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2025

09 SEP 2025

Our recent work on exploring structure–activity relationship in artificial olfaction by explainable AI has been accepted in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and is now available online

Congratulations, Fukui-san!!!

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03 SEP 2025

Our recent work on DNA-thin film-based MSS has been accepted in the Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan.

Congratulations, Shen-san!!!

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28 AUG 2025

Our recent work on analytical model for multicomponent analytes has been accepted in Analytical Chemistry and is now available online.

Thank you, co-authors!!!

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31 JUL 2025

Our applied patent has been registered in EU.

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EP 4 130 709 [EP]
Silage fermentation quality evaluation method and device
R. Nakakubo, M. Ishida, M. Tohno, H. Kobayashi, G. Yoshikawa, K. Minami, G. Imamura, H. Matsuzaka, and T. Nemoto
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO); National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Application Date: 19th March 2021; registered on 16th July 2025.

10 JUN 2025

Our recent work on analytical modeling of humidity effects on nanomechanical sensing has been accepted in Physical Review E and is now available online.

Congratulations, Feng-san!!!

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29 MAY 2025

Our recent work on volatile fatty acid detection using nanomechanical sensors has been accepted in Advanced Materials Technologies and is now available online.

Congratulations, Maji-san!!!

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01 APR 2025

Dr. Thuc Anh Ngo joined our group as a NIMS postdoc.
Welcome, Ngo-san!!!

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22 APR 2025

Our recent work on peptide gas sensors for distinguishing odd-even effects has been accepted in Applied Physics Letters and is now available online.

Congratulations, Ngo-san!!!

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11 APR 2025

Our recent work accepted in Advanced Sensor Research is featured in the Front Cover Picture.

The cover has been published online.

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08 APR 2025

K. Minami has received The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, The Young Scientists' Award.

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01 APR 2025

K. Minami has been promoted to Principal Researcher.

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01 APR 2025

Dr. Tanju Yildirim joined our group as a senior researcher.
Dr. Meng-Qun Feng joined our group as a NIMS postdoc.
Dr. Yohsuke Shiiki joined our group as a NIMS postdoc.
Mr. Takara Akiba joined our group as an internship student.
Welcome, Tanju-san, Feng-san, Shiiki-san and Akiba-san!!!

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28 MAR 2025

K. Minami had an invited talk at the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Functional Materials, Kathmandu, Nepal.

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25 MAR 2025

Thuc Anh Ngo (Univ. of Tsukuba) and Meng-Qun Feng (Univ. of Tsukuba) in our group graduated University of Tsukuba and obtained thier Ph.D. in Engineering from University of Tsukuba.

Congratulations, Dr. Ngo and Dr. Feng!!!

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31 JAN 2025

Our applied patent has been registered in EU.

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EP 4 006 526 (B1) [EP]
Gas-sensor-based measurement method and measurement device
G. Yoshikawa, T. Nemoto, M. Matoba, and K. Minami
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Application Date: 17th June 2020; Registered on 15th January 2025.

21 JAN 2025

Our applied patent has been registered in Japan.

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JP 7617586
Method and device for determining ketosis morbidity
R. Nakakubo, M. Ishida, G. Yoshikawa, K. Minami, G. Imamura, H. Matsuzaka, and T. Nemoto
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO); National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Application Date: 7th July 2021; Registered on 9th January 2025

2024

27 DEC 2024

Our recent work on detecting subclinical ketosis in dairy cows has been accepted for publication as proceedings in IEEE Sensors 2024 and is available online.

Congratulations, Feng-san!!!

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02 DEC 2024

Our recent work on peptide gas sensors has been accepted in Advanced Sensor Research and is now available online.
This work is a collaboration with Dr. Tanju Yildrim (Southern Cross University).

Congratulations, Ngo-san!!!

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17 NOV 2024

Our applied patent has been registered in the US.

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US 12 130 270 (B2) [US]
Humidification type highly-sensitive/highly-selective ammonia detection method and detection device using nanomechanical sensor
G. Imamura, K. Minami, K. Shiba, and G. Yoshikawa
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Application Date: 8th May 2020; Registered on 29th October 2024.

31 OCT 2024

Development of a Simple, Revolutionary Printing Technique for Periodic Nano/Microstructures

A team of researchers from NIMS and the University of Connecticut has developed a printing technique capable of forming a periodic nano/microstructure on the surface of a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) slab and easily transferring it onto the surface of a glass substrate.

NIMS Press Release

Reference: Adv. Sci. 2024, 11, 2405151.

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