ナノ構造・物性制御グループ 中村研究室
—- Nanostructure Physics Group —-

Papers

2025

[1] Takafumi Ishibe*, Atsuhiro Yamamoto, Wataru Sasaki, Eiichi Kobayashi, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Ultrahigh moisture electric output of
oxidation-controlled and ion-intercalated graphene oxide film in the low humidity range”
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, published. DOI: 10.1039/D5TA06416C

[2] Efstratios Nikidis, Paul Desmarchelier, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Anne Tanguy, Konstantinos Termentzidis, and Joseph Kioseoglou, “Exploring phonon interference: Insights from a nano-scale silicon double slit atomistic simulation”
Advanced Theory and Simulations, e00504 (2025). DOI: 10.1002/adts.202500504

[3] Yuki Komatsubara, Takafumi Ishibe, Seiya Kozuki, Kazunori Sato, Eiichi Kobayashi, Yuichiro Yamashita, Nobuyasu Naruse, Yutaka Mera, Yu Shiratsuchi, Junichiro Ohe, Mutsunori Uenuma, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Non-parabolic band effect of ZnO enhanced by hybridization with complex point defect donors for boosting thermoelectric conversion”
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17, 46276 (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c03505

[4] Takafumi Ishibe, Takahiro Hinakawa, Shunya Sakane, Shintaro Ishigaki, Katsuhiro Suzuki, Kazunori Sato, Takeshi Fujita, Yuichiro Yamashita, Eiichi Kobayashi, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Robust thermoelectric power factor enhanced by energy filtering effect in B20-type CoSi films”,
Physical Review Materials, 9, 075402 (2025). DOI: 10.1103/lnzg-p4qr

[5] Arata Shibagaki, Ryosuke Hotta, Takafumi Ishibe, Yuichiro Yamashita, Nobuyasu Naruse, Yutaka Mera, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Controlling thermoelectric properties of epitaxial GeSn film/Si by tuning strain and composition”,
Applied Physics Letters 126, 231601 (2025). DOI: 10.1063/5.0266539

[6] Takafumi Ishibe, Seiya Kozuki, Yuki Komatsubara, Yuto Uematsu, Takashi Yoshizaki, Yuichiro Yamashita, Nobuyasu Naruse, Yutaka Mera, Eiichi Kobayashi, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Selective anion manipulation for controlling the thermoelectric properties of epitaxial SnO2 films on r-Al2O3“,
ACS Applied Energy Materials 8, 4411 (2025).  DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.4c03344


2024

[1] Yuto Uematsu, Takafumi Ishibe, Seiya Kozuki, Takaaki Mano, Akihiro Ohtake, Hideki T. Miyazaki, Takeshi Kasaya, Yuichiro Yamashita, Mutsunori Uenuma, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Film thermoelectric generator of multiple 2-D electron gas”,
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 71, 4834 (2024). DOI: 10.1109/TED.2024.3412863

[2] Yuki Komatsubara, Takafumi Ishibe, Yuji Miyato, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“The local potential variation mapping including thermoelectromotive force in nanocomposite materials under non-thermal equilibrium”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 63, 04SP85 (2024). DOI: 10.35848/1347-4065/ad396a

[3] Takashi Yoshizaki, Tukasa Terada, Yuto Uematsu, Takafumi Ishibe, and Yoshiaki Nakamura, “Epitaxial growth of Ca(Ge1-xSnx)2 with group IV 2D layers on Si substrate”, Applied Physics Express 17, 055501 (2024). DOI: 10.35848/1882-0786/ad3ee2

[4] Yuto Uematsu, Takafumi Ishibe, Takaaki Mano, Akihiro Ohtake, Hideki Miyazaki, Takeshi Kasaya, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Anomalous enhancement of thermoelectric power factor in multiple two-dimensional electron gas system”,
Nature Communications 15, 322 (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44165-3

[5] Paul Desmarchelier, Efstratios Nikidis, Roman Anufriev, Anne Tanguy, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Joseph Kioseoglou, and Konstantinos Termentzidis,
“Phonon diffraction and interference using nanometric features”,
Journal of Applied Physics 135, 015103 (2024). DOI: 10.1063/5.0179369

[6] Keiichiro Oh-ishi, Mikio Kojima, Takashi Yoshizaki, Arata Shibagaki, Takafumi Ishibe, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Hideyuki Nakano,
“Growth of metastable 2H-CaSi2 films on Si(111) substrates with ultrathin SiO2 films by solid phase epitaxy”,
Applied Physics Express 17, 015501 (2024). DOI: 10.35848/1882-0786/ad0e24


2023

[1] Shunya Sakane, Takafumi Ishibe, Yuri Yukawa, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Thermoelectric properties of B-doped nanostructured bulk diamond with lowered thermal conductivity”,
Diamond and Related Materials 140, 110410 (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2023.110410

[2] Takafumi Ishibe, Yuki Komatsubara, Kodai Ishikawa, Sho Takigawa, Nobuyasu Naruse, Yutaka Mera, Yuichiro Yamashita, Yuji Ohishi, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Boosting thermoelectric performance in epitaxial GeTe film/Si by domain engineering and point defect control”,
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, 26104 (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c01404

[3] Atsuya Matsui, Jean-Pierre Bellier, Daiki Hayashi, Takafumi Ishibe, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Hiroyasu Taguchi, Yutaka Mera, and Nobuyasu Naruse,
“Curcumin tautomerization in the mechanism of pentameric amyloid- β42 oligomers disassembly”,
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 666, 68 (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.04.076

[4] Takafumi Ishibe, Yuki Komatsubara, Toranosuke Katayama, Yuichiro Yamashita, Nobuyasu Naruse, Yutaka Mera, Azusa Hattori, Hidekazu Tanaka, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Interface design of transparent thermoelectric epitaxial ZnO/SnO2 multilayer film for simultaneous realization of low thermal conductivity and high optical transmittance”,
Applied Physics Letters 122, 041603 (2023). DOI: 10.1063/5.0124814

[5] Tsukasa Terada, Takafumi Ishibe, Eiichi Kobayashi, Kazunori Sato, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“The effect of interdiffusion during formation of epitaxial Ca intercalated layered silicene film on its thermoelectric power factor”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 62, SD1004 (2023). DOI: 10.35848/1347-4065/aca258

Proceedings

[6] Shunya Sakane, Takafumi Ishibe, Takeshi Fujita, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Temperature dependences of thermoelectric properties of bulk SiGeAu composites”,
JJAP Conference Proceedings 10, 011001 (2023). DOI: 10.56646/jjapcp.10.0_011001


2022

[1] Shunya Sakane, Shunichiro Miwa, Tatsuki Miura, Kazuki Munakata, Takafumi Ishibe, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Hideki Tanaka,
“Thermoelectric properties of PEDOT:PSS containing connected copper selenide nanowires synthesized by photoreduction method”,
ACS Omega 7, 32101 (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c03335

[2] Takafumi Ishibe, Tatsuya Kaneko, Yuto Uematsu, Hideo Sato-Akaba, Motonori Komura, Tomokazu Iyoda, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Tunable thermal switch via order-order transition in liquid crystalline block copolymer”,
Nano Letters 22, 6105 (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01100

