UPDATE FROM THE CUTTING EDGE (July−September 2011)
The abstracts of the recent research information appearing in Vol.11 No.7-9 of "AIST TODAY" are introduced here, classified by research area.
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 Is it possible to write an air electrode by a pencil?
- Drawing an air electrode of lithium air battery by a pencil - |
Environment and Energy |
| Harmine, a new candidate for sleep disorder treatment
- A circadian modulator which extends the circadian period - |
Life Science and Biotechnology |
| Development of metal-less bamboo wheelchair
- Metal-less wheelchair with both strength and bamboo feel that can pass through airport security - |
| 0.5 nm ultra-thin gate dielectric film
- Contributes to low power operation of integrated circuits - |
Information Technology and Electronics |
| Visualization of visitors’ comments as an artwork
- A visitor not only appreciates but participates in an exhibition - |
| An alternative of platinum counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells
- Development of a ternary material with a core-shell structure - |
Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing |
| Low temperature operable micro SOFCs
- First demonstration of power generation by methane direct reformation at low temperature - |
| Technology for color imaging in darkness
- Successful imaging of color animation of objects in darkness - |
| A carbon nanotube strain sensor
- Detects 50 times as much strain as conventional strain sensors - |
| Improvement in performance of electrochromic devices through printing of fine metal wires
- A step toward larger-area light-control glass and electronic paper - |
| Expansion of pitch calibration range of one dimensional grating standard
- The minimum pitch extended to 23 nm - |
Metrology and Measurement Science |
| Thermophysical property measurement for gases using an acoustic technique
- Development of the apparatuses for acoustic resonance measurement with a spherical and a cylindrical cavity - |
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