Abstract: A microcolumnar structured material having a desired material. The columnar structured material includes columnar members obtained by introducing a filler into columnar holes formed in a porous material. The porous material has the columnar holes formed by removing columnar substances from a structured material in which the columnar substances containing a first component are dispersed in a matrix member containing a second component capable of forming a eutectic with the first component. The matrix member may be removed. In the columnar structured material, the filler is a conductive material, and an electrode can be structured by electrically connecting the conductive materials in at least a part of a plurality of holes to a conductor.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a new light-emitting device with the use of an amorphous oxide. The light-emitting device has a light-emitting layer existing between first and second electrodes and a field effect transistor, of which the active layer is an amorphous.

Abstract: An electronic device including a pair of electrodes disposed on a substrate and carbon nanotubes electrically connecting the electrodes. A method for manufacturing this device in which the electrodes are disposed on the substrate and the nanotubes are prepared to electrically connect the electrodes.

Abstract: The invention provides a structured material composed by including a noble metal, in which an oriented layer is formed on a layer containing a Group 4A metal. The invention enables to form an oriented layer, which has required a high temperature for formation, by a low temperature process.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a dot pattern includes the steps of preparing a structured material composed of a plurality of columnar members containing a first component and a region containing a second component different from the first component surrounding the columnar members, with the structured material being formed by depositing the first component and the second component on a substrate, and removing the columnar members from the structured material to form a porous material having a columnar hole. In addition, a material is introduced into the columnar hole portions of the porous material to form a dot pattern, and the porous material is removed.

Abstract: A nanostructure is a porous body comprising a plurality of pillar-shaped pores and a region surrounding them, the region being an oxide amorphous region formed so as to contain C, Si, Ge or a material of a combination of them. Such a nanostructure can be used as a functional material in light emitting devices, optical devices and microdevices. It can also be used as a filter.

Abstract: An Object of the Present Invention is to provide a new light-emitting device with the use of an amorphous oxide. The light-emitting device has a light-emitting layer existing between first and second electrodes and a field effect transistor, of which the active layer is an amorphous.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a new light-emitting device with the use of an amorphous oxide. The light-emitting device has a light-emitting layer existing between first and second electrodes and a field effect transistor, of which the active layer is an amorphous.

Abstract: A sensor which has high measuring sensitivity and is excellent in response is provided by forming a porous film in a sensitive section of a field-effect transistor. It comprises a porous body, which is formed on a sensitive section (here, a gate insulating film) of the field-effect transistor and has cylindrical pores which are formed almost perpendicularly to a substrate, and the field-effect transistor. It uses as a porous film a porous film which is made of a semiconductor material whose main component (except oxygen) is silicon, germanium, or a composite of silicon and germanium, or a porous film made of an insulation material whose main component is silicon oxide, which has pores perpendicular to the substrate.

Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided that is excellent in light emission efficiency and stability. The light-emitting device has a first part of a first dielectric constant, a second part of a second dielectric constant and a third part of a third dielectric constant, and has a triple junction where they are in contact with one another. Moreover, a first and a second electrode are provided for applying a voltage for controlling an electric field at the triple junction and in the vicinity thereof. Further, at least one of the first, the second and the third parts is a constituted by light-emitting material, and the triple junction forms a closed line.

Abstract: A molding apparatus for patterning a workpiece includes a mold having a pattern to be transferred to the workpiece, with the pattern including recesses, a first support member for supporting the mold, and a second support member, arranged opposite to the first support member, for supporting the workpiece. A pressing mechanism brings the first and second support members close to each other and presses the mold and the workpiece together so as to transfer, to the workpiece, the pattern on the mold. Recessed portions are provided on at least one of a surface of the mold on the first support member side, a region of the first support member, and a region of the second support member. The recessed portions correspond to recesses in the pattern of the mold.