[3] Tsukasa Terada, Reona Kitaura, Shintaro Ishigaki, Takafumi Ishibe, Nobuyasu Naruse, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Seed-assisted epitaxy of intermetallic compounds with interface-determined orientation: incommensurate Nowotny chimney-ladder FeGeγ epitaxial film”,
Acta Materialia 236, 118130 (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2022.118130

[4] Tsukasa Terada, Yuto Uematsu, Takafumi Ishibe, Nobuyasu Naruse, Kazunori Sato, Tien Quang Nguyen, Eiichi Kobayashi, Hideyuki Nakano, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Giant enhancement of Seebeck coefficient by deformation of silicene buckled structure in calcium-intercalated layered silicene film”,
Advanced Materials Interfaces 9, 2101752 (2022). DOI: 10.1002/admi.202101752

[5] Atsuya Matsui, Jean-Pierre Bellier, Takeshi Kanai, Hiroki Satooka, Akio Nakanishi, Tsukasa Terada, Takafumi Ishibe, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Hiroyasu Taguchi, Nobuyasu Naruse, and Yutaka Mera,
“The effect of ethanol on disassembly of amyloid-β1-42 pentamer revealed by atomic force microscopy and gel electrophoresis”,
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, 889 (2022). DOI: 10.3390/ijms23020889


2021

[1] Tsukasa Terada, Takafumi Ishibe, Toranosuke Katayama, Kazunori Sato, Tien Nguyen, Hideyuki Nakano, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Thermoelectric power factor enhancement of calcium-intercalated layered silicene by introducing metastable phase”,
Applied Physics Express 14, 115505 (2021). DOI: 10.35848/1882-0786/ac2a57

[2] Takafumi Ishibe, Jinichiro Chikada, Tsukasa Terada, Yuki Komatsubara, Reona Kitaura, Suguru Yachi, Yudai Yamashita, Takuma Sato, Takashi Suemasu, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Low thermal conductivity of complex thermoelectric barium silicide film epitaxially grown on Si”,
Applied Physics Letters 119, 141603 (2021). DOI: 10.1063/5.0063531

[3] Takafumi Ishibe, Ryo Okuhata, Tatsuya Kaneko, Masato Yoshiya, Seisuke Nakashima, Akihiro Ishida, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Heat transport through propagon-phonon interaction in epitaxial amorphous-crystalline multilayers”,
Communications Physics 4, 153 (2021). DOI: 10.1038/s42005-021-00653-w

[4] Reona Kitaura, Takafumi Ishibe, Himanshu Sharma, Masaki Mizuguchi, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Nanostructure design for high performance thermoelectric materials based on anomalous Nernst effect using metal/semiconductor multilayer”,
Applied Physics Express 14, 075002 (2021). DOI: 10.35848/1882-0786/ac05db

[5] Takafumi Ishibe, Atsuki Tomeda, Yuki Komatsubara, Reona Kitaura, Mutsunori Uenuma, Yukiharu Uraoka, Yuichiro Yamashita, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Carrier and phonon transport control by domain engineering for high-performance transparent thin film thermoelectric generator”,
Applied Physics Letters 118, 151601 (2021). DOI: 10.1063/5.0048577

[6] Yuki Komatsubara, Takafumi Ishibe, Yuji Miyato, Shunya Sakane, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Direct mapping of temperature-difference-induced potential variation under non-thermal equilibrium”,
Applied Physics Letters 118, 091605 (2021). DOI: 10.1063/5.0038363

[7] Tatsuhiko Taniguchi, Tsukasa Terada, Yuki Komatsubara, Takafumi Ishibe, Kento Konoike, Atsushi Sanada, Nobuyasu Naruse, Yutaka Mera, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Phonon transport in nano-system of Si and SiGe films with Ge nanodots and approach to ultralow thermal conductivity”,
Nanoscale 13, 4971 (2021). DOI: 10.1039/D0NR08499A

[8] Shunya Sakane, Takafumi Ishibe, Kosei Mizuta, Takeshi Fujita, Yuga Kiyofuji, Jun-ichiro Ohe, Eiichi Kobayashi, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Anomalous enhancement of thermoelectric power factor by thermal management with resonant level effect”,
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 9, 4851 (2021). DOI: 10.1039/D0TA08683E

[9] Takafumi Oyake, Lei Feng, Makoto Kashiwagi, Takuma Shiga, Takuma Hori, Shuto Yamasaka, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Junichiro Shiomi,
“Synergistic phonon scattering in epitaxial silicon multilayers with germanium nanodot inclusions”,
Physical Review B 104, 054301 (2021). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.104.054301

[10] Kentaro Toyoki, Masayuki Hayashi, Shunsuke Hamaguchi, Noriaki Kishida, Yu Shiratsuchi, Takafumi Ishibe, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Ryoichi Nakatani,
“Dominant carrier of pseudo-gap antiferromagnet Cr3Al thin film”,
Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter 620, 413281 (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2021.413281


2020

[1] Kenji Ito, Hideyuki Nakano, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Formation of silicon quantum dots sheet on a nonmetallic CaF2 surface”,
Advanced Materials Interfaces 7, 2001295 (2020). DOI: 10.1002/admi.202001295

[2] Tatsuhiko Taniguchi, Takafumi Ishibe, Ryoya Hosoda, Youya Wagatsuma, Md. Mahfuz Alam, Kentarou Sawano, Mutsunori Uenuma, Yukiharu Uraoka, Yuichiro Yamashita, Nobuya Mori, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Thermoelectric Si1-xGex and Ge epitaxial films on Si(001) with controlled composition and strain for group IV element-based thermoelectric generators”,
Applied Physics Letters 117, 141602 (2020). DOI: 10.1063/5.0023820

[3] Kosuke Mitarai, Ryo Okuhata, Jinichiro Chikada, Tatsuya Kaneko, Yuto Uematsu, Yuki Komatsubara, Takafumi Ishibe, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“An advanced 2ω method enabling thermal conductivity measurement for various sample thicknesses: From thin films to bulk materials”,
Journal of Applied Physics 128, 015102 (2020). DOI: 10.1063/5.0007302

[4] Takafumi Ishibe, Yuto Uematsu, Nobuyasu Naruse, Yutaka Mera, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Impact of metal silicide nanocrystals on the resistance ratio in resistive switching of epitaxial Fe3O4 films on Si substrates”,
Applied Physics Letters 116, 181601 (2020). DOI: 10.1063/1.5143960

[5] Tatsuhiko Taniguchi, Takafumi Ishibe, Nobuyasu Naruse, Yutaka Mera, Md. Mahfuz Alam, Kentarou Sawano, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“High thermoelectric power factor realization in Si-rich SiGe/Si Superlattices by super-controlled interface”,
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12, 25428 (2020). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c04982

[6] Yuto Uematsu, Tsukasa Terada, Kento Sato, Takafumi Ishibe, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Low thermal conductivity in single crystalline epitaxial germanane films”,
Applied Physics Express 13, 055503 (2020). DOI: 10.35848/1882-0786/ab8726

