Abstract: A thermoelectric transducer includes a substrate, a thermoelectric film on the substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, and a second electrode on the substrate, the second electrode being different from the first electrode in work function. The first electrode and the second electrode are in contact with the same side of the thermoelectric film. The outer edge of the thermoelectric film is located inner than the outer edge of the substrate.

Abstract: A thermoelectric transducer includes a substrate, a thermoelectric film on the substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, and a second electrode on the substrate, the second electrode being different from the first electrode in work function. The first electrode and the second electrode are in contact with the same side of the thermoelectric film. The outer edge of the thermoelectric film is located inner than the outer edge of the substrate.

Abstract: Provided are a striking device and a natural frequency measuring device capable of simply and accurately measuring a natural frequency of a system including force detector. The striking device includes an arm capable of swinging around a spindle, and a steel ball arranged in an end part of the arm on a side opposite to the spindle. The spindle is supported by a supporting part capable of lifting up and down relative to a post erected on a magnet stand. A supporting part for supporting a supporting plate is arranged at a position in the post and above the supporting part. A permanent magnet is placed above the supporting plate. The steel ball falls down in an arc shape from a standby height position when the permanent magnet is removed.

Abstract: Acceleration and automation of immunohistochemical staining are achieved as follows: an automatic electric field immunohistochemical staining apparatus is configured to provided with a sample mounting unit, a solution supply unit, an electric field stifling unit, and a washing unit; the sample mounting unit on which a glass substrate with a tissue specimen fixed thereto is mounted and the electric field stirring unit that includes an upper electrode are operated in coordination to activate an antigen in the tissue specimen; the sample mounting unit and the solution supply unit containing various solutions are operated in coordination to supply a primary-antibody-containing solution to the tissue specimen; the sample mounting unit and the electric field stirring unit are operated in coordination to perform an antigen-antibody reaction of the antigen in the tissue specimen and a primary antibody; and the electric field stirring unit and the washing unit are operated in coordination.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of damping an actuator to reduce an amplitude of a resonance peak of the actuator, including a piezoelectric element and a translation mechanism, includes securing one surface of a restraint member having at least two surfaces to a movable part of the translation mechanism with an elastic or viscoelastic body therebetween, securing the other surface of the restraint member to a support portion of the translation mechanism with an elastic or viscoelastic body therebetween, and converting vibration energy of the movable part into thermal energy, based on distortion caused by deformation of the elastic or viscoelastic body.

Abstract: A drill capable of performing high-quality drilling machining on a material which is hard to be cut such as CFRP is provided. The drill includes a drill body 4 having a shank portion 2 at a rear side of the drill main body and a cutting portion 3 at a front side of the drill main body, a first land A to a fourth land D at the cutting portion 3, a first cutting portion groove 5a to a fourth cutting portion groove 5d provided between the lands of the first land A to the fourth land D, a pilot blade 6 formed at the tip of the cutting portion 3, a diameter-enlarging spiral thread portion 9 continuously following the pilot blade 6, a finished spiral thread portion 12 continuously following the diameter-enlarging spiral thread portion 9, a diameter-enlarging spiral blade portion 18, and a finishing spiral blade portion 19.

Abstract: Acceleration and automation of immunohistochemical staining are achieved as follows: an automatic electric field immunohistochemical staining apparatus is configured to provided with a sample mounting unit, a solution supply unit, an electric field stifling unit, and a washing unit; the sample mounting unit on which a glass substrate with a tissue specimen fixed thereto is mounted and the electric field stirring unit that includes an upper electrode are operated in coordination to activate an antigen in the tissue specimen; the sample mounting unit and the solution supply unit containing various solutions are operated in coordination to supply a primary-antibody-containing solution to the tissue specimen; the sample mounting unit and the electric field stirring unit are operated in coordination to perform an antigen-antibody reaction of the antigen in the tissue specimen and a primary antibody; and the electric field stirring unit and the washing unit are operated in coordination.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of damping an actuator to reduce an amplitude of a resonance peak of the actuator, including a piezoelectric element and a translation mechanism, includes securing one surface of a restraint member having at least two surfaces to a movable part of the translation mechanism with an elastic or viscoelastic body therebetween, securing the other surface of the restraint member to a support portion of the translation mechanism with an elastic or viscoelastic body therebetween, and converting vibration energy of the movable part into thermal energy, based on distortion caused by deformation of the elastic or viscoelastic body.

