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2023

165. Chemical Physics, 572 (2023) 111966 (15 pp).
"Observation of Hydrogen-Ordered Cubic Ice Thin Films on the Surface of Ice Ic Nanocrystals upon Coarsening"
A. Kouchi, T. Yamazaki, H. Katsuno, H. Nada, T. Hama, Y. Kimura*
164. Science Advances, 9 (2023) eadd8295.
"Nucleation experiments on a titanium–carbon system imply nonclassical formation of presolar grain"
Y. Kimura*, K. K. Tanaka, Y. Inatomi, C. Aktas, J. Blum
163. Science, 379 (2023) eabn8671.
"Formation and evolution of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu: Direct evidence from returned samples"
T. Nakamura*, M. Matsumoto, K. Amano, Y. Enokido, M. E. Zolensky, T. Mikouchi, H. Genda, S. Tanaka, M. Y. Zolotov, K. Kurosawa, S. Wakita, R. Hyodo, H. Nagano, D. Nakashima, Y. Takahashi, Y. Fujioka, M. Kikuiri, E. Kagawa, M. Matsuoka, A. J. Brearley, A. Tsuchiyama, M. Uesugi, J. Matsuno, Y. Kimura, M. Sato, R. E. Milliken, E. Tatsumi, S. Sugita, T. Hiroi, K. Kitazato, D. Brownlee, D. J. Joswiak, M. Takahashi, K. Ninomiya, T. Takahashi, T. Osawa, K. Terada, F. E. Brenker, B. J. Tkalcec, L. Vincze, R. Brunetto, A. Aléon-Toppani, Q. H. S. Chan, M. Roskosz, J.-C. Viennet, P. Beck, E. E. Alp, T. Michikami, Y. Nagaashi, T. Tsuji, Y. Ino, J. Martinez, J. Han, A. Dolocan, R. J. Bodnar, M. Tanaka, H. Yoshida, K. Sugiyama, A. J. King, K. Fukushi, H. Suga, S. Yamashita, T. Kawai, K. Inoue, A. Nakato, T. Noguchi, F. Vilas, A. R. Hendrix, C. Jaramillo-Correa, D. L. Domingue, G. Dominguez, Z. Gainsforth, C. Engrand, J. Duprat, S. S. Russell, E. Bonato, C. Ma, T. Kawamoto, T. Wada, S. Watanabe, R. Endo, S. Enju, L. Riu, S. Rubino, P. Tack, S. Takeshita, Y. Takeichi, A. Takeuchi, A. Takigawa, D. Takir, T. Tanigaki, A. Taniguchi, K. Tsukamoto, T. Yagi, S. Yamada, K. Yamamoto, Y. Yamashita, M. Yasutake, K. Uesugi, I. Umegaki, I. Chiu, T. Ishizaki, S. Okumura, E. Palomba, C. Pilorget, S. M. Potin, A. Alasli, S. Anada, Y. Araki, N. Sakatani, C. Schultz, O. Sekizawa, S. D. Sitzman, K. Sugiura, M. Sun, E. Dartois, E. De Pauw, Z. Dionnet, Z. Djouadi, G. Falkenberg, R. Fujita, T. Fukuma, I. R. Gearba, K. Hagiya, M. Y. Hu, T. Kato, T. Kawamura, M. Kimura, M. K. Kubo, F. Langenhorst, C. Lantz, B. Lavina, M. Lindner, J. Zhao, B. Vekemans, D. Baklouti, B. Bazi, F. Borondics, S. Nagasawa, G. Nishiyama, K. Nitta, J. Mathurin, T. Matsumoto, I. Mitsukawa, H. Miura, A. Miyake, Y. Miyake, H. Yurimoto, R. Okazaki, H. Yabuta, H. Naraoka, K. Sakamoto, S. Tachibana, H. C. Connolly, D. S. Lauretta, M. Yoshitake, M. Yoshikawa, K. Yoshikawa, K. Yoshihara, Y. Yokota, K. Yogata, H. Yano, Y. Yamamoto, D. Yamamoto, M. Yamada, T. Yamada, T. Yada, K. Wada, T. Usui, R. Tsukizaki, F. Terui, H. Takeuchi, Y. Takei, A. Iwamae, H. Soejima, K. Shirai, Y. Shimaki, H. Senshu, H. Sawada, T. Saiki, M. Ozaki, G. Ono, T. Okada, N. Ogawa, K. Ogawa, R. Noguchi, H. Noda, M. Nishimura, N. Namiki, S. Nakazawa, T. Morota, A. Miyazaki, A. Miura, Y. Mimasu, K. Matsumoto, K. Kumagai, T. Kouyama, S. Kikuchi, K. Kawahara, S. Kameda, T. Iwata, Y. Ishihara, M. Ishiguro, H. Ikeda, S. Hosoda, R. Honda, C. Honda, Y. Hitomi, N. Hirata, N. Hirata, T. Hayashi, M. Hayakawa, K. Hatakeda, S. Furuya, R. Fukai, A. Fujii, Y. Cho, M. Arakawa, M. Abe, S. Watanabe, Y. Tsuda

2022

162. Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets, 127 (2022) e2022JE007405 (19 pp).
"Rock Magnetic Characterization of Returned Samples From Asteroid (162173) Ryugu: Implications for Paleomagnetic Interpretation and Paleointensity Estimation"
M. Sato*, Y. Kimura, S. Tanaka, T. Hatakeyama, S. Sugita, T. Nakamuna, S. Tachibana, H. Yurimoto, T. Noguchi, R. Okazaki, H. Yabuta, H. Naraoka, K. Sakamoto, T. Yada, M. Nishimura, A. Nakato, A. Miyazaki, K. Yogata, M. Abe, T. Okada, T. Usui, M. Yoshikawa, T. Saiki, F. Terui, S. Nakazawa, S. Watanabe, Y. Tsuda
161. Minerals, 12 (2022) 1110 (15pp).
"Hydrothermal Synthesis of Chromian Spinel from Fe-Cr Hydroxides Using a Flow-through Reactor"
Y. Ohtomo*, J. Yang, M. Nishikata, D. Kawamoto, Y. Kimura, T. Otake, T. Sato
160. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 934 (2022) L10 (7pp).
"Inefficient Growth of SiOx Grains: Implications for Circumstellar Outflows"
Yuki Kimura, Kyoko K. Tanaka, Yuko Inatomi, Frank T. Ferguson, Joseph A. Nuth III
159. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5 (2022) 9495-9502.
"Liquid-Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy Observation of Two-Step Collapse Dynamics of Silicon Nanopillars on Evaporation of Propan-2-ol: Implications for Semiconductor Integration Density"
Yuta Sasaki*, Tomoya Yamazaki, Yuki Kimura*
158. The journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 13 (2022) 4251-4256.
"Low- and high-density unknown waters at ice−water interfaces"
Hiromasa Niinomi*, Akira Kouch, Tetsuya Hama, Hiroki Nada, Tomoya Yamazaki, Yuki Kimura
157. Microscopy, 71 (2022) 231–237.
"Feasibility of control of particle assembly by dielectrophoresis in liquid-cell transmission electron microscopy"
Tomoya Yamazaki*, Hiromasa Niinomi, Yuki Kimura
156. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22 (2022) 5639-5650.
"Formation of ice particles through nucleation in the mesosphere"
Kyoko K. Tanaka*, Ingrid Mann, Yuki Kimura
155. Faraday Discussions, 235 (2022) 81-94.
"Possible embryos and precursors of crystalline nuclei of calcium carbonate observed by liquid-cell transmission electron microscopy"
Yuki Kimura, Hiroyasu Katsuno, Tomoya Yamazaki
154. Frontiers in Chemistry, section Analytical Chemistry, 10 (2022) 818230 (9 pp).
"Early Detection of Nucleation Events from Solution in LC-TEM by Machine Learning"
Hiroyasu Katsuno*, Yuki Kimura, Tomoya Yamazaki and Ichigaku Takigawa
153. Frontiers in Chemistry, section Analytical Chemistry, 9 (2021) 799851 (13 pp.).
"UV-Induced Formation of Ice XI Observed Using an Ultra-High Vacuum Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscope and its Implications for Planetary Science"
Akira Kouchi, Yuki Kimura*, Kensei Kitajima, Hiroyasu Katsuno, Hiroshi Hidaka, Yasuhiro Oba, Masashi Tsuge, Tomoya Yamazaki, Kazuyuki Fujita, Tetsuya Hama, Yukihiro Takahashi, Shunichi Nakatsubo, Naoki Watanabe
152. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 28 (2022) 138-144.
"Fast improvement of TEM image with low-dose electrons by deep learning"
Hiroyasu Katsuno*, Yuki Kimura, Tomoya Yamazaki and Ichigaku Takigaw

