Abstract: A mold comprising alumina having a microscopic pattern, in which distances between adjacent recesses or salients therein are not longer than wavelength of visible light, formed by anodic oxidation on a surface of an aluminum pre-mold without a rolling mark, wherein height or depth difference at a crystal grain boundary is 300 nm or less.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium which has a substrate and a magnetic layer formed on the substrate, the method including: forming the magnetic layer over a convexo-concave pattern provided on a surface of a mold, and releasing the mold from the magnetic layer formed on the substrate.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a sample target that allows ionization of a substance whose molecular weight is so high as to exceed 10000 in mass spectrometry that ionizes a sample without using matrix, a method for producing the same and a mass spectrometer using the sample target. The sample target includes a sample support surface including a large number of fine pores on its face receiving irradiated laser light. Each of the fine pores has a diameter of 30 nm or more and 5 ?m or less. The number indicative of pore depth/(pore cycle?pore diameter) of each of the fine pores is 2 or more and 50 or less. The face of the sample support surface is coated with metal or semiconductor.

Abstract: An assembled battery device comprising a plurality of single cells which are placed with a predetermined space between each of them and an element for detecting swelling is set in the predetermined space between the single cells and operates in accordance with the transformation of the single cells by swelling. Therefore, when a single cell swells and transforms, resulting from being overcharged, the element for detecting swelling is activated in accordance with such transformation and detects the state of overcharging.

Abstract: A catalyst obtained by calcining a hydrazone metal complex in which at least one catalytic metal species is coordinated to a hydrazone compound represented by a General Formula (1) below, a hydrazone polymer compound including at least a structural unit derived from a hydrazone compound represented by the General Formula (1) below as a repeating unit, and a catalyst obtained by calcining a hydrazone polymer metal complex in which at least one catalytic metal species is coordinated to a hydrazone polymer compound including at least a structural unit derived from a hydrazone compound represented by the General Formula (1) below: wherein, Py represents a 2-pyridyl group, a 3-pyridyl group, or a 4-pyridyl group.

Abstract: To provide a magnetic recording medium manufacturing method capable of transferring a pattern that can serve as a source for forming anodized alumina-nanoholes with high precision and realizing high productivity, and a large-capacity magnetic recording medium capable of achieving high density recording. The method includes forming a metallic layer on a concavo-convex pattern formed on a surface of a mold; bonding a substrate using an adhesive to a surface of the metallic layer on the side opposite to the mold; separating the mold from the metallic layer; forming, through nanohole formation treatment, a porous layer in which a plurality of nanoholes are formed to orient in a direction substantially perpendicular to a substrate plane by using as a nanohole source a concavo-convex pattern which has been formed by transferring the concavo-convex pattern in the mold to the metallic layer; and charging a magnetic material inside the nanoholes.

Abstract: Provided are zeolite comprising a metal and an oxygen-activated metal complex, wherein the above oxygen-activated metal complex is included within a unit cell comprised in the above zeolite as well as a gas decomposition agent comprised of the above zeolite. Examples of the above oxygen-activated metal complex are phthalocyanine metal complex, a bis(salicylidene)-o-phenylenediamidinato metal complex and a metal complex comprising a cyclic tetrapyrrole compound as a ligand. Examples of metal of the above oxygen-activated metal complex are silver, copper, zinc, platinum, palladium, cobalt, iron, manganese, ruthenium and the like. The above gas decomposition agent has an effect capable of continuously decomposing gases that are harmful to the health or felt unpleasant by human.

Abstract: A nanohole structure includes a metallic matrix and nanoholes arrayed regularly in the metallic matrix, in which the nanoholes are spaced in rows at specific intervals to constitute rows of nanoholes. The rows of nanoholes are preferably arranged concentrically or helically. The nanoholes in adjacent rows of nanoholes are preferably arranged in a radial direction. The width of each row of nanoholes preferably varies at specific intervals in its longitudinal direction. A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, and a porous layer on or above the substrate. The porous layer contains nanoholes each extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to a substrate plane, containing at least one magnetic material therein, and is the above-mentioned nanohole structure.

