(1) Crystal growth of InGaSb alloy semiconductor at International Space Station: preliminary experiment (M.Arivanandhan,　G.Rajesh, T.Koyama, Y.Momose, K. Sankaranarayanan, A.Tanaka, Y.Hayakawa, T.Ozawa, Y. Okano and Y.Inatomi), submitted to J. Jpn. Soc. Microgravity Appl.

(2) Numerical investigation of the limiting sliding condition of polyoxymethylene with various sliding geometry (Y. Takagi, A. Sone, K. Mizoguchi, Y. Okano, R. Okuizumi, M. Kada, S. Hirota and Y. Tajima), Advanced Materials Research, 222, pp.247-250 (2011).

(3) Process analysis of laser welding method with polybutyleneterephthalate (PBT) (R. Okuizumi, S. Hirota, Y. Takagi, M. Sudoh and Y. Okano), Advanced Materials Research, 222, pp.150-153 (2011).

(4) A Numerical Simulation Study on the Effects of Crucible Rotation and Magnetic Fields in Growth of SiGe by the Travelling Heater Method (Y. Takagi, Y. Okano and S.Dost), submitted to Trans ASME, J. Heat Transfer.

(5) A numerical simulation for the sliding surface temperature of Polyoxymethylene (Y. Takagi, T. Mori Y. Okano, M. Kada, S. Hirota, R. Okuizumi and Y. Tajima), Tribology Online, 5, pp.123-128 (2010).

(6) Numerical simulation of blood flow and cholesterol distribution for middle cerebral artery with coarctation (M. Naito, K. Mizoguchi, Y. Takagi and Y. Okano) J. Automation, Moble Robotics & Intelligent Systems, 3, pp. 179-183 (2009).

(7) ATF流動効果を考慮した湿式クラッチ内伝熱特性に関する数値解析（宮川将敏、小川正敬、原浩樹、佐々木忍、岡野泰則）化学工学論文集、35, pp.454-458（2009）.

(8) Numerical Simulation of Temperature and Torque Curve of Multidisk Wet Clutch with Radial and Circumferential Grooves (M. Miyagawa, M. Ogawa, Y. Okano, H. Hara, S. Sasaki and K. Okui) Tribology Online, 4, pp.17-21 (2009).

(9) Numerical Simulation of Thermo-Solutal Marangoni Convection in the Floating-Zone under Microgravity Fields (K.Hirata, A.Ishida, Y.Okano and S.Dost) J. Jpn.Soc.Microgravity Appl., 25, pp.333-338 (2008).

(10) A Numerical study of controlling the g-jitter induced convection in the solution of a crystal growth crucible under microgravity (Y.Okano, A. Ishii, H. Miyashita, H. Minakuchi, and S. Dost), Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, 2, pp.261-269 (2006).

(11) A three-dimensional numerical simulation study for the cathode side of a fuel cell (H.Minakuchi, Y. Yamashita, Y.Okano, M.Sudoh, S.Adachi and S.Dost) Electrochemistry, 73, pp.182-188 (2005).

(12) Numerical Simulation of Crystal Growth of CdZnTe by Vertical Gradient Freezing Method - Crucible Rotation Effect- (Y.Kawaguchi, H.Yasuda, Y.Okano and S.Dost) Int. J. Transport Phenomena, 7, pp.175-187 (2005).

(13) Numerical analysis of constitutional supercooling in InGaSb crystal growth under different gravity levels (T.Ozawa, N.Murakami, K.Arafune, Y.Okano, T.Suzuki, M.Kumagawa and Y.Hayakawa) J. Crystal Growth, 275, pp. e1507-e1512 (2005).

(14) A numerical study on the buoyancy convection occurring during the formation of InGaSb solution in a GaSb/InSb/GaSb sandwich system (K.Arafune, N.Murakami, T.Kimura, T.Ozawa, Y.Okano, S.Dost, M.Kumagawa and Y.Hayakawa) International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 22, pp. 20-34 (2005).

(15) A Three Dimensional Numerical Study of Marangoni Convection in a Floating Full Zone (H.Minakuchi, Y.Okano and S.Dost) International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 22, pp. 151-171 (2005).

(16) Experimental study of convection on dissolution and growth of InxGa1-xSb (N.Murakami, K. Arafune, T.Koyama, Y.Momose, T.Ozawa, Y.Okano, S.Dost, M.Kumagawa and Y.Hayakawa) International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 22, pp. 172-184 (2005).

