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Collabrations

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I have collaborated with tones of researchers and made great results with them as below.

1: 2D materials delaminates at the critical radius of curvature.

Can 2D materials adhere tightly to highly curved surface?

Just as a band-aid on your knee comes off easily, 2D materials on curved surface will peel off.

We explained the delamination mechanism in this paper.

[1] T. Sato, et.al, ACS Nano, 20, 37, 25562-25571 (2026) (Impact factor: 17.3)

2: Mechanical contact induces the transfer of 2D materials

MoS2-MoS2 probes were brought into contact, and then we observed the actual contact area at the nanoscale.

We found that the covalent bonds near the edge of MoS2 plays the significant role to transfer the 2D materials.

[2] T.R.Sathwik, T. Sato, et.al, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol.16, Issue.23, pp.30506-30520 (2024) (Impact factor: 9.5)

3: DLC Wear at the specific stress

We scratched DLC probes on a flat diamond surface, and related the volume loss to the change in Sp2, Sp3 structure.

We obtained the specific true stress that begins wear at the nanoscale.

[3] J-H.Liang, Z.Milne, M.Rouhani, Yi-Pan Lin, R.A. Bernal, T. Sato, et.al. Carbon, 193, pp.230-244 (2022) (IF:11.31)

4: Hollow AFM probe enales a real time mapping

We fabricated the hollow AFM probes using ALD and Xe gas for ultrafast AFM images.

Our TEM technique succeeded in observing shape of the hollow AFM probes at the nanoscale.

[4] W.Cha, M.F.Campbell, K.Hasz, S.M.Nicaise, D.E.Lilley, T. Sato, et.al., Small, 17, 51, 2102979 (2021) (IF: 13.28)

5: Superplasticity on Si

We integrated an electrostatic actuator that achieves an ultraslow actuation (=0.1 nm/s).

We first found a superplasticity in the elongation of a silicon nanowire.

[5] T.Ishida, T. Sato, et.al., Nano Letters, 15, pp.1476-1480 (2015) (Impact Factor: 11.189)

6: Ballistic heat transfer at Si nanowire

We integrated a heater and a thermal sensor on the MEMS device.

That enables to measure the heat transfer in a silicon nanowire in TEM.

We found a ballistic heat transfer in the silicon nanowire.

[6] L. Jalabert, T. Sato, et.al., Nano Letters, 12, 10, pp.5213-5217 (2012). (IF: 11.189)

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