23 January, 2024 Original Paper: “Metastable substitution of isovalent anion Element in SnSe film to control thermoelectric propertyNEW
20 December, 2023 Original Paper: “Carrier control of Bi-Doped SnSe films for fabrication of π-type thermoelectric film modules
19 December, 2023 Original Paper: “Stability of ion-beam-induced bixbyite phase in δ-Sc4Hf3O12 under heat treatments and electron beam irradiations
20 November, 2023 Original Paper: “Microstructure and phase transformation in Fe20Co20Ni20Cr20B20-xSix alloys prepared by mechanical alloying
26 August, 2023 Original Paper: “Modulation of vortex pinning by matrix defects in YBa2Cu3O7 nanocomposite film”
24 July, 2023 Original Paper: “Nano- to microscale structural and compositional heterogeneity of artificial pinning centers in pulsed-laser deposited YBa2Cu3O7-y thin films”
12 May, 2023 Original Paper: “Explosive crystallization of amorphous germanium-tin films by irradiation with a 3-keV electron beam”
11 January, 2023 Original Paper: “Planar defects-induced low thermal conductivity in a superhard material SiB6
19 December, 2022 Original Paper: “Impact of supercooled liquid structures on the crystallization processes of amorphous Ge”
5 December, 2022 Original Paper: “Thermoelectric property of SnSe film on glass substrate: Influence of columnar grain boundary on carrier scattering”
30 October - 1 November, 2022 Presentation: 26th International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research & Industry and 53rd Symposium of Northeastern Accelerator Personnel (Iwasaki)
29 October, 2022 Presentation: 5th International Conference on Materials and Metallurgical Engineering and Technology (Kuroki)
14 October - 20 November, 2022 Ishimaru was ranked in the top 2% researchers surveyed by Stanford University.
1 October, 2022 Event: Mahel VOULHOUX has joined the member as a student in the double degree program.
1 October, 2022 Event: Three Global Engineering Course students have been tentatively assigned.
24-30 September, 2022 Presentation: 13th Polish-Japanese Joint Seminar on Micro and Nano Analysis (Ishimaru, Kanazawa)
20-23 September, 2022 Presentation: 2022 JIM Fall Meeting (Japan Institute of Metals and Materials) (Iwasaki, Izumi, Kuroki, Tahara)
20-23 September, 2022 Presentation: JSAP Autumn Meeting 2022 (Japan Society of Applied Physics) (Nagaoka, Kuroki, Takase)
31 August – 2 September, 2022 Presentation: 41st JSST Annual International Conference on Simulation Technology (Nagaoka)
25 July, 2022 Original Paper: “Anomalous structural phase transformation in swift heavy ion-irradiated δ-Sc4Hf3O12
25 July, 2022 Original Paper:
“Investigation of Nanoscale Phase Formation in Rapidly Solidified Fe20Co20Ni20Cr20B20xSix Alloys”
26 May, 2022 Original Paper: “Self-organized nanocomposite structure controlled by elemental site occupancy for improving vortex pinning in YBa2Cu3O7 superconducting films”
17 March, 2022 Original Paper: “Impact of annealing on electric and elastic properties of 10-nm Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 films prepared on Si by sputtering”
6 January, 2022 Original Paper: “Aligned self-organization induced by epitaxial stress and shear deformation in Jahn-Teller spinel ZnMnGaO4”
19 December, 2021 Ishimaru was ranked in the top 2% researchers surveyed by Stanford University.
7 December, 2021 Presentation: 9th International Symposium on Applied Engineering and Sciences (Manago)
18 October, 2021 Original paper: “Electron diffraction radial distribution function analysis of amorphous boron carbide synthesized by ion beam irradiation and chemical vapor deposition”
5 October, 2021 Original paper: “Enhancement of thermoelectric properties of n-type Bi2Te3-xSex by energy filtering effect”
14-17 September, 2021 Presentation: 2020 JIM Fall Meeting (Japan Institute of Metals and Materials) (Nagaoka)
10-13 September, 2021 Presentation: JSAP Autumn Meeting 2021 (Japan Society of Applied Physics) (Gondo, Nagaoka)
26 August, 2021 Original paper: “Thermoelectric property of n-type bismuth-doped SnSe film: Influence of characteristic film defect”
26 July, 2021 Review article: Review of “12th Japanese-Polish Joint Seminar on Micro and Nano Analysis (August 29 September 1, 2018)”
13 June, 2021 Presentation: Silicon Nanoelectronics Workshop 2021 (Fujio)
11 June, 2021 Award: Best Presentation Award in English Session at Joint Symposium of the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials, the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan, and the Japan Institute of Light Metal - Kyushu Branch (Fujio, Nagaoka)
11 June, 2021 Presentation: Joint Symposium of the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials, the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan, and the Japan Institute of Light Metal - Kyushu Branch (Fujio, Gondo, Higashi, Kanazawa, Nagaoka) 
1 June, 2021 Original paper: “Explosive crystallization of sputter-deposited amorphous germanium films by irradiation with an electron beam of SEM-level energies”
17 May, 2021 Original paper: “Nanostructures and flux pinning properties in YBa2Cu3O7-y thin films with double perovskite Ba2LuNbO6 nanorods”
14 December, 2020 Presentation: 8th International Symposium on Applied Engineering and Sciences (Fujio, Gondo, Manago) 
9-10 December, 2020 Presentation: 2020 KIT-NTUST-CNU Trilateral Online Student Seminar (Chaen, Manago) 
1 December, 2020 Review article: “Behavior of Sn atoms during crystallization of amorphous GeSn (in Japanese)”
14 November, 2020 Presentation: The 62th Annual Meeting of Kyushu Blanch of Japanese Society of Microscopy (Fujio, Gondo, Oka).
1 October, 2020 Event: Three Global Engineering Course students were tentatively assigned.
18 September, 2020 Original paper: “Combined effect of nanorod and stacking fault for improving nanorod interface in YBa2Cu3O7-δ nanocomposite films”
15-18 September, 2020 Presentation: 2020 JIM Fall Meeting (Japan Institute of Metals and Materials) (Manago, Oka)
8-11 September, 2020 Presentation: JSAP Autumn Meeting 2020 (Japan Society of Applied Physics) (Motomura, Chaen, Gondo)
2 September, 2020 Original paper: “Dual-beam irradiation stability of amorphous silicon oxycarbide at 300 and 500℃ ” 
18 August, 2020 Original paper: “Simultaneous achievement of high Jc and suppressed Jc anisotropy by hybrid pinning in YBa2Cu3O7 three-phase-nanocomposite film”
2 July, 2020 Original paper: “Effects of hydrogen on structure and crystallization behavior of sputter-deposited amorphous germanium films”
2 July, 2020 Original paper: “Dual crystallization modes of sputter-deposited amorphous SiGe films”
15 May, 2020 Proceedings: “Effects of temperatures on pressure-induced structural changes in amorphous Si: A molecular-dynamics study”
1 April, 2020 Event: Seven undergraduate students were assigned.