International Conference

International Conference

  • "AFM Studies on Formation and Tribological Properties of Fatty Acid Metal Soaps on Copper Surfaces"
    Naoki Yamashita, Hinano Egawa, Tomoko Hirayama, Taketoshi Minato
    7th Asia International Conference on Tribology (ASIATRIB2024), Tianjin, September 14-18, 2024.

  • "Clarifications of local interactions though image processing of the data acquired from energy materials by scanning probe microscopy"
    Sota Tsubokura, Shoya Kawano, Yumiko Imai, Tadashi Ueda, Kei-ichi Nakamoto, Hirohisa Hioki, Haruo Noma, Taketoshi Minato
    NanospecFY2023, Okazaki, March 4-5, 2024.

  • "Reaction Mechanisms at the Interfaces between Halogen Ions and Metal Electrodes in Liquid Electrolytes Analyzed by Scanning Probe Microscopy"
    Yumiko Imai, Tadashi Ueda, Kei-ichi Nakamoto, Taketoshi Minato
    NanospecFY2023, Okazaki, March 4-5, 2024.

  • "In-situ AFM Evaluation of Solid Layer Formation at Superconcentrated Electrolyte/Electrode Interface"
    Akito Kobayashi, Masanori Nagasaka, Taketoshi Minato, Katsuyoshi Ikeda, and Kenta Motobayashi 
    NanospecFY2023, Okazaki, March 4-5, 2024.

  • "DNA Investigation by AFM and nano-FTIR"
    Chaweewan Sapcharoenkun, Jun Nishida, Akihiro Otomo, Taketoshi Minato, Ryota Iino, and Takashi Kumagai
    NanospecFY2023, Okazaki, March 4-5, 2024.

  • [Invited] "Surface and Interface Sciences of Energy Conversion Systems Studied by SPM"
    Taketoshi Minato
    Joint Workshop Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin (FHI) and Institute for Molecular Science, Japan (IMS): Emerging Techniques of Nanospectroscopy Based on Scanning Probe Microscopy, Berlin, December 4, 2023.

  • "In-Situ AFM Observation of Solid Layer Formation at a Superconcentrated Electrolyte/Electrode Interface"
    Akito Kobayashi, Taketoshi Minato, Katsuyoshi Ikeda, Kenta Motobayashi
    2023 MRS fall meeting & exhibit, Boston, Nov. 26 - Dec. 1, 2023.

  • "AFM Characterization of Ice Films Immersed in Organic Solvents"
    Ryo Yanagisawa, Tadashi Ueda, Kei-ichi Nakamoto, Hiroshi Onishi and Taketoshi Minato
    The 31st International Colloquium on Scanning Probe Microscopy (ICSPM31), Tokyo, Dec. 7 - 8, 2023.

  • "In situ observation of nano-scale wetting on glass surface"
    Yuki Araki, Taketoshi Minato and Toyoko Arai
    The 31st International Colloquium on Scanning Probe Microscopy (ICSPM31), Tokyo, Dec. 7 - 8, 2023.

  • "Electrochemical AFM analysis of silver nanoparticles supported on defect loaded HOPG as carbon dioxide reduction catalysts"
    Kazuki Itakura, Taketoshi Minato, Masanori Hara, and Masamichi Yoshimura
    The 31st International Colloquium on Scanning Probe Microscopy (ICSPM31), Tokyo, Dec. 7 - 8, 2023.

  • "Optical pump probe STM/AFM with an externally triggerable laser system"
    Munenori Yokota, Katsuya Iwaya, Taketoshi Minato, Hiroyuki Mogi, Shoji Yoshida, Osamu Takeuchi, and Hidemi Shigekawa
    The 31st International Colloquium on Scanning Probe Microscopy (ICSPM31), Tokyo, Dec. 7 - 8, 2023.

  • "In-situ AFM Observation of the Formation of Solid Layers at the Interface between Superconcentrated Electrolyte and Electrode"
    Akito Kobayashi, Taketoshi Minato, Katsuyoshi Ikeda, Kenta Motobayashi
    2023 Joint Symposiumon Molten Salts (12th International Conference on Molten Salt Chemistry and Technology, 8th Asian Conference on Molten Salt Chemistry and Technology, 55th Symposium on Molten Salt Chemistry in Japan), Kyoto, Nov. 12-16, 2023.