Abstract: In this method for producing an anti-reflective film, pores are formed on a surface of a polymer molding material to continuously change a refractive index and then reduce reflectance, in which anodic oxidized porous alumina, in which pores having a tapered shape and whose pore diameter continuously changes, are formed by repeating anodic oxidation at about the same formation voltage and pore diameter enlargement treatment, is used as a mold, or a stamper, which is produced by using the anodic oxidized porous aluminum as a mold, is used as a mold.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition for cans comprising 100 parts by mass of a neutralized acrylic resin-modified epoxy resin (A), and from 1 to 50 parts by mass of anionic polymer crosslinked fine particles (B), (A) and (B) being dispersed in an aqueous medium, wherein the anionic polymer fine particles (B) are polymer fine particles comprising a polymer having an acid value of from 10 to 120 mg KOH/g and being produced by polymerizing radically polymerizable unsaturated monomers comprising from 2 to 30% by mass of a carboxyl group-containing radically polymerizable unsaturated monomer (b1), from 2 to 30% by mass of a polyvinyl compound (b2) and from 40 to 96% by mass of other radically polymerizable unsaturated monomer (b3) in the presence of water.

Abstract: To provide a carbon nanotube chain consisting of a row of carbon nanotubes, the carbon nanotube chain being suitably used for instance as a target detector or sensor, and an efficient production process for the same. The carbon nanotube chain includes a support, and a plurality of carbon nanotubes bonded at one end to a surface of the support, wherein the plurality of carbon nanotubes is oriented in a direction substantially orthogonal to the surface of the support.

Abstract: The objects of the present invention is to provide laminate structures that are adapted widely in a wide range of fields such as magnetic recording media, nonvolatile memories, giant magneto resistance elements, spin valve films, tunnel effect films, various sensors, displays, and optical elements; high-quality magnetic recording media that can perform high-density recording and high-velocity recording with higher capacity without increasing write current at magnetic heads, in particular exhibit excellent overwrite properties, uniform properties, in particular superior saturation magnetization (tBr) and the anisotropy field (Hd), and the like. The laminate structure of the present invention contains a number of metal nanopillars and plural insulating layers, wherein the lengths of the metal nanopillars are approximately equivalent, each of the plural insulating layers is penetrated by the metal nanopillars, and the plural insulating layers are laminated to each other.

Abstract: A flavor deterioration inhibitor which comprises an extract obtained by extracting Angelica keiskei, avocado, Cassia tora, Plantago asiatica L, hawthorn, fermented tea leaves or semi-fermented tea leaves with water, an organic polar solvent or a mixture thereof; and a deterioration smell inhibitor for citral or a citral-containing product. By adding the above flavor deterioration inhibitor to foods, drinks or oral care products, it is possible to inhibit the deterioration of a flavor which is easily affected by light, heat, oxygen and soon. In particular, a remarkable inhibitory effect can be achieved on deterioration due to light. By blending the above deterioration smell inhibitor with ctiral or a citral-containing product, the generation of the deterioration smell (caused by p-cresol and p-methylacetophenone) due to the passage of time or heating can be effectively inhibited.

Abstract: A nanohole structure includes a metallic matrix and nanoholes arrayed regularly in the metallic matrix, in which the nanoholes are spaced in rows at specific intervals to constitute rows of nanoholes. The rows of nanoholes are preferably arranged concentrically or helically. The nanoholes in adjacent rows of nanoholes are preferably arranged in a radial direction. The width of each row of nanoholes preferably varies at specific intervals in its longitudinal direction. A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, and a porous layer on or above the substrate. The porous layer contains nanoholes each extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to a substrate plane, containing at least one magnetic material therein, and is the above-mentioned nanohole structure.

Abstract: Dump information acquiring and system recovery methods for a computer system using a virtual memory. The computer system has a plurality of external storage units normally used as a paging device unit for holding the contents of the virtual memory to be paged out. When fault occurs, a program for acquiring dump information outputs the contents of the main storage to a dump file. The identifier of the external storage unit set to definition information defining the external storage unit is changed from the identifier of the external storage unit to the identifier of another external storage unit. Thereafter, the computer system is restarted. The contents of the virtual memory held in the paging device unit at the time of fault output to the dump file.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gas barrier film comprising at least one titanium oxide film layer (B) laminated on one or both sides of a plastic film layer (A). The film of the invention has excellent barrier properties to gases such as oxygen, carbonic acid gas and water vapor, good UV screening properties, good flavor retention properties, and high transparency.

Abstract: An assembled battery device in the present invention comprises a plurality of single cells which is placed with a predetermined space between each other, and an element for detecting swelling which is set in the predetermined space between the single cells and operates in accordance with transform by swelling. According to this, when a single cell swells and then transforms, resulting from being overcharged, the element for detecting swelling is activated in accordance with such transform by swelling and detects the state of overcharging.