Eiichi Inami, Ph.D. (Eng.)
Position : Associate Professor, Kochi University of Technology
Affiliation : School of Systems Engineering
Graduate School of Engineering
Research Unit for Advanced Functional Materials and Devices,
Center for Nanotechnology
Contact : 185 Miyanokuchi, Tosayamada, Kami, Kochi 782-8502, JAPAN
E-mail : inami.eiichi[at]kochi-tech.ac.jp (replace [at] to @)
TEL : +81-887-57-2307

My research interests are based on surface science, optical properties of materials, and nano-functional-materials/devices. In particular, I am mainly concentrating on "surface modification at the single-atom/molecule level", "atomic-scale materials design", and development of a novel scanning probe microscopy".

【Key Word】
Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), Atomic force microscopy (AFM), Ultra-short pulse laser, Atom/molecule manipulation, Semiconductor-surface, Carbon-condensed material, Nanocluster, Solar Cell, Organic thin-film.
Education:

Apr. 1993 - Mar. 1996 　Nishiyamato Gakuen High School
Apr. 1996 - Mar. 2000 　Department of Physics, School of Science, Kwansei Gakuin University
Apr. 2000 - Mar. 2002 　Materials Research Course (Master's Program),
　Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
Apr. 2002 - Mar. 2005 　Nuclear engineering course (Doctoral Program),
　Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Academic Degree:

Jul. 21 2009 　Ph.D. (Eng.), Osaka University
Mar. 25 2002 　M.Sci., Nagoya University
Mar. 24 2000 　B.Sci., Kwansei Gakuin University
Work Experience:

Apr. 01 2020 - Today 　Associate Professor,
　Research Unit for Advanced Functional Materials and Devices,
　Center for Nanotechnology, Kochi University of Technology
Jul. 01 2018 - Today 　Guest Associate Professor,
　Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
Apr. 01 2018 - Today 　Associate Professor,
　School of Systems Engineering, Kochi University of Technology
Apr. 01 2017 - Mar. 31 2018 　Specially Appointed Lecturer,
　Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University
Apr. 01 2016 - Mar. 31 2017 　Specially Appointed Lecturer,
　Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science, Chiba University
Apr. 01 2015 - Mar. 31 2016 　Postdoctoral Researcher,
　Research Center for Micro-Nano Technology, Hosei university
Apr. 01 2013 - Mar. 31 2015 　Specially Appointed Lecturer,
　Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Mar. 01 2012 - Mar. 31 2013 　Specially Appointed Assistant Professor,
　Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Nov. 01 2007 - Feb. 29 2012 　Assistant Professor,
　Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University
Apr. 01 2005 - Oct. 31 2007 　Specially Appointed Assistant Professor,
　Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University
Academic Societies:

July 01 2021 - Today 　The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
June 19 2020 - Today 　The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials
Dec. 01 2015 - Today 　The Chemical Society of Japan
July 05 2014 - Today 　Research and Development of Excitation-controlled Nano-processes
Apr. 20 2013 - Today 　The Japan Society of Applied Physics
Nov. 08 2010 - Today 　The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science
　(former The Surface Science Society of Japan)
Aug. 01 2001 - Today 　The Physical Society of Japan
Awards/Honors

Dec. 24 2017 APSMR Contribution Award (Asia Pacific Society for Materials Research)
for outstanding research achievement and contribution to GREEN 2017 Invited Presentation.
May 20 2017 Young-Researcher Lecture Award (The Surface Science Society of Japan)
fabrication of a room-temperature switch made of a nanocluster.
Mar. 09 2009 Selected in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, vol.19, Issue 10 (2009)
(American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society)
"Formation of sp3-bonded carbon nanostructures by femtosecond laser excitation of graphite",Jun'ichi Kanasaki, Eiichi Inami, Katsumi Tanimura, Hiromasa Ohnishi, and Keiichiro Nasu, Physical Review Letters, vol.102 (2009) pp.087402:1-4.
July 23 2007 Selected in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, vol.16, Issue 4 (2007)
(American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society)
"Electronic bond rupture of Si atoms on Si(111)-(2×1) induced by valence excitation" Eiichi Inami and Katsumi Tanimura, Physical Review B, vol.76 (2007) pp.035311:1-11.