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    		Pioneering clarification of new principle: Light-induced acceleration of DNA double-strand formation. 
    		—Toward the realization of faster and more accurate genetic testing— 
    		(Link to press release in Japanese) 
    		 
    		Published paper:
    		
    		T. Iida*, Y. Nishimura*, M. Tamura, K. Nishida, S. Ito, and S. Tokonami*,
    		"Submillimetre Network Formation by Light-induced Hybridization of Zeptomole-level DNA",
    		Sci. Rep. 6, 37768 (2016). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep37768)
    		
  
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            Detection sensitivity is enhanced by an optical guiding of viruses for the micro-holes and nano-spikes. 
    		—Toward the low-cost detection of viruses and bacteria in medical sites, food company, etc.— 
    		(Link to press release in Japanese) 
    		 
    		Published paper:
    		
    		T. Yoshikawa, M. Tamura*, S. Tokonami, and T. Iida*,
    		"Optical Trap-Mediated High-Sensitivity Nanohole Array Biosensors with Random Nanospikes",
    		J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 8, 370 (2017). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02262)
    		
  
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    		Clarifying a mechanism of higly specific and rapid detection with a bacteria-transcribing polymer film. 
		    —Toward the development of very rapid detection method to prevent the food poisoning by O157— 
            (Link to press release in Japanese) 
             
    		Published paper:
    		
    		S. Tokonami, E. Shimizu, M. Tamura, and T. Iida,
    		"Mechanism in External Field-mediated Trapping of Bacteria Sensitive to Nanoscale Surface Chemical Structure",
    		Sci. Rep. 7, 16651 (2017). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15086-1)
            
  
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            "Nano structure composites" produced only in 2 steps enhances a molecular optical response 100 million times more. 
    		Hints were orderly arranged compound eyes of insects and the natural phenomenon of lightning rod. 
    		(Link to press release in Japanese) 
    		 
    		Published paper:
    		
    		T. Uchida, T. Yoshikawa, M. Tamura, T. Iida*, K. Imura*,
    		"Multiple Resonances Induced by Plasmonic Coupling between Gold Nanoparticle Trimers and Hexagonal Assembly of Gold-Coated Polystyrene Microspheres",
    		J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 7, 3652 (2016). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01493)
    		
  
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            Developing new method to produce a polycrystal of molecules in organic solvent with laser. 
    		—Optically producing a polarization filter as large as cells— 
    		(Link to press release in Japanese) 
    		 
    		Published paper:
    		
    		Y. Yamamoto, Y. Nishimura, S. Tokonami, N. Fukui, T. Tanaka, A. Osuka, H. Yorimitsu, and T. Iida,
    		"Macroscopically Anisotropic Structures Produced by Light-induced Solvothermal Assembly of Porphyrin Dimers",
    		Sci. Rep. 8, 11108 (2018). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28311-2)
    		
  
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            "Bubblegum sensor" enables a detection of one-quadrillionth gram proteins in few minutes. 
    		—Using a shrinkage of micro bubblegum produced by photon pressure and photo-thermal effect— 
    		(Link to press release in Japanese) 
    		 
    		Published paper:
    		
    		M. Ueda, Y. Nishimura, M. Tamura, S. Ito, S. Tokonami, and T. Iida,
    		"Microflow-mediated optical assembly of nanoparticles with femtogram protein via shrinkage of light-induced bubbles",
    		APL Photonics 4, 010802 (2019). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5079306)
    		
  
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            Optical spin accelerates the vortex motion of interacting collective nanoparticles. 
            —Clarifying the works of light angular momentum for the mechanical motion— 
    		(Link to press release in Japanese) 
    		 
    		Published paper:
    		
    		M. Tamura*, T. Omatsu, S. Tokonami, and T. Iida*,
    		"Interparticle-Interaction-Mediated Anomalous Acceleration of Nanoparticles under Light-Field with Coupled Orbital and Spin Angular Momentum",
    		Nano Lett. 19, 4873 (2019). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00332)
    		
  
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            Osaka Prefecture University’s Research Institute for Light-induced Acceleration System and Murata Manufacturing
            Are Jointly Developing a Portable Optical Condensation System That Will Make Bacteria Testing More Efficient 
            —The system will be exhibited at CEATEC 2019 as a product of industry-university cooperation— 
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Our paper has been press-released from Osaka Metropolitan University. 
        Journal: Communications Biology 
Title: Attogram-level Light-induced Antigen-antibody Binding Confined in Microflow 
Authors: Takuya Iida, Shota Hamatani, Yumiko Takagi, Kana Fujiwara, Mamoru Tamura and Shiho Tokonami 
#This paper has been also introduced by EurekAlert! of AAAS
 
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Our paper has been press-released from Osaka Metropolitan University. 
        Journal: Communications Biology 
Title: Attogram-level Light-induced Antigen-antibody Binding Confined in Microflow 
Authors: Takuya Iida, Shota Hamatani, Yumiko Takagi, Kana Fujiwara, Mamoru Tamura and Shiho Tokonami 
#This paper has been also introduced by EurekAlert! of AAAS
 
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