Abstract: A composite substrate includes a base layer formed of a composite material containing diamond and a metal, the base layer a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a flat layer having a lower surface bonded to the first surface of the base layer, and an upper surface having a surface roughness Ra of 10 nm or less; and an insulating layer directly bonded to the upper surface of the flat layer.

Abstract: A method of producing a heat dissipation substrate, the method including: providing a composite material containing diamond and a metal; performing a treatment on a surface of the composite material to reduce a thickness of the composite material, the treatment forming a processed surface of the composite material; and subsequently, performing pulsed electric current sintering with a pressure of less than 50 MPa applied to the composite material, to heat the composite material.

Abstract: A method of producing a composite material, the method including: preparing a mixed powder of diamond particles and copper powder particles; and generating a composite material containing diamond and copper from the mixed powder by pulsed electric current sintering with a pressure of 5 MPa or greater and 100 MPa or less applied to the mixed powder, and the mixed powder maintained at a temperature equal to or higher than 500° C. and lower than 800° C.

Abstract: A composite substrate includes a base layer formed of a composite material containing diamond and a metal, the base layer a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a flat layer having a lower surface bonded to the first surface of the base layer, and an upper surface having a surface roughness Ra of 10 nm or less; and an insulating layer directly bonded to the upper surface of the flat layer.

Abstract: A method of producing a heat dissipation substrate, the method including: providing a composite material containing diamond and a metal; performing a treatment on a surface of the composite material to reduce a thickness of the composite material, the treatment forming a processed surface of the composite material; and subsequently, performing pulsed electric current sintering with a pressure of less than 50 MP applied to the composite material, to heat the composite material.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an organic glass laminate having excellent scratch resistance, wear resistance, wet adhesion, transparency, and weather resistance. This organic glass laminate comprises, in the following order, at least an organic glass substrate, a primer layer, and a hard-coat layer, wherein: the hard-coat layer is formed of a cured product of a resin composition including an ionizing-radiation-curable resin and an ultraviolet absorbent; the ultraviolet absorbent is included at a ratio of 0.5-10 parts by mass per a total of 100 parts by mass of the ionizing-radiation-curable resin; and the pencil hardness of the organic glass laminate and the initial value, as well as values found before and after a predetermined accelerated weathering test, of the haze and the yellow index of the organic glass laminate are set so as to fall within specific ranges.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound that is structurally similar to curcumin and has a suppressive effect on A? aggregation, a degradative effect on A? aggregates, an inhibitory effect on ?-secretase, and a protective effect on neurons. The novel compound is a compound represented by the following general formula (Ia) or a salt thereof: wherein R1 represents a 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl group or the like, and R2 represents a 1H-indol-6-yl group or the like.

Abstract: A main object of the invention is to provide an organic thin-film solar cell that offers high performance and is easy to form. To achieve the object, the invention provides an organic thin-film solar cell comprising: a metal electrode layer having an aluminum layer on a surface thereof, an electron extraction layer which is a zinc oxide layer formed on the aluminum layer of the metal electrode layer, a photoelectric conversion layer formed on the electron extraction layer, and a transparent electrode layer formed on the photoelectric conversion layer, wherein the electron extraction layer has a concentration gradient in which the content of oxygen atoms in the electron extraction layer tends to increase from the metal electrode layer side to the photoelectric conversion layer.

Abstract: A microreactor is configured to have a metal substrate having a microchannel portion on one surface thereof, a heater provided on the other surface of the metal substrate via an insulating film, a catalyst supported on the microchannel portion, and a cover member having a feed material inlet and a gas outlet and joined to the metal substrate so as to cover the microchannel portion. Since the microreactor uses the metal substrate having a high thermal conductivity and a small heat capacity, the efficiency of heat conduction from the heater to the supported catalyst becomes high, and the processing of the metal substrate is easy to facilitate the production.

Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide an organic thin-film solar cell in which a short circuit hardly occurs between the electrodes and which has high photoelectric conversion efficiency even when formed to have a large area. To achieve the object, provided is an organic thin-film solar cell comprising: a transparent substrate, a mesh electrode and a transparent electrode laminated in any order on the transparent substrate, a photoelectric conversion layer formed on the mesh electrode and the transparent electrode, and a counter electrode formed on the photoelectric conversion layer, characterized in that the mesh electrode has such a thickness that no short circuit occurs between the counter electrode and the mesh electrode and the transparent electrode.