2021

151. Microscopy, 7 (2021) 13-21.
"Direct observation of the moment of nucleation from a solution by TEM"
Yuki Kimura
150. 顕微鏡, 56 3 (2021) L5 (15pp).
"液中における核生成過程の透過型電子顕微鏡その場観察"
木村勇気
149. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 917 (2021) L5 (15pp).
"Electron holography details the Tagish Lake parent body and implies early planetary dynamics of the Solar System"
Yuki Kimura*, Kazuo Yamamoto, Shigeru Wakita
148. The Astrophysical Journal, 917 (2021) 103 (10pp).
"On the nature of organic dust in novae"
Izumi Endo, Itsuki Sakon*, Takashi Onaka, Yuki Kimura, Seiji Kimura, Setsuko Wada, L. Andrew Helton, Ryan M. Lau, Yoko Kebukawa, Yasuji Muramatsu, Nanako O. Ogawa, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Masato Nakamura, Sun Kwok
147. The Astrophysical Journal, 918 (2021) 45 (20pp).
"Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of the Morphology of Ices Composed of H2O, CO2, and CO on Refractory Grains"
Akira Kouchi, Masashi Tsuge*, Tetsuya Hama, Yasuhiro Oba, Satoshi Okuzumi, Sin-iti Sirono, Munetake Momose, Naoki Nakatani, Kenji Furuya, Takashi Shimonishi, Tomoya Yamazaki, Hiroshi Hidaka, Yuki Kimura, Ken-ichiro Murata, Kazuyuki Fujita, Shunichi Nakatsubo, Shogo Tachibana, Naoki Watanabe
146. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 505 (2021) 1530-1542.
"Formation of chiral CO polyhedral crystals on icy interstellar grains"
Akira Kouchi*, Masashi Tsuge, Tetsuya Hama, Hiromasa Niinomi, Naoki Nakatani, Takashi Shimonishi, Yasuhiro Oba, Yuki Kimura, Sin-iti Sirono, Satoshi Okuzumi, Munetake Momose, Kenji Furuya, Naoki Watanabe
145. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27 (2021) 459-465.
"Radiolysis-Induced Crystallization of Sodium Chloride in Acetone by Electron Beam"
Tomoya Yamazaki, Yuki Kimura
144. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 293 (2021) 86-102.
"In-situ water-immersion experiments on amorphous silicates in the MgO-SiO2 system: implications for the onset of aqueous alteration in primitive meteorites"
Yohei Igami*, Akira Tsuchiyama, Tomoya Yamazaki, Megumi Matsumoto, Yuki Kimura

2020

143. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 11 (2020) 6779-6784.
"High-Density Liquid Water at a Water–Ice Interface"
Hiromasa, Niinomi*, Tomoya Yamazaki, Hiroki Nada, Tetsuya Hama, Akira Kouchi, Junpei Okada, Jun Nozawa, Satoshi Uda, Yuki Kimura*
142. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 11 (2020) 6176-6184.
"Time-Resolved Observation of Evolution of Amyloid-β Oligomer with Temporary Salt Crystals"
Kichitaro Nakajima, Tomoya Yamazaki, Yuki Kimura, Masatomo So, Yuji Goto, Hirotsugu Ogi*
141. Scientific Reports, 10 (2020) 7755 (13 pp).
"Precometary organic matter: a hidden reservoir of water inside the snow line"
Hideyuki Nakano, Naoki Hirakawa, Yasuhiro Matsubara, Shigeru Yamashita, Takuo Okuchi, Kenta Asahina, Ryo Tanaka, Noriyuki Suzuki, Hiroshi Naraoka, Yoshinori Takano, Shogo Tachibana, Tetsuya Hama, Yasuhiro Oba, Yuki Kimura, Naoki Watanabe,Akira Kouchi*
140. Soft Matter, 16 (2020) 1955-1960.
"High mobility of lattice molecules and defects during the early stage of protein crystallization"
Tomoya Yamazaki, Alexander E. S. Van Driessche, Yuki Kimura

2019

139. The Astrophysical Journal, 21 (2019) 2410-2418.
"Exposure experiments of amorphous silicates and organics to cometary ice and vapor analogues"
Aki Takigawa*, Yoshihiro Furukawa, Yuki Kimura, Björn Davidsson, Tomoki Nakamura
138. The Astrophysical Journal, 878 (2019) 23.
"Interactions of Atomic and Molecular Hydrogen with a Diamond-like Carbon Surface: H2 Formation and Desorption"
Masashi Tsuge*, Tetsuya Hama, Yuki Kimura, Akira Kouchi, Naoki Watanabe
137. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21 (2019) 2410-2418.
"Theoretical Analysis of Crystallization by Homogeneous Nucleation of Water Droplets"
Kyoko K. Tanaka*, Yuki Kimura

2018

136. The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 66(2018) 381-387.
"Space Exposure Experiment of Carbonaceous Dust"
I. Sakon, I. Endo,A. Ikeuchi, T.Onaka,Y. Kimura, S. Kimura, S. Wada,M. Nakamura, J. Ichimura, N. Ogawa,, N. Ohkouchi, Y. Inatomi
135. The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Part C, 122 (2018) 25092-25101.
"Immiscibility of Nucleating Aluminum Oxide Nanoparticles in Vapor"
Shinnosuke Ishizuka*, Yuki Kimura*, Jun Kawano, Rafael Escribano, Tomoya Yamazaki, Tetsuya Hama, Rikako Sato
134. Nature Communications, 9 (2018) 3820 (6 p).
"Sounding-rocket microgravity experiments on alumina dust"
Shinnosuke Ishizuka, Yuki Kimura, Itsuki Sakon, Hiroshi Kimura, Tomoya Yamazaki, Shinsuke Takeuchi, Yuko Inatomi
133. International Journal of Microgravity Science and Application, 35 (2018) 350305 (7 p).
"Nucleation Processes of Cosmic Dust Investigated by Microgravity Experiments using an Airplane"
Yuki Kimura*, Shinnosuke Ishizuka, Sašo Šturm, Kyoko K. Tanaka, Tomoya Yamazaki, Fumiaki Saito, Yosuke Satoh, Katsuo Tsukamoto, Yuko Inatomi
132. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 858 (2018) L23.
"Measurements of the activation energies for atomic hydrogen diffusion on pure solid CO"
Yuki Kimura, M. Tsuge, V. Pirronello, A. Kouchi, N. Watanabe*
131. Seppyo (in Japanese), 80 (2018) 19-36.
"Development of an ultrahigh vacuum low temperature transmission electron microscope for in-situ observation of ices"
Akira KOUCHI, Hiroshi HIDAKA, Naoki WATANABE, Tetsuya HAMA, Yuki KIMURA, Shunichi NAKATSUBO, Kazuyuki FUJITA, Kunio SINBORI and Masayuki IKEDA
130. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57 (2018) 79-83.
"Direct TEM Visualization of the Cement Reaction by Colloidal Aggregation of Fumed Silica"
Hisao Satoh, Yuki Kimura, Erika Furukawa

