Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide an immunochromatographic analyzer that enables a quick and easy, high-sensitivity detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and thus more reliable and faster diagnosis of mycoplasma pneumonia. The immunochromatographic analyzer according to the present invention is for detecting Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and includes a sample adding section, a label-substance retaining section, a chromatographic medium section having a detection section, and an absorbing section. The label-substance retaining section and the detection section contain an antibody that strongly recognizes domain III of P30 protein of Mycoplasma pneumoniae consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sealing lid for a package containing an optical element. For the sealing lid, a translucent material such as glass that can transmit light such as visible light is used. The present invention includes a lid main body made of the translucent material. The lid main body includes a joining region having a frame shape corresponding to an outer circumferential shape of the lid main body. A plurality of pieces of brazing material made of a eutectic alloy are fused on the joining region of the lid main body. An arrangement state of the brazing material includes aligning spherical pieces of brazing material continuously to form a frame shape along the joining region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemical vapor deposition raw material for producing a ruthenium thin film or a ruthenium compound thin film by a chemical deposition method, the chemical vapor deposition raw material including a dinuclear ruthenium complex in which carbonyl and a nitrogen-containing organic ligand (L) are coordinated to metallically bonded two rutheniums, the dinuclear ruthenium complex being represented by the following formula (1): A raw material according to the present invention is capable of producing a high-purity ruthenium thin film, and has a low melting point and moderate thermal stability. Thus, the raw material according to the present invention is suitable for use in electrodes of various kinds of devices.

Abstract: The present invention provides, in a method for measuring a subject substance by using a binding partner that specifically recognizes a substance to be measured, a detection agent for amplifying a signal from a reporter substance that indirectly binds to the substance to be measured via the binding partner, and a signal amplification method using the detection agent. The present invention pertains to the detection agent in which the binding partner which specifically recognizes a substance to be measured is immobilized on gold nanoparticles together with a plurality of the reporter substances.

Abstract: Through the present invention, a thin film containing an FePt-based alloy and carbon, the thin film being capable of being used as a magnetic recording medium, is enabled to be formed using one target, and amount of particles is enabled to be reduced. An FePt—C-based sputtering target containing Fe, Pt, and C, wherein the FePt—C-based sputtering target has a structure in which a C phase substantially being C is dispersed in an FePt-based alloy phase containing 33 mol % or more and 60 mol % or less of Pt with the balance substantially being Fe, an average value of the size indices a of the C phase is 4.0 ?m or more and 9.0 ?m or less, and an average value of the nonspherical indices b of the C phase is 3.0 or more.

Abstract: A sealing structure with a surface of a base material with a through-hole, an underlying metal film, and a sealing member bonded to the underlying metal film to seal the through-hole. The sealing member includes a compressed product of a metal powder including gold having a purity of 99.9% by mass or more and a lid-like metal film including a bulk-like metal including gold and having a thickness of not less than 0.01 ?m and not more than 5 ?m. The sealing material includes an outer periphery-side densified region in contact with an underlying metal film and a center-side porous region in contact with the through-hole. The shape of pores in the densified region is specified, and the horizontal length (l) of a pore in the radial direction at any cross-section of the densified region and the width (W) of the densified region satisfy the relationship of l?0.1W.

