Abstract: What is provided is a compound, a pattern forming substrate, a coupling agent, and a pattern formation method. The compound is represented by Formula (1).

Abstract: An emulsifying dispersant includes, as the main component, vesicles formed from an amphiphilic substance capable of self-assembly or an emulsifying dispersant comprising single particles of a biopolymer as the main component. The particles made from amphiphilic substances capable of self-assembly are used. The amphiphilic substances are selected from among polyoxyethylene-hydrogenated castor oil derivatives wherein the average number of added ethylene oxide molecule is 5 to 15, dialkyldimethyl-ammonium halides wherein the chain length of the alkyl or alkenyl is 8 to 22, and phospholipids or phospholipid derivatives. According to the invention a three-phase structure composed of an aqueous phase, an emulsifying dispersant phase and an oil phase is formed on the surface of an emulsion to give an emulsion (such as emulsion fuel) excellent in thermal stability and long-term stability.

Abstract: Provided is a novel compound which can be used for positive-electrode catalysts of metal-air batteries. The melilite-type complex oxide according to the present invention is represented by a general formula (BazSr1?z)2CoxFe2?2x(SiyGe1?y)1+xO7 (in the formula, 0?x?1, 0?y?1, and 0?z?1, excluding the case where x=1, y=1, and z=0, the case where x=1, y=1, and z=1, the case where x=1, y=0, and z=0, the case where x=1, y=0, and z=1, the case where x=0, y=0, and z=0, and the case where x=0, y=0, and z=1).

Abstract: Provided is a metal oxide containing a brownmillerite-type manganese oxide represented by (Ca2-xAx)(MnyAlzE2-y-z)wO5+? (in the formula, A represents one or more alkaline earth metal elements other than Ca; E represents one or more 3d transition metal elements or earth metal elements other than Mn and Al; and x, y, z, ?, and w satisfy 0?x?2, 0<y?2, 0?z<2, 0<y+z?2, 0???0.5, and 0.8?w?1.2), wherein the metal oxide has a defect in a (020) plane of a crystal of the brownmillerite-type manganese oxide.

Abstract: Data searching apparatus to speed up searching time. This apparatus searches search target items associated with the specified relation items. When a group of search target items is associated with a same group of relation items, an upper item is defined to both of the groups of search target items and relation items. The relation between the upper item and relation items are recorded on first data, whereas the relation between the upper item and search target items are recorded on second data. The relations between the relation items and search items which are not associated with the upper items are recorded in third data. When part of or all of the specified relation items is contained in the first data, the first data, at least the second data is searched, and when no specified relation item is contained on the first data, only the third data is searched.

Abstract: Provided is a compound represented by Formula (1).

Abstract: A compound represented by Formula (1). [In the formula, X represents a halogen atom or an alkoxy group, R1 represents any one group selected from an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a group represented by Formula (R2-1), and a group represented by Formula (R2-2), R2 represents a group represented by Formula (R2-1) or (R2-2), n0 represents an integer of 0 or greater, n1 represents an integer of 0 to 5, and n2 represents a natural number of 1 to 5.

Abstract: What is provided is a compound, a pattern forming substrate, a coupling agent, and a pattern formation method. The compound is represented by Formula (1).

Abstract: Provided is a compound represented by Formula (1).

Abstract: A method is provided which can separate rhenium from a solution containing rhenium by a simple procedure in a shorter time. A method of selectively recovering rhenium from a solution containing rhenium and one or more different metals is also provided. A method of recovering rhenium is used. The method involves (A) adding an electron donor (aliphatic secondary alcohol or aliphatic secondary thioalcohol) and a ketone compound to a solution containing perrhenate ions, (B) irradiating the solution after the addition step with ultraviolet light to precipitate a reduced species of the perrhenate ions contained in the solution, and (C) separating the reduced species of perrhenate ions from the solution, the reduced species being precipitated during the ultraviolet light irradiation.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide an apparatus for denaturing double strand nucleic acids to single strand nucleic acids, and a method for denaturing double strand nucleic acids to single strand nucleic acids, which may become an alternative means to the thermal denaturation. [Solution] A nucleic acid denaturation apparatus 100 according to the present invention is provided with a vibration generation part 10 for generating vibration to be given to a nucleic acid solution containing double strand nucleic acids, which gives the vibration that occurs in the vibration generation part to the nucleic acid solution, thereby denaturing the double strand nucleic acids in the nucleic acid solution to single strand nucleic acids.

