Abstract: Provided is a transport apparatus which exhibits a strong gripping force, hardly contaminates an object being transported, and has excellent heat resistance. Also provided are a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing an optical member in which the object is transported at high speed. The transport apparatus of the present invention includes a transport member comprising a carrying member and a mounting member; the mounting member includes a fibrous columnar structure; the fibrous columnar structure includes a fibrous columnar structure including a plurality of fibrous columnar objects; the plurality of fibrous columnar objects are each aligned in a direction substantially perpendicular to the carrying member; and a surface of the fibrous columnar structure on a side opposite to the carrying member has a coefficient of static friction against a glass surface of 2.0 or more.

Abstract: A carbon nanotube aggregate according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes, in which: the carbon nanotubes each have a plurality of walls; a distribution width of a wall number distribution of the carbon nanotubes is 10 walls or more; a relative frequency of a mode of the wall number distribution is 25% or less; and a length of each of the carbon nanotubes is more than 10 ?m. A carbon nanotube aggregate according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes, in which: the carbon nanotubes each have a plurality of walls; a mode of a wall number distribution of the carbon nanotubes is present at a wall number of 10 or less; a relative frequency of the mode is 30% or more; and a length of each of the carbon nanotubes is more than 10 ?m.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor transport member that includes a semiconductor mounting member capable of expressing a strong gripping force and unlikely to cause a contaminant to adhere and remain on a semiconductor side. Also provided is a semiconductor mounting member capable of expressing a strong gripping force and unlikely to cause a contaminant to adhere and remain on a semiconductor side. The semiconductor transport member of the present invention includes: a carrying base; and a semiconductor mounting member, in which: the semiconductor mounting member includes a fibrous columnar structure; the fibrous columnar structure includes a fibrous columnar structure including a plurality of fibrous columnar objects; the fibrous columnar objects are each aligned in a direction substantially perpendicular to the carrying base; and a surface of the fibrous columnar structure on an opposite side to the carrying base has a coefficient of static friction against a glass surface of 2.0 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor transport member that includes a semiconductor mounting member capable of expressing a strong gripping force and unlikely to cause a contaminant to adhere and remain on a semiconductor side. Also provided is a semiconductor mounting member capable of expressing a strong gripping force and unlikely to cause a contaminant to adhere and remain on a semiconductor side. The semiconductor transport member of the present invention includes: a carrying base; and a semiconductor mounting member, in which: the semiconductor mounting member includes a fibrous columnar structure; the fibrous columnar structure includes a fibrous columnar structure including a plurality of fibrous columnar objects; the fibrous columnar objects are each aligned in a direction substantially perpendicular to the carrying base; and a surface of the fibrous columnar structure on an opposite side to the carrying base has a coefficient of static friction against a glass surface of 4.0 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a novel particle adsorption probe (1000) for picking up a particle by adsorbing the particle. The particle adsorption probe (1000) can selectively pick up a particle having a specific particle diameter from a group of particles having a wide particle diameter distribution without requiring the application of a physical stress in picking up the particle and without contaminating a foreign matter surface in picking up the particle, and allows the particle to be analytically evaluated in an analysis apparatus directly after picking up the particle. The particle adsorption probe (1000) of the present invention includes a carbon nanotube aggregate (100) including a plurality of carbon nanotubes (10).

Abstract: Provided is a carbon nanotube composite structural body including, on a base material, a plurality of carbon nanotube columnar structural bodies, the carbon nanotube composite structural body having an extremely high adhesion strength between the base material and the carbon nanotube columnar structural bodies. Also provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive member including such carbon nanotube composite structural body. The carbon nanotube composite structural body of the present invention is a carbon nanotube composite structural body, including, on a base material, a plurality of carbon nanotube columnar structural bodies, in which: the carbon nanotube composite structural body further includes an intermediate layer between the base material and the carbon nanotube columnar structural bodies; the intermediate layer has a thickness of 1.

Abstract: Provided is a sample fixing member for an atomic force microscope capable of reducing the drift amount of a sample during measurement. A sample fixing member for an atomic force microscope of the present invention includes a fibrous columnar structure including a plurality of fibrous columnar objects each having a length of 200 ?m or more.

Abstract: Provided is the following static elimination member for analysis. In precision analysis such as analysis involving using an atomic force microscope, the static elimination member for analysis can be sufficiently attached to the periphery of a sample to be analyzed, and can suppress the charging of the periphery of the sample to be analyzed without contaminating the sample to be analyzed or its surrounding environment. Even when a metal is present around the sample to be analyzed, the member eliminates the possibility of a spark. The member enables the analysis of the sample while the sample is covered with a chamber. The member enables the analysis thereof under a high-temperature environment or a vacuum environment without problems. The static elimination member for analysis of the present invention includes a fibrous columnar structure including a plurality of fibrous columnar objects.

Abstract: Provided is a droplet cutting method capable of cutting a droplet easily to expose its cross-section. Also provided is a droplet cross-section analysis method, including analyzing a cross-section exposed through cutting by such cutting method. A droplet cutting method of the present invention is a method of cutting a droplet to expose a cross-section, the method including: placing a droplet on a surface of a carbon nanotube aggregate including a plurality of carbon nanotubes; cooling the droplet to a cooling temperature equal to or less than a temperature at which the droplet is solidified; and cutting the droplet. A droplet cross-section analysis method of the present invention includes analyzing a cross-section exposed through cutting by the droplet cutting method of the present invention.

