Abstract: A carbon dioxide absorption and reduction solution contains 0.01 to 100 mM of a metal complex in a mixed solvent of water and a water-soluble solvent. The metal complex contains: a central metal which is any of rhenium, manganese, or iron; and a ligand which coordinates to the central metal. The ligand includes two or more carbonyl groups and two or more nitrogen-containing heterocycles, and at least one of the two or more nitrogen-containing heterocycles has at least one substituent including a carboxy group or a hydroxy group. When the central metal of the metal complex is ruthenium, the nitrogen-containing heterocycles May not have a carboxy group or a hydroxy group.

Abstract: Provided are a conductive nano thin film having an excellent flexibility while ensuring an electric conductivity, and exhibiting a favorable expansion and contraction in the thickness direction and the surface direction and a favorable conformability to a curved surface of the body and to shape deformation; and a dielectric elastomer actuator using such conductive nano thin film. The conductive nano thin film of the present invention includes an elastomer layer and a carbon nanotube layer laminated on at least one surface of the elastomer layer, and the conductive nano thin film has a film thickness of smaller than 1,000 nm. The dielectric elastomer actuator of the present invention has the conductive nano thin film as an electrode.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an excellent method for storing and transporting hydrogen. The object can be solved by a structure comprising boron, hydrogen, and oxygen, that has B—H—B bonds, B—H bonds, and B—OH bonds, and in the measurement of FT-IR spectra, the following formulas are satisfied: (1) 0.80?a/c?0.96, and (2) 0.95?b/c?1.12, wherein when the baseline is defined as 100%, a is the transmittance at 1400 cm?1 in the FT-IR spectrum, b is the transmittance at 2500 cm?1 in the FT-IR spectrum, and c is the transmittance at 3200 cm?1 in the FT-IR spectrum.

Abstract: A wireless communication device includes an antenna section configured to be provided with a plurality of antenna units that transmit and receive n communication signals having different directivities, a multiplexer configured to be connected to the antenna section, and n signal transmitting and receiving units configured to be connected to the multiplexer, to generate transmission signals, to demodulate reception signals, and to be provided corresponding to the n communication signals. The multiplexer switches connections between the antenna section and the n signal transmitting and receiving units in a time-division manner in a sampling period shorter than a period of a symbol of each of n reception signals to sequentially sample the n reception signals for each of the directivities at a time of reception. The antenna section sequentially receives divided reception signals obtained by dividing the reception signal corresponding to the directivity in the sampling period.

Abstract: An optical transceiver supports bidirectional communication with another optical transceiver that is a communications partner via a single-mode optical fiber. A surface emitting laser has a T-band oscillation wavelength that is shorter than the cutoff wavelength of the optical fiber. A photodetector has detection sensitivity with respect to the T band. A planar lightwave circuit couples the optical fiber, the surface emitting laser, and the photodetector.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a negative electrode active material for a fluoride ion battery capable of realizing high charge and discharge capacity, a fluoride ion battery having such a negative electrode active material, and a method for producing such a negative electrode active material for a fluoride ion battery. The negative electrode active material for a fluoride ion battery of the present disclosure has a transition metal carbide having a non-layered structure. The method of the present disclosure for producing a negative electrode active material for a fluoride ion battery comprises applying mechanical impact to a transition metal carbide having a layered structure to convert the transition metal carbide to a transition metal carbide having a non-layered structure.

Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte capable of suppressing a decrease in Li ion conductivity due to moisture. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte comprising a Li element, a P element, a S element and an O element, and having a granular shape, and including a crystal portion oriented along the granular shape, on an inner surface of the sulfide solid electrolyte.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a catalyst with which it is possible to obtain a supported metal ammonia synthesis catalyst, in which there are restrictions in terms of producing method and producing facility, and particularly large restrictions for industrial-scale producing, in a more simple manner and so that the obtained catalyst has a high activity. This method for manufacturing an ammonia synthesis catalyst includes: a first step for preparing 12CaO·7Al2O3 having a specific surface area of 5 m2/g or above; a second step for supporting a ruthenium compound on the 12CaO·7Al2O3; and a third step for performing a reduction process on the 12CaO·7Al2O3 supporting the ruthenium compound, obtained in the second step. This invention is characterized in that the reduction process is performed until the average particle diameter of the ruthenium after the reduction process has increased by at least 15% in relation to the average particle diameter of the ruthenium before the reduction process.

Abstract: A physical state measurement apparatus includes a main solid material which generates fluorescence by excitation light from a light source part. A microwave application part applies microwaves to the main solid material so as to control an electron state of the main solid material. A detection part detects the physical state of an object to be measured by the fluorescence from the main solid material. A feedback part has a solid material for feedback and a control part and detects a difference in amplitude between operating points on a low-frequency side and a high-frequency side of a lowering portion of a spectrum amplitude centered on a resonance frequency of an electron spin resonance spectrum of fluorescence from the solid material for feedback and feedback-controls the microwave application part such that the difference becomes zero.

