generated clusters in an ionization chamber, accelerates the ionized cluster beam in an electric field of an accelerating electrode, selects a cluster size using a magnetic field of a sorting mechanism, and irradiates the surface of a sample. An irradiation angle between the sample surface and the gas cluster ion beam is less than 30° and an average cluster size of the gas cluster ion beam is 50 or above. | 12-25-2008 |
20090036560 | FOAMING COMPOSITION - A foaming composition is provided, which includes water, pulp, alginic ester, and a surfactant. A preferable example of the alginic ester is propylene glycol alginate. The alginic ester may be mixed therein at a mixing amount ranging from 5 parts by weight to 15 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the pulp. | 02-05-2009 |
20090176323 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A process for producing a light-emitting semiconductor device includes: (i) mixing at least one low-molecular silane or at least one silanol with an alcohol solution containing an alkoxysiloxane to prepare a mixture solution, the amount of the silane or silanol being from 10% by weight to 50% by weight based on the dry weight of an encapsulating material to be formed; (ii) applying the mixture solution to a light-emitting element; (iii) vaporizing the alcohol solvent in the mixture solution applied and drying the residual mixture to thereby form the encapsulating material; and (iv) curing the encapsulating material. | 07-09-2009 |
20090238746 | PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY METHOD AND PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY SYSTEM - A phosphorus recovery method and a phosphorus recovery system which can make equipment size small, and can be added easily also to an existing wastewater treatment facility, and can recover phosphorus by low cost, are provided. A phosphorus compound adsorption material includes a nitrogen containing compound which has an amino group at an end of molecular structure, a carrier supporting the nitrogen containing compound, and zinc ion or iron ion fixed to the nitrogen containing compound. After passing water to be treated containing phosphorus to an adsorption tower filled up with this phosphorus compound adsorption material to make phosphorus stick to the phosphorus compound adsorption material, a drug solution for desorption is supplied to the adsorption tower, and phosphorus is desorbed in liquid and is recovered. | 09-24-2009 |
20090277843 | POLYMER COMPOSITE, WATER-TREATMENT METHOD USING THE SAME AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A polymer composite is provided for a water treatment. The polymer composite with excellent workability is capable of adsorbing impurities in water, being rapidly separated from the water using magnetic forces. The polymer composite includes secondary aggregates. The secondary aggregates are formed of clumped particles, the particles being magnetic particles covered with a polymer. The polymer composite has porous structures suitable for adsorbing underwater impurities. | 11-12-2009 |
20090305507 | Method of processing solid surface with gas cluster ion beam - A solid surface is processed while corner portions of a relief structure are protected from deformation. A method of processing a solid surface with a gas cluster ion beam includes a cluster protection layer formation step of forming, on the solid surface, a relief structure having protrusions with a cluster protection layer formed to cover an upper part thereof and recesses without the cluster protection layer; an irradiation step of emitting a gas cluster ion beam onto the solid surface having the relief structure formed in the cluster protection layer formation step; and a removal step of removing the cluster protection layer. A thickness T of the cluster protection layer satisfies | 12-10-2009 |
20090314717 | OIL-ADSORBING PARTICLE COMPOSITE AND WATER-TREATMENT METHOD USING THE SAME - An oil-adsorbing particle composite and a water-treatment method using the same are provided. The particle composite is capable of selectively adsorbing contaminants such as oils contained in industrial and household wastewaters. The water-treatment method is capable of eliminating contaminants from the wastewater using the composite. The particle composite includes water-insoluble organic polymer particles, magnetic particles and a resin binder, the resin binder bonding the polymer particles and the magnetic particles. The polymer particles have an oil-adsorbing characteristic. The magnetic particles have a magnetic characteristic for a rapid collection of the composite using magnetic forces. The method includes dispersing the particle composite in contaminant-containing water, making the particle composite adsorb contaminants to separate the particle composite from the water after the adsorbing. | 12-24-2009 |
