Abstract: A zinc carboxylate salt used in production of a semiconductor nanoparticle, in which a ratio of carboxylic acids having 8 to 10 carbon atoms in whole of carboxylic acids that form the zinc carboxylate salt is 80.0% by mass or more, and an average branching degree of the whole of the carboxylic acids that form the zinc carboxylate salt is in the range of 1.1 to 2.9. The present invention can provide a zinc salt used for easily producing a semiconductor nanoparticle having a core/shell type structure that has excellent optical properties in the case where two or more types of shell precursors are used to produce the semiconductor nanoparticle having a core/shell type structure.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor nanoparticle complex composition and the like in which a semiconductor nanoparticle complex is dispersed at a high concentration and which has high fluorescence quantum yield. A semiconductor nanoparticle complex composition in which a semiconductor nanoparticle complex is dispersed in a dispersion medium, wherein: the semiconductor nanoparticle complex has a semiconductor nanoparticle and a ligand coordinated to the surface of the semiconductor nanoparticle; the ligand includes an organic group; the dispersion medium is a monomer or a prepolymer; the semiconductor nanoparticle complex composition further includes a crosslinking agent; and a mass fraction of the semiconductor nanoparticle in the semiconductor nanoparticle complex composition is 30% by mass or more.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanoparticle complex in which two or more ligands including an aliphatic ligand and a polar ligand are coordinated to a surface of a semiconductor nanoparticle, wherein: the ligands are composed of an organic group and a coordinating group; in the aliphatic ligand, the organic group is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group; the polar ligand includes a hydrophilic functional group in the organic group; a mass ratio of the aliphatic ligand to the polar ligand (aliphatic ligand/polar ligand) is 0.05 to 1.00; a ratio ({(XH)/L}×100) of a mass reduction rate of the semiconductor nanoparticle complex in a range of 350° C. or higher and 550° C. or lower in a thermogravimetric analysis (XH) to a mass fraction of all ligands in the semiconductor nanoparticle complex at room temperature (L) is 10 or more and 55 or less.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanoparticle aggregate that is an aggregate of core/shell type semiconductor nanoparticles including a core including In and P and a shell having one or more layers, in which a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the semiconductor nanoparticle aggregate is from 605 nm to 655 nm and a full width at half maximum of the emission spectrum is 43 nm or less. For each semiconductor nanoparticle, (1) an average value of a full width at half maximum of an emission spectrum is 28 nm or less, (2) a standard deviation of a peak wavelength of the emission spectrum is 10 nm or more and 30 nm or less, and (3) a standard deviation of the full width at half maximum of the emission spectrum is 12 nm or less.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor nanoparticle complex in which a ligand is coordinated to a surface of a semiconductor nanoparticle. The semiconductor nanoparticle is a core-shell type semiconductor nanoparticle including a core containing In and P and one or more layers of shells, wherein at least one of the shells is formed of ZnSe. The ligand includes one or more kinds of mercapto fatty acid esters represented by the following general formula (1): HS—R1—COO—R2 (1). The mercapto fatty acid ester has an SP value of 9.20 or more. The mercapto fatty acid ester has a molecular weight of 700 or less, and the average SP value of the entire ligand is 9.10 to 11.00. The present invention provides a semiconductor nanoparticle complex dispersible at a high mass fraction in a polar dispersion medium while keeping high fluorescence quantum yield (QY) of semiconductor nanoparticles.

