Vol.10 No.02 <Mar>

2012.03.30 Published


Contents

NANO-MATERIALS by Nanoarchitectonics

Encounters with Unknown Materials

-Synthesis and Application of Inorganic Nanosheets
  Takayoshi Sasaki
  (NIMS Fellow, Unit Director, Soft Chemistry Unit, MANA Nano-materials Field, Coordinator, MANA Nano-materials Field)
 
-Creation and Application of High Purity BN Nanotubes and Nanosheets
  Yoshio Bando
  (NIMS Fellow, Unit Director, Inorganic Nanostructures Unit, MANA Nano-materials Field)
 
-Nanomaterials Synthesis in the Supermolecules Unit
  Katsuhiko Ariga
  (Unit Director, Supermolecules Unit, MANA Nano-materials Field)
   
-Nanotube and Graphene Property Studies in a Transmission Electron Microscope
  Dmitri Golberg
  (Unit Director, Nanotube Unit, Nano-materials Field, MANA)
  Masanori Mitome,
  Naoyuki Kawamoto,
  (Nanotube Group, Nanotube Unit, Nano-materials Field, MANA)
  Dai-Ming Tang,
  (MANA Research Associate)
  Xianlong Wei,
  (ICYS-MANA Researcher)

-Aiming at Creation of Nanomaterial Devices
  Takahiro Nagata
  (Semiconductor Device Materials Group, Nano-Electronic Materials Unit, MANA-Nanomaterials Field)
  Toyohiro Chikyow
  (Unit Director, Nano-Electronic Materials Unit, MANA-Nanomaterials Field)



Interview

Takayoshi Sasaki, MANA Coordinator, Nano-materials Field

Wonders and difficulties of the quest for new materials in the nano world.

Research Highlights

Development of High Performance Graphene-Based Supercapacitors
Jie Tang
(Group Leader, One-Dimensional Nanomaterials Group, Materials Processing Unit, Advanced Key Technologies Division)
Qian Cheng
(NIMS Junior Researcher, One-Dimensional Nanomaterials Group, Materials Processing Unit, Advanced Key Technologies Division)

Red Lasor Oscillation from Highly Homogeneous Quantum Dots
Takaaki Mano,
(Quantum Nanostructures Group, Photonic Materials Unit, Advanced Key Technologies Division)
Masafumi Jo,
(Quantum Nanostructures Group, Photonic Materials Unit, Advanced Key Technologies Division)
Yoshiki Sakuma,
(Group Leader, Quantum Nanostructures Group, Photonic Materials Unit, Advanced Key Technologies Division)
Kazuaki Sakoda,
(Unit Director, Photonic Materials Unit, Advanced Key Technologies Division)


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