20090321363 | FUNCTIONAL PARTICLES AND WATER TREATMENT METHOD EMPLOYING THE SAME - The present invention provides functional particles capable of effectively adsorbing impurities in water treatment. The particles can be rapidly separated by use of magnetic force, and hence are excellent in workability. They are magnetic particles having surfaces modified with amphipathic groups loaded thereon. The amphipathic group comprises an ammonium or carboxylate group as a hydrophilic moiety and a hydrocarbon group as a hydrophobic moiety. The hydrophobic moiety has a function of adsorbing the impurities, and the hydrophilic moiety has a function of dispersing the particles stably in water. | 12-31-2009 |
20100059448 | MAGNETIC PARTICLES FOR WATER PURIFICATION AND WATER TREATMENT METHOD EMPLOYING THE SAME - The present invention provides a water treatment composition capable of effectively adsorbing pollutants in water treatment. The composition can be rapidly separated by use of magnetic force, and hence is excellent in workability. The composition comprises magnetic particles for water purification, and is suitably used in water treatment for removing oils and the like in water. The magnetic particles are prepared by subjecting magnetic powder to surface treatment with a particular organometallic compound. The organometallic compound comprises a metal atom connected to an alkoxy group and an amphipathic organic group. | 03-11-2010 |
20100072138 | FUNCTIONAL POWDER AND WATER TREATMENT METHOD EMPLOYING THE SAME - The present invention provides a functional powder capable of effectively adsorbing impurities in water treatment. The powder can be rapidly separated by use of magnetic force, and hence is excellent in workability. This functional powder comprises magnetic particles having surfaces modified with hydrophobic groups and hydrophilic groups loaded thereon. The hydrophobic groups have a function of adsorbing the impurities, and the hydrophilic groups have a function of dispersing the powder stably in water. The numbers M and N of the hydrophobic groups and the hydrophilic groups, respectively, satisfy the condition of 0.203-25-2010 | |
20100072140 | WATER PURIFICATION MATERIAL AND WATER PURIFICATION METHOD EMPLOYING THE SAME - The present invention provides a water purification material capable of selectively adsorbing phosphorus dissolved in wastewater, and also provides a water purification method employing the material. The water purification material comprises a composite metal hydroxide containing iron ions and calcium ions in its structure, and this composite metal hydroxide has a layered structure. In the water purification method of the present invention, the water purification material is brought into contact with wastewater so as to remove and recover phosphate ions in the wastewater. | 03-25-2010 |
20100096263 | Solid surface smoothing apparatus - In a method of irradiating a gas cluster ion beam on a solid surface and smoothing the solid surface, the angle formed between the solid surface and the gas cluster ion beam is chosen to be between 1° and an angle less than 30°. In case the solid surface is relatively rough, the processing efficiency is raised by first irradiating a beam at an irradiation angle θ chosen to be something like 90° as a first step, and subsequently at an irradiation angle θ chosen to be 1° to less than 30° as a second step. Alternatively, the set of the aforementioned first step and second step is repeated several times. | 04-22-2010 |
20100207041 | Method of Smoothing Solid Surface with Gas Cluster Ion Beam and Solid Surface Smoothing Apparatus - Scratches or similar surface roughness in a solid surface is reduced by gas cluster ion beam irradiation. A method of smoothing a solid surface with a gas cluster ion beam includes an irradiation step in which the solid surface is irradiated with a gas cluster ion beam, and the irradiation step includes a process of causing clusters from a plurality of directions to collide with at least an area (spot) irradiated with the gas cluster ion beam on the solid surface. Collision of the clusters from a plurality of directions with the spot is brought about by an irradiation of the gas cluster ion beam in which flight directions of the clusters diverge with respect to a center of the beam, for example. | 08-19-2010 |
20100224566 | ADSORBENT, METHOD FOR RECOVERING AN ORGANIC MATTER AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING AN OIL - An adsorbent includes: at least one of an inorganic particle and a metallic particle as a core; at least two kinds of polymers, which cover a surface of the core, with respective different surface tensions; and a convex-concave surface structure formed due to a difference in surface tension between the at least two kinds of polymers. | 09-09-2010 |
20100224784 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a radiation detector includes, a substrate, a scintillator layer, a moistureproof body, and an adhesion layer. The substrate comprises a photoelectric conversion element. The scintillator layer is formed on the substrate and converts radiation into fluorescence. The moistureproof body comprises a flange portion in a periphery thereof, the moistureproof body being deep enough to contain at least the scintillator layer. The adhesion layer causes the substrate and the flange portion of the moistureproof body to adhere to each other in a sealed manner. | 09-09-2010 |
