Abstract: Provided is an absorption column for body fluid purification by which the saturated adsorption amount of a substance to be adsorbed can be increased or the time required for reaching the saturated adsorption can be shortened, and therefore, the column capacity can be considerably reduced and the treatment time can be considerably shortened. The adsorption column having functional groups 6 specifically binding to a substance to be adsorbed including at least low density lipoprotein, immobilized on the surface of a porous support 5.

Abstract: To reduce consumption of the data capacity of a data migration-source storage by information necessary for accessing entity data that has been migrated to the other storage, compared to that of the conventional system. Provided is a storage system including a first storage that is a migration-destination storage having stored therein entity data and first index information associated with the entity data, and a second storage that is a migration-source storage having stored therein link information for accessing the entity data and second index information associated with the link information, wherein the second index information includes the same hash value as a hash value included in the first index information.

Abstract: A stator of a rotating electric machine is obtained, in which material usage in a conductor connection section of a stator coil end and weight of the conductor connection section are reduced, so that vibration suppression is improved, in addition, thermal resistance between a loss occurrence portion and a cooled portion becomes smaller so that temperature rise is suppressed.

Abstract: An organic porous material is provided being excellent in mechanical properties such as strength and in which structures of a skeleton and pores are controlled more precisely.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a simulation tool, which can overcome complications of examinations by simulations as described above and can provide a designer with easy examinations. A simulation based on a design parameter of a unit is implemented. Furthermore, a simulation result implemented by the control device is output on a display screen as a graph. Then, the unit design parameter is corrected in accordance with a correction in the graph displayed on the display screen. Thus, the simulation can be retried easily.

Abstract: A method for producing an alkylsiloxane aerogel of the invention includes (a) a step of letting a reaction to produce a sol and a reaction to convert the sol to a gel take place in one step by adding a silicon compound whose molecules have a hydrolysable functional group and a nonhydrolysable functional group to an acidic aqueous solution containing a surfactant, and (b) a step of drying the gel produced in the step (a). In the step (b), the gel is dried at a temperature and a pressure below the critical point of a solvent used to dry the gel.

Abstract: A structure having an opening communicating with an inner space is adapted for separating or capturing a substance introduced from the opening into the inner space. The structure comprises a hollow member having the inner space with the opening and plural pillars positioned mutually separately in the inner space. The pillars are formed of a material containing an inorganic oxide and different in composition from the hollow member.

Abstract: A support for solid phase extraction is provided for preventing the fracture of the porous body of the support and the space between the porous body and its container, and for processing various amounts of liquids to be processed while maintaining the ease of passage of liquid in use. The support for solid phase extraction comprises a ceramic substrate with one or more holes formed therein, and an inorganic porous material, filled in the hole or holes, which is produced by sol-gel transition accompanied by phase transition.

Abstract: The invention provides an aided design apparatus including a output element for outputting data of an attribute name associated with an attribute group of a part used for transporting a sheet along with three-dimensional shape data of the part. The invention further provides a related aided design method and a recording medium for recording a program for carrying out the method, wherein the data of parts used in a simulation for paper transportation can be easily exchanged.

Abstract: The analytical pretreatment column of the present invention is filled with at least the inorganic type filler having a number average diameter consisting of double pore structure having both a through pore with a number average diameter of the range of 0.5 to 25 micrometers, and meso pore with number average diameter of the range of 2 to 50 nm.

Abstract: Silica aerogels that are controlled in pore diameter and pore diameter distribution can be produced as follows: a surfactant is dissolved in an acidic aqueous solution; a silicon compound having a hydrolysable functional group and a hydrophobic functional group is added thereto, so that a hydrolysis reaction is carried out to yield a gel; and after the gel is solidified, the gel is dried supercritically. Preferably, the surfactant is one selected from the group consisting of a nonionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, and an anionic surfactant, or a mixture of at least two of them. The silica aerogels produced as described above are usable for heat insulators for solar-heat collector panels or heat-insulating window materials for housing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a column for a liquid chromatograph having a honeycomb substrate including holes through which a sample flows and a separation phase filled in the holes. The separation phase is a porous bone structure composed of an inorganic material having open pores formed therein, and the porous bone structure is generated by a sol-gel transition process accompanied by a phase transition.

