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Professor
INAMI, Eiichi

Doctor of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan, 2009

Year of birth: 1977
Gender: Male
Affiliation:

- School of Systems Engineering
- Research Unit for Advanced Functional Materials and Devices, Center for Nanotechnology, Research Institute
Personal web site: https://www.sceng.kochi-tech.ac.jp/e_inami/personal/#en/profile
researchmap： https://researchmap.jp/eiichi
Article from the "Cutting-edge Research and Social Contribution"：
https://www.kochi-tech.ac.jp/english/power/research/developing-ultimate-nanodevices-through-the-understanding-of-a-single-atom.html

Areas of specialization	Nano-functional-materials/devices Scanning probe microscopy Single Atom/molecule manipulation Optical Properties of Materials surfaces/interfaces
Laboratory/research office	Ultimate Nano-Processing Laboratory Our research group mainly focuses on the develepment of new functional nanodevices. To that end, we characterize the structural/electronical properties of materials at the single-atom and molecular scales, and investigate changes in those materials resulting from external stimuli such as electron beams, photo-excitation, and chemical reactions. Through such research, we aim to establish “ultimate nano-processing” toward the realization of atomic-scale functional materials and the integration of those materials into more complex devices.
Current research topics
Educational background	2002: Master, Nagoya University, Japan 2000: Bachelor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Professional background	2017-2018: Specially Appointed Associate Professor , Graduate School of Enginnering, Chiba University 2016-2017: Specially Appointed Associate Professor , Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science, Chiba University 2015-2016: Postdoctoral researcher, Research Center for Micro-Nano Technology, Hosei University 2013-2015: Specially Appointed Associate Professor , Graduate School of Enginnering, Osaka University 2012-2013: Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Enginnering, Osaka University 2007-2012: Assistant Professor, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR), Osaka University 2005-2007: Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR), Osaka University
Licenses
Academic societies	The Physical Society of Japan The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science (former The Surface Science Society of Japan) The Japan Society of Applied Physics Research and Development of Excitation-controlled Nano-processes The Chemical Society of Japan Japan Institute of Metals and Materials (JIM) Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Courses

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Undergraduate school	Micro fabrication Graduation Thesis Fundamental Experiments in Mechanical Systems Engineering Machining Technology CAE Analysis/Design Engineering Mathematics Aeronautical Engineering 1 Propulsion Engineering
Graduate school	Advanced micro/nano fabrication Seminar 1 Seminar 3 Individual Work for Graduate

