INSD NanoScience Video Exchange Lectures (2023, Groningen-Osaka)
These lectures are held as a part of “Fundamental and functional properties of nanomaterials”
in top Master NanoScience in Groningen and as “International Exchange Lectures on
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology A” in INSD Nano Program in Osaka. The program is also
shared by University of Science-Malaysia, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology LadkrabangThailand, and Institute for Materials Science VAST-Vietnam.
The lectures except for October 13th start on the following Fridays at 9:00 in the morning(Groningen time), that is, at 16:00 or 17:00 in the afternoon (Osaka time).
[NOTE The Netherlands switches from summer time (day light saving time) to winter time on thenight of October 29th (Sun) 01:00 (UTC) 2023.]

Lecture 0
Friday, 13 Oct. 2023
Osaka time: 16:00-18:15 (no exchange lecture from Groningen)Prof. Tadashi Itoh, Institute for NanoScience Design (speaks 16:00-18:15 (O))(Field: solid state physics, semiconductor nanocrystal (quantum dot), optical properties)
Title: Introduction, Photophysics of quantum dots.
(Together with video address and Nobel-Prize lecture given by Prof. Benard L. Feringa)
Abstract: Electronic excited states (excitons) in semiconductor nanocrystals show peculiar
quantum size effects which exhibit various kinds of characteristic optical properties; blue shift andsplitting of the exciton energy states, rapid radiative decay, ultrahigh speed giant opticalnonlinearity, highly efficient lasing, etc.
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Friday, 20 Oct. 2023
Osaka time: 16:00-18:00
Groningen time: 9:00-11:00
Chair: Prof. Thomas Jansen
Prof. Jan Anton Koster (9:00-9:55 (G) / 16:00-16:55 (O))(Field: Photophysics and optoelectronics, semiconductors and devices, thermoelectrics)
Title: Organic semiconductors for thermoelectrics
Abstract: In this lecture, I will introduce organic semiconducting materials and will briefly review
their charge transport properties. Next, I will emphasize their promise for thermoelectric
applications.
Chair: Prof. Yoshikata Nakajima
Prof. Hidekazu Tanaka, SANKEN (Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research)(17:00-17:55 (O) /10:00-10:55(G))
1(Field: electronic/magnetic/optical properties of oxide thin films and their nanostructures)
Title: Basics and applications of electronic phase change oxides
Abstract: Phase change materials enable rapid switching between different structural phases,
resulting electric properties switching. Some classes of materials are interesting on switching
between different electronic/spin phases itself, such as Mott insulator- metal transition, and theirelectronic phase change would produce new classes of devices. This part of the lecture will focus
on electronic phase change phenomena on transition metal oxides.
Topics will be included, ・Physics and material science on structural and metal/insulator transitionof VO2 as a prototype material, ・Brief review of phase change phenomena on transition metaloxides (vanadate, manganite, nickelate, ferrite, ruthenate, etc.), ・External field induced electronic
phase change phenomena, ・Switching/Memristive /Biology-inspired /Photonic devices based onelectronic phase change materials.
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Friday, 27 Oct. 2023
Osaka time: 16:00-18:00
Groningen time: 9:00-11:00
Chair: Prof. Yoshikata Nakajima
Prof. Syoji Ito, Graduate School of Engineering Science (16:00-16:55 (O) /9:00-9:55(G))(Field: laser manipulation, single-molecule detection)
Title: Single-molecule fluorescence detection: methods and applications
Abstract: The lecture starts with the history of single-molecule fluorescence detection (SMFD) andthe introduction of typical methods of SMFD: confocal and wide-field microscopies. Then several
important applications of SMFD are shown, e.g. fluorescence correlation spectroscopy,
single-molecule tracking, and super-resolved fluorescence imaging.
Chair: Prof. Thomas Jansen
Prof. Jagoda Sławińska (10:00-10:55 (G) / 17:00-17:55 (O))(Field: computational materials science, spintronics)
Title: Spin-orbit-related phenomena for energy-efficient electronic devices
Abstract: In this lecture, I will discuss the fundamentals of spintronics (spin-based electronics)
which employs the electron’s spin, along with its charge, to carry and process information in amore energy-efficient way. Spin-orbit interaction, despite being small in magnitude, is very
powerful and drives several intriguing phenomena that allow for different functionalities suitable
for novel electronic devices. After explaining the basic principles and challenges of spintronics, I
will focus on materials for conversion between charge and spin currents and their computational
design via first-principles calculations.