  • “Recent Progress in development of Toughened, Fine Grained, Recrystallized Tungsten”
    Shunsuke Makimura, Hiroaki Kurishita, Koichi Niikura, Masahiro Onoi, Masashi Inotsume, Yasuhiro Matsumoto, Taku Ishida, Masaki Ishida, Eiichi Wakai, Tatsuaki Sakamoto, Taketoshi Minato, Shoya Kawano, Masahiro Nagae, Sho Kano
    21st International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials (ICFRM-21) , Granada, Oct. 22 - 27, 2023.

  • "High spin polarization in helical tetrapyrroles via magnetoconductive AFM"
    Adrian Urban, Taketoshi Minato, Kei-ichi Nakamoto, Tadashi Ueda, Hiroshi M. Yamamoto
    Electron Spin Interactions with Chiral Molecules and Materials, Gordon Research Conference, Manchester (New Hampshire, USA), Jul. 30 - Aug. 4, 2023.

  • "Promotion of calcite dissolution in succinic acid and L-malic acid aqueous solution."
    Kodai Imura, Yuki Araki, Taketoshi Minato, Toshitaka Nakada
    The International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-20), Naples, Jul. 30 - Aug. 4, 2023.

  • “In situ observation of Nano-Water Droplet on SiO2 glass by FM-AFM”
    Yuki Araki, Taketoshi Minato, Toyoko Arai
    The 9th International Symposium on Organic and Inorganic Electronic Materials and Related Nanotechnologies (EM-Nano2023) , Kanazawa, Jun. 5 - 8, 2023.

  • “Developments in Toughened Fine-Grained Recrystallized Tungsten for High Intensity Proton Production Targets"
    Shunsuke Makimura, Hiroaki Kurishita, Masaki Ishida, Koichi Niikura, Masashi Inotsume, Sujit Bidhar, Kavin Ammigan, Frederique Pellemoine, Shinichiro Meigo, Eiichi Wakai, Tatsuaki Sakamoto, Taketoshi Minato, Shoya Kawano, Masahiro Nagae, Sho Kano, Hiroyuki Noto
    The US-Japan Science and Technology Cooperation Program in High Energy Physics, Hawai, May 22 - 23, 2023.

  • [Invited] “Interfaces between electrode and electrolyte in rechargeable batteries analyzed by scanning probe microscopy”
    Taketoshi Minato
    14th International Symposium on Atomic Level Characterizations for New Materials and Devices '22, Nago, Oct. 17 - 21, 2022.

  • [Invited] “Physical properties of defects on metal oxide surfaces analyzed by scanning probe microscopy”
    Taketoshi Minato
    IMS Symposium “Metal-Oxides: Structure Chemistry of Films and Surfaces”, Okazaki, Sep. 23, 2022.

  • "Analysis of the alignments of oxygen vacancies on the surface of titanium dioxide by image processing methods"
    Sota Tsubokura, Hirohisa Hioki, Haruo Noma, Shoya Kawano, Taketoshi Minato
    THE 22ND INTERNATIONAL VACUUM CONGRESS, Sapporo, Sep. 11 - 16, 2022.

  • "Image Processing of Scanning Probe Microscopy Images to Analyze Local Characteristics"
    Sota Tsubokura, Hirohisa Hioki, Haruo Noma, Taketoshi Minato
    THE 22ND INTERNATIONAL VACUUM CONGRESS, Sapporo, Sep. 11 - 16, 2022.

  • "Development of technology to reduce environmental problems viainnovative water purification agents"
    Naoki Asao, Taketoshi Minato, Natsuhiko Yoshinaga, Kazuto Akagi, Joseph Hriljac, and Neil Hyatt
    The 6th Fukushima Daiichi Decommissioning International Forum, Iwaki, Aug. 28-29, 2022.

  • "Interaction of surface defects of titanium dioxide analyzed by image processing of scanning probe microscopy images"
    Sota Tsubokura, Hirohisa Hioki, Haruo Noma and Taketoshi Minato
    29th International Colloquium on Scanning Probe Microscopy, Online, Dec. 9 - 10, 2021.

  • [Invited] "Electrode/Electrolyte Interface Analyzed by Scanning Probe Microscopy"

    Taketoshi Minato
    1st IMS-FHI Symposium, Online, Jul. 12 - 13, 2021.