[7] Takafumi Ishibe, Yoshiki Maeda, Tsukasa Terada, Nobuyasu Naruse, Yutaka Mera, Eiichi Kobayashi, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Resistive switching memory performance in oxide hetero-nanocrystals with well-controlled interfaces”,
Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 21, 195 (2020). DOI: 10.1080/14686996.2020.1736948

[8] Shunya Sakane, Takafumi Ishibe, Tatsuhiko Taniguchi, Takahiro Hinakawa, Ryoya Hosoda, Kosei Mizuta, Md. Mahfuz Alam, Kentarou Sawano, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Nanostructural effect on thermoelectric properties in Si films containing iron silicide nanodots”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 59, SFFB01 (2020). DOI: 10.7567/1347-4065/ab5b58

[9] Shunya Sakane, Takafumi Ishibe, Kosei Mizuta, Masato Kashino, Kentaro Watanabe, Takeshi Fujita, Yoshinari Kamakura, Nobuya Mori, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Methodology of thermoelectric power factor enhancement by nanoscale thermal management in Bulk SiGe composites”,
ACS Applied Energy Materials 3, 1235 (2020). DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.9b02340

[10] Yuta Shimanuki, Shinya Yamada, Akira Masago, Takafumi Ishibe, Kohei Kudo, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Kohei Hamaya,
“Control of thermoelectric properties in Mn-substituted Fe2TiSi epilayers”,
Physical Review B 102, 054203 (2020). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.054203

[11] Yuta Shimanuki, Kohei Kudo, Takafumi Ishibe, Akira Masago, Shinya Yamada, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Kohei Hamaya,
“Thermoelectric properties of single-phase full-Heusler alloy Fe2TiSi films with D03-type disordering”,
Journal of Applied Physics 127, 055106 (2020). DOI: 10.1063/1.5141949


2019

[1] Tsukasa Terada, Takafumi Ishibe, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Modulation of lattice constants by changing the composition and strain in incommensurate Nowotny chimney-ladder phase FeGeγ epitaxially grown on Si”,
Surface Science, 690, 121470 (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2019.121470

[2] Shunya Sakane, Takafumi Ishibe, Takahiro Hinakawa, Nobuyasu Naruse, Yutaka Mera, Md. Mahfuz Alam, Kentarou Sawano, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“High thermoelectric performance in high crystallinity epitaxial Si films containing silicide nanodots with low thermal conductivity”,
Applied Physics Letters 115, 182104 (2019). DOI: 10.1063/1.5126910

[3] Shunya Sakane, Takafumi Ishibe, Tatsuhiko Taniguchi, Nobuyasu Naruse, Yutaka Mera, Takeshi Fujita, Md. Mahfuz Alam, Kentarou Sawano, Nobuya Mori, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Thermoelectric power factor enhancement based on carrier transport physics in ultimately phonon-controlled Si nanostructures”,
Materials Today Energy 13, 56 (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.mtener.2019.04.014

[4] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Takafumi Ishibe, Tatsuhiko Taniguchi, Tsukasa Terada, Ryoya Hosoda, and Shunya Sakane,
“Semiconductor nanostructure design for thermoelectric property control”,
International Journal of Nanoscience 18, 1940036 (2019). DOI: 10.1142/S0219581X19400362

[5] Takahiro Kojima, Takahiro Nakae, Zhen Xu, Chinnusamy Saravanan, Kentaro Watanabe, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Hiroshi Sakaguchi,
“Bottom-up on-surface synthesis of two-dimensional graphene nanoribbon networks and their thermoelectric properties”,
Chemistry – An Asian Journal 14, 4400 (2019). DOI: 10.1002/asia.201901328

[6] Kohei Kudo, Shinya Yamada, Junichiro Chikada, Yuta Shimanuki, Takafumi Ishibe, Satoshi Abo, Hidetoshi Miyazaki, Yoichi Nishino, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Kohei Hamaya,
“Significant reduction in the thermal conductivity of Si-substituted Fe2VAl epilayers”,
Physical Review B 99, 054201 (2019). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.99.054201


2018

[1] Atsuki Tomeda⁠, Takafumi Ishibe, Tatsuhiko Taniguchi, Ryo Okuhata⁠, Kentaro Watanabe, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Enhanced thermoelectric performance of Ga-doped ZnO film by controlling crystal quality for transparent thermoelectric films”,
Thin Solid Films 666, 185 (2018). DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2018.09.045

[2] Takafumi Ishibe, Atsuki Tomeda, Kentaro Watanabe, Yoshinari Kamakura, Nobuya Mori, Nobuyasu Naruse, Yutaka Mera, Yuichiro Yamashita, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Methodology of thermoelectric power factor enhancement by controlling nanowire interface”,
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10, 37709 (2018). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b13528

[3] Tatsuhiko Taniguchi, Takafumi Ishibe, Hiroki Miyamoto, Yuichiro Yamashita, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Thermoelectric properties of epitaxial Ge thin films on Si(001) with strong crystallinity dependence”,
Applied Physics Express 11, 111301 (2018). DOI: 10.7567/APEX.11.111301

[4] Takafumi Ishibe, Tsubasa Kurokawa, Nobuyasu Naruse, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Resistive switching at the high quality metal/insulator interface in Fe3O4/SiO2/α-FeSi2/Si stacking structure”,
Applied Physics Letters 113, 141601 (2018). DOI: 10.1063/1.5048827

[5] Takafumi Ishibe, Tatsuhiko Taniguchi,Tsukasa Terada, Atsuki Tomeda, Kentaro Watanabe, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Areal density control of ZnO nanowires in physical vapor transport using Ge nanocrystals”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 57, 08NB07 (2018). DOI: 10.7567/JJAP.57.08NB07

[6] Tsukasa Terada, Takafumi Ishibe, Kentaro Watanabe, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Growth of epitaxial FeGeγ nanocrystals with incommensurate Nowtny chimney-ladder phase on Si substrate”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 57, 08NB07 (2018). DOI: 10.7567/JJAP.57.08NB01

[7] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Tatsuhiko Taniguchi, and Tsukasa Terada,
“Enhancement of phonon scattering in epitaxial hierarchical nanodot structures for thermoelectric application”,
Vacuum and Surface Science 61, 295 (2018). DOI: 10.1380/vss.61.296

[8] Hideki Matsui, Takafumi Ishibe, Tsukasa Terada, Shunya Sakane, Kentaro Watanabe, Shotaro Takeuchi, Akira Sakai, Shigeru Kimura, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Resistive switching characteristics of isolated core-shell iron oxide/germanium nanocrystals epitaxially grown on Si substrates”,
Applied Physics Letters 112, 031601 (2018). DOI: 10.1063/1.5013349

[9] (Review) Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Nanostructure design for drastic reduction of thermal conductivity while preserving high electrical conductivity”,
Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 19, 31 (2018). DOI: 10.1080/14686996.2017.1413918

[10] Takafumi Oyake, Lei Feng, Takuma Shiga, Masayuki Isogawa, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Junichiro Shiomi,
“Ultimate confinement of phonon propagation in silicon nanocrystalline structure”,
Physical Review Letters 120, 045901 (2018). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.045901

