JAPAN NANONET BULLETIN Past Issues : 30th ~ 39th


NANONET INTERVIEW Birth of surface emitting laser —An initiator of nanotechnology in photonics—: Kenichi IGA
Executive Director, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology; (Issued in Japanese: November 18, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Coherent spin-polarized electron tunneling in magnetic tunnel junctions with a single-crystal electrode: Shinji YUASA
Group Leader, NanoElectronics Research institute, National Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Researcher, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST); (Issued in Japanese: November 11, 2003)


NANONET INTERVIEW Theoretical physics predicting its unlimited potential —Pursuit of rules controlling physical properties—: Hidetoshi FUKUYAMA
Professor, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University; (Issued in Japanese: September 9, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION DNA conjugate for single-molecular electronic, bioelectrochemical devices: Koji NAKANO
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University; (Issued in Japanese: November 4, 2003)


NANONET INTERVIEW Simultaneous surface observations with STM and TEM —From DAS model to gold nanowires—: Kunio TAKAYANAGI
Professor, Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology; (Issued in Japanese: October 7, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Colloidally dispersed nanosheets prepared from layered oxides: their flexible ordering and application to novel soft-nano-materials.: Teruyuki NAKATO
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering (BASE), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; (Issued in Japanese: October 21, 2003)


NANONET INTERVIEW Opening an era of carbon nanotubes through large-scale production —An old but new material—: Morinobu ENDO
Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University; (Issued in Japanese: October 14, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Mechanism of protein folding: Satoshi TAKAHASHI
Associate Professor, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University; (Issued in Japanese: October 14, 2003)


NANONET INTERVIEW Seeing a single hydrogen atom —Analysis of nano-structures through STM light emission spectroscopy—: Sukekatsu USHIODA
President, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; (Issued in Japanese: October 28, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Self-organized microdome arrays of photofunctional materials: Olaf KARTHAUS
Associate Professor, Faculty of Photonics Science, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology; (Issued in Japanese: October 7, 2003)


NANONET INTERVIEW Synthetic organic chemistry: Creation of desired materials only —A combination of cross-coupling reaction and organosilicon chemistry—: Kohei TAMAO
Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University; (Issued in Japanese: September 30, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION SWhite light emission from SiO₂ glass prepared from nanometer-sized silica particles: Takashi UCHINO
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kobe University; (Issued in Japanese: September 30, 2003)


NANONET SPECIAL INTERVIEW Visions for the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (Part II): Dr. Mihail C. ROCO
Senior Adviser for Nanotechnology, National Science Foundation (NSF)
Chair for U.S. Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET), National Science and Technology Council (NSTC); (Issued in Japanese: November 24, 2004)


NANONET SPECIAL INTERVIEW Visions for the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (Part I): Dr. Mihail C. ROCO
Senior Adviser for Nanotechnology, National Science Foundation (NSF)
Chair for U.S. Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET), National Science and Technology Council (NSTC); (Issued in Japanese: November 24, 2004)


NANONET INTERVIEW Creating artificial nanofossils —Transcription of diversified shapes of organic molecules into inorganic materials—: Seiji SHINKAI
Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University; (Issued in Japanese: September 23, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Functional properties in self-organized organic-inorganic pillar structures: Hiroyo SEGAWA
Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Researcher, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST); (Issued in Japanese: September 23, 2003)


NANONET INTERVIEW From Nanotechnology to Quantum Information Technology —Creating the future through investment in basic research—: Sunao ISHIHARA
Chief Executive Engineer, Leading Edge Key Technology Business Headquarters, NTT Advanced Technology Corporation; (Issued in Japanese: September 16, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Self-assembled fabrication of magnetic nanoparticle arrays and their novel magnetic behavior: Saeki YAMAMURO
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology; (Issued in Japanese: September 16, 2003)