Transactions of Materials Research Society of Japan
Volume 28 Number 4 December 2003

CONTENTS
Symposium of Coherent Excitation at the Nanometer-Scale
Preface ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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Conversion between Three and Two Dimensional Optical Waves utilizing Surface Plasmon Excitations in AttenuatedTotal Reflection Kretschmann Configuration ………………………………………………………………………………………
Futao Kaneko, Takayuki Nakano, Toshiharu Sato, Wataru Saito, Kazunori Shinbo, Keizo Kato and Takashi Wakamatsu1027

Superradiant Multiple Pulses from Excitons Interacting with Optical Near Fields …………………………………………
Akira Shojiguchi, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Suguru Sangu, Kazuo Kitahara and Motoichi Ohtsu

1031

Quantum-Coherence Effect in a Quantum Dot System Coupled by Optical Near Fields …………………………………
Suguru Sangu, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Tadashi Kawazoe, Akira Shojiguchi and Motoichi Ohtsu

1035

Electronic Dipole Moment of Alkali-C60 Molecules ………………………………………………………………………………
N. Hamamoto, J. Jitsukawa and C. Satoko

1039

Symposium of New Plant Materials
Preface ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

1043

Products and Antibacterial Activity of Thermolysis of Apple Lees ………………………………………………………………
Haruo Kitahara, Yukako Kitayama, Daigo Ishikawa, Taro Sakurai, Jun Kawakami, Masahiko Nagaki, Tooru Fukui andToshihiro Okabe

1045

Humidity Dependence of Resistance for Woodceramics made of Wood Powder ……………………………………………
Kazuhiko Kakishita, Satoshi Asai and Toshikazu Suda

1049

Electromagnetic Wave Absorption Characteristics of Bincho-Charcoal and Bamboo Charcoal …………………………
Masamichi Miki, Takeyuki Kikuchi, Mitsunobu Nakamura, Kenichi Hatakeyama and Jun Takada

1053

Carbonization of Wood Chips with Wood Ash ………………………………………………………………………………………
Yoichi Tomimura and Yutaka Maeda

1059

Biodegradation and Adsorption Property of Charcoal Board with Superfine Natural Fibers as Building Interior
Materials ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Kazunori Shibano, Shuji Yoshizawa, Sumio Goto and Yuu Ogawa

1063

Control of Inhibitory Effects of Sugi, Hinoki Barks on Plant Growth …………………………………………………………
Yoshito Ohtani, Mayumi Morimoto, Zen’ichiro Shibayama and Kazihiro Sameshima

1067

Light Stability and Antimicrobial Performance of Hinokitiol-Zinc Stearate Complex ………………………………………
Yukako Kitayama, Toshihiro Kanazawa, Yasuhiro Morita, Toru Hukui and Toshihiro Okabe

1071

Thermoanalytical Characterization of Apple-based Woodceramics Using TG-DTA/MS …………………………………
Riko Ozao, Toshihito Okabe and Tadashi Arii

1075

Simultaneous TG-DTA/MS Study of Cedar-based Woodceramics for Use in Snowmelt System …………………………
Riko Ozao, Tadashi Arai and Toshihiro Okabe

1079

Adsorption Properties of Porous Carbon Material Woodceramics ……………………………………………………………
Keisuke Hata, Junichiro Tsuji, Kazuhiko Ogawa, Toshihiro Okabe and Masahisa Otsuka

1083

Effect of Carbonization Temperature on the Water Proof Property of Woodceramics ……………………………………
Taro Mikamo, Kazuhiko Ogawa, Masahisa Otsuka and Toshihiro Okabe

1087

Observation of Inner Structure of Compressively Molded Wood ………………………………………………………………
Ken-ichi Kyomori, Zhao-Yang Tang, Mikiji Shigematsu and Mitsuhiko Tanakashi

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Multi-Purpose Utilization of Woody Resources by Compressive Molding with High-Pressure Steam …………………
Ken-ichi Kyomori, Siaw Onwona-Agyeman, Mikiji Shigematsu, Yoshihiko Shinoda and Mitsuhiko Tanahashi

