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[58] T. Kato*, T. Kitada, M. Seo, W. Okita, N. Sato, M. Shinozaki, T. Abe, T. Kumasaka, T. Aizawa, Y. Muto, T. Kaneko, T. Otsuka*
“Scalable fabrication of graphene nanoribbon quantum dot devices with stable orbital-level spacing”,
Communications Materials, Vol. 3, No. 103, pp. 1-7, 2022.12.22.

[57] X. He, Y. Iwamoto, T. Kaneko T. Kato*,
“Fabrication of near-invisible solar cell with monolayer WS2”,
Scientific Reports, Vol. 12, No. 11315, pp. 1-8, 2022.7.4.

[56] J. Zhou, X. He, T. Kato, K. Yoshikawa, H. Yamada,
“Power generation characteristics of Si PV cell under extremely high-intensity near-infrared light irradiation”,
IEICE Electronics Express, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 1-6, 2022.1.14.

[55] X. Qiang, Y. Iwamoto, A. Watanabe, T. Kameyama, X. He, T. Kaneko, Y. Shibuta, T. Kato*,
“Non-classical nucleation in vapor–liquid–solid growth of monolayer WS2 revealed by in-situ monitoring chemical vapor deposition”,
Scientific Reports, Vol. 11, No. 22285, pp. 1-9, 2021.11.15.

[54] H. Sugiura, Y. Ohashi, K. Ishikawa, H. Kondo, T. Kato, T. Kaneko, K. Takeda, T. Tsutsumi, T. Hayashi, M. Sekine, M. Hori ,
“Gas-phase and film analysis of hydrogenated amorphous carbon films: Effect of ion bombardment energy flux on sp2 carbon structures”,
Diamond and Related Materials, Vol. 104, No. 107651, pp. 1-10, 2020.4

[53] C. Li, T. Kameyama, T. Takahashi, T. Kaneko, T. Kato*,
“Nucleation dynamics of single crystal WS2 from droplet precursors uncovered by in-situ monitoring”,
Scientific Reports, Vol. 9, No. 12958, pp. 1-7, 2019.9.10.

[52] Q.-Y. Li*, T. Feng, W. Okita, Y. Komori, H. Suzuki, T. Kato*, T. Kaneko, T. Ikuta, X. Ruan*, K. Takahashi,
“Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance of As-Grown Suspended Graphene Nanoribbons”,
ACS Nano, Vol. 13, No. 8, pp. 9182-9189, 2019.8.14.

[51] B. Xu, T. Kaneko, and T. Kato*,
“Improvement in growth yield of single-walled carbon nanotubes with narrow chirality distribution by pulse plasma CVD”,
Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, Vol. 13, Issue 3, pp. 485-492, 2019.7.29. (Invited Paper, Cover Picture)

[50] H. Suzuki, N. Ogura, T. Kaneko, T. Kato*,
“Highly stable persistent photoconductivity with suspended graphene nanoribbons”,
Scientific Reports, Vol. 8, No. 11819, pp. 1-9, 2018.8.7.

[49] T. Akama, W. Okita, R. Nagai, C. Li, T. Kaneko, T. Kato*,
“Schottky solar cell using few-layered transition metal dichalcogenides toward large-scale fabrication of semitransparent and flexible power generator”,
Scientific Reports, Vol. 7, No. 11967, pp. 1-10, 2017.9.20.

[48] B. Xu, T. Kaneko, Y. Shibuta, T. Kato*,
“Preferential synthesis of (6,4) single-walled carbon nanotubes by controlling oxidation degree of Co catalyst”,
Scientific Reports, Vol. 7, No. 11149, pp. 1- 9, 2017.9.11.

[47] C. Li, Y. Yamaguchi, T. Kaneko, and T. Kato*,
“Large single-domain growth of monolayer WS2 by rapid-cooling chemical vapor deposition”,
Applied Physics Express, Vol. 10, No. 075201, pp.1-4, 2017.6.9.

[46] U. Khalilov*, A. Bogaerts, B. Xu, T. Kato, T. Kaneko, and E. C. Neyts,
“How the alignment of adsorbed ortho H pairs determines the onset of selective carbon nanotube etching”,
Nanoscale, Vol. 9, No.4, pp. 1653-1661, 2017.1.28.

