Abstract: A reducing material including a two-dimensional hydrogen boride-containing sheet having a two-dimensional network composed of (BH)n (n?4). A composite including a two-dimensional hydrogen boride-containing sheet having a two-dimensional network composed of (BH)n (n?4) and a metal nanoparticle. A reduction method including: a step of dispersing the reducing material according to any one of Claims 1 to 5 in an organic solvent to prepare a dispersion liquid containing the reducing material; and a step of reducing a metal ion having a redox potential which is given as a standard electrode potential of ?0.26 V/SHE or higher by mixing the dispersion liquid with the metal ion.

Abstract: A two-dimensional hydrogen boride-containing sheet of the present invention has a two-dimensional network that consists of (HB)n (n?4).

Abstract: A two-dimensional hydrogen boride-containing sheet of the present invention has a two-dimensional network that consists of (HB)n (n?4).

Abstract: An agent for virus inactivation capable of exhibiting inactivation action based on structural destruction such as degradation and decomposition against viruses, which comprises a monovalent copper compound such as cuprous oxide, cuprous sulfide, cuprous iodide, and cuprous chloride as an active ingredient, and a virus inactivation material, which contains the agent for virus inactivation on a surface of a substrate and/or inside of the substrate.

Abstract: A copper compound-carried titanium oxide photocatalyst which is excellent in a photocatalytic activity and a viral inactivation property and a production process for the same can be provided by a copper compound-carried titanium oxide photocatalyst comprising titanium oxide in which a content of rutile type titanium oxide is 50% by mole or more and a monovalent copper compound and a divalent copper compound which are carried on a surface of the titanium oxide described above and a production process for a copper compound-carried titanium oxide photocatalyst, comprising a step of carrying a monovalent copper compound and a divalent copper compound on a surface of titanium oxide in which a content of rutile type titanium oxide is 50% by mole or more.

Abstract: An antimicrobial and antiviral composition, a method of producing the same, and the like are provided, which are capable of exhibiting an excellent antimicrobial and antiviral properties over a long time in the application for various uses. The antimicrobial and antiviral composition contains cuprous oxide particles having a BET specific surface area of 5 to 100 m2/g and a saccharide having an aldehyde group, in which the content of the saccharide with an aldehyde group is 0.5 to 10 mass part based on the cuprous oxide particles of 100 mass part. The method produces this composition.

Abstract: An antimicrobial and antiviral composition, a method of producing the same, and the like are provided, which are capable of exhibiting an excellent antimicrobial and antiviral properties over a long time in the application for various uses. The antimicrobial and antiviral composition contains cuprous oxide particles having a BET specific surface area of 5 to 100 m2/g and a saccharide having an aldehyde group, in which the content of the saccharide with an aldehyde group is 0.5 to 10 mass part based on the cuprous oxide particles of 100 mass part. The method produces this composition.

Abstract: An agent for virus inactivation capable of exhibiting inactivation action based on structural destruction such as degradation and decomposition against viruses, which comprises a monovalent copper compound such as cuprous oxide, cuprous sulfide, cuprous iodide, and cuprous chloride as an active ingredient, and a virus inactivation material, which contains the agent for virus inactivation on a surface of a substrate and/or inside of the substrate.

Abstract: A copper compound-carried titanium oxide photocatalyst which is excellent in a photocatalytic activity and a viral inactivation property and a production process for the same can be provided by a copper compound-carried titanium oxide photocatalyst comprising titanium oxide in which a content of rutile type titanium oxide is 50% by mole or more and a monovalent copper compound and a divalent copper compound which are carried on a surface of the titanium oxide described above and a production process for a copper compound-carried titanium oxide photocatalyst, comprising a step of carrying a monovalent copper compound and a divalent copper compound on a surface of titanium oxide in which a content of rutile type titanium oxide is 50% by mole or more.

Abstract: Disclosed are a scratch color-developable ink comprising an electron-donating colorless or light-color dye precursor, an electron-accepting color developer and a varnish, wherein a solid particle component contained therein has an average particle diameter of 0.3 to 25 ?m, a scratch color-developable ink comprising an electron-donating colorless or light-color dye precursor, an electron-accepting color developer and a varnish, wherein an azaphthalide compound is contained as the electron-donating colorless or light-color dye precursor, and an invisible information printed sheet obtained by printing invisible information on a support with the above scratch color-developable ink.

Abstract: A method, an electrode, a measuring cell, and a measuring device are disclosed which can detect and quantitatively determine an analyte having specific bonding properties, in a highly sensitive, simple and accurate manner using photocurrent. This method comprises contacting a working electrode and a counter electrode with an electrolyte medium, wherein the working electrode has an analyte immobilized thereon through a probe substance and wherein the analyte is bonded to a sensitizing dye; irradiating the working electrode with light to photoexcite the sensitizing dye; and detecting photocurrent flowing between the working electrode and the counter electrode, wherein the photocurrent is generated by transfer of electrons from the photoexcited sensitizing dye to the working electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed are a scratch color-developable ink comprising an electron-donating colorless or light-color dye precursor, an electron-accepting color developer and a varnish, wherein a solid particle component contained therein has an average particle diameter of 0.3 to 25 ?m, a scratch color-developable ink comprising an electron-donating colorless or light-color dye precursor, an electron-accepting color developer and a varnish, wherein an azaphthalide compound is contained as the electron-donating colorless or light-color dye precursor, and an invisible information printed sheet obtained by printing invisible information on a support with the above scratch color-developable ink.

