Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for selectively reducing, using electrical energy, CO2 to carbon monoxide or formic acid, a catalyst for use in the method, and an electrochemical reduction system.

Abstract: A bistable circuit includes a pair of inverter circuits each including a first FET being connected between a power supply line and an intermediate node and having a gate coupled to an input node and a first conductivity type channel, a second FET being connected between the intermediate node and an output node and having a gate coupled to the input node and the first conductivity type channel, a third FET being connected between the intermediate node and a bias node, a fourth FET being connected between the output node and a control line and having a gate coupled to a word line and a second conductivity type channel, wherein the pair of inverter circuits are connected in a loop shape, and gates of the third FETs of the pair of inverter circuits are coupled to one of the input and output nodes of the pair of inverter circuits.

Abstract: A heteroepitaxial structure includes a first metal portion having a polycrystalline structure, a second metal portion on the first metal portion, the second metal portion has an island-shaped structure on the first metal portion, the second metal portion is provided corresponding to at least one crystalline grain exposed to a surface of the first metal portion, and the second metal portion and the at least one crystalline grain have a heteroepitaxial interface.

Abstract: A current sensor includes an element that is in a high-resistance state when an absolute value of a current flowing between a first terminal and a second terminal is within a first range, and changes to a low-resistance state in which a resistance value is lower than that in the high-resistance state when the absolute value of the current exceeds the first range, and a circuit that supplies a current to be measured to the element, and senses a value of the current to be measured based on at least one of voltages of the first terminal and the second terminal.

Abstract: Provided are a hydrophilic polyamide and polyimide retaining characteristics particular to polyamides and polyimides, such as heat resistance. A polymeric compound is provided having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1): wherein M1 and M2 each independently represent any one selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a monovalent metal atom, an alkaline earth metal atom and an ammonium ion, provided that M1 and M2 are not a hydrogen atom at the same time; X1 and X2 represent an organic group; m and n each independently represent the number of substituents; Z1 represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted carbonyl group; Z2 represents an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group; Z3 represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted carbonyl group; and when Z1 or Z3 is an optionally substituted carbonyl group, they optionally form a ring structure together with Z2, each independently.

Abstract: A spike generation circuit includes a first CMOS inverter connected between a first power supply and a second power supply, an output node of the first CMOS inverter being coupled to a first node that is an intermediate node coupled to an input terminal to which an input signal is input, a switch connected in series with the first CMOS inverter, between the first power supply and the second power supply, a first inverting circuit that outputs an inversion signal of a signal of the first node to a control terminal of the switch, and a delay circuit that delays the signal of the first node, outputs a delayed signal to an input node of the first CMOS inverter, and outputs an isolated output spike signal to an output terminal.

Abstract: A spike generation circuit includes a first CMOS inverter connected between a first power supply and a second power supply, an output node of the first CMOS inverter being coupled to a first node that is an intermediate node coupled to an input terminal to which an input signal is input, a switch connected in series with the first CMOS inverter, between the first power supply and the second power supply, a first inverting circuit that outputs an inversion signal of a signal of the first node to a control terminal of the switch, and a delay circuit that delays the signal of the first node, outputs a delayed signal to an input node of the first CMOS inverter, and outputs an isolated output spike signal to an output terminal.

Abstract: Provided is a resin for nanoimprinting, which is capable of preventing removal of a transfer-receiving resin from a substrate when a mold is separated during nanoimprinting, and which is also capable of transferring a pattern on a mold to a transfer-receiving resin with high accuracy during thermal nanoimprinting, while improving the throughput. A resin for nanoimprinting, which is represented by formula (1). (In the formula, each of R1-R5 independently represents —H or —OH, and at least one of the R1-R5 moieties represents —OH; R6 represents a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6-20 carbon atoms or an aralkyl group having 7-20 carbon atoms; X represents an amide or an ester; Y may be absent, or represents an amide or an ester; P represents an integer of 1-10; and each of m and n represents an integer of 1 or more.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing sheet-like particles of zeolite that cannot be obtained by a top-down method, and provides sheet-like particles of zeolite having an 8-membered oxygen ring structure obtained by the method. A thickness of the sheet-like particles is 1 nm to 100 nm, and an aspect ratio (maximum width/thickness in particles) of the sheet-like particles is 100 or more.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for selectively reducing, using electrical energy, CO2 to formic acid, a catalyst for use in the method, and an electrochemical reduction system.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for selectively reducing, using electrical energy, CO2 to carbon monoxide, a catalyst for use in the method, and an electrochemical reduction system.