[45] T. Kato* and T. Kaneko,
“Transport Dynamics of Neutral Excitons and Trions in Monolayer WS2”,
ACS Nano, Vol. 10, No. 10, pp. 9687-9694, 2016.9.24.

[44] H. Suzuki, T. Kaneko, Y. Shibuta, M. Ohno, Y. Maekawa, and T. Kato*,
“Wafer scale fabrication and growth dynamics of suspended graphene nanoribbon arrays”,
Nature Communications, Vol. 7, No. 11797, pp. 1-10, 2016.6.2.

[43] T. Kato* E. Neyts, Y. Abiko, T. Akama, R. Hatakeyama, and T. Kaneko,
“Kinetics of Energy Selective Cs Encapsulation in Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes for Damage-free and Position-selective Doping”,
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 119, No. 21, pp. 11903-11908, 2015.5.15.

[42] T. Kato* and T. Kaneko,
“Optical Detection of a Highly Localized Impurity State in Monolayer Tungsten Disulfide”,
ACS Nano,Vol. 8, No. 12, pp. 12777-12785, 2014.12.3.

[41] Y. Abiko, T. Kato*, R. Hatakeyama, and T. Kaneko,
“Fabrication of stable pn junction single-walled carbon nanotube thin films by position selective Cs plasma irradiation method”,
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 518 pp. 012013-1-5, 2014.6.3.

[40] H. Suzuki*, T. Kato, and T. Kaneko,
“Improvement of Electrical Device Performances for Graphene Directly Grown on a SiO2 Substrate by Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition”,
Plasma and Fusion Research: Rapid Communications, Vol. 9 pp. 1206079-1-3, 2014.4.24.

[39] B. Xu*, T. Kato, K. Murakoshi, and T. Kaneko,
“Effect of Ion Impact on Incubation Time of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Grown by Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition”,
Plasma and Fusion Research: Rapid Communications, Vol. 9, pp. 1206075-1-3, 2014.4.16.

[38] T. Kato*, M. Morikawa, H. Suzuki, B. Xu, R. Hatakeyama, and T. Kaneko,
“Catalyst-Free Growth of High-Quality Graphene by High-Temperature Plasma Reaction”,
Nanoscience & Technology, Vol. 1, No.1, pp.01-1-4, 2013.12.20.

[37] T. Kato*, B. Xu, H. Suzuki, and T. Kaneko,
“Fabrication of Au Nanoparticle-Decorated Standing Graphene/Carbon Paper Composite”,
JSM Nanotechnology & Nanomedicine, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp.1018-1-3, 2013.12.6.

[36] T. Kato* and R. Hatakeyama,
“Site- and alignment-controlled growth of graphene nanoribbons from nickel nanobars”,
Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 7, No. 10, pp.651-656, 2012.

[35] T. Kato* and R. Hatakeyama,
“Direct Growth of Doping-Density-Controlled Hexagonal Graphene on SiO2 Substrate by Rapid-Heating Plasma CVD”,
ACS Nano, Vol. 6, No. 10, pp. 8508-8515, 2012.

[34] R. Hatakeyama*, T. Kaneko, T. Kato, and Y. F. Li,
“Plasma-Synthesized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Their Applications”,
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 44, pp. 174004-1-21, 2011.

[33] T. Kato*, L. Jiao, X. Wang, H. Wang, X. Li, L. Zhang, R. Hatakeyama, and H. Dai,
“Room-Temperature Edge Functionalization and Doping of Graphene by Mild Plasma”,
Small, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 574?577, 2011.

[32] T. Kato*, S. Kuroda, and R. Hatakeyama,
"Diameter Tuning of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Diffusion Plasma CVD",
Journal of Nanomaterials, Vol. 2011, pp. 490529-1-7, 2011.

[31] T. Kato* and R. Hatakeyama,
“Direct Growth of Short Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Narrow-Chirality Distribution by Time-Programmed Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition”,
ACS Nano, Vol. 4, No.12, pp 7395?7400, Nov. 2010.

