Student Award Winners

ALC’22 (Okinawa)

Yui SUZUKI (Chiba University): Study of the lubricants on polypropylene surfaces by using SFG vibrational spectroscopy
Tomonobu NISHINA (Osaka University): Ni₂Si precipitates in Cu observed by 4D-STEM
Kristina KOMANDER (Uppsala University): Investigating hydrogen storage materials with ¹⁵N-ion beams

ALC’19 (Kyoto)

Mr. Masato AKATSUKA (Osaka City University): Characterization of surface modified Ga₂O₃ photocatalyst for CO₂ reduction with H₂O
Mr. Md Harun Al RASHID (Hokkaido University): EXAFS studies on active phase structure of Ni-P particles on SiO₂ for non-oxidative methane coupling reactions
Ms. Trinh Thi NGUYEN (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology): Nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy of steroidal structure side chains of Polyimide surface
Mr. Hideya MIZUNO (Osaka Institute of Technology): Non-charging conditions of insulating film under electron beam irradiation
Mr. Long CHENG (University of Science and Technology of China): Novel quantum trajectory approaches to the simulation of electron backscatter diffraction
Mr. Rezwan AHMED (Kyushu University): Surface relaxation sequence in Cu(410) by quantitative low energy electron diffraction
Mr. Ying CHEN (National Tsing Hua University): X-ray ptychography by nested Montel mirrors

ALC’17 (Kauai)

Mr. Jonas Evertsson (Lund University, SWEDEN): The Effect of Anodizing Potential and Electrolyte Composition on the Ordering of Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Studied Operando using GTSAXS
Mr. Yusuke Hashimoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JAPAN): Surface Structure Analysis and Atomic-Sites and Valences Separation of Spinel-Type Fe Oxide
Ms. Akiyo Ozawa (Osaka City University, JAPAN): Chemical State and Stability of Nitrogen Doped in NaTaO₃
Mr. Kota Shihommatsu (Tokyo University of Science, JAPAN): Elementary Excitation of Secondary Electron in Graphene on Nickel
Ms. Emi Takeo (Osaka University, JAPAN): Aldosterone Specific Visualization in Primary Aldosteronism using Imaging Mass Spectrometry
Mr. Takahiro Yonezawa (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, JAPAN): Atomistic Study of GaSe/Ge(111) Interface Formed through Van Der Waals Epitaxy
Mr. Yue Zhao (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, JAPAN): Observation of Spider Silk by Femtosecond Pulse Laser Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy

ALC’15 (Matsue)

Yuki HANDA (Osaka Institute of Technology, JAPAN): Surface potential distribution of insulating film on a conductive substrate irradiated by electron beam with an application of the bias-voltage
Shuto ITO (Nagoya Institute of Technology, JAPAN): Overwritable Liquid Selective Open Channel
Tetsumi IZAWA (Tokyo University of Science, JAPAN): Edge-Roughness Engineering on Thermoelectric Performance of Graphene Nanoribbons: Theoretical and Computational Prediction
Eugen MICHEL (Julich Research Center, GERMANY): Electron energy loss spectroscopy of exchange-dominated spin waves in ultrathin hexagonal cobalt films grown on three different substrates
Shota MORIMOTO (Yokohama National University, JAPAN): Mass spectrometry imaging of mouse liver using functional γ-Fe₂O₃ nanoparticles
Hiroshi NAKAJIMA (Osaka Prefecture University, JAPAN): Foucault optical system by using non-dedicated conventional TEM
Chenxing WANG (Nagoya University, JAPAN): In situ SEM/STM observations and growth control of monolayer graphene on SiC (0001) wide terraces
Kejun ZHANG (University of Science and Technology of China, CHINA): A Theoretical Method for Calculation of STEM-EELS Spectra of Nanoparticles

ALC’13 (Hawaii)