[11] Kohei Kudo, Shinya Yamada, Jinichiro Chikada, Yuta Shimakuni, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Kohei Hamaya,
“Effect of Fe-V nonstoichiometry on electrical and thermoelectric properties of Fe2VAl films”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 57, 040306 (2018). DOI: 10.7567/JJAP.57.040306


2017

[1] Shunya Sakane, Masayuki Isogawa, Kentaro Watanabe, Shotaro Takeuchi, Akira Sakai, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Epitaxial multilayers of β-FeSi2 nanodots/Si for Si-based nanostructured electronic materials”,
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 35, 041402 (2017). DOI: 10.1116/1.4984107

[2] Ryo Okuhata, Kentaro Watanabe, Satoaki Ikeuchi, Akihiro Ishida, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Thermal conductivity measurement of thermoelectric thin films by a versatility-enhanced 2ω method”,
Journal of Electronic Materials 46, 3089 (2017). DOI: 10.1007/s11664-016-5170-5

[3] Takafumi Ishibe, Atsuki Tomeda, Kentaro Watanabe, Jun Kikkawa, Takeshi Fujita, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Embedded-ZnO nanowire structure for high-performance transparent thermoelectric materials”,
Journal of Electronic Materials 46, 3020 (2017). DOI: 10.1007/s11664-016-5111-3

[4] Tatsuhiko Taniguchi, Shunya Sakane, Shunsuke Aoki, Ryo Okuhata, Takafumi Ishibe, Kentaro Watanabe, Takeyuki Suzuki, Takeshi Fujita, Kentarou Sawano, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Thermoelectric properties of epitaxial β-FeSi2 thin films/Si(111) and enhancement approach of its thermoelectric performance”,
Journal of Electronic Materials 46, 3235 (2017). DOI: 10.1007/s11664-016-4997-0

[5] Kentaro Watanabe, Tatsuhiko Taniguchi, Shunya Sakane, Shunsuke Aoki, Takeyuki Suzuki, Takeshi Fujita, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Thermoelectric properties of epitaxial β-FeSi2 thin films grown on Si(111) substrates with various film qualities”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 56, 05DC04 (2017). DOI: 10.7567/JJAP.56.05DC04

[6] Dinh Khan, Shotaro Takeuchi, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Kunihiko Nakamura, Takuji Arauchi, Hideto Miyake, Kazumasa Hiramatsu, Yasuhiko Imai, Shigeru Kimura, and Akira Sakai,
“Study on the influence of different trench-patterned templates on the crystalline microstructure of AlN epitaxial films by X-ray microdiffraction”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 56, 025502 (2017). DOI: 10.7567/JJAP.56.025502

[7] Shinya Yamada, Kohei Kudo, Ryo Okuhata, Jinichiro Chikada, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Kohei Hamaya,
“Low thermal conductivity of thermoelectric Fe2VAl films”,
Applied Physics Express 10, 115802 (2017). DOI: 10.7567/APEX.10.115802

Proceedings

[8] Yoshiaki Nakamura and Kentaro Watanabe,
“Nanostructure design for control of phonon and electron transports”,
ECS Transactions 80, 93 (2017). DOI: 10.1149/08001.0093ecst


2016

[1] Takafumi Ishibe, Kentaro Watanabe, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Effect of Fe coating of nucleation sites on epitaxial growth of Fe oxide nanocrystals on Si substrates”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 55, 08NB12 (2016). DOI: 10.7567/JJAP.55.08NB12

[2] Akihiro Ishida, Hoang Thi Xuan Thao, Mamoru Shibata, Seisuke Nakashima, Hirokazu Tatsuoka, Hidenari Yamamoto, Yohei Kinoshita, Mamoru Ishikiriyama, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Amorphous/epitaxial superlattice for thermoelectric application”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 55, 081201 (2016). DOI: 10.7567/JJAP.55.081201

[3] Takafumi Ishibe, Hideki Matsui, Kentaro Watanabe, Shotaro Takeuchi, Akira Sakai, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Epitaxial iron oxide nanocrystals with memory function grown on Si substrates”,
Applied Physics Express 9, 055508 (2016). DOI: 10.7567/APEX.9.055508

[4] Shuto Yamasaka, Kentaro Watanabe, Shunya Sakane, Shotaro Takeuchi, Akira Sakai, Kentarou Sawano, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Independent control of electrical and heat conduction by nanostructure designing for Si-based thermoelectric materials”,
Scientific Reports 6, 22838 (2016). DOI: 10.1038/srep22838

[5] Kentaro Watanabe, Takahiro Nagata, Seungjun Oh, Yutaka Wakayama, Takashi Sekiguchi, János Volk, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Arbitrary cross-section SEM-cathodoluminescence imaging of growth sectors and local carrier concentrations within micro-sampled semiconductor nanorods”,
Nature Communications 7, 10609 (2016). DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10609

[6] Tomohiro Ueda, Shunya Sakane, Takafumi Ishibe, Kentaro Watanabe, Shotaro Takeuchi, Akira Sakai, and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Fabrication of carrier-doped Si nanoarchitecture for thermoelectric material by ultrathin SiO2 film technique”,
Journal of Electronic Materials 45, 1914 (2016). DOI: 10.1007/s11664-015-4294-3


2015

[1] Shotaro Takeuchi, Hirotada Asazu, Masayuki Imanishi, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Mamoru Imade, Yusuke Mori, and Akira Sakai,
“Dislocation confinement in the growth of Na flux GaN on metalorganic chemical vapor deposition-GaN”,
Journal of Applied Physics 118, 245306 (2015). DOI: 10.1063/1.4939159

[2] Shuto Yamasaka, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Tomohiro Ueda, Shotaro Takeuchi, and Akira Sakai,
“Phonon transport control by nanoarchitecture including epitaxial Ge nanodots for Si-based thermoelectric materials”,
Scientific Reports 5, 14490 (2015). DOI: 10.1038/srep14490
*Press Release

[3] Yoshiaki Nakamura and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Formation of epitaxial nanodots on Si substrates with controlled interfaces and their application”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 54, 07JD01 (2015). DOI: 10.7567/JJAP.54.07JD01

[4] Shuto Yamasaka, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Tmohiro Ueda, Shotaro Takeuchi, Yuta Yamamoto, Shigeo, Arai, Takayoshi Tanji, Nobuo Tanaka, and Akira Sakai,
“Fabrication of Si thermoelectric nanomaterials containing ultrasmall epitaxial Ge nanodots with an ultrahigh density”,
Journal of Electronic Materials 44, 2015 (2015). DOI: 10.1007/s11664-015-3643-6

[5] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Masayuki Isogawa, Tomohiro Ueda, Shuto Yamasaka, Hideki Matsui, Jun Kikkawa, Satoaki Ikeuchi,Takafumi Oyake, Takuma Hori, Junichiro Shiomi, and Akira Sakai,
“Anomalous reduction of thermal conductivity in coherent nanocrystal architecture for silicon thermoelectric material”,
Nano Energy 12, 845 (2015). DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.11.029
*Press Release

