Papers in 2003


  1. T. Akhadejdamrong, T. Aizawa, M. Yoshitake, A. Mitsuo, T. Yamamoto, and Y. Ikuhara, “Self-lubrication mechanism of chlorine implanted TiN coatings,”
    Wear, 254[7-8], 668-679(2003).

  2. A. H. Chokshi, H. Yoshida, Y. Ikuhara, and T. Sakuma, “The influence of trace elements on grain boundary processes in yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia,”
    Materi. Lett., 57[26-27], 4196-4201(2003).

  3. K. Hasegawa, J. Shibata, T. Izumi, Y. Shiohara, Y. Sugawara, T. Hirayama, F. Oba, and Y. Ikuhara, “Improvement of superconducting properties of SmBa2C3Oy films on MgO substrate by using BaZrO3 buffer layer,”
    Physica C Supercond , 392, 835-840(2003).

  4. K. Hasegawa, T. Izumi, Y. Shiohara, Y. Sugawara, T. Hirayama, F. Oba, and Y. Ikuhara, “Mechanism for improvement of in-plane alignment of SmBa2Cu3Oy films by BaZrO3 buffer layer on MgO substrate,”
    J. Jpn Inst. Met., 67[6], 295-301(2003).

  5. ZL. Hong, H. Yoshida, T. Sakuma, Y. Ikuhara, T. Nishimura, M. Mitomo, “A new interpretation of stress relaxation behavior in Si3N4 ceramics,”
    Key Engineering Materials, 247, 279-282(2003).

  6. Y. Ikuhara, H. Nishimura, A. Nakamura, K. Matsunaga, and T. Yamamoto, K. P. D. Lagerlof, “Dislocation structures of low-angle and near-Sigma 3 grain boundaries in alumina bicrystals,”
    J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 86[4], 595-602(2003).

  7. Y. Ikuhara, K. Matsunaga, T. Yamamoto, T. Sakuma, “Grain boundary characters and structures in oxide ceramics,”
    Key Engineering Materials, 247, 335-340(2003).

  8. C. Iwamoto, X. Q. Shen, H. Okumura, H. Matsuhata, and Y. Ikuhara, “Termination mechanism of inversion domains by stacking faults in GaN,”
    J. Appl. Phys., 93[6], 3264-3269(2003).

  9. C. Iwamoto, XQ. Shen, H. Okumura, H. Matsuhata, Y. Ikuhara, “One-angstrom-resolution element mapping by phase contrast ARHVEM technique,”
    Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials 2003, Institute of Physics Conference Series, 180, 15-18(2003).

  10. YC. Jung, T. Sasaki, T. Tomimatsu, K. Matsunaga, T. Yamamoto, Y. Kagawa, Y. Ikuhara, “Distribution and structures of nanopores in YSZ-TBC deposited by EB-PVD,”
    Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 4[6], 571-574(2003).

  11. T. Kato, Y. Iijima, T. Muroga, T. Saitoh, T. Hirayama, I. Hirabayashi, Y. Yamada, T. Izumi, Y. Shiohara, and Y. Ikuhara, “TEM observations of Gd2Zr2O7 films formed by the ion-beam-assisted deposition method on an Ni-based alloy,”
    Physica C-Supercond., 392, 790-795(2003).

  12. T. Q. Li, S. Noda, H. Komiyama, T. Yamamoto, and Y. Ikuhara, “Initial growth stage of nanoscaled TiN films: Formation of continuous amorphous layers and thickness-dependent crystal nucleation,”
    J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A , 21[5], 1717-1723(2003).

  13. K. Matsui, H. Horikoshi, N. Ohmichi, M. Ohgai, H. Yoshida, and Y. Ikuhara, “Cubic-formation and grain-growth mechanisms in tetragonal zirconia polycrystal,”
    J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 86[8], 1401-1408(2003).

  14. K. Matsunaga, H. Nishimura, T. Saito, T. Yamamoto, and Y. Ikuhara, “High-resolution transmission electron microscopy and computational analyses of atomic structures of 0001 symmetric tilt grain boundaries of Al2O3 with equivalent grain-boundary planes,”
    Phil. Mag., 83[36], 4071-4082(2003).

  15. K. Matsunaga, A. Nakamura, T. Yamamoto, and Y. Ikuhara, “First-principles study of defect energetics in titanium-doped alumina,”
    Phys. Rev. B, 68[21], 214102(2003).

  16. K. Matsunaga, H. Nishimura, H. Muto, T. Yamamoto, and Y. Ikuhara, “Direct measurements of grain boundary sliding in yttrium-doped alumina bicrystals,”
    Appl. Phys. Lett., 82[8], 1179-1181(2003).

