Abstract: An X-ray waveguide according to the present invention includes: a core for guiding an X-ray in such a wavelength band that a real part of the refractive index of a material is 1 or less; and a cladding for confining the X-ray in the core, wherein: the cladding has a periodic structure in which multiple materials having different real parts of the refractive index are periodically arranged in two-dimensional directions perpendicular to the guiding direction of X-ray; and the periodic structure has a period of 100 nm or less.

Abstract: An X-ray waveguide which: shows a small propagation loss of an X-ray; does not deteriorate owing to oxidation; and can be easily produced is realized with an X-ray waveguide, including: a core for guiding an X-ray in such a wavelength band that the real part of refractive index of materials is 1 or less; and a cladding for confining the X-ray in the core, in which: the cladding has a one-dimensional periodic structure consisting of at least two materials having different real parts of refractive index; one of the materials is inorganic one, and another one of materials is any of an organic material, a gas, or vacuum; and the core and the cladding are formed so that the critical angle for total reflection at the interface between the core and the cladding is smaller than a Bragg angle depending on the periodicity of the one-dimensional periodic structure.

Abstract: A method of producing a film containing an oxide having a plurality of tubular structures and a plurality of conjugated polymer chains includes preparing a solution by dissolving a precursor substance having a first site containing a precursor of the oxide and a second site containing a precursor of a component constituting the conjugated polymer chains; forming a film containing the oxide having the tubular structures on a substrate, the surface of which exhibits anisotropy, by applying the solution onto the substrate so that the tubular structures and the conjugated polymer chains are oriented; and forming the conjugated polymer chains in pores of the tubular structures by polymerizing the second site in the film formed on the substrate, wherein an inorganic component of the first site is connected to carbon of the second site through a covalent bond.

Abstract: In a mesoporous silica film formed on a non-single-crystalline carbon film having structural anisotropy on a substrate in-plane arrangement of the pores is controlled in one direction, which is defined by the structural anisotropy of the carbon film.

Abstract: A ?-conjugated metal complex immobilized substrate, in which ?-conjugated metal complex molecules are connected to a substrate via a ?-conjugated molecular structure, is adapted for observing an electron transfer (redox reaction) of the ?-conjugated metal complex molecules in aqueous electrolytes. An electrochemical device including this ?-conjugated metal complex immobilized substrate and an aqueous electrolyte with cations having an ion radius of r (m) that is not less than a radius of a sphere inscribed in a clearance formed between the ?-conjugated metal complex molecules. The device utilizes an electron transfer (redox reaction) of the ?-conjugated metal complex molecules in the aqueous electrolyte.

Abstract: An X-ray monochromator including: a substrate having a concave surface; and an inorganic oxide film formed on the concave surface and having a plurality of pores, in which the plurality of pores of the inorganic oxide film being laid periodically in a stacked manner in the normal directions of the concave surface, and in which the plurality of pores being cylindrical is provided. The X-ray monochromator shows an excellent X-ray spectroscopic performance.

Abstract: A method of producing a film containing an oxide having a plurality of tubular structures and a plurality of conjugated polymer chains includes preparing a solution by dissolving a precursor substance having a first site containing a precursor of the oxide and a second site containing a precursor of a component constituting the conjugated polymer chains; forming a film containing the oxide having the tubular structures on a substrate, the surface of which exhibits anisotropy, by applying the solution onto the substrate so that the tubular structures and the conjugated polymer chains are oriented; and forming the conjugated polymer chains in pores of the tubular structures by polymerizing the second site in the film formed on the substrate, wherein an inorganic component of the first site is connected to carbon of the second site through a covalent bond.

Abstract: An amino acid capable of coordinately binding to a metallic complex is introduced to an active site within the enzyme or another controlled position near the active site. Therefore, when a mediator is introduced into the enzyme, a mediator-introduced position is controlled to be held at or near the active site.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a patterned structural body by which a patterned structural body having a micropattern can be manufactured, a metal structural body-containing polymer film that can be used in the manufacture of the patterned structural body, and a method for manufacturing the polymer film are provided. The metal structural body-containing polymer film comprises a polymer film that includes a block copolymer having an ion-conductive segment and a non-ion-conductive segment and has a microphase-separated structure including ion-conductive domains and non-ion-conductive domains, and a metal structural body localized at the ion-conductive domains.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an enzyme electrode for transporting electric charge formed by an oxidation-reduction reaction in an enzyme to a conductive member at a high speed. Specifically, the enzyme electrode has a ?-conjugated metal complex molecule immobilized on the conductive member and the enzyme immobilized on the conductive member through the ?-conjugated metal complex molecule.

