Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Kaoru Konakahara

Tohru Den

Hiroshi Okura

Kazuhiko Fukutani

Shigeru Ichihara

Provided are a probe for surface enhanced vibrational spectroscopic analysis which has excellent detection sensitivity to laser light having an intensity level at which a sample is not damaged and which has a long life, and a method of manufacturing the probe. The probe for surface enhanced vibrational spectroscopic analysis is formed on a cantilever. A plurality of metal fine particles are dispersed in the probe. The plurality of metal fine particles are exposed on the surface of the probe.

Probe used for surface enhanced vibrational spectroscopic analysis and method of manufacturing the same

A structure for supporting a sample to be subjected to a surface enhanced vibrational spectroscopic analysis includes a substrate, a ground film formed on the substrate, and a base formed on the ground film. The base includes a plurality of holes formed in a direction perpendicular to the substrate. Metal fine particles are exposed on inner surfaces of the holes formed in the base and on a surface of the base.

Structure for supporting sample to be subjected to surface enhanced vibrational spectroscopic analysis and method of manufacturing the same

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.

Catalytic sensor structure

A process for producing a zinc oxide acicular structure by growing an acicular zinc oxide on a substrate, the process comprising the steps of holding the substrate in an electrolytic solution in which at least zinc ions are present, and forming zinc oxide on the substrate by electrodeposition. The electrolytic solution contains at least one cosolute. Also disclosed is a photoelectric conversion device comprising a charge transport layer having the zinc oxide acicular structure.

Zinc oxide with acicular structure, process for its production, and photoelectric conversion device

A method of producing oxide whiskers is provided which comprises heating a source material comprised of a metal or an inorganic compound at a first temperature to be vaporized and depositing a crystal constitutive material vaporized from the source material on a substrate heated at a second temperature lower than the first temperature.

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Kaoru Konakahara