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ICYS Annual Report 2011

ICYSAnnualReport2011


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Contents

Preface 2

History 3

Activity 4

Scientific Interaction 6

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III. Patents 49

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VI. Visitors 52


2 Executive Summary

Introduction

Noboru Miura, Managing Director of ICYS


3History of ICYS

History of ICYS

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

2004Feb. ICYS office and labs were completed in the nano and biomaterials research wing of NIMS (Namiki

district).Apr. Program for assigning newly hired NIMS researchers to ICYS was launched.Jun. Symposium commemorating the founding of ICYS was held.Sep. First Evaluation Committee meeting was held.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2012Jan. 2nd Researcher recruitment FY2011 began.Jan. ICYS Workshop 2012 (Urabandai) was held.Feb. MANA International Symposium 2012 Jointly with ICYS (Tsukuba) was held.


4 Activity in ICYS

Activity in ICYS

Management

Organization

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Section ManagerInternational Research

Support Section(Internationalization of NIMS/

Manager of ICYS-Sengen)

Team LeaderGeneral Affairs Team,

(Manage of ICYS-MANA)

ICYS researchers


5Activity in ICYS

FY Number of papers

Average IF values

Number of papers / a

person

Number of patent appl.

Number of presentations

2008 61 2.967 4.7 3 34

2009 51 3.592 3.0 5 44

2010 72 3.797 4.0 7 39

2011 63 4.981 4.2 1 24

Total 247 3.834 3.9 16 141

ICYS as a carrier path to NIMS researchers

FY Number

2006 4

2007 1

2008 10

2009 2

2010 1

2011 2

Total 20

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 152 16

2009 84 5

2010 128 10

2011 94 11

Total 236 42

Country Number

USA 2

Italy 5

UK 5

India 122

Korea 24

China 105

Czech 1

Germany 4

Japan 61

France 10

Russia 9

Others 110

Total 458


6 Scientific Interaction

Scientific Interaction

Fig.1 ICYS/MANA Joint Seminar Fig.2 ICYS Special Seminar

Fig.4 ICYS Workshop 2011Fig.3 ICYS Workshop 2010 Fig.5 ICYS Workshop 2012

Fig.6 MANA Symposium 2012


7Research Digest

Research Digest Index

Epitaxial Growth of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride (h-BN) Layer on Metal Surfaces by Surface SegregationICYS-SENGEN Researcher Jianhua GAO 9

Magneto-Responsive Soft Materials: Magnetically Reconfigurable in a Nonvolatile Fashion ICYS-MANA Researcher Fatin HAJJAJ 10

Surface Chemistry and Molecular Self-Assembled Mono and Multilayers for NanoelectronicICYS-MANA Researcher Hicham HAMOUDI 11

Optical Manipulation of Single-Electron Tunneling Through Photochromic Molecular DotsICYS-MANA Researcher Ryoma HAYAKAWA 12

Self-Assembly of Derivatized FullerenesICYS-SENGEN Researcher Martin HOLLAMBY 13

Complementary-Like Graphene Logic GatesICYS-MANA Researcher Song-Lin LI 14

Tuning Organic Superconductors by Scanning Probe Microscopies ICYS-SENGEN Researcher César MORENO SIERRA 15

Developing Advanced Methodologies for Anisotropic Small-Angle ScatteringICYS-SENGEN Researcher Brian Richard PAUW 16

Materials for Sustainable CatalysisICYS-SENGEN Researcher Zoe SCHNEPP 17

Development of High Coercivity and High Performance Nd-Fe-B Magnets without Heavy Rare Earth ElementsICYS-SENGEN Researcher H. SEPEHRI-AMIN 18

C60 Microcrystals with Diverse MorphologiesICYS-MANA Researcher Lok Kumar SHRESTHA 19

Template Synthesis of Near-Infrared Emitting Subvalent Bismuth ICYS-SENGEN Researcher Hong-Tao SUN 20

Collective Population Inversion of Two-Level Atoms Based on Mean-Field TheoryICYS-SENGEN Researcher Hiroyuki TAKEDA 21

Low-Temperature Fluorination of Layered Iron OxideICYS-MANA Researcher Yoshihiro TSUJIMOTO 22

Visualization of the Grain Boundary as the Blocking Layer for Oxygen Tracer DiffusionICYS-MANA Researcher Ken WATANABE 23


8 Research Digest

Electron Emission from One-Atom-Thick SolidsICYS-MANA Researcher Xianlong WEI 24

Direct Fabrication of Plasmonic NanoparticlesICYS-MANA Researcher Jung-Sub WI 25

Energy Loss Mechanism in Dye-Sensitized Solar CellsICYS-SENGEN Researcher Xudong YANG 26

High-Performance Solar-Blind PhotodetectorsICYS-MANA Researcher Tianyou ZHAI 27

Coexistence of Low Work Function and High Chemical Inertness on the Tip of an Atomic-Sequence Engineered Nanowire ICYS-SENGEN Researcher Han ZHANG 28

Nano-Carbon Materials for Electrochemical Energy ICYS-MANA Researcher Yuanjian ZHANG 29


9Research Digest

1. Outline of Research

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2. Research Activities

Fig. 1. Epitaxial growth of single-layer graphene on (a) Pd(111), (b) Pt(111) substrates by surface segregation. Fig.1 (c) BKLL image of the triangular shape monolayer h-BN islands on Fe-Cr-Ni alloy.

