2013

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Awards

• Masataka Kubouchi　Tohoku University’s Chemistry Summer School 2013 Poster Award
  “Investigation on Amount of Interstitial Mg in Mg₂Si studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction”
• Masataka Kubouchi　The 32nd International Conference on Thermoelectrics Portopia Award (June 30-July 4, 2013, Kobe, Japan)
  “Quantitative analysis of interstitial Mg in Mg₂Si studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction”

Papers

• “Al insertion and additive effects on the thermoelectric properties of yttrium boride”
  S. Maruyama, A. Prytuliak, Y. Miyazaki, K. Hayashi,T. Kajitani, T. Mori
  Journal of Applied Physics, 115, 123702 (2014).
• The articl “Crystal structure and thermoelectric properties of misfit-layered sulfides [Ln₂S₂]_pNbS₂ (Ln=Lanthanides)” was selected Featured Articles of Advances in Engineering in Canada.
• “Crystal structure and thermoelectric properties of misfit-layered sulfides [Ln₂S₂]_pNbS₂ (Ln=Lanthanides)”
  Y. Miyazaki, H. Ogawa, T. Nakajo, Y. Kikuchii, K. Hayashi
  Journal of Electronic Materials, 42, 1335 (2013).
• “High-performance p-type magnesium silicon thermoelectrics”
  T. Kajitani, M. Kubouchi, S. Kikuchi, K. Hayashi, T. Ueno, Y. Miyazaki, K. Yubuta
  Journal of Electronic Materials, 42, 1855 (2013).

Conferences

26th International Symposium on Superconductivity (November 18-20, 2013, Tokyo, Japan)

• “Hole-doped Superconducivity in (La, Eu, M)₂CuO₄ (M =Ca, Sr) with the Nd₂CuO₄-type structure”
  T. Takamatsu, M. Kato, T. Noji, Y. Koike (Oral)

Tohoku University’s Chemistry Summer School 2013 (August 29, 30, 2013, Sendai, Japan)

• “Investigation on Amount of Interstitial Mg in Mg₂Si”
  M. Kubouchi, K. Hayashi, and Y. Miyazaki (Poster)

Asia-Pacific Conference on Green Technology with Silicides and Related Materials (APAC SILICIDE 2013) (July 27-29, 2013, Tsukuba, Japan)

• “B and Sb doping effects on thermoelectric properties of magnesium silicide”
  M. Kubouchi, K. Hayashi, and Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
• “Studies on thermal stability of higher manganese silicide by means of in situ XRD and TG-DTA”
  Y. Kikuchi, T. Nakajo, K. Hayashi, and Y. Miyazaki (Poster)

The 32nd International Conference on Thermoelectrics (June 30-July 4, 2013, Kobe, Japan)

• “Structural and pyroelectric properties of Ca-doped BaTiO₃“
  K. Hayashi, E. Aikawa, T. Ueno, T. Kajitani, and Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
• “Quantitative analysis of interstitial Mg in Mg₂Si studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction”
  M. Kubouchi, K. Hayashi, and Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
• “Thermal stability of 3d metal substituted higher manganese silicides”
  Y. Kikuchi, T. Nakajo, K. Hayashi, and Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
• “Fabrication of multilayer-type Mn-Si and Mg-Si thermoelectric devices”
  T. Kajitani, T. Ueno, Y. Miyazaki, K. Hayashi, T. Fujiwara, R. Ihara, T. Nakamura, and M. Takakura (Oral)
• “Excellent p- and n-type control and additive effect on thermoelectric properties of aluminoboride”
  S. Maruyama, Y. Miyazaki, K. Hayashi, T. Kajitani, and T. Mori (Oral)