Awards

• Ryohei Nemoto: Young Researcher Prize, The 10th International Symposium on Surface Science (ISSS-10), 2024.10.23
• Kenta Yokota:  Presentation Award  for Students, 2022 Annal Meeting of The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science, 2023.5.20
• Kenta Yokota:  Cannon Anelva Student Prize, The 22nd International Vacuum Congress, 2022.09.11-09.16
• Kenta Yokota:  Excellent Presentation Award, 2022 Kanto District Meeting of The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science, 2023.5.20
• Kenta Yokota: Best Poster Award, NIMS Advanced Measurement and Characterization Symposium 2023, 2022.03.11
• Yosuke Sasama: Excellent Poster Presentation Award, MANA International Symposium 2021
• Yosuke Sasama: Young Scientist Presentation Award, The 51st Autum Meeting of The Japan Society of Applied Physics, 2021.11
• Yosuke Sasama: Gold Young Scholar Award, 14th International Conference on New Diamond and Nano Carbons 2020/202, 2021.6　
• Satoru Ichinokura: Best Poster Award, The 8th International Symposium on Surface Science (ISSS-8), Oct. 25, 2017.
• Yosuke Sasama： Best Poster Award, Tsukuba Global Science Week 2017, Sep. 22, 2017.
• Shusuke Yoshizawa: Excellent Poster Presentation Award, The 10th MANA International Symposium 2017, Mar. 3, 2017.
• Takashi Uchihashi and Shunsuke Yoshizawa: Article Award of The Surface Science Society of Japan for the contribution of an introductory article “Electron Transport in Superconducting Silicon Surface Reconstructions”, Nov. 30, 2016.
• Shunsuke Yoshizawa and Takashi Uchihashi: Bronze medal, MANA Nano Arts Contest, “Quantum vortices in a surface superconductor”, Apr. 21, 2016.
• Shunsuke Yoshizawa: Poster Award, MANA International Symposium 2016, Mar. 11, 2016.
• Shunsuke Yoshizawa: Excellent Poster Award, The 2nd International Symposium on the Functionality of Organized Nanostructures 2014 (FON'14), Nov. 28, 2014.
• Shunsuke Yoshizawa: The Surface Science Society of Japan, Lecture Presentation Award, Rising Researcher Division, Fiscal Year 2014 “Effects of organic molecule films on superconductivity of an indium-induced silicon surface reconstruction”.
• Shunsuke Yoshizawa: Best Poster Award, The 7th International Symposium on Surface Science (ISSS-7), Nov. 28, 2014.
• Takashi Uchihashi: Nature Nanotechnology Poster Prize, E-MRS 2014 Spring Meeting, Molecular materials — Towards quantum properties (MOLMAT-Q), Lille, France, May 28, 2014.
• Takashi Uchihashi: President Award for Innovative Research, National Institute for Materials Science, “Discovery of a Surface Monatomic Superconductor and Application to New Materials”, Apr. 1, 2014.

Press release and public relation activities

• NIMS NOW 2017 Vol.15, No.3 Research Highlights "World's first development of molecular motors capable of switching rotational direction". 
• Press release: Precision Control of Superconductivity in Atomic Layers Using Magnetic Molecules —The Key Is the Manipulation of “Hidden Degrees of Freedom” in Molecules—.
• nano tech 2016, Tokyo Bigsight, ”Realization of nanomotors using organic molecules and self-organization”.
• MANA Convergence No. 10, Oct. 2015, “Atomic Step Josephson Junctions Revealed by Scanning Tunneling Microscope”
• Nikkan Kogyo Newpaper, Jul. 2015, “Molecular Motor Capable of Rotation Inversion”.
• MANA Research Highlight, Feb. 2015, "Visualizing superconductive coupling over atomic steps".
• Superconductor Week (http://www.superconductorweek.com/) , Jan. 2015, "NIMS Team Observes Atomic Steps as Josephson Junctions" .
• Exhibition at Nano Art Gallery of Tsukuba Expo Center (2015~), “A superconductor with an atomic thickness”.
• NIMS Principal Research Achievements of FY 2014, “Observing Josephson Vortices in a Surface Atomic-layer Superconductor — Pioneering for Atomic-scale Superconducting Devices”.
• Nikkan Kogyo Newpaper, Dec. 2014, “Discovery of Josephson Junctions Formed in Atomic-layer Superconductor — Toward Realization of Atomic-scale Superconducting Devices”.
• MANA Convergence, Feb. 2013, ”Monolayer Superconducting Material on a Semiconductor Surface”
• Superconductivity Web21, Feb. 2012
• NIMS Forum 2012, Tokyo International Forum.
• nano tech 2012, Tokyo Bigsight, “Monolayer Superconductor on a Silicon Surface”.
• NIMS Principal Research Achievements of FY 2011, “Monolayer Superconductor on a Silicon Surface— beyond Superconducting Thin Fil
• Nikkei Newspaper, Research Focus and Trend Survey in FY2011.
• Asahi Newspaper et al., Nov. 2011, “World-first Demonstration of a Monolayer Material with Zero Resistance — Contribute to the Development of High-Performance Superconducting devices ”