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1. Scientific Articles
- (1) W.X. Xia, Y.S. Chun, S. Aizawa, K. Yanagisawa, Kannan M. Krishnan, D. Shindo, and A. Tonomura,
"Investigation of magnetic structure and magnetization process of yttrium iron garnet film by Lorentz microscopy and electron holography"
J. of Applied Physics 108 (2010) 123919 (5 pages). (December 2010) - (2) Y. Murakami, Y. Nii, T. Arima, D. Shindo, K. Yanagisawa, and A. Tonomura,
"Magnetic domain structure in the orbital-spin-coupled system MnV2O4"
Physical Review B84 (2011) 054421 (5 pages). (August 2011) - (3) Z. Akase, H. Kasai, S. Mamishin, D. Shindo, M. Morita, and A. Tonomura,
"Imaging of magnetic flux distribution in vicinity of insulating particles in high-Tc superconductor by electron holography"
J. Applied Physics 111 (2012) 033912 (5 pages). (February 2012) - (4) A. Tonomura, X. Yu, K. Yanagisawa, T. Matsuda, Y. Onose, N. Kanazawa, H.S. Park, and Y. Tokura,
"Real-space observation of skyrmion lattice in a helimagnet MnSi thin sample"
Nano Letters 12 (2012) 1673-1677. (February 2012) - (5) W.X. Xia, S. Aizawa, T. Tanigaki, T. Suzuki, Y. Yoshizawa, D. Shindo, and A. Tonomura,
"Magnetization distribution of magnetic vortex of amorphous FeSiB investigated by electron holography and computer simulation"
J. Electron Microscopy 61 (2012) 71-76. (April 2012) - (6) T. Tanigaki, S. Aizawa, T. Suzuki, and A. Tonomura,
"Three-dimensional reconstructions of electrostatic potential distributions with 1.5 nanometer resolution using off-axis electron holography"
J. Electron Microscopy 61 (2012) 77-76. (April 2012) - (7) T. Suzuki, S. Aizawa, T. Tanigaki, K. Ota, T. Matsuda, and A. Tonomura,
"Improvement of the accuracy of phase observation by modification of phase-shifting electron holography"
Ultramicroscopy 118 (2012) 21-25. (July 2012) - (8) T. Tanigaki, Y. Inada, S. Aizawa, T. Suzuki, H.S. Park, T. Matsuda, A. Taniyama, D Shindo, and A. Tonomura. ,
"Split-illumination electron holography"
Applied Physics Letters 101 (2012) 043101 (4 pages). (July 2012) - (9) K. Harada, N. Osakabe, and Y. A. Ono,
"Vortex matter research using electron microscopy: Memorial to Akira Tonomura"
IEEE/CSC & ESAS European Superconductivity News Forum, No. 21, July 2012 (CR30) (19 pages). (July 2012) - (10) H.S. Park, Y. Murakami, K. Yanagisawa, T. Matsuda, R. Kainuma, D. Shindo, and A. Tonomura,
"Electron holography studies on narrow magnetic domain walls observed in a Heusler alloy Ni50Mn25Al12.5Ga12.5"
Advanced Functional Materials 22 (2012) 3434-3437. (August 2012) - (11) K. Hirata, Y. Ishida, T. Akashi, D. Shindo, and A. Tonomura,
"Electron holography study of magnetization behavior in the writer pole of a perpendicular magnetic recording head by a 1 MV transmission electron microscope"
J. Electron Microscopy 61 (2012) 305-308. (October 2012) - (12) H.S. Park, K. Hirata, K. Yanagisawa, Y. Ishida, T. Matsuda, D. Shindo, and A. Tonomura,
"Nanoscale magnetic characterization of tunneling magnetoresistance spin valve head by electron holography"
Small 8 (2012) 3640-3646. (December 2012) - (13) K. Harada, N. Osakabe, and Y. A. Ono,
"Electron microscopy study on magnetic flux lines in superconductors: Memorial to Akira Tonomura"
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 23 (2012) 8000507 (7 pages). (February 2013) - (14) Y. Murakami, K. Yanagisawa, K. Niitsu, H. S. Park, T. Matsuda, R. Kainuma, D. Shindo, and A. Tonomura,
"Determination of magnetic flux density at the nanometer-scale antiphase boundary in Heusler alloy Ni50Mn25Al12.5Ga12.5"
Acta Materialia 61 (2013) 2095-2101. (April 2013) - (15) N. Osakabe,
"Obituary Akira Tonomura"
Physics Today 66(4) (2013) 70-71. (April 2013) - (16) Y. Murakami, Y. Nii, T. Arima, K. Yanagisawa, D. Shindo, and A. Tonomura,
"TEM studies of domain formation mechanism in MnV2O4"
J. Alloys and Compounds (in press) (2012). (doi:10.1016/j.jallcpm.2012.02.031)
2. Presentations at International Conferences
- (1) 2010/6/25 Akira Tonomura, Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya, Japan
The 2nd International Symposium on Advanced Microscopy and Theoretical Calculations (AMTC2),
"Observation of magnetic lines of force by electron phase microscopy" - (2) 2010/9/24 Akira Tonomura, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (IFSM) International Microscopy Congress IMC 17,
"Electron phase microscopy using field emission electron beams" - (3) 2010/11/09 Akira Tonomura, Akiba Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
Tonomura FIRST International Workshop on "Challenges to New Developments in Electron Microscopy",
"Outline of the FIRST Tonomura Project" - (4) 2010/11/09 Nobuyuki Osakabe, Akiba Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
Tonomura FIRST International Workshop on "Challenges to New Developments in Electron Microscopy",
"Detectors for ultra-high-voltage electron microscopy" - (5) 2010/11/15 Akira Tonomura, Okinawa, Japan
International Symposium on New Faces of Atomic Nuclei,
