News and upcoming events

News in 2020

Dec. 17, 2020 Publication, Nanomaterials

The paper entitled “Fabrication of Hollow Channels Surrounded by Gold Nanoparticles in Hydrogel by Femtosecond Laser Irradiation” has been accepted and published in Nanomaterials.
Authors: I. Takayama, A. Katayama, M. Terakawa
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10122529

Dec. 9, 2020 PhD Defense, Manan MACHIDA

Manan had her PhD defense presentation.
Thank you for attending the presentation online.

Dec. 2, 2020 Publication, Optical Materials Express

The paper entitled “Charged fluorophores-assisted fabrication of metallic structures inside hydrogel by multi-photon photoreduction” has been accepted and published in Optical Materials Express.
Authors: M. Machida, W. Shen, H. Onoe, Y. Hiruta, A. Heisterkamp, E. Mazur, M. Terakawa
https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.412066

Aug. 21, 2020 Invited talk, ICSQE2020

Invited talk will be given at The International School on Quantum Electronics "Laser Physics and Applications.
“Femtosecond laser-induced modification of elastomers to conductive materials”
M. Terakawa, S. Hayashi, F. Morosawa, N. Nedyalkov

Aug. 3, 2020 Invited talk and Presentation, CLEO-Pacific Rim

Invited talk will be given at the CLEO-Pacific Rim 2020.
“Multiphoton Photoreduction in Hydrogel”
M. Terakawa

Following presentation will also be given.
“Femtosecond-Laser-Induced Graphitic Carbon from Transparent Cellulose Nanofiber Films”
F. Morosawa, S. Hayashi, and M. Terakawa

Jul. 27, 2020 Publication, Optical Materials Express

The paper entitled " Multiphoton photoreduction for dual-wavelength-light-driven shrinkage and actuation in hydrogel" has been accepted and published in Optical Materials Express.
K. Mizuguchi, Y. Nagano, H. Nishiyama, H. Onoe, M. Terakawa
https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.399874

Jun. 23, 2020 International Conference, LPM 2020

The following presentation will be given at the 21st International Symposium on Laser Precision Microfabrication 2020 (LPM2020).
“Fabrication of the light-responsive microchannel inside hydrogel”
Yo Nagano, Kosuke Mizuguchi, Hiroaki Onoe, Mitsuhiro Terakawa

Apr. 6, 2020 Publication, Journal of Biophotonics

The paper entitled "Myoblast adhesion and proliferation on biodegradable polymer films with femtosecond laser‐fabricated micro through‐holes" has been accepted and published in Journal of Biophotonics.
Izumi Takayama, Naonari Kondo, Stefan Kalies, Alexander Heisterkamp, Mitsuhiro Terakawa
https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.202000037

Mar. 19, 2020 Publication, Nanoscale Advances

The paper entitled "Synthesis of silicon carbide nanocrystals and multilayer graphitic carbon by femtosecond laser irradiation of polydimethylsiloxane" has been accepted and published in Nanoscale Advances.
Shuichiro Hayashi, Fumiya Morosawa, Mitsuhiro Terakawa
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NA00133C
This article is part of the themed collection: Nanoscale Advances HOT Article Collection.

Feb. 19, 2020 Interview, OSA Stories

The interview on research work is uploaded on OSA Stories.

“Mitsuhiro Terakawa discusses his work--OSA Stories”
https://www.osa.org/en-us/media_library/searchresultsvideo/?Id=6095079032001

Feb. 2, 2020 Invited Talk and Presentation, Photonics West 2020

Invited talk will be given at the Photonics West 2020 in San Francisco, CA, USA.

“Spatially-targeted laser fabrication of multimaterial microstructures in hydrogel”
M. Terakawa, M. Machida, K. Mizuguchi, R. Sano, H. Onoe, T. Niidome, A. Heisterkamp

Following presentation will also be given.

“Metal microstructure in hydrogel fabricated by multiphoton photoreduction for light-stimulated shrinkage”
K. Mizuguchi, Y. Nagano, H. Onoe, M. Terakawa