Abstract: Provided is a novel particle adsorption microprobe for picking up an extremely fine particle by adsorbing the particle, which can selectively pick up only one extremely fine particle without requiring the application of a physical stress in picking up the particle and without contaminating a foreign matter surface in picking up the particle, and allows the particle to be analytically evaluated as it is in an analyzer after its picking-up. A particle adsorption microprobe of the present invention includes a carbon nanotube aggregate including a plurality of carbon nanotubes and adsorbs only one particle having a diameter of 10 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided is the following sample fixing member for a nano indenter. The member can stably fix a sample, the plastic deformation of the member is alleviated, and the member enables accurate nano indenter measurement. A sample fixing member for a nano indenter of the present invention includes a fibrous columnar structure including a plurality of fibrous columnar objects each having a length of 200 ?m or more.

Abstract: Provided is a novel particle adsorption probe (1000) for picking up a particle by adsorbing the particle. The particle adsorption probe (1000) can selectively pick up a particle having a specific particle diameter from a group of particles having a wide particle diameter distribution without requiring the application of a physical stress in picking up the particle and without contaminating a foreign matter surface in picking up the particle, and allows the particle to be analytically evaluated in an analysis apparatus directly after picking up the particle. The particle adsorption probe (1000) of the present invention includes a carbon nanotube aggregate (100) including a plurality of carbon nanotubes (10).

Abstract: Provided is a sample fixing member for an atomic force microscope capable of reducing the drift amount of a sample during measurement. A sample fixing member for an atomic force microscope of the present invention includes a fibrous columnar structure including a plurality of fibrous columnar objects each having a length of 200 ?m or more.

Abstract: Provided is a sample fixing member for a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer that: can prevent the contamination of a solid sample; can stably fix the solid sample; and enables accurate detection of a secondary ion in a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer. A sample fixing member for a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer of the present invention includes a fibrous columnar structure including a plurality of fibrous columnar objects each having a length of 200 ?m or more.

Abstract: A fibrous columnar structure aggregate having excellent mechanical properties, a high specific surface area, excellent heat resistance, excellent pressure-sensitive adhesive properties under temperature conditions ranging from room temperature to a high temperature, and such pressure-sensitive adhesive property that its adhesive strength for adherends different from each other in surface free energy does not change (the aggregate is free of adherend selectivity). The fibrous columnar structure aggregate (1) includes fibrous columnar structures having a plurality of diameters, in which the distribution width of the diameter distribution of the fibrous columnar structures having the plurality of diameters is 10 nm or more, and the relative frequency of the mode of the diameter distribution is 30% or less.

Abstract: Provided is a viscoelastic body that has small tack, is excellent in handleability, and generates a small amount of outgas even under a high-temperature condition. Also provided is a viscoelastic body that has small tack, is excellent in handleability, and exhibits excellent viscoelasticity in a wide temperature range of from low temperature to high temperature. A viscoelastic body according to one embodiment of the present invention has an outgas amount of 20 mg/cm3 or less when stored at 400° C. for 1 hour. A viscoelastic body according to another embodiment of the present invention has a G? in crimp type viscoelastic spectrum evaluation of 1.0×106 Pa or less in a temperature range of from ?150° C. to 500° C.

Abstract: A carbon nanotube aggregate according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes, in which: the carbon nanotubes each have a plurality of walls; a distribution width of a wall number distribution of the carbon nanotubes is 10 walls or more; a relative frequency of a mode of the wall number distribution is 25% or less; and a length of each of the carbon nanotubes is more than 10 ?m. A carbon nanotube aggregate according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes, in which: the carbon nanotubes each have a plurality of walls; a mode of a wall number distribution of the carbon nanotubes is present at a wall number of 10 or less; a relative frequency of the mode is 30% or more; and a length of each of the carbon nanotubes is more than 10 ?m.

Abstract: Provided is a fibrous columnar structure aggregate including a plurality of fibrous columnar structures on a surface of a substrate, the fibrous columnar structure aggregate having an extremely high adhesion strength between the substrate and the fibrous columnar structures. A fibrous columnar structure aggregate (10) is a fibrous columnar structure aggregate including: a substrate (1); and a plurality of fibrous columnar structures (2) provided on a surface of the substrate, in which: one end (2a) of each of the plurality of fibrous columnar structures is adhered to the surface of the substrate; and an adhesion strength between the plurality of fibrous columnar structures and the surface of the substrate is 25 N/cm2 or more at 25° C.

Abstract: Provided is a fibrous columnar structure aggregate having a high shear adhesive strength. Also provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive member using such fibrous columnar structure aggregate. The fibrous columnar structure aggregate is a fibrous columnar structure aggregate, including a plurality of fibrous columnar structures, in which the fibrous columnar structures each have a surface provided with a surface coating layer formed of a coating material having a Hamaker constant of 10×10?20 J or more.

Abstract: Provided is a carbon nanotube composite structural body including, on a base material, a plurality of carbon nanotube columnar structural bodies, the carbon nanotube composite structural body having an extremely high adhesion strength between the base material and the carbon nanotube columnar structural bodies. Also provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive member including such carbon nanotube composite structural body. The carbon nanotube composite structural body of the present invention is a carbon nanotube composite structural body, including, on a base material, a plurality of carbon nanotube columnar structural bodies, in which: the carbon nanotube composite structural body further includes an intermediate layer between the base material and the carbon nanotube columnar structural bodies; the intermediate layer has a thickness of 1.