Abstract: A drill capable of performing high-quality drilling machining on a material which is hard to be cut such as CFRP is provided. The drill includes a drill body 4 having a shank portion 2 at a rear side of the drill main body and a cutting portion 3 at a front side of the drill main body, a first land A to a fourth land D at the cutting portion 3, a first cutting portion groove 5a to a fourth cutting portion groove 5d provided between the lands of the first land A to the fourth land D, a pilot blade 6 formed at the tip of the cutting portion 3, a diameter-enlarging spiral thread portion 9 continuously following the pilot blade 6, a finished spiral thread portion 12 continuously following the diameter-enlarging spiral thread portion 9, a diameter-enlarging spiral blade portion 18, and a finishing spiral blade portion 19.

Abstract: A large spin-polarized current can be provided. A single crystal MgO layer is grown on an Si single crystal substrate, being lattice-matched. Thereon, a ferromagnetic metal layer is grown. Growth plane of MgO layer formed on (100) plane of Si single crystal substrate is (100) plane. At interface between Si single crystal substrate and MgO layer, Si (100) [110] and MgO (100) [100] directions are parallel. FIG. 2(A) shows Si (100) plane, FIG. 2(B) MgO (100) plane, and FIG. 2(C) the state of these two planes being lattice-matched. Si (100) plane in FIG. 2(A) is constituted by Si atoms 111 alone, while MgO (100) plane in FIG. 2(B) is constituted by Mg atoms 121 and oxygen (O) atoms 122. MgO (100) plane is grown on Si (100) plane, and as shown in FIG. 2(C), Si (100) [110] and MgO (100) [100] directions are parallel at the interface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a spin injection electrode structure, a spin transport element, and a spin transport device which enable effective spin injection in a silicon channel layer at room temperature. A spin injection electrode structure IE comprises a silicon channel layer 12, a first magnesium oxide film 13A disposed on a first part of the silicon channel layer 12, and a first ferromagnetic layer 14A disposed on the first magnesium oxide film 13A. The first magnesium oxide film 13A partly includes a first lattice-matched part P lattice-matched with both of the silicon channel layer 12 and the first ferromagnetic layer 14A.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a planar positioning device includes a first actuator displaceable in a first axis direction, a second actuator displaceable in a second axis direction perpendicular to the first axis, a first displacement magnifying mechanism configured to magnify a displacement of the first actuator, a second displacement magnifying mechanism configured to magnify a displacement of the second actuator, a stage arranged in a plane, a first drive support mechanism including a parallel link connected between the first displacement magnifying mechanism and the stage to transmit the magnified displacement in the first-axis direction to the stage, a second drive support mechanism including a parallel link connected between the second displacement magnifying mechanism and the stage to transmit the magnified displacement in the second-axis direction to the stage, and a stabilizing support mechanism configured to apply tensions in the first-axis direction and the second-axis direction to the stage.

Abstract: A noncontact stirring method, a noncontact stirring apparatus, a method and apparatus for reacting nucleic acid hybridization using the apparatus, a method for detecting nucleic acid in a sample, an apparatus for detecting nucleic acid, a method for detecting antibodies in a sample, and an apparatus for detecting antibodies in minute droplets 1 ?mL or less in an electric field are proposed that can be utilized to speed up biodetection processes, hybridization processes in DNA analysis, ELISA antigen fixing processes, blocking processes, antibody-antigen reaction processes and color reaction processes; and pathogen identification, CRP tests, methods of propagating cells or bacilli such as colon bacilli in a liquid culture medium, and chemical analyses.