Abstract: A molding apparatus for patterning a workpiece includes a mold having a pattern to be transferred to the workpiece, with the pattern including recesses, a first support member for supporting the mold, and a second support member, arranged opposite to the first support member, for supporting the workpiece. A pressing mechanism brings the first and second support members close to each other and presses the mold and the workpiece together so as to transfer, to the workpiece, the pattern on the mold. Recessed portions are provided on at least one of a surface of the mold on the first support member side, a region of the first support member, and a region of the second support member. The recessed portions correspond to recesses in the pattern of the mold.

Abstract: A microcolumnar structured material having a desired material. The columnar structured material includes columnar members obtained by introducing a filler into columnar holes formed in a porous material. The porous material has the columnar holes formed by removing columnar substances from a structured material in which the columnar substances containing a first component are dispersed in a matrix member containing a second component capable of forming a eutectic with the first component. The matrix member may be removed. In the columnar structured material, the filler is a conductive material, and an electrode can be structured by electrically connecting the conductive materials in at least a part of a plurality of holes to a conductor.

Abstract: A stable FePt plating solution is provided. Further, a process for electroplating is provided for producing an FePt magnetic material having an especially strong coercive force and excellent properties by using the plating solution. The plating solution contains ionic Fe, ionic Pt, and a complex agent, at a molar ratio (Fe/Pt) of the ionic Fe to the ionic Pt ranging from 0.75 to 3.

Abstract: A nano structure having pore array structures in which a plurality of periodic arrays are formed adjacent to one another and a method of manufacturing the nano structure are provided. A nano structure having periodic array structures of pores formed in an anodized oxide film with a plurality of types of the periodic array structures arranged adjacent to one another is provided. Furthermore, a method of manufacturing a nano structure in which a plurality of periodic array structures formed in an anodized oxide film having different periods are arranged adjacent to one another, including (1) a step of forming pore starting points made up of a plurality of types of periodic arrays on the surface of a substrate comprised of aluminum as a principal component and (2) a step of anodizing the substrate simultaneously at the same anodization voltage is provided.

Abstract: A fluid control device has very fine pores with an average diameter not greater than 10 nm and provides a large flux. The fluid control device comprises an anodized alumina film having fine pores and a silicon based micro-porous film having very fine pores and made from an AlSi mixed film and the fine pores and the very fine pores are at least partly linked with each other. The fluid control device is prepared from a film including at least an aluminum layer and an AlSi mixed film by forming an anodized alumina film having fine pores by way of an anodization process for the aluminum layer part and also forming a silicon based micro-porous film having very fine pores containing silicon as principal ingredient by way of an anodization process or etching process for the AlSi mixed film. The fluid control device can be used as filter or ultrafilter film that allows fluid and gas to pass through it.

Abstract: A novel mold is provided. The mold is prepared through steps of forming a concavo-convex pattern on a substrate, forming a film by embedding a material of a composition having shape-memory in the concavo-convex pattern, and forming a mold having the concavo-convex pattern by separating the film from the concavo-convex pattern after the film formation in the film formation step.

Abstract: The invention provides a structured material composed by including a noble metal, in which an oriented layer is formed on a layer containing a Group 4A metal. The invention enables to form an oriented layer, which has required a high temperature for formation, by a low temperature process.

Abstract: The invention provides a nanostructure including nanowires having very small diameters and integrated at a high density, and capable of being applied to still further high-functional devices. The invention provides a structure including a substrate or substrate having an underlayer, and a structure formed on the substrate or substrate having an underlayer, wherein the structure includes a columnar first part (part) and a second part (part) formed to surround the first part, and the second part comprises two or more types of materials capable of forming eutectic crystals, one type of the materials is a semiconductor material, and the height of the first part from the substrate is greater than the height of the second part from the substrate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a structure is provided. This method include a steps of preparing a first substrate having a projection, forming a first layer on the projection, transferring the first layer to a second substrate, and removing at least apart of the second substrate.