Abstract: A combuster (2) of a gas turbine engine (1) is fed with gaseous ammonia and that gaseous ammonia is burned to drive a turbine (3). Inside the exhaust passage of the gas turbine engine (1), an NOx selective reduction catalyst (10) is arranged. Inside one or both of the intake passage of the gas turbine engine (1) or the exhaust passage upstream of the NOx selective reduction catalyst (10), ammonia is fed. This ammonia is used to reduce the NOx which is contained in the exhaust gas at the NOx selective reduction catalyst (10).

Abstract: A combuster (2) of a gas turbine engine (1) is fed with liquid ammonia and that liquid ammonia is burned to drive a turbine (3). Inside the exhaust passage of the gas turbine engine (1), an NOX selective reduction catalyst (9) is arranged. Inside the intake air which flows into the compressor (4), liquid ammonia is fed. This liquid ammonia is used to cool the intake air. The NOX which is contained in the exhaust gas is reduced by the unburned ammonia which is exhausted into the exhaust passage by the NOX selective reduction catalyst (9).

Abstract: An exhaust chamber (34) for a motorcycle is disposed at a location upstream of a muffler (36) of an exhaust passage (38) leading from a combustion engine (E). The exhaust chamber (34) includes a chamber body (40) having expansion compartments (41, 42, 43) defined therein, a chamber outlet pipe (46) having an outlet passage defined therein for discharging the exhaust gases (G) from the chamber body (40), and an exhaust control valve (72) disposed in the chamber outlet pipe (46) for adjusting the sectional area of the outlet passage inside the chamber outlet pipe (46).

Abstract: In a light-emitting device and its manufacturing method, mounting by batch process with surface-mount technology, high light extraction efficiency, and low manufacturing cost are realized. The light-emitting device 1 comprises semiconductor layers (2, 3) of p-type and n-type nitride semiconductor, semiconductor-surface-electrodes (21, 31) to apply currents into each of the semiconductor layers (2, 3), an insulating layer 4 which holds the semiconductor layers (2, 3), and mount-surface-electrodes (5). The semiconductor layers (2) has a non-deposited area 20 where the other semiconductor layer (3) is not deposited. The insulating layer (4) has VIA 10 which electrically connect the mount-surface-electrodes 5 and the semiconductor-surface-electrodes (21, 31). In the manufacturing process, firstly.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an organic thin film transistor that is superior in stability in the atmosphere and that has a high operation speed.

Abstract: A breather structure of an engine having a crank case and a cylinder fastened to an upper side of the crank case can improve the strength of a cylinder and can prevent an increase of weight of the engine. The breather structure is provided with a breather chamber integrally formed with the cylinder in an outer peripheral wall of the cylinder, and the breather chamber separates air including an oil mist within the crank case into an oil component and a gas component, returns the oil component into an oil reservoir of the engine, and discharges the gas component out of the crank case.

Abstract: Gas generation of a non-aqueous electrolyte battery having a negative active material that intercalates/deintercalates lithium ions at a potential not lower than 1.2 V relative to the potential of lithium as negative electrode is suppressed. A non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprising a non-aqueous electrolyte containing an electrolyte salt and a non-aqueous solvent, a positive electrode and a negative electrode is characterized in that the main active material of said negative electrode is an active material that intercalates/deintercalates lithium ions at a potential not lower than 1.2 V relative to the potential of lithium and the auxiliary active material of said negative electrode is an active material that at least intercalates lithium ions at a potential lower than 1.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, in which the lengths of a wiring trench and a via hole in a depth direction are easily controlled. A component having a first insulating film is prepared on a substrate, and a layer is disposed on the above-described first insulating film. A mold having a pattern is imprinted on the above-described layer so as to form a second insulating film having a wiring trench and a first via, the pattern corresponding to the wiring trench and the first via. Thereafter, the above-described first insulating film is etched by using the above-described second insulating film as a mask so as to form a second via, which is connected to the first via, in the first insulating film.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery suppresses gas generation in a non-aqueous electrolyte battery having a negative active material that intercalates and deintercalates lithium ions at a potential not lower than 1.2 V relative to the potential of lithium for the negative electrode thereof. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprises a non-aqueous electrolyte containing an electrolytic salt and a non-aqueous solvent, a positive electrode and a negative electrode having a negative active material that intercalates/deintercalates lithium ions at a potential not lower than 1.2 V relative to the potential of lithium and is characterized in that a film coat having a carbonate structure and a thickness of not less than 10 nm exists on the surface of said negative electrode and that the non-aqueous electrolyte battery is operated in a region of potential of the negative electrode higher than 0.8 V relative to the potential of lithium.

Abstract: The present invention provides an exposure apparatus which exposes a substrate via a liquid, the apparatus including a projection optical system configured to project a pattern of a reticle onto the substrate, a liquid supply unit configured to supply the liquid between the projection optical system and the substrate, a blowing nozzle which is arranged around the projection optical system on a side of the substrate and configured to blow a gas around the liquid supplied between the projection optical system and the substrate, and an exhaust unit configured to exhaust the gas in a space between the blowing nozzle and the liquid supplied between the projection optical system and the substrate, the exhaust unit including a removal member configured to remove a volatile component which volatilizes from the liquid and is contained in the gas in the space.

