20th International Symposium on
Boron, Borides and Related Materials(ISBB 2019)

Program(Revised Version 2019/09/22)

September 22 (Sun) – 27 (Fri), 2019
“Toki Messe” (Niigata Convention Center)
Niigata City, Niigata, Japan

Schedule
Day 1
Sept. 22 (Sun)
8:30
8:45
9:00

Day 2
Sept. 23 (Mon)
Registration
Opening Remarks

FocusedSessionI-01, 02, O-01

10:00

11:00

Registration
Physics

I-09, 10, 11

Coﬀee

Coﬀee

FocusedSessionPhysics

I-03, 04, 05

12:00

Day 3
Sept. 24 (Tue)I-12, 13, 14
O-05

Photo
13:00

Lunch

14:00

FocusedSession

15:00

I-06, O-02, 03

16:00

Coﬀee/
PosterRegistration

18:00

Physics

I-15, 16, O-06
Coﬀee/
Poster

P-01〜16

P-17〜32, 49

Chemistry

Preparation &New Mat.

17:00

Welcome
Reception

Lunch

I-07, 08, O-04

19:00
2

I-17, 18, 19

Day 4
Sept. 25 (Wed)Day 5
Sept. 26 (Thu)Day 6
Sept. 27 (Fri)Registration

Registration

Registration

Application

Chemistry,
Application

Structure

8:30
9:00

10:00

11:00

I-20,
O-07, 08
Coﬀee

I-23
O-11, 12, 13

Application

Coﬀee

I-21, 22O-10

Preparation &New Mat.

I-24, 25
O-14, 1512:00

Lunch
13:00

Lunch

14:00

Preparation &New Mat.

I-26, O-16, 17

15:00

16:00

Excursion

Coﬀee/
Poster

P-33〜48

17:00

Preparation &New Mat.

O-18, 19, 20, 21

18:00

Banquet19:00

3I-27, O-22
Coﬀee
Structure

O-24, 25, 26
Closing Remarks

Scientific Program
Oral Presentations
Day 2

Monday, Sept. 23

08:45

Opening Remarks

Focused Session (Session Chair: T. Kondo)
09:00 I-01
B. I. Yakobson (RiceTowards 2-Dimensional Boron University)
Borophene, in Theory and in Practice
09:30 I-02
K. Wu (Chinese Academy ofTuning the Atomic and ElectronicSciences)
Structure of 2D Boron Sheets
10:00 O-01
I. Matsuda (The University of Semi-metallicity of free-standingTokyo)hydrogenated monolayer boron from MgB2
10:20 – 10:40

Coffee Break

Focused Session (Session Chair: M. Niibe)
10:40 I-03
J. Kunstmann (TU Dresden)
Insights to the phase diagram of twodimensional boron oxide and onhydrogenated alpha-tetragonal boron
11:10 I-04
N. G. Szwacki (University of The structure of sparse 2D boron sheets
11:40

I-05

12:10
12:30 – 14:00Warsaw)
S. Souma (TohokuUniversity)

A topological perspective to electronicstructure in metallic borides verified byangle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy

PhotoLunch

Focused Session (Session Chair: J. Kunstmann)
14:00 I-06
T. Kondo (University ofHydrogen Boride Sheets: Synthesis,Tsukuba)
Characterization, and Application
14:30 O-02
K. Kimura (The University of Stability and Bonding Nature forTokyo)
Icosahedral or Planar Cluster ofHydrogenated Boron or Aluminum
14:50 O-03
W. Hayami (NationalA graphene-MXene complex compound
Institute for Materials
and graphite-like BC2Science)

15:10 – 16:50

Coffee / Poster Session (P-01 ~ P-16)

Chemistry (Session Chair: Y. Grin)
16:50 I-07
R. Telle (Aachen University)
17:20 I-08
B. Albert (Technische
17:50

O-04

Universitaet Darmstadt)
Y. Katsura (The University ofTokyo)

The quasi ternary system TiB2-CrB2-WB2Nanoscale Ferrous Metal Borides
Crystal structures and formation
mechanisms of metal borides

4Day 3 Tuesday, Sept. 24
Physics (Session Chair: P. Rogl)
09:00 I-09
N. Sluchanko ( Prokhorov
General Physics Institute)

09:30

I-10

10:00

I-11

10:20 – 10:40

T. Ogitsu (LawrenceLivermore NationalLaboratory)
S. Suzuki (Tokyo Universityof Science)

Maltese Cross Anisotropy in the
Antiferromagnetic Metals HoxLu1-xB12
with Dynamic Charge Stripes
Unique Quantum and Classical Propertiesof Elemental Boron
The 7-fold Local Structure of Boronaround Ytterbium and High Magnetic
Transition Temperature in the Heavy
Fermion Compound a-YbAl1-xMnxB4