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Friday, 10 Nov. 2023
Osaka time: 17:00-19:00
Groningen time: 9:00-11:00 (in winter time)2Chair: Prof. Yoshikata Nakajima
Prof. Yoshitada Morikawa, Graduate School of Engineering (17:00-17:55 (O) / 9:00-9:55(G))(Field: computational science, surface science, DFT, machine learning, CO2 hydrogenation)
Title: Computational Materials Design for Surfaces
Abstract: Chemical reactions at surfaces and interfaces play important roles in wide ranges ofapplications such as heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemistry, fuel cells, batteries, etchingprocesses of semiconductor materials, and so on. In this lecture, I will present density functional
theory (DFT) investigation and prediction of hydrogenation of CO2 over Cu catalyst. To clarify
reaction mechanisms and to identify important factors governing the reactivity of CO2 on solid
surfaces are very important to develop more efficient catalysts or catalytic processes for utilizationof CO2. Although DFT simulations are quite useful to investigate atomic-scale phenomena, thetime scale of the simulations is limited to tens of ps and the length scale to nm. I will discuss
how to extend the length-scale and time-scale of DFT simulations by combining DFT calculations
with machine learning techniques. I will show that it is now possible to clarify the formation
process of Cu–Zn surface alloy, which has been extensively studied for the clarification of the true
active site of Cu/ZnO/Al2O3, the industrial catalyst for methanol synthesis which remains undercontroversy.
Chair: Prof. Thomas Jansen
Prof. Loredana Protesescu (10:00-10:55 (G) / 18:00-18:55 (O))(Field: nanomaterials)
Title: Functional inorganic nanomaterials
Abstract: As a special class of materials, inorganic nanomaterials consist of particles of metals,
metal oxides, metal chalcogenides (metal sulfides, selenides, or tellurides) or halide perovskites
with at least one dimension in the 1- to 100-nanometer (10−9 m) range. These nanomaterials arehighly interesting because they exhibit properties that bridge the gap between bulk and molecularstructures. Unlike their bulk counterparts, nanomaterials exhibit tunable size- and shape-dependent
optical, electronic, and magnetic properties. Because of these unique properties, nanomaterials arebeing explored to address key global challenges in areas such as energy conversion, catalysis,
medicine, sensing, and environmental remediation.
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Osaka time: 17:00-19:00
Groningen time: 9:00-11:00 (in winter time)
Chair: Prof. Yoshikata Nakajima
Prof. Yasuhiro Nakazawa, Graduate School of Science (17:00-17:55 (O) /9:00-9:55(G))(Field: Molecular superconductors, electron correlations, thermodynamics)
Title: Molecular superconductors and their thermodynamics
Abstract: The organic-molecules-based conductors and superconductors give a variety of physicalfeatures of itinerant π-electrons released from molecular orbitals. Fascinating physical andchemical features related to the electron correlations, electron-phonon interactions emerge in themwith various manners, since the energy scale of spin, charge, and phonon degrees of freedom are in
the similar order. The lecture focus on why the interesting conducting states, especiallysuperconductivity with unconventional characters appear in them and how we can characterize theelectronic properties by means of micro-crystal thermal measurements.
3Chair: Prof. Thomas Jansen
Prof. Rifka Vlijm (speaks 10:00-10:55 (G) / 18:00-18:55 (O))(Field: super-resolution microscopy, STED, STORM, MINFLUX)
Title: Super-resolution light microscopy
Abstract: For decades it was believed that light microscopy could not be used to discern structures
closer together than the diffraction limit (half the wavelength of light ~250nm). With thegroundbreaking invention of STimulated Emission Depletion microscopy, and later STORM(Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy) and other methods, now it became possible tovisualize even in living cells structures much smaller than the wavelength of the used light. The
latest development (MINFLUX nanoscopy) even allows imaging in living cells with an effective
point spread function of only a few nanometers. In this lecture the working principles ofsuper-resolution microscopy techniques are explained, and the benefits and drawbacks of each ofthese are discussed. By identifying the bottlenecks of our methods a suitable match between
research question and applied technique can be made. Furthermore, by identifying whichbottlenecks are technical rather than fundamental, new developments can be stimulated. We here
discuss some of the latest developments significantly driving the field of light microscopy.

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