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Original Papers

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  1. Yukihiro Matsumoto, Kento Takenaka, Hiromasa Sato, Yuto Fujita, Toshiki Sugimoto, Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Probing Local Structural Variations in Metal–Organic Framework Thin Films Using Nano-FTIR” Langmuir , ASAP Article (2026) PDF
  2. Yuto Fujita, Norihiko Hayazawa, Maria Vanessa Balois-Oguchi, Satoshi Yasuda, Takuo Tanaka, Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Re-examining tip-enhanced Raman signals at high spatial resolution under ambient conditions via graphene nanobubbles” Applied Spectroscopy 80 (2025) 51-59 PDF.
  3. Hirokazu Sato, Taehwan Lee, Minhui Lee, Emiko Kazuma, Yousoo Kim, Jaehoon Jung, Kyoung Chul Ko, Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Simultaneous Ring-Opening and Dehydrogenation of Diarylethene Induced by Tunneling Electrons” ChemPhysChem 26 (2025) e202400988 PDF.
  4. Oscar Custance, Emiliano Ventura-Macias, Oleksandr Stetsovych, Carlos Romero-Muñiz, Tomoko K. Shimizu, Pablo Pou, Masayuki Abe, Hironobu Hayashi, Tadakatsu Ohkubo, Shigeki Kawai, Ruben Perez, “Structure and defect identification at self-assembled islands of CO2 using scanning probe microscopy” ACS Nano 18 (2024) 26759-26769 PDF.
  5. Asa Kiuchi, Yaoto Eda, Yousoo Kim, Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Classification of adsorbates in scanning tunneling microscopy images of Fe3O4(111) surfaces exposed to water and carbon monoxide” Surface Science 750 (2024) 122582 PDF.
  6. Mari Isagoda, Yuto Ariyoshi, Yuto Fujita, Sae Endo, Takayuki Aoki, Rui Tang, Hirotomo Nishihara, Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Unveiling the surface of carbon black via scanning probe microscopy and chemical state analysis” Carbon Trends 16 (2024) 100378 PDF.
  7. Yuto Fujita, Norihiko Hayazawa, Maria Vanessa Balois-Oguchi, Takuo Tanaka, Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Modification of transition pathways in polarized resonance Raman spectroscopy for carbon nanotubes by highly confined near-field light” J. Appl. Phys. 135 (2024) 193101 PDF.
  8. Kazuma Matsui, Hiroshi Watanabe, and Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Stability and formation process of hydrogen-bonded organic porous thin films: A molecular dynamics study” AIP Adv. 12 (2022) 105109 PDF
  9. Kanae Yamanami, Yuto Fujita, Kazuma Matsui, Ryu Asari, Tomoko Kusawake, and Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Evidence of one-dimensional channels in hydrogen-bonded organic porous thin films fabricated at the air/liquid interface” Langmuir 38 (2022) 1910-1914 PDF.
