Faculty Members

Professor
FURUTA, Hiroshi

Bachelor (Science), Osaka University, Japan, 1994

Master (Science), Osaka University, Japan, 1996

Ph.D (Science), Osaka University, Japan, 1999

Year of birth: 1971
Gender: Male
Affiliation:

- School of Systems Engineering
- Electronic and Photonic Systems Engineering Course, Department of Engineering, Graduate School of Enginering
- Research Unit for Advanced Functional Materials and Devices, Center for Nanotechnology, Research Institute
Personal web site: http://hiroshifuruta.wordpress.com
researchmap： https://researchmap.jp/read0132076

Areas of specialization	Thin Film Technology Nano-materials Condensed Matter Physics Applied Optics/Quantum Optics Energy devices (Electricity generation, storage, conversion) Metamaterial
Laboratory/research office	Laboratory of Advanced Energy Nanomaterials Recent progress of nanotechnologies in observation techniques and fabrication processes allows us to address novel electric and photonic properties of nanomaterials, which properties are directly derived from their size and structure. By controlling size and structure of the nanomaterials, we develop designed　photonic metamaterials for high-efficient energy devices, aiming to　solve the global and local energy issues.
Current research topics
Educational background	1999: Doctor, Osaka University, Japan 1996: Master, Osaka University, Japan 1994: Bachelor, Osaka University, Japan
Professional background	2019-: Professor, School of Systems Engineering, Kochi University of Technology 2011-2019: Associate Professor, Kochi University of Technology, System Engineering 2008-2010: Lecturer, Research Institute for Nano-devices, Kochi University of Technology 2004-2008: Lecturer, Process design research center, Research Institute, Kochi University of Technology 2003-2007: Researcher , Kochi Pref. Collaboration of Regional Entities for the Adv. Technol. Excellence, JST 2002-2004: Researcher, Rodel Nittal Corp. 2001-2002: NEDO fellow, NEDO fellowship training program 2000-2001: Researcher, Japan Fine Ceramics Center (JFCC) 2000-2000: Researcher, Ion Engineering Research Institute Corporation (IERIC) 1999-2000: Postdoctoral Fellow (PD), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 1998-1999: Research Fellowship (DC2), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Licenses
Academic societies	The Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) The Fullerens, Nanotubes and Graphene Research Society The Material Research Society of Japan(MRS-J) Teraherts Technology Forum The Optical Society

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Courses

* Courses provided in English are shown with (E) mark

Undergraduate school	Computer Literacy Magnetics Introduction to Electronic Materials Optoelectronic Devices Basic Experiments in System Engineering Experiments of Electronic and Photonic 2 Industrial Tours Graduation Thesis
Graduate school	Seminar 1 Seminar 2 Advanced Seminar 1 Advanced Seminar 2 Individual Work for Graduate Advanced Condensed Matter Physics

