Research Achievements

2014

Publications

  1. Adsorption Effects on Radial Breathing Mode of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes
    S. Chiashi, K. Kono, D. Matsumoto, J. Shitaba, N. Homma, A. Beniya, T. Yamamoto, and Y. Homma
    Phys. Rev. B 91, 155415 (2015).

  2. Gold deposition effects on photoluminescence and raman scattering spectra of suspended single-walled carbon nanotubes
    A. Ozao, S. Chiashi, S. Watanabe, G. Yamaguchi, H. Kato, and Y. Homma
    Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 54, 055102 (2015).

  3. Biomolecular recognition ability of RecA proteins for DNA on single-walled carbon nanotubes
    S. Oura, M. Ito, D. Nii, Y. Homma, and K. Umemura
    Colloids Surf. B 126,496 (2015).

  4. Hybrids of Nucleic Acids and Carbon Nanotubes for Nanobiotechnology
    K. Umemura
    Nanomaterials 5, 321 (2015).

  5. Significant enhancement of the thermoelectric performance of phosphorene through the application of tensile strain
    S. Konabe and T. Yamamoto
    Phys. Express 8, 015202 (2015).

  6. Nanoplasmon Dynamics and Field Enhancement of Graphene Flakes by First-principles Simulations
    N. Yamamoto, C. Hu, S. Hagiwara and K. Watanabe
    Appl. Phys. Express 8, 045103 (2015).

  7. In situ scanning electron microscopy of graphene nucleation during segregation of carbon on polycrystalline Ni substrate
    Y. Momiuchi, K. Yamada, H. Kato, Y. Homma, H. Hibino, G. Odahara and C. Oshima
    J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 47, 455301 (2014).

  8. Tuning of the thermoelectric properties of one-dimensional material networks by electric double layer techniques using ionic liquids
    K. Yanagi, S. Kanda, Y. Oshima, Y. Kitamura, H. Kawai, T. Yamamoto, T. Takenobu, Y. Nakai, and Y. Maniwa
    Nano Lett. 14, 6437 (2014).

  9. Alternating current response of carbon nanotubes with randomly distributed impurities
    D. Hirai, T. Yamamoto, and S. Watanabe
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 173106 (2014).

  10. Anomalous satellite inductive peaks in the ac response of defective carbon nanotubes
    D. Hirai, T. Yamamoto, and S. Watanabe
    J. Appl. Phys. 115, 174312 (2014).

  11. Thermal Transport and Thermoelectric Properties of Graphene and Related Materials
    T. Yamamoto and S. Konabe
    J. Vac. Soc. Jpn. 57, 457 (2014).

  12. Energetics and Dynamics of Laser-Assisted Field Emission from Silicene Nanoribbons: Time-Dependent First-Principles Study
    T. Higuchi, C. Hu and K. Watanabe
    e-J. Surf. Sci. Nanotech. 13, 115 (2015).

  13. Time-dependent density functional theory simulation of electron wave-packet scattering with nanoflakes
    K. Tsubonoya, C. Hu and K. Watanabe
    Phys. Rev. B 90, 035416 (2014).

  14. Electronic structures of carbon nanotubes with monovacancy under an electric field
    U Ishiyama, N. T. Cuong, and S. Okada
    Jpn. J. Appl. Phys, 53, 115102 (2014).

  15. An anomalous dipole-dipole arrangement of water molecules encapsulated into C60 dimer
    K. Nomura and S. Okada
    Chem. Phys. Lett., 608, 351 (2014).

  16. Spin-state tuning of decamethyl C60 by an external electric field
    K. Narita and S. Okada
    Chem. Phys. Lett., 614, 10 (2014).

  17. Electron injection into nearly free electron states of graphene nanoribbons under a lateral electric field
    A. Yamanaka and S. Okada
    Appl. Phys. Express, 7, 125103 (2014).

  18. Full-length selective removal of metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes by organic film-assisted electrical breakdown
    K. Otsuka, T. Inoue, S. Chiashi, S. Maruyama
    Nanoscale 6, 8831 (2014).

  19. Air-Stable High-Efficiency Solar Cells with Dry-Transferred Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Films
    K. Cui, A. S. Anisimov, T. Chiba, S. Fujii, H. Kataura, A. Nasibulin, S. Chiashi, E. Kauppinen, S. Maruyama
    J. Mater. Chem. A 2, 11311 (2014).

Books

  1. Carbon Nanotube Synthesis and the Role of Catalyst
    Chapter 9 in Frontiers of Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes, Devices and Applications (Ed by K. Matsumoto)
    Y. Homma
    Springer, pp.125-129 (2015).

  2. In Situ Observation of Crystal Growth by Scanning Electron Microscopy
    Chapter 23 in Handbook of Crystal Growth, 2nd Edition (Ed by T. Nishinaga)
    Y. Homma
    Elsevier, pp.1003-1030 (2014)

Invited Talks

  1. Heat-Transport and Thermoelectric Properties of Carbon Nanotubes
    Takahiro Yamamoto
    The 47th Fullerenes-Nanotubes-Graphene General Symposium（Nagoya, 2014）

  2. Higgs mode in a superfluid of Dirac fermions
    Shunji Tsuchiya
    Internacional Workshop “Higgs modes in Condensed Matter and Quantum Gases”（Yukawa Institute of Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan, 2014）

2013

Papers

  1. Photoluminescence Measurements and Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Water Adsorption on the Hydrophobic Surface of a Carbon Nanotube in Water Vapor
    Y. Homma, S. Chiashi, T. Yamamoto, K. Kono, D. Matsumoto, J. Shitaba, and S. Sato
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 57402 (2013).

