Abstract: A polymer comprising a polymer chain moiety and a copper complex moiety (1) is useful as a mechanoresponsive luminescent material. R1 and R2 are linking groups to the polymer chain moiety; R3 to R6 are H or substituent.

Abstract: One or more first magnets and one or more second magnets are separated along an optical axis. A diamagnetic lens droplet is suspended in the paramagnetic medium. Strength, direction, and/or position of the one or more first and second magnets are adjusted to change the shape of the lens droplet or the position of the lens droplet along the axis. The one or more first magnets and one or more second magnets may include pairs of magnets offset from one another along axes that are perpendicular to one another and the optical axis. Pairs of intermediate magnets may be positioned between the one or more first magnets and one or more second magnets and adjust the offset of the lens droplet relative to the optical axis. An interface between layers of diamagnetic and paramagnetic fluids may be shaped by concentric ring magnets in order to implement a tunable lens.

Abstract: Low-cost and robust platforms are key for the development of next-generation 3D micro- and nanodevices. To fabricate such platforms, nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) is a highly appealing material due to its biocompatibility, robustness, and mechanical, electrical, electrochemical, and optical properties, while glass substrates with through vias are ideal interposers for 3D integration due to the excellent properties of glass. A low-cost process—free of photolithography and transfer printing—for fabricating arrays of TGVs that are sealed with suspended portions of an ultra-thin NCD film on one side is presented. These highly transparent structures may serve as a platform for the development of microwells for single-cell culture and analysis, 3D integrated devices such as microelectrodes, and quantum technologies. It is also possible to replace the NCD with silicon nitride or silicon carbide, allowing for the development of complex heterogeneous structures on a small scale.

Abstract: Techniques are described for a charged particle optical apparatus that includes a loop of solid material that encloses a bore and a wire winding poloidally wrapped around the loop surrounding the bore. A current is applied to the toroidal winding generating a magnetic field inside the loop along a toroidal direction of the loop and generating magnetic vector potential within the bore. When charged particle(s) pass through the bore of the loop, the magnetic vector potential focuses the charged particles based on the focal point of the charged particle optical apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel process for preparing an oligosaccharide C-glycoside derivative of formula I, comprising reacting a compound of formula II with compound of formula III in the presence of at least one primary or secondary amine and at least one additive [in the formulae, the substituents are as defined herein], and novel oligosaccharide C-glycoside derivatives that can be prepared using the process.

Abstract: Disclosed is a persistent luminescence emitter containing an electron donor molecule and an electron acceptor molecule having a LUMO level of lower than ?3.5 eV, wherein emission intensity increases by temperature rise after photo-irradiation of the persistent luminescence emitter stops.

Abstract: Photostimulated luminescence, which allows energy or data to be stored and released using electromagnetic waves as both the input and output, has attracted considerable interest in the fields of biomedical and informatics technologies, but this phenomenon is mostly limited to solid inorganic materials. Here, we report photostimulated luminescence from purely organic blend films composed of electron donor, acceptor, and trap/emitter molecules. In the films, charges are accumulated as radical ions by ultraviolet light irradiation and then extracted by near infrared light irradiation to produce visible light. Films are capable of multiple cycles (>10 times) of organic photostimulated luminescence, which was still observable from films left in the dark at room temperature for one week after excitation, and emission color could be varied by changing the trap/emitter molecules. These findings will broadly impact existing applications and provide new prospects for innovative flexible devices.

Abstract: A LiS battery includes a heterostructure deposited on a sponge of carbon nanotubes followed by annealing. The heterostructure may be performed by depositing layers of TiN and TiO2, such as TiN followed by TiO2. Following annealing, the TIN and TiO2 may be distributed substantially uniformly in the heterostructure. In some embodiments, the TiN layer has a thickness of 10 nm and the TiO2 layer has a thickness of 5 nm.

Abstract: A device provides for delivery and control of extremely high peak-intensity femtosecond pulses of light. The device transmits pulses from a femtosecond laser to an endovascular location via a suitable optical fiber and controls the light intensity distribution at the site of surgery. The extremely high intensity enables the instantaneous ablation of material (e.g. calcified plaque) inside the blood vessel, with minimal damage to surrounding tissue.