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Research activities

Research papers	Authors: Shuya Kono, Yusaku Magari, Marin Mori, S G Mehadi Aman, Norbert Fruehauf, Hiroshi Furuta, Mamoru Furuta Title: Hydrogenated In–Ga–Zn–O thin-film transistors with anodized and fluorinated Al2O3 gate insulator for flexible devices Journal: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 60, pp. SBBM05-1-SBBM05-6 Year: 2021 Authors: Adam Michal Pander, Takatsugu Onishi, Akimitsu Hatta, Hiroshi Furuta Title: Study of self-organized structure in carbon nanotube forest by fractal dimension and lacunarity analysis Journal: Materials Characterization, Vol. 160, p. 110086, Elsevier Year: 2020 Authors: Adam Michal Pander, Keisuke Takano, Akimitsu Hatta, Makoto Nakajima, Hiroshi Furuta Title: Shape-dependent infrared reflectance properties of CNT forest metamaterial arrays Journal: Optics Express, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 607-625, OSA Publishing Year: 2020 Authors: Vladislav Gamaleev, Mineo Hiramatsu, Masafumi Ito 2, Hiroshi Furuta, Akimitsu Hatta Title: Analysis of the Preheating Phase of Micro-Arc Discharge in Seawater, Operated Using a Needle-to-Plane Electrode with Variation in the Tip Shape Journal: Plasma, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 303-315, MDPI Year: 2019 Authors: Kotaro Ogawa, Hideki Yajima, Jun-Seok Oh, Hiroshi Furuta, Akimitsu Hatta Title: Effects of sheath gas flow on He atmospheric pressure plasma jet Journal: Appl. Phys. Express, Vol. 12, pp. 036001-1-036001-5, IOPScience Year: 2019 Authors: Vladislav Gamaleev, Hiroshi Furuta, Akimitsu Hatta Title: Generation of micro-arc discharge plasma in highly pressurized seawater Journal: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 113, pp. 214102-1-214102-5, AIP Publishing Year: 2018 Authors: Adam Michal Pander, Kouki Ishimoto, Akimitsu Hatta, Hiroshi Furuta Title: Significant decrease in the reflectance of thin CNT forest films tuned by the Taguchi method Journal: Vacuum, Vol. 154, pp. 285-295, Elsevier B.V. Year: 2018 Authors: Md Abdullah Al Mamun, Hiroshi Furuta, Akimitsu Hatta Title: Pulsed-DC Discharge for Plasma CVD of Carbon Thin Films Journal: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 22-31, IEEE Year: 2018 Authors: Mamun Md Abdullah Al, Hiroshi Furuta, Akimitsu Hatta Title: Preparation of hydrogenated amorphous carbon films using a microsecond-pulsed DC capacitive-coupled plasma chemical vapor deposition system operated at high frequency up to 400 kHz Journal: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 57, pp. 06JF02-1-06JF02-8, IOP Publishing Year: 2018 Authors: Hiroki Miyaji, Adam Pander, Keisuke Takano, Hideo Kohno, Akimitsu Hatta, Makoto Nakajima, Hiroshi Furuta Title: Optical reflectance of patterned frost column-like CNT forest for metamaterial applications Journal: Diamond and Related Materials, Vol. 83, pp. 196-203, Elsevier B.V. Year: 2018 Authors: Adam Pander, Keisuke Takano, Akimitsu Hatta, Makoto Nakajima, Hiroshi Furuta Title: The influence of the inner structure of CNT forest metamaterials in the infrared regime Journal: Diamond and Related Materials, Vol. 80, pp. 99-107, Elsevier B.V. Year: 2017 Authors: Khanit Matra, Hiroshi Furuta, Akimitsu Hatta Title: DC Microplasma Jet for Local a:C-H Deposition Operated in SEM Chamber Journal: Micromachines, Vol. 8, No. 7, p. 211, MDPI Year: 2017 Authors: UDORN Junthorn, HOU Shengwen, LI Chaoyang, HATTA Akimitsu, FURUTA Hiroshi Title: CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dot (QD) Sensitized Solar Cell Utilizing a Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Photoanode on a Stainless Steel Substrate Journal: International Journal of Electrochemical Science, Vol. 12, pp. 3814-3825, ESG Year: 2017 Authors: Adam Michal Pander, HATTA Akimitsu, FURUTA Hiroshi Title: FIB Secondary Etching Method for Fabrication of Fine CNT Forest Metamaterials Journal: Nano-Micro Letters, p. 9:44, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Year: 2017 Authors: Udorn Junthorn, HATTA Akimitsu, FURUTA Hiroshi Title: Carbon