Abstract: Provided is a coated carbon nanotube electric wire superior in identifiability. The coated carbon nanotube electric wire includes: a carbon nanotube wire including one or a plurality of carbon nanotube aggregates formed by a plurality of carbon nanotubes; and an insulating coating layer coating the carbon nanotube wire, wherein the insulating coating layer has an identification mark.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a coated carbon nanotube electric wire includes: a carbon nanotube wire including one or more carbon nanotube aggregates configured of a plurality of carbon nanotubes; and an insulating coating layer with which the carbon nanotube wire is coated, in which a proportion of a Young's modulus of a material configuring the insulating coating layer with respect to a Young's modulus of the carbon nanotube wire is equal to or greater than 0.0001 and equal to or less than 0.01.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a coated carbon nanotube electric wire capable of realizing excellent insulation property, heat dissipation ability, and coating stripping-off ability, and additionally realizing weight reduction while having excellent electroconductivity comparable to those of wires composed of copper, aluminum and the like. A coated carbon nanotube electric wire (1) includes a carbon nanotube wire (10) composed of a single or a plurality of carbon nanotube aggregates (11) each constituted of a plurality of carbon nanotubes (11a), and an insulating coating layer (21) coating the carbon nanotube wire, wherein an arithmetic mean roughness Ra1 on a peripheral surface of the NT wire (10) in a longitudinal direction is not larger than 3.5 ?m, and an arithmetic mean roughness Ra2 on the peripheral surface of the CNT wire (10) in a circumferential direction is not larger than 3.3 ?m.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a coated carbon nanotube electric wire includes: a carbon nanotube wire including one or more carbon nanotube aggregates configured of a plurality of carbon nanotubes; and an insulating coating layer with which the carbon nanotube wire is coated, in which a proportion of a Young's modulus of a material configuring the insulating coating layer with respect to a Young's modulus of the carbon nanotube wire is equal to or greater than 0.001 and equal to or less than 0.01.

Abstract: There is provided a CNTs wire capable of materializing a low resistivity and improving the electroconductivity. The CNT wire is formed from a single CNT aggregate constituted of a plurality of CNTs . . . having a single- or multi-walled structure, or formed by bundling a plurality of the CNT aggregates. The proportion of the total number of the CNTs having a double-walled or triple-walled structure based on the number of the plurality of CNTs constituting the CNT wire is 75% or higher; the proportion of the total number of the CNTs having an average diameter of the innermost wall of 1.7 nm or smaller based on the number of the CNTs constituting the CNT wire is 75% or higher; and the full-width at half maximum ?? in azimuth angle in azimuth intensity distribution by SAXS indicating orientation of the plurality of CNT aggregates is 60° or smaller.

Abstract: A method of producing a labeled antibody, including the steps of: a) allowing silica nanoparticles containing a functional molecule and having a thiol group on a surface thereof, and a linker molecule containing a maleimido group and an amino group, to coexist in a solvent to form a thioether bond between the thiol group and the maleimido group, thereby obtaining functional molecule-containing silica nanoparticles on which the linker molecule is bonded; and b) allowing the functional molecule-containing silica nanoparticles on which the linker molecule is bonded, carbodiimide and an antibody to coexist in an aqueous solvent to form an amide bond between the amino group of the linker molecule and a carboxyl group of the antibody.

Abstract: A low-resistivity carbon nanotube aggregate includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes each having one or more walls, wherein a ratio of a total number of carbon nanotubes that have two or three walls relative to a total number of said plurality of carbon nanotubes is 75% or greater, and wherein, in a G band of a Raman spectrum in the Raman spectroscopy of the plurality of carbon nanotubes, a G+/Gtotal ratio that is indicative of an amount of semiconductor carbon nanotubes relative to metallic carbon nanotubes is 0.70 or greater.

Abstract: Labelled silica nanoparticles for immunochromatographic reagent, comprising silica nanoparticles containing a labelled substance.

Abstract: A metal-containing cluster catalyst includes a cluster including at least one metal atom (M), a metal of each of the at least one metal atom (M) being selected from the group consisting of gold, silver, copper, platinum, rhodium, palladium, nickel, cobalt, iron, manganese, chromium, iridium, and ruthenium. The metal-containing cluster catalyst is used for reducing carbon dioxide.

Abstract: An immunochromatography for multi-item detection is provided which contains detecting and measuring fluorescence and light absorption respectively at once with a detection device. The immunochromatography contains using fluorescent particles and light absorbing particles, wherein the fluorescence excitation wavelength of the fluorescent particles and the absorption wavelength of the light absorbing particles are in the same wavelength region; and detecting and measuring, at once, the intensity of reflected light from a test area, the intensity of reflected light from another test area, and the intensity of reflected light from a non-test area other than the test areas.

