Katsunori Wakabayashi
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is a physicist
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...

 at the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics
International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics
International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics is a special research unit established in 2007 at the National Institute for Materials Science within the Research Center Initiative by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science .- Members :MANA brings together outstanding researchers...

 (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science
National Institute for Materials Science
is an Independent Administrative Institution and one of the largest scientific research centers in Japan.- History :The growth and development of today's scientific research center has passed through several phases in a number of locations:...

 (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
Graphene
Graphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. The term graphene was coined as a combination of graphite and the suffix -ene by Hanns-Peter Boehm, who described single-layer...

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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.

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

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