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ICYS Annual Report 2017National Institute for materials Science (NIMS)

International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS)

ICYS Annual Report 2017

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Contents

Introduction　 2

History 3

Activity 4

Scientific Interaction 6 ICYS Seminar ICYS Workshop MANA International Symposium

Research Digest 8

Appendix 36

I. Member List 1 Top Management 37 2 Member List : ICYS-MANA Researchers 38 3 Member List : ICYS-Namiki Researchers 39 4 Member List : ICYS-GREEN Researchers 39 5 Member List : ICYS-Sengen Researchers 40 6 Member List : ICYS-RCSM Researchers 41 7 Member List : ICYS-MI2I Researchers 41 8 Member List : Former ICYS Researchers 42

II. Research Papers 48

III. Patents 77

IV. Invited Lectures to International Conferences 79

V. Commendations 84

VI. Visitors 87

VII. External Funds 91

VIII. Editorial Activities 93


2 Executive Summary

Introduction

Kenjiro Miyano, Managing Director of ICYS

The International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS) is a unique center in NIMS. Founded in 2003, ICYS provides young scientists all over the world with maximum freedom of research in materials science. ICYS fellows are at the stage equivalent to a postdoc in his/her career development. However, in contrast to an ordinary postdoc assignment, in which a particular research target is fixed beforehand, they are free to pursue research based on their own idea. In fact, the research proposal is an important factor in our selection of new fellows, not to mention their accomplishment in the past.

The purpose of ICYS is manifold. First and most, ICYS nurtures young scientists. In today’s competitive environment, it is difficult for a young scientist to pursue research based on his/her curiosity when the mind is freshest but the status unstable. We provide the ICYS fellows with a term up to three years, annual budget to cover the running cost, and access to the top class facilities and equipment in NIMS. The environment is international. The official language is English. The supporting staff takes care of all aspects of foreign researchers; from proposal writing to resident registration. The ICYS fellows can totally submerge themselves in their research.NIMS benefits from ICYS as well. The international atmosphere is essential to keep the research active. The interaction with other NIMS members through research or seminars given every other week by the ICYS fellows is a source of new ideas. In fact, although independent in the research planning, many ICYS fellows collaborate with NIMS researchers. ICYS fellows regularly obtain permanent positions in other institutions worldwide after the term is over. Some are promoted as regular staff in NIMS. The success of ICYS is testified, for example, by the publication list at the end of this booklet; it is impressive as an output of some twenty scientists. At NIMS, we work hard to keep the unique center prosper. We recruit twice a year, in March and September. The details are available at our web page: www.nims.go.jp/icys/


3History of ICYS

History of ICYS

2003Jun. Preparatory office for the International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS) opens.Jul. Researcher recruitment activities begin.Sep. ICYS is formally launched. Partnerships with international research institutes begin.

2004Feb. ICYS office and labs are completed in the nano and biomaterials research wing of NIMS (Namiki district).Apr. Program for assigning newly hired NIMS researchers to ICYS is launched.Jun. Symposium commemorating the founding of ICYS is held.Sep. First Evaluation Committee meeting is held.

2005Mar. ICYS Workshop 2005 is held.Aug. Second Evaluation Committee meeting is held. Nov. Intermediate evaluation is conducted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.Dec. Second ICYS Symposium is held.

2006Feb. ICYS Workshop 2006 and first IAMF meeting (Mishima) are held.Apr. Program for assigning researchers obtaining NIMS research seed money to ICYS is launched.Jul. ICYS-ICMR Summer School 2006 (Tsukuba) is held. ICYS/NIMS internship program is launched. ICYS alumni program is developed.

2007Feb. ICYS Workshop 2007 and second IAMF meeting (Tsukuba) are held.Jul. ICYS-ICMR Summer Course 2007 is held.Oct. WPI Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) is launched.

2008Jan. Preparatoy office for the ICYS-IMAT opened.Mar. ICYS Workshop 2008 and first MANA Symposium are co-hosted.Mar. Third Evaluation Committee meeting is held (final).Apr. ICYS-MANA and ICYS-IMAT are launched.Jul. 1st Researcher recruitment FY2008 begins.Dec. ICYS is launched.

2009Jan. 2nd Researcher recruitment FY2008 begins.Feb. MANA International Symposium 2009 Jointly with ICYS (Tsukuba) is held.

2010Jan. 1st Researcher recruitment FY2009 begins.Jan. ICYS Workshop 2010 (Minakami) is held.Mar. MANA International Symposium 2010 Jointly with ICYS (Tsukuba) is held.Sep. 1st Researcher recruitment FY2010 begins.

2011Jan. 2nd Researcher recruitment FY2010 begins.Jan. ICYS Workshop 2011 (Manza) is held.Mar. MANA International Symposium 2011 Jointly with ICYS (Tsukuba) is held.Sep. 1st Researcher recruitment FY2011 begins.

2012Jan. 2nd Researcher recruitment FY2011 begins.Jan. ICYS Workshop 2012 (Urabandai) is held.Feb. MANA International Symposium 2012 Jointly with ICYS (Tsukuba) is held.Sep. 1st Researcher recruitment FY2012 begins.Dec. ICYS Workshop FY2012 (Nasu) is held.

2013Jan. 2nd Researcher recruitment FY2012 begins.Mar. MANA International Symposium 2013 (Tsukuba) is held.Sep. 1st Researcher recruitment FY2013 begins.

2014Jan. 2nd Researcher recruitment FY2013 begins.Jan. ICYS Workshop 2014 (Urabandai) is held.Mar. MANA International Symposium 2014 (Tsukuba) is held.

2015Jan. ICYS Workshop 2015 (Urabandai) is held.Feb. 2nd Researcher recruitment FY2014 begins.Mar. MANA International Symposium 2015 (Tsukuba) is held.

2016Jan. 2nd Researcher recruitment FY2015 begins.Jan. ICYS Workshop 2016 (Karuizawa) is held.Mar. MANA International Symposium 2016 (Tsukuba) is heldSep. 1st Researcher recruitment FY2016 begins.Oct. ICYS Workshop 2016 (Tsukuba) is held

2017Jan. 2nd Researcher recruitment FY2016 begins.Mar. MANA International Symposium 2017 (Tsukuba) is heldOct. ICYS Workshop 2017 (Tsukuba) is held

2018Jan. 2nd Researcher recruitment FY2017 beginsMar. MANA International Symposium 2018 (Tsukuba) is held


4 Activity in ICYS

Activity in ICYS

ManagementICYS is managed by a director and 4 deputy directors as well as the clerical and technical support staff. ICYS provides technical and clerical support so that the ICYS researchers can propel their scientific research without experiencing a language barrier.

OrganizationAn overview of the ICYS organization is shown in Fig. 1.

ICYS researchersAbout 26 researchers (16 in the Namiki site and 10 in the Sengen site) belong to ICYS and carrying out their independent research. Selections of the ICYS researchers are made 2 times a year on the basis of research proposals and interview. The numbers of the applicants and those appointed are listed in Table 1 for the period of 2008 to 2017.The ICYS researchers carry out independent research along their own ideas using advanced research facility in NIMS. For discussing their research and obtaining necessary advices, ICYS researchers can invite researchers from other institutes or universities worldwide by taking advantage of NIMS invitation program. ICYS also offers a cafe as an interaction space for the formal or informal discussion on their research among the ICYS researchers as well as with other researchers in NIMS. The scientific activity of the ICYS researchers is evaluated after 9 months and 18 months of their terms. Some of the research activity of ICYS researchers, number of publications, patents and FWCI, are listed in Table 2.

Managing DirectorProf. Kenjiro Miyano

Group LeaderInternational Support Group

Deputy Managing DirectorsDr. Koichi Tsuchiya (Sengen site)

Dr. Nobutaka Hanagata (Sengen site)Dr. Takashi Taniguchi (Namiki site)

Dr. Tomonobu Nakayama (Namiki site)

ICYS ResearchersICYS-SENGEN 10ICYS-NAMIKI 16

（Center Oversight）

（Assists the Managing Director ）

（Postdoctoral researchers that conduct research independent）

（Internationalization of NIMS / Manage of ICYS-SENGEN, ICYS-NAMIKI, International

Support Group）

Clerical Support StaffsSengen siteNamiki site

Technical Support StaffsSengen site

Fig. 1 Organization Chart of ICYS

and supervises research


5Activity in ICYS

Year Number of papers FWCI

Number of papers / a

person

Number of patent appl.

Number of Invited Lectures

2008 50 3.35 4.5 1 1

2009 43 3.38 3.1 6 3

2010 67 2.96 3.5 6 12

2011 70 2.92 5.4 1 2

2012 61 2.6 4.4 2 7

2013 85 2.12 4.3 8 11

2014 87 2.9 4.4 8 20

2015 67 1.77 4.2 7 10

2016 65 1.29 4.3 12 14

2017 77 1.38 3.0 2 16

Total 672 2.47 4.1 33 71

*FWCI: Field-Weighted Citation Impact

ICYS as a carrier path to NIMS researchersICYS has been established as a carrier path to become a NIMS permanent researcher. They are encouraged to apply for NIMS permanent researcher positions after the ICYS terms. Number of ICYS researchers who have been appointed as NIMS researchers is listed in Table. 3. Other ICYS alumni has been assigned a research position in many prominent research institutes and universities worldwide.

FY Number

2005 8

2006 2

2007 5

2009 2

2010 1

2011 3

2012 4

2013 3

2014 5

2015 2

2016 6

2017 5

Total 46

Table 1. The number of the applicants and those appointed

Table 2. The research activity

Table 3. NIMS Permanent from ICYS

FY Applicants Appointed

2008 119 16

2009 84 5

2010 128 10

2011 94 11

2012 169 8

2013 182 12

2014 183 10

2015 185 8

2016 205 10

2017 143 9

Total 1492 99

Country Number

USA 7

Italy 13

UK 15

India 512

Korea 47

China 278

Czech 3

Germany 9

Japan 142

France 24

Russia 18

Others 424

Total 1492


6 Scientific Interaction

Scientific Interaction

ICYS creates a variety of opportunities for young researchers to interact with one another in order to put the Melting Pot concept into practice, including biweekly joint seminars, special seminars, yearly ICYS workshop and yearly MANA International Symposium jointly with ICYS.

• ICYS SeminarThe ICYS-MANA Joint Seminar is held every other Friday, twice a month. The ICYS Special Seminar is held when renowned researchers from around the world come to ICYS.

• ICYS WorkshopAnnual ICYS Workshops has been held in rather remote places surrounded by nature, where the re-searchers and invited guest speakers lodge together. In the workshop the ICYS researchers make pres-entation on their recent research progress and exchange ideas through the formal/informal discussion in an intimate atmosphere. The ICYS Workshop 2010 was held on January 28-29, 2010 in Minakami. The ICYS Workshop 2011 was held on January 19-21, 2011 in MANZA. The ICYS Workshop 2012 was held on January 18-20, 2012 in Urabandai. The ICYS Workshop FY2012 was held on December 19-21, 2012 in Nasu. The ICYS Workshop 2014 was held on January 15-17, 2014 in Urabandai. The ICYS Work-shop 2015 was held on January 21-23, 2015 in Urabandai. The ICYS Workshop 2016 was held on January 20-22, 2016 in Karuizawa and October 6-7, 2016 in Tsukuba. The ICYS Workshop 2017 was held on Oc-tober 26-27, 2017 in Tsukuba.

Fig.4 ICYS Workshop 2011Fig.3 ICYS Workshop 2010

Fig.5 ICYS Workshop 2012 Fig.6 ICYS Workshop FY2012

Fig.2 ICYS Special SeminarFig.1 ICYS-MANA Joint Seminar


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Fig.8 ICYS Workshop 2015Fig.7 ICYS Workshop 2014

Fig.9 ICYS Workshop 2016



• MANA International Symposium jointly with ICYSThe MANA International Symposium is held every year with the purpose to promote and disseminate the research achievements of the MANA project. Renowned researchers from around Japan and the world are invited to participate in lectures and discussions with MANA and ICYS researchers.

Year Period Number of Participants

2009 February 25-27, 2009 310

2010 March 3-5, 2010 351

2011 March 2-4, 2011 410

2012 February 29-March 2, 2012 386

2013 February 27-March 1, 2013 414

2014 March 5-7, 2014 445

2015 March 11-13, 2015 410

2016 March 9-11, 2016 410

2017 March 5-7, 2017 410Fig.12 MANA Symposium 2017


8 Research Digest

Research Digest Index

Low Temperature Properties of NiTi

ICYS-Sengen Researcher Aslan Ahadi PALCHEGHLOO • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 10

Near-infrared Silicon Quantum Dots for Bio-applications

ICYS-Sengen Researcher Shanmugavel CHINNATHAMBI • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 11

Probing Light-matter Interaction at the Nanoscale, Inside the Transmission Electron Microscope

ICYS-MANA Researcher Ovidiu CRETU • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 12

Organic Nanowire Neuromorphic Arrays

ICYS-MANA Researcher Curtis O’KELLY • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 13

Investigation of Corrosion Behavior of Pure Iron and SD345 steel in Mortar using Hyperbaric-oxygen

Accelerated Corrosion Test (HOACT)

ICYS-RCSM Researcher Kotaro DOI • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 14

Quantum Structures for Ultra-high Efficiency Solar Cells

ICYS-Sengen Researcher Martin ELBORG • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 15

Diamond Multilayers for High Power Electrical Devices

ICYS-MANA Researcher Alexandre FIORI • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 16

Development of Nanomechanical Sensing Systems for Advanced Detection and Identification

ICYS-MANA Researcher Gaku IMAMURA • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 17

Field Effect Control of Catalytic Activity

ICYS-Namiki Researcher Seiji KAWASAKI • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 18

Exploration of Instability Issues of Perovskite Solar Cells

ICYS-Namiki Researcher Dhruba B. KHADKA • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 19

Development of Damage-tolerant Phase-transformable High-entropy Alloys for Cryogenic Applications

ICYS-Sengen Researcher Jein LEE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 20

Internet of Things (IoT) Bio-devices Fabricated and Integrated by Printing Techniques

ICYS-Namiki Researcher Xu-Ying LIU • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21

Control of Electrode/Electrolyte Interface Toward the Implementation of Lithium-oxygen Batteries

ICYS-GREEN Researcher Shoichi MATSUDA • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 22

Development of Structure-Regulated π-Conjugated Polymers with Innovating Function

ICYS-Sengen Researcher Kazuhiko NAGURA • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 23

Theoretical Design of Novel 2D Materials for Electronic Devices

ICYS-MANA Researcher Thanh Cuong NGUYEN • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 24


9Research Digest

High-strength Multipurpose Polymer Adhesives Inspired by Mussel Foot Proteins

ICYS-RCSM Researcher Debabrata PAYRA • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 25

Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Low-Dimensional Nanocomposites for Advanced Optoelectronic Applications

ICYS-GREEN Researcher James William RYAN • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 26

Plastics Based on Compacted Complexes of Weak Polyelectrolytes

ICYS-MANA Researcher Gaulthier RYDZEK • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 27

Development of High-pressure Synthesis of New-structure Amorphous Materials

ICYS-Namiki Researcher Yuki SHIBAZAKI • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 28

Development of Ultra-thin c-Si Wafer Based Photovoltaic Devices Using Transition Metal Oxide

ICYS-MANA Researcher Thiyagu SUBRAMANI • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 29

First-principles Study of Lattice Thermal Transport in Thermoelectric Clathrates

ICYS-MI2I Researcher Terumasa TADANO • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 30

First-principles Study on the Structural and Electronic Properties of Long-period Stacking

Ordered (LPSO) Structure of Fe

ICYS-Namiki Researcher Takao TSUMURAYA • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 31

Materials-based Mechanobiology Study

ICYS-MANA Researcher Koichiro UTO • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 32

Development of FePt Based Nano-granular Thin Film for Next Generation Magnetic Recording

ICYS-Sengen Researcher Jian WANG • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 33

Composition-dependent Electrical Properties of Zinc Tin Nitride Thin Films

ICYS-Namiki Researcher Yong WANG • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 34

Probing Buried Lattice Structure of an Atomic-layer Indium by Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

ICYS-Sengen Researcher Shunsuke YOSHIZAWA • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 35


10 Research Digest

1. Outline of ResearchMy research at ICYS revealed that superelastic NiTi shows Invar (temperature independence of dimensions), Elinvar (temperature independence of Young’s modulus), and elastocaloric effect at ultra-low temperatures after severe plastic deformation. These three properties are highly appealing for cryogenic applications. The first property is used in thermal expansion compensation/minimization applications, the second property is used in applications where stiffness should remain constant over a wide temperature range, and the elastocaloric effect could be exploited in cryogenic cooling applications. The physical origins of the Invar and Elinvar were investigated using in-situ mechanical loading and unloading neutron diffractions at different ambient temperatures in BL19 of J-PARC. It was concluded that the Invar-like property is due to the opposite intrinsic anisotropy of the thermal expansion of residual martensite (with negative thermal expansion behavior) and retained austenite (with positive thermal expansion. The theoretical analyses predict that the Elinvar behavior originates from the opposite temperature dependence of the Young’s modulus E(T) of the residual martensite and retained austenite as well. I aimed at measuring the temperature-depedenent elastic constants of monoclinic NiTi using in-situ low temperature neutron diffraction as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 1. Schematic of the experimental setup used for in-situ low temperature neutron diffraction experiments.

2. Research Activities

2.1 Elastocaloric at ultra low temperaturesSuperelastic shape memory alloys (SMAs) show elastocaloric effect (ECE) which originates from release and absorption of latent heat of a s t ress-induced mar tensit ic phase transformation. In typical SMAs, the conventional ECE will vanish when the ambient temperature (Tamb) falls below the temperature range in which martensitic phase transformation can be triggered by stress. We report an unprecedented ECE

that emerges with a decrease of Tamb, well below the temperature range of phase transformation, in a model nanocrystalline NiTi that preserves a smooth-hardening superelasticity over a wide Tamb. The new ECE emerges at Tamb ~ 90 K, exhibits an opposite sign than the conventional ECE, and intensifies gradually with a decrease of Tamb to 25 K. We discuss such ECE might originate from an entropy change associated with large elastic deformations and the ensuing volume changes of the nanocrystalline microstructure. Our results offer a new avenue to cool a range of low-temperature ambients and necessitates further research effort in this field.

2.2 Measurement of temperature dependent elastic constants of Monoclinic NiTiOur preliminary measurements show that not only the Young’s modulus of monoclinic martensite is highly anisotropic, but also its temperature dependence is highly anisotropic.

Fig. 2. Temperature-dependence of Young’s modulus of different hkl planes of monoclinic martensite.

References1) A. Ahadi et al. Origin of zero and negative thermal expansion in severely-deformed superelastic NiTi alloy”. Acta Materialia Vol. 127, 2017, pp. 79-92.

Low Temperature Properties of NiTi

ICYS-Sengen Researcher Aslan Ahadi Palcheghloo


11Research Digest

Near-infrared silicon quantum dots forbio-applications

ICYS-Sengen Researcher Shanmugavel CHINNATHAMBI

1. Outline of ResearchQuantum dots have attractive characteristics to compare with other f luorescent nanomaterials and conventional organic dyes. The size of the quantum dot is comparable with many biomolecules such as proteins and larger biomolecules. One more advantage is we can get multiplex emission with single light source excitation with minimal spectral overlap. The outstanding optoelectronic properties of quantum dots includes high quantum yield, size-dependent and narrow light emission, broad absorption spectrum, large stoke shift and resistance to photobleaching. Quantum dot is prepared in organic solvents, or aqueous medium depends on proposed applications. The important step enabling the use of ncSi for in vitro and in vivo imaging is the development of “2nd generation” ncSi that, in addition to exhibiting optimized performance in terms of photophysical characteristics, stability, and safety, have a symmetrical and narrow emission band tunable over the 700–1000 nm window and possess targetability and functionality by virtue of moieties tethered to their outer surface. The 700-1000 nm NIR emission window selected corresponds to a spectral region of low tissue light scattering and absorption.In my research, I investigate the molecular interaction between si licon quantum dot micel les and human blood plasma proteins. Near-infrared emitting 1-decene functionalized si l icon quantum dots were synthesized with ~40% of fluorescent quantum yield (Fig.1). Then, we prepared pluronic - F127 covered silicon quantum dots micelles (< 100 nm: quantum yield: ~20%) for bio-applications [1, 2].

2. Research ActivitiesOptical properties of the quantum dot micelles show excitation at 369 nm and emission at 775 nm (Fig.2). The ncSi-OD/F127 sample has a broad size distribution as observed by HR-TEM (Fig.3). The sample contains NPs 50–60 nm in diameter made up of tens of ncSi-OD, as well as assemblies of one or several ncSi-OD. For in vitro bioimaging applications we studied cell viability test sing CCK-8 assay. The ncSi-OD/F127 suspensions for cel lular assays were prepared by di lution of the as-synthesized nanoparticles in water (pH 7.0).We used four primary human blood plasma proteins including albumin, fibrinogen, globulin, and transferrin to study the interaction between micelles and proteins via f luorescence steady and excited state spectroscopy. Fluorescence quenching accurses at a specific concentration of the micelles interaction with plasma proteins, and it shows there is some binding between micelles and proteins. Besides, we observed changes in the protein lifetime (Albumin: 4.57 to 3.57 ns) upon addition of quantum dot micelles. The presence of micelles results in high association and f luorescence quenching efficiency of plasma proteins. We believe this work will provide a basis for the design of silicon-based nanomaterials for biomedical applications.

Fig.1 Silicon quantum dot micelles under UV light excitation.

Fig.2 Excitation and emission profiles of silicon quantum dot micelles.

Fig.3 TEM images of Si-QD micelles.

References1) S.Chandra, B.Ghosh, G.Beaune, U.Nagarajan, T.Yasui, J.Nakamura, T.Tsuruoka, Y.Baba, N.Shirahata and F.M.Winnik, Nanoscale, 8, 9009 (2016). 2) S.Chinnathambi, N.Abu, N.Hanagata, RSC Advances, 7, 2392, (2017).

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https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6nr01437b

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12 Research Digest

Probing Light-matter Interaction at the Nanoscale,Inside the Transmission Electron Microscope

ICYS-MANA Researcher Ovidiu CRETU

1. Outline of ResearchThe last few decades have witnessed considerable efforts towards energy production from renewable sources, as well as towards technologies which improve energy efficiency. Among these efforts, an important research direction concerns materials which convert between electricity and light.The objective of the present research is to aid the development of light-converting and light-producing nanomaterials by studying their interaction with light, down to the atomic scale. This is accomplished by visualizing the combined effects of light emission and absorption with electrical measurements on individual nano-objects, allowing for their improvement towards the goal of integration in next-generation devices.Experimentally, the research plan is based on a technique which allows interaction with individual nano-objects, inside a transmission electron microscope (TEM). This system is used to investigate light-production and light-absorption for low dimensional semiconducting nanomaterials.


(1) Development of a system which allows simultaneous TEM imaging and CL spectroscopy.The schematic layout of the system is illustrated in Figure 1a. A multi-mode optical fiber is connected to a piezoelectric tube, which allows for its positioning close to the region of interest of the sample with sub-nanometer accuracy, using a piezo-controller unit. A voltage source is connected to the scanning coils of the microscope and controls the focused electron beam, which is scanned across the region of interest. The electrons interact with the sample and produce several signals: photons are collected by the optical fiber and transferred to a spectrometer. The scattered electrons are collected by an electron detector. Both these signals are acquired simultaneously and mapped across the region of interest. An image of the end-section of the TEM holder is shown in Figure 1b.

Fig. 1. a) Schematic layout of the experimental set-up. b) Optical image of the end-section of the holder.

(2) CL hyperspectral mapping of CdS nanowires.Figure 2a shows the simultaneously-acquired dark-field image of a nanowire, while Figure 2b depicts a cathodoluminescence (CL) spectrum acquired in this section. There is significant variability between signals coming from areas found in close proximity to each other. The spectrum is fitted using a series

of Gaussians, whose amplitudes’ distributions are shown in Figures 2b1-b6.

Fig. 2. a) Annular dark-field image of the end-section of a nanowire. b) CL spectrum obtained from this region. b1-b6) Spatial distribution of the amplitudes of the Gaussian components of the spectrum.

The results reveal the distribution of luminescence centers in this material with nanometer-precision. These centers are associated to various intrinsic defects in CdS, which allows mapping them even when their concentration is below the level detectable by other traditional techniques, providing new insights into the nature and distribution of defects in these nanowires.

(3) Optoelectronic measurements on CdS nanowires.The previous experiments could be extended by introducing a metallic probe with which individual nanowires could be contacted and deformed, in order to perform simultaneous mechanical, optical and electrical measurements. Dark currents and photocurrents of the nanowires were measured before deformation, during deformation and after recovery. We found that the ON/OFF rat ios are stable for each individual case, which was confirmed on a wider scale by the statistical distribution of the values. In a second stage, we performed photocurrent spectroscopy, which showed that the photocurrent cut-off wavelength experiences a red-shift during bending. Electronic density of states (DOS) calculations showed that the band gap value decreases with increasing strain, which was associated with the experimentally observed red shift of the photocurrent response.

References1) O. Cretu, C. Zhang, and D. Golberg, Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 111904, 2017.2) C. Zhang, O. Cretu, D. G. Kvashnin, et.al., Nano Lett. 16, 6008, 2016.


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1. Outline of ResearchTraditional semiconductor materials are employed in the fabrication and production of new types of devices that attempt to mimic the properties observed in the brain called nueromorphic hardware1. As part of this work we attempt to use novel organic based materials to produce neuromorphic hardware with exciting new properties due to their different conduction and charge storage mechanisms2. Organic materials are low cost and easy to integrate into established fabrication methods. Coupled with the ability to tailor the molecules that constitute the organic nanowires there is great potential to discover neuromorphic materials with greater memory, volatility, speed and stimuli interaction.

2. Research ActivitiesOrganic materials that form nanowires are relatively easy to produce and incorporate into semiconductor device structures due to their lower processing temperatures. Their size and morphology is determined by their solution properties prior to deposition. Here we employ an organic dye molecule solution to produce the nanowires that are tested for neuromorphic functionality. They are deposited onto an interdigitated array (IDA) to produce a device for electrical characterization. The electrical characterization of the devices is shown in Fig. 1. The results show great promise for expanding the materials used in neuromorphic hardware beyond those of established semiconductor materials. Fig. 1. (a) is the test often applied to memristor materials and devices to show their potential for neuromorphic applications. It demonstrates the inherent ability of the material to dynamically change its properties (conductance in this case) in response to voltage sweeps. As each sweep is applied the material becomes more conductive. Fig. 1. (b) shows how the device responds to successive write pulses used to alter the conductivity of the material and a reset pulse used to rewrite or undo that change in conductivity. The device demonstrates non-binary 5-level memory which is important in neuromorphic computation and pattern recognition. Additionally, the device conductivity shows a global shift in conductance across multiple applied sets (Fig. 1. (c)) of write and rewrite pulses shown inset of (b). The material is conditioned in response to over 40 sets of 5-level memory to increase conductivity, a property not easily predicted but with important applications. Building on these results wil l involve not only further characterization at a device level but also using these novel properties in applications such as pattern recognition and classification as well as demonstrating the 5-level memory ability in a practical device.

Fig. 1. (a) Organic wire device response to 3 forward voltage sweeps and three reverse sweeps. The dynamic properties of the organic material are seen in the changing conductivity in each sweep. (b) 5-level memory shown in response to an individual set of 4 write pulses and 1 rewrite pulse. (c) In response to many sets, the device evolves to become more conductive at each conduction level.

References1. O’Kelly, C. J.; Fairfield, J. A.; McCloskey, D.; Manning, H. G.; Donegan, J. F.; Boland, J. J. Advanced Electronic Materials 2016, 2, 1500458.2. Baldo, M. A.; Forrest, S. R. Physical Review B 2001, 64, 085201.

Organic Nanowire Neuromorphic Arrays

ICYS-MANA Researcher Curtis O’KELLY


14 Research Digest

Investigation of Corrosion Behavior of Pure Ironand SD345 steel in Mortar using Hyperbaric-oxygen Accelerated Corrosion Test (HOACT)

ICYS-RCSM Researcher Kotaro DOI

1. Outline of ResearchUnderstanding of the corrosion behavior of steel rebar is important to judge the needs of repair or re-construction and to build safe and long-life concrete structures. The accelerated corrosion test is required because it takes several decades for the critical corrosion of steel rebar in concrete in the real environment. We focused on the enhancement of oxygen reduction reaction on the surface of reinforcing steel bar in concrete and developed Hyperbaric-oxygen accelerated corrosion test (HOACT). By the HOACT, a pressured oxygen gas is supplied to the sample and corrosion is accelerated by enhancement of oxygen reduction reaction (Fig. 1(a)-(c)). However, the corrosion of pure iron in mortar was suppressed when an excess oxygen gas was supplied to the sample (Fig. 1(d)). In this study, the mechanism of corrosion suppression of pure iron in the excess oxygen gas was examined and a new method for enhancement of corrosion in the HOACT was suggested.


Effect of excess oxygen gas on passivation of Fe in mortarA corrosion sensor1) was used for electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements. The corrosion sensor was embedded in mortar with cover thickness of 5 mm. The corrosion sensor in mortar was placed in the HOACT container with the pressurized oxygen gas of 0.6 and 2.1 MPa or with ambient air (0.02 MPa of oxygen partial pressure). The impedance of the corrosion sensor was measured every 24 h for 14 d. Potential perturbation was applied between the ring and rod electrodes with an amplitude of 10 mV at frequencies from 100 kHz to 10 mHz. The charge transfer resistance, Rct, which corresponds to the protectiveness of passive film, was calculated from the diameter of the capacitive loop of obtained Nyquist plots.Figure 2 shows the change in Rct with time in ambient air and in pressurized oxygen gas of 0.6 MPa and 2.1 MPa. The initial Rct values in ambient air and in pressurized oxygen gas were almost the same. Rct increased gradually during the test continued for 14 d and the increase of Rct was more obvious at higher oxygen pressure. The higher Rct of the carbon steel in the sensor corresponds to the higher corrosion resistance attributed to the enhancement of the protective ability of the passive film. Therefore, the passive film of steel presumably grew and matured more with increase in the oxygen gas. Thus, the corrosion suppression of Fe in mortar with Cl- under the pressurized oxygen gas was probably attributed to the formation of the passive film protective to breakdown caused by Cl- and/or to rapid repassivation under the enhanced oxygen supply2).

Corrosion enhancement by anodic current supplyA 99.5 % iron coupon of 7×7×1 mm3 (Fe sample) was used for the HOACT. The Fe sample was embedded in mortar with the cover thickness of 5 mm. In the mortar, NaCl solution

was used as mixing water. The passive film on iron surface was broken by feeding anodic current of 2 mA/cm2 to iron in mortar for 30 min (Electric passive film breakdown) in ambient air. Subsequently, the sample with electric passive film breakdown was exposed to high pressurized oxygen gas. Even in pressurized oxygen gas at 2.1 MPa, the corrosion was enhanced (Fig. 1(g)) as expected. In addition, the composition of rust formed in 2.1 MPa oxygen gas was similar to the actual rust. It is revealed that the combination of electric passive film breakdown and HOACT is effective as the method for corrosion enhancement of iron in mortar and enhancement of corrosion initiation enabled HOACT to accelerate the corrosion of iron in proportion to oxygen gas pressure.

References1) H. Katayama et. al., ECS Trans., 1(4), 235 (2006).2) K. Doi et. al., J. Electrochem. Soc, 165(9), C582 (2018).

Fig. 1 Optical microscope images of Fe sample surface retrieved from mortar with Cl- after 14 days of HOACT at various oxygen gas pressures2). The results of electric passive film breakdown before HOACT are in the bottom line.

Fig. 2 Changes in Rct of corrosion sensor in mortar measured by EIS: (a) in ambient air, (b) in 0.6 MPa oxygen gas and (c) in 2.1 MPa oxygen gas.


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Quantum Structures for Ultra-high EfficiencySolar Cells

ICYS-Sengen Researcher Martin ELBORG

1. Outline of ResearchQuantum heterostructures are attractive due to their unique physica l propert ies which cannot be achieved in bulk semiconductors. Therefore, quantum structures are seen as essential building blocks to realize novel opto-electronic devices. One of such anticipated technologies are future photovoltaic concepts such as Intermediate Band Solar Cells (IBSCs), in which intermediate energy states formed by embedded quantum structures could increase efficiencies beyond the limit of standard solar cells. Furthermore, by manipulating quantum states such as spin in complex quantum structures, future quantum information technologies can be realized. A prerequisite for achieving these applications is the precise control of quantum structure growth as well as understanding their physical properties. In my research I investigate the crystal growth of various quantum structures by molecular beam and fabricate opto-electronic devices to characterize their physical properties for application in novel solar cells, quantum information devices, as well as to study the fundamental processes involved.


(1) Quantum structure embedded solar cellsUsing molecular beam epitaxy, two families of compound semiconductor quantum structures, i.e. droplet epitaxy quantum dots [1] and dilute-N IIII-V quantum wells [2], are grown and embedded in a host solar cell structure. Two-step photocurrent generation, the key operating principle of Intermediate Band Solar Cells, is observed in GaAs/AlGaAs QD solar cells and analyzed by comparison to a physical model [3]. Using dilute-N GaAs quantum wells, the effect on IBSCs properties such as open-circuit voltage and carrier capture are investigated. Exceptionally high open-circuit voltage is achieved for a GaNAs/AlGaAs solar cell where a deep confinement is formed by the large conduction band offset. By realizing both two-step photocurrent generation and high open-circuit voltage, extremely high conversion efficiencies can be expected. We investigate carrier dynamics by capacitance-voltage spectroscopy [5].

(2) Physical processes in complex quantum structures for quantum information devicesDroplet epitaxy is a versatile growth process to achieve different geometries of self-assembled quantum structures. By extending the growth method to allow for the formation of complex quantum structures, I investigate the combination of coupled systems of centered and radial geometry (Dot + Ring) which are separated by only a thin barrier so that control and switching of the electronic states is possible by the application of electric and magnetic fields [6]. Such control of quantum states is an essential step to realize future quantum information technologies.

Fig. 1. Intermediate Band Solar Cell concept in which intermediate energy states formed by quantum structures can generate an additional photocurrent by a two-step excitation.

Fig. 2: Quantum Ring+Dot structure, with possible excitation by light or current injection. Applied electric and magnetic fields are used to modify electron and hole wave functions.

Fig. 3: Scanning electron microscopy image of surface grown quantum Ring+Dot structures by Multiple Droplet Epitaxy.

References1) M. Elborg et al. Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 134 108 (2015).2) M. Elborg et al. IEEE J. of Photovolt. 1, 162 (2017) 3) M. Elborg, et al. AIP Advances, 6, 065208, (2016). 4) D. Venter, M.Elborg et al. Physica B: Condensed Matter 535, 198 (2018).5) M. Elborg et al. Journal of Crystal Growth 477, 239 (2018).


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Diamond Multilayers for High Power Electrical Devices

ICYS-MANA Researcher Alexandre FIORI

1. Outline of ResearchDiamond is the ultimate semiconductor for high power, and high frequency electronics. Progresses in diamond Schottky-barrier diodes (SBD) aimed to increase breakdown voltage and electrical conductance. Conductance has been improved by introducing heavily boron-doped diamond (HBD) layers and/or p-type substrates. However, highest breakdown voltages are still obtained on structures based on insulating substrate and without HBD layers. HBD layers seem to generate crystal l ine defects that propagate through the active device area, and loosen breakdown voltage. Therefore, HBD layers ensuring high crystalline quality and/or multilayered thin films that alternate [B] ~ 1020 cm−3 (p++) and [B] ~ 1018 cm−3 (p+) could reduce the density of defects in the active device area.


(1) Heavily boron doping (HBD) of diamondThe density of crystalline defects can be minimized by the mean of high power density microwave plasma-assisted CVD (MPCVD) technique. However, HBD growths carried out under high microwave power density conditions showed weak boron doping efficiency. Since a decade, the gas phase chemistry and distribution of “active” species in the plasma have been studied as function of MPCVD conditions and sources gas mixtures in order to obtain reproducible diamond growth rate, doping profile, and the best crystalline quality. Nevertheless, plasma diagnostics performed in MPCVD conditions suitable for boron-doped diamond growth concerned mid-range boron-to-carbon molar ratios in source gas, where no changes of growth mode were observed. Plasma discharges have been diagnosed by optical emission spectroscopy during HBD growths, and revealed the disproportional activity of BH* emissions with the modification of the fraction of boron in the feed gas. By mean of optical microscopy, laser microscopy, and cathodoluminescence analyses, diamond etching has been demonstrated with the B/C gas ratios >1 %.1) We proposed an empirical value to identify MPCVD conditions, which are responsible of a priori etching and growth, based on the intensity ratio of BH*-to-C2* emissions (Fig. 1).

(2) HBD superlattice for high power devicesHBD superlat t ices of diamond were used to bui ld the conductive pathway of SBDs. The deposition process and geometry of HBD superlattices has been optimized to minimize the crystalline defect density. p++/p+ stacked layers have been deposited consecutively in the same MPCVD reactor. The intensity of BH* and C2* emission peaks has been monitored during the CVD process by optical emission spectroscopy to feedback boron-to-carbon and carbon-to-hydrogen ratios in the feed gas. Finally, HBD superlattices have been capped by a few microns of undoped diamond layer [B] < 5.1016 cm−3 (p-type), as shown in Fig. 2. SBDs have been formed with Ti/Au and WC as ohmic and

Schottky contact materials, restively. The ideality factors and barrier heights of these SBDs were homogenous (n~1.1, ϕb~1.7eV), but a large variation in leakage currents was observed.2) These results are promising to characterize the type of crystalline defects that participate in leakage currents.

References1) A. Fiori et al., Diamond Relat. Mater. 76, 38-43 (2017)2) A. Fiori et al., submitted (2018)

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Development of Nanomechanical Sensing Systemsfor Advanced Detection and Identification

ICYS-MANA Researcher Gaku IMAMURA

1. Outline of ResearchOlfaction is the only human sense that has not been realized as a practical sensor. Even though smell plays an important role in our daily lives and industry, an artificial olfactory system—a practical chemical sensor system that evaluates smell—is still unavailable. One of the difficulties about artificial olfaction is the identification of smells. In the conventional data analysis methods for an artificial olfactory system, extracted signal features have been commonly employed for gas identification. Such extracted features, however, strongly depend on the sampling condition (e.g. the gas f low control and the f low rate), giving rise to low reproducibility. Here I report a novel identification approach based on transfer function, which represents the relationship between inputs and outputs. In this study, I demonstrated the identification of vapors of solvents using a membrane-type surface stress sensor (MSS). Even though the sample gas was injected randomly, I successfully identified the vapors by the transfer functions. Moreover, it becomes possible to identify gas species without controlling or monitoring the gas flow by using a multichannel chemical sensor, leading to a hand-operated gas measurement. In this research, I succeeded in identifying the headspace gases of solvents just by wagging a sensor chip.

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2. Research ActivitiesFigure 1a shows the concept of transfer function. A gas sensing system can be regarded as a conversion process. In that system, the transfer function is determined by the interaction between the sensor and a gas. Therefore, a gas can be identified by the transfer function regardless of the sampling condition. I demonstrated the identification of solvent vapors using a membrane-type surface stress sensor (MSS). Even though the sample gas was injected randomly, I successfully identified the vapors by the transfer functions (Fig. 1b). Moreover, even monitoring of the gas f low rate is no longer needed for identification by using a multi-channel chemical sensor because relative values from the transfer functions at each channel become identical to gas species. Based on this theory, I demonstrated a Free-hand gas measurement without using mass f low controllers (MFCs) or pumps (Fig. 2). Six solvent vapors were measured with a four-channel MSS chip just by wagging the chip in the headspace of a beaker. From the manually-acquired sensing signals, I calculated the relative values and classified the data using a machine learning algorithm for classification; that is a support vector machine (SVM) with a linear kernel. After the model selection and the evaluation using the 5-fold cross validation, I succeeded in the identification of the vapors with an accuracy of 95 ± 3%.

References1) Gaku Imamura, Genki, Yoshikawa, Takashi Washio, JSAI2017, 2I3-OS-10a-2 (2017).

Fig. 2 Free-hand measurement for gas identification.


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Field Effect Control of Catalytic Activity

ICYS-Namiki Researcher Seiji KAWASAKI

1. Outline of ResearchCatalysts, that control chemical reactions by creating suitable reaction pathways which lower activation energy, are key materials to realize efficient energy and material conversions for various energy and environmental technologies. Performance of a catalyst, catalytic activity, is determined by its surface state reflecting a number of factors such as surface structure, band structure, Fermi level, and nature of the support. Here, I am proposing a new approach to control and enhance catalytic activity by applying electric field to a catalyst surface via ionic liquid gating.Applying electric field to a catalyst, the carrier density of the catalytic surface changes and the molecular adsorption (adsorption strength, coverage, favorable adsorption site) is perturbated. For instance, adsorption of CO molecule on a metal surface is strengthened by negatively charging the surface, while C-O bond is weakened by Stark effect [1]. It has also been reported that, by using metal/semiconductor diode structure for example, CO oxidation activity of Pt increases with negatively charging the Pt surface, while the activity decreases with positively charging the surface [2]. The strength of electric field is determined by a dielectric material facing to the electrode. Ionic liquid gating is a way to produce a giant electric field >1 GV/m by applying only a few V bias, that has an effect of changing surface carrier density in an order of ~1015 cm-2 [3]. My attempt of the present study is to utilize such a strong electric field effect via ionic liquid gating for controlling and even enhancing catalytic activity. It is expected that the rate of a chemical reaction (A+B→C) which makes molecule (C) from electrophilic and electrophobic molecules (A and B) changes as a function of the surface charge (Figure 1). Assuming that molecule A adsorbs more at negatively charged surface while molecule B adsorbs more at positively charged surface, the catalytic activity maximizes at a condition in which reactants mildly adsorbs on the surface.

Fig. 1. Schematic illustration of the concept of electric field control of catalytic activity.

2. Research ActivitiesTo demonstrate the electric field control of catalytic activity via ionic liquid gating, I designed two catalytic reaction systems; top- and back-gate systems. In the top-gate system, electric bias is applied to a catalyst immersed in an ionic liquid like an electrochemical setup, while in the back-gate system the bias is

applied from the back side of a thin film catalyst deposited on an ion gel.Figure 2 shows potential dependence of CO oxidation activity of Pt catalyst in an ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trif luoromethanesulfonyl)imide (EMI-TFSI), in which an electric potential of the Pt catalyst (electrode) was controlled with respect to a Pt quasi-reference electrode (Pt-QRE). The CO oxidation activity was increased at negative bias, while did not at positive bias. The activity enhancement was not proportional to the current (dQ/dt), implying that the reaction was not an electrochemical process. The mechanism of the rate enhancement can be understood by an electrostatic effect. When the catalyst surface is negatively charged, C-O bond of CO molecule is weakened by electron transfer from Pt to the 2π* antibonding orbital of CO molecule, while O2 is activated due to an increase of its negative charge, resulting in the acceleration of the bond formation of O-CO and thus the rate of CO oxidation. This behavior is comparable to that of the previously reported catalytic diode [2], but the rate enhancement is one order higher. Utilizing electric field via ionic liquid gating for controlling molecular adsorption on catalytic surfaces has a great potential to control various chemical reactions.

Fig. 2. Potential dependence of CO oxidation activity of a Pt catalyst electrically charged in an ionic liquid EMI-TFSI, together with the amount of charges (Q) flowed in the system. Conditions; T = 120 oC, P(CO) = 66 kPa, P(O2) = 33 kPa.

References1) P. Deshlahra, E. E. Wolf, W. F.Schneider, J. Phys. Chem. A 113, 4125 (2009). 2) L. R. Baker, A. Hervier, G. Kennedy, G. A. Somorjai, Nano Lett. 12, 2554 (2012).3) S. Z. Bisri, S. Shimizu, M. Nakano, Y. Iwasa, Adv. Mater. 29, 1607054 (2017).


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Exploration of Instability Issues of Perovskite Solar Cells

ICYS-Namiki Researcher Dhruba B. KHADKA

1. Outline of ResearchHalide perovskite (HaP) based solar cells have demonstrated a revolutionary progress in the photovoltaic research by achieving a startling power conversion efficiency of ~23% within very short time span. Despite the rapid progress of halide perovskite solar cells (HaPSCs), the instability of device performance and toxicity of Pb have imposed major hindrances for commercially viable technology. Indeed, a number of investigations have been carried out to address the instability issue with by mixed cations/halide perovskite and engineering the carrier transport layers (CTLs) and electrodes, there are still much room to improve for its reliability.[1] The fundamental studies of HaPSCs are important to unveil the roots of detrimental factors to understand the practical limitations. The exploration of the degradation mechanism of perovskite device can provide crucial guideline to resolve the instability issues.


2.1 Unveiling degradation phenomena by optoelectronic approachThe degradation of encapsulated perovskite devices has been investigated by optoelectronic characterization (temperature current–voltage characteristics and capacitance spectra). The degradation mechanism of perovskite solar cell with aging is found to be related to the defect physics (Fig. 1). Our studies suggested that the interfacial deterioration and the deep traps induced in perovskite absorber layer accelerates with aging which leads degradation.[2] This result implicates some crucial points to address the device stability issues.

2.2 Understanding the impacts of CTLs on HaPSCsThe device performance parameters perovskite solar cell were tailored with long alkyl chain-substituted fullerene derivatives as an electron transport layer (ETL). The device with C60-fused N-methylpyrrolidine-meta-dodecyl phenyl (C60MC12) demonstrates an enhanced power conversion efficiency with the record open circuit voltage of 1.24 V. as depicted in Fig. 2. This is achieved by mitigating the recombination loss through the use of highly crystalline C60MC12 film compared to amorphous PCBM.[3] The crystallinity of fullerene derivatives as ETL is also found to be important for the optimization of device parameters, besides the band alignment matching of perovskite devices. This gives a guide line for selection of CTL which facilitates the better growth of perovskite thin film and hence improve the device performance.

