The invention relates to improved particulate lithium nickel oxide materials which are useful as cathode materials in lithium secondary batteries, and methods of treating them.

A substrate comprising diamond has NV.sup.- centers in a concentration greater than about 0.5 parts per million (ppm). The method for producing this diamond substrate includes providing diamond being doped with nitrogen, irradiating at least a partial surface of the substrate with radiation that creates vacancies in the diamond, and carrying out a second heat treatment of the substrate at a certain temperature. The substrate can be used as a sensor element of a magnetometer or also as a qubit of a quantum computer

To provide a ferrite sintered magnet having a high residual magnetic flux density (Br), a high coercive force (HcJ), a good production stability, and also able to produce at a low cost. The ferrite sintered magnet includes a hexagonal M-type ferrite including A, R, Fe, and Co in an atomic ratio of A.sub.1-xR.sub.x(Fe.sub.12-yCo.sub.y).sub.zO.sub.19. A is at least one selected from Sr, Ba, and Pb. R is La only or La and at least one selected from rare earth elements. 0.14≤x≤0.22, 11.60≤(12-y)z≤11.99, and 0.13≤yz≤0.17 are satisfied. 0.30≤Mc≤0.63 is satisfied in which Mc is CaO content (mass %) converted from a content of Ca included in the ferrite sintered magnet.

A nanocomposite particle and a magnetron display device are disclosed. The nanocomposite particle includes a magnetic core, and a first protection layer and a luminescent that sequentially cover the magnetic core. A length of the nanocomposite particle in a long axis direction is different from a length of the nanocomposite particle in a short axis direction.

A magnetic pigment flake includes a filtering film layer, with magnetic or magnetizable material, and a metal nanoparticles layer, formed on a surface of the filtering film layer. The metal nanoparticles layer is configured to generate scattered light enhanced by a local surface plasmon resonance under an irradiation of visible light exceeding a predetermined intensity. An optically variable ink includes an ink body and the above-mentioned magnetic pigment flakes. An anti-falsification article includes an article body and the above-mentioned optically variable ink. The magnetic pigment flake of the optically variable ink is magnetically oriented, such that a bright and dark areas are generated with a viewing angel changing under an irradiation of visible light below the predetermined intensity. Under an irradiation of visible light exceeding the predetermined intensity, light with a color different from that of the bright area is generated on a corresponding position of the dark area.

The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, system and composition producing a magnetic carbon nanomaterial product that may comprise carbon nanotubes (CNTs) at least some of which are magnetic CNTs (mCNTs). The method and apparatus employ carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) as a reactant in an electrolysis reaction in order to make mCNTs. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a magnetic additive component is included as a reactant in the method and as a portion of one or more components in the system or composition to facilitate a magnetic material addition process, a carbide nucleation process or both during the electrosynthesis reaction for making magnetic carbon nanomaterials.

A method of preparing iron oxide nanoparticles using an herbal mixture comprising Capparis spinosa, Cichorium intybus, Solanum nigrum, Cassia occidentalis, Terminalia arjuna, Achillea millefolium, and Tamarix gallica. The method produces crystalline γ-Fe.sub.2O.sub.3 nanoparticles which are superparamagnetic. The iron oxide nanoparticles are used in a method of killing or inhibiting the growth of a bacteria and/or fungus, particularly in the form of a biofilm. The nanoparticles are also used in a method of treating colon cancer.

The magnet is a ferrite sintered magnet containing a ferrite phase having a magnetoplumbite-type crystal structure. The ferrite sintered magnet contains at least Ca, a metal element A, a metal element R, Bi, Fe, and a metal element M. The metal element A is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ba, and Pb, the metal element R is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of rare-earth elements including Y and essentially includes La, the metal element M is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, Zn, Al, Cu, and Cr, and essentially includes Co, and when an atonic ratio of the metal elements is expressed by Formula (1), c, a, r, b, f, and m in Formula (1) satisfy the following Expressions (2) to (8).

Mn—Zn ferrite particles according to the present invention contain 44-60% by mass of Fe, 10-16% by mass of Mn and 1-11% by mass of Zn. The ferrite particles are single crystal bodies having an average particle diameter of 1-2,000 nm, and have polyhedral particle shapes, while having an average sphericity of 0.85 or more but less than 0.95.

To provide a hydrocarbon adsorbent having high hydrocarbon adsorbing properties even after exposed to a high temperature/high humidity reducing atmosphere. A hydrocarbon adsorbent, which includes a FAU type zeolite having a lattice constant of at least 24.29 Å and containing copper. Such a hydrocarbon adsorbent may be used for a method for adsorbing hydrocarbons to be exposed to a high temperature/high humidity environment, and may be used particularly for a method for adsorbing hydrocarbons in an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, such as an automobile exhaust gas.