Manipulation of Nanoscale Materials

Dr. Katsuhiko Ariga is the Director of Supermolecules Group and Principal Investigator of World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS). He was born in 1962, and received his B.Eng., M.Eng., and Ph.D. degrees from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT). His major interests are the fabrication of novel functional nanostructures based on molecular recognition and self-assembly, including Langmuir-Blodgett films, layer-by-layer films, and mesoporous materials.

1. Introduction: Origin and Future of Materials Nanoarchitechtonics;

2. Nanoarchitechtonics for Materials Development;

2.1. Supramolecular materials nanoarchitechtonics;

2.2. Controlled multiscale dewetting of self-organized block copolymers;

2.3. New materials nanoarchitechtonics based on clays;

2.4. Nanoarchtechtonics of Mesoporous Materials;

2.5. Nanoscale oxides in catalysis;

2.6. Nanoarchitechtonics of photocatalytic materials;

3. Materials Nanoarchitechtonics for Bio-Conjugates and Bio-Applications;

3.1. Design, synthesis, and application of bio-conjugate nanostructures;

3.2. Architechtonics of active sites: Life processes at nanodimension;3.3. Nanotechnology in drug delivery systems;3.4. Health impact of nanomaterials;

3.5.Separation of medically useful radionuclides: Role of nano-sorbents;

3.6. Self-assembled molecular gate field effect transistors for biomolecular sensing;

3.7. Nanostructured materials for biosensor applications: comparative review of preparation methods;

4. Materials Nanoarchitechtonics for Advanced Devices;

4.1 Nanostructures in organic photovoltaics devices;

4.2. Substrate alignment by surface probe lithography;

4.3. Multiple-scanning-probe microscopy and related techniques;

4.4. Cantilever array sensors;

4.5. Design of quantum Hamiltonian single molecule logic gate