  • [Invited] “Interface Analysis during the Energy Conversion by Scanning Probe Microscopy”
    Taketoshi Minato
    Asian International Symposium in the 101th Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting, International Symposium on Molecular Science Cosponsored by Japan Society for Molecular Science, Online, Mar. 19 - 22, 2021.

  • [Invited] "Mechanism of Energy Conversion at Electrode/Electrolyte Interface in Rechargeable Batteries"
    Taketoshi Minato
    The 28th International Colloquium on Scanning Probe Microscopy, Online, Dec. 10 - 11, 2020.

  • [Invited] “Electrode/Electrolyte Interface in Rechargeable Battery”
    Taketoshi Minato
    Asian International Symposium in the 100th Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting, International Symposium on Molecular Science Cosponsored by Japan Society for Molecular Science, March 2020 (The meeting was cancelled by the influence of Covid-19 Coronavirus. The presentation was conducted).

  • "Observation of Electrode Reactions in Fluoride Shuttle Battery by Atomic Force Microscopy”
    Taketoshi Minato, Hiroaki Konishi, Asuman Celik Kucuk, Hiroshi Onishi Zempachi Ogumi, Takeshi Abe
    Material Research Society 2019 fall annual meeting, Boston, USA, Dec. 1 – 6, 2019.

  • [Invited] “Surface and interface sciences for energy materials and devices”
    Taketoshi Minato
    RIKEN Symposium, Forefront of molecular science at surfaces & interfaces, RIKEN, June 2019.

  • “Molecular Structure at the Interface between Graphite Electrode and Tetraglyme-based Electrolyte for Rechargeable Battery”
    Taketoshi Minato, Yuki Araki, Kenichi Umeda, Hiroshi Onishi, Takeshi Abe and Zempachi Ogumi
    14th International Conference on Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanostructures in conjunction with 26th International Colloquium on Scanning Probe Microscopy, Sendai, Japan, Oct. 21 - 25, 2018.

  • “Interface Structure between Graphite and Organic Electrolyte Investigated by Frequency Modulation Atomic Force Microscopy”
    Taketoshi Minato, Yuki Araki, Kenichi Umeda, Hiroshi Onishi, Takeshi Abe and Zempachi Ogumi
    5th Ito International Research Conference, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 22 – 26, 2017.

  • “Observation of Interface between Organic Electrolyte and Carbon by Frequency-Modulation Atomic Force Microscopy in Liquid”
    Taketoshi Minato, Yuki Araki, Kenichi Umeda, Hiroshi Onishi, Takeshi Abe and Zempachi Ogumi
    The 8th International Symposium on Surface Science, Tsukuba, Japan, Oct. 22 – 26, 2017.

  • “Atomic-scale hydration structure on boundary on heterogeneously charged surface by FM-AFM and MD simulation”
    Kenichi Umeda, Kei Kobayashi, Taketoshi Minato, Lidija Zivanovic, Peter Spijker, Adam S. Foster, and Hirofumi Yamada
    The 8th International Symposium on Surface Science, Tsukuba, Japan, Oct. 22 – 26, 2017.

  • “Observation of Interface between Organic Electrolyte and Electrode in Rechargeable Battery by Frequency - Modulation Atomic Force Microscopy in Liquid”
    Taketoshi Minato, Yuki Araki, Kenichi Umeda, Hiroshi Onishi, Takeshi Abe and Zempachi Ogumi
    The 20th international conference on Non-Contact Atomic Force Microscopy, Suzhou, China, Sep. 25 – 29, 2017.

  •  “Local hydration structures on various surface structural dimensions by 3D-FM-AFM/MD”
    Kenichi Umeda, Taketoshi Minato, Kei Kobayashi, Hirofumi Yamada
    The 20th international conference on Non-Contact Atomic Force Microscopy, Suzhou, China, Sep. 25 – 29, 2017.

  • “Site-Selective and Element-Selective Analysis of Nickel Substituted Li-Rich Layered Material Using By X-Ray Diffraction and Absorption Spectroscopy”
    Hideyuki Komatsu, Taketoshi Minato, Toshiyuki Matsunaga, Keiji Shimoda, Tomoya Kawaguchi, Katsutoshi Fukuda, Koji Nakanishi, Hajime Arai, Yoshiharu Uchimoto, Eiichiro Matsubara, Zempachi Ogumi
    Pacific Rim Meeting on Electrochemical and Solid-State Science 2016, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 2 - 7 October 2016

  • “Lithium Intercalation and Structural Changes at the LiCoO2 Surface Under High Voltage Battery Operation”
    Sou Taminato, Masaaki Hirayama, Kota Suzuki, Kazuhisa Tamura, Taketoshi Minato, Hajime Arai, Yoshiharu Uchimoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Ryoji Kanno
    Pacific Rim Meeting on Electrochemical and Solid-State Science 2016, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 2 - 7 October 2016.

