Oral Presentations
The list below summarizes invited talks and oral presentations at national and international conferences, keynote lectures, etc.:
50. 2D Honeycomb Boron on Al(111): Borophene or Diboride? MRM2023/IUMRS-ICA2023 Grand Meeting, Kyoto, Japan, December 11-16, 2023.
49. Role of interface effects in the catalytic activity of h-BN for oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions, The 5th conference of Theory and Applications of Computational Chemistry (TACC 2023), Sapporo, Japan, September 4-9, 2023.
48. Theoretical design of precious metal-free catalysts for energy conversion of the sustainable hydrogen/oxygen cycle (invited), The 2023 Japan, Australia, China, Korea, and Singapore (JACKS) Hydrogen Forum, Sydney, Australia, August 9-10, 2023.
47. Honeycomb Borophene: myth or reality? PCoMS Symposium & Annual meeting of Supercomputing Consortium for Computational Materials Science 2021, online, February 14-15, 2022.
46. Theoretical modeling of 2D borophene layers on metal supports, Cross-Departmental Symposium of Hokkaido University, Sapporo, October 1, 2021.
45. Two-Dimensional Borophene: Structure Formation and Properties, Joint Symposium of Engineering & Information Science & WPI-ICReDD, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, April 26, 2021.
44. Theoretical modelling of a single-phase borophene layer on metal support, PCoMS Symposium & Annual meeting of Supercomputing Consortium for Computational Materials Science 2020, February 15-16, 2021.
43. Theoretical design of heterogeneous catalysts: from atomic clusters to surfaces and interfaces (invited lecture), Hokkaido Summer Institute: Advanced Computational Chemistry course, Sapporo, August 24-26, 2020.
42. Theoretical design of novel catalytic materials using SIESTA (invited lecture), Japan Association for Chemical Innovation (JACI), Tokyo, Japan, November 8, 2019.
41. Theoretical approaches in nanocatalysis and materials design (invited lecture), Wilhelm Ostwald Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany, October 7, 2019.
40. Theoretical design of nanocatalysts for oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions, The 705th WE Heraeus Seminar "Frontiers in Size Selected Cluster Research: Bridging the Gap", Bad Honnef, Germany, September 29 - October 4, 2019.
39. From the inert insulator to the active electrocatalyst: functionalization of h-BN and g-C3N4 by gold, The GOLD 2018 Conference, Paris, France, July 15-18, 2018.
38. Functionalization of inert materials for oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions, Hokkaido University Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry, Sapporo, Japan, November 16-17, 2017.
37. Theoretical design of boron nitride based catalysts for oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions, BIT’s 8th Annual Global Congress of Catalysis (GCC 2017), Shanghai, China, October 20-22, 2017.
36. Theoretical design of sustainable nanocatalysts for energy and environment related applications (invited lecture), Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, June 6, 2017.
35. Theoretical design of boron nitride based electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions in fuel cells, The 2nd International Conference on Materials Physics and Chemistry (ICMPC 2016), Sanya, China, December 1-3, 2016.
34. Theoretical design of boron nitride based electrocatalysts, International Sumposium on Electrocatalysis ECAT 2016, Shonan Village Center, Kanagawa, Japan, September 11-14, 2016.
33. Theoretical design of boron nitride based catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction, The 3rd Conference on Physical Chemistry (CPC 2016), Nanjing, China, June 1-3, 2016.
32. Theoretical study of the dehydrogenation of isopropanol on Ni13 cluster supported on Θ-Al2O3 surface, Pacifichem 2015: Symposium 168 on Frontiers of Metal Clusters and Nanostructures: From Fundamental Properties to Functionalities, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, December 15–20, 2015.
31. Theoretical design of sustainable nanocatalysts for energy and environment related applications, (invited lecture, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, October 14, 2015.
30. Functionalization of boron nitride nanosheets by a metal support for the oxygen reduction reaction (hot topic), The 17th International Symposium on Small Particles and Inorganic Clusters (ISSPIC-XVII), Fukuoka, Japan, September 7-12, 2014.
29. Catalytic activity of h-BN based nanomaterials for oxygen reduction reaction, The Sixteenth International Symposium on Relations between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis (ISHHC-16), Sapporo, Japan, August 4- 9, 2013
28. Role of the active and inert supports in enhanced catalytic activity of gold clusters, International Conference “Dynamics of Systems on the Nanoscale” (DYSON 2012), St Petersburg, Russia, September 30 – October 4, 2012.
27. Role of the support effects on the catalytic activity of gold clusters, The Cluster-Surface Interactions (CSI) Workshop, Lyon, France, September 11-13, 2012.