References1) J. H. Gao, N. Ishida, S. Isaacson, D. Fujita, Carbon 50, 1674 (2012).2) J. H. Gao, K. Sagisaka, M, Kitahara, M. S. Xu, S. Miyamoto, S Miyamoto, D. Fujita, Nanotechnology, 23 055704 (2012).3) J. H. Gao, D. Fujita, M. S. Xu, K. Onishi, S. Miyamoto, ACS Nano, 4 1026 (2010).

SegregationJianhua GAO


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Fig. 1. Schematic representation and polarizing optical microscopic images of a magneto-responsive liquid crystalline material at 300 K before (orthorhombic phase) and after (cubic phase) exposure to a magnetic field.


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Fig. 2. Time-dependent magneto-optical response of orthorhombic liquid crystalline material at 420K under a 5T field. The optical images were taken with crossed-polarizers condition of the magneto-optical microscope.

References1) F. Hajjaj, T. Kajitani, A. Yamaguchi, Y. Yamamoto, K. Kato, T. Fukushima, T. Aida, The 10th International Conference on Materials Chemistry, Manchester, UK (2011).2) F. Hajjaj, T. Kajitani, K. Kato, H. Kitazawa, A. Yamaguchi, Y. Yamamoto, T. Fukushima, T. Aida, in preparation.

Fatin HAJJAJ


11Research Digest

Hicham HAMOUDI


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Fig1: the ef f iciency of tunnelling in molecular wires can be significantly affected by the controlling the specific orbitals into which charge carriers are injected


References1) H. Hamoudi, S. Neppl, P. Kao, B. Schüpbach, P. Feulner, A. Terfort, D. Allara and Michael Zharnikov. Phys. Rev. Lett., 107, 027801. (2011)


12 Research Digest

Ryoma HAYAKAWA


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Fig. 1. Schematic illustration of optical single-electron memory

devices with photochromic molecules as quantum dots.

2. Research Activities(1) Photoisomerzation of diarylethene thin films.

Fig. 2. Optical images (a) and UV-Vis spectra (b) of diarylethene thin films on quartz substrates.

(2) Optical control of single-electron tunneling via photochromic molecules in MIS structures.

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Fig. 3. Optical manipulation of single-electron tunneling in the samples with diarylethene molecules as quantum dots.

References1) S. Tiwari, F. Rana, H. Hanafi, H. Haratstein, E.F. Crabbe, K. Chan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 68, 1377 (1996).2) C. Pace, F. Crupi, S. Lombardo, C. Gerardi, G. Cocorullo, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 182106 (2005).3) R. Hayakawa, N. Hiroshiba, T. Chikyow, Y. Wakayama, Adv. Funct. Mater. 21, 2933 (2011).


13Research Digest

Martin HOLLAMBY


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Fig. 1. Project strategy (example given for a C60 derivative)

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Fig. 2. Preliminary SAXS and polarising optical microscopy data of the ordered gel-like phase.

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References1) Park, C.; Yoon, E.; Kawano, M.; Joo, T.; Choi, H. C. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 49, 9670 (2010); Sathish, M.; Miyazawa, K.; Hill, J. P.; Ariga, K. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 6372 (2009); Wang, M.; Heeger, A. J.; Wudl, F. Small 7, 301 (2011).2) Homma, T.; Harano, K.; Isobe, H.; Nakamura, E. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 49, 1665 (2010); Burghardt, S.; Hirsch, A.; Schade, B.; Ludwig, K.; Böttcher, C. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44, 2976 (2005).3) Israelachvili, J. N.; Mitchell, D. J.; Ninham, B. W. J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 2 1976, 72, 1525–1568.4) Nakanishi, T. Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 3425–3436.


14 Research Digest

Song-Lin LI


2. Research Activities(1) Graphene voltage inverter. 1)

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V

p or n

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(2) Band gap opening in bilayer graphene.2)

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Fig.1. (a) and (b) Optical images for a patterned bilayer graphene flake and corresponding logic devices. In (b) three voltage inverters are defined with three pairs of effective p- and n- type graphene transistors in each device. (c) Schematic diagram for a dual-input NOR gate, in which four transistors including two p-type and two n-type transistors are employed. (d) Logic operation for a NOR gate at VDD = 0.7 V. The numbers XX (X = “0” or “1”) in NOR-XX denote the corresponding logic states of the two inputs.