[6] Takuji Arauchi, Shotaro Takeuchi, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Keisuke Yamane, Narihito Okada, Yasuhiko Imai, Shigeru Kimura, Kazuyuki Tadatomo, and Akira Sakai,
“Crystalline property analysis of semipolar (20-21) GaN on (22-43) patterned sapphire substrate by X-ray microdiffraction and transmission electron microscopy”,
Physica Status Solidi B 252, 1149 (2015). DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201451564

[7] Shotaro Takeuchi, Toshiro Uchiyama, Takuji Arauchi, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Keisuke Yamane, Narihito Okada, Kazuyuki Tadatomo, and Akira Sakai,
“Thickness and growth condition dependence of crystallinity in semipolar (20-21) GaN films grown on (22-43) patterned sapphire substrates”,
Physica Status Solidi B 252, 1142 (2015). DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201451562

[8] Dhin Khan, Shotaro Takeuchi, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Kunihiko Nakamura , Takuji Arauchi, Hideto Miyake, Kazumasa Hiramatsu, Yasuhiko Imai, Shigeru Kimura, and Akira Sakai,
“Microscopic crystalline structure of a thick AlN film grown on a trench-patterned AlN/α-Al2O3 template”,
Journal of Crystal Growth 411, 38 (2015). DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2014.10.052

[9] Kazuki Tanaka, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Shuto Yamasaka, Jun Kikkawa, Takenobu Sakai, and Akira Sakai,
“Formation and optical properties of Ge films grown on Si(111) substrates using nanocontact epitaxy”,
Applied Surface Science 325, 170 (2015). DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.11.033

[10] (総説) 中村芳明、
「ナノドットを用いたシリコン熱電変換材料の開発と応用」、
エネルギーデバイス エネルギーデバイス最前線、2015年10月号、p.48-50.


2014

[1] Yoshihiko Moriyama, Keiji Ikeda, Shotaro Takeuchi, Yuuichi Kamimuta, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Koji Izunome, Akira Sakai, and Tsutomu Tezuka,
“Ultrathin-body Ge-on-insulator wafers fabricated with strongly bonded thin Al2O3/SiO2 hybrid buried oxide layers”,
Applied Physics Express 7, 086501 (2014). DOI: 10.7567/APEX.7.086501

[2] Masayuki Shimonaka, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Jun Kikkawa, and Akira Sakai,
“Self-assembly of Ge clusters on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite surfaces.”,
Surface Science 628, 82 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2014.05.018

[3] Takuji Arauchi, Shotaro Takeuchi, Kunihiko Nakamura, Dinh Thanh Khan, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Hideto Miyake, Kazumasa Hiramatsu, and Akira Sakai,
“Anisotropic crystalline morphology of epitaxial thick AlN films grown on triangular-striped AlN/sapphire template”,
Physica Status Solidi A 211, 731 (2014). DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201300461

[4] Hirotada Asazu, Shotaro Takeuchi, Hiroya Sannai, Haruo Sudo, Koji Araki, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Koji Izunome, and Akira Sakai,
“Dislocation behavior of surface-oxygen-concentration controlled Si wafers”,
Thin Solid Films 557, 106 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2013.10.081

[5] Shuto Yamasaka, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Osamu Yoshitake, Jun Kikkawa, Koji Izunome, and Akira Sakai,
“Improvement effect of electrical properties in post-annealed wafer-bonded Ge(001)-OI substrate”,
Physica Status Solidi A 211, 601 (2014). DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201330385

[6] Shogo Amari, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Luminescence properties of Si-capped β-FeSi2 nanodots epitaxially grown on Si(001) and (111) substrates”,
Journal of Applied Physics 115, 084306 (2014). DOI: 10.1063/1.4867037

[7] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Ryota Sugimoto, Takafumi Ishibe, Hideki Matsui, Jun Kikkawa, and Akira Sakai,
“Control of epitaxial growth of Fe-based nanocrystals on Si substrates using well-controlled nanometer-sized interface”,
Journal of Applied Physics 115, 044301 (2014). DOI: 10.1063/1.4862642

[8] Nobuyasu Naruse, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Yutaka Mera, Masakazu Ichikawa, and Koji Maeda,
“Nanoscale-resolved near-infrared photoabsorption spectroscopy and imaging of individual gallium antimonide quantum dots”
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 32, 011803 (2014). DOI: 10.1116/1.4843115

[9] Alexander Shklyaev, O. A. Shegai, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Impact ionization of excitons in Ge/Si structures with Ge quantum dots grown on the oxidized Si(100) surfaces”,
Journal of Applied Physics 115, 203702 (2014). DOI: 10.1063/1.4875101


2013

[1] Dhin Khan, Shotaro Takeuchi, Jun Kikkawa, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Hideto Miyake, Kazumasa Hiramatsu, Yasuhiko Imai, Shigeru Kimura, Osami Sakata, and Akira Sakai,
“Cross-sectional X-ray microdiffraction study of a thick AlN film grown on a trench-patterned AlN/α-Al2O3 template”,
Journal of Crystal Growth 381, 37 (2013). DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2013.07.012

[2] Hironobu Hamanaka, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Takafumi Ishibe, Jun Kikkawa, and Akira Sakai,
“Influence of nanometer-sized interface on reaction of iron nanocrystals epitaxially grown on silicon substrates with oxygen gas”,
Journal of Applied Physics 114, 114309 (2013). DOI: 10.1063/1.4821770

[3] Wataru Ikeda, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Shogo Okamoto, Shotaro Takeuchi, Jun Kikkawa, Masakazu Ichikawa, and Akira Sakai,
“Characterization of Ge films on Si(001) substrates grown by nanocontact epitaxy”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 52, 095503 (2013). DOI: 10.7567/JJAP.52.095503

[4] Kentaro Watanabe, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Conductive optical-fiber STM probe for local excitation and collection of cathodoluminescence at semiconductor surfaces”,
Optics Express 21, 19261 (2013). DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.019261
*Research Highlight by “Advances in Engineering”

[5] Sung-Pyo Cho, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Jun Yamasaki, Eiji Okunishi, Masakazu, Ichikawa and Nobuo Tanaka,
“Microstructure and interdiffusion behaviour of β-FeSi2 flat islands grown on Si(111) surfaces”,
Journal of Applied Crystallography 46, 1076 (2013). DOI: 10.1107/S0021889813015355

[6] Yoshihiko Moriyama, Keiji Ikeda, Yuuichi Kamimuta, Minoru Oda, Toshifumi Irisawa, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Akira Sakai, and Tsutomu Tezuka,
“Fabrication of bonded GeOI substrates with thin Al2O3/SiO2 buried oxide layers”,
Solid-State Electronics 83, 42 (2013). DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2013.01.036

[7] Jun Kikkawa, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Norihito Fujinoki, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Investigating the origin of intense photoluminescence in Si capping layer on Ge1-xSnx nanodots by transmission electron microscopy”,
Journal of Applied Physics 113, 074302 (2013). DOI: 10.1063/1.4792647

[8] Mamoru Yamashita, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Akira Yamamoto, Jun Kikkawa, Koji Izunome, Akira Sakai,
“Structural analysis of vicinal Si(110) surfaces with various off-angles”,
Applied Surface Science 267, 136 (2013). DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.08.068