  10. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Carlos Romero-Muniz, Oleksander Stetsovych, Jaime Carracedo-Cosme, Michael Ellner, Pablo Pou, Koji Oohora, Takashi Hayashi, Ruben Perez, and Oscar Custance, “Effect of molecule-substrate interaction on the adsorption of meso-dibenzoporphycene tautomers studied by scanning probe microscopy and first-principles calculations” J. Phys. Chem. C 124 (2020) 26759-26768 PDF
  11. Jack Hellerstedt, Aleš Cahlík, Oleksander Stetsovych, Martin Švec , Tomoko K. Shimizu, Pingo Mutombo, Jiří Klívar, Irena G. Stará, Pavel Jelínek, and Ivo Stary, “Aromatic azide transformation on the Ag(111) surface studied by scanning probe microscopy” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58 (2019) 2266-2271 PDF
  12. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Sabine Maier, Albert Verdaguer, Juan-Jesus Velasco-Velez, and Miquel Salmeron, “Water at surfaces and interfaces: From molecules to ice and bulk liquid” Prog. Surf. Sci. 93 (2018) 87-107 PDF
  13. Miyabi Imai-Imada, Hiroshi Imada, Kuniyuki Miwa, Jeahoon Jung, Tomoko K. Shimizu, Maki Kawai, and Yousoo Kim, “Energy-level alignment of a single molecule on ultrathin insulating film” Phys. Rev. B 98 (2018) 201403(R) PDF
  14. Milica Todorovic, Oleksandr Stetsovych, Cesar Moreno, Tomoko K Shimizu, Oscar Custance, and Ruben Perez, “Pentacene/TiO2 anatase hybrid interface study by scanning probe microscopy and first principles calculations” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10 (2018) 34718-34726 PDF
  15. Hiroshi Imada, Kuniyuki Miwa, Jaehoon Jung, Tomoko K. Shimizu, Naoki Yamamoto, and Yousoo Kim, “Atomic-scale luminescence measurement and theoretical analysis unveiling electron energy dissipation at a p-type GaAs(110) surface” Nanotechnol. 26 (2015) 365402 PDF
  16. Oleksandr Stetsovych, Milica Todorovic, Tomoko K. Shimizu, Cesar Moreno, James William Ryan, Carmen Perez Leon, Keisuke Sagisaka, Emilio Palomares, Vladimir Matolin, Daisuke Fujita, Ruben Perez, and Oscar Custance, “Atomic species identification at the (101) anatase surface by simultaneous scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopy” Nat. Commun. 6 (2015) 7265 PDF
  17. Cesar Moreno, Oleksandr Stetsovych, Tomoko K. Shimizu, and Oscar Custance, “Imaging three-dimensional surface objects with submolecular resolution by atomic force microscopy” Nano Lett. 15 (2015) 2257-2262 PDF
  18. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Jaehoon Jung, Hiroshi Imada and Yousoo Kim, “Supramolecular assembly through interactions between molecular dipoles and alkali metal ions” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53 (2014) 13729-13733 PDF
  19. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Jaehoon Jung, Hiroshi Imada and Yousoo Kim, “Adsorption-induced stability reversal of photochromic diarylethene on metal surfaces” Chem. Commun. 49 (2013) 8710-8712 PDF
  20. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Jaehoon Jung, Tetsuya Otani, Young-Kyu Han, Maki Kawai and Yousoo Kim, “Two dimensional superstructure formation of fluorinated fullerene on Au(111): A scanning tunneling microscopy study” ACS Nano 6 (2012) 2679-2685 PDF
  21. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Jaehoon Jung, Hiroyuki S. Kato, Yousoo Kim and Maki Kawai, “Termination and Verwey transition of the magnetite (111) surface studied by scanning tunneling microscopy and first principle calculations” Phys. Rev. B 81 (2010) 235429 PDF
  22. Takeshi Watanabe, Tomoko K. Shimizu, Yoshitaka Tateyama, Yousoo Kim, Maki Kawai and Yasuaki Einaga, “Giant electric double-layer capacitance of heavily boron-doped diamond electrode” Diamond Relat. Mater. 19 (2010) 772-777 PDF
  23. Aitor Mugarza, Tomoko K. Shimizu, D. Frank Ogletree and Miquel Salmeron, “Chemical reactions of water molecules on Ru(0001) induced by selective excitation of vibrational modes” Surf. Sci. 603 (2009) 2030-2036 PDF
  24. Miquel Salmeron, Hendrik Bluhm, Mous Tatarkhanov, Guido Ketteler, Tomoko K. Shimizu, Aitor Mugarza, Xingi Deng, Tirma Herranz, Susumu Yamamoto and Anders Nilsson, “Water growth on metals and oxides: binding, dissociation and role of hydroxyl groups” Faraday Discuss. 141 (2009) 221-229 PDF