Abstract: A sensor includes two magnetic sensors detecting a magnetic field around an object, and outputting at least one of a magnetic field signal and a temperature signal, an optical system emitting the excitation light to the two magnetic sensors, and a processor calculating a difference between a magnetic fields corresponding to the magnetic field signal detected by the two magnetic sensors, wherein each of the magnetic sensors includes an element disposed around the object and having color centers, an antenna radiating a microwave magnetic field to the element, an optical sensor detecting an intensity of a fluorescence generated by the element, and outputting an intensity signal, and a controller calculating at least one of a magnetic field and temperature around the measurement object, and output at least one of a magnetic field signal indicating the calculated magnetic field and a temperature signal indicating the calculated temperature to the processor.

Abstract: This crane control device controls the operation of a boom and a winch and transports a load from a start point to an end point, the control device comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires position information of the start point and position information of the end point; a horizontal trajectory generation unit that, by using an optimal control theory, generates a horizontal trajectory for a distal-end part of the boom as represented by a horizontal-direction component of a straight line linking the start point and the end point; a movement trajectory generation unit that generates a trajectory of movement of the boom for transporting the load so as to follow the horizontal trajectory, and a trajectory of rotational movement of the winch; and a movement control unit that controls the boom and the winch based on the trajectory of movement of the boom and the winch.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cell detachment agent for detaching a cell to be separated from a separation carrier bound to the cell to be separated, wherein the above-mentioned cell detachment agent contains a bindable ureido group-containing polymer having a side chain structure represented by the following formula (1) and having a separation carrier-binding site capable of binding to the above-mentioned separation carrier at a side chain or terminal thereof, and the above-mentioned bindable ureido group-containing polymer has an upper critical solution temperature (UCST) of 4 to 40° C.

Abstract: A sensor interface circuit includes a frequency synchronization circuit connectable to a sensor. The frequency synchronization circuit includes: a reference voltage source generating a reference voltage; a current source connected to the reference voltage source, and generating a current by using the reference voltage; a voltage difference detection circuit including first and second input nodes and an output node, generating a control voltage according to a difference between voltages received at the first and second input nodes, one of the voltages received at the first and second input nodes corresponding to a detection value of the sensor; a voltage-controlled oscillation circuit connected to the output node, and generating an oscillation signal according to the control voltage; and a frequency/impedance conversion circuit connected between the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit and the second input node, and converting a frequency of a signal according to the oscillation signal into impedance.

Abstract: A first substrate having a first face and a second face is prepared. The first face has a plurality of product regions defined thereon. An electrode pad forming side of each of a semiconductor chip stack and a semiconductor chip is attached to each corresponding product region of the plurality of product regions. The second face of the first substrate is thinned. A first inorganic insulating layer is formed on the second face. A first vertical interconnection penetrates the first inorganic insulating layer and the first substrate and is electrically connected to an electrode pad of the semiconductor chip stack. A second vertical interconnection penetrates the first inorganic insulating layer and the first substrate and is electrically connected to an electrode pad of the semiconductor chip. A first horizontal interconnection electrically connects a part of the first vertical interconnection to a part of the second vertical interconnection.

Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte material contains element M1, element M2, element M3 and element S. Element M1 is at least one type selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Mg Ca and Zn, and contains at least one of Li and Na. Element M2 is at least one type selected from the group consisting of P, Sb, Si, Ge, Sn, B, Al, Ga, In, Ti, Zr and V, and contains at least P.

Abstract: A hydride ion conductor represented by a general formula: Ba2-x-mAxMg1-y-nByH6-x-y-2m-2n??(1), wherein A and B are each selected from at least one or more of the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs, and 0?x?1, 0?y?1, 0?m?0.2, and 0?n?0.2, excluding a case where x=y=m=n=0.

Abstract: A hydride ion conductor is represented by: MAMBH4-xFx??Formula (1), where MA is selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba, MB is selected from the group consisting of Mg and Ca, and is different from MA, and x is 0<x<4.

Abstract: An oscillator includes a spin current source, and a free layer coupled to the spin current source. The free layer has a magnetization hard axis that is parallel to a quantization axis of a spin current injected by the spin Hall effect of the spin current source.

Abstract: This gas production system includes: a gas production device having a reactor forming a flow path for a treatment target gas, a first electrode and a second electrode to which voltage is applied, and a catalyst layer provided in the flow path and containing a catalyst; voltage generation means for generating voltage to be applied to the first electrode and the second electrode; and gas supply means for supplying the treatment target gas to the gas production device. The voltage generation means has frequency setting means for setting the frequency of the voltage in accordance with the treatment target gas, plasma generated between the first electrode and the second electrode is applied to the catalyst layer, and the treatment target gas is reformed to obtain a product gas.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a thermal power generation battery with excellent battery characteristics.