(17) Intelligent structure design of membrane cathode assembly for direct methanol fuel cell (K. Furukawa, K. Makino, K. Okajima, H. Minakuchi, Y. Okano and M. Sudoh), Int. J. Energy Res., 29, pp. 1073-1082 (2005).

(18) Effect of gravity in InGaSb crystal growth (N. Murakami, K. Arafune, T. Koyama, Y. Momose, T. Ozawa, Y. Okano, S. Dost, L.H. Dao, M. Kumagawa and Y. Hayakawa), Microgravity Sci. Tech., 16, pp. 79-83 (2005).

(19) Oscillatory behavior in melting of a GaSb/InSb/GaSb system (Y.Okano, T. Suzumura, S.Sakai, Y.Hayakawa, M.Kumagawa, A.Hirata and S.Dost) Mechanics Research Communications, 31, pp. 605-610 (2004).

(20) A three-dimensional numerical simulation study of the Marangoni convection occurring in the crystal growth of SixGe1-x by the Float-zone technique in zero gravity (H.Minakuchi, Y.Okano and S.Dost) J. Crystal Growth, 266, pp.140-144 (2004).

(21) Control of transport structures in a rotating liquid cylinder by means of an applied magnetic field (Y.Okano, H.Kondo and S.Dost) Int. J. Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 18, pp. 217 - 226 (2003).

(22) Marangoni convection in a hemispheric molten silicon droplet and its control by an applied magnetic field (Y.Okano, S.Sakai, H.Yamada, K.Hoshikawa and S.Dost) Int. J. Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 18, pp. 187 - 197 (2003).

(23) Numerical analysis of the dissolution process of GaSb into InSb melt under different gravity (T.Kimura, K.Arafune, K.Balakrishnan, T.Ozawa, Y.Okano, N.Murakami, H.Adachi, Y.Hayakawa and M.Kumagawa) J. Crystal Growth, 247, pp.291-300 (2003).

(24) A numerical study for the role of natural convection in the melting of a GaSb/InSb/GaSb sandwich system (Y.Okano, J.Shimizu, Y.Hayakawa, M.Kumagawa, A.Hirata and S.Dost) Numerical Heat Transfer Part A, 43, pp.31 - 46 (2003).

(25) Microgravity experiments on melting and crystallization of InGaSb performed using a drop tower (Y.Hayakawa, K.Balakrishnan, H.Komatsu, N.Murakami, T.Nakamura, T.Koyama, T.Ozawa, Y.Okano, M.Miyazawa, S.Dost, Le H.Dao and M.Kumagawa) Acta Astronautica, 51, pp.221-227 (2002).

(26) The effect of applied magnetic field on flow structures in liquid phase electroepitaxy- A three-dimensional simulation model (Y.C.Liu, Y.Okano, and S.Dost) J. Crystal Growth, 244, pp.12-26 (2002).

(27) Drop experiments on melting and crystallization of some III-V compound semiconductors (Y.Hayakawa, K.Balakrishnan, H.Komatsu, N.Murakami, T.Nakamura, T.Koyama, T.Ozawa, Y.Okano, M.Miyazawa, S.Dost, Le H.Dao and M.Kumagawa) J.Crystal Growth, 237-239, pp. 1831-1834 (2002).

(28) Experimental and numerical study of the VGF growth of CdTe crystal (Y.Okano, H.Kondo, W. Kishimoto, L.Li and S.Dost) J.Crystal Growth, 237-239, pp. 1716-1719 (2002).

(29) Numerical study of transport phenomena in the THM growth of the compound semiconductor crystal (Y.Okano, S.Nishino, S.Ohkubo and S.Dost) J.Crystal Growth, 237-239, pp. 1779-1784 (2002).

(30) Numerical study of interface shape control in the VGF growth of the compound semiconductor crystal (Y.Okano, H.Kondo and S.Dost) J.Crystal Growth, 237-239, pp. 1768-1772 (2002).

(31) Determination of oxygen dissolution rate from silica to silicon to silicon melt at solid (silica glass)/melt/gas triple-junction (S.Sakai, Y.Okano, X.Huang and K.Hoshikawa) Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 5, pp. G72-G74 (2002).

(32) Numerical study of Marangoni convection effect on the melting of GaSb/InSb/GaSb (Y.Okano, S.Umemura, Y.Enomoto, Y.Hayakawa, M.Kumagawa, A.Hirata and S.Dost) J.Crystal Growth, 235, pp. 135-139 (2002).

(33) G-jitter effect on the flow in a 3-dimensional rectangular cavity (Y.Okano, S.Umemura and S.Dost) J.Materials Processing & Manufacturing Sci., 10, pp.3-6 (2001).

