MNC 2023 Award

Outstanding Paper
Electrical evaluation of copper damascene interconnects based on nanoimprint lithography compared with ArF immersion lithography for back-end-of-line process
Kenta Suzuki1 1, Sung-Won Youn 1, Tetsuya Ueda 1, Hiroshi Hiroshima 1, Yoshihiro Hayashi 1, Masaki Ishida 2, Tomomi Funayoshi 2, Hiromi Hiura 2, Noriyasu Hasegawa 2 and Kiyohito Yamamoto2, 1 AIST and 2 Canon, Japan

Most Impressive Presentation Award
17C-4-4
Improving thawing rates in cryoprotectant-free cryopreservation using an
impact-induced droplet releasing method
Hiroki Watanabe and Yoshitake Akiyama, Shinshu Univ., Japan

Young Author’s Award
16C-2-3
Reservoir-based in-sensor computing device made of CNT-PDMS nanocomposites
Kouki Kimizuka 1, Saman Azhari 1,2, Shuhei Ikemoto 1, Yuki Usami 1 and
Hirofumi Tanaka 1, Kyushu Inst. Tech. and 2 Waseda Univ., Japan

Most Impressive Poster Award
16P-1-1
Switching Effects and Conductivity Characterization of C60 Chains
Masato Takei 1,2, Hiroshi Suga 1,2, Takatsugu Wakahara 2, Katsunori Wakabayashi 3,
Susumu Okada 4 and Kazuhito Tsukagoshi 1,2,
1 Chiba Inst. of Technol., 2 NIMS, 3 Kwansei Gakuin Univ. and 4 Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan

Most Impressive Poster Award
17P-1-37
Temperature dependence of photoluminescence properties of dilute nitride InGaAsN quantum dots
Ayano Morita, Satoshi Hiura, Junichi Takayama and Akihiro Murayama, Hokkaido Univ., Japan