26. A computational investigation of the unusual catalytic activity of h-BN based nanomaterials for oxygen reduction reaction, The 10th Hokudai Simulation Salon (HSS) Workshop, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, February 17, 2012
25. Catalytic Activity of Graphene and h-BN Based Nanomaterials for Oxygen Reduction Reaction, The 6th General Meeting of ACCMS-VO, IMR Tohoku University and Matsushima Taikanso, MIYAGI, Japan, February 10-12, 2012
24. Theoretical Investigation of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction on h-BN Monolayer, The 5th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Molecular Science, Sapporo, Japan, September 20-23, 2011.
23. A computational investigation of H2 adsorption and dissociation on Au nanoparticles supported on TiO2 surface, Faraday Discussion 152: Gold, Cardiff University, UK, July 4 – 6, 2011.
22. On Possibility of Oxygen Reduction Reaction on h-BN Monolayer with N Impurity Defect, The 9th annual Meeting of Society of Nano Science and Technology: Nanoscience for sustainable society, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, June 2-4, 2011.
21. Role of support in the catalytic activity of gold nanoclusters, The 9th Hokudai Simulation Salon (HSS) Workshop, Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, February 24, 2011.
20. Oxygen and hydrogen dissociation on gold clusters, Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Molecular Science, Toyonaka Campus, Osaka University, Japan, September 14 – 17, 2010.
19. Adsorption and catalytic activation of O2 and C2H4 on gold clusters, The 4th General Meeting of ACCMS-VO, IMR Tohoku University and Matsushima Taikanso, MIYAGI, Japan, January 12-14, 2010.
18. Nuclear physics parallels in atomic and cluster physics, Invited seminar at the Nuclear Theory Laboratory, Division of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, November 24, 2009.
17. Catalytic activity of gold clusters, The forth International Symposium "Atomic Cluster Collisions: structure and dynamics from the nuclear to the MesoBioNano scale" (ISACC 2009), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, July 14 - 18, 2009.
16. Melting of nanoparticles: small melts different, International Workshop on Advanced Nanostructured Materials and Thin Films for Industrial Applications, Nottingham, UK, November 10-13, 2008
15. Impurity effect on the melting of clusters, The third International Symposium "Atomic Cluster Collisions: structure and dynamics from the nuclear to the MesoBioNano scale" (ISACC 2008), St Petersburg, Russia, June 3 - 7, 2008.
14. Structure, stability and magnetism of atomic clusters, Invited seminar at the Cluster Research Laboratory, Toyota Technological Institute, Chiba, Japan, August 21, 2007.
13. Magnetism in clusters, The second International Symposium "Atomic Cluster Collisions: structure and dynamics from the nuclear to the biological scale" (ISACC 2007), GSI, Darmstadt, Germany, July 19 - 23, 2007.
12. Growth of clusters at surfaces, EXCELL Summer School on applications of nano-components & nano-materials, Politecnico di Milano, Como, Italy, July 1 – 6, 2007
11. Magnetic properties of small La clusters, International Conference on Nano Magnetism, Istanbul, Turkey, June 25 - 29, 2007.
10. Magnetism and Structure of La clusters, 5th International Symposium on Theory of Atomic and Molecular Clusters, Richmond, USA, May 13 – 17, 2007.
9. Magnetic properties of atomic clusters, The second INTAS Project Meeting Structure and properties of Atomic Clusters, St Petersburg, Russia, October 2, 2006.
8. Structure, stability, electronic and magnetic properties of free and supported nano-objects, NoE Summer School 2006 Theoretical and Computational Methods in Meso-Bio-Nano- Science, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, July 24-28, 2006.
7. Stability of metal clusters, The first INTAS Project Meeting Structure and properties of Atomic Clusters, St Petersburg, Russia, April 30, 2005.
6. Atomic cluster fission: from the deformed jellium model to molecular dynamics simulations, The eights European Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics (ECAMP 8), Rennes, France, July 6-10, 2004.
5. Deformed jellium model and molecular dynamics simulations for cluster fission and fusion processes, The International Congress on Materials Science and Nanotechnologies (NANOMAT), Brussels, Belgium, October 22 - 24, 2003.
4. Molecular dynamics simulations of cluster fission and fusion processes, The XXIII International Conference on Photonic Electronic and Atomic Collisions (XXIII ICPEAC), Stockholm, Sweden, July 23-29, 2003.
3. Metal cluster fission: deformed jellium model and molecular dynamics simulations, International Symposium "Atomic Cluster Collsions: fission, fusion, electron, ion and photon impact" (ISACC 2003), Saint-Petersburg, Russia, July 18-21, 2003.
2. Hartree-Fock method for deformed many-electron system: calculation of the electronic structure of deformed metal clusters, confined atoms, and cluster fission, The 7th European Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics ECAMP VII, Berlin, Germany, 2-6 April, 2001.
1. Hartree-Fock deformed jellium model for metallic clusters, The forth Asian International Seminar on Atomic and Molecular Physics (AISAMP4), Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, 13 - 18 October, 2000.