Satoru Matsuishi

TL;DR: Kinetic analysis with infrared spectroscopy reveals that C12A7:e(-) markedly enhances N(2) dissociation on Ru by the back donation of electrons and that the poisoning of ruthenium surfaces by hydrogen adatoms can be suppressed effectively because of the ability of C12 a7: e(-) to store hydrogen reversibly.

TL;DR: The removal of clathrated oxygen ions from the crystallographic cages in a single crystal of 12CaO·7Al2O3, leading to the formation of high-density electrons highly localized in the cages, may be regarded as a thermally and chemically stable single crystalline “electride.”

TL;DR: Here it is demonstrated a process by which the transparent insulating oxide 12CaO·7Al2O3 (refs 7–13) can be converted into an electrical conductor and suggested that this concept can be applied to other main-group metal oxides, for the direct optical writing of conducting wires in insulating transparent media and the formation of a high-density optical memory.

TL;DR: A layered-structure electride of dicalcium nitride, Ca2N, is reported, which possesses two-dimensionally confined anionic electrons whose concentration agrees well with that for the chemical formula of [Ca2N]+·e−.

TL;DR: A yellow-emitting phosphor, the Eu(2+)-doped chlorometasilicate (Ca(1-x-y,)Sr(x,)Eu(y))(7)(SiO(3))(6)Cl(2), which can be used to create glareless white light-emitter diodes, and phosphors based on this host material have much less blue absorption than other phosphors.