Abstract: There are provided a silver-plated product having a more excellent wear resistance than that of conventional silver-plated products, and a method for producing the same. The method comprises the steps of: preparing a silver-plating solution which is an aqueous solution containing silver potassium cyanide or silver cyanide, potassium cyanide or sodium cyanide, and a benzothiazole or a derivative thereof; and forming a surface layer of silver on a base material by electroplating at a liquid temperature and at a current density in the silver-plating solution so as to satisfy (BC/A)2/D?10 (° C.2·dm2/A) assuming that a concentration of free cyanide in the silver-plating solution is A (g/L), that a concentration of a benzothiazole content of the benzothiazole or derivative thereof in the silver-plating solution is B (g/L), that the liquid temperature of the silver-plating solution is C (° C.) and that the current density during the electroplating is D (A/dm2).

Abstract: A negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes composite particles, and a conductive layer disposed on a surface of each of the composite particles. The composite particles each have a silicate phase, and silicon phases dispersed in the silicate phase. The conductive layer contains a calcium component.

Abstract: A neutron beam shielding gypsum-based building board includes gypsum, a boron-containing material containing boron an amount of which is in a range from 1.0 parts by mass to 120 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the gypsum, and a water reducing agent in a range from 0.05 parts by mass to 2.0 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the gypsum. The boron-containing material includes one or more kinds selected from calcium borate, boron carbide, boric acid, boron oxide, sodium borate, and calcium boride, and a specific gravity in a dry condition is in a range from 0.65 to 1.6.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a secondary battery includes a lithium silicate phase; and a silicon phase dispersed in the lithium silicate phase. The lithium silicate phase contains at least one element M selected from the group consisting of alkali metals (except lithium), Group II elements, rare-earth elements, zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), vanadium (V), titanium (Ti), phosphorus (P), bismuth (Bi), zinc (Zn), tin (Sn), lead (Pb), antimony (Sb), cobalt (Co), fluorine (F), tungsten (W), aluminum (Al), and boron (B). An electron diffraction image of the negative electrode active material obtained using a transmission electron microscope has a spot image.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a secondary battery includes a lithium silicate phase, and a silicon phase dispersed in the lithium silicate phase. An electron diffraction image of the negative electrode active material obtained using a transmission electron microscope has a spot image, and an average particle diameter of the negative electrode active material is 8 ?m or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a silver-plated member with a surface layer made of a silver-plating layer being formed on a base member, wherein a crystal plane of the surface layer has a {110} plane preferential orientation, and the orientation proportion of the {110} plane is 30% or more and 75% or less.

Abstract: A secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a carbon material, a first silicon-containing material, and a second silicon-containing material. The first silicon-containing material includes a silicate phase, and first silicon phases dispersed in the silicate phase. The second silicon-containing material includes a carbon phase, and second silicon phases dispersed in the carbon phase.

Abstract: A silver-plated product having a higher hardness and more excellent wear resistance than those of conventional silver-plated products, and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: A silver-plated product which has more excellent minute sliding abrasion resistance property than that of conventional silver-plated products, and a method for producing the same. The silver-plated product is produced by electroplating a base material 10 of copper or a copper alloy to form an underlying plating layer 12 of nickel or a nickel alloy, a first silver-plating layer of silver (lower silver-plating layer) 14, a zinc-plating layer 16 of zinc serving as an intermediate plating layer, and a second silver-plating layer of silver (upper silver-plating layer) 18 serving as a surface layer, in this order from the base material 10.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a secondary battery includes silicate composite particles including silicon particles and a silicate phase. The silicon particles are dispersed in the silicate phase, and the silicon particles contain a first element of at least one selected from the group consisting of germanium and aluminum.

Abstract: A lithium ion conductive material has a composition formula of Lia(OH)bFcCldBr1-d, where 1.8?a?2.3, b=a ?c?1, 0<c?0.30, 0<d<1, and includes an antiperovskite-type crystal phase. The lithium ion conductive material is manufactured, for example, by heating LiOH, LiF, LiCl, and LiBr at a temperature not lower than 250° C. and not higher than 600° C. for 0.1 hours or more while stirring them at a molar ratio of 1:X:Y:Z (where 0.03?X?0.3, 0.2?Y<1.1, 0<Z<1) under an Ar gas atmosphere.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material tor a secondary battery includes a silicate composite particle including crystalline silicon particles, an amorphous phase comprising an Li element, an O element, and an Si element, and a silicon oxide phase, wherein the silicon oxide phase and the silicon particles are dispersed in the amorphous phase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a film-shaped firing material (1) which contains: sinterable metal particles (10); a binder component (20) that is a solid at room temperature; and a liquid component (30) that is a liquid at room temperature, the liquid component having a boiling point from 300 to 450° C.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including: a positive electrode plate composed of an inorganic material containing a positive electrode active material in an oxide form and having a thickness of 25 ?m or more; a negative electrode plate composed of an inorganic material containing a negative electrode active material in an oxide form and having a thickness of 25 ?m or more; and an inorganic solid electrolyte, the secondary battery being charged and discharged at a temperature of 100° C. or higher.

Abstract: A dielectric barrier discharge electrode of an embodiment has: a dielectric; a first electrode provided to be exposed on the dielectric; a second electrode provided to be covered by the dielectric; and a third electrode provided to be covered by the dielectric in a neighborhood of the first electrode.

Abstract: A plasma disinfection device of an embodiment includes: an electrical dust collector including a plurality of heat exchange fins, a needle electrode which causes a discharge in a gas flow flowing between the plurality of heat exchange fins, and a direct-current power supply electrically connected to the needle electrode; and a plasma generator including a dielectric provided on each of facing surfaces of the plurality of heat exchange fins, a discharge electrode provided to be exposed on a surface of the dielectric and arranged to cross a direction of flow of the gas flow, and an alternating-current power supply electrically connected to the discharge electrode.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminate, the method including: providing a film-form firing material on a support sheet, the film-form firing material containing a sinterable metal particle and a binder component and having an identical or substantially identical shape and an identical size to a shape and size of a semiconductor chip; applying a back surface side of the semiconductor chip to the film-form firing material on the support sheet to face each other; peeling off the film-form firing material and the semiconductor chip from the support sheet; applying, to a substrate, a film-form firing material side of the semiconductor chip to which the film-form firing material has been applied; and heating the film-form firing material to 200° C. or higher to sinter-bond the semiconductor chip and the substrate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminate, the method including: providing a film-form firing material on a support sheet, the film-form firing material containing a sinterable metal particle and a binder component and having an identical or substantially identical shape and an identical size to a shape and size of a semiconductor chip; applying, to a substrate, the film-form firing material on the support sheet; peeling off the support sheet from the substrate and the film-form firing material; applying a back surface side of the semiconductor chip to the film-form firing material on the substrate to face each other; and sinter-bonding the semiconductor chip and the substrate by heating the film-form firing material to 200° C. or higher.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits for treating cancer in patients in need thereof. The methods comprise administering to a patient in need a STING (stimulator of interferon genes) agonist, such as Compound No. 14 as defined in the description, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in combination with one or more checkpoint inhibitors. Also provided are medicaments for use in treating cancer.

Abstract: A negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a silicate phase, silicon particles dispersed in the silicate phase, and a crystal phase dispersed in the silicate phase. The silicate phase contains at least one element E1 selected from the group consisting of alkali metal elements and Group 2 elements. The crystal phase contains a rare earth element, silicon, and oxygen.