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Research activities

Research papers	Authors: INAMI Eiichi, KRUGER Peter, HAYASHI Hiroki, YAMADA Toyo Kazu Title: Emergence of Robust 1D Atomic and Electronic Textures in Mn Ultrathin Films via Antiferromagnet-Ferromagnet Interfaces Journal: Small, Vol. 21, No. 42, pp. e04791:1-e04791:12, Wiley Year: 2025 Authors: ICHIKAWA Ryo , TAKAHASHI Yukiko K., INAMI Eiichi, YAMADA Toyo Kazu Title: Magnetic-field induced dimensionality switch of charge density waves in strained 2H-NbSe2 surface Journal: npj 2D Materials and Applications, Vol. 9, pp. 59:1-59:8, Springer Nature Year: 2025 Authors: INAMI Eiichi, KOGA Seiga, HOU Linfeng, LI Fengxuan, KATSUBE Daiki, ABE Masayuki Title: Atomic-Scale Insights into Electronic Structure of Lattice-Work Structures on Rutile TiO2(001) Surface Journal: Applied Surface Science Advances, Vol. 27, pp. 100777:1-100777:6, Elsevier Year: 2025 Authors: Kalpataru Panda, Sudha D. Kamat, Kamatchi J. Sankaran, INAMI Eiichi, Balakrishna Sundaravel Title: Scanning Probe Microscopic Study to Detect Local Electron Field Emission Sites in Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Films Journal: Diamond and Related Materials, Vol. 153, pp. 122037:1-122037:10, Elsevier Year: 2025 Authors: INAMI Eiichi, NISHIOKA Keita, KANASAKI Jun’ichi Title: Atomic-scale view of the photoinduced structural transition to form sp3-like bonded order phase in graphite Journal: Scientific Reports, Vol. 13, pp. 21439:1-21439:9, Nature Publishing Group Year: 2023 Authors: KATSUBE Daiki, Ohno Shinya , TAKAYANAGI Shuhei, OJIMA Shoki, MAEDA Motoyasu, ORIGUCHI Naoki, OGAWA Arata, IKEDA Natsuki, AOYAGI Yoshihide, KABUTOYA Yuito, KYUNGMIN Kim, LINFENG Hou, FENGXUAN Li, TSUDA Yasutaka, YOSHIDA Hikaru, NISHI Shizuka, SAKAMOTO Tetsuya, INAMI Eiichi, YOSHIGOE Akitaka, ABE Masayuki Title: Oxidation of anatase TiO2(001) surface using supersonic seeded oxygen molecular beam Journal: Langmuir, Vol. 37, No. 42, pp. 12313-12317, American Chemical Society Year: 2021 Authors: KATSUBE Daiki, OJIMA Shoki , INAMI Eiichi, ABE Masayuki Title: Atomic-resolution imaging of rutile TiO2(110)-(1×2) reconstructed surface by non-contact atomic force microscopy Journal: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, Vol. 11, pp. 443-449, Beilstein Institute for the Advancement of Chemical Sciences Year: 2020 Authors: INAMI Eiichi, YMAGUCHI Masataka, NEMOTO Ryohei, YORIMITSU Hideki , KRUGER Peter , YAMADA Toyo Kazu Title: Direct Imaging of Precursor Adcomplex States during Cryogenic-Temperature On-Surface Metalation: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study on Porphyrin Array with Fe Adsorption at 78.5 K Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 124, No. 6, pp. 3621-3631, American Chemical Society Year: 2020 Authors: YAMAGUCHI Takayuki , INAMI Eiichi, GOTO Yuto, SAKAI Yuta, SASAKI Satoru, OHNO Teruaki , YAMADA Toyo Kazu Title: Fabrication of tungsten tip probes within three seconds by using flame etching Journal: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 90, No. 6, pp. 063701:1-063701:8, American Institute of Physics Year: 2019 Authors: INAMI Eiichi, ISHIGAKI Takamasa, OGATA Hironori Title: Sol-gel processed niobium oxide thin-film for a scaffold layer in perovskite solar cells Journal: Thin Solid Films, Vol. 674, pp. 7-11, Elsevier Year: 2019 Authors: INAMI Eiichi, YAMAGUCHI Masataka , YAMAGUCHI Takayuki, SHIMASAKI Mikio, YAMADA Toyo Kazu Title: Controlled deposition number of organic molecules using quartz crystal microbalance evaluated by scanning tunneling microscopy single-molecule-counting Journal: Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 90, No. 15, pp. 8954-8959, American Chemical Society Year: 2018 Authors: INAMI Eiichi, SHIMASAKI Mikio, YORIMITSU Hideki, YAMADA Toyo Kazu Title: Room temperature stable film formation of π-conjugated organic molecules on 3d magnetic substrate Journal: Scientific Reports, Vol. 8, pp. 353:1-353:12 Year: 2018 Authors: INAMI Eiichi, SUGIMOTO Yoshiaki , SHINOZAKI Takuya , GURLU Oguzhan , YURTSEVER Ayhan Title: Investigation of atomic species in Pt-induced nanowires on Ge(001) surface by combined atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopy Journal: Physical Review B, Vol. 96, pp. 155415:1-155415:7 Year: 2017 Authors: PANDA Kalpataru , INAMI Eiichi, SUGIMOTO Yoshiaki , SANKARAN Kamatchi J. , LIN I-Nan Title: Straight Imaging and Mechanism behind Grain Boundary Electron Emission in Pt-doped Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Films Journal: Carbon, Vol. 111, pp. 8-17 Year: 2017 Authors: INAMI Eiichi, SUGIMOTO Yoshiaki Title: Combined atomic force microscopy and voltage pulse technique to accurately measure the electrostatic force Journal: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 55, pp. 08NB05:1-08NB05:8 Year: 2016 Authors: INAMI