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  1. Q. Xiao, J. Xiao, J.J.M. Vequizo, T. Hisatomi, M. Nakabayashi, S. Chen, Z. Pan, L. Lin, N. Shibata, A. Yamakata, T. Takata and K. Domen, “Cocatalyst engineering of a narrow bandgap Ga-La5Ti2Cu0.9Ag0.1O7S5photocatalyst towards effectively enhanced water splitting,” J. Mater. Chem. A., 9, 27485-27492 (2021).

  2. R. Tamura, A. Ishikawa, S. Suzuki, A. Kotajima, Y. Tanaka, T. Seki, N. Shibata, T. Yamada, T. Fujii, C.-W. Wang, M. Avdeev, K. Nawa, D. Okuyama and T. J. Sato, “Experimental Observation of Long-Range Magnetic Order in Icosahedral Quasicrystals,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143, 19938-19944 (2021).

  3. H. Nakade, E. Tochigi, B. Feng, R. Ishikawa, H. Ohta, N. Shibata and Y. Ikuhara, “Effect of annealing on grain growth and Y segregation behavior in tetragonal ZrO2 thin film,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 105, 2300-2308 (2022).

  4. C. Feng, F. Wang, Z. Liu, M. Nakabayashi, Y. Xiao, Q. Zeng, J. Fu, Q. Wu, C. Cui, Y. Han, N. Shibata, K. Domen, I. D. Sharp and Y. Li, “A self-healing catalyst for electrocatalytic and photoelectrochemical oxygen evolution in highly alkaline conditions,” Nature Comm., 12, 5980 (2021)

  5. H. Nishiyama, T. Yamada, M. Nakabayashi, Y. Maehara, M. Yamaguchi, Y. Kuromiya, H. Tokudome, S. Akiyama, T. Watanabe, R. Narushima, S. Okunaka, N. Shibata, T. Takata, T. Hisatomi and K. Domen, “A Photocatalytic solar hydrogen production from water on a 100 m2-scale,” Nature, 598, 7880 (2021).

  6. S. Chen, J. Jhon M Vequizo, Z. Pan, T. Hisatomi, M. Nakabayashi, L. Lin, Z. Wang, K. Kato, A. Yamakata, N. Shibata, T. Takata, T. Yamada and K. Domen, “Surface Modifications of (ZnSe)0.5(CuGa2.5Se4.25)0.5 to Promote Photocatalytic Z-Scheme Overall Water Splitting,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143, 10633–10641 (2021).

  7. J. Xiao, J. Jhon M Vequizo, T. Hisatomi, J. Rabeah, M. Nakabayashi, Z. Wang, Q. Xiao, H. Li, Z. Pan, M. Krause, N. Yin, G. Smith, N. Shibata, A. Brückner, A. Yamakata, T. Takata and K. Domen, “Simultaneously Tuning the Defects and Surface Properties of Ta3N5 Nanoparticles by Mg–Zr Codoping for Significantly Accelerated Photocatalytic H2 Evolution,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143, 10059–10064 (2021).

  8. S. Sasano, R. Ishikawa, G. Sánchez-Santolino, H. Ohta, N. Shibata and Y. Ikuhara, “Atomistic Origin of Li-Ion Conductivity Reduction at (Li3xLa2/3–x)TiO3 Grain Boundary,” Nano Lett., 21, 6282–6288 (2021).

  9. E. Tochigi, B. Miao, A. Nakamura, N. Shibata and Y. Ikuhara, “Atomic-scale mechanism of rhombohedral twinning in sapphire,” Acta Mater., 216, 117137 (2021).

  10. Z. Pan, Q. Xiao, S. Chen, Z. Wang, L. Lin, M. Nakabayashi, N. Shibata, T. Takata, T. Hisatomi and K. Domen, “Synthesis of a Ga-doped La5Ti2Cu0.9Ag0.1O7S5 photocatalyst by thermal sulfidation for hydrogen evolution under visible light,” J. Catal., 399, 230-236 (2021).

