Abstract: Provided is a piezoelectric material excellent in piezoelectricity. The piezoelectric material includes a perovskite-type complex oxide represented by the following General Formula (1). A (ZnxTi1-x))yM(1-y)O3??(1) wherein A represents at least one kind of element containing at least a Bi element and selected from a trivalent metal element; M represents at least one kind of element of Fe, Al, Sc, Mn, Y, Ga, and Yb; x represents a numerical value satisfying 0.4?x?0.6; and y represents a numerical value satisfying 0.1?y?0.9.

Abstract: A first cell mass substantially containing only either one of mesenchymal cells or epithelial cells and a second cell mass substantially containing only the other one of the cells are positioned in contact with each other inside a support carrier which can maintain a condition of cell contact; and cultured to obtain a tooth having a specific cell placement. Preferably, after the culturing, the support carrier having both cell masses is cultured with kidney cells.

Abstract: An anti-reflection structure body comprises a base member which is made of glassy carbon and at a surface of which is formed an anti-reflection structure including a cluster of minute projections each having a diameter that contracts towards a tip thereof. The minute projections preferably have an average height of from 200 nm to 3000 nm and an average maximum diameter of from 50 nm to 300 nm, and an average pitch of from 50 nm to 300 nm. An anti-reflection structure body which is easily produced, capable of achieving an anti-reflection effect near to non-reflection, and capable of providing the minute structure even to a member having a high melting point such as quartz glass or the like by transfer or the like can be provided.

Abstract: Provided are a piezoelectric material without using lead or an alkali metal, the piezoelectric material having a stable crystal structure in a wide temperature range, high insulation property, and high piezoelectric property, and a piezoelectric element using the piezoelectric material, in which the piezoelectric material is made of a metal oxide having a tetragonal crystal structure and expressed by Ba(SixGeyTiz)O3 (here, 0?x?1, 0?y?1, and 0?z?0.5), the piezoelectric element includes the piezoelectric material and a pair of electrodes sandwiching the piezoelectric material, and at least one of the pair of electrodes is made of SrRuO3 or Ni.

Abstract: To provide production methods for a 3-D mold, a finely processed product, and a fine pattern molded product in which the depth and the line width can be formed with high precision, a 3-D mold, a finely processed product, a fine-pattern molded product, and an optical element formed with high precision.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide means to treat breast cancer and/or mastitis by topically administering a non-steroidal antiinflammatory analgetic agent and/or an anticancer agent and allowing them efficiently to arrive into the mammary gland. The present invention provides an iontophoretic preparation for treating breast cancer and/or mastitis which contains a non-steroidal antiinflammatory analgetic agent and/or an anticancer agent as an active ingredient and has a donor to be applied on a nipple part for topical administration of the active ingredient from the nipple part to the mammary gland by application of electric potential.

Abstract: The present invention provides semiconductor nanoparticles which emit light at room temperature and include a sulfide or oxide containing zinc, a Group 11 element in the periodic table, and a Group 13 element in the periodic table as a main component or a sulfide or oxide containing a Group 11 element in the periodic table and a Group 13 element in the periodic table as a main component. For example, the semiconductor nanoparticles are represented by Zn(1-2x)InxAgxS (O<x?0.5).

Abstract: SmCo-based alloy nanoparticles composed mainly of a SmCo-based alloy containing Sm and Co as constituent elements, wherein the content of metal elements other than Sm and Co is 0.05-20 wt % with respect to the SmCo-based alloy.

Abstract: Nanocomposite particles having good solubility and redispersibility in water are provided. The nanocomposite particles include a sugar material and nanoparticles containing a drug to be delivered and a biodegradable polymer, the sugar material being disaccharide, and a mass ratio of the nanoparticles to the disaccharide being within the range of from 40:60 to 60:40.

Abstract: Provided are a III/V group nitride semiconductor causing an oxidation-reduction reaction at a high photoconversion efficiency by irradiation of light, a photocatalytic semiconductor device, a photocatalytic oxidation-reduction reaction apparatus, and an execution process of a photoelectrochemical reaction. In the III/V group nitride semiconductor, the full width at half maximum of an X-ray rocking curve on a catalytic reaction surface thereof is 400 arcsec or less, and a carrier density in a surface layer portion having the catalytic reaction surface is 1.5×1016 cm?3 or more, but 3.0×1018 cm?3 or less. The photocatalytic semiconductor device has the III/V group nitride semiconductor laminated on a substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel process for production of lasofoxifene, nafoxidine or an analogue thereof, which comprises reduced number of reaction steps, has a high efficiency, and is practically advantageous. For the production of lasofoxifene or an analogue thereof, a compound represented by the formula (4) is used as an intermediate. The compound represented by the formula (4) can be produced using compounds represented by the formulae (1) to (3) as starting compounds by performing the coupling of the three components in one step.