(3) Dual-input elementary logic gates.3)

p n

p n

References1) S.L. Li, H.Miyazaki, A.Kumatani, A.Kanda, K. Tsukagoshi, Nano Lett.10, 2357 (2010).2) S.L. Li, H.Miyazaki, H. Hiura, C.Liu, K.Tsukagoshi, ACS Nano5, 500 (2011).3) S.L. Li, H.Miyazaki, M.V. Lee, C.Liu, A.Kanda, K.Tsukagoshi, Small7, 1552 (2011).


15Research Digest

Probe Microscopies

César MORENO SIERRA


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References1) Mitsuhashi, R. et al Nature 2010, 464, (7285), 76-79. 2) Kaji, Y. et al. Applied Physics Letters 2009, 95, (18), 183302-3. 3) Lee, X. et al. Organic Electronics 2010, 11, (8), 1394-1398.


16 Research Digest

Brian Richard PAUW



Figure 1: A small-angle scattering measurement of an anisotropic structure (left) described to within uncertainties by a MC method fit (right)

Figure 2: Initial stages of construction of the new ultra-small-angle scattering instrument.


17Research Digest

Zoe SCHNEPP

1. Outline of Research3

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Fig. 1. Schematic for biopolymer-based one-pot route to hybrid nanocomposite.


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Fig. 2. Oxide/nitride nanocomposite prepared in one-step

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Fig. 3. (A) Fe3C/MgO/graphite nanocomposite and (B) Fe3C/carbon nanostructure with bimodal porosity (arrows show meso- and micro-pores

References1) A Sustainable Global Society (White paper), Royal Society of Chemistry, 2011.2) A. Alexander, J. S. J. Hargreaves, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2010, 39, 4388.3) Z. Schnepp, M. J. Hollamby, M. Tanaka, Y. Matsushita, Y. Katsuya, Y. Sakka, Sci. Tech. Adv. Mater. 2012, 13, 035001.


18 Research Digest

H. SEPEHRI-AMIN


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Fig. 1. Investigation of the chemistry (a) atom probe result, structure (b) high resolution TEM image, and (c) magnetic behavior of the grain boundary phase in Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets (μ0HC~1.2 T).

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Fig. 2. Bright field TEM and energy filtered Nd map of (a) and (c) initial powders, (b) and (d) Nd-Cu diffusion processed sample.

References1) K. Khlopkov et al. J Appl Phys 102, 023912 (2007).2) A. Hütten et al. Ultramicroscopy 47, 447 (1998).


19Research Digest

C60

Lok Kumar SHRESTHA


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2. Research Activities(1) Synthesis and characterization of C60 microcrystal.

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Fig. 1. SEM images of C60 microcrystal prepared in mixed IPA-TBA/benzene systems via LLIP method for different mixing ratios IPA:TBA of 1:9 (a) and 2.3:1 (b).

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References1) K. Miyazawa, Y. Kuwasaki, A. Obayashi, M. Kuwabara, J. Mater. Res.17, 83 (2002).2) M. Sathish, K. Miyazawa, J.P. Hill, K. Ariga, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 6372 (2009).


20 Research Digest

Hong-Tao SUN


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Fig. 1. A) The Rietveld f it to the high-resolution synchrotron XRD pattern of dehydrated Bi embedded zeolite Y. Plots show the observed and calculated powder patterns; B) The possible distributions of Bi in sodalite cage of zeolite Y; C) Theoretical absorption spectra for Bi4

4+ (a), Bi33+ (b), Bi2

2+ (c) and Bi+ (d); D) PL

spectra..

References1) H.-T. Sun, et al., Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 12837-12841.2) H.-T. Sun, et al., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134, 2918-2921.


21Research Digest

Hiroyuki TAKEDA


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Fig. 1. Computational results by the mean-field theory. (a) Temporal behavior of <σ3(t)> for γ-/ γ+=10 and |ΔAL|/(Nγ-)=10. (b) Steady-state value of <σ3(t)> as a function of ε/|ΔAL|.

References


22 Research Digest

Yoshihiro TSUJIMOTO


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Fig.1. Neutron powder diffraction data collected at 293 K from Sr3Fe2O5.44F1.56.

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Fig. 2. Crystal structures of (a) Sr3Fe2O7 and (b) Sr3Fe2O5.44F1.54, and (c) magnetic structure of the latter determined by the neutron experiments.