Abstract: The present invention provides an artifactless superelastic alloy including a Au—Cu—Al alloy, the superelastic alloy containing Cu in an amount of 20 atom % or more and 40 atom % or less, Al in an amount of 15 atom % or more and 25 atom % or less, and Au as a balance, the superelastic alloy having a bulk magnetic susceptibility of ?24 ppm or more and 6 ppm or less. The Ni-free superelastic alloy of the present invention is capable of exhibiting superelasticity in a normal temperature range, and hardly generated artifacts in a magnetic field environment. The alloy can be produced by setting a casting time in a melting and casting step to a fixed time, and hot-pressing an alloy after casting to make material structures homogeneous.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a cyclometalated iridium complex, the method including producing a cyclometalated iridium complex by reacting a cyclometalated iridium complex raw material including an organoiridium compound with an aromatic heterocyclic bidentate ligand capable of forming an iridium-carbon bond and an iridium-nitrogen bond, and using as the raw material an organoiridium compound including a substructure represented by the following General Formula (1). The present invention is capable of producing a cyclometalated iridium complex with a high yield without by-production of a halogen-crosslinked iridium dimer. (in General Formula (1), Ir represents an iridium atom, and O represents an oxygen atom).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for a solid polymer fuel cell that includes catalyst particles supported on a carbon powder carrier, the catalyst particles containing platinum, cobalt, and manganese. In the catalyst particles of the catalyst, the component ratio of platinum, cobalt, and manganese is Pt:Co:Mn=1:0.25 to 0.28:0.07 to 0.10 in a molar ratio, the average particle size is 3.4 to 5.0 nm, and further, in the particle size distribution of the catalyst particles, the proportion of catalyst particles having a particle size of 3.0 nm or less in the entire catalyst particles is 37% or less on a particle number basis. Then, a fluorine compound having a C—F bond is supported at least on the surface of the catalyst particles. The present invention is, with respect to the above ternary alloy catalyst, an invention particularly effective in improving the durability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a platinum-based alloy powder, the method comprising a heat treatment of a mixed powder containing a platinum-based powder composed of at least one selected from the group consisting of platinum and platinum compound, a platinum group metal-based powder composed of at least one selected from the group consisting of iridium, rhodium, palladium, and compound containing at least one of them, and an alkaline-earth metal compound, wherein specific surface area of the platinum group metal-based powder is 30 m2/g or more and D90 of the mixed powder is 1.0 ?m or less. According to the method for producing a platinum-based alloy powder of the invention, it is possible to produce a platinum-based alloy powder that has a desired particle diameter, also has a sharp particle size distribution, and has high purity and crystallinity.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a thermally-conductive and electrically-conductive adhesive composition which is for use as a die bonding material and which has high heat-conducting properties and high-temperature adhesiveness. The present invention relates to a thermally-conductive and electrically-conductive adhesive composition including (A) an electrically conductive filler, (B) an epoxy resin, (C) a reactive diluent, and (D) a curing agent.

Abstract: A raw material for vapor deposition for producing a platinum thin film or a platinum compound thin film by a vapor deposition method. The raw material for vapor deposition includes an organoplatinum compound represented by the following formula, in which a cyclopentene-amine ligand and an alkyl ligand are coordinated to divalent platinum. The organoplatinum compound of the present invention has moderate thermal stability and can respond flexibly to severe film formation conditions, including a wider film formation area, higher throughput, and the like. (In the formula, R1, R2, and R3 are each any one of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an amino group, an imino group, a cyano group, and an isocyano group, each having 4 or less carbon atoms, and R4 and R5 are each an alkyl group having 1 or more and 3 or less carbon atoms.

Abstract: A metal ink containing metal particles including silver, a protective agent A including an amine compound, and a protective agent B including a fatty acid. The metal ink is configured such that the protective agent A includes at least one C4-12 amine compound, and the protective agent B includes at least one C22-26 fatty acid. It is preferable that the amine compound content is 0.2 mmol/g or more and 1.5 mmol/g or less on a silver particle mass basis. In addition, it is preferable that the fatty acid content is 0.01 mmol/g or more and 0.06 mmol/g or less on a silver particle mass basis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermally and electrically conductive adhesive composition, which includes (A) an electrically conductive filler, (B) an epoxy resin, (C) a reactive diluent, and (D) a curing agent, wherein the component (A) is a silver powder having an average particle diameter of 1 to 10 ?m, the component (B) has two or more epoxy functional groups and aromatic rings in each molecule, the component (C) is a compound having two or more glycidyl ether functional groups in an aliphatic hydrocarbon chain and also having a molecular weight of 150 to 600, and the component (D) is a compound having two or more phenol functional groups in each molecule, a compound having two or more aniline functional groups in each molecule, or a mixture of these compounds, and the content of each of the components (A), (B), (C), and (D) is within a specific range.