2017

129. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 1 (2017) 601-607.
"Experiments on Condensation of Calcium Sulfide Grains To Demarcate Environments for the Formation of Enstatite Chondrites"
Kaori Yokoyama, Yuki Kimura, Chihiro Kaito
128. Science Advances, 3 (2017) eaao2538.
"Liquid-like Behavior of UV-irradiated Interstellar Ice Analog at Low Temperature"
Shogo Tachibana, Akira Kouchi, Tetsuya Hama, Yasuhiro Oba, Laurette Piani, Iyo Sugawara, Yukiko Endo, Hiroshi Hidaka, Yuki Kimura, Ken-ichiro Murata, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Naoki Watanabe
127. RSC Advances, 7 (2017) 35711-35716.
"Evolution analysis of V2O5·nH2O gels for preparation of xerogels having a high specific surface area and their replicas"
Kanji Ishii, Yuki Kimura, Tomoya Yamazaki, Yuya Oaki, Hiroaki Imai
126. Nanoscale, 9 (2017) 10109-10116.
"Self-Assembly of MoO3 Needles in Gas Current for Cubic Formation Pathway"
Shinnosuke Ishizuka, Yuki Kimura, Satoki Yokoi, Tomoya Yamazaki, Rikako Sato, Tetsuya Hama
125. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19 (2017) 17677-17684.
"Simulations and Spectra of Water in CO Matrices"
Tetsuya Hama, Shinnosuke Ishizuka, Tomoya Yamazaki, Yuki Kimura, Akira Kouchi, Naoki Watanabe, Toshiki Sugimoto, Valerio Pirronello
124. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19 (2017) 7280-7287.
"Simulations and Spectra of Water in CO Matrices"
Rafael Escribano Emilio Artacho, Akira Kouchi, Tetusya Hama, Yuki Kimura, Hiroshi Hidaka, Naoki Watanabe
123. The Astrophysical Journal, 837 (2017) 35 (11pp).
"Evolution of morphological and physical properties of laboratory interstellar organic residues with ultraviolet irradiation"
L. Piani, S. Tachibana, T. Hama, H. Tanaka, Y. Endo, I. Sugawara, L. Dessimoulie, Yuki Kimura, A. Miyake, J. Matsuno, A. Tsuchiyama, K. Fujita, S. Nakatsubo, H. Fukushi, S. Mori, T. Chigai, H. Yurimoto, A. Kouchi
122. PNAS, 114 (2017) 2154-2159.
"Two types of amorphous protein particles facilitate crystal nucleation"
Tomoya Yamazaki, Yuki Kimura, Peter G. Vekilov, Erika Furukawa, Manabu Shirai, Hiroaki Matsumoto, Alexander E. S. Van Driessche, Katsuo Tsukamoto
121. Science Advances, 3 (2017) e1601992.
"Pure iron grains are rare in the universe"
Y. Kimura, K. K. Tanaka, T. Nozawa, S. Takeuchi, Y. Inatomi

2016

120. Chemistry of Materials, 28 (2016) 8732?8741.
"Two-step Process in Homogeneous Nucleation of Alumina in Supersaturated Vapor"
Shinnosuke Ishizuka,Yuki Kimura, Tomoya Yamazaki, Tetsuya Hama, Naoki Watanabe and Akira Kouchi
119. Chemical Physics Letters, 658 (2016) 287-292.
"Matrix sublimation method for the formation of high-density amorphous ice"
A. Kouchi, T. Hama, Yuki Kimura, H. Hidaka, R. Escribano, N. Watanabe
118. Journal of Crystal Growth, 450 (15) (2016) 168-173.
"In Situ FT-IR Study on the Homogeneous Nucleation of Nanoparticles of Titanium Oxides from Highly Supersaturated Vapor"
Shinnosuke Ishizuka, Yuki Kimura, Tomoya Yamazaki
117. RSC Advances, 6 (2016) 61346-61350.
"1D Oriented Attachment of Calcite Nanocrystals: Formation of Single-Crystalline Rods through Collision"
Mihiro Takasaki, Yuki Kimura, Tomoya Yamazaki, Yuya Oaki, Hiroaki Imai
116. Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials, 62 (2016) 400?403.
"Assembling Interferometers and In-Situ Observation of Ambient Environments and Solid-Liquid Interfaces"
Yuki Kimura, Kenta Murayama, Tomoya Yamazaki, Takao Maki
115. Review of Scientific Instruments, 87 (2016) 033107.
"Development of compartment for studies on the growth of protein crystals in space"
Tomoya Yamazaki, Katsuo Tsukamoto, Izumi Yoshizaki, Seijiro Fukuyama, Hitoshi Miura, Taro Shimaoka, Takao Maki, Kentaro Oshi, Yuki Kimura
114. The Astrophysical Journal, 817 (2016) 145.
"Concurrent Formation of Carbon and Silicate Dust in Nova V1280 Sco"
Itsuki Sakon, Shigeyuki Sako, Takashi Onaka, Takaya Nozawa, Yuki Kimura, Takuya Fujiyoshi, Takashi Shimonishi, Fumihiko Usui, Hidenori Takahashi, Ryou Ohsawa, Akira Arai, Makoto Uemura, Takahiro Nagayama, Bon-Chul Koo, Takashi Kozasa

2015

113. Scientific reports, 5 (2015) 10765.
"Nanodiamond Finding in the Hyblean Shallow Mantle Xenoliths"
Sergei Simakov, Akira Kouchi, Nikoli Melnik, Voittorio Scribano, Yuki Kimura, Tetsuya Hama, Noriyuki Suzuki, Hiroyuki Saito, and Tomokazu Yoshizawa
112. Icarus, 254 (1) (2015) 135-143.
"Pulse-laser irradiation experiments of Murchison CM2 chondrite for reproduction of space weathering of C-type asteroids"
Moe Matsuoka, Tomoki Nakamura, Yuki Kimura, Takahiro Hiroi, Ryosuke Nakamura, Satoshi Okumura, Sho Sasaki
111. The Astrophysical Journal, 803 (2015) 88 (6pp).
"In- situ infrared measurements of free-flying silicate during condensation in the laboratory"
Shinnosuke Ishizuka, Yuki Kimura, Itsuki Sakon

2014

110. Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, 12(No. ists29) (2014) Th_31-Th34.
"Dissolution behavior of vaterite spherulite in solutions containing phosphate ions"
Yuko Inatomi, Yuki Kimura, Katsuo Tsukamoto, Yoshiki Takagi, Shinsuke Takeuchi, Nobuaki Ishii
109. Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan, 122(8) (2014) 679-687.
"Dissolution behavior of vaterite spherulite in solutions containing phosphate ions"
Yuki Sugiura, Kazuo Onuma, Masahiro Nagao, Koichi Momma, Yuki Kimura, Atsushi Yamazaki
108. Crystal Growth & Design, 14 (2014) 3596-3602.
"Emregence and Amplification of Chirality via Achiral-Chiral Polymorphic Transformation in Sodium Chlorate Solution Growth"
Hiromasa Niinomi*, Hitoshi Miura, Yuki Kimura, Makio Uwaha, Hiroyuki Katsuno, Shunta Harada, Toru Ujihara, Katsuo Tsukamoto
107. Crystal Research and Technology, 49 (2014) 315-322.
"Measurement of Two-dimensional Distribution of Surface Supersaturation Over A Sodium Chlorate Crystal Surface Using Multi-Directional Interferometry"
K. Murayama, K. Tsukamoto, A. Srivastava, H. Miura, E. Yokoyama, Yuki Kimura,
106. Journal of Crystal Growth, 394 (2014) 106-111.
"Solubility measurement of a metastable achiral crystal of sodium chlorate in solution growth"
Hiromasa Niinomi, Atsushi Horio, Shunta Harada, Toru Ujihara, Hitoshi Miura, Yuki Kimura, Katsuo Tsukamoto
105. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136 (2014) 1762-1765.
"In Situ Live Observation of Nucleation and Dissolution of Sodium Chlorate Nanoparticles by Transmission Electron Microscopy"
Yuki Kimura, Hiromasa Niinomi, Katsuo Tsukamoto, Juan, M. Garcia-Ruiz

2013

104. Crystal Growth & Design, 13 (2013) 5188-5192.
"Achiral Metastable Crystals of Sodium Chlorate Forming Prior to Chiral Crystals in Solution Growth"
Hiromasa Niinomi*, Tomoya Yamazaki, Shunta Harada, Toru Ujihara, Hitoshi Miura, Yuki Kimura*, Takahiro Kuribayashi, Makio Uwaha, and Katsuo Tsukamoto
103. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48 (2013) 2577-2596.
"Cathodoluminescence microscopy and spectroscopy of forsterite from Kaba meteorite: An application to the study of hydrothermal alteration of parent body"
Arnold Gucsik*, Taro Endo, Hirotsugu Nishido, Kiyotaka Ninagawa, Masahiro Kayama, Szaniszlo Berczi, Szabolcs Nagy, Peter Abraham, Yuki Kimura, Hitoshi Miura, Ildiko Gyollai, Irakli Simonia, Peter Rozsa, Jozsef Posta, Daniel Apai, Krisztian Mihalyi and Mihaly Nagy
102. Nature Communications, 4:2649 doi: 10.1038/ncomms3649 (2013).
"Vortex magnetic structure in framboidal magnetite reveals existence of water droplets in an ancient asteroid"
Yuki Kimura, Takeshi Sato, Norihiro Nakamura, Jun Nozawa, Tomoki Nakamura, Katsuo Tsukamoto & Kazuo Yamamoto
101. American Mineralogist, 98 (2013) 262-270.
"Acceleration and inhibition effects of phosphate on phase transformation of amorphous calcium carbonate into vaterite"
Y. Sugiura, K. Onuma, Yuki Kimura, K. Tsukamoto, A. Yamazaki