References1) Y. Tsujimoto, J.J. Li, K. Yamaura, Y. Matsushita, Y. Katsuya, M. Tanaka, Y. Shirako, M. Akaogi, E. Takayama-Muromachi, Chem. Commun. 47, 3263 (2011).2) Y. Tsujimoto, K. Yamaura, N. Hayashi, K. Kodama, N. Igawa, Y. Matsushita, Y. Katsuya, Y. Shirako, M. Akaogi, E. Takayama-Muromachi, Chem. Mater. 23, 3652 (2011).


23Research Digest

Ken WATANABE


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Fig. 1. High-resolution concentration maps of 18O and C(x)[18O] profiles

obtained in (a and b) oxidized and (c and d) reduced BaTiO3 ceramics. C[18O] profiles were obtained from lines (A-B) in each map.

Reference1) K. Watanabe, I. Sakaguchi, S. Hishita, N. Ohashi, H. Haneda, Appl. Phys. Exp. 4, 055801 (2011).


24 Research Digest

Xianlong WEI


Fig. 1. A schematic drawing of electron emission from a one-atom-thick solid surface.

2. Research Activities(1) Phonon-Assisted Electron Emission from Monatomic CNT Shells.

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Fig. 2. (a) Electron emission from the shell of an electrically biased CNT and the energy diagram of PAEE. (b) Theoretical (lines) and experimental (symbols) emission curves.

(2) Electron Emission from Graphene Nanoribbons.

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Fig. 3. The two different ways of electron emission from a GNR under internal drive with a preferable emission way marked.

References1) X.L. Wei, D. Golberg, Q. Chen, Y. Bando, L.M. Peng, Nano Lett. 11, 734 (2011).2) X.L. Wei, D. Golberg, Q. Chen, Y. Bando, L.M. Peng, Phys. Rev. B 84, 195462 (2011).3) X.L. Wei, Y. Bando, D. Golberg ACS Nano 6, 705 (2012).

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25Research Digest

Jung-Sub WI


2. Research Activities(1) Sombrero-shaped Raman-active Ag nanoparticles

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Fig. 1. Schematic illustration of the overall process: generation of polymer pocket array (details are described in Ref. 1), oblique angle deposition of SiO2, metal deposition, nanoparticle release, and centrifugation. Inset SEM image shows the fabricated nanoparticles after centrifugation.

Fig. 2. SEM images of (left) SiO2 bases and (middle) sombrero-shaped plasmonic nanoparticle arrays. The scale bars are 200 nm (right). The squared magnitude of the local electrical field amplitude of Ag Raman sombrero nanoparticle. The direction of incident light and its polarization are indicated in the inset as yellow and white colored arrows, respectively.

in-vitro or in-vivo

(2) Three-tiered Au disks for trapping broadband light.

References1) J.S. Wi, E.S. Barnard, R.J. Wilson, M. Zhang, M. Tang, M.L. Brongersma, S.X. Wang, ACS Nano 5, 6449 (2011).2) J.S. Wi, S. Sengupta, R.J. Wilson, Z. Zhang, M. Tang, S.X. Wang, Small 7, 3276 (2011).3) J.S. Wi, M. Rana, T. Nagao, Jpn. Patent Appl. 2011-279027.


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Xudong YANG


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Fig. 1.a) Relation between emission intensity and short circuit photocurrent density of DSCs with additives of cations/TBP b) Relative increased emission (ΔPL/PL) caused by cations/TBP in DSC respectively.

References1). B. O’ Regan and M. Graetzel, Nature, 353(24), 737-740 (1991).2). S. E. Koops, B. C. O’Regan, P. R. F. Barnes, and J. R. Durrant, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131(13), 4808-4818 (2009).3). Shufang Zhang, Xudong Yang, Kun Zhang, Han Chen, Masatoshi Yanagida and Liyuan Han, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 13, 19310(2011).


27Research Digest

Tianyou ZHAI


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2. Research Activities(1) In2Ge2O7 nanobelt-based photodetector.

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Fig. 1. Photoconductivity of In2Ge2Ge7-nanobelt-device.

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(2) Individual Ga2O3 nanobelt-based photodetector.

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Fig. 2. Photoconductivity of Ga2O3-nanobelt-device: (a) Spectral response; (b) under various light intensities; (c) under different applied voltage; (d) under air and different vacuum environments.

References1) T. Zhai, L. Li, Y. Ma, M. Liao, X. Wang, X. Fang, J. Yao, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Chem. Soc. Rev. 40, 2986 (2011).2) T. Zhai, L. Li, X.S. Fang, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Adv. Funct. Mater. 20, 4233 (2010).3) L. Li, E. Auer, M. Liao, X. Fang, T. Zhai, U.K. Gautam, A. Lugstein, Y. Koide, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Nanoscale 3, 1120 (2011).4) L. Li, P.S. Lee, C. Yan, T. Zhai, X. Fang, M. Liao, Y. Koide, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Adv. Mater. 22, 5145 (2010).5) G. Li, T. Zhai, Y. Jiang, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 9740 (2011).