20100230358 | OIL ADSORBENT, AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING THE SAME - An oil adsorbent includes a plurality of particles, each being constituted from at least one of an inorganic particle and an organic particle as a core and a polymer covering the core. The plurality of particles are aggregated to form an aggregate so that a porosity of the aggregate is 70% or more. | 09-16-2010 |
20100230616 | METHOD OF SMOOTHING SOLID SURFACE WITH GAS CLUSTER LON BEAM AND SOLID SURFACE SMOOTHING APPARATUS - Surface roughness having intervals of several tens of nanometers to about a hundred micrometers in a solid surface is reduced by directing a gas cluster ion beam to the surface. An angle formed between the normal to the solid surface and the gas cluster ion beam is referred to as an irradiation angle, and an irradiation angle at which the distance of interaction between the solid and the cluster colliding with the solid dramatically increases is referred to as a critical angle. A solid surface smoothing method includes an irradiation step of directing the gas cluster ion beam onto the solid surface at an irradiation angle not smaller than the critical angle. The critical angle is 70°. | 09-16-2010 |
20100300948 | WATER TREATMENT EQUIPMENT - According to one embodiment, water to be treated is passed through each of a first reactor vessel and second reactor vessel, phosphorus contained in the water is removed by using an adsorbent, thereafter the liquid held in each of the reactor vessels is discharged from each of a first treated water discharge path and second treated water discharge path, and thus the influence of soluble impurities derived from the water is eliminated. Further, when suspended solids impurities contained in the water are accumulated in the phosphorus adsorbent, the accumulated impurities are eliminated by a reverse cleaning operation using a liquid to be thereafter introduced from a reactor vessel liquid introduction path into the reactor vessel, and hence the influence of the suspended solids in the water on a desorption agent liquid to be thereafter introduced into a crystallization vessel, and containing phosphorus from the phosphorus adsorbent is eliminated. | 12-02-2010 |
20100300949 | WATER TREATMENT EQUIPMENT - According to one embodiment, in order to eliminate impurities, and the like, water to be treated is passed through each of reactor vessels, phosphorus contained in the water to be treated is removed by using an adsorbent, and thereafter the liquid held in each of the reactor vessels is discharged through each of first to third treated water discharge paths, thereby eliminating the impurities, and the like derived from the water to be treated. It is possible to eliminate the influence of the impurities in the water to be treated on the discharged desorption agent liquid containing phosphorus from the phosphorus adsorbent can be eliminated, and hence it is possible to obtain a phosphorus-containing liquid containing no substance other than the recovered phosphoric matter material. | 12-02-2010 |
20110061510 | Stamping Tool and Treatment Method for Stamping Tool Surface - To enable fabrication of a precise stamped product having an extremely low surface roughness. Ripples | 03-17-2011 |
20110068503 | Mold Tool and Treatment Method for Mold Tool Surface - The average roughness Ra of a mold tool surface that comes into contact with a material to be molded measured for a measurement area 10 μm square or smaller is equal to or lower than 5 nm, and fine granular projection structures having diameters ranging from 10 to 80 nm and heights ranging from 10 to 40 nm are formed on the mold tool surface with a density of 400/μm | 03-24-2011 |
20110114847 | COMPOSITION FOR REFLECTIVE FILM, REFLECTIVE FILM, AND X-RAY DETECTOR - Provided is a composition for reflective film comprising a polyvinyl acetal resin, an epoxidized vegetable oil, a solvent, a coupling agent and titanium oxide. | 05-19-2011 |
20110189439 | Slide Surface and Surface Processing Method of the Same - A slide part has a surface structure in which there are at least two periodic structures among a first periodic structure with a period of 10 nm to 100 nm inclusive and a depth of 5 nm to 50 nm inclusive, a second periodic structure with a period of 100 nm to 1000 nm inclusive and a depth of 20 nm to 500 nm inclusive, and a third periodic structure with a period of 1000 nm to 10000 nm inclusive and a depth of 100 nm to 3000 nm inclusive, in which one of the at least two periodic structures is formed on the other periodic structure. | 08-04-2011 |
20120024027 | WATER PURIFICATION MATERIAL, WATER PURIFICATION METHOD, PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER PRECURSOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER PRECURSOR - There is provided a water purification material including: a composite metal hydroxide exhibiting a layered structure and including iron ions, calcium ions, and at least one of nitrogen ions and sulfur ions; and at least one of calcium hydroxide and ferric hydroxide, in which a main peak intensity due to at least one of the calcium hydroxide and the ferric hydroxide measured by x-ray crystal structure analysis is equal to or less than half a main peak intensity due to the layered structure of the composite metal hydroxide. | 02-02-2012 |
