Past Research Activities

2004.7
Our paper "Observation and manipulation of nanostructures formed by rigid rod-like polymers" was published in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics.
2004.7
Our paper "A Self-assembled Rigid Conjugated Polymer Nanojunction and Its Nonlinear Current-Voltage Characteristics at Room Temperature" was published in Applied Physics Letters.
2004.4
Our paper "Carrier injection from gold electrodes into thioacetyl-end-functionalized poly(para-phen\ yleneethynylene)s" was published in Physical Review B.
2003.10
Our paper "Thermochromism and Solvatochromism of End-Grafted Polysilane [Si(CH3)2SiR2]n ( R = C2H5, n-C4H9, n-C6H13, n-C8H17, n-C10H21)" was published in Macromolecules.
2003.2
The paper "End-Grafted Polysilane-An Approach to Single Polymer Science " was published in Accounts of Chemical Research.
2003.1
Our paper "Polysilane Bearing "Sulfide Tripod" Terminus: Preparation and Selective Chemisorption on Gold Surface" was published in Macromolecules as communications.
2002.10
Report on "One-dimensional Silicon Chain Covalently Bonded to Solid Surface" was published in Hyomen Kagaku , or Journal of The Surface Science Society of Japan (in Japanese).
2002.1
Our paper "Conformational Transition of End-Grafted Poly(di-n-hexylsilane) in Solventless Conditions" was published in Macromolecules as communications.
2001.7
Review of "End-Grafted Polysialne" was published in Oyo Butsuri (in Japanese).
2001.6.21
Invited lecture at Int. Workshop on Si-Containing Polymers (Kent Univ. at Canterbury, UK).
2001.5
Mini review of "End-Grafted Polysilane" was published in Molecular Electronics and Bioelectronics (in Japanese).
2001.3.7
My presentation was honored with "Poster Award" at 1st Int. Conf. on Molecular Electronics and Bioelectronics (M&BE1).
2000.8---2001.2
Visiting researcher at University of Basel, Prof. Schoenenberger's group.
2000.7
Our work was on the cover picture of Advanced Materials.