The 8th Japan-France Workshop on Nanomaterials
June 15-17th, 2009

Sponsored by
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), JapanCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), FranceProgram
Monday, June 15th, 2009
9:00 – 9:15

Opening address
Prof. Teruo KISHI, NIMS president
Prof. Jean ETOURNEAU, ICMCB-CNRS

9:15 – 9:40

Overview of Japanese/French nanomaterials research
Prof. Yoshio BANDO, MANA chief operating officer
Prof. Marc DRILLON, IPCMS-CNRS
followed by group photo

SESSION 1
9:40 – 10:00

Nanoionics: A new frontier of solid state ionics
Prof. Shu YAMAGUCHI, University of Tokyo

10:00 – 10:20

Spin transfer microwave emission in MgO based magnetic tunnel junctions: Fromuniform precession to magnetic vortex dynamics
Dr. Vincent CROS, CNRS/THALES

10:20 – 10:40

Recent progress in transparent amorphous oxide semiconductors (TAOS) and theirthin film transistor application: Can TAOS replace for silicon?
Prof. Hideo HOSONO, Tokyo Institute of Technology

10:40 – 10:50

Discussion

10:50 – 11:00

Coffee break
SESSION 2

11:00 – 11:20

Pico-material characterization by aberration corrected electron imagingProf. Kunio TAKAYANAGI, Tokyo Institute of Technology

11:20 – 11:40

BEEM investigation of some spintronics heterostructures
Prof. Pascal TURBAN, University of Rennes I

11:40 – 12:00

Boron nitride and carbon nanotube mechanics and electronics as revealed by in-situ
TEM
Dr. Dmitri GOLBERG, MANA-NIMS

12:00 – 12:10

Discussion

12:10 – 13:20

Lunch
SESSION 3

13:20 – 13:40

Synthesis of new layered anion-exchangeable hydroxides
Prof. Takayoshi SASAKI, MANA-NIMS

13:40 – 14:00

Nanostructured Si-based materials for 3rd generation photovoltaic solar cells
Prof. Alain FAVE, INSA/LYON14:00 – 14:20

Electrochemical fabrication of one-dimensional nanomaterials for lithium-ion
microbatteries
Prof. Thierry DJENIZIAN, University of Provence

14:20 – 14:30

Discussion

14:30 – 14:40

Coffee break
SESSION 4

14:40 – 15:00

Solid-state nano-protonics
Prof. Hiroshi KITAGAWA, Kyushu University

15:00 – 15:20

Liquid crystal polymeromes and their bursting
Dr. Min-hui LI, CNRS/Paris

15:20 – 15:40

Nanostructured functional liquid-crystalline materials
Prof. Takashi KATO, University of Tokyo

15:40 – 15:50

Discussion

15:50 – 16:00

Coffee break
SESSION 5

16:00 – 16:20

Precision polymer synthesis for future polymer materials
Prof. Mitsuo SAWAMOTO, Kyoto University

16:20 – 16:40

Ion conducting solid electrolytes based on nanostructured polymers
Prof. Denis BERTIN, University of Provence

16:40 – 16:50

Discussion

16:50 – 17:10

Folding and assembly of organic nanomolecules
Prof. Ivan HUC, University of Bordeaux

17:10 – 17:30

Toward the development of responsive dynamic combinatorial nano-systems
Prof. Nicolas GIUSEPPONE, University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg

17:30 – 17:40

Discussion

19:00 – 21:00

BanquetTuesday, June 16th, 2009SESSION 6
9:00 – 9:20

Functionalizing Silicon Carbide & Graphene Surfaces with Organic Molecules
Dr. Andrew MAYNE, CNRS/ORSAY

9:20 – 9:40

Molecule-quantum logic gates and theory of atomic scale interconnects for theMANA projectProf. Xavier BOUJU, CNRS/TOULOUSE

9:40 – 10:00

Molecular switches and single-molecule contacts explored by a scanningtunnelling microscope
Prof. Jörg KRÖGER, University of Kiel/Germany

10:00 – 10:10

Discussion

10:10 – 10:20

Coffee break
SESSION 7

10:20 – 10:40

Highly ordered interfacial arrangements of atom and molecules for electrochemicaland photoelectrochemical energy conversion
Prof. Kohei UOSAKI, Hokkaido University

10:40 – 11:00

Designed nanostructures for catalytic applications
Prof. Regina PALKOVITS, MPI/Germany

11:00 – 11:20

Experiment integrated multi-level computational chemistry: Present states andfuture prospects
Prof. Akira MIYAMOTO, Tohoku University

11:20 – 11:30

Discussion

11:30 – 11:50

Low-energy multicharged-ion nanobeams
Prof. Amine CASSIMI, CIMAP-CIRIL

11:50 – 12:10

New organic lasers based on self doubling emission
Prof. Alain FORT, University of Strasbourg

