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2016

Dec.16

The 7th Graphine Oxide Symposium

Dr. Tsuchiya gave an invited talk at the 7th Graphene Oxide Symposium at the Himeji Chamber of Commerce & Industry.


Dec.15

Special lecture given at Osaka University

Dr. Terabe gave a special lecture at the Division of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, Osaka University.


Dec.13

Special lecture given at Tokyo University of Science

Dr. Tsuchiya gave a special lecture on electric double layer transistors at Tokyo University of Science.


Nov.30

Farewell party given for postdoctoral researcher Dr. Karthik Krishnan

Dr. Krishnan farewell party – 2016.11.30

A farewell party was held for Dr. Krishnan, who spent 2 years in our group. Dr. Krishnan will assume a position at the Central Electrochemical Research Institute in India, from December 14.


Nov.28

2016 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit

Dr. Tsuruoka gave an invited talk at the 2016 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit held in Boston, USA


Nov.21

A cartoon to introduce research on the atomic switch appears in the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun

Cartoon created by Hayanon’s Science Comic Studio

A cartoon created by Hayanon’s Science Comic Studio appeared in the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun. The cartoon presents a brief description of atomic switch research.


Nov.15

Press Release: Various Organic Transistor Functions Created through Optical Drawing

Related articles appeared on the Science News and Yahoo! news page.

Related articles appeared on the Science News and Yahoo! news page.


Oct.14

Solid State Electrochemistry Workshop 2016

Dr. Tsuchiya gave an invited talk on nanoionic devices at the Solid State Electrochemistry Workshop 2016 held at Tokyo University.


Oct.13

Dr. Verveniotis, a postdoctoral researcher, gave an invited talk at the 6th International Symposium on Transparent Conductive Materials held in Greece.


Sep.27

Dr. Tsuruoka gave an invited talk on Solid State Devices and Materials at the 2016 International Conference held in Tsukuba, Japan.


Aug.1

Dr. Sakurai a gave an invited talk at the 9th Nano Congress for Next Generation held in Manchester, England.


Jun.8

Technical Committee on Magnetic Recording/Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)

Dr. Tsuruoka gave an invited talk at the Technical Committee on Magnetic Recording/Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) held at Chuo University.


Jun.1

An article appeared in MANA publication CONVERGENCE* (Vol. 23, issued in June 2016) detailing MANA’s notable research achievements. The article was on the development of spintronics elements that operate based on a new principle using the movement of ions.

*A periodical journal – published tri-annually. CONVERGENCE provides readers with information on MANA research activities, special guest interviews, etc. to provide up-to-date information to all its readers.


May 31

Farewell lunch for postdoctoral researcher Dr. Cedric R. Mannequin

Guests at the farewell lunch for Dr. Mannequin – 2016.5.31

A farewell lunch was held for Dr. Mannequin, who spent two years in our group. Dr. Mannequin will assume a position at the University of Tsukuba from September 1.


May 16

Dr. Terabe/Group Leader gave a presentation to G7 Science & Technology Ministers

Dr. Terabe gave a presentation on the results of atomic switch research at NIMS to the G7 Science & Technology Ministers and the then Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy. Related articles appeared in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Tokyo Shimbun and Ibaraki Shimbun.


May 10

Illustration from review in Oyo Bsutsuri (Vol. 85, No. 5)

A review article, entitled ‘Current progress in solid state ionics: Nanoionic devices with a variety of novel functions’, appeared in Oyo Butsuri (Vol. 85, No. 5).

*Oyo Butsuri is the membership subscription of the Japan Society of Applied Physics, published monthly in Japanese. It introduces research related to applied physics, in an easy-to-understand manner, and runs comprehensive reports, reviews and recent articles about the outlook for applied physics.


Apr.28

Special lecture given at the Tokyo University of Science

Dr. Tsuchiya gave a special lecture on nanoionic devices at the Tokyo University of Science.


Apr.26

Farewell party for Ms. Gubicza

Farewell party for Ms. Gubicza – 2016.4.26

Ms. Gubicza, from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE), who spent three months under the NIMS Internship program, has returned to Hungary. A farewell party was held was held for Ms. Gubicza at a local Japanese restaurant.


Apr.25

Invited talk given at Osaka University

Dr. Terabe gave an invited talk, about the development of nanoionic devices, at the 136th Committee on Future-Oriented Machining/JSPS.


Jan.12

Related articles appeared in the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, and Science News.