Abstract: A functional structure which can suppress functional degradation of a functional material to achieve longer life, which can save resources without complicated replacement operations, and which, used for example as a catalyst, exhibits excellent catalytic activity. The functional structure includes supports each having a porous structure and including a zeolite-type compound, and at least one functional material present in the supports and including a metal element (M), in which each of the supports has channels communicating with one another, the functional material is present at least in the channel of each of the supports, and the metal element (M) having constituted the functional material is partially substituted with an element having constituted the supports.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor nanoparticle complex having both improved fluorescence quantum yield and improved heat resistance. A semiconductor nanoparticle complex according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor nanoparticle complex in which two or more ligands including a ligand I and a ligand II are coordinated to the surface of a semiconductor nanoparticle, wherein: the ligands are composed of an organic group and a coordinating group, the ligand I has one mercapto group as the coordinating group, and the ligand II has at least two or more mercapto groups as the coordinating groups.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor nanoparticle complex in which a ligand is coordinated to a surface of a semiconductor nanoparticle. The semiconductor nanoparticle is a core-shell type semiconductor nanoparticle including a core containing In and P and one or more layers of shells. The semiconductor nanoparticle further includes halogen and the molar ratio of halogen to In is 0.80 to 15.00 in terms of atoms. The ligand includes one or more kinds of mercapto fatty acid esters represented by the following general formula: HS—R1—COO—R2. The mercapto fatty acid ester has an SP value of 9.20 or more. The mercapto fatty acid ester has a molecular weight of 700 or less, and the average SP value of the entire ligand is 9.10 to 11.00. The present invention provides a semiconductor nanoparticle complex dispersible at a high mass fraction in a polar dispersion medium while keeping high fluorescence quantum yield.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanoparticle aggregate that is an aggregate of core/shell type semiconductor nanoparticles including a core including In and P and a shell having one or more layers, in which a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the semiconductor nanoparticle aggregate is from 605 nm to 655 nm and a full width at half maximum of the emission spectrum is 43 nm or less. For each semiconductor nanoparticle, (1) an average value of a full width at half maximum of an emission spectrum is 28 nm or less, (2) a standard deviation of a peak wavelength of the emission spectrum is 10 nm or more and 30 nm or less, and (3) a standard deviation of the full width at half maximum of the emission spectrum is 12 nm or less.

Abstract: A fan case assembly of a turbo fan engine including a tubular fan case surrounding a fan of the turbo fan engine from an outside in a radial direction. The assembly also includes a tubular panel set covering an inner peripheral surface of the fan case and including panels lined up in an axial direction of the turbo fan engine and at least one elastic body compressed by two members selected from the fan case and the panels.

Abstract: A unison ring of a gas turbine engine includes: an annular body including fiber-reinforced resin or circular-arc bodies including the fiber-reinforced resin, the fiber-reinforced resin including resin and reinforced fibers; and pin holes in which a pin is in a radial direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the unison ring. A main orientation of the reinforced fibers of the fiber-reinforced resin is directed in a circumferential direction of the unison ring.

Abstract: A unison ring of a gas turbine engine includes: an annular body including fiber-reinforced resin or circular-arc bodies including the fiber-reinforced resin, the fiber-reinforced resin including resin and reinforced fibers; and pin holes in which a pin is in a radial direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the unison ring. A main orientation of the reinforced fibers of the fiber-reinforced resin is directed in a circumferential direction of the unison ring.

Abstract: A method of producing core/shell semiconductor nanoparticles, the method comprising a shell formation step of adding a solution of group VI element precursor while adding a solution of zinc branched chain carboxylate to a core particle-dispersed solution to allow the zinc branched chain carboxylate to react with the group VI element precursor in presence of the core particles for forming a shell containing zinc and the group VI element on surfaces of the core particles. The present invention can provide a simple semiconductor nanoparticle production method of producing core/shell semiconductor nanoparticles with excellent optical properties when two or more types of the shell precursors are used to produce the core/shell semiconductor nanoparticles.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanoparticle aggregate that is an aggregate of core/shell type semiconductor nanoparticles including a core including In and P and a shell having one or more layers, in which a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the semiconductor nanoparticle aggregate is from 515 nm to 535 nm and a full width at half maximum of the emission spectrum is 43 nm or less. For each semiconductor nanoparticle, (1) an average value of a full width at half maximum of an emission spectrum is 15 nm or more, (2) a standard deviation of a peak wavelength of the emission spectrum is 12 nm or less, and (3) a standard deviation of the full width at half maximum of the emission spectrum is 2 nm or more.

