摘要:
An embodiment of the present application aims at providing a material which repeatedly undergoes a conversion reaction and an alloying reaction to have an improved coulombic efficiency in a first cycle of the repeating, and thereby allowing the material to serve as a high-electrical capacity negative electrode of a lithium secondary battery. In order to attain the object, a negative-electrode material is made by mixed dispersion of (i) nanoparticles of an electrical conducting material having electronic conduction and (ii) nanoparticles of an electrode active material which is reducible to a simple substance which undergoes an alloying reaction with lithium. The electrical conducting material is a sulfide having electronic conduction, and the electrode active material is a sulfide of an element which undergoes the alloying reaction with lithium. Further, the element which undergoes the alloying reaction with lithium is silicon.
摘要:
In an SEM observation in a depth direction of a cross section processed by repeated FIB cross-sectioning and SEM observation to correct a deviation in an observation field of view and a deviation in focus, are corrected, the deviations occurring when a processed cross section moves in the depth direction thereof; information on a height and a tilt of a surface of cross section processing area is calculated before the processing, the above information is used, the deviation in a field of view and the deviation in focus in SEM observation, which correspond to an amount of movement of the cross section at a time of the processing, are predicted, and the SEM is controlled based on the predicted values.
摘要:
As sample sizes have decreased to microscopic levels, it has become desirable to establish a method for thin film processing and observation with a high level of positional accuracy, especially for materials which are vulnerable to electron beam irradiation. The technological problem is to judge a point at which to end FIB processing and perform control so that the portion to be observed ends up in a central portion of the thin film. The present invention enables display of structure in cross-section by setting a strip-like processing region in an inclined portion of a sample cross-section and enlarging the display of the strip-like processing region on a processing monitor in a short-side direction. It is then possible to check the cross-sectional structure without additional use of an electron beam. Since it is possible to check the processed section without using an electron beam, electron beam-generated damage or deformation to the processed section is avoided. Further, performing the observation using a high-speed electron beam after forming the thin film enables observation with suppressed sample damage. Processing of even thinner thin films using the FIB while observing images of the sample generated using an electron beam is then possible.
摘要:
A focused ion beam system capable of acquiring surface structure information, internal structure information, and internal composition information about a sample simultaneously from the same field of view of the sample. A method of sample preparation and observation employs such focused ion beam system to accurately set a sample processing position based on information about the structure and composition of the sample acquired from multiple directions of the sample, and to process and observe the sample. The system includes, in order to acquire the sample structure and composition information simultaneously, a secondary electron detector, a transmission electron detector, and an energy dispersive X-ray spectroscope or an electron energy loss spectroscope, and employs a stub having the sample rotating and tilting function. The method includes a marking process.
摘要:
The method of therapeutic management of sickle cell anemia involving oral administration to the patient of an effective dose of green tea polyphenols.
摘要:
There is disclosed a system for recovering motor function after spinal cord injury, which has a mat having a first sheet made from a semi-conductive or insulating material and with a volume resistivity of less than 104 &OHgr;·cm and a second sheet made from a semi-conductive or insulating material, laminated on the first sheet and with a volume resistivity of 104 &OHgr;·cm or more; an electric power source; an electrical circuit to apply 25-800 VDC to the first sheet; and a control unit for the system. A person with spinal cord injury is made contact with the mat, so as to put his body in electrostatic field to be induced on the mat.
摘要:
In a composite magnetic head comprising a magnetoresistive read head including a magnetic thin film having a magnetoresistive effect and soft magnetic members interposing the soft magnetic film between them through a non-magnetic insulation layer, an induction type write head including poles formed in a moving direction of a medium and a conductor crossing the poles, and disposed in the proximity of the magnetoresistive head, and a substrate supporting these heads, the present invention discloses a composite magnetic head characterized in that part of a floating surface inclusive of the magnetic head constituent members has recesses and the read/write operations to and from the medium are effected by the portion interposed by these recesses.
摘要:
When a desired portion is separated from an integrated circuit chip or a semiconductor wafer, the portion is separated without dividing the chip or the wafer, so that the separated specimen can be moved to a desired position, and the separated specimen can be set to a desired attitude. Therefore, various analyses on the specimen through TEM, SEM, SIMS and so on can be carried out. A minute piece of specimen is cut and separated from the substrate of a specimen by use of a three-dimensional minute processing technique and a micro-manipulation technique. A surface of the specimen is subjected to an FIB processing from at least two kinds of angles, the separated specimen being mechanically connected to an external probe in a step for separating a part of the specimen including a portion to be analyzed. The separated specimen is supported by the probe, being moved. The separated specimen is subjected to analysis through TEM, SEM, SIMS, etc.
摘要:
The invention provides novel compounds which can protect (i) organs, such as the brain, spinal cord, heart, lung, liver, kidney, stomach, duodenum and blood vessels, (ii) skin cells, and (iii) circulating cells such as red blood cells and white blood cells from ischemic, physical, chemical and biological injuries either by pre-administation or post-administration. The compounds can also protect red blood cells from malarial parasites. The compounds are synthesized from prostaglandin A.sub.1 or E.sub.1 first by alkaline treatment to form free-acid molecules, and then by converting them to hydrophobic ester-form compounds. Comparing with free-acid compounds, the ester-form compounds have the following advantageous features: (a) Unlike free-acids, they do not form insoluble micelles with calcium in the blood stream; (b) they are more soluble in lipids than free-acids, thus they are more easily incorporated into cells; (c) they are more stable than free-acids; (d) they are hydrolyzed by endogeneous esterases upon entering the cells, thereby forming the free-acid molecules within the cells. This causes continuous accumulation within the cells. This causes continuous accumulation of free-acid molecules within the cells, and makes their concentration higher than the external concentration of original ester-form compounds. Thus, they can manifest high efficacy; (e) the free-acid molecules thus accumulated within the cells protect the cell membranes by chelating calcium ions, by inhibiting membrane-degradating enzymes and by inhibiting undesirable enzymic reactions within the cell. These compounds can be administered orally, subcutaneously, intramuscularly, intravenously or topically. These compounds can also be used to protect organs during transplant surgery by administering to the donor before removal of the organ and by administering to the receipient after transplantation.
摘要:
Disclosed is a device for vacuum processing that performs vapor-deposition on a substrate being heated in a vacuum chamber; the device, wherein the chamber has a light transmissible window formed in a section of the chamber; the light transmissible window and a holding part holding the substrate are connected by a linear space isolated from other parts in the chamber; a laser emitter is installed outside the light transmissible window; and the laser emitter emits a laser beam to the substrate through the linear space, thereby heating the substrate. This device enables laser heating, eliminating conventional drawbacks such as a decrease in laser output.