Abstract: The porous substrate, comprises: three-dimensional-network skeletal solid phase inside the substrate, and a skin layer same in quality as the skeletal solid phase formed on at least one surface of the substrate, and a production method thereof, comprising: forming a wet gel having a three-dimensional-network skeletal solid phase and a fluid phase rich in solvent that are separated from each other in a space between a pair of flat plates by sol-gel reaction, removing the solvent in the wet gel by drying, and removing at least one flat plate of the pair of flat plates.

Abstract: The aggregation and phase separation of inorganic particles are performed in a sol containing the inorganic particles and a solvent to produce a porous body having open pores. Preferably, the inorganic particles are particles of one or more inorganic material selected from the group consisting of titania, silica, alumina, zinc oxide and zirconia. Further, the sol may have strong acidity and the pH of the sol is elevated to perform the aggregation and phase separation of the inorganic particles. Alternatively, the sol may have strong basicity and the pH of the sol is lowered to perform the aggregation and phase separation of the inorganic particles. The present invention provides a novel method of producing a porous body and sintered body having co-continuous structure, applicable to a wide variety of inorganic materials.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an organic/inorganic hybrid porous material containing both mesopores and macropores, a homogenous solution is prepared where a water-soluble polymer or amphipathic material as a phase separation induction element is dissolved in an aqueous solution containing sol-gel reaction catalyst elements, and a continuous 3-dimensional mesh-structured gel including a solvent-rich phase is formed. The gel is immersed in an aqueous solution containing a compound generating ammonia via hydrolysis and curing under hydrothermal conditions by heating in a closed state to form macropores by drying the gel and to evaporate the solvent from the solvent rich phase. Mesopores is formed in the skeletal phase by removing the phase separation induction elements from the gel after drying via thermolysis or extraction.

Abstract: It is provided a monolithic reactive porous support with efficiency and performance better than a particulate support used in a batch method requiring a liquid-solid separation process or a filling column method requiring a high pressure for liquid supply. In a solution containing a starting material having a reactive site, a precursor of a monolithic porous gel formed of silica, a metal oxide, or an organic-inorganic hybrid composition is reacted. Accordingly, sol-gel transformation and phase separation are induced at the same time to form a gel of the composition having continuous pores with a diameter of 100 nm or greater.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a support for solid phase extraction for preventing the fracture of the porous body of the support and the space between the porous body and its container, and for processing various amounts of liquids to be processed while maintaining the ease of passage of liquid in use. A support 1 for solid phase extraction comprises a ceramic substrate 1 with a hole or holes 3 formed therein and an inorganic porous material 4 filled in the hole 3 produced by sol-gel transition accompanied by phase transition.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a support for solid phase extraction for preventing the fracture of the porous body of the support and the space between the porous body and its container, and for processing various amounts of liquids to be processed while maintaining the ease of passage of liquid in use. A support 1 for solid phase extraction comprises a ceramic substrate 1 with a hole or holes 3 formed therein and an inorganic porous material 4 filled in the hole 3 produced by sol-gel transition accompanied by phase transition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing an inorganic porous body having precisely controlled macropores concurrently with mesopores of a narrow pore size distribution. The method comprises dissolving an amphiphilic substance as template component in an aqueous solution containing a sol-gel reaction catalyst, adding an inorganic low molecular weight compound having hydrolysable functional groups to the solution, forming a gel including a solvent-rich phase for the macropores, drying the gel to remove the solvent, and removing the template component by such means as thermal decomposition.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an inorganic porous body having an inorganic porous bone structure as the main body in which various kinds of particles can be uniformly loaded onto the wall surface facing the open pores. The inorganic porous composite body has an inorganic porous bone structure with open pores formed therein and particles for dispersion exposing to the wall surfaces of the bone structure facing the open pores. The bone structure is generated by sol-gel transition accompanied by phase transition.