28 Research Digest

Han ZHANG



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Fig. 1. (L) SEM image of the LaB6 nanowire field emitter and its single spot emission pattern; (M) field emission profile of LaB6 (black) and W (red); (R) Energy spectrums from LaB6 (green) and W (blue).

References1) H. Zhang, J. Tang, J. Yuan, J. Ma, N. Shinya, K. Nakajima, H. Murakami, T. Ohkubo, L. Qin, Nano Lett. 10, 3539 (2010).2) H. Zhang, etc. to be published.


29Research Digest

Yuanjian ZHANG


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Fig. 1. Fused hybrid: graphene was used as a “dopant” for semiconducting graphitic carbon nitride in band- structure engineering via π–π stacking interaction.

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Fig. 2. Green and Green: creating N-doped graphene towards non-precious oxygen reduction electrocatalys in aqueous solution with easier structure manipulation.

2. Research Activities(1) graphene-intercalated g-C3N4

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(2) N-dope nano-carbon for ORR

References1) Y. Zhang, T. Mori, J. Ye, Sci. Adv. Mater. 4, 282 (2012) and references therein. [Invited review]2) Y. Zhang, T. Mori, L. Niu, J. Ye, Energy Environ. Sci. 4, 157 (2011).[Back cover]3) Y. Zhang, K. Fugane, T. Mori, L. Niu, J. Ye, J. Mater. Chem. 22, 6575 (2012). [Back cover]



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Appendix

Appendix I-1 : Member List Top Management 31

Appendix I-2 : Member List ICYS-MANA Researchers 32

Appendix I-3 : Member List ICYS-Sengen Researchers 33

Appendix I-4 : Member List Former ICYS Researchers 35

Appendix II : Research Papers 37

Appendix III : Patents 49

Appendix IV : Invited Lectures to International Conferences 50

Appendix V : Commendations 51

Appendix VI : Visitors 52


31Member List Top Management

Appendix I-1 : Member List Top Management

Daisuke FUJITA Shunichi HISHITA Koichi TSUCHIYA

Sukekatsu USHIODA Noboru MIURA


32 Member List ICYS-MANA Researchers

Appendix I-2 : Member List ICYS-MANA Researchers

NAMEStarting DateMentor’s nameMentor’s name

Tatsuo SHIBATAXiaosheng FANG Genki YOSHIKAWA

Jesse WILLIAMS Yuanjian ZHANG Ryoma HAYAKAWA

Lok Kumar SHRESTHA Fatin HAJJAJ Jung-Sub WI

Yoshihiro TSUJIMOTO Tianyou ZHAI Hisanori UEKI


33Member List ICYS-Sengen Researchers

Vaishali SHINDE

Xudong YANG

Qingsong MEI

Hong-Tao SUN

Songlin LI Hicham HAMOUDI

Rudder WU

Appendix I-3 : Member List ICYS-Sengen Researchers

Ken WATANABE Xianlong WEI Christopher Patrick ROYALL

Yufang ZHU


34 Member List ICYS-Sengen Researchers

Han ZHANG

Jianhua GAO

César MORENO SIERRA

Zoe SCHNEPP

Hossein SEPEHRI AMIN

Martin HOLLAMBY

Hiroyuki TAKEDA

Ilya SYCHUGOV

Brian Richard PAUW


35Member List Former ICYS Researchers

Appendix I-4 : Member List Former ICYS Researchers

Byunjoo PARK Ayako HASHIMOTO

Cesar Pay GOMEZ Yasuhiro SHIRAI Canhua LIU

Michael V. LEE

Ammanabrolu RAJANIKANTH

Davide UGLIETTI

NAMEPeriodMentor’s nameMentor’s nameCurrent position

Ujjal GAUTAM Masataka IMURA Antonio TORRALBA Mingsheng XU


36 Member List Former ICYS Researchers

Pavuluri SRINIVASU Mathieu GRANDCOLASJun CHEN Samuel SANCHEZ


37Research Papers

Appendix II : Research Papers

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

2 S. Acharya, U. K. Gautam, T. Sasaki, Y. Bando, Y. Golan, K. Ariga, Ultranarrow PbS rods with intense fluorescence, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 4594 (2008).

3C. 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).

4 A. Bandyopadhyay, S. Acharya, A 16-bit parallel processor in a molecular assembly, Proc. Nat. Acad. Soc. 105, 3668 (2008).

5N. 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).

6R.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).

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

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).

9J. 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).

10J. 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.

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).

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

13D.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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

21 U.K. Gautam, Y. Bando, J.H. Zhan, P.M.F.J. Costa, X.S. Fang, D. Golberg, Ga-doped ZnO nanowire-precursors for ZnO/ZnGa2O4 nanotubes, Adv. Mater. 20, 810 (2008).