[9] Mamoru Yamashita, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Ryota Sugimoto, Jun Kikkawa, Koji Izunome, Akira Sakai,
“Formation mechanism of peculiar structures on vicinal Si(110) surfaces”,
Applied Surface Science 267, 53 (2013). DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.05.114

Proceedings

[10] Yoshiaki Nakamura and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Epitaxial growth of iron-silicide nanodots on Si substrates using ultrathin SiO2 film technique and their physical properties”,
ECS Transactions 50, 65 (2013). DOI: 10.1149/05006.0065ecst


2012

[1] Kentaro Watanabe, Masakazu Ichikawa, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Shigeyuki Kuboya, Ryuji Katayama, and Kentaro Onabe,
“Scanning tunneling microscope-based local electroluminescence spectroscopy of p-AlGaAs/i-GaAs/n-AlGaAs double heterostructure”,
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 30, 021802 (2012). DOI: 10.1116/1.3684985

[2] Shusaku Harada, Jun Kikkawa, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Gang Wang, Matty Caymax, Akira Sakai,
“Vertical dislocations in Ge films selectively grown in submicron Si windows of patterned substrates”,
Thin Solid Films 520, 3245 (2012). DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2011.10.092

[3] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Norihito Fujinoki, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Luminescence at 1.5μm from Si/GeSn nanodot/Si structures.”,
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 45, 035304 (2012). DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/3/035304

Proceedings

[4] Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“High density iron silicide nanodots formed by ultrathin SiO2 Film Technique”,
Procedia Engineering 36, 382 (2012). DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.03.056

[5] Yoshiaki Nakamura and Masakazu Ichikawa,
”Nanocontact epitaxy of thin films on Si substrates using nanodot seeds fabricated by ultrathin SiO2 Film technique”,
ECS Transactions 45, 41 (2012). DOI: 10.1149/1.3700870

[6] Tetsuji Kato, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Pham Son, Jun Kikkawa, and Akira Sakai,
“Electron-beam-induced current study of electronic property change at SrTiO3 bicrystal interface induced by forming process”,
Materials Science Forum 225, 261 (2012). DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.725.261


2011

[1] Nobuyasu Naruse, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Yutaka Mera, Masakazu Ichikawa, and Koji Maeda,
“Photoabsorption properties of β-FeSi2 nanoislands grown on Si(111) and Si(001): Dependence on substrate orientation studied by nano-spectroscopic measurements”,
Thin Solid Films 519, 8477 (2011). DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2011.05.035

[2] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Kenjiro Fukuda, Shogo Amari, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Fe3Si nanodots epitaxially grown on Si(111) substrates using ultrathin SiO2 film technique”,
Thin Solid Films 519, 8512 (2011). DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2011.05.025

[3] Masahiko Takahashi, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Jun Kikkawa, Osamu Nakatsuka, Shigeaki Zaima, and Akira Sakai,
“Structural analysis of Si-based nanodot arrays self-organized by selective etching of SiGe/Si films”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 50, 08LB11 (2011). DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.50.08LB11

[4] Kentaro Watanabe, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Shigeyuki Kuboya, Ryuji Katayama, Kentaro Onabe, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Development of novel system combining scanning tunneling microscope-based cathodoluminescence and electroluminescence nanospectroscopies”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 50, 08LB18 (2011). DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.50.08LB18

[5] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Takafumi Miwa, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Nanocontact heteroepitaxy of thin GaSb and AlGaSb films on Si substrates using ultrahigh-density nanodot seeds”,
Nanotechnology 22, 265301 (2011). DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/26/265301

[6] Kazuya Isiizumi, Jun Kikkawa, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Akira Sakai, and Junichi Yanagisawa,
“Effect of low-energy Ga ion implantation on selective growth of gallium nitride layer on silicon nitride surfaces using metal rrganic chemical vapor deposition”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 50, 06GC02 (2011). DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.50.06GC02

[7] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Akiyuki Murayama, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Epitaxial growth of high quality Ge films on Si(001) substrates by nanocontact epitaxy”,
Crystal Growth & Design 11, 3301 (2011). DOI: 10.1021/cg200609u

[8] Kouhei Ebihara, Jun Kikkawa, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Akira Sakai, Gang Wang, Matty Caymax, Yasuhiko Imai, Shigeru Kimura, and Osami Sakata,
“X-ray microdiffraction investigation of crystallinity and strain relaxation in Ge thin lines selectively grown on Si(001) substrates”,
Solid State Electronics 60, 26 (2011). DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2011.01.017

[9] Osamu Yoshitake, Jun Kikkawa, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Eiji Toyoda, Hiromichi Isogai, Koji Izunome, and Akira Sakai,
“Annealing effects on Ge/SiO2 interface structure in wafer-bonded germanium-on-insulator substrates”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 50, 04DA13 (2011). DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.50.04DA13

[10] Yuji Iwasaki, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Jun Kikkawa, Motoki Sato, Eiji Toyoda, Hiromichi Isogai, Koji Izunome, and Akira Sakai,
“Electrical characterization of wafer-bonded germanium-on-insulator substrates using a four-point-probe pseudo-metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 50, 04DA14 (2011). DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.50.04DA14

[11] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Masahiko Takahashi, Tatsuki Fujiwara, Jun Kikkawa, Akira Sakai, Osamu Nakatsuka, and Shigeaki Zaima,
“Self-organization of two-dimensional SiGe nanodot arrays using selective etching of pure-edge dislocation network”,
Journal of Applied Physics 109, 044301 (2011). DOI: 10.1063/1.3549158

[12] Keisuke Minami, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Shuto Yamasaka, Osmau Yoshitake, Jun Kikkawa, Koji Izunome, Akira Sakai,
“Electrical characterization of wafer-bonded Ge(111)-on-insulator substrates using four-point-probe pseudo-metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor method”,
Thin Solid Films 520, 3232 (2011). DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2011.10.175

[13] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Shogo Amari, Sung-Pyo Cho, Nobuo Tanaka, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Formation and magnetic properties of ultrahigh density Fe3Si nanodots epitaxially grown on Si(111) Substrates covered with ultrathin SiO2 films”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 50, 015501 (2011). DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.50.015501

Proceedings

[14] Tetsuji Kato, Takaya Ueda, Yuji Ohara, Jun Kikkawa, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Akira Sakai, Osamu Nakatsuka, Shigeaki Zaima, Eiji Toyoda, Kouji Izunome, Yasuhiko Imai, Shigeru Kimura, and Osami Sakata,
“Structural change during the formation of directly bonded silicon substrates”,
Key Engineering Materials 470, 158 (2011). DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.470.158

[15] Tetsuji Kato, Yuji Ohara, Takaya Ueda, Jun Kikkawa, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Akira Sakai, Osmau Nakatsuka, Masaki. Ogawa, Shigeaki Zaima, Eiji Toyoda, Hiromichi Isogai, Takeshi Senda, Kouji Izunome, Hiroo Tajiri, Osami Sakata, and Shigeru Kimura,
“Microscopic structure of directly bonded silicon substrates”,
Key Engineering Materials 470, 164 (2011). DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.470.164