Abstract: A method, an electrode, a measuring cell, and a measuring device are disclosed which can detect and quantitatively determine an analyte having specific bonding properties, in a highly sensitive, simple and accurate manner using photocurrent. This method comprises contacting a working electrode and a counter electrode with an electrolyte medium, wherein the working electrode has an analyte immobilized thereon through a probe substance and wherein the analyte is bonded to a sensitizing dye; irradiating the working electrode with light to photoexcite the sensitizing dye; and detecting photocurrent flowing between the working electrode and the counter electrode, wherein the photocurrent is generated by transfer of electrons from the photoexcited sensitizing dye to the working electrode.

Abstract: The present invention provides a light diffuser plate for a liquid crystal display, comprising: a low-hygroscopic resin layer (A) having a water absorption after 24 hours of 0.2% or less, as measured according to JIS K7209; and a styrenic resin layer (B) layered on at least one surface of the low-hygroscopic resin layer (A), the styrenic resin layer (B) comprising 50% or more of a styrenic resin and 3.5 to 5 parts by weight of an ultraviolet absorber based on 100 parts by weight of the styrenic resin, wherein the surface of the layer (B) has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of 5 ?m to 30 ?m, as measured according to JIS B0601. The present invention can provide a light diffuser plate for a liquid crystal display which is made of a low-hygroscopic resin capable of preventing warpage due to moisture absorption and also has a scratch resistant surface and significantly improved lightfastness.

Abstract: A problem is to carry out the removal of VOC and odor from VOC impregnated materials existing in a processed space without damaging interior materials and installed objects safely and with a low cost by controlling the humidity. The means comprise a humidification process wherein the inside of a processed space from which VOC should be eliminated is warmed to a high humidity within a range not being saturated, and hydrate complexes are formed between VOC absorbed/impregnated at impregnated materials and vapor-phase water molecules generated; and the second process wherein the VOC hydrate complexes formed inside VOC impregnated materials on said humidification process are radiated from the VOC impregnated materials into the processed space by lowing the humidity.

Abstract: This invention provides a light diffusion plate including: a light transmitting thermoplastic resin; and a light diffusing agent, wherein the light diffusing agent is contained in an amount of 0.2 to 10% by weight with respect to the total weight of the light diffusion plate, wherein a degree of brilliancy of at least one surface of the light diffusion plate is from 20 to 70%. This invention enables to provide a light diffusion plate to be used in a direct type backlight device, which is capable of realizing brightness higher than that achieved by conventional light diffusion plates.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide the system capable of grasping a transaction state from a commodity purchase to the settlement and reception of the commodity. In order to achieve the objective, the processing means executes a processing such as storing a billing amount based on the order reception information in the door-to-door parcel delivery information storage means by every piece of order reception information received from the receiver side terminal; storing the delivery state information received from the deliverer side terminal in the door-to-door parcel delivery information storage means by every piece of order reception information; and when receiving a transmission request from the receiver side terminal, referencing the door-to-door parcel delivery information storage means, and then transmitting the billing amount and the delivery state information to the receiver side terminal by every piece of the order reception information.

Abstract: There is provided an ammonia absorption type water chilling/heating device in which a generator 22 generating by use of heat source a high pressure ammonia gas 21 from an ammonia aqueous solution 11, a rectifier 28 performing the gas-liquid separation into the ammonia gas 21 and a dilute ammonia solution 9, a condenser 23 condensing the ammonia gas 21 after separation, an evaporator 24 utilizing the cooling action generated when vaporizing an ammonia solution 94 after condensation, and an absorber 25 making the ammonia gas 21 after vaporization to be absorbed in an ammonia aqueous solution are successively disposed from the top in the described order, so that the dilute ammonia solution 9 is transferred by gravitation; and in the central portions of these components, there is arranged a solution pipe 30 through which the ammonia aqueous solution 11 is compressively transferred from the absorber 25 to the generator 22.

Abstract: A laminated transparent paper is disclosed therein which is obtained by laminating transparent papers on both the surfaces of a transparent polyester film via an adhesive, the surfaces of the transparent papers having coating layers of a coating solution mainly comprising an aqueous dispersion of at least one selected from the group consisting of an acrylonitrile-vinylformal-acrylic acid ester copolymer, a styrene-acrylic acid copolymer and a styrene-methacrylic acid copolymer, the laminated transparent paper having a Bekk smoothness of 20 seconds or more and an opacity of 45% or less.

Abstract: After forming a cavity in a laminated body of a plurality of piezoelectric ceramic films and internal electrodes, an insulator is formed on the end faces of the internal electrodes exposed on the wall surface of the cavity by electrophoretic process. According to this method, an insulator can be formed more inexpensively, in larger quantity, and with higher reliability than by the conventional method using a low pressure CVD method.