1095Fire Retardation of Charcoal Board Added with Boron Oxide …………………………………………………………………
Kazunori Shibano, Kyoko Kamiya, Shuji Yoshizawa and Osami Sugawa

1099

Symposium of Sputter Deposition Technology
Preface ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

1103

Low Temperature Sputter-Deposition of Ni-Zn Ferrite Thin-Films Using Electron-Cyclotron-Resonance Microwave
Plasma ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
H. Wada, S. Yamamoto, H. Kurisu, M. Matsuura and Y. Shimosato

1105

Preparation of Co-containing Spinel Ferrite / Ni-Zn Ferrite Thin-Film Double-Layered Perpendicular Recording
Media using Reactive ECR Sputtering ………………………………………………………………………………………………
Hirofumi Kuniki, Setsuo Yamamoto, Hirofumi Wada, Hiroki Kurisu and Mitsuru Matsuura

1109

Epitaxial Growth of Fe3O4 Films by Gas Flow Sputtering ………………………………………………………………………
Kiyoshi Ishii, Taro Satomi and Akira Irino-uchi

1113

Growth of LBMO Thin Films by Ion Beam Sputtering – Crystallinities and Ferromagnetic Resonance ………………
Shin-ichi Iwasaki, Kouji Yoshii, Michi Ogata, Saji Augustine and Tamio Endo1117

Preparation of Perovskite Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Thin Films by Ion Beam Sputtering: Effects of Oxygen Molecules andPlasma ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
S. Uthayakumar, Shin-ichi Iwasaki, Kouji Yoshii, A. Gufran, R. Dhanasekaran and Tamio Endo1121

Depositions of YBCO Thin Films by Ion Beam Sputtering: a-c Orientations, Crystallinities and In-plane
Orientations …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Kouji Yoshii, Shin-ichi Iwasaki, Takahisa Sakurada and Tamio Endo

1125

High Rate Deposition of TiO2 Thin Films using Pulse Sputtering Technique …………………………………………………
Tomoki Takahashi, Takayuki Nakano, Yoichi Hoshi and Hidehiko Shimizu

1129

Optical Spectroscopy of Plasma Plume Induced by Pulsed Laser Deposition of TiO2 Thin Films ………………………
Sin-iti Kitazawa and Shunya Yamamoto

1133

High Rate Deposition of ITO Thin Films on Plastic Substrate by Sputtering …………………………………………………
Hiro-omi Kato, Kentaro Funatsu and Yoichi Hoshi

1137

Marked Effects of Bias-Sputtering on the Resistivity of ITO Films Prepared by Gas Flow Sputtering …………………
Kiyoshi Ishii, Katsuyuki Kikkawa and Masakatsu Wakairo

1141

Effect of Coating Processes on Residual Stress and Adhesive Strength of Ti/TiN Film Deposited by Unbalanced
Magnetron Sputtering ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Masaharu Uemura and Mitsuyasu Yatsuzuka

1145

Measurement of Specific Contact Resistivity of TaNx Resistor Films Deposited by Reactive Sputtering ………………
Motoki Obata, Teruyuki Sakuda, Katsuya Abe, Rinpei Hayashibe and Kiichi Kamimura

1149

Sputter Etching of Si Substrate to Synthesize Highly Oriented β-FeSi2 Films ………………………………………………
Sin Igarashi, Toshinobu Katsumata, Masaharu Haraguchi, Takeru Saito, Kenji Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Yamamoto andKiichi Hojou

1153

Investigation of Effect of Sputtering Gases on Ion-Beam-Sputtering Growth of Si and Ge ………………………………
K. Sasaki, T. Ikeda, M. Kitai, H. Konta and T. Hata

1157

Ultrathin Au Films with Ultraviolet Transparency and Conductivity Deposited by Dual Ion Beam Sputtering ………
Satoshi Iwatsubo