Abstract: An enzyme electrode that enables to enhance the rate of charge transfer from a redox center of an enzyme and catalytic current is provided. An enzyme electrode capable of increasing catalytic current by increasing the rate of charge transfer from an enzyme using an enzyme/metal fine particle complex in which part of a metal fine particle is incorporated into the enzyme can be provided.

Abstract: Information regarding a base sequence of a target nucleic acid is acquired by preparing a sample comprising the target nucleic acid hybridized with a primer or a sample comprising the target nucleic acid containing a promoter sequence, a polymerase, a nucleotide derivative having an electrochemically convertible moiety; allowing the three components to coexist in a solvent; and detecting whether the nucleotide derivative is introduced into the primer or a transcription product of the target nucleic acid or not using an electrochemical reaction.

Abstract: A method for producing an electrode having immobilized ?-conjugated ligands is provided. The method includes bringing an aqueous solution into contact with an electrically conductive base material, the aqueous solution including ?-conjugated ligands and at least one of (i) a surfactant, and (ii) a water-soluble molecule having a structure different from that of the ?-conjugated ligands, the water-soluble molecule having a ?-conjugated structure, and immobilizing the ?-conjugated ligands on the base material.

Abstract: The present invention is to reduce a false signal in an apparatus for electrochemically decoding a base sequence of DNA, which false signal is caused by a phenomenon that even unreacted nucleotide 5?-triphosphate derivatives remaining in the solution are electrochemically converted on an electrode.

Abstract: A ?-conjugated metal complex immobilized substrate, in which ?-conjugated metal complex molecules are connected to a substrate via a ?-conjugated molecular structure, is adapted for observing an electron transfer (redox reaction) of the ?-conjugated metal complex molecules in aqueous electrolytes. An electrochemical device including this ?-conjugated metal complex immobilized substrate and an aqueous electrolyte with cations having an ion radius of r (m) that is not less than a radius of a sphere inscribed in a clearance formed between the ?-conjugated metal complex molecules. The device utilizes an electron transfer (redox reaction) of the ?-conjugated metal complex molecules in the aqueous electrolyte.

Abstract: The electrolytic reaction of a solution supplemented with oxidation-reduction substances is caused in a magnetic field. Lorentz force generated by the interaction between an electrolytic current and the magnetic field is utilized. As a result, the effective stirring or transfer of a solution as well as the detection of a biologically relevant substance with high precision can be achieved without causing the aggregation or uneven distribution of magnetic beads or the like.

Abstract: An enzyme electrode has a conductive member and an enzyme, wherein the conductive member has a porous structure, and the enzyme is immobilized through a carrier in pores constituting the porous structure. An enzyme electrode device, comprises the enzyme electrode, and wiring connected to the conductive member of the enzyme electrode.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to overcoming a problem of rate-limiting diffusion of a substrate toward an enzyme, which is a constituent of a microorganism, while ensuring proliferation of the microorganism, in a microbial electrode using a microorganism as an electrode catalyst. A microbial electrode is prepared using a microorganism expressing an enzyme on the surface layer of the cell membrane or cell wall thereof.

Abstract: An amino acid capable of coordinately binding to a metallic complex is introduced to an active site within the enzyme or another controlled position near the active site. Therefore, when a mediator is introduced into the enzyme, a mediator-introduced position is controlled to be held at or near the active site.

Abstract: There is provided an objective lens which has positive refractive power and has a single lens element having an incident surface from which the collimated beam enters and an exit surface from which the collimated beam emerges. Further, the incident surface and the exit surface are configured to be rotationally symmetrical aspherical surfaces. At least within an effective diameter of the single lens element, the incident surface and the exit surface are symmetrical with respect to a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the single lens element and have the same shape.