Abstract: A structure of a microreactor includes a joined body having a pair of substrates joined together, a flow path formed by a microchannel portion formed on a joining surface of at least one of the substrates, and a catalyst carrying member disposed in the flow path. In the production of such a microreactor, the catalyst carrying member is produced separately from formation of the joined body and the catalyst carrying member is disposed in the flow path at the time of forming the joined body.

Abstract: A microreactor (1) comprises a vacuum casing (2), a microreactor proper (4) located in a vacuum-tight cavity (3) in the vacuum casing (2), and a getter heat-generation substrate (6) positioned on at least one surface of the microreactor proper (4). The microreactor proper (4) has a feed inlet (19a) connected to outside the vacuum casing (2) by way of a feed supply pipe (5A) and a gas outlet (19b) connected to outside the vacuum casing (2) by way of a gas discharge pipe (5B). The getter heat-generation substrate (6) comprises a substrate (7), and a heat generator (9) and a getter material layer (10) that are located on the substrate (7) alternately in mutual non-contact fashion.

Abstract: A structure of a microreactor includes a joined body having a pair of substrates joined together, a flow path formed by a microchannel portion formed on a joining surface of at least one of the substrates, and a catalyst carrying member disposed in the flow path. In the production of such a microreactor, the catalyst carrying member is produced separately from formation of the joined body and the catalyst carrying member is disposed in the flow path at the time of forming the joined body.

Abstract: A microreactor is configured to have a metal substrate having a microchannel portion on one surface thereof, a heater provided on the other surface of the metal substrate via an insulating film, a catalyst supported on the microchannel portion, and a cover member having a feed material inlet and a gas outlet and joined to the metal substrate so as to cover the microchannel portion. Since the microreactor uses the metal substrate having a high thermal conductivity and a small heat capacity, the efficiency of heat conduction from the heater to the supported catalyst becomes high, and the processing of the metal substrate is easy to facilitate the production.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a light emitting device which emits light of deep yellowish color with high luminance. The light emitting device of the present invention comprises a light emitting element having a peak emission wavelength shorter than 490 nm, a fluorescent material for wavelength conversion which absorbs light from the light emitting element and emits light of a wavelength longer than that of the light from the light emitting element, and a filter which cuts off a part of a mixed light produced by mixing the light of the light emitting element and the light of the fluorescent material, wherein the light transmitted through the filter has a chromaticity coordinate on the chromaticity diagram according to CIE 1931 plotted in a region defined by a first point (x=0.450, y=0.450), a second point (x=0.250, y=0.650), a third point (x=0.350, y=0.750) and a fourth point (x=0.250, y=0.

Abstract: A microreactor is configured to have a metal substrate having a microchannel portion on one surface thereof, a heater provided on the other surface of the metal substrate via an insulating film, a catalyst supported on the microchannel portion, and a cover member having a feed material inlet and a gas outlet and joined to the metal substrate so as to cover the microchannel portion. Since the microreactor uses the metal substrate having a high thermal conductivity and a small heat capacity, the efficiency of heat conduction from the heater to the supported catalyst becomes high, and the processing of the metal substrate is easy to facilitate the production.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound that is structurally similar to curcumin and has a suppressive effect on A? aggregation, a degradative effect on A? aggregates, an inhibitory effect on ?-secretase, and a protective effect on neurons. The novel compound is a compound represented by the following general formula (Ia) or a salt thereof: wherein R1 represents a 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl group or the like, and R2 represents a 1H-indol-6-yl group or the like.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a method of screening for a substance useful for transdifferentiation of microglia into neurons, a method of producing neurons, and a method of treating a neurologic disorder.

Abstract: A microreactor (1) comprises a vacuum casing (2), a microreactor proper (4) located in a vacuum-tight cavity (3) in the vacuum casing (2), and a getter heat-generation substrate (6) positioned on at least one surface of the microreactor proper (4). The microreactor proper (4) has a feed inlet (19a) connected to outside the vacuum casing (2) by way of a feed supply pipe (5A) and a gas outlet (19b) connected to outside the vacuum casing (2) by way of a gas discharge pipe (5B). The getter heat-generation substrate (6) comprises a substrate (7), and a heat generator (9) and a getter material layer (10) that are located on the substrate (7) alternately in mutual non-contact fashion.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a method of screening for a substance useful for transdifferentiation of microglia into neurons, a method of producing neurons, and a method of treating a neurologic disorder.