Correlated Functional Oxides Nanocomposites and Heterostructures

This book introduces a variety of basic sciences and applications of the nanocomposites and heterostructures of functional oxides. The presence of a high density of interfaces and the differences in their natures are described by the authors. Both nanocomposites and heterostructures are detailed in depth by researchers from each of the research areas in order to compare their similarities and differences. A new interfacial material of heterostructure of strongly correlated electron systems is introduced.

Functional Iron Oxides and Their Heterostructures.- Functional Properties of Polydomain Ferroelectric Oxide Thin Films.- Stress Accommodation and Structural Distortions at Correlated Oxide Interface.- The Influence of Different Additives on MgB2 Superconductor Obtained by ex-situ Spark Plasma Sintering: Pinning Force Aspects.- Infrared Spectra in Oxide Nanocomposites/Minerals.- Self-Assembled Nanocomposite Oxide Films.- Functionality in Insulating Oxide Thin Films: Work Function Control and Polar Surface.- Material Design of Metal Oxide Nanowires and Their Promises.- Atomic Processes of Pulsed Laser Deposition During Growth of Alkaline Earth Oxide Thin Films.

Hiroaki Nishikawa / Degree: Ph.D. (Osaka Univ.), M.S. (Osaka Univ.) / Title: Associate Prof. at Kindai Univ. / Visiting Researcher: Univ. Twente 2007-2008 (The Netherlands) / Research Field: Oxide Electronics, Oxide Heterointerfaces and their Interface Properties, Bioceramic Thin Films / International Activity: International Conference Organizer of HTCMC 9 in conjunction with GFMAT 2016 (Toronto, Canada), IUMRS-ICAM 2015 (Jeju, Korea), JSAP-MRS Joint Symposia 2013 (Kyoto, Japan) etc. and Many Invited Talks such as Keynote Speaker of IUMRS-ICEM 2014 (Taipei, Taiwan). 

Nobuyuki Iwata / Degree: Ph.D. (Waseda Univ.), M. Eng. (Waseda Univ.) / Title: Associate Prof. at Nihon Univ. / Visiting Researcher: Univ. Twente 2008-2009 (The Netherlands) / Research Field: Multi-functional Oxide Films, Magnetoelectric Films, Synthesis Process for Carbon Related Materials / International Activity: International Conference Organizer of MRS-J 2015 (Yokohama, Japan), IUMRS-ICAM 2015 (Jeju, Korea), MRS-JSAP Joint Symposia 2012 (San Francisco, USA) etc. and Many Invited Talks such as Keynote Speaker of IUMRS-ICA 2014 (Fukuoka, Japan). 

Tamio Endo / Degree: Ph.D. (Kyoto Univ.), MsD (Gifu Univ.) / Title: Emeritus Prof. of Mie Univ. (Jp), Gifu Univ. Special Researcher (Jp), Honorary Prof. of Southwest Jiaotong Univ. (Ch) / Visiting Researcher: Univ. Cal.- San Diego 1995 (USA) / Research Field: Oxide Thin Films, Heterostructures, Plasma Effects and Bonding of Polymer Films / Academic Project: Many of International Academic Projects and Jp-In Cooperative Science Program / International Activity: * Many of International Conference Organizers and Plenary Speakers * Many Foreign University Guest Talks * Representative of for International Activity. 

Yayoi Takamura / Degree: Ph.D. (Stanford Univ.), M.S. (Stanford Univ.) / Title: Associate Prof. at Univ. California, Davis / Research Field: Growth of Complex Oxide Thin Films, Heterostructures, Nanostructures and the Characterization of the Novel Functional Properties Associated with their Interfaces / International Activity: International Conference Organizer of symposia at 2014 and 2016 MRS Spring Meeting (San Francisco, USA), JSAP-MRS Joint Symposia 2013 (Kyoto, Japan), 2013 APS March Meeting (Baltimore, USA) etc. and Many Invited Talks such as Plenary Speaker of ICNM-2013 (Istanbul, Turkey). 

Gun-Hwan Lee / Degree: Ph.D. (Nantes Univ.), M.S. (KAIST) / Title: Principal Researcher at Korea Inst. Mater. Sci. / Research Field: High Quality Transparent Conductive Oxides, Indium Free TCO Coatings and Interface Controls in the Multi Oxide Layers for Increasing the Opto-electrical Properties / International Activity: International Conference Organizer of IUMRS-ICAM 2015 (Jeju, Korea), OMTAT 2013 (Kochi, India), JSAP-MRS Joint Symposia 2013 (Kyoto, Japan) etc. and Many of Plenary Speakers. 

Paolo Mele is currently Associate Professor Lecturer at Research Center for Environmentally Friendly Materials Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology (Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan). He obtained a master degree on Chemistry and PhD in Chemical Sciences at Genova University (Italy). In 2003 he moved to ISTEC-SRL in Tokyo to study melt-textured ceramic superconductors. Then he worked as post-doc at Kyoto University (JSPS fellowship) from 2004 to 2007, at Kyushu Institute of Technology (JST fellowship) from 2007 to 2011 and at Hiroshima University (as lecturer) from 2011 to 2014 before reaching his current position. His research interests include materials for energy and sustainable development (superconductors and thermoelectrics); fabrication and characterization of thin films of oxides, ceramics and metals; study of the effect of nanostructuration on the physical properties; thermal transport; vortex matter. He is author of more than 90 papers in scientific international journals, 4 book chapters, 2 patents and contributed to hundreds of communications at international conferences. He edited the book "Oxide Thin Films, Multilayers and Nanocomposites" for Springer in 2015.