Abstract: Using a manufacturing method which includes a process (A) for forming a particle layer of a plurality of one or more types of particles consisting mainly of a metal oxide and/or a metal hydroxide, and a process (B) for forming, using a reaction solution which includes one or more types of metal ions, a metal oxide layer consisting mainly of an oxide of the one or more types of metal ions on the particle layer so as to cover the particle layer without any cracks by a liquid phase method under a pH condition in which at least a portion of the plurality of particles remains without being dissolved by the reaction solution, a layered film having a layered structure of the particle layer and the metal oxide layer is manufactured.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition contains star-shaped zinc oxide particles each having a star shape, and containing zinc oxide as a main substance thereof.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a BiMO particle (M is either one of Si, Ge, Ti, and Sn), in which at least one type of compound selected from the group consisting of a silicon compound, a germanium compound, a titanium compound, and a tin compound is reacted with a bismuth compound by agitating and mixing the compounds in an alkali water solution in the presence of an amino compound.

Abstract: A fabricating method of a wiring board provided with passive elements is disclosed. The fabricating method includes coating one or both of resistive paste and dielectric paste on at least any one of first surfaces of a first metal foil and a second metal foil each of which has a first surface and a second surface; arranging an insulating board having thermo-plasticity and thermo-setting properties so as to face the first surface of the first metal foil, and arranging the first surface side of the second metal foil so as to face a surface different from a surface to which the first metal foil faces of the insulating board; forming a double-sided wiring board by stacking, pressurizing and heating the arranged first metal foil, insulating board, and second metal foil, and thereby integrating these; and patterning the first metal foil and/or the second metal foil.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing metallic nanoparticles, which includes reacting a copper compound with a hydrazine reducing agent in an organic solvent in the presence of a precious metal compound, wherein the precious metal compound is a compound containing at least one precious metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, gold, silver, and palladium, and the total number of precious metal atoms in the precious metal compound is in the range of 1 to 10 at. % of the total copper atoms in the copper compound.

Abstract: There is provided a method of quantitative determination using a flow cytometer, with which quantitative determination of cell surface protein can be effected more accurately than with current methods.

Abstract: To provide a component built-in wiring board and a manufacturing method thereof capable of further improving component mounting density without deteriorating-reliability.

Abstract: To provide a method for producing a silver nanowire, including heating a silver complex in an aqueous solvent at a temperature equal to or below the boiling point of the aqueous solvent in the presence of at least one of a hydroxyketone compound and a hydroxylamine compound, and a silver nanowire obtained by the method.

Abstract: A method for producing a silver nanowire including heating a silver complex in a water solvent at a temperature equal to or below the boiling point of the water solvent, and the silver nanowire produced by the method.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transparent conductive film including metal oxide microparticles having a mean particle diameter of 2 nm to 1,000 nm and silver nanowires having a minor axis diameter of 2 nm to 100 nm and an aspect ratio of 10 to 200.

Abstract: The present invention provides a light-shielding film arranged in a display device and shading a part of a display screen as a part of a color filter, which film includes fine metallic compound particles having an average particle diameter of 60 to 3000 nm and a high-molecular-weight binder, and has an optical density of 2.0 or more in a light-shaded region.

Abstract: In a process for producing an oriented inorganic crystalline film, a non-monocrystalline film containing inorganic crystalline particles is formed on a substrate by a liquid phase technique using a raw-material solution which contains a raw material and an organic solvent, where the inorganic crystalline particles have a layered crystal structure and are contained in the raw material. Then, the non-monocrystalline film is crystallized by heating the non-monocrystalline film to a temperature equal to or higher than the crystallization temperature of the non-monocrystalline film so that part of the inorganic crystalline particles act as crystal nuclei.

Abstract: A liposome containing a phosphatidylcholine and a phosphatidylserine in combination as membrane components at a phosphatidylcholine:phosphatidylserine molar ratio of 3:1 to 1:2, and said liposome containing superparamagnetic particles having a mean particle size not less than 1 nm and not more than 50 nm. A means for selectively accumulating an MRI contrast medium in a lesion of a vascular disease caused by abnormal proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells such as arteriosclerosis and restenosis after PTCA is provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a transparent conductive film comprising a coating step for coating a coating solution containing metal nanoparticles on a substrate to form a coated layer, a drying step for drying the coated layer and a baking step for baking the coated layer to obtain a transparent conductive film, wherein a metal in the metal nanoparticles is oxidized to a metal oxide during at least one of the coating step, the drying step and the baking step. According to this method, a transparent conductive film having a low specific resistance and a high light transmittance can be produced by coating.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composite of an inorganic nanoparticle with a medicinal compound (i.e., an active substance), and to provide a method for producing the inorganic nanoparticle composite, which is highly versatile and convenient. The present invention provides an active substance-immobilized inorganic nanoparticle wherein an active substance is immobilized through physical adsorption on the surface of an inorganic nanoparticle of 1 to 500 nm in average particle size.

Abstract: An audio decoding device includes a playback speed change device for changing, with respect to a decoded audio signal obtained by a decoding device, the playback speed thereof; an output buffer for temporarily storing a digital audio signal outputted from the playback speed change device; a read out device for reading out the digital audio signals stored in the output buffer at predetermined time intervals; a playback speed control device for controlling the playback speed change device on the basis of the number of packets stored in the jitter buffer; and decoding timing control means for controlling the timing of decoding by the decoding device on the basis of the amount of data stored in the output buffer.

Abstract: A doped-type metal sulfide phosphor nanoparticle, whose surface is modified with a surface modifier, the surface modifier being a compound of formula [I]: HS-L-W??Formula [I] wherein L is a divalent linking group; and W is COOM or NH2, in which M is a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, or NX4, in which X is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; a dispersion containing the nanoparticle; and a method of producing the nanoparticle or the dispersion.

Abstract: An object to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a method for determining the amount of a component contained in a specific lipoprotein fraction in a biological sample using an automatic analyzer, without the requirement of a step of fractionating a sample by centrifugation. The present invention provides a method for separating a target component in a biological sample, which comprises the steps of: (1) causing a biological sample to come into contact with independently dispersed magnetic nanoparticles having a particle size of 50 nm or less, which have anionic functional groups on their surfaces, so as to form an agglutinate of the magnetic nanoparticles and biomolecules capable of interacting with the magnetic nanoparticles; and (2) collecting the agglutinate by an external magnetic field.

Abstract: A doped-type metal sulfide phosphor nanoparticle dispersion, comprising a doped-type metal sulfide phosphor nanoparticle dispersed in water and/or a hydrophilic solvent, wherein the doped-type metal sulfide phosphor nanoparticle comprises a surface that is modified with a surface modifier, the surface modifier being a compound represented by formula [I]: HS-L-W??Formula [I] wherein L represents a divalent linking group; and W represents COOM or NH2, in which M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, or NX4, in which X represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.

Abstract: A doped-type metal sulfide phosphor nanoparticle, whose surface is modified with a surface modifier, the surface modifier being a compound of formula [I]: HS-L-W??Formula [I] wherein L is a divalent linking group; and W is COOM or NH2, in which M is a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, or NX4, in which X is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; a dispersion containing the nanoparticle; and a method of producing the nanoparticle or the dispersion.