Fig. 1. Defect states induced in fresh and degraded HaPSCs (a) and illustration of degradation mechanism (b).

Fig. 2. The impact of CTLs for enhancement in device performances. (a) J-V characteristics (b) XRD patterns (crystal quality) of CTL.

References1) T. M. Brenner, D. A. Egger, L. Kronik, G. Hodes, D. Cahen, Nat. Rev. Mater. Commn. 1, 15007, (2016). 2) D.B. Khadka, Y. Shirai, M. Yanagida, K. Miyano, J. Mater. Chem. C, 6, 162, (2018).3) D.B. Khadka, Y. Shirai, M. Yanagida, T. Noda, K. Miyano, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 10, 22074, (2018).

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1. Outline of ResearchThe concept of high-entropy alloy (HEA) has generated substantial interests on the development of novel metallic materials which are composed of multi-principal elements with near equiatomic composition.1) Since a CrMnFeCoNi equiatomic alloy with single-phase fcc crystal structure displayed exceptional damage tolerance at liquid-nitrogen temperature,2) a variety of research has been performed to understand the physical properties, deformation modes, and phase stability of the compositionally complex alloy. The CrMnFeCoNi HEA exhibited strong temperature dependence of stack fault energy, which led to the excellent combination of strength and ductility at low temperatures where deformation-induced nano-twinning was activated. In addition to the mechanical properties, the HEA showed lower thermal conductivity than conventional alloys, which is advantageous for the insulat ion of low-temperature devices.3) The unique combination of mechanical and thermal properties indicated the potentials of HEAs for cryogenic applications. In this research, a variety of alloy compositions in CrMnFeCoNi quinary al loy system were explored by thermodynamic calculation using CALPHAD (CALculation of PHAse Diagrams) approach to develop novel HEAs with high performance at room and cryogenic temperatures.

2. Research ActivitiesA ser ies of CrMnFeCoNi-based HEAs were designed using CALPHAD approach where the FCC phase stability and stacking fault energy were predicted. Ingots of the CrMnFeCoNi-based alloys were prepared by a high frequency vacuum induction melting. The as-cast ingots were subjected to multi-pass caliber rol ling at 673 K and annealed for recrystallization (Fig. 1). The annealed alloys exhibited single-phase fcc structure or dual-phase fcc/hcp structure, depending on the alloy composition.

Fig 1. Illustration of thermo-mechanical processing

As the stacking fault energy was tuned, the mechanical properties of CrMnFeCoNi-based alloys were drastically changed (Fig. 2). All the single-phase alloys exhibited similar values of yield strength, while the elongation of fracture was greatly increased from the alloy with higher stacking fault energy (#1) to the alloy with lower stacking fault energy (#5). As the stacking fault energy was reduced, various deformation modes like deformation-induced twinning or deformation-induced phase transformation were activated. The alloys (#4 and #5) exhibited the improved ultimate strength than the other alloys (#1-3). This trend is attributed to the phase transformation to hcp phase which is harder than fcc phase. The dual-phase a l loy (#6) displayed the highest strain-hardening but reduced ductility. The brittle fracture resulted from the presence of thermally-induced hcp phase and phase boundaries which act as a barrier for plastic deformation in the material.The design strategy for new HEAs with low stacking fault energy is a promising for enhancing the mechanical properties of metallic materials at low temperatures, which is crucial for the structural applications in Arctic area or superconductor technology where advanced materials with excellent damage tolerance are strongly required. The effect of alloy chemistry and microstructure on the mechanical properties will be further investigated to to bring a fresh perspective on the structural application of CrMnFeCoNi-based HEAs.

Fig. 2. Tensile properties of CrMnFeCoNi-based HEAs with different stacking fault energy

References1) O. N. Senkov, J. D. Miller, D. B. Miracle, and C. Woodward, Nat. Commun, 6, 6529 (2015)2) B. Gludovatz, A. Hohenwarter, D. Catoor, E. H. Chang, E. P. George, and R. O. Ritchie, Science 345, 1153 (2014)3) J. I. Lee, H. S. Oh, and E. S. Park, Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 061906, (2016)

Development of Damage-tolerant Phase-transforma-ble High-entropy Alloys for Cryogenic Applications

ICYS-Sengen Researcher Jein LEE


21Research Digest

Internet of Things (IoT) Bio-devices Fabricated and Integrated by Printing Techniques

ICYS-Namiki Researcher Xu-Ying LIU

1. Outline of ResearchConstructing Internet of Things (IoT) devices by printing techniques has been widely investigated. Generally, IoT was defined for the network to connect every single object, including displays, memory devices, RFIDs and power sources as shown in Fig.1. Basically, realization of IoT relays on manufacture and integration techniques for large-area flexible electronic devices. However, regular electronic devices are generally fabricated using photo- or electron-beam lithography for patterning, which are indeed highly developed methods, but have poor efficiency, high cost and difficulty for fabricating f lexible devices. Therefore, to exploit an alternative method instead of lithography has been highly concerned. In this sense, we have developed fully solution-processing methods for large-scale manufacturing flexible electronics with nanoscale materials and biopolymers. 1-3

Figure 1. Schematic illustration of the integration of printed IoT devices in modern society

2. Research ActivitiesMy current interest is focusing on non-volatile memory devices based on the organic thin film transistors (OTFTs). To fabricate TFT memory, we engineered the DNA molecules by attaching a long alkyl chain of OTMA (octadecyltrimethylammonium), obtained the planar molecular orientation in films, and then demonstrate printed OTFT memory based on DNA-OTMA. The long side chains and the planar orientation were found to be highly effective in decreasing the leak current and thus to enhance device performance. By controlling the assembly of DNA complex to form a uniform film, the OTFT memory devices exhibit hole mobility as high as 0.65 cm2 V-1s-1 with memory window and retention time over 13 V and 100 seconds, respectively. Such approaches will provide a facile method for manufacturing bio-compatible memory devices by roll-to-roll printing techniques in a large scale.

Figure 2. Schematic illustrations of the preparation route for DNA-OTMA complex.

We have prepared a DNA aliphatic surfactant complex and obtained homogeneously smooth surface f ilm through a solution process. The deposited DNA-OTMA thin film tends to be ferroelectric-like, exhibits good insulating characteristics and can be employed in printed active devices. The alkyl chains introduced in DNA complex reduced leakage current, and thus enable the fabrication of the transistor memory by printing at room temperatures. Also, the densely packed structure efficiently improves the insulating properties for electric devices. The retention associated with the detected low frequency-dependence capacitance can be ascribed to the ferroelectric characteristic in the dielectric DNA-OTMA film shown in Figure 3. The obtained mobility and the retention property are still moderate, which indicates there is still possibility to optimize the device performance. Therefore, the presented proposed strategy will be promising for the achievement of roll-to-roll manufacturing of large-area, low-cost flexible electronic devices with ambient atmosphere.

Figure 3. a) Retention characteristics, showing the decay of drain current against time. b) The relaxation time of loss tangent maximum against reciprocal temperature (the red line is for the Arrhenius fitting). c) Illustrations of the operational mechanisms in the printed OTFT memory.

References1) Q. Sun, B. Qian, K. Uto, J. Chen, X. Liu*, T. Minari*, Functional biomaterials towards flexible electronics and sensors, Biosensors and Bioelectronics 119, 237 (2018).2) B. Xu, H. Yang, K. Dai, X. Liu*, L. Zhang, M. Wang, M. Niu, R. Duan, X. Wang, J. Chen*. Thermo-compression-aligned functional graphene showing anisotropic response to in-plane stretching and out-of-plane bending. Journal of Materials Science 53, 6574 (2018).3) L. Liang, X. Liu*, M. Kanehara, N. Kobayashi, T. Minari*, Layer-by-layer printing non-volatile organic thin-film transistor memory with a planarly-oriented DNA-complex dielectric, Organic Electronics 55, 75 (2018).


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Control of Electrode/Electrolyte Interface Toward the Implementation of Lithium-oxygen Batteries

ICYS-GREEN Researcher Shoichi MATSUDA

1. Outline of ResearchAprotic Li–O2 batteries are typically composed of Li metal and porous carbon as the negative and positive electrodes, respectively, and a Li ion-conducting non-aqueous solution as the electrolyte. During the discharge process, atmospheric oxygen is reduced in the pores of the positive electrode and then combines with Li ions to form solid lithium peroxide (Li2O2) as the discharge product. The reverse reaction occurs during the charging process. Thus, the net reaction can be written as 2Li + O2 = Li2O2 (U0 = 2.96 V). As the theoretical energy density of the Li–O2 batteries exceed that of rechargeable Li-ion batteries, there is considerable interest in developing rechargeable Li–O2 batteries. However, the practical energy capacities achieved to date are markedly lower than those of Li-ion batteries. A dominant factor for the limited energy capacities of Li–O2 batteries is the insulating property of Li2O2, which gradually accumulates on the positive electrode as a discharge product, leading to the gradual reduction of the electrically active area of the electrode (ref.1). Ultimately, the discharge reaction no longer proceeds due to the loss of electrical activity, resulting in the low energy capacity of Li–O2 battery systems. It is an effective approach for improving the energy capacity to increase the solubility or electrical conductivity of the discharge product. Recently, it was reported that the addition of trace amount of water can function as a promoter for the solution-route of Li2O2 formation, leading to a significant improvement of energy capacity of Li–O2 batteries (ref.2). Lewis acidity of water was attributed to the origin of the improved energy capacity. Although water cannot be used as an additive for practical Li–O2 batteries due to the high reactivity with Li2O2 and Li, the results suggested the approach using additives is effective for improving the energy capacity of Li–O2 battery systems. On the other hand, evidence from recent theoretical studies based on ab initio calculations suggests that introducing atomic Li defect sites or doped heteroatoms into Li2O2 crystals may be effective for increasing electrical conductivity (ref.3). Although this property has not been experimentally verified, the results from these studies have provided another novel approach for constructing Li–O2 battery systems with high energy capacity. The purpose of my ICYS study is the development of the core-technology for the implementation of lithium-oxygen batteries. For achieving the above objective, I focused on the control of the physicochemical property of lithium peroxide, such as electric conductivity, crystallinity and non-stoichiometry for the study of positive electrode. In the study of negative electrode, I tried to control of the complex Li deposition/stripping reaction by using the 3D matrix with suitable internal pore structure that can decreases the size of the Li deposits, suppressing the possibility of undesired dendritic growth of Li metal.

2. Research ActivitiesWe considered that the introduction of halogen ions to the electrolyte has the potential to improve the energy capacity of Li–O2 batteries for the following reasons. First, halogen ions

are stable under the reductive conditions that induce Li2O2 formation in association with the oxygen reduction reaction. Second, halogen ions can be incorporated into Li2O2 deposits due to the small ionic size, and have the potential to increase the electrical conductivity of the discharge products. Third, halogen ions have relatively high donor number (DN) and are expected to function as a promoter for solution-route formation of Li2O2. In the present study, we demonstrated that the energy capacity of Li–O2 batteries can be significantly improved by simply adding chloride ions to the electrolyte. Scanning electron microscopy analysis revealed that thick chloride (Cl)–incorporated Li2O2 films formed on the positive electrode as the discharge product. Using conductive atomic force microscopy, the Cl–incorporated Li2O2 films were shown to exhibit much higher electric conductivity than pristine Li2O2. Taken together, the present findings suggest that modulation of the electrical conductivity of the discharge product by the incorporation of heteroatoms is an effective approach for constructing Li–O2 batteries with high volumetric energy density.We investigated an insulative microfiber (IMF) matrix as a potential candidate for the 3D matrix due to the following reasons: (i) the insulative properties ensure the prevention of undesired side reactions with the electrolyte and the prevention of undesired Li-metal formation of the top part of the 3D matrix, which is expected to decrease the possibility of Li-metal dendrite growth, and (ii) large internal spaces can be formed by stacking the micrometer-sized fiber, which is advantageous for the storage of a large amount of Li-metal deposits. To fabricate the IMF matrix, the electrospinning method was adopted because the diameter and thickness of the fiber matrix can be easily controlled according to the electrospinning time and the precursor concentration. As a result, we demonstrated that reversible Li-metal deposition/dissolution was demonstrated to proceed in the internal spaces of the IMF-matrix, whereby a minimum volume change of the anode was realized. This result is significant because suppression of the volume change of the Li-metal anode is crucial for the implementation of Li-metal based rechargeable batteries.

References1) B. D. McCloskey, C. M. Burke, J. E. Nichols, S. E. Renfrew, S. Chem. Commun. 51, 12701 (2015).2) N. B. Aetukuri, B. D. McCloskey, J. M. García, L. E. Krupp, V. Viswanathan, A. C. Luntz, Nat. Chem. 7, 50 (2015).3) M. D. Radin, C. W. Monroe, D. J. Siegel, Chem. Mater. 27, 839 (2015).


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1. Outline of Researchπ-Conjugated polymers have played as key materials in organic electronics due to their characteristic photophysical, magnetic, and electronic properties resulting from their delocalized π-electrons. Thereby, the development of π-conjugated molecules and polymers exhibiting intriguing properties and functions is one of the most urgent issues in this field. In order to achieve these aims, the precise control in their hierarchical structure is essential. Among a lot of π-conjugated system, most of 1D polyarenes with expanded π-conjugation form lamella structure in the condensed phase because of their planar and rigid backbones. Therefore, the construction of complex and diverse π-architecture with novel functions and properties has been limited.

2. Research ActivitiesTo achieve innovating function of 1D polyarenes, I focus into the folding secondary structure. Such folding π-conjugated system is expected to exhibit functions as molecular solenoids and molecular machines.1 While, the loop-shaped motives of polyarenes were observed as kinetic products in the hairpin turn structure of polymer2 or macrocyclic compounds,3 the rational design for them with high thermal stability have not been investigated. Here, I designed and synthesized three types of polythiophene derivatives with loop-shaped secondary structure, and investigated their properties and fuctions. The regioregular head-to-tail polythiophenes with imidazolyl side chains were synthesized by the Ni-catalyzed catalyst transfer polycondensation. The obtained polythiophene with active hydrogen bond moieties showed signif icant concentrat ion dependence in the morphologies due to hydrogen bond network between imidazolyl rings. In addition, the polythiophene showed the obvious spectral changes in the presence of acid by the protonated imidazoles (Figure 1).

Fig. 1. Regioregular polythiophenes with imidazolyl groups.

I established the facile and precise synthetic methodology for folding polythiophene by employing hydrogen-bond network of fused-imidazole. The oligomerization/polymerization

of protected imidazole-fused monomers and subsequent deprotection formed head-to-tail oligo- and polythiophene with planar S-cis conformations from linear precursors with undesired regioregularity. As a result of its highly extended π-conjugation, this compound showed broad absorption from UV-Vis to near IR region, and distinct conducting characters from protected precursor (Figure 2).

Fig. 2. Regioregular polythiophenes with fused imidazoles.

I designed and synthesized loop-shaped oligothiophene with bow-shaped structure. The cisoid octathiophene are fixed with taut nonanyl chain as a string. The bow-shaped octathiophene showed improved solubility than linear analogues even in aliphatic solvents. This also showed characteristic two absorption bands resulting from bow-shaped structure. Interestingly, this showed signif icant thermochromism in solution state. I revealed that the thermally activated anti-to-gauche motion of alkyl chain leads to the bow-like bending motion of octathiophene skeleton leading to the thermochromism (Figure 3).

Fig. 3. Bow-shaped oligothiophene with cisoid conformations.

References1) J. D. Ripoll, A. Serna, D. Guerra, A. Restrepo, J. Phys. Chem. A, 114, 10917, (2010).2) E. Mena-Osteritz, A. Meyer, B. M. W. Langeveld, R. A. J. Janssen, E. W. Meijer, P. Bäuerle, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 39, 2679, (2000).3) F. Zhang, G. Götz, E. Mena-Osteritz, M. Weil, B. Sarkar, W. Kaim, P. Bäuerle. P. Chem. Sci. 2, 781, (2011).

Development of Structure-Regulated π-Conjugated Polymers with Innovating Function

ICYS-Sengen Researcher Kazuhiko NAGURA


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1. Outline of ResearchTwo-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene, h-BN, transitional-metal dichalcogenides (MX2) have been received much attention owing to their unique physical/chemical properties different from its bulk counterpart. Our research goal is to explore and utilize the 2D materials for electronic devices based on computational material science. In particular, I focus on heterostructures of these 2D materials with other substrates or external field to control the novel properties of 2D materials under realistic electronic device structures. In the other hand, I discover new 2D materials with specific properties for novel multi-functional devices for future technologies.


(1) van der Waals heterostructure of graphene/h-BN and metal thin filmMetal thin films are important substrates for electronic devices such as electrodes, interconnects components. Therefore, it is vital to understand the interaction and electronic properties of 2D materials on metal thin films and propose the potential applicat ion. Based on the f irst-principles simulat ions, I demonstrated that van der Waals heterostructure of grapheneh-BN and Cu thin film [1] are promising materials for high efficiency and robustness interconnect device (Fig. 1). Here, these 2D materials such as graphene, h-BN could act as the protective layers for the surface oxidation of Cu thin film under ambient environments (gas adsorption). Owing to the protective layer, the high conductive channel (Shockley surface states, Fig. 1c) of Cu thin film is preserved, leading to the substantially enhanced electrical conductivity of Cu thin films. In addition, the 2D protective layers also inhibit the diffusion of Cu atoms to penetrate through the Cu metal-dielectric interface. Therefore, the lifetime or reliability of Cu interconnect could be remarkably improved. On the other hand, I also investiatge of electronic properties of van der Waals heterostructure of graphene and Au thin film [2] to clarify the experimental observed on electron-electron interaction.

Fig. 1. (a) Atomic structure, (b) electronic energy-band and Shockley-surface states of graphene-Cu-graphene heterostructure, (c) calculated electrical conductivity of Cu hybrid systems at room temperature.

(2) Ultrathin materials for thermoelectric devicesThermoelectric devices can direct ly convert waste heat into electric power, and they are one of the most important technologies that are considered future sustainable energy sources. By using density functional theory, we developed a theoretical model that permits us to estimate accurately the Seebeck coefficient, then thermopower factor of atomic-layer materials such as transition-metal dichalcogenides MX2 (M=Mo, W, X=S, Se). In combination with experimental data, we clarified the effect of carrier doping concentration on the Seebeck coefficient to find an optimized carrier density for high thermoelectric performance. The large thermoelectric power factor (>200 μWm−1K−2) in MoS2 and WSe2 monolayers that was one order of magnitude larger than that of bulks has been achieved [3]. These results suggest the atomic-layer transition-metal dichalcogenides MX2 are promising materials for high performance thermoelectric devices.

(3) Novel electronic-structure of boron hydride (BH) sheet In the scientific point of view, it is interesting to synthesize the new 2D materials. Among of them, 2D materials of Group-III are received much interesting due to the challenge on the synthesis process and potential applications. In collaboration with Prof. Kondo (University of Tsukuba), we have successfully synthesized and clarified the atomic structure of boron hydride (BH) sheets by the exfoliation and ion-exchange between protons and magnesium ions of MgB2 at room temperature [4]. Our first-principles calculations reveal the possible atomic structure of this 2D boron hybrid materials: hexagonal network of B atoms and H atoms on the B-B bridge sites (Fig. 2). This boron hydride sheets exhibit the unique electronic properties with two Dirac cones (massless Dirac fermions) that could be potential candidate for high-speed low-dissipation devices. The work opens the new avenue for the mass production of several types of boron-based 2D materials by selecting counter ions.

Fig. 2. Schematic for synthesis process, atomic structure and energy band of possible boron hydride (BH) sheets.

References1) N. T. Cuong, S. Okada, Appl. Phys. Lett. 34, 190 (2017).2) D. Bo et al., Nature Comm. 8, 15629 (2017)3) J. Pu, K. Kanahashi, N. T. Cuong et al., Phys. Rev. B 94, 014312 (2016).4) H. Nishino, T. Fujita, N. T. Cuong et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 13761 (2017).

Theoretical Design of Novel 2D Materials for Electronic Devices

ICYS-MANA Researcher Thanh Cuong NGUYEN


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1. Outline of ResearchAdhesive materials are ubiquitous in domestic and industrial including construction, aviation, automobile, electronics and medical applications. Thus, design and development of new adhesive materials with unique functionalities or upgrading critical issues with existing technologies is both important and challenging task. In this context, there is variety of adhesive materials based on epoxy, urethane, vinyl, or acrylate already available in the market with different chemistry, formulations and performances. However, in general, there are four major challenges to address for future developments including, (a) uniform and easy stress relaxation under repeated external mechanical load, (b) efficient underwater bonding, (c) self-healing adhesive, and (d) bonding/debonding on demand. Interestingly, marine creatures like mussel, barnacles, and kelps overcome most of these existing problems in man-made adhesive technologies by unique underwater adhesive byssus. In recent years, several groups have reported that the presence of a key chemical component 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) (~3-30 mol%) is crucial for robust surface binding to cross-linking.1 Consequently, several concepts and designs have been emerged to exploit benefits of DOPA or DOPA-mimic catechol units for practical applications (Fig. 1). In this context, DOPA chemistry has long been investigated for surface treatment, hydrogel, and some biological applications but research on DOPA-based bulk adhesive is relatively new but very promising for future endeavors.2,3

Fig. 1 (a) Image of a blue mussel attached to solid surface by adhesive byssus. (b) Key chemical components present in a typical mussel foot protein (mfp) including ~3-30 mol% catechol units. (c) Chemical structure of mussel-mimetic copolymer poly(DOMA-co- AMA). (d) Schematic illustration of lap-shear bonding and possible molecular functions of adhesive polymer during operation.

Fig. 2 (a) Best copolymer composition poly(DOMA-co-EHMA) found so far for both dry and wet adhesion. (b) Raw profiles of high-strength (>10 MPa) bonding for aluminum substrates by such polymer. (c) Image of bulk polymer on a petri dish. (d) Schematic depiction and demonstration of underwater bonding for glass, concrete, and metal substrates by this polymer.

2. Research ActivitiesIn the present study, a series of alkyl methacrylate (AMA) based copolymers having randomly distributed catechol pendant moieties (DOMA-co-AMA) was synthesized by simple free-radical polymerization and adhesive performance had been thoroughly investigated for wide-range substrates (Fig. 2). Interestingly, significant influence of alkyl chain length in tuning both strength and ductility was observed, which may be related to the flexibility of side-chain in the bulk. Further, branched isomer (2-ethylhexyl methacrylate, EHMA) produced better cohesive reinforcement than linear counterpart, which may come from better entanglement of polymer side chains during curing event.4 On the other hand, molecular weight (Mw) of polymer also exhibited significant effect on bonding strength and a specif ic molecular composition poly(DOMA8mol%-co-EHMA92mol%) was found to be best for both dry and wet condition. For aluminum substrates, this polymer yields high bonding strength above 10 MPa, which is comparable to commercial glues (Fig. 2b). A preliminary study also indicates excellent underwater bonding for various substrates including glass, concrete, and metal. However, systematic study and deeper understanding is further in progress.

References1) J. H. Waite, M. L. Tanzer, Science 212, 1038 (1981).2) B. P. Lee, P. B. Messersmith, J. N. Israelachvili, J. H. Waite, Annu. Rev. Mater. Res. 41, 99 (2011).3) C. L. Jenkins, H. J. Meredith, J. J. Wilker, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 5, 5091 (2013).4)D. Payra, Y. Fujii, S. Das, J. Takaishi, M. Naito, Polym. Chem. 8, 1654 (2017).

High-strength Multipurpose Polymer Adhesives Inspired by Mussel Foot Proteins

ICYS-RCSM Researcher Debabrata PAYRA


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1. Outline of ResearchHybrid organic-inorganic materials have the potential to combine the desired optical, electronic and material properties of each component within one material or composite for realizing high performance optoelectronic devices such as solar cells and light-emitting diodes. Furthermore, the combination of organic and inorganic materials allows for the realization of new and unique optoelectronic properties than those of the individual components. Until recently, much of the promise of hybrid organic-inorganic materials failed to emerge until the realization of efficient solar cells using a hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite absorber layer. Perovskite solar cells are now the most efficient class of solution processed solar cells, with efficiencies already standing at 20%, double that of the first efficient perovskite solar cell in 2012. These materials are also extremely emissive, which has led to them being used in efficient light-emitting diode (LED) and lasing applications. The advances made in solar cell efficiencies are remarkable and have come about by improved device design and fabrication methods as opposed to changes in the chemistry and composition of the perovskite. The prototype hybrid perovskite used in solar cells is CH3NH3PbX3, where X is a halide (see Fig. 1). Except for slight changes to the halide composition there is very little that can be modified without significantly decreasing the efficiency.1 With such restrictions apparently in place for modifying hybrid perovskites, alternative approaches to tuning the optoelectronic properties for improved device performance must be explored.


a) OverviewSince beginning my tenure as an ICYS fellow in February 2015, I have been building a platform for exploring the chemistry and optoelectronic properties of hybrid perovskite nanoparticles and nanostructures from a bottom-up approach. The first and most important part of this project, which is underway, is to develop a method for synthesizing high quality perovskite NPs (0D and 1D) for solar cell and LED applications. Next, detailed electrochemical, photophysical and morphological studies can be carried out to determine a detailed structure-property relationship that can then be exploited for the design of optimum NP size, composition and aspect ratio for device applications.

b) 0D Nanocrystals0D nanocrystals (NCs), or quantum dots, have applications in a range of optoelectronic applications such as solar cells, LEDs and photodetectors. Reducing the diameter of the NCs below the Bohr radius allows size-tunable optical properties. This can be exploited, along with the halide composition, to tune the absorption profile of the NCs across the entire visible spectrum, which can be exploited for tandem solar cell applications or

Fig. 1. Schematic illustrations of (a) the crystal structure of the organic-inorganic perovskite CH3NH3PbX3, (b) perovskite nanocrystals having tunable optical properties via halide composition or diameter and (c) various examples of NW heterostructures that are being synthesized.

mixed-absorber thin films analogous to ternary organic solar cells. Controlling the surface chemistry of the NCs is critical to prevent surface defect states and optimize NC packing, analogous to metal chalcogenide colloidal QDs. However, it has been observed for nanocrystalline organic-inorganic perovskite thin films that no significant energy barrier exists between grain boundaries. This suggests that perovskite nanocrystals have low surface defect densities and implies that the choice of passivation layer may be less critical to that of metal chalcogenide NCs, which are plagued by surface traps that lead to high recombination losses and a reduced open-circuit voltage.2

c) 1D Nanowires1D nanowires (NWs) possess unique optical properties due to their sub-wavelength diameters and can be used to build novel device architectures that are not possible using conventional techniques. Single NW devices are some of the simplest devices to fabricate and study, with many architectures possible from a simple p-n heterojunctions to more complicated multi-segment or core-shell structures (see Fig.1c). NWs also offer an excellent method for prototyping new materials, morphologies and interfaces. NWs can also be exploited in large-scale arrays to absorb more light per unit area than a conventional thin-film due to their sub-wavelength diameters, which is a desirable attribute for photovoltaic applications, especially for small-scale devices. Organic-inorganic perovskites can be readily synthesized into 1D NPs by promoting crystal growth along the c-axis through the correct choice of solvents or by using a template. Exploiting the unique optical properties of NWs with the excellent optoelectronic properties of perovskites has the potential to create many interesting and novel findings. Developing a protocol that generates well-dispersed solutions of highly crystalline perovskite NWs is key for applying these materials to a range of single NW and large-scale array devices.

References1) A. Walsh, J.Phys.Chem.C. 119, 5755 (2015).2) J. W. Ryan, J.M. Marin-Beloqui, J. Albero, E. Palomares, J.Phys.Chem.C. 117, 17470 (2013).

Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Low-Dimensional Nanocomposites for Advanced Optoelectronic Applications

ICYS-GREEN Researcher James William RYAN


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1. Outline of ResearchCompact polyelectrolyte complexes (COPECs) were recently introduced, following the rediscovery that polyelectrolyte complexes can be plasticized by in high ionic force conditions and processed into bulk plastics by compaction. Consequently, a variety of sa loplast ics and composites were recent ly assembled from either synthetic or natural polyelectrolytes. In some cases, these COPECs exhibited high fracture strain (400%) and self-healing properties. Such emerging materials triggered applicative research lines, including in the field of biomaterials. For instance, the encapsulation of enzymes was reported, as well as tissue engineering by providing scaffolds that mimic the mechanical properties of cartilage. Such appealing properties strongly depend on the chemical composition of COPECs, their microstructure, and their mechanical properties. From the polymer science point of view, COPECs are an intriguing class of materials because of their interpenetrated networks owing to blending at the molecular level. The cohesion of COPECs, their composition, microstructure, and mechanical properties are mainly governed by physical interactions such as chain entanglement and ionic pairing. The future development of this research field depends thus critical on our understanding of these mechanisms, enabling synthesizing functional materials. This work aims at providing a multiscale understanding of the pH responsiveness of saloplastics based on weak polyelectrolytes

2. Research ActivitiesThe response of COPECs based on weak polyelectrolytes to pH changes was studied with respect to their composition, charge balance, microstructure, water content, and concentration in Na+ counterion and cross-link points. By changing the environmental pH, a significant displacements in the charge balance within the plastics was found. COPECs responded to this misbalance via different mechanisms, depending on the pH window:

(i) From pH 7 to 4.5, most reticulations points between the polyelectrolyte chains were preserved by the charge compensation mechanism. This resulted in a stable polymer ba lance, doping rate, and glass transit ion temperature.

(ii) At pH 3 and pH 9, a majority of reticulations points between the polyelectroly te chains were broken by the charge compensation mechanism. This resulted in an increased doping rate, a decreased glass transition temperature and an overa l l destabi l izat ion of the polyelectrolyte balance.

Similarly, the macroscopic properties of COPECs, evolved in a contrasted manner with the pH change. On the one-hand, the density of crosslink points governed the water content of the plastics. On the other hand, the porosity and the mechanical properties depended on the conformation of the polyelectrolyte chains within the plastic. This predominance was striking when comparing the properties of COPECs at pH 3 and pH 9, both conditions known for leading to charge imbalances in the plastic. At pH 3, the solubility of the polyanion severely dropped, forming aggregates that resulted in stiffer, porous COPECs. At pH 9, both polyelectrolyte remained soluble and a large intake of counterions occurred, leading to ductile softer plastics with a modest porosity. This work depicts how a single environmental pH change enables multiple changes in the COPEC properties at multiple scales. Such a broad range of responses will trigger applications in the field of stimuli-responsive materials.

Plastics based on Compacted Complexes of weak polyelectrolytes

ICYS-MANA Researcher Gaulthier RYDZEK


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Development of High-pressure Synthesis of New-structure Amorphous Materials

ICYS-Namiki Researcher Yuki SHIBAZAKI

1. Outline of ResearchAmorphous material such as a glass is non-crystalline material, and many kinds of glasses have been developed because of those unique and special properties such as transparent, reflection and refraction, and high strength. The glass lacks the long-range order which is characteristic of a crystal, but still has the short-range order. The specific properties of glasses are generally originated from those intrinsic short-range order and network, so called ‘local structure’, and the control of the local structure is a key process to develop and improve glasses. Bu lk meta l l ic g lasses (BMGs) exhibit u lt rahigh y ield strength, large elastic limit, and excellent corrosion resistance compared to normal crystalline metals. For developments and improvements of BMGs, the alloy and compositional designs have been main procedures [1]. However, this strategy often makes compositions and production ways of BMGs complicated, and does not always lead to practical BMGs. ‘High pressure’ possesses strong advantages to change physically and directly the local structure of amorphous materials without change of compositions. Therefore, the high pressure will be effective to improve the properties of existing BMGs as an alternative to the traditional method of compositional design. Simulation studies have predicted that high-pressure and high-temperature treatment improves the plastic deformability of BMGs and enhances the toughness [2]. However, the effectivity of high pressure on the improvement of properties of BMGs and its mechanism are poorly understood. I will address this topic by using high-pressure and high-temperature technique and clarify the mechanism in terms of the local structure of BMGs.

2. Research ActivitiesWe investigated the local structure of the Zr-based BMG at high pressures up to 1000 K by using a multi-angle energy dispersive X-ray diffraction (EDXD) technique combined with a PE-type large volume press at the beamline 16-BM-B in the Advanced Photon Source [3]. Figure 1 shows structure factor, S(Q), of Zr50Cu40Al10 glass treated at various temperatures under 5.5 GPa. We observed the drastic change of the local structure at 5.5 GPa and 900 K which is just below the crystallization temperature (Fig. 1), while it was not observed at 1 GPa. Therefore, it is considered that the drastic S(Q) change below the crystallization temperature becomes visible at 5.5 GPa. This S(Q) change at 5.5 GPa and 900 K exhibits sharpening of peaks, implying that the local structure of Zr50Cu40Al10 glass becomes highly ordering structure. Interestingly, the Zr50Cu40Al10 glass with highly ordering structure synthesized at 5.5 GPa is stable even at ambient pressure and temperature. Because the highly ordering Zr50Cu40Al10 glass is quenchable, we first tested its hardness. Figure 2 shows the Vickers hardness of the Zr50Cu40Al10 glass treated at various temperatures under 5.5 GPa using a belt-type high-pressure apparatus installed in NIMS. Based on the hardness test, the Vickers hardness increases with increasing the synthesis temperature and becomes maximum at 900 K where we observed the local structure change based on the EDXD measurement. It indicates

that the structural change at 5.5 GPa and 900 K enhances the hardness of the Zr50Cu40Al10 glass by ~20%. I will investigate other physical properties, such as Young’s modulus and plastic deformability, of the highly ordering Zr50Cu40Al10 glass as next step, and will clarify the effectivity of high pressure on the improvement of properties of BMGs.

Figure 1. Structure factors of Zr50Cu40Al10 at 5.5 GPa

Figure 2. Vickers hardness of Zr50Cu40Al10 at 5.5 GPa

References1) A. Inoue, A. Takeuchi, Mater. Trans. 43, 1892 (2002).2) N. Miyazaki, M. Wakeda, Y.-J. Wang, S. Ogata, Comp. Mater. 2, 16013 (2016). 3) Y. Kono, C. Park, C. Kenney-Benson, G. Shen, Y. Wang, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 228, 269 (2014).

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1. Outline of ResearchIn past decades, crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells have been the most commonly adopted type for commercial PV markets, owing to their long-term stability, abundant and cheap raw materials, acceptable power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) and well-established manufacturing techniques. However, they remain less cost-effective than traditional energy sources. In fabricating Si-based solar cells, most of the cost comes from the amount of Si consumption. Some of the fabrication processes require high vacuum and high temperatures, resulting in higher production cost. Therefore, there is growing interest in the development of Si-based PV devices that use simpler and cheaper processing techniques. Si-organic hybrid solar cells are a growing focus of interest and are one of the most promising candidates for organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells. Vast research and development efforts have been undertaken in recent years for to develop ultra-thin wafers. The strategy that has long been considered as a crucial technology step is to develop the ultra-thin Si wafer <30µm from bulk wafer. Currently the silicon wafers have thickness in the range of 180-200 µm, which limits the f lexibility. Mainly two task have to be consider for the next-generation silicon nanostructured solar cells. One is reducing the thickness of the Si wafer and other one is developing a new device structure by using carrier selective heterocontacts.


1) High efficiency Si nanostructure hybrid solar cells via energy transfer techniqueLight harvesting via excitonic energy transfer has inspired significant research efforts aiming to realize and design energy transfer-based light-harvesting systems for solar energy conversion. Non-radiative energy transfer (NRET) has been demonstrated in inorganic PVs. The new device structure combines energy transfer layers (e.g., using quantum dots) with high-mobility semiconducting channels. The use of semiconductor nanocrystal (NC) layers for energy transfer in these hybrids provides the advantage of absorbing a broader range of the solar spectrum than Si layers and exploits the NRET process. On the other hand, radiative energy transfer (RET) can transfer excitation energy by the radiative decay of semiconductor nanocrystals and subsequent reabsorption of the emitted photons by an adjacent layer. For the first time we have demonstrated the NRET effect in silicon nanocrystal and effectively utilized in hybrid silicon solar cells 1, 2. By combining nanocrystalline Si quantum dots (nc-Si QDs) to organic/Si nanostructure hybrid solar cells, we have achieved 13.73% eff iciency in Si/PEDDOT:PSS hybrid solar cells. The efficiency enhancement is based on the energy transfer phenomenon of nc-Si QDs to make an effective exciton collection efficiency in the Si nanostructure/PEDOT:PSS region for excellent carrier separation. The main reason is due to the energy transfer effect of nc-Si QDs, which absorb UV light and convert it to NRET (Nonradiative energy transfer) and RET (Radiative energy transfer). The NRET and RET

from nc-Si QDs generates excess electron-hole pairs in the Si nanostructure layers. Additionly, we enhanced the NRET effect by changing the ligand passivation length of nc-Si QDs. Finally we showed that shorter ligand length gives high energy transfer effect and incerases the power conversion effienicy to 14.06%. The organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells obtained here holds the promise for developing energy transfer managing, low cost and high efficiency hybrid photovoltaic cells in the future.

Fig. 1. a) J-V curve and b) Schematic diagram of hybrid solar cells incorporation with nc-SiQDs. c) Energy band diagram of hybrid solar cells

2) Dopant-free asymmetric heterocontacts with flexible ultra-thin c-Si nanowire solar cells using MoOxIn this fiscal year, we concentrate on evaluating alternative contact layers based on metal oxides with high work functions, a class of materials which is widely used for organic electronic devices to form hole-selective contacts. Selective carrier contacts molybdenum oxide (MoOx) films are very attractive for hole contacts, because of their simple, direct deposition processes at room temperature. Herein, we fabricate low-temperature processed dopant-free silicon nanostructure hybrid solar cells on the ultra-thin wafer by depositing MoOx between the Si absorber and front electrodes in nanostructured Si solar cells. The results indicate that our dopant-free hybrid solar cells can effectively separate the photo carriers at the MoOx/Si junction and collect effectively through the corresponding electrode. In particular, the overall advantages provided by dopant-free hybrid Si solar cells and high flexibility can be observed.

References1) T. Subramani, J. Chen, Y. L. Sun, W. Jevasuwan, N. Fukata, Nano Energy 35, 154–160 (2017). 2) M. Dutta, L. Thirugnanam, P. Van Trinh and N. Fukata, ACS Nano 9, 6891–6899 (2015)

Development of Ultra-thin c-Si Wafer Based Pho-tovoltaic Devices Using Transition Metal Oxide

ICYS-MANA Researcher Thiyagu SUBRAMANI

Fig. 2. Flexible ultra-thin c-Si wafer.


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First-principles Study of Lattice Thermal Transport in Thermoelectric Clathrates

ICYS-MI2I Researcher Terumasa TADANO

1. Outline of ResearchOptimizing thermal properties of solids such as the thermal conductivity and the phase stability is crucial to achieving a design of new and efficient energy- and light-harvesting materials. The thermal properties are closely related to the excitation of phonons (lattice vibration). Also, in physically soft materials such as hybrid perovskites, the interaction between phonons as well as the electron-phonon coupling must be considered to understand the stability and performance of these materials at operating temperature.Recently, several first-principles computational methods have been developed to predict and analyze the thermal properties of soft materials. Many of them are based on the molecular dynamics method or the self-consistent phonon (SCP) theory, which accurately include the effect of phonon-phonon interaction. While these approaches are versatile and accurate, their computational cost is relatively high. Therefore, their application has been limited to simple systems (a few atoms in the unit cell). This study aims to achieve better accuracy and performance of these first-principles approaches with the help of machine learning methods.


(1) Temperature-dependent phonons of intermetallic clathrateIntermeta l l ic clathrates possess a cage-l ike st ructure incorporating a guest atom (Fig. 1), which makes a large amplitude thermal v ibrat ion ca l led “rat t l ing.” Severa l experimental studies have shown that the frequency of the rattling mode shows a noticeable temperature-dependence. However, this effect has not been considered in previous computational studies because of the high computational cost associated with the complex structure of clathrates. We have applied our efficient SCP formalism [1] to type-I clathrate Ba8Ga16Ge30 (BGG) and successful ly obtained temperature-dependent phonon dispersion curves as shown in Fig.2 [2]. Our result is the first realization of the ab initio SCP calculation of a complex host-guest structure and demonstrates the capability of the SCP calculation of complex systems.

(2) Investigation of the origin of anomalous thermal transport in intermetallic clathratesOur previous first-principles study has clarified that the rattling guest atoms cause the significant reduction in the lattice thermal conductivity (LTC) of BGG by strongly enhancing the phonon-phonon scattering rates [3]. However, the LTC calculated based on the Boltzmann transport theory (BTE) considerably underestimated the experimental values above 100 K, indicating the necessity of an improved theoretical approach. Recently, we have solved the BTE on top of the solution to the SCP equation and successfully obtained LTCs that agree well with experimental values even above 100 K [2] (Fig.3), demonstrating a crucial role of the frequency renormalization

of rat t l ing modes in mak ing the weaker temperature dependence of LTC. Also, we have found that the glasslike LTC observed in some clathrates near 20 K can be explained by the presence of low-frequency guest modes that strongly couple with heat-carrying acoustic modes along with higher-frequency dispersive optical modes and the boundary scatterings.

Fig. 1. Crystal structure of type-I clathrate containing 54 atoms in the unit cell.

Fig. 2. Temperature-dependent phonon dispersion curves of BGG calculated by the SCP theory. The gray dashed lines are results based on the harmonic approximation.

Fig. 3. LTC of BGG calculated within the conventional BTE and SCP+BTE methods compared to the experimental data.

References1) T. Tadano and S. Tsuneyuki, Phys. Rev. B 92, 054301 (2015).2) T. Tadano and S. Tsuneyuki, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 105901 (2018).3) T. Tadano, Y. Gohda, and S. Tsuneyuki, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 095501 (2015).


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First-principles Study on the Structural and Electron-ic Properties of Long-period Stacking Ordered (LPSO) Structure of Fe

ICYS-Namiki Researcher Takao TSUMURAYA

1. Outline of ResearchFe-Mn-Si ba sed a l loys i s k nown to exh ibi t a shape memory effect associated with deformation-induced phase transformation from face-centered cubic (fcc) γ-austenite to hexagonal closed packed (hcp) ε-martensitic phase. The alloy with modified chemical compositions appeared to have outstanding properties of low-cycle fatigue lives, and Fe-15Mn-10Cr-8Ni-4Si (mass%) alloy is practically used in a seismic damping component of architectural constructions. Recently, under cyclic push-pull loading, a new phase different from ε-phase was found by TEM. The new phase shows electron diffraction spots at the 1/3 position of the {10-11} spots of the ε-phase, which suggests the existence of a long-period stacking ordered (LPSO) structure. However, actual stacking sequence of the LPSO phase and the relative stability with γ and ε phases still remain unclear. To understand these issues, we proposed several structural models of LPSO structure of pure Fe, such as 4H, 6H1 and 6H2 (Fig.1), and find stable structure using first-principles density-functional theory (DFT) calculations. It clearly shows that 6H2 is the most stable structure. Therefore, we conclude that the LPSO phase adopts the 6H2 structure.

Fig. 1. Candidate of long-period stacking order structure of Fe.

2. Research ActivitiesIn recently, under cyclic partial dislocations of γ ⇄ ε phase transitions for the damper steels, a new phase different from ε-phase was found by x-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The new diffraction spots indicate threefold expansion of the hcp (2H) structure. This suggests the existence of long period stacking ordered (LPSO) structure. However, it is very difficult to obtain single phase of this phase. In 1963, Lysak et. al. also reported a similar phase that appears after several times of thermal cycles of γ ⇄ ε phase transitions for Fe-Mn-C alloys [1,2]. This phase is referred to as ε’-phase. However, for such a long time, the actual pattern of stacking faults has never been clarified yet. Stacking fault is an interruption of the normal staking sequence (defect) of atomic planes in closed packed structure, which characterizes the (dis)ordering of the crystal plane. The formation enthalpy per unit area, stacking fault energy, is an important “descriptor” for the ductility. For example, it is

characterized by faults in the conventional ABC stacking of fcc structure, ABCABABC which resembles a local stacking sequence of the hcp structure. The formation of ε and metastable LPSO (ε’) phases are related to the ordering pattern of stacking faults. Phase stability between fcc and hcp phases is essential to determine transition temperature and required stress for the deformation. In this work, to clarify which LPSO structure is energetically close to the ground state of the ε-phase, we proposed several structural models of LPSO of pure iron (Fe), such as 4H, 6H1 and 6H2, and performed structural optimizations for these models using first-principles DFT calculations. Figure 2 shows energy-volume curves for the candidates of LPSO phases, fcc and hcp structures. Both nonmagnetic and antiferromagnetic calculations clearly show that 6H2 is the most stable structure. Therefore, we conclude that the metastable (ε’) phase adopts the 6H2 structure.

Fig. 2. Energy-Volume curves for LPSO structures within nonmagnetic (left panel) and antiferromagnetic states (right panel), together with hcp, and fcc phases.Acknowledgement: This work has been done in collaboration with Dr. T. Sawaguchi and Dr. I. Watanabe at RCSM, NIMS.

References1) L. I. Lysak, and B. I. Nikolin, Fiz Met. Mettaloved 20, 547 (1965), ibid. 23, 93 (1967).2) Z. Nishiyama, Martensitic Transformation (edited by M. E. Fine, M. Meshii and C. M. Wayman), Academic Press, New York (1978).