2012

100. The Astrophysical Journal, 757 (2012) 185-196.
"The mechanism of surface diffusion of H and D atoms on amorphous solid water: Existence of various potentials sites"
T. Hama, K. Kuwahata, N. Watanabe, A. Kouchi, Yuki Kimura, T. Chigai, V. Pirronello
99. Crystal Growth & Design, 12 (2012) 3278?3284.
"Direct observation of the homogeneous nucleation of manganese in the vapor phase and determination of surface free energy and sticking coefficient"
Yuki Kimura*, Kyoko K. Tanaka, Hitoshi Miura, Katsuo Tsukamoto
98. Journal of Luminescence, 132 (2012) 1041-1047.
"Cathodoluminescence microcharacterization of forsterite in the chondrule experimentally grown under super cooling"
A. Gucsik, K. Tsukamoto, H. Nishido, H. Miura, M. Kayama, K. Ninagawa, Yuki Kimura

2011

97. Journal of Crystal Growth, 332 (2011) 58-67.
"Morphological evolution of precipitates during transformation of amorphous calcium phosphate into octacalcium phosphate in relation to role of intermediate phase"
Yuki Sugiura, Kazuo Onuma, Yuki Kimura, Hitoshi Miura, Katsuo Tsukamoto
96. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133 (23) 2011, 8782-8785.
"Magnetite 3-D Colloidal Crystals Formed in the Early Solar System 4.6 Billion Years Ago"
Nozawa, Jun; Tsukamoto, Katsuo; Enckevort, Willem J. P.; Nakamura, Tomoki; Yuki Kimura; Miura, Hitoshi; Satoh, Hisao; Nagashima, Ken; Konoto, Makoto
95. J. Jpn. Soc. Microgravity Appl., 28 No. 2 (2011) S9-S12.
"Interferometric observation of temperature distributions in the smoke experiment"
Yuki Kimura, Katsuo Tsukamoto
94. Journal of Crystal Growth, 316 (2011) 196-200.
"Interferometric in-situ observation during nucleation and growth of WO3 nanocrystals in vapor phase"
Yuki Kimura*, Hitoshi Miura, Katsuo Tsukamoto, Chaorong Li, Takao Maki
93. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 46 (2011) 92-102.
"Laboratory annealing experiments of refractory silicate grain analogs using differential scanning calorimetry"
Yuki Kimura*, Joseph A. Nuth III, Katsuo Tsukamoto, Chihiro Kaito
92. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, 3 (2011) 4-10.
"Synthesis of stacked-cup carbon nanotubes in a metal free low temperature system"
Yuki Kimura*, Joseph A. Nuth III, Natasha M. Johnson, Kevin D. Farmer, Kenneth P. Roberts and Syed R. Hussaini

2010

91. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 714 (2010) L233-L237.
"Direct measurements of hydrogen atom diffusion and the spin temperature of nascent H2 molecule on amorphous solid water"
Naoki Watanabe, Yuki Kimura, Akira Kouchi, Takeshi Chigai, Tetsuya Hama, Valerio Pirronello
90. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 710 (2010) L98-L101.
"The Formation of Graphite Whiskers in the Primitive Solar Nebula"
Joseph A. Nuth III, Yuki Kimura, Christopher Lucas, Frank Ferguson, Natasha M. Johnson
89. Earth, Planets and Space, 62 (2010) 81-90.
"Formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon grains using anthracene and their stability under UV irradiation"
M. Saito, I. Sakon, C. Kaito, Y. Kimura,

2009

88. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 703 (2009) L147-L151.
"Origin of organic globules in meteorites: Laboratory simulation using aromatic hydrocarbons"
Midori Saito, Yuki Kimura
87. Icarus, 204 (2009) 681-686.
"AFM study on surface nanotopography of matrix olivines in Allende carbonaceous chondrite"
Jun Nozawa, Katsuo Tsukamoto, Hidekazu Kobatake, Junya Yamada, Hisao Satoh, Ken Nagashima, Hitoshi Miura, Yuki Kimura
86. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 697 (2009) L10-13.
"A Seed of Solar Forsterite and Possible new Evolutional Scenario of Cosmic Silicates"
Yuki Kimura, Joseph A. Nuth III

2008

85. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 658 (2008) L83-86.
"Possible Driving Force behind Formation of Cosmic Carbyne Crystals "
Yuki Kimura, Chihiro Kaito
84. Surface and Coatings Technology, 202 (2008) 4159-4162.
"Production of refractory-metal ultrafine particles by gas evaporation method and their surface oxide layer "
Y. Kimura, Chihiro Kaito
83. 日本惑星科学会誌, vol. 17 No. 1 (2008) 62-68.
"原始太陽系星雲中での物質進化に関わるダストの振る舞い "
Yuki Kimura
82. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 680 (2008) L89-L92.
"Characteristic Low-Temperature Crystallization of Amorphous Mg-Bearing Silicate Grains Under Electron Irradiation "
Y. Kimura, Yu Miyazaki, Akihito Kumamoto, Midori Saito, and Chihiro Kaito
81. The Astrophysical Journal, 684 (2008) 1496-1501.
"Experimental Demonstration of Condensation of Mg-Bearing Silicate Grains around Evolved Stars "
Y. Kimura, Shinichi Sasaki, Hitoshi Suzuki, Akihito Kumamoto, Midori Saito, Chihiro Kaito
80. Physica E, 40/9 (2008) 2995-2998.
"Direct observation of MoO2 crystal growth from amorphous MoO3 film "
Kenji Nina, Yuki Kimura, Kaori Yokoyama, Osamu Kido, Gong Binyo, Chihiro Kaito
79. Icarus, 195 (2008) 493-503.
"A refractory Ca-SiO-H2-O2 vapor condensation experiment with implications for calciosilica dust transforming silicate and carbonate minerals "
F.J.M. Rietmeijer, A. Pun, Y. Kimura, J. A. Nuth III
78. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 47(8) (2008) 6588-6591.
"Structural Alterations of Carbon Particles in Saturated Water Vapor "
C. Kaito, M. Shintaku, R. Sakao, A. Kumamoto, M. Saito, Y. Kimura,Shinsuke Ohyagi, Shigeru Morikawa, and Hitoshi Suzuki
77. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 77 (2008) 094708-1 - 094708-4.
"Morphological Alteration and Structure on ZnO Particles Produced in Electric Field"
Chihiro Kaito, Yasuhiko Kinuta, Hitoshi Suzuki, Syunsuke Adachi, Akihito Kumamoto, Yoshio Saito, Y. Kimura

2007

76. The Astrophysical Journal, 664 (2007) 1253-1263.
"What is the Driving Force to Form Refractory Oxide Grains? Silicate Spectra Depend on their Formation Environment"
Yuki Kimura, Joseph A. Nuth III
75. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 42, Issue 7/8, (2007) 1429-1439.
"Non-Mass-Dependent Oxygen Isotopic Fractionation in Smokes Produced in an Electrical Discharge"
Yuki Kimura, Joseph A. Nuth III, Subrata Chakraborty and Mark H. Thiemens
74. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 666 (2007) L57-L60.
"Exothermic chemical reactions can drive “nonthermal” crystallization of amorphous silicate grains"
Chihiro Kaito, Yu Miyazaki, Akihito Kumamoto, Yuki Kimura
73. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 46 No. 46 (2007) L1141-L1142.
"Structural alteration of nanostructure carbon particles carrying Pt clusters in H2 and O2 gases"
Chihiro Kaito, Ryoichi Ono, Ryuta Sakao, Akihito Kumamoto, Midori Saito, Yuki Kimura, Shinsuke Ohyagi