  • “Significant cation mixing in the transition-metal layer of Li2MnO3”
    Toshiyuki Matsunaga, Hideyuki Komatsu, Keiji Shimoda, Taketoshi Minato, Masao Yonemura, Takashi Kamiyama, Shunsuke Kobayashi, Takeharu Kato, Tsukasa Hirayama, Yuichi Ikuhara, Hajime Arai, Yoshio Ukyo, Yoshiharu Uchimoto, and Zempachi Ogumi
    66th Annual Meeting of International Society of the Electrochemistry, 4-9 October, 2015, Taipei, Taiwan.

  • “Development of Novel Magnesium Rechargeable Battery using Polyanion Compounds”
    Yuki Orikasa, Titus Masese, Kentaro Yamamoto, Zhen-Dong Huang, Takuya Mori, Masashi Hattori, Cedric Tassel, Yoji Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kageyama, Jung eun Kim, Taketoshi Minato, Takeshi Abe, Yoshiharu Uchimoto,
    2014 MRS Spring Meeting April 21-25, 2014, San Francisco, USA.

  • “Electrochemical charge and discharge of magnesium anode in triglyme-based solution”
    Masashi Hattori, Takuya Mori, Yuki Orikasa, Titus Masese, Kentaro Yamamoto, Zhen-Dong Huang, Taketoshi Minato, Takeshi Abe, Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    17th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries, June 10 to 14, 2014, Como, Italy.

  • “Electrochemical performance of MgxV2(PO4)3 as a cathode material for Mg rechargeable batteries”
    Zhen-Dong Huangg,Yuki Orikasa, Titus Masese, Kentaro Yamamoto, Takuya Mori, Taketoshi Minato, Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    17th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries, June 10 to 14, 2014, Como, Italy.

  • “Development of Novel Magnesium Rechargeable Battery using Polyanion Compounds”
    Yuki Orikasa, Titus Masese, Kentaro Yamamoto, Zhen-Dong Huang, Takuya Mori, Masashi Hattori, Cedric Tassel, Yoji Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kageyama, Jung eun Kim, Taketoshi Minato, Takeshi Abe, Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    17th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries, June 10 to 14, 2014, Como, Italy.

  • Analysis for the electronic structure at cathode/electrolyte interface in lithium-ion batteries via in-situ total reflection fluorescence X-ray absorption spectroscopy
    Kentaro Yamamoto, Taketoshi Minato, Shinichiro Mori, Daiko Takamatsu, Yuki Orikasa, Hajime Tanida, Hajime Arai, Yukinori Koyama Zempachi Ogumi Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    17th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries, June 10 to 14, 2014, Como, Italy.

  • Reaction dynamics of magnesium ions insertion/extraction of Olivine-type FePO4
    Takahiro Yoshinari, Kentaro Yamamoto, Yuki Orikasa, Titus Masese , Takuya Mori, Zhen-Dong Huang, Taketoshi Minato, and Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    17th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries, June 10 to 14, 2014, Como, Italy.

  •  “Reaction Mechanism of FeS2 Positive Electrode for Alminum Secondary Battery”
    Takuya Mori, Yuki Orikasa, Koji Nakanishi, Taketoshi Minato, Toshiaki Ohta, Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    The 19th International Conference on Solid State Ionics (ISSI 2013), June 2 – 7, 2013, Kyoto, Japan.
    Best Poster Award

  • “Reversible Change of the Electronic Structure of LiFePO4 surface during Charge/Discharge Process”
    Kentaro Yamamoto, Shinichiro Mori, Daiko Takamatsu, Yuki Orikasa, Taketoshi Minato, Hajime Tanida, Hajime Arai, Zempachi Ogumi, Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    The 19th International Conference on Solid State Ionics (ISSI 2013), June 2 – 7, 2013, Kyoto, Japan.

