2010/ Sept. 26: Dr. Chikara Hayashi 林 主税 氏 (87) passed away.
Through several meetings during 2008-2009, Dr. Hayashi guided us on interfacing nanoparticles with plants/vegetations. He introduced our group to Dr. Kakuta, one of his “closest” fellows.
He was the former director of Ultra-Fine Particle project (1981): The “1st” nanotechnology project; Former president & chairman of ULVAC (the first vacuum instrument producer in Japan)
Interview ( Society of Vacuum Coaters, USA
Interview by Japan governmental agency JST (2009)
ULVAC History | in English
お別れの会（2010年11月11日、東京都・帝国ホテル）に参列しました。
林さんのおかげでナノ粒子と植物との関連（農薬の検出）研究が開始できました。
関連論文は2011年に発表しました。過去には林さんがこの雑誌の編集委員長（応用物理学会）もしていたことは後で知りました。ご縁を感じました。We later learned that Dr. Hayashi was also the editor-in-chief of this Journal in the past. We felt a “magic” connection. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2011
A Colloidal Route to Detection of Organic Molecules Based on Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Using Nanostructured Substrate Derived from Aerosols エアロゾル由来のナノ構造基板を用いた表面増強ラマン分光法による有機分子検出のためのコロイド法
Masao Gen, Hideo Kakuta, Yoshihito Kamimoto and I. Wuled Lenggoro (20 June 2011, The Japan Society of Applied Physics)