12:10 – 12:20

Discussion

12:20 – 13:30LunchSESSION 8

13:30 – 13:50

Quantum nanostructured oxide thermoelectrics
Prof. Kunihito KOUMOTO, Nagoya University

13:50 – 14:10

Screening mechanism in polar discontinuity at hetero-interface of perovskite
oxidesProf. Kiyoyuki TERAKURA, JAIST

14:10 – 14:30

Playing with coordination nano-objects: Toward multifunctionality on thenanoscale
Prof. Talal MALLAH, University Paris-Sud 11

14:30 – 14:40

Discussion

14:40 – 15:00

Use of metal atom clusters as building blocks for the design of nanomaterials
Dr. Stéphane CORDIER, UMR-CNRS

15:00 – 15:20

Photo-induced switching of spin crossover molecular materials: From bulk tonanoparticles
Prof. Claude LECOMTE, University Henri Poincaré

15:20 – 15:30

Discussion

15:30 – 15:40

Coffee break
SESSION 9

15:40 – 16:05

Short presentation for posters (part 1)“Low-temperature proton conduction in nanograin ceria”
Prof. Hitoshi TAKAMURA, Tohoku University“Synthesis and catalytic properties of cupper-palladium ordered alloynanoparticles”
Prof. Miho YAMAUCHI, Hokkaido University“Triple phase boundary constructed in nanospaces”
Dr. Ichizo YAGI, AIST
“Design of nanoarchitectured metals -- Beyond silica: New trend of mesoporousmaterials --”Dr. Yusuke YAMAUCHI, MANA-NIMS“Nanostructure control in organic photovoltaic cells”
Prof. Keisuke TAJIMA, University of Tokyo

16:05 – 16:30

Short presentation for posters (part 2)“Nanostructured manganese oxides from a low temperature solution process”
Dr. Jonathan P. HILL, MANA-NIMS“Programmable self-assembly of metal complexes”
Prof. Kentaro TANAKA, Nagoya University“Magneto-responsive hybrid hollow capsules formed with polyelectrolytes, lipid
bilayers, and Fe3O4 nanoparticles”
Prof. Kiyofumi KATAGIRI, Nagoya University“Polythiophene polyrotaxanes”
Dr. Taichi IKEDA, ONC-NIMS“Transfer of a single carbon fullerene at nano-gap”
Prof. Yoshifumi OSHIMA, Tokyo Institute of Technology

16:30 – 17:00

Short presentation for posters (part 3)“First-principle molecular dynamics simulations of chemical reactions atwater/metal interfaces”
Prof. Yoshitada MORIKAWA, Osaka University“Ab initio MD study on redox reactions on semiconductor/water interface”
Dr. Yoshitaka TATEYAMA, MANA-NIMS“Titanium dioxide-based transparent spintronics”
Prof. Tomoteru FUKUMURA, Tohoku University“Synthesis, luminescence and field-emission properties of n-doped ZnOnanobullets”
Dr. Ujjal K. GAUTAM, MANA-NIMS“Crystal structure and superconductivity of a possible higher-Tc superconductor
AeFeAsF (Ae = Ca, Sr)”
Dr. Takatoshi NOMURA, Tokyo Institute of Technology“Nonvolatile memory effect in heterostructured nanowires of transition metaloxides”
Dr. Kazuki NAGASHIMA, Osaka University

17:00 – 19:00

Poster presentation

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009SESSION 10
9:00 – 9:20

Coherent control of electron charge, transmission phase shift and electron spin
Prof. Christopher BÄUERLE, CNRS/GRENOBLE

9:20 – 9:40

Bistable nanowire for micromechanical memoryProf. Benoît CHARLOT, University of Montpellier 2

9:40 – 10:00

Metal oxide nanowires: Synthesis, properties and non-volatile memory
applications
Prof. Takeshi YANAGIDA, Osaka University

10:00 – 10:10

Discussion

10:10 – 10:20

Coffee break
SESSION 11

10:20 – 10:40

Study of amoeboid cell migration and adhesion thanks to dedicated microfluidic
toolsProf. Charlotte RIVIÉRE, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1

10:40 – 11:00

Ultrafast permeation of water through nanometer-thick protein membranes
Dr. Izumi ICHINOSE, ONC-NIMS

11:00 – 11:20

Electron Hopping between microorganism and inorganic nanomaterials: Drastic
increment of current density in microbial fuel cell
Prof. Kazuhito HASHIMOTO, University of Tokyo

11:20 – 11:30

Discussion

11:30 – 11:50

Concluding remarks
Prof. Yoshio BANDO, MANA chief operating officer
Prof. Jean ETOURNEAU, ICMCB-CNRS

11:50 – 13:00

Lunch

13:00 – 15:00

Excursion and optional activity
MANA Lab-tour for French delegates
Optional meeting for young Japanese presenters