  • “Electrode/Electrolyte Interface Studies in Lithium Ion Battery by using in-situ X-ray Absorption Fine Structure”
    Taketoshi Minato, Daiko Takamatsu, Shinichiro Mori, Kentaro Yamamoto, Yuki Orikasa, Hajime Tanida, Yukinori Koyama, Tomoya Uruga, Hajime Arai, Yoshiharu Uchimoto and Zempachi Ogumi
    The 19th International Conference on Solid State Ionics (ISSI 2013), June 2 – 7, 2013, Kyoto, Japan.

  • “Reconstructive Polymorphism upon Cycling of Li2FeSiO4 at Various Rates”
    Titus Masese, Hajime Arai, Yuki Orikasa, Cedric Tassel, Taketoshi Minato, Hiroshi Kageyama, Yoshiharu Uchimoto and Zempachi Ogumi
    The 19th International Conference on Solid State Ionics (ISSI 2013), June 2 – 7, 2013, Kyoto, Japan.

  • “Investigation of Determination Factor of Reaction Distribution in LiFePO4 Composite Electrodes”
    Yuki Orikasa,Yuma Gogyo, Hisao Yamashige, Masaki Katayama, Kezheng Chen, Takuya Mori, Kentaro Yamamoto, Titus Masese, Taketoshi Minato, Yasuhiro Inada, Toshiaki Ohta, Zyun Siroma, Shiro Kato, Hajime Kinoshita, Hajime Arai, Zempachi Ogumi, Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    224th Electrochemical Society Meeting, October 27-November 1, 2013, San Francisco, California, USA.

  • “Magnesium Secondary Battery Using Polyanion Compound Cathode Materials”
    Yuki Orikasa, Titus Masese, Kentaro Yamamoto, Zhen-Dong Huang, Takuya Mori, Masashi Hattori,Takeshi Abe, Cedric Tassel, Yoji Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kageyama, Jungeun Kim, Taketoshi Minato, Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    The 7th Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources, 24-27th Nov. 2013, Osaka Japan.

  • “Relationship between Electrochemical Property and Structural Change in Li2FeSiO4 under Various Operating Temperature”
    Yosuke Hori, Titus Masese, Takuya Mori, Kentaro Yamamoto, Yuki Orikasa, Taketoshi Minato, Toshiyuki Nohira, Rika Hagiwara, Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    The 7th Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources, 24-27th Nov. 2013, Osaka Japan.

  • “Reaction Mechanism of More Than One Lithium Reaction for Li2FeSiO4”
    Titus Masese, Yuki Orikasa, Cedric Tassel, Kentaro Yamamoto, Takuya Mori, Yoji Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kageyama, Taketoshi Minato, Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    The 7th Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources, 24-27th Nov. 2013, Osaka Japan.

  • “Electronic Structure at Electrode/electrolyte Interface of LiFePO4 and LiCoO2”
    Kentaro Yamamoto, Shinichiro Mori, Daiko Takamatsu, Yuki Orikasa, Taketoshi Minato, Titus Masese, Takuya Mori, Hajime Tanida, Zempachi Ogumi, Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    The 7th Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources, 24-27th Nov. 2013, Osaka Japan.
    1st Prize Poster Award

  • “Analysis of Reaction Distribution in LiFePO4 Composite Electrodes”
    Kezheng Chen, Yuki Orikasa, Yuma Gogyo, Hisao Yamashige, Misaki Katayama, Kentaro Yamamoto, Taketoshi Minato, Yasuhiro Inada, Toshiaki Ota, Zyun Siromad, Shiro Katoe, Hajime Kinoshitae, Hajime Araie, Zempachi Ogumi, Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    The 7th Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources, 24-27th Nov. 2013, Osaka Japan.

  • “Fluoro-polyanionic LiV0.5Fe0.5PO4 for Lithium Ion Battery Cathode”
    Zhen-Dong Huang, Yuki Orikasa, Titus Masese, Kentaro Yamamoto, Takuya Mori, Taketoshi Minato, Cedric Tassel, Yoji Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kageyama, Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    The 7th Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources, 24-27th Nov. 2013, Osaka Japan.

  • “Cation Mixing Effect in The Olivine-MgMnSiO4 on The Performance of Magnesium Secondary Battery”
    Takuya Mori, Titus Masese, Tetsuya Okado, Kentaro Yamamoto, Zhen-Dong Huang, Jungeun Kim, Yuki Orikasa, Taketoshi Minato, Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    The 7th Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources, 24-27th Nov. 2013, Osaka Japan.

