Dr. Minoru Osada, MANA Associate Principal Investigator (API) received the 7th NIMS President's Research Encouragement Award on April 2, 2012. The award was given to him for his outstanding contribution to the field of Materials Science through his work on "Novel Physical Properties of Oxide Nanosheets and Their Applications".

"Two-Dimensional Dielectric Nanosheets: Novel Nanoelectronics from Nanocrystal Building Blocks"
M. Osada and T. Sasaki, 2008, Adv. Mater., 24, 210–228 (2012).

"Exfoliated Oxide Nanosheets: New Solution to Nanoelectronics"
M. Osada and T. Sasaki, 2011, J. Mater. Chem., 19, 2503–2511 (2009).