Eiichi, SUGIMOTO Yoshiaki Title: Accurate extraction of electrostatic force by a voltage-pulse force spectroscopy Journal: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 114, pp. 246102:1-246102:5 , Year: 2015 Authors: INAMI Eiichi, HAMADA Ikutaro , UEDA Keiichi , ABE Masayuki , MORITA Seizo , SUGIMOTO Yoshiaki Title: Room-temperature concerted switch made of a binary atom cluster Journal: Nature Communications, Vol. 6, pp. 6231:1-6231:7 Year: 2015 Authors: PANDA Kalpataru , SANKARAN Kamatchi J. , INAMI Eiichi, SUGIMOTO Yoshiaki , TAI Nyan Hwa , LIN I-Nan Title: Direct observation and mechanism for enhanced field emission sites in platinum ion implanted/post-annealed ultrananocrystalline diamond films Journal: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, pp. 163109:1-163109:5 Year: 2014 Authors: TSURUTA Junji , INAMI Eiichi, KANASAKI Jun'ichi , TANIMURA Katsumi Title: Crucial roles of holes in electronic bond rupture on semiconductor surfaces Journal: Surface Science, Vol. 626, pp. 49-52 Year: 2014 Authors: TEOBALDI Gilberto , INAMI Eiichi, KANASAKI Jun'ichi , TANIMURA Katsumi , SHLUGER Alexander L Title: Role of applied bias and tip electronic structure in the scanning tunneling microscopy imaging of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite Journal: Physical Review B, Vol. 85, pp. 085433:1-085433:15 Year: 2012 Authors: OHNISHI Hiromasa , INAMI Eiichi, KANASAKI Jun'ichi Title: Intact-sheet double-layer ablation induced by femtosecond-laser excitation of graphite Journal: Surface Science, Vol. 605, pp. 1497-1502 Year: 2011 Authors: KANASAKI Jun'ichi , INAMI Eiichi, TANIMURA Katsumi , OHNISHI Hiromasa , NASU Keiichiro Title: Formation of sp3-bonded carbon nanostructures by femtosecond laser excitation of graphite Journal: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 102, pp. 087402:1-087402:4 Year: 2009 Authors: INAMI Eiichi, TANIMURA Katsumi Title: Electronic bond rupture of Si atoms on Si(111)-(2×1) induced by valence excitation Journal: Physical Review B, Vol. 76, pp. 035311:1-035311:11 Year: 2007 Authors: KANASAKI Jun'ichi , INAMI Eiichi, TANIMURA Katsumi Title: Fermi-level dependent morphology in photoinduced bond breaking on (110) surfaces of III-V semiconductors Journal: Surface Science, Vol. 601, pp. 2367-2372 Year: 2007 Authors: TANIMURA Katsumi , INAMI Eiichi, KANASAKI Jun'ichi , HESS Wayne P. Title: Two-hole localization mechanism for electronic bond rupture of surface atoms by laser-induced valence excitation of semiconductors Journal: Physical Review B, Vol. 74, pp. 035337:1-035337:8 Year: 2006 Authors: INAMI Eiichi, ISHIKAWA Ken'ichi , TANIMURA Katsumi Title: Bond rupture of threefold-coordinated Si atoms at intrinsic sites on the Si(111)-(2×1) induced by 1.16eV photon excitation Journal: Surface Science, Vol. 540, pp. L587-L592 Year: 2003
Invited lectures	Fabrication and control of atom switch by atom manipulation, 2017 Global Research Efforts on Energy and Nanomaterials (GREEN 2017), Taipei, Taiwan, 2017 Accurate extraction of electrostatic force by a voltage-pulse force spectroscopy , 23rd International Colloquium on Scanning Probe Microscopy (ICSPM23), Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan, 2015 Switching behaviors of atom clusters created by inter-nanospace atom manipulation, Symposium on Surface and Nano Science 2015 (SSNS'15), Furano, Hokkaido, Japan, 2015 Atom-Gating of Nano-Space Controlling Thermally Diffusing Single Atoms Confined in Si(111)7x7 Half Unit Cell at Room Temperature, Symposium on Surface and Nano Science 2014 (SSNS' 2014), Furano, Hokkaido, Japan, 2014 Photoexcitation of graphite creates a novel carbon phase of sp3-bonded carbon, International Symposium on the Physics of Excitation-assisted Nano-processes (ISPEN-2009), Wakayama, Japan, 2009 Nano-scaled sp3-bond carbon phase on graphite induced by femtosecond laser excitation, 5th Handai Nanoscience and Nanotechnology International Symposium, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, 2009
Awards	Selected as a Key Scientific Article in Advances in Engineering, Advances in Engineering (Canada), 2019 APSMR Contribution Award, Asia Pacific Society for Materials Research (APSMR), 2017 Best Presentation Award (Young Researcher Category), The Surface Science Society of Japan, 2017 Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology vol.19, Issue 10, American Institute of Physics (AIP), American Physical Society (APS), 2009 Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology vol.16, Issue 4, American Institute of Physics (AIP), American Physical Society (APS), 2007

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Social activities

Committee roles	Chairperson, The 67th Fullerenes-Nanotubes-Graphene General Symposium, The 67th Fullerenes-Nanotubes-Graphene General Society, 2024

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