http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/ News and topics about MANA are available. en Copyright (C) NIMS. National Institute for Materials Science All rights reserved. International Center for Nanoarchitectonics International Center for Nanoarchitectonics News from MANA Monolayer Mechanisms and ICYS in Review. The Thermodynamic Description of the Reactions of the Organometallic Complexes. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201009031/index.html 2010-09-03 The workshop on Advanced Functional Materials will be held at NIMS on August 27th, 2010, co-organized by National Institute for Matarials Sciences (NIM, Japan) and Ewha Womans University (EWHA, Korea). The workshop will consist of four keynote lectures each from both the countries and more than 20 poster presentation from the students and post docs of both the countries in the field of materials science, and also research papers which are invited from researchers, scientists and technologists for presentation during the workshop. The abstract of the contributory papers will be delivered as abstract booklet at the time of workshop. The scope of the conference covers the fundamentals and technological aspects of various advanced materials and their industrial, biomedical, electronic and photonic applications. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201008271/index.html 2010-08-27 Self-assembly of Discotic Colloids. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201008251/index.html 2010-08-25 IOP Publishing: Maximising the impact of your work. Testing Exotic States of Matter in Extreme Magnetic Fields. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201008061/index.html 2010-08-06 What can Mid and Far infrared spectroscopy tell us about the reaction mechanism of proteins? Calorimetric Studies of the Energetics of Nanomaterials and their Surfaces and Interfaces. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201008041/index.html 2010-08-04 Leader's Voice Question the fundamentals! A willingness to accept challenges marks breakthroughs possible. Akira Tonomura Asking Researchers MANA-UCLA partnership to shape future nanotech James K.Gimzewski http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/publications/convergence/no5_en/index.html 2010-06 MANA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, China for scientific collaboration on “Organic-Inorganic Nano Hybrid Materials for Optoelectronic Applications”. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/news/news_201007231/index.html 2010-07-23 Molecularly-directed sculpture and tailoring of nanostructures, assemblies and interfaces. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201007261/index.html 2010-07-26 Chemically Converted Graphene: Functionalization and Nanocomposites. First-principles Molecular-Dynamic simulation on the effect of Pt addition to thermal barrier coatings. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201007301/index.html 2010-07-30 Using colloidal intermediates to obtain complex materials. Electromagnetic metamaterials: Physics and Applications. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201007281/index.html 2010-07-28 Novel Preparation Methods of Nanocomposite Spheres and Photonic Crystal Materials. Dislocation-Driven Nanomaterial Growth: Nanowire Trees, Nanotubes, and Beyond. Intriguing Properties and Promising Applications of Nanographenes - From Carbon Nanoribbons to Their Inorganic Cousins. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201007231/index.html 2010-07-23 Inelastic photoemission spectroscopy: Another application of laser-excited photoemission process. Development of AlN / Diamond Heterostructure Field-Effect Transistor. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201007161/index.html 2010-07-16 Peptide nanotechnology for device building blocks, 3D assembly, and sensing. Properties of self-assembled of molecular wires. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201007091/index.html 2010-07-09 Highly sensitive low cost silver sulphide-based ion sensors for analytical studies. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201007071/index.html 2010-07-07 Exact simulations of quantum dot population switching in photonic crystals - Hiroyuki Takeda. Low power consumption MEMS LEL sensor based on mesoporous structure and nano-catalyst - Liang Li. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201007021/index.html 2010-07-02 MANA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for “Nanostructured transition metal complexes and oxides” with the Supramolecular Chemistry Group at Insitute for Inorganic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/news/news_201001291/index.html 2010-01-29 Soft processing for ceramics: direct fabrication of nano-structured ceramic films and patterns from solution without firing of powders/particles - Masahiro Yoshimura. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201007051/index.html 2010-07-05 The joint symposium with IBM and NIMS was held on June 14-15, 2010, at Epochal Tsukuba, Japan. The speakers of this symposium are world-leading researchers in scanning tunneling microscopy, atomic force microscopy and scanning transmission electron microscopy. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201006141/index.html 2010-06-14 Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Principal Invesitgator, and Kazuya Terabe, MANA Scientist, received the NIMS President's Research Achievement Award on April 1, 2010. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/news/news_201004013/index.html 2010-04-01 The second Japanese culture class in 2010 Origami was held in the evening on June 11, 2010. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201006112/index.html 2010-06-11 Yoshihiro Tsujimoto, ICYS-MANA Researcher, and his colleagues received the Research Progress Award from the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy (JSPM) for novel iron oxides with square planar coordination from low temperature synthesis. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/news/news_201005251/index.html 2010-05-25 A training class of karate was held on May 28, 2010, at Kyokushin Karate Kaikan. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201005282/index.html 2010-05-28 Probing precipitate solid-state nucleation mechanisms in light metallic alloys using transmission electron microscopy - Laure Bourgeois. UV and visible photoactivity of titania: nature of reduced and doped TiO2 from first principle calculations - Gianfranco Pacchioni. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201006241/index.html 2010-06-24 CNT encapsulated superconducting In nanowires and heterostructures: synthesis, structure and metastability - Ujjal Gautam. Lipophilic tail architecture and solvent engineering for the structure control of reverse micelles - Lok Kumar Shrestha. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201006181/index.html 2010-06-18 Some new directions in photoemission: characterization of buried layers, interfaces, and complex bulk materials with standing waves and hard X-rays - Charles S. Fadley. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201006171/index.html 2010-06-17 Understanding of photocleavagereaction at solid surface and development of new biointerfaces Speaker - Jun Nakanishi. Novel three-dimensional functional nanoporous materials for efficient drug delivery systems and bone tissue engineering - Pavuluri Srinivasu. Fusion of nano-fabrication and organic synthesis toward the control of nanostructures and transport properties in graphene - Satoshi Moriyama. Non-volatile memory FET based on proton conducting oxide - Daniele Pergolesi. Development of nano-sieve cantilever array sensors - Genki Yoshikawa. Highly-functionalized Si-related energy conversion materials fabricated by self-organization processes - Naoki Fukata. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201006111/index.html 2010-06-11 Synthesis of conductive polymers using porous alumina template - Yasuhiro Shirai. Progress on development of high field superconducting magnets - Davide Uglietti. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201006041/index.html 2010-06-04 Making nanoscale metal features on atomically clean silicon surfaces with a stencil - Jun Nogami. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201006042/index.html 2010-06-04 MANA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for collab­o­ration on Materials Science and Catalysis with the Erlangen Catalysis Resource Center (ECRC) and the Department of Chemical and Bioengineering of University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/news/news_201005201/index.html 2010-05-20 Crystal growth of complex oxides: effective strategies for the discovery of new phases - Hans-Conrad zur Loye. The unconventional beautiful approaches of processing and characterization of selected materials - Petre Badica. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201005281/index.html 2010-05-28 Katsunori Wakabayashi, MANA Independent Scientist, received the Young Scientist's Prize for the Commendation of Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) on April 13, 2010. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/news/news_201004131/index.html 2010-04-13 Cyclodextrin vesicles: supramolecular chemistry of dynamic interfaces - Bart Jan Ravoo. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201005261/index.html 2010-05-26 Measuring ZnO c-axis polarity with X-ray photoelectron diffraction - Jesse Williams. Hydrogel: a soft and wet material as load-bearing bio-tissues - Jian Ping Gong. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201005211/index.html 2010-05-21 A short history of graphene - Sharali Malik. Coordination chemistry approaches to nanostructured materials - Annie K. Powell. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201005141/index.html 2010-05-14 The construction of a new MANA building will start in FY 2010. The building is designed so that scientists of different fields can gather together and interact freely with each other. The building is also designed to achieve the country’s highest level of energy efficiency and environment-friendliness through the installation of solar panels on the roof and LED array lighting on the ceilings among other approaches. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/news/news_201004012/index.html 2010-04-01 Nanowires for optoelectronics and renewable energy - Deli Wang. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201004281/index.html 2010-04-28 Vortex induced dissipation in narrow current-biased thin-film superconducting strips - Lev Bulaevskii. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201004231/index.html 2010-04-13 Yusuke Yamauchi, MANA Independent Scientist, received the Ceramic Society of Japan Award for Awards for Advancements in Ceramic Science and Technology on April 1, 2010. The award was given for mesostructural controls by utilizing strong magnetic field and confined spaces. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/news/news_201004011/index.html 2010-04-01 Masayoshi Higuchi, MANA Independent Scientist, received Marubun Academy Award for Development and Electronics Application for Organic/Inorganic Hyprid Polymer Materials. The award was given to him from Marubun Research Promotion Foundation on March 3, 2010. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/news/news_201003031/index.html 2010-03-03 Zero bias anomaly in tunneling resistance observed on indium atomic layer fabricated on Si(111) surface - Canhua Liu. Search of half-metallic Heusler alloys by point contact Andreev reflection - Ammanabrolu Rajanikanth. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201004161/index.html 2010-04-16 Exploring molecular assembly at surfaces - Federico Rosei. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201004131/index.html 2010-04-13 Kohei Uosaki, MANA Satellite Principal Investigator, received the Chemical Society of Japan Award. The award was given to him on March 27, 2010, for In situ nanoscale structural determination and construction of functional phases at solid/liquid interfaces. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/news/news_201003271/index.html 2010-03-27 The Workshop on "Materials Nanoarchitectonics for Sustainable Development" was held in Gora, Hakone, on March 24-26, 2010. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201003242/index.html 2010-03-24 Density functional based global geometry optimization and their application to clusters with cage-like structure - Stefan Goedecker. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201004091/index.html 2010-04-09 3D analysis of catalytic nanoparticles on support materials: New 3D imaging techniques by electron microscopy - Ayako Hashimoto. Finite element analyses of cantilever array sensors - Genki Yoshikawa. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201004021/index.html 2010-04-02 Masanori Kohno received Young Scientist Award from Physical Society of Japan (PSJ). The award was given to him for the field 3 of magnetism at the 25th annual meeting of PSJ on March 21, 2010. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/news/news_201003211/index.html 2010-03-21 Bismuth doped near-infrared emitting nanoparticles - Hong-Tao Sun. Nanoscale order by chemical manipulation on a visibly rough surface - Michael Lee. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201003191/index.html 2010-03-19 Graphene: From synthesis to characterization and controllable doping - Po-Wen Chiu http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201003181/index.html 2010-03-18 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 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 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 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 Electronically tuneable nanostructures - Horst Hahn. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201003021/index.html 2010-03-02 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_201002162/index.html 2010-02-16 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_201002261/index.html 2010-02-26 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, 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 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 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 Polymeric ladderphanes - Tien-Yau Luh. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201002041/index.html 2010-02-04 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 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 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 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 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 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 Systems and interfaces for controlling bioprocesses: An example - Galen D. Stucky. http://www.nims.go.jp/mana/news/events/events_201001131/index.html 2010-01-13 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 2010-01-14 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