IFNC 2014
June 11~12, Seoul, Korea
Kazuo Furuya
Deputy-Director General,
Center for Nanotechnology Platform Program by MEXT
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Address: 3-13, Sakura, Tsukuba 305-0003, Japan
Telephone: (81)29-863-5367
Mobile Phone: (81)80-3391-7102
E-mail: FURUYA. Kazuo1@nims.go.jp
Web: http://nanonet.mext.go.jp
EDUCATION
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Ph.D
BS
Fax: (81)29-863-5559
Nationality: JAPAN
Materials Science
Materials Science
1985
1973
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
*April 1973, Researcher, National Research Institute for Metals(NRIM)
* October 1978, Research Associate,University of Cinncinatti, USA
* October 1983, Senior researcher, National Research Institute for Metals (NRIM)
* January 1984, Guest Researcher, Fershungszentrum Jeulich, Germany
* July 1988, Unit Leader of High Resolution Beam Station (HR-Beam ST), NRIM
* April 1999, Director of HR-Beam ST, NRIM
* April 2000, Director of Planning Office, NRIM
* May 2000 – May 2003, Managing Excecutive of the Japanese Society of Microscopy
* January 2002, Director of Nano-characterization Group, NIMS
*May 2002 – May 2007, General Secretary of the organizing committee of the 16th
International Microscopy Congress (IMC-16)
* July 2004, Director General of High Voltage Electron Microscopy Station, NIMS
*April 2008, Deputy-Director General, Center for International Nanotechnology
Network, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
*April 2013, Deputy-Director General,
Center for Nanotechnology Platform Program by MEXT
AWARD AND HONORS
* Best Poster at MRS Fall Meeting 1997, with Kazutaka Mitsuishi et al., December 1997
(Poster award at MRS Meeting)
* Commendation for Achievements from Science and Technology Agency (STA), May 1998
(Award to the distinguish scientist from STA of Japanese Government)
* Ichimura Prize, Kazuo Furuya, April, 1999 (Award for the most remarkable achievement in
1999 from Ichimura foundation)
* Seto Prize (Japanese Society of Electron Microscopy), Kazuo Furuya, May 2000 (JSEM
Award for the most significant scientist in 2000)
* Science and Technology Award (Enhancing Science Education) by the Minister of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2006 (MEXT Award for the
distinguish scientist group)
IFNC 2014
June 11~12, Seoul, Korea
MAIN SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION
(1) S.E. Donnelly, R.C. Birtcher, C.W. Allen, I. Morrison, K. Furuya, K. Mitsuishi and U.
Dahmen, “Ordering in a Fliud Inert Gas Confined by Flat Surfaces”, Science, 296, 507
(2002)
(2) K. Mitsuishi, M. Shimojo, M. Han and K. Furuya,”Electron-beam-induced Deposition Using
a Subnanometer-sized Probe of High-energy Electrons”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 83, 2064 (2003)
(3) M. Tanaka, F. Chu, M. Shimojo, M. Takeguchi, K. Mitsuishi and K. Furuya, “Position- and
Size-controlled Fabrication of Iron Silicide Nanorods by Electron-beam-induced Deposition
Using an Ultrahigh-vacuum transmission Electron Microscope”, Appl. Phys.Lett., 86,
183104 (2005)
(4) Z. Q. Liu, K. Mitsuishi and K. Furuya” A dynamic Monte Carlo study of the in situ growth
of a substance deposited using electron-beam-induced deposition”, Nanotechnology 17
3832 (2006)
(5) M. Shimojo, M. Takeguchi and K. Furuya, “Formation of crystalline iron oxide
nanostructures by electron beam-induced deposition at room temperature”Nanotechnology
17 3637 (2006)
(6) K. Furuya, M. Takeguchi, K. Mitsuishi, “Iron Nanostructures fabricated by Electron Beam
Induced Deposition and its Magnetic Properties!, Solid State Phenomena, 124-126 139
(2007)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
* In-situ electron microscopy of engineering materials
* Atomic level observation and analysis of materials
* Advanced electron and ion beam technology