Abstract: Disclosed are a structure and a method capable of protecting from outside stimuli while containing in a liquid state a water-dispersible substance to be protected. The protective structure of the substance to be protected is a water-in-oil emulsion structure comprising an aqueous phase configuring a discontinuous phase containing the water-dispersible substance to be protected, an oil phase in which said aqueous phase is dispersed, and either vesicles formed with an amphiphilic substance which spontaneously forms vesicles or polycondensation polymer particles having hydroxyl groups.

Abstract: A method for producing a fluorine-containing compound represented by General formula (1), wherein X represents a halogen atom or an alkoxy group, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, Rf1 and Rf2 are each independently a fluorinated alkoxy group, and n represents an integer of 0 or more.

Abstract: An emulsifying dispersant includes, as the main component, vesicles formed from an amphiphilic substance capable of self-assembly or an emulsifying dispersant comprising single particles of a biopolymer as the main component. The particles made from amphiphilic substances capable of self-assembly are used. The amphiphilic substances are selected from among polyoxyethylene-hydrogenated castor oil derivatives wherein the average number of added ethylene oxide molecule is 5 to 15, dialkyldimethyl-ammonium halides wherein the chain length of the alkyl or alkenyl is 8 to 22, and phospholipids or phospholipid derivatives. According to the invention a three-phase structure composed of an aqueous phase, an emulsifying dispersant phase and an oil phase is formed on the surface of an emulsion to give an emulsion (such as emulsion fuel) excellent in thermal stability and long-term stability.

Abstract: To provide a method for preparing a visible light-responsive photocatalyst and a visible light-responsive photocatalyst intermediate, a usage of a visible light-responsive photocatalyst, and the visible light-responsive photocatalyst, the method enabling arbitrary setting of the amount of solvent, thus making it possible to prepare composite fine particles of gold colloids and titanium oxide fine particles in high yield. A method for preparing a visible light-responsive photocatalyst or a visible light-responsive photocatalyst intermediate includes the step of forming a disperse system including an oil liquid containing an organic titanium complex as a dispersant, and an aqueous dispersion containing gold colloids as a dispersoid, and the visible light-responsive photocatalyst or the visible light-responsive photocatalyst intermediate enables the organic titanium complex to undergo hydrolysis to cause clathration of gold colloids, thus forming a clathrate.

Abstract: A method for producing a chiral metal oxide structure, involves a sol-gel step of allowing a transition metal compound having a bi- or higher dentate chelate ligand to act on a chiral supramolecular crystal of an acid-base complex containing a polymer having a linear polyethyleneimine skeleton and a chiral dicarboxylic acid compound having two carboxyl groups and four or more carbon atoms to form a metal oxide layer on a surface of the chiral supramolecular crystal; and a calcination step of thermally decomposing the organic chiral supramolecular crystal after the sol-gel step to generate a transition metal oxide structure composed of the metal oxide layer prepared with the supramolecular crystal as a template.

Abstract: A compound represented by formula (e): where R1 represents a branched chain or cyclic alkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, and Rf1 and Rf2 represent fluorinated alkoxy groups.

Abstract: Provided are an emulsifier derived from sugar polymer capable of successfully emulsifying even unsaturated oil, a production method therefore, and a production method for emulsion using the emulsifier. This emulsifier can be obtained by a production method including an emulsification improving step of improving the emulsification of sugar polymer particles dispersed in water. In this emulsification improving step, the emulsification of sugar polymer particles can be improved by an action of an emulsification aid that is at least water-soluble one kind selected from salts, an amphiphilic agent, saccharides, an organic acid, and an amino acid. Alternatively, the emulsification of sugar polymer particles can be improved by storing the sugar polymer particles dispersed in water at a low temperature of 10° C. or lower.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing compound represented by a following general formula (1) is provided. [In the general formula (1), X represents a halogen atom or an alkoxy group, R1 represents a branched chain or cyclic alkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, and Rf1 and Rf2 represent fluorinated alkoxy groups. n represents an integer of 0 or greater.

Abstract: The invention provides an emulsification technique which permits the formation of functional oil/water or functional granules/water emulsion systems excellent in thermal stability and long-term stability and which can attain the emulsification independent of required HLB of the functional oils, and the dispersion independent of surface properties of the functional granules. In the technique is used an emulsifying dispersant comprising, as the main component, vesicles formed from an amphiphilic substance capable of self-assembly or an emulsifying dispersant comprising single particles of a biopolymer as the main component. The particles made from amphiphilic substances capable of self-assembly are used.