Patents by Inventor Bunsho Ohtani
Bunsho Ohtani has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9617166Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing metal oxide particles, in which metal oxide particles with high photocatalytic activity is produced, and a production apparatus therefor. The above object can be achieved by using a method for producing metal oxide particles, which includes subjecting a reaction gas containing metal chloride and an oxidizing gas containing no metal chloride in a reaction tube (11) to preheating, and then subjecting a combined gas composed of the reaction gas and the oxidizing gas to main heating in a main heating region (A) apart from the downstream side of the junction (5b), wherein the time until the combined gas from the junction (5b) arrives at the upstream end (A1) of the main heating region (A) is adjusted to be less than 25 milliseconds.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2010Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignees: National University Corporation Hokkaido University, SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Bunsho Ohtani, Noriyuki Sugishita, Yasushi Kuroda
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Patent number: 9352965Abstract: There is provided a method and an apparatus for producing metal oxide particles, which produce metal oxide particles having a high photocatalytic activity with high yield.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2011Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Bunsho Ohtani, Noriyuki Sugishita, Yasushi Kuroda
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Patent number: 8679449Abstract: Provided is a method for producing decahedral titanium oxide particles, wherein the decahedral titanium oxide particles are produced by allowing a reaction gas containing titanium tetrachloride to flow into a reaction pipe having a partial double-pipe structure in which a hollow internal cylinder is inserted into an upstream portion of a hollow external cylinder, the method comprising: performing a preheating on the reaction gas containing titanium tetrachloride and a barrier gas not containing metal chlorides in a region on the upstream side of a downstream end of the hollow internal cylinder, while allowing the reaction gas to flow into the hollow internal cylinder and the barrier gas to flow between the hollow internal cylinder and the hollow external cylinder; and performing a main heating on the reaction gas in a downstream region apart from the downstream end of the hollow internal cylinder to thermally decompose the titanium tetrachloride.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2009Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignees: National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Bunsho Ohtani, Yasushi Kuroda, Noriyuki Sugishita
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Publication number: 20120328508Abstract: There is provided a method and an apparatus for producing metal oxide particles, which produce metal oxide particles having a high photocatalytic activity with high yield.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Bunsho Ohtani, Noriyuki Sugishita, Yasushi Kuroda
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Publication number: 20120141362Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing metal oxide particles, in which metal oxide particles with high photocatalytic activity is produced, and a production apparatus therefor. The above object can be achieved by using a method for producing metal oxide particles, which includes subjecting a reaction gas containing metal chloride and an oxidizing gas containing no metal chloride in a reaction tube (11) to preheating, and then subjecting a combined gas composed of the reaction gas and the oxidizing gas to main heating in a main heating region (A) apart from the downstream side of the junction (5b), wherein the time until the combined gas from the junction (5b) arrives at the upstream end (A1) of the main heating region (A) is adjusted to be less than 25 milliseconds.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: National University Corporation Hokkaido UniversityInventors: Bunsho Ohtani, Noriyuki Sugishita, Yasushi Kuroda
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Patent number: 8178074Abstract: Titanium oxide particles having a particle having a decahedral box-shape and a particle size in a range of from 1 nm to 100 nm can be selectively and efficiently produced by carrying out a method in which in a case of oxidizing titanium tetrachloride in vapor at high temperatures, it is rapidly heated and cooled, and a method, in which water vapor is used as an oxidizing gas, in combination under certain conditions.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignees: Showa Denko K.K., National University Corporation Hokkaido UniversityInventors: Yasushi Kuroda, Noriyuki Sugishita, Bunsho Ohtani
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Patent number: 8163084Abstract: The invention relates to nanostructure and its manufacturing method. In the manufacturing method of a nanostructure, first anisotropic crystalline particles, connectors having end to be connected to a specific crystal face of each of said crystalline particles, and second particles to be connected to the other end of each of said connectors are prepared. First ends of the connectors are connected to specific crystal faces of the first crystalline particles, and simultaneously or before or after the connection, the second ends of the connectors are connected to the second particles. A nanostructure formed by this method has a three-dimensional structure which does not have a closest packing structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2007Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignees: Fujikura Ltd., National University Corporation Hokkaido UniversityInventors: Yoshihiro Terada, Mitsuru Kamikatano, Kuniharu Himeno, Bunsho Ohtani, Takamune Yamagami, Tsukasa Torimoto
