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Shigeki Otani is affiliated with the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan, focusing research primarily within the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Ceramics and Composites.

Otani's research emphasizes topics such as Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research, Advanced Ceramic Materials Synthesis, MXene and MAX Phase Materials, Rare-earth and Actinide Compounds, Semiconductor Materials and Interfaces, Optical Properties and Cooling Technologies in Crystalline Materials, and High-pressure Geophysics and Materials.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Plastic deformation of single crystals of CrB2, TiB2 and ZrB2 with the hexagonal AlB2 structure (2021) in Acta Materialia
  • Room-temperature deformation of single crystals of ZrB2 and TiB2 with the hexagonal AlB2 structure investigated by micropillar compression (2021) in Scientific Reports
  • Optical Properties and Optimization of LaB6 Thin Films for Photothermal Applications (2022) in Advanced Optical Materials
  • Epitaxial growth mechanism of high-crystallinity lanthanum hexaboride (001) thin films on silicon (001) by electron beam deposition (2020) in Applied Physics Express
  • Inverse Perovskite Oxysilicides and Oxygermanides as Candidates for Nontoxic Infrared Semiconductor and Their Chemical Bonding Nature (2020) in Inorganic Chemistry

Frequent co-authors associated with Otani's work include Bhaskar Paul, Norihiko L. Okamoto, Kyosuke Kishida, Haruyuki Inui, and Ramu Pasupathi Sugavaneshwar.

Their publications frequently appear in journals such as Acta Materialia, Scientific Reports, Advanced Optical Materials, Applied Physics Express, and Inorganic Chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Quantitative Surface Atomic Geometry and Two-Dimensional Surface Electron Distribution Analysis by a New Technique in Low-Energy Ion Scattering

    Masakazu Aono;Chuhei Oshima;Shigeaki Zaima;Shigeki Otani

  • Bond softening in monolayer graphite formed on transition-metal carbide surfaces

    T. Aizawa;R. Souda;S. Otani;Y. Ishizawa

  • Novel macroscopic BC3 honeycomb sheet

    H. Tanaka;Y. Kawamata;H. Simizu;T. Fujita

  • Anomalous bond of monolayer graphite on transition-metal carbide surfaces.

    T. Aizawa;R. Souda;S. Otani;Y. Ishizawa

  • Phonon dispersion curves of a BC3 honeycomb epitaxial sheet.

    H. Yanagisawa;T. Tanaka;Y. Ishida;M. Matsue

  • Temperature dependence of thermal expansion and elastic constants of single crystals of ZrB2 and the suitability of ZrB2 as a substrate for GaN film

    Norihiko L. Okamoto;Misato Kusakari;Katsushi Tanaka;Haruyuki Inui

  • Silicene on Zirconium Carbide (111)

    Takashi Aizawa;Shigeru Suehara;Shigeki Otani

  • Anisotropic elastic constants and thermal expansivities in monocrystal CrB2, TiB2, and ZrB2

    Norihiko L. Okamoto;Misato Kusakari;Katsushi Tanaka;Haruyuki Inui

  • Atomic chemical composition and reactivity of the TiC(111) surface

    S. Zaima;Y. Shibata;H. Adachi;C. Oshima

  • Low-Temperature Pressureless Sintering of alpha-SiC with Al4C3-B4C-C Additions

    You Zhou;Hidehiko Tanaka;Shigeki Otani;Yoshio Bando

  • Electronic states of monolayer graphite formed on TiC(111) surface

    Ayato Nagashima;Kenji Nuka;Hiroshi Itoh;Takeo Ichinokawa

  • Zirconium Diboride (0001) as an Electrically Conductive Lattice-Matched Substrate for Gallium Nitride.

    Hiroyuki Kinoshita;Shigeki Otani;Satoshi Kamiyama;Hiroshi Amano

  • Analysis of phonons in graphene sheets by means of HREELS measurement and ab initio calculation

    H. Yanagisawa;T. Tanaka;Y. Ishida;M. Matsue

  • Surface characterization of α-Mo2C (0001)

    Todd P St. Clair;S.Ted Oyama;David F Cox;Shigeki Otani

  • Direct analysis of the structure, concentration, and chemical activity of surface atomic vacancies by specialized low-energy ion-scattering spectroscopy: TiC(001)

    M. Aono;Y. Hou;R. Souda;C. Oshima

  • In-situ observation of graphene growth on Ni(111)

    Genki Odahara;Shigeki Otani;Chuhei Oshima;Masahiko Suzuki

  • Phonon dispersion curves of stable and metastable B C 3 honeycomb epitaxial sheets and their chemical bonding: Experiment and theory

    H. Yanagisawa;T. Tanaka;Y. Ishida;E. Rokuta

  • Structural refinement and thermal expansion of hexaborides

    Chun-Hua Chen;Takashi Aizawa;Nobuo Iyi;Akira Sato

  • Oxidation of Hafnium Carbide and Titanium Carbide Single Crystals with the Formation of Carbon at High Temperatures and Low Oxygen Pressures

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  • Photoemission and LEED characterization of Ni2P(0001)

    Daisuke Kanama;S.Ted Oyama;Shigeki Otani;David F Cox

  • Phonon dispersion of monolayer graphite on Pt(111) and NbC surfaces: bond softening and interface structures

    Takashi Aizawa;Yeon Hwang;Wataru Hayami;Ryutaro Souda

Frequent Co-Authors

Chuhei Oshima
Chuhei Oshima Waseda University
Masakazu Aono
Masakazu Aono National Institute for Materials Science
Naoki Ohashi
Naoki Ohashi National Institute for Materials Science
S. Ted Oyama
S. Ted Oyama National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Tadaaki Nagao
Tadaaki Nagao National Institute for Materials Science
Hiroshi Amano
Hiroshi Amano Nagoya University
isamu akasaki
isamu akasaki Meijo University
Kiyotaka Asakura
Kiyotaka Asakura Hokkaido University
Satoshi Kamiyama
Satoshi Kamiyama Meijo University
Haruyuki Inui
Haruyuki Inui Kyoto University

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