Abstract: Provided are an organic semiconductor material, organic semiconductor thin film and organic thin-film transistor, which contain a perylene tetracarboxylic diimide derivative represented by the following formula (1): In the formula (1), R1 means a linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R2 means a linear or branched alkyl group having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, R3 means a linear or branched alkyl group having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, X1 and X2 each mean a heteroatom selected from an oxygen atom, sulfur atom or selenium atom, Y means a halogen atom or cyano group, m stands for a number of from 0 to 4, and n stands for a number of from 0 to 2. Further, the alkyl groups represented by R1 and R2 may each be substituted with one or more fluorine atoms.

Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte single crystal having a perovskite structure and a producing method thereof. Provided is a method for producing a solid electrolyte single crystal having a perovskite structure including: a heating step of heating a raw material for producing a single crystal of a solid electrolyte having a perovskite structure to a temperature of a melting point of the solid electrolyte or more to obtain a molten body; and a cooling step of cooling the obtained molten body to a temperature of a solidifying point of the solid electrolyte or less, and the solid electrolyte single crystal having a perovskite structure produced by the method.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device provided with an electron transport layer having an excellent electron transport ability and having an excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency, and electronic equipment provided with such a photoelectric conversion device and having a high reliability are provided. A solar cell, to which the photoelectric conversion device is applied, has a first electrode provided on a substrate, a second electrode arranged opposite to the first electrode and retained on a facing substrate, an electron transport layer provided between these electrodes and positioned on the side of the first electrode, a dye layer being in contact with the electron transport layer, and an electrolyte layer provided between the electron transport layer and the second electrode and being in contact with the dye layer. The electron transport layer includes particles of sodium trititanate.

Abstract: A method for controlling a displacement in the thickness direction of the contraction-type gel actuator having an effect of contraction in the thickness direction by applying a voltage between an anode and a cathode between which a gel which includes a dielectric polymeric material is interposed, which includes performing feedback control of an applied voltage, with a sampled value of a displacement when the applied voltage acts on the contraction-type gel actuator, according to the following equation (1): E=kp(xd?x)+Ed??(1) In the equation, xd represents a target displacement of the contraction-type gel actuator; Ed represents an applied voltage with respect to the target displacement xd obtained by the linear approximation of the applied voltage and the displacement from a measured result of the displacement in accordance with the applied voltage of the contraction-type gel actuator; and kp represents a proportional gain.

Abstract: Provided is a gel actuator having generation force comparable to biological muscle at a low voltage, that can be used in various applications as an actuator element. A gel actuator (10) comprises a unit structure composed of a gel layer (14) containing a dielectric polymer material, and an anode (12) and a cathode (16) which sandwich the gel layer (14) in a thickness direction thereof, and a face of the anode (12) facing the gel layer formed into a concave-convex face, a convex part of the concave-convex face touching the gel layer (14), and a concave part thereof being into a gap.

Abstract: A garnet-type solid electrolyte contains a crystal having (110) face, (1-10) face, (112) face, (1-12) face, and (11-2) face, the garnet-type solid electrolyte being Li7La3Zr2O12. A battery includes a solid electrolyte interposed between a positive and a negative electrode, the solid electrolyte being the garnet-type solid electrolyte. A method of producing a garnet-type solid electrolyte represented by a composition formula Li7La3Zr2O12 and has (110) face, (1-10) face, (112) face, (1-12) face, and (11-2) face as a crystal face, including a step of preparing a lithium-containing compound, a lanthanum-containing compound, and a zirconium-containing compound; a step of mixing these compounds such that a molar ratio among the elements satisfies Li:La:Zr=a:b:c (where a is from 120 to 160, b is from 1 to 5, and c is from 1 to 5); and a step of heating the mixture between 400 and 1,200° C.