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).

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).

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).


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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).

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)

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

33D.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).

34D.P. Sawant, A. Vinu, J. Justus, P. Srinivasu, S.B. Halligudi, Catalytic performances of silicotungstic acid/zirconia supported SBA-15 in an acetylation of veratrol with hexanoyl chloride, Chemistry - A European Journal 14, 3200 (2008).

35 R. Scipioni, A.Oshiyama, T .Ohno, Increased stability of C60 encapsulated in double walled carbon nanotubes, Chem Phys. Lett. 455, 88 (2008).

36T. 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 (2008).

37 T. Shibata, 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).

38 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).

39 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).

40P. Srinivasu, S. Alam, V.V. Balasubramanian, D.P. Sawant, W. Böhlmann, S.P. Mirajkar, 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).

41P. 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).

42P. Srinivasu, C. Anand, S. Alam, K. Ariga, S.B. Halligudi, V.V. Balasubramanian, A. Vinu, Highly ordered two dimensional p6mm mesoporous niobium silicates with high niobium content: "winding road" of regularly aligned nano-channels, J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 10130 (2008).

43 P. Srinivasu, D.P. Sawant, J. Justus, V.V. Balasubramanian, A. Vinu, Incorporation of Al into cage type mesoporous silica molecular sieves, WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING 47-54, (2008).

44 P. Srinivasu, A. Vinu, Three dimensional mesoporous gallosilicate with Pm3n symmetry and its unusual catalytic performances, Chemistry - A European Journal 14, 3553 (2008).

45 P. Srinivasu, A. Vinu, 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).

46 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).

47S. 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).

48 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).

49A.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


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50A. 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).

51A. 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).

52 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).

53A. 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).

54 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).

55S. 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).

56 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).

57 K. Ariga, M. V. Lee, J. Labuta, K. Okamoto, J. P. Hill, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 74, 426-435 (2009).

58J. 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).

59J. 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).

60P. 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).

61P.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).

62P.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).

63 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).

64 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).

65 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).

66 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).

67 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).

68 X.S. Fang, Y. Bando, U.K. Gautam, T. Zhai, M. Liao, D. Golberg, ZnO and ZnS Nanostructures: Ultraviolet-Light Emitters, Lasers and Sensors, Critical Rev. Solid Stat. Mater. Sci. 34, 190 (2009).

69 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).

70 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).

71U.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).

72 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).

73 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).

74 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).


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75O.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).

76Y. 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).

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

78 M. Y. Liao, M. Imura, X. 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).

79 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).

80S. 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).

81 S. Sanchez, M. Pumera, Nanorobots: The Ultimate Wireless Self-Propelled Sensing and Actuating Devices, Chem- Asian J. 4, 1402, (2009).

82 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).

83V. 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).

84 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).

85 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).

86 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).

87S. 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).

88 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

89Y. 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).

90S. 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).

91 M. Xu, D. Fujita, N. Hanagata, Perspective and challenges of emerging single-molecule DNA sequencing technologies, Small 5, 2638-2649 (2009).

92 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).

93 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).

94 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).

95H.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).

96 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).

97 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).

98 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).

99Y. Zhu, S. Kaskel, T. Ikoma, N. Hanagata, Magnetic SBA-15/Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Composite: Preparation, Characterization and Temperature-Responsive Drug Release Property, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 123, 107 (2009).


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100 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).

101X. 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 (2010). 500-508.

102 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 (2010). doi:10.1016/j.pmatsci.2010.10.001

103 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).

104U. 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

105T. 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).

106 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).

107R. 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

108N. 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

109M. 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

110M. 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

111M. 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

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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

113L. 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

114L. 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).

115L. 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).

116 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

117M. 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).

118M. 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).

119 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 (2010) 7. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.117.7

120D. Rangappa, 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

121C. 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


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122S.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

123V. R. Shinde, T. P. Gujar, T. Noda, D. Fujita, A. Vinu, M. Grandcolas, J. Ye, Shape and size selective zinc oxide nanorods by microwave assisted chemical bath deposition method: Effect on photocatalysis properties, Chemistry - A European Journal 16, 10569–10575 (2010).

124L.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

125L.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). JOI JST.JSTAGE/jos/58.235

126 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

127 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

128R.G. Shrestha, L.K. Shrestha, C. Solans, C. Gonzalez, K. Aramaki, Nonaqueous foam with outstanding stability in diglycerol monomyristate/olive oil system, Colloid and Surfaces A: A Physicochemical Engineering Aspects 353 157 (2010). DOI:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.11.007

129L. K. Shrestha, P. Worsch, K. Aramaki, Structural characterization of nonionic surfactant reverse micelles in diglycerol monolaurate/squalene system, Advanced Materials Research 117 (2010). 87. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.117.87

130 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.

