Abstract: Provided is an inductively coupled plasma spectrometric system for measuring an emission state of plasma into which a measurement target sample is fed, the inductively coupled plasma spectrometric system including: a spectrometer configured to resolve light emitted in a measurement region set in the plasma into a plurality of wavelength components; a detection device configured to detect a spatial distribution of the resolved light; and a measuring device configured to measure the detected spatial distribution at every measurement unit time, the measurement unit time being at least shorter than time required for the sample to pass through the measurement region.

Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present invention is that there is no method for forming a dense structure on a porous structure at low cost. In addition, another object is to provide a high quality and inexpensive structure of a brittle material and a laminate thereof as an intermediate layer for facilitating formation of a dense structure on a porous structure. A structure is provided having a brittle particle assembly having a plurality of brittle particles, wherein the brittle particle assemblies are arranged adjacently to each other, and the brittle particles having a brittle material region in the periphery are crosslinked (connected) by the brittle material region to bond the brittle particles to each other, and thereby form a brittle material crosslinked structure region preventing the mobility of the brittle particles.

Abstract: There is provided a novel ionic composite material that can be molded into various shapes using lignin sulfonic acid as one of raw materials thereof, and having flexibility and elasticity, to significantly improve the strength and toughness and impart complete biodegradability thereto. It was found that a combination of ?-polylysine (?-PL) which is a cationic polymer that is produced by microorganisms and lignin sulfonic acid exhibits excellent strength and toughness. In addition, ?-PL used in this technology is a biodegradable polymer that is completely degraded by microorganisms and the like in the environment. Since lignin sulfonic acid is also a biodegradable polymer, it is thought that a complex in which ?-PL and lignin sulfonic acid are mixed in this technology will exhibit complete biodegradability, and more applications thereof can be expected when utilizing the strength, durability, and biodegradability thereof in addition to the improved strength and toughness.

Abstract: The present invention provides a biomass-derived polyester compound useful as a rubber material or an adhesive material, the compound including a multiple bond in the molecule. By synthesizing an ester compound composed of a hydroxycinnamic acid and a fatty acid, and carrying out polycondensation reaction using the ester compound as a monomer, a polyester compound containing cinnamic acid and a ricinoleic acid derivative that are alternately linked to each other can be efficiently obtained. For example, an ester compound of General Formula (1) is produced. (In the formula, the substituents R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or a methoxy group; the substituent R3 represents an alkyl group or an alkenyl group; and n represents an integer of 10 to 100).

Abstract: A magnetic-field melting solder that melts by the action of an AC magnetic field is provided. The magnetic-field melting solder includes solder material; and magnetic material composing of ferrite or Ni, a proportion of the magnetic material to the entire magnetic-field melting solder being 0.005% to 5% by weight. A joining method using the magnetic-field melting solder includes providing the magnetic-field melting solder between an electrode on a substrate and an electrode of an electronic component, and joining together the electrode on the substrate and the electrode of the electronic component by generating an AC magnetic field around the substrate and thereby melting the magnetic-field melting solder.

Abstract: An information processing device, including a resistive analog neuromorphic device element having a pair of electrodes and an oxide layer provided between the pair of electrodes, and a parallel circuit having a low resistance component and a capacitance component. The parallel circuit and the resistive analog neuromorphic device element are connected in series.

Abstract: A mounting wiring board, containing a base, an electrode portion disposed on the base, and a heat generation pattern disposed on the electrode portion and to be heated by a standing wave of a microwave, in which an occupation area of the heat generation pattern is smaller than an area of an upper surface of the electrode portion; an electronic device mounting board using the mounting wiring board; a method of mounting the electronic device; a microwave heating method, which contains heating an object to be heated provided via the heat generation pattern; and a microwave heating apparatus.

Abstract: To provide a thermoelectric conversion material having low environmental load and an excellent thermoelectric figure of merit ZT and a thermoelectric conversion module including the thermoelectric conversion material. A thermoelectric conversion material of the present invention is characterized by being a compound represented by Chemical Formula (1). Cu26-xMxA2E6-yS32??(1) In Chemical Formula (1), M represents a metal material including at least one of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Zn; A represents a metal material including at least one of Nb and Ta; E represents a metal material including at least one of Si, Ge, and Sn; x represents a numerical value of 0 or more and 4 or less; and y represents a numerical value of more than 0 and 1 or less.

Abstract: A thermoelectric element to convert thermal energy into electrical energy includes a first electrode part, a second electrode part having a different work function than the first electrode part and arranged at a distance from the first electrode part, on a same surface of a substrate as the first electrode part, and a middle part provided between the first electrode part and the second electrode part.

Abstract: A stack including at least a semiconductor drift layer stacked on a single-crystal diamond substrate having a coalescence boundary, wherein the coalescence boundary of the single-crystal diamond substrate is a region that exhibits, in a Raman spectrum at a laser excitation wavelength of 785 nm, a full width at half maximum of a peak near 1332 cm?1 due to diamond that is observed to be broader than a full width at half maximum of the peak exhibited by a region different from the coalescence boundary, the coalescence boundary has a width of 200 ?m or more, and the semiconductor drift layer is stacked on at least the coalescence boundary.