  25. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Aitor Mugarza, Jorge I. Cerda and Miquel Salmeron, “Structure and reactions of carbon and hydrogen on Ru(0001): A scanning tunneling microscopy study” J. Chem. Phys. 129, 244103 (2008) PDF
  26. Pepa Cabrera-Sanfelix, Andres Arnau, Aitor Mugarza, Tomoko K. Shimizu, Miquel Salmeron and Daniel Sanchez-Portal, “Decisive role of the energetics of dissociation products in the adsorption of water on O/Ru(0001)” Phys. Rev. B 78 (2008) 155438 PDF
  27. Aitor Mugarza, Tomoko K. Shimizu, Pepa Cabrera-Sanfelix, Daniel Sanchez-Portal, Andres Arnau and Miquel Salmeron, “Adsorption of water on O(2×2)/Ru(0001): thermal stability and inhibition of dissociation” J. Phys. Chem. C, 112 (2008) 14052-14057 PDF
  28. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Aitor Mugarza, Jorge I. Cerda, Markus Heyde, Yabing Qi, Udo D. Schawarz, D. Frank Ogletree and Miquel Salmeron, “Surface species formed by the adsorption and dissociation of water molecules on a Ru(0001) surface containing a small coverage of carbon atoms studied by scanning tunneling microscopy” J. Phys. Chem. C 112 (2008) 7445-7454 PDF
  29. Pepa Cabrera-Sanfelix, Daniel Sanchez-Portal, Aitor Mugarza, Tomoko K. Shimizu, Miquel Salmeron and Andres Arnau, “Water adsorption on O(2×2)/Ru(0001): STM experiments and first-principles calculations” Phys. Rev. B 76 (2007) 205438 PDF
  30. Katsumi Tanigaki, Tomoko Shimizu, Kohei. M. Itoh, Junji Teraoka, Yutaka Moritomo and Shoji Yamanaka, “Mechanism of superconductivity in the polyhedral-network compound Ba8Si46” Nat. Mater. 2 (2003) 653-655 PDF

Also see: V. H. Crespi, “Clathrates join the covalent club” Nature Materials 2 (2003) 650-651. PDF

Books

Translation

  • 川合眞紀, 宗像利明, 清水智子 訳 “エンジニアのための物理化学” 東京化学同人 (2010)

原文：John T. Yates Jr. and J. Karl Johnson, “Molecular Physical Chemistry for Engineers” University Science Books (2007)

Invited Talks in International Conferences

  1. Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Gas Adsorption on Magnetite Surfaces toward Understanding the Water Gas Shift Reaction”, International Symposium on “Cutting-edge Surface Science and Catalysis”, Oct. 22-23, 2025, Daejeon, Korea.
  2. Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Exotic Phenomena Revealed by Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanomaterials”, 6th Workshop Nanotechnologies for 21st Century Cooperation Event between Albania, Japan and Spain, Oct. 1, 2025, Tirana, Albania.
  3. Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Characterization of Organic Porous Thin Films Fabricated at the Air/Liquid Interface Using Atomic Force Microscopy and Nano-FTIR Spectroscopy”, NanoBalkan2025, Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 2025, Tirana, Albania.
  4. Yuto Fujita, Norihiko Hayazawa, Maria Vanessa Balois-Oguchi, Takuo Tanaka, and Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Modification of Raman selection rule by near-field light in anisotropic materials”, 2024 Academia Sinica-NTU-RIKEN Joint Symposium, Mar. 5, 2024, Taipei, Taiwan.
  5. Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Effect of molecule-substrate interaction on the adsorption of meso-dibenzo porphycene tautomers studied by scanning probe microscopy”, Pacifichem2021, Dec. 16-21, 2021, Online.
  6. Tomoko K. Shimizu, “How to bridge the materials gap in high resolution STM/AFM”, 1st IMS (Institute for Molecular Science)-FHI (Fritz-Haber Institute) Symposium -Emerging Techniques of Scanning Probe Microscopy-, Jul. 12-13, 2021, Online.
  7. Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Structures and reactions of adsorbed molecules studied by high-resolution scanning probe microscopy”, The 3rd Workshop of the Reaction Infography (R-ing) Unit, Dec. 10-11. 2020, Online.
  8. Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Submolecular resolution scanning Probe Microscopy – our challenge to bridge the Materials Gap -“, OKINAWA COLLOIDS 2019, Nov. 3-8, 2019, Okinawa, Japan.