Abstract: A low-resistivity carbon nanotube aggregate includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes each having one or more walls, wherein a ratio of a total number of carbon nanotubes that have two or three walls relative to a total number of said plurality of carbon nanotubes is 75% or greater, and wherein, in a G band of a Raman spectrum in the Raman spectroscopy of the plurality of carbon nanotubes, a G+/Gtotal ratio that is indicative of an amount of semiconductor carbon nanotubes relative to metallic carbon nanotubes is 0.70 or greater.

Abstract: A composite including a metal member and a resin mold formed jointed to a surface of the metal member is provided, wherein the metal member has a roughened portion in a joint to the resin mold in the surface, and in a specific interface region including a joint interface between the roughened portion and the resin mold, the average volume in a unit area of voids between the roughened portion and the resin mold is 0.05 ?m3 or smaller per 1 ?m2 of a plane generally parallel to the joint interface, and the maximum dimension of the void is 1000 nm or smaller.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a fluorescence immunochromatography method carried out by illuminating a fluorescent substance in a membrane with excitation light and detecting fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent substance, by applying a sample to a test strip having a membrane and a transparent film attached to the surface of the membrane, wherein the transparent film satisfies Formula (1) Formula (1) nFf>nWf (nFf: refractive index of transparent film at wavelength ?f of the fluorescence) (nWf: refractive index of analyte liquid at wavelength ?f of the fluorescence), and wherein the membrane contains a fluorescent labeling reagent which binds to target substance contained in the sample; binding the fluorescent labeling reagent to the target substance; immobilizing the fluorescent labeling reagent bound to the target substance in the membrane; detecting the presence of target substance.

Abstract: Labelled silica nanoparticles for immunochromatographic reagent, comprising silica nanoparticles containing a labelled substance.

Abstract: Colloidal silica particles containing a fluorescent dye compound, composed of a silica particle containing a silica component and a fluorescent dye compound chemically bound or adsorbed thereto, wherein the colloidal silica particles containing a fluorescent dye compound have an average diameter of 30 nm or less, and wherein said silica particles are used simultaneously as fluorescent-labelling nanobeads; a fluorescent nano-material comprising said colloidal silica particles; and a biochip and an assay method using the same.

Abstract: A method of producing a labeled antibody, including the steps of: a) allowing silica nanoparticles containing a functional molecule and having a thiol group on a surface thereof, and a linker molecule containing a maleimido group and an amino group, to coexist in a solvent to form a thioether bond between the thiol group and the maleimido group, thereby obtaining functional molecule-containing silica nanoparticles on which the linker molecule is bonded; and b) allowing the functional molecule-containing silica nanoparticles on which the linker molecule is bonded, carbodiimide and an antibody to coexist in an aqueous solvent to form an amide bond between the amino group of the linker molecule and a carboxyl group of the antibody.

Abstract: An immunochromatography for multi-item detection is provided which contains detecting and measuring fluorescence and light absorption respectively at once with a detection device. The immunochromatography contains using fluorescent particles and light absorbing particles, wherein the fluorescence excitation wavelength of the fluorescent particles and the absorption wavelength of the light absorbing particles are in the same wavelength region; and detecting and measuring, at once, the intensity of reflected light from a test area, the intensity of reflected light from another test area, and the intensity of reflected light from a non-test area other than the test areas.

Abstract: A method of producing functional molecule-containing silica nanoparticles on which a biomolecule is bonded, containing the steps of: allowing silica nanoparticles containing a functional molecule and having a thiol group on a surface thereof to coexist with a linker molecule having a maleimido group and a carboxyl group in an aprotic solvent, thereby allowing formation of a thioether bond between the thiol group and the maleimido group, and obtaining functional molecule-containing silica nanoparticles on which the linker molecule is bonded; and allowing the functional molecule-containing silica nanoparticles on which the linker molecule is bonded to coexist with carbodiimide and a biomolecule having an amino group in an aqueous solvent, thereby allowing formation of an amide bond between the carboxyl group active esterified by the carbodiimide, and the amino group of the biomolecule.

Abstract: An immunochromatography carried out by illuminating a fluorescent substance in a membrane with excitation light and detecting fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent substance, the immunochromatography comprising the steps of: preparing a membrane having a transparent film, the transparent film being closely attached to the surface of the membrane, the transparent film satisfying a specific property related to a refractive index with respect to analyte liquid; illuminating a fluorescent substance in the membrane with excitation light through the transparent film; and detecting another fluorescence components not exceeding the critical angle, the another fluorescence components being included in the fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent substance, the detection being made by virtue of the fluorescence components passing through the film.

Abstract: A kit for immunochromatography, having: a planar test strip having a test area and a reference area, the test area having a test purpose capturing substance, the reference area having a reference purpose capturing substance; fluorescent particulates provided with a binding property to a target substance, the target substance provided with a binding property to the test purpose capturing substance; and light absorbing particulates provided with a binding property to the reference purpose capturing substance.