Abstract: The present invention is provided with a four-wavelength light emitter that emits four kinds of wavelengths of light toward a predetermined site on a living body; a light receiver that receives the four kinds of wavelengths of light transmitted through the predetermined site on the living body; a received light intensity information acquirer that acquires received light intensity information for the four wavelengths on the basis of an optical signal received by the light receiver; an absorbance time change value acquirer that finds time change values of the absorbances corresponding to the four wavelengths on the basis of the received light intensity information of the four wavelengths; a calibration data table that stores calibration data for finding a predetermined component in blood based on the absorbance time change values; and a component concentration acquirer that finds the concentration of the predetermined component in the blood.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a thickener that can increase the viscosity of a composition with suppressing stickiness and maintaining use feeling in the case of applying the composition on the skin or the like, since the thickener does not contain a polymer thickener or the content amount of a polymer thickener is small. The thickener according to the present invention is characterized in comprising a phospholipid, a biosurfactant, and a 1,2-diol compound represented by the following formula (I): HO—CH2—CH(OH)—R1 ??(I) wherein R1 is a hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of 5 or more and 12 or less.

Abstract: A test method for characterizing the mechanical properties including the surface adhesion energy ? on the basis of the experimentally derived P-A relationship, where P means the indentation load under the penetration depth h of an indenter pressed onto a test specimen with surface adhesion, and A means the contact area of indentation at the contact radius a under the applied load of P. This test method enables the implementation for quantitatively as well as simultaneously characterizing the adhesion energy as well as the various mechanical properties (elastic/elastoplastic/viscoelastic properties) of soft materials.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser including: an optical resonator that has a first compound semiconductor layer containing an n-type impurity, a second compound semiconductor layer containing a p-type impurity, and a light-emitting layer provided between the first compound semiconductor layer and the second compound semiconductor layer; and a pulse injection means that injects excitation energy for a sub-nanosecond duration into the optical resonator, wherein the light-emitting layer has an at least five-period multiple quantum well structure, and the semiconductor laser generates optical pulses having a pulse width shorter than 2.5 times the photon lifetime in the optical resonator.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser including: an optical resonator that has a first compound semiconductor layer containing an n-type impurity, a second compound semiconductor layer containing a p-type impurity, and a light-emitting layer provided between the first compound semiconductor layer and the second compound semiconductor layer; and a pulse injection means that injects excitation energy for a sub-nanosecond duration into the optical resonator, wherein the optical resonator has a multi-section structure separated into at least one gain region and at least one absorption region, and the semiconductor laser generates optical pulses having a pulse width shorter than 2.5 times the photon lifetime in the optical resonator.

Abstract: An input device, method, and system enabling a switch input operation of various equipment by moving a body part other than hands and feet. Input by body movement, such as a wink, is achieved by an input device including: a detector which includes a first contact electrode placed at a first position of a body part and a second contact electrode placed at a second position of the body part, the detector configured to measure a biological signal between the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode, and to detect a low-frequency component inclusive of the biological signal; and a discrimination processor configured to determine, based on a signal from the detector, presence or absence of an input movement of the body part in a vicinity of the first position, and/or presence or absence of an input movement of the body part in a vicinity of the second position.

Abstract: The plating machine 1 comprises a plurality of treatment units 14 and a conveying means 13 that conveys a wafer W to the plurality of treatment units 14, wherein the conveying means 13 includes an arm 31 that is provided, on one end side, with a plating tool 32 that holds the wafer W, and an arm rotation drive unit 33 that rotates the arm 31 around another end side of the arm 31, and the plurality of treatment units 14 is arranged at predetermined intervals on a rotation trajectory of the plating tool 32.

Abstract: As a sintered body for a radiation shielding material, which can effectively shield mainly low-energy-level neutrons, that is, thermal neutrons and lower, slow neutrons, and has excellent physical properties such as bending strength and Vickers hardness, leading to high machining strength, a sintered body for a radiation shielding material comprising LiF ranging between 99 wt. % to 5 wt. %, and one or more fluorides selected from among MgF2, CaF2, AlF3, KF, NaF, and/or YF3 ranging between 1 wt. % to 95 wt. %, having physical properties of a relative density of 92% or more, a bending strength of 50 MPa or more, and a Vickers hardness of 100 or more, is provided.

Abstract: The present application provides methods for producing polybenzimidazole carbon fiber that does not require infusibilization treatment.

Abstract: Provided is a novel solid electrolyte material of high density and high ionic conductivity, and an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery that utilizes the solid electrolyte material. The solid electrolyte material has a chemical composition represented by Li7-3xGaxLa3Zr2O12 (0.08?x<0.5), has a relative density of 99% or higher, belongs to space group I-43d, in the cubic system, and has a garnet-type structure. The lithium ion conductivity of the solid electrolyte material is 2.0×10?3 S/cm or higher. The solid electrolyte material has a lattice constant a such that 1.29 nm?a?1.30 nm, and lithium ions occupy the 12a site, the 12b site and two types of 48e site, and gallium occupies the 12a site and the 12b site, in the crystal structure. The all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte. The solid electrolyte is made up of the solid electrolyte material of the present invention.