[30] Z. Ghorannevis, T. Kato*, T. Kaneko, and R. Hatakeyama,
“Narrow-Chirality Distributed Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Growth from Nonmagnetic Catalyst”,
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 132, No. 28, pp. 9570-9572, Jun. 2010.

[29] Z. Ghorannevis*, T. Kato, T. Kaneko, and R. Hatakeyama,
“Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes from Nonmagnetic Catalysts by Plasma CVD”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 02BA01-1-4, 2010.

[28] T. Shimizu, T. Kato*, W. Oohara, and R. Hatakeyama,
“Electrical Transport Properties of Calcium Encapsulated Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Realized Using Calcium Plasma”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 02BD05-1-3, 2010.

[27] Z. Ghorannevis*, T. Kato, T. Kaneko, and R. Hatakeyama,
“Effect of Gold Catalytic Layer Thickness on Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Using Thermal and Plasma CVD”,
Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research SERIES, Vol. 8, pp. 0595-0598, 2009.

[26] T. Kato*, R. Hatakeyama, J. Shishido, W. Oohara, and K. Tohji,
“P-N Junction with Donor and Acceptor Encapsulated Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”,
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 95, No. 8, pp. 083109-1-3, 2009.

[25] T. Kato* and R. Hatakeyama,
“Exciton Energy Transfer Assisted Photoluminescence Brightening from Freestanding Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Bundles”,
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 130, No.25, pp.8101-8107, May. 2008.

[24] R. Hatakeyama*, T. Kaneko,W. Oohara, Y. F. Li, T. Kato, K. Baba, and J. Shishido,
“Novel-Structured Carbon Nanotubes Creation by Nanoscopic Plasma Control”,
Plasma Source Science and Technology, Vol. 17 pp. 024009-1-11, 2008.

[23] J. Shishido*, T. Kato, W. Oohara, R. Hatakeyama, and K. Tohji,
“Modification of Electrical Transport Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Realized by Negative-Ion Irradiation with Electron-Free Pure Alkali-Halogen Plasma”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 47, pp. 2044-2047, 2008.

[22] T. Kato* and R. Hatakeyama,
“Kinetics of Reactive Ion Etching upon Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”,
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 92, No. 3, pp. 031502-1-3, Jan. 2008.

[21] Y. F. Li*, R. Hatakeyama, T. Kaneko, T. Kato, and T. Okada,
“Formation of C60-Encapsulated Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Novel Electrical Transport Properties Based on Plasma Technology”,
Plasma and Fusion Research: Rapid Communications, Vol. 2, pp. 017-1-2, 2007.

[20] Y. F. Li*, R. Hatakeyama, J. Shishido, T. Kato, and T. Kaneko,
“Air-Stable P-N Junction Diodes Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Encapsulating Fe Nanoparticles”,
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 90, pp. 173127-1-3, 2007.

[19] Y. F. Li*, R. Hatakeyama, T. Kaneko, T. Kato, and, T. Okada,
“Negative Differential Resistance in Tunneling Transport Through C60 Encapsulated Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”,
Applied Physics Letters, Vol.90, pp. 073106-1-3, 2007.

[18] Y. F. Li*, T. Izumida, T. Okada, T. Kato, R. Hatakeyama, and J. S. Qiu,
“Modification of Double-walled Carbon Nanotubes by Cs Plasma Ion Irradiation”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 45, pp. 8330-8334, 2006.

[17] Y. F. Li*, R. Hatakeyama, T. Kaneko, T. Izumida, T. Okada, and T. Kato,
“Electrical Properties of Ferromagnetic Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”,
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 89, pp. 083117-1-083117-3, 2006.

[16] Y. F. Li*, R. Hatakeyama, T. Kaneko, T. Izumida, T. Okada, and T. Kato,
“Electronic Transport Properties of Cs-Encapsulated Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”,
Applied Physics Letters, Vol.89, pp093110-1-3, 2006.

[15] Y. F. Li*, R. Hatakeyama, T. Kaneko, T. Izumida, T. Okada, and T. Kato,
“Synthesis and Electronic Properties of Ferrocene-Filled Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”,
Nanotechnology, Vol. 17, No. 16. pp. 4143-4147, 2006.