  9. Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Scanning Probe Microscopy Studies ofWater/Solid Interfaces”, IMS (Institute of Molecular Science) Symposium Water at interfaces 2018,Jan. 15-16, 2019, Okazaki, Japan.
  10. Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Submolecular resolution imaging with Si cantilever-based atomic force microscopy”, 19th International Microscopy Congress, Sept. 9-14, 2018, Sydney, Australia.
  11. Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Molecular adsorption on anatase TiO2 (101) studied by submolecularimaging technique with Si cantilever AFM”, 13th European Conference on Surface Crystallography and Dynamics, Jun. 19-21, 2017, San Sebastian, Spain.
  12. Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Submolecular imaging and atomic species identification on the anatase TiO2 (101) surface by simultaneous AFM and STM”, The UK-Japan Symposium on Atomic and Molecular Manipulation: Force and Tunnel Current in Scanning Probe Microscopy, Dec. 15-16, 2015, Nottingham, UK.
  13. Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Submolecular imaging and atomic species identification on the anatase TiO2 (101) surface by simultaneous AFM and STM”, NIMS Conference 2015, July 14-16, 2015, Tsukuba, Japan.
  14. Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Identification of atomic species and adsorption configuration of molecules on TiO2 anatase by means of simultaneous AFM and STM”, Swiss-Japanese nanoscience Workshop: Materials Phenomena at Small Scale, Oct. 9-11, 2013, Tsukuba, Japan.

Oral Presentation in International Conferences (Contributed)

  1. Tomoko K. Shimizu; “ Classification of adsorbates in scanning tunneling microscopy images of Fe3O4(111) surfaces exposed to water and carbon monoxide”; 15th International Symposium on Atomic Level Characterizations for New Materials and Devices ’24 (ALC’24), Nov. 17-22. 2024, Kunibiki Messe, Shimane, Japan.
  2. Yuto Fujita, Norihiko Hayazawa, Maria Vanessa Balois-Oguchi, Takuo Tanaka, and Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Investigation of selection rules in tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy using anisotropic materials”; 28th International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, Jul. 31. 2024, Rome, Italy.
  3. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Kanae Yamanami, Kazuma Matsui, Yuto Fujita, Ryu Aasari, Tomoko Kusawake, Hiroshi Watanabe; “ Nanoscale structures and self-assembling mechanism of porous organic thin films revealed by scanning probe microscopy and molecular dynamics simulation”; ACS FALL 2023, Aug. 13-17. 2023, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  4. Tomoko K. Shimizu; “Scanning probe microscopy reveals nanoscale structures and self-assembling mechanism of organic thin films”; OIST-KEIO SHOWCASE TALK Series 4, Mar. 13. 2023, Keio University Yagami Campus, Yokohama, Japan.
  5. Tomoko K. Shimizu; “High-resolution scanning probe microscopy to bridge the “materials gap””; 14th International Symposium on Atomic Level Characterizations for New Materials and Devices ’22 (ALC’22), Oct. 16-21. 2022, Bankoku Shinryokan, Okinawa, Japan.
  6. Yuto Fujita, Kanae Yamanami, Ryu Asari, Kazuma Matsui, Tomoko Kusawake and Tomoko K.Shimizu; “Nanoscale structural analysis of porous organic thin films fabricated at the air/liquid interface”; 14th International Symposium on Atomic Level Characterizations for New Materials and Devices ’22 (ALC’22), Oct. 16-21. 2022, Bankoku Shinryokan, Okinawa, Japan, Excellent Presentation Award
  7. Kanae Yamanami, Kazuma Matsui, Yuto Fujita, Ryu Asari, Tomoko Kusawake, and Tomoko K. Shimizu; “Structural Characterization and Self-assembling Mechanism of Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Porous Thin Films”; The 22nd International Vacuum Congress (IVC-22), Sep. 11-16, Sapporo, Japan.
  8. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Oscar Custance; “Submolecular AFM imaging and spectroscopy on single molecules using KolibriSensor and cantilevers”; The 13th Conference on Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanostructures, Oct. 9-15. 2016, Rome, Italy.
