Abstract: A quantum device is constituted from a two-dimensional array of quantum dots formed from metal atom aggregates contained in a metalloprotein complex. The metalloprotein is arranged on the surface of a substrate having an insulation layer with a pitch of the size of the metalloprotein complex. The diameter of the metal atom aggregates used in the quantum device is 7 nm or smaller, and the pitch of the metalloprotein complex is preferably from 11 to 14 nm.

Abstract: A novel structure comprising two substrates disposed closely each other, in which an organic molecular layer is formed on the surface of at least one substrate wherein the gap between the surface of the organic molecular layer on one substrate and the surface of the other substrate or the surface of the organic molecular layer on the other substrate is maintained to be usually less than 1000 &mgr;m, preferably less than 1 &mgr;m is provided. A motor, actuator, and vibration-absorbing table comprising such structure are also provided.

Abstract: Using a gene recombination technique, a glutamic acid and an aspartic acid positioned in a channel of apoferritin are substituted with serine having a small size and no charges. Then, a glutamic acid positioned in a holding portion is substituted with a basic amino acid such as lysine or a neutral amino acid. Furthermore, at least one cysteine is introduced into the holding portion. This prevents a repulsive force due to electrostatic interaction between (AuCl4)− having a negative charge and a negative amino acid from occurring, which facilitates the capture of (AuCl4)− into the channel and the holding portion. The (AuCl4)− captured into the holding portion is subsequently reduced to Au, and thus apoferritin including gold particles can be produced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor having a large capacitance and a higher resistance to heat and adapted as a surface-mount device and a method of producing the same. The invention may include the followings features: (1) a layer containing an electroconductive polymer and a less conductive polymer is provided on a dielectric oxide film on the positive electrode foil; (2) a separator of a polyester resin based unwoven fabric made by span bonding and/or wet processing a resin material is sandwiched between the positive electrode foil and the negative electrode foil and rolled together to form a capacitor element which also include a solid electrolyte; (3) a separator is sandwiched between the positive electrode foil and the negative electrode foil coated with a dielectric oxide film exhibiting a withstand voltage of 0.

Abstract: A nucleotide detector 10 includes: metal particles 12 having a size of the order of nanometers (diameter: about 6 nm) placed on a surface of a substrate 11 at high density with high precision (with spaces of about 12 nm between adjacent particles); and single-stranded DNAs (thiol DNAs) 13 having sulfur atoms at ends bonded to the gold particles 12. The thiol DNAs 13 are placed uniformly over the entire substrate 11 at high density with high precision. Therefore, once a fluorescence-labeled single-stranded DNA is hybridized with any of the thiol DNAs 13, high fluorescence intensity is stably obtained. This detector is therefore usable as a high-performance DNA sensor with a high SN ratio.

Abstract: A two-dimensional crystalline film of ferritin 4 holding iron-oxide cores 1 is formed on a silicon substrate 6. The silicon substrate 1 is then etched by using at least the cores 1 as an etching mask. Since the cores 1 have a small diameter of 6 nm, a fine structure can be formed on the substrate, enabling manufacturing of a semiconductor light-emitting element and various semiconductor devices using a quantum effect.

Abstract: (1) Transgenic medaka fish into which a polynucleotide having the nucleotide sequence from 211 to 1935 position represented by Sequence ID No: 1 is introduced, (2) A method of producing medaka fish having one or more thrombi, comprising the step of raising the transgenic medaka fish described in (1) in the presence of estrogen, (3) Medaka fish having one or more thrombi produced by the method described in (2), and (4) A method of testing an estrogen-like acting substance, comprising the steps of raising the transgenic medaka fish described in (1) in test water, and observing whether or not one or more thrombi are formed in the medaka fish after the raising step.

Abstract: A quantum device is constituted from a two-dimensional array of quantum dots formed from metal atom aggregates contained in a metalloprotein complex. The metalloprotein is arranged on the surface of a substrate having an insulation layer with a pitch of the size of the metalloprotein complex. The diameter of the metal atom aggregates used in the quantum device is 7 nm or smaller, and the pitch of the metalloprotein complex is preferably from 11 to 14 nm.

Abstract: A semiconductor device as a nonvolatile memory comprises dot elements which are formed out of the semiconductor or conductor fine particles and function as a floating gate. The dot elements are asymmetrically formed to a control gate and may be formed in a sidewall insulating film formed over the side face of the control gate or a select gate. When inclined or stepped portions having level differences are formed in a semiconductor substrate, the dot elements are formed on a specified portion of the inclined or stepped portions.

Abstract: A quantum device is constituted from a two-dimensional array of quantum dots formed from metal atom aggregates contained in a metalloprotein complex. The metalloprotein is arranged on the surface of a substrate having an insulation layer with a pitch of the size of the metalloprotein complex. The diameter of the metal atom aggregates used in the quantum device is 7 nm or smaller, and the pitch of the metalloprotein complex is preferably from 11 to 14 nm.