nanotube (CNT) honeycomb cell area-dependent optical reflectance Journal: Nanomaterials, Vol. 6, No. 11, pp. 202-1-202-10, MDPI Year: 2016 Authors: Pander Adam Michal, HATTA Akimitsu, FURUTA Hiroshi Title: Optimization of catalyst formation conditions for synthesis of carbon nanotubes using Taguchi method Journal: Applied Surface Science, Vol. 371, pp. 425-435, Elsevier Year: 2016 Authors: Toru Harigai, Kouyou Iwasa, FURUTA Hiroshi, HATTA Akimitsu Title: Hydrophilic DLC surface induced by nanostructures formed by RF O2 plasma etching with metal micromasks Journal: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 42, No. 12, pp. 3858-3861, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. Year: 2014 Authors: Yuuki Yasuoka, Toru Harigai, JUN-SEOK OH, FURUTA Hiroshi, HATTA Akimitsu, Tsuneo Suzuki, Hidetoshi Saitoh Title: Diamond-like carbon films from CO source gas by RF plasma CVD method Journal: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 54, IOP Science Year: 2014 Authors: LI Xin, Ellawala Kankanamge Chandima Pradeep, WANGDapeng, KAWAHARAMURA Toshiyuki, NITTA Noriko, FURUTA Hiroshi, HATTA Akimitsu, LI Chaoyang Title: Novel hybrid methods for fabricating large surface ZnO nanorods photoelectrode for dye-sensitized solar cell application Journal: EU PVSEC Proceedings , pp. 434-436 Year: 2014 Authors: JUN-SEOK OH, Yoshiaki Kakuta, Yuuki Yasuoka, FURUTA Hiroshi, HATTA Akimitsu Title: Localized DLC etching by a non-thermal atmospheric-pressure helium plasma jet in ambient air Journal: Diamond Related Materials, Vol. 50, Elsevier Year: 2014 Authors: Yuji Kusumoto, FURUTA Hiroshi, Kazuki Sekiya, Hirofumi Koji, HATTA Akimitsu Title: Electrical conductance behavior of thin Ni catalyst films during intermittent direct current magnetron sputtering Journal: J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, Vol. 32, pp. 031502-1-031502-5, AVS: Science & Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing Year: 2014 Authors: HARIGAI Toru, IWASA Koyo, KOJI Hirofumi, NITTA Noriko, FURUTA Hiroshi, HATTA Akimitsu Title: Analysis on Self-Organized Formation of Nanofibers on Diamond-Like Carbon Film Surface during RF O2 Plasma Etching Journal: Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 447-450, The Materials Research Society of Japan Year: 2013 Authors: Tooru Harigai, Yuuki Yasuoka, NITTA Noriko, FURUTA Hiroshi, HATTA Akimitsu Title: X-ray reflectivity analysis on initial stage of diamond-like carbon film deposition on Si substrate by RF plasma CVD and on removal of the sub-surface layer by oxygen plasma etching Journal: Diamond and Related Materials, Vol. 38, pp. 36-40, Elsevier Year: 2013 Authors: FURUTA Hiroshi, KOJI Hirofumi, KOMUKAI Takuji, HATTA Akimitsu Title: Long Lifetime Emission from Screen Printing Carbon Nanotubes over 45,000 Hours at 1.27 mA/cm² with 10% Duty Ratio Journal: Diamond and Related Materials, Vol. 35, pp. 29-35, Elsevier Year: 2013 Authors: Khanit MATRA, Yuusuke Mizobuchi, FURUTA Hiroshi, HATTA Akimitsu Title: Local Sputter Etching by Micro Plasma Jet in SEM Journal: Vacuum, Vol. 87, pp. 132-135, Elsevier Year: 2013 Authors: KOJI Hirofumi, FURUTA Hiroshi, SEKIYA Kazuki, NITTA Noriko, HARIGAI Tooru, HATTA Akimitsu Title: Increased CNT Growth Density with an Additional Thin Ni Layer on the Fe/Al Catalyst Film Journal: Diamond and Related Materials, Elsevier Year: 2013 Authors: Hirofumi Kouji, Tooru Harigai, NITTA Noriko, FURUTA Hiroshi, HATTA Akimitsu Title: Magnetron Sputtering Deposition of Additional Ni Thin Films on the Fe/Al Multi-layered Catalyst Film for the Growth Control of Carbon Nanotubes Journal: Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 511-514, Materials Research Society of Japan Year: 2012 Authors: Tooru Harigai, Hirofumi Koji, Hiroshi Furuta, Akimitsu Hatta Title: Formation of Nanofibers on the Surface of Diamond-Like Carbon Films by RF Oxygen Plasma Etching Journal: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 50, pp. 08JF12-1-08JF12-5, The Japan Society of Applied Physics Year: 2011 Authors: