News 2015
Results of MANA International Symposium 2015
20 Mar, 2015
The MANA International Symposium 2015 was held at Epochal Tsukuba in Tsukuba City, Japan over a 3-day period from March 11 (Wednesday) to March 13 (Friday), 2015. The MANA International Symposium is held each year to present research achievements at MANA to Japan and the international scientific community. This year's event was the 8th in the series.
This 2015 Symposium featured Special Lectures entitled “The background of the discovery of carbon nanotubes” by Prof. Sumio Iijima, as well as Invited Talks by 14 distinguished scientists from Japan and other countries. Research results at MANA were also announced in a total of 14 oral presentations and 133 poster presentations. The Symposium attracted approximately 410 participants over the 3-day period, with lively question-and-answer sessions and exchanges of ideas.
| Date | March 11 (Wed.) to March 13 (Fri.), 2015 |
| Venue | International Congress Center (Epochal Tsukuba), Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Pref., Japan |
MANA International Symposium 2015 Poster Award
| Large, unidirectional motion of a thermoresponsive hydrogel driven by switchable internal electrostatic repulsion | Younsoo Kim (School of Science, The University of Tokyo) |
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| π-Conjugated Molecule Based Room Temperature Liquid Materials | Takashi Nakanishi (WPI-MANA, NIMS) |
| Self-Oscillating Polymer Brushes: Design of Autonomous Functional Surface and Evaluation of the Dynamic Properties | Tsukuru Masuda (School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo) |
| Electrical characterization of polyaniline networks using multiple-probe system | Rintaro Higuchi (WPI-MANA, NIMS) |
| Epitaxial thin films of battery materials | Tsuyoshi Ohnishi (WPI-MANA, NIMS) |
| Photoreduction of CO2 over the well-crystallized ordered mesoporous TiO2 with the confined space effect | Tao Wang (WPI-MANA, NIMS) |
Director-General of MANA, Professor Masakazu Aono
Professor Sumio Iijima
MANA International Symposium 2015