2010

[1] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Akiyuki Murayama, Ryoko Watanabe, Tomokazu Iyoda and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Self-organized formation and self-repair of a two-dimensional nanoarray of Ge quantum dots epitaxially grown on ultrathin SiO2-covered Si substrates”,
Nanotechnology 21, 095305 (2010). DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/9/095305

[2] Tetsuji Kato, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Jun Kikkawa, Akira Sakai, Eiji Toyoda, Koji Izunome, Osamu Nakatsuka, Shigeaki Zaima, Yasuhiko Imai, Shigeru Kimura, Osami Sakata,
“Structural change of direct silicon bonding substrates by interfacial oxide out-diffusion annealing”,
Thin Solid Films 518, S147 (2010). DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2009.10.075

[3] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Akiyuki Murayama, Ryoko Watanabe, Tomokazu Iyoda, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Self-organization and self-repair of a two-dimensional nanoarray of Ge quantum dots epitaxially grown on Si substrates using ultrathin SiO2 films”,
Journal of the surface science society of Japan 31, 626 (2010). DOI: 10.1380/jsssj.31.626

Proceedings

[4] Kouhei Ebihara, Shinji Harada, Jun Kikkawa, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Akira Sakai, Gang Wang, Matty Caymax, Yasuhiko. Imai, Shigeru Kimura, and Osami Sakata,
“X-ray microdiffraction study on crystallinity of micron-sized Ge films selectively grown on Si(001) substrates”,
ECS Transactions 33, 887 (2010). DOI: 10.1149/1.3487619


2009

[1] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Norihiko Fujinoki, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Photoluminescence from Si-capped GeSn nanodots on Si substrates formed using an ultrathin SiO2 film technique”,
Journal of Applied Physics 106, 014309 (2009). DOI: 10.1063/1.3159902

[2] Kentaro Watanabe, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Masakazu Ichikawa, Shigeyuki Kuboya, Ryuji Katayama, and Kentaro Onabe,
“Scanning tunneling microscope-cathodoluminescence measurement of the GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure”,
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 27, 1874 (2009). DOI: 10.1116/1.3155827

[3] Alexander Shklyaev, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Fedor Dultsev, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Defect-related light emission in the 1.4-1.7-μm range from Si layers at room temperature”,
Journal of Applied Physics 105, 063513 (2009). DOI: 10.1063/1.3095670

[4] Nobuyasu Naruse, Yutaka Mera, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Masakazu Ichikawa, and Koji Maeda,
“Fourier-transform photoabsorption spectroscopy of quantum-confinement effects in individual GeSn nanodots”,
Applied Physics Letters 94, 093104 (2009). DOI: 10.1063/1.3093806

[5] Sung-Pyo Cho, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Masakazu Ichikawa, and Nobuo Tanaka,
“High resolution transmission electron microscopy study of structures of iron-silicide nanodots grown on faintly oxidized Si(111) surfaces”,
Thin Solid Films 517, 2865 (2009). DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2008.10.057

[6] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Tomohiro Sugimoto, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Formation and optical properties of GaSb quantum dots epitaxially grown on Si substrates using an ultrathin SiO2 film technique”,
Journal of Applied Physics 105, 014308 (2009). DOI: 10.1063/1.3055211


2008

[1] Masakazu Ichikawa, Seiichiro Uchida, Alexander Shklyaev, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Sung-Pyo Cho, and Nobuo Tanaka,
“Characterization of semiconductor nanostructures formed by using ultrathin Si oxide technology”,
Applied Surface Science 255, 669 (2008). DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.07.046

[2] Nobuyasu Naruse, Yutaka Mera, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Masakazu Ichikawa, and Koji Maeda,
“Electric field modulation nano-spectroscopy for characterization of individual β-FeSi2 nanodots”,
Journal of Applied Physics 104, 074321 (2008). DOI: 10.1063/1.2981062

[3] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Yutaka Mera, and Koji Maeda,
“Giant fullerenes formed on C60 films irradiated with electrons field-emitted from scanning tunneling microscope tips”,
Applied Surface Science 254, 7881 (2008). DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.03.010

[4] Kentaro Watanabe, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Spatial resolution of imaging contaminations on the GaAs surface by scanning tunneling microscope-cathodoluminescence spectroscopy”,
Applied Surface Science 254, 7737 (2008). DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.02.013

[5] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Seigo Amari, Nobuyasu Naruse, Yutaka Mera, Koji Maeda, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Self-assembled epitaxial growth of high density β-FeSi2 nanodots on Si(001) and their spatially resolved optical absorption properties”,
Crystal Growth & Design 8, 3019 (2008). DOI: 10.1021/cg800139c

[6] Kentaro Watanabe, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Local optical characterization related to Si cluster concentration in GaAs using scanning tunneling microscope cathodoluminescence spectroscopy”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 47, 6109 (2008). DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.47.6109

[7] Nobuyasu Naruse, Yutaka Mera, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Masakazu Ichikawa, and Koji Maeda,
“The enhanced signal of subgap centers in tip-probing photoabsorption spectroscopy with an assist of a subsidiary light.”
Journal of Applied Physics 103, 044303 (2008). DOI: 10.1063/1.2872891

[8] Kentaro Watanabe, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Measurements of local optical properties of Si-doped GaAs(110) surfaces using modulation scanning tunneling microscope cathodoluminescence spectroscopy”,
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 26, 195 (2008). DOI: 10.1116/1.2830640

[9] (総説) 中村芳明、市川昌和、
「Si基板上エピタキシャルナノドットの高密度形成技術」、
応用物理学会薄膜・表面物理分科News Letter 134, 23 (2008).


2007

[1] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Akiko Masada, Sung-Pyo Cho, Nobuo Tanaka, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Epitaxial growth of ultrahigh density Ge1-xSnx quantum dots on Si(111) substrates by codeposition of Ge and Sn on ultrathin SiO2 films”,
Journal of Applied Physics 102, 124302 (2007). DOI: 10.1063/1.2822271

[2] Nobuyasu Naruse, Yutaka Mera, Yo Fukuzawa, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Masakazu Ichikawa, and Koji Maeda,
“Fourier transform photoabsorption spectroscopy based on scanning tunneling microscopy”,
Journal of Applied Physics 102, 114301 (2007). DOI: 10.1063/1.2817956

[3] Yasuo Nakayama, Keiko Takase, Toru Hirahara, Shuji Hasegawa, Taichi Okuda, Ayumi Harasawa, Iwao Matsuda, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Quantum-size effect in uniform Ge-Sn alloy nanodots observed by photoemission spectroscopy”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 46, L1176 (2007). DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.46.L1176

[4] Nobuyasu Naruse, Yutaka Mera, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Masakazu Ichikawa and Koji Maeda,
“The origin of spectral distortion in electric field modulation spectroscopy based on scanning tunneling microscopy”,
Surface Science 601, 5300 (2007). DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2007.04.225

[5] Yutaka Mera, Manabu Yoshino, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Katsuya Saishu and Koji Maeda,
“Polymerization and depolymerization of fullerenes induced by hole injection from scanning tunneling microscope tips”,
Surface Science 601, 5207 (2007). DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2007.04.193

