JAPAN NANONET BULLETIN Past Issues : 20th ~ 29th


NANONET INTERVIEW When one million DVDs become a single disk —Development and application of diarylethenes—: Masahiro IRIE
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University; (Issued in Japanese: September 2, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Creation of high performance gas storage materials by nanoprocessing technology: WANG Zheng-Ming
Researcher, Marine Resources and Environment Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology; (Issued in Japanese: September 9, 2003)


NANONET INTERVIEW Exploring the next generation of biotechnology —Development of a fluorescent label using a rare-earth metal complex—: Kazuko MATSUMOTO
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University; (Issued in Japanese: June 10, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Nonlinear optical properties of strongly correlated electron systems: Hideo KISHIDA
Research Associate, Department of Advanced Materials Science, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo; (Issued in Japanese: September 2, 2003)


NANONET INTERVIEW Mystery behind bioenergy —Proving the rotation of ATP synthase—: Masasuke YOSHIDA
Professor, Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology; (Issued in Japanese: July 1, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Development of nano spectroscopy and its application to characterization for advanced inorganic materials: Minoru OSADA
Senior Researcher, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science; (Issued in Japanese: August 26, 2003)


NANONET INTERVIEW Determining atomic arrangement in liquids —Development for advanced x-ray structural analysis—: Yoshio WASEDA
Vice-President/Executive Director, Tohoku University; (Issued in Japanese: August 5, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Synthesis of novel metal nanoparticles and their application to nano-optical materials: Yukihide SHIRAISHI
Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Environmental Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi
Research Scientist, Liquid Crystal Institute, Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi; (Issued in Japanese: August 5, 2003)


NANONET INTERVIEW First stepper —Developing new technology based on what you master—: Shoichiro YOSHIDA
Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer, Nikon Corporation; (Issued in Japanese: July 29, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION An efficient single photon source using parametric down conversion: Shigeki TAKEUCHI
Associate Professor, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University; (Issued in Japanese: July 29, 2003)


NANONET INTERVIEW Inspiration from outer space —Synthesizing artificial diamonds using shock pressure—: Akira SAWAOKA
President, Daido Institute of Technology
Project Leader, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA); (Issued in Japanese: July 22, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Development of photoemission and inverse-photoemission spectroscopy, electronic structure of transition-metal compounds: Takashi MIZOKAWA
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo; (Issued in Japanese: July 22, 2003)


NANONET INTERVIEW Nanotube and nanohorn — Future real key player of nanotechnology —: Sumio IIJIMA
Professor, Meijo University
Director, Research Center for Advanced Carbon Materials, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); (Issued in Japanese: July 8, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Fabrication of novel core-shell nanostructured materials using the size-selective photoetching technique: Tsukasa TORIMOTO
Associate Professor, Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University
Researcher, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST); (Issued in Japanese: July 15, 2003)


NANONET INTERVIEW Molecular fingerprints —Manipulating molecules via molecular vibration—: Maki KAWAI
Chief Scientist, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN); (Issued in Japanese: June 24, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Fabrication of nanodevices using metal nanoparticle superlattices: Toshiharu TERANISHI
Professor, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba; (Issued in Japanese: July 8, 2003)


NANONET INTERVIEW Discovery of organic-metallic multiple-decker sandwich clusters —Opening up cluster chemistry—: Koji KAYA
Director-General/Professor, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki National Research Institutes (Currently, Director, Wako Institute and Discovery Research Institute, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)); (Issued in Japanese: June 17, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Exotic multiscale phenomena associated with nano-order of point defects: Xiaobing REN
Senior Researcher, Materials Physics Group, National Institute for Materials Science(NIMS)
Researcher, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST); (Issued in Japanese: June 24, 2003)


NANONET INTERVIEW Bridging the gap between technological seeds and needs —Devising a strategy to cross technology’s death valley—: Hideyo KODAMA
Executive Vice President, Research and Development Group, Hitachi Ltd. (Currently, Chief Technical Officer, Automotive Systems, Hitachi, Ltd.); (Issued in Japanese: June 3, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Development of a bioactive-material consisting of an inorganic nanoparticle- organic-cell composite: Tsutomu FURUZONO
Division Head, Department of Bioengineering, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute
Researcher, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST); (Issued in Japanese: June 17, 2003)