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National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

GovernmentTsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
About: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology is a government organization based out in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Catalysis & Thin film. The organization has 22114 authors who have published 65856 publications receiving 1669827 citations. The organization is also known as: Sangyō Gijutsu Sōgō Kenkyū-sho.
Topics: Catalysis, Thin film, Carbon nanotube, Hydrogen, Laser


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TL;DR: Magnetic circular dichroism measurements showed a strong interaction between the sp carriers and localized d spins, indicating that Zn(1-x)Cr(x)Te is a diluted magnetic semiconductor.
Abstract: The magnetic and magneto-optical properties of a Cr-doped II-VI semiconductor ZnTe were investigated. Magnetic circular dichroism measurements showed a strong interaction between the sp carriers and localized d spins, indicating that Zn(1-x)Cr(x)Te is a diluted magnetic semiconductor. The Curie temperature of the film with x=0.20 was estimated to be 300+/-10 K, which is the highest value ever reported for a diluted magnetic semiconductor in which sp-d interactions were confirmed. In spite of its high Curie temperature, Zn(1-x)Cr(x)Te film shows semiconducting electrical transport properties.

390 citations

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TL;DR: A water contact angle of about 178 degrees can be achieved using a lauric acid-coated film with an original contact angles of 75 degrees based on an ideal fractal structure for the superhydrophobic surface which is fabricated by the nanosize pin with 6.5 nm diameter.
Abstract: We first fabricated the superhydrophobic film with a water contact angle of 178° based on a perpendicular nanopin fractal structure by a bottom-up process. Until now, only materials with an original water contact angle larger than 90°, which is classified as hydrophobicity, could be used to fabricate the superhydrophobic film (>170°) according to the possible fractal structure by a top-down process. Now, in this work, a water contact angle of about 178° can be achieved using a lauric acid-coated film with an original contact angle of 75°, which is classified as hydrophilicity, based on an ideal fractal structure for the superhydrophobic surface which is fabricated by the nanosize pin with 6.5 nm diameter.

390 citations

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09 Jun 2011-Nature
TL;DR: DNA microarray analyses show that Glis1 effectively promotes the direct reprogramming of somatic cells during iPSC generation, including Myc, Nanog, Lin28, Wnt, Essrb and the mesenchymal–epithelial transition.
Abstract: Reprogramming of differentiated somatic cells to induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells by exogenous expression of key transcription factors (Oct4, Sox2, Klf4 and c-Myc) has potential therapeutic applications. c-Myc enhances the efficiency of reprogramming, but the safety of using this oncogene has long been a concern. Now, Shinya Yamanaka and colleagues have found that the transcription factor Glis1 effectively and specifically promotes reprogramming of human and mouse somatic cells to iPS cells. Glis1 is highly enriched in unfertilized eggs and one-cell-stage embryos, and might be a link between reprogramming during iPS cell generation and after nuclear transfer into zygotes. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are generated from somatic cells by the transgenic expression of three transcription factors collectively called OSK: Oct3/4 (also called Pou5f1), Sox2 and Klf41. However, the conversion to iPSCs is inefficient. The proto-oncogene Myc enhances the efficiency of iPSC generation by OSK but it also increases the tumorigenicity of the resulting iPSCs2. Here we show that the Gli-like transcription factor Glis1 (Glis family zinc finger 1) markedly enhances the generation of iPSCs from both mouse and human fibroblasts when it is expressed together with OSK. Mouse iPSCs generated using this combination of transcription factors can form germline-competent chimaeras. Glis1 is enriched in unfertilized oocytes and in embryos at the one-cell stage. DNA microarray analyses show that Glis1 promotes multiple pro-reprogramming pathways, including Myc, Nanog, Lin28, Wnt, Essrb and the mesenchymal–epithelial transition. These results therefore show that Glis1 effectively promotes the direct reprogramming of somatic cells during iPSC generation.

389 citations

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TL;DR: The double-layered nanotubular structures of the titanium dioxide were created by sol−gel polymerization of Ti(OiPr)4] using 1 as a template in 1-butanol.
Abstract: The helical ribbon and double-layered nanotubular structures of the titanium dioxide were created by sol−gel polymerization of Ti(OiPr)4] using 1 as a template in 1-butanol. All TiO2 nanotubes consist of two layers, 8−9 nm of nanospace between layers. In addition, the helicity of the helical ribbon titanium dioxide showed a right-handed motif.

388 citations

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TL;DR: The current status and future perspectives of CIGS solar cells and modules are discussed in this paper, and the current status, problems, and prospects of co-evaporation and selenization are discussed.
Abstract: The current status and future perspectives of Cu(In1−xGax)Se2 (CIGS) solar cells and modules will be discussed in this paper. The conversion efficiencies of the state of the art laboratory-scale CIGS solar cells exceeded 20%, which are comparable to those of crystalline Si solar cells. The requirements on the properties of CIGS absorbers to achieve such high efficiencies will be described. The CIGS modules are already commercially available based on two major CIGS deposition techniques such as co-evaporation and selenization. The current status, problems, and prospects of co-evaporation and selenization will also be discussed. High-efficiency flexible CIGS solar cells with efficiencies similar to those fabricated on soda–lime glass (SLG) substrates have been achieved by developing a novel Na incorporation technique. Critical issues to demonstrate high-efficiency flexible solar cells will also be discussed. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

388 citations


Authors

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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Takeo Kanade147799103237
Ferenc A. Jolesz14363166198
Michele Parrinello13363794674
Kazunari Domen13090877964
Hideo Hosono1281549100279
Hideyuki Okano128116967148
Kurunthachalam Kannan12682059886
Shaobin Wang12687252463
Ajit Varki12454258772
Tao Zhang123277283866
Ramamoorthy Ramesh12264967418
Kazuhito Hashimoto12078161195
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba12086662394
Qiang Xu11758550151
Yoshinori Tokura11785870258
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202367
2022265
20213,064
20203,389
20193,257
20183,181