NIMS NOW International 2010.Vol.8 No.06<July-August>

Contents

• From Structures to Materials

  Challenge of the Nano Device Material

  Toyohiro Chikyow
  Managing Director,
  Advanced Electronic Materials Center

  NIMS-Developed Next-Generation Gate Oxide Film Evaluation Method: EBIC

  Jun Chen
  Nano Device Characterization Group,
  Advanced Electronic Materials Center,
  
  Takashi Sekiguchi
  Group Leader,
  Nano Device Characterization Group,
  Advanced Electronic Materials Center

  Next-Generation Single-Electron Memory Using Molecules

  Ryoma Hayakawa
  ICYS-MANA,
  
  Yutaka Wakayama
  Advanced Device Materials Group,
  Advanced Electronic Materials Center

  International Trends in Development of Silicon Semiconductors

  Toshihide Nabatame
  General Manager,
  MANA Foundry

  Materials Development Technology at NIMS Supporting Next-Generation Semiconductor Materials

  Toyohiro Chikyow
  Managing Director,
  Advanced Electronic Materials Center,
  
  Michiko Yoshitake
  Advanced Device Materials Group,
  Advanced Electronic Materials Center

• Special Interview

  The Creation and Quest for New Value

  Dr. Koichi Kitazawa
  President,
  Japan Science and Technology Agency(JST)

• Face Interview

  Fascinated by the Nano World

  Daisuke Fujita
  Managing Director,
  Advanced Nano Characterization Center

• Research Highlights

  Organic Electronic Material with Necklace Structure

  Taichi Ikeda
  Senior Researcher,
  Functional Materials Chemistry Group,
  Organic Nanomaterials Center

  Control of Chemical Bonding between C60 Molecules at Single Molecule Level for Development of Ultra-High Density Data Storage

  Tomonobu Nakayama
  Nano Functionality Integration Group,
  Nano-System Field,
  MANA,
  
  Masato Nakaya
  Nano Functionality Integration Group,
  Nano-System Field,
  MANA,
  
  Masakazu Aono
  Director-General,
  MANA

  Impurity Activation Technique using Short-time Laser Annealing - Expanding the Options for Doping Elements in Silicon Crystals

  Kazushi Miki
  Group Leader, Nano Architecture Group,
  Organic Nanomaterials Center,
  
  Kunihiro Sakamoto
  Principal Research Scientist,
  Nanoelectronics Research Institute,
  National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST),
  
  Koichi Murata
  Materials Science and Engineering program(D1),
  Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba,
  
  Susumu Fukatsu
  Professor, Department of Basic Science,
  Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
  

• NIMS NEWS

  NEWS: Results of IBM-NIMS Symposium

  NEWS: NIMS Doubles the Impact Factor of Its English Journal STAM Specializing in Materials Science

  Hello from NIMS

  Ujjal K. Gautam