  11. Z. Pan, H. Yoshida, L. Lin, Q. Xiao, M. Nakabayashi, N. Shibata, T. Takata, T. Hisatomi and K. Domen, “Synthesis of Y2Ti2O5S2 by thermal sulfidation for photocatalytic water oxidation and reduction under visible light irradiation,” Res. Chem. Intermed., 47, 225-234 (2021).

  12. M. Cao, E. Tochigi, R. Imamura, N. Shibata and Y. Ikuhara, “Ultraviolet light induced hardening in gallium nitride,” J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn., 129, 329-331 (2021).

  13. R. Ishikawa, R. Tanaka, K. Kawahara, N. Shibata and Y. Ikuhara, “Atomic-resolution topographic imaging of crystal surfaces,” ACS Nano, 15, 9186-9193 (2021).

  14. Q. Zheng, T. Feng, J.A. Hachtel, R. Ishikawa, Y. Cheng, L. Daemen, J. Xing, J.C. Idrobo, J. Yan, N. Shibata, Y. Ikuhara, B.C. Sales, S.T. Pantelides, M. Chi, “Direct visualization of anionic electrons in an electride reveals inhomogeneities,” Sci. Adv., 7, eabe6819 (2021).

  15. T. Matsumoto, Y.-G. So, Y. Ikuhara and N. Shibata, “Direct visualization of nucleation intermediate state of magnetic skyrmion from helical stripes assisted by artificial surface pits,” J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 531, 167976 (2021).

  16. Z. Wang, Y. Luo, T. Hisatomi, J.J.M. Vequizo, S. Suzuki, S. Chen, M. Nakabayashi, L. Lin, Z. Pan, N. Kariya, A. Yamakata, N. Shibata, T. Takata, K. Teshima and K. Domen, “Sequential cocatalyst decoration on BaTaO2N towards highly-active Z-scheme water splitting,” Nature Comm., 12, 1005 (2021).

  17. D. Hopkinson, T. Seki, N. Clark, R. Chen, Y. Zou, A. Kimura, R. Gorbachev, T. Thomson, N. Shibata and S. Haigh, “Nanometre imaging of Fe3GeTe2 ferromagnetic domain walls,” Nanotech., 32, 205703 (2021).

  18. R. Ishikawa, R. Tanaka, S. Morishita, Y. Kohno, H. Sawada, T. Sasaki, M. Ichikawa, M. Hasegawa, N. Shibata and Y. Ikuhara, “Automated geometric aberration correction for large-angle illumination STEM,” Ultramicoscopy 222, 113215 (2021).

  19. H. Nakade, E. Tochigi, B. Feng, Y. Nezu, H. Ohta, N. Shibata and Y. Ikuhara, “Fabrication and characterization of tetragonal yttria‐stabilized zirconia single‐crystalline thin film,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 104, 1198-1203 (2021).

  20. J. Wei, B. Feng, R. Ishikawa, T. Yokoi, K. Matsunaga, N. Shibata and Y. Ikuhara, “Direct imaging of atomistic grain boundary migration,” Nature Mater., 20, 951–955 (2021).

  21. K. Kawahara, R. Ishikawa, K. Nakayama, N. Shibata and Y. Ikuhara, “Room temperature fluoride ion conductivity in defective β-KSb1-δF4-3δ polycrystals,” J. Power Source, 483, 229173 (2021).

  22. T. Seki, Y. Ikuhara and N. Shibata, “Towards Quantitative Electromagnetic Field Imaging By Differential Phase Contrast Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy,” Microscopy, 70, 148-160 (2021).

  23. A. Ishizuka, K. Ishizuka, R Ishikawa, N Shibata, Y Ikuhara, H Hashiguchi, R Sagawa, “Improving the depth resolution of STEM-ADF sectioning by 3D deconvolution,” Microscopy 70, 148–160 (2021).​

  24. K. Ooe, T. Seki, Y. Ikuhara and N. Shibata, “Ultra-high contrast STEM imaging for segmented/pixelated detectors by maximizing the signal-to-noise ratio,” Ultramicoscopy 220, 113133 (2021).

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