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Patent number: 8017238Abstract: To provide a tungsten oxide photocatalyst which shows a high photocatalytic activity by irradiating with visible light even under the environment where ultraviolet light is not irradiated, the tungsten oxide photocatalyst has tungsten oxide particles and Pt particles having a primary particle size of 3 to 20 nm supported on the surface of the tungsten oxide particles in an amount of 0.03 to 5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the tungsten oxide particles.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignees: National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Bunsho Ohtani, Ryu Abe, Yoshiaki Sakatani, Makoto Murata, Hiroaki Nishimine
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Publication number: 20100209334Abstract: Titanium oxide particles having a particle having a decahedral box-shape and a particle size in a range of from 1 nm to 100 nm can be selectively and efficiently produced by carrying out a method in which in a case of oxidizing titanium tetrachloride in vapor at high temperatures, it is rapidly heated and cooled, and a method, in which water vapor is used as an oxidizing gas, in combination under certain conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Inventors: Yasushi Kuroda, Noriyuki Sugishita, Bunsho Ohtani
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Patent number: 7714175Abstract: According to the present invention, two hydroxyl groups can be introduced into the 1-position and the 4-position of the benzene ring of an aromatic compound highly efficiently and highly selectively by a one step process to give the corresponding aromatic hydroxide. The present invention provides a production method of an aromatic hydroxide represented by the formula (2) wherein R1, R2, R3, and, R4 are each independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having a carbon atom number of 1-20, and R1, R2 and/or R3 and R4 are optionally bonded to each other to form a ring, which comprises irradiating light to a photoelectrode comprised of metal oxide while applying a given potential in the presence of an aromatic compound represented by the formula (1) wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined above.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2009Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignees: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, National University Corporation Hokkaido UniversityInventors: Ryu Abe, Bunsho Ohtani, Osamu Tomita
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Publication number: 20100098620Abstract: Provided is a method for producing decahedral titanium oxide particles, wherein the decahedral titanium oxide particles are produced by allowing a reaction gas containing titanium tetrachloride to flow into a reaction pipe having a partial double-pipe structure in which a hollow internal cylinder is inserted into an upstream portion of a hollow external cylinder, the method comprising: performing a preheating on the reaction gas containing titanium tetrachloride and a barrier gas not containing metal chlorides in a region on the upstream side of a downstream end of the hollow internal cylinder, while allowing the reaction gas to flow into the hollow internal cylinder and the barrier gas to flow between the hollow internal cylinder and the hollow external cylinder; and performing a main heating on the reaction gas in a downstream region apart from the downstream end of the hollow internal cylinder to thermally decompose the titanium tetrachloride.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicants: National University Corporation Kokkaido University, SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Bunsho OHTANI, Yasushi Kuroda, Noriyuki Sugishita
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Publication number: 20090318736Abstract: According to the present invention, two hydroxyl groups can be introduced into the 1-position and the 4-position of the benzene ring of an aromatic compound highly efficiently and highly selectively by a one step process to give the corresponding aromatic hydroxide. The present invention provides a production method of an aromatic hydroxide represented by the formula (2) wherein R1, R2, R3, and, R4 are each independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having a carbon atom number of 1-20, and R1, R2 and/or R3 and R4 are optionally bonded to each other to form a ring, which comprises irradiating light to a photoelectrode comprised of metal oxide while applying a given potential in the presence of an aromatic compound represented by the formula (1) wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined above.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2009Publication date: December 24, 2009Inventors: Ryu Abe, Bunsho Ohtani, Osamu Tomita
