Acknowledgments
R. Kishida acknowledges the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for
the financial support by Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow (17J01276).
S. M. Aspera acknowledges the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science
and Technology (MEXT) through their Quantum Engineering Design Course
(QEDC) of Osaka University, Marubun Foundation and Kansai Research Foundation for their financial support. This work is supported in part by JST ACCEL grant
number JPMJAC1501 “Creation of the Functional Materials on the Basis of the
Inter-Element-Fusion Strategy and their Innovative Applications”, MEXT Grant-inAid for Scientific Research (16K04876), and JST CREST Innovative Catalysts and
Creation Technologies for the Utilization of Diverse Natural Carbon Resources: Insitu atomic characterization of catalytic reactions for the development of Innovative
Catalysts (No. 17942262).
H. Kasai would like to thank the students and staff for the wonderful years they
have shared with him.
The authors thank Professor Emeritus Shosuke Ito and Professor
Emeritus Kazumasa Wakamatsu for their continuous support and constructive
discussion with warm words and brilliant insight.
The authors would also like to thank Dr. Shin’ichi Koizumi of Springer Japan for
his great support in preparing and writing this book.
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R. Kishida acknowledges the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for
the financial support by Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow (17J01276).
S. M. Aspera acknowledges the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science
and Technology (MEXT) through their Quantum Engineering Design Course
(QEDC) of Osaka University, Marubun Foundation and Kansai Research Foundation for their financial support. This work is supported in part by JST ACCEL grant
number JPMJAC1501 “Creation of the Functional Materials on the Basis of the
Inter-Element-Fusion Strategy and their Innovative Applications”, MEXT Grant-inAid for Scientific Research (16K04876), and JST CREST Innovative Catalysts and
Creation Technologies for the Utilization of Diverse Natural Carbon Resources: Insitu atomic characterization of catalytic reactions for the development of Innovative
Catalysts (No. 17942262).
H. Kasai would like to thank the students and staff for the wonderful years they
have shared with him.
The authors thank Professor Emeritus Shosuke Ito and Professor
Emeritus Kazumasa Wakamatsu for their continuous support and constructive
discussion with warm words and brilliant insight.
The authors would also like to thank Dr. Shin’ichi Koizumi of Springer Japan for
his great support in preparing and writing this book.
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