  • “Magnesium Iron Silicate Prepared by Ion-exchange for Magnesium Ion Battery Cathode”
    Titus Masese, Yuki Orikasa, Kentaro Yamamoto, Takuya Mori, Masashi Hattori, Zhedong Huang, Taketoshi Minato, Jungeun Kim, Cedric Tasseld, Yoji Kobayashid, Hiroshi Kageyamad, Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    The 7th Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources, 24-27th Nov. 2013, Osaka Japan.

  • “In Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Study on Structural Degradation Mechanism of Monolayer Pt Shell Catalysts in Oxygen Reduction Reaction”
    Xiaoming Wang, Tsukasa Nakai, Yuki Orikasa, Taketoshi Minato, Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    The 7th Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources, 24-27th Nov. 2013, Osaka Japan.

  • “X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Study on Oxygen Vacancy Formation of Perovskite Type Oxides for Oxygen Reduction Catalysis”
    Jun Oyama, Yuki Orikasa, Taketoshi Minato, Hajime Tanida, Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    The 7th Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources, 24-27th Nov. 2013, Osaka Japan.

  • “Surface Segregation of La0.6Sr0.4CoO3-d Studied by In Situ Total-reflection X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy”
    Shinnosuke Sako, Yuki Orikasa, Ethan J. Crumlin, Yang Shao-Horn, Taketoshi Minato, Koji Amezawa, Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    The 7th Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources, 24-27th Nov. 2013, Osaka Japan.

  • “The Electronic Structure at Cathode/Electrolyte Interface of Li Ion Battery”
    Taketoshi Minato, Kentaro Yamamoto, Daiko Takamatsu, Yuki Orikasa, Hajime Tanida, Yukinori Koyama, Hajime Arai, Zempachi Ogumi, and Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    Gordon Research Conference, Battery, Mar. 9- 14th, 2014, Venture, USA

  • “The Electronic Structure at LiCoO2/Electrolyte Interface”
    Taketoshi Minato, Kentaro Yamamoto, Daiko Takamatsu, Yuki Orikasa, Hajime Tanida, Yukinori Koyama, Hajime Arai, Zempachi Ogumi, and Yoshiharu Uchimoto
    Gordon Research Seminar, Battery, Mar. 8- 9th, 2014, Venture, California, USA.

  • “STM/STS Study of LixCoO2 Single Crystals”
    Katsuya Iwaya, Taketoshi Minato, Kiyotaka Miyoshi, Jun Takeuchi, Yousoo Kim, Taro Hitosugi
    American Physical Society March Meeting 2012 February 27 – March 2, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

  • “Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols in the Liquid Phase with Nanoporous Gold Catalysts”
    Naoki Asao, Naoya Hatakeyama, Taketoshi Minato, Yoshinori Yamamoto, Mingwei Chen, Wei Zhang and Akihisa Inoue
    2012 WPI-AIMR Annual Workshop, February 20-23, 2012, Sendai, Japan

  • “STM Study of LixCoO2 Single Crystals”
    Katsuya Iwaya, Taketoshi Minato, Kiyotaka Miyoshi, Jun Takeuchi, Yousoo Kim,and Taro Hitosugi
    2012 WPI-AIMR Annual workshop, February 20-23, 2012, Sendai, Japan.

  • “Atomic defects on titanium dioxide surface -Electronic structure & manipulation-“
    Taketoshi Minato, Seiji Kajita, Chi Lun Pang, Naoki Asao, Yoshinori Yamamoto, Takashi Nakayama, Maki Kawai, Yousoo Kim
    Towards Reality in Nanoscale Materials V, 20th - 22nd February 2012, Levi, Lapland, Finland.

  • “Mechanism of organic chemical reactions on nano-porous gold”
    Taketoshi Minato, Seiji Kajita, Chi Lun Pang, Naoki Asao, Yoshinori Yamamoto, Takashi Nakayama, Maki Kawai, Yousoo Kim
    Towards Reality in Nanoscale Materials V, 20th - 22nd February 2012, Levi, Lapland, Finland

  • “Atomic defect control on titanium dioxide surface by scanning tunneling microscopy”
    Taketoshi Minato, Chi-Lun Pang, Seiji Kajita, Naoki Asao, Yoshinori Yamamoto, Takashi Nakayama, Maki Kawai, Yousoo Kim
    The 6th International Symposium on Surface Science, Dec. 11-15, 2011, Tokyo, Japan.