H. Furuta, T. Kawaharamura, M. Furuta, K. Kawabata, T. Hirao, T. Komukai, K. Yoshihara, Y. Shimomoto, T. Oguchi Title: Crystal Structure Analysis of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Forests by Newly Developed Cross-Sectional XRD Measurement Journal: Applied Physics Express, Vol. 3, pp. 105101-1-105101-3, The Japan Society of Applied Physics Year: 2010 Authors: H. Furuta, K. Ishii, K. Okada, M. Furuta, T. Hirao Title: Simulation Study of the In-plane Type Triode Carbon Nanotube Emitter Journal: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 878-881, The AVS Science & Technology Society Year: 2010 Authors: H. Furuta, T. Kawaharamura, K. Kawabata, M. Furuta, T. Matsuda, C. Li, T. Hirao Title: High-Density Short-Height Directly Grown CNT Patterned Emitter on Glass Journal: e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology, Vol. 8, pp. 336-339, The Surface Science Society of Japan Year: 2010 Authors: Chaoyang Li, Toshiyuki Kawaharamura, Tokiyoshi Matsuda, Hiroshi Furuta, Takahiro Hiramatsu, FURUTA Mamoru, Takashi Hirao Title: Intense green cathodoluminescence from low-temperature-deposited ZnO film with fluted hexagonal cone nanostructures Journal: Appl. Phys. Express, Vol. 2, pp. 091601-091603 Year: 2009 Authors: FURUTA Mamoru, HIRAO Takashi, T. Hiramatsu, T. Matsuda, LI Chaoyang, FURUTA Hiroshi, H. Hokari, M. Yoshida, H. Ishii, M. Kakegawa Title: Bottom-Gate Zinc Oxide Thin-Film Transistors (ZnO TFTs) for AM-LCDs Journal: IEEE Trans. on Electron Devices, Vol. 55, No. 11, pp. 3136-3142 Year: 2008 Authors: H. Furuta, M. Furuta, T.Matsuda, T.Hiramatsu, T. Hirao Title: SiO2 Insulator Film Synthesized at 100℃ using Tetramethylsilane by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Chemical Vapor Deposition Journal: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 46, No. 10, pp. L237-L240, The Japan Society of Applied Physics Year: 2007 Authors: S. Fujii, S. Honda, H. Machida, H. Kawai, K. Ishida, M. Katayama, H. Furuta, T. Hirao, K. Oura Title: Efficient Field Emission from an Individual Aligned Carbon Nanotube Bundle Enhanced by Edge Effect Journal: Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 90, pp. 153108-1-153108-3, American Institute of Physics Year: 2007 Authors: T. Hirao, M. Furuta, H. Furuta, T.Matsuda, T. Hiramatsu, H. Hokari, M. Yoshida, M.Ishii, M.Kakegawa Title: Novel top-gate zinc oxide thin-film transistors (ZnO TFTs) for AMLCDs Journal: J.of the SID, Vol. 15, pp. 17-22 Year: 2007 Authors: T. Komukai, K. Aoki, H. Furuta, M. Furuta, K. Oura, HIRAO Takashi Title: Structural Analysis of High-Density Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Grown by Thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition with Fe/Al Multilayer Catalyst Journal: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 45, No. 11, pp. 8988-8990, The Japan Society of Applied Physics Year: 2006 Authors: T. Komukai, K. Aoki, FURUTA Hiroshi, FURUTA Mamoru, K. Oura, HIRAO Takashi Title: Density Control of Carbon Nanotubes Through The Thickness of Fe/Al Multilayer Catalyst Journal: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 45, pp. 6043-6045 Year: 2006 Authors: H. Furuta, T. Ikuno, N. Shikina, S. Honda, T. Hirao, K. Oura Title: Ni-based Catalytic Growth of Vertically Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Dual-RF plasma CVD Method and Their Field Emission Properties Journal: Physica B , Vol. 323, pp. 299-302, Elsevier Ltd. Year: 2002 Authors: T. Hirao, K. Ito, H. Furuta, Y. K. Yap, T. Ikuno, S. Honda, Y. Mori, T. Sasaki, K. Oura Title: Formation of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes by Dual-RF-Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition Journal: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 40(2), No. 6B, pp. L631-L634, The Japan Society of Applied Physics Year: 2001 Authors: Hiroshi Furuta Title: (博士論文)Application of ESR Imaging and Pattern Formation in Porous Silicon Journal: 大阪大学大学院理学研究科博士論文 (理学・物理学) Year: 1999 Authors: H. Furuta, T. Matsuda, C. Yamanaka, M. Ikeya Title: Self-Organized Pattern Formation in Porous Silicon Using a Lattice Model with Quantum