Natalia MARTIN (Lund University, SWEDEN): Methane Oxidation over Pd
Siti Zulaikha NGAH DEMON (JAIST, JAPAN): Study of ITO/Organic Interfaces by Optical Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) Phase Measurement
Satoshi OGAWA (Nagoya University, JAPAN): XAFS and XPS Study of Hydro-/Dehydrogenation Reaction of Mg-Pd Nanoparticles
Naoka OHTA (The University of Tokyo, JAPAN): Enhancement of Inelastic Electron Conductance Changes Driven by Reduced Molecule-Substrate Interaction in Iron Phthalocyanine Bilayer on Ag(111)
Akkawat RUAMMAITREE (Nagoya University, JAPAN): Growth of Triangular and Striped Graphene Islands on SiC (0001) by Thermal Decomposition in Inert Gas Atmosphere
Zhu RUAN (University of Science and Technology of China, CHINA): Simulation Study of Atomic Resolution Secondary Electron Image
Vasilisa VELIGURA (University of Twente, NETHERLANDS): Ionoluminescence in Helium Ion Microscopy

ALC’11 (Seoul)

Bo DA (University of Science and Technology of China, CHINA): Modeling of Surface Excitation Effect for Rough Surfaces
Takumi INABA (Tokyo University of Science, JAPAN): Tip Characterizer of Atomic Force Microscopy Using Singly-Suspended Carbon Nanotube
Motoyuki KARITA (Nagoya University, JAPAN): In-situ TEM Study on the Improvement of Contact Resistance between a Carbon Nanotube and Metal Electrodes by Local Melting
Thi Thu Hien KHUAT (JAIST, JAPAN): Hydrogen Desorption from a Flat Si(111)1×1 Surface Studied by Sum Frequency Microscopy
Gregor KOWARIK (Vienna University of Technology, AUSTRIA): Tuning Capillary Guiding
Yudai OHTOMO (Tohoku University, JAPAN): Surface Morphology of Al, Si, and Cu Substrates Flattened by a 2"-size Photoemission-assisted Ion Beam Source
Changkun PARK (Hokkaido University, JAPAN): Oxygen Isotopic Variation of a Type A Ca-Al-rich Inclusion and Its Implication to the Early Solar System

ALC’09 (Maui)

Abbas ALSHEHABI (Kyoto University, JAPAN): Multilayer Nano-Characterization by a Portable Bremsstrahlung X-ray Reflectometer
Makiko FUJII (The University of Tokyo, JAPAN): Development of Reconstruction Method for Highly Precise Shave-off Depth Profiling
Emelie HILNER (Lund University, SWEDEN): Influence of Au Nano Particles on the Self-Propelled Motion of Mesoscopic Droplets
Hideaki HOZUMI (Tohoku University, JAPAN): Real-time Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of 3C-SiC Nucleation and Growth on Si (001) Surface by Carbonization with Ethylene
Daichi KAWANO (Osaka Institute of Technology, JAPAN): Measurement of a Charge Distribution in the Specimen Chamber in a Scanning Electron Microscope
Yusuke KOBAYASHI (Mie University, JAPAN): Nano-structure Formation onto a Tip of Field Gas Ion Emitter by Field-assisted Oxygen Etching
Yuki MORO (Yokohama National University, JAPAN): Size Control of Mn-Zn Ferrite Nanoparticles and Their XAFS Spectra
Hiroaki TAKAHASHI (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, JAPAN): Optical Second Harmonic Spectroscopy of the Electronic States of Stepped Rutile TiO₂ (12 12 5) Surface Adsorbed with Formic Acid
Thomas YORISAKI (Waseda University, JAPAN): CO Adsorption on LaB₆ (111) and (100) Surface Investigated by RAIRS

ALC’07 (Kanazawa)

Ahmed Bakr Mohamed Mahmoud EL BASATY (Ministry of Higher Education, EGYPT): Surface Plasmon — Cobalt Phthalocyanine Sensor for NO₂ Gas
Michihiro HASHIMOTO (Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan): Mapping of Chemical Bonding States of Ag/Si(111) with Synchrotron Radiation Photo Emission Electron Microscopy
Yusuke KISAKA (Tokyo University of Science, JAPAN): Study on Dynamics of Surface Structure by Rapid and Time-resolved X-ray Photoelectron Diffraction
Walter MEISSL (Vienna University of Technology, AUSTRIA): Electron Emission from Highly Charged Ion Irradiated Alkali-halide Targets
Tomoko MINAMI (Japan Women’s University, JAPAN): Structural Analysis of Crystal Surfaces by Reflection High-Energy Electron Diffraction Patterns: The Si(111)7×7 Surface
Tsunenori NOMAGUCHI (Osaka University, JAPAN): A Process for Exit Wave Reconstruction Using Through-focus Series
Tatsuhiko TANIMURA (The University of Tokyo, JAPAN): Analysis of X-ray Irradiation Effect in High-k Gate Dielectrics by Time-dependent Photoemission Spectroscopy Using Synchrotron Radiation
Kouta UEDA (Nagoya University, JAPAN): First Observation of Dynamic Shape Change of a Gold Nano-particle Catalyst under Reaction Gas Environment by Transmission Electron Microscopy
Tomohiro URATA (Waseda University, JAPAN): Application of the Single-atom Electron Source to Scanning Electron Microscope
Ryosuke WATANABE (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, JAPAN): Hysteresis of Magnetization Induced Second Harmonic Generation from the Co Doped Rutile TiO₂(110) Surface
Ryosuke YABUSHITA (Mie University, JAPAN): Newly Developed High Spatial Resolution X-ray Microscope Equipped with Carbon Nanotube Field Emission Cathode

