Aiko NARAZAKI, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Past news & events

Jun. 2021	One invited talk at Optics-2021, 2nd International Summit on OPTICS, PHOTONICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGIES (virtual event). (https://opticsconferences.com/)
Jun. 2021	One invited talk at Optics-2021, 2nd International Summit on OPTICS, PHOTONICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGIES (virtual event). (https://opticsconferences.com/)
May 2021	Our research proposal on new active laser machining technology has been adopted by NEDO Leading Project. The project leader is Dr. Aiko Narazaki and main participants are Prof. Yohei Kobayashi from The University of Tokyo, Prof. Godai Miyaji from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Olympus, and Mitsubishi Electric.
May 2021	"Handbook of Laser Micro- and Nano-Engineering" was published from Springer. I wrote one chapter on how to evaluate the laser-processed samples in the handbook. Narazaki A. (2021) Characterization of Laser-Processed Samples. In: Sugioka K. (eds) Handbook of Laser Micro- and Nano-Engineering. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69537-2_64-1)
Apr. 2021	Dr.Daniela Serien joined our group! She is an expert in laser 3D printing of proteins.
Mar. 2021	PHOTONICS WEST 2021 was successfully held as a vitrual event. As one of the chairs of the LAMOM conference, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all the participants.
Jan. 2021	Prof. Yoshiki Nakata, who is my collaborator, published additive patterning of nanodots by fs-LIFT as below． “Laser-Induced Transfer of Noble Metal Nanodots with Femtosecond Laser-Interference Processing”, Y. Nakata, K. Tsubakimoto, N. Miyanaga, A. Narazaki, T. Shoji, Y. Tsuboi, Nanomaterials, 11 (2021) 305. (https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11020305)
Dec. 2020	Our paper on the fast & wide investigation of laser parameters for laser processing of ceramics was published as below. “Ultrafast Laser Processing of Ceramics: Comprehensive Survey of Laser Parameters”, A. Narazaki, H. Takada, D. Yoshitomi, K. Torizuka, Y. Kobayashi, Journal of Laser Applications, 33 (2020) 012009. (https://lia.scitation.org/doi/10.2351/7.0000310)
Nov. 2020	Our recent work about on-demand delivery of bioactive microchips by LIFT was publised as the Feature Article． “Laser-Induced Forward Transfer with Optical Stamp of a Protein-Immobilized Calcium Phosphate Film Prepared by Biomimetic Process to a Human Dentin”, A. Narazaki, A. Oyane, H. Miyaji, Applied Sciences, 10, (2020) 7984. (https://doi.org/10.3390/app10227984)
Nov. 2020	2 invited lectures on USP in the OPTRONICS seminar and Japan Laser Processing Society.
Sep. 2020	3 invited lectures on LIFT & USP in JJAP, Laser summner school, and reseach symposium in Osaka univ.
Jun. 2020	I had a talk about ultrafast laser processing of ceramics at LPM2020 held online for the first time. (https://lpm2020.inventum.de/home/)
Apr. 2020	Our latest research on LIFT of Au nanodots has been published. “ Nanodot array deposition via single shot laser interference pattern using laser-induced forward transfer”, Yoshiki Nakata, Eiki Hayashi, Koji Tsubakimoto, Noriaki Miyanaga, Aiko Narazaki, Tatsuya Shoji, and Yasuyuki Tsuboi, International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, 2 (2020) 025101. ( https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2631-7990/ab88bf/pdf)
Apr. 2020	Our department name has been changed to "Research Institute for Advanced Electronics and Photonics". Our group continues to work on innovative laser processing!
Mar. 2020	Our latest research on ultrafast laser processing of ceramics has been published. “ Study on nonthermal-thermal processing boundary in drilling of ceramics using ultrashort pulse laser system with variable parameters over a wide range”, Aiko Narazaki, Hideyuki Takada, Dai Yoshitomi, Kenji Torizuka, and Yohei Kobayashi, Applied Physics A, 126 (2020) 252. (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00339-020-3410-2)
Feb. 2020	I had a lecture at the 3rd "Development of new applications by high quality of high frequency lasers" workshop. The title was "Latest technology trends of laser processing with focusing on ultra-short pulse laser processing". The venue was a very nice atmosphere at Innovator's Garage in Nadia Park, which recently opened in Nagoya, Japan.
Feb. 2020	The LAMOM conference at Photonics West was succesfully held in San Francisco. I attended as a co-chair and made an oral presentation about LIFT of bioactive protein-containing microchips.
Oct. 2019	I attended the ICALEO 2019 conference in Orland and gave 2 talks: an invited talk on LIFT of biomaterials and a contributed one about ultrafast laser processing of ceramics.
Sep. 2019	THe COLA2019 was held in Maui, USA. We had quite exciting time to discuss the state-of-the-art laser-matter interaction!
Dec. 2018	At MHS2018 (http://www.mein.nagoya-u.ac.jp/mhs/mhs2018-Top.html) on Dec. 9 - Dec. 12 , 2018, Nagoya, Japan, Dr. Aiko Narazaki gave a keynote lecture titled “Laser lift-off process for additive micropattering of functional particles and films”.
Jun. 2018	Dr. Aiko Narazaki attended LPM2018 in Edinburgh, UK on 25 June - 28 June 2018, and made an oral presentation on laser-induced transfer of biocompatible apatite films.