(34) The effect of gravity on relative contributions of natural and Marangoni convections in a liquid zone system (Y.Okano, N.Audet, S.Dost and S.Kunikata) Chem. Eng. J., 84, pp.315-320 (2001).

(35) Experimental and numerical investigations on dissolution and recrystallization processes of GaSb/InSb/GaSbunder microgravity and terrestrial conditions (Y.Hayakawa, Y.Okano, A.Hirata, N.Imaishi, Y.Kumagiri, X.Zhing, X.Xie, B.Yuan, F.Wu, H.Liu, T.Yamaguchi and M.Kumagawa) J. Crystal Growth, 213, pp.40-50 (2000).

(36) Effect of gravity on the mixing of In-Sb melt (A.Hirata, K.Okitsu, Y.Hayakawa, Y.Okano, S.Sakai, S.Fujiwara, N.Imaishi, T.Yamaguchi, S.Yoda, T.Oida and M.Kumagawa) Int. J. Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics Mechanics, 10, pp.527-536 (1999).

(37) Effect of liquid shape on flow velocity induced by Marangoni convection in a floating half-zone system (Y.Okano, N.Audet, S.Dost and S.Kunikata) J. Crystal Growth, 204, pp.243-246 (1999).

(38) Development of sessile drop method concerning Czochralski (CZ) Si crystal growth (S.Sakai, X.Huang, Y.Okano and K.Hoshikawa) Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 38, pp.1847-1851 (1999).

(39) Dependence of dissolution and growth processes of compound semiconductors on crystal surface orientation (T.Kimura, Y.Hayakawa, T.Ozawa, Y.Okano, A.Hirata, M.Miyazawa, N.Imaishi, K.Arafune, T.Yamaguchi and M.Kumagawa) J.Jpn. Soc. Microgravity Appl., 15, pp.472-475 (1998).

(40) Numerical simulation of oscillatory in melt during InSb single crystal growth by RF heating Czochralski method (Y.Okano, N.Audet, S.Dost, Y.Hayakawa and M.Kumagawa) Int. J. Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields, 11, pp.289-298 (1998).

(41) The effect of Marangoni convection on the melting of a crystal (S.Sakai, Y.Okano and M.Koyama) Computer Modeling & Simulation in Engineering, 3, pp.235-240 (1998).

(42) Transient analysis of LE-VGF growth of compound semiconductors (Y.Okano, S.Sakai, T.Morita and J.Shimizu) Int.J.Numer.Method for Heat & Fluid Flow, 8, pp.956-968 (1998).

(43) Numerical simulation of ascending current for artificial rainfall (S.Matsuda, T.Sano and Y.Okano) J. Arid Land Studies, 7S, pp.141-144 (1998).

(44) Axisymmetric two-dimensional steady Marangoni convection in a floating half-zone under microgravity condition (Y.Okano, S.Kunikata, T.Fujioka, S.Sakai and M.Koyama) Numerical Heat Transfer Part A, 31, pp.407-418 (1997).

(45) Melt mixing of the 0.3In/0.7GaSb/0.3Sb solid combination under Microgravity (K.Okitsu, Y.Hayakawa, T.Yamaguchi, A.Hirata, S.Fujiwara, Y.Okano, N.Imaishi, S.Yoda, T.Oida and M.Kumagawa) Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 36, pp.3613-3619 (1997).

(46) Gravitational effects on mixing and growth morphology of an In0.5Ga0.5Sb system (K.Okitsu, Y.Hayakawa A.Hirata, S.Fujiwara, Y.Okano, N.Imaishi, S.Yoda, T.Oida,T.Yamaguchi and M.Kumagawa) Crystal Research and Technology, 31, pp.969-978(1996).

(47) Photorefraction dependent of composition in LiNbO3 crystals with and without MgO doping growth (S.Kan, M.Sakamoto, Y.Okano, D.H.Yoon, T.Fukuda, O.Oguri and T.Sasaki) Crystal Res.Tech., 31, pp.353-357 (1996).

(48) Effect of growth atmosphere on convection in LiTaO3 melt (Y.Okano, Y.Tsuji, D.H.Yoon and T.Fukuda) J. Materials Processing & Manufacturing Science, 4, pp.41-44 (1995).

(49) Growth of bubble free Ti-doped Al2O3 single crystal by the Czochralski method (T.Fukuda, Y.Okano, N.Kodama, Y.Yamada, S.Hara and D.H.Yoon) Crystal Res.Tech., 30, pp.185-188 (1995).

