Abstract: The present application provides a thin film transistor and a method of manufacturing same capable of suppressing diffusion of aluminum to oxide semiconductor and selectively etching oxide semiconductor and aluminum oxide. The thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode; a channel layer whose main component is oxide semiconductor; a gate insulating film provided between the gate electrode and the channel layer; a sealing layer provided on the side opposite to the gate electrode, of the channel layer; and a pair of electrodes which are in contact with the channel layer and serve as a source and a drain. The sealing layer includes at least a first insulating film made of a first insulating material, and a second insulating film made of a second insulting material having etching selectivity to each of the oxide semiconductor and the first insulating material and provided between the first insulating film and the channel layer.

Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric-conversion device, an electronic instrument, and a building which can suppress long-term performance degradation by suppressing dye desorption or dye aggregation. The photoelectric-conversion device includes a conductive electrode, a porous semiconductor layer, a counter layer, and an electrolyte layer, and the porous semiconductor layer contains a dye and a phosphorous compound such as a decylphosphonic acid. The molar ratio of the phosphorous compound to the dye is 0.5 or more.

Abstract: A thin film transistor, which is capable of improving carrier mobility, and a display device and an electronic device, each of which uses the thin film transistor, are provided. The thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer including a multilayer film including a carrier travel layer configuring a channel and a carrier supply layer for supplying carriers to the carrier travel layer; a gate insulating film provided between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer; and a pair of electrodes as a source and a drain. A conduction band minimum level or a valence band maximum level corresponding to a carrier supply source of the carrier supply layer is higher in energy than a conduction band minimum level or a valence band maximum level corresponding to a carrier supply destination of the carrier travel layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion element includes: forming a current-collecting wiring with a conductive paste containing therein silver particles and a low-melting point glass frit on a transparent conductive substrate when the photoelectric conversion element having a structure in which an electrolyte layer is provided between a porous electrode on the transparent conductive substrate, and a counter substrate is manufactured.

Abstract: A thin film transistor, which is capable of improving carrier mobility, and a display device and an electronic device, each of which uses the thin film transistor, are provided. The thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer including a multilayer film including a carrier travel layer configuring a channel and a carrier supply layer for supplying carriers to the carrier travel layer; a gate insulating film provided between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer; and a pair of electrodes as a source and a drain. A conduction band minimum level or a valence band maximum level corresponding to a carrier supply source of the carrier supply layer is higher in energy than a conduction band minimum level or a valence band maximum level corresponding to a carrier supply destination of the carrier travel layer.

Abstract: The present application provides a thin film transistor and a method of manufacturing same capable of suppressing diffusion of aluminum to oxide semiconductor and selectively etching oxide semiconductor and aluminum oxide. The thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode; a channel layer whose main component is oxide semiconductor; a gate insulating film provided between the gate electrode and the channel layer; a sealing layer provided on the side opposite to the gate electrode, of the channel layer; and a pair of electrodes which are in contact with the channel layer and serve as a source and a drain. The sealing layer includes at least a first insulating film made of a first insulating material, and a second insulating film made of a second insulting material having etching selectivity to each of the oxide semiconductor and the first insulating material and provided between the first insulating film and the channel layer.

Abstract: A refrigeration lubricant composition comprises an ester obtained from a mixed alcohol and a mixed carboxylic acid as a main component. The mixed alcohol comprises 65 to 99.95 mol % of pentaerythritol and 0.05 to 35 mol % of dipentaerythritol, the mixed carboxylic acid comprises 25 to 55 mol % of monocarboxylic acid having 5 to 8 carbon atoms and 45 to 75 mol % of isononanoic acid, and the composition has a hydroxyl value of 5.0 mgKOH/g or less and an acid value of 0.05 mgKOH/g or less.

Abstract: A refrigeration lubricant composition comprises an ester obtained from a mixed alcohol and a mixed carboxylic acid as a main component. The mixed alcohol comprises 65 to 99.95 mol % of pentaerythritol and 0.05 to 35 mol % of dipentaerythritol, the mixed carboxylic acid comprises 25 to 55 mol % of monocarboxylic acid having 5 to 8 carbon atoms and 45 to 75 mol % of isononanoic acid, and the composition has a hydroxyl value of 5.0 mgKOH/g or less and an acid value of 0.05 mgKOH/g or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a milk-coagulating enzyme of bacterial origin and a process for producing cheese by using this enzyme, namely, an enzyme that is produced by a bacterium belonging to the genus Paenibacillus and exhibits milk-coagulating activity, characterized by having the following enzymological properties: 1) function: having an activity of coagulating milk to form a curd; 2) substrate specificity: acting on ?-casein as a substrate and specifically cleaving Thr94-Met95 in the presence of calcium; 3) optimum pH: 6.0-7.0, and 4) molecular weight: 35,000-37,000 Da when measured by SDS-PAGE; a process for producing the enzyme; a process for producing cheese; and a cheese-like food product.

Abstract: A refrigeration lubricant composition comprises an ester obtained from a mixed alcohol and a mixed carboxylic acid as a main component. The mixed alcohol comprises 65 to 99.95 mol % of pentaerythritol and 0.05 to 35 mol % of dipentaerythritol, the mixed carboxylic acid comprises 25 to 55 mol % of monocarboxylic acid having 5 to 8 carbon atoms and 45 to 75 mol % of isononanoic acid, and the composition has a hydroxyl value of 5.0 mgKOH/g or less and an acid value of 0.05 mgKOH/g or less.