  17. K. Matsunaga, T. Tanaka, T. Yamamoto, and Y. Ikuhara, “First-principles calculations of intrinsic defects in Al2O3,”
    Phys. Rev. B, 68[8], 085110(2003).

  18. A. Nakamura, K. Matsunaga, J. Tohma, T. Yamamoto, and Y. Ikuhara, “Conducting nanowires in insulating ceramics,”
    Nat. Mater., 2[7], 453-456(2003).

  19. H. Nishimura, K. Matsunaga, T. Saito, H. Muto, T. Yamamoto, and Y. Ikuhara, “Grain boundary structures and high temperature deformations in alumina bicrystals,”
    J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn, 111[1297], 688-691(2003).

  20. H. Nishimura, K. Matsunaga, T. Saito, T. Yamamoto, and Y. Ikuhara, “Atomic structures and energies of Sigma 7 symmetrical tilt grain boundaries in alumina bicrystals,”
    J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 86[4], 574-580(2003).

  21. F. Oba, Y. Sato, T. Yamamoto, Y. Ikuhara, and T. Sakuma, “Current-voltage characteristics of cobalt-doped inversion boundaries in zinc oxide bicrystals,”
    J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 86[9], 1616-1618(2003).

  22. H. Ohta, K. Nomura, M. Orita, M. Hirano, K. Ueda, T. Suzuki, Y. Ikuhara, and H. Hosono, “Single-crystalline films of the homologous series InGaO3(ZnO)(m) grown by reactive solid-phase epitaxy,”
    Adv. Funct. Mater., 13[2], 139-144(2003).

  23. K. Otsuka, A. Kuwabara, A. Nakamura, T. Yamamoto, K. Matsunaga, and Y. Ikuhara, “Dislocation-enhanced ionic conductivity of yttria-stabilized zirconia,”
    Appl. Phys. Lett., 82[6], 877-879(2003).

  24. T. Saito, T. Furuta, J. H. Hwang, S. Kuramoto, K. Nishino, N. Suzuki, R. Chen, A. Yamada, K. Ito, Y. Seno, T. Nonaka, H. Ikehata, N. Nagasako, C. Iwamoto, Y. Ikuhara, and T. Sakuma, “Multifunctional alloys obtained via a dislocation-free plastic deformation mechanism,”
    Science, 300[5618], 464-467(2003).

  25. T. Saito, T. Furuta, JH. Hwang, S. Kuramoto, K. Nishino, N. Suzuki, R. Chen, A. Yamada, K. Ito, Y. Seno, T. Nonaka, H. Ikehata, N. Nagasako, C. Iwamoto, Y. Ikuhara, T. Sakuma, “Multi functional titanium alloy "GUM METAL"“,
    Materials Science Forum, 426-4, 681-688(2003).

  26. T. Sasaki, K. Matsunaga, H. Ohta, H. Hosono, T. Yamamoto, Y. Ikuhara, “Atomic and electronic structures of Cu/alpha-Al2O3 interfaces prepared by pulsed-laser deposition,”
    Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 4[6], 575-584(2003).

  27. Y. Sato, F. Oba, M. Yodogawa, T. Yamamoto, and Y. Ikuhara, “Al-doped ZnO ceramics fabricated by mechanical alloying and high-pressure sintering technique,”
    J. Mater. Sci. Lett., 22[17], 1201-1204(2003).

  28. Y. Sato, T. Tanaka, F. Oba, T. Yamamoto, Y. Ikuhara, T. Sakuma, “Non-linear current-voltage characteristics related to native defects in SrTiO3 and ZnO bicrystals”,
    Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 4[6], 605-611(2003).

  29. N. Shibata, F. Oba, T. Yamamoto, T. Sakuma, and Y. Ikuhara, “Grain-boundary faceting at a Sigma=3, 110 /{112} grain boundary in a cubic zirconia bicrystal,”
    Phil. Mag., 83[19], 2221-2246(2003).

  30. T. Tanaka, K. Matsunaga, Y. Ikuhara, and T. Yamamoto, “First-principles study on structures and energetics of intrinsic vacancies in SrTiO3,”
    Phys. Rev. B, 68[20], 205213(2003).

  31. H. Yoshida, Y. Ikuhara, T. Sakuma, “Grain boundary electronic structure and high-temperature plastic flow in polycrystalline Al2O3”,
    Key Engineering Materials, 247, 263-266(2003).

  32. H. Yoshida, K. Matsunaga, T. Yamamoto, Y. Ikuhara, T. Sakuma, “Dopant effect on the high-temperature grain boundary sliding in alumina”,
    Materials Science Forum, 447-4, 299-304(2003).