2006

72. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 41 (2006) 673-680
"Formation of TiC-core, graphitic-mantle grains from CO gas"
Yuki Kimura, Joseph A. Nuth III, Frank T. Ferguson
71. Advances in Geosciences, 7 (2006) 115-123.
"Formation of CaTiO3 crystalline dust in laboratory "
Kaori Yokoyama, Yuki Kimura, Osamu Kido, Mami Kurumada, Akihito Kumamoto, Chihiro Kaito
70. Advances in Geosciences, 7 (2006) 93-99.
"New method of producing titanium carbide, monoxide, and dioxide grains in laboratory "
Akihito Kumamoto, Mami Kurumada, Yuki Kimura, Chihiro Kaito
69. Planetary and Space Science, 54 (2006) 617-620
"Laboratory analogy of crystalline enstatite grain formation in plasma field "
T. Sato, K. Kamitsuji, M. Shintaku, Y. Kimura, M. Kurumada, O. Kido, H. Suzuki, Y. Saito and C. Kaito
68. Physica E, 31 (2006) 169-173.
"Synthesis of Al-Cr decagonal quasicrystal nanoparticles and their temperature of phase transformation to stable crystal phase. "
Osamu Kido, Mami Kurumada, Katsuya Kamitsuji, Toshiaki Tanigaki, Takeshi Sato, Yuki Kimura, Hitoshi Suzuki, Yoshio Saito, Chihiro Kaito
67. Planetary and Space Science, 54 (2006) 612-616
"Influence of plasma on formation of crystalline Fe2SiO4 grains"
T. Sato, M. Kurumada, K. Kamitsuji, O. Kido, H. Suzuki, M. Shintaku, Y. Kimura, Y. Saito and C. Kaito
66. Advances in Geosciences, 7 (2006) 125-131.
"Direct observation of the crystallization of carbon-coated amorphous Mg-bearing silicate grains "
C. Kaito, S. Sasaki, Y. Miyazaki, A. Kumamoto, M. Kurumada, K. Yokoyama, M. Saito, Yuki Kimura, H. Suzuki

2005

65. Thin Solid Films 476 (2005) 65-67
"Formation of new carbides with diamond structure from carbon film containing transition metal"
Yuki Kimura, Chihiro Kaito
64. Journal of Crystal Growth 275 (2005) e977-e981
"Crystal structure and growth of carbon-silicon mixture film prepared by ion sputtering"
Yuki Kimura, Manabu Ishikawa, Mami Kurumada, Toshiaki Tanigaki, Hitoshi Suzuki, Chihiro Kaito
63. Carbon, (Letter) 43 (2005) 1557-1583
"Production of diamond and solid-solution nanoparticles in the carbon-silicon system using radio-frequency plasma"
Yuki Kimura, Takeshi Sato, Chihiro Kaito
62. ICARUS, 177 (2005) 280-285
"Laboratory production of monophase pyrrhotite grains using solid-solid reaction and their characteristic infrared spectra"
Yuki Kimura, K. Tamura, C. Koike, H. Chihara, C. Kaito
61. Physica E, 28 (2005) 281-285
"Formation of carbon nanotubes from mixture film of carbon and titanium"
Yuki Kimura, C. Kaito
60. The Astrophysical Journal, 630 (2005) 637-641
"Laboratory synthesized calcium oxide and calcium hydroxide grains: A candidate to explain the 6.8 μm band"
Yuki Kimura, Joseph A. Nuth III
59. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 442 (2005) 507-512
"Laboratory production of magnesium sulfide grains and their characteristic infrared spectra due to shape"
Y. Kimura, M. Kurumada, K. Tamura, C. Koike, H. Chihara, C. Kaito
58. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 632 (2005) L159-L162
"Is the 21-μm feature observed in some post-AGB stars caused by the interaction between Ti atoms and fullerenes?"
Y. Kimura, Joseph A. Nuth III, Frank T. Ferguson
57. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 429 (2005) 205-208
"Crystalline Mg2SiO4 and amorphous Mg-bearing silicate grain formation by coalescence and growth"
Katsuya Kamituji, Hitoshi Suzuki, Yuki Kimura, Takeshi Sato, Yoshio Saito, Chihiro Kaito
56. Physica E 25 (2005) 619-624
"Transition temperature to crystal phase of Al86Mn14 quasicrystal ultrafine particles determined by direct observation and characterization of surface oxide layer"
Osamu Kido, Hitoshi Suzuki, Yuki Kimura, Takeshi Sato, Yoshio Saito, Chihiro Kaito
55. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 626 (2005) L129-L132
"Novel Routes for Diamond Formation in Interstellar Ices and Meteoritic Parent Bodies"
Akira Kouchi, Hideyuki Nakano, Yuki Kimura, Chihiro Kaito
54. Earth, Planets and Space, 57 (2005) 399-401.
"Direct observation of the formation of alumina phase by metallic Al solid-SiO2 solid reaction"
S. Sasaki, H. Suzuki, Y. Kimura, T. Sato, T. Tanigaki, O. Kido, K. Kamitsuji, M. Kurumada, C. Kaito
53. Journal of Crystal Growth 275 (2005) e1673-e1678
"Structure of WO3 ultrafine particles and their characteristic solid states"
Mami Kurumada, Osamu Kido, Takeshi Sato, Hitoshi Suzuki, Yuki Kimura,Katsuya Kamitsuji, Yoshio Saito and Chihiro Kaito
52. Journal of Crystal Growth 275 (2005) e983-e987
"Production of transition metal doped ZnO nanoparticles by using RF plasma field"
T. Sato, H. Suzuki, O. Kido, M. Kurumada, K. Kamitsuji, Y. Kimura, H. Kawasaki, S. Kaneko, Y. Saito, C. Kaito
51. Journal of Crystal Growth 275 (2005) e1745-e1750
"Morphological alteration upon phase transition and effects of oxygen impurities of chromium nanoparticles"
Osamu Kido, Katsuya Kamitsuji, Mami Kurumada, Toshiaki Tanigaki, Takeshi Sato, Yuki Kimura, Hitoshi Suzuki, Yoshio Saito and Chihiro Kaito
50. Thin Solid Films, 483 (2005) 396-399
"Direct observation of thermal alteration of mixed film of Ge and SiO"
Chihiro Kaito, Katsuya Kamitsuji, Shuji Tanaka, Osamu Kido, Mami Kurumada, Takeshi Sato, Yuki Kimura, Hitoshi Suzuki, Yoshio Saito

2004

49. Carbon 42/1 (2004) 33-38
"Production and structural characterization of carbon soot with narrow UV absorption feature"
Yuki Kimura, Takeshi Sato, Chihiro Kaito
48. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 152 (2004) 297-301
"Correlations between Crystallite Size, Shape, Surface and Infrared Spectra using Ti-C System"
Yuki Kimura, Akimi Ikegami, Mami Kurumada, Katsuya Kamitsuji, Chihiro Kaito
47. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Vol.43 No.7A (2004) L888 - L890
"Production of diamond from carbon film using synchrotron radiation"
Yuki Kimura, Osamu Kido, Masayuki Oomoto, Koji Ogawa, Hidetoshi Namba, Chihiro Kaito
46. Journal of Crystal Growth 260/3-4 (2004) 298-303
"Direct observation of sublimation process on a CdTe(111) surface using an ultrafine particle"
Toshiaki Tanigaki, Yuki Kimura, Hitoshi Suzuki, Chihiro Kaito
45. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Vol. 73 No. 5 (2004) 1375-1376
"Pentagonal Configuration in GaP Ultrafine Particle"
Toshiaki Tanigaki, Yuki Kimura, Hitoshi Suzuki, Mami Kurumada, Chihiro Kaito
44. Scripta Materialia 50 (2004) 1413-1416
"TEM study of early Ni4Ti3 precipitation and R-phase in Ni-rich NiTi nanoparticles"
Mami Kurumada, Yuki Kimura, Hitoshi Suzuki, Osamu Kido, Yoshio Saito, Chihiro Kaito
43. Surface Science 548/1-3 (2004) 276-280
"Mechanism of copper selenide growth on copper-oxide-selenium system"
Yousuke Ishikawa, Osamu Kido, Yuki Kimura,, Mami Kurumada, Hitoshi Suzuki, Yoshio Saito, Chihiro Kaito
42. Carbon letter 42/8-9 (2004) 1875-1877
"Effect of RF plasma field on the growth of C60 crystals"
Takeshi Sato, Osamu Kido, Mami Kurumada, Yuki Kimura, Hitoshi Suzuki, Yoshio Saito, Chihiro Kaito
41. Astronomy & Astrophysics 422 (2004) 975-979
"Direct observation of the metamorphism of silicon oxide grains"
Katsuya Kamitsuji, Syunji Ueno, Hitoshi Suzuki, Yuki Kimura, Takeshi Sato, Toshiaki Tanigaki, Osamu Kido, Mami Kurumada, Chihiro Kaito
40. Physica E 23 (2004) 108-113
"Growth and structure of Ge clusters produced by Ge-C co-evaporation"
Shuji Tanaka, Osamu Kido, Mami Kurumada, Katsuya Kamitsuji, Yuki Kimura, Hitoshi Suzuki, Yaito Saito, Chihiro Kaito
39. Journal of Crystal Growth 265 (2004) 149-153
"Noble method of doping tungsten into zinc oxide ultrafine particle using RF plasma system"
T. Sato, H. Suzuki, O. Kido, M. Kurumada, K. Kamitsuji, Y. Kimura, A. Takeda, S. Kaneko, Y. Saito, C. Kaito
38. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Vol. 73 No. 7 (2004) 2014-2016
"Phase Transition Temperature of γ-Fe2O3 Ultrafine Particle"
Osamu Kido, Yuka Higashino, Katsuya Kamitsuji, Mami Kurumada, Takeshi Sato, Yuki Kimura, Hitoshi Suzuki, Yoshio Saito, Chihiro Kaito