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Publication number: 20090278094Abstract: 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).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2006Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, OSAKA UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONInventors: Tsukasa Torimoto, Susumu Kuwabata, Bunsho Ohtani, Tamaki Shibayama, Akihiko Kudo, Miwa Sakuraoka, Tomohiro Adachi
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Patent number: 7524370Abstract: The invention relates to nanostructure and its manufacturing method. In the manufacturing method of a nanostructure, first anisotropic crystalline particles, connectors having an end to be connected to a specific crystal face of each of said crystalline particles, and second particles to be connected to the other end of each of said connectors are prepared. First ends of the connectors are connected to specific crystal faces of the first crystalline particles, and simultaneously or before or after the connection, the second ends of the connectors are connected to the second particles. A nanostructure formed by this method has a three-dimensional structure which does not have a closest packing structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2005Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignees: Fujikura Ltd., National University Corporation Hokkaido UniversityInventors: Yoshihiro Terada, Mitsuru Kamikatano, Kuniharu Himeno, Bunsho Ohtani, Takamune Yamagami, Tsukasa Torimoto
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Publication number: 20080241542Abstract: To provide a tungsten oxide photocatalyst which shows a high photocatalytic activity by irradiating with visible light even under the environment where ultraviolet light is not irradiated, the tungsten oxide photocatalyst has tungsten oxide particles and Pt particles having a primary particle size of 3 to 20 nm supported on the surface of the tungsten oxide particles in an amount of 0.03 to 5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the tungsten oxide particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY COPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Bunsho OHTANI, Ryu ABE, Yoshiaki SAKATANI, Makoto MURATA, Hiroaki NISHIMINE
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Patent number: 7381465Abstract: A core-shell structure comprises a core (2) comprising nanoparticles and a shell (4) coating the core (2), and its void space (3) formed by the core (2) and the shell (4) is controlled. A method of preparing the core-shell structure comprises: forming particles comprising a photoetchable semiconductor, metal or polymer and coating the particles with a shell (4) comprising a non-photoetchable semiconductor, metal or polymer, to form a core-shell structure (5); and irradiating the core-shell structure with a light having a controlled wavelength in the photoetching solution to form an adjustable void space inside a shell (3) within the core-shell structure by the size-selective photoetching method. The core-shell structure allows the preparation of a catalyst exhibiting an extremely high efficiency, and can be used as a precursor for preparing a nanomaterial required for a nanodevice.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2003Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Japan Science and Technology AgencyInventors: Tsukasa Torimoto, Bunsho Ohtani, Kentaro Iwasaki
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Publication number: 20080075889Abstract: The invention relates to nanostructure and its manufacturing method. In the manufacturing method of a nanostructure, first anisotropic crystalline particles, connectors having end to be connected to a specific crystal face of each of said crystalline particles, and second particles to be connected to the other end of each of said connectors are prepared. First ends of the connectors are connected to specific crystal faces of the first crystalline particles, and simultaneously or before or after the connection, the second ends of the connectors are connected to the second particles. A nanostructure formed by this method has a three-dimensional structure which does not have a closest packing structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2007Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicants: FUJIKURA LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITYInventors: Yoshihiro TERADA, Mitsuru KAMIKATANO, Kuniharu HIMENO, Bunsho OHTANI, Takamune YAMAGAMI, Tsukasa TORIMOTO
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Publication number: 20050082521Abstract: A core-shell structure comprises a core (2) comprising nanoparticles and a shell (4) coating the core (2), and its void space (3) formed by the core (2) and the shell (4) is controlled. A method of preparing the core-shell structure comprises: forming particles comprising a photoetchable semiconductor, metal or polymer and coating the particles with a shell (4) comprising a non-photoetchable semiconductor, metal or polymer, to form a core-shell structure (5); and irradiating the core-shell structure with a light having a controlled wavelength in the photoetching solution to form an adjustable void space inside a shell (3) within the core-shell structure by the size-selective photoetching method. The core-shell structure allows the preparation of a catalyst exhibiting an extremely high efficiency, and can be used as a precursor for preparing a nanomaterial required for a nanodevice.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2003Publication date: April 21, 2005Inventors: Tsukasa Torimoto, Bunsho Ohtani, Kentaro Iwasaki