[14] Y. F. Li*, R. Hatakeyama, T. Okada, T. Kato, T. Izumida, T. Hirata, J. S. Qiu,
"Synthesis of Cs-filled Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by a Plasma Process;,
Carbon, Vol. 44, No. 8, pp. 1586-1589, 2006.

[13] G. Sato*, T. Morio, T. Kato, and R. Hatakeyama,
“Fast Growth of Carbon Nanowalls from Pure Methane using Helicon Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 45, pp. 5210-5212, 2006.

[12] G. Sato*, T. Kato, W. Oohara, and R. Hatakeyama,
“Production and Application of Reactive Plasmas using Helicon-Wave Discharge in Very Low Magnetic Fields”,
Thin Solid Films, Vol. 506-507, pp.550-554, 2006.

[11] T. Kato* and R. Hatakeyama,
“Formation of Freestanding Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition”,
Chemical Vapor Deposition, Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 345-352, 2006.

[10] T. Kato*, R. Hatakeyama, and K. Tohji,
“Diffusion Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition Yielding Freestanding Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on a Silicon-Based Flat Substrate”,
Nanotechnology, Vol. 17,No. 9, pp. 2223-2226, 2006.

[9] R. Hatakeyama* and T. Kato,
“Aligned Carbon Nanotube Formation via Radio-Frequency Magnetron Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition”,
Journal of Plasma Fusion Research, Vol. 81, pp. 653-659, 2005.

[8] R. Hatakeyama*, T. Hirata, W. Oohara, T. Kato, and T. Izumida,
“Creation of Novel Structured Nanotubes Based on Plasma Technology”,
Journal of the Vacuum Society of Japan, Vol. 48, pp. 238-240, 2005.

[7] R. Hatakeyama*, G.-H. Jeong, T. Kato, and T. Hirata,
“Effects of Micro and Macro-Plasma-Sheath Electric Fields on Carbon Nanotube Growth in a Cross-Field Radio-Frequency Discharge”,
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 96, No. 11, pp. 6053-6060, 2004.

[6] G.-H. Jeong*, N. Satake, T. Kato, T. Hirata, R. Hatakeyama, and K. Tohji,
“Simple Methods for Site-controlled Carbon Nanotube Growth using Radio-frequency Plasma-enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition”
Applied Physics A, Vol. 79, pp. 85-87, 2004.

[5] T. Kato*, G.-H. Jeong, T. Hirata, R. Hatakeyama, and K. Tohji,
“Freestanding Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Synthesis Based on Plasma Sheath Effects”,
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (Express Letter), Vol. 43, No. 10A, pp. L1278-L1280, 2004.

[4] T. Kato*, G.-H. Jeong, T. Hirata, and R. Hatakeyama,
“Structure Control of Carbon Nanotubes using Radio-frequency Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition ”
Thin Solid Films, Vol. 457, No.1, pp. 2-6, 2004.

[3] G.-H. Jeong*, N. Satake, T. Kato, T. Hirata, R. Hatakeyama, and K. Tohji,
“Time Evolution of Nucleation and Vertical Growth of Carbon Nanotubes during Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition”
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 42, No. 11A, pp. 1340-1342, 2003.

[2] T. Hirata*, N. Satake, G.-H. Jeong, T. Kato, and R. Hatakeyama,
“Magnetron-type Radio-frequency Plasma Control Yielding Vertically Well-aligned Carbon Nanotube Growth”
Applied Physics Letters,Vol. 83, No. 6, pp. 1119-1121, 2003.

[1] T. Kato*, G.-H. Jeong, T. Hirata, R. Hatakeyama, K. Tohji, and K. Motomiya,
“Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Produced by Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition”
Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 381, No. 3-4, pp. 422-426, 2003. ("Top-50 most cited articles" as published in Chemical Physics Letters from 2003 to 2007)

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[2] R. Hatakeyama*, T. Kato, Y. Li, and T. Kaneko,
“Plasma Processing Based Synthesis of Functional Nanocarbons”,
Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, Vol. 34, Issue 3, pp. 377-402, 2014.3.29.

[1] T. Kato* and R. Hatakeyama,
“Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Plasma CVD”
Journal of Nanotechnology, Vol. 2010, pp 256906-1-11, 2010.