Topics — 2022

18 DEC 2022

Our recent work on the detection and identification of gas properties using a speaker and a microphone has been accepted in Sensors and Actuators A: Physical and is now available online. 

Congratulations, Yildirim-san!!!

16 DEC 2022

Detection of trace amounts of water through solvent vapors!
—Gas sensor replaces Karl Fischer titration for trace water determination—

Focusing on the property of DNA to swell when it hydrates with trace amounts of water, we developed a sensor to detect trace amounts of water in organic solvents (less than one part per million concentration) by measuring their vapors. This sensor realizes simple, non-contact, and real-time detection/monitoring of trace water, which has been limited to measurement in liquids such as Karl Fischer titration.
This work was made by a collaborative work between NIMS and The University of Tokyo.

NIMS Hot Article

Reference: Biosensors 2022, 12, 1103.

16 DEC 2022

Imaging Gases in Rainbow Colors
—Development of a Pressure-Sensitive Device Capable of Characterizing Gases Using Structural Colors—

NIMS, Harvard University and the University of Connecticut have designed and fabricated a simple device capable of imaging a gas injected into it in multiple colors in accordance with its gaseous properties, enabling chromatic discrimination of different gases.

NIMS Press Release

Reference: Adv. Sci. 2023, 10, 2204310.

12 DEC 2022

Our recent work on Laser Molecular Beam Deposition (LMBD) for preparing DNA layer has been accepted in 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), Prof. Nobuyuki Matsuki (Kanagawa University), and Dr. Tomohiko Yamazaki (NIMS; Hokkaido University).

Congratulations, Murata-san!!!

01 DEC 2022

Our recent work on DNA-based nanomechanical sensors for detecting trace amount of water has been accepted in Biosensors 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 Dr. Tomohiko Yamazaki (NIMS; Hokkaido University).

Congratulations, Murata-san!!!

17 NOV 2022

Our recent work on PDMS-based flow-induced strain detection has been accepted in Advanced Science and is now available online as an open-access article.
This work is in collaboration with Prof. David A. Weitz (Harvard University), Prof. Luyi Sun (University of Connecticut), Dr. Sadaki Samitsu (NIMS), Dr. Ryo Tamura (NIMS; The University of Tokyo), and Dr. Gaku Imamura (NIMS; Osaka University).

Congratulations, Shiba-san!!!

15 NOV 2022

NIMS WEEK 2022 was held at Tokyo International Forum [Hall B5] on 14th–15th November. K. Shiba, T. Yildrim, and K. Minami had poster presentations on 14th and G. Yoshikawa had a talk on 15th.

Please find more details in our link here.

18 OCT 2022

ICYS Workshop 2022 has been held in Urabandai Lake Resort. K. Minami had a talk about sorption-kinetics based gas identification.

01 OCT 2022

Alexandru Nica joined our group as a Master course student of University of Tsukuba-NIMS joint Graduate School (Supervisor: Dr. Yoshikawa). He was an intern in our group in 2020.

Welcome back, Alex-san!!!

20 SEP 2022

We took a farewell photo for Maji-san.

16 SEP 2022

Our review paper on recent advances in a nanomechanical Membrane-type Surface stress Sensor (MSS) for artificial olfaction has been accepted in Biosensors and is now available online as an open-access article.

22 AUG 2022

Takumi Idei joined our group as an internship student from Chuo University, Japan.

 Welcome, Idei-san!!!

14 JUN 2022

Our conference paper on identification of gases by new analytical solution has been accepted in the International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose (ISOEN 2022), has been published in IEEE Xplore, and is now available online.

30 APR 2022

K. Minami had a talk at International Symposium for Olfaction and Electronic Nose (ISOEN2022), Aveiro, Portugal. The title is "Identification of Gas Species and Their Concentrations by Using Sorption Kinetics of Viscoelastic Film" (#8064).

This talk has been accepted as a conference paper and will publish from IEEE.

30 MAY 2022

DeShea Lynn Chaskko joined our group as an internship student from University of Mississippi, USA.

 Welcome, Chaskko-san!!!

16 MAY 2022

Yasu-san joined our group as a NIMS engineer.

 Welcome, Yasu-san!!!

20 APR 2022

Yingcheng Zhou joined our group as a Master course student of University of Tsukuba-NIMS joint Graduate School (Supervisor: Dr. Yoshikawa).

Welcome, Zhou-san!!!

18 APR 2022

Editorial paper for the Special Issue: Nanomechanical Sensors for Gas Detection in Biosensors has been accepted and is now available online.

It is my great pleasure to invite you to submit original research papers, comprehensive reviews, and communications to this Special Issue. (For more Detail)

06 APR 2022

New fiscal year started.

31 MAR 2022

Meng-Qun Feng in our group graduated University of Tsukuba-NIMS joint Graduate School and obtained her Master of Engineering degree. She will continue her study in Ph. D. course. 

Congratulations, Feng!!!

01 MAR 2022

K. Minami received Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) from JSPS, MEXT, Japan; Development of new type of sensing approaches towards medical applications.

01 FEB 2022

K. Minami is serving as a Guest Editor of the Special Issue "Nanomechanical Sensors for Gas Detection" in Biosensors (Submission deadline: 31 DEC 2022).

It is my great pleasure to invite you to submit original research papers, comprehensive reviews, and communications. (For more Detail)

01 JAN 2022

Our contributed chapter on MSS for artificial olfaction has been published in System-Materials Nanoarchitectonics, NIMS Monograph series edited by Dr. Y. Wakayama and Dr. K. Ariga and is now available online.