20120035281 | PHOSPHORUS-ADSORBING MATERIAL AND PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY SYSTEM - A phosphorus-adsorbing material is produced to include a polymer-based material modified with at least either of a primary and a secondary amine and a metal supported on the polymer-based material, and a phosphorus recovery system is structured by using the phosphorus-adsorbing material. | 02-09-2012 |
20120172215 | OIL ADSORBENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OIL ADSORBENT - According to one embodiment, an oil adsorbent includes inorganic particles and a polymer formed on surfaces of or between the inorganic particles. The content rate of the inorganic particles is 50% by volume or more and 97% by volume or less relative to the inorganic particles and the polymer, and an area of the inorganic particles is 30% or more and 60% or less relative to a cross-section of the inorganic particles and the polymer. | 07-05-2012 |
20120248041 | POLYMER COMPOSITE, WATER-TREATMENT METHOD USING THE SAME AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A polymer composite is provided for a water treatment. The polymer composite with excellent workability is capable of adsorbing impurities in water, being rapidly separated from the water using magnetic forces. The polymer composite includes secondary aggregates. The secondary aggregates are formed of clumped particles, the particles being magnetic particles covered with a polymer. The polymer composite has porous structures suitable for adsorbing underwater impurities. | 10-04-2012 |
20120325731 | WASTEWATER TREATMENT METHOD - A wastewater treatment method in an embodiment includes: mixing primary aggregates made of magnetic substances and a dispersion medium to make a suspension; and passing the suspension through a filter to allow the primary aggregates to remain on the filter and to form a secondary aggregate made of an aggregate of the primary aggregates. Further, the wastewater treatment method in the embodiment includes; passing wastewater through the secondary aggregate to remove suspended solids and oil in the wastewater; dispersing the secondary aggregate in a dispersion medium to decompose the secondary aggregate into the primary aggregates and to wash the primary aggregates; and collecting the primary aggregates with magnetic separation. | 12-27-2012 |
20130187086 | PHOSPHORUS-ADSORBING MATERIAL AND PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY SYSTEM - A phosphorus-adsorbing material is produced to include a polymer-based material modified with at least either of a primary and a secondary amine and a metal supported on the polymer-based material, and a phosphorus recovery system is structured by using the phosphorus-adsorbing material. | 07-25-2013 |
20130240760 | Treatment Method for Stamping Tool Surface - To enable fabrication of a precise stamped product having an extremely low surface roughness. Ripples | 09-19-2013 |
20130248432 | WATER TREATMENT EQUIPMENT - According to one embodiment, water to be treated is passed through each of a first reactor vessel and second reactor vessel, phosphorus contained in the water is removed by using an adsorbent, thereafter the liquid held in each of the reactor vessels is discharged from each of a first treated water discharge path and second treated water discharge path, and thus the influence of soluble impurities derived from the water is eliminated. Further, when suspended solids impurities contained in the water are accumulated in the phosphorus adsorbent, the accumulated impurities are eliminated by a reverse cleaning operation using a liquid to be thereafter introduced from a reactor vessel liquid introduction path into the reactor vessel, and hence the influence of the suspended solids in the water on a desorption agent liquid to be thereafter introduced into a crystallization vessel, and containing phosphorus from the phosphorus adsorbent is eliminated. | 09-26-2013 |
20130270734 | Treatment Method for Mold Tool Surface - The average roughness Ra of a mold tool surface that comes into contact with a material to be molded measured for a measurement area 10 μm square or smaller is equal to or lower than 5 nm, and fine granular projection structures having diameters ranging from 10 to 80 nm and heights ranging from 10 to 40 nm are formed on the mold tool surface with a density of 400 /μm | 10-17-2013 |
20140007752 | METHOD OF PROCESSING RIDGE OF CUTTING EDGE AND INSTRUMENT WITH PROCESSED RIDGE OF CUTTING EDGE - Two surfaces forming a cutting edge and a ridge of a cutting edge existing along the boundary between the two surfaces intersecting with each other are irradiated with a gas cluster ion beam at the same time, the maximum height of the profile of the two surfaces being equal to or smaller than 1 μm. A facet is newly formed on the ridge of the cutting edge by performing the irradiation with the gas cluster ion beam in such a manner that the two surfaces are not perpendicularly but obliquely irradiated with the gas cluster ion beam, and at least a part of the ridge of the cutting edge is perpendicularly irradiated with the gas cluster ion beam. | 01-09-2014 |
