JAPAN NANONET BULLETIN Past Issues : 80th ~ Latest


NANONET LECTURE Technology assessment/Societal aspect of nanotechnology: Arie Rip
Professor, Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Netherlands; (Issued in Japanese: January 25, 2007)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS' INTRODUCTION Photoinduced insulator to metal transition in strongly correlated electron system: Shinichiro IWAI
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Tohoku University; (Issued in Japanese: November 30, 2005)


NANONET INTERVIEW The century of quantum engineering — Aiming for a superconducting quantum computer —: Hideaki TAKAYANAGI
Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo University of Science
Former Fellow/Executive Director, NTT R&D
Former Director, NTT Basic Research Laboratories; (Issued in Japanese: February 9, 2005)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS' INTRODUCTION Carbon nano-peapod electronics: Yutaka OHNO
Assistant Professor, Department of Quantum Engineering, Nagoya University
Researcher, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST); (Issued in Japanese: April 5, 2006)


NANONET INTERVIEW Molecular magnets and shell nanomagnets — Combining “controllability” of organic materials and “magnetism” of inorganic materials —: Kunio AWAGA
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University; (Issued in Japanese: June 8, 2005)

INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY Advanced NEMS (Nano ElectroMechanical System) — Micromachined tools for investigating the nanoworld —: Beomjoon KIM
Associate Professor
Department of Precision Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Center for International Research on MicroMechatronics (CIRMM), Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo; (Issued in Japanese: May 10, 2006)


NANONET INTERVIEW New development of a focused ion beam — Fabricating desired three-dimensional nanostructures —: Shinji MATSUI
Professor, Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology for Industry and Graduate School of Material Science, University of Hyogo; (Issued in Japanese: October 5, 2005)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS' INTRODUCTION Development of novel “size-effect free” high permittivity thin film: Hiroshi FUNAKUBO
Associate Professor, Department of Innovative and Engineered Materials, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology; (Issued in Japanese: July 21, 2006)


NANONET INTERVIEW Aiming for commercialization of state-of-the-art materials — Mass-production of fullerene —: Hideki MURAYAMA
Vice President and General Manager of R&D Center, Frontier Carbon Corporation; (Issued in Japanese: July 6, 2005)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS' INTRODUCTION Atomic-scale characterization of nano-materials using Ångstrom-sized electron beam STEM: Eiji ABE
Associate Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo; (Issued in Japanese: April 19, 2006)


NANONET INTERVIEW Making skin beautiful with nanotechnology — Frontline of cosmetic science —: Sadaki TAKATA
Director/Principal Scientist, Make-up Product Development Labs, Cosmetic Products Development Center, Shiseido Co., Ltd.; (Issued in Japanese: September 7, 2005)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS' INTRODUCTION Development of bias-voltage noncontact atomic force spectroscopy for the characterization of chemical bonding: Toyoko ARAI
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Tsukuba; (Issued in Japanese: October 5, 2005)


NANONET LECTURE Can nanotechnology be green?: Barbara KARN
US EPA/Office of Research and detailed to
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars/Emerging
Nanotechnologies Project; (Issued in Japanese: November 22, 2006)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS' INTRODUCTION Study of the epitaxial growth processess of quantum dots and the development of a system in which scanning tunneling microscopy and molecular beam epitaxy can be performed simultaneously: Shiro TSUKAMOTO
Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Nanoelectronics Collaborative Research Center (NCRC), The Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), The University of Tokyo; (Issued in Japanese: March 22, 2006)


NANONET INTERVIEW Observation of electrode surfaces — Developing an electrochemical STM —: Kingo ITAYA
Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University; (Issued in Japanese: August 18, 2004)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS' INTRODUCTION Bio nano-tool fabrication by focused-ion-beam chemical vapor deposition: Reo KOMETANI
Doctoral student of University of Hyogo
Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); (Issued in Japanese: February 8, 2006)


NANONET INTERVIEW From a pulse-time-modulated plasma to a neutral particle beam — Ultimate nanofabrication using a top-down process —: Seiji SAMUKAWA
Professor, Institute for Fluid Science, Tohoku University; (Issued in Japanese: December 8, 2004)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS' INTRODUCTION NanoElectronics: Wilfred VAN DER WIEL
Research Program Director, NanoElectronics, MESA
Researcher, Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, The Netherlands; (Issued in Japanese: January 25, 2006)

INTRODUCTION OF NANONET RESEARCH REPORT The summary of trend study in nanobiotechnology research (No. 2) — Biotechnology-led nanotechnology: development of new element technologies —: (Issued in Japanese: March 22, 2006)


NANONET INTERVIEW Developing a deep ultraviolet semiconductor emitter — Pursuing higher efficiency using a surface phenomenon —: Yoshinobu AOYAGI
Professor, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology; (Issued in Japanese: November 10, 2004)

YOUNG RESEARCHERS' INTRODUCTION Creation of biosystem-integrated microdevices and their application to medicine: Masaru KATO
Assistant Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka,
(Currently, Associate Professor, Center for NanoBio Integration,
Department of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo)
Researcher, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST); (Issued in Japanese: November 2. 2005)