Abstract: The present invention provides a chemical reactor with which nitrogen oxide emission control can be performed very efficiently at a low applied voltage when an excess of oxygen is present in a combustion exhaust gas. The present invention is a chemical reactor in which the upper cathode, lower cathode, and anode that make the chemical reactor are a mixture of an electron-conductive substance and an ion-conductive substance, and the electron-conductive substance and ion-conductive substance of the upper cathode are mixed in a specific ratio, which makes it possible to lower the applied voltage and reduce the power consumption of the chemical reactor, and is also a method for the emission control of nitrogen oxides in which this chemical reactor is used.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-storage type heater which has a function of compensating a time lag between the generation and emission of heat, and comprises means for supplying heat to a heat-storing material 1 capable of being supercooled, the heat-storing material 1 being filled into a plurality of small containers 2, means 3 for releasing the supercooled state of the heat-storing material, and a thermal radiation surface.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a heating apparatus that uses a spectral selective type heat radiating material and has improved safety and energy efficiency, and the present invention is a heating apparatus that uses a spectral selective type heat radiating material having a high emissivity in a specific wavelength region, wherein a film of the spectral selective type heat radiating material is formed on a surface of a heat radiant while leaving at least one region of the surface of the heat radiant with nothing formed thereon, having property capable of identifying whether or not the heating apparatus is operating and preventing the temperature of a surface of the heat radiant from rising excessively, and also is a heating apparatus that uses a spectral selective type heat radiating material, wherein the spectral selectivity of spectral emissivity is controlled by adjusting the thickness of the film of the spectral selective type heat radiating material.

Abstract: A spin electronic material exhibiting a spin-dependent electronic effect includes zincblende TE-VE, where TE stands for V, Cr or Mn and VE stands for As or Sb.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to make it possible to correctly and easily measure a thermal diffusivity within a three-layer substance containing an non-metal substance.

Abstract: There is provided a slider displacement direction conversion mechanism in an electrostatic actuator which can convert the displacement direction of a slider in the perpendicular direction to a substrate surface, the mechanism comprises a slider which is displaced under the force from the electrostatic actuator generating the electrostatic force parallel to the substrate surface, and a plurality of elastic beams fixed to a substrate which supports the slider, the elastic beams are entirely or locally provided with displaceable members supporting the slider, and the displaceable member is easily displaced in the direction different from the displacement direction when the slider is subjected to the force in the displacement direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-storage type heater which has a function of compensating a time lag between the generation and emission of heat, and comprises means for supplying heat to a heat-storing material 1 capable of being supercooled, the heat-storing material 1 being filled into a plurality of small containers 2, means 3 for releasing the supercooled state of the heat-storing material, and a thermal radiation surface.

Abstract: There is provided a wireless-type power supply method that is applied to the case where an object to which energy is to be transmitted is relatively small, such as a micromachine, and that allows high-voltage electrical energy to be transmitted without using a wire. In this method, the optical energy from an light source is converted into high-voltage electrical energy by means of an energy transducer formed of either a piezoelectric element or a photovoltaic element on the above-described object, and the high-voltage electrical energy is supplied to an actuator, whereby the construction of the receiving side of the energy transmission is simplified.