Abstract: A large spin-polarized current can be provided. A single crystal MgO layer is grown on an Si single crystal substrate, being lattice-matched. Thereon, a ferromagnetic metal layer is grown. Growth plane of MgO layer formed on (100) plane of Si single crystal substrate is (100) plane. At interface between Si single crystal substrate and MgO layer, Si (100) [110] and MgO (100) [100] directions are parallel. FIG. 2(A) shows Si (100) plane, FIG. 2(B) MgO (100) plane, and FIG. 2(C) the state of these two planes being lattice-matched. Si (100) plane in FIG. 2(A) is constituted by Si atoms 111 alone, while MgO (100) plane in FIG. 2(B) is constituted by Mg atoms 121 and oxygen (O) atoms 122. MgO (100) plane is grown on Si (100) plane, and as shown in FIG. 2(C), Si (100) [110] and MgO (100) [100] directions are parallel at the interface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a spin injection electrode structure, a spin transport element, and a spin transport device which enable effective spin injection in a silicon channel layer at room temperature. A spin injection electrode structure IE comprises a silicon channel layer 12, a first magnesium oxide film 13A disposed on a first part of the silicon channel layer 12, and a first ferromagnetic layer 14A disposed on the first magnesium oxide film 13A. The first magnesium oxide film 13A partly includes a first lattice-matched part P lattice-matched with both of the silicon channel layer 12 and the first ferromagnetic layer 14A.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a planar positioning device includes a first actuator displaceable in a first axis direction, a second actuator displaceable in a second axis direction perpendicular to the first axis, a first displacement magnifying mechanism configured to magnify a displacement of the first actuator, a second displacement magnifying mechanism configured to magnify a displacement of the second actuator, a stage arranged in a plane, a first drive support mechanism including a parallel link connected between the first displacement magnifying mechanism and the stage to transmit the magnified displacement in the first-axis direction to the stage, a second drive support mechanism including a parallel link connected between the second displacement magnifying mechanism and the stage to transmit the magnified displacement in the second-axis direction to the stage, and a stabilizing support mechanism configured to apply tensions in the first-axis direction and the second-axis direction to the stage.

Abstract: A noncontact stirring method, a noncontact stirring apparatus, a method and apparatus for reacting nucleic acid hybridization using the apparatus, a method for detecting nucleic acid in a sample, an apparatus for detecting nucleic acid, a method for detecting antibodies in a sample, and an apparatus for detecting antibodies in minute droplets 1 ?mL or less in an electric field are proposed that can be utilized to speed up biodetection processes, hybridization processes in DNA analysis, ELISA antigen fixing processes, blocking processes, antibody-antigen reaction processes and color reaction processes; and pathogen identification, CRP tests, methods of propagating cells or bacilli such as colon bacilli in a liquid culture medium, and chemical analyses.

Abstract: A magnetic sensor element has a hard magnetic film 2 formed on a nonmagnetic substrate 1, an insulating layer 3 covering the top of the hard magnetic film 2, and a soft magnetic film 4 formed on the insulating layer 3. The magnetization direction of the hard magnetic film 2 has an angle ? relative to the longitudinal direction of the soft magnetic film 4. It is preferable that, in plan view when viewing the nonmagnetic substrate 1 from above, the hard magnetic film 2 is broader than the region in which the soft magnetic film 4 is formed, and all of the region in which the soft magnetic film 4 is entirely overlaps with the region in which the hard magnetic film 2 is formed. According to the present invention, a magnetic sensor element for which a constant bias magnetic field is obtained can be provided.

Abstract: A magnetic head has an opposite face opposite to a magnetic disk, a main pole having a distal end face and an inclined face exposed to the opposite face, and a shield yoke extended substantially facing the opposite face. An end face on which the shield yoke is opposite to the main pole via a gap is inclined substantially in parallel to the inclined face of the main pole.

Abstract: A method of designing a patterned magnetic recording medium including a magnetic film with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy which is patterned into dots form includes steps of setting values to dot pattern periods Px and Py, a thickness “t”, a thermal stability factor Kn, a minimum inter-dot spacing S0, and a maximum recording field Hm, setting an initial value of a saturation magnetization Ms, finding a nucleation field for magnetization reversal Hn and estimating a coercivity Hc and a saturation field Hs, and repeating the steps given above so as to make the saturation field Hs lower than the maximum recording field Hm, thereby determining the magnetic properties Ms, Hn and Hc satisfying a desired condition.