The Second International Symposium on
Interdisciplinary Materials Science (ISIMS-2009)
March 9-10, 2009
Tsukuba(Tsukuba International Congress Center)

ProgramMarch 9 (Monday)
9:20 -Opening
Akira Ukawa (Executive Advisor to the President, University of Tsukuba）

Session 1

Functionality in Molecular Assembly
chairmen: Yutaka Moritomo, Toshiaki Hattori

9:30 - 10:10

Nanoparticles of Switchable Iron (II) Spin-crossover Materials: MolecularEngineering in Confined Media
Jean-François Létard (Université Bordeaux)

10:10 -10:35

Functionality of Prussian Blue Lattice Mediated by Guest-host Interaction
Yutaka Moritomo (University of Tsukuba)

10:35 - 10:45

Break

10:45 - 11:10

Molecular Donor-Acceptor Compounds as Functional Components of Organic
Field-Effect Transistors
Tatsuo Hasegawa (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science andTechnology)

11:10 - 11:35

Ferromagnetic Properties of Alkali-Metal Clusters Arrayed in Zeolite Crystals
Yasuo Nozue (Osaka University)

11:35 - 12:00

Physical Properties in Nano-Assembled Materials: Endohedral Atoms andMolecules in Confined Nanospaces
Katsumi Tanigaki (Tohoku University)1

12:00 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 15:20

Poster Session

Session 2

Specific Field and Functional Molecules
Chairmen: Toshiharu Teranishi, Tatsuya Nabeshima

15:30 - 16:20

Supramolecular Fluorescent Probes for Bioimaging
Bradley D. Smith (University of Notre Dame)

16:20 - 16:55

Molecular Response System Based on Hexaphenylethanes ： Toward theRealization of Unimolecular Memory and Multi-functional Properties
Takanori Suzuki (Hokkaido University)

16:55 - 17:05

Break

17:05 - 17:40

Photochemistry on Nano-engineered Au Structures
Hiroaki Misawa (Hokkaido University)

17:40 - 18:00

Reactivity of Disilyne with a Silicon-Silicon Triple Bond
Masaaki Ichinohe (University of Tsukuba)

18:30 -Reception

March 10 (Tuesday)

Session 3

Surface and Interface Science
chairmen: Kikuo Yamabe, Takaki Kanbara

9:00 - 9:40

Spin Detection with a Scanning Tunneling Microscope
Qi-Kun Xue (Tsinghua University)

9:40 - 10:00

Atomically Controlled Diamond Surfaces
Norio Tokuda (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

10:00 - 10:20

Microscopic Analysis on Surface Roughness of SiO2 Films Grown on
Atomically Flat Si (111)
Ryu Hasunuma (University of Tsukuba)

10:20 - 10:30

Break2

10:30 - 11:10

STM/AFM Studies of Self-Assembled Monolayers and Molecular Recognition
Masahiko Hara (Tokyo Institute of Technology)11:10 - 11:30

Forming Highly Ordered Arrays of DNA Nanofibers by Solvent Evaporation
Hidenobu Nakao (National Institute for Materials Science)

11:30 - 13:00

Session 4Lunch

Environmental and Biomaterial Science and Technology
chairmen: Yukio Nagasaki, Keiichi Tomishige

13:00 - 13:30

Biomass - A Solution for Energy and Environment
Mohammad Asadullah (University of Rajshahi)

13:30 - 13:50

Development of Catalysts for Conversion of Biomass to Fuels and Value-added
Chemicals
Keiichi Tomishige (University of Tsukuba, JST, MANA)

13:50 - 14:20

Green Chemistry: Transformation of Carbon Dioxide to Carbonates
Hiroyuki Yasuda (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

14:20 - 14:30

Break

14:30 - 15:00

Nano Photocatalysis: An Ultimate Green Technology for a Sustainable Society
Jinhua Ye (National Institute for Materials Science)

15:00 - 15:30

Synthesis of Renewable Chemicals by Catalytic Conversion of Non-food
Biomass
Atsushi Fukuoka (Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University)

15:30

Closing
Youiti Ootuka (TIMS, University of Tsukuba)3