Abstract:
A scanning probe microscope has a probe tip for undergoing a scanning operation to scan a sample surface in X- and Y-directions parallel to the sample surface and for undergoing movement in a Z-direction vertical to the sample surface. A vibration unit vibrates the probe tip at a vibration frequency that resonates with of forcedly vibrates the probe tip. An observation unit collects observational data from the sample surface when the probe tip is in proximity or contact with the sample surface. A detection unit detects a variation in the state of vibration of the probe tip when the probe tip is in proximity or contact with the sample surface during a scanning operation. A control controls scanning of the probe tip in the X- and Y-directions and movement of the probe tip in the Z-direction, and controls scanning of the probe tip in a direction parallel to the sample surface after the observational data is collected from the sample surface and until the probe tip reached a next observation position in the X- and Y-direction. During a scanning operation, the control unit controls the probe tip to move in the Z-direction away from the sample surface only when the detection unit detects a variation in the state of vibration of the probe tip.
Abstract:
There is provided an optical displacement detection mechanism in which, even if a measurement object changes, a detection sensitivity and a ratio of a noise are adjustable without depending on optical characteristics such as reflectivity, or a shape and mechanical characteristics of a measurement object, an influence of a thermal deformation of the measurement object by an irradiated light to the measurement object can be made small, and a measurement accuracy can be ensured under optimum conditions. In an optical displacement detection mechanism comprising a light source irradiating a light to a cantilever becoming the measurement object, a light source drive circuit driving the light source, a photodetector receiving the light after irradiated to the cantilever from the light source to thereby detect an intensity of the light, and an amplifier amplifying a detection signal of the photodetector at a predetermined amplification rate, there is made such that, by providing a light intensity regulator and an amplification rate regulator, an irradiated light intensity to the cantilever and an amplification rate of the photodetector can be made variable.
Abstract:
A pyrimidone derivative represented by the formula (I) or a salts thereof: wherein R1 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group and the like; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group and the like, R3 represents a pyridyl group, and a medicament comprising said derivative or a salt thereof as an active ingredient which is used for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of a disease caused by tau protein kinase 1 hyperactivity such as Alzheimer disease.
Abstract translation:由式(I)表示的嘧啶酮衍生物或其盐:其中R 1表示烷基,烯基,炔基,环烷基,芳基等; R 2表示氢原子,羟基,烷基,烯基等,R 3表示吡啶基,并且包含所述衍生物或 其盐作为活性成分,用于预防和/或治疗由tau蛋白激酶1多动症如阿尔茨海默病引起的疾病。
Abstract:
The present invention provides a working method using a scanning probe which can enhance a working speed and prolong a lifetime of the probe. The present invention provides the working method using a scanning probe which works a sample by performing the relative scanning of a probe supported on a cantilever on the sample at a predetermined scanning speed. The working method can work the object to be worked while forcibly and relatively vibrating the probe in the direction orthogonal to or parallel to a working surface of the sample at low frequency of 100 to 1000 Hz.
Abstract:
A pyrimidone derivative represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof: Wherein: R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group which may be substituted by a C6,10 aryl group; R2 represents a C1-10 alkyl group which may be substituted, a C2-6 alkenyl group which may be substituted, a C3-6 alkynyl group which may be substituted, a C3-6 cycloalkyl group which may be substituted, or a C6-10 ARYL group which may be substituted; or R1 and R2 form together a C2-6 alkylene group which may be substituted; or R1 and R2 form together a chain of formula —(CH2)2—X—(CH2)2— or —(CH2)2—X—(CH2)3— where X represents a oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a nitrogen atom which may be substituted; R3 represents a 2, 3 or 4-pyridyl group optionally substituted by a C1-4 alkyl group, C1-4 alkoxy group or halogen atom; and R4 represents a C1-10 alkyl group optionally substituted by a hydroxyl group, amino, C1-6 monoalkylamino group, C2-12 dialkylamino group or C6,10 aryl group which may be substituted. And a medicament comprising the said derivative or a salt thereof as an active ingredient which is used for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of a neurodegenerative disease caused by abnormal activity of GSK3β such as Alzheimer's disease.
Abstract:
There are disclosed a scanning probe microscope and scanning method capable of reducing or avoiding damage due to collision between a probe tip and a sample, shortening the measuring time, improving the throughput and measuring accuracy, and collecting observational data such as topographic data about the sample surface without being affected by an adhesive water layer. The microscope has a vibration unit for vibrating the probe tip, an observation unit for collecting observational data when the tip is in proximity or contact with the sample surface, a detector for detecting a variation in the state of vibration of the tip when it is in proximity or contact with the sample surface, and a control unit for controlling movement of the tip in X- and Y-directions parallel to the sample surface and in a Z-direction vertical to the sample surface. After collecting the observational data, the control unit scans the tip in a direction parallel to the sample surface until a next observation position in the X- or Y-direction is reached. During the scanning, if a variation in the state of vibration of the tip is detected, the control unit moves the tip in the Z-direction away from the sample surface.
Abstract:
In an analog input device, a rubber member is provided between a key top and a movable electrode of an analog-quantity generating unit. A dead zone can be removed or reduced by forming a bottom portion of the rubber member of a flat or curved face. Furthermore, since first round surfaces are connected to an outer side face, the linearity of the input (e.g., a load)-output (voltage) characteristic can be enhanced.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a keyboard input device that has a key arrangement similar as an ordinary keyboard, and that can securely protects key tops when folding. The present invention is characterized as follows. A keyboard unit is divided into a first keyboard unit and a second keyboard unit so as to be foldable, the first keyboard unit is pivotably supported by the second keyboard unit so as to pivot about a position slightly inside from an end of a coupling side of the second keyboard unit, a cover for covering an area from the end of the coupling side of the second keyboard unit when the first keyboard unit and the second keyboard unit are superimposed is slidably attached to the first keyboard unit, and an end plate for covering the end of the coupling side of the second keyboard unit and the first keyboard unit when the first keyboard unit and the second keyboard unit are superimposed is pivotably coupled between the cover and the second keyboard unit.
Abstract:
In the first operation, the cantilever is oscillated at a frequency which is at opposite sides of a frequency band having a half value of an oscillation frequency f and amplitude A on a dependent curve (Q-curve). The cantilever oscillating frequency is far from an oscillation frequency (near a resonance point) where the cantilever is slow to damp, which enables the cantilever to quickly damp in accordance with a variation of a transient oscillation frequency after the probe comes into contact with the specimen, and allows the probe to follow the uneven surface state of the specimen.
Abstract:
A drying apparatus comprises a drying vessel, a treatment liquid feeder-discharger for feeding pure water into the drying vessel, a vapor supplier for supplying an organic solvent vapor to the space over the pure water, inert gas suppliers for supplying an inert gas with which the organic solvent vapor is diluted, and a heated organic solvent supplier for forming a film of the organic solvent on a liquid level of the pure water. After the wafer is immersed in the pure water, the pure water is gradually discharged from the drying vessel by means of the treatment liquid feeder-discharger. Since the wafer passes through the organic solvent film as it is exposed above the liquid level, the organic solvent of the film adheres to the surface of the wafer, and the organic solvent vapor is condensed on the surface of the wafer that is exposed above the liquid level.