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Materials-based Mechanobiology Study

ICYS-MANA Researcher Koichiro UTO

1. Outline of ResearchIt is well-known that tissue-relevant cellular environments are extremely important for governing their functions and fate. Conventionally, researchers in the fields of biology and medicine utilize the plastic dish for cell cultivation, however, there are large gaps in terms of biochemical and mechano-structura l propert ies of cel lu lar surroundings in vitro (plastic dish) and in our body. In addition, the native cellular environment incorporates several dynamic cell stimulatory factors beyond static biochemical and mechano-structural cues. These gaps evoked a new research f ield known as ‘mechanobiology’ and it definitely has become a hot topic in various fields. Although we have been getting better to describe many mechanobiological cellular phenomena in the static system, the importance of ‘dynamic nature’ in these systems should also be considered. In this fiscal year, I newly designed the dynamic cell culture substrate with tunable stiffness, softening elastomer, and characterized the dynamic hepatocellular behaviors on the substrate. I also sought to create new ways and ideas for this mechanobiological materials to apply to biomedical applications.


(1) Temporal control of hepatocellular function by temperature-responsive cell culture substrateWe have developed the semicrystalline poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) films that exhibit dynamically tunable elasticity and topography while retaining similar surface wettability and have used these for 2D cell culture. Even though these studies dealt with substrates with supraphysiological properties, in terms of stiffness and roughness, the results indicated the possibility of differential cellular response on those substrates depending on the cell type. To clarify this possibility, we further introduce a unique strategy to probe temporal effects of substrate elasticity on cel l function that exploits a temperature-responsive semicrystalline PCL elastomer (Fig. 1). Taking advantage of thermal response of a crosslinked semi-crystalline elastomer,

Fig. 1. Schematic representation of temperature-responsive dynamic cell culture substrate with tunable elasticity and roughness. This platform enables to alter hepatocellular function dynamically.

two different mechanical states – one is stiff and rough, and the other one is soft and smooth – can be obtained from the same material under physiologically relevant temperatures. This temperature- responsive cell culture substrate can be dynamically programmed to induce bulk softening and surface roughness changes in the presence of living cells. We were able to clearly show that alterations in hepatocellular function following temporally controlled substrate softening depend on the extent of stiff mechanical priming prior to user-induced material transition1).

(2) Biomedical applications of mechanobiological materials Many cellular processes, including adhesion, alignment, migration, and dif ferentiat ion, can be manipulated by mechanobiolog ica l mater ia l s , such a s a biomimet ic nanotopographical substrate, which is generally fabricated on a support substrate and may restricts the potential applications of the scaffold. To overcome this issue, we newly developed free-standing nanopatterned PCL thin films for regulation of cellular alignment (Fig. 2). Surface nanotopography on PCL thin film efficiently aligns cells with well-ordered orientation of actin and the nucleus. The developed self-standing thin films were nicely attached to human skin via water droplet. We further functionalized free-standing thin film by introducing magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) to be manipulated by magnetic field. The techniques described herein would be useful for preparation of highly functionalized scaffolds because of the simple and fully scalable features of the system2).

Fig. 2. Multifunctional features of nanopat terned PCL thin films. (A) Conformal adhesion of the film on the human skin. (B) Functionalization of the PCL thin films with MNPs and hydrophobic fluorescence dye. (C) Magnet-guided movement of aligned NIH3T3 fibroblasts on PCL thin films.

References1) K. Uto, T. Aoyagi, C. A. DeForest, M. Ebara, Biomater. Sci. 6, 1002 (2018).2) K. Uto, T. Aoyagi, D. -H. Kim, M. Ebara, IEEE Trans. Nanotech. 17, 389 (2018).


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Development of FePt Based Nano-granular Thin Film for Next Generation Magnetic Recording

ICYS-Sengen Researcher Jian WANG

1. Outline of ResearchIoT-powered smart city can improve the quality of our life, meantime it also brings tremendous amount of digital data International Data Corporation ® (IDC) forecasts that by 2025 the global datasphere will grow to 163 zettabytes (that is a trillion gigabytes) [1]. Thus, continuous growth of the recording density of data storage technology such as hard disk drive (HDD) is important since energy consumption can be reduced by using storage devices with higher recording density. As one of the most promising candidate, FePt nano-granular thin film based heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) media has attracted intensive interest and research effort as next generation HDD product. Perumal et al. firstly proposed and successfully fabricated well-isolated L10-ordered FePt-C nano-grains with average grain size about 6 nm, size distribution (~20 %), on polycrystalline (001) textured MgO underlayer in 2008 [2]. However, the achieved FePt grain size is still too large and with poor signal-to-noise ratio to get the target recording density (>4 Tbit/in2). Thus, further materials design and microstructure optimization is necessary for FePt based HAMR media towards practical application. In my ICYS project, as demonstrated in Fig. 1, I try to employ combination of thin film processing, microstructure analysis and micromagnetic simulation to design and develop FePt based nano-granular thin film with ultrahigh recording area density. Beside HAMR media, I also consider to switch the FePt magnetic moment only by polarized laser, referred as “all-optical switching (AOS)” effect [3] which has the potential for ultra-fast magnetization switching up to 1000 times faster than magnetic fields while also show lower power consumption.

Fig. 1. Research cycle of developing FePt based nano-granular thin film for next generation magnetic recording


(1) FePt based HAMR mediaCarbon as the most popular segregant is widely applied for L10-ordered FePt based HAMR media. As shown in Fig. 2, with increasing carbon concentration, the average FePt grain size can be successfully reduced to around 5.8 nm, However, FePt grains involve (100) variant with the c-axis lying in the film plane are observed which can introduce noise during recording process.

Fig. 2. In plane bright field TEM images of FePt-C granular films with various carbon volume fractions: (A-a) 0, (B-b) 25.7 and (C-c) 37.9 vol.%. (Inset in (B & C) is the grain size distribution)

(2) AOS in FePt based nanogranular thin film

Fig. 3. (a) Magneto-optical image after slow sweeping of the LCP and RCP pulsed laser beam; (b) Normalized Hall resistance after applying circular and linear polarized light as a function of the integrated number of pulses

Magnetization control of ferromagnetic materials only by circularly polarized light has received increasing attention both as a fundamental probe of the interactions of light and magnetism but also for future high-density magnetic recording technologies. In Fig.3, we show that for granular FePt films [4], the optical magnetic switching by circularly polarized light is an accumulative effect from multiple optical pulses.

References1) David Reinsel John Gantz John Rydning, “Data Age 2025: The Evolution of Data to Life-Critical” An IDC White Paper. April, (2017).2) A. Perumal, Y. K. Takahashi, T. O. Seki, and K. Hono, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2, 132508 (2008).3) C. D. Stanciu, F. Hansteen, A. V. Kimel, A. Kirilyuk, A. Tsukamoto, A. Itoh, and Th. Rasing, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 047601 (2007).4) Y. K. Takahashi, R. Medapalli, S. Kasai, J. Wang et al. Phys. Rev. Applied, 6, 054004 (2016).

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Composition-dependent Electrical Properties of Zinc Tin Nitride Thin Film

ICYS-Namiki Researcher Yong WANG

1. Outline of ResearchZinc tin nitride (ZnSnN2) is an earth-abundant semiconductor ana logous to the III-nitr ides with great potentia l as a photovoltaic absorber due to its suitable bandgap for solar energy conversion, steep absorption onset, tunable properties by various approaches (like doping and cation disorder) and environmentally friendly [1–5]. Despite the intriguing possibilities of ZnSnN2 for a thin film absorber, its degenerate n-type carrier density and low mobility seriously frustrate the development of ZnSnN2 for optoelectronics. Most of the reported results show the carrier concentration of above 1019 cm-3 and the mobility of below 10 cm2V-1s-1, regardless of ZnSnN2 thin films grown on single crystal (like Al2O3 (0001) and YSZ (111)) or glass substrates by MBE or sputtering [1,3,5]. However, the physical origins of such high carrier concentration and low mobility in ZnSnN2 thin films remain unclear, although a very small conduction-band effective mass of 0.12m0 (m0 is the free electron mass) is predicted by theoretica l ca lculations. After a survey of chemical compositions of ZnSnN2 thin films from the literatures, it is surprisingly found that oxygen content of 2.75 - 4 at. % has been detected in ZnSnN2 thin films even grown by several independent groups without the intentional oxygen doping [1,3,5]. This inspires us to study the roles of oxygen impurities on the electrical properties of ZnSnN2 thin films. Moreover, it is full of interest to find a solution to reduce the carrier concentration in ZnSnN2.

2. Research ActivitiesReactive magnetron co-sputtering in both UHV (background vacuum 10-7 Pa) and traditional chamber (background vacuum 10-4 Pa) is employed to grow ZnSnN2 thin films with various Zn contents on different substrates. Thin films deposited in traditional chamber without intentional oxygen doping exhibit a few percentages oxygen impurities, whereas quite a little oxygen is detected in thin films grown in UHV chamber. Cation compositions of thin films can be tuned by adjusting the power on sputtering targets. The electrical properties are checked by Hall effect measurements at various temperature. Besides, the combination of electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) are used to reveal the chemical states and elemental distributions of various elements. It is found that the electrical properties of ZnSnN2 thin films contaminated by oxygen can be strongly affected by the cation composition, as shown in Fig. 1. As the Zn content increases from 0.43 to 0.65 Zn/(Zn+Sn), the resistivity rises up by a factor of more than 106 from 0.1 to 291750 Ohm cm. However, ZnSnN2 thin f i lms grown in UHV chamber exhibit less inf luence on the electrical properties by cation composition. Various spectroscopies are combined together to reveal the mechanism behind such tunable electrical properties.

Fig. 1 Resistivity of ZnSnN2 films grown in the traditional chamber as a function of cation composition Zn/(Zn+Sn).

References1. N. Feldberg, J. D. Aldous, W. M. Linhart, L. J. Phillips, K. Durose, P. A. Stampe, R. J. Kennedy, D. O. Scanlon, G. Vardar, R. L. Field, T. Y. Jen, R. S. Goldman, T. D. Veal, and S. M. Durbin, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 042109 (2013).2. L. Lahourcade, N. C. Coronel, K. T. Delaney, S. K. Shukla, N. A. Spaldin, and H. A. Atwater, Adv. Mater. 25, 2562 (2013).3. A. N. Fioretti, A. Zakutayev, H. Moutinho, C. Melamed, J. D. Perkins, A. G. Norman, M. Al-Jassim, E. S. Toberer, and A. C. Tamboli, J. Mater. Chem. C 3, 11017 (2015).4. Y. Hinuma, T. Hatakeyama, Y. Kumagai, L. A. Burton, H. Sato, Y. Muraba, S. Iimura, H. Hiramatsu, I. Tanaka, H. Hosono, and F. Oba, Nat. Commun. 7, 11962 (2016).5. F. Alnjiman, S. Diliberto, J. Ghanbaja, E. Haye, S. Kassavetis, P. Patsalas, C. Gendarme, S. Bruyère, F. Cleymand, P. Miska, P. Boulet, and J. F. Pierson, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 182, 30 (2018).

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Probing Buried Lattice Structure of an Atomic-layer Indium by Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

ICYS-Sengen Researcher Shunsuke YOSHIZAWA

1. Outline of ResearchSince 2010, severa l atomic-layer mater ia ls g rown on semiconductor surfaces have been found to exhibit two-dimensional superconductivity.1) They are attracting much attention because of their unique superconducting properties owing to the surface sensitivity of the electronic states. Moreover, the absence of the space-inversion symmetry at surfaces can result in a spin splitting of the energy bands (the Rashba effect). This may give rise to an increase in critical field under in-plane magnetic fields, and could also be used for realizing exotic superconducting states like topological superconductivity. Si(111)-(√7×√3)-In is an atomic-layer superconductor with a critical temperature of 3 K. Since high-quality samples can be obtained relatively easily, its unusual superconducting properties have been studied extensively.2-3) However, its crystal structure is still under debate. Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy studies support a structure model consisting of a bilayer of quasi-rectangular In lattice (the rect model). Meanwhile, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) studies reported topographic images displaying a quasi-hexagonal lattice of protrusions, for which alternative structure models have been proposed. This issue is needed to be solved to understand our latest magneto-transport data.


(1) Hexagonal-to-rectangular transition of apparent lattice induced by decreasing the tip-sample separationTo solve this issue, we have performed low-temperature STM observations of Si(111)-(√7×√3)-In surface. The experiments were carried out using a cryogenic STM system at the Research Center for Advanced Measurement and Characterization in NIMS. This system equipped with ultra-high vacuum (UHV) chambers for sample preparation. The experimental data were analyzed with the help of density functional theory (DFT) calculations based on the Quantum ESPRESSO code run on the Numerical Materials Simulator in NIMS.Figure 1(a) shows the STM topographic image obtained at an ordinary tip-sample separation. It displays rows of dimers running in the [1 1 -2] direction. The protrusions forming the dimers constitute a quasi-hexagonal lattice, as confirmed from the Fourier-transform (FT) image in the inset. Surprisingly, when the tip-sample separation is reduced, each protrusion splits into two and the lattice becomes quasi-rectangular. The FT image displays four peaks corresponding to the rectangular periodicity. This unexpected transition of lattice symmetry is reproduced well by our DFT simulations based on the rect model, confirming that this model is a good approximation for this area.

Fig. 1. Topographic images acquired at an ordinary condition (a) and at a reduced tip-sample separation (b). The insets are the FT images. The √7×√3 unit cell is shown by the parallelograms.

(2) Uniaxial incommensurate structure revealed by a Fourier filtering methodFrom the detailed comparison of STM topographic images and DFT simulations, we noticed a spatial variation in the local registry of the In lattice with respect to the Si(111) substrate. This phenomenon was supported by DFT calculations showing that the In lattice can be offset in the [1 -1 0] direction without paying an excess energy and without changing the electronic band structure. Figure 2 shows the displacement field of In lattice was imaged by constructing an interference pattern from two Fourier-filtered images created from different Fourier components. Further analyses indicate that the observed phenomenon originates from the unidirectional 0.4% stretch of In lattice with respect to the perfect √7×√3 periodicity.

Fig. 2. (a) Topographic image of a 20 nm × 20 nm field of view. (b) Displacement of In lattice with respect to the substrate.

References1) T. Uchihashi, Supercond. Sci. Technol. 30, 013002 (2017).2) S. Yoshizawa, H. Kim, T. Kawakami, Y. Nagai, T. Nakayama, X. Hu, Y. Hasegawa and T. Uchihashi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 247004 (2014).3) S. Yoshizawa, E. Minamitani, S. Vijayaraghavan, P. Mishra, Y. Takagi, T. Yokoyama, H. Oba, J. Nitta, K. Sakamoto, S. Watanabe, T. Nakayama, and T. Uchihashi, Nano Lett. 17, 2287 (2017).



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Appendix

Appendix I-1: Member List: Top Management • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 37

Appendix I-2: Member List : ICYS-MANA Researchers • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 38

Appendix I-3: Member List : ICYS-Namiki Researchers • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 39

Appendix I-4: Member List : ICYS-GREEN Researchers • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 39

Appendix I-5: Member List : ICYS-Sengen Researchers • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 40

Appendix I-6: Member List : ICYS-RCSM Researchers • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 41

Appendix I-7: Member List : ICYS-MI2I Researchers • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 41

Appendix I-8: Member List : Former-ICYS Researchers • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 42

Appendix II : Research Papers • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 48

Appendix III : Patents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 77

Appendix IV : Invited Lectures to International Conferences • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 79

Appendix V : Commendations • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 84

Appendix VI : Visitors • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 87

Appendix VII: External Funds • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 91

Appendix VIII: Editorial Activities • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 93


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Appendix I-1: Member List: Top Management

Kazuhito HASHIMOTONIMS President

Kenjiro MIYANOManaging Director

Koichi TSUCHIYADeputy Managing Director

Nobutaka HANAGATADeputy Managing Director

Tomonobu NAKAYAMADeputy Managing Director

Takashi TANIGUCHIDeputy Managing Director


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NAMEStarting DateMentor’s nameMentor’s name

Appendix I-2: Member List : ICYS-MANA Researchers (Namiki)

Gaulthier RYDZEK2015.1.1-

Dr. Katsuhiko ArigaDr. Masayuki Takeuchi

Alexandre Jean-Yves FIORI2015.2.1-

Dr. Toyohiro ChikyoDr. Tokuyuki Teraji

Thanh Cuong NGUYEN2015.5.1-

Dr. Kazuhito Tsukagoshi

Ovidiu CRETU2016.4.1-

Dr. Dmitri GolbergDr. Tomonobu Nakayama

Gaku IMAMURA2016.8.1-

Dr. Genki YoshikawaDr. Yukinori KOYAMA

Curtis James O'Kelly2016.10.1-

Dr. Tomonobu NakayamaDr. Takashi Sekiguchi

Koichiro UTO2016.10.1-

Dr. Mitsuhiro EbaraDr. Guoping Chen

Thiyagu SUBRAMANI2018.1.1-

Dr. Naoki FUKADADr. Toshihide NABATAME


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Appendix I-3: Member List : ICYS-Namiki Researchers (Namiki)

Dhruba B. KHADKA2017.8.1-

Dr. Masatomo SUMIYADr. Yasuhiro SHIRAI

Seiji KAWASAKI2018.1.1-

Dr. Hideki ABEDr. Hidenori NOGUCHI

Yong WANG2018.3.1-

Dr. Takeo OHSAWADr. Fumio KAWAMURA

Yuki SHIBAZAKI2018.3.1-

Dr. Takashi TANIGUCHIDr. Shinji KOHARA

Takao TSUKURAYA2015.4.1-

Dr. Shinya UjiDr. Tsuyoshi Miyazaki

Liu Xu-Ying2017.1.1-

Dr. Takeo MinariDr. Masayoshi Higuchi

James William RYAN2015.2.1-

Dr. Yasuhiro ShiraiDr. Hidenori Noguchi

Shoichi MATSUDA2015.9.1-

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Martin ELBORG2015.1.1-

Dr. Yoshiki SakumaDr. Masatomo Sumiya

Kazuhiro NAGURA2015.4.1-

Dr. Takashi NakanishiDr. Masayuki Takeuchi

Aslan Ahadi Palcheghloo2015.11.1-

Dr. Koichi TsuchiyaDr. Takahiro Sawaguchi

Jein LEE2017.3.1-

Dr. Koichi TsuchiyaDr. Hideyuki Murakami

Jian WANG2017.4.1-

Dr. Kazuhiro HONODr. Yukiko TAKAHASHI

Shunsuke YOSHIZAWA2015.8.1-

Dr. Takashi UchikoshiDr. Xiao Hu

Shanmugavel CHINNATHAMBI2018.2.1-

Dr. Naoto SHIRAHATADr. Nobutaka HANAGATA

Appendix I-5: Member List : ICYS-Sengen Researchers (Sengen)



41Member List : ICYS-RCSM Researchers

Appendix I-6: Member List : ICYS-RCSM Researchers (Sengen)


Appendix I-7: Member List : ICYS-MI2I Researchers (Sengen)


Debabrata PAYRA2016.8.1-

Dr. Masanobu NaitoDr. Masayuki Takeuchi

Terumasa TADANO2017.1.1-

Dr. Satoshi ITOHDr. Koji Tsuda

Kotaro DOI2016.1.1-

Dr. Hideki KatayamaDr. Toshiyasu Nishimura


42 Member List : Former ICYS Researchers

Davide UGLIETTI2007.9.1-2010.8.31

Dr. Tsukasa KiyoshiDr. Takao Takeuchi

Scientific Collaborator,EPFL

Michael V. LEE2007.10.1-2010.9.30Dr. Katsuhiko Ariga

Dr. Kunichi MiyazawaPostDoc,

NIMS

Byunjoo PARK2008.4.1-2009.3.11Dr. Koichi TsuchiyaDr. Hiroshi OkuboGraduate Student,

Samra Univ. of OrientalMedicine

Ayako HASHIMOTO2008.4.1-2010.3.30

Dr. Masaki TakeguchiDr. Jinhua YeResearcher,

NIMS

Ujjal GAUTAM2008.4.1-2011.3.31Dr. Dmitri Golberg

Dr. Takashi SekiguchiFaculty Fellow,

JNCASR

Masataka IMURA2008.4.1-2011.3.31

Dr. Yasuo KoideDr. Toyohiro Chikyo

Researcher,NIMS

Antonio TORRALBA2008.4.1-2011.3.31Dr. Takahisa Ohno

Dr. Tsuyoshi MiyazakiResearch Assistant,

CNIO

Mingsheng XU2008.4.1-2011.3.31Dr. Daisuke Fujita

Dr. Nobutaka HanagataProfessor,

Zhejiang University

Cesar Pay GOMEZ2007.8.20-2010.2.16Dr. Akiji Yamamoto

Dr. Masahiko ShimodaAssistant Professor,Uppsala University

Yasuhiro SHIRAI2007.9.1-2010.8.31

Dr. Toyohiro ChikyoDr. Masakazu Aono

Researcher,NIMS

Canhua LIU2007.9.1-2010.8.31

Dr. Tomonobu NakayamaDr. Toyohiro Chikyo

Distinguished Researcher,Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.

AmmanabroluRAJANIKANTH

2007.9.1-2010.8.31Dr. Kazuhiro Hono

Dr. Shinya UjiPostDoc,

University of Nancy

Appendix I-8: Member List : Former ICYS ResearchersNAMEPeriodMentor’s nameMentor’s nameCurrent Position

Member List : Former ICYS Researchers


43Member List : Former ICYS Researchers

Xiaosheng FANG2008.9.1-2011.8.31Dr. Yoshio BandoDr. Yasuo Koide

Professor,Fudan University

Yufang ZHU2008.9.8-2011.4.22

Dr. Nobutaka HanagataDr. Hisatoshi Kobayashi

Professor,Univ. of Shanghai for

Science and Technology

Vaishali SHINDE2008.10.8-2011.5.13Dr. Takeshi Noda

Dr. Daisuke FujitaPostDoc,

University of Bayreuth

Pavuluri SRINIVASU2008.11.1-2011.3.31

Dr. Vinu AjayanDr. Hirohisa Yamada

Senior Scientist (Leader),ARCI

Jun CHEN2008.12.1-2010.3.30

Dr. Takashi SekiguchiDr. Toyohiro Chikyo

Researcher,NIMS

Tatsuo SHIBATA2008.12.1-2011.9.30

Dr. Takayoshi SasakiDr. Naoki Ohashi

TDK

Qingsong MEI2008.12.8-2011.12.7Dr. Koichi TsuchiyaDr. Kaneaki Tsuzaki

Professor,Wuhan University

Rudder WU2009.2.1-2011.8.31

Dr. Kyoko KawagishiDr. Tadaharu Yokokawa

Researcher,NIMS

Samuel SANCHEZ2009.3.1-2010.4.30Dr. Yuji Miyahara

Group Leader,IFW

Mathieu GRANDCOLAS2009.3.1-2010.9.24

Dr. Jinhua YeDr. Kunichi Miyazawa

PostDoc,ChIPS

Genki YOSHIKAWA2009.4.1-2011.7.31Dr. Masakazu AonoDr. Hajime Haneda

Researcher,NIMS

Jesse WILLIAMS2009.7.1-2011.12.31Dr. Naoki Ohashi

Dr. Masatomo Sumiya



Ryoma HAYAKAWA2010.4.1-2012.6.30

Dr. Yutaka WakayamaDr. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

Researcher,NIMS

Lok Kumar SHRESTHA2010.4.1-2012.7.31

Dr. Katsuhiko ArigaDr. Kunichi Miyazawa

Researcher,NIMS

Yoshihiro TSUJIMOTO2010.4.1-2012.8.31

Dr. Kazunari YamauraDr. Hajime Haneda

Researcher,NIMS

Fatin HAJJAJ2010.4.1-2013.3.31

Dr. Kentaro TashiroDr. Katsuhiko ArigaAssistant ProfessorTokyo Metropolitan

University

Hiroyuki TAKEDA2010.4.1-2013.3.31

Dr. Kazuaki SakodaDr. Hideki Miyazaki

PostDoc,NIMS

Hisanori UEKI2010.9.1-2011.11.18Dr. Kentaro Tashiro

Dr. Yoshio Bando

Han ZHANG2010.9.1-2013.3.31

Dr. Jie TangDr. Yasushi Yamauchi

Researcher,NIMS

Tianyou ZHAI2010.9.1-2013.8.31Dr. Yoshio Bando

ProfessorHuazhong University ofScience and Technology

(HUST)

Xudong YANG2009.9.7-2012.8.31

Dr. Liyuan HanDr. Kunie Ishioka

PostDoc,NIMS

Hong-Tao SUN2009.10.1-2012.3.31

Dr. Yoshio SakkaDr. Naoto ShirahataAssistant Professor,Hokkaido University

Yuanjian ZHANG2009.10.1-2012.9.30

Dr. Jinhua YeDr. Toshiyuki Mori

School of Chemistry andChemical EngineeringSouth East University

Jung-Sub WI2010.4.1-2012.4.30Dr. Tadaaki NagaoDr. Toyohiro ChikyoSenior Researcher

Korea Research Institutefor Standards andScience (KRISS)



Zoe SCHNEPP2011.3.1-2012.9.30Dr. Yoshio Sakka

Dr. Jinhua YeLecturer

School of Chemistry,University ofBirmingham

Ilya SYCHUGOV2011.4.1-2011.8.17

Dr. Kazutaka MitsuishiAssistant ProfessorRoyal Institute of

Technology

Xianlong WEI2011.4.1-2012.9.14Dr. Dmitri GolbergDr. Yoshio Bando

Assistant ProfessorPeking University

Ken WATANABE2011.4.1-2013.3.31

Dr. Kazunori TakadaDr. Naoki Ohashi

Researcher,NIMS

Jianhua GAO2011.4.1-2013.8.31Dr. Daisuke Fujita

Dr. Yasushi Yamauchi

Christopher P. ROYALL2011.7.1-2011.11.30

Dr. TomonobuNakayama

Dr. Enrico TraversaBristol University

Hossein SEPEHRI-AMIN2011.9.1-2014.3.31Dr. Kazuhiro HonoDr. Koichi Tsuchiya

ResearcherNIMS

Martin HOLLAMBY2012.3.1-2013.5.22

Dr. Takashi NakanishiDr. Masayuki Takeuchi

LecturerKeele University

Ming HU2012.4.1-2013.2.28

Dr. Yusuke YamauchiDr. Guoping ChenThe University of

Melbourne

Songlin LI2011 .9.1-2014.7.31

Dr. Kazuhito TsukagoshiDr. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

PostdoctorUniversité deStrasbourg

Hicham HAMOUDI2012.3.1-2015.2.28Dr. Kohei Uosaki

Dr. Katsuhiko ArigaSenior Scientist

Qatar Environment andEnergy Research

Institute

Liwen SANG2012.4.1-2014.6.30

Dr. Toyohiro ChikyoDr. Masatomo Sumiya

ResearcherNIMS



Huynh THIEN NGO2013.9.1-2016.8.31Dr. Jonathan Hill

Dr. Katsuhiko ArigaResearcher

MANA

Xi WANG2013.9.1-2016.831Dr. Yoshio Bando

Dr. Jie TangProfessor

Beijing Jiaotong University

Ayako NAKATA2013.9.1-2016.3.31

Dr. Tsuyoshi MiyazakiDr. Satoshi Hirosawa

ResearcherNIMS

Sudipta DUTTA2013.4.1-2012015.8.31

Dr. Katsunori WakabayashDr.Kazuhito Tsukagoshi

ResercherIISER

Yohei KOTSUCHIBASHI2013.6.1-2016.3.31Dr. Takao Aoyagi

Dr. Kentaro TashiroLectur

Shizuoka Institute ofScience and Technology

Fengxia GENG2013.8.1-2014.4.30

Dr. Takayoshi SasakiDr. Hirohisa Yamada

ProfessorSoochow University

Mehdi MAZAHERI2013.4.1-2013.10.15

Dr. Yoshio SakkaDr. Dmitri Golberg

ResearcherSKF

Mehdi ESTILI2013.9.1-2015.9.30Dr. Yoshio Sakka

Dr. Toshiyuki NishimuraResearcher

NIMS

Shinsuke ISHIHARA2012.9.1-2014.3.31

Dr. Takayoshi SasakiDr. Jonathan Hill

ResearcherNIMS

Benjamin DIERRE2013.2.1-2013.5.31Dr. Naoki Ohashi

Dr. Naoto HirosakiResearcher

Saint-Goban

Andrew PRATT2013.3.1-2014.2.28

Dr. Yasushi YamauchiDr. Taku Suzuki

LecturerUniversity of York

Dai-Ming TANG2012.9.1-2015.3.31Dr. Dmitri Golberg

Dr. Takahito OhmuraResercher

NIMS



Yasuyuki MIYOSHI2014.4.1-2016.3.31

Dr. Hitoshi KitaguchiDr.Gen Nishijima

JASTEC

Atsuro TAKAI2014.9.1-2016.12.31

Dr. Masayuki TakeuchiDr. Takashi Nakanishi

ReseacherNIMS

Jan LABUTA2014.11.18-2016.9.30

Dr. Masayuki TakeuchiDr. Jonathan Hill

ReseacherNIMS

Kota SHIBA2014.9.1-2016.7.31

Dr. Genki YoshikawaDr. Tomonobu Nakayama

ResearcherNIMS

Bo DA2015.1.1-2016.11.30

Dr. Hideki YoshikawaDr. Yasushi Yamauchi

ReseacherNIMS

Karolin JIPTNER2015.3.1-2015.10.31

Dr. Kiyoshi ShimamuraDr. Takashi Sekiguchi

Asistant ProfessorYamagata University

Hirokazu UETA2015.3.1-2017.3.31

Dr. Mitsunori KurahashiDr. Taizo Sasaki

Assistant ProfessorRikkyo University

Jiangwei LIU2014.1.1-2016.9.30Dr. Naoki OhashiDr. Yasuo Koide

ResearcherNIMS

Hamish Hei-Man YEUNG2014.2.1-2016.7.13Dr. Tadashi OzawaDr. Jonathan Hill

Glasstone Research FellowUniversity of Oxford

Xuebin WANG2014.4.1-2017.3.31Dr. Yoshio Bando

Dr. Jie TangResearcher

Nanjing University

Kei NISHIKAWA2014.1.1-2016.9.30Dr. Kohei Uosaki

Dr. Kiyoshi KanamuraResearcher

NIMS


48 Research Papers

Appendix II : Research Papers

No. Authors, etc.

1 S. Acharya, K. Ariga, Electric-field Assisted Assembly of Ultra-narrow CdS Nanomaterials, Asian J. Phys. 17(1), 97-104 (2008).

2 S. Acharya, U. K. Gautam, T. Sasaki, Y. Bando, Y. Golan, K. Ariga, Ultra Narrow PbS Nanorods with Intense Fluorescence, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 4594 (2008). DOI: 10.1021/ja711064b

3 C. Anand, P. Srinivasu, S. Alam, V.V. Balasubramanian, D.P. Sawant, M. Palanichamy, V. Murugesan, A. Vinu, Highly active three dimensional cage type mesoporous ferrosilicate catalysts for the friedel-crafts alkylation, Microp. Mesop. Mater. 111, 72 (2008). DOI:10.1016/j.micromeso.2007.07.011

4 A. Bandyopadhyay, S. Acharya, A 16-bit parallel processor in a molecular assembly, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 105, 3668 (2008). doi: 10.1073/pnas.0703105105

5 N. Belman, S. Acharya, O. Konovalov, A. Vorobiev, J. Israelachvili, S. Efrima, Yuval Gola, Hierarchical Assembly of Ultranarrow Alkylamine-Coated ZnS Nanorods: A Synchrotron Surface X-Ray Diffraction Study, Nano Lett. 8, 3858 (2008). doi: 10.1021/nl802287h

6 R.B. Blake, L. Pei, L. Yang, M.V. Lee, H.J. Conley, R.C. Davis, N. Shirahata, and M.R. Linford, One-Step Growth of ca. 2-15 nm Polymer Thin Films on Hydrogen-Terminated Silicon, Macromolecular Rapid Communications 29, 638 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/marc.200700752

7 R. Charvet, J.P. Hill, Y. Xie, Y. Wakayama, K. Ariga, Recent Developments on Porphyrin Assemblies, Cosmos 4, 141 (2008). DOI: 10.1142/S0219607708000342

8 J. Chen, B. Chen, T. Sekiguchi, M. Fukuzawa, M. Yamada, Correlation Between Residual Strain and Electrically Active Grain Boundaries in Multicrystalline Silicon, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 112105 (2008). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2983649

9 J. Chen, T. Sekiguchi, N. Fukata, M. Takase, T. Chikyo, K. Yamabe, R. Hasunuma, M. Sato, Y. Nara, K. Yamada, Comparison of Leakage Behaviors in p- and n-Type Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Capacitors with Hafnium Silicon Oxynitride Gate Dielectric by Electron-Beam-Induced Current, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 262103 (2008). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2952829

10 J. Chen, T. Sekiguchi, N. Fukata, M. Takase, T. Chikyow, K. Yamabe, R. Hasunuma, M. Sato, Y. Nara, K. Yamada, Characterization of Leakage Behaviors of High-K Gate Stacks by Electron-Beam-Induced Current, 2008 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS) Proceedings, 584-588. DOI: 10.1109/RELPHY.2008.4558949

11 J. Chen, T. Sekiguchi, S. Ito, D. Yang, Carrier Recombination Activities and Structural Properties of Small-Angle Boundaries in Multicrystalline Silicon, Solid State Phenomena 131-133, 9 (2008). DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.131-133.9

12 J. Chen, X. Yuan, T. Sekiguchi, Advanced Semiconductor Diagnosis by Multidimensional Electron-Beam-Induced Current Technique, Scanning, 30, 347 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/sca.20116.

13 D.P. Dutta, V. Sudarsan, P. Srinivasu, A. Vinu, A.K. Tyagi, Indium oxide and Europium/Dysprosium doped indium oxide nanoparticles: Sonochemical synthesis, characterization and photoluminescence studies, J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 6781 (2008). DOI: 10.1021/jp800576y

14 X.S. Fang, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Recent progress in one-dimensional ZnS nanostructures: syntheses and novel properties, J. Mater. Sci. Tech. 24, 512 (2008).

15 X.S. Fang, Y. Bando, U. Gautam, C. Ye, D. Golberg, Inorganic semiconductor nanostructures and their field-emission applications, J. Mater. Chem. 18, 509 (2008). DOI: 10.1039/B712874F

16 X.S. Fang, U.K. Gautam, Y. Bando, B. Dierre, T. Sekiguchi, D. Golberg, Multi-angular branched ZnS nanostructures with needle-shaped tips: potential luminescent and field-emitter nanomaterial, J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 4735 (2008). DOI: 10.1021/jp711498m

17 X.S. Fang, U. K. Gautam, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, One-dimensional ZnS-based hetero-, core/shell and hierarchical nanostructures, J. Mater. Sci. Tech. 24, 520 (2008).

18 N. Fukata, S. Matsushita, N. Okada, J. Chen, T. Sekiguchi, N. Uchida, K. Murakami, Impurity doping in silicon nanowires synthesized by laser ablation, Appl. Phys. A. 93, 589 (2008). DOI: 10.1007/s00339-008-4699-4

19 N. Fukata, M. Mitome, Y. Bando, M. Seoka, S. Matsushita, K. Murakami, J. Chen, T. Sekiguchi, Codoping of boron and phosphorus in silicon nanowires synthesized by laser ablation, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 203106 (2008). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3033226

20 N. Fukata, T. Oshima, N. Okada, S. Matsushita, T. Tsurui, J. Chen, T. Sekiguchi, K. Murakami, Phonon confinement and impurity doping in silicon nanowires synthesized by laser ablation, Solid State Phenom. 131-133, 553 (2008). DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.131-133.553

21 U.K. Gautam, Y. Bando, J.H. Zhan, P.M.F.J. Costa, X.S. Fang, D. Golberg, Ga-doped ZnS Nanowires as Precursors for ZnO/ZnGa2O4 Nanotubes, Adv. Mater. 20, 810 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/adma.200701761

22 U. K. Gautam, X.S. Fang, Y. Bando, J. Zhan, D. Golberg, Synthesis, Structure, and Multiply Enhanced Field-Emission Properties of Branched ZnS Nanotube-In Nanowire Core Shell Heterostructures, ACS Nano 2, 1015 (2008). doi: 10.1021/nn800013b


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23 C. P. Gómez, S. Ohhashi, A. Yamamoto and A. P. Tsai, Disordered Structures of the TM-Mg-Zn 1/1 Quasicrystal Approximants (TM = Hf, Zr, or Ti) and Chemical Intergrowth, Inorg. Chem. 47, 8258 (2008). doi: 10.1021/ic800874u

24 H. Irie, K. Obata, T. Shibata, K Hashimoto, Photoelectrochemical etching on zinc oxide single crystals: Crystallographic surface dependence and wettability control, Electrochemistry 76, 171 (2008), http://dx.doi.org/10.5796/electrochemistry.76.171

25 Q. Ji, S. Acharya, J.P. Hill, G.J. Richards, K. Ariga, Multi-dimensional Control of Surfactant Guided Assemblies of Quantum Gold Particle, Adv. Mater. 20, 1 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/adma.200801064

26 Q.Ji, M. Miyahara, J.P. Hill, S. Acharya, S. B. Yoon, J.S. Yu, K. Sakamoto, K. Ariga, Stimuli-Free Auto-Modulated Material Release from Mesoporous Nano-Compartment Films, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 2376 (2008) DOI: 10.1021/ja076139s

27 Y. Jian, X. Fang, L. D. Zhang, Y. Bando, U. K. Gautam, B. Dierre, T. Sekiguchi, D. Golberg, Structure and cathodoluminescence of individual ZnS/ZnO biaxial nanobelt heterostructures, Nano Lett. 8, 2794 (2008). DOI: 10.1021/nl801353c

28 M. Y. Liao, Y. Koide, J. Alvarez, M. Imura, J. P. Kleider, Persistent positive and transit absolute negative photoconductivity in diamond photodetectors, Phys. Rev. B 78, 045112 (2008). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.045112

29 T.M. Nakatani, Z. Gercsi, A. Rajanikanth, Y.K. Takahashi, K. Hono, The effect of iron addition on the spin polarization and magnetic properties of Co2CrGa Heusler alloy, J. Phys. D 41, 225002 (2008). doi:10.1088/0022-3727/41/22/225002

30 R.S. Ningthoujam, V. Sudarsan, A. Vinu, P. Srinivasu, K. Ariga, S.K. Kulshreshtha, A.K. Tyagi, Luminescence Properties of SnO2 Nanoparticles Dispersed in Eu3+ Doped SiO2 Matrix, J. Nanosci. Nanotechn. 8, 1489 (2008). http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2008.03

31 A. Rajanikanth, Y.K. Takahashi, K. Hono, The enhancement of the spin polarization of Co2MnSn by Fe Doping, J. Appl. Phys. 103, 103904 (2008). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2930867

32 M. Rao, V. Sudarsan, R.S. Ningthoujam, U.K. Gautam, R.K. Vatsa, A. Vinu, A.K. Tyagi, Luminescence Studies on Low Temperature Synthesized ZnGa2O4:Ln3+ (Ln = Tb and Eu) Nanoparticles, J. Nanosci. Nanotechn. 8, 5776 (2008). DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2008.246

33 D.P. Sawant, J. Justus, V.V. Balasubramanian, K. Ariga, P. Srinivasu, S. Velmathi, S.B. Halligudi, A. Vinu, Heteropoly Acid Encapsulated SBA-15/TiO2 Nanocomposites and Their Unusual Performance in Acid-Catalyzed Organic Transformations, Chem. Eur. J. 14, 3200 (2008). doi: 10.1002/chem.200701562

34 R. Scipioni, A.Oshiyama, T .Ohno, Increased stability of C60 encapsulated in double walled carbon nanotubes, Chem Phys. Lett. 455, 88 (2008). DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2008.02.059

35 T. Sekiguchi, J. Chen, M. Takase, N. Fukata, N. Umezawa, K. Ohmori, T. Chikyow, R. Hasunuma, Y. Yamabe, S. Inumiya, Y. Nara, Observation of leakage sites in High-K gate dielectrics in MOSFET devices by electron beam-induced current technique , Solid State Phenom. 131-133, 449-454 (2008). doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.131-133.449

36 T. Shibata, K. Fukuda, Y. Ebina, T. Kogure, T. Sasaki, One-Nanometer-Thick Seed Layer of Unilamellar Nanosheets Promotes Oriented Growth of Oxide Crystal Films, Adv. Mat. 20, 231 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/adma.200701381

37 Y. Shirai, T. Sasaki, J. M. Guerrero, B. C. Yu, P. Hodge, J. M. Tour, Synthesis and photo isomerization of fullerene- and oligo(phenylene ethynylene) - Azobenzene derivatives, ACS Nano 2, 97 (2008). doi: 10.1021/nn700294m

38 P. Srinivasu, S. Alam, V.V. Balasubramanian, S. Velmathi, D.P. Sawant, W. Böhlmann, S.P. Mirajkar, K. Ariga, S.B. Halligudi, A. Vinu, Novel Three Dimensional Cubic Fm3m Mesoporous Aluminosilicates with Tailored Cage Type Pore Structure and High Aluminum Content, Adv. Funct. Mater. 18, 640 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200701027

39 P. Srinivasu, C. Anand, S. Alam, K. Ariga, S.B. Halligudi, V.V. Balasubramanian, A. Vinu, Direct Synthesis and the Morphological Control of Highly Ordered Two-Dimensional P6mm Mesoporous Niobium Silicates with High Niobium Content, J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 10130 (2008). DOI: 10.1021/jp800292a

40 P. Srinivasu, D.P. Sawant, J. Justus, V.V. Balasubramanian, A. Vinu, Incorporation of Al into cage type mesoporous silica molecular sieves, Nanoporus Materials 47-54 (2008), doi: 10.1142/9789812779168_0006.

41 P. Srinivasu, A. Vinu, Three dimensional mesoporous gallosilicate with Pm3n symmetry and its unusual catalytic performances, Chemistry - A European Journal 14, 3553 (2008). doi: 10.1002/chem.200701946

42 P. Srinivasu, A. Vinu, S. Hishita, T. Sasaki, K. Ariga, T. Mori, Preparation and Characterization of Novel Microporous Carbon Nitride with Very High Surface Area Via Nanocasting Technique, Microp. Mesop. Mater. 108, 340 (2008). DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2007.03.048

43 S. Takami, Y. Shirai, Y. Wakayama, T. Chikyow, Synthesis of octabutoxyphthalocyanine nanorods using porous alumina as a template and magnetic-field-directed control of the molecular orientation in the nanorods, J. Mat. Chem. 18, 4347 (2008). DOI: 10.1039/B806027D

44 S. Takami, Y. Shirai, Y. Wakayama, T. Chikyow, Control of molecular packing structure of a derivative of vanadyl-phthalocyanine using pore wall of porous alumina and/or magnetic field, Thin Solid Films 516, 2438 (2008). DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2007.04.066

45 A.S. Torralba, M. Todorovic, V. Brazdova, R.Choudhury, T. Miyazaki, M.J. Gillan, D.R. Bowler, Pseudo-atomic orbitals as basis sets for the O(N) DFT code CONQUEST, J. Phys.: Condens. Mat. 20, 294206 (2008). doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/29/294206

46 A. Vinu, S. Anandan, C. Anand, P. Srinivasu, K. Ariga, T. Mori, Fabrication of partially graphitic three-dimensional nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon using polyaniline nanocomposite through nanotemplating method, Microp. Mesop. Mater. 109, 398 (2008). DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2007.05.037


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47 A. Vinu, J. Justus, D.P. Sawant, K. Ariga, T. Mori, P. Srinivasu, V.V. Balasubramanian, S. Velmathi, S. Alam, Hexagonally Ordered Mesoporous Highly Acidic AlSBA-15 with Different Morphology: An Efficient Catalyst for Acylation of Aromatics, Microp. Mesop. Mater. 116, 108-115 (2008). DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2008.03.033

48 A. Vinu, P. Srinivasu, V.V. Balasubramanian, K. Ariga, T. Mori, Y. Nemoto, Three dimensional mesoporous TiKIT-6 with Ia3d symmetry synthesized at low acid concentration and its catalytic performances, Chem. Lett. 37, 1016 (2008). http://dx.doi.org/10.1246/cl.2008.1016

49 A. Vinu, P. Srinivasu, D.P. Sawant, S. Alam, T. Mori, K. Ariga, V.V. Balasubramanian, C. Anand, Fabrication and Morphological Control of Three-Dimensional Cage Type Mesoporous Titanosilicate with Extremely High Ti Content, Microp. Mesop. Mater. 110, 422 (2008). DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2007.06.046

50 J. Yan, X.S. Fang , L. Zhang, Y. Bando, B. Dierre, T. Sekiguchi, U. K. Gautam, D. Golberg, Structure and cathodoluminescence of individual ZnS/ZnO biaxial nanobelt heterostructures, Nano Lett. 8, 2794 (2008). DOI: 10.1021/nl801353c

51 S. Alam, C. Anand, R. Logudurai, V.V. Balasubramanian, K. Ariga, A. Chandra Bose, T. Mori, P. Srinivasu, A. Vinu, Comparative study on the magnetic properties of iron oxide nanoparticles loaded on mesoporous silica and carbon materials with different structure, Micropor. Mesopor. Mater. 121, 178 (2009). DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2009.01.029

52 J. Alvarez, M. Y. Liao, J. P. Kleider, Y. Koide, M. Imura, Ultraviolet Detectors Based on Ultraviolet-Ozone Modified Hydrogenated Surfaces, Appl. Phys. Express 2, 065501 (2009). DOI: 10.1143/APEX.2.065501

53 K. Ariga, M. V. Lee, J. Labuta, K. Okamoto, J. P. Hill, Studies on Langmuir monolayers of polyprenyl phosphates towards a possible scenario for origin of life, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 74, 426-435 (2009). DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2009.07.035

54 J. Chen, T. Sekiguchi, N. Fukata, M. Takase, T. Chikyo, R. Hasunuma, K. Yamabe, M. Sato, Y. Nara, K. Yamada, Electron beam induced current investigation of stress-induced leakage and breakdown processes in high-k stacks, IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium Proceedings 333 (2009). DOI: 10.1109/IRPS.2009.5173274

55 J. Chen, T. Sekiguchi, N. Fukata, M. Takase, R. Hasunuma, K. Yamabe, M. Sato, Y. Nara, K. Yamada, T. Chikyo, Trap-related carrier transports in p-channel field-effect transistor with polycrystalline Si/HSiON gate stack, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 48, 04C005 (2009). doi:10.1143/JJAP.48.04C005

56 P. MFJ Costa, X. S. Fang, S. L. Wang, Y. H. He, Y. Bando, M. Mitome, J. Zou, H. Huang, D. Golberg, Two-probe electrical measurements in transmission electron microscopes – behavioural control of tungsten microwires, Microscopy Research and Technique. 72, 93 (2009). doi: 10.1002/jemt.20648.