Abstract: A Rat IgG antibody film, formed on a p-type Si substrate, is selectively irradiated with ultraviolet rays, thereby leaving part of the Rat IgG antibody film, except for a region deactivated with the ultraviolet rays. Next, when the p-type Si substrate is immersed in a solution containing Au fine particles that have been combined with a Rat IgG antigen, the Rat IgG antigen is selectively combined with the Rat IgG antibody film. As a result, Au fine particles, combined with the Rat IgG antigen, are fixed on the Rat IgG antibody film. Thereafter, the p-type Si substrate is placed within oxygen plasma for 20 minutes, thereby removing the Rat IgG antibody film, the deactivated Rat IgG antibody film and the Rat IgG antigen. Consequently, dot elements can be formed at desired positions on the p-type Si substrate. If these dot elements are used for the floating gate of a semiconductor memory device, then the device has a structure suitable for miniaturization.

Abstract: A quantum device is constituted from a two-dimensional array of quantum dots formed from metal atom aggregates contained in metalloprotein complex. The metalloprotein is arranged on the surface of a substrate having an insulation layer with a pitch of the size of the metalloprotein complex. The diameter of the metal atom aggregates used in the quantum device is 7 nm or smaller, and the pitch of the metalloprotein complex is preferably from 11 to 14 nm.

Abstract: Without using a script that describes a procedure, document parts are extracted from structured documents and inserted or substituted in a template to synthesize a document. An extraction instruction to retrieve document parts, and repetitive duplication and insertion/substitution instructions are provided to the structured documents. Therefore, document part retrieval, repetitive duplication, and a document part (location) in which a document part is to be inserted or substituted are specified, and instructions retrieved from plural inputted structured documents are dynamically synthesized to create a document processing description, so that a document processing description script becomes unnecessary. Consequently, the inconvenience of managing scripts in addition to original documents is eliminated.

Abstract: A quantum device is constituted from a two-dimensional array of quantum dots formed from metal atom aggregates contained in metalloprotein complex. The metalloprotein is arranged on the surface of a substrate having an insulation layer with a pitch of the size of the metalloprotein complex. The diameter of the metal atom aggregates used in the quantum device is 7 nm or smaller, and the pitch of the metalloprotein complex is preferably from 11 to 14 nm.

Abstract: A data transmission apparatus having a storage device for storing at least one structure data piece of a data processing device in a receiving data processing apparatus, a computation device for computing a transmission error detection code from the structure data stored in the storage device and a device for attaching the transmission error detection code computed by the computation device to the structure data stored in the storage device.

Abstract: An electron beam emitted from an electron gun enters into an accelerator 8 through a magnetic lens and is accelerated by a large number of accelerating tube discs within the accelerator, resonance cavities formed thereby and a magnetic field supplied from the outside. Then, it is focused by a focusing magnet and enters into an energy analyzer and scanned by a beam scanner, and is irradiated as a beam onto a sterilization goods item. On the outside of the accelerator there is disposed a cooling jacket for making uniform the thermal expansions of the resonance cavities due to thermal load.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for creating a drawing program used by a printer to print a document calculates the load on the printer for printing portions of the document, and embeds the calculated loads in the drawing program. Document data is converted into page description language commands that are used by a printer to print the document. Load parameters indicating the time and/or the memory capacity required by the printer to process each command of the page description language are stored in a memory unit. The load of the printer for each of the converted commands is calculated for each process unit of the document, which corresponds to a command string, based on the load parameters. A drawing program to be processed by the printer is then created from commands and the calculated loads.

Abstract: In a name service apparatus, a virtual resource management table has three sorts of fields, name, position and procedure. For a virtual resource, its name, position of an actual resource and name of procedure to handle the actual resource are held in correspondence to each other. On receiving inquiry request for name, a communication section requests a retrieval section of a name resolution section to carry out name resolution. The retrieval section retrieves the virtual image management table using the received name as a key. If the received name is a virtual resource, the position of the actual resource and the procedure name are obtained from the table and access to the virtual resource becomes possible.

Abstract: A deflection magnetic system and method are provided to deflect an electron beam through a predetermined angle while maintaining a circular cross-section for the electron beam. A plurality of spaced magnetic fields are provided to deflect the electron beam through angles less than the total predetermined angle, but the total angle is achieved when the beam passes through the last magnetic field. Magnetic shields are provided between the spaced magnetic fields to absorb any undesired leakage magnetic flux.

Abstract: When the name of a resource is inputted to a given context holder, a name analysis unit analyzes the name and a name translation unit converts it into first or second resource implementation representations. A name resolution unit receives the first or second resource implementation representations from each context holder. When the result of conversion is of the second resource implementation representations, the name resolution unit outputs a resource name of a second series or string of resource elements included in the second resource implementation representations to its corresponding context holder. This operation is executed on a chain basis to solve the name. A resource implementation unit outputs a handle for the resource corresponding to the result of name resolution therefrom. A user can obtain access to a virtual resource corresponding to the input name by using the handle.