Fujifilm Corporation

Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Suntory Holdings Limited

Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe B.v.

Atsushi Mukai

Yusuke Mochizuki

Makoto Sawada

Takeshi Narita

Shigehide Itou

Hiroyuki Noda

Takashi Mukai

Toshihiro Nishiumi

Nao Kamezawa

Masayuki Naya

Shinichiro Sonoda

Toshiaki Fukunaga

Toshihito Kimura

Nobufumi Mori

Takeharu Tani

Yujiro Itami

Seigo Nakamura

Kazuomi Inoue

Nori Miyagishima

Davide Bocciardo

Anton Van Der Pluijm

Motoi Harada

Yoshihiko Mochizuki

A coffee extract with increased coffee-specific aroma and reduced off-flavors is provided. The ratio of (A) the peak area ratio of 2,3-butanedione to (B) the sum of the peak area ratio of guaiacol and the peak area ratio of 4-ethylguaiacol [(A)/(B)] in the coffee extract is adjusted to a specific range. Alternatively, the ratio of (a) the concentration (ppb) of 2,3-butanedione to (b) the total concentration (ppb) of guaiacol and 4-ethylguaiacol [(a)/(b)] in the coffee extract is adjusted to a specific range.

Liquid coffee extract and drink containing same

A method for producing a coffee extract with increased coffee-specific aroma and reduced off-flavors is provided. A coffee extract prepared by extraction at low temperature (70 to 120&#xb0; C.) in the first extraction step is mixed with a coffee extract prepared by an evaporative concentration treatment after the second extraction step, in which roasted and ground coffee beans used in the first extraction step is used for extraction at high temperature (125 to 150&#xb0; C.).

Method for producing coffee extract liquid

A process for separating a feed gas comprising a polar gas and a non-polar gas into a permeate gas and a retentate gas, one of which is enriched in the polar gas and the other of which is depleted in the polar gas, the process comprising passing the feed gas through a gas separation module comprising: (i) a feed carrier comprising a membrane envelope and a feed spacer located within the membrane envelope; and (ii) a permeate carrier comprising: (a) a macroporous sheet; and (b) a protective sheet; and wherein: i) the feed gas is fed along the feed spacer of the feed carrier and a part of the feed gas passes through the membrane envelope and into the permeate carrier to give the permeate gas and a part of the feed gas is rejected by the membrane to give the retentate gas; ii) the protective sheet shields at least a part of the membrane envelope from contact with the macroporous sheet; and iii) the protective sheet comprises a non-woven material.

Spiral wound membrane module for gas separation with protection layer

Provided are a gas separation membrane which has a resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond, in which the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond satisfies Expressions 1 and 2, and at least one of gas permeability or gas separation selectivity is high under high pressure; a method of producing a gas separation membrane; a gas separation membrane module; and a gas separator.0.9&#x2265;&#x2265;0.63&#x2003;&#x2003;Expression 1&#x2265;1.7&#x2003;&#x2003;Expression 2In the expressions, A represents an O/Si ratio that is a ratio of the number of oxygen atoms relative to the number of silicon atoms contained in the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond at a depth of 10 nm from the surface of the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond, and B represents an O/Si ratio that is a ratio of the number of oxygen atoms relative to the number of silicon atoms in the surface of the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond.

Gas separation membrane, method of producing gas separation membrane, gas separation membrane module, and gas separator

A gas separation membrane, the gas separation membrane module, and the gas separation device each have a support, a resin layer, a separation layer, and a protective layer in this order, in which the resin layer includes a compound having a siloxane bond, the protective layer is in direct contact with the separation layer, a composition of the protective layer is different from a composition of the resin layer, the composition of the protective layer is different from a composition of the separation layer, and the separation layer has a maximum value of a silicon atom content of 2 atomic % or less in a composition of a half area on a side of the protective layer in a thickness direction.

Gas separation membrane, gas separation membrane module, and gas separation device

A gas separation membrane, the gas separation membrane module, and the gas separation device include a first separation layer, and a second separation layer, the first separation layer has an Si/C ratio of 0.3 or less, the Si/C ratio being a ratio of the number of silicon atoms to the number of carbon atoms at the interface of the first separation layer on the second separation layer side, the second separation layer has a maximum value of an F/C ratio of 0.20 or more, the F/C ratio being a ratio of the number of fluorine atoms to the number of carbon atoms, and an Si/C ratio of 0.3 or less in a portion where the F/C ratio is maximum.

Provided are a gas separation membrane which has a resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond, in which the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond satisfies Expressions 1 and 2, and at least one of gas permeability or gas separation selectivity is high under high pressure; a method of producing a gas separation membrane; a gas separation membrane module; and a gas separator.0.9&#x2265;&#x2265;0.55&#x2003;&#x2003;Expression 1&#x2265;1.7&#x2003;&#x2003;Expression 2 In the expressions, A represents an O/Si ratio that is a ratio of the number of oxygen atoms relative to the number of silicon atoms contained in the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond at a depth of 10 nm from the surface of the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond, and B represents an O/Si ratio that is a ratio of the number of oxygen atoms relative to the number of silicon atoms in the surface of the resin layer containing a compound having a siloxane bond.

