JAPAN NANONET BULLETIN Past Issues : 40th ~ 49th


NANONET INTERVIEW Making ultimate nanocarbon materials — Endohedral metallofullerenes and peapods —: Hisanori SHINOHARA
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University; (Issued in Japanese: January 27, 2004)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Theory of nano-design - Mechanics of nano-machine, nano-fabrication, and nano-structure: Naruo SASAKI
Associate Professor, Department of Materials and Life Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Seikei University; (Issued in Japanese: February 17, 2004)


NANONET INTERVIEW Pioneering a new field of technology — “Atomic Electronics” based on the invention of “Atomic Switch” —: Masakazu AONO
Director-General, Nanomaterials Laboratory, National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS)
Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University; (Issued in Japanese: January 13, 2004)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Self-assembly of sphingolipids and cell function: Etsuko KIYOKAWA
Researcher, Department of Tumor Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University; (Issued in Japanese: February 10, 2004)


NANONET INTERVIEW Crossing of magnetism and semiconductor physics — Ferromagnetic semiconductors expand the possibilities of spintronics —: Hideo OHNO
Professor, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University; (Issued in Japanese: December 23, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Creation of soft nano-machines built from self-organized muscle protein gels: Jian Ping GONG
Professor, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University; (Issued in Japanese: January 27, 2004)


NANONET INTERVIEW Aiming at a nanoscale target — Developing and improving single ion implantation technology &8212;: Iwao OHDOMARI
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University; (Issued in Japanese: December 16, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Formation of atomic scale low-dimensional structures and control of their physical properties: Masashi Nantoh
Senior Research Scientist, Surface Chemistry Laboratory, Discovery Research Institute, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research); (Issued in Japanese: January 20, 2004)


NANONET INTERVIEW Returning to physical instrumentation —Decoding DNA sequences by phase contrast electron microscopy—: Kuniaki NAGAYAMA
Professor, Okazaki Center for Integrative Bioscience and National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences; (Issued in Japanese: December 9, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Fabrication of DNA-metal hybridized nano wires by selective electroless plating: Kuniharu IJIRO
Professor, Research Institute for Electronic Science (RIES), Hokkaido University; (Issued in Japanese: January 13, 2004)


NANONET INTERVIEW Discovery and applications of photocatalysis —Creating a comfortable future by making use of light energy—: Akira Fujishima
Chairman, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology; (Issued in Japanese: December 2, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Novel photocurrent generators constructed by supramolecular assembly: Atsushi IKEDA
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology; (Issued in Japanese: December 23, 2003)


NANONET INTERVIEW Harbinger of a high-temperature superconductor boom —Superconductors make dreams come true—: Koichi KITAZAWA
Executive Director, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST); (Issued in Japanese: November 11, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Design and application of protein-, RNA-, and DNA-based functional small domains: Takashi MORII
Lecturer, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University; (Issued in Japanese: November 18, 2003)


NANONET INTERVIEW Dynamic transformation of cells —Cell model made of membrane and cytoskeletal protein—: Hirokazu HOTANI
Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University
Research Supervisor, Creation and Application of “Soft Nano-machine”, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST); (Issued in Japanese: November 25, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Design of defined hybrid assemblies composed of inorganic metal clusters and organic compounds: Katsuaki KONISHI
Associate Professor, Division of Material Science, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University; (Issued in Japanese: December 9, 2003)
NANO INFO UK-Japan Nanotechnology Symposium (Mar.9, 2005) — Physics, IT Devices and Biology —: (Issued in Japanese: March 23, 2005)


NANONET INTERVIEW Pursuing microprocessing —Going three dimensional with beam processing technology—: Kenji GAMO
Fellow, Nanotechnology Group, Kansai Advanced Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Professor Emeritus, Osaka University; (Issued in Japanese: November 4, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Structures and reactivity under ultrahigh vacuum and electrochemical conditions: Junji INUKAI
Associate Professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University; (Issued in Japanese: December 2, 2003)

NANO INFO nano tech 2005 Symposium about German Nanotechnology at “nano tech 2005” in Japan: Gerd Bachmann
VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH, Future Technologies Division; (Issued in Japanese: March 23, 2005)


NANONET INTERVIEW Atomic and molecular scale design of solid catalyst —Heteropolyacid and environmental catalyst—: Makoto MISONO
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kogakuin University; (Issued in Japanese: October 21, 2003)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Synthesis and function of π-stacked polymers: Tamaki NAKANO
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST); (Issued in Japanese: November 25, 2003)