Abstract: A method for making a plasmonic mushroom array includes: forming a plurality of metal nano-islands each having nanometer-range dimensions on a surface of a glass substrate; and subjecting to the glass substrate having the plurality of metal nano-islands formed thereon to reactive ion etching such that the plurality of metal nano-islands are converted to a plurality of mushroom-shaped structures each having a metal cap supported by a pillar made of a material of the glass substrate and each having dimensions smaller than the dimensions of the nano-islands, the plurality of mushroom-shaped structures being arranged in a substantially regular pattern with intervals smaller than average intervals between the nano-islands, thereby forming the plurality of nano-scale mushroom-shaped structures on the glass substrate that can exhibit localized surface plasmon resonance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying a chemical structure of a wide variety of low molecular weight compounds using mass-to-charge ratio and collision cross section of fragment ions of an analyte compound. The analyte compound is ionized and fragmented, and the fragment ions are measured by a mass spectrometer with an ion mobility spectrometry measurement device. According to the present method, it does not depend on any compound class-specific characteristics or structural features, therefore enabling determinations of any classes of low molecular weight compounds, which does not limit to a specific compound class. The present invention comprises three methods which share a common data structure and s data processing method.

Abstract: The present invention provides advanced livestock wastewater treatment systems, devices and methods for simultaneous removal of nitrate (nitrite) from treated wastewater at cathode chamber and of organics, suspended solids and malodor (caused by volatile fatty acids) from raw wastewater at anode chamber using anaerobic bioelectrochemical system (BES). The present invention provides a device comprising at least one anode chamber equipped inside with at least one anode, and at least one cathode chamber equipped inside with at least one cathode, wherein the anode chamber is attached to the cathode chamber via separator in order to transport anions or cations between the anode chamber and the cathode chamber.

Abstract: A non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium stores therein a reinforcement learning program that uses a value function and causes a computer to execute a process comprising: estimating first coefficients of the value function represented in a quadratic form of inputs at times in the past than a present time and outputs at the present time and the times in the past, the first coefficients being estimated based on inputs at the times in the past, the outputs at the present time and the times in the past, and costs or rewards that corresponds to the inputs at the times in the past; and determining second coefficients that defines a control law, based on the value function that uses the estimated first coefficients and determining input values at times after estimation of the first coefficients.

Abstract: A non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium stores a program of reinforcement learning by a state-value function. The program causes a computer to execute a process including calculating a temporal difference (TD) error based on an estimated state-value function, the TD error being calculated by giving a perturbation to each component of a feedback coefficient matrix that provides a policy; calculating based on the TD error and the perturbation, an estimated gradient function matrix acquired by estimating a gradient function matrix of the state-value function with respect to the feedback coefficient matrix for a state of a controlled object, when state variation of the controlled object in the reinforcement learning is described by a linear difference equation and an immediate cost or an immediate reward of the controlled object is described in a quadratic form of the state and an input; and updating the feedback coefficient matrix using the estimated gradient function matrix.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying a chemical structure of a wide variety of low molecular weight compounds using mass-to-charge ratio and collision cross section of fragment ions of an analyte compound. The analyte compound is ionized and fragmented, and the fragment ions are measured by a mass spectrometer with an ion mobility spectrometry measurement device. According to the present method, it does not depend on any compound class-specific characteristics or structural features, therefore enabling determinations of any classes of low molecular weight compounds, which does not limit to a specific compound class. The present invention comprises three methods which share a common data structure and s data processing method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bio electrochemical system for the treatment of organic liquid wastes. The bio electrochemical system comprises a container; at least one tube shaped separator vertically disposed such that it penetrates the container; at least one anode disposed in the external space of the tube shaped separator; at least one cathode disposed in the interior space of the tube shaped separator; and at least one partition plate horizontally disposed such that it forms multistage horizontal flow channels for organic liquid wastes in the container.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an RNA aptamer that specifically binds histamine. The present invention is related to an nucleic acid aptamer that binds to histamine, comprising the base sequence (i) or (ii) below: (i) the base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; (ii) the base sequence comprising substitution(s), deletion(s), and/or addition(s) of 1 to 3 base(s) in the base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.

Abstract: An organic long-persistent luminescent composition containing a first organic compound, a second organic compound and a third organic compound and satisfying the following expression (1) is a long-persistent luminescent material that facilitates emission color control. ES1(A) represents a lowest excited singlet energy level of emission from the first organic compound and the second organic compound, ES1(B) represents a lowest excited singlet energy level of the third organic compound. ES1(B)?ES1(A)?0.

Abstract: A cyclopropanation method includes reacting an alcohol, an ester, or an aldehyde with a sulfone in an organic solvent containing a base providing a counter cation to form a cyclopropane; and isolating the cyclopropane. When using the alcohol or ester, the organic solvent further contains a catalyst having an alcohol dehydrogenation activity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel process for preparing an oligosaccharide C-glycoside derivative of formula I, comprising reacting a compound of formula II with compound of formula III in the presence of at least one primary or secondary amine and at least one additive [in the formulae, the substituents are as defined herein], and novel oligosaccharide C-glycoside derivatives that can be prepared using the process.