  9. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Oleksandr Stetsovych, César Moreno, and Oscar Custance; “Imaging three-dimensional surface systems using non-contact atomic force microscopy”; 20th International Vacuum Congress (IVC-20), Aug. 22-26, Busan, Korea.
  10. Tomoko K. Shimizu; “Submolecular imaging and atomic species identification on the anatase TiO2 (101) surface by simultaneous AFM and STM”; Swiss-Japan Workshop 2015: nanoscale electron-photon interaction via energy dissipation and fluctuation, Sept. 7-9, 2015, Les Diablerets, Switzeralnd.
  11. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Jaehoon Jung, Hiroshi Imada, and Yousoo Kim; “STM Study of adsorption and supramolecular assembly of diarylethene”; The 31st European Conference on Surface Science, Aug. 31-Sept. 4, 2015, Barcelona, Spain.
  12. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Oleksandr Stetsovych, César Moreno, and Oscar Custance; “Imaging three-dimensional surface objects with submolecular resolution by atomic force microscopy”; MANA-DIPC Workshop: Nanostructures and Complex Functional Mater; Aug. 27-28, 2015, San Sebastian, Spain.
  13. Tomoko K. Shimizu, César Moreno, and Oleksandr Stetsovych, Oscar Custance; “Imaging three-dimensional surface objects with submolecular resolution by atomic force microscopy”; Pacific Rim Symposium on Surfaces, Coatings & Interfaces, Dec. 7-11, 2014, Hawaii, USA.
  14. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Jaehoon Jung, Hiroshi Imada, and Yousoo Kim; “Supramolecular assembly of diarylethene via Ion-dipole interaction”; 7th International Symposium on Surface Science, Nov. 2-6, 2014, Matsue, Japan.
  15. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Jaehoon Jung, Hiroshi Imada, and Yousoo Kim; “STM study of photochromic diarylethene adsorbed on noble metals”; 12th International Conference on Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Nov. 4-8, 2013, Tsukuba, Japan.
  16. César Moreno, Oleksandr Stetsovych, Tomoko K. Shimizu, and Oscar Custance; “Atomic-scale characterization of pentacene and C60 on TiO2 (101) anatase by simultaneous bimodal AFM/STM and Kelvin probe force microscopy”; 12th International Conference on Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Nov. 4-8, 2013, Tsukuba, Japan.
  17. Oleksandr Stetsovych, César Moreno, Tomoko K. Shimizu, and Oscar Custance; “Discriminating atomic species at the TiO2(101) anatase surface by means of simultaneous atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy”; 12th International Conference on Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Nov. 4-8, 2013, Tsukuba, Japan.
  18. Hiroshi Imada, Miyabi Imai, Tomoko K. Shimizu, Maki Kawai, and Yousoo Kim; “STM luminescence from single phthalocyanine molecules”; 12th International Conference on Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Nov. 4-8, 2013, Tsukuba, Japan.
  19. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Jaehoon Jung, and Yousoo Kim; “Combined STM and DFT study of 2D molecular superstructure formation on noble metals”; Korea-Japan Joint International Symposium on Molecular Systems, Feb. 14-17, 2013, Muju, Korea.
  20. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Jaehoon Jung, Tetsuya Otani, Young-Kyu Han, Maki Kawai, and Yousoo Kim;”Formation of 2D superstructure with wide bandgap n-type behavior”; American Vacuum Society 59th International Symposium and Exhibition, Oct. 28-Nov.2 , 2012, Tampa, Florida, USA.
  21. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Jaehoon Jung, Tetsuya Otani, Hiroshi Imada, Maki Kawai, and Yousoo Kim; “Combined STM and non-contact AFM study of interfacial structure and electronic states of fluorinated fullerene monolayer on Au(111)”; The 6th International Symposium on Surface Science (ISSS-6), Dec. 11-15, 2011, Tokyo, Japan.