20140065363 | CHIPPING-PROOF INORGANIC SOLID-STATE MATERIAL AND CHIPPING-PROOF EDGE TOOL - A chipping-proof nonmetal inorganic solid-state material is characterized in that the inorganic solid-state material has, in at least a part of a surface thereof, a surface structure in which a network of recesses and protuberances surrounded by the recesses are formed, the protuberances have an average width of 5 nm to 50 nm, a physical property of the surface structure differs from the physical property of an interior of the inorganic solid-state material lying below the surface structure, and there is no solid-solid interface between the surface structure and the interior of the inorganic solid-state material. | 03-06-2014 |
20140182440 | METHOD OF PROCESSING RIDGE OF CUTTING EDGE AND INSTRUMENT WITH PROCESSED RIDGE OF CUTTING EDGE - Two surfaces forming a cutting edge and a ridge of a cutting edge existing along the boundary between the two surfaces intersecting with each other are irradiated with a gas cluster ion beam at the same time, the maximum height of the profile of the two surfaces being equal to or smaller than 1 μm. A facet is newly formed on the ridge of the cutting edge by performing the irradiation with the gas cluster ion beam in such a manner that the two surfaces are not perpendicularly but obliquely irradiated with the gas cluster ion beam, and at least a part of the ridge of the cutting edge is perpendicularly irradiated with the gas cluster ion beam. | 07-03-2014 |
20140195207 | ESTIMATING PROBABILITY OF SPREADING INFORMATION BY USERS ON MICRO-WEBLOGS - Methods and systems for estimating a probability of re-sharing information include extracting keywords from a set of documents addressed to a user; weighting the keywords from the set of documents according a metric for the user's interest in the keywords' respective source documents to create an interest model; receiving a new document having one or more keywords; and determining a likelihood that the user will re-share the new document, where the likelihood is based on the interest model and the one or more keywords present in the new document. | 07-10-2014 |
20140202010 | EDGE TOOL - In an edge tool having a cutting edge made of a nonmetal inorganic solid-state material with a facet formed on a ridge of the cutting edge, a pre-wearing layer having a thickness of 5 nm or more and having a surface structure formed by a network of recesses and protuberances surrounded by the recesses is formed on a surface of the facet. The average width of the protuberances is 5 nm to 50 nm. A property value of the pre-wearing layer is different from the property value of the inorganic solid-state material underlying the pre-wearing layer, and there is no solid-solid interface between the pre-wearing layer and the inorganic solid-state material. | 07-24-2014 |
20140217296 | COMPOSITION FOR REFLECTIVE FILM, REFLECTIVE FILM, AND X-RAY DETECTOR - Provided is a composition for reflective film comprising a polyvinyl acetal resin, an epoxidized vegetable oil, a solvent, a coupling agent and titanium oxide. | 08-07-2014 |
20140299465 | SOLID SURFACE SMOOTHING METHOD - In a method of irradiating a gas cluster ion beam on a solid surface and smoothing the solid surface, the angle formed between the solid surface and the gas cluster ion beam is chosen to be between 1° and an angle less than 30°. In case the solid surface is relatively rough, the processing efficiency is raised by first irradiating a beam at an irradiation angle θ chosen to be something like 90° as a first step, and subsequently at an irradiation angle θ chosen to be 1° to less than 30° as a second step. Alternatively, the set of the aforementioned first step and second step is repeated several times. | 10-09-2014 |
20140338512 | EDGE TOOL - Both a rake face and a flank of an edge tool have a surface structure in which a network of recesses and protuberances surrounded by the recesses are formed, the surface structure having the characteristics described below: (1) there is no solid-solid interface between the surface structure and the interior of the edge tool, (2) the surface structure has a value of a physical property that more easily permits the surface structure to be elastically or plastically deformed than a value of the physical property of the interior of the edge tool, and (3) the protuberances have such shapes that the protuberances are elastically or plastically deformed as the protuberances rub against a workpiece. | 11-20-2014 |
20140374328 | ADSORBENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ADSORBENT, AND WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM - An adsorbent includes an inorganic porous material and a ligand provided on a surface of the inorganic porous material and having a bidentate nitrogen-containing chelating functional group. The adsorbent has an infrared absorption spectrum showing a peak derived from the ligand. The peak is observed near a wavenumber of from 1,375 cm | 12-25-2014 |