Profile: Don N. Futaba
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Name |
| Don N. Futaba | |
| Academic Degree | |
| Ph.D. Physics (UC Davis) | |
| Specialization | |
| Physical Surface Science | |
| d-futaba.remove@aist.go.jp |
Academic Degree
| 1992 | AB Physics, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1994 | MS Physics, San Jose State University |
| 2000 | Ph.D. Physics, University of California, Davis |
Career
| 1988-1989 | Teaching Assistant Sacramento City College |
| 1990 | Associated Western University Summer Fellow Crocker Nuclear Laboratory, Davis |
| 1991 | Information Developer IBM, Santa Teresa Labs |
| 1992 | Teaching Assistant University of California, Berkeley |
| 1993-1994 | Research Assistant Ames Research Center, Mountain View |
| 1993-1994 | Teaching Assistant San Joes State University |
| 1994-1995, 1999 | Teaching Assistant University of California, Davis |
| 1995-2000 | Research Assistant University of California, Davis |
| 2000-2003 | CREST Postdoctoral Researcher Hokkaido University |
| 2003-2004 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow Hokkaido University and University of Tsukuba |
| 2004-2006 | Japan Fine Ceramic Post-Doctoral Researcher Research Center for Advanced Nano Carbon Materials, @AIST |
Paper
29. Existence and Kinetics of Graphitic Carbonaceous Impurities in Carbon Nanotube Forests to Assess the Absolute Purity
Nano Letters, 9 (2), 769-773 (2009)
28. Exploring Advantages of Diverse Carbon Nanotube Forests with Tailored Structures Synthesized by Super-Growth from Engineered Catalysts
ACS Nano, 3 (1), 108-114 (2009)
27. Highly Conductive Sheets from Millimeter-Long Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Ionic Liquids: Application to Fast-Moving, Low-Voltage Electromechanical Actuators Operable in Air
Advanced Materials, 20, 1-4 (2009)
26. Revealing the Secret of Water-Assisted Carbon Nanotube Synthesis by Microscopic Observation of the Interaction of Water on the Catalysts
Nano Letters, 8 (12), 4288-4292 (2008)
25. Electrochemical doping of pure single-walled carbon nanotubes used as supercapacitor electrodes
Carbon, 46, 1999-2001 (2008)
24. Diagnostics and Growth Control of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Forests Using a Telecentric Optical System For in-situ Height Monitoring
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 143115 (2008)
23. Integrated three-dimensional microelectromechanical devices from processable carbon nanotube wafers
Nature Nanotechnology. 3, 289-294 (2008)
22. Water-Assisted Highly Efficient Synthesis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Forests from Colloidal Nanoparticle Catalysts
Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 111, 17961-17965 (2007)
21.Efficiency of C60 incorporation in and release from single-wall carbon nanotubes depending on their diameters
Carbon. 45, 722-726,(2007)
20.Shape-engineerable and highly densely packed single-walled carbon nanotubes and their application
as super-capacitor electrodes
Nature Material. 5, 987-994,(2006)
19. Size selective growth of double-walled carbon nanotubes forests from engineered iron catalysts
Nature Nanotechnology vol 1 131-136 (2006)
18. Synthesis of Single- and Double-Walled Carbon Nanotube Forests on Conducting Metal Foils
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 128; 13338-13339.(2006)
17. 84 % Catalyst Activity of Water Assisted Growth, Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Forest Characterization by a Statistical and Macroscopic Approach
J. Phs. Chem.B,110,8035-8038(2006)
16. Kinetics of Water-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition Revealed by a Time Evolution Analysis
Phys. Rev. Lett., 95, 056104 (2005)
15. Mono-Cycle Photonics and Optical Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: Route to Femtosecond Angstrom Technology
Chap. 9: Atomic-Level Surface Phenomena Controlled by Femtosecond Optical Pulses
Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2005
14. Water-Assisted Highly Efficient Synthesis of Impurity-Free Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Science, 306, 1362-1364 (2004)
13. Site-Selective Silicon Adatom Desorption Using Femtosecond Laser Pulse Pairs and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 2333 (2003)
12. Characteristic intra- and interunit interactions of Kr atoms adsorbed on Si(111)-7x7 surface
Phys. Rev. B 68, 033301 (2003)
11. A Unique Facility for Surface Microscopy
Mater. Sci. and Eng. B, 96 (215) 2002
10. Characteristic adsorption of Xe on a Si(111)-7x7 surface at low temperature
Phys. Rev. B 65, 113306 (2002)
9. Observations and Calculations of Xylene Isomers on Pd(111) using STM
Phys. Rev. B Phys. Rev. B 65, 45106 (2002)
8. Interactive Force between Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 40, 4419 (2001)
7. Monolayer Formation of 6-deoxy-6-thiol-b-cyclodextrin on a Au(111) Surface Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 19 (4), 1266 (2001)
6. Characteristic Structures of the Si(111)-7x7 Surface Step Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 19 (4), 1549 (2001)
5. Adsorption and Wetting Structures of Kr on Pt(111) at 8K and 45K Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 40, 4399 (2001)
4. Scanning tunneling microscopy study of the molecular arrangement of meta- and para-xylene on Pd(111)
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 19(4), 1993 (2001)
3. Calculated Images of Xylene on Rh(111)
Surf. Sci., 448, L175 (2000)
2. Calculations of Scanning Tunneling Microscope Images of Benzene on Pt(111) and Pd(111), and Thiophene on Pd(111)
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 38, 3809 (1999)
1. Predictions of STM Images of Furan and Pyrrole on Pd(111)
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 15(3), 1295 (1997)
Patent
Patent No. No.05F047PCT-A method and instruments to synthesize SWNTs and aligned SWNT structures and their applications
Prize
| 2002 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship |
| 1999 | AVS Dorothy and Earl Hoffman Award |
| 1996,1999 | UC Davis Graduate Fellowships |
| 1994 | Numata College Scholorship |
| 1994 | Anthony Fellowship (UC Davis Teaching Grant) |
| 1990 | Associated Western University Summer Fellowship |
| 1987 | Eagle Scout |
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