Akira Kusaba Last updated: Oct 1, 2019 at 18:05
Academic & Professional Experience
Apr 2019
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Today
JSPS Research Fellow PD, Computer Centre, Gakushuin University
Apr 2016
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Mar 2019
JSPS Research Fellow DC1, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
Education
Apr 2014
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Mar 2019
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
Apr 2010
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Mar 2014
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering, Kyushu University
Awards & Honors
Apr 2018
Student's Paper Award (Yamaguchi Masahito Award), 6th International Conference on Light-Emitting Devices and Their Industrial Applications (LEDIA '18)
Winner: Yuya Inatomi, Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Kazunobu Kojima, Shigefusa Chichibu
Oct 2017
Outstanding Presentation Award, International Conference on Materials and Systems for Sustainability 2017 (ICMaSS 2017)
Winner: Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Pawel Kempisty, Kenji Shiraishi, Koichi Kakimoto, Akinori Koukitu
Nov 2015
Young Scientist Award, 6th International Symposium on Growth of III-Nitrides (ISGN-6)
Winner: Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Yoshio Honda, Hiroshi Amano, Koichi Kakimoto
Sep 2015
Poster Prize of Italian Association of Crystallography, 5th European Conference on Crystal Growth (ECCG-5)
Winner: Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Stanislaw Krukowski, Koishi Kakimoto
Published Papers
Yuki Seta, Abdul Muizz Pradipto, Toru Akiyama, Kohji Nakamura, Tomonori Ito, Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 58(SC) SC1014:1-SC1014:9 May 2019 [Refereed]
Akira Kusaba, Guanchen Li, Pawel Kempisty, Michael R. von Spakovsky, Yoshihiro Kangawa
Materials 12(6) 972:1-972:14 Mar 2019 [Refereed]
Pawel Kempisty, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Akira Kusaba, Kenji Shiraishi, Stanislaw Krukowski, Michal Bockowski, Koichi Kakimoto, Hiroshi Amano
Applied Physics Letters 111(14) 141602:1-141602:5 Oct 2017 [Refereed]
Akira Kusaba, Guanchen Li, Michael R. von Spakovsky, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Koichi Kakimoto
Materials 10(8) 948:1-948:13 Aug 2017 [Refereed]
Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Pawel Kempisty, Hubert Valencia, Kenji Shiraishi, Yoshinao Kumagai, Koichi Kakimoto, Akinori Koukitu
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 56(7) 070304:1-070304:4 Jun 2017 [Refereed]
Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Pawel Kempisty, Kenji Shiraishi, Koichi Kakimoto, Akinori Koukitu
Applied Physics Express 9(12) 125601:1-125601:4 Nov 2016 [Refereed]
Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Yoshio Honda, Hiroshi Amano, Koichi Kakimoto
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 55(5S) 05FM01:1-05FM01:4 Feb 2016 [Refereed]
Yoshihiro Kangawa, Akira Kusaba, Hiroaki Sumiyoshi, Hideto Miyake, Michał Boćkowski, Koichi Kakimoto
Applied Physics Express 8(6) 065601:1-065601:3 Jun 2015 [Refereed]
Yutaka Yamada, Akira Kusaba, Tatsuya Ikuta, Takashi Nishiyama, Koji Takahashi, Yasuyuki Takata
Proceedings of the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC-15) 827-834 Aug 2014 [Refereed]
Conference Activities & Talks
Microscopic Reason for the Leakage Current due to the Mg-Attached Dislocation in GaN
Takashi Nakano, Kenta Chokawa, Yosuke Harashima, Masaaki Araidai, Kenji Shiraishi, Atsushi Oshiyama, Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Atsushi Tanaka, Yoshio Honda, Hiroshi Amano
International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials 2019 (SSDM 2019) 5 Sep 2019
