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Present Status of Research Center for Molecular Thermodynamics
 (Akira Inaba)

Mr. Hal Suzuki Received the William F. Giauque Award
 at the 63rd Calorimetry Conference

Mr. Satoshi Yamashita Received the Excellent Poster Presentation Award
 at the 2nd Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Molecular Science

Days Spent at the Laboratories

• Dr. Yoshikata Koga (Letter)
• Dr. Piotr M. Zieliński (Letter)

Report

• Organizing Two International Meetings for the Global COE Program
• CATS2008 at Dalian and Visit to Two Universities in China
• The 63rd Calorimetry Conference
• The 20th ICCT Conference at Warsaw
• A Stay at the Insitite of Nuclear Physics at Kraków
• A Paper Was Selected in Annual Report of Osaka University:
   Academic Achievement 2007–2008, 100 Papers Selection

Construction of New Apparatuses

1. Calibration of a RuOx Resistance Sensor Utilized for Relaxation Calorimetry under Magnetic Fields
2. Low-Temperature Properties of Electronic System Using a Schick-Type Microchip Calorimeter
   – Discussion on the Appropriate Condition for Ac Method
3. Development of a Thermal Relaxation Calorimeter with Pt Thin Thermal Sensor
4. Development of an Ultramicro Cell for Adiabatic Microcalorimeter
5. Differential Determination of Heats of Compression:
   An Attempt at Direct Determination of a Third Derivative of G

Introductory Review of the Researches

1. Spin Liquid State on Molecular Triangular System
2. Heat Capacities of the Networked System of Single-Molecule Magnets
   with Three-Dimensional Structure
3. AC Heat Capacity Measurements of Networked System of Single-Molecule Magnets
4. Magnetism and Thermophysical Properties of Charge Transfer Complex β′-(BEDT-TTF)(TCNQ)
5. Heat Capacity and Magnetic Phase Transition
   of the Molecule-Based Magnet DOT• + · GaIII Cl4−
6. Heat Capacity and Magnetic Phase Transition
   of the Molecule-Based Magnet TOT• + · FeIII Br4−
7. Heat Capacities and Magnetic Phase Transitions
   of the Molecule-Based Magnets NNTOT• + · MIII Cl4− (M = Fe, Ga)
8. Heat Capacity and Magnetic Phase Transition
   of the Molecule-Based Magnet NNDPP• + · FeIII Br4−
9. Heat Capacity and Magnetic Phase Transition
   of the Metal-Assembled Complex CuII2.97{CuII4[WV(CN)8]2.06[WIV(CN)8]1.94} · 4H2O
10. Electronic Heat Capacity of a Single-Component Molecular Conductor
11. Heat Capacity Measurements of Single Crystal of Organic Superconductors under Pressures
12. Thermodynamic Property of 1D Strongly Correlated Charge-Ordered Complex, (DI-DCNQI)2Ag under Pressures
13. Development of a Heat Capacity Measurement Technique with Applying Electric Currents and
    Its Application to a Strongly Correlated Electron System θ-(BEDT-TTF)2 CsZn(SCN)4
14. Heat Capacity Measurement near Phase Transition Point with Relaxation Calorimeter
15. Schottky Type Anomaly in Heat Capacity Caused by Partial Deuteration of Methyl Group
    in 2,6-Dichlorotoluene
16. Low Temperature Heat Capacities of Ices Crystallized from Metastable Glycerol Aqueous Matrices
17. Synthesis Condition Dependence of Magnetic Property of Ni(OH)2 Monolayer Nanocluster
    Synthesized from Sodium Metasilicate
18. Synthesis Condition Dependence of Magnetic Property of Ni(OH)2 Monolayer Nanocluster
    Synthesized from Sodium Orthosilicate
19. A MEMS Device to Measure Low-Temperature Thermal Conductivity
    of Submilimeter Organic Single Crystals
20. Low-Temperature Thermal Conductivity of Rubrene Single Crystals:
    A Method to Estimate Defect Density of Organic Crystals
21. Mixing Schemes in Urea-H2O: A Differential Approach in Solution Thermodynamics
22. Structure and Phase Transition of the Perfluoroalkane Monolayers Adsorbed on Graphite
23. STM Observation of Self-Assembled Layers of 10,12-Pentacosadiyn-1-ol Physisorbed on Graphite
24. Desorption of 1-Octadecanol Molecules Maintaining the Hydrogen Bonds at Liquid/Solid Interfaces
25. What Does Calorimetry Find out in Living Organisms?
26. Complex Systems Science and Peace Studies

List of Papers Presented (2007/2008)

List of Publications (2007/2008)