CONTENTS

Present Status of Research Center for Molecular Thermodynamics (Michio Sorai)

Prof. Akira Inaba received the James J. Christensen Memorial Award from the Calorimetry Conference

Days Spent at the Laboratories

• Dr. Ashis Battacharjee (Letter)

Report

• ICCT-2000
• “Science, Facilities and Facilitating Science”
   Attending a Meeting to mark the retirement of Professor Alan Leadbetter

Construction of New Apparatuses

1. Construction of a Thermal Relaxation Type Calorimeter Equipped with 3He Refrigeration System

1. Heat Capacity and Magnetic Phase Transition of the Organic Radical
   2-tert-Butylaminoxylbenzimidazole (BABI)
2. Magnetic Phase Transition of the One-Dimensional Metal-Assembled Complex
   [NEt4]2[Mn(acacen)][Fe(CN)6]
3. Metamagnetic Behavior of the One-Dimensional Metal-Assembled Complex
   [Mn(cyclam)][Fe(CN)6] · 3H2O
4. Magnetic Field Dependent Heat Capacity of the Single-Molecule Magnet
   [Mn12O12(O2CEt)16(H2O)3]
5. Phase Transition of Spin Crossover Complex [Fe(2-pic)3]Cl2 · H2O : A Very Large Hysteresis?
6. Quasi-Particle Excitations and Anisotropy of Energy Gap in the Superconductive States of Organic Conductor κ-(BEDT-TTF)2X
7. Electronic Heat Capacity Coefficient around the Metal-Insulator Transition in Two-Dimensional Electron System of κ-(BEDT-TTF)2X
8. Metal-Insulator Transition Due to SDW Formation in a Quasi-One-Dimensional Organic Conductor (DIMET)2I3 at 40 K
9. Glass Transition in κ-(BEDT-TTF)2X Systems
10. ac Calorimetry for Ordering of Ethylene Conformation in β-(BEDT-TTF)2I3
11. Glass Transition of Charge-Transfer Complexes Containing trans-Stilbene
12. Heat Capacities of Halogen-Bridged MMX Chain Binuclear-Metal Complexes,
    Pt2(EtCS2)4I and Pt2(n-PenCS2)4I
13. Low-Energy Excitations in Alkali Meta-Phosphates
14. Orientational Disorder in Simple Benzene Derivatives:
    Glass Transition of Crystalline Pentachloronitrobenzene
15. Thermodynamic Framework of Molecular-Statistical Models of the Optically Isotropic Mesophase in Neat Systems
16. Heat Capacities of Cubic Mesogen ANBC(22) Exhibiting Two Different Cubic Phases
17. Heat Capacity Measurement on Lyotropic Liquid Crystal:
    Octaoxyethylene-n-hexadecyl ether / Water Binary System
18. Phase Behavior of the Two-Dimensional Solid of Decane Formed at Solid-Liquid and Gas-Solid Interfaces
19. Vibrational States of the Monolayers of Some Planer Molecules Adsorbed on Graphite
20. Investigation of Adsorbed Multilayers by Molecular Dynamics Simulation
21. Molecular Orientation of Carboxylic Acids Adsorbed on Graphite from the Liquid
22. Melting of Two-Dimensional Solids at Gas-Solid and Solid-Liquid Interfaces
23. Low-Temperature Heat Capacities and Glass Transitions of Cross-Linked Lipase Crystal – Water Systems
24. Low-Temperature Heat Capacities and Glass Transitions of Lipase – Water Systems
25. Standard Enthalpies of Formation of Anthracene and Phenanthrene

List of Publications (1999)