Confinement Effect Journal: Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, Vol. 68, pp. 2218-2220, The Physical Society of Japan Year: 1999 Authors: H. Furuta, C. Yamanaka, M. Ikeya Title: Degradation of Photoluminescence and Electron Paramagnetic Defects in Naturally Oxidized or Oxygen-implanted Porous Silicon with Electron Spin Resonance Imaging Journal: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 37, pp. 249-253, Japan Society of Applied Physics Year: 1998 Authors: H. Furuta, C. Yamanaka, M. Ikeya Title: ESR Imaging of Alanine Dosimeter Annealed under Thermal Gradient Journal: Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Vol. 47, No. 11-12, pp. 1611-1614, Elsevier Ltd. Year: 1996
Keynote lectures	Carbon Nanotube Metamaterials for the Future Energy Devices, Virtual Conference on Future of Science 2020, TIIM, Online Conference at https://iaas.tiikm.com/scicon-2020/, 2020/09/25 Nano-carbon materials for energy and metamaterials applications, The 6th International Conference on Nano Science and Nanotechnology (ICNST2019), Taj Samudra hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2019/12/13
Invited lectures	"Nanocarbon metamaterials for optronics and energy devices", 12th International Symposium on Advanced Plasma Science and its Applications for Nitrides and Nanomaterials (ISPlasma2020) / 13th International Conference on Plasma-Nano Technology & Science (IC-PLANTS2020), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 2020/03/08 Nano carbon materials for metamaterial application, Kochi Univ. Technol., Eikokuji campus, 2020/01/11 , 2019/11/16 Nano carbon structures for Metamaterials, MRS-J, Kitakyushu International Conference Center Room 21C,D, 2018/12/20
Awards	Selected paper for the issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, vol.22, Issue 7. August 16, (2010), AIP and APS, 2010 Outstanding Poster Paper Award, The 13th International Display Workshops (IDW)‘06: Low-Temperature Synthesis of SiO2 Insulator by ICP CVD Using Tetramethylsilane, H. Furuta, M. Furuta, T.Matsuda, T.Hiramatsu, T.Hirao, The 13th International Display Workshops (IDW) ’06, International Display Workshop (IDW), 2006 Distinguished Contributed Paper Award,Society for Information Display (SID) 2006: High mobility top-gate ZnO-TFTs for AMLCDs, T.Hirao, M.Furuta, H.Furuta, T.Matsuda, T.Hiramatsu, H.Hokari, M.Yoshida, SID International Symposium (2006), The Society for Infomation Display (SID), 2006
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japanese government	Project title: Carbon Nanotube Forest Thermal Radiative Metamaterial Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) Project number: 17K06205 Project period: 2017/04-2020/03 Total budget amount: 4,940,000 yen Keywords: Project title: Carbon Nanotube Forest Thermal Radiative Metamaterial Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) Project number: 17K06205 Project period: 2017/04-2020/03 Total budget amount: 4,940,000 yen Keywords:

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Social activities

Committee roles	Editorial board member, micro, Microscale Materials Science Section, MDPI, 2020 Executive committee member, International Association for Advancement of Science (IAAS), 2020 Journal Topic Board: Topic Editor, MDPI: Nanomaterials, 2020 Executive committee member, 35th Symposium on Plasma Processing (SPP34) , 35th Symposium on Plasma Processing (SPP34) , JSAP, 2018-2019 Program officer, 2010 JSAP Chugoku-Shikoku Chapter conference, JSAP Chugoku-Shikoku Chapter, JSAP, 2010-2010

Committee roles

Editorial board member, micro, Microscale Materials Science Section, MDPI, 2020
Executive committee member, International Association for Advancement of Science (IAAS), 2020
Journal Topic Board: Topic Editor, MDPI: Nanomaterials, 2020
Executive committee member, 35th Symposium on Plasma Processing (SPP34) , 35th Symposium on Plasma Processing (SPP34) , JSAP, 2018-2019
Program officer, 2010 JSAP Chugoku-Shikoku Chapter conference, JSAP Chugoku-Shikoku Chapter, JSAP, 2010-2010

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