STUDY OF THE ORIGINS OF CARBON IMPURITIES ON GAN MOVPE FROM A GAS PHASE REACTION PERSPECTIVE
Yuto Okawachi, Kenta Chokawa, Masaaki Araidai, Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Koichi Kakimoto, Sheng Yo, Yoshio Honda, Shugo Nitta, Hiroshi Amano, Kenji Shiraishi
19th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-19) 30 Jul 2019
Electronic Properties of GaN Nanopipe Threading Dislocation with M-Plane Surface
Takashi Nakano, Kenta Chokawa, Masaaki Araidai, Kenji Shiraishi, Atsushi Oshiyama, Shigeyoshi Usami, Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Atsushi Tanaka, Yoshio Honda, Hiroshi Amano
13th International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors (ICNS-13) 8 Jul 2019
Electronic structure analysis of core structures of threading dislocations in GaN
Takashi Nakano, Kenta Chokawa, Masaaki Araidai, Kenji Shiraishi, Atsushi Oshiyama, Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Atsushi Tanaka, Yoshio Honda, Hiroshi Amano
Compound Semiconductor Week 2019 (CSW 2019) 22 May 2019
Thermodynamic analysis of semipolar GaN and AlN under metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy growth condition
Yuki Seta, Abdul Muizz Pradipto, Toru Akiyama, Kohji Nakamura, Tomonori Ito, Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa
International Workshop on Nitride Semiconductors 2018 (IWN 2018) 15 Nov 2018
Multiphysics simulation of GaN MOVPE: Flow influence on GaN growth-orientation
Subaru Komura, Kento Kawakami, Akira Kusaba, Katsunori Yoshimatsu, Naoya Okamoto, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Koichi Kakimoto, Kenji Shiraishi
International Workshop on Nitride Semiconductors 2018 (IWN 2018) 15 Nov 2018
Non-equilibrium analysis of CH4 adsorption on GaN(0001) and (000-1): the growth orientation dependence of the C impurity concentration
Akira Kusaba, Guanchen Li, Pawel Kempisty, Michael R. von Spakovsky, Yoshihiro Kangawa
International Workshop on Nitride Semiconductors 2018 (IWN 2018) 12 Nov 2018
Monte Carlo study of influence of MOVPE growth condition on carbon concentration in GaN epi-layer
Satoshi Yamamoto, Yuya Inatomi, Akira Kusaba, Pawel Kempisty, Kenji Shiraishi, Yoshihiro Kangawa
International Workshop on Nitride Semiconductors 2018 (IWN 2018) 12 Nov 2018
Flow influence on GaN MOVPE growth-orientation
Subaru Komura, Kento Kawakami, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Akira Kusaba, Katsunori Yoshimatsu, Naoya Okamoto, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Koichi Kakimoto, Kenji Shiraishi
9th International Workshop on Modeling in Crystal Growth (IWMCG-9) 23 Oct 2018
Methodology for Multiphysics Flow Simulation in GaN MOVPE using Thermodynamic Analysis and First Principles Calculations for GaN Deposition
Kento Kawakami, Subaru Komura, Akira Kusaba, Katsunori Yoshimatu, Naoya Okamoto, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Koichi Kakimoto, Kenji Shiraishi
9th International Workshop on Modeling in Crystal Growth (IWMCG-9) 22 Oct 2018
Relationship between the CH4 Adsorption Probability and the C Impurity Concentration in the Polar-GaN MOVPE System
Akira Kusaba, Guanchen Li, Michael R. von Spakovsky, Pawel Kempisty, Yoshihiro Kangawa
7th International Symposium on Growth of III-Nitrides (ISGN-7) 7 Aug 2018
Monte Carlo simulation of carbon incorporation in GaN MOVPE
Satoshi Yamamoto, Yuya Inatomi, Akira Kusaba, Pawel Kempisty, Yoshihiro Kangawa
7th International Symposium on Growth of III-Nitrides (ISGN-7) 7 Aug 2018
Formation Mechanism of Singular Structure in AlInN Layer Grown on M-GaN substrate by MOVPE [Invited]
Yuya Inatomi, Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Kazunobu Kojima, Shigefusa Chichibu
6th International Conference on Light-Emitting Devices and Their Industrial Applications (LEDIA '18) 27 Apr 2018