57 P.M.F.J. Costa, P.B. Cachim, U.K Gautam,Y. Bando, D. Golberg, The mechanical response of turbostratic carbon nanotubes filled with Ga-doped ZnS: I. Data processing for the extraction of the elastic modulus, J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 20, 405706 (2009). doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/40/405706

58 P.M.F.J. Costa, P.B. Cachim, U.K. Gautam, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, The mechanical response of turbostratic carbon nanotubes filled with Ga-doped ZnS: II. Slenderness ratio and crystalline filling effects, J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 20, 405707 (2009). doi:10.1088/0957-4484/20/40/405707

59 P.M.F.J. Costa, U.K. Gautam, Y. Bando, M.S. Wang, D. Golberg, Effect of crystalline filling on the mechanical response of carbon nanotubes, Carbon 47, 541 (2009). DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.11.031

60 X. S. Fang, S. L. Xiong, T. Y. Zhai, Y. Bando, M. Y. Liao, U. K. Gautam, Y. Koide, X. G. Zhang, Y. T. Qian, D. Golberg, High-performance blue/ultraviolet light-sensitive ZnSe nanobelt photodetectors, Adv. Mater. 21, 5016 (2009). DOI: 10.1002/adma.200902126

61 X. S. Fang, Y. Bando, M. Y. Liao, U. K. Gautam, C. Y. Zhi, B. Dierre, B. D. Liu, T. Y. Zhai, T. Sekiguchi, Y. Koide, D. Golberg, Single-crystalline ZnS nanobelts as ultraviolet-light sensors, Adv. Mater. 21, 2034 (2009). DOI: 10.1002/adma.200802441

62 X. S. Fang, Y. Bando, U. K. Gautam, T. Y. Zhai, S. Gradečak, D. Golberg, Heterostructures and superlattices in one-dimensional nanoscale semiconductors, J. Mater. Chem. 19, 5683 (2009). DOI: 10.1039/B902300C

63 X. S. Fang, Y. Bando, U. K. Gautam, T. Y. Zhai, H. B. Zeng, X. J. Xu, M. Y. Liao, D. Golberg, ZnO and ZnS nanostructures: ultraviolet-light emitters, lasers and sensors, Crit. Rev. Solid State Mat. Sci. 34, 190 (2009). DOI:10.1080/10408430903245393

64 D. Fujita, K. Onishi, M Xu, Standardization of Nanomaterials Characterization by Scanning Probe Microscopy for Societal Acceptance, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 159, 012002 (2009). doi:10.1088/1742-6596/159/1/012002

65 U.K. Gautam, Y. Bando, L. Bourgeois, X. Fang, P.M.F.J. Costa, J. Zhan, D. Golberg, Synthesis of metal–semiconductor heterojunctions inside carbon nanotubes, J. Mater. Chem. 19, 4414 (2009). DOI: 10.1039/B903791H

66 U.K. Gautam, L.S. Panchakarla, B. Dierre, X. Fang, Y. Bando, T. Sekiguchi, A. Govindaraj, D. Golberg, C.N.R. Rao, Solvothermal Synthesis, Cathodoluminescence, and Field-Emission Properties of Pure and N-Doped ZnO Nanobullets, Adv. Funct. Mater. 19, 131 (2009). DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200801259

67 C.P. Gomez, Y. Morita, A. Yamamoto, A.P. Tsai, Structure analysis of complex metallic alloys in the Eu-Ag-In system by X-ray diffraction, J. Phys.: Conf. Series 165, 012045 (2009). doi:10.1088/1742-6596/165/1/012045

68 A.K. Gulnar, V. Sudarsan, R.K. Vatsa, R.C. Hubli, U.K. Gautam, A. Vinu, A.K. Tyagi, CePO4:Ln (Ln = Tb3+ and Dy3+) Nanoleaves Incorporated in Silica Sols, Crystal Growth & Design 9, 2451 (2009). DOI: 10.1021/cg801349y

69 M. Imura, M. Y. Liao, J. Alvarez, Y. Koide, Schottky-Barrier Photodiode using p-Diamond Epilayer Grown on p+-Diamond Substrate, Diam. Relat. Mat. 18, 296-298 (2009). DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2008.10.065

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70 O.D. Jayakumar, R. Sasikala, C.A. Betty, A.K. Tyagi, S.R. Bharadwaj, U.K. Gautam, P. Srinivasu, A. Vinu, A rapid method for the synthesis of nitrogen doped TiO2 for nanoparticles for photocatalytic hydrogen generation, J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 70, 4663 (2009). http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2009.1273

71 Y. Li, X. S. Fang, N. Koshizaki, T. Sasaki, L. Li, S. Y. Gao, Y. Shimizu, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Periodic TiO2 nanorod arrays with hexagonal-non-closed packed arrangements: excellent field emitters by parameter optimization, Adv. Funct. Mater. 19, 2467 (2009). DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200801857

72 M. Y. Liao, M. Imura, X. S. Fang, K. Nakajima, G. Chen, Y. Koide, Integration of (PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3) on single crystal diamond as metal-ferroelectric-insulator-semiconductor capacitor, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 242901 (2009). DOI: 10.1063/1.3156030

73 R.C. Reed, R.T. Wu, M.S. Hook, C.M.F. Rae, R.G. Wing, On oxidation behaviour of platinum aluminide coated nickel based superalloy CMSX-4, Materials Science and Technology 25, pp. 276-286 (2009). DOI: 10.1179/174328408X361481

74 S. Sanchez, M. Pumera, E. Fabregas, J. Bartroli, M. J. Esplandiu, Carbon nanotube/polysulfone soft composites: preparation,characterization and application for electrochemical sensing of biomarkers, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 11, 7721 (2009). DOI: 10.1039/B902710F

75 S. Sanchez, M. Pumera, Nanorobots: The Ultimate Wireless Self-Propelled Sensing and Actuating Devices, Chem- Asian J. 4, 1402, (2009). DOI: 10.1002/asia.200900143

76 G. Sheet, U.K. Gautam, A.D. Thakur, K. Hirata, Y. Bando, T. Nakayama, Clean superconducting In nanowires encapsulated within insulating ZnS nanotubes, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 053108 (2009). DOI: 10.1063/1.3072359

77 V. R. Shinde, T. P. Gujar, T. Noda, D. Fujita, C. D. Lokhande, O.S. Joo, Ultralong Cadmium Chalcogenide Nanotubes from One Dimensional Cadmium Hydroxide Nanowires Bundles by Soft Solution Chemistry, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113, 14179-14183 (2009). DOI: 10.1021/jp904480v

78 Y. Shirai, J. M. Guerrero, T. Sasaki, T. He, H. Ding, G. Vives, B.C. Yu, L. Cheng, A.K. Flatt, P.G. Taylor, Y. Gao, J. M. Tour, Fullerene/Thiol-Terminated Molecules, J. Org. Chem. 74, 7885 (2009). DOI: 10.1021/jo901701j

79 R. Shukla, V. Bedekar, S.M. Yusuf, P. Srinivasu, A. Vinu, A.K. Tyagi, Nano-crystalline HoCrO4: Facile synthesis and Magnetic properties, J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 9, 501 (2009). DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2009.J009

80 K. Srinivasu, R.S. Ningthoujam, V. Sudarsan, R.K. Vatsa, A.K. Tyagi, P. Srinivasu, A. Vinu, Eu3+ and Dy3+ doped YPO4 nanoparticles: Low temperature synthesis and luminescence studies, J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 9, 3034 (2009). DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2009.026

81 S. Takami, Y. Shirai, T. Chikyow, Y. Wakayama, Phthalocyanine molecular nanowires that were prepared using porous alumina as a template: Development in the sample preparation procedure to evaluate electronic properties, Thin Solid Films 518, 692 (2009). DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2009.07.070

82 A.S. Torralba, D.R. Bowler, T. Miyazaki, M.J. Gillan, Non-self-consistent density-functional theory exchange-correlation forces for GGA functionals, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 5, 1499 (2009). doi: 10.1021/ct8005425

83 Y. Tsuruma, A. Al-Mahboob, S. Ikeda, J. T. Sadowski, G. Yoshikawa, Y. Fujikawa, T. Sakurai, K. Saiki, Real-Time observation and Control of Pentacene Film Growth on an Artificially Structured Substrate, Adv. Mater. 21, 4996 (2009). DOI: 10.1002/adma.200901436

84 S. L. Wang, Y. H. He, X. S. Fang, J. Zou, Y. Wang, H. Huang, P. M. F. J. Costa, M. Song, B. Y. Huang, C. T. Liu, P. K. Liaw, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Structure and field emission properties of submicron-sized tungsten whisker arrays fabricated by vapor-deposition process, Adv. Mater. 21, 2387 (2009). DOI: 10.1002/adma.200803401

85 M. Xu, D. Fujita, N. Hanagata, Perspective and challenges of emerging single-molecule DNA sequencing technologies, Small 5, 2638-2649 (2009). doi: 10.1002/smll.200900976

86 M. Xu, D. Fujita, K. Onishi, K. Miyazawa, Improving Accuracy of Sample Surface Topography by Atomic Force Microscopy, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 9, 6003-6007 (2009). DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2009.1232

87 M. Xu, D. Fujita, K. Onishi, Reconstruction of atomic force microscopy image by using nanofabricated tip characterizer toward the actual sample surface topography, Review of Scientific Instruments 80, 043703 (2009). doi: 10.1063/1.3115182

88 G. Yoshikawa, H.-P. Lang, T. Akiyama, L. Aeschimann, U. Staufer, P. Vettiger, M. Aono, T. Sakurai, C. Gerber, Sub-ppm detection of vapors using pezoresistive microcantilever array sensors, Nanotechn. 20, 015501 (2009). doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/1/015501

89 H.B. Zeng, X.J. Xu, Y. Bando, U.K. Gautam, T.Y. Zhai, X.S. Fang, B.D. Liu, D. Golberg, Template Deformation-Tailored ZnO Nanorod/Nanowire Arrays: Full Growth Control and Optimization of Field-Emission, Adv. Funct. Mater. 19, 3165 (2009). DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200900714

90 T. Y. Zhai, X. S. Fang, M. Y. Liao, X. J. Xu, H. B. Zeng, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, A comprehensive review of one-dimensional metal-oxide nanostructure photodetectors, Sensors 9, 6504 (2009). doi:10.3390/s90806504

91 Y. Zhu, E. Kockrick, T. Ikoma, N. Hanagata, S. Kaskel, An Efficient Route to Rattle-type Fe3O4@SiO2 Hollow Mesoporous Spheres Using Colloidal Carbon Spheres Templates, Chemistry of Materials 21, 2547 (2009). DOI: 10.1021/cm900956j

92 Y. Zhu, E. Kockrick, S. Kaskel, T. Ikoma, N. Hanagata, Nanocasting route to ordered mesoporous carbon with FePt nanoparticles and its adsorption property, The Journal of Physical Chemistry-C 113, 5998 (2009). DOI: 10.1021/jp8105309

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94 Z. Bai, H.-T. Sun, T. Hasegawa, M. Fujii, F. Shimaoka, Y. Miwa, M. Mizuhata, S. Hayashi, Efficient near-infrared luminescence and energy transfer in erbium/bismuth codoped zeolites, Optics Letters 35, 1926 (2010). doi: 10.1364/OL.35.001926

95 X. S. Fang, Y. Bando, M. Y. Liao, T. Y. Zhai, U. K. Gautam, L. Li, Y. Koide, D. Golberg, An efficient way to assemble ZnS nanobelts as ultraviolet-light sensors with enhanced photocurrent and stability, Adv. Funct. Mater 20, 500-508 (2010). DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200901878

96 J. Gao, D. Fujita, M. Xu, K. Onishi, S. Miyamoto, Unique synthesis of few-layer graphene films on carbon doped Pt83Rh17 surface, ACS Nano 4, 1026 (2010). DOI: 10.1021/nn901255u

97 U. K. Gautam, M. Imura, C. Sekhar Rout, Y. Bando, X. Fanga, B. Dierre, L. Sakharov, A. Govindaraj, T. Sekiguchi, D. Golberg, C. N. R. Rao, Unipolar assembly of zinc oxide rods manifesting polarity-driven collective luminescence, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107, 13588 (2010). doi: 10.1073/pnas.1008240107

98 T. P. Gujar, C. Anand, V. R. Shinde, J. Ye, K. Ariga, A. Vinu, Low Temperature Synthesis and Visible Light Driven Photocatalytic Activity of Highly Crystalline Mesoporous TiO2 Particles, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 10, 8124-8129 (2010). DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2010.3040

99 N. Hanagata, M. Xu, T. Takemura, F. Zhuang, Cellular response to ZnO nanoparticle toxicity inferred from global gene expression profiles, Nano Biomedicine 2, 153-169 (2010).

100 R. Hayakawa, A. Turak, X.N. Zhang, N. Hiroshiba, H. Dosch, T. Chikyow, Y. Wakayama, Strain-effect for controlled growth mode well-ordered structure of quaterrylene thin films, Journal of Chemical Physics 133, 034706 (2010). doi:10.1063/1.3456733

101 N. Hayashi, H. Kageyama, Y. Tsujimoto, T. Watanabe, S. Muranaka, T. Ono, S. Nasu, Y. Ajiro, K. Yoshimura, M. Takano, 57Fe Mossbauer Spectroscopic Study on Fe2+-Oxides with Infinite-Layer and Ladder Structures, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 79, 123709 (2010). doi: 10.1143/JPSJ.79.123709

102 M. Imura, K. Nakajima, M. Y. Liao, Y. Koide, H. Amano, Growth mechanism of c-axis oriented AlN on (001) diamond substrates by metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy, Journal of Crystal Growth 312, 368 (2010). doi: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2009.11.017

103 M. Imura, K. Nakajima, M. Y. Liao, Y. Koide, H. Amano, Microstructure of AlN with two-domain structure on (001) diamond substrate grown by metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy, Diamond & Related Materials 10, 131 (2010). doi: 10.1016/j.diamond.2009.08.004

104 M. Imura, K. Nakajima, M. Y. Liao, Y. Koide, H. Amano, Growth mechanism of c-axis-oriented AlN on (111) diamond substrates by metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy, Journal of Crystal Growth 312, 1325 (2010). doi: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2009.09.020

105 M. Imura, T. Ohnishi, M. Sumiya, M. Y. Liao, Y. Koide, H. Amano, M. Lippmaa, Analysis of polar direction of AlN grown on (0001) sapphire and 6H-SiC substrates by high-temperature metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy using coaxial impact collision ion scattering spectroscopy, Physica Status Solidi (c) 7, 2365 (2010). doi: 10.1002/pssc.200983900

106 L. Li, X. S. Fang, T. Zhai, M. Liao, U. K. Gautam, X. Wu, Y. Koide, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Electrical Transport and High-Performance Photoconductivity in Individual ZrS2 Nanobelts, Advanced Materials 22, 4151 (2010). doi: 10.1002/adma.201001413

107 L. Li, P.S. Lee, C.Y. Yan, T.Y. Zhai, X.S. Fang, M.Y. Liao, Y. Koide, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Ultrahigh-Performance Solar-Blind Photodetectors Based on Individual Single-Crystalline In2Ge2O7 Nanobelts, Advanced Materials 22, 5145 (2010). DOI: 10.1002/adma.201002608

108 L. Li, P.C. Wu, X.S. Fang, T.Y. Zhai, L. Dai, M.Y. Liao, Y. Koide, H.Q. Wang, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Single-Crystalline CdS Nanobelts for Excellent Field Emitters and Ultrahigh Quantum-Efficiency Photodetectors, Advanced Materials 22, 3161 (2010). DOI: 10.1002/adma.201000144

109 Q. S. Mei, L. Zhang, K. Tsuchiya, H. Gao, T. Oumura, T. Tsuzaki, Grain size dependence of elastic modulus in nanostructured NiTi, Scripta Materialia 60, 977 (2010). doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2010.07.018

110 M. Okuda, M. Takeguchi, Ó. Ó Ruairc, M. Tagaya, Y. Zhu, A. Hashimoto, N. Hanagata, W. Schmitt, T. Ikoma, Structural analysis of hydroxyapatite coating on magnetite nanoparticles using energy filter imaging and electron tomography, Journal of Electron Microscopy 59, 173 (2010). doi: 10.1093/jmicro/dfp055

111 M. Okuda, M. Takeguchi, Y. Zhu, A. Hashimoto, N. Ogawa, M. Tagaya, S. Chen, N. Hanagata, T. Ikoma, Structural Analysis of Rattle-type Hollow Mesoporous Silica Spheres using Electron Tomography and Energy Filtered Imaging, Surface and Interface Analysis 42, 1548 (2010). DOI: 10.1002/sia.3572

112 R.R. Pradhanga, A. Nyachhyon, A. Yadav, L.K. Shrestha, S. Tandukar, Fabrication and application of silver sulphide based ion sensors, Advanced Materials Research 117, 7-14 (2010). doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.117.7

113 D. Rangappa1, K. Sone, M. Wang, U. K. Gautam, D. Golberg, H. Itoh, M. Ichihara, I. Honma, Rapid and Direct Conversion of Graphite Crystals into High-Yielding, Good-Quality Graphene by Supercritical Fluid Exfoliation, Chemistry-A European Journal 16, 6488 (2010). doi: 10.1002/chem.201000199

114 C. Rodriguez-Abereu, M.S. Dominguez, B. Sarac, M.B. Rodac, R.G. Shrestha, L.K Shrestha, D. Varade, G. Ghosh, V.K. Aswal, Solution behavior and unexpected transitions in aqueous mixtures of low and high molecular weight hydrophobic amphiphiles, Colloid and Polymer Science 288, 739 (2010). doi:10.1007/s00396-010-2188-8

115 S.C. Sharma, L.K. Shrestha, K. Sakai, H. Sakai, M. Abe, Viscoelastic solution of long polyoxyethylene chain phytosterol/monoglyceride/water system, Colloid and Polymer Sciences 288, 405 (2010). doi:10.1007/s00396-009-2135-8

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116 V. R. Shinde, T. P. Gujar, T. Noda, D. Fujita, A. Vinu, M. Grandcolas, J. Ye, Growth of Shape- and Size-Selective Zinc Oxide Nanorods by a Microwave-Assisted Chemical Bath Deposition Method: Effect on Photocatalysis Properties, Chemistry - A European Journal 16, 10569–10575 (2010). DOI: 10.1002/chem.200903370

117 L.K. Shrestha, T. Sato, M. Dulle, O. Glatter, K. Aramaki, Effect of lipophilic tail architecture and solvent engineering on the structure of trehalose-based nonionic surfactant reverse micelles, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 114, 12008 (2010). doi: 10.1021/jp103080b

118 L.K Shrestha, R.G. Shrestha, K. Oyama, M. Matsuzawa, K. Aramaki, Structure of diglycerol polyisostearate nonionic surfactant micelles in nonpolar oil n-hexadecane: a SAXS study, Journal of Oleo Science 59, 339 (2010). doi:.10.5650/jos.59.339, JOI:JST.JSTAGE/jos/58.235

119 L.K Shrestha, M. Dulle, O. Glatter, K. Aramaki, Structure of polyglycerol oleic acid ester nonionic surfactant reverse micelles in decane: growth control by headgroup size, Langmuir 26, 7015 (2010). doi: 10.1021/la904231t

120 L.K. Shrestha, T. Sato, D. Varade, K. Aramaki, Effect of polyol on the structure of nonionic surfactant reverse micelles in glycerol monoisostearate/decane systems, Langmuir 26, 3115 (2010). doi: 10.1021/la9030602

121 R.G. Shrestha, L.K. Shrestha, C. Solans, C. Gonzalez, K. Aramaki, Nonaqueous foam with outstanding stability in diglycerol monomyristate/olive oil system, Colloids and Surfaces A: A Physicochemical Engineering Aspects 353, 157 (2010). DOI:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.11.007

122 L. K. Shrestha, P. Worsch, K. Aramaki, Structural characterization of nonionic surfactant reverse micelles in diglycerol monolaurate/squalene system, Advanced Materials Research 117, 87 (2010). doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.117.87

123 L.K. Shrestha, K. Aramaki, Structure of nonionic surfactant micelles in organic solvents: A SAXS Study, T. Tadros, Eds., in Self-Organized Surfactant Structures, Wiley-VCH 2010, Chapter 2, p 17-57. DOI: 10.1002/9783527632633.ch2

124 V.A. Soloshonok, H. Ueki, Towards Modular Design of Chiroptically Switchable Molecules Based on Formation and Cleavage of Metal–Ligand Coordination Bonds, Synthesis 49, (2010). doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1217090

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V.A. Soloshonok, T. Ono, H. Ueki, N. Vanthuyne, T.S. Balaban, J. Burck, H. Fliegl, W. Klopper, J.-V. Naubron, T.T.T. Bui, A.F. Drake, C. Roussel, Ridge-Tile-like Chiral Topology: Synthesis, Resolution, and Complete Chiroptical Characterization of Enantiomers of Edge-Sharing Binuclear Square Planar Complexes of Ni(II) Bearing Achiral Ligands, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 10477 (2010). doi: 10.1021/ja103296g

126 P. Srinivasu, Highly dispersed platinum nanoparticles over mesoporous materials, Pure. Appl. Chem. 82, 2111 (2010). doi:10.1351/PAC-CON-10-03-01

127 H.-T. Sun, Y. Sakka, Y. Miwa, N. Shirahata, M. Fujii, H. Gao, Spectroscopic characterization of bismuth embedded Y zeolites, Applied Physics Letters 97, 131908 (2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3496460

128 H.-T. Sun, M. Fujii, Y. Sakka, Z. Bai, N. Shirahata, L. Zhang, Y. Miwa, H. Gao, Near Infrared Photoluminescence and Raman Characterization of Bismuth Embedded Sodalite Nanocrystals, Optics Letters 35, 1743 (2010). doi: 10.1364/OL.35.001743

129 H.-T. Sun, F. Shimaoka, Y. Miwa, J. Ruan, M. Fujii, J. Qiu, S. Hayashi, Sensitized superbroadband near-IR emission in bismuth glass/Si nanocrystal superlattices, Optics Letters 35, 2215 (2010). doi: 10.1364/OL.35.002215

130 S. Takami, R. Hayakawa, Y. Wakayama, T. Chikyow, Continuous hydrothermal synthesis of nickel oxide nanoplates and their use as nanoinks for p-type channel material in a bottom-gate field-effect transistor, Nonotechinology 21, 134009 (2010). doi:10.1088/0957-4484/21/13/134009

131 S. Tsuzuki, H. Orita, H. Ueki, V.A. Soloshonok, First Principle Lattice Energy Calculations for Enantiopure and Racemic Crystals of α-(Trifluoromethyl)lactic Acid: Is Self-disproportionation of Enantiomers Controlled by Thermodynamic Stability of Crystals?, J. Fluorine Chem. 131, 461 (2010). doi: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2009.12.018

132 H. Ueki, G. Chapman, M.T. Ashby, Reactive Sulfur Species: Kinetics and Mechanism of the Oxidation of Aryl Sulfinates with Hypochlorous Acid, J. Phys. Chem. A 114, 1670 (2010). doi: 10.1021/jp906651n

133 H. Ueki, M. Yasumoto, V.A. Soloshonok, Rational Application of Self-disproportionation of Enantiomers via Sublimation ~ A Novel Methodological Dimension for Optical Purifications, Tetrahedron-Asymmetry 21, 1396 (2010). doi: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2010.04.040

134 T. Wakahara, Y. Nemoto, M. Xu, K. Miyazawa, D. Fujita, Preparation of endohedral metallofullerene nanowhiskers and nanosheets, Carbon 48, 3359-3363 (2010). DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.05.026

135 X. Wang, R.T. Wu, A. Atkinson, Characterisation of residual stress and interface degradation in TBCs by photo-luminescence piezo-spectroscopy, Surface & Coatings Technology 204, pp.2472-2482 (2010). DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2010.01.035

136 J.-S. Wi, K. Lim, T. W. Kim, S.-J. Choi, K.-H. Shin, K.-B. Kim, Fabrication of multilayered Co/Pd nano-dot array with an areal density of 1tera-dot/in2, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 322, 2585 (2010). doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2010.03.025

137 J. Ma, J. Tang, Q. Cheng, H. Zhang, N. Shinya, L.-C. Qin, Effect of surfactants on spinning carbon nanotube fibers by electrophoresis, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 11, 065005 (2010). doi:10.1088/1468-6996/11/6/065005

138 C. Wu, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhu, T. Friis, Y. Xiao, Structure-property relationships of silk-modified mesoporous bioglass scaffolds, Biomaterials 31, 3429 (2010). DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.01.061

139 C. Wu, Y. Zhu, J. Chang, Y. Zhang, Y. Xiao, Bioactive inorganic-materials/Aliginate microspheres with controlled drug-delivery ability, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Part: B 94B, 32 (2010). DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31621

140 R.T. Wu, X. Wang, A. Atkinson, On the interfacial degradation mechanisms of thermal barrier coating systems: Effects of bond coat compositions, Acta Materialia 58, pp.5578-5585, (2010). DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2010.06.027

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141 R.T. Wu, M. Osawa, T. Yokokawa, H. Harada, Degradation Mechanisms of an Advanced Jet Engine Service-Retired TBC Component, Journal of Solid Mechanics and Materials Engineering 4, pp.119-130, (2010). DOI: 10.1299/jmmp.4.119

142 M. Xu, D. Fujita, S. Kajiwara, T. Minowa, X. Li, T. Takemura, H. Iwai, N. Hanagata, Contribution of physicochemical characteristics of nano-oxides to cytotoxicity, Biomaterials 31, 8022-31 (2010). doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.06.022

143 M. Xu, D. Fujita, P. Chen, X. Ma, D. Yang, Electrical transport properties through nanoscale and large-area contacts of ZnO/Si diodes, Current Nanoscience 6, 219-225 (2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157341310790945678

144 M. Xu, D. Fujita, N. Hanagata, Monitoring electron-beam irradiation effect on graphenes by temporal Auger electron spectroscopy, Nanotechnology 21, 265705 (2010). doi:10.1088/0957-4484/21/26/265705

145 M. Xu, D. Fujita, J. Gao, N. Hanagata, Auger electron spectroscopy: a Rational Method for Determining Thickness of Graphene Films, ACS Nano 4, 2937-2945 (2010). DOI: 10.1021/nn100276w

146 X.J. Xu, X.S. Fang, H.B. Zeng, T.Y. Zhai, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, One Dimensional Nanostructures in Porous Anodic Alumina Membranes, Science of Advanced Materials 2, 273 (2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/sam.2010.1094

147 M. Yasumoto, H. Ueki, V.A. Soloshonok, Self-disproportionation of Enantiomers of 3,3,3-Trifluorolactic Acid Amides via Sublimation, J. Fluorine Chem. 131, 266 (2010). doi: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2009.10.002

148 M. Yasumoto, H. Ueki, T. Ono, T. Katagiri, V.A. Soloshonok, Self-disproportionation of Enantiomers of 3,3,3-(Trifluoro)lactate via Sublimation: Sublimation Rates vs. Enantiomeric Composition, J. Fluorine Chem. 131, 535 (2010). doi: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2009.11.026

149 M. Yasumoto, H. Ueki, V.A. Soloshonok, Self-disproportionation of Enantiomers of a-Trifluoromethyl Lactic Acid Amides via Sublimation, J. Fluorine Chem. 131, 540 (2010). doi: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2009.11.010

150 G. Yoshikawa, Y. Tsuruma, S. Ikeda, K. Saiki, Noble metal-intercalated fullerene fabricated by low temperature Co-deposition, Adv Mater 22, 43 (2010). doi: 10.1002/adma.200900921

151 H.B. Zeng, Y. Bando, X.J. Xu, L. Li, T.Y. Zhai, X.S. Fang, D. Golberg, Heteroepitaxial Growth of ZnO Nanorod Arrays on GaAs (111) Substrates by Electrochemical Deposition, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 4339 (2010). DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201000527

152 T.Y. Zhai, M.F. Ye, L. Li, X.S. Fang, M.Y. Liao, Y.F. Li, Y. Koide, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Single-Crystalline Sb2Se3 Nanowires for High-Performance Field Emitters and Photodetectors, Advanced Materials 22, 4530 (2010). DOI: 10.1002/adma.201002097

153 T.Y. Zhai, L. Li, X. Wang, X.S. Fang, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Recent Developments in One-Dimensional Inorganic Nanostructures for Photodetectors, Advanced Functional Materials 20, 4233 (2010). DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201001259

154 T.Y. Zhai, H.M. Liu, H.Q. Li, X.S. Fang, M.Y. Liao, L. Li, H.S. Zhou, Y. Koide, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Centimeter-Long V2O5 Nanowires: From Synthesis to Field-emission, Electrochemical, Electrical Transport and Photoconductor Properties, Advanced Materials 22, 2547 (2010). doi: 10.1002/adma.200903586

155 T.Y. Zhai, X.S. Fang, M.Y. Liao, X.J. Xu, L. Li, B.D. Liu, Y. Koide, Y. Ma, J.N. Yao, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Fabrication of High-Quality In2Se3 Nanowire Arrays toward High-Performance Visible-Light Photodetectors, ACS Nano 4, 1596 (2010). DOI: 10.1021/nn9012466

156 T.Y. Zhai, X.S. Fang, L. Li, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, One-Dimensional CdS Nanostructures: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications, Nanoscale 2, 168 (2010). DOI: 10.1039/B9NR00415G

157 T.Y. Zhai, Y. Ma, L. Li, M.Y. Liao, X.S. Fang, Y. Koide, J.N. Yao, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Morphology-tunable In2Se3 nanostructures with enhanced electrical and photoelectrical performances via sulfur doping, J. Mater. Chem.,2010, 20, 6630-6637, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM01013H

158 T.Y. Zhai, X. Fang, H. Zeng, X. Xu, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Vapor-Phase Synthesis of One-Dimensional ZnS, CdS and ZnxCd1-

xS Nanostructures, Pure and Applied Chemistry 82, 2027 (2010). Pure Appl. Chem. 2010, 82, 2027. DOI: 10.1351/PAC-CON-09-09-18

159 Y. J. Zhang, T. Mori, J. H. Ye, M. Antonietti, Phosphorus-Doped Carbon Nitride Solid: Enhanced Electrical Conductivity and Photocurrent Generation, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 6294 (2010). doi: 10.1021/ja101749y

160 Y. Zhu, T. Ikoma, N. Hanagata, S. Kaskel, Rattle-type Fe3O4@SiO2 Hollow Mesoporous Spheres as Carriers for Drug Delivery, Small 6, 471 (2010). DOI: 10.1002/smll.200901403

161 Y. Adachi, N. Ohashi, T. Ohgaki, T. Ohnishi, I. Sakaguchi, S. Ueda, H. Yoshikawa, K. Kobayashi, JR. Williams, T. Ogino, H. Haneda, Polarity of heavily doped ZnO films grown on sapphire and SiO2 glass substrates by pulsed laser deposition, Thin Solid Films 519, 18, 5875-5881, (2011). DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2011.02.087

162 Z. Bai, M. Fujii, Y. Mori, Y. Miwa, M. Mizuhata, H.-T. Sun, S. Hayashi, Efficient near-infrared emission from neodymium by broadband sensitization of bismuth in zeolites, Optics Letters 36, 1017 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.36.001017

163 Z. Bai, H.-T. Sun, M. Fujii, Y. Miwa, T.Hasegawa, M. Mizuhata, S. Hayashi, Bismuth-sensitized efficient near-infrared luminescence from ytterbium in zeolites, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 44, 155101 (2011). doi:10.1088/0022-3727/44/15/155101

164 Q. Cheng, J. Tang, J. Ma, H. Zhang, N. Shinya, L.-C. Qin, Graphene and nanostructured MnO2 composite electrodes for supercapacitors, Carbon 49, 2917 (2011). doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2011.02.068

165 Q. Cheng, J. Tang, J. Ma, H. Zhang, N. Shinya, L.-C. Qin, Graphene and carbon nanotube composite electrodes for supercapacitors, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 13, 17615 (2011). doi:10.1039/c1cp21910c

166 Q. Cheng, J. Tang, J. Ma, H. Zhang, N. Shinya, L.-C. Qin, Polyaniline-coated and electro-etched carbon fiber cloth electrodes for supercapacitors, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115, 23584 (2011). doi:10.1021/jp203852p

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167 P. M.F.J. Costa, U. K. Gautam, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Comparative study of the stability of sulfide materials encapsulated in and expelled from multi-walled carbon nanotube capsules, Carbon 49, 342 (2011). doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2010.08.058

168 X. S. Fang, T. Zhai, U. K. Gautam, L. Li, L. Wu, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, ZnS nanostructures: From synthesis to applications, Progress in Materials Science 56, 175 (2011). doi:10.1016/j.pmatsci.2010.10.001

169 R. Hayakawa, N. Hiroshiba, T. Chikyow, and Y. Wakayama, Single-electron Tunneling through Molecular Quantum Dots in a Metal-insulator- semiconductor Structure”, Advanced functional materials 21, 2933 (2011).doi: 10.1002/adfm.201100220

170 R. Hayakawa, M. Yoshida, K. Ide, Y. Yamashita, H. Yoshikawa, K. Kobayashi, S. Kunugi, T. Uehara, and N. Fujimura, Structural Analysis and Electrical Properties of pure Ge3N4 dielectric layers formed by an atmospheric-pressure nitrogen plasma, Journal of Applied Physics 110, 064103 (2011). doi:10.1063/1.3638133

171 R. Hayakawa, N. Hiroshiba, T.Chikyow and Y. Wakayama, Impact of Lattice Strain on Evolving Structure and Growth Process of Quaterrylene Thin Films, J. Surf. Sci. Soc. Jpn. 32, 158 (2011) (in Japanese). http://dx.doi.org/10.1380/jsssj.32.158 JOI: JST.JSTAGE/jsssj/32.158

172 M. Hu, J. Reboul, S. Furukawa, L. Radhakrishnan, Y. Zhang, P. Srinivasu, H. Iwai, H. Wang, Y. Nemoto, N. Suzuki, S. Kitagawa, Y. Yamauchi, Direct synthesis of nanoporous carbon nitride fibers using Al-based porous coordination polymers (Al-PCPs), Chem. Commun. 47, 8124 (2011). doi: 10.1039/C1CC12378E

173 Y. Huang, J. Lin, C. Tang, Y. Bando, C. Zhi, T. Zhai, B. Dierre, T. Sekiguchi, D. Golberg, Bulksynthesis, growth mechanism and properties of highly pure ultrafine boron nitride nanotubes with diameters of sub-10 nm, Nanotechnology 22, 145602 (2011). doi:10.1088/0957-4484/22/14/145602

174 N. Kawamoto, M.S. Wang, X. Wei, D.M. Tang, Y. Murakami, D. Shindo, M. Mitome, D. Golberg, Local temperature measurements on nanoscale materials using a movable nanothermocouple assembled in a transmission electron microscope, Nanotechnology 22, 485707 (2011). doi:10.1088/0957-4484/22/48/485707

175 J. Li, Y. Guo, S. Zhang, S. Yu, Y. Tsujimoto, H. Kontani, K. Yamaura, E. Takayama-Muromachi, Linear decrease of critical temperature with increasing Zn substitution in the iron-based superconductor BaFe1.89-2xZn2xC0.11As2, Phys. Rev. B 84, 020513(R) (2011). doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.020513

176 G. Li, T. Zhai, Y. Jiang, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Enhanced Field-Emission and Red Lasing of Ordered CdSe Nanowire Branched Arrays, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115, 9740 (2011).doi: 10.1021/jp200398s

177 L. Li, E. Auer, M. Liao, X. Fang, T. Zhai, U.K. Gautam, A. Lugstein, Y. Koide, Y. Bando, D.Golberg, Deep-ultraviolet solar-blind photoconductivity of individual gallium oxide nanobelts,Nanoscale 3, 1120 (2011). doi: 10.1039/c0nr00702a

178 L. Li, G. Meng, H. Wang, T. Zhai, X. Fang, U.K. Gautam, X. Fang, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, High-yield synthesis of single-crystalline zinc oxide nanobelts and their applications in novel Schottky solar cells, Chemical Communications 47, 8247 (2011). doi: 10.1039/c1cc12419f

179 L. Li, H. Wang, X. Fang, T. Zhai, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, High-performance Schottky solar cells using ZrS2 nanobelt networks, Energy & Environmental Science 4, 2586 (2011). doi: 10.1039/c1ee01286j

180 L. Li, T. Zhai, H. Zeng, X. Fang, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Polystyrene sphere-assisted one-dimensional nanostructure arrays: synthesis and applications, Journal of Materials Chemistry 21, 40 (2011). doi: 10.1039/c0jm02230f

181 L. Li, Y. Zhang, X. Fang, T. Zhai, M. Liao, X. Sun, Y. Koide, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, WO3 nanowires on carbon papers: electronic transport, improved ultraviolet-light photodetectors and excellent field emitters, Journal of Materials Chemistry 21, 6525 (2011). doi:10.1039/c0jm04557h

182 L. Li, Y.X. Zhang, X.S. Fang, T.Y. Zhai, M.Y. Liao, H.Q. Wang, G.H. Li, Y. Koide, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Sb2O3 nanobelt networks for excellent visible-light-range photodetectors, Nanotechnology 22, 165704 (2011). doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/16/165704

183 S.-L. Li, H. Miyazaki, M. V. Lee, C. Liu, A. Kanda, K. Tsukagoshi, Complementary-like Semiconducting Graphene Logic Gates Controlled by Electrostatic Doping, Small 7, 1552 (2011). doi:10.1002/smll.201100318

184 S.-L. Li, H. Miyazaki, H. Hiura, C. Liu, K. Tsukagoshi, Enhanced Logic Performance with Semiconducting Bilayer Graphene Channels, ACS Nano 5, 500 (2011). doi:10.1021/nn102346b

185 S.-L. Li, J. Li, Y. Zhang, D.-N. Zheng, K. Tsukagoshi, Unipolar resistive switching in high-resistivity Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3 junctions, Appl. Phys. A-Mater 103, 21 (2011). doi:10.1007/s00339-011-6313-4

186 Y. Miwa, H.-T. Sun, K. Imakita, M. Fujii, Y. Teng, J. R. Qiu, Y. Sakka, S. Hayashi, Sensitized broadband near-infrared luminescence from bismuth-doped silicon-rich silica films, Optics Letters, 36, 4221-4223 (2011). doi: 10.1364/OL.36.004221.

