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TSI-IMS/MANA Seminar by Minghwei Hong
Nano-electronics of high k dielectrics on exotic semiconductors for science and technology beyond Si CMOS - Minghwei Hong
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201003241/index.html
2010-03-24
The 133rd ICYS-MANA Joint Seminar by Antonio Torralba and Jun Chen
Towards electronic charge density calculations of complete biomolecules in explicit solvent using linear scaling DFT - Antonio Torralba.
EBIC and CL studies of grain boundaries in multicrystalline Si - Jun Chen.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201003121/index.html
2010-03-12
The 132nd MANA Seminar by Anabella Selloni and Nicola Marzari
Hydrogen production by a bio-inspired model catalyst/electrode system - Anabella Selloni.
Transport, heat, and anharmonic interactions - Nicola Marzari.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201003111/index.html
2010-03-11
The 131st MANA Special Seminar by Alex K-Y. Jen
Self-assembly and interface engineering of organic functional materials for photonic and opto-electronic applications - Alex K-Y. Jen
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201003081/index.html
2010-03-08
The 130th MANA Special Seminar by Horst Hahn
Electronically tuneable nanostructures - Horst Hahn.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201003021/index.html
2010-03-02
Takayoshi Sasaki ranks as the 18th most-prolific author in Chemistry of Materials
Takayoshi Sasaki, MANA Principal Investigator, ranks as the 18th most-prolific author in the journal, Chemistry of Materials, which is a high quality journal in the field of material science with ISI impact factor 4.883.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/news/news_201002161/index.html
2010-02-16
The 129th MANA Seminar by Patricia Campana and Daniel Zanetti de Florio
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Conformational studies of some proteins and peptides by steady-state fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopies - Patricia Targon Campana.
Direct ethanol solid oxide fuel cell research at UFABC - Daniel Zanetti de Florio.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201002191/index.html
2010-02-26
MANA Newsletter CONVERGENCE No.4 is avaliable.
MANA Newsletter CONVERGENCE No.4 is available on February 2010. We have English and Japanese editions.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/publications/convergence/no4_en/index.html
2010-02-10
The 128th MANA Seminar by Tom Wu and James Owen
Peculiar low-energy physical properties of nanographenes - Tom Wu.
Orientational control and applications of 2D hexagonal mesoporous thin films and nanoparticles - James Owen.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201002191/index.html
2010-02-19
Yusuke Yamauchi received Inoue Research Aid for Young Scientists
Yusuke Yamauchi, MANA Independent Scientist, received Inoue Research Aid for Young Scientists on February 4, 2010.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/news/news_201002041/index.html
2010-02-04
The 127th MANA Special Seminar by Katsuyoshi Kobayashi
Electronic states of ordered stacking faults in nanostructures - Katsuyoshi Kobayashi.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201002161/index.html
2010-02-16
Position: ICYS-MANA Researcher (postdoc researcher)
We are looking for a few ICYS-MANA Researchers. Please apply to the ICYS office first.
http://www.nims.go.jp/eng/employment/data/ICYS_Researcher.html
2010-04-01
Masayoshi Higuchi and Tsuyoshi Hasegawa appeared in Lab Meister TV program
Masayoshi Higuchi and Tsuyoshi Hasegawa appeared in the Kyodo TV program Lab Meister on In Search for Future of TV and PC.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/press/press_200908271/index.html
2009-08-27
Katsuhiko Ariga was interviewed on his research of functional materials
Dr. Katsuhiko Ariga was interviewed on his research of functional material which can automatically switch ON and OFF without additional stimuli.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/press/press_200907241/index.html
2009-07-24
Kazunori Takada joined MANA as new Principal Investigator
Kazunori Takada was appointed as the leader of Rechargeable Battery Materials Group of the Nano-Green Field.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/news/news_201001011/index.html
2010-01-01
Ajayan Vinu received Award of Excellence from ICSB
Ajayan Vinu, MANA Independent Scientist, received the Award of Excellence in the field of chemical sciences from the Indian Scociety of Chemists and Biologists (ICSB).