1161

Effects of Sputtering Conditions on Magnetic Properties of Co/Pd Multilayered Films ……………………………………
Junichi Sayama, Mutsumi Tanaka, Jun Kawaji, Toru Asahi, Satoshi Matsunuma and Tetsuya Osaka

1165

Iron Thin Films Deposited by Low Voltage Sputtering ……………………………………………………………………………
Yohei Kon and Yoichi Hoshi

1169

Morphology and Magnetic Characteristics in Initial Growth Stage of Fe Films Deposited by Dual Ion Beam
Sputtering ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Satoshi Iwatsubo
Preparation of Nanocrystalline Fe Films by Low Energy Cluster Deposition Using a Sputter Cluster Source ………
Kiyoshi Ishii, Yuki Saito and Takehiko Hihara

1173

1177

Symposium of Materials’ FrontierPreface ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

1181

Magnetotransport Properties of Magnatite Ceramics with Non-Stoichiometric Composition (La0.6Sr0.4)1-xMnO3(0≤x≤0.10) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Minoru Takemoto, Toshihiro Onodera and Hiroyuki Ikawa

1083

Effects of Atmospheric Gas Pressure on Particle Size Distribution of Nanosized Powders Synthesized by Pulsed
Wire Discharge ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Chuhyun Cho, Keiichi Murai, Tsuneo Suzuki, Hisayuki Suematsu, Weihua Jiang and Kiyoshi Yatsui

1187

Crystallographic Structure and Ferroelectric Lithium Niobate …………………………………………………………………
Dongfeng Xue and Kenji Kitamura

1191

Effect of Site Locations on the Ferroelectricity of Lithium Niobate ……………………………………………………………
Dongfeng Xue and Kenji Kitamura

1195

Liquid Phase Synthesis of Si3N4-TiN Composite Particle by Imide Method …………………………………………………
Masato Uehara, Naoya Enomoto and Junichi Hojo

1199

Crystallization of SrBi2Ta2O9 Thin Films on Silicon Substrates and Their Interface Structures …………………………
Atsushi Kohno, Hideo Sakamoto, Fumitake Ishitsu and Kazuhiro Matuo

1203

Ultra Water-Repellent Surface Resulting from Complicated Microstructure of SiO2 nano particles ……………………
Takuji Soeno, Kouhei Inokuchi and Seimei Shiratori

1207

Fabrication and Evaluation of Oxygen and Humidity Penetration Prevention Film ………………………………………
Takashi Mitsui and Seimei Shiratori

1211

Synthesis of Barium Strontium Titanate Thin Film by Hydrothermal Electrodeposition …………………………………
Jun Tamaki, Kenji Yuda, Dai Matsushiro, Yoshifumi Yamamoto and Masao Matsuoka

1215

Carbon Nanocoils Prepared by the Catalytic Pyrolysis of Acetylene ……………………………………………………………
S. Yang, X. Chen and S. Motojima

1219

Photocatalytic Activity of TiO2-SnO2 System ………………………………………………………………………………………
Hiroaki Bessho, Miwa Oomori, Eriko Shimada and Yasuro Ikuma

1223

Effect of Alumina Addition on Microwave Sintered Ionic Conductive Zirconia ……………………………………………
Akira Kishimoto, Yuko Masuda and Satoru Fujitsu

1227

Effect of Electric Field on Creep Behavior of Dispersion Strengthened Ion Conductive Zirconia Ceramics …………
Akira Kishimoto, Hidenobu Deguchi, Shingo Hirano and Yoshinobu Nakamura

1231

Influence of Interlayer Materials on Mechanical Properties of SiC Matrix Laminated Ceramic Composites …………
Yang Zhou, Guangjiang Yuan, Linhu Du, Daming Chen and Junichi Hojo

1235

Preparation and Properties of Carbon Nanocoils by the Catalytic Pyrolysis of Acetylene …………………………………
S. Motojima, X. Chen, S. Yang, S. Shimada, T. Hashishin and H. Iwanaga

1239

Characterization of Heavily Pressed Barium Titanate Powder …………………………………………………………………
H. Ikawa, M. Takemoto, K. Katou, K. Mitsui, H. Nakano, T. Shirakami and K. Urabe