A gas barrier film includes a substrate film and an inorganic layer, in which the inorganic layer includes Si, N, H, and O, the inorganic layer includes a uniform region having a thickness of more than 5 nm at the center in a thickness direction, in the uniform region, a ratio of Si, N, H, and O is uniform and an O proportion is low, and either or both interface-contact regions of the inorganic layer are oxygen-containing regions in which the O proportion represented by the expression 'O Proportion: (Number of O/Total Number of Si, N, and O)&#xd7;100%' increases in a direction from the uniform region side to an interface and in which a variation of the O proportion per unit thickness is 2%/nm to 8%/nm.

Gas barrier film and method of manufacturing gas barrier film

A photoelectric conversion device having a laminated structure includes: an anodized substrate constituted by a metal substrate mainly containing aluminum and an anodized film formed on the metal substrate; a lower electrode mainly containing molybdenum; a semiconductor photoelectric conversion layer generating current when absorbing light; an upper electrode; a metal supply layer being formed in contact with or inside the lower electrode, containing an alkali and/or alkaline earth metal element, and supplying the alkali and/or alkaline earth metal element to the photoelectric conversion layer during formation of the photoelectric conversion layer; and a diffusion barrier layer being conductive and formed between the anodized substrate and the metal supply layer in contact with the lower electrode and/or the metal supply layer or inside the lower electrode, and suppressing diffusion, into the anodized substrate, of the alkali and/or alkaline earth metal element from the metal supply layer.

Photoelectric conversion device and solar cell using the photoelectric conversion device

The present invention provides an optical device and an exposure apparatus capable of suppressing a reduction in light output. The optical device of the present invention includes a laser light source which emits laser light having a short wavelength (e.g., 160 to 500 nm), a lens, a transparent member and an optical fiber provided with a junction-inhibiting film. The optical device is configured such that light density of abutment faces between the transparent member and the optical fiber formed with the junction-inhibiting film is 4464 W/mmor less, thereby suppressing a reduction in light output which may be caused by fusion.

Optical device and exposure apparatus

A sensor chip for use in a sensor for detecting the localized plasmon resonance state of a metal particle surface by light and analyzing properties of a sample present near metal particles. The sensor chip includes a support with a plurality of pits individually and independently formed in one surface thereof so that they extend toward an interior thereof, and metal particle rods respectively held in the plurality of pits so that an end surface of each rod is exposed at the one surface of the support and a longitudinal side surface of each rod is covered with the support.

Sensor for analyzing a sample by utilizing localized plasmon resonance

A sensor chip includes a layer-shaped base body, which has a plurality of fine holes formed in one surface, and fine metal particles, each of which is loaded in one of the fine holes of the base body. At least a part of each of the fine metal particles is exposed to a side of the layer-shaped base body, which side is more outward than the one surface of the layer-shaped base body. The layer-shaped base body may be constituted of anodic oxidation alumina. The sensor chip constitutes a sensor utilizing localized plasmon resonance, with which a state of binding of a sensing medium with a specific substance is capable of being detected quickly and with a high sensitivity.

Sensor including porous body with metal particles loaded in the pores of the body and measuring apparatus using the same

A plasmon resonance deviceaccording to an example of a structure is characterized in that metallic particlesisolated from each other are formed in each of a plurality of poresof anodic oxidized aluminaAs a method of manufacturing the plasmon resonance devicea metal is coated on the anodic oxidized aluminaopening the poresand a metal coated element provided on the opening surface of the pore in the anodic oxidized aluminais removed. Consequently, metallic particles isolated from each other are formed in the respective independent pores. The plasmon resonance devicecan be used as a sensor utilizing a localized plasmon resonance phenomenon.

Structure, structure manufacturing method and sensor using the same

A measuring chip comprising a dielectric block and a thin film layer formed on one surface of the dielectric block. The thin film layer is used for placing a sample thereon. The dielectric block is formed as a single block, which includes an entrance surface at which a light beam enters the dielectric block, an exit surface from which the light beam emerges, and the one surface on which the thin film layer is formed. In addition, the dielectric block is integrated with the thin film layer and formed from a resin whose photoelastic coefficient is less than 50&#xd7;10Pa.

Measuring chip

A measuring plate for use in a sensor utilizing the phenomenon of attenuation in total internal reflection provides a dielectric block and a film layer and includes a dielectric plate provided with a plurality of recesses each provided with a film layer and holding a sample in contact with the film layer, and a reflecting optical system including a reflecting surface which is formed on the dielectric plate for each of the recesses to cause the light beam emitted from the light source to impinge upon the interface between the film layer of the recess and the dielectric plate and/or to cause the light beam reflected at the interface between the film layer of the recess and the dielectric plate to travel toward a predetermined position.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Atsushi Mukai