Abstract: In a light-emitting device and its manufacturing method, mounting by batch process with surface-mount technology, high light extraction efficiency, and low manufacturing cost are realized. The light-emitting device comprises semiconductor layers of p-type and n-type nitride semiconductor, semiconductor-surface-electrodes to apply currents into each of the semiconductor layers, an insulating layer which holds the semiconductor layers, and mount-surface-electrodes. The semiconductor layers has a non-deposited area where the other semiconductor layer is not deposited. The insulating layer has VIA which electrically connect the mount-surface-electrodes and the semiconductor-surface-electrodes.

Abstract: A method of producing an electrode layer for a fuel cell, with which the electrode layer is produced by heating and drying an electrode paste (41) applied on a sheet-like base material (42). The method includes a process of heating the electrode paste from below the sheet-like base material. Vapor (74) produced above the electrode paste is removed by the heating to produce the electrode layer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, in which the lengths of a wiring trench and a via hole in a depth direction are easily controlled. A component having a first insulating film is prepared on a substrate, and a layer is disposed on the above-described first insulating film. A mold having a pattern is imprinted on the above-described layer so as to form a second insulating film having a wiring trench and a first via, the pattern corresponding to the wiring trench and the first via. Thereafter, the above-described first insulating film is etched by using the above-described second insulating film as a mask so as to form a second via, which is connected to the first via, in the first insulating film.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, in which the lengths of a wiring trench and a via hole in a depth direction are easily controlled. A component having a first insulating film is prepared on a substrate, and a layer is disposed on the above-described first insulating film. A mold having a pattern is imprinted on the above-described layer so as to form a second insulating film having a wiring trench and a first via, the pattern corresponding to the wiring trench and the first via. Thereafter, the above-described first insulating film is etched by using the above-described second insulating film as a mask so as to form a second via, which is connected to the first via, in the first insulating film.

Abstract: There are provided: (I) a process for producing zirconia powder, which comprises the step of calcining a zirconium salt in an atmosphere containing hydrogen chloride, and (II) a process for producing zirconia powder, which comprises the steps of: (1) pre-calcining a zirconium salt to obtain a pre-calcined product, and (2) calcining the pre-calcined product in an atmosphere containing hydrogen chloride.

Abstract: An engine for a vehicle for which the work of replacing an oil filter or an oil cooler is easily executed. The vehicle engine is provided with a crank case, a cylinder head having an exhaust passage outlet in a front face, an oil pan being independently formed from the crank case and attached to a lower surface of the crank case, an oil supply path communicating the oil pan with lubricated positions of the engine so as to circulate oil in the oil pan, an oil pump drawing the oil from the oil pan and pressure feeding the oil to the lubricated positions via the oil supply path, and an oil filter or an oil cooler interposed in the middle of the oil supply path and attached to a front face, a side face or a rear face of the oil pan.

Abstract: The present invention provides a generator cooling system of an engine which can supply sufficient cooling oil to a generator even during low speed operation, without complicating an oil passage formed within a wall of a crankcase. In the generator cooling system of the engine having a generator accommodated in a generator room which is formed at an end portion of the crankcase in a longitudinal direction of a crankshaft of the engine, the generator cooling system is provided with an oil passage formed to the crankcase in a position lower than an axis of the crankshaft, and an oil nozzle provided in the oil passage for injecting oil of the oil passage toward a lower portion within the generator room.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a dibenzocycloheptene compound represented by the formula (I): wherein R1: hydrogen atom, halogen atom, etc., R2: hydrogen atom, halogen atom, etc., A: 5-membered or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring group containing 1 to 3 hetero atom(s) selected from the group consisting of nitrogen atom, oxygen atom and sulfur atom, and the heteroaromatic ring group, etc. may have halogen atom, nitrogen atom, etc. as substituent(s), B: formula; —CH?CH—, formula; —CH2O—, etc., Y: C1-C10 alkylene group which may have halogen atom, etc. as substituent(s), etc., Z: carboxyl group which may be protected, etc.

Abstract: A membrane-electrode structure having an electrode catalyst layer adhered to a diffusion electrode, wherein the structure is manufactured by applying a catalyst paste onto a sheet substrate, and then dried to form a plurality of electrode catalyst layers. The electrode catalyst layers are thermally transferred onto each side of a polymer electrolyte membrane to form a laminated body. A first slurry is applied on a carbon substrate layer, and dried to form a water-repellent layer, and then, a second slurry is applied on the water-repellent layer, and dried to form a hydrophilic layer to form a diffusion electrode. The diffusion electrode is then laminated on the electrode catalyst layer through the hydrophilic layer, and then pressed under heating to integrate the laminated body and the diffusion electrode.

Abstract: A zirconia sintered body having high strength and high toughness is provided, and a method for producing the same is also provided. The zirconia sintered body comprising tetragonal zirconia, wherein a full width at half maximum at (111) plane of the tetragonal zirconia obtained by X-ray diffraction pattern is from 0.38 to 4 degree. A method for producing the zirconia sintered body, wherein the method comprises steps of; molding zirconia powder having an average particle diameter of from 0.1 to 0.6 ?m, a maximum particle diameter of 5 ?m or less and a substantially polyhedral shape, and then sintering the molded green body under the temperature of from 1200 to 1400° C.