ALC’05 (Hawaii)

Volha V. ABIDZINA (Belarusian-Russian University, BELARUS): Surface modification in metals by the low-energy ion irradiation in discharge plasma
Jeremy BRISON (University of Namur, BELGIUM): Cesium/Xenon co-sputtering and ToF-SIMS depth profiling: A fundamental survey through the periodic table
Takuya BUNGO (Osaka University, JAPAN): Dependence of depth resolution on primary energy of ions in sputter depth profiling
Takahiro ITAGAKI (Waseda University, JAPAN): Field emission from a single-atom tip: Apex structure dependences of field emission properties
Takeshi IYASU (Osaka Institute of Technology, JAPAN): A novel approach to derive escape depth of secondary electrons as applied to Ti and TiO₂
Hidehiro MOCHIZUKI (Tokyo University of Science, JAPAN): Surface structural analysis of h-BN/Ni(111) by X-ray photoelectron diffraction excited by Al-Kα line and Cr-Kα line
Akihiko NAKAGUCHI (Osaka Electro-Communication University, JAPAN): Sb on In/Si(111) processes with dynamically observable LEEM, selected area LEED and chemically analyzed SR-XPEEM
Naoya SAKAMOTO (Hokkaido University, JAPAN): High sensitive ion imaging system using direct combination of stacked-type solid-state imager and microchannel plate driven by LabVIEW software
Shuichi SHIMMA (National Institute for Physiological Sciences, JAPAN): Direct MS/MS analysis in mammalian tissue sections using MALDI-QIT-TOFMS and chemical inkjet technology
Daisuke TAKAGI (Tokyo University of Science, JAPAN): In-situ scanning electron microscopy of single-walled carbon nanotube growth

ALC’03 (Kauai)

T. FUJITA (Waseda University, JAPAN): Novel structures of carbon layers on Pt(111) Surface
Kazuki KAIBUCHI (Kyoto University, JAPAN): The soft X-ray analysis of fluorine from BaF₂ to HfF₄
Canhua LIU (University of Tokyo, JAPAN): First atomic-scale observations of two-dimensional liquefaction and solidification in real space
Kenichi NISHINAKA (Osaka University, JAPAN): Development of coincidence transmission electron microscope — Application of waveform measurement system
H. YANAGISAWA (Waseda University, JAPAN): The phonon dispersion of a BC₃ film on NbB₂(0001) surface

ALC’01 (Nara)

M. H. HAMDI (Kyoto University, JAPAN): Atomic Level Characterizations of Hydroxyapatite Films for Biomedical Applications
Shin-ichi IIDA (Osaka University, JAPAN): Atomic Level Characterization of Sc-O/W(100) Emitter at High Temperatures I
Tadahiro KAWASAKI (Osaka University, JAPAN): Phase Reconstruction with Aberration Correction by Three-dimensional Fourier Filtering Method
Naoki KUROIWA (Osaka Electro-Communication University, JAPAN): Cu Nano-Structure Formation and Structure Analysis on H Terminated Si(111)
Tetsutane YAMASHITA (Waseda University, JAPAN): Coherent Electron Emission from Carbon Nanotubes — Young’s Interference of Electrons with a Fermi Wavelength

ALC’97 (Maui)