2003

37. Journal of Crystal Growth 250/3-4 (2003) 450-457
"Characteristic crystal growth from amorphous WO3 film by vacuum heating"
Yuki Kimura, Chihiro Kaito
36. Monthly Notices 343 (2003) 385-389
"Titanium carbide particles as pre-solar grains"
Yuki Kimura, Chihiro Kaito
35. Journal of Crystal Growth 255/3-4 (2003) 282-285
"Production of nanodiamond from carbon film containing silicon"
Yuki Kimura, Chihiro Kaito
34. Astronomy and Astrophysics 409 (2003) 159-161
"Infrared spectra of ZrC presolar grain analogues"
Yuki Kimura, Chihiro Kaito
33. Surface Science Letters 527/1-3 (2003) L219-L221
"High-temperature behavior of an amorphous carbon layer on SiC particles"
Yuki Kimura, Yoshio Saito, Chihiro Kaito
32. Surface Review and Letters 10/2-3 (2003) 361-364
"Dynamic behavior of silicon oxide layer on silicon ultrafine particle"
Yuki Kimura, Hiroshi Ueno, Hitoshi Suzuki, Takeshi Sato, Toshitaka Tanigaki, Osamu Kido, Yoshio Saito, Chihiro Kaito
31. PHYSICA E 19/3 (2003) 298-302
"Dynamic behavior of Au cluster on the surface of ultrafine silicon particles"
Yuki Kimura, Hiroshi Ueno, Hitoshi Suzuki, Toshiaki Tanigaki, Takeshi Sato, Yoshio Saito, Chihiro Kaito
30. Journal of Crystal Growth 254/1-2 (2003) 131-136
"In situ observation of silicon carbide formation process using electron microscope"
M. Ishikawa, Y. Kimura, H. Suzuki, O. Kido, T. Tanigaki, T. Sato, Y. Saito, C. Kaito
29. Phys. Low-Dim. Struct. 5/6 (2003) 1-8
"Characteristic behavior of Bi clusters and growth process to the continuous film"
C. Kaito, Y. Kimura, S. Tominaga, S. Kimura, T. Nakada, Y. Saito
28. Surface Science 540/2-3 (2003) 395-400
"Growth process of TiC clusters from Ti nanoparticles with evaporated carbon layer"
Akimi Ikegami, Yuki Kimura, Hitoshi Suzuki, Takeshi Sato, Toshiaki Tanigaki, Osamu Kido, Mami Kurumada, Yoshio Saito, Chihiro Kaito
27. Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 42 (2003) 7489-7492
"Structure and thickness of natural oxide layer on ultrafine particle"
Koichi Tamura, Yuki Kimura, Hitoshi Suzuki, Osamu Kido, Takeshi Sato, Toshiaki Tanigaki, Mami Kurumada, Yoshio Saito and Chihiro Kaito
26. Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 16/2 (2003) 179-189
"Novel Method for the Preparation of Silicon Oxide Layer on TiO2Particle and Dynamic Behavior of Silicon Oxide Layer on TiO2 Particle"
Youichi Atou, Hitoshi Suzuki, Y. Kimura, Takeshi Sato, Toshitaka Tanigaki, Yoshio Saito, Chihiro Kaito
25. Surface Review and Letters 10/2-3 (2003) 455-459
"Atomic observation of the sublimation process of the Pb (111) surface"
T. Tanigaki, H. Suzuki, Y. Kimura, Y. Saito, C. Kaito
24. Journal of Crystal Growth 250 (2003) 444-449
"Dynamic process of crystallization of Sb2Se3 from Sb50Se50amorphous film"
Mami Kurumada, Hitoshi Suzuki, Yuki Kimura, Yoshio Saito, Chihiro Kaito
23. Journal of crystal Growth 256 (2003) 317-323
"Dynamic behavior of SiO- and SiO2- coated ZnO ultrafine particles and growth mechanism of Zn2SiO4 crystal"
Toshiaki Tanigaki, Hitoshi Suzuki, Yuki Kimura, Osamu Kido, Yoshio Saito, Chihiro Kaito
22. Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 42 (2003) 5896-5897
"Structural Control of Silicon Oxide Particles by Oxygen Partial Pressure in RF Plasma"
Takeshi Sato, Atsushi Takeda, Yuki Kimura, Hitoshi Suzuki, Yoshio Saito and Chihiro Kaito
21. The Astrophysical Journal 587 (2): (2003) 771-776 Part 1
"Are TiC grains a carrier of the 21-μm emission band observed around the post-AGB objects?"
Takeshi Chigai, Tetsuo Yamamoto, Chihiro Kaito, Yuki Kimura,
20. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 38(1) (2003) 49-57
"Demonstration of crystalline forsterite grain formation due to coalescence growth of Mg and SiO smoke particles"
Chihiro Kaito, Yuki Ojima, Katsuya Kamitsuji, Osamu Kido, Yuki Kimura,Hitoshi Suzuki, Takeshi Sato, Toshitaka Nakada, Yoshio Saito, Chiyoe Koike
19. Journal of Crystal Growth 255/3-4 (2003) 313-316
"Structure and optical spectrum of ZnO nanoparticles produced in RF plasma"
T. Sato, T. Tanigaki, H. Suzuki, Y. Saito, O. Kido, Y. Kimura, C. Kaito, A. Takeda, S. Kaneko

2002

18. Phys. Low-Dim. Struct. 11/12 (2002) 77-84
"SCrystallization and selective growth of amorphous Y-Ba-Cu-O film"
T. Tanigaki, S. Ariumi, H. Suzuki, Y. Kimura, S. Kimura, T. Sato, N. Tsuda, T. Nakada, Y. Saito, C. Kaito
17. Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 13 (2002) 11-23
"Spontaneous Mixing of Binary Alkali Halide Crystal by Successive Evaporation"
Yuki Kimura, Yoshio Saito, Toshitaka Nakada, Chihiro Kaito
16. Carbon 40 (2002) 1043-1050
"Growth Process of Carbyne Crystal by Synchrotron Irradiation"
Kimura Yuki, Kaito Chihiro, Hanamoto Katsumi, Sasaki Muneo, Kimura Seiji, Nakada Toshitaka, Saito Yoshio, Nakayama Yasuyuki
15. Nuc. Inst. and Methods in Phys. Research. B 194(2) (2002) 187-192
"Irradiation effect of synchrotron radiation on crystallization of thin amorphous WO3 film"
Yuki Kimura, Katsumi Hanamoto, Yasuyuki Nakayama, Chihiro Kaito
14. Journal of Crystal Growth 243/1 (2002) 143-150
"Process of crystallization in thin amorphous tin oxide film"
T. Kobayashi, Y. Kimura, H. Suzuki, T. Sato, T. Tanigaki, Y. Saito, C. Kaito
13. Review of Scientific Instruments (Rev. Sci. Instrum.) Vol. 73, No. 3 (2002) 1384-1386
"Effects of SR irradiation on tin-doped indium oxide thin film prepared by rf magnetron sputtering"
M. Sasaki, K. Hanamoto, Y. Kimura, C. Kaito, H. Miki, Y. Nakayama
12. Phys. Low-Dim. Struct. 7/8 (2002) 77-86
"Ordered alloy formation by the use of reaction between ultrafine particle and cluster"
Takashi Tsurusako, Toshiaki Tanigaki, Hitoshi Suzuki, Yuki Kimura,Takeshi Sato, Osamu Kido, Yoshio Saito, Chihiro Kaito
11. Proceedings of the Japan Academy Vol. 78 Ser. B No. 9 (2002) 277-281
"Alteration of interstellar organic materials in meteorites' parent bodies: a novel route for diamond formation"
Hideyuki Nakano, Akira Kouchi, Masahiko Arakawa, Y. Kimura, Chihiro Kaito, Hiroshi Ohno, Takeo Hondoh
10. Phys. Low-Dim. Struct. 7/8 (2002) 99-106
"A new attempt on reduction of ultrafine oxide particles"
Hitoshi Suzuki, Toshiaki Tanigaki, Takeshi Sato, Osamu Kido, Youichi Atou, Yuki Kimura, Chihiro Kaito
9. Journal of Crystal Growth 244/2 (2002) 168-172
"Fabrication of an amorphous carbon tube from copper oxide whisker"
Hitoshi Suzuki, Naoki Fukuzawa, Toshiaki Tanigaki, Takeshi Sato, Osamu Kido, Yuki Kimura, Chihiro Kaito