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/news/news_201001151/index.html
2010-01-15
The 126th MANA Special Seminar by Tien-Yau Luh
Polymeric ladderphanes - Tien-Yau Luh.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201002041/index.html
2010-02-04
The 125th MANA Seminar by Katsunori Wakabayashi and Chia-Wen Wu
Peculiar low-energy physical properties of nanographenes - Katsunori Wakabayashi. Orientational control and applications of 2D hexagonal mesoporous thin films and nanoparticles - Chia-Wen Wu.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201001291/index.html
2010-01-29
James Gimzewski on NHK
Prof. James Gimzewski, MANA satellite Principal Investigator, was featured in the NHK’s satellite TV program the proposal for the future (mirai-eno teigen) on January 31 and February 2, 2010.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/press/press_201001311/index.html
2010-01-31
The 124th MANA and 62th ICYS Special Seminar by Andrew Briggs and Kathrin Dörr
How to store information in collective spin states - Andrew Briggs. Explore strain-coupled two-phase multiferroics using piezoelectric substrates - Kathrin Dörr.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201001271/index.html
2010-01-27
The 123th MANA Seminar by Harry Tuller and Giulia Tomba
Electroceramics: Strategic materials in the quest to solve the energy crisis - Harry Tuller. Biological recognition processes on a metallic surface: how dipeptideschoose and adapt to their partners - Giulia Tomba.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201001221/index.html
2010-01-22
The 122nd MANA and 60th ICYS Special Seminar by Laurence Eaves and Robin John Nicholas
Novel application of high magnetic fields: Using the Lorentz force to image electronic wavefuntionsin semiconducting quantum dots and to study the dynamics of spinning and levitating water droplets - Laurence Eaves. Graphene and carbon nanotubes—the new world of carbon based electronic materials - Robin John Nicholas.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201001201/index.html
2010-01-20
The 5th Nanjing University-Anhui Normal University-Hokkaido University-MANA Joint Symposium
The 5th Nanjing University-Anhui Normal University-Hokkaido University-MANA Joint Symposium was held at Nanjing University on November 10th, 2009.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_200911102/index.html
2009-11-10
The 121th MANA and 59th ICYS Joint Seminar by Davide Uglietti and Yuanjian Zhang
Development of high field superconducting magnets - Davide Uglietti. Functional carbon-rich materials for sustainable society - Yuanjian Zhang.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201001151/index.html
2010-01-15
The 120th MANA Seminar by Galen D. Stucky
Systems and interfaces for controlling bioprocesses: An example - Galen D. Stucky.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201001131/index.html
2010-01-13WPI Program Director visited MANA Satellite at UCLA
On December 18, 2009, WPI Program Director Prof. Toshio Kuroki visited a MANA Satellite at UCLA.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/news/news_200912182/index.html
2009-12-18
Employment: Atomic Electronics Group - Post Doctoral Researcher
Development of new functional nanodevices based on ion transport and understanding of their operation mechanisms, along with “Development of the three-terminal nonvolatile device ‘Atom Transistor’” Project (Director: Dr. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa) supported by JST-CREST.
http://www.nims.go.jp/eng/employment/data/vk3rak000000kdn6.html
2009-12-28
The 4th Global COE International Symposium on “Practical Chemical Wisdom” at Waseda University
The joint symposium with MANA and Waseda University will be held on January 14th, 2009, at Nishiwaseda Campus, Waseda University.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201001141/index.html
2010-01-14The first two years of MANA: Progress in Internationalization
Special issue of MANA and WPI program appeared on the NIMS NOW International Vol.7 No.9.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/news/news_200912031/index.html
2009-12-03
The 119th MANA Seminar by Valerii M. Vinokur and Pulickel M. Ajayan
Advance in quantum kinetic theory: Low-temperature transport in mesoscopic tunnel junctions - Valerii M. Vinokur. Engineering at the nanoscale: Future and challenges - Pulickel M. Ajayan.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_200912251/index.html
2009-12-25
The 118th MANA and 58th ICYS Joint Seminar
One-dimensional (1D) ZnS nanostructures: From synthesis to application - Xiaosheng Fang. Dynamics of excied states in "low cost solar cell" - Xudong Yang.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_200912181/index.html
2009-12-18
MANA International Symposium 2010
The international symposium on nanotechnology will be held on March 3-5, 2009, at Tsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba Epoochal, Japan.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201003031/index.html
2010-03-03
Osaka University-MANA/NIMS Joint Symposium on Advanced Structural and Functional Materials Design
The joint symposium on materials science will be held on December 10th, 2009, at the Memorial Hall of Materials Research, Osaka University. The symposium is organized by MANA, and Osaka University.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_200912101/index.html
2009-12-10English version of MANA newsletter CONVERGENCE No.3 is available.The latest MANA newsletter CONVERGENCE No.3 is available in English.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/publications/convergence/no3_en/mana_convergence_no3_en_2009OCT.pdf
2009-11-30Yuji Okawa et al. received “MNC 2008 Award for Most Impressive Presentation Award”Yuji Okawa (MANA Scientist), Tsuyoshi Hasegawa (MANA Principal Investigator) and Masakazu Aono (MANA Director-General) received “MNC 2008 Award for Most Impressive Presentation Award” for their presentation on "Fabrication of Nanostructures Composed of Copper-Phthalocyanine and Diacetylene Molecules" (by Y. Okawa, D. Takajo, T. Hasegawa, M. Aono) presented at the 21st International Microprocesses and Nanotechnology Conference (MNC 2008).
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/news/news_200911171/index.html
2009-11-17
XJTU-NIMS Workshop on Materials Science 2009The XJTU-NIMS workshop is a multi-disciplinary forum aiming to strengthen the collaboration between Xi’an Jiaotong University (China) and MANA, NIMS (Japan).
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_200909201/index.html
2009-09-20MANA-URTV Joint Workshop at University Rome Tor VergataOn October 13, 2009, the MANA-URTV Joint Workshop on Nanostructured Materials for Sustainable Development was held at Villa Mondragone, University of Rome Tor Vergata (URTV).
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_200910131/index.html
2009-10-13The 2nd WUT-NIMS-EMPA Workshop on Nanomaterials for Sustainable DevelopmentThe joint workshop will be held at NIMS on November 12nd to 13th, 2009, co-organized by WUT, NIMS, and EMPA.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_200911121/index.html
2009-11-12Symposium on Frontiers in Nanotechnology and Materials 2009The symposium on nanotechnology will be held on October 23, 2009 at Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba.
http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_200910231/index.html
2009-10-23