(50) Simplified model for simulation of artificial rainfall and water circulation (S.Matsuda, T.Goto and Y.Okano) J.Arid Land Studies, 5S, pp.239-242 (1995).

(51) Internal radiative heat transfer in Czochralski growth of LiTaO3 single crystal (Y.Okano, Y.Tsuji, D.H.Yoon, K.Hoshikawa and T.Fukuda) J.Crystal Growth, 141, pp.383-388 (1994).

(52) Influence of a high vertical magnetic field on Te dopant segregation in InSb grown by the vertical gradient freeze method (J.Kang, Y.Okano, K.Hoshikawa and T.Fukuda) J.Crystal Growth, 140, pp.435-438 (1994).

(53) 連続チャ－ジ引き上げ法による非調和組成融液からのニオブ酸リチウム単結晶作成とその光学特性 (菅伸治、坂本勝、岡野泰則、福田承生)日本結晶成長学会誌、20 , pp.254-260(1993).

(54) Growth of Twin-Free <100> InP single crystal by the liquid encapsulated, vertical Bridgman technique (F.Matsumoto, Y.Okano, I.Yonenaga, K.Hoshikawa and T.Fukuda) J.Crystal Growth, 132, pp.348-350 (1993).

(55) Behavior of RAlO3 (R=Ho, Er and Dy) during crystal growth by the Czochralski method (Y.Okano, T.Ikeya, K.Hoshikawa and T.Fukuda) J.Crystal Growth, 131, pp.616-619 (1993).

(56) Control of crystal-melt interface shape during growth of Lithium Niobate single crystal (A.Hirata, M.Tachibana, T.Sugimoto, Y.Okano and T.Fukuda) J.Crystal Growth, 131, pp.145-152 (1993).

(57) Kyropoulos method for growth of nonlinear optical Organic crystal ABP (4-aminobenzophenone) from Melt (S.Pan, Y.Okano, S.Tsunekawa and T.Fukuda) J.Crystal Growth, 129, pp.365-366 (1993).

(58) Heat transfer during GaAs growth of bulk single crystal by the liquid encapsulated vertical Bridgman technique (T.Suzuki, Y.Okano, K.Hoshikawa and T.Fukuda) J.Crystal Growth, 128, pp.435-438 (1993).

(59) Observation of crystal-melt interface shape in simulated Czochralski method with model fluid (A.Hirata, M.Tachibana, Y.Okano and T.Fukuda) J.Crystal Growth, 128, pp.195-200 (1993).

(60) LiNbO3 single crystal growth from Li-rich melts by the continuous charging and double crucible Czochralski methods (S.Kan, M.Sakamoto, Y.Okano, K.Hoshikawa andT.Fukuda) J.Crystal Growth, 128, pp.915-919 (1993).

(61) Uniformity of Fe doped LiNbO3 single crystal grown by the Czochralski method (K.Kawasaki, Y.Okano, S.Kan, M.Sakamoto, K.Hoshikawa and T.Fukuda) J.Crystal Growth, 119, pp.317-321 (1992).

(62) LiNbO3 single crystal grown by the continuous charging Czochralski method with Li/Nb control (S.Kan, M.Sakamoto, Y.Okano, K.Hoshikawa and T.Fukuda) J.Crystal Growth, 119, pp.215-220 (1992).

(63) Liquid encapsulated flux growth of ZnSe single crystals from Se solvent (H.Unuma, M.Higuch, Y.Yamanaka, K.Kodaira, Y.Okano, K.Hoshikawa, T.Fukuda and T.Koyama) Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 31, pp.L383-L384 (1992).

(64) Magnetic field effects on Marangoni and natural convections in melt in a rectangular open boat (A.Hirata, M.Tachibana, Y.Okano) J.Chem.Eng.Japan, 25, pp.62-66 (1992).

(65) Bulk single crystal growth of Bi12TiO20 by Czochralski method (Y.Okano, H.Wada, T.Fukuda and S.Miyazawa) Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 30, pp.L1307-L1309 (1991).

(66) Numerical study on Czochralski growth of oxide single crystal (Y.Okano, T.Fukuda, A.Hirata, N.Takano, T.Tsukada, M.Hozawa, N.Imaishi) J.Crystal Growth, 109, pp.94-98 (1991).

(67) 酸化物融液表面上における流動現象 (橘正人、平田　彰、岡野泰則、福田承生) 日本結晶成長学会誌、17, pp.323-329 (1990).

(68) Atomic layer epitaxy of AlAs and AlGaAs (T.Meguro, S.Iwai, Y.