187 J. Paraknowitsch, Y. Zhang, A. Thomas, Synthesis of mesoporous composite materials of nitrogen-doped carbon and silica using a reactive surfactant approach, J. Mater. Chem. 21, 15537 (2011). doi: 10.1039/C1JM11633A

188 L.K. Shrestha, R.G. Shrestha, M. Abe, K. Ariga, Reverse micelle microstructructural transformations induced by oil and water, Soft Matter, 7, 10017 (2011). DOI: 10.1039/c1sm06047c

189 R.G Shrestha, L.K. Shrestha, K. Ariga, M. Abe, Reverse micelle microstructural transformations induced by surfactant molecular structure, composition, and temperature, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 11, 7665 (2011). DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2011.5121

190 R.G. Shrestha, L.K. Shrestha, Effect of mixing solvents on the structure of trehalose-tri-isostearate nonionic surfactant reverse micelles, Journal of Nepal Chemical Society 27, 26 (2011), http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jncs.v27i1.6438

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191 L.K. Shrestha, R.G. Shrestha, K. Aramaki, K. Ariga, Structure of diglycerol monomyristate reverse micelles in styrene: A small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) study, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 11, 6986 (2011). DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2011.4214

192 R.G. Shrestha, L.K. Shrestha, K. Aramaki, M. Abe, SAXS and rheometry studies of diglycerol monolaurate reverse micelles in styrene, Journal of Oleo Science 60, 393 (2011). doi: 10.5650/jos.60.393

193 L.K. Shrestha, R.G. Shrestha, K. Aramaki, Growth control of nonionic reverse micelles by surfactant and solvent molecular architecture and water addition, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 11, 4863 (2011). DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2011.4190

194 L.K. Shrestha, R.G. Shrestha, K. Aramaki, Intrinsic parameters for the structure control of nonionic reverse micelles in styrene: SAXS and rheometry studies, Langmuir 27, 5862 (2011). dx.doi.org/10.1021/la200663v

195 L.K. Shrestha, Y. Yamamoto, S. Arima, K. Aramaki, Charge-free reverse wormlike micelles in nonaqueous media, Langmuir 27, 2340 (2011). dx.doi.org/10.1021/la104884j

196 R.G. Shrestha, L.K. Shrestha, T. Matsunaga, M. Shibayama, K. Aramaki, Lipophilic tail architecture and molecular structure of neutralizing agent for the controlled rheology of viscoelastic fluid in amino-acid based anionic surfactant system. Langmuir 27, 2229 (2011). dx.doi.org/10.1021/la1048248

197 L.K. Shrestha, T. Sato, R.G. Shrestha, J. Hill, K. Ariga, K. Aramaki, Structure and rheology of reverse micelles in dipentaerythrityl tri-(12-hydroxystearate)/oil systems, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 13, 4911 (2011). DOI: 10.1039/c0cp02024a

198 H.-T. Sun, Y. Sakka, H. Gao, Y. Miwa, M. Fujii, N. Shirahata, Z. Bai, J. Li, Ultrabroad near infrared photoluminescence from Bi5(AlCl4)3 crystal, Journal of Materials Chemistry 21, 4060 (2011). doi: 10.1039/C1JM10164A

199 H.-T. Sun, Y. Sakka, M. Fujii, N. Shirahata, H. Gao, Ultrabroad near-infrared photoluminescence from ionic liquids containing subvalent bismuth, Optics Letters 36, 100 (2011). doi: 10.1364/OL.36.000100

200 H.-T. Sun, J. Yang, M. Fujii, Y. Sakka, Y. Zhu, T. Asahara, N. Shirahata, M. Ii, Z. Bai, J. Li, H. Gao, Highly Fluorescent Silica-Coated Bismuth-Doped Aluminosilicate Nanoparticles for Near-Infrared Bioimaging, Small 7, 199 (2011). DOI: 10.1002/smll.201001011

201 H. Takeda, S. John, Self-consistent Maxwell-Bloch theory of quantum dot population switching in photonic crystals, Physical Review A 83, 053811, (2011). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.83.053811

202 D.-M. Tang, C. Ren, X. Wei, M.-S. Wang, C. Liu, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Mechanical properties of bamboo-like boron nitride nanotubes by in situ TEM and MD simulations: strengthening effect of interlocked joint interfaces, ACS NANO 5, 7362 (2011). doi: 10.1021/nn202283a

203 S. Tominaka, Y. Tsujimoto, Y. Matsushita, K. Yamaura, Synthesis of Nanostructured Reduced Titanium Oxide: Crystal Structure Transformation Maintaining Nanomorphology, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 50, 7418 (2011). doi/ 10.1002/anie.201101432

204 Y. Tsujimoto, J. J. Li, K. Yamaura, Y. Matsushita, Y. Katsuya, M. Tanaka, Y. Shirako, M. Akaogi, E. Takayama-Muromachi, New layered cobalt oxyfluoride, Sr2CoO3F, Chemical Communication, 47, 3263 (2011). doi/ 10.1039/C0CC05482H

205 Y. Tsujimoto, K. Yamaura, N. Hayashi, K. Kodama, N. Igawa, Y. Matsushita, Y. Katsuya, Y. Shirako, M. Akaogi, E. Takayama-Muromachi, Topotactic sysnthesis and crystal structure of a highly fluorinated Ruddlesden-Popper type iron oxide, Sr3Fe2O5+xF2-x (x ~ 0.44), Chemistry of Materials 23, 3652, (2011). doi/ 10.1021/cm201075g

206 X. X. Wang, J. J. Li, Y. G. Shi, Y. Tsujimoto, Y. F. Guo, S. B. Zhang, Y. Matsushita, M. Tanaka, Y. Katsuya, K. Kobayashi, K. Yamaura, E. Takayama-Muromachi, Structure and magnetism of the postlayered perovskite Sr3Co2O6: A possible frustrated spin-chain material, Physical Review B 83, 100410(R) (2011). doi/ 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.100410

207 X. Wang, H. Guan, S. Chen, H. Li, T. Zhai, D. Tang, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Self-stacked Co3O4 nanosheets for high-performance lithium ion batteries, Chemical Communications 47, 12280 (2011). doi: 10.1039/c1cc15169j

208 X. Wang, Y. Zhong, T. Zhai, Y. Guo, S. Chen, Y. Ma, J. Yao, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Multishelled Co3O4-Fe3O4 hollow spheres with even magnetic phase distribution: Synthesis, magnetic properties and their application in water treatment, Journal of Materials Chemistry 21, 17680 (2011). doi: 10.1039/c1jm13180j

209 X. Wei, M.-S. Wang, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Electron-beam-induced substitutional carbon doping of boron nitride nanosheets, nanoribbons, and nanotubes, ACS NANO 5, 2916 (2011). doi: 10.1021/nn103548r

210 X. Wei, M.-S. Wang, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Thermal stability of carbon nanotubes probed by anchored tungsten nanoparticles, Science and Technilogy of Advanced Materials 12, 044605 (2011). doi: 10.1088/1468-6996/12/4/044605

211 X. Wei, D. Golberg, Q. Chen, Y. Bando, L. Peng, Electric-field-direction dependent spatial distribution of electron emission along electrically biased carbon nanotubes, Physical Review B 84, 195462 (2011). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.195462

212 J.-S. Wi, R. J. Wilson, R. M. White, S. X. Wang, Gradual pressure release for reliable nanoimprint lithography, Journla of Vacuum Science and Technology B 29, 033001 (2011). doi: 10.1116/1.3574390

213 J.-S. Wi, R. J. Wilson, D. Lee, R. M. White, S. X. Wang, Silicon nano-well arrays for reliable pattern transfer and locally confined high temperature reactions, Nanotechnology 22, 305304 (2011). doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/30/305304

214 J.-S. Wi, E. S. Barnard, R. J. Wilson, M. Zhang, M. Tang, M. L. Brongersma, S. X. Wang, Sombrero-shaped plasmonic nanoparticles with molecular-level sensitivity and multifunctionality, ACS Nano 5, 6449 (2011). doi: 10.1021/nn201649n

215 J.-S. Wi, S. Sengupta, R. J. Wilson, M. Zhang, M. Tang, S. X. Wang, Raman-active two-tiered Ag nanoparticles with a concentric cavity, Small 7, 3276 (2011). doi: 10.1002/smll.201101523

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216 JR.Williams, M. Kobata, I. Pis, E. Ikenaga, T. Sugiyama, K. Kobayashi, N. Ohashi, Polarity Determination of Wurtzite-type Crystals using Hard X-ray Photoelectron Diffraction , Surface Science 605, 13-14, 1336-1340, (2011). DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2011.04.036

217 R. Wu, R. Zhu, L. Wu, Y. M. Nie, R. Reed, K. Kawagishi, H. Harada, Thermodynamic assessment of ternary NiCrAl alloys: from calculations to experiments, Can. Metall. Q. 50[3] (2011) 291-294, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1879139511Y.0000000001

218 K. Xie, N. Umezawa, N. Zhang, P. Reunchan, Y. Zhang, J. Ye, Self-doped SrTiO3−δ photocatalyst with enhanced activity for artificial photosynthesis under visible light, Energy & Environ. Sci. 4, 4211 (2011). doi: 10.1039/C1EE01594J

219 M. Xu, D. Fujita, K. Sagisaka, E. Watanabe, N. Hanagata, Production of extended single-layer graphene, ACS Nano 5, 1522-1528 (2011). DOI: 10.1021/nn103428k

220 X. Xu, X. Fang, T. Zhai, H. Zeng, B. Liu, X. Hu, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Tube-in-Tube TiO2 Nanotubes with Porous Walls: Fabrication, Formation Mechanism, and Photocatalytic Properties, Small 7, 445 (2011). doi: 10.1002/smll.201001849

221 X. Xu, C. Tang, H. Zeng, T. Zhai, S. Zhang, H. Zhao, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Structural Transformation, Photocatalytic, and Field-Emission Properties of Ridged TiO2 Nanotubes, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 3, 1352 (2011). doi: 10.1021/am200152b

222 G. Yoshikawa, T. Akiyama, S. Gautsch, P. Vettiger and H. Rohrer, Nanomechanical Membrane-type Surface Stress Sensor, Nano Lett. 11[3] (2011). 1044-1048 DOI:10.1021/nl103901a

223 G. Yoshikawa, Mechanical analysis and optimization of a microcantilever sensor coated with a solid receptor film, Appl. Phys. Lett. 98 (2011). 173502-1 DOI:10.1063/1.3583451

224 S. M. Yusuf, A. K. Bera, C. Ritter, Y. Tsujimoto, Y. Ajiro, H. Kageyama, J. P. Attfield, Magnetic correlation in the square-lattice system (CuBr)Sr2Nb3O10, Physical Review B 84, 064407 (2011). doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.064407

225 T. Zhai, L. Li, Y. Ma, M. Liao, X. Wang, X. Fang, J. Yao, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, One-dimensional inorganic nanostructures: synthesis, field-emission and photodetection, Chemical Society Reviews 40, 2986 (2011). doi: 10.1039/c0cs00126k

226 S. Zhang, M. Yanagida, X. Yang, L. Han, Effect of 4-tert-Butylpyridine on the Quasi-Fermi Level of Dye-Sensitized TiO2 Films, Applied Physics Express 4, 042301 (2011). doi: 10.1143/APEX.4.042301

227 Y. Zhang, T. Mori, L. Niu, J. Ye, Non-Covalent Doping of Graphitic Carbon Nitride Polymer with Graphene: Controlled Electronic Structure and Enhanced Optoelectronic Conversion, Energy & Environ. Sci. 4, 4517 (2011). [Back cover image]. doi: 10.1039/C1EE01400E

228 N. Zhang, S. Ouyang, P. Li, Y. Zhang, G. Xi, T. Kako, J. Ye, Ion-exchange synthesis of a micro/mesoporous Zn2GeO4 photocatalyst at room temperature for photoreduction of CO2, Chem. Commun. 47, 2041 (2011). doi: 10.1039/C0CC04687F

229 S. Zhang, X. Yang, K. Zhang, H. Chen, M. Yanagida and L. Han, Effects of 4-tert-butylpyridine on the quasi-Fermi levels of TiO2 films in the presence of different cations in dye-sensitized solar cells, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 13, 19310(2011). doi: 10.1039/C1CP22832C

230 Y. Zhu, W. Meng, X. Li, N. Hanagata, H. Gao, Design of Mesoporous Silica/Cytosine-Phosphodiester-Guanine Oligodeoxynucleotide Complexes to Enhance Delivery Efficiency, The Journal of Physical Chemistry-C 115, 447 (2011). doi: 10.1021/jp109535d

231 A. Aparecido-Ferreira, H. Miyazaki, S.-L. Li, K. Komatsu, S. Nakaharai and K. Tsukagoshi, Enhanced Current-rectification in Bilayer Graphene with An Electrically Tuned Sloped Bandgap, Nanoscale 4, 7842 (2012). doi: 10.1039/C2NR32526H

232 S.H. Cheng, L. Sang, M. Y. Liao, J. W. Liu, M. Imura, H. D. Li, Y.Koide, N. Shibata, T. Matsumoto, Y. Ikuhara, Integration of high-dielectric constant Ta2O5 oxides on diamond for power devices,Applied Physics Letters 101, 232907 (2012) doi: 10.1063/1.4770059

233 P. Darmawan, T. Minari, Y. Xu, S.-L. Li, H. Song, M. Chan and K. Tsukagoshi, Optimal Structure for High-Performance and Low-Contact-Resistance Organic Field-Effect Transistors Using Contact-Doped Coplanar and Pseudo-Staggered Device Architectures, Advanced Functional Materials 22, 4577 (2012). doi: 10.1002/adfm.201201094

234 J. H. Gao, N. Ishida, S. Isaacson, D. Fujita, Controllable growth of single-layer graphene on a Pd(111) substrate, Carbon 50, 1674 (2012). doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.12.012

235 J. H. Gao, K. Sagisaka, M. Kitahara, M. S. Xu, S. Miyamoto and D. Fujita, Graphene growth on a Pt(111) substrate by surface segregation and precipitation, Nanotechnology 23, 055704 (2012).doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/5/055704

236 D. Golberg, P. Costa, M.-S. Wang, X. Wei, D.-M. Tang, Z. Xu, Y. Huang, U. Gautam, B. Liu, H. Zeng, N. Kawamoto, C. Zhi, M. Mitome, Y. Bando, Nanomaterial engineering and property studies in a transmission electron microscope, Advanced Materials 24, 177 (2012). doi: 10.1002/adma.201102579

237 M. Hafeez, T. Zhai, A. Bhatti, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Oxygen Vacancy Driven Modulations in In2O3 Pyramidal Beaded Nanowires, Crystal Growth & Design 12, 4935 (2012). doi: 10.1021/cg300870y

238 L. Han, A. Islam, H. Chen, C. Malapaka, B. Chiranjeevi, S. Zhang, X. Yang and M. Yanagida, High-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cell with a novel co-adsorbent, Energy Environ. Sci., 5, 6057(2012). doi:10.1039/C2EE03418B

239 K. Hono, H. Sepehri-Amin, Strategy for high-coercivity Nd-Fe-B magnets, Scripta Materialia 67, 530-535 (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2012.06.038

240 K. Hono, T. Ohkubo, H. Sepehri-Amin, Microstructure-coercivity relationships of Nd-Fe-B base permanent magnets, J. of the Japan Institute of Metals 76, 2 (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.2320/jinstmet.76.2 JOI: JST.JSTAGE/jinstmet/76.2

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241 S. Ishihara, Y. Furuki, J. P. Hill, K. Ariga, S. Takeoka, Coordinative Nanoporous Polymers Synthesized with Hydrogen-Bonded Columnar Liquid Crystals, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 12, 7885 (2012). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2012.6600

242 S. Ishihara, Y. Wakayama, N. Hiroshiba, J. P. Hill, K. Ariga, Novel Concepts for Organic Syntheses Based on Interfaces and Molecular Machines, Current Organic Synthesis 9, 428 (2012). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157017912802651384

243 H. Kuramochi, S. Odaka, K. Morita, S. Tanaka, H. Miyazaki, M.V. Lee, S.-L. Li, H. Hiura and K. Tsukagoshi, Role of Atomic Terraces and Steps in the Electron Transport Properties of Epitaxial Graphene Grown On SiC, AIP Advances 2, 012115 (2012). doi: 10.1063/1.3679400

244 S.-L. Li, H. Miyazaki, H. Song, H. Kuramochi, S. Nakaharai and K. Tsukagoshi, Quantitative Raman Spectrum and Reliable Thickness Identification for Atomic Layers on Insulating Substrates, ACS Nano 6, 7381 (2012). doi: 10.1021/nn3025173

245 W. F. Li, H. Sepehri-Amin, et al. Effect of ball-milling surfactants on the interface chemistry in hot-compacted SmCo5 magnets, Acta Materialia 60, 6685 (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2012.08.038

246 M. Li, S. Ishihara, Q. Ji, M. Akada, J. P. Hill, K. Ariga, Paradigm shift from self-assembly to commanded assembly of functional materials: recent examples in porphyrin/fullerene supramolecular systems, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 13, 053001 (2012). doi: 10.1088/1468-6996/13/5/053001

247 M. Y. Liao, L. Sang, T. Teraji, M. Imura, J. Alvarez, Y. Koide, Comprehensive Investigation of Single Crystal Diamond Deep-Ultraviolet Detectors, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 51 090115 (2012). doi:10.1143/JJAP.51.090115

248 C. Liu, Y. Li, Y. Xu, T. Minari, S. Li, K. Takimiya and K. Tsukagoshi, Controlling the Crystal Formation in Solution-process for Organic Field-effect Transistors with High-performance, Organic Electronics 13, 2975 (2012). doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.08.024

249 K. Löwe, J. Liu, K. Skokov, J. D. Moore, H. Sepehri-Amin, K. Hono, M. Katter, O. Gutfleisch, The effect of the thermal decomposition reaction on the mechanical and magnetocaloric properties of La(Fe,Si,Co)13, Acta Materialia, 60, 4268 (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2012.04.027

250 M. Lozac’h, Y. Nakano, L. Sang, K. Sakoda, M. Sumiya, Study on Defect Levels in the Band Gap for a Thick InGaN Film, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 51, 121001 (2012). doi: 10.1143/JJAP.51.121001

251 J. Ma, J. Tang, Q. Cheng, H. Zhang, N. Shinya, L.-C. Qin, Carbon composite microelectrodes fabricatedby electrophoretic deposition, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 12, 1972 (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2012.5675

252 H. Miyazaki, S.-L. Li, S. Nakaharai and K. Tsukagoshi, Unipolar Transport in Bilayer Graphene Controlled by Multiple p-n Interfaces, Applied Physics Letters 100, 163115 (2012). doi: 10.1063/1.3701592

253 H. Miyazaki, M.V. Lee, S.-L. Li, H. Hiura, A. Kanda and K. Tsukagoshi, Observation of Tunneling Current in Semiconducting Graphene p-n Junctions, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 81, 014708 (2012). doi: 10.1143/JPSJ.81.014708

254 C. Moreno, C. Munuera, X. Obradors and C. Ocal, The memory effect of nanoscale memristors investigated by conducting scanning probe microscopy method,Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 3, 722-730 (2012). Invited contribution to a thematic series "Advanced Atomic Force Microscopy Techniques". doi: 10.3762/bjnano.3.82

255 S. Nakaharai, T. Iijima, S. Ogawa, H. Miyazaki, S. Li, K. Tsukagoshi, S. Sato and N. Yokoyama, Gate-Controlled P-I-N Junction Switching Device with Graphene Nanoribbon, Applied Physics Express 5, 015101 (2012). doi: 10.1143/APEX.5.015101

256 S. Ouyang, H. Tong, N. Umezawa, J. Cao, P. Li, Y. Bi, Y. Zhang, J. Ye, Surface alkalinization induced enhancement of photocatalytic H2 evolution over SrTiO3-based photocatalysts, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134, 1974 (2012). [Front cover Image]. doi: 10.1021/ja210610h

257 D. Prabhu, H. Sepehri-Amin et al. Enhanced coercivity of spark plasma sintered Zn-bondedSm–Fe–N magnets, Scripta Materialia 67, 153-156 (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2012.04.001

258 R. Rajbhandari, L.K. Shrestha, R.R. Pradhananga, Nanoporous Activated Carbon Derived from Lapsi (Chorespondias axillaries) Seed Stone for the Removal of Arsenic from Water, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 12, 7002-7009, (2012) http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2012.6568

259 Z. Schnepp, M. J. Hollamby, M. Tanaka, Y. Matsushita, Y. Katsuya, Y. Sakka, One-step route to a hybrid TiO2/TixW1-xN nanocomposite by in situ selective carbothermal nitridation, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 13, 035001 (2012). doi: 10.1088/1468-6996/13/3/035001

260 H. Sepehri-Amin, T. Ohkubo, T. Shima, K. Hono, Grain boundary and interface chemistry of an Nd-Fe-B-based sintered magnet, Acta Mater. 60, 819 (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2011.10.043

261 L.K. Shrestha, R.G. Shrestha, S. Acharya, K. Aramaki, J.P. Hill, K. Ariga, Structural Characterizations of Diglycerol Monomyristate Reverse Micelles in Aromatic Solvent Ethylbenzene, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 12, 3716 (2012). DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2012.8561

262 L.K. Shrestha, R.G. Shrestha, K. Aramaki, S. Acharya, K. Ariga, Structure and Rheology of Charge-Free Reverse Micelles in Aromatic Liquid Phenyloctane, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 12, 3701 (2012). DOI:10.1166/jnn.2012.6170

263 R.G. Shrestha, L.K. Shrestha, S. Acharya, K. Aramaki, K. Ariga, Water Induced Microstructure Transformation of Diglycerol Monolaurate Reverse Micelles in Ethylbenzene, Journal of Oleo Science 61(10), 575-584, (2012).

264 L.K. Shrestha, J.P. Hill, K. Miyazawa, K. Ariga, Mixing antisolvents induced modulation in the morphology of crystalline C60, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 12, 6380-6384 (2012). DOI:10.1166/jnn.2012.6220

265 R.G. Shrestha, L.K. Shrestha, Structure of Nonionic Reverse Micelles in Octylbenzene, Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology 34, 684-691, (2013). DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2012.683977

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266 H.S. Song, S.-L. Li, H. Miyazaki, S. Sato, K. Hayashi, A. Yamada, N. Yokoyama and K. Tsukagoshi, Origin of the Relatively Low Transport Mobility of Graphene Grown through Chemical Vapor Deposition, Scientific Reports 2, 337 (2012). doi: 10.1038/srep00337

267 角谷　正友、桑立雯，窒化物薄膜や ZnO 薄膜など次世代太陽電池に期待されるマテリアル，MATERIALSTAGE 46,12 (2012).

268 H.-T. Sun, Y. Matsushita, Y. Sakka, N. Shirahata, M. Tanaka, Y. Katsuya, H. Gao and K. Kobayashi, Synchrotron X-ray, Photoluminescence and Quantum Chemistry Studies of Bismuth Embedded Dehydrated Zeolite Y, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134, 2918-2921 (2012).

269 N. Suzuki, Y. –T. Huang, Y. Nemoto, A. Nakahira, Y. Yamauchi, Highly Densified Mesoporous Silica Bulk Prepared with Colloidal Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles toward a New Low-k Material, Chemistry Letters, 41, 1518 (2012). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1246/cl.2012.1518

270 H. Takeda, Collective population evolution of two-level atoms based on mean-field theory, Physical Review A 85, 023837 (2012). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.85.023837

271 H. Takeda, All-optical modulation and amplification resulting from population inversion in two-level systems using a photonic-crystal cavity, Physical Review A 86, 013803 (2012). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.86.013803

272 H. Takeda, K. Sakoda, Exciton-polariton mediated light propagation in anisotropic waveguides, Physical Review B 86, 205319 (2012). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.205319

273 S. Tanaka, R. Tamura, and H. Katsura, Entanglement Spectra of the quantum hard-square model: Holographic minimal models, Physical Review A 86, 032326 (2012). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.86.032326

274 D.-M. Tang, C. Ren, M.-S. Wang, X. Wei, N.Kawamoto, C. Liu, Y. Bando, M. Mitome, N. Fukata, D. Golberg, Mechanical properties of Si nanowires as revealed by in situ transmission electron microscopy and molecular dynamics simulations, Nano Letters 12, 1898 (2012). doi: 10.1021/nl204282y

275 D. M. Tang, L. L. Zhang, C. Liu, L. C. Yin, P. X. Hou, H. Jiang, Z. Zhu, F. Li, B. L. Liu, E. I. Kauppinen, H. M. Cheng, Heteroepitaxial Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes from Boron Nitride, Scientific Reports 2, 971 (2012). doi: 10.1038/srep00971

276 W. Tian, C. Zhi, T. Zhai, X. Wang, M. Liao, S. Li, S. Chen, D. Golberg, Y. Bando, Ultrahigh Quantum Efficiency of CuO Nanoparticle Decorated In2Ge2O7 Nanobelt Deep-UV Light Photodetectors, Nanoscale 4, 6318 (2012). doi: 10.1039/C2NR31791E

277 W. Tian, C. Zhi, T. Zhai, S. Chen, X. Wang, M. Liao, D. Golberg, Y. Bando, In-doped Ga2O3 Nanobelt Based Photodetector with High Sensitivity and Wide-Range Photoresponse, Journal of Materials Chemistry 22, 17984 (2012). doi: 10.1039/C2JM33189F

278 A. Uedono, S. Ishibashi, T. Watanabe, X. Q. Wang, S. T. Liu, G. Chen, L. Sang, M. Sumiya, B. Shen, Vacancy-type defects in InGaN alloys probed using a monoenergetic positron beam, Journal of Applied Physics 112, 014507 (2012). doi: 10.1063/1.4732141

279 X. Wang, W. Tian, T. Zhai, C. Zhi, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Cobalt (II, III) Oxide Hollow Structures: Fabrication, Properties and Applications, Journal of Materials Chemistry 22, 23310 (2012). doi: 10.1039/C2JM33940D

280 X. Wang, M. Liao, Y. Zhong, T. Zhai, C. Zhi, Y. Ma, J. Yao, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, ZnO Hollow Spheres with Douple-Yolked Egg Structure for High-Performance Photocatalysts and Photodetectors, Advanced Materials 24, 3421 (2012). doi: 10.1002/adma.201201139

281 X. Wei, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Electron emission from individual graphene nanoribbons driven by internal electric field, ACS NANO 6, 705 (2012). doi: 10.1021/nn204172w

282 S-J, Wi, L.K. Shrestha, T. Nagao, Topographically Controlled Growth of Silver Nanoclusters, Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters, 6, 202-204 (2012). (Highlighted in front cover). DOI: 10.1002/pssr.201206082

283 JR. Williams, I. Pis, M. Kobata, A. Winkelmann, T. Matsushita, Y. Adachi, N. Ohashi, K. Kobayashi, Observation and simulation of hard X-ray photoelectron diffraction to determine polarity of polycrystalline zinc oxide films with rotation domains, Journal of Applied Physics 111, 3, 033525 (2012). DOI: 10.1063/1.3682088

284 M. Yamaguchi, D.-M. Tang, C. Zhi, Y. Bando, D. Shtansky, D. Golberg, Synthesis, structural analysis and in situ transmission electron microscopy mechanical tests on individual aluminum matrix/boron nitride nanotube nanohybrids, Acta Mater. 60, 6213-6222 (2012). doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2012.07.066

285 J. Yuan, H. Zhang, J. Tang, N. Shinya, K. Nakajima, L.-C. Qin, Field emission from single crystalline HfC nanowires, Applied Physics Letters 100, 113111 (2012). doi:10.1063/1.3694047

286 J. Yuan, H. Zhang, J. Tang, N. Shinya, K. Nakajima, L.-C. Qin, Synthesis and characterization of single crystalline hafnium carbide nanowires, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 95, 2352-2356 (2012). doi:10.1111/j.1551-2916.2012.05247.x

287 Y. Zhang, K. Fugane, T. Mori, L. Niu, J. Ye, Wet Chemical Synthesis of N-Doped Carbon towards Sustainable Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts, J. Mater. Chem. 22, 6575 (2012). [Back cover image]. doi: 10.1039/C2JM00044J

288 Y. Zhang, T. Mori, J. Ye, Polymeric Carbon Nitrides: Semiconducting Properties and Emerging Applications in Photocatalysis and Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion, Sci. Adv. Mater. 4, 282 (2012). [Invited review]. doi: 10.1166/sam.2012.1283

289 Y. Zhang, S.-L. Li, J. Li, H. Deng, L.-M. Cui and D.-N. Zheng, Controllable Formation of Resistive Switching Filaments by Low-Energy H+ Irradiation in Transition-Metal Oxides, Applied Physics Letters 101, 043502 (2012). doi: 10.1063/1.4738894

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290 S. Zhang, M. Yanagida, X. Yang, L. Han, Directly Determine an Additive-Induced Shift in Quasi-Fermi Level of TiO2 Films in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 51, 10NE15 (2012). doi: 10.1143/JJAP.51.10NE15

291 K. Zhang, S. Zhang, K. Sodeyama, X. Yang, H. Chen, M. Yanagida, Y. Tateyama, L. Han, A New Factor Affecting the Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells in the Presence of 4-tert-Butylpyridine, Applied Physics Express 5, 42303 (2012). doi: 10.1143/APEX.5.042303

292 S. S. Babu, M. J. Hollamby, J. Aimi, H. Ozawa, A. Saeki, S. Seki, K. Kobayashi, K. Hagiwara, M. Yoshizawa, H. Möhwald, T. Nakanishi Nonvolatile Liquid Anthracenes: Facile Full Color Luminescence Tuning at Single Blue-Light Excitation Nature Communications 4, 1969 (2013). DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2969

293 B. P. Bastakoti, H. Oveisi, C. –C. Hu, K. C. –W. Wu, N. Suzuki, K. Takai, Y. Kamachi, Y. Yamauchi, In2O3 Nanoparticles Incorporated Mesoporous Carbon as High-Performance Supercapacitors, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 7, 1109 (2013). doi:10.1002/ejic.201201311

294 M.Y. Chan, K. Komatsu, S.-L. Li, Y. Xu, P. Darmawan, H. Kuramochi, S. Nakaharai, A. Aparecido-Ferreira, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, K. Tsukagoshi, Suppression of thermally activated carrier transport in atomically thin MoS2 on crystalline hexagonal boron nitride substrates, Nanoscale 5, 9572 (2013). doi:10.1039/C3NR03220E

295 Y. Chen, F.J. Li, D.M. Tang, Z.L. Jian, C. Liu, D. Golberg, A. Yamada, H.S. Zhou, Multi-walled carbon nanotube papers as binder-free cathodes for large capacity and reversible non-aqueous Li-O-2 batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 1, 13076-13081 (2013). doi:10.1039/c3ta11792h

296 Y.-D. Chiang, M. Hu, Y. Kamachi, S. Ishihara, K. Takai, Y. Tsujimoto, K. Ariga, K. C.-W. Wu,Y. Yamauchi, Rational Design and Synthesis of Cyano-Bridged Coordination Polymers with Precise Control of Particle Size from 20 to 500 nm, European Journal of Inorgic Chemistry, 3141 (2013). doi:10.1002/ejic.201300112

297 N.M. Dempsey, T.G. Woodcock, H. Sepehri-Amin, Y. Zhang, H. Kennedy, D. Givord, K. Hono, O. Gutfleisch, High-coercivity Nd-Fe-B thick films without heavy rare earth additions, Acta Mater. 61, 4920 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2013.04.055

298 S. Dutta, K. Wakabayashi, Edge state induced metallicity in zigzag BC3 ribbons, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 1, 4854 (2013). doi:10.1039/C3TC31136H

299 M. J. Hollamby Practical applications of small-angle neutron scattering, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Advance Article (2013) doi: 10.1039/C3CP50293G

300 C. Howell, H. Hamoudi, M. Zharnikov, Thymine/adenine diblock-oligonucleotide monolayers and hybrid brushes on gold: a spectroscopic study, Biointerphases, 8:6, 1-12 (2013). doi:10.1186/1559-4106-8-6

301 M. Hu, S. Ishihara, K. Ariga, M. Imura, Y. Yamauchi, Kinetically Controlled Crystallization for Synthesis of Monodispersed Coordination Polymer Nanocubes and Their Self-Assembly to Periodic Arrangements, Chemistry-A European Journal 19, 1882 (2013). doi: 10.1002/chem.201203138

302 M. Hu, S. Ishihara, Y. Yamauchi, Bottom-up Synthesis of Monodispersed Single-Crystalline Cyano-Bridged Coordination Polymer Nanoflakes, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 52, 1235 (2013). doi: 10.1002/anie.201208501

303 S. Ishihara, K. Deguchi, H. Sato, M. Takegawa, E. Nii, S. Ohki, K. Hashi, M. Tansho, T. Shimizu, K. Ariga, J. Labuta, P. Sahoo, Y. Yamauchi, J. P. Hill, N. Iyi, R. Sasai, Multinuclear Solid-state NMR Spectroscopy of Layered Double Hydroxide Containing Paramagnetic Cations, RSC Advances 3, 19857 (2013). doi:10.1039/C3RA44231D

304 S. Ishihara, N. Iyi, J. Labuta, K. Deguchi, S. Ohki, M. Tansho, T. Shimizu, Y. Yamauchi, P. Sahoo, M. Naito, H. Abe, J. P. Hill, K. Ariga, Naked-eye Discrimination of Methanol from Ethanol using Composite Film of Oxoporphyrinogen and Layered Double Hydroxide, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 5, 5927 (2013). doi: 10.1021/am401956s

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S. Ishihara, N. Iyi, Y. Tsujimoto, S. Tominaka, Y. Matsushita, V. Krishnan, M. Akada, J. Labuta, K. Deguchi, S. Ohki, M. Tansho, T. Shimizu, Q. Ji, Y. Yamauchi, J. P. Hill, H. Abe, K. Ariga, Hydrogen-Bond-Driven ‘Homogeneous Intercalation’ for Rapid, Reversible, and Ultra-Precise Actuation of Layered Clay Nanosheets, Chemical Communications 49, 3631 (2013). doi: 10.1039/C3CC40398J

306 S. Ishihara, P. Sahoo, K. Deguchi, S. Ohki, M. Tansho, T. Shimizu, J. Labuta, J. P. Hill, K. Ariga, K. Watanabe, Y. Yamauchi, S. Suehara, N. Iyi, Dynamic Breathing of CO2 by Hydrotalcite, Journal of the American Chemical Society 135, 18040 (2013). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja4099752

307 N. Iyi, S. Ishihara, Y. Kaneko, H. Yamada, Swelling and gel/sol formation of perchlorate-type layered double hydroxides in concentrated aqueous solutions of amino acid-related zwitterionic compounds, Langmuir 29, 2562 (2013). doi:10.1021/la304964q

308 J. Jia , S. Mukherjee, H. Hamoudi, S. Nannarone, L. Pasquali, V. A. Esaulov, Lying-Down to Standing-Up Transitions in Self Assembly of Butanedithiol Monolayers on Gold and Substitutional Assembly by Octanethiols, J. Phys. Chem. C, 117, 4625-4631 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/jp3115786

309 X. Jiang, B. P. Bastakoti, W. Weng, T. Higuchi, H. Oveisi, N. Suzuki, W. –J. Chen, Y. –T. Huang, Y. Yamauchi, Preparation of Ordered Mesoporous Alumina-Doped Titania Films with High Thermal Stability and Their Application to High-Speed Passive-Matrix Electrochemical Displays, Chemistry-A European Journal, 19, 10958 (2013). doi:10.1002/chem.201300737

310 X. Jiang, N. Suzuki, B. P. Bastakoti, W. –J. Chen, Y. –T. Huang, Y. Yamauchi, Controlled Synthesis of Well-Ordered Mesoporous Titania Films with Large Mesopores Templated by Spherical PS-b-PEO Micelles, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 3286 (2013). doi:10.1002/ejic.201300221

311 N. Kawamoto, D.-M. Tang, X. Wei, X. Wang, M. Mitome; Y. Bando; D. Golberg, Transmission electron microscope as an ultimate tool for nanomaterial property studies, Microscopy 62, 157-175 (2013). doi: 10.1093/jmicro/dfs078

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312 P. I. Kitov, Y. Kotsuchibashi, E. Paszkiewicz, D. Wilhelm, R. Narain, D. R. Bundle, Poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone-co-vinyl alcohol), a versatile amphiphilic polymeric scaffold for multivalent probes, Organic Letters (IF 6.142), 15, 5190 (2013). doi: 10.1021/ol402315n

313 Y. Kosaki, H. Izawa, S. Ishihara, K. Kawakami, M. Sumita, Y. Tateyama, Q. Ji, V. Krishnan, S. Hishita, Y. Yamauchi, J. P. Hill, A. Vinu, S. Shiratori, K. Ariga, Nanoporous Carbon Sensor with Cage-in-Fibre Structure: Highly-Selective Aniline Adsorbent towards Cancer Risk Management, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 5, 2930 (2013). doi: 10.1021/am400940q

314 Y. Kotsuchibashi, Y. Wang, Y. Kim, M. Ebara, T. Aoyagi, R. Narain, Simple coating with pH responsive polymer functionalized silica nanoparticles of mixed sizes for controlled surface properties, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (IF 5.008) 5, 10004 (2013). doi: 10.1021/am403007f

315 I. –J. Kuo, N. Suzuki, Y. Yamauchi, K. C. –W. Wu, Cellulose-to-HMF Conversion Using Crystalline Mesoporous Titania and Zirconia Nanocatalysts in Ionic Liquid Systems, RSC Advances, 3, 2028 (2013). doi:10.1039/C2RA21805D

316 J. Labuta, S. Ishihara, T. Šikorský, Z. Futera, A. Shundo, L. Hanyková, J. V. Burda, K. Ariga, J. P. Hill, NMR Spectroscopic Detection of Chirality and Enantiopurity in Referenced Systems without Formation of Diastereomers, Nature Communications 4, 2188 (2013). doi: 10.1038/ncomms3188

317 F.J. Li, D.M. Tang, Y. Chen, D. Golberg, H. Kitaura, T. Zhang, A. Yamada, H.S. Zhou, Ru/ITO: A Carbon-Free Cathode for Nonaqueous Li-O-2 Battery, Nano Letters 13, 4702-4707 (2013). doi:10.1021/nl402213h

318 H. Li, S. S. Babu, S. T. Turner, D. Neher, M. J. Hollamby, T. Seki, S. Yagai, Y. Deguchi, H. Möhwald, T. Nakanishi Alkylated-C60 Based Soft Materials: Regulation of Self-Assembly and Optoelectronic Property by Chain Branching Journal of Materials Chemistry C 1, 1943 (2013). doi: 10.1039/C3TC00066D

319 M. Li, S. Ishihara, K. Ohkubo, M. Liao, Q. Ji, C. Gu, Y. Pan, X. Jiang, M. Akada, J. P. Hill, T. Nakanishi, Y. Ma, Y. Yamauchi, S. Fukuzumi, K Ariga, Electrochemical Synthesis of Transparent, Amorphous C60-Rich Photoactive Low Doped Film with Interconnected Structure, Small 9, 2064 (2013). doi: 10.1002/smll.201202680

320 S.-L. Li, K. Wakabayashi, Y. Xu, S. Nakaharai, K. Komatsu, W.-W. Li, Y.-F. Lin, A. Aparecido-Ferreira, K. Tsukagoshi, Thickness-Dependent Interfacial Coulomb Scattering in Atomically Thin Field-Effect Transistors, Nano Lett. 13, 3546 (2013). doi: 10.1021/nl4010783

321 W. Li, S.-L. Li, K. Komatsu, A. Aparecido-Ferreira, Y.-F. Lin, Y. Xu, M. Osada, T. Sasaki, K. Tsukagoshi, Realization of Graphene Field-Effect Transistor with High-kappa HCa2Nb3O10 Nanoflake as Top-Gate Dielectric, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 023113 (2013). doi: 10.1063/1.4813537

322 D. Liu, X. Wang, X. Wang, W. Tian, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Co3O4 nanocages with highly exposed {110} facets for high-performance lithium storage, Scientific reports 3, 2543 (2013). doi:10.1038/srep02543

323 F. Liu, D.-M. Tang, H. Gan, X. Mo, J. Chen, S. Deng, N. Xu, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Individual Boron Nanowire Has Ultra-High Specific Young’s Modulus and Fracture Strength As Revealed by in Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy, ACS Nano 7, 10112-10120 (2013). doi:10.1021/nn404316a

324 J. Liu, H. Sepehri-Amin, T. Ohkubo, K. Hioki, A. Hattori, T. Schrefl, K. Hono, Effect of Nd content on the microstructure and coercivity of hot-deformed Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets, Acta Mater. 61, 5387 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2013.05.027

325 M. Loza’h, S. Ueda, S. Liu, H. Yoshikawa, L. Sang, X. Wang, B. Shen, K. Sakoda, K. Kobayashi, M. Sumiya, Determination of the surface band bending in InGaN films by hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 14, 015007 (2013). doi:10.1088/1468-6996/14/1/015007

326 M. Loza’h, Y. Nakano, L. Sang, K. Sakoda, M. Sumiya, Fabrication of transparent conducting polymer/GaN Schottky junction for deep level defect evaluation under light irradiation, Physica status solidi (A) 1-4, (2013). doi:10.1002/pssa.201200716

327 Z. Mei, S. Ouyang, D.-M. Tang, T. Kako, D. Golberg, J. Ye, An ion-exchange route for the synthesis of hierarchical In2S3/ZnIn2S4 bulk composite and its photocatalytic activity under visible-light irradiation, Dalton Trans. 42, 2687-2690 (2013). doi: 10.1039/C2DT32271D

328 S. Nakaharai, T. Iijima, S. Ogawa, S. Suzuki, S.-L. Li, K. Tsukagoshi, S. Sato, N. Yokoyama, Conduction Tuning of Graphene Based on Defect-Induced Localization, ACS Nano 7, 5694 (2013). doi:10.1021/nn401992q

329 A. Nakata, T. Tsuneda, Density functional theory for comprehensive orbital energy calculations, The Journal of Chemical Physics 139, 064102 (2013). doi:10.1063/1.4817404

330 R. Pandey, L. Reddy, S. Ishihara, A. Dhir, V. Krishnan, Conformation Induced Discrimination between Picric Acid and Nitro Derivatives/Anions with Cu-Pyrene Array: The First Decision Making Photonic Device, RSC Advances 3, 21365 (2013). doi: 10.1039/C3RA44036B

331 B. R. Pauw, Everything SAXS: small-angle scattering pattern collection and correction., J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 25, 383201 (2013). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/38/383201

332 B. R. Pauw, J. S. Pedersen, S. Tardif, M. Takata and B. B. Iversen, Improvements and considerations for size distribution retrieval from small-angle scattering data by Monte Carlo methods, J. Appl. Cryst 46, 365-371 (2013). doi:10.1107/S0021889813001295

333 F. Sander, J. Hermes, M. Mayor, H. Hamoudi, M. Zharnikov, Add a third hook: S-acetyl protected oligophenylene pyridine dithiols as advanced precursors for self-assembled monolayers, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys 15, 2836-2846 (2013). DOI:10.1039/C2CP43564K

334 L. Sang, J. Hu, R. Zou, Y. Koide, M. Liao, ‘Arbitrary Multicolor Photodetection by Hetero-integrated Semiconductor Nanostructures’, Scientific Report, 3, 2368 (2013). DOI: 10.1038/srep02368

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335 L. Sang, M. Liao, M. Sumiya, ‘A Comprehensive Review of Semiconductor Ultraviolet Photodetectors: From Thin Film to One-dimensional Nanostructures’, Sensors, 13, 10482 (2013). doi:10.3390/s130810482

336 L. Sang, M. Y. Liao, Y. Koide, M. Sumiya, Temperature and Light Intensity Dependence of Photocurrent Transport Mechanisms in InGan p-i-n Homojunction Solar Cells, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 52 08JF04 (2013). doi: 10.7567/JJAP.52.08JF04

337 Z. Schnepp, Biopolymers as a Flexible Resource for Nanochemistry, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 1096-1108 (2013). doi:10.1002/anie.201206943

338 Z. Schnepp, Y. Zhang, M. J. Hollamby, B. R. Pauw, M. Tanaka, Y. Matsushita, Y. Sakka, Doped-carbon electrocatalysts with trimodal porosity from a homogeneous polypeptide gel, J. Mater. Chem. A 1, 13576-13581 (2013). DOI: 10.1039/c3ta12996a

339 H. Sepehri-Amin, D. Prabhu, M. Hayashi, T. Ohkubo, K. Hioki, A. Hattori, K. Hono, Coercivity enhancement of rapidly solidified Nd-Fe-B magnet powders, Scripta Materialia, 68, 167-170 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2012.10.005

340 H. Sepehri-Amin, J. Liu, T. Ohkubo, K. Hioki, A. Hattori, K. Hono, Enhancement of coercivity of hot-deformed Nd-Fe-B anisotropy magnet by low temperature grain boundary diffusion of Nd60Dy20Cu20 eutectic alloy, Scripta Mater. 69, 647 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2013.07.011

341 H. Sepehri-Amin, T. Ohkubo , K. Hono, The mechanism of coercivity enhancement by the grain boundary diffusion process of Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets, Acta Materialia, 61, 1982 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2012.12.018

342 H. Sepehri-Amin, T. Ohkubo, M. Kodzuka, H. Yamamura, T. Saito, H. Iba, K. Hono, Evidence for nano-Si clusters in amorphous SiO anode materials for rechargeable Li-ion batteries, Scripta Mater. 69, 92 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2013.02.040

343 H. Sepehri-Amin, T. Ohkubo, S. Nagashima, M. Yano, T. Shoji, A. Kato, T. Schrefl, K. Hono, High coercivity ultrafine grained anisotropic Nd-Fe-B magnets processed by hot-deformation and grain boundary diffusion process, Acta Mater. 61, 6622 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2013.07.049

344 Z. She, D. Lahaye, N. R. Champness, M. Bühl, H. Hamoudi, M. Zharnikov, M. Buck, Accomodation of lattice mismatch in a thiol self-assembled monolayer, J. Phys. Chem. C, 117, 4647-4656 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/jp311927z

345 A. Shundo, S. Ishihara, J. Labuta, Y. Onuma, H. Sakai, M. Abe, K. Ariga, J. P. Hill, Colorimetric Visualization of Acid-Base Equilibria in Non-Polar Solvent, Chemical Communications 49, 6870 (2013). doi: 10.1039/c3cc42859a

346 H.S. Song, S.L. Li, L. Gao, Y. Xu, K. Ueno, J. Tang, Y.B. Cheng, K.Tsukagoshi, High-performance top-gated monolayer SnS2 field-effect transistors and their integrated logic circuits, Nanoscale 5, 9666 (2013). doi: 10.1039/C3NR01899G

347 N. Suzuki, M. B. Zakaria, N. L. Torad, K. C. –W. Wu, Y. Nemoto, M. Imura, M. Osada, Y. Yamauchi, Synthesis of Highly Strained Mesostructured SrTiO3/BaTiO3 Composite Films with Robust Ferroelectricity, Chemistry-A European Journal, 19, 4446 (2013). doi:10.1002/chem.201203421

348 N. Suzuki, M. Imura, K. Sato, N. Fukata, M. Matsuura, K. Maekawa, Y. Yamauchi, Synthesis and Characterization of Zn-Doped Mesoporous SnO2 by Using Thermally-Stable Block Copolymer Templates, Dalton Transactions, 42, 6366 (2013). doi:10.1039/C2DT32760K

349 N. Suzuki, Y. Kamachi, Y. –D. Chiang, K. C. –W. Wu, S. Ishihara, K. Sato, N. Fukata, M. Matsuura, K. Maekawa, H. Tanabe, K. Ariga, Y. Yamauchi, Synthesis of Mesoporous Antimony-Doped Tin Oxide (ATO) Thin Films and Investigation of Their Electrical Conductivity, CrystEngComm, 15, 4404 (2013). doi:10.1039/C3CE40189H

350 X. Sun, S. Entani, Y. Yamauchi, A. Pratt, M. Kurahashi, Spin polarization study of graphene on the Ni(111) surface by density functional theory calculations with a semiempirical long-range dispersion correction, Journal of Applied Physics 114, 143713 (2013). doi: 10.1063/1.4824186

351 鈴木　孝宗、山内　悠輔、非シリカ系メソポーラス金属酸化物薄膜の新展開、ゼオライト、30 巻 3 号　P85-P94 (2013).

352 鈴木　孝宗、山内　悠輔、分子鋳型を活用した金属ナノ構造の精密設計、触媒、55 巻 4 号　P214-P386 (2013).

353 鈴木　孝宗、山内　悠輔、様々なメソ（ナノ）多孔体の合成と応用、オレオサイエンス、13 巻 8 号 P379-P386 (2013).

