NIMS NOW International 2010.Vol.8 No.01<Jan>

Contents

• A New Year's Message from the President

  Prof. Sukekatsu Ushioda
  President of NIMS

• Special Feature
  Diamond Research at NIMS-Elucidation of the Excellent Properties of Diamonds and Their Application to Innovative Materials

  From Gem to Material

  Mutsukazu Kamo,
  NIMS Honorary Advisor

  A Variety of High Pressure Synthetic Diamonds

  Hisao Kanda, Tsukuba EXPO'85 Memorial Foundation / NIMS Sensor Materials Center Research Advisor

  Diamond Semiconductors and Deep UV Sensors

  Yasuo Koide Group Leader, Optical Sensor Group, Sensor Materials Center

  Diamond Thin Film Growth and pn Junction Device

  Satoshi Koizumi, Optical Sensor Group, Sensor Materials Center

  Development of Diamond Schottky Diode

  Tokuyuki Teraji, Optical Sensor Group, Sensor Materials Center

  Superconductivity in Diamonds

  Yoshihiko Takano, Group Leader, Nano Frontier Materials Group, Superconducting Materials Center

• Face Interview

  Seiji Kuroda, Managing Director, Hybrid Materials Center

  Evolving Coating Technology from Know-How to Science

• Research Highlights

  Safe, Easy-to-Use Far UV Light Emitting Device

  Kenji Watanabe,Optoelectronics Group, Optronic Materials Center
  
  Takashi Taniguchi,Group Leader, High Pressure Group, Exploratory Nanomaterials Research Laboratory / Optoelectronics Group, Optronic Materials Center

  Graphene-based Quantum Devices

  Satoshi Moriyama,Mana Independent Scientist Daiju Tsuya,Eiichiro Watanabe, Nanotechnology Innovation Center Shinya Uji, Nano-quantum Transport Group, Exploratory Nanomaterials Research Laboratory

• NIMS NEWS

  Dr. Ajayan Vinu Receives the ISCB Award for Excellence

  Establishment of the Innovative Center of Nanomaterials Science for Environment and Energy

  NIMS New Partnership

  The 9th NIMS Forum The 8th International Symposium on Nanotechnology at Tokyo Big Sight