ICYS Alumni, Drs. Terumasa TADANO, Kotaro DOI, Shoichi MATSUDA received the “Young Scientists Award”, 2024 Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
Three ICYS alumni in NIMS, Dr Terumasa TADANO (Group Leader), Dr. Kotaro DOI (Senior Researcher) and Dr. Shoichi MATSUDA (Team Leader) received the “Young Scientists Award”, 2024 Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). This award is given to young scientists under the age of 40 for outstanding research achievements that show a high level of research and development ability, such as promising research and original prospectives.
▶2024 Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT),
Young Scientists Award [Japanese site ]
🔶Dr. Terumasa TADANO, ICYS Alumni, Group Leader, Spin Theory Group, NIMS
Award topic :
Research on Anharmonic Effects of Phonons in Functional Materials
Original articles:
1)“Self-consistent phonon calculations of lattice dynamical properties in cubic SrTiO3 with first-principles anharmonic force constants”
Physical Review B 2015 (DOI : https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.054301)
2)“Quartic Anharmonicity of Rattlers and its Effect on Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Clathrates from First Principles”
Physical Review Letters 120 [10] 105901. 2018. (DOI : https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.105901)
🔶Dr. Kotaro DOI, ICYS Alumni, Senior Researcher, Corrosion and Protection Group, NIMS
Award topic:
Research on Corrosion Mechanism & Protection of Metallic Materials Focusing on Oxygen and Mechanical Stress
Original articles:
1)“Role of mill scale on corrosion behavior of steel rebars in mortar”
Corrosion Science 108995. 2020.(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2020.108995)
2)“Synergistic Effects of Plastic Deformation and Chloride Ions on Corrosion Initiation of Steel Rebars in Simulated Concrete Pore Solution”
Journal of The Electrochemical Society 169 [8] 081505. 2022. (DOI : 10.1149/1945-7111/ac87d3)
🔶Dr. Shoichi MATSUDA, ICYS Alumni, Principal Researcher, Quantum Device Engineering Group, NIMS
Award topic:
Data-driven automated robotic experiments accelerate discovery of multi-component electrolyte for rechargeable Li–O2 batteries
Original articles:
1）“Data-driven automated robotic experiments accelerate discovery of multi-component electrolyte for rechargeable Li–O2 batteries”
Cell Reports Physical Science 3 [4] 100832. 2022. (DOI : 10.1016/j.xcrp.2022.100832)
2）“Carbon-black-based self-standing porous electrode for 500 Wh/kg rechargeable lithium-oxygen batteries”
Cell Reports Physical Science 2 [7] 100506. 2021. (DOI : 10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100506)
3）“Poor Cycling Performance of Rechargeable Lithium–Oxygen Batteries under Lean-Electrolyte and High-Areal-Capacity Conditions: Role of Carbon Electrode Decomposition”
Advanced Science 10 [24] 2300896. 2023. (DOI : 10.1002/advs.202300896)
Advanced Energy Materials. 13 [11] (2023) 2203062 (DOI : 10.1002/aenm.202203062) 5）“Insulative Microfiber 3D Matrix as a Host Material Minimizing Volume Change of the Anode of Li Metal Batteries”
ACS Energy Letters 2 [4] 924-929. 2017. (DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00149)