354 H. Takeda, F. Ito, S. Yamanaka, N. Takiyama, K. Yoshino, Roles of trichomes with silica particles on the surface of leaves in Aphananthe aspera, AIP Advances 3, 032120 (2013). doi: 10.1063/1.4794958

355 R. Tamura, S. Tanaka, and N. Kawashima, Second-Order Phase Transition in the Heisenberg Model on a Triangular Lattice with Competing Interactions, Physical Review B 87, 214401 (2013). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.214401

356 R. Tamura, S. Tanaka, Interlayer-Interaction Dependence of Latent Heat in the Heisenberg Model on a Stacked Triangular Lattice with Competing Interactions, Physical Review E 88, 052138 (2013). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.88.052138

357 S. Tanaka, R. Tamura, Network-Growth Rule Dependence of Fractal Dimension of Percolation Cluster on Square Lattice, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 82, 053002 (2013). doi: 10.7566/JPSJ.82.053002

358 D.-M. Tang, C. Liu, W.-J. Yu, L.-L. Zhang, P.-X. Hou, J.-C. Li, F. Li, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, H.-M. Cheng, Structural Changes in Iron Oxide and Gold Catalysts during Nucleation of Carbon Nanotubes Studied by In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy, ACS Nano 8, 292-301 (2013). doi:10.1021/nn403927y

359 D.-M. Tang, X. Wei, M.-S. Wang, N. Kawamoto, Y. Bando, C. Zhi; M. Mitome, A. Zak, R. Tenne, D. Golberg, Revealing the Anomalous Tensile Properties of WS2 Nanotubes by in Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy, Nano Lett. 13, 1034-1040 (2013). doi: 10.1021/nl304244h

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360 Y. Tao, X.Y. Xie, W. Lv, D.M. Tang, D.B. Kong, Z.H. Huang, H. Nishihara, T. Ishii, B.H. Li, D. Golberg, F.Y. Kang, T. Kyotani, Q.H. Yang, Towards ultrahigh volumetric capacitance: graphene deriighly dense but porous carbons for supercapacitors, Scientific Reports 3, 2975 (2013). doi:10.1038/srep02975

361 W. Tian, C. Zhang, T. Zhai, S. Li, X. Wang, M. Liao, K. Tsukagoshi, D. Golberg, Y. Bando, Flexible SnO2 Hollow Nanosphere Film Based High-Performance Ultraviolet Photodetector, Chemical Communications 49, 3739 (2013). doi: 10.1039/C3CC39273B

362 W. Tian, X. Wang, T. Zhai, D. Liu, C. Zhang, D. Golberg, Y. Bando, Ni(OH)2 nanosheet @ Fe2O3 nanowire hybrid composite arrays for high-performance supercapacitor electrodes, Nano Energy 2, 754 (2013). doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2013.01.004

363 N. L. Torad, N. Suzuki, M. Matsuura, K. Maekawa, H. Tanabe, K. C. –W. Wu, Y. Yamauchi, Replication of Mesoporous Silica Films from Block Copolymer Films through a Chemical Vapor Approach, Chemistry-A European Journal, 19, 10478 (2013). doi:10.1002/chem.201300888

364 X.B. Wang, Y.J. Zhang, C.Y. Zhi, X. Wang, D.M. Tang, Y.B. Xu, Q.H. Weng, X.F. Jiang, M. Mitome, D. Golberg, Y. Bando, Three-dimensional strutted graphene grown by substrate-free sugar blowing for high-power-density supercapacitors, Nature Communications 4, 2905 (2013). doi:10.1038/ncomms3905

365 X. Wei, D.-M. Tang, Q. Chen, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Local Coulomb Explosion of Boron Nitride Nanotubes under Electron Beam Irradiation, ACS Nano 7, 3491-3497 (2013). doi: 10.1021/nn400423y

366 K. C. –W. Wu, H. –S. Huang, K. –H. Chang, N. Suzuki, Y. Yamauchi, C. –C. Hu, Evaporation-Induced Coating of Hydrous Ruthenium Oxide on the Silica Nanoparticles for High-Performance Supercapacitors, Small, 9, 2520 (2013). doi:10.1002/smll.201202786

367 W. W. Wu, M. Estili, T. Nishimura, G. J. Zhang, Y. Sakka, Machinable ZrB2-SiC-BN composites fabricated by reactive spark plasma sintering, Materials Science and Engineering A 582, 41 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2013.05.079

368 Y. Xu, C. Liu, W. Scheideler, P. Darmawan, S. Li, F. Balestra, G. Ghibaudo, K. Tsukagoshi, How small the contacts could be optimal for nanoscale organic transistors?, Organic Electronics 14, 1797 (2013). doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.04.014

369 Y. Xu, C. Liu, W. Scheideler, S. Li, W. Li, Y.-F. Lin, F. Balestra, G. Ghibaudo and K. Tsukagoshi, Understanding Thickness-Dependent Charge Transport in Pentacene Transistors by Low-Frequency Noise, IEEE Electron Device Lett. 34, 1298 (2013). doi:10.1109/LED.2013.2277613

370 M. Yamaguchi, A. Pakdel, C. Zhi, Y. Bando, D.-M. Tang, K. Faerstein, D. Shtansky, D. Golberg, Utilization of multiwalled boron nitride nanotubes for the reinforcement of lightweight aluminum ribbons, Nanoscale Research Letters 8, 3 (2013). doi: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-3

371 X. Yang, M. Yanagida and L. Han, Reliable evaluation of dye-sensitized solar cells, Energy Environ. Sci., 6, 54 (2013). doi: 10.1039/C2EE22998F

372 J. Zabaleta, S. Valencia, F. Kronast, C. Moreno, P. Abellan, J. Gazquesz, H. Sepehri-Amin, F. Sandiumenge, T. Puig, N. Mestres, Z. Obrandors, Photoemission electron microscopy study of sub-200nm self-assembled La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 epitaxial islands, Nanoscale 5, 2990 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3nr33346a

373 M. B. Zakaria, N. Suzuki, N. L. Torad, M. Matsuura, K. Maekawa, H. Tanabe, Y. Yamauchi, Preparation of Mesoporous Titania Thin Films with Well-Crystallized Frameworks by Using Thermally-Stable Triblock Copolymer, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 2330 (2013). doi:10.1002/ejic.201201305

374 C. Zhang, W. Lv, X.Y. Xie, D.M. Tang, C. Liu, Q.H. Yang, Towards low temperature thermal exfoliation of graphite oxide for graphene production, Carbon 62, 11-24 (2013). doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2013.05.033

375 Y. Zhang, D. Li, X. Tan, B. Zhang, X. Ruan, H. Liu, C. Pan, L. Liao, T. Zhai, Y. Bando, S. Chen, W. Cai, R. Ruoff, High quality grapheme sheets from graphene oxide by hot-pressing, Carbon 54, 143 (2013). doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2012.11.012

376 R. Zou, Z. Zhang, J. Hu, L. Sang, Y. Koide, M. Liao, High-detectivity nanowires photodetectors governed by bulk photocurrent dynamics with thermally-stable carbide contacts, Nanotechnology, 24, 495701 (2013). DOI:10.1088/0957-4484/24/49/495701

377 T. Akiya, J. Liu, H. Sepehri-Amin, T. Ohkubo, K. Hioki, A. Hattori, K. Hono, Low temperature diffusion process using rare earth-Cu eutectic alloys for hot-deformed Nd-Fe-B bulk magnets, J. Appl. Phys. 115 (2014). 17A766. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4869062

378 T. Akiya, J. Liu, H. Sepehri-Amin, T. Ohkubo, K. Hioki, A. Hattori, K. Hono, High coercivity hot-deformed Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets processed by Nd-Cu eutectic diffusion under expansion constraint, Scripta Mater. 81, 48 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2014.03.002

379 S.Ahadian, J. Azcón, M. Estili, X. Liang, S.Ostrovidov, H. Shiku, M. Ramalingam, K. Nakajima, Y. Sakka, H. Bae, T. Matsue, A. Khademhosseini, Hybrid hydrogels containing vertically aligned carbon nanotubes with anisotropic electrical conductivity for muscle myofiber fabrication, Scientific Reports 4, 4271 (2014). DOI:10.1038/srep04271

380 W. Beenken, M. Presselt, Thien H. Ngo, W. Dehaen, W. Maes, M. Kruk, Molecular Structures and Absorption Spectra Assignment of Corrole NH Tautomers, Journal of Physical Chemistry A 118, 862 (2014). doi:10.1021/jp411033h

381 S. Dutta, K, Wakabayashi, Spin and charge excitations in zigzag honeycomb nanoribbons: Effect of many body correlation, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 53, 06JD01 (2014). doi: 10.7567/JJAP.53.06JD01

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M. Estili, W. Wu, M. Khazaei, Y. Sakka, Mechanically reliable thermoelectric (TE) nanocomposites by dispersing and embedding TE-nanostructures inside a tetragonal ZrO2 matrix: the concept and experimental demonstration in graphene oxide–3YSZ system, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 15, 014201 (2014). doi:10.1088/1468-6996/15/1/014201

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383 Y. Fan, M. Estili, G. Igarashi, W. Jiang, A. Kawasaki, The effect of homogeneously dispersed few-layer graphene on microstructure and mechanical properties of Al2O3 nanocomposites, Journal of the European Ceramic Society 34, 443 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2013.08.035

384 F. Geng, R. Ma, Y. Ebina, Y. Yamauchi, N. Miyamoto, T. Sasaki, Gigantic Swelling of Inorganic Layered Materials: A Bridge to Molecularly Thin Two-Dimensional Nanosheets, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 5491 (2014). DOI:10.1021/ja501587y

385 I. Grabowska1, W. Maes, Thien H. Ngo, T. Rohand, W. Dehaen, J. Radecki, H. Radecka, Multiple Redox-Active Sites in Copper Dipyrromethene−Corrole Self-Assembled Monolayers Deposited onto Gold Electrodes, International Journal of Electrochemical Science 9, 1232 (2014).

386 J. P. Hill, W. V. Rossom, S. Ishihara, N. Subbaiyan, F. D’Souza, Y. Xie, N. Sanchez-Ballester, K. Ariga, Unexpected but convenient synthesis of soluble meso-tetrakis(1-(3,4-benzoquinone)-substituted)porphyrins, Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 18, 173 (2014). DOI: 10.1142/S1088424613501071

387 T. Hozumi, P. LeClair, G. Mankey, C. Mewes, H. Sepehri-Amin, K. Hono, T. Suzuki, Magnetic and structural properties of MnBi multilayered thin films, J. Appl. Phys. 115, 17A737 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4867127

388 N.Ishida, H. Fukumitsu, H. Kimura, D. Fujita, Direct mapping of Li distribution in electrochemically lithiated graphite anodes using scanning Auger electron microscopy, Journal of Power Sources 248, 1118 (2014). doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.09.121

389 S. Ishihara, J. Labuta, W. Van Rossom, D. Ishikawa, K. Minami, J. P. Hill, K. Ariga, Porphyrin-based Sensor Nanoarchitectonics in Diverse Physical Detection Modes, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 16, 9713 (2014). doi:10.1039/C3CP55431G

390 M. Khazaei, M. Arai, T. Sasaki, M. Estili, Y. Sakka, Two-dimensional molybdenum carbides: potential thermoelectric materials of the MXene family, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2014) DOI: 10.1039/c4cp00467a (Advance article)

391 M. Khazaei, M. Arai, T. Sasaki, M. Estili, Y. Sakka, The effect of the interlayer element on the exfoliation of layered Mo2AC (A = Al, Si, P, Ga, Ge, As or In) MAX phases into two-dimensional Mo2C nanosheets, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 15, 014208 (2014). doi:10.1088/1468-6996/15/1/014208

392 Y. Kotsuchibashi, R. Narain, Dual-temperature and pH responsive (ethylene glycol)-based nanogels via structural design, Polymer Chemistry (IF 5.231), 5, 3061 (2014). doi: 10.1039/C3PY01772A

393 J. Labuta, Z. Futera, S. Ishihara, H. Kouřilová, Y. Tateyama, K. Ariga, J. P. Hill, Chiral Guest Binding as a Probe of Macrocycle Dynamics and Tautomerism in a Conjugated Tetrapyrrole, Journal of the American Chemical Society 136. 2112 (2014). doi:10.1021/ja4124175

394 F. Li, Y. Chen, D.-M. Tang, Z. Jian, C. Liu, D. Golberg, A. Yamada, H. Zhou, Performance-improved Li-O2 battery with Ru nanoparticles supported on binder-free multi-walled carbon nanotube paper as cathode, Energy & Environmental Science 7, 1648-1652 (2014). doi:10.1039/c3ee44043e

395 D. Liu, X. Wang, D. He, T.D. Dao, T. Nagao, Q. Weng, D. Tang, X. Wang, W. Tian, D. Golberg, Y. Bando, Magnetically Assembled Ni@Ag Urchin-Like Ensembles with Ultra-Sharp Tips and Numerous Gaps for SERS Applications, Small, n/a-n/a (2014). doi:10.1002/smll.201303857

396 J. Liu, H. Sepehri-Amin, T. Ohkubo, K. Hioki, A. Hattori, K. Hono, Microstructure evolution of hot-deformed Nd-Fe-B anisotropic magnetc, J. Appl. Phys. 115, 17A744 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4867960

397 A. Pratt, M. Kurahashi, X. Sun, Y. Yamauchi. Characterizing ferromagnetic oxide/organic semiconductor interfaces using a spin-polarized metastable helium beam. Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan 38, 71-74 (2014). doi: 10.3379/msjmag.1402R007

398 A. Pratt, L. Lari, O. Hovorka, A. Shah, C. Woffinden, S. P. Tear, C. Binns, R. Kröger. Enhanced oxidation of nanoparticles through strain-mediated ionic transport. Nature Materials 13, 26-30 (2014). doi: 10.1038/nmat3785

399 J. M. Rosalie, B. R. Pauw, Form-free size distributions from complementary stereological TEM/SAXS on precipitates in a Mg-Zn alloy, Acta Materialia 66, 150-162 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2013.11.029

400 L. Sang, M. Liao, Q. Liang, M. Takeguchi, B. Dierre, T. Sekiguchi, Y. Koide, M. Sumiya, A Multilevel intermediate-band solar cell by InGaN/GaN quantum dots with a strain-modulated structure, Advanced Materials 26, 1414-1420 (2014), DOI:10.1002/adma.201304335

401 R. R. Salunkhe, B. P. Bastakoti, C. –T. Hsu, N. Suzuki, J. H. Kim, S. X. Dou, C. –C. Hu, Y. Yamauchi, Direct Grouwth of Cobalt Hydroxide Rods on Nickel Foam and Its Application for Energy Storage, Chemistry-A European Journal, 20, 3084 (2014), doi:10.1002/chem.201303652

402 X. Sun, A. Pratt, Z. Y. Li, M. Ohtomo, S. Sakai, Y. Yamauchi, The adsorption of h-BN monolayer on the Ni(111) surface studied by density functional theory calculations with a semiempirical long-range dispersion correction, Journal of Applied Physics 115, 17C117 (2014). doi: 10.1063/1.4866237

403 X. Sun, S. D. Li, B. Wang, M. Kurahashi, A. Pratt, Y. Yamauchi, Significant variation of surface spin polarization through group IV atom (C, Si, Ge, Sn) adsorption on Fe3O4(100), Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 16, 95-102 (2014). doi:10.1039/c3cp53272k

404 M. Taheri, M. Mazaheri, F. Golestanifard, R. Schaller, High/room temperature mechanical properties of 3Y-TZP/CNTs composites, Ceramics International 40, 3347 (2014). doi: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.09.098

405 R. Tamura, T. Ohno, H. Kitazawa, A Generalized Magnetic Refrigeration Scheme, Applied Physics Letters 104, 052415 (2014). doi: 10.1063/1.4864161

406 R. Tamura, S. Tanaka, A Method to Change Phase Transition Nature -- Toward Annealing Method --, Kinki University Series on Quantum Computing Volume 9, pp. 135-161 (World Scientific, 2014). doi: 10.1142/9789814602372_0009

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407 R. Tamura, S. Tanaka, and N. Kawashima, Phase Transitions with Discrete Symmetry Breaking in Antiferromagnetic Heisenberg Models on a Triangular Lattice, JPS Conf. Proc. 1, 012125, (2014). doi: 10.7566/JPSCP.1.012125

408 田邊　裕史、松浦　幹也、前川　一彦、山内　悠輔、鈴木　孝宗、両親媒性ブロックコポリマーを鋳型としたメソポーラスシリカ薄膜の作製と反射防止特性、化学工業、65 巻 2 号 P61-P65 (2014).

409 S. Tanaka, R. Tamura, H. Katsura, Entanglement Properties of a Quantum Lattice-Gas Model on Square and Triangular Ladders, Kinki University Series on Quantum Computing Volume 9, pp. 71-88 (World Scientific, 2014). doi: 10.1142/9789814602372_0005

410 N. L. Torad, M. Naito, J. Tatami, A. Endo, S.-Y. Leo, S. Ishihara, K. C.-W. Wu, T. Wakihara, Y. Yamauchi, Highly Crystallized Nanometer-Sized Zeolite A with Large Cs Adsorption Capability for the Decontamination of Water, Chemistry - An Asian Journal 9, 759 (2014). doi:10.1002/asia.201301132

411 X. Wang, W. Tian, M. Liao, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Recent advances in solution-processed inorganic nanofilm photodetectors, Chemical Society Reviews 43, 1400 (2014). doi:10.1039/C3CS60348B (Review Article)

412 X. Wang, Q. Weng, X. Liu, D.M. Tang, W. Tian, C. Zhang, W. Yi, D. Liu, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Atomistic Origins of High Rate Capability and Capacity of N-Doped Graphene for Lithium Storage, Nano Letters 14, 1164 (2014). doi:10.1021/nl4038592

413 Y. Wang, Y. Kotsuchibashi, Y. Liu, R. Narain, Temperature-responsive hyperbranched amine-based polymers for solid-liquid separation, Langmuir (IF 4.187), 30, 2360 (2014). doi: 10.1021/la5003012

414 W.W. Wu, Y. Sakka, M. Estili, T. Suzuki, T. Nishimura, G.J. Zhang, Microstructure and high-temperature strength of textured and non-textured ZrB2 ceramics, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 15, 014202 (2014). doi:10.1088/1468-6996/15/1/014202

415 Y. Yamauchi, S. Ishihara, N. Suzuki, K. C.-W. Wu, Lithography-Assisted Alignment Control for Preparation of Mesoporous Silica Films with Uniaxially Oriented Mesochannels, Chemical Communications 50, 2448 (2014). doi:10.1039/c3cc47667g

416 H. Yu, Y. Qian, M. Otani, D. Tang, S. Guo, Y. Zhu, H. Zhou, Study of the lithium/nickel ions exchange in the layered LiNi0.42Mn0.42Co0.16O2 cathode material for lithium ion batteries: experimental and first-principles calculations, Energy & Environmental Science 7, 1068-1078 (2014). doi:10.1039/C3EE42398K

417 M. B. Zakaria, M. Hu, N. Hayashi, Y. Tsujimoto, S. Ishihara, M. Imura, N. Suzuki, Y.-Y. Huang, K. Ariga, K. C.-W. Wu, Y. Yamauchi, Thermal Conversion of Hollow Prussian Blue Nanoparticles into Nanoporous Iron Oxides with Crystallized Hematite Phase, European Journal of Inorganic Chemstry 7, 1137 (2014). doi:10.1002/ejic.201301307

418 R. Zou, Z. Zhang, Q. Liu, J. Hu, L. Sang, M. Liao, W. Zhang, High Detectivity Solar-Blind High-Temperature Deep-Ultraviolet Photodetector Based on Multi-Layered (l00) Facet-Oriented β-Ga2O3 nanobelts, Small, 10, 1848-1856 (2014). DOI: 10.1002/smll.201302705

419 M. Estili, Y. Sakka, Recent advances in understanding the reinforcing ability and mechanism of carbon nanotubes in ceramic matrix composites, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 15, 064902 (2014). Invited Review Article. DOI:10.1088/1468-6996/15/6/064902 (*Selected for the STAM 2014 Highlights)

420 H. Zhang, C. Hu, J. Lv, S. Grasso, M. Mishra, M. Estili, Y. Yamauchi, B. Kim and Y. Sakka, Microstructure and adsorption property of nano carbide-derived carbon (CDC) synthesize at ambient temperature, Materials Letters (2014), 130, 188. DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2014.05.106

421 S. Ahadian, J. Azcon, M. Estili, R. Obregon, H. Shiku and T. Matsue, Facile and rapid generation of 3D chemical gradients within hydrogels for high-throughput drug screening applications, Biosensors & bioelectronics 59C, 166 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2014.03.031

422 M. Khazaei, M. Arai, T. Sasaki, M. Estili and Y. Sakka, Trends in electronic structures and structural properties of MAX phases: A first-principles study on M2AlC (M = Sc, Ti, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, or Ta), M2AlN, and Hypothetical M2AlB Phases, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 26, 505503 (2014). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/26/50/505503

423 K. Ariga, K. Kawakami, M. Ebara, Y. Kotsuchibashi, Q. Jia, J. P. Hill, Bioinspired nanoarchitectonics as emerging drug delivery systems, New Journal of Chemistry 38, 5149 (2014). doi: 10.1039/c4nj00864b (*Front Cover)

424 Y.-F. Lin, Y. Xu, S.-T. Wang, S.-L. Li, M. Yamamoto, A. Aparecido-Ferreira, W. Li, H. Sun, S. Nakaharai, W.-B. Jian, K. Ueno, K. Tsukagoshi, Ambipolar MoTe2 Transistors and Their Applications in Logic Circuits, Advanced Materials 26, 3263 (2014). doi: 10.1002/adma.201305845

425 M. Yamamoto, S.T. Wang, M. Ni, Y.-F. Lin, S.-L. Li, S. Aikawa, W.-B. Jian, K. Ueno, K. Wakabayashi, K. Tsukagoshi, Strong Enhancement of Raman Scattering from a Bulk-Inactive Vibrational Mode in Few-Layer MoTe2, ACS Nano 8, 3895 (2014). doi: 10.1021/nn5007607

426 W. Tian, C. Zhang, T. Zhai, S.-L. Li, X. Wang, J. Liu, X. Jie, D. Liu, M. Liao, Y. Koide, D. Golberg, Y. Bando, Flexible Ultraviolet Photodetectors with Broad Photoresponse Based on Branched ZnS-ZnO Heterostructure Nanofilms., Advanced materials 26, 3088 (2014). doi: 10.1002/adma.201305457

427 K. Tsukagoshi, S.-L. Li, H. Miyazaki, A. Aparecido-Ferreira and S. Nakaharai, Semiconducting properties of bilayer graphene modulated by an electric field for next-generation atomic-film electronics, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 47, 094003 (2014). doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/47/9/094003

428 Y.-F. Lin, W. Li, S.-L. Li, Y. Xu, A. Aparecido-Ferreira, K. Komatsu, H. Sun, S. Nakaharai, K. Tsukagoshi, Barrier inhomogeneities at vertically stacked graphene-based heterostructures, Nanoscale 6, 795 (2014). doi: 10.1039/c3nr03677d

429 J. W. Liu, M. Y. Liao, M. Imura, A. Tanaka, H. Iwai, Y. Koide, Low on-resistance diamond field effect transistor with high-k ZrO2 as dielectric, Scientific reports 4, 6395 (2014). doi: 10.1038/srep06395

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430 J. W. Liu, M. Y. Liao, M. Imura, E. Watanabe, H. Oosato, Y. Koide, Diamond logic inverter with enhancement-mode metal-insulator-semiconductor field effect transistor, Applied Physics Letters 105, 082110 (2014) . doi:10.1063/1.4894291

431 J. W. Liu, M. Y. Liao, M. Imura, H. Oosato, E. Watanabe, Y. Koide, Diamond field effect transistors with a high-dielectric constant Ta2O5 as gate material, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 47, 245102 (2014).doi:10.1088/0022-3727/47/24/245102

432 G. He, J. W. Liu, H. Chen, Y. Liu, Z. Sun, X. Chen, M. Liu, L. Zhang, Interface control and modification of band alignment and electrical properties of HfTiO/GaAs gate stacks by nitrogen incorporation, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2, 5299 (2014). doi:10.1039/c4tc00572d

433 C. Zhang, W. Tian, X. Wang, J. W. Liu, S. L. Li, D. M. Tang, D. M. Tang, D. Q. Liu, Q. H. Wen, M. Y. Liao, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Photosensing Performance of Branched CdS/ZnO Heterostructures as Revealed by in situ TEM and Photodetector Tests, Nanoscale 6 , 8084 (2014). doi:10.1039/c4nr00963k

434 X. Wang, Z. Chen, D. Liu, W. Tian, Q. Wang, C. Zhang, J. W. Liu, L. Han, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Triple-Yolked ZnO/CdS Hollow Spheres for Semiconductor-Sensitized Solar Cells, Particle and Particle Systems Characterization 31,757 (2014). doi:10.1002/ppsc.201300365

435 A. Nakata, D. R. Bowler, T. Miyazaki, Efficient Calculations with Multisite Local Orbitals in a Large-Scale DFT Code CONQUEST, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 10, 4813 (2014). doi: 10.1021/ct5004934

436 A. Wiengarten, K. Seufert, W. Auwärter, D. Ecija, K. Diller, F. Allegretti, F. Bischoff, S. Fischer, Da. A. Duncan, A. C. Papageorgiou, F. Klappenberger, R. G. Acres, Thien H. Ngo, J. V. Barth, Surface-assisted Dehydrogenative Homo-coupling of Porphine Molecules, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 26, 9346–9354 (2014). doi: 10.1021/ja501680n

437 M. J. Hollamby, M. Karny, P. H. H. Bomans, N. A. J. M. Sommerdijk, A. Saeki, S. Seki, H. Minamikawa, I. Grillo, B. R. Pauw, P. Brown, J. Eastoe, H. Möhwald, T. Nakanishi, Directed assembly of optoelectronically active alkyl–π-conjugated molecules by adding n-alkanes or π-conjugated species, Nature Chemistry 6, 690-696 (2014). doi: 10.1038/nchem.1977

438 K. Hayashi, S. Motozuka, M. Tagaya, K. Ohnuma, Y. Otsuka, Z. Xu, K. Shiba, Interfacial Mechanism on Hydroxyquinoline/Hydroxyapatite Hybrid System Prepared by Mechanochemical Reaction, Bulletin of the Society for Discrete Variational Xa 27, 200-203 (2014).

439 M. Tagaya, K. Shiba, G. Yoshikawa, New Development of Nano-Bio Surface and Interface Research Originated from Functional Inorganic Nanoparticles, Function & Materials 34, 46-54 (2014).

440 S. Motozuka, M. Tagaya, M. Nishikawa, K. Shiba, Effective Composite Preparation between Graphite and Iron Particles via the Interfacial Chemical Mediation of Force-Activated Oxygen Atoms, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 53, 16736-16753 (2014). doi: 10.1021/ie501207u

441 M. Ebara, M. Akimoto, K. Uto, K. Shiba, G. Yoshikawa, T. Aoyagi, Focus on The Interlude Between Topographic Transition and Cell Response on Shape-memory Surfaces, Polymer 55, 5961-5968 (2014). doi: 10.1016/j.polymer.2014.09.009

442 K. Shiba, M. Tagaya, S. Motozuka, Experimental study and DV-Xa numerical analysis of nucleation/growth processes in the synthesis of inorganic particles toward development of nano-biotechnology applications, Bulletin of the Society for Discrete Variational Xa 27, 121-125 (2014).

443 W. Chaikittisilp, N. L. Torad, C. Li, M. Imura, N. Suzuki, S. Ishihara, K. Ariga, Y. Yamauchi, Synthesis of Nanoporous Carbon-Cobalt-Oxide Hybrid Electrocatalysts by Thermal Conversion of Metal-Organic Frameworks, Chemistry -A European Journal 20, 4217 (2014). doi: 10.1002/chem.201304404

444 M. B. Zakaria, M. Hu, Y. Tsujimoto, Y. Sakka, N. Suzuki, Y. Kamachi, M. Imura, S. Ishihara, K. Ariga, Y. Yamauchi, Controlled Crystallization of Cyano-Bridged Cu-Pt Coordination Polymers with Two-Dimensional Morphology, Chemistry -An Asian. Journal 9, 1511(2014). doi: 10.1002/asia.201400097

445 M. Ayad, N. Salahuddin, A. Fayed, B. P. Bastakoti, N. Suzuki, Y. Yamauchi, Chemical design of a smart chitosan-polypyrrole-magnetite nanocomposite toward efficient water treatment, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 16, 21812 (2014). doi: 10.1039/C4CP03062A

446 S.-H. Hsu, C.-T. Li, H.-T. Chien, R. R. Salunkhe, N. Suzuki, Y. Yamauchi, K.-C. Ho, K. C. –W. Wu, Platinum-Free Counter Electrode Comprised of Metal-Organic-Framework (MOF)-Derived Cobalt Sulfide Nanoparticles for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs), Scientific Reports 4, 6983 (2014). doi: 10.1038/srep06983

447 N. Miyamoto, K. Shimasaki, K. Yamamoto, M. Shintate, Y. Kamachi, B. P. Bastakoti, N. Suzuki, R. Motokawa, Y. Yamauchi, Mesoporous Silica Particles as Topologically Crosslinking Fillers for Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogels, Chemistry -A European Journal 20, 14955 (2014). doi: 10.1002/chem.201403762

448 C. Avci, A. Aydin, Z. Tuna, Z. Yavuz, Y. Yamauchi, N. Suzuki, Ö. Dag, Molten Salt Assisted Self Assembly (MASA): Synthesis of Mesoporous Metal Titanate (CoTiO3, MnTiO3, and Li4Ti5O12) Thin Films and Monoliths, Chemistry of Materials 26, 6050 (2014). doi: 10.1021/cm503020y

449 N. Suzuki, J. Liu, Y. Yamauchi, Recent progress on the tailored synthesis of various mesoporous fibers toward practical applications, New Journal of Chemistry 38, 3330 (2014). doi: 10.1039/C4NJ00016A

450 N. Suzuki, Y. Kamachi, K. Takai, S. Kiba, Y. Sakka, N. Miyamoto, Y. Yamauchi, Effective Use of Mesoporous Silica Filler: Comparative Study on Thermal Stability and Transparency of Silicone Rubbers Loaded with Various Kinds of Silica Particles, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2014, 2773 (2014). doi: 10.1002/ejic.201301615

451 N. Suzuki, X. Jiang, R. R. Salunkhe, M. Osada, Y. Yamauchi, Chemical Preparation of Ferroelectric Mesoporous Barium Titanate Thin Films: Drastic Enhancement of Curie Temperature Induced by Mesopoer-Derived Strain, Chemistry -A European Journal 20, 11283 (2014). doi: 10.1002/chem.201403308

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452 R. Tamura, S. Tanaka, T. Ohno, H. Kitazawa, Magnetic Ordered Structure Dependence of Magnetic Refrigeration Efficiency, Journal of Applied Physics 116, 053908 (2014). doi: 10.1063/1.4891803

453 D.-M. Tang, D.G. Kvashnin, S. Najmaei, Y. Bando, K. Kimoto, P. Koskinen, P.M. Ajayan, B.I. Yakobson, P.B. Sorokin, J. Lou, D. Golberg, Nanomechanical cleavage of molybdenum disulphide atomic layers, Nature Communications 5, 3631 (2014). doi: 10.1038/ncomms4631

454 F. Li, D.-M. Tang, Z. Jian, D. Liu, D. Golberg, A. Yamada, H. Zhou, Li-O2 Battery Based on Highly Efficient Sb-Doped Tin Oxide Supported Ru Nanoparticles, Advanced Materials 26, 4659-4664 (2014). doi: 10.1002/adma.201400162

455 F. Liu, H. Gan, D.-M. Tang, Y. Cao, X. Mo, J. Chen, S. Deng, N. Xu, D. Golberg, Y. Bando, Growth of Large-Scale Boron Nanowire Patterns with Identical Base-Up Mode and In Situ Field Emission Studies of Individual Boron Nanowire, Small 10, 685-693 (2014). doi: 10.1002/smll.201301948

456 X.B. Wang, Q.H. Weng, X. Wang, X. Li, J. Zhang, F. Liu, X.F. Jiang, H.X. Guo, N.S. Xu, D. Golberg, Y. Bando, Biomass-directed synthesis of 20 g high-quality boron nitride nanosheets for thermoconductive polymeric composites, ACS Nano 8, 9081-9088 (2014). doi: 10.1021/nn502486x

457 F. Liu, X.S. Mo, H.B. Gan, T.Y. Guo, X.B. Wang, B. Chen, J. Chen, S.Z. Deng, N.S. Xu, T. Sekiguchi, D. Golberg, Y. Bando, Cheap, gram-scale fabrication of BN nanosheets via substitution reaction of graphite powders and their use for mechanical reinforcement of polymers, Scientific Reports 4, 4211 (2014). doi: 10.1038/srep04211

458 Q.H. Weng, X.B. Wang, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, One-step template-free synthesis of highly porous boron nitride microsponges for hydrogen storage, Advanced Energy Materials 4, 1301525 (2014). doi: 10.1002/aenm.201301525

459 Q.H. Weng, B.J. Wang, X.B. Wang, N. Hanagata, X. Li, D.Q. Liu, X. Wang, X.F. Jiang, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Highly water-soluble, porous, and biocompatible boron nitrides for anticancer drug delivery, ACS Nano 8, 6123-6130 (2014). doi: 10.1021/nn5014808

460 X. Li, N. Hanagata, X.B. Wang, M. Yamaguchi, W. Yi, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Multimodal luminescent-magnetic boron nitride nanotubes@NaGdF4:Eu structures for cancer therapy, Chemical Communications 50, 4371-4374 (2014). doi: 10.1039/C4CC00990H

461 C. Nethravathi, C.R. Rajamathi, M. Rajamathi, X. Wang, U.K. Gautam, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Cobalt Hydroxide/Oxide Hexagonal Ring–Graphene Hybrids through Chemical Etching of Metal Hydroxide Platelets by Graphene Oxide: Energy Storage Applications, ACS nano 8, 2755 (2014). doi: 10.1021/nn406480g

462 H. H.-M. Yeung, M. Kosa, J. M. Griffin, C. P. Grey, D. T. Major, A. K. Cheetham, Topotactic Elimination of Water across a C–C Ligand Bond in a Dense 3-D Metal–Organic Framework, Chemical Communications 50, 13292-13295 (2014). doi: 10.1039/c4cc06136e

463 W. Li, A. Thirumurugan, P. T. Barton, Z. Lin, S. Henke, H. H.-M. Yeung, M. T. Wharmby, E.G. Bithell, C. J. Howard, A. K. Cheetham, Mechanical Tunability via Hydrogen Bonding in Metal-Organic Frameworks with the Perovskite Architecture, Journal of the American Chemical Society 136, 7801-7804 (2014). doi: 10.1021/ja500618z

464 H. Kurita, M. Estili, H. Kwon, T. Miyazaki, W. Zhou, J. F. Silvain and A. Kawasaki, Load-bearing contribution of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on tensile response of aluminum, COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING 68, 133-139 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.compositesa.2014.09.014

465 Y. Li, B. P. Bastakoti, M. Imura, N. Suzuki, X. Jiang, S. Ohki, K. Deguchi, M. Suzuki, S. Arai and Y. Yamauchi, Synthesis of a large-sized mesoporous phosphosilicate thin film through evaporation-induced polymeric micelle assembly, Chemistry-An Asian Journal 10, 183-187 (2015). doi:10.1002/asia.201402636

466 K. Takahashi, B. Dierre, Y. Cho, T. Sekiguchi, R. J. Xie and N. Hirosaki, Microanalysis of calcium codoped LaAl(Si6-zAlz)(N10-zOz) (z∼1): Ce3+ blue phosphor, 98, 1253-1258 (2015). doi:10.1111/jace.13470

467 S. Toyoizumi, H. Kitazawa, Y. Kawamura, H. Mamiya, N. Terada, R. Tamura, A. Dönni, K. Morita and A. Tamaki, Sample dependence of giant magnetocaloric effect in a cluster-glass system Ho5Pd2, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 117, (2015). doi:10.1063/1.4906296

468 Y. Wang, Y. Kotsuchibashi, Y. Liu and R. Narain, Study of bacterial adhesion on biomimetic temperature responsive glycopolymer surfaces, NPG Asia Materials 7, 1652-1661 (2015). doi:10.1021/am508792k

469 Y. Wang, Y. Kotsuchibashi, K. Uto, M. Ebara, T. Aoyagi, Y. Liu and R. Narain, PH and glucose responsive nanofibers for the reversible capture and release of lectins, Biomaterials Science 3, 152-162 (2015). doi:10.1039/c4bm00269e

470 X. Wei, S. Xiao, F. Li, D. M. Tang, Q. Chen, Y. Bando and D. Golberg, Comparative fracture toughness of multilayer graphenes and boronitrenes, NANO LETTERS 15, 689-694 (2015). doi:10.1021/nl5042066

471 H. B. Zhang, C. F. Hu, K. Sato, S. Grasso, M. Estili, S. Q. Guo, K. Morita, H. Yoshida, T. Nishimura, T. S. Suzuki, M. W. Barsoum, B. N. Kim and Y. Sakka, Tailoring Ti3AlC2 ceramic with high anisotropic physical and mechanical properties, JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY 35, 393-397 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2014.08.026

472 B. Gao, K. Jiptner, S. Nakano, H. Harada, Y. Miyamura, T. Sekiguchi and K. Kakimoto, Applicability of the three-dimensional Alexander-Haasen model for the analysis of dislocation distributions in single-crystal silicon, JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH 411, 49-55 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2014.11.011

473 H. Hamoudi, Carbon-metal nanosheets from the water-hexane interface, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 3, 3636-3644 (2015). doi:10.1039/c5tc00228a

474 Y. Kotsuchibashi, M. Ebara, T. Sato, Y. Wang, R. Rajender, D. G. Hall, R. Narain and T. Aoyagi, Spatiotemporal control of synergistic gel disintegration consisting of boroxole- and glyco-based polymers via photoinduced proton transfer, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 119, 2323-2329 (2015). doi:10.1021/jp506478p

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475 M. Liao, J. Liu, L. Sang, D. Coathup, J. Li, M. Imura, Y. Koide and H. Ye, Impedance analysis of Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf>/H-terminated diamond metal-oxide-semiconductor structures, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 106, (2015). doi:10.1063/1.4913597

476 B. Lu, J. G. Li, T. S. Suzuki, M. Estili, W. Liu, X. Sun and Y. Sakka, Controlled synthesis of layered rare-earth hydroxide nanosheets leading to highly transparent (Y<inf>0.95</inf>Eu<inf>0.05</inf>)<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> ceramics, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY 98, 1413-1422 (2015). doi:10.1111/jace.13488

477 S. Tominaka, H. Hamoudi, T. Suga, T. D. Bennett, A. B. Cairns and A. K. Cheetham, Topochemical conversion of a dense metal-organic framework from a crystalline insulator to an amorphous semiconductor, Chemical Science 6, 1465-1473 (2015). doi:10.1039/c4sc03295k

478 Q. Weng, X. Wang, X. Wang, C. Zhang, X. Jiang, Y. Bando and D. Golberg, Supercapacitive energy storage performance of molybdenum disulfide nanosheets wrapped with microporous carbons, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 3, 3097-3102 (2015). doi:10.1039/c4ta06303a

479 M. Yamamoto, S. Dutta, S. Aikawa, S. Nakaharai, K. Wakabayashi, M. S. Fuhrer, K. Ueno and K. Tsukagoshi, Self-limiting layer-by-layer oxidation of atomically thin WSe2, NANO LETTERS 15, 2067-2073 (2015). doi:10.1021/nl5049753

480 W. Yi, Y. Matsushita, Y. Katsuya, K. Yamaura, Y. Tsujimoto, I. A. Presniakov, A. V. Sobolev, Y. S. Glazkova, Y. O. Lekina, N. Tsujii, S. Nimori, K. Takehana, Y. Imanaka and A. A. Belik, High-pressure synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of TlCrO3 perovskite, DALTON TRANSACTIONS 44, 10785-10794 (2015). doi:10.1039/c4dt03823a

481 多賀谷基博 , 柴弘太 , 細胞機能活性化材料研究の新潮流 , 超分子研究会アニュアルレビュー , 35, 4-5 (2015).

482 柴弘太 , 多賀谷基博 , ナノバイオニクスを切り拓くシリカおよびチタニアナノ粒子技術 , ケミカルエンジニヤリング , 60(3), 61-66 (2015).

483 A. Carretero-Genevrier, C. Frontera, A. Hassini, J. Oro-Sole, C. Moreno, X. Obradors, T. Puig and N. Mestres, Chemical solution growth of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 nanotubes in confined geometries, JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 73, 620-627 (2015). doi:10.1007/s10971-014-3570-7

484 Y. D. Chiang, S. Dutta, C. T. Chen, Y. T. Huang, K. S. Lin, J. C. S. Wu, N. Suzuki, Y. Yamauchi and K. C. W. Wu, Functionalized Fe3O4@Silica Core-Shell Nanoparticles as Microalgae Harvester and Catalyst for Biodiesel Production, ChemSusChem 8, 789-794 (2015). doi:10.1002/cssc.201402996

485 M. Elborg, T. Noda, T. Mano, M. Jo, Y. Sakuma, K. Sakoda and L. Han, Voltage dependence of two-step photocurrent generation in quantum dot intermediate band solar cells, SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS 134, 108-113 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2014.11.038

486 Y. Kotsuchibashi, M. Ebara, A. S. Hoffman, R. Narain and T. Aoyagi, Temperature-responsive mixed core nanoparticle properties determined by the composition of statistical and block copolymers in the core, Polymer Chemistry 6, 1693-1697 (2015). doi:10.1039/c4py01794c

487 J. Labuta, J. P. Hill, S. Ishihara, L. Hanyková and K. Ariga, Chiral Sensing by Nonchiral Tetrapyrroles, ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH 48, 521-529 (2015). doi:10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00005

488 C. Moreno, O. Stetsovych, T. K. Shimizu and O. Custance, Imaging Three-Dimensional Surface Objects with Submolecular Resolution by Atomic Force Microscopy, NANO LETTERS 15, 2257-2262 (2015). doi:10.1021/nl504182w

489 A. Nakata, D. R. Bowler and T. Miyazaki, Optimized multi-site local orbitals in the large-scale DFT program CONQUEST, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS 17, 31427-31433 (2015). doi:10.1039/c5cp00934k

490 L. Yuan, N. Nerngchamnong, L. Cao, H. Hamoudi, E. Del Barco, M. Roemer, R. K. Sriramula, D. Thompson and C. A. Nijhuis, Controlling the direction of rectification in a molecular diode, Nature Communications 6, (2015). doi:10.1038/ncomms7324

491 C. Zhang, Z. Xu, W. Tian, D. M. Tang, X. Wang, Y. Bando, N. Fukata and D. Golberg, In situ fabrication and optoelectronic analysis of axial CdS/p-Si nanowire heterojunctions in a high-resolution transmission electron microscope, NANOTECHNOLOGY 26, (2015). doi:10.1088/0957-4484/26/15/154001

492 B. Abécassis, C. Bouet, C. Garnero, D. Constantin, N. Lequeux, S. Ithurria, B. Dubertret, B. R. Pauw and D. Pontoni, Real-Time in Situ Probing of High-Temperature Quantum Dots Solution Synthesis, NANO LETTERS 15, 2620-2626 (2015). doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b00199

493 S. Ahadian, M. Estili, V. J. Surya, J. Ramón-Azcón, X. Liang, H. Shiku, M. Ramalingam, T. Matsue, Y. Sakka, H. Bae, K. Nakajima, Y. Kawazoe and A. Khademhosseini, Facile and green production of aqueous graphene dispersions for biomedical applications, Nanoscale 7, 6436-6443 (2015). doi:10.1039/c4nr07569b

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M. Estili, J. Echeberria, J. Vleugels, K. Vanmeensel, O. B. Bondarchuk, N. Rodríguez, L. Larrimbe, A. Reyes-Rojas, A. Garcia-Reyes, C. Domínguez-Rios, M. H. Bocanegra-Bernal and A. Aguilar-Elguezabal, Sintering in a graphite powder bed of alumina-toughened zirconia/carbon nanotube composites: A novel way to delay hydrothermal degradation, CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL 41, 4569-4580 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.11.155

495 J. Liu, M. Liao, M. Imura, H. Oosato, E. Watanabe and Y. Koide, Electrical properties of atomic layer deposited HfO<inf>2</inf>/Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf>multilayer on diamond, DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS 54, 55-58 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.diamond.2014.10.004

496 G. Rydzek, Q. Ji, M. Li, P. Schaaf, J. P. Hill, F. Boulmedais and K. Ariga, Electrochemical nanoarchitectonics and layer-by-layer assembly: From basics to future, Nano Today 10, 138-167 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.nantod.2015.02.008

497 X. Wang, D. Liu, Q. Weng, J. Liu, Q. Liang and C. Zhang, Cu/Li4Ti5O12 scaffolds as superior anodes for lithium-ion batteries, NPG Asia Materials 7, (2015). doi:10.1038/am.2015.23

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498 W. Yi, I. A. Presniakov, A. V. Sobolev, Y. S. Glazkova, Y. Matsushita, M. Tanaka, K. Kosuda, Y. Tsujimoto, K. Yamaura and A. A. Belik, Structure and cation distribution in perovskites with small cations at the A site: The case of ScCoO<inf>3</inf>, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS 16, (2015). doi:10.1088/1468-6996/16/2/024801

499 S. Dutta and K. Wakabayashi, Momentum shift of Dirac cones in the silicene-intercalated compound CaSi<inf>2</inf>, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 91, (2015). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.91.201410

500 S. H. Liao, C. H. Liu, B. P. Bastakoti, N. Suzuki, Y. Chang, Y. Yamauchi, F. H. Lin and K. C. W. Wu, Functionalized magnetic iron oxide/alginate core-shell nanoparticles for targeting hyperthermia, International Journal of Nanomedicine 10, 3315-3328 (2015). doi:10.2147/IJN.S68719

501 X. Sun, A. Pratt and Y. Yamauchi, Half-metallicity induced by boron adsorption on an Fe<inf>3</inf>O<inf>4</inf>(100) surface, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS 17, 15386-15391 (2015). doi:10.1039/c5cp02466h

502 N. Suzuki, X. Jiang, V. Malgras, Y. Yamauchi, A. Islam and L. Han, Synthesis of thin titania photoanodes with large mesopores for electricity-generating windows, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY 44, 656-658 (2015). doi:10.1246/cl.150082

503 I. Bressler, B. R. Pauw and A. F. Thünemann, McSAS: Software for the retrieval of model parameter distributions from scattering patterns, JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 48, 962-969 (2015). doi:10.1107/S1600576715007347

504 X. F. Jiang, Q. Weng, X. B. Wang, X. Li, J. Zhang, D. Golberg and Y. Bando, Recent Progress on Fabrications and Applications of Boron Nitride Nanomaterials: A Review, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 31, 589-598 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2014.12.008

505 Y. Miyoshi, A. Badel, X. Chaud, T. Benkel, B. Vincent, P. Tixador, J. Marpaud, F. Debray, T. Lécrevisse, M. Devaux, P. Fazilleau and J. M. Rey, Performance tests of prototype high-field HTS coils in grenoble, 25, (2015). doi:10.1109/TASC.2014.2363883

506 Y. Miyoshi, G. Nishijima, H. Kitaguchi and X. Chaud, Hoop stress test on new high strength alloy laminated Bi-2223 conductor, SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 28, (2015). doi:10.1088/0953-2048/28/7/075013

507 H. Porwal, M. Estili, A. Grünewald, S. Grasso, R. Detsch, C. Hu, Y. Sakka, A. R. Boccaccini and M. J. Reece, 45S5 Bioglass®–MWCNT composite: processing and bioactivity, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN MEDICINE 26, (2015). doi:10.1007/s10856-015-5529-9

508 Z. Schnepp, A. E. Danks, M. J. Hollamby, B. R. Pauw, C. A. Murray and C. C. Tang, In Situ Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction Study of the Sol-Gel Synthesis of Fe<inf>3</inf>N and Fe<inf>3</inf>C, CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS 27, 5094-5099 (2015). doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01811

509 O. Stetsovych, A. M. Todorovi, T. K. Shimizu, C. Moreno, J. W. Ryan, C. P. León, K. Sagisaka, E. Palomares, V. Matolín, D. Fujita, R. Perez and O. Custance, Atomic species identification at the (101) anatase surface by simultaneous scanning tunnelling and atomic force microscopy, Nature Communications 6, (2015). doi:10.1038/ncomms8265

510 T. Tsumuraya, H. Seo, R. Kato and T. Miyazaki, First-principles study of hydrogen-bonded molecular conductor κ- H3(Cat-EDT-TTF/ST)2, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 92, (2015). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.92.035102

511 S. Dutta and K. Wakabayashi, Magnetization due to localized states on graphene grain boundary, Scientific Reports 5, (2015). doi:10.1038/srep11744

512 T. D. Bennett, J. C. Tan, Y. Yue, E. Baxter, C. Ducati, N. J. Terrill, H. H. M. Yeung, Z. Zhou, W. Chen, S. Henke, A. K. Cheetham and G. N. Greaves, Hybrid glasses from strong and fragile metal-organic framework liquids, Nature Communications 6, (2015). doi:10.1038/ncomms9079