  22. Hiroshi Imada, Tomoko K. Shimizu, Naoki Yamamoto, and Y. Kim; “Atomically-resolved scanning tunneling luminescence spectroscopy of p-type GaAs(110)”; The 6th International Symposium on Surface Science (ISSS-6), Dec. 11-15, 2011, Tokyo, Japan.
  23. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Jaehoon Jung, Yousoo Kim, and Maki Kawai; “Verwey transition on the magnetite (111) surface studied by scanning tunneling microscopy”; 18th International Vacuum Congress, Aug. 23-27, 2010, Beijing, China.
  24. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Yousoo Kim, and Maki Kawai; “Termination and identification of surface species on the magnetite (111) surface studied by scanning tunneling microscopy”; American Vacuum Society 56th International Symposium and Exhibition, Nov. 8-13, 2009, San Jose, CA.
  25. Takeshi Watanabe, Tomoko K. Shimizu, Yousoo Kim, Yoshitaka Tateyama, and Yasuaki Einaga; “Enlargement of the electric double-layer capacitance of heavily boron-doped diamond electrodes”; 20th European Conference on Diamond, Diamond-Like Materials, Carbon Nanotubes, and Nitrides, Sept. 6-10, 2009, Athens, Greece.
  26. Tomoko K Shimizu, Aaitor Mugarza, Pepa Cabrera-Sanfelix, Daniel Sahchez-Portal, Andres Arnau, D. Frank Ogletree, and Miquel Salmeron; “Water adsorption on Ru(0001) pre-covered with atomic oxygen studied by STM”; American Vacuum Society 54th International Symposium and Exhibition, Oct. 14-19, 2007, Seattle, WA, USA.
  27. Aitor Mugarza, Tomoko K. Shimizu, D. Frank Ogletree, and Miquel Salmeron; “Understanding the adsorption of water molecules on Ru(0001) and their interaction with coadsorbed oxygen by low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy”; 20th Symposium on Surface Science, Mar. 11-17, 2007, Les Arcs, France.
  28. Aitor Mugarza, Tomoko K. Shimizu, D. Frank Ogletree, and Miquel Salmeron; “Effect of oxygen on the ordering and decomposition of water on Ru(0001)”; American Vacuum Society 53th International Symposium and Exhibition, Nov. 12-17, 2006, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  29. Pepa Cabrera-Sanfelix, Daniel Sanchez Portal, Aitor Mugarza, Tomoko K. Shimizu, Miquel Salmeron, and Andres Arnau; “Water adsorption on O-covered Ru(0001) surface”; 13th International Conference on Solid Films and Surfaces, Nov. 6-10, 2006, Bariloche, Argentina.
  30. Tomoko K Shimizu, Aitor Mugarza, D. Frank Ogletree, and Miquel Salmeron; “Adsorption, dissociation and cluster formation of water on Ru(0001) Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy”; The University of Tokyo International Symposium and the 10th ISSP International Symposium on Nanoscience at Surfaces , Oct. 9-13, 2006, Kashiwa, Japan.
  31. Tomoko K Shimizu, Aitor Mugarza, D. Frank Ogletree, and Miquel Salmeron; “Effect of oxygen pre-adsorption on the adsorption of water on Ru(0001) studied by scanning tunneling microscopy”; American Chemical Society 232nd National Meeting & Exposition, Sept. 10-14, 2006, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  32. Aitor Mugarza, Tomoko K. Shimizu, D. Frank Ogletree, and Miquel Salmeron; “Manipulation of individual water molecules and its dissociative products by scanning tunneling microscopy”; American Chemical Society 232nd National Meeting & Exposition, Sept. 10-14, 2006, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  33. Aitor Mugarza, Tomoko K. Shimizu, D. Frank Ogletree, and Miquel Salmeron; “Ordering and decomposition of water on Ru(0001) as a function of temperature”; International Conference on Nanoscience&Technology 2006, Jul. 31-Aug. 4, 2006, Basel, Switzerland.
  34. Aitor Mugarza, Tomoko K. Shimizu, D. Frank Ogletree, and Miquel Salmeron; “Diffusion, bonding and dissociation of water and its decomposition products on Ru(0001) induced by inelastic tunneling”; International Conference on Nanoscience & Technology 2006, Jul. 31-Aug. 4, 2006, Basel, Switzerland.