Abstract: Provided is a silicon bulk thermoelectric conversion material in which thermoelectric performance is improved by reducing the thermal conductivity as compared with the prior art. In the silicon bulk thermoelectric conversion material, the ZT is greater than 0.2 at room temperature with the elemental silicon. In the silicon bulk thermoelectric conversion material, a plurality of silicon grains have an average of 1 nm or more and 300 nm or less, a first hole have an average of 1 nm or more and 30 nm or less present in the plurality of silicon grains and surfaces of the silicon grains, and a second hole have an average of 100 nm or more and 300 nm or less present between the plurality of silicon grains, wherein the aspect ratio of a crystalline silicon grain is less than 10.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an agent for promoting undifferentiation that dissolves a drug, as DMSO or the like does, but is capable of promoting undifferentiation without inducing cell differentiation when added to a medium. The agent for promoting undifferentiation of the present invention has an aprotic zwitterion represented by the following formula (1) wherein A is an anion selected from the group consisting of SO3?, —COO?, —OP?O(H)O?, —OP?O(CH3)O? and —OP?O(OR3)O?, R1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms and optionally containing one or two oxygen atoms in the molecular chain, R2 is an alkylene group having 3 to 5 carbon atoms, and R3 is hydrogen or an alkyl group optionally having a heteroatom in the molecular chain.

Abstract: A spike generation circuit includes a first CMOS inverter connected between a first power supply and a second power supply, an output node of the first CMOS inverter being coupled to a first node that is an intermediate node coupled to an input terminal to which an input signal is input, a switch connected in series with the first CMOS inverter, between the first power supply and the second power supply, a first inverting circuit that outputs an inversion signal of a signal of the first node to a control terminal of the switch, and a delay circuit that delays the signal of the first node, outputs a delayed signal to an input node of the first CMOS inverter, and outputs an isolated output spike signal to an output terminal.

Abstract: Provided are an intermetallic compound having high stability and high activity, and a catalyst using the same. A hydrogen storage/release material containing an intermetallic compound represented by formula (1): RTX . . . (1) wherein R represents a lanthanoid element, T represents a transition metal in period 4 or period 5 in the periodic table, and X represents Si, Al or Ge.

Abstract: A quantum gate device includes a first superconducting circuit which resonates at a first resonance frequency, second superconducting circuit which resonates at a second resonance frequency, and connector which connects these circuits. The first superconducting circuit includes a single first Josephson device, second Josephson device group, and first capacitor. The second Josephson device group includes n Josephson devices connected by a line made of a superconductor. The Josephson energy possessed by each of the n Josephson devices is greater than n times that of the first Josephson device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a genetic modification non-human organism in which an expression level of Cas9 is high and a plurality of different genes or a plurality of different locations in the same gene can be edited at the same time with high efficiency. The genetic modification non-human organism of the present invention includes a nuclear genome having at least 3 copies of genes that code for Cas9 (CRISPR-associated 9). Egg cells of the present invention are derived from the genetic modification non-human organism having the nuclear genome into which at least 3 copies of genes that code for the Cas9 are introduced. Fertilized eggs of the present invention are obtained by fertilizing the egg cells and sperm derived from the same species of the organism. A method for modifying target genes of the present invention includes a step of introducing a guide RNA into cells derived from the genetic modification non-human organism, the egg cells, or the fertilized eggs.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of producing a metal oxyhydride, capable of synthesizing the metal oxyhydride under reaction conditions close to atmospheric pressure, and excellent in productivity and cost. The method of producing a metal oxyhydride of the present invention includes reacting an oxide with a metal hydride in a hydrogen atmosphere. A non-oxygen element constituting the oxide comprises only one kind of non-oxygen element. A pressure condition of the reaction is 0.1 to 0.9 MPa, and a temperature of the reaction is 500 to 1000° C.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for producing a metal organic framework nanosheet, including forming a metal organic framework in a sheet form between two monolayers constituting a single bilayer membrane in a case where the bilayer membranes form a hyper-swollen lamellar phase in a solvent. The present disclosure relates to a metal organic framework nanosheet including a metal organic framework disposed, in a sheet form, between two monolayers constituting a single bilayer membrane, wherein a plurality of the bilayer membranes forms a hyper-swollen lamellar phase in a solvent.

Abstract: Provided is an easy-to-process thermoelectric conversion device whose shape can be freely changed. The device is provided containing electrodes and an ionic solid, wherein the ionic solid has: an anionic heterometal complex aggregated to form a crystal lattice; and a cationic species present in interstices of the crystal lattice, and wherein the anionic heterometal complex includes: a metal M1 selected from the group consisting of the elements of Groups 8, 9 and 10 of the Periodic Table and Cr and Mn; a metal M2 selected from the group consisting of the elements of Groups 11 and 12 of the Periodic Table; and a ligand.