Imaging of light-element atoms in low-dimensional carbon structures

• Project/Area Number: 23750250
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Inorganic industrial materials
• Research Institution: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: SATO Yuta 独立行政法人産業技術総合研究所, ナノチューブ応用研究センター, 主任研究員 (90392620)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
• Keywords: ナノ材料 / 層状 / 層間化合物 / STEM / EELS / EDS / 黒鉛 / グラフェン / TEM / 微量元素 / 元素分布

Research Abstract

Low-dimensional carbon structures such as nanocarbon materials and exfoliated graphite were characterized by using TEM/STEM, EELS and EDS in order to visualize distribution of each component element. Functional groups linking fullerene cages with carbon n

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Atomic imaging and spectroscopy of low-dimensional materials with interrupted periodicities (2012)
  • Author(s): Kazu Suenaga, Kotone Akiyama-Hasegawa, Yoshiko Niimi, Haruka Kobayashi, Midori Nakamura, Zheng Liu, Yuta Sato, Masanori Koshino, and Sumio Iijima
  • Journal Title: J Electron Microsc. Volume: 61 Issue: 5 Pages: 285-291
  • DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfs054
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Direct evidence for covalent functionalization of carbon nanohorns by high-resolution electron microscopy imaging of C60 conjugated onto their skeleton (2012)
  • Author(s): N. Karousis, Y. SATO, K. Suenaga, N. Tagmatarchis
  • Journal Title: CARBON Volume: 50(10) Issue: 10 Pages: 3909-3914
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.04.035
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Innovative electron microscope for light-element atom visualization (2012)
  • Author(s): 佐藤雄太・佐々木健夫・沢田英敬・細川史生・富田健・金山俊克・近藤行人・末永和知
  • Journal Title: Synthesiology English edition Volume: 4 Issue: 3 Pages: 172-182
  • DOI: 10.5571/syntheng.4.172
  • NAID: 130004548153
  • ISSN: 1883-0978, 1883-2318
• [Journal Article] 収差補正透過電子顕微鏡による単分子・単原子の観察 (2011)
  • Author(s): 佐藤雄太・末永和知
  • Journal Title: 日本結晶学会誌 Volume: 53巻 4 号 Pages: 280-284
  • NAID: 40018977082
  • URL: http://www.crsj.jp/journal/Vol53/abstract-53-4.html#A8