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| 20080224198 | APPARATUS FOR WORKING AND OBSERVING SAMPLES AND METHOD OF WORKING AND OBSERVING CROSS SECTIONS - The apparatus for working and observing samples comprises a sample plate on which a sample is to be placed; a first ion beam lens barrel capable of irradiating a first ion beam over a whole predetermined irradiation range at one time; a mask that can be arranged between the sample plate and the first ion beam lens barrel, and shields part of the first ion beam; mask-moving means capable of moving the mask; a charged particle beam lens barrel capable of scanning a focused beam of charged particles in the range irradiated with the first ion beam; and detection means capable of detecting a secondarily generated substance. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080315088 | COMPOSITE CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM - There is provided a method of arranging, as a composite charged-particle beam system, a gas ion beam apparatus, an FIB and an SEM in order to efficiently prepare a TEM sample. The composite charged-particle beam system includes an FIB lens-barrel | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090114842 | Sample preparing device and sample posture shifting method - After a certain direction of a sample piece is allowed to coincide with an intersection line made by two planes of a surface of the sample and a conical side plane obtained by rotating, around a manipulator rotation axis, a line segment which is vertical to the surface of the sample and of which one end is an intersection of the surface of a sample and the manipulator rotation axis, the sample piece is supported by a manipulator and the manipulator rotation axis is operated. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090206254 | Composite charged particle beam apparatus, method of processing a sample and method of preparing a sample for a transmission electron microscope using the same - An apparatus is provided that precisely conduct ion beam etching to a sample having the properties of which easily change by electron beam irradiation with no loss of ease of operation and throughput. An apparatus includes an ion beam lens barrel and an electron beam lens barrel, which can observe or measure the conditions of a sample with an electron beam in the process of etching with an ion beam, wherein first, an observation image is obtained that includes the entire process area formed by secondary signals generated by an electron beam, secondly, an irradiation permit area and an irradiation inhibit area are defined in the observation image, and thirdly, electron beam irradiation is restricted only to the irradiation permit area. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20110052044 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CROSS-SECTION PROCESSING AND OBSERVATION - A cross-section processing and observation method includes: forming a cross section in a sample by a focused ion beam through etching processing; obtaining a cross-section observation image through cross-section observation by the focused ion beam; and forming a new cross section by performing etching processing in a region including the cross section and obtaining a cross-section observation image of the new cross section. A surface observation image of a region including a mark on the sample and the cross section is obtained. A position of the mark is recognized in the surface observation image and etching processing is performed on the cross section by setting, in reference to the position of the mark, a focused ion beam irradiation region in which to form the new cross section. Cross-section processing and observation is thus enabled continuously and efficiently using a focused ion beam apparatus having no SEM apparatus. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110063431 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CROSS-SECTION PROCESSING AND OBSERVATION - A cross-section processing and observation method includes: forming a first cross section in a sample by etching processing using a focused ion beam; obtaining image information of the first cross section by irradiating the focused ion beam to the first cross section; forming a second cross section by performing etching processing on the first cross section; obtaining image information of the second cross section by irradiating the focused ion beam to an irradiation region including the second cross section; displaying image information of a part of a display region of the irradiation region from the image information of the second cross section; displaying the image information of the first cross section by superimposing it on the image information being displayed; and moving the display region within the irradiation region. Observation images in which display regions are aligned can be obtained while reducing damage to the sample. | 03-17-2011 |
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| 20090275095 | DNA Encoding a Protein Having a D-Lactate Dehydrogenase Activity and Uses Thereof - This invention provides a polynucleotide that encodes a protein having lactate dehydrogenase activity and such protein that can be used for producing D-lactic acid. This polynucleotide has the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 (a), and it hybridizes under stringent conditions with a probe comprising all or part of the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a complementary strand thereof and encodes a protein having D-lactate dehydrogenase activity (b). | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090298145 | Acid-resistance endoglucanase and the use of thereof - The present teachings relate to an acid-resistant endoglucanase, which is a protein exhibiting excellent endoglucanase activity under acidic conditions. The present teachings provide a protein having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, a protein having an amino acid sequence with one or more amino acid modifications in the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2 and having endoglucanase activity, or a protein having an amino acid sequence with at least 75% homology to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2 and having endoglucanase activity. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100015662 | Use of cellobiohydrolase from phanerochaete - A cellobiohydrolase that can contribute to a synergistic effect on cellulose degradation and the use of such cellobiohydrolase in cellulose degradation are provided. The synergistic effect is achieved by an enzyme preparation for cellulose degradation containing a cellobiohydrolase originating in | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110033906 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING USEFUL SUBSTANCE FROM CELLULOSE-CONTAINING MATERIAL - The present invention provides a method for producing a useful substance efficiently from cellulose without using any cellulase preparation. According to the disclosures of the present specification, in the production of a useful substance from a cellulose-containing material, the cellulose-containing material is brought into contact with an ionic liquid to cause the ionic liquid to permeate the cellulose-containing material, and a carbon source comprising the cellulose in the cellulose-containing material is simultaneously saccharified and fermented by a cellulase-producing microorganism in the presence of the ionic liquid. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110053230 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RATE OF LOWERING MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF POLYSACCHARIDES CONTAINED IN CELLULOSIC BIOMASS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUGAR, ALCOHOL, OR ORGANIC ACID - An object of the present invention is to provide, with regard to a method for lowering the molecular weight of polysaccharides contained in a cellulosic biomass by mixing the cellulosic biomass with ionic liquid, a method for controlling such rate of lowering of molecular weight. Also, a method for producing sugar, alcohol, or organic acid using the controlling method is provided. The method comprises mixing a cellulosic biomass with ionic liquid under an atmosphere with a partial pressure ratio differing from that of air. Under such an atmosphere with oxygen partial pressure higher than that of air, the rate of lowering molecular weight can be increased, and under an atmosphere with nitrogen partial pressure or carbon dioxide partial pressure higher than that of air or a reduced-pressure atmosphere, the rate of lowering molecular weight can be decreased. | 03-03-2011 |