Coffee BreakPhysics (Session Chair: K. Kimura)
10:40 I-12
H. Werheit (UniversityNew insights in the impact of structuraldetails on the electronic properties ofboron carbide
M. H. Manghnani (University Progress in Ultrahigh Pressure Studies ofof Hawaii at Manoa)
Elastic, Vibrational, Structural, andElectrical Properties of Boron Carbide up
to 72 GPa
I. D. R. Mackinnon
Boron and superconductivity
Duisburg-Essen)

11:10

I-13

11:40

I-14

12:10

O-05

12:30 – 14:00(Queensland University ofTechnology)
J. A. Alarco (Queensland
University of Technology)

LunchPhysics (Session Chair: H. Werheit)
14:00 I-15
M. Terauchi (TohokuUniversity)

14:30

I-16

14:50

O-06

15:10 – 16:50

Insights on Superconductivity from DFT
on Metal Borides

V. V. Glushkov (The Russian
Academy of Sciences)
S. Gabani (Slovak Academyof Sciences)

Functional imaging of p/n-controlled CaB6and SrB6 bulk specimens by soft X-rayemission spectroscopy microscope
Bulk and Surface Electrons in TopologicalInsulators SmB6 and YbB6
Magnetic anisotropy of frustrated ShastrySutherland metallic systems ErB4 andTmB4

Coffee / Poster Session (P-17 ~ P-32)

Preparation & New Materials (Session Chair: B. Albert)
16:50 I-17
P. F. Rogl (University of
Ternary Platinum Metal Borides
17:20

I-18

17:50

I-19

Vienna)O. Yücel (Istanbul TechnicalUniversity)

Y. Grin (Max-Planck-Institut
für Chemische Physik festerSoffe)

A Comparative Study on the Synthesis of(CoB, NiB) Metal-Boron Pre-alloys
through Carbothermic and Metallothermic
Processes
Heterophase reactions for preparation ofborides

5Day 4 Wednesday, Sept. 25
Application (Session Chair: O. Yücel)09:00 I-20
L. E. Pangilinan (University
09:20

O-07

09:40

O-08

10:00 – 10:20

of California Los Angeles)
A. Momozawa (Tokyo CitiyUniversity)
K. Jabri (SINTER LANDINC.)

Coffee BreakApplication (Session Chair: T. Mori)
10:20 I-21
B. Fokwa (UC Riverside)
10:50

I-22

J. -F. Halet (Institut desSciences Chimiques deRennes)

11:20

O-10

G. Rogl (University Vienna)

11:40 – 13:15
13:15 –

Extrinsic Hardening Effects in Superhard
WB2-SiC/B4C Composites
Applicability of an Empirical Equation for
ZrB2-SiC Oxidation Behavior
Fabrication of Titanium Boride Molds
using Spark Plasma Sintering Technique

Designing Earth-Abundant Borides for
Hydrogen Production
Are Boride and Borocarbide Compounds
Good Candidates for Thermoelectricity?
Some Answers from a Theoretical
Approach
Borides as important additives inthermoelectric materials

Lunch
Excursion & Banquet

Day 5 Thursday, Sept. 26
Chemistry, Application (Session Chair: M. Takeda)
09:00 I-23
H. Hillebrecht (University ofElectron Density in Boron-rich Borides inFreiburg)
Experiment and Theory
09:30 O-11
J. M. Oliva-Enrich (SpanishWeak and Strong Interactions in Boron
National Research Council)
Chemistry
09:50 O-12
H. Yanagie (The University
Tumour Growth Suppression in Rabbitof Tokyo)
Hepatic Cancer Model by Boron Neutron
Capture Therapy with Liposomal Boron
Delivery Systems
10:10 O-13
M. Masutani (Nagasaki
Drug development in Boron NeutronUniversity)
Capture Therapy: An urgent need but ascientific and regulatory challenge
10:30 – 10:50

Coffee BreakPreparation & New Materials (Session Chair: J.-F. Halet)
10:50 I-24
V. L. Solozhenko (CNRS)
Chemical interaction and phase relations in
the B-S and B-Se systems at high pressureand high temperature
11:20 I-25
N. VAST (Institut
Theoretical phase diagram of boron
Polytechnique de Paris)
carbide from ambient to high pressure andtemperature
11:50 O-14
K. Shirai (Osaka University)
Order-Disorder Transition between d-O
and a-T boron
12:10 O-15
A. Chakraborti (Ecole
Elemental synthesis of boron carbide atPolytechnique)high pressures