  • “Atomic hydrogen desorption from titanium dioxide surfaces by scanning tunneling microscopy”
    Taketoshi Minato, Chi Lung Pang, Seiji Kajita, Naoki Asao, Yoshinori Yamamoto, Takashi Nakayama, Maki Kawai, and Yousoo Kim,
    The 2011 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, USA, Nov. 29, 2011.

  • “Atomic defects on titanium dioxide surfaces”
    Taketoshi Minato, Maki Kawai and Yousoo Kim
    China-Japan Joint Symposium on Current and Future Molecular Electronics, October 24th – 26th 2011, Nanjing, China.
     
  • “Reaction mechanism of organic reactions on nano-porous gold catalysts”
    Taketoshi Minato, Eisuke Ito, Yoshifumi Ishikawa , Naoya Hatakeyama, Masahiko Hara, Yousoo Kim, Naoki. Asao, and Yoshinori Yamamoto,
    The 2011 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, November 27, 2011, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

  • “Physical properties of atomic defects on titanium dioxide surface -A scanning tunneling microscope study-“
    Taketoshi Minato, Maki Kawai, and Yousoo Kim
    The 1st Annual World Congress of Nano-Science & Technology, Oct. 26, 2011, Dalian, China.

  • “Light-Emitting Field Effect Transistors using Newly Designed Organic Semiconductors”
    S. Ikeda, Md. A. Uzzaman, T. Kanagasekaran, Y. Wang, R. Kumashiro, T. Minato, T. Jin, N. Asao, Y. Yamamoto and K. Tanigaki,
    The 2011 WPI-AIMR Annual Meeting, February 21st-24th, 2011, Sendai, Japan.

  • “Individual hydrogen desorption on titanium dioxide surfaces”
    T. Minato, C.-L. Pang, N. Asao, Y. Yamamoto, M. Kawai, Y. Kim
    AsiaNano2010, November 1st-3rd, 2010, Tokyo, Japan.

  • “Development of electro-chemical measurements by high-speed atomic force microscopy in liquid”
    Shin-ichiro Kobayashi, Takeshi Ezura, Taketoshi Minato, Takashi Morii and Kingo Itaya
    The 2010 WPI-AIMR Annual Workshop, March 25th-27th, 2010, Sendai, Japan.

  • “Molecular Structures of Pentacen and Rubrene Single Crystals Investigated by Frequency Modulation Atomic Force Microscopes”
    Taketoshi Minato, Hiroto Aoki, Thorsten Wagner, and Kingo Itaya
    American Chemical Society Fall 2009 National Meeting & Exposition, August 15th-19th, 2009, Washington D.C., USA.

  • “Spatial Distribution of Defect States induced by an Oxygen Atom Vacancy and Hydroxyl Impurity Defects on TiO2(110) Surface”
    Taketoshi Minato, Yasuyuki Sainoo, Yousoo Kim, Hiroyuki S. Kato, Ken-ichi Aika, Maki Kawai, Jin Zhao, Hrvoje Petek, Tian Huang, Wei He, Bing Wang, Zhuo Wang, Yan Zhao, Jinlong Yang, J.G. Hou
    American Chemical Society Fall 2009 National Meeting & Exposition, August 15th-19th, 2009, Washington D.C., USA.

  • “Molecular Structures of Organic Single Crystals Investigated by Frequency Modulation Atomic Force Microscopes”
    Taketoshi Minato, Hiroto Aoki, Thorsten Wagner, and Kingo Itaya
    12th International Conference on Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy Connecticut, August 10th-14th, 2009, Yale Univ., USA.

  • “Molecular reactions at surfaces/interfaces investigated by STM/AFM”
    Taketoshi Minato
    G-COE International Symposium on: “Dynamic Phenomena in Molecular Complex Chemistry” October 23rd, Sendai, Japan.

  • “Molecular Structures of Organic Single Crystals Investigated by New Scanning Probe Microscopes”
    T. Minato, H. Aoki, T. Wagner, K. Sato, and K. Itaya,
    Pacific Rim Meeting on electrochemical and solid-state science (PRiME) 2008, Octber 12nd-17th, 2008, Hawai, U.S.A.