513 M. Hase, H. Kuroe, V. Y. Pomjakushin, L. Keller, R. Tamura, N. Terada, Y. Matsushita, A. Dönni and T. Sekine, Magnetic structure of the spin- 12 frustrated quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnet Cu3Mo2 O9: Appearance of a partially disordered state, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 92, (2015). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.92.054425

514 M. Maruyama, N. T. Cuong and S. Okada, Geometric and electronic structures of two-dimensional networks of fused C<inf>36</inf> fullerenes, JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 84, (2015). doi:10.7566/JPSJ.84.084706

515 P. M. Hundt, H. Ueta, M. E. Van Reijzen, B. Jiang, H. Guo and R. D. Beck, Bond-Selective and Mode-Specific Dissociation of CH<inf>3</inf>D and CH<inf>2</inf>D<inf>2</inf>on Pt(111), JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A 119, 12442-12448 (2015). doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.5b07949

516 X. F. Jiang, X. B. Wang, P. Dai, X. Li, Q. Weng, X. Wang, D. M. Tang, J. Tang, Y. Bando and D. Golberg, High-throughput fabrication of strutted graphene by ammonium-assisted chemical blowing for high-performance supercapacitors, Nano Energy 16, 81-90 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.06.008

517 J. W. Liu, M. Y. Liao, M. Imura, T. Matsumoto, N. Shibata, Y. Ikuhara and Y. Koide, Control of normally on/off characteristics in hydrogenated diamond metal-insulator-semiconductor field-effect transistors, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 118, (2015). doi:10.1063/1.4930294

518 Y. Miyoshi, G. Nishijima, H. Kitaguchi and X. Chaud, High field I<inf>c</inf> characterizations of commercial HTS conductors, PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS 516, 31-35 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.physc.2015.06.004

519 K. Shiba, T. Sugiyama, T. Takei and G. Yoshikawa, Controlled growth of silica-titania hybrid functional nanoparticles through a multistep microfluidic approach, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 51, 15854-15857 (2015). doi:10.1039/c5cc07230a

520 Q. Weng, Y. Ide, X. Wang, X. Wang, C. Zhang, X. Jiang, Y. Xue, P. Dai, K. Komaguchi, Y. Bando and D. Golberg, Design of BN porous sheets with richly exposed (002) plane edges and their application as TiO<inf>2</inf> visible light sensitizer, Nano Energy 16, 19-27 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.06.004

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521 P. Dai, Y. Xue, X. Wang, Q. Weng, C. Zhang, X. Jiang, D. Tang, X. Wang, N. Kawamoto, Y. Ide, M. Mitome, D. Golberg and Y. Bando, Pollutant capturing SERS substrate: Porous boron nitride microfibers with uniform silver nanoparticle decoration, Nanoscale 7, 18992-18997 (2015). doi:10.1039/c5nr05625j

522 X. Huang, Y. Yang, J. Shi, H. T. Ngo, C. Shen, W. Du and Y. Wang, High-Internal-Phase Emulsion Tailoring Polymer Amphiphilicity towards an Efficient NIR-Sensitive Bacteria Filter, Small 11, 4876-4883 (2015). doi:10.1002/smll.201501396

523 K. Jiptner, Y. Miyamura, B. Gao, H. Harada, K. Kakimoto and T. Sekiguchi, Orientation dependency of dislocation generation in Si growth process, Solid State Phenomena 242, 15-20 (2015). doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.242.15

524 T. Sekiguchi, Y. Miyamura, H. Harada, K. Jiptner, J. Chen, R. R. Prakash, S. Nakano, B. Gao and K. Kakimoto, 50 cm size seed cast Si ingot growth and its characterization, Solid State Phenomena 242, 30-34 (2015). doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.242.30

525 T. Sekiguchi, R. R. Prakash, K. Jiptner, X. J. Luo, J. Chen, Y. Miyamura and H. Harada, Statistical consideration of grain growth mechanism of multicrystalline Si by one directional solidification technique, Solid State Phenomena 242, 35-40 (2015). doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.242.35

526 P. Dai, Y. Zhang, Y. Xue, X. Jiang, X. Wang, J. Zhan and Y. Bando, Nanoparticle-based screen printing of copper zinc tin sulfide thin film as photocathode for quantum dot sensitized solar cell, MATERIALS LETTERS 158, 198-201 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2015.06.016

527 H. Lu, Y. Wang, L. Li, Y. Kotsuchibashi, R. Narain and H. Zeng, Temperature- and pH-Responsive Benzoboroxole-Based Polymers for Flocculation and Enhanced Dewatering of Fine Particle Suspensions, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 7, 27176-27187 (2015). doi:10.1021/acsami.5b09874

528 S. Sun, S. Henke, M. T. Wharmby, H. H. M. Yeung, W. Li and A. K. Cheetham, Mechanical Properties of a Calcium Dietary Supplement, Calcium Fumarate Trihydrate, INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 54, 11186-11192 (2015). doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01466

529 E. Mohamed, M. Taheri, M. Mehrjoo, M. Mazaheri, A. M. Zahedi, M. A. Shokrgozar and F. Golestani-Fard, In vitro biocompatibility and ageing of 3Y-TZP/CNTs composites, PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS 41, 12773-12781 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2015.06.112

530 K. Shiba, M. Tagaya, T. Sugiyama and N. Hanagata, Preparation of luminescent titania/dye hybrid nanoparticles and their dissolution properties for controlling cellular environments, RSC Advances 5, 104343-104353 (2015). doi:10.1039/c5ra23026h

531 Y. Xue, P. Dai, X. Jiang, X. Wang, C. Zhang, D. Tang, Q. Weng, X. Wang, A. Pakdel, C. Tang, Y. Bando and D. Golberg, Template-free synthesis of boron nitride foam-like porous monoliths and their high-end applications in water purification, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 1469-1478 (2016). doi:10.1039/c5ta08134c

532 P. J. Commins, J. P. Hill, Y. Matsushita, W. A. Webre, J. Labuta, K. Ariga and F. D'Souza, Selective octabromination of tetraarylporphyrins based on meso-substituent identity: Structural and electrochemical studies, JOURNAL OF PORPHYRINS AND PHTHALOCYANINES 20, 213-222 (2016). doi:10.1142/S1088424615500972

533 T. H. Ngo, D. Zieba, W. A. Webre, G. N. Lim, P. A. Karr, S. Kord, S. Jin, K. Ariga, M. Galli, S. Goldup, J. P. Hill and F. D'Souza, Engaging Copper(III) Corrole as an Electron Acceptor: Photoinduced Charge Separation in Zinc Porphyrin-Copper Corrole Donor-Acceptor Conjugates, CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 22, (2016). doi:10.1002/chem.201504860

534 K. Nishikawa, J. Moon and K. Kanamura, In-situ observation of volume expansion behavior of a silicon particle in various electrolytes, JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES 302, 46-52 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.10.014

535 K. Shiba, S. Motozuka, T. Yamaguchi, N. Ogawa, Y. Otsuka, K. Ohnuma, T. Kataoka and M. Tagaya, Effect of Cationic Surfactant Micelles on Hydroxyapatite Nanocrystal Formation: An Investigation into the Inorganic-Organic Interfacial Interactions, CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN 16, 1463-1471 (2016). doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01599

536 S. Tominaka, H. H. M. Yeung, S. Henke and A. K. Cheetham, Coordination environments and π-conjugation in dense lithium coordination polymers, CRYSTENGCOMM 18, 398-406 (2016). doi:10.1039/c5ce01658d

537 S. Wang, J. W. Ryan, A. Singh, J. G. Beirne, E. Palomares and G. Redmond, Encapsulation of MEH-PPV:PCBM Hybrids in the Cores of Block Copolymer Micellar Assemblies: Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Nanoscale Donor-Acceptor System, LANGMUIR 32, 329-337 (2016). doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b04053

538 Y. Xue, P. Dai, X. Jiang, X. Wang, C. Zhang, D. Tang, Q. Weng, X. Wang, A. Pakdel, C. Tang, Y. Bando and D. Golberg, Template-free synthesis of boron nitride foam-like porous monoliths and their high-end applications in water purification, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 1469-1478 (2016). doi:10.1039/c5ta08134c

539 A. M. Zahedi, J. Javadpour, H. R. Rezaie and M. Mazaheri, Analytical study on the incorporation of zirconia-based ceramics with carbon nanotubes: Dispersion methods and mechanical properties, CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL 42, 1653-1659 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2015.09.118

540 J. Zhao, J. Liu, L. Sang, M. Liao, D. Coathup, M. Imura, B. Shi, C. Gu, Y. Koide and H. Ye, Assembly of a high-dielectric constant thin TiO<inf>x</inf>layer directly on H-terminated semiconductor diamond, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 108, (2016). doi:10.1063/1.4939650

541 S. Ahadian, S. Yamada, J. Ramón-Azcón, M. Estili, X. Liang, K. Nakajima, H. Shiku, A. Khademhosseini and T. Matsue, Hybrid hydrogel-aligned carbon nanotube scaffolds to enhance cardiac differentiation of embryoid bodies, Acta Biomaterialia 31, 134-143 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2015.11.047

542 S. Ishii, K. Uto, E. Niiyama, M. Ebara and T. Nagao, Hybridizing Poly(ε-caprolactone) and Plasmonic Titanium Nitride Nanoparticles for Broadband Photoresponsive Shape Memory Films, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 5634-5640 (2016). doi:10.1021/acsami.5b12658

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543 Y. Kotsuchibashi and M. Ebara, Facile functionalization of electrospun poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol) nanofibers via the benzoxaborole-diol interaction, Polymers 8, (2016). doi:10.3390/polym8020041

544 T. Noda, M. Elborg, T. Mano, T. Kawazu, L. Han and H. Sakaki, Bias voltage dependence of two-step photocurrent in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well solar cells, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 119, (2016). doi:10.1063/1.4942215

545 C. Zhang, X. Wang, Q. Liang, X. Liu, Q. Weng, J. Liu, Y. Yang, Z. Dai, K. Ding, Y. Bando, J. Tang and D. Golberg, Amorphous Phosphorus/Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Paper for Ultrastable Sodium-Ion Batteries, NANO LETTERS 16, 2054-2060 (2016). doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00057

546 T. Benkel, Y. Miyoshi, G. Escamez, D. Gonzales, X. Chaud, A. Badel and P. Tixador, REBCO Performance at High Field with Low Incident Angle and Preliminary Tests for a 10-T Insert, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 26, (2016). doi:10.1109/TASC.2016.2540158

547 K. Doi, S. Miyabe, H. Tsuchiya and S. Fujimoto, Degradation of Ti-6Al-4V alloy under cyclic loading in a simulated body environment with cell culturing, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 56, 6-13 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.10.032

548 U. Ishiyama, N. T. Cuong and S. Okada, Anomalous electrostatic potential properties in carbon nanotube thin films under a weak external electric field, Applied Physics Express 9, (2016). doi:10.7567/APEX.9.045101

549 H. Oguro, S. Awaji, K. Watanabe, T. Omura, X. Chaud, Y. Miyoshi, S. Nimori, T. Shimizu, M. Sugimoto, H. Tsubouchi and S. Hanai, Transport Properties of CuNb/Nb3Sn Rutherford Coils With Various Diameters, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 26, (2016). doi:10.1109/TASC.2016.2543599

550 F. Arianpour, F. Golestanifard, H. Rezaie, M. Mazaheri, A. Celik, F. Kara and G. Fantozzi, Processing, phase evaluation and mechanical properties of MoSi2 doped 4TaC-HfC based UHTCs consolidated by spark plasma sintering, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFRACTORY METALS & HARD MATERIALS 56, 1-7 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2015.11.011

551 G. Imamura, K. Shiba and G. Yoshikawa, Finite element analysis on nanomechanical detection of small particles: Toward virus detection, Frontiers in Microbiology 7, (2016). doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00488

552 V. N. Knyukshto, T. H. Ngo, W. Dehaen, W. Maes and M. M. Kruk, Phosphorescence of free base corroles, RSC Advances 6, 43911-43915 (2016). doi:10.1039/c6ra06196f

553 P. Y. Mengsteab, K. Uto, A. S. T. Smith, S. Frankel, E. Fisher, Z. Nawas, J. Macadangdang, M. Ebara and D. H. Kim, Spatiotemporal control of cardiac anisotropy using dynamic nanotopographic cues, BIOMATERIALS 86, 1-10 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.01.062

554 M. Tagaya, T. Yamaguchi and K. Shiba, Preparation of phospholipid vesicle-templated calcium phosphate nanostructures and their cytocompatibility, CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN 16, 2843-2849 (2016). doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.6b00469

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K. C. W. Wu, C. H. Kang, Y. F. Lin, K. L. Tung, Y. H. Deng, T. Ahamad, S. M. Alshehri, N. Suzuki and Y. Yamauchi, Towards acid-tolerated ethanol dehydration: Chitosan-based mixed matrix membranes containing cyano-bridged coordination polymer nanoparticles, JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY 16, 4141-4146 (2016). doi:10.1166/jnn.2016.12614

556 F. N. Li, J. W. Liu, J. W. Zhang, X. L. Wang, W. Wang, Z. C. Liu and H. X. Wang, Measurement of barrier height of Pd on diamond (100) surface by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE 370, 496-500 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.02.189

557 J. W. Liu, M. Y. Liao, M. Imura and Y. Koide, High- k ZrO2/Al2O3 bilayer on hydrogenated diamond: Band configuration, breakdown field, and electrical properties of field-effect transistors, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 120, (2016). doi:10.1063/1.4962851

558 F. Lloret, A. Fiori, D. Araujo, D. Eon, M. P. Villar and E. Bustarret, Stratigraphy of a diamond epitaxial three-dimensional overgrowth using doping superlattices, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 108, (2016). doi:10.1063/1.4948373

559 A. Takai, D. Sakamaki, S. Seki, Y. Matsushita and M. Takeuchi, Ferrocene-Substituted Naphthalenediimide with Broad Absorption and Electron-Transport Properties in the Segregated-Stack Structure, CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 22, 7385-7388 (2016). doi:10.1002/chem.201600196

560 X. Wang, Q. Weng, Y. Yang, Y. Bando and D. Golberg, Hybrid two-dimensional materials in rechargeable battery applications and their microscopic mechanisms, CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS 45, 4042-4073 (2016). doi:10.1039/c5cs00937e

561 Q. Weng, X. Wang, X. Wang, Y. Bando and D. Golberg, Functionalized hexagonal boron nitride nanomaterials: Emerging properties and applications, CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS 45, 3989-4012 (2016). doi:10.1039/c5cs00869g

562 M. Elborg, T. Noda, T. Mano and Y. Sakuma, Optical transitions in GaNAs quantum wells with variable nitrogen content embedded in AlGaAs, AIP Advances 6, (2016). doi:10.1063/1.4953894

563 S. Matsuda, Y. Kubo, K. Uosaki, K. Hashimoto and S. Nakanishi, Improved Energy Capacity of Aprotic Li-O2 Batteries by Forming Cl-Incorporated Li2O2 as the Discharge Product, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120, 13360-13365 (2016). doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b03083

564 K. Shiba, T. Kataoka, M. Okuda, S. Blanco-Canosa and M. Tagaya, Designed synthesis of well-defined titania/iron(III) acetylacetonate nanohybrids with magnetic/luminescent properties, RSC Advances 6, 55750-55754 (2016). doi:10.1039/c6ra03824g

565 T. Tsuneda, R. K. Singh and A. Nakata, Relationship between orbital energy gaps and excitation energies for long-chain systems, JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 37, 1451-1462 (2016). doi:10.1002/jcc.24357

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566 H. Ueta, N. Watanabe, T. Hama and A. Kouchi, Surface Temperature Dependence of Hydrogen Ortho-Para Conversion on Amorphous Solid Water, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 116, (2016). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.253201

567 T. Kataoka, K. Shiba and M. Tagaya, Preparation of europium(III)-doped hydroxyapatite nanocrystals in the presence of cationic surfactant, Colloids and Interface Science Communications 13, 1-5 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.colcom.2016.04.003

568 J. Pu, K. Kanahashi, N. T. Cuong, C. H. Chen, L. J. Li, S. Okada, H. Ohta and T. Takenobu, Enhanced thermoelectric power in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 94, (2016). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.014312

569 N. M. Sanchez-Ballester, G. Rydzek, A. Pakdel, A. Oruganti, K. Hasegawa, M. Mitome, D. Golberg, J. P. Hill, H. Abe and K. Ariga, Nanostructured polymeric yolk-shell capsules: A versatile tool for hierarchical nanocatalyst design, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 9850-9857 (2016). doi:10.1039/c6ta03311c

570 K. Shiba and G. Yoshikawa, Aero-Thermo-Dynamic Mass Analysis, Scientific Reports 6, (2016). doi:10.1038/srep28849

571 A. Takai, Z. Chen, X. Yu, N. Zhou, T. J. Marks and A. Facchetti, Annulated Thienyl-Vinylene-Thienyl Building Blocks for π-Conjugated Copolymers: Ring Dimensions and Isomeric Structure Effects on π-Conjugation Length and Charge Transport, CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS 28, 5772-5783 (2016). doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b02007

572 A. Takai, T. Kajitani, T. Fukushima, K. Kishikawa, T. Yasuda and M. Takeuchi, Supramolecular Assemblies of Ferrocene-Hinged Naphthalenediimides: Multiple Conformational Changes in Film States, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 138, 11245-11253 (2016). doi:10.1021/jacs.6b05824

573 J. Xu, A. Takai and M. Takeuchi, Multiple emissions from indenofluorenedione in solution and polymer films, RSC Advances 6, 80867-80871 (2016). doi:10.1039/c6ra17765d

574 G. Imamura, K. Shiba and G. Yoshikawa, Smell identification of spices using nanomechanical membrane-type surface stress sensors, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 55, (2016). doi:10.7567/JJAP.55.1102B3

575 V. Malgras, S. Tominaka, J. W. Ryan, J. Henzie, T. Takei, K. Ohara and Y. Yamauchi, Observation of Quantum Confinement in Monodisperse Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals Embedded in Mesoporous Silica, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 138, 13874-13881 (2016). doi:10.1021/jacs.6b05608

576 R. Takai, R. Kurimoto, Y. Nakagawa, Y. Kotsuchibashi, K. Namekawa and M. Ebara, Towards a Rational Design of Zeolite-Polymer Composite Nanofibers for Efficient Adsorption of Creatinine, Journal of Nanomaterials 2016, (2016). doi:10.1155/2016/5638905

577 J. Xu, A. Takai and M. Takeuchi, Red–Green–Blue Trichromophoric Nanoparticles with Dual Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer: Highly Sensitive Fluorogenic Response Toward Polyanions, CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 22, 13014-13018 (2016). doi:10.1002/chem.201602759

578 C. Zhang, O. Cretu, D. G. Kvashnin, N. Kawamoto, M. Mitome, X. Wang, Y. Bando, P. B. Sorokin and D. Golberg, Statistically Analyzed Photoresponse of Elastically Bent CdS Nanowires Probed by Light-Compatible in Situ High-Resolution TEM, NANO LETTERS 16, 6008-6013 (2016). doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01614

579 K. Doi, E. Akiyama and M. Hayakawa, Hydrogen entry into an AISI 4135 high strength steel in tribocorrosion environment, ECS Transactions 75, 33-41 (2016). doi:10.1149/07529.0033ecst

580 Y. Kotsuchibashi, M. Ebara, T. Aoyagi and R. Narain, Recent advances in dual temperature responsive block copolymers and their potential as biomedical applications, Polymers 8, (2016). doi:10.3390/polym8110380

581 J. Liu, H. Ohsato, X. Wang, M. Liao and Y. Koide, Design and fabrication of high-performance diamond triple-gate field-effect transistors, Scientific Reports 6, (2016). doi:10.1038/srep34757

582 K. E. Moore, O. Cretu, M. Mitome and D. Golberg, In situ cyclic telescoping of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in a transmission electron microscope, CARBON 107, 225-232 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2016.05.067

583 T. Sato, K. Uto, T. Aoyagi and M. Ebara, An intriguing method for fabricating arbitrarily shaped "Matreshka" hydrogels using a self-healing template, Materials 9, (2016). doi:10.3390/ma9110864

584 Y. Wang, L. Li, Y. Kotsuchibashi, S. Vshyvenko, Y. Liu, D. Hall, H. Zeng and R. Narain, Self-Healing and Injectable Shear Thinning Hydrogels Based on Dynamic Oxaborole-Diol Covalent Cross-Linking, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2, 2315-2323 (2016). doi:10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00527

585 G. Imamura, K. Shiba and G. Yoshikawa, Finite element analysis on nanomechanical sensing of cellular forces, Analytical Sciences 32, 1189-1194 (2016).

586 J. Liu, H. Zhao, J. Liu, A. Maréchal and W. Wang, Semiconductors: Materials, Physics, and Devices, Active and Passive Electronic Components 2016, (2016). doi:10.1155/2016/4523960

587 X. Luo, R. R. Prakash, J. Chen, K. Jiptner and T. Sekiguchi, Effect of Σ3 generation on random grain boundaries in multicrystalline silicon, SUPERLATTICES AND MICROSTRUCTURES 99, 136-139 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.spmi.2016.03.032

588 M. Maruyama, N. T. Cuong and S. Okada, Coexistence of Dirac cones and Kagome flat bands in a porous graphene, CARBON 109, 755-763 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2016.08.090

589 N. Mitoma, B. Da, H. Yoshikawa, T. Nabatame, M. Takahashi, K. Ito, T. Kizu, A. Fujiwara and K. Tsukagoshi, Phase transitions from semiconductive amorphous to conductive polycrystalline in indium silicon oxide thin films, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 109, (2016). doi:10.1063/1.4968810

590 K. Jiptner, Y. Miyamura, H. Harada, B. Gao, K. Kakimoto and T. Sekiguchi, Dislocation behavior in seed-cast grown Si ingots based on crystallographic orientation, PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS 24, 1513-1522 (2016). doi:10.1002/pip.2708

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591 H. Qian, J. Tang, Z. Wang, J. Kim, J. H. Kim, S. M. Alshehri, E. Yanmaz, X. Wang and Y. Yamauchi, Synthesis of Cobalt Sulfide/Sulfur Doped Carbon Nanocomposites with Efficient Catalytic Activity in the Oxygen Evolution Reaction, CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 22, 18259-18264 (2016). doi:10.1002/chem.201604162

592 G. J. Richards, S. Ishihara, J. Labuta, D. Miklík, T. Mori, S. Yamada, K. Ariga and J. P. Hill, Fluorescent mesomorphic pyrazinacenes, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 4, 11514-11523 (2016). doi:10.1039/c6tc04628b

593 K. Shiba, T. Takei and M. Ogawa, Mesoporous silica coated silica-titania spherical particles: from impregnation to core-shell formation, DALTON TRANSACTIONS 45, 18742-18749 (2016). doi:10.1039/C6DT03524H

594 E. Verveniotis, Y. Okawa, M. V. Makarova, Y. Koide, J. Liu, B. Smd, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, K. Komatsu, T. Minari, X. Liu, C. Joachim and M. Aono, Self-assembling diacetylene molecules on atomically flat insulators, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS 18, 31600-31605 (2016). doi:10.1039/c6cp06749b

595 Y. B. Zou, S. F. Mao, B. Da and Z. J. Ding, Surface sensitivity of secondary electrons emitted from amorphous solids: Calculation of mean escape depth by a Monte Carlo method, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 120, (2016). doi:10.1063/1.4972196

596 M. Elborg, T. Noda and Y. Sakuma, Open-circuit voltage in AlGaAs solar cells with embedded GaNAs quantum wells of varying confinement depth, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 7, 162-168 (2017). doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2617040

597 M. Imura, R. G. Banal, M. Liao, J. Liu, T. Aizawa, A. Tanaka, H. Iwai, T. Mano and Y. Koide, Effect of off-cut angle of hydrogen-terminated diamond(111) substrate on the quality of AlN towards high-density AlN/diamond(111) interface hole channel, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 121, (2017). doi:10.1063/1.4972979

598 R. Kato, H. B. Cui, T. Tsumuraya, T. Miyazaki and Y. Suzumura, Emergence of the Dirac electron system in a single-component molecular conductor under high pressure, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 139, 1770-1773 (2017). doi:10.1021/jacs.6b12187

599 Y. Kotsuchibashi, T. Takiguchi, M. Ebara and T. Aoyagi, The effects of the photo-induced proton generation on the assembly formation of dual-temperature and pH responsive block copolymers, Polymer Chemistry 8, 295-302 (2017). doi:10.1039/c6py01269h

600 X. Li, X. Wang, J. Zhang, N. Hanagata, X. Wang, Q. Weng, A. Ito, Y. Bando and D. Golberg, Hollow boron nitride nanospheres as boron reservoir for prostate cancer treatment, Nature Communications 8, (2017). doi:10.1038/ncomms13936

601 C. Zhao, K. Nagura, M. Takeuchi and K. Sugiyasu, Twisting poly(3-substituted thiophene)s: Cyclopolymerization of gemini thiophene monomers through catalyst-transfer polycondensation, POLYMER JOURNAL 49, 133-139 (2017). doi:10.1038/pj.2016.66

602 A. Ahadi, Y. Matsushita, T. Sawaguchi, Q. P. Sun and K. Tsuchiya, Origin of zero and negative thermal expansion in severely-deformed superelastic NiTi alloy, ACTA MATERIALIA 124, 79-92 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2016.10.054

603 T. Hong Anh Ngo, D. T. Tran and C. Hung Dinh, Surface photochemical graft polymerization of acrylic acid onto polyamide thin film composite membranes, JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE 134, (2017). doi:10.1002/app.44418

604 I. Osica, G. Imamura, K. Shiba, Q. Ji, L. K. Shrestha, J. P. Hill, K. J. Kurzydłowski, G. Yoshikawa and K. Ariga, Highly Networked Capsular Silica-Porphyrin Hybrid Nanostructures as Efficient Materials for Acetone Vapor Sensing, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 9, 9945-9954 (2017). doi:10.1021/acsami.6b15680

605 J. C. Piñero, D. Araújo, A. Fiori, A. Traoré, M. P. Villar, D. Eon, P. Muret, J. Pernot and T. Teraji, Atomic composition of WC/ and Zr/O-terminated diamond Schottky interfaces close to ideality, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE 395, 200-207 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.04.166

606 O. Cretu, C. Zhang and D. Golberg, Nanometer-scale mapping of defect-induced luminescence centers in cadmium sulfide nanowires, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 110, (2017). doi:10.1063/1.4978603

607 N. T. Cuong and S. Okada, Suppression of conductivity deterioration of copper thin films by coating with atomic-layer materials, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 110, (2017). doi:10.1063/1.4979038

608 C. Liu, X. Liu, Y. Xu, H. Sun, Y. Li, Y. Shi, M. V. Lee, T. Yamada, T. Hasegawa, Y. Y. Noh and T. Minari, Generating one-dimensional micro- or nano-structures with in-plane alignment by vapor-driven wetting kinetics, Materials Horizons 4, 259-267 (2017). doi:10.1039/c6mh00411c

630 D. Payra, Y. Fujii, S. Das, J. Takaishi and M. Naito, Rational design of a biomimetic glue with tunable strength and ductility, Polymer Chemistry 8, 1654-1663 (2017). doi:10.1039/c6py02232d

631 H. Ueta and M. Kurahashi, Dynamics of O2 Chemisorption on a Flat Platinum Surface Probed by an Alignment-Controlled O2 Beam, ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION 56, 4174-4177 (2017). doi:10.1002/anie.201612281

632 S. Yoshizawa, E. Minamitani, S. Vijayaraghavan, P. Mishra, Y. Takagi, T. Yokoyama, H. Oba, J. Nitta, K. Sakamoto, S. Watanabe, T. Nakayama and T. Uchihashi, Controlled Modification of Superconductivity in Epitaxial Atomic Layer-Organic Molecule Heterostructures, NANO LETTERS 17, 2287-2293 (2017). doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b05010

633 H. Shinotsuka, B. Da, S. Tanuma, H. Yoshikawa, C. J. Powell and D. R. Penn, Calculations of electron inelastic mean free paths. XI. Data for liquid water for energies from 50eV to 30keV, SURFACE AND INTERFACE ANALYSIS (2017). doi:10.1002/sia.6123

634 V. Torra, F. Martorell, Q. P. Sun, A. Ahadi, F. C. Lovey and M. Sade, Metastable effects on martensitic transformation in SMAs: Part X. An approach to thermodynamic changes induced for the S-shaped cycles in thick wires of NiTi, JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY 1-12 (2017). doi:10.1007/s10973-016-5886-8

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635 K. Suzuki, H. Tanaka, M. Ebara, K. Uto, H. Matsuoka, S. Nishimoto, K. Okada, T. Murase and H. Yoshikawa, Electrospun nanofiber sheets incorporating methylcobalamin promote nerve regeneration and functional recovery in a rat sciatic nerve crush injury model, Acta Biomaterialia 53, 250-259 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2017.02.004

636 V. Torra, F. Martorell, Q. P. Sun, A. Ahadi, F. C. Lovey and M. Sade, Metastable effects on martensitic transformation in SMAs: Part X. An approach to thermodynamic changes induced for the S-shaped cycles in thick wires of NiTi, JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY 128, 259-270 (2017). doi:10.1007/s10973-016-5886-8

637 J. W. Ryan and E. Palomares, Photo-Induced Charge Carrier Recombination Kinetics in Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells and the Influence of Film Nanomorphology, Advanced Energy Materials (2017). doi:10.1002/aenm.201601509

638 B. Da, J. Liu, M. Yamamoto, Y. Ueda, K. Watanabe, N. Thanh Cuong, S. Li, K. Tsukagoshi, H. Yoshikawa, H. Iwai, S. Tanuma, H. Guo, Z. Gao, X. Sun and Z. Ding, Virtual substrate method for nanomaterials characterization, Nature Communications 8, (2017). doi:10.1038/ncomms15629

639 K. Uto, T. Aoyagi, C. A. DeForest, A. S. Hoffman and M. Ebara, A Combinational Effect of “Bulk” and “Surface” Shape-Memory Transitions on the Regulation of Cell Alignment, Advanced Healthcare Materials 6 6, (2017). doi:10.1002/adhm.201601439

640 Q. Weng, D. G. Kvashnin, X. Wang, O. Cretu, Y. Yang, M. Zhou, C. Zhang, D. M. Tang, P. B. Sorokin, Y. Bando and D. Golberg, Tuning of the Optical, Electronic, and Magnetic Properties of Boron Nitride Nanosheets with Oxygen Doping and Functionalization, ADVANCED MATERIALS 29, (2017). doi:10.1002/adma.201700695

641 A. Fiori and T. Teraji, Plasma etching phenomena in heavily boron-doped diamond growth, DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS 76, 38-43 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.diamond.2017.04.007

642 K. Shiba, R. Tamura, G. Imamura and G. Yoshikawa, Data-driven nanomechanical sensing: Specific information extraction from a complex system, Scientific Reports 7, (2017). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-03875-7

643 F. Lu, T. Takaya, K. Iwata, I. Kawamura, A. Saeki, M. Ishii, K. Nagura and T. Nakanishi, A Guide to Design Functional Molecular Liquids with Tailorable Properties using Pyrene-Fluorescence as a Probe, Scientific Reports 7, (2017). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-03584-1

644 C. Liu, K. Huang, W. T. Park, M. Li, T. Yang, X. Liu, L. Liang, T. Minari and Y. Y. Noh, A unified understanding of charge transport in organic semiconductors: The importance of attenuated delocalization for the carriers, Materials Horizons 4, 608-618 (2017). doi:10.1039/c7mh00091j

645 D. Fernandez, A. Viterisi, V. Challuri, J. W. Ryan, E. Martinez-Ferrero, F. Gispert-Guirado, M. Martinez, E. Escudero, C. Stenta, L. F. Marsal and E. Palomares, Understanding the Limiting Factors of Solvent-Annealed Small-Molecule Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells from a Chemical Perspective, ChemSusChem 10, 3118-3134 (2017). doi:10.1002/cssc.201700440

646 D. B. Khadka, Y. Shirai, M. Yanagida, J. W. Ryan and K. Miyano, Exploring the effects of interfacial carrier transport layers on device performance and optoelectronic properties of planar perovskite solar cells, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 5, 8819-8827 (2017). doi:10.1039/c7tc02822a

647 M. Kurahashi and H. Ueta, Development of a hyperthermal state-selected molecular oxygen beam and its application to the study of O<inf>2</inf>adsorption on Pt(111), Journal of Vacuum Society of Japan 60, 307-312 (2017). doi:10.3131/jvsj2.60.307

648 I. Osica, A. F. A. A. Melo, G. Imamura, K. Shiba, Q. Ji, J. P. Hill, F. N. Crespilho, K. J. Kurzydłowski, G. Yoshikawa and K. Ariga, Fabrication of silica-protein hierarchical nanoarchitecture with gas-phase sensing activity, JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY 17, 5908-5917 (2017). doi:10.1166/jnn.2017.14388

649 Y. Yao, M. Elborg, T. Kuroda and K. Sakoda, Excitonic Aharonov-Bohm effect in QD-on-ring nanostructures, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER 29, (2017). doi:10.1088/1361-648X/aa7c90

650 S. Nakano, B. Gao, K. Jiptner, H. Harada, Y. Miyamura, T. Sekiguchi, M. Fukuzawa and K. Kakimoto, Numerical analysis of the relation between dislocation density and residual strain in silicon ingots used in solar cells, JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH (2016). doi:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2016.12.007

651 C. Liu, G. Li, R. Di Pietro, J. Huang, Y. Y. Noh, X. Liu and T. Minari, Device Physics of Contact Issues for the Overestimation and Underestimation of Carrier Mobility in Field-Effect Transistors, Physical Review Applied 8, (2017). doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.8.034020

652 T. H. Ngo, J. Labuta, G. N. Lim, W. A. Webre, F. D'Souza, P. A. Karr, J. E. M. Lewis, J. P. Hill, K. Ariga and S. M. Goldup, Porphyrinoid rotaxanes: Building a mechanical picket fence, Chemical Science 8, 6679-6685 (2017). doi:10.1039/c7sc03165c

653 S. Ishihara, C. J. O'Kelly, T. Tanaka, H. Kataura, J. Labuta, Y. Shingaya, T. Nakayama, T. Ohsawa, T. Nakanishi and T. M. Swager, Metallic versus Semiconducting SWCNT Chemiresistors: A Case for Separated SWCNTs Wrapped by a Metallosupramolecular Polymer, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 9, 38062-38067 (2017). doi:10.1021/acsami.7b12992

654 S. S. Mano, K. Uto and M. Ebara, Material-induced senescence (MIS): Fluidity induces senescent type cell death of lung cancer cells via insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5, Theranostics 7, 4658-4670 (2017). doi:10.7150/thno.20582

655 J. Preiß, F. Herrmann-Westendorf, T. H. Ngo, T. Martínez, B. Dietzek, J. P. Hill, K. Ariga, M. M. Kruk, W. Maes and M. Presselt, Absorption and Fluorescence Features of an Amphiphilic meso-Pyrimidinylcorrole: Experimental Study and Quantum Chemical Calculations, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A 121, 8614-8624 (2017). doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.7b08910

656 T. Teraji, A. Fiori, N. Kiritani, S. Tanimoto, E. Gheeraert and Y. Koide, Mechanism of reverse current increase of vertical-type diamond Schottky diodes, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 122, (2017). doi:10.1063/1.4994570

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657 M. Elborg, T. Noda, T. Mano, T. Kuroda, Y. Yao, Y. Sakuma and K. Sakoda, Self-assembly of vertically aligned quantum ring-dot structure by Multiple Droplet Epitaxy, JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH 477, 239-242 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2017.03.023

658 H. Ueta and M. Kurahashi, Steric effect in CO oxidation on Pt(111), JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS 147, (2017). doi:10.1063/1.5001683

659 K. Uto and M. Ebara, Magnetic-responsive microparticles that switch shape at 37 °C, Applied Sciences-Basel 7, (2017). doi:10.3390/app7111203

660 P. Norouzzadeh, J. S. Krasinski and T. Tadano, Thermal conductivity of type-I, type-II, and type-VIII pristine silicon clathrates: A first-principles study, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 96, (2017). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.96.245201

661 W. S. LePage, A. Ahadi, W. C. Lenthe, Q. P. Sun, T. M. Pollock, J. A. Shaw and S. H. Daly, Grain size effects on NiTi shape memory alloy fatigue crack growth, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH 1-17 (2018). doi:10.1557/jmr.2017.395

662 A. Ahadi, A. R. Kalidindi, J. Sakurai, Y. Matsushita, K. Tsuchiya and C. A. Schuh, The role of W on the thermal stability of nanocrystalline NiTiW<inf>x</inf>thin films, ACTA MATERIALIA 142, 181-192 (2018). doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2017.09.056

663 K. Doi, S. Hiromoto and E. Akiyama, Hyperbaric-oxygen accelerated corrosion test of iron in cement paste and mortar, JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN INSTITUTE OF METALS 82, 1-7 (2018). doi:10.2320/jinstmet.J2017030

664 H. Sawahata, M. Maruyama, N. T. Cuong, H. Omachi, H. Shinohara and S. Okada, Band-Gap Engineering of Graphene Heterostructures by Substitutional Doping with B<inf>3</inf>N<inf>3</inf>, CHEMPHYSCHEM 19, 237-242 (2018). doi:10.1002/cphc.201700972

665 D. Venter, J. Bollmann, M. Elborg, J. R. Botha and A. Venter, Capacitance spectroscopy on n-type GaNAs/GaAs embedded quantum structure solar cells, PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER (2018). doi:10.1016/j.physb.2017.07.036

666 K. Doi, S. Hiromoto and E. Akiyama, Hyperbaric-oxygen accelerated corrosion test for iron in cement paste and mortar, Materials Transactions 59, 927-934 (2018). doi:10.2320/matertrans.M2018029

667 K. Doi, S. Hiromoto, H. Katayama and E. Akiyama, Effects of oxygen pressure and chloride ion concentration on corrosion of iron in mortar exposed to pressurized humid oxygen gas, 165, C582-C589 (2018). doi:10.1149/2.1421809jes

668 W. S. Lepage, A. Ahadi, W. C. Lenthe, Q. P. Sun, T. M. Pollock, J. A. Shaw and S. H. Daly, Grain size effects on NiTi shape memory alloy fatigue crack growth, Journal of Materials Research 33, 91-107 (2018). doi:10.1557/jmr.2017.395

669 T. Tadano and S. Tsuneyuki, Quartic Anharmonicity of Rattlers and Its Effect on Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Clathrates from First Principles, Physical Review Letters 120, (2018). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.105901

670 T. Tadano and S. Tsuneyuki, First-principles lattice dynamics method for strongly anharmonic crystals, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 87, (2018). doi:10.7566/JPSJ.87.041015

671 M. Tenjimbayashi, Y. Kawase, K. Doi, C. X. Ng and M. Naito, Coalescence delay of microbubbles on superhydrophobic/superhydrophilic surfaces underwater, Applied Physics Letters 113, (2018). doi:10.1063/1.5038910

672 T. Washio, G. Imamura and G. Yoshikawa, Machine learning independent of population distributions for measurement, Proceedings - 2017 International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics, DSAA 2017 2018-January, 212-221 (2018). doi:10.1109/DSAA.2017.28

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Thermal Barrier CoatingsISBN 1 84569 658 1ISBN-13: 978 1 84569 658 0January 2011, Woodhead Publishing Ltd., Cambridge, United Kingdom R.T. Wu

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Lectures on Quantum Computing, Thermodynamics and Statistical PhysicsISBN-10: 9814425184ISBN-13: 978-9814425186December 2012, World Scientific Pub Co Inc., Singapore S. Tanaka, R. Tamura

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Chemistry of Bioconjugates: Synthesis, Characterization, and Biomedical Applications: Chapter 12 ‘Silica Nanoparticles Bioconjugates’ISBN: 978-1-118-35914-3Editor: R. Narain,February 2014, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Y. Kotsuchibashi, M. Ebara, T. Aoyagi, R. Narain

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NIMS Book: Smart Biomaterials: Chapter 3 ‘Smart Nanoassemblies and Nanoparticles’ISBN: 978-4-431-54399-2(Print)ISBN: 978-4-431-54400-5(Online)DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-54400-5Editor: NIMS, 2014 Springer Japan, Y. Kotsuchibashi, M. Ebara, R. Narain

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Glycopolymers: Synthesis and Applications: Chapter 2 ‘Solution Properties of Glycopolymers'ISBN-13: 978-1909030817 Editor: R. Narain,2014 Smithers Rapra Y. Kotsuchibashi, R. Narain

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77Patents

Appendix III : Patents

No. Name of InventionApplication

NumberDate of

Application

1 有機電界効果トランジスタ 2008-321975 December 18, 2008

2The fabrication method of single-crystalline ZnS nanobelts and the use of UV-light sensors

2009-131847 June 1, 2009

3ナノリボン及びその製造方法、ナノリボンを用いた FET 及びその製造方法、ナノリボンを用いた塩基配列決定方法およびその装置

2009-194892 August 26, 2009

4 グラフェンフィルム製造方法 2009-199126 August 31, 2009

5Single-crystalline ZnSe blue/ultraviolet-light photodetectors and its fabrication method

2009-232381 October 6, 2009

6 The fabrication method for micro-scale UV-light sensors 2009-279520 December 9, 2009

7 Epitaxial growth of graphenes 2010-047225 March 4, 2010

8 Heat Resistant Coatings 2010-096554 April 20, 2010

9 Surface Stress Sensor 2010-118859 May 24, 2010

10 硫化物及びセレン化物粉体の合成方法 2010-226230 October 6, 2010

11 Field-effect transistor and the formation method 2010-231352 October 14, 2010

12 Fabrication method of field effect transistors 2010-231352 October 14, 2010

13グラフェンシート集積体、その製造方法及びグラフェンシートキャパシター

2010-269093 December 2, 2010

14Vertically stacked plasmonic metal disk for trapping broadband light

2011-279027 December 20, 2011

15 六ホウ化金属冷電界エミッター、その製造方法及び電子銃 2012-149031 July 3, 2012

16 金属ホウ化物フィールドエミッター作製方法 2012-168532 July 30, 2012

17 白金合金ナノ粒子、その製造方法、白金合金ナノ粒子含有電極及び燃料電池 2013-124873 June 13, 2013

18 ＮＭＲ用キラルシフト剤、および、それを用いた光学純度または絶対配置を決定する方法 2013-137744 July 1, 2013

19 鉄系超伝導体のウィスカー結晶とその製造方法 2013-163615 August 22, 2013

20 芳香族アミン吸着剤、それを用いた水晶振動子ガスセンサ、および、これらの製造方法 2013-203943 September 30, 2013

21 THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHENE CELLULAR POROUS BODY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF 2013-208464 October 3, 2013

22 Mechanically reliable thermoelectric nanocomposites and method of producing the same 2013-243446 November 26, 2013

23 白金合金ナノ粒子、その製造方法、白金合金ナノ粒子含有電極及び燃料電池 2013-245982 November 28, 2013

24 半導体光検出器 2014-020952 February 6, 2014

25 プローバ付き原子間力顕微鏡 2014-072370 March 31, 2014

26 ナノ粒子及びその製造方法 2014-130172 June 25, 2014

27 メソ細孔無機酸化物多孔体とその製造方法 2014-114193 June 26, 2014

28 飛行時間型二次イオン質量分析装置内電流電圧印加測定機構 2014-174138 August 28, 2014

29 無機酸化物のメソ多孔体構造の製造方法 2014-214068 November 17, 2014

30 Chiral Shift Reagent for NMR and Method for Determining Optical Purity and Absolute Configuration Using the Same JP5665043 December 19, 2014

31 粒状材料を受容体層として有するセンサ 2015-013271 January 27, 2015

32 母材と粒状材料を混合した受容体層を被覆したセンサ 2015-038190 February 27, 2015

33 分子量測定方法および分子量測定装置 2015-045316 March 6, 2015


78 Patents

34 多孔質材料を受容体層として被覆した表面応力センサ及びその製造方法 2015-100405 May 15, 2015

35 ＮＭＲ用キラルシフト剤、および、それを用いた光学純度を決定する方法 2015-116459 June 9, 2015

36 多孔質材料または粒状材料を受容体層として有するセンサ 2015/74659 August 31, 2015

37 炭化水素基修飾微粒子を受容体層とする燃料油識別センサおよび燃料油識別方法 2015-239115 December 8, 2015

38 シグナル解析方法及び試料ガス識別方法 2016-040625 March 3, 2016

39 ポリアリルアミン塩酸塩を受容体として用いたナノメカニカルセンサ並びにアセトン濃度測定装置 2016-053812 March 17, 2016

40 Machine and method of spectro-imaging 2016-066285 March 29, 2016

41 Actuator Using Layered Double Hydroxide, and Control Method Thereof JP5862879 June 8, 2016

42 メタノール呈色センサー 2016-160685 August 18, 2016

43 鉄筋腐食促進試験法およびこれに用いる試験装置 2016-201580 October 13, 2016

44 ガスセンサー装置および気体成分除去方法 2016-210632 October 27, 2016

45 ダイヤモンド半導体装置、それを用いたロジック装置、及びダイヤモンド半導体装置の製造方法 2016-22084 November 11, 2016

46 炭化水素基修飾微粒子を受容体層とする燃料油識別センサおよび燃料油識別方法 2016-083689 November 14, 2016

47 化学センサ測定による試料識別方法、試料識別装置、及び入力パラメータ推定方法 2016-230468 November 27, 2016

48 試料に対応付けられたパラメータ値を推定する方法及び装置 2016-230793 November 29, 2016

49 接着剤組成物、その接着剤組成物の製方法、及びその接着剤組成物を用いた接着方法 16-MS-082 January 29, 2017

50 ニオイ測定による西洋梨の熟成度の非破壊検査方法および装置 2017-24116 February 13, 2017

51 ニオイ測定による西洋梨の熟成度の非破壊検査方法および装置 2017-24116 February 13, 2017

52 化学センサによる試料識別方法及び装置 2017-34419 February 27, 2017

53 Hemostatic materials for bone marrow（骨髄止血剤） 2017-066904 March 30, 2017

54 コンクリート中性化促進試験法およびこれに用いる試験装置 2017-218738 November 14, 2017

55 鉄筋腐食促進試験法およびこれに用いる試験装置 PCT/JP2017/032142 September 6, 2017


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Appendix IV : Invited Lectures to International Conferences

Date of Conference Name of International Conference, Country Name of Speaker Title of Invited Lecture

November 10, 2008

Osaka University - NIMS Young Scientist Symposium on Advanced Structural and Functional Materials Design, Japan

Mingsheng XuGraphoepitaxial Growth of Organic Crystalline Films and its Application in Organic Field-Effect Transistors

July 21-24, 2009 NIMS Week, Japan Mingsheng Xu Characterization of nanomaterials for nanorisk assessment

October 16, 2009 JST Evening Forum, Japan Rudder Wu Revolution of Modern Aircrafts

March 7, 2010 Hakone Mini Workshop, Japan Genki Yoshikawa Piezoresistive cantilever array sensors

April 5, 2010 Aerospace Materials Workshop, Taiwan Rudder Wu Recent Progress in Thermal Barrier Coatings

for Aerospace Applications

April 5-9, 2010 MRS 2010 Spring Meeting, USA Xiaosheng Fang Recent Progress on ZnS nanostructures

April 16-18, 2010First World Conference on Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery, India

Mingsheng Xu The Effect of Physicochemical Properties of Nano-oxides on Cytotoxicity

July 16, 2010 EUFOAM2010, Bulgaria Lok Kumar ShresthaHighly Stable Non-aqueous Foams in Glycerol-Based Nonionic Surfactant/Oil Sytems

September 10, 2010

Otto Glatter Special Symposium in 24th Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS), Czech Rep.