Below are since FY2018

Poster Presentation in International Conferences

  1. Yuto Fujita, Norihiko Hayazawa, Maria Vanessa Balois-Oguchi, Satoshi Yasuda, Takuo Tanaka, Tomoko K. Shimizu; “ Investigation of sub-Nanoscale Light-Matter Interactions in Carbon Nanomaterials Using Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy”; AVS71, Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC, USA, 2025/9/21-26. Morton M. Traum Award
  2. Akash Aoki, Haruka Matsuda, Seikai Kurosawa, Yuki Tsujikawa, Hiroshi Kondoh, Tomoko K. Shimizu; “ Mechanism of the Water-Gas Shift Reaction on Magnetite Catalysts Studied by Near-Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy”; AVS71, Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC, USA, 2025/9/21-26.
  3. Tomoko K. Shimizu, Yukihiro Matsumoto; “Characterization of Metal Organic Framework Thin Films using Atomic Force Microscopy and Nano-FTIR Spectroscopy”; NC-AFM 2025, AUBADE HALL, Toyama, Japan, 2025/8/4-8.
  4. Yuto Fujita, Norihiko Hayazawa, Maria Vanessa Balois-Oguchi, Takuo Tanaka, Tomoko K. Shimizu; “Sub-nanoscale tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of carbon materials”; The 11th International Conference on Surface Plasmon Photonics, Hitotsubashi Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 2025/5/22.
  5. Ryoto Yasukawa, Tomoko. K. Shimizu; “Atomic Force Microscopy and Raman Spectroscopy of Carbon Black”; The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science The 8th Young Members Section Meeting &Kanto Chapter 10th Anniversary Symposium, TOKI MESSE Niigata Convention Center, Niigata, Japan, 2025/4/17-19.
  6. Shotaro Mori, Shotaro Yotsuya, Daisuke Kiriya, Tomoko. K. Shimizu; “Analysis of Moiré Superlattice of MoS2 Monolayer on Au(111) via Scanning Tunneling Microscopy”; The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science The 8th Young Members Section Meeting &Kanto Chapter 10th Anniversary Symposium, TOKI MESSE Niigata Convention Center, Niigata, Japan, 2025/4/17-19.
  7. Tatsuhiro Hirai, Asa Kiuchi, Yaoto Eda, Yousoo Kim, Tomoko. K. Shimizu; “Gas adsorption on the magnetite surface studied by scanning tunnelling microscopy ”; Symposium on Next Generation Astrochemistry, X-NIHONBASHI TOWER, Tokyo, Japan, 2024/11/19-22.
  8. Takanori Matsui, Tomoko. K. Shimizu; “ Effect of surface treatment on the organic coating of Fe3O4 nanoparticles”; Symposium on Next Generation Astrochemistry, X-NIHONBASHI TOWER, Tokyo, Japan, 2024/11/19-22.
  9. Yukihiro Matsumoto, Tomoko. K. Shimizu; “Nanoscale structural characterization of metal-organic framework thin films using infrared scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy”; 15th International Symposium on Atomic Level Characterizations for New Materials and Devices ’24 (ALC’24), Kunibiki Messe, Shimane, Japan, 2024/11/17-22.
  10. Tatsuhiro Hirai, Keisuke Sagisaka, Tomoko K. Shimizu; “ Water adsorption on the magnetite surface studied by scanning tunneling microscopy”; NIMS AWARD SYMPOSIUM 2024, Tsukuba International Congress Center, Ibaraki, Japan, 2024/11/6.
  11. Yuto Fujita, Norihiko Hayazawa, Maria Vanessa Balois-Oguchi, Takuo Tanaka, and Tomoko K. Shimizu, “Investigation of light-matter interaction in sub-nanoscale using carbon nanotubes”; The 10th International Symposium on Surface Science, Kita-kyushu, Japan, 2024/10/22. Student Prize
  12. Yuto Ariyoshi, Mari Isagoda, Yuto Fujita, Takayuki Aoki, and Tomoko K Shimizu, “Unveiling the Surface of Carbon Black via Scanning Probe Microscopy and Chemical State Analysis”; The 10th International Symposium on Surface Science, Kita-kyushu, Japan, 2024/10/22.