  • “Video Rate AFM for Investigation of Dynamical Processes of Electrochemical Reactions“
    T. Minato, K. Yoshida, R. Mizuno, T. Morii, T. Okada, A. Kuzume and K. Itaya,
    Pacific Rim Meeting on electrochemical and solid-state science (PRiME) 2008, October 12th-17th, 2008, Hawai, U.S.A.

  • “Growth of Perfect Single Crystals of Organic Semiconductors at Solid/liquid Interface”
    K. Sato, T. Sawaguchi, T. Minato and K. Itaya,
    Pacific Rim Meeting on electrochemical and solid-state science (PRiME) 2008, October 12th-17th, 2008, Hawai, U.S.A.

  • “Evaluation of Atomic Processes in Electro-chemical reactions: Site-selective Anodic Dissolution of Metals and Semiconductors”
    K. Itaya, T. Minato, and A. Kuzume,
    Pacific Rim Meeting on electrochemical and solid-state science (PRiME) 2008, October 12th-17th, 2008, Hawai, U.S.A.

  • “The resonance properties of LC resonator circuit in the RF-STM system”
    M. Ishiguro, T. Morii, T. Minato, K. Itaya and T. Okada,
    16th International Colloquium on Scanning Probe Microscopy (ICSPM16), December 11th-13th, 2008, Shizuoka, Japan.

  • “Molecular Structures of Organic Single Crystals Investigated by Scanning Probe Microscopes“
    T. Minato, H. Aoki, T. Wagner, S. Shiraishi, and Kingo Itaya,
    WPI-AIMR March Annual Workshop 2009, March 1st-6th, 2009, Miyagi, Japan.

  • “NH4F Etching of Ultra-flat Si (111) Surface Investigated by Laser Confocal Microscope and Scanning Probe Microscope”
    R. Wen, A. Kuzume, T. Minato, K. Itaya,
    WPI-AIMR March Annual Workshop 2009, March 1st-6th, 2009, Miyagi, Japan.

  • “Electronic structure of titanium dioxide surfaces and its interactions with gold nano clusters”
    Taketoshi Minato, Jin Zhao, Yasuyuki Sainoo, Yousoo Kim, Horoyuki S. Kato, Tomofumi Susaki, Susumu Shiraki, Ken-ichi Aika, Jinlong Yang, Hrvoje Petek, Maki Kawai
    17th International Vacuum Congress, July 2-6, 2007, Stockholm, Sweden.

  • ”Electronic Structure and Catalytic Activity of Gold Nano-clusters on Titanium Dioxide Surfaces”
    T. Minato, J. Zhao, Y. Sainoo, Y. Kim, H.S. Kato, T. Susaki, S. Shiraki, K.-i. Aika, J. Yang, H. Petek, and M. Kawai,
    5th International Workshop on Oxide Surfaces (IWOX 5), January 7th-12th, 2007, California, USA.

  • “A density functional calculation study of the dissociation path of a water molecule and stability of a hydrogen atom after dissociation on TiO2(110)”
    S. Kajita, T. Minato, H.S. Kato, M. Kawai, and T. Nakayama,
    The 24th European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 24), September 4th-8th, 2006, Paris, France.

  • “Effects of electronic interaction between Au clusters and TiO2(110) on  catalytic behavior for CO oxidation”
    Taketoshi Minato, Yasuyuki Sainoo, Yousoo Kim, Tomofumi Susaki, Susumu Shiraki, Hiroyuki S. Kato, Ken-ichi Aika, and Maki Kawai,
    Pacifichem 2005, Hawai, USA, December 15 - 20, 2005.

  • “Gold nano-clusters on defects on TiO2(110): relationship between electronic interaction and catalytic activity”
    Taketoshi Minato, Yasuyuki Sainoo, Yousoo Kim, Jin Zhao, Hrvoje Petek, Tomofumi Susaki, Susumu Shiraki, Hiroyuki S. Kato, Ken-ichi Aika and Maki Kawai
    The 23rd European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 23), Berlin, Germany September 4-9, 2005.

  • “Electronic interaction between TiO2(110) surfaces andAu clusters investigated by PES and STM”
    Taketoshi Minato, Tomofumi Susaki, Susumu Shiraki, Hiroyuki S. Kato, Maki Kawai, Ken-ichi Aika
    The 22nd European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 22), Prague, Czech Republic, 7-12 September 2003.