131 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

132

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

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

134 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).

135 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).

136 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).

137

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

138 Y. Tsujimoto, J. J. Li, K. Yamaura, Y. Matsushita, Y. Katsuya, M. Tanaka, Y. Shirako, M. Akaogi, E. Takayama-Muromachi, New layred cobalt oxyfluoride, Sr2CoO3F, Chemical Communications published online. doi: 10.1039/c0cc05482h

139S. 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

140 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

141H. Ueki, M. Yasumoto, V.A. Soloshonok, Rational Application of Self-disproportionation of Enantiomers via Sublimation ~ A Novel Methodological Dimension for Optical Purifications, Tetrahdron: Asymmetry 21, 1396 (2010). doi: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2010.04.040

142 T. Wakahara, Y. Nemoto, M.Xu, K. Miyazawa, D. Fujita, Preparation of endohedral metallofullerene nanowhiskers and nanosheets, Carbon 48, 3359-3363 (2010).

143 X. Wang, R.T. Wu, A. Atkinson, Characterisation of residual stress and interface degradation in TBCs by photo-luminescence piezo-spectroscopy, Surface and Coatings Technology 204, pp.2472-2482, (2010).

144J.-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


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145 C. Wu, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhu, T. Friis, Y. Xiao, Structure-property relationships of silk-modified mesoporous bioglass scaffolds, Biomaterials 31, 3429 (2010).

146 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).

147 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).

148 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).

149 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).

150 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).

151 M. Xu, D. Fujita, N. Hanagata, Monitoring electron-beam irradiation effect on graphenes by temporal Auger electron spectroscopy, Nanotechnology 21, 265705 (2010).

152 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).

153 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).

154 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

155M. 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

156 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

157 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

158 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).

159 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).

160 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).

161T.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).

162T.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).

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

164T.Y. Zhai, Y. Ma, L. Li, M.Y. Liao, X.S. Fang, Y. Koide, J.N. Yao, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, Synthesis, Morphology-Tunable In2Se3 Nanostructures with Enhanced Electrical and Photoelectrical Performances via Sulfur Doping, Journal of Materials Science 20, 6630 (2010).

165 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.

166 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

167 Y. Zhu, T. Ikoma, N. Hanagata, S. Kaskel, Rattle-type Fe3O4@SiO2 Hollow Mesoporous Spheres as Carriers for Drug Delivery, Small 6, 471 (2010).

168 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).

169 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).

170P. 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

171 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


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172 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).

173 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).

174 H. Takeda, S. John, Self-consistent Maxwell-Bloch theory of quantum dot population switching in photonic crystals, Physical Review A in press, (2011).

175 M. Xu, D. Fujita, K. Sagisaka, E. Watanabe, N. Hanagata, Production of extended single-layer graphene, ACS Nano 5, 1522-1528 (2011).

176 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

177Y. 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

178 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

179 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

180JR.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

181Y. 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

182Y. 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

183 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

184M. 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

185N. 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

186K. 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

187 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

188Y. Tsujimoto, K. Yamaura, N. Hayashi, K. Kodama, N. Igawa, Y. Matsushita, Y. Katsuya, Y. Shirako, M. Akaogi, E. Takayama-Muromachi, Topotactic synthesis 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

189J. 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

190S. 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

191X. 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

192 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

193R. 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

194R. 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


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195 R. Hayakawa 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).

196 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

197 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

198J.-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

199 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

200 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

201R.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

202 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)

203L.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

204 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).

205L.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

206 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

207 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

208R.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

209L.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.

210T. 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

211 X. 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

212Y. 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

213 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

214L. 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

215L. 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

216 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

217 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

218L. 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


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219L. 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

220 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

221X. 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

222X. 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

223X. 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

224 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

225X. 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

226X. 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

227N.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

228D.-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

229 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

230 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

231 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

232JR. 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

233 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

234Y. 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

235S. 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

236L.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

237L.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

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

239R. 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, 2012 (Accepted).

240 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, 2012 (Accepted).

241 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, 2012 (In press). DOI:10.1166.2012.6220


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242 R.G. Shrestha, L.K. Shrestha*, Structure of Nonionic Reverse Micelles in Octylbenzene, Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 2012 (In press). DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2012.683977

243 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

244D. 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

245D.-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

246 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

247Shufang Zhang, Xudong Yang, Kun Zhang, Han Chen, Masatoshi Yanagida and Liyuan 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

248J. 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

249 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

250 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

251 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

252K. 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

253 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, 2011, 36, 4221-4223.

