Abstract: The present invention is a surface-modified carbon material including chemical addends added to the surface of graphene, such that a one-dimensional periodicity corresponding to a large number of addition positions of the chemical addends can be observed in a Fourier-transformed image of a scanning probe microscopic image of the surface of graphene. The surface-modified carbon material of the present invention has a bandgap and therefore can be used as a sensor capable of electronically controlling an operation or another electronic device.

Abstract: The present invention is a surface-modified carbon material including chemical addends added to the surface of graphene, such that a one-dimensional periodicity corresponding to a large number of addition positions of the chemical addends can be observed in a Fourier-transformed image of a scanning probe microscopic image of the surface of graphene. The surface-modified carbon material of the present invention has a bandgap and therefore can be used as a sensor capable of electronically controlling an operation or another electronic device.

Abstract: The present invention is a surface-modified carbon material including chemical addends added to the surface of graphene, such that a one-dimensional periodicity corresponding to a large number of addition positions of the chemical addends can be observed in a Fourier-transformed image of a scanning probe microscopic image of the surface of graphene. The surface-modified carbon material of the present invention has a bandgap and therefore can be used as a sensor capable of electronically controlling an operation or another electronic device.

Abstract: A fluorescent molecular wire is provided, having a fluorescent polymer main chain to which an optically active substituent is linked so as to be conjugatable form, the optically active substituent being represented by formula (I) below: where R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 represent independently a hydrogen atom, a linear alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, a branched alkyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, a cyclic alkyl group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, or an aralkyl group having 7 to 30 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, and R3 and R7 may be bonded respectively to R4 and R8 to form an alkylene group having 2 to 60 carbon atoms that may have a substituent; and R10 and R11 represent independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms t

Abstract: An optically active compound having an unsaturated bond at an optically active binding site, wherein the unsaturated bond and a fluorescent substituent or a substituent capable of imparting fluorescence are united in a conjugated manner; and a chiral sensor comprising the optically active compound as defined above. The chiral sensor can highly selectively recognize a specified chiral compound in high sensitivity.

Abstract: A fluorescent molecular wire is provided, having a fluorescent polymer main chain to which an optically active substituent is linked so as to be conjugatable form, the optically active substituent being represented by formula (I) below: where R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 represent independently a hydrogen atom, a linear alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, a branched alkyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, a cyclic alkyl group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, or an aralkyl group having 7 to 30 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, and R3 and R7 may be bonded respectively to R4 and R8 to form an alkylene group having 2 to 60 carbon atoms that may have a substituent; and R10 and R11 represent independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms

Abstract: An optically active compound having an unsaturated bond at an optically active binding site, wherein the unsaturated bond and a fluorescent substituent or a substituent capable of imparting fluorescence are united in a conjugated manner; and a chiral sensor comprising the optically active compound as defined above. The chiral sensor can highly selectively recognize a specified chiral compound in high sensitivity.

Abstract: A process for preparing a poly-ethynyl-substituted aromatic compound characterized by reacting a halogenated benzene with an ethynylzinc halide; a process for preparing a poly-ethynyl-substituted aromatic compound characterized by using a halogenated benzene having at least two kinds of halogen atoms as a halogenated benzene, and (A) reacting one kind of the halogen atoms existing in the halogenated benzene with an ethynyl group-containing compound; and (B) reacting the other kind of halogen atoms remaining in the formed compound with an ethynylzinc halide.

Abstract: A process for preparing a poly-ethynyl-substituted aromatic compound characterized by reacting a halogenated benzene with an ethynylzinc halide; a process for preparing a poly-ethynyl-substituted aromatic compound characterized by using a halogenated benzene having at least two kinds of halogen atoms as a halogenated benzene, and (A) reacting one kind of the halogen atoms existing in the halogenated benzene with an ethynyl group-containing compound; and (B) reacting the other kind of halogen atoms remaining in the formed compound with an ethynylzinc halide.

Abstract: In a data switching method for switching data among data switching apparatuses arranged on an ATM network and interconnected by links along a cell data transmission path, data input to a specified one of the data switching apparatuses from an upstream-side one of the data switching apparatuses along the transmission path is sent out to a downstream-side one of the data switching apparatuses along the transmission path. A branch-system data switching operation for delivering data, which has been input to the specified data switching apparatus from at least one terminal linked to the specified data switching apparatus, to a specified one of the terminals and the data switching apparatuses, is performed separately from a trunk-system data switching operation for delivering data, which has been input to the specified data switching apparatus from the upstream-side data switching apparatus, to the downstream-side data switching apparatus and terminals.