6Preparation & New Materials (Session Chair: B. Fokwa)
14:00 I-26
M. Somer (Koc University)
Processing and Applications ofAmorphous Nano-sized Boron
14:30 O-16
Ö. Balci (Koc University)
Synthesis and magnetic properties ofcrystalline Co-Fe-B nanoparticles
14:50 O-17
D. Portehault (Sorbonne
Functional Nanoparticles of Metal boridesUniversite)
and Boron Carbides from Molten salts:
High Pressure Transformations andProperties
15:10 – 16:50

Coffee / Poster Session (P-33 ~ P-48)

Preparation & New Materials (Session Chair: J. Okada)
16:50 O-18
V. B. Filipov (NationalGrowing High-Entropy Diborides fromAcademy of Sciences ofHexaboride-containing Melt
17:10

O-19

17:30

O-20

17:50

O-21

Ukraine)B. Winkler (GoetheUniversity)
H-W. Son (University ofTsukuba)
T. Fujima (Tokyo CityUniversity)

Day 6 Friday, Sept. 27
Structure (Session Chair: K. Shirai)
09:20 I-27
F. R. Wagner (Max-Planck09:50

O-22

10:10 – 10:30

Institut fuer ChemischePhysik fester Stoffe)
T. Hiroto (National Institutefor Materials Science)

O-25

11:10

O-26

11:30 – 12:00

Deciphering 3-Center Bonding
Architectures in Boranes, Borophenes,Borides, and Borometallates
X-ray diffraction study on structuralchange around 550 K in β-rhombohedralboron

Coffee Break

Structure (Session Chair: K. Soga)
10:30 O-24
S. Kojima (University of10:50

New ternary transition metal borides:
W1.3Re2.7B2, Mn3-xIr5B2+x, Mn2IrB2Synthesis and characterization of p-ncontrollable YxAlyB14 prepared by reactive
spark plasma sintering
Boron Content Dependence of a
Hierarchical Nanoporous Layer Formation
on a Silicate Glass Material

Tsukuba)
G. Roma (Universite ParisSaclay)
U. Burkhardt (Max-PlanckInstitut für Chemische Physik
feste Stoffe)

Mixed Alkali Effect in Borate Glass
Raman signature of point defects in boron
carbideEBSD based assignment of the absolute
structure:case study (Pt1-xCux)3Cu2B(x=0.33)

Closing Remarks

7

Poster Presentations
Day 2

Monday, Sept. 23, 15:10 – 16:50
P-01
L. S. Chkhartishvili
Features of Boron Sheet Electron Energy(Georgian TechnicalSurfaces Topology
P-02
P-03
P-04
P-05
P-06

T. Goto (University ofTsukuba)
Y. Sato (The University ofTokyo)
M. Niibe (University ofHyogo)
M. Niibe (University ofHyogo)

P-07

H. Werheit (UniversityDuisburg-Essen)

P-08

H. Werheit (UniversityDuisburg-Essen)

P-09

Y. Sato (Tohoku University)

P-10

Y. Sato (Tohoku University)

P-11

N. E. Sluchanko (Russian
Academy of Sciences)
N. E. Sluchanko (Russian
Academy of Sciences)
N. E. Sluchanko (Russian
Academy of Sciences)
T. Aizawa (National Institutefor Materials Science)
A. Melentyev (Russian
Academy of Sciences)
Z. Kelemen (Institut deCiència de Materials deBarcelona)

P-12
P-13
P-14
P-15
P-16

Day 3University)
R. Ishibiki (University ofTsukuba)

Structure and Electronic States Variationsof Hydrogen Boride Nanosheets withHeating
CO2 Adsorption on Hydrogen Boride
Sheets with H-vacancy Defects
Study of Electronic Structure of Silicene
on Al(111) Substrate
Soft X-ray Absorption and Emission
Spectra of Monolayer h-BN film
Soft X-ray Absorption and Emission
Spectroscopy of Trace Boron doped inHOPG
Systematic requirements for getting bulk or
surface Raman spectra of solids throughthe examples boron carbide and somehexaborides
Low-T specific heat anomalies associatedwith boson peak in isotope-enriched boron
carbides B4.3C - B10C
Electronic Structure of MgB4 studied by
EELS and SXES
Carrier plasmon of LaB6 studied bymomentum transfer resolved EELS
On the origin of the record thermionicemission of LaB6
Infrared spectroscopy of rare-earth
dodecaborides
Fine details of Structure and Lattice
Dynamics in RB12 (R=Ho-Lu)
Phonon dispersion of CrB2(0001) surface
Infrared spectroscopy of Tm0.19Yb0.81B12
Dense antipodal binding site
polysubstitution of o-carborane - opening
new possibilities for spherical close
packing

