Y. Tokumoto, S. Amma, N. Shibata, T. Mizoguchi, K. Edagawa, T. Yamamoto and Y. Ikuhara, " Fabrication of electrically conductive nanowires using high-density dislocations in AlN thin films", J. Appl. Phys., 106, 124307 (2009).

C. Moon, S. Kanehira, M. Nishi, K. Miura, T. Nakaya, E. Tochigi, N. Shibata, Y. Ikuhara and K. Hirao, "Crack propagation in a ruby single crystal by femtosecond laser irradiation," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 92, 3118-3121(2009).

Y. Tokumoto, N. Shibata, T. Mizoguchi, T. Yamamoto and Y. Ikuhara, "Atomic structure of threading dislocations in AlN thin films," Physica B, 404, 4886–4888(2009).

S.D. Findlay, N. Shibata, H. Sawada, E. Okunishi, Y. Kondo, T. Yamamoto and Y. Ikuhara, "Robust atomic resolution imaging of light elements using scanning transmission electron microscopy," Appl. Phys. Lett., 95, 191913 (2009).

S.D. Findlay, N. Shibata and Y. Ikuhara, " What atomic resolution annular dark field imaging can tell us about gold nanoparticles on TiO2 (110)," Ultramicroscopy, 109, 1435-1446 (2009). 

Y. Sato, T. Mizoguchi, N. Shibata, T. Yamamoto, T. Hirayama and Y. Ikuhara, "Atomic-scale segregation behavior of Pr at a ZnO [0001] Ʃ49 tilt grain boundary," Phys. Rev. B, 80, 094114 (2009).

N. Shibata, S.D. Findlay, S. Azuma, T. Mizoguchi, T. Yamamoto and Y. Ikuhara, “Atomic-scale imaging of individual dopant atoms in a buried interface,” Nature Mater., 8, 654-658 (2009).

Y. Sato, T. Mizoguchi, N. Shibata, H. Moriwake, T. Hirayama and Y. Ikuhara, "Transmisson electron microscopy study on B-site cation ordered structures in a (1-x)Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-xPbTiO3 single crystal," Appl. Phys. Lett., 95, 022906 (2009).

N. Takahashi, T. Mizoguchi, T. Tohei, K. Nakamura, T. Nakagawa, N. Shibata, T. Yamamoto and Y. Ikuhara, “First principles calculations of vacancy formation energies in Σ13 pyramidal twin grain boundary of α-Al2O3, “Mater. Trans., 50, 1019-1022 (2009).

A. Nakamura, E. Tochigi, N. Shibata, T. Yamamoto and Y. Ikuhara, “Structure and configuration of boundary dislocations on low angle tilt grain boundaries in alumina, “ Mater. Trans., 50, 1008-1014 (2009).

Y. Ishikawa, H. Nagayama, H. Hoshino, M. Ohgai, N. Shibata, T. Yamamoto and Y. Ikuhara, “Transmission electron microscopy study of Sn-doped indium oxide sintered body,” Mater. Trans., 50, 959-963 (2009).

C.M. Montesa, N. Shibata, S.-Y. Choi, H. Tonomura, K. Akiyama, Y. Kuromitsu and Y. Ikuhara, “High-resolution transmission electron microscopy observation of liquid-phase bonded aluminum/sapphire interfaces,” Mater. Trans., 50, 1037-1040 (2009).​

N. Shibata, A.Goto, K. Matsunaga, T. Mizoguchi, S.D. Findlay, T. Yamamoto and Y. Ikuhara, “Interface structures of gold nanoparticles on TiO2 (110),” Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 136105 (2009).