Abstract: An optical fiber fixing system includes a clamp base and a clamp member. The clamp base has a V-groove on a top surface thereof. The depth of the V-groove is configured such that a ridgeline of an optical fiber projects beyond the top surface of the base when the optical fiber is mounted therein. The clamp member has a protrusion on a bottom surface thereof. The protrusion depresses, from the upside, the optical fiber mounted in the V-groove of the clamp base. Further, the protrusion is configured to extend substantially perpendicularly to the axial direction of the optical fiber.

Abstract: A method for producing a catalyst for a fuel cell is provided which is capable of improving output characteristics of the fuel cell. Metal fine particles making up the catalyst for the fuel cell to be used as a fuel electrode and air electrode are formed by reducing platinum salt with molybdenum carbonyl. The catalyst for the fuel cell is formed by supporting platinum-molybdenum fine particles on carbon particles. By employing this reducing method, platinum-molybdenum fine particles being small in size and high in dispersibility can be obtained, making the catalyst for the fuel cell highly active. By constructing the fuel and air electrodes using the catalyst for the fuel cell, high outputs from the fuel cell are made possible.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cosmetic for eyelash comprising a film-forming polymer (a) having a rate of change in polymer content (?W) of 13% or more, and water, wherein a content of the film-forming polymer (a) is 0.6 to 50% by mass. The cosmetic for eyelash according to the present invention is free from formation of lumps upon use, and imparts a good curl effect to the eyelash.

Abstract: A fuel cell includes an electric power generation part; the electric power generation part including an air electrode to which oxygen gas is supplied, a fuel electrode to which fuel gas is supplied, and a solid electrolyte layer having a proton conductivity and put between the air electrode and fuel electrode; a fuel storage part storing a liquid fuel; a liquid fuel vaporization film made of non-porous material and configured to vaporize the liquid fuel so as to supply fuel gas to the fuel electrode; and a gas fuel supply speed control plate provided between the liquid fuel vaporization film and the fuel electrode and configured to control a supply speed of the fuel gas to the fuel electrode. The gas fuel supply speed control plate includes a plurality of openings piercing between the liquid fuel vaporization film and the fuel electrode.

Abstract: In the present invention, a material having a structure represented by formula (1) or (2) (wherein W equals N or C) is used as a solid electrolyte for a fuel cell. An electrolyte membrane having a small fuel crossover and a fuel cell having excellent ion conductivity and service capacity are obtained.

Abstract: A fuel battery 20 includes a fuel supplier 32, and a battery cell structure 31A and a battery cell structure 31B which are arranged to face each other respectively and to sandwich the fuel supplier 32, and in the battery cell structure 31A and the battery cell structure 31B, fuel battery cells CA1 through CA6, and CB1 through CB6 are arranged. Due to separators 40a and 40b, in the battery cell structure 31A, from the fuel electrode of the fuel battery cell CA1 to the air electrode of the fuel battery cell CA6, and in the battery cell structure 31B, from the fuel electrode of the fuel battery cell CB6 to the air electrode of the fuel battery cell CB1, are electrically connected in series. With the cell connector 35, the air electrodes of the fuel battery cells on the diagonal lines of the battery cell structure 31A and the battery cell structure 31B are connected electrically in parallel.

Abstract: A method for producing a catalyst for a fuel cell is provided which is capable of improving output characteristics of the fuel cell. Metal fine particles making up the catalyst for the fuel cell to be used as a fuel electrode and air electrode are formed by reducing platinum salt with molybdenum carbonyl. The catalyst for the fuel cell is formed by supporting platinum-molybdenum fine particles on carbon particles. By employing this reducing method, platinum-molybdenum fine particles being small in size and high in dispersibility can be obtained, making the catalyst for the fuel cell highly active. By constructing the fuel and air electrodes using the catalyst for the fuel cell, high outputs from the fuel cell are made possible.

Abstract: Back pressure is applied to a liquid fuel stored in a fuel storage unit by a pressure application unit, and a liquid fuel vaporization membrane that vaporizes the liquid fuel to thereby supply the vaporized fuel gas to an anode is formed by a nonporous membrane. Backed by this, the liquid fuel can be prevented from leaking out to the anode, so that the concentration of the liquid fuel can be increased to an optimum level.

Abstract: An optical fiber fixing system includes a clamp base and a clamp member. The clamp base has a V-groove on a top surface thereof. The depth of the V-groove is configured such that a ridgeline of an optical fiber projects beyond the top surface of the base when the optical fiber is mounted therein. The clamp member has a protrusion on a bottom surface thereof. The protrusion depresses, from the upside, the optical fiber mounted in the V-groove of the clamp base. Further, the protrusion is configured to extend substantially perpendicularly to the axial direction of the optical fiber.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a cathode which can be dischargeably charged with lithium ions, an anode made of lithium metal, a lithium alloy or any other anode material which can be releasably doped with lithium ions, and an electrolyte which allows migration of lithium ions between both electrodes. The cathode contains a halogen compound which releases halogen atoms, halogen ions or a reactive halogen-containing substance for reacting with the anode, thereby deactivating the anode to prevent excessive heat generation before oxygen released from the cathode due to a temperature rise reacts with the anode.