Katsunori Wakabayashi

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Katsunori Wakabayashi
Born Nara Prefecture
Nationality Japan
Fields Nanotechnology
Known for graphene nanoribbon theory
Notable awards Best Paper Award 2003,
Physical Society of Japan

Katsunori Wakabayashi (若林 克法 Wakabayashi Katsunori) is a physicist at the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan. He is an authority and leading researcher in nanotechnology in the area of energy states of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCN).

Principal research area

His research is notable for the edge effects of the nanographene materials, which is a part of the single layer graphene.

Award

The original paper of graphene edge state and graphene nanoribbons was awarded the JPS Best Paper Award on March 2003 from the Physical Society of Japan.[1]

Book chapters

  • Katsunori Wakabayashi, "Low-Energy Physical Properties of Edge States in Nano-Carbon Systems", in Springer Series in Solid State Physics, vol. 156, S.N.Kamakar et al. eds., ISBN 978-3-540-72631-9
  • Katsunori Wakabayashi, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Nanographite, p. 279–304, Carbon-based Magnetism – An overview of the magnetism of metal free carbon-based compounds and materials edited by T. Makarova, F. Palacio, (Elsevier, 2006). ISBN 0-444-51947-5.

Most cited papers

1. Title: "Peculiar localized state at zigzag graphite edge", Author(s): Fujita M, Wakabayashi K, Nakada K, et al. Source: Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Volume: 65 Issue: 7 Pages: 1920–1923 Published: JUL 1996 Times Cited: 537

2. Title: Electronic and magnetic properties of nanographite ribbons Author(s): Wakabayashi K, Fujita M, Ajiki H, et al. Source: Physical Review B Volume: 59 Issue: 12 Pages: 8271–8282 Published: MAR 15 1999 Times Cited: 272

3. Title: Zero-conductance resonances due to flux states in nanographite ribbon junctions Author(s): Wakabayashi K, Sigrist M Source: Physical Review Letters Volume: 84 Issue: 15 Pages: 3390–3393 Published: APR 10 2000 Times Cited: 83

4. Title: Electronic transport properties of nanographite ribbon junctions Author(s): Wakabayashi K Source: Physical Review B Volume: 64 Issue: 12 Article Number: 125428 Published: SEP 15 2001 Times Cited: 82

5. Title: Spin wave mode of edge-localized magnetic states in nanographite zigzag ribbons Author(s): Wakabayashi K, Sigrist M, Fujita M Source: Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Volume: 67 Issue: 6 Pages: 2089–2093 Published: JUN 1998 Times Cited: 56

See also

References

  1. ↑ JPS Best Paper award

External links

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