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2021

03 DEC 2021

K. Minami had a talk on 295th ICYS Seminar.

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29 OCT 2021

Our applied patent has been registered in Japan.

Congratulations, Shiba-san!!!

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JP6961252
Nanomechanical-sensor receptor made of low-hygroscopicity material and nanomechanical sensor employing same as receptor
K. Shiba, K. Minami, and G. Yoshikawa
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Application Date: 21st May 2018; Registered on 15th October 2021

01 OCT 2021

K. Minami was promoted and became a Senior Researcher at National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and joined Olfactory Sensors Group (Group Leader: Dr. Yoshikawa).

People was updated.

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11 JUL 2021

Our recent work on the statistical evaluation of total expiratory breath samples towards breath diagnosis has been accepted in Sensors and is now available online as an open-access journal.
This work is in collaboration with Dr. Hiroshi Kojima (Ibaraki Prefectural Central Hospital), Dr. Ryo Tamura (NIMS; The University of Tokyo), and Dr. Genki Yoshikawa (NIMS; University of Tsukuba).

Congratulations, Inada-san!!!

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21 JUN 2021

Digitalization and Visualization of Odors Using an Odor Sensor and Machine Learning
—Technique is capable of selecting "Quasi-Primary Odors" out of a dozen odors—

We have developed a technique which combines an odor sensor and machine learning that is capable of selecting reference odors out of a dozen samples of different odors. 

NIMS Press Release

Reference: Sci. Rep. 2021, 11, 12070.

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08 JUN 2021

Our recent work on the determination of quasi-primary odor by endpoint detection has been accepted in the Scientific Reports and is now available online as an open-access journal.
This work is in collaboration with Dr. Ryo Tamura (NIMS; The University of Tokyo) and Prof. Koji Tsuda (The University of Tokyo), and Dr. Genki Yoshikawa (NIMS; University of Tsukuba).

Congratulations, Xu-san!!!

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30 APR 2021

The Inside Cover of our recent paper (Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2021, 94, 648–654.) has been published online.

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01 APR 2021

Our recent work on real-time observation of self-oscillating polymer brush surface by using digital holographic microscopy (DHM) has been accepted in the Langmuir and is now available online. This work is in collaboration with Prof. Ryo Yoshida (The University of Tokyo).

Congratulations, Homma-san!!!

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25 MAR 2021

Our recent work on a theoretical formulation of nanomechanical sensing based on the sorption kinetics and the viscoelastic behaviors of receptor materials has been accepted in the Journal of Applied Physics and is now available online as an open-access article.
This work is in collaboration with Prof. Genki Yoshikawa (NIMS; University of Tsukuba).

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03 MAR 2021

Our review on fullerene biology has been published in Applied Materials Today and is now available online.

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09 FEB 2021

Our applied patent has been registered in China.

Congratulations, Shiba-san!!!

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CN 107407621
Sensor having porous material or particulate material as receptor layer.
K. Shiba, G. Yoshikawa, Y. Yamauchi, N. Suzuki, G. Imamura, K. Minami, H. H.-M. Yeung
31st August 2015; Registered on 9th February 2021.

08 FEB 2021

ICYS Workshop 2020 has been held in NIMS as well as online. K. Minami had a talk about the pattern recognition of solid materials.

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04 FEB 2021

Our recent work on the methanol-selective nanomechanical sensing using Copper(I) complex published in Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. has been selected as the Selected Paper.

Also, this paper has been selected as the Inside Cover article of the issue.

Congratulations, Nishikawa-san!!!

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02 FEB 2021

Our recent work on the nanomechanical sensing using graphene oxide published in Chemosensors has been selected as the Editor's Choice Articles of 2020.

Congratulations, Imamura-san!!!

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13 JAN 2021

Our recent work on methanol-selective nanomechanical sensing using Copper(I) complex has been accepted in the Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan and is now available online as an open-access article.
This work is in collaboration with Prof. Katsuhiko Ariga (NIMS; The University of Tokyo) and Prof. Genki Yoshikawa (NIMS; University of Tsukuba).

Congratulations, Nishikawa-san!!!

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04 JAN 2021

Our recent work about a mechanistic study on the effects of the interfacial attachment of the cantilever-type nanomechanical sensors has been accepted in the Sensors and Actuators A: Physical and is now available online.
This work is in collaboration with Prof. Genki Yoshikawa (NIMS; University of Tsukuba)

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01 JAN 2021

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