Abstract: Provided is a sputtering target with which it is possible to form a magnetic thin film having a high coercive force Hc and a process for production thereof. The sputtering target is a sputtering target comprising metallic Co, metallic Pt, and an oxide, wherein the sputtering target does not contain metallic Cr, and the oxide is WO3 and wherein the sputtering target comprises 25 to 50 at % of metallic Co relative to a total of metallic Co and metallic Pt.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an immunoassay method for detecting the detection target antigen in an analyte through extraction with an extraction agent. The method is characterized in that the detection is performed in the presence of a cyclic oligosaccharide. The method is also characterized in the use of an immunochromatography kit for detecting gram-positive bacteria in an analyte, and that is configured from an analyte dilution solution, a sample dropping part, an antigen extracting part, a labeling substance retaining part, an immunochromatography medium having a detection part, and an absorption part, and in which an organic acid is retained in the antigen extracting part. The immunochromatography kit contains a cyclic oligosaccharide and a nitrite compound by containing at least one of a cyclic oligosaccharide, a nitrite compound, and a mixture thereof in the analyte dilution solution and/or the sample dropping part.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a seal ring having a metal brazing material layer on one surface of a base material containing KOVAR and a metal plating layer on the other surface, ensuring that the seal ring can prevent generation of a stain on the surface of a metal plating layer and excellent airtightness of an electronic component housing package can be achieved. The present invention has attained the object above by a seal ring which is an annular sealing ring having a nickel layer on the first surface of a base material containing KOVAR (iron-nickel-cobalt alloy) and a metal brazing material layer on the second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the thickness of the nickel layer is from 0.1 to 20 ?m.

Abstract: A sputtering target for magnetic recording media capable of producing a magnetic thin film in which the magnetic crystal grains are micronized and the distance between the centers of the grains is reduced while good magnetic properties are maintained. The target including metallic Pt and an oxide, with the balance being metallic Co and inevitable impurities, wherein the Co is contained in a range of 70 at % to 90 at % and the Pt is contained in a range of 10 at % to 30 at % relative to a total of metallic components in the sputtering target for magnetic recording media, the oxide is contained in a range of 26 vol % to 40 vol % relative to a total volume of the sputtering target for magnetic recording media, and the oxide is composed of B2O3 and one or more high-melting-point oxides having a melting point of 1470° C. or higher and 2800° C. or lower.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a catalyst that makes it possible to reduce an amount of solid electrolyte mixed and improve initial performance of a fuel cell, and also a method for producing the catalyst. The present invention relates to a catalyst for a solid polymer fuel cell, which has sulfo groups (—SO3H) on catalyst particles. In TEM-EDX analysis, a ratio (IS/IPt) of a sulfur peak intensity (IS) to a platinum peak intensity (IPt) on the catalyst particles is within a range of 0.0044 or more and 0.0090 or less. The catalyst makes it possible to reduce the amount of solid electrolyte added and also a fuel cell with excellent initial performance, and thus contributes to a practical use of a fuel cell.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide an immunoassay method that enables an immunoassay with high sensitivity at a high development rate without causing aggregation of insoluble carriers or non-specific reaction while improving test efficiency and reducing labor. The present invention relates to an immunoassay method that uses a test device, and the method includes: extracting an antigen of a detection target in an analyte with an extraction agent; and detecting the detection target with a detection reagent capable of binding the antigen. The extraction agent is a nitrous acid generated on the test device by a contact reaction between a nitrite salt and a heterocyclic compound having at least one skeleton selected from the group consisting of a cyclic ester, a cyclic amide, and a cyclic imide.