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

Dr. Takashi Yamamoto Received Morino Foundation Encouragement Award
 

Dr. Natalia Górska Received MIP Award CATS2011 at 6th International & 8th Japan-China Joint Symposium on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (CATS2011)

Dr. Satoshi Yamashita Received Miura Encouragement Award

Days Spent at the Laboratories

• Mr. Konrad Schindler (Letter)

Report

• International Symposium of MEXT/CIFAR Program on Frustrated Magnetic and Other Systems
• The 66th Calorimetry Conference (CalCon 2011)
• Attending the 27th Janik's Friends Meeting
• 6th International & 8th Japan-China Joint Symposium on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (CATS2011)
• The 9th International Symposium on Crystalline Organic Metals, Superconductors and Ferromagnets (ISCOM 2011) at Poznań
• MDF Workshop Open-Shell Organic Molecules — Synthesis and Electronic Structure Freedom
• A Paper Was Selected in Annual Report of Osaka University: Academic Achievement 2010–2011, 100 Papers Selection
• Science Cafe at University Museum
• Teaching Collaboration at a High School
• Final Year for a GCOE Program

Construction of New Apparatuses

1. Development of an Adiabatic Ultramicrocalorimeter
2. Improvement of Φ 27 mm Dilution Refrigerator that is Available in Variable Temperature Insert

Introductory Review of the Researches

1. Structural Thermodynamic Study of Highly Disordered Crystals of the [M(NH3)6](XY4)3 Type, where M = Co3+, Cr3+ and XY4 = ClO4−, BF4−
2. Phase Behavior of Crystalline [Cr(OS(CH3)2)6](BF4)3 Studied by Adiabatic Calorimetry and FT-MIR Spectroscopy
3. Phase Transition at 90 K in 10,12-Pentacosadiyn-1-ol Studied by FT-IR Spectroscopy
4. Heat Capacity of HCoO2 and DCoO2
5. Heat Capacity and Antiferromagnetic Phase Transition of the Metal-Assembled Complex PPh4 [MnII FeIII(ox)3 ]
6. Zero-Point Energies of CH2DOH in the α-Phase for the Three Rotamers
7. Effect of Sodium Monocarboxylate on Water by 1P-Probing Methodology II
8. Temperature Dependence of Hydrogen Bonding Network in Water from the View Point of Third Derivative of Gibbs Energy
9. Determination of the Fourth Derivative of Gibbs Energy in Alcohol Aqueous Solutions
10. Thermodynamic Landscape of Early Development of the African Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis
11. Structure Control of 10,12-Pentacosadiyn-1-ol Monolayer Physisorbed on Graphite Surface by Langmuir-Blodgett Method
12. Anomalous Thermal Excitations in Quantum Spin Liquid Compounds of Deuterated EtMe3Sb[Pd(dmit)2]2
13. Magnetic Field Induced First Order Transition Observed in Chiral Molecular-Based Magnets
14. Thermodynamic Properties of Magnetic Phase Transition in Magnetic Organic Superconductor κ-(BETS)2FeCl4
15. A Quantum Tunneling in CH3 Group of [Cu(acac)(OCH3)]2 Complex under Magnetic Fields
16. Heat Capacity Measurement of Cu Complex under High Pressure, Low Temperature, and Magnetic Field — Searching for Pressure-Induced Ferromagnetic Phase —
17. Structure of Thermal Anomalies of Superconductive Transitions in κ-(BEDT-TTF)2X System
18. Low Temperature Heat Capacity of Nanographene to Study Edge-State Spin
19. High Pressure AC Calorimetry Using Pt Thermometer and Studies on the Phase Transition of Fe3O4
20. Magnetic Transition of New Prussian Blue Analogous Compound
21. Low Temperature Heat Capacity Measurements of Volborthite
22. Heat Capacity Measurements of (BPDT-TTF)2ICl2 around the Spin-Peierls Transition
23. Conformational Change of an Amylose Derivative in Chiral Solvents: Amylose Tris(n-butylcarbamate) in Ethyl Lactates
24. Complex Formation of a Collagen Model Peptide with Polyelectrolytes and Stabilization of the Triple Helical Structure

List of Papers Presented (2010 / 2011)

List of Publications (2010 / 2011)