S. Anada, K. Yamamoto, H. Sasaki, N. Shibata, Y. Hori, K. Kinugawa, A. Imamura and T. Hirayama, “Precise measurement of electric potential, field, and charge density profiles across a biased GaAs p-n tunnel junction by in situ phase-shifting electron holography,” J. Appl. Phys., 122, 225702 (2017).

A. Ishizuka, M. Oka, T. Seki, N. Shibata and K. Ishizuka, “Boundary-artifact-free determination of potential distribution from differential phase contrast signals”, Microscopy, 66, 397-405 (2017).

B. Feng, N.R. Lugg, A. Kumamoto, Y. Ikuhara and N. Shibata, “Direct observation of oxygen vacancy distribution across oxide grain boundaries,” ACS Nano, 11, 11376–11382 (2017).

Y. Goto, T. Minegishi, Y. Kageshima, T. Higashi, H. Kaneko, Y. Kuang, M. Nakabayashi, N. Shibata, H. Ishihara, T. Hayashi, A. Kudo, T. Yamada, K. Domen, “A particulate (ZnSe)0.85(CuIn0.7Ga0.3Se2)0.15 photocathode modified with CdS and ZnS for sunlight-driven overall water splitting,” J. Mater. Chem. A., 5, 21242-21248 (2017).

T. Seki, G. Sánchez-Santolino, R. Ishikawa, S. D. Findlay, Y. Ikuhara and N. Shibata, “Quantitative electric field mapping in thin specimens using a segmented detector: revisiting the transfer function for differential phase contrast,” Ultramicoscopy 182, 258-263 (2017).

R. Ishikawa, Y. Shimbo, I. Sugiyama, N.R. Lugg, N. Shibata and Y. Ikuhara,“Room temperature dilute ferromagnetic dislocations in (Sr1-x Mnx)TiO3-δ,” Phys. Rev. B., 96, 024440 (2017).

J. Hoemke, E. Tochigi, T. Tohei, H. Yoshida, N. Shibata, Y. Ikuhara and Y. Sakka, “Inversion domain boundaries in Mn and Al dual-doped ZnO: Atomic structure and electronic properties,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 100, 4252-4262 (2017).

H. Anzai, M. Suzuki, K. Nagashima, M. Kanai, Z. Zhu, Y. He, M. Boudt, G. Zhang, T. Takahashi, K. Kanemoto, T. Seki, N. Shibata and T. Yanagida, “True vapor-liquid-solid process suppresses unintentional carrier doing of single crystalline metal oxide nanowires,” Nano Lett., 16, 4698-4705 (2017).

H.G. Brown, N. Shibata, H. Sasaki, T.C. Petersen, D.M. Paganin, M.J. Morgan and S.D. Findlay, “Measuring nanometer-scale electric fields in scanning transmission electron microscopy using segmented detectors,” Ultramicroscopy 182, 169-178 (2017).

N. Shibata, S. D. Findlay, T. Matsumoto, Y. Kohno, T. Seki, G. Sánchez-Santolino and Y. Ikuhara, “Direct Visualization of Local Electromagnetic Field Structures by Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy,” Acc. Chem. Res., 50, 1502-1512 (2017).

H.Y. Zhao, K. Cai, Z.R. Fan, Z.D. Huang, Z.B. Ma, T.T. Jia, H. Kimura, Y.G. Yang, T. Matsumoto, T. Tohei, N. Shibata and Y. Ikuhara, “Ferroelectric domains and phase evolution in (Fe:) KTa1-xNbxO3 crystals,” Appl. Surf. Sci., 413, 1-6 (2017).

S. Sasano, R. Ishikawa, I. Sugiyama, T. Higashi, T. Kimura, Y.H. Ikuhara, N. Shibata and Y. Ikuhara, “Relative Li-ion mobility mapping in Li0.33La0.56TiO3 polycrystalline by electron backscatter diffraction and electrochemical strain microscopy,” Appl. Phys. Exp., 10, 061102 (2017).

N. Shibata, T. Seki, G. Sánchez-Santolino, S.D. Findlay, Y. Kohno, T. Matsumoto, R. Ishikawa and Y. Ikuhara, “Electric field imaging of single atoms,” Nature Comm. 8, 15631 (2017).

A. Nakamura, K. Matsunaga, E. Tochigi, N. Shibata, Y. Ikuhara and K.P.D. Lagerlöf, “Another origin of yield drop behavior in sapphire deformed via basal slip: Recombination of climb-dissociated partial dislocations,” Scri. Mater. 138, 109-113 (2017).

P. Gao, Z. Zhang, M. Li, R. Ishikawa, B. Feng, H.-J. Liu, Y.-L. Huang, N. Shibata, S. Chen, J. Zhang, K. Liu, E.-G. Wang, D. Yu, L. Liao, Y.-H. Chu and Y. Ikuhara, “Possible absence of Critical Thickness and Size Effect in Ultrathin Perovskite Ferroelectric Films,” Nature Comm. 8,15549 (2017).

E. Tochigi, Y. Kezuka, A. Nakamura, A. Nakamura, N. Shibata and Y. Ikuhara, “Direct observation of impurity segregation at dislocation cores in an ionic crystal,” Nano Lett. 17, 2908–2912 (2017).

M. Iwase, M. Nakabayashi, N. Shibata, C. Izawa, M. Katayama, T. Yamada, Y. Inoue, K. Domen and T. Watanabe, “Molten salt flux synthesis of La5Ti2CuS5O7 towards elongated single crystallites,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 56, 055503 (2017).

M. Zhong, T. Hisatomi, Y. Sasaki, S. Suzuki, K. Teshima, M. Nakabayashi, N. Shibata, H. Nishiyama, M. Katayama, T. Yamada and K. Domen, “Highly active GaN-stabilized Ta3N5 thin-film photoanode for solar water oxidation,”Angew. Chem. 55, 4739-4743 (2017).

P. Gao, R. Ishikawa, E. Tochigi, A. Kumamoto, N. Shibata and Y. Ikuhara, “Atomic-scale tracking of a phase transition from spinel to rocksalt in lithium manganese oxide,” Chem. Mater., 29, 1006-1013 (2017).

K. Inoue, B. Feng, N. Shibata, M. Kotani and Y. Ikuhara, “Structure of <110>-Tilt Boundaries in Cubic Zirconia,” J. Mater. Sci. 52, 4278-4287 (2017).

H. Brown, R. Ishikawa, G. Sánchez-Santolino, N. Lugg, Y. Ikuhara, L.J. Allen and N. Shibata, “A new method to detect and correct sample tilt in scanning transmission electron microscopy bright-field imaging,” Ultramicoscopy, 137, 76-83 (2017).

J. Liu, T. Hisatomi, D.H.K. Murthy, M. Zhong, M. Nakabayashi, T. Higashi, Y. Suzuki, H. Matsuzaki, K. Seki, A. Furube, N. Shibata, M. Katayama, T. Minegishi and K. Domen, “Enhancement of Charge Separation and Hydrogen Evolution on Particulate La5Ti2CuS5O7 Photocathodes by Surface Modification,” J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 8, 375-379 (2017).​

T.T. Jia, H. Kimura, Z.X. Cheng, H.Y. Zhao, Y.H. Kim, M. Osada, T. Matsumoto, N. Shibata and Y. Ikuhara, “Mechanical force involved multiple fields switching of both local ferroelectric and magnetic domain in a Bi5Ti3FeO15 thin film,” NPG Asia Mater. 9, e349 (2017).