2001

8. Nuc. Inst. and Methods in Phys. Research. A 467-468 (2001) 1221-1224
"Effect of SR irradiation on crystallization of amorphous tin oxide film"
Y. Kimura, T. Kobayashi, K. Hanamoto, M. Sasaki, S. Kimura, T. Nakada, Y. Nakayama, C. Kaito
7. Nuc. Inst. and Methods in Phys. Research. A 467-468 (2001) 1217-1220
"Carbyne formation by synchrotron radiation"
C. Kaito, Y. Kimura, K. Hanamoto, M. Sasaki, S. Kimura, T. Nakada, Y. Saito, C. Koike, Y. Nakayama
6. Nuc. Inst. and Methods in Phys. Research. A 467-468 (2001) 1213-1216
"Effect of SR irradiation on In2O3 film"
K. Hanamoto, A. Hirai, M. Sasaki, Y. Kimura, K. Miyatani, C. Kaito, Y. Nakayama

2000

5. Journal of Crystal Growth 218 (2000) 259-264
"Topotactical growth of indium sulfide by evaporation of metal onto molybdenite"
C. Kaito, A. Ito, S. Kimura, Y. Kimura, Y. Saito, T. Nakada
4. Thin Solid Films 370 (2000) 155-162
"Characterization of indium tin oxide film and practical ITO film by electron microscopy"
T. Nakao, T. Nakada, Y. Nakayama, K. Miyatani, Y. Kimura, Y. Saito, C. Kaito
3. Thin Solid Films 359 (2000) 283-287
"The structure of thin Cr film prepare by the vacuum evaporation method"
C.Kaito, H. Nakamura, S. Kimura, Y. Kimura, T. Nakada, Y. Saito
2. Phys. Low-Dim. Struct. 1/2 (2000) L1-L7
"Spontaneous Alkali Halide Formation by the Use of KBr-KCl System"
Y. Kimura, Y. Saito, T. Nakada, C. Kaito

1999

1. Phys. Low-Dim. Struct. 11/12 (1999) 53-60
"Surface Oxide on Tin and Indium Ultrafine Particles and Their Oxidation Process"
C. Kaito, T. Nakao, Y. Ato, Y. Kimura, S. Kimura, T. Nakada and Y. Saito

Awards

  • Dec. 2023 73rd Metallographic Photography Award, The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials, Incentive Award
  • Jul. 2022 47th Prize for Best Micrograph, The Ceramic Society of Japan
  • Mar. 2021 14th Kazato Prize, Kazato Research Foundation
  • Oct. 2019 36th Best Paper Award, The Japanese Association for Crystal Growth
  • May 2019 The 3rd Nishida Prize, Japan Geoscience Union
  • Feb. 2019          Hokkaido University President's Award for Outstanding Research
  • Feb. 2018 14th (FY2017) Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science PRIZE
  • Jan. 2017          Hokkaido University President's Award for Outstanding Research
  • Jan. 2017          3rd Awards of ISAS
  • Oct. 2016          2016 Young Scientist Award of the Japan Society of Microgravity Application
  • Mar. 2014          39th Prize for Best Micrograph, The Ceramic Society of Japan
  • Mar. 2013          2013 Schieber Prize, The International Organization for Crystal Growth
  • Mar. 2012          6th Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan
  • Jul. 2011            Best Poster Award at the International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, 2011.
  • Apr. 2010           The Young Scientists’ Prize of The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
  • May 2009          Accommodation Grant of International School of Crystallization, Granada Spain
  • Jul. 2008          6th encouraging prize, Japanese Association for Crystal Growth
  • Sep. 2007          2006 Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences Outstanding Young Scientist Award
  • Nov. 2002          Young Scientist Prize of "32th National Conference on Crystal Growth"

Selected Press and News Papers

  1. Jan. 16, 2023 “Cosmic Dust Formation Elucidation: Hokkaido University and Others Establish Method for Investigating Material Substances;, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, p. 23.
  2. Aug. 18, 2022 “Elucidation of the behavior of collapsed structures during semiconductor cleaning;, Denshi Sangyo Shimbun, p. 10.
  3. Jul. 30, 2022 “The semiconductor nano-structure collapse clarified;, Kyoto Shimbun, Morning Edition, p. 11.
  4. May. 28, 2022 “The research group of Hokkaido University and others clarified the mechanism of the formation of "noctilucent clouds;, NHK Sapporo Broadcasting Station News (12:10-12:15).
  5. Mar. 22, 2022 “"Academic Fantasista 2021" Hokkaido Shimbun, morning edition, p. 3.
  6. Aub. 23, 2021 “"Academic Fantasista 2021" Hokkaido Shimbun, morning edition, p.15.
  7. Aug. 13, 2021 “Meteorite Heating. Investigation of the reaction traces of water to elucidate the evolution of the solar system during its formation;, Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun, p. 17.
  8. Apr. 2, 2020 “How snow is made - The forefront of deciphering "letters from the sky", NHK Nippon Gururi.
  9. Feb. 21, 2020 “How snow is made - The forefront of deciphering "letters from the sky", NHK Sapporo Broadcasting Station Hokkaido Close-Up.
  10. Jan. 15, 2020 “Research on making snow fall in space;,NHK Sapporo Broadcasting Station, Hot News Hokkaido.
  11. Oct. 23, 2019 “Reproduction of the birth of seed of a star. Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun, p. 7.
  12. Oct. 9, 2019      “Reproduction of cosmic silicate dust particles;, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, morning edition, p. 29.
  13. Jul. 18, 2019      “Formation of titanium oxide under microgravity”, Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun, morning edition, p. 5.
  14. Oct. 10, 2018      “Reproduction of the initial formation processes of a star in next generation”, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, morning edition, p. 21.
  15. Feb. 12, 2018      “Topics; Two youngers of Hokkaido Univ. got JSPS PRIZE”, Hokkaido Shimbun, morning edition, p. 11.
  16. Jan. 19, 2018      “Twenty five youngers got 14th JSPS PRIZE”, Scientific Paper, p. 5.
  17. Feb. 15, 2017      “Crystallization of protein has elucidated”, Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun, morning edition, p. 8.
  18. Jan. 24, 2017       “No iron particles in space”, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, morning edition, p. 27.
  19. Mar. 3, 2016        “Snow crystals; how form?”, Mainichi Shimbun, morning edition, p. 17.
  20. Sep. 13, 2015      “Sounding rocket succeeded for launch”, Asahi Shimbun, morning edition, p. 35.
  21. Oct. 29, 2013       “Possibility of mineral-water reactions”, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, morning edition, p. 16.
  22. Oct. 23, 2013       “Evidence of water sublimation in the Asteroid”, Kahoku Shinpō, morning edition, p. 27.
  23. Oct. 23, 2013       “Unveiled mystery of disappearance of water”, Shinbun Akahata, morning edition, p. 14.
  24. Dec. 18, 2012      “Successfully launched a sounding rocket”, Asahi Shimbun, morning edition in Kagoshima, p. 35.
  25. Dec. 18, 2012      “Launched a sounding rocket from Uchinoura”, Yomiuri Shimbun, morning edition in West Kagoshima, p. 33.
  26. Dec. 18, 2012      “Data acquisition to elucidate formation processes of astronomical objects; Launching of a sounding rocket”, Mainichi Shimbun, Kagoshima, p. 27.
  27. Dec. 17, 2012      “Launching a rocket from Uchinoura today”, Yomiuri Shimbun, West Kagoshima, p. 16.
  28. Mar. 18, 2012      “Challenging of a star formation from dust on the Earth” Nihon Keizai Shimbun, morning edition, p.15.
  29. Feb. 23, 2012      “Founding of a formation process of a star”, Kahoku Shinpō, morning edition, p. 23.

