JAPAN NANONET BULLETIN Past Issues : 50th ~ Latest


NANONET INTERVIEW Use of undesirable fine particles as new materials —Synthesis and measurement of nanoparticles—: Kikuo OKUYAMA
Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University; (Issued in Japanese: May 12, 2004)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Exploration of electron transport phenomena in atomic-scale wires fabricated through surface reconstruction: Takashi UCHIHASHI
Senior Researcher, Electro-nanocharacterization Group, Nanomaterial Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS); (Issued in Japanese: June 23, 2004)


NANONET INTERVIEW Nanostructures fabricated with polymers — Designing high-order structures with block copolymers —: Seiichi NAKAHAMA
Research Coordinator, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); (Issued in Japanese: April 6, 2004)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Anomalous Hall Effect and magnetic monopole in momentum space: Atsushi ASAMITSU
Associate Professor, Cryogenic Research Center, The University of Tokyo
Group Leader, Tokura Spin Superstructure Project, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST); (Issued in Japanese: May 12, 2004)


NANONET INTERVIEW Manipulating light with photonic crystals — Nanostructures lead to photonic bandgap formation —: Susumu NODA
Professor, Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University; (Issued in Japanese: March 9, 2004)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Realization and application of left-handed materials using ferromagnetic-metal nanocomposite films: Satoshi TOMITA
Researcher, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST); (Issued in Japanese: May 26, 2004)


NANONET INTERVIEW A new world expanding from nanospace — Dendrimer and Bucky plastics —: Takuzo AIDA
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology,
Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo; (Issued in Japanese: February 17, 2004)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Silicon nanostructure fabrication and its application to biomolecules: Takashi TANII
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University; (Issued in Japanese: April 6, 2004)


NANONET INTERVIEW Life process from the viewpoint of physics — Interface between life and engineering —: Akiyoshi WADA
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
President, Yokohama Science Center, Special Advisor, RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center and Executive Director, Ochanomizu University; (Issued in Japanese: March 16, 2004)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Size-dependent electroless plating and its application to near-field optical fiber probes: Shuji MONONOBE
Sub-leader, Near-Field Optics Group, Special Research Laboratory for Optical Science, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology; (Issued in Japanese: March 30, 2004)


NANONET INTERVIEW What can be observed on a surface? — Unlocking surface physics with computational science —: Masaru TSUKADA
Professor, Graduate School of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Waseda University; (Issued in Japanese: February 24, 2004)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Diffusion of air molecules in antarctic ice-sheet: Tomoko IKEDA-FUKAZAWA
Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Chemistry, Meiji University; (Issued in Japanese: March 23, 2004)


NANONET INTERVIEW Nano-structured liquid crystals — Frontier of liquid crystal research —: Hiroshi YOKOYAMA
Director, Nanotechnology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); (Issued in Japanese: January 20, 2004)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Fabrication of DNA sensors by using a self-assembled monolayer: Fumio NAKAMURA
Senior Research Scientist, New Frontiers Research Laboratories, Toray Industries, Inc.; (Issued in Japanese: March 16, 2004)


NANONET INTERVIEW Attracted to thermophilic bacteria — From the mechanism for the thermostability of proteins to the origin of life —: Tairo OSHIMA
Director, Institute of Environmental Microbiology, Kyowa Kako Co., Ltd.; (Issued in Japanese: March 2, 2004)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Self-organization of designed disk-like molecules and construction of novel nanoscaled devices: Mutsumi KIMURA
Associate Professor, Department of Functional Polymer Science, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University; (Issued in Japanese: March 9, 2004)


NANONET INTERVIEW Great potential of electronic phase transition — Strongly correlated electron: a new way in materials science —: Yoshinori TOKURA
Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo; (Issued in Japanese: Feb.10, 2004)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Polymer structure control based on crystal engineering for materials design: Akikazu MATSUMOTO
Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University; (Issued in Japanese: March 2, 2004)


NANONET INTERVIEW Nanotechnology breathes new life into glass — Femtosecond laser kicks off nanoglass development —: Kazuyuki HIRAO
Professor, Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University; (Issued in Japanese: February 3, 2004)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ INTRODUCTION Functionalization of Hemoproteins: Takashi HAYASHI
Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University; (Issued in Japanese: February 24, 2004)