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2008

  • T. Sato
    Best Poster Award ; KINKEN-WAKATE 2008 5th Materials Science School for Young Scientists. (Dec. 4-5, 2008)
    Title: Syntheses and Characterizations of B-H and Al-H Based Complex Hydrides
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  • S. Orimo
    Invited Lecture in The 2008 Asian Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
    (AsiaNANO2008, Nov. 3-7 2008, Singapore)
    Title: Energy-Related Materials Science on Metal Borohydrides
  • One new member joined our lab. (Oct. 2, 2008)
  • 11th Best Poster Award ; Japanese Institute of Metals (Sep. 24, 2008)
    Title: Lithium superionic conduction in lithium borohydride accompanied by structural transition
    Y. Miura, M. Matsuo, S. Orimo, H. Maekawa, H. Takamura
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  • 31th Technology Development Award, Japanese Institute of Metals (Sep. 23, 2008)
    Title: Synthesis technique of aluminum hydride, as a high-density hydrogen storage material
    K. Hashi, H. Ito, T. Kabutomori, Y. Nakamori, S. Orimo
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  • One new member joined our lab. (Sep. 16, 2008)
  • Review article on complex hydrides by S. Orimo et al. was selected "Hot Papers (last 2 years)" in ISI Web of Knowledge (Essential Science Indicators, updated on Sep. 1, 2008). (Sep. 2008)
    S. Orimo, Y. Nakamori, J.R. Eliseo, A. Züttel, C.M. Jensen, Complex Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage, Chem. Rev. 2007, 107, 4111-4132.
  • T. Sato
    Invited Lecture in XXI Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography
    (IUCr 2008, Aug. 23-31 2008, Osaka, Japan)
    Title: Structural Investigation of Metal Borohydrides by X-ray / Neutron Diffraction and Computational Study
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  • H.-W. Li
    Invited Lecture in The Sixteenth Annual International Conference on COMPOSITES / NANO ENGINEERING (ICCE-16)
    (July 20-26 2008, Kunming, China)
    Title: Development of Complex Hydrides for Various Energy Applications
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  • Research article on magnesium borohydride by H.-W. Li et al. was selected "Hot Papers (last 2 years)" in ISI Web of Knowledge (Essential Science Indicators, updated on July 1, 2008). (July 4, 2008)
    H.-W. Li et al., Effects of ball milling and additives on dehydriding behaviors of well-crystallized Mg(BH4)2, Scripta Materialia, 57, 679-682 (2007)
  • One new member joined our lab. (July 2, 2008)
  • S. Orimo
    Invited Lecture in International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems
    (MH2008, June 23-28 2008, Reykjavik)
    Title: Metal Borohydrides for Energy Applications
  • T. Sato
    Invited Lecture in 2nd HERMES, HRPD Users Meeting.
    (May. 23, 2008, NIMS)
    Title: Synthesis and Crystal Investigation of Novel Hydride for Development of Hydrogen Storage Materials
  • One new member joined our lab. (May. 19, 2008)
  • Three new members joined our lab. (Apr. 1, 2008)
  • S. Orimo
    Invited Lecture in the Japan Society of Applied Physics
    (March 27-30 2008, Nihon Univ.)
    Title: Development of Hydrogen Storage Complex Hydrides
  • S. Orimo
    Invited Lecture in the Chemical Society of Japan
    (March 26-30 2008, Rikkyo Univ.)
    Title: Materials Designing of Complex Hydrides for Hydrogen Energy Application
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  • M. Matsuo(D3)
    Award; Best Student of Year 2007 in Graduate School of Environmental Studies (Mar. 25, 2008)
  • M. Matsuo(D3)
    Excellent Poster Award; Annual PD / RA Research Presentations 2007 (Global COE Program) (Mar. 14, 2008)
  • K. Ikeda
    Grant-in-aid, Yazaki Memorial Foundation for Science and Technology (Mar. 13, 2008)
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  • News announcement: "Development of Small Scale Hydrogen Storage Tank using AlH3." in the Nikkei (Feb. 15, 2008)
  • S. Orimo
    Invited Lecture (Materials for New Energy Needs, Speaker) in Japanese-French Frontiers of Science Symposium
    (Jan. 25-27. 2008, Roscoff, France)
    Title: Storage and Usage of Hydrogen
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  • S. Orimo
    Invited Lecture in EMPA Symposium Hydrogen & Energy
    (Jan. 21-25. 2008, Alpenblick Braunwald, Switzerland)
    Title: Metal borohydrides for Energy Applications
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  • A. Ohmura
    Move to Niigata University, Department of Physics, Yamada Lab (Jan. 7. 2008)

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