Tuesday, Sept. 24, 15:10 – 16:50
P-17
K. Gillet (Universite ParisCharge state of intrinsic defects in carbonSaclay)
rich boron carbide
P-18
K. Flachbart (SlovakSpin, charge and lattice dynamics ofAcademy of Sciences)magnetization processes in frustrated
Shastry-Sutherland system TmB4
P-19
V. Glushkov (Russian
Depression of many-body states in narrow
Academy of Sciences)
band semiconductor Sm1-xYbxB6
P-20
V. Glushkov (RussianTransport properties of RxLa1-xB6 solid
Academy of Sciences)
solutions
8

P-21
P-22
P-23
P-24
P-25
P-26

T. Chen (Gunma University)

P-27

K. Miyagawa (Nagaoka
University of Technology)

P-28

R. Koyama (Tokyo CityUniversity)

P-29

Q. Guo (National Institute forMaterials Science)

P-30

V. N. Gurin (Ioffe Institute)

P-31

L. S. Chkhartishvili(Georgian TechnicalUniversity)T. Ota (Tokyo CityUniversity)

P-32
P-49

Day 5

H. Borrmann (Max-Planck
Institute for Chemical Physicsof Solids)
J. Liu (Tokyo University ofScience)
P. Sauerschnig (NationalInstitute for Materials
Science)
M. Takeda (Nagaoka
University of Technology)
S. Acar (Pavezyum
Chemicals)

D. Abe (Japan Advanced
Institute of Science andTechnology)

Peculiar Cleaving Behavior of SmB6
Single Crystals
Photoexcitation Behavior of Micro-sized βrhombohedral boron
Higher Boride REB66 thermoelectricmaterials
Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties ofMetal Tetraborides
Industrial Scale Production of Elemental
Boron and Metal Borides in Turkey:
Pavezyum Chemicals
Influence of Boriding Temperature onMicrostructure and Tribological Properties
of Titanium
Surface Modification of Metal Hexaboride
Nano-Sized Particle Synthesized byMolten Salt Method
Effects of the metal additives on themicrostructure and mechanical properties
of Boron carbide based materials
Thermoelectric and Mechanical Behaviorof Boron-doped Higher ManganeseSilicides
Polyelemental solid solutions of rare-earth
compounds
Production of B4C-MeB2 Composite
Nanopowders from Liquid Charge
Low-Temperature synthesis of Boroncarbide by reaction boronizing sintering
methodElastic and thermoelectric properties oftransition metal boride cluster compounds
CrxV1-xB4 using first-principle calculations

Tuesday, Sept. 26, 15:10 – 16:50
P-33
K. Igawa (Okayama
Effects of boron on cells and tissues
P-34

University)
H. Yanagie (The Universityof Tokyo)

P-35

K. Kimura (The University ofTokyo)

P-36

S. V. Devyatkin (Institute ofGeneral and InorganicChemistry)
M. Sakai (The University ofTokyo)

P-37

Surfactant Evaluation of 10Boronododecaborate entrapped WOW emulsion as
Intra-Arterial Boron Delivery Carrier for
Neutron Capture Therapy to HepatocellularCarcinoma
Search for the boron-rich quasicrystals byFirst-principle-calculation and Electrostatic
levitation supercooled-liquid quenching
methodElectrochemical Synthesis of TiB2 in(NH2)2CO-(NH4)2TiF6-NH4BF4 Melt at
135oC
Li-doping to a-rhombohedral Boron using
High-pressure Synthesis II9P-38

T. Shishido (TohokuUniversity)

P-39

K. Kouzu (KokushikanUniversity)

P-40

K. Kouzu (KokushikanUniversity)
K. Shirai (Osaka University)
R. Hirai (Tokyo CityUniversity)
S. Okada (KokushikanUniversity)
S. Okada (KokushikanUniversity)

P-41
P-42
P-43
P-44
P-45P-46
P-47
P-48

J. Watanabe (Tokyo CityUniversity)
H. Morito (TohokuUniversity)
K. Yubuta (TohokuUniversity)
K. Shirai (Osaka University)

Boron-nonstoichiometry, Solubility ofCarbon, and Properties of Perovskite-Type
RRh3B (R = Rare Earth)
Syntheses and some properties of AlMgB14
and CaB6-type structure by metal fluoride
and boron in Al flux method
Syntheses and physical properties ofTm(Al1-xMnx)B4 crystals by Al-self flux
Li Doping to Boron at High Pressures
Synthesis and Mechanical Properties ofAlN doped AlMgB14
Synthesis and some properties of R(Al,Mo)B4 (R = rear earth) crystals
Syntheses and physical properties ofYCrB4 and R(Al, Fe, Cr)B4 (R = Ho, Er)
compounds by arc melting method
Synthesis and crystal structure of Mo2Ni1xCrxB2 hard materials
Electrical properties of Na-B binary
compounds
Nanostrusture with Diffuse Streaks in
ScRh3B0.6 Compound Studied by Electron
Microscopy
Theoretical Study on the Structure ofB13N210