254 Z. Bai, H.-T. Sun, M. Fujii, Y. Miwa, T. Hasegawa, M. Mizuhata and S. Hayashi, Bismuth-sensitized efficient near-infrared luminescence from ytterbium in zeolites, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2011, 44, 155101.

255Liyuan Han, Ashraful Islam, Han Chen, Chandrasekharam Malapaka, Barreddi Chiranjeevi, Shufang Zhang, Xudong Yang and Masatoshi Yanagida, High-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cell with a novel co-adsorbent, Energy Environ. Sci., 5, 6057(2012). doi:10.1039/C2EE03418B

256Kun Zhang, Shufang Zhang, Keitaro Sodeyama, Xudong Yang, Han Chen, Masatoshi Yanagida, Yoshitaka Tateyama, and Liyuan 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

257 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

258 J. Ma, J. Tang, Q. Cheng, H. Zhang, N. Shinya, L.-C. Qin, Carbon composite microelectrodes fabricated by electrophoretic deposition, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 12, 1972 (2012).

259 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

260J. 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, in press (2012). doi:10.1111/j.1551-2916.2012.05247.x

261Z. 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, (2012), accepted.

262 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.2012.01.062

263 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).

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

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

266H.-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, 2012, 134, 2918-2921.


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Co-authored Books

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49Patents

Appendix III : Patents

No. Name of InventionApplicationNumber

Date of Application

1 有機電界効果トランジスタ 2008-321975 18/12/2008

2The fabrication method of single-crystalline ZnS nanobelts and the use of UV-light sensors

2009-131847 01/06/2009

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 26/08/2009

4 グラフェンフィルム製造方法 2009-199126 31/08/2009

5Single-crystalline ZnSe blue/ultraviolet-light photodetectors and its fabrication method

2009-232381 06/10/2009

6 The fabrication method for micro-scale UV-light sensors 2009-279520 09/12/2009

7 Epitaxial growth of graphenes 2010-047225 04/03/2010

8 Heat Resistant Coatings 2010-096554 20/04/2010

9 Surface Stress Sensor 2010-118859 24/05/2010

10 硫化物及びセレン化物粉体の合成方法 2010-226230 06/10/2010

11 Field-effect transistor and the formation method 2010-231352 14/10/2010

12 Fabrication method of field effect transistors 2010-231352 14/10/2010

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 02/12/2010

14Vertically stacked plasmonic metal disk for trapping broadband light

2011-279027 20/12/2011


50 Invited Lectures to International Conferences

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

October 16, 2009 JST Evening Forum, Japan Rudder Wu Revolution of Modern Aircrafts

July 21-24, 2009 NIMS Week, Japan Mingsheng Xu Characterization of nanomaterials for nanorisk assessment

March 7, 2010 Hakone Mini Workshop Genki Yoshikawa Piezoresistive cantilever array sensors

April 5, 2010 Aerospace MaterialsWorkshop, 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 Lok Kumar ShresthaHighly Stable Non-aqueous Foams in Glycerol-Based Nonionic Surfactant/Oil Systems

September 10, 2010

Otto Glatter Special Symposium in 24th Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS)

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 Optimization of EQ-Coatings

September 25-28, 2010 11th IUMRS International Conference in Asia Lok Kumar Shrestha

Which Parameters Control the Structures of Nonionic Reversed Micelles in Nonaqueous Media?

November 16, 2010 UCL, LCN meeting 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 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 Hyderabad, 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


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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

2011 Apr 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

2011 May 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

2011 May IUMAS-V Best Poster Award Xianlong Wei

Post-Synthesis Substitutional C-doping of Individual Boron Nitride Nanostructures via in-situ Electron Beam Irradiation

2011 July

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.

2011 Sep Cover Highlight: RIKEN Research

Fatin Hajjaj Kentaro Tashiro

Locking in Molecular Magnetism

2011 Nov 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

2011 Dec Energy & Environ. Sci., Back cover Yuanjian Zhang (first author)

Non-Covalent Doping of Graphitic Carbon Nitride Polymer with Graphene: Controlled Electronic Structure and Enhanced Optoelectronic Conversion

2011 Dec 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


52 Visitors

Appendix VI : Visitors

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 2009 Prof. Peter Gudmundsson / Prof. Stefan Stahl / Ms. Charlotte Elfgren Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Oct 7 2009 Ms. Izumi Tanaka 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 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. Nicholas 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 Dörr 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 NieDepartment 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 Portugall 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


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Mar 26 2010 Mr. Toshiyasu Ichioka EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, Japan

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. Niu Li Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Jul 28 – Aug 6 2010 Prof. Yung-Mau NieDepartment 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

Feb 28 2011 Dr. Rehka Goswami Shrestha Tokyo University of Science

Mar 7 – Mar 10 2011 Prof. Andrea Maria HodgeAerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department ,University of Southern California, USA


54 Visitors


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

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


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