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Featured in Research Highlight
Our functionalized nanotube work was featured in RIKEN Research Highlight! RIKEN Research Highlight: A cleaner, better way to produce single-photon emitters
November 2, 2022
Win Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan
Daichi receives the Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan on “Excitonic Photophysical Properties of Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials”. The Physical Society of Japan (translated): The Young Scientist Award has been established to encourage the research of outstanding young researchers who will lead physics in the future and to further invigorate the society.
October 15, 2022
Wavelength-induced frequency filtering method published in Nature Nanotechnology
Volo’s paper on wavelength-induced frequency filtering method is published in Nature Nanotechnology and featured in the MIT News.
May 30, 2022
Functionalization of air-suspended nanotubes published in Nature Commnunications
Functionalized air-suspended carbon nanotube. Daichi and his colleagues publish their paper on functionalization of air-suspended carbon nanotubes in Nature Commnunications. Congratulations! Formation of organic color centers in air-suspended carbon nanotubes using vapor-phase reaction. Daichi Kozawa, Xiaojian Wu, Akihiro Ishii, Jacob Fortner, Keigo Otsuka, Rong Xiang, Taiki Inoue, Shigeo Maruyama, YuHuang Wang, Yuichiro K. Kato. Nature Communications, 13, 2814 (2022).
May 20, 2022
Awarded Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) from JSPS
We are awarded Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science! We will work on room temperature and telecommunication wavelength quantum light sources based on single-walled carbon nanotubes.
April 1, 2022
2D polymer published in Nature
Yuwen (currently, an associate professor in Fudan University)’s paper on 2D polymer is published in Nature and featured in the MIT News.
February 2, 2022
Atomically Thin 2D Interfaces for Molecular Permeability published in Advanced Functional Materials
MoS2 response to chemical analytes. Copyright © 2022 John Wiley & Sons, Inc Volo’s paper on Atomically Thin 2D Interfaces for Molecular Permeability is published in Advanced Functional Materials. Congratulations! This research introduces a novel sensing platform using atomically thin, photoluminescent MoS2 monolayers as 2D sensing interfaces to detect molecular diffusion through cellular layers and tissues. The platform, capable of spatially imaging molecular permeability, identifies nanoscale breaks in cellular junctions, offering new insights for the development of targeted therapeutics and mechanistic models.
January 12, 2022