[6] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Akiko Masada, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Quantum-confinement effect in individual Ge1-xSnx quantum dots on Si (111) substrates covered with ultrathin SiO2 films using scanning tunneling spectroscopy”,
Applied Physics Letters 91, 013109 (2007). DOI: 10.1063/1.2753737

[7] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Yutaka Mera, and Koji Maeda,
“Desorption of chlorine atoms on Si(111)-(7×7) surfaces induced by hole injection from scanning tunneling microscope tips”
Surface Science 601, 2189 (2007). DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2007.03.015

[8] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Masakazu Ichikawa, Kentaro Watanabe and Yasuhiro Hatsugai,
“Quantum fluctuation of tunneling current in individual Ge quantum dots induced by a single-electron transfer”,
Applied Physics Letters 90, 153104 (2007). DOI: 10.1063/1.2720756

[9] Alexander. A. Shklyaev, Sung-Pyo Cho, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Nobuo Tanaka, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Influence of growth and annealing conditions on photoluminescence of Ge/Si layers grown on oxidized Si surfaces”,
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 19, 136004 (2007). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/19/13/136004

[10] Alexander A. Shklyaev, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Photoluminescence of Si layers grown on oxidized Si surfaces”
Journal of Applied Physics 101, 033532 (2007). DOI: 10.1063/1.2435063


2006

[1] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Ryota Suzuki, Masafumi Umeno, Sung-Pyo Cho, Nobuo Tanaka, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Observation of the quantum-confinement effect in individual β-FeSi2 nanoislands epitaxial grown on Si (111) surfaces using scanning tunneling spectroscopy”,
Applied Physics Letters 89, 123104 (2006). DOI: 10.1063/1.2349842

[2] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Hiroyuki Takata, Akiko Masada, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Manipulating Ge quantum dots on ultrathin SixGe1-x oxide films using scanning tunneling microscope tips”,
Surface Science 600, 3456 (2006). DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2006.06.035

[3] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Yasushi Nagadomi, Sung-Pyo Cho, Nobuo Tanaka, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Formation of ultrahigh density and ultrasmall coherent β-FeSi2 nanodots on Si (111) substraets using Si and Fe codeposition method”,
Journal of Applied Physics 100, 044313 (2006). DOI: 10.1063/1.2266322

[4] Alexander A. Shklyaev, Shin-ichi Nobuki, Seiichi Uchida, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Photoluminescence of Ge/Si structures grown on oxidized Si surfaces”,
Applied Physics Letters 88, 121919 (2006). DOI: 10.1063/1.2189113

[5] Alexander Konchenko, Yasuo Nakayama, Iwao Matsuda, Shunji Hasegawa, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Quantum confinement obseved in Ge nanodots on an oxidized Si surface”,
Physical Review B 73, 113311 (2006). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.113311


2005

[1] A. Yajima, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Yutaka Mera, and Koji Maeda,
“STM observations of photo-induced jumps of chlorine atoms chemisorbed on Si (111)-(7×7) surface”,
Surface Science 593, 155 (2005). DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2005.06.084

[2] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Yutaka Mera, and Koji, Maeda,
“Role of intermolecular separation in nanoscale patterning C60 films by Local injection of electrons from scanning tunneling microscope tip”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 44, L1373 (2005). DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.44.L1373

[3] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Kentaro Watanabe, Yo Fukuzawa, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Observation of the quantum-confinement effect in individual Ge nanocrystals on oxidized Si substrates using scanning tunneling spectroscopy”,
Applied Physics Letters 87, 133119 (2005). DOI: 10.1063/1.2067711

[4] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Yasushi Nagadomi, Sung-Pyo Cho, Nobuo Tanaka, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Formation of strained iron silicide nanodots by Fe deposition on Si nanodots on oxidized Si (111) surfaces”,
Physical Review B 72, 075404 (2005). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.075404


2004

[1] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Fumitaka Kagawa, Koichi Kasai, Yutaka Mera, and Koji Maeda,
“Nonthermal decomposition of C60 polymers induced by tunneling electron injection”,
Applied Physics Letters 85, 5242 (2004). DOI: 10.1063/1.1825618

[2] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Yashushi Nagadomi, Kaoru Sugie, Noriyuki Miyata, and Masakazu Ichikawa,
“Formation of ultrahigh density Ge nanodots on oxidized Ge/Si(111) surfaces”,
Journal of Applied Physics 95, 5014 (2004). DOI: 10.1063/1.1690863


2003

[1] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Yutaka Mera, and Koji Maeda,
“Hopping motion of chlorine atoms on Si(100)-(2×1) surfaces induced by carrier injection from scanning tunneling microscope tips”,
Surface Science 531, 68 (2003). DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(03)00398-4

[2] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Fumitaka Kagawa, Koichi Kasai, Yutaka Mera, and Koji Maeda,
“Cluster reactions in C60 films induced by electron injection from a scanning tunneling microscope tip”,
Surface Science 528, 151 (2003). DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(02)02625-0

[3] Koji Maeda and Yoshiaki Nakamura,
“Spreading effects in surface reactions induced by tunneilng current injection from an STM tip”,
Surface Science 528, 110 (2003). DOI: 10.1016/10.1016/S0039-6028(02)02618-3


2002

[1] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Yutaka Mera, and Koji Maeda,
“Nanoscale imaging of electronic surface transport probed by atom movements induced by scanning tunneling microsope current”,
Physical Review Letters 89, 266805 (2002). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.266805

[2] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Yutaka Mera, and Koji Maeda,
“Spatially extended polymerization of C60 clusters induced by localized current injection from scanning tunneling microscope tips”,
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 386, 135 (2002). DOI: 10.1080/713738838

[3] Osamu Tonomura, Yutaka Mera, Akira Hida, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Takashi Meguro, and Koji Maeda,
“Structural change of radiation defects in graphite crystals induced by STM probing”,
Applied Physics A 74, 311 (2002). DOI: 10.1007/s003390101025

[4] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Yutaka Mera, and Koji Maeda,
“Chlorine atom diffusion on Si(111)-(7×7) surface enhanced by hole injection from scanning tunneling microscope tips”,
Surface Science 497, 166 (2002). DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(01)01641-7


2001

[1] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Yutaka Mera, and Koji Maeda,
“Diffusion of chlorine atoms on Si(111)-(7×7) surface enhanced by electron injection from scanning tunneling microscope tips”,
Surface Science 487, 127 (2001). DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(01)01082-2


2000

[1] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Yutaka Mera, and Koji Maeda,
In situ scanning tunneling microscopic study of polymerization of C60 clusters induced by electron injection from the probe tips”,
Applied Physics Letters 77, 2834 (2000). DOI: 10.1063/1.1320865


1999

[1] Yoshiaki Nakamura, Yutaka Mera, and Koji Maeda,
“A reproducible method to fabricate atomically sharp tips for scanning tunneling microscopy”,
Review of Scientific Instruments 70, 3373 (1999). DOI: 10.1063/1.1149921

[2] Koji Maeda, Hirotaka Amasuga, Yoshiaki Nakamura, and Yutaka Mera,
“Laser-induced etching of chlorinated silicon surfaces”,
Journal of the surface science society of Japan 20, 393 (1999). DOI: 10.1380/jsssj.20.393