1243

Research and Characterization of the Phosphor for Mercury-free Fluorescent Lamps ……………………………………
Kenji Toda, Yu-ichiro Imanari, Takashi Nonogawa, Kazuyoshi Uematsu and Mineo Sato

1247

Development of a Removal System for Ammonia with Use of an Immobilized Enzyme Column …………………………
Yasuhiro Iida, Riko Numazawa and Ikuo Satoh1251

Degradation of Bisphenol A by Using an Immobilized Laccase Column ………………………………………………………
Yasuhiro Iida, Taichi Morii and Ikuo Satoh1255

Preparation of Condensation-Type Siloxane-Grafted Copolymers by Using 3,5-bis(4-aminophenoxy)
benzyloxypropyl-Terminated Polydimethylsiloxane Macromonomer and the Permeation Property as a MembraneMaterial ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Yu Nagase, Michitoshi Watanabe, Kenji Nakamura, Masaji Akimoto and Eiichi Akiyama

1259

Controlled Release Behavior of Spontaneously Cross-Linked Hydrogel Composed of Phospholipid Copolymers ……
Kwangwoo Nam, Junji Watanabe and Kazuhiko Ishihara

1263

Synthesis of Metallized Polyimide Films by Surface Chemical Modification …………………………………………………
Shingo Ikeda, Kensuke Akamatsu and Hidemi Nawafune

1267

Periodic Structure and Magnetic Properties of Multiple-structure Multilayered Co/Au Films …………………………
Rimika Koiwai, Masako Nozaki, Masanobu Kobayashi and Yoshinori Maeno

1271

First-Principles Study of Nano-Hetero Interfaces -Semiconductor/Metal and Oxide/Metal Interfaces- ………………
Shingo Tanaka, Kazuyuki Okazaki and Masanori Kohyama

1275

MOVPE Growth of GaN Layer on Titanium Thin Film …………………………………………………………………………
Tetsuji Moku, Masataka Yanagihara, Masahiro Sato, Kohji Ohtsuka and Hideo Kawanishi

1279

Mechanical Properties of Cr-Al-N-O Thin Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition …………………………………
Makoto Hirai, Tsuneo Suzuki, Hisayuki Suematsu, Weihua Jiang and Kiyoshi Yatsui

1283

Transition Metal Sulfide Thin Layers Using Dithiocarbamate Complexes by Single-source MOCVD Technique;
Cobalt and Nickel Sulfide Thin Layers ………………………………………………………………………………………………
Ryôki Nomura and Norio Nakai

1287

GMR Properties of Co-Noble Metal Films ……………………………………………………………………………………………
Kumiko Ishida, Rimika Koiwai and Masanobu Kobayashi

1291

Structural Analysis of Co/Pd, Co/Au, and Co/Pt Multilayered Films with Extended 3-step Model Profile Fitting ……
Masako Nozaki, Rimika Koiwai, Haruki Yamane and Masanobu Kobayashi

1295

The Fabrication of Metal Nano Particle/Polymer Nanocomposite Thin Films by Layer-by-Layer Sequential
Adsorption Method and Their Characterization ……………………………………………………………………………………
Yoshiaki Murayama, Yosiki Maehara, Takuji Soeno and Seimei Shiratori

1299

Ellipsometry Analysis of Metal Nanoparticle Composites Fabricated by Negative Ion Implantation ……………………
Yoshihiko Takeda, Chi-Gyu Lee, Naoki Umeda and Naoki Kishimoto

1303

Numerical Study of Magnetic Raman Spectra in Quantum Antiferromagnetic Systems …………………………………
Yuhei Natsume, Toshihiko Suzuki and Nobuyuki Koide

1307

Effectiveness of SUS Cell for Preventing the Oxidation of Mn Evaporant during Reactive Evaporation Process ……
Masaaki Isai, Eiji Nishida, Hirotoshi Shimizu, Shinji Honda and Hiroshi Fujiyasu

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