Abstract: A laser cut-and-machined product made from a plated steel plate. A cut face of the plated steel plate is coated with plating-layer-containing metal of a top surface of the plated steel plate that is melted and/or evaporated at the time of laser cutting and machining.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention to provide semiconductor nanoparticles substantially containing no Cd, and which have an increased absorption coefficient to blue light while maintaining high stability. Semiconductor nanoparticles having a core containing at least In and P, and a shell having one or more layers, wherein at least one layer of the shell is ZnSeTe (wherein Te/(Se+Te)=0.03 to 0.50); and the semiconductor nanoparticles cause, when the semiconductor nanoparticles are dispersed in a dispersion medium to yield a dispersion liquid with a concentration of 1 mg/mL in inorganic mass, the dispersion liquid to have an absorbance of 0.9 or higher with respect to light having a wavelength of 450 nm at an optical path length of 1 cm.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanoparticle complex in which two or more ligands including an aliphatic ligand and a polar ligand are coordinated to a surface of a semiconductor nanoparticle, wherein: the ligands are composed of an organic group and a coordinating group; in the aliphatic ligand, the organic group is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group; the polar ligand includes a hydrophilic functional group in the organic group; a mass ratio of the aliphatic ligand to the polar ligand (aliphatic ligand/polar ligand) is 0.05 to 1.00; a ratio ({(XH)/L}×100) of a mass reduction rate of the semiconductor nanoparticle complex in a range of 350° C. or higher and 550° C. or lower in a thermogravimetric analysis (XH) to a mass fraction of all ligands in the semiconductor nanoparticle complex at room temperature (L) is 10 or more and 55 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor nanoparticle complex dispersion liquid in which semiconductor nanoparticles are dispersed in a polar dispersion medium at a high mass fraction, and in which high fluorescence quantum efficiency (QY) is maintained. A semiconductor nanoparticle complex dispersion liquid according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor nanoparticle complex dispersed in an organic dispersion medium, wherein: the semiconductor nanoparticle complex is composed of two or more ligands including an aliphatic thiol ligand and a polar ligand, and a semiconductor nanoparticle with the ligands coordinated to the surface thereof; the ligands are composed of an organic group and a coordinating group; the organic group of the polar ligand includes a hydrophilic functional group; and an SP value of the organic dispersion medium is 8.5 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor nanoparticle complex composition and the like in which a semiconductor nanoparticle complex is dispersed at a high concentration and which has high fluorescence quantum yield. A semiconductor nanoparticle complex composition in which a semiconductor nanoparticle complex is dispersed in a dispersion medium, wherein: the semiconductor nanoparticle complex has a semiconductor nanoparticle and a ligand coordinated to the surface of the semiconductor nanoparticle; the ligand includes an organic group; the dispersion medium is a monomer or a prepolymer; the semiconductor nanoparticle complex composition further includes a crosslinking agent; and a mass fraction of the semiconductor nanoparticle in the semiconductor nanoparticle complex composition is 30% by mass or more.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor nanoparticle complex in which two or more kinds of ligands including a ligand I and a ligand II are coordinated to a surface of a semiconductor nanoparticle. The ligands are each an organic ligand including an organic group and a coordinating group. The ligand I is a thiocarboxylic acid represented by the following general formula (1). The mole fraction of the ligand I in the ligands is 0.2 mol % to 35.0 mol %. General formula (1): HS—X—(COOH)n??(1) (In general formula (1), X is a (n+1)-valent hydrocarbon group, and n is a natural number of 1 to 3.) The present disclosure provides a semiconductor nanoparticle complex dispersible at a high mass fraction in a dispersion medium having polarity while a high fluorescence quantum yield (QY) of the semiconductor nanoparticle is retained.