"Quantum phenomena observed using electrons" - (6) 2010/12/01 Akira Tonomura, Boston, MA, USA
Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting,
"Electron phase microscopy of magnetic fields in ferromagnets and superconductors" - (7) 2012/5/9 Nobuyuki Osakabe, Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Tonomura FIRST International Symposium on "Electron Microscopy and Gauge Fields",
"How the research to verify the Aharonov-Bohm effect was initiated at Hitachi" - (8) 2012/5/9 Yoshio Takahashi, Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Tonomura FIRST International Symposium on "Electron Microscopy and Gauge Fields",
"Development of atomic-resolution holography electron microscope" - (9) 2012/5/9 Hyun Soon Park, Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Tonomura FIRST International Symposium on "Electron Microscopy and Gauge Fields",
"Real-space observation of skyrmion lattice in helimagnet MnSi thin samples" - (10) 2012/5/9 Toshiaki Tanigaki, Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Tonomura FIRST International Symposium on "Electron Microscopy and Gauge Fields",
"Split-illumination electron holography" - (11) 2012/5/10 Hiroyuki Shinada (in place of Akira Tonomura), Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Tonomura FIRST International Symposium on "Electron Microscopy and Gauge Fields",
"1.2 MV holography electron microscope" - (12) 2013/3/6 Yasukazu Murakami, Hyun Soon Park, Daisuke Shindo, and Ryosuke Kainuma, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) 2013 Annual Meeting & Exhibition,
"TEM studies on antiphase boundaries in magnetic shape memory alloys" - (13) 2013/5/20 Yohio Takahashi, Hiroto Kasai, and Takeshi Kawasaki, Expo Park, Hotel Hankyu, Osaka, Japan
The 69th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy
"Study on information limit for 1.2 MV holography electron microscope" - (14) 2013/5/20 Keigo Kasuya, Takeshi Kawasaki, Noboru Moriya, Tadao Furutsu, and Makoto Arai, Expo Park, Hotel Hankyu, Osaka, Japan
The 69th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy
"Development of a field emission gun for 1.2 MV holography electron microscope" - (15) ＊2013/5/20 Nobuyuki Osakabe, Expo Park, Hotel Hankyu, Osaka, Japan
The 69th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy
"Recollection of Dr. Akira Tonomura" - (16) 2013/5/20 Yasukazu Murakami, Kodai Niitsu, Hyun Soon Park, Keiichi Yanagisawa,
Tsuyoshi Matsuda, Ryosuke Kainuma, and Daisuke Shindo, Expo Park, Hotel Hankyu, Osaka, Japan
The 69th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy
"Magnetic flux density at antiphase boundary in Ni-Mn-Al-Ga alloy" - (17) ＊2013/5/20 Daisuke Shindo, Expo Park, Hotel Hankyu, Osaka, Japan
The 69th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy
"Outline of electron holography" - (18) ＊2013/5/20 Toshiaki Tanigaki, Expo Park, Hotel Hankyu, Osaka, Japan
The 69th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy
"Basics of electron hologram formation" - (19) ＊2013/5/20 Hyun Soon Park, Expo Park, Hotel Hankyu, Osaka, Japan
The 69th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy
"Nanoscale magnetic field visualized in electron holography" - (20) ＊2013/5/20 Hiroyuki Shinada, Expo Park, Hotel Hankyu, Osaka, Japan
The 69th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy
"Development progress of a 1.2-MV holography electron microscope" - (21) 2013/5/21 Takeshi Kawasaki, Tadao Furutsu, Mitsuru Nakamura, Masayuki Ikegami, Hirofumi Hayakawa, Expo Park, Hotel Hankyu, Osaka, Japan
The 69th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy
"Investigation of the installation environment of the 1.2 MV holography TEM"
3. Books
- (1) Akira Tonomura, "Beautiful Quantum Mechanics Observed with Eyes" (in Japanese), Saiensu-sha Co., Ltd. Publishers, Tokyo, 2010
4. Patents
- (1) Toshiaki Tanigaki, Shinji Aizawa, Tsuyoshi Matsuda, Ken Harada, and Yoshio Takahashi,
"Electron Beam Instrument"
Submitted to Japan Patent Office on April 26, 2012 (Tokugan No. 2012-100545)
Patent Holders: RIKEN and Hitachi, Ltd. - (2) Toshiaki Tanigaki, Shinji Aizawa, Tsuyoshi Matsuda, Ken Harada, and Yoshio Takahashi,
"Interference Electron Microscope"
Submitted to Japan Patent Office on May 24, 2012 (Tokugan No. 2012-118162)
Patent Holders: RIKEN and Hitachi, Ltd. - (3) Keigo Kasuya, Takeshi Kawasaki, Noboru Moriya, and Tadao Furutsu,
"Electron Guns and Charged-Particle Beam Instruments"
Submitted to Japan Patent Office on November 28, 2012 (Tokugan No. 2012-259638)
Patent Holder: Hitachi, Ltd.
5．News and Articles appeared in Newspapers and Magazines
- (1) "Japan rolls out elite science funds"
Nature 464 (2010) 966-967 (15 April 2010). - (2) "Akira Tonomura: past, present and future of the holography electron microscope"
IOP asia-pacific (17 September 2010).
http://asia.iop.org/cws/article/news/43723 - (3) "Akira Tonomura (1942-2012) Physicist who pioneered electron holography"(Obituary)
Nature 486 (2012) 324 (21 June 2012). - (4) "Obituary Akira Tonomura"
Physics Today 66(4) (2013) 70-71 (April 2013).
