BNERC：Academia - Industry workshop on advanced bio-nano technology

The Bio-Nano Electronics Research Centre and Graduate School of Interdisciplinary New Science held a special workshop on “Surface characterisation of nano materials” in collaboration with international companies

The Bio-Nano Electronics Research Centre (BNERC) has recently introduced a truly advanced nanoscale surface characterisation system called the “Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopic (HAXPES) System”, which had been developed by Ulvac-Phi Incorporation. BNERC and the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary New Science (IdNS) organised a special workshop on “Surface characterisation of nano materials” in collaboration with some industrial institutions.

Quite a few researchers and engineers from both academic and industrial institutions participated in the workshop. Several excellent results obtained using this new spectroscopic system were demonstrated and some potential applications of the system to the characterisation and analysis of unrevealed nanostructures were actively discussed.

Finally, the participants visited the HAXPES to experience and feel the actual performance of nano surface characterisation.

Schedule of the workshop on 20th July 2017

12:30   Get-together
13:30   Introduction to bio-nano science and technology
                Toru Maekawa, Director, Professor, BNERC, IdNS
14:00   Characterisation of nanoparticles placed on a substrate
                Kohei Hayashi, Researcher, Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd., Japan
14:10   Characterisation of carbon nano materials
                Takashi Uchida, Associate Professor, BNERC, IdNS
14:30   Introduction to the facilities installed in BNERC and surface characterisation of nano/micro devices
                Tatsuro Hanajiri, Deputy-Director, Dean, Professor, BNERC, IdNS
15:00   Break
15:30   Introduction to Leti
                Olivier Renaut, Research Scientist
                Laboratoire d’Électronique des Technologies de L’Information (Leti), France
16:00   Tour in BNERC
16:30   Panel discussion
            nbsp;     Toru Maekawa, Tatsuro Hanajiri, Yoshikata Nakajima, Toru Mizuki, Takashi Uchida,
                Hirokazu Shimoshige, BNERC, Japan
                Kohei Hayashi, Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd., Japan
                Nobuaki Urushihara, Risayo Inoue, Katsumi Watanabe, Ulvac-Phi Inc., Japan
                Jennifer E. Mann, John G. Newman, Physical Electronics, Ulvac-Phi Inc., USA
                Olivier Renaut, Leti, France
17:00   Summary and closing

Workshop organisers and collaborators

Bio-Nano Electronics Research Centre, Toyo University, Japan
Graduate School of Interdisciplinary New Science, Toyo University, Japan
Ulvac-Phi Inc., Japan
Laboratoire d’Électronique des Technologies de L’Information, France
Physical Electronics, Ulvac-Phi Inc., USA
Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd., Japan