Nobutaka KOBAYASHI (Osaka University, JAPAN): Dynamic Observation of Diamond Growth on Pt(111) Surface
Kazuhiko HAYASHI (Nagoya University, JAPAN): Thermal Relaxation Process of Three Dimensional Islands on Si(111)7×7 Surface
Kazuhide NAGASHIMA (Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN): Electron Emission from Nb Superconductor
Takuya KUNIHIRO (Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN): Characteristics of Amplified MOS Imager
Shinji OMORI (University of Tokyo, JAPAN): Reconstruction of the Crystal Structure by Kikuchi-band Analysis in X-ray Photo- and Auger Electron Diffraction
Tetsutane YAMASHITA (Waseda University, JAPAN): Electron Emission from Nb Superconductor

Excellent Presentation Award Winners

ALC’22 (Okinawa)

Ms. Aleksandra CEBRAT (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology): Self-assembly and thermally induced on-surface polymerization of diCN₄H on Ag(111)
Mr. Leonard GURA (Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft): Resolving structural dynamics in the O(2×1) adlayer on Ru(0001)
Mr. Alfred LARSSON (Lund University): Passive film growth and breakdown of Ni alloys in aqueous environment
Dr. Xu LI (Nagoya University): Growth of ultra-thin quasicrystal-like Ce-Ti-O structure on Pt(111)
Mr. Insung SEO (Tokyo Institute of Technology): Electronic structure and interactions of In thin film on Si(111)√3×√3-B
Mr. Yuto FUJITA (Keio University): Nanoscale structural analysis of porous organic thin films fabricated at the air/liquid interface
Mr. Hirokazu SATO (Keio University): Single-molecule reactions of diarylethene induced by tunneling electron injection
Dr. Alexander RISS (Technical University of Munich): Aromaticity in on-surface chemistry
Dr. Yasuhiro SHIRASAKI (Hitachi, Ltd.): Charging Induced Electroreflectance for Study of Insulator/Semiconductor Interfaces

ALC’21 Online

Dr. Yuri HASEGAWA (Ritsumeikan University): Resonant photoemission spectroscopy of highly oriented coronene monolayer using photoelectron momentum microscope
Mr. Shuhei HATANAKA (Osaka University): Precise evaluation of spatial coherence of thermionic-emitted electron beams based on the analysis of Airy patterns
Mr. Tomohito ISHII (Osaka University): Improved resolution in rapid electron tomography based on the image sharpness measurement
Dr. Alex J. TANNER (University College London): Photoexcitation of bulk polarons in rutile TiO₂

ALC’19 (Kyoto)

Prof. Tsuyoshi TAKAMI (Kyoto University): Lithium diffusion analysis of a new La−Li−Co−O electrolyte using the maximum entropy method
Mr. Keisuke ISHIZEKI (Tokyo University of Science): Computational study on temperature dependence of electrical resistance of nitrogen-substituted carbon nanotubes
Mr. Yoshihiro CHIDA (Tohoku University): Scanning transmission microscopic observations for Pt and SnO₂(hkl) interfaces
Mr. Kazuya KUNOH (Mie University): Evidence of spin-polarized electronic state at edges of graphene oxide studied by field emission spin polarimetry

ALC’17 (Kauai)

Dr. Yuji KUNISADA (Hokkaido University): Atomic scale characterization of brownmillerite oxides: A combined study using STEM-EELS and first-principles calculation
Dr. Koji KIMURA (Nagoya Institute of Technology): Local structural analysis of In doped Bi₂Se₃ topological insulator using X-ray fluorescence holography
Dr. Noboru TAGUCHI (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology): Lithium analysis in Li-ion battery materials by SEM-based approach
Dr. Takafumi ISHIDA (Nagoya University): Development of a voltage applying and heating specimen holder for observation of solid oxide fuel cell's reactions in environmental TEM

ALC’15 (Matsue)

Dr. Hironari ISSHIKI (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology): Ligand effect on magnetic anisotropy and Kondo effect of 3d β-diketonates
Dr. Satoru KONABE (Tokyo University of Science): Theoretical study of the thermoelectric performance of strained-phosphorene
Mr. Md. Abdus SATTAR (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology): Hydrogen desorption kinetics from H-Si (111) surfaces studied by sum frequency generation and second harmonic generation
Dr. Noboru TAGUCHI (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology): Study of the Li K-edge spectra for lithium compounds using reflection EELS
Mr. Kengo TAKASHIMA (Tokyo University of Science): Theoretical and computational study of carrier localization in sub-100 nm edge-disordered graphene nanoribbons