2014

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Papers

• “Quantitative analysis of interstitial Mg in Mg₂Si studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction”
  M. Kubouchi, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki
  Journal of Alloys and Compounds 617, 389 (2014).
• “High temperature X-ray diffraction study on incommensurate composite crystal MnSi_γ -(3+1)-dimensional superspace approach”
  Y. Kikuchi, T. Nakajo, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki
  Journal of Alloys and Compounds 15, 263 (2014).
• “Microstructure and thermoelectric properties of Y_xAl_yB₁₄ samples fabricated through the spark plasma sintering”
  S. Maruyama, T. Nishimura, Y. Miyazaki, K. Hayashi, T. Kajitani, T. Mori
  Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy 3, 31 (2014).
• “Theoretical and experimental investigation of the excellent p-n control in yttrium aluminoborides”
  R. Sahara, T. Mori, S. Maruyama, Y. Miyazaki, K. Hayashi and T. Kajitani
  Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 15, 035012 (2014).
• “Thermoelectric potential of polymer-scaffolded ionic liquid membranes”
  R. S. Datta, S. M. Said, S. R. Sahamir, M. R. Karim, M. F. M. Sabri, T. Nakajo, M. Kubouchi, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki
  Journal of Electronic Materials, 43, 1585 (2014).
• “Fabrication of multilayer-type Mn-Si thermoelectric device”
  T. Kajitani, T. Ueno, Y. Miyazaki, K. Hayashi, T. Fujiwara, R. Ihara, T. Nakamura, and M. Takakura
  Journal of Electronic Materials, 43, 1993 (2014).

International Invited Talks

• “Incommensurate compounds as potential thermoelectric materials”
  Y. Miyazaki
  (September 24, 2014, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia)

5th International Congress on Ceramics (ICC5) (August 17-21, 2014, Beijing, China)

• “Nowotny chimney-ladder compounds as potential thermoelectric materials”
  Y. Miyazaki, Y. Kikuchi, T. Nakajo, K. Hayashi (Invited lecture)

International conference and summer school on advanced silicide technology 2014 (ICSS-SILICIDE2014) (July 19-21, 2014, Tokyo, Japan)

• “Valence Electron Control on the Incommensurate Higher Manganese Silicides”
  Y. Miyazaki, Y. Kikuchi, K. Hayashi and K. Yubuta (Invited lecture)

Conferences

19th International Conference on Ternary and Multinary Compounds (ICTMC-19) (September 1-5, 2014, Niigata, JAPAN)

• “Pyroelectric Energy Harvesting Using BaTiO₃ Compounds”
  K. Hayashi, E. Aikawa, T. Ueno, T. Kajitani and Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
• “Structural and Thermoelectric Properties of Ternary Full-Heusler Alloys”
  M. Eguchi, K. Hayashi, and Y. Miyazaki (Poster)

15th International Union of Materials Research Societies, International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA2014) (August 24-30, 2014, Fukuoka, Japan)

• “Preparation of TTF-I_x Thin Films by Evaporation Method for Organic Thermoelectric Devices”
  K. Hayashi, K. Kuba, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)

6th Forum on New Materials (CIMTEC2014) (June 15-20, 2014, Tuscany, Italy)

• “Effects of Vanadium Substitution on the Crystal Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of Higher Manganese Silicide”
  Y. Kikuchi, T. Nakajo, K. Hayashi, K. Yubuta, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
• “Electronic Structure and Thermoelectric Performance of Ternary Yb-Mg-Si Phases”
  M. Kubouchi, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)

Thesis

Master

• “Thermoelectric Properties of Co-based Full-Heusler Alloys”
• “Thermoelectric properties of magnesium silicide prepared by a liquid-solid reaction method”

Docter

• “Study on Thermoelectric Properties of Chimney-Ladder Type Higher Manganese Silicides”