  2. Application of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube to the Probe of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
    M. Irita, Y. Homma, and T. Miura
    e-J. Surf. Sci. Nanotech. 11, 105-108 (2013).

  3. Intense photoluminescence from dried double-stranded DNA and single-walled carbon nanotube hybrid
    M. Ito, T. Kobayashi, Y. Ito, T. Hayashida, D. Nii, K. Umemura, and Y. Homma
    App. Phys. Lett. 104, 043102 (2014).

  4. Water Encapsulation Control in Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Laser Irradiation
    S. Chiashi, T. Hanashima, R. Mitobe, K. Nagatsu, T. Yamamoto, and Y. Homma
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5, 408–412 (2014).

  5. Gold Nanoparticles as the Catalyst of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Synthesis
    Y. Homma
    Catalysts 2014, 4, 38-48 (2014).

  6. Fluctuation in the surface morphology of DNA-wrapped carbon nanotubes studied by continuous cross-sectional analysis of atomic force microscopy image
    K. Umemura, T. Hirata, T. Hayashida, and D. Nii
    Review of Applied Physics 2, 51-54 (2013).

  7. Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Modified with DNA or Polyethylene Glycol
    T. Hayashida, T. Kawashima, D. Nii, K. Ozasa, and K. Umemura
    Chemistry Letters, 42, 666-668 (2013).

  8. Controlling the adsorption and desorption of double-stranded DNA on functionalized carbon nanotube surface
    D. Nii, T. Hayashida, and K. Umemura
    Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 106, 234–239 (2013).

  9. A new method for removing dispersed carbon nanotubes from aqueous solution by nanoporous biosilica (frustule)
    M. Sakuma, S. Hori, T. Hayashida, S. Mayama, and K. Umemura
    Journal of Porous Materials 20, 961-966 (2013).

  10. Atomic force microscopy imaging of dialyzed single-walled carbon nanotubes dispersed with sodium dodecyl sulfate
    S. Hirayama, T. Hayashida, and K. Umemura
    Journal of Porous Materials 20, 961-966, (2013).

  11. Structures of Hybrids of DNA and Carbon Nanotubes Observed by Atomic Force Microscopy in Air and in Liquids
    K. Umemura, T. Hayashida, D. Nii, Y. Ymaguchi, and T. Kawashima
    Journal of Multifunctional Composites 2, 67-70 (2014).

  12. Optical Properties of Boron Nitride and Graphene Nanoribbons: A Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Simulation
    S. Hagiwara, H. Goto, C. Hu, and K. Watanabe
    JPS. Conf. Proc. 1, 012072 (2014).

  13. Patterns of Field Electron Emission from Carbon Nanotubes: Ab initio Simulations by Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory
    C. Hu, R. Mori, and K. Watanabe
    JPS Conf. Proc. 1, 012067 (2014).

  14. Conductance fluctuation of edge-disordered graphene nanoribbon: Crossover from diffusive transport to Anderson localization
    K. Takashima and T. Yamamoto
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 093105 (2014).

  15. Giant Seebeck Coefficient in Semiconducting Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Film
    Y. Nakai, K. Honda, K. Yanagi, H. Kataura, T. Kato, T. Yamamoto and Y. Maniwa
    Appl. Phys. Express 7, 025103 (2014).

  16. Wave Packet Dynamics Simulation on Electronic Transport in Carbon Nanotubes with Randomly Distributed Impurities
    Y. Takada and T. Yamamoto
    Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 52, 06GD07 (2013).

  17. Nanostructural Effects on Thermoelectric Power of Graphene Nanoribbons
    T. Kato, S. Usui, and T. Yamamoto
    Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 52, 06GD05 (2013).

  18. Effect of Gas Pressure on the Density of Horizontally Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Grown on Quartz Substrates
    T. Inoue, D. Hasegawa, S. Badar, S. Aikawa, S. Chiashi, S. Maruyama
    J. Phys. Chem. C, 117, 11804-11810 (2013).

  19. Investigation of Non-Segregation Graphene Growth on Ni via Isotope- Labeled Alcohol Catalytic Chemical Vapor Deposition
    P. Zhao, B. Hou, X. Chen, S. Kim, S. Chiashi, E. Einarssona, S. Maruyama
    Nanoscale 5, 6530-6537 (2013).

Invited Talks

  1. Investigation of Alumina Effect on Growing Vertically Alligned Carbon Nanotubes
    Y. Homma and H. Kato
    6th Guadalupe Workshop for the Nucleation and Growth of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (Bandera,Texas, USA, 2013)

  2. Suspended Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as the Probe for Nano-Surface Science
    Y. Homma and S. Chiashi
    9th International Symposium on Atomic Level Characterizations for New Materials and Devices ’13 (Hawaii, USA, 2013)

  3. Nanoscopic characterization of DNA molecules adsorbed on carbon nanotubes
    K. Umemura
    2014 EMN Spring Meeting, Las Vegas (USA, 2014).

  4. Simulation Study on Thermoelectric Properties of Carbon Nanostructures
    T. Yamamoto
    ACSIN-12 & ICSPM21 (Tsukuba, 2013)

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