Recent invited talks in professional meetings

  1. Y. Kimura, Future prospects for microgravity experiments using sounding rockets, Sounding rocket symposium in 2022, March 1, 2023.
  2. Y. Kimura, The world of grains of interstellar dust, Clubhouse, February 24, 2023.
  3. Y. Kimura, In Situ Observation of Crystallization Processes Using LC-TEM with the Support of Machine Learning, The 2022 MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit, November 11, 2022.
  4. Y. Kimura, In-situ observation of crystallization process from solvent by data-driven TEM, Microscopy and Measurement Informatics Research Group Meeting No. 4, October 22, 2022.
  5. Y. Kimura, TEM observation of crystallization process from solution using Poseidon holder, FY2022 TIA Kakehashi Research Project "Exploration of Application of Liquid Cell Electron Microscopy to Soft Materials Research" Special Seminar, July 13, 2022.
  6. Y. Kimura, In-situ observation of crystallization processes using LC-TEM, The 78th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy, May 12, 2022.
  7. Y. Kimura, TEM capture of prenucleation phenomena from solution with the support of machine learning, In Situ Observation Subcommittee 2021 Research Discussion Group, October 22, 2021.
  8. Y. Kimura, Rare minerals found in meteorites and their formation processes, The 82nd Japan Society of Applied Physics Autumn Meeting, September 9, 2021
  9. Y. Kimura, Visualization of the early stages of crystallization by in-situ observation experiments, The Ceramic Society of Japan 34th Autumn Symposium, September 2, 2021.
  10. Y. Kimura, In-situ observation of aqueous solution processes using a transmission electron microscope, The Ceramic Society of Japan 34th Autumn Symposium, September 2, 2021.
  11. Y. Kimura, In-situ observation of crystallization process from solvent by transmission electron microscopy, 77th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy, June 14, 2021.
  12. Y. Kimura, Nucleation efficiency of dust approaching from microgravity experiments, Japan Geoscience Union 2021 Congress, June 4, 2021.
  13. Y. Kimura, Capture the moment of nucleation from a solution using a transmission electron microscope, The 2021 MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit, April 18, 2021.
  14. Y. Kimura, Pushing the limits of liquid-cell transmission electron microscopy to observe nucleation processes、The 8th Asian Conference on Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology, March 3, 2021.
  15. Y. Kimura, Bottom-up "in-situ" observation of nanoparticle formation, Symposium on Hierarchy and Whole in Natural Sciences, January 7, 2021.
  16. Y. Kimura, Elucidation of formation processes of cosmic dust particles based on homogeneous nucleation experiments, 48th Japanese Conference for Crystal Growth, October 31, 2019.
  17. Y. Kimura, Sounding rocket; a tool for understanding DUST formation under microgravity environment, Cosmic Lab, March 26, 2019.
  18. Y. Kimura, Application of liquid TEM to various crystallization, International Symposium & School on Crystal Growth Fundamentals, November 5, 2018.
  19. Y. Kimura, Nanoscale behavior of prenucleation clusters observed by in-situ liquid TEM, 47th Japanese Conference for Crystal Growth, November 2, 2018..
  20. Y. Kimura, "In-situ" observation of crystallization in a solidification processes of a cement material using a transmission electron microscope, 47th Japanese Conference for Crystal Growth, October 31, 2018.
  21. Y. Kimura, Nucleation processes of ceramics nanoparticles approached by in situ observation, Mathematical Aspects of Surface and Interface Dynamics 14, September 7, 2018.
  22. Y. Kimura, Low-temperature formation of silicate and oxide nano-dust, IAU Focus Meeting FM10: Nano Dust in Space and Astrophysics, August 28, 2018.
  23. Y. Kimura, Direct TEM observation of nucleation processes in a solution, Mathematical Aspects of Surface and Interface Dynamics 14, October 26, 2017.
  24. Y. Kimura, Tomoya Yamazaki, In-situ observation of nucleation processes in solution by TEM, 13th Malutinational Congress on Microscopy, September 25, 2017.
  25. Y. Kimura, What determines a nucleation pathway?, The 21st American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy, July 31, 2017.
  26. Y. Kimura, Sample recovery of microgravity experiments using sounding rockets opens up new sciences, JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017, May 23, 2017.
  27. Y. Kimura, Nucleation of interstellar dust, International School of Crystallography for Space Sciences, April 17-29, 2016.
  28. Y. Kimura, In-situ observation of nucleation processes from a solution by TEM, 71st Annual Meeting of the Physical Society of Japan, March 19-22, 2016.
  29. Y. Kimura, Nucleation experiment to understand formation of cosmic dust, Astrophysical Ices in the Lab, March 7-8, 2016.
  30. Y. Kimura, Formation processes of cosmic dust particles elucidated by homogeneous nucleation, 45th Japanese Conference for Crystal Growth, Oct. 19-21, 2015.
  31. Y. Kimura, Nucleation elucidating by means of in-situ TEM observation, 39th Japanese School for Crystal Growth, Sep. 24-26, 2015.
  32. Y. Kimura, Electron Holography Unveiled Formation Process of Extraterrestrial Magnetite, Microscopy & Microanalysis, Aug 6, 2015.
  33. Y. Kimura, In situ observation of nucleation process in a solution by TEM. Goldschmidt 2014 June 8-13, 2014.
  34. Y. Kimura, Y. Inatomi, S. Takeuchi, K. Tsukamoto, K. K. Tanaka, Microgravity experiment using the sounding rocket S-520-28 for understanding a formation process of cosmic dust, 3rd International Conference on Crystallogenesis and Mineralogy, September 27-October 1, 2013.
  35. Y. Kimura, Nucleation and growth of cosmic nanominerals based on size effects in mesoscale, 17th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy, August 11-16, 2013.
  36. Y. Kimura, Nucleation and growth take into account physical properties of nanoparticles, The 2013 Collaborative Conference on Crystal Growth (3CG), June 10-13, 2013.

Specific activities

  1. International Union of Crystallography's representative to COSPAR, Jul. 5, 2019 – present.
  2. Public lecture for citizens and high-school students, Nov. 10-11, 2017.
  3. Organizing ISAS small science program, "Dust", Jul. 2017- present.
  4. Organizing a working group of ISAS, JAXA, “Nucleation of Dust”, Dec. 2016- present.
  5. Lecture in International School of Crystallography for Space Sciences, Apr. 17-29, 2016.
  6. Board member of Japanese Association for Crystal Growth, April, 2016 - present
  7. Microgravity experiment using a sounding rocket, nucleation of cosmic oxide dust, Sep. 11, 2015.
  8. Lecturer in “4th International School of Crystallization”, Granada, Spain, May 25-30, 2014.
  9. Organizing a research team of Space utilization, JAXA, “Nucleation Related to Cosmic Dust”, every year in 2010-2014.
  10. Session convener in Japan Geoscience Union Meeting, Interface- and nano-phenomena on crystal growth, every year in 2009-2014.
  11. Microgravity experiment using a sounding rocket, nucleation of cosmic dust, Dec. 17, 2012.
  12. Lecturer in “International Crystal Growth School in Sendai”, Experimental/Practice courses, July 27, 2012.
  13. Organizer of “3rd Workshop of Nucleation Related to Cosmic Dust & its contribution to the organic formation in 4.6 billion years ago” July 23-25, 2012.
  14. Lecturer of Experimental course, The 14th International Summer School on Crystal Growth, Dalian, China, Aug. 1-7, 2010.
  15. Member of the “ISSI (International Space Science Institute) International Team”, program name is “Nano Dust in the Solar System: Formation, Interactions and Detection”, Sep. 2009 – Aug. 2011.
  16. Member of the focus group in Japanese Association for Crystal Growth 2008-2013.
  17. Author of the astronomical textbook, which made in the projects of 100th anniversary of Astronomical Society of Japan, 2008.
  18. Reviewer of awards in the Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences, 2008-present.
  19. Editorial board of the Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences, 2007-present.
  20. Leader of the young scientists in Japanese Association for Crystal Growth, 2003-2004.
  21. General affairs of the 57th annual meeting of the physical Society of Japan, 2001-2002.
  • Hokkaido University
  • Institute of Low Temperature Science. Hokkaido Univ