Lok Kumar Shrestha SAXS Studies of Nonionic Reverse Micelles in Nonaqueous Media

September 22-24, 2010Turbine Forum 2010 Advanced Coatings for High Temperatures, France

Rudder Wu Development and Systematic Optimisation of EQ-Coatings

September 25-28, 2010 11th IUMRS International Conference in Asia, China Lok Kumar Shrestha

Which Parameters Control the Structures of Nonionic Reversed Micelles in Nonaqueous Media?

November 16, 2010 UCL, LCN meeting, UK Genki Yoshikawa

Optimization of Piezoresistive Cantilever Array Sensors Towards Highly Sensitive Membrane-type Surface stress Sensors (MSS)"

November 27, 2010 IW-SMART at M&P2010, Japan Qingsong MeiMicrostructure and properties of NiTi processed by surface mechanical attrition treatment

December 15-20, 2010 Pacifichem 2010, USA Yoshihiro Tsujimoto Study of low dimensional magnets synthesized by low-temperature reaction

December 20-22, 2010 MRS Japan symposium, Japan Mingsheng Xu What causes toxic effect of nanomaterials – size, cations, or electron/hole?

January 28-30, 2011

International Conference on Recent trends in Renewable Energy Resources (ICR2ER-2011), IICT Hydrabad, India

Vaishali R. ShindeMesoporous Spherical TiO2 as scattering layer for High-Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

October 21-24,2011International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Nepal

Han Zhang LaB6 field emission gun: making a decade old dream come true with nanotechnology

October 23-26, 2011 Nano-S&T 2011, China Jianhua Gao Synthesis and Characterization of Graphene on Metal Substrates

August 8-9, 2012Electronic Materials Meeting 2012 (EMM2012), Kogakuin University, Japan

Liwen Sang InGaN-based p-n junction solar cells


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September 2-5, 2012Rare-Earth Permanent magnets and their Applications REPM’12, Japan

Hossein Sepehri AminMicrostructure and Coercivity of Hot Deformed Nd-Fe-B Anisotropic Magnets with Non-Magnetic Grain Boundary Phase

October 22-25, 2012

International Conference on Emerging Advanced Nanomaterials (ICEAN-2012), Brisbane, Australia

César Moreno SierraResistive switching for high density non volatile memories: multilevel states at nanoscale

October 22-25, 2012

International Conference on Emerging Advanced Nanomaterials (ICEAN-2012), Brisbane, Australia

Han ZhangAn ultra-bright and monochromatic electron point source enabled by nanotechnology

November 21, 2012

NanoCarbons 2012 in Tsinghua Surface Control and Nanoscale Manipulation, China

Dai-Ming TangIn Situ TEM: A Nanolab for Growth Mechanism, Structure Manipulation, and Properties Measurements

November 25, 2012

10th China-Japan-Korea Joint Symposium on Carbon Materials to Save the Earth, China

Dai-Ming Tang Mechanical Properties of 1-D Materials as Revealed by In Situ TEM

March 27-29, 2013 Japan Institute of Metals, 2013 Spring annual meeting, Japan Hossein Sepehri Amin Microstructure-coercivity relationship of

hot-deformed Nd-Fe-B anisotropic magnets

April 23-26, 2013 Image Nano and SPM 2013 symposium Cesar Moreno

Disentangling atomic contrast on bimodal atomic force microscopy and simultaneous scanning tunneling microscopy on the T iO2 (101) anatase surface

June 10-12, 2013

JSPS York-Tohoku Research Symposium on “Magnetic Materials and Spintronic Devices”, UK

Andrew Pratt Tailoring surface magnetic properties for molecular spintronics

August 7-9, 2013Summer Workshop on “Physics, Mathematics, And All That Quantum Jazz”

Ryo TamuraToward an alternative method to quantum annealing － quest for new type of fluctuation －

September 8-12, 2013 246th ACS National Meeting, USA Yohei Kotsuchibashi

Unique multi-responsive gels via simple mixing of boroxole- and glyco-based polymers

September 16-20, 2013 2013 JSAP-MRS Joint Symposium, Kyoto, Japan Xi Wang

Advanced Graphene-based Sandwich Papers for High-performance Lithium Storage

September 20-22, 2013International Forum on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Shanghai, China

Mehdi Estili Recent Advances in Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube-Al2O3 Hybrid System

October 7-9, 2013 The 54th Battery Symposium, Osaka, Japan Xi Wang N-doped Graphene-based Sandwich Papers

for Lithium Storage

October 17-24, 2013

IUPAC 9th International Conference on Novel Materials and Synthesis (NMS-IX) & 23rd International Symposium on Fine Chemistry and Functional Polymers (FCFP-XXIII), China

Liwen Sang Photoelectrical energy conversion devices based on III-Nitride semiconductors

December 16-20, 2013 IUMRS-ICA 2013, India Sudipta Dutta Interacting spins in honeycomb ribbons with zigzag edges

February 2-6, 2014 ACMM23&ICONN2014, Australia Xi Wang

Advanced Anode Materials for Lithium-ion Batteries and Their Storage Mechanisms at Atomic Scale

February 16-20, 201420th International Workshop on Inelastic Ion-Surface Collisions, Australia

Andrew PrattAdvances in the use of a spin-polarized metastable helium beam to characterize surface magnetic properties

June 12-17, 2014

2014 International Symposium on Single Crystal Diamond Electronics and the Fourth Chinese Vacuum Forum, China

Jiangwei Liu Diamond metal-insulator-semiconductor field effect transistor logic inverters

June 22-27, 2014

International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP8), Turkey

Thien H. NgoFunctional Porphyrinoid Conjugates – A Journey from Corrole Synthesis to Supramolecular Chemistry


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July 2014 ICPP8 – Istanbul, Turkey Huynh Thien NgoFunctional Porphyrinoid Conjugates – A Journey from Corrole Synthesis to Supramolecular Chemistry

July 28 - August 1, 2014 Denver X-Ray Conference, USA Brian Richard Pauw It's a Small World: Applications of Advanced SAXS

August 24-30, 2014 IUMRS-ICA 2014, Japan Kei NishikawaSingle Particle Measurement Technique for Fundamental Study of Degradation Mechanism of Li-ion Batteries

October 29-31, 2014BIT's 4th Annual World Congress of Nano Science & Technology, China

Xuebin Wang 3D Graphene and Boron Nitride Nanosheets Grown by Chemical Blowing Route

November 2-6, 2014

7th International Workshop on Advanced Materials Science and Nanotechnology (IWAMSN 2014), Vietnam

Thien H. Ngo Porphyrinoids as Functional Materials for Diverse Applications

November 3-4, 2014International Symposium on Materials and Nanotechnology, Jeju, Korea

Yohei KotsuchibashiFormation and disintegration of boroxole- and glyco-based (nano)gels for drug delivery system

November 4-6, 2014

International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology for Sustainable Development (ICAMN-2014), Nepal

Norihiro Suzuki Mesoporous non-siliceous thin films toward highly efficient devices

November 5-6, 2014Indo-Japan Symposium on Graphene and Related Materials, Bangalore, India

Sudipta Dutta Theoretical investigation of magnetic point defects and domain walls in graphene

November 14, 2014 Modeling and simulation of complex matters, Japan Ayako Nakata Recent progress of a linear-scaling DFT code

CONQUEST

February 8-11, 2015

2015 Symposium for the Promotion of Applied Research Collaboration in Asia (SPARCA 2015), Taiwan

Sudipta Dutta Origin of magnetism in graphene: Theoretical perspective

February 8-11, 2015


Yohei Kotsuchibashi Nanoparticle-kit consisting of temperature responsive statistical and block copolymers

February 8-11, 2015


Ayako NakataAnalysis of one-electron wave functions of large-scale systems with O(N) DFT code CONQUEST and Sakurai-Sugiura method

February 8-11, 2015


Gaulthier RydzekPolyaniline materials for energy and environment: toward versatile nanostructured surfaces and catalysts

February 8-11, 2015


Norihiro Suzuki Efficient use of nanopores to enhance the ferro(piezo) electricity in barium titanate

February 8-11, 2015


Atsuro Takai Conformation Control of π-Conjugated Molecules and Their Optical Properties

March 10-11, 2015Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology(SJS-Nano), Linköping University, Sweden

Yohei KotsuchibashiTemperature-Responsive Polymeric Nanoparticle-kit: From Basic Polymer Chemistry to Biomedical Application

March 19-20, 2015International Symposium on Smart Biomaterials, Gwang-ju, Korea

Yohei KotsuchibashiTunable Polymeric Nanoparticles Consisting of Self-Assembled Block and Statistical Copolymers

March 26-31, 2015 ISPlasma 2015, Japan Kei NishikawaSingle Particle Measurement Technique for New Electrode Materials of Next-Generation Li-ion Batteries

March 26-31, 2015 ISPlasma 2015, JAPAN(Nagoya) Kei Nishikawa,

Single Particle Measurement Technique for New Electrode Materials of Next-Generation Li-ion Batteries

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April, 2015 Seminar on Division of Applied Chemistry, Osaka University Atsuro Takai Conformation Control of π-Conjugated

Molecules and Their Optical Properties

July 2015 New Aspects of Organic Chemistry, Berlin, Germany Huynh Thien Ngo

Functional Porphyrinoid Conjugates – A Journey from Corrole Synthesis to Supramolecular Chemistry

September, 2015 H.27 CSJ (Chemical Society of Japan) Tohoku Meeting

Atsuro Takai, Masayuki Takeuchi

Functional Supramolecular Materials Based on Designed Conjugated Molecules and Polymers

September 13-16, 2015 JSAP, Nagoya, Japan Alexandre FioriRole of the oxygen interlayer on electrical properties of WC/p-diamond Schottky diodes

Oct 28-30, 2015 International Graphene Innovation Conference Xuebin Wang 3D Strutted-Graphenes and Their High-

Power Supercapacitors

December, 2015 Pacifichem 2015 Atsuro TakaiStimuli-Responsive Imide-Based π-Conjugated Systems: Structural Dynamics and Electronic Properties

December, 2015 Pacifichem 2015 Masayuki Takeuchi, Atsuro Takai

Stimuli-Responsive π-Conjugated Systems Bearing Rotational Units

December 2015 Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, USA Huynh Thien NGO

Functional Porphyrinoid Conjugates – A Journey from Corrole Synthesis to Supramolecular Chemistry

March, 2016 The 96th CSJ Annual Meeting Masayuki Takeuchi, Atsuro Takai

Supramolecular Assembly of Conjugated Molecule Bearing a Rotational Unit

March 4-6, 2016 WCSM-2016, Singapore Jiangwei Liu High-k oxide gated diamond field effect transistor, Singapore

April 22-25, 2016 EMN East Meeting 2016, Beijing, China Jiangwei Liu Semiconductor diamond metal-insulator-

semiconductor field-effect transistors

April 25-26, 2016University of Science and Technology Beijing visiting, Beijing, China

Jiangwei Liu Our Recent Studies on Diamond Electronic Devices

May 22-27, 2016

III International Workshop on Metal Droplet Epitaxy of Semiconductor Nanostructures (DeWork3), Jeju, Korea,

Martin Elborg Droplet epitaxy quantum dots for ultra-high efficiency solar cells

July 2016

9th International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, Nanjing, China

Huynh Thien NgoSacrificial Rotaxane – When Copper Demetallation Fails toward Free Base Corrole Porphyrin Conjugates

July 1-3, 2016

3rd. TOYOTA RIKEN International Workshop "Dynamics of Electron Vortex and Spin Vortex"

Shunsuke YoshizawaScanning tunneling microscopy study of Josephson vortices in superconducting atomic-layer indium

July 10-13, 2016 The 16th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors, Korea Kota Shiba Development of receptor materials for

nanomechanical sensing

Sept-Dec, 2016 Humboldt Seminar tour in Germany Huynh Thien Ngo Supramolecular Fine-Tuning of Porphyrinoid

Properties

October 10-14, 2016 2016 EMN meeting on computation and theory Takao Tsumuraya

First-Principles Study of The Electronic Structure in Molecular Conductors with Hybrid Functional.

October 11-13, 2016 EMN Meeting on Computation and Theory 2016, USA Thanh Cuong Nguyen Electron-state tuning of MoS2 thin film by

electrostatic and chemical doping

October 16-21, 20167th International Symposium on Practical Surface Analysis, Korea

Bo DaLow energy electron-electron interaction information of graphene measured from secondary electron microscopy

November 7-9, 2016 Nanotechnology-2016, Singapore Jiangwei Liu Hydrogenated diamond MOSFETs and logic

circuits

December 8-9, 20162016 China International Carbon Materials Conference, Shanghai, China

Jiangwei Liu Single crystalline diamond MOSFETs and logic circuits

February 15-17, 2017nano tech 2017 第 16 回国際ナノテクノロジー総合展・技術会議， Japan

Kota Shiba 名刺でもできる質量分析　～流体熱力学質量分析～



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February 20, 2017 「機能性液体」に関する研究会 Kazuhiko Nagura「機能性液体の分子軌道計算に基づく電子構造解析」ならびに「機能性π共役フォルダマーの創成」

April 6-7, 2017International Workshop of Materials Informatics and Materials Data (MIMD)

Terumasa TadanoThermal conductivity and lattice anharmonicity from first principles: Theoretical developments and applications

April 14-16, 2017

International conference on energy materials and nanotechnology, Zhengzhou, China

Xuying LiuControllably Solution-Processed Deposition of Organic/Inorganic Materials for Electronic Applications

April 17-21, 2017 MRS 2017 Spring Meeting, USA O.Cretu, D.Golberg

Nanotube, Nanowire and Nanosheet Manipulations and Physical Property Analysis in a High-Resolution TEM

April.24-28, 2017IEEE International Magnetics Conference, INTERMAG Europe 2017

J. Wang, H. Sepehri-Amin, Y.K. Takahashi and K. Hono

Origin of in-plane component for L10-FePt granular films deposited on MgO single crystal substrate

August 2-4, 2017 28th IEEE Magnetic Recording Conference, TMRC 2017

J. Wang, H. Sepehri-Amin, Y.K. Takahashi and K. Hono

Origin of in-plane component for L10-FePt granular films deposited on MgO single crystal substrate

September 19-21, 2017The 55th Annual Meeting of The Biophysical Society of Japan, Japan (Kumamoto)

Koichiro Uto Shape-Memory-based Cell Culture Platforms for Mechanobiology

September 25-27, 2017 Materials Science and Nanoscience, Valencia, Spain Rydzek Gaulthier Surface confined film self-construction:

Electro-click as a versatile approach

September 25-27, 2017 Materials Science and Nanoscience, Valencia, Spain Rydzek Gaulthier pH and ionic exchange properties of

COPECs

October 10-13, 2017 ICFNN, Kathmandu, Nepal Rydzek Gaulthier Electro-click construction of functional coatings: a one-pot bottom-up approach

October 23-24, 2017 Philmaterials, Manila, Philippines Rydzek Gaulthier Plastics based on compacted polyelectrolyte

complexes (COPEC)

October 29-20, 2017 ADMETAPlus2017 Conference, Japan Nguyen Thanh Cuong Robust nanoscale Cu interconnects coated

by atomic-layer materials

November 10, 2017 「機能性液体」研究会 Kazuhiko Nagura オリゴチオフェンとアルキル鎖からなる分子弓の動的挙動

November 13-14, 2017 π-System Figuration German-Japan Workshop Kazuhiko Nagura

Folding Polythiophenes: Secondary Structural π-Fiuration of Conjugated Polymers

November 28-29, 2017 平成 29 年度ウエザリング技術研究成果発表会

Kotaro Doi コンクリート中鉄筋腐食の基礎と新腐食加速試験法の開発

January 10-12, 2018CECAM workshop on “Anharmonicity and thermal properties of solids”

Terumasa TadanoUnderstanding the role of quartic anharmonicity in solids using first-principles lattice dynamics

February 6, 2018 211th iCeMS Seminar, Japan (Kyoto) Koichiro Uto Polymeric Material-based Dynamic Cell

Culture Platforms for Mechanobiology



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Appendix V : Commendations

Date Prize Prize Winner Research for Commendation

May, 2010

JSPM Award for Innovatory Research

Cedric Tassel, Yoshihiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Kageyama, Kazuyoshi Yoshimura

Synthesis of novel infinite layer iron oxide SrFeO2 by low-temperature reduction method

Apr, 2011

Small Frontispiece Image winner

Xijin Xu, Xiaosheng Fang, Tianyou Zhai, Haibo Zeng, Baodan Liu, Xiaoye Hu, Yoshio Bando, Dmitri Golberg

Tube-in-Tube TiO2 Nanotubes with Porous Walls: Fabrication, Formation Mechanism, and Photocatalytic Properties

May, 2011

Journal of Materials Chemistry, Cover Image Winner

Liang Li, Yong Zhang, Xiaosheng Fang, Tianyou Zhai, Meiyong Liao, Xueliang Sun, Yasuo Koide, Yoshio Bando, Dmitri Golberg

WO3 nanowires on carbon papers: electronic transport, improved ultraviolet-light photodetectors and excellent field emitters

May, 2011

IUMAS-V Best Poster Award Xianlong WeiPost-Synthesis Substitutional C-doping of Individual Boron Nitride Nanostructures via in-situ Electron Beam Irradiation

Jul, 2011

Nanoscale Poster Prize NanoFormulation2011, ICMAT2011 International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies

Lok Kumar Shrestha, Rekha Goswami Shrestha, Takaaki Sato, Kenji Aramaki, Katsuhiko Ariga

Structure and Dynamics of Nonionic Surfactant Micelles in Non-aqueous Media.

Sep, 2011

Cover Highlight: RIKEN Research

Fatin Hajjaj Kentaro Tashiro Locking in Molecular Magnetism

Nov, 2011

Journal of Materials Chemistry, Cover Image Winner

Xi Wang, Yeteng Zhong, Tianyou Zhai, Yanfeng Guo, Shimou Chen, Ying Ma, Jiannian Yao, Yoshio Bando, Dmitri Golberg

Multishelled Co3O4-Fe3O4 hollow spheres with even magnetic phase distribution: Synthesis, magnetic properties and their application in water treatment

Dec, 2011

Energy & Environ. Sci., Back cover

Yuanjian Zhang

Non-Covalent Doping of Graphitic Carbon Nitride Polymer with Graphene: Controlled Electronic Structure and Enhanced Optoelectronic Conversion

Dec, 2011

Chemical Communications Cover Image Winner

Xi Wang, Hasigaowa Guan, Shimou Chen, Huiqiao Li, Tianyou Zhai, Daiming Tang, Yoshio Bando, Dmitri Golberg

Self-stacked Co3O4 nanosheets for high-performance lithium ion batteries

May, 2012

Chemical Communications, Cover Image Winner

Xi Wang, Dai-Ming Tang, Huiqiao Li, Wei Yi, Tianyou Zhai, Yoshio Bando, Dmitri Golberg

Revealing the Conversion Mechanism of CuO Nanowires during Lithiation-Delithiation by in situ Transmission Electron Microscopy

Jul, 2012Advanced Functional Materials, Cover Image Winner

Xi Wang, Xinqiang Cao, Laure Bourgeois, Hasigaowa Guan, Shimou Chen, Yeteng Zhong, Dai-Ming Tang, Huiqiao Li, Tianyou Zhai, Liang Li, Yoshio Bando, Dmitri Golberg

N-doped Graphene-SnO2 Sandwich Paper for High-Performance Lithium-ion Batteries

Oct, 2012

Poster Award for NIMS postdoctoral researcher at 12th NIMS forums

Liwen SangInGaN-based photoelectrical energy conversion devices

Feb, 2013

Chemical Communications Cover Image Winner

Shinsuke Ishihara, Nobuo Iyi, Yoshihiro Tsujimoto, Satoshi Tominaka, Yoshitaka Matsushita, Venkata Krishnan, Misaho Akada, Jan Labuta, Kenzo Deguchi, Shinobu Ohki, Masataka Tansho, Tadashi Shimizu, Qingmin Ji, Yusuke Yamauchi, Jonathan P. Hill, Hideki Abe, Katsuhiko Ariga

Hydrogen-bond-driven ‘homogeneous intercalation’ for rapid, reversible, and ultra-precise actuation of layered clay nanosheets

Feb, 2013

Toyota Award of Innovation

Hossein Sepehri-AminEstablishment of guidelines to enhance magnetic coercivity of permanent magnets by controlling microstructures

Feb, 2013

Sensor Best Paper Award 2013

Tianyou Zhai, Xiaosheng, Fang, Meiyong Liao, Xijin Xu, Haibo Zeng, Yoshio Bando, Dmitri Golberg

A Comprehensive Review of One-Dimensional Metal-Oxide Nanostructure Photodetectors

Oct, 2013

Poster Award for NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher at 13th NIMS Forum

Norihiro SuzukiEnhancement of Curie Temperature in Barium Titanate ( 邦題 : チタン酸バリウムのキュリー温度上昇 )


85Commendations

Jul, 2014Best Poster Award, NIMS CONFERENCE 2014

Yohei Kotsuchibashi, Mitsuhiro Ebara, Ravin Narain, Takao Aoyagi

Design of Multi-Functional (Ethylene Glycol)-Based Nanoparticles

Aug, 2014

New Journal of Chemistry, Cover Image Winner

Norihiro Suzuki, Jian Liu, Yusuke YamauchiRecent progress on the tailored synthesis of various mesoporous fibers toward practical applications

Sep, 2014

Chemistry -A European Journal, Back Cover Image Winner

Norihiro Suzuki, Xiangfen Jiang, Rahul R. Salunkhe, Minoru Osada, Yusuke Yamauchi

Chemical Preparation of Ferroelectric Mesoporous Barium Titanate Thin Films: Drastic Enhancement of Curie Temperature Induced by Mesopore-Derived Strain

Sep, 2014

Award for Encouragement of Research in IUMRS-ICA2014

Dai-Ming TangIn Situ TEM: An Nanolab for Growth, Manipulation, and Properties of Nanostructures

Nov, 2014

Young Scientist Award for ICAMN-2014

Norihiro SuzukiMesoporous non-siliceous thin films toward highly efficient devices

Jan, 2015

nano tech Awards 2015-Research Project Award (Life Nanotechnology Award)

Genki Yoshikawa, Kota ShibaNew sensor for breath / blood diagnostics using a mobile phone

Mar, 2015

The 62nd JSAP Spring Meeting, 2015: Poster Award

Alexandre Fiori, Tokuyuki Teraji, Yasuo KoideRole of the oxygen interlayer on electrical properties of WC/p-diamond Schottky diodes

Mar, 2015

Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Presentation Award

Atsuro TakaiStructural Dynamics and Semiconducting Properties of Naphthalenediimide-Based π-Conjugated Systems

Jun, 2015

Best Poster Award (International Seminar on Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development RESD2015)

Martin ElborgProspects for high efficiency Intermediate Band Solar Cells using dilute nitride III-V semiconductors

Sep, 2015

JSAP young scientist award Alexandre FioriRole of the oxygen interlayer on electrical properties of WC/p-diamond Schottky diodes

Mar, 2016

NIMS President’s Prize for Advances in Science and Technology for Young Scientists

Jan Labuta Chiral Sensing by Nonchiral Tetrapyrroles

Mar, 2016

日本化学会第 96 春季年会優秀講演賞

Shoichi Matsuda環状金属錯体ベース溶解性錯体による非水系リチウム空気電池の高エネルギー効率化

Aug, 2016

DV-Xα研究協会第 21 回奨励賞

Kota Shiba無機粒子形成過程における DV-Xα計算の活用と粒子成長制御技術への応用

Oct, 2016

日本表面科学会第 13 回会誌賞

Takashi Uchihashi Shunsuke Yoshizawaシリコン表面超構造における超伝導輸送現象

Jan, 2017

SAT テクノロジー・ショーケース 2017 総合得点賞

Kota Shiba and Genki Yoshikawa名刺でもできる新たな質量分析法 - 流体熱力学質量分析（AMA）

Jan, 2017

Research Award for Young Scientists (Tsukuba Biomedical Engineering Form 2017)

Koichiro Uto, Mitsuhiro EbaraDynamic cell manipulation using shape memory surface

Mar, 2017

Excellent Poster Presentation Award at MANA International Symposium 2017

Jan Labuta Phase Behavior of Water Soluble Porphyrins

Mar, 2017

第 42 回（2017 年春季）応用物理学会講演奨励賞

Kota Shiba 流体熱力学質量分析

May, 2017

若手講演奨励賞、材料と環境 2017

山田茉耶、土井康太郎、片山英樹、星芳直、四反田功、板垣昌幸

異なる腐食環境下における鉄筋の腐食挙動

Jul, 2017第 39 回コンクリート工学講演会年次論文奨励賞

大屋貴生、土井康太郎、高谷哲、上田隆雄腐食抑制型含浸材の腐食抑制効果評価方法に関する基礎的研究

Aug, 2017

KIDS wardLiu, Chuan, Xuying Liu, Takeo Minari, Masayuki Kanehara, and Yong-Young Noh

Organic thin-film transistors with over 10 cm2/Vs mobility through low-temperature solution coating


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Sep, 2017

ECT2017 Poster Award Terumasa Tadano

Finite-temperature effects on phonon dispersion and thermal transport in thermoelectric materials: A first-principles lattice dynamics study

Oct, 2017

Outstanding Award for Poster Presentation (5th International Symposium on Smart Biomaterials/ 5th Hoffman Family Symposium)

Koichiro Uto, Takao Aoyagi, C. A. DeForest, A. S. Hoffman Mitsuhiro Ebara

Shape memory cell culture platform for dynamic guiding of cellular alignment

Nov, 2017

Highlight lecture (The 39th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials)

Kanta Tanabe, Eri Niiyama, Koichiro Uto, Akihiko Kikuchi, Mitsuhiro Ebara

Design of shape memory fiber mesh and characterization of their thermo-responsivity for medical application

Nov, 2017

論文賞，日本ばね学会 Kotaro Doi, Eiji AkiyamaHydrogen Entry into a High Strength Steel with Tribocorrosion in Acidic Solution

Mar, 2018

2018 JSAP Spring Meeting Poster Award

Jian Wang, Amin H. Sepehri, Yukiko Takahashi, Tetsuya Nakamura, Hiroo Tajiri, Toshiaki Ina, Tomoya Uruga, Hono Kazuhiro.

Origin of in-plane component for L10-FePt nanogranular films deposited on MgO single crystal substrate

Commendations


87Visitors

Appendix VI : Visitors

List of Visitors at ICYS (June 2009 - March 2018):Date Name Affiliation

Jun 3 – Jun 5 2009 Prof. James M. Kikkawa University of Pennsylvania, USA

Jul 27 – Aug 7 2009 Prof. Jian-Bin Xu The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Jul 27 – Aug 28 2009 Prof. Xinli Guo School of Materials Science & Engineering, Southeast University Nanjing, China

Aug 17 – Aug 21 2009 Prof. Cheolmin Park Yonsei University, Korea

Sep 15 – Oct 15 2009 Dr. Veronika Brazdova London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College of London, UK

Sep 17 2009 Ms Suteetida Suntornnond / Dr. Surin Laosooksathit National Nanotechonology Center, Thailand

Sep 18 2009 Dr. Clifford J. Gabriel / Dr. Machi. Fukuyama Dilworth National Science Foundation, USA

Sep 28 2009 Mr. Ryuji Atago Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan

Oct 7 2009Prof. Peter Gudmundsson / Prof. Stefan Stahl / Ms. Charlotte Elfgren Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Ms. Tanaka Izumi Embassy of Sweden in Tokyo, Japan

Oct 8 2009 Prof. Dan Wu / Prof. Dexiu Ma / 7 other members Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Nov 9 – Nov 13 2009 Prof. Jian-Lin Shi Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Nov 10 – Nov 17 2009 Prof. Dongsheng Xu Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Nov 15 – Nov 16 2009 Prof. Maurice Skolnick Department of Physics, University of Sheffield, UK

Nov 15 – Dec 11 2009 Dr. Binghai Yan Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Bremen, Germany

Nov 27 2009 Ms. Keiko Packerd Rice University, USA

Dec 11 2009 Prof. Robert P Chang Northwestern University, USA

Dec 16 2009 Prof. Zhanghai Chen Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Dec 21 2009 Prof. Jung-Kook Hong The University of Tokyo, Japan

Jan 19 – Jan 21 2010 Prof. Laurence Eaves Department of Physics, University of Nottingham, UK

Jan 19 – Jan 21 2010 Prof. Robin J. Nicolas Department of Physics, University of Oxford, UK

Jan 20 – Jan 26 2010 Prof. Julia. R. Weertman Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University, USA

Jan 20 – Jan 26 2010 Prof. Johannes Weertman Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University, USA

Jan 25 – Jan 29 2010 Prof. Andrew Briggs Department of Materials, University of Oxford, UK

Jan 25 – Feb 2 2010 Dr. Kathrin Dorr IFW Dresden, Germany

Feb 1 – Feb 5 2010 Dr. Peng Wang Department of Materials, University of Oxford, UK

Feb 1 – Feb 19 2010 Prof. Yung-Mau Nie Department of Applied Materials and Optoelectronic Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan

Mar 7 – Mar 13 2010 Prof. Chirstian Rentenberger Physics of Nanostructured Materials, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Austria

Mar 15 2010 Dr. Yasuhiro Ito University of Oxford, UK

Mar 25 2010 Dr. Oliver Portgall High Magnetic Field National Laboratory of Toulouse, CNRS, France

Mar 26 2010 Mr. Ryozo Tanaka British Embassy in Tokyo, Japan

Mar 26 2010 Dr. Lorenz Granrath Fraunhofer Representative Office, Japan

Mar 26 2010 Mr. Toshiyasu Ichioka EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, Japan


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Date Name Affiliation

Mar 26 2010 Mr. Frantisek Trojacek Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tokyo, Japan

Mar 26 2010 Dr. Christer Per Lund Royal Norwegian Embassy in Tokyo, Japan

Mar 26 2010 Dr. Iris Wieczorek DFG Office, Japan

Mar 26 2010 Ms. Naho Kawaguchi Japan Echo (Camera crew), Japan

Mar 26 2010 Ms. Izumi Tanaka Embassy of Sweden, Japan

Mar 26 2010 Mr. Mitsuru Niwano Embassy of Finland, Japan

Mar 26 2010 Mr. Tom Kuczynski Embassy of Poland, Japan

May 25 2010 Prof. Andrew I. Cooper / Prof. Werner Hofer / Prof. Steve Holoway / Prof. Samar Hasnain University of Liverpool, UK

Jun 28 – Jul 9 2010 Prof. Raja Ram Pradhananga Central Department of Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Jul 1 – Jul 7 2010 Prof. Liang Li East China University of Science & Technology, China

Jul 7 2010 Dr. John Haynes American Institute of Physics, USA

Jul 22 – Jul 29 2010 Prof. Limin Wu Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, China

Jul 26 – Aug 6 2010 Prof. Li Niu Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Jul 28 – Aug 6 2010 Prof. Yung-Mau Nie Department of Applied Materials and Optoelectronic Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan

Sep 21 2010 Prof. Jochen Wosnitza Hochfeld-Magnetlabor Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

Sep 30 – Oct 8 2010 Prof. Guang-Hai LiAnhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, ISSP, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Oct 1 – Oct 8 2010 Prof. Xiaodong PiState Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, China

Oct 5 2010

Prof. Andy Tzi Sum Hor / Dr. Jasbir Singh / Dr. Foo Yong Lim / Dr. Tripathy Sudhiranjan / Prof. Chua Soo Jin / Dr. Jie Zhang / Dr. Joel Kwang Wei Yang / Dr. Lerwen Liu

Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore

Oct 22 2010 Prof. Anthony K. Cheetham Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK

Nov 18 – Nov 25 2010 Prof. Jianrong Qiu School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, China

Jan 4 – Jan 13 2011 Prof. Ying Ma Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Jan 5 – Jan 14 2011 Prof. Prasanth Jose Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India

Jan 17 – Jan 21 2011 Prof. Oliver G. Schmidt IFW Dresden, Germany

Jan 17 – Jan 25 2011 Prof. Rasmita Raval Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, UK

Jan 17 – Jan 28 2011 Prof. Samuel Sanchez Ordonez IFW Dresden, Germany

Feb 14 – Feb 15 2011 Prof. Andrew Briggs Department of Materials, University of Oxford, UK

Feb 21 – Feb 25 2011 Prof. Junichiro Kono Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Physics & Astronomy, Rice University, USA

Feb 28 2011 Prof. RPH Chang Northwetern University, USA

Feb 28 2011 Dr. Rehka Goswami Shrestha Tokyo University of Science, Japan

Mar 7 – Mar 10 2011 Prof. Andrea Maria Hodge Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department ,University of Southern California, USA

Jun 19 – Jun 25 2011 Prof. Amar Prasad Yadav Central Department of Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Aug 18 – Aug 24 2011 Prof. Songqin Liu School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, China


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Aug 24 – Aug 30 2011 Prof. Qing Chen

Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevice (Peking University), Ministry of Education. Institute of Physical Electronics. Department of Electronics, Peking University, China

Aug 28 – Sep 3 2011 Dr. Simon Hall School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK

Oct 10 – Oct 15 2011 Prof. Zhao-hua Cheng State Key Lab. Of Magnetism, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy, of Sciences, China

Dec 3 – Dec 10 2011 Prof. Zhifang Peng Institute of Structure Materials, Wuhan University, China

Dec 6 – Dec 10 2011 Dr. Lanyuan LuDivision of Structural and Computational Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Dec 11 – Dec 17 2011 Prof. Zhengjun Zhang Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

Jan 16 – Jan 21 2012 Prof. John Francis Ryan Department of Physics, Oxford University, UK

Jan 18 – Jan 23 2012 Prof. David Cahen Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute, Israel

Jan 17 – Jan 25 2012 Dr. John Singleton National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

Mar 11 – Mar 17 2012 Prof. Qinyuan Zhang Institute of Optical Communication Materials, South China University of Technology, China

Jun 18 – Jun 23 2012 Prof. Raja Ram Pradhananga Central Department of Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Aug 5 – Aug 11 2012 Prof. Lian-Mao Peng Department of Electronics, Peking University, China

Aug 5 – Aug 11 2012 Prof. Yuanbo Zhang Department of Physics, Fudan University, China

Aug 6 – Aug 11 2012 Prof. Lei Liao Wuhan University, China

Aug 6 – Aug 11 2012 Dr. Zhiyong Fan

Functional and Advanced Nanostructures (FAN) Laboratory, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hongkong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, P. R. China

Aug 27 – Sep 1 2012 Prof. Arne Thomas Department of Chemistry,Technische Universität Berlin (TU-Berlin), Germany

Sep 9 – Sep 15 2012 Prof. Rubén Pérez Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

Oct 1 – Oct 6 2012 Prof. Fangli Yuan Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IPE, CAS), P. R. China

Dec 17 – Dec 22 2012 Prof. Ivan K. Schuller Condensed Matter Physics Group, University of California, San Diego, U.S.A

Dec 17 – Dec 22 2012 Prof. Markus Niederberger Laboratory for Multifunctional Materials, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland

Jun 16 – Jun 22 2013 Dr. Vladimir Esaulov Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France

Jun 30 – Jul 6 2013 Prof. Yunhui HuangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P. R. China

Oct 23 – Oct 29 2013 Prof. Xinran Wang Nanjing University, P. R. China

Nov 6 – Nov 12 2013 Prof. Chang Liu Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China

Jan 13 – Jan 18 2014 Prof. Joerg Neugebauer Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Germany

Jan 16 – Jan 18 2014 Prof. Zhen-Chao Dong University of Science and Technology of China, P. R. China

Jan 27 – Feb 1 2014 Dr. Bernd Walter Gotsmann IBM Research-Zurich, Switzerland

Mar 23 – Mar 29 2014 Dr. Andreas Franz ThunemannPolymers in Life Science and Nanotechnology, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Germany

Sep 15 – Sep 20 2014 Prof. Carmen Ocal Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona, Spain

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Sep 28 – Oct 4 2014 Prof. Yapei Wang Renmin University, P. R. China

Jan 18 – Jan 24 2015 Prof. Etienne Gheeraert Universite Joseph Fourier, France

Jan 21 – Jan 23 2015 Prof. Tony David James University of Bath, UK

Jan 21 – Jan 23 2015 Prof. Tatsuo Hasegawa The University of Tokyo, Japan

Feb 22 – Feb 27 2015 Prof. Yanwu Zhu University of Science and Technology of China, P.R. China

Aug 23 – Aug 29 2015 Prof. Jianfang Wang Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, NT, Hong Kong

Aug 25 – Aug 28 2015 Prof. Kejian Ding Beijing Jiaotong University No.3 Shangyuancun Haidian District Beijing 00044 P.R.China

Nov 3 – Nov 7 2015 Prof. Jose Antonio Garrido ArizaAdvanced Electronic Materials and Devices Group Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology-ICN2

Nov 9 – Nov 13 2015 Prof. Andrew Leslie Goodwin University of Oxford

Jan 17 – Jan 21 2016 Prof. Ravin Narain University of Alberta

Jan 19 – Jan 22 2016 Prof. Eun Soo Park Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University

Jan 21 – Jan 22 2016 Prof. Guy Le Lay Aix-Marseille University

Feb 21 – Feb 27 2016 Prof. Emilio Jose Palomares Gil Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ)

Mar 13 – Mar 19 2016 Prof. Wilhelm Heinrich Auwärter Tschnische Universität München (TUM)

Oct 5 – Oct 7 2016 Prof. David Kisailus Bourns College of Engineering, Univerity of California Riverside

Oct 26 2017 Prof. Sushanta Mitra University of Waterloo

Visitors


91External Funds

Appendix VII: External Funds

List of External Funds (2013~):Date Fund Grantee Theme

April, 2013 Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) <KAKENHI> Ayako Nakata Development of analysis method for spin-orbit

interactions in large systems

April, 2013 Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) <KAKENHI> Dai-Ming Tang その場 TEM 測定による 10nm 世代 Si トランジス

タの移動度に及ぼす歪み効果の解析

April, 2013 Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) <KAKENHI> Shinsuke Ishihara

Investigating the Mechanism and Application of NMR Chiral Sensing Based on Achiral Molecular Probes

April, 2013Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) <KAKENHI>

Ryo Tamura 数値計算による高性能な磁気冷凍材料の設計

April, 2013 TEPCO Memorial Foundation Kei Nishikawa Fundamental study of the degradation

mechanism of LIBs

May, 2013 Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up Andrew Pratt Tailoring surface magnetic properties for

spintronic applications

June, 2013

IKETANI Science and Technology Foundation, Grant for International Exchange

Shinsuke Ishihara Development of Supramolecular Plasmon Sensors

October, 2013 JST-CREST(as a cooperator) Kei Nishikawa All Solid State Battery

November, 2013 JSPS Fellowship for Research Abroad Shinsuke Ishihara

Development of achiral-type NMR chiral solvating agent available in simulated physiological environment

February, 2014The Kazuchika Okura Memorial Foundation Research Funding

Kota Shiba 無機酸化物系ナノ粒子の溶解／分散制御による機能性薄膜作製法の開発

March, 2014

The Kurata Memorial Hitachi Science and Technology Foundation, Kurata Grants

Shinsuke IshiharaSupramolecular technology towards biological application of achiral-type NMR chiral solvating agent

April, 2014 Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) <KAKENHI> Martin Elborg

Investigation of co-doped GaAs:NSb/AlGaAs IBSC with ideal transition energies for high efficiency Solar Cells

April, 2014 Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) <KAKENHI> Kota Shiba 無機酸化物系ナノ粒子の溶解／分散制御による機

能性薄膜作製法の開発

April, 2014 Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) <KAKENHI> Norihiro Suzuki Curie 温度向上に向けたチタン酸バリウムへのメソ

細孔由来歪み導入

April, 2014 Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) <KAKENHI> Xuebin Wang Novel 3D Architectures of Carbon-Nitrogen

Nanosheets for Energy Conversion

June, 2014Royal Society of Chemistry Journal Grants for International Authors

Hamish Yeung In-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction investigation of the formation of metal-organic frameworks

April, 2015 Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) <KAKENHI> Atsuro Takai 方向性をもった可動部位を有する伸縮自在なπ共

役系分子の開発

April, 2015 Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists [B] <KAKENHI> Yuki Shibazaki

Investigations of the Earth’s core based on measurements of sound velocity and density of iron alloys under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions

August, 2015 Toyota Motor Corporation grant Jan Labuta Development of methanol/ethanol

discrimination sensor available for gasolins

October, 2015 Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up Kazuhiko Nagura 水素結合により構造制御されたループ状π共役高

分子の合成戦略構築と光電子機能開拓


92 External Funds

Date Fund Grantee Theme

April, 2016 Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) <KAKENHI> Jiangwei Liu Fabrication of high current output fin-type

diamond field-effect transistors

April, 2016 Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up Kazuhiko Nagura 水素結合により構造制御されたループ状π共役高

分子の合成戦略構築と光電子機能開拓

April, 2016 Graint-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) <KAKENHI> Terumasa Tadano

Numerical study on anharmonic phonon properties of solids based on density functional theory

April, 2016 Graint-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) <KAKENHI> Shunsuke Yoshizawa 表面合金原子層におけるラシュバ超伝導体の探索

April, 2016 Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists [B] <KAKENHI> Takao Tsumuraya

First-principles study of various types of charge ordering state in molecular conductors with highly precise method

May, 2016Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) (as a co-investigator)

Terumasa TadanoMaterials Design and Exploration of Functions for Strongly Correlated Materials - Challenges to Non-equilibrium and Non-Periodic Systems

September, 2016Alexander von Humboldt Funding for Experienced Researcher

Huynh Thien Ngo Sustainable Supramolecular Hydrogel with Single Walled Nanotubes and Porphyrin Crosslinkers

September, 2016 村田学術振興財団研究助成（自然科学）

Shoichi Matsuda リチウム空気電池への適用を志向した過酸化リチウムの電子伝導性制御手法の開発

October, 2016

AMED-PRIME, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development

Koichiro UtoLight-responsive dynamically manipulatable cell culture platforms for revealing the mechanism of cellular mechanostructural memory

Nobember, 2016 住友財団基礎科学研究助成

Shoichi Matsuda 異元素ドープによる過酸化リチウムの電子伝導性制御

April, 2017 Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists [B] <KAKENHI> Kotaro Doi 急速ひずみ電極試験法を用いた鉄筋腐食メカニズ

ムの解明と新加速試験への応用

September, 2017平成 29 年度　次世代研究支援プログラム (NIMS 内競争的資金制度）

研究者代表者 : 高橋　有紀子（磁性スピントロニクス材料研究拠点・磁気記録材料Ｇ）研究分担者 : a)WANG Jian

（ICYS 千現） b) 山路　俊樹（産業総合研究所・スピントロニクス研究センター）

超高密度 FePt 垂直媒体の開発とエネルギーアシストによる磁化反転制御Development of FePt based energy assisted ultra-high density magnetic recording media and control of magnetic switching process

October, 2017 ATI 研究助成 Shunsuke Yoshizawa 有機分子自己組織化膜における二次元超伝導


93Editorial Activities

Appendix VIII: Editorial Activities

Member of Board of Journals:Name of Journal Name of Member Editorial Status

Indian Journal of Materials Science Sudipta Dutta Editorial board member

International Journal of Dermatology and Clinical Research Xi Wang Editorial board member

Annals of Materials Science & Engineering Xi Wang Editorial board member

iscience (cell press) Xi Wang Editorial board member

Scanning Ovidiu Cretu Editorial board member

Scientific Reports Jiangwei Liu Editorial board member

まてりあ（日本金属学会　会報） Kotaro Doi 編集委員

International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS)National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)E-Mail:icys-of�[email protected]:http://www.nims.go.jp/icys/

ICYS-NAMIKINamiki 1-1, Tsukuba, ibaraki, 305-0044 JAPANPhone 029-860-4709 Facsimiule 029-860-4706

ICYS-SENGENSengen 1-2-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047 JAPANPhone 029-859-2259 Facsimile 029-859-2200

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