Abstract: A compound having a benzotriazole ring structure and a formula (1): wherein Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, aromatic heterocyclic group, or condensed polycyclic aromatic group; A and B are the same as or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent group of formula (2), provided that A and B are not simultaneously hydrogen atoms: wherein R1 to R8 are the same as or different and each represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a cyano group, a trifluoromethyl group, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or condensed polycyclic aromatic group; m is an integer of 0, 1 or 2; X represents a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; when X is a nitrogen atom, the nitrogen atom does not have substituents or bonding groups of R1, R2, R3 and R4; and when m is 2, a plurality of R1, R2, R3, R4 and X each are the

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal oxide-platinum compound catalyst comprising 5 to 95 parts by weight of a metal oxide and 95 to 5 parts by weight of platinum as the balance. The platinum has a form to reticulately cover at least a part of a particle of the metal oxide. The wires constituting the platinum mesh have an average wire diameter of 5 nm or smaller.

Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing the carbon fiber (or the nonwoven fabric configured of the aforementioned carbon fiber) of which the surface area, the graphitization degree, and the fiber diameter are large, high, and small, respectively, and yet of which dispersion is small. The method of producing the carbon fiber nonwoven fabric includes a dispersion liquid preparing step of preparing a dispersion liquid containing resin and pitch, an electrospinning step of producing the nonwoven fabric that is comprised of carbon fiber precursors with electrospinning from the aforementioned dispersion liquid, and a modifying step of modifying the carbon fiber precursors of the nonwoven fabric obtained in the aforementioned electrospinning step into the carbon fiber.

Abstract: In the case of assaying the level of complex AB in a sample which likely contains the complex AB composed of substance A with another substance B, the complex is assayed by the competitive homogeneous assay method with the use of reagents including a reagent containing partner C specifically binding to substance A, a reagent containing partner D specifically binding to substance B, a reagent containing fine particles carrying substance A or an analog thereof and substance B or an analog thereof, and a reagent containing partner C specifically binding to substance A and partner D specifically binding to substance B. Thus, the complex in the sample can be easily assayed. The above method is applicable to general-purpose biochemical automatic analyzers.

Abstract: In an operation-mode indicating system, a first light emitting device is located within a peripheral visual field of an operator and is controllably connected to a controller. The peripheral visual field is defined around a center visual field of the operator while the operator is looking at a predetermined site. A body support apparatus is capable of performing an operation to the predetermined site. The controller controls the first light emitting device to emit first light in a first operation mode of the body support apparatus and second light in a second operation mode of the body support apparatus. The first light and the second light are visually distinguishable from each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing useful metabolites such as shikimic acid from filamentous fungus. The useful metabolites can be produced by a production method involving a step of inhibiting the growth of the filamentous fungus, specifically by applying a stimulus of light having a center wavelength shorter than 570 nm to the filamentous fungus, to increase the content of the useful metabolite in a hypha of the filamentous fungus.

Abstract: Provided is a method for easily producing a lamellar compressed fiber structural material which has mechanical characteristics close to those of in vivo bone and which is capable of easily increasing osteoblast even when a difference in strength exists. In order to solve the issues, the method for producing compressed fiber structural material 1, includes: a step of preparing biocompatible fiber 14 having an average diameter of 5 ?m-50 ?m and an aspect ratio of 20-500; and a step of molding compressed fiber structural material 1 by cold pressing/shearing biocompatible fiber 14, compressed fiber structural material 1 having an average pore diameter that is in the range of 60 ?m-100 ?m inclusive and a void fraction that is in the range of 25%-50% inclusive, both obtained by measurement in accordance with the mercury penetration method.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a brace being mounted on a person's body part and having a hard fitting surface. The apparatus also includes a load device, a support, a securing member, a brake, a switch device, and a soft film. The load device has a hard receiving surface receiving the fitting surface of the brace. The support movably supports the load device. The securing member secures the fitting surface to the receiving surface and enables the load device to move and follow movement of the person's body part and the brace against resistance applied from the support. The brake limits movement of the load device. The switch device switches operation modes of the apparatus, at least, between a free mode and a limiting mode. The soft film is arranged between the receiving and fitting surfaces for smooth movement of the person's body part on the load device in the limiting mode.

Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing the carbon fiber (or the nonwoven fabric configured of the aforementioned carbon fiber) of which the surface area, the graphitization degree, and the fiber diameter are large, high, and small, respectively, and yet of which dispersion is small. The method of producing the carbon fiber nonwoven fabric includes a dispersion liquid preparing step of preparing a dispersion liquid containing resin and pitch, an electrospinning step of producing the nonwoven fabric that is comprised of carbon fiber precursors with electrospinning from the aforementioned dispersion liquid, and a modifying step of modifying the carbon fiber precursors of the nonwoven fabric obtained in the aforementioned electrospinning step into the carbon fiber.

Abstract: A method for detecting a sentinel lymph node generating a microenvironment suitable for micrometastasis within the sentinel lymph node of carcinoma cells from a primary tumor or for detecting micrometastasis within the sentinel lymph node. A detecting agent is injected into the primary tumor, or tissue or a lymph node nearby the tumor, which allows the detecting agent to reach the sentinel lymph node by lymphatic circulation. The detecting agent includes colloid particles, an anti-ICAM-1 antibody or an ICAM-1 ligand exposed on an outer surface of the colloid particles, and a detectable label. Positive detection of the detectable label within the lymph vessel or the sentinel lymph node indicates that ICAM-1 is present, and the presence of ICAM-1 indicates that the sentinel lymph node is generating a microenvironment suitable for micrometastasis within the sentinel lymph node of carcinoma cells from the primary tumor or that micrometastasis is occurring within the lymph node.

Abstract: The heat resistant seal member according to one aspect of the present disclosure contains, for 100 parts by weight of a ternary fluoroelastomer, 5 to 15 parts by weight of first carbon nanofibers, 10 to 15 parts by weight of second carbon nanofibers, and 0 to 20 parts by weight of carbon black. The total amount of the first carbon nanofibers and the second carbon nanofibers are 15 to 30 parts by weight, and the total amount of the first carbon nanofibers, the second nanofibers, and the carbon black is 20 to 45 parts by weight. The heat resistant seal member can achieve a compression set of not more than 40% after 70 hours and 25% compressibility in a hydrogen sulfide gas atmosphere at 200° C.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device provided with an electron transport layer having an excellent electron transport ability and having an excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency, and electronic equipment provided with such a photoelectric conversion device and having a high reliability are provided. A solar cell, to which the photoelectric conversion device is applied, has a first electrode provided on a substrate, a second electrode arranged opposite to the first electrode and retained on a facing substrate, an electron transport layer provided between these electrodes and positioned on the side of the first electrode, a dye layer being in contact with the electron transport layer, and an electrolyte layer provided between the electron transport layer and the second electrode and being in contact with the dye layer. The electron transport layer includes particles of sodium trititanate.

Abstract: A radiation member includes a base material; and a composite plating layer, formed on the base material, that includes a metal layer and two or more kinds of carbon materials, having different diameters from each other, dispersed in the metal layer such that to be provided with a plurality of protruding portions, each of the protruding portions being composed by a part of each of the carbon materials that are protruded from a surface of the metal layer.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device provided with an electron transport layer having an excellent electron transport ability and having an excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency, and electronic equipment provided with such a photoelectric conversion device and having a high reliability are provided. A solar cell, to which the photoelectric conversion device is applied, has a first electrode provided on a substrate, a second electrode arranged opposite to the first electrode and retained on a facing substrate, an electron transport layer provided between these electrodes and positioned on the side of the first electrode, a dye layer being in contact with the electron transport layer, and an electrolyte layer provided between the electron transport layer and the second electrode and being in contact with the dye layer. The electron transport layer is constituted of a monocrystalline material of multiple oxide as a main component thereof.