Tokyo Institute of Technology

Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.

Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Nec Corporation

Research Institute for Production Developement

Olympus Corporation

Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Japan Science and Technology Agency

Japan Science and Technology Corporation

Seisan Kaihatsu Kagaku Kenkyusho

Nippon Roper Kk

Nippon Roper Co., Ltd.

Kimihisa Yamamoto

Eishun Tsuchida

Hiroyuki Nishide

Takane Imaoka

Isao Hirano

Mitsutoshi Jikei

Shinji Takeoka

Toshio Suzuki

Yoshinori Iketaki

Yoshihiko Saiki

Masaaki Fujii

Tetsuya Kambe

Takashige Omatsu

Toshihiko Nishiyama

Satoshi Fujimura

Masahiro Suzuki

Takashi Fukaumi

Takeshi Watanabe

Tomitaro Hara

Masashi Ohi

Atushi Kobayashi

Takamasa Tsukamoto

Shu YHoshida

Shu Yoshida

Junya Katoh

Naoki Haruta

Kazuaki Fukushima

Eishun Tuchida

Aiko Watanabe

Shotaro Imaoka

Provided are an atomic layer sheet that contains boron and oxygen as framework elements, is networked by nonequilibrium couplings having boron-boron bonds, and has a molar ratio of oxygen to boron (oxygen/boron) of less than 1.5, a laminated sheet containing a plurality of such atomic layer sheets and metal ions between ones of the sheets, and a thermotropic liquid crystal and a lyotropic liquid crystal containing these. In addition, there is provided a method for manufacturing an atomic layer sheet and/or a laminated sheet containing boron and oxygen, the method including: adding MBH, where M represents an alkali metal ion, into a solvent containing an organic solvent in an inert gas atmosphere to prepare a solution; and exposing the solution to an atmosphere containing oxygen.

Boron atomic layer sheet and laminated sheet, method for manufacturing the same, and liquid crystals

A multiple-metal salt assembly of a dendrimer in which multiple-metal salt compounds with a number of, for example, four or more types of multiple metals can be assembled for each of parts with different environments so that the total metal atom number becomes less than. Also, a method for producing the multiple-metal salt assembly, and a method for producing subnano metal particles including the multiple-metal salt assembly of the dendrimer.

Multiple metal salt assembly of dendrimer having four or more types of multiple-metal salt compound precisely assembled, and method for producing subnano metal particles

A method of producing a metal complex-supporting mesoporous material that can support a metal complex in the pores thereof without causing aggregation of the metal complex. A metal complex-supporting mesoporous material supporting a metal complex in the pores thereof without causing aggregation of the metal complex. A method of producing a mesoporous material supporting metal-containing nanoparticles using the metal complex supported in the pores of the mesoporous material as a template. A solution of a metal complex prepared by a phenyl azomethine dendrimer compound having a specific structure is brought into contact with a mesoporous material so that the metal complex of the phenyl azomethine dendrimer compound is supported by the mesoporous material.

Method of producing metal complex-supporting mesoporous material

A method for producing a substrate having dispersed particles of a dendrimer compound on the surface thereof, the method including: an application step including dissolving a phenyl azomethine dendrimer compound in a solvent to prepare a solution, and applying the solution on the surface of a substrate; and a volatilization step including volatilizing the solvent from the solution applied on the surface of the substrate, the phenyl azomethine dendrimer compound included in the solution having a concentration of no greater than 5 &#x3bc;mol/L is employed.

Method for producing substrate having dispersed particles of dendrimer compound on the surface thereof, and substrate having dispersed particles of dendrimer compound on the surface thereof

A method for preparing carbon nanotubes including attaching a catalyst consisting of a compound in which a transition metal element of Group 8, 9 or 10 is coordinated to a nitrogen-containing dendrimer compound having at least one nitrogen atom, to which a metal element may be coordinated, on a surface of a substrate, and thermally decomposing a carbon compound in the vicinity of the substrate while supplying the carbon compound on the surface of the substrate to which the catalyst is attached. The catalyst for producing the carbon nanotubes is a compound in which a transition metal element of Group 8, 9 or 10 is coordinated to a nitrogen-containing dendrimer compound having at least one nitrogen atom to which a metal element may be coordinated.

Method of preparing carbon nanotubes and catalyst for producing carbon nanotubes

A three-dimensional analyzing device includes a first beam source for generating a first beam, a second beam source for generating a second beam, an optical system for spatially overlapping the first and second beams at least partly and irradiating the beams onto a specimen to three-dimensionally confine a photoactive region in a specimen, and a photo acceptance element for accepting a response light emitted from the photoactive region. Preferably, the device further includes an operation unit for calculating a correlation function of a response light in the time domain based on the output of the photo acceptance element to analyze a desired physical value of the specimen.

Three dimensional analyzing device

A microscope includes a first light source to emit a first light to excite a molecule of a sample to a higher energy level vibration state which belongs to a lowest energy level electron state from the ground state, a second light source to emit a second light source to excite the molecule to a higher energy level quantum state from the higher energy vibration state, an optical system to overlap the first light and the second light partially on the sample, and an optical detector to detect a given fluorescence from the irradiated region of the first light and the second light on the sample.

Super resolution microscope

An oxidant solution for synthesizing a heat-resistant electroconductive polymer, composed of a solution of a non-protonic organic solvent and an oxidant of the organic compound iron salt expressed by the following formula:

Oxzidant solution for synthesizing heat-resistant electroconductive

A process for preparing a polyarylene thioether, comprising oxidation coupling polymerizing with oxygen and a catalyst in the presence of an acid, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of thiophenols of the formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.9 to R.sup.12 are identical or different and each is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, halogen or alkoxyl having 1 to 10 carbon atoms. Reaction conditions of the process are very mild, and the process is relatively simple and easy. In addition, the process is commercially advantageous in that very inexpensive reactants and catalysts can be used.

Process for preparing polyarylene thioether from thiophenol

Polyarylene thioether is easily prepared by oxidative polymerizing an aromatic compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group, and Y is a hydrogen atom or a group of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group and X is --O--, --S--, a methylene group or an ethylene group with a sulfidizing agent in the presence of an acid and an oxidizing agent, or in the presence of an acid, a catalyst for oxidative polymerization and oxygen, or in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst.

Process for preparing polyarylene thioether

Catalytic process for preparing polyarylene thioether

A process for manufacturing a solid state electrolytic capacitor having on an anode a dielectric coating layer and a solid state electrolytic layer, comprises the steps of forming a conductive polymer compound layer as the solid state electrolytic layer, and subsequently forming the dielectric coating layer by anodizing.

Process for manufacturing a solid state electrolytic capacitor

A process for preparing polyarylene thioethers wherein thiophenols of formula ##STR1## are electrolytically polymerized in the presence of a Lewis acid and/or a proton acid.

Process for preparing a polyarylene thioether

A process for preparing a substantially straight-chain polyarylene thioether by polymerizing a diphenyldisulfide of the formula ##STR1## in the presence of a lewis acid catalyst at temperatures of between -20.degree. C. and 50.degree. C.

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