  13. Taku Kenko, K. Sagisaka and Tomoko K Shimizu; “Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Diarylethene Monolayer and Cluster Formation on Noble Metal Surfaces”; AVS 69th International Symposium & Exhibition, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR, 2023/11/5-10.
  14. Mari Isagoda, T. Aoki and Tomoko K. Shimizu; “Analyses of Surface Structure and Chemical States of Carbon Black Nano Particles”; AVS 69th International Symposium & Exhibition, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR, 2023/11/5-10. Morton M. Traum Award
  15. Asa Kiuchi, Y. Eda, T. Hirai and Tomoko K. Shimizu; “Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the H2O-CO Co-Adsorbed Fe3O4(111) Surface for Understanding the Water-Gas Shift Reaction Mechanism”; AVS 69th International Symposium & Exhibition, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR, 2023/11/5-10.
  16. Hirokazu Sato, Lee Minhui, Emiko Kazuma, Yousoo Kim and Tomoko K. Shimizu; “Single-molecule reactions of diarylethene induced by tunneling electron injection”; 14th International Symposium on Atomic Level Characterizations for New Materials and Devices ’22 (ALC’22), Bankoku Shinryokan, Okinawa, Japan, 2022/10/16-21. Excellent Presentation Award
  17. Mari Isagoda, and Tomoko K. Shimizu; “Structural Characterization of Carbon Black Nano Particles”; The 22nd International Vacuum Congress (IVC-22), Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo, Japan, 2022/9/11-16.
  18. Mayu Shibuya, Yuhi Shoji, and Tomoko K. Shimizu; “Comparison of two types of piezoelectric force sensors using a home-build scanning probe microscope”; The 9th International Symposium on Surface Science, Online, 2021/11/28-12/1.
  19. Kanae Yamanami, Kazuma Matsui, Ryu Asari, and Tomoko K. Shimizu; “Nanoscale characterization of porous organic thin films fabricated at the air/liquid interface”; The 9th International Symposium on Surface Science, Online, 2021/11/28-12/1.
  20. Miyabi Yonehara and Tomoko K. Shimizu; “Structural analysis and surface observation of magnetite nanoparticles”; 13th International Symposium on Atomic Level Characterizations for New Materials and Devices ’21, Online, 2021/10/19–20. Like it! Award
  21. Yaoto Eda, Asa Kiuchi and Tomoko K. Shimizu; “Scanning tunneling microscopy study of adsorption of CO on the Fe3O4(111) surface”; 13th International Symposium on Atomic Level Characterizations for New Materials and Devices ’21, Online, 2021/10/19–20.
  22. Kazuma Matsui, Kanae Yamanami, Hiroshi Watanabe and Tomoko K. Shimizu; “Molecular dynamics simulation of hydrogen-bonded porous nanosheets”; 13th International Symposium on Atomic Level Characterizations for New Materials and Devices ’21, Online, 2021/10/19–20.
  23. Aoi Takekoshi, Tomoko K. Shimizu; “Structural analysis of carbon black using atomic force microscopy”; Industry-UCB-UEC-Keio Workshop 2019, Keio Hiyoshi campus, Yokohama, Japan, 2019/12/10-11.
  24. Shunichiro Mabuchi, Tomoko K. Shimizu; “Scanning tunneling microscopy study of photochromic diarylethene on noble metal surfaces”; Industry-UCB-UEC-Keio Workshop 2019, Keio Hiyoshi campus, Yokohama, Japan, 2019/12/10-11.
  25. Yuhi Shoji, Tomoko K. Shimizu; “Upgrades of scanning probe microscopy for higher resolution and wider applications”; Industry-UCB-UEC-Keio Workshop 2019, Keio Hiyoshi campus, Yokohama, Japan, 2019/12/10-11.