Driving force for m-plane GaN MOVPE: a new thermodynamic modeling
Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Kenji Shiraishi
10th International Symposium on Advanced Plasma Science and its Applications for Nitrides and Nanomaterials (ISPlasma 2018) 5 Mar 2018
Adsorption of ammonia in III-nitrides vapor phase epitaxy: theoretical approach based on steepest-entropy-ascent quantum thermodynamics
Akira Kusaba, Guanchen Li, Michael R. von Spakovsky, Yoshihiro Kangawa
International Workshop on UV Materials and Devices 2017 (IWUMD 2017) 16 Nov 2017
Thermodynamic Modeling of GaN MOVPE: Contribution of Surface State
Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Pawel Kempisty, Kenji Shiraishi, Koichi Kakimoto, Akinori Koukitu
International Conference on Materials and Systems for Sustainability 2017 (ICMaSS 2017) 30 Sep 2017
Steepest-entropy-ascent quantum thermodynamic behavior of ammonia chemical adsorption on GaN(0001) surfaces under MOVPE
Akira Kusaba, Guanchen Li, Michael R. von Spakovsky, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Koichi Kakimoto
E-MRS 2017 Fall Meeting 18 Sep 2017
Influence of Growth Orientation on Driving Force for InN Deposition by MOVPE
Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Michael R. von Spakovsky, Kenji Shiraishi, Koichi Kakimoto, Akinori Koukitu
International Workshop on Ntride Semiconductors 2016 (IWN 2016) 4 Oct 2016
Thermodynamic analysis of InN metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy: influence of growth orientation and surface reconstruction
Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Koichi Kakimoto, Kenji Shiraishi, Hiroshi Amano, Akinori Koukitu
18th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-18) 9 Aug 2016
Contribution of lattice constraint to indium incorporation into coherently grown InGaN
Takuya Tamura, Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Tomonori Ito, Tadeusz Suski, Koichi Kakimoto, Akinori Koukitu
18th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-18) 9 Aug 2016
Ab initio-based approach to surface reconstruction on InN(0001) during induced-pressure MOVPE
Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Yoshio Honda, Hiroshi Amano, Koichi Kakimoto
6th International Symposium on Growth of III-Nitrides (ISGN-6) 11 Nov 2015
Relationship between stability of facet surfaces and incorporation of zinc-blende phase in InN during pressurized reactor MOVPE: A theoretical approach
Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Stanislaw Krukowski, Koishi Kakimoto
5th European Conference on Crystal Growth (ECCG-5) 9 Sep 2015
Wettability-Driven Water Condensation at the Micron and Submicron Scale
Yutaka Yamada, Akira Kusaba, Tatsuya Ikuta, Takashi Nishiyama, Koji Takahashi, Yasuyuki Takata
15th International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC-15) 12 Aug 2014
Growth and Coalescence of Condensed Microdroplets on Graphite Surface
Yutaka Yamada, Akira Kusaba, Tatsuya Ikuta, Takashi Nishiyama, Koji Takahashi, Yasuyuki Takata
5th International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Microscale (HTFFM-V) 22 Apr 2014
Microscopic Mechanism of Water Condensation on HOPG
Yutaka Yamada, Akira Kusaba, Tatsuya Ikuta, Takashi Nishiyama, Koji Takahashi, Yasuyuki Takata
International Symposium on Innovative Materials for Processes in Energy Systems 2013 (IMPRES 2013) 6 Sep 2013
Research Grants & Projects
JSPS: KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow
Project Year: Apr 2019 - Mar 2022 Investigator(s): Akira Kusaba
RIAM, Kyushu University: Collaborative Research Program
Project Year: Apr 2018 - Mar 2019 Investigator(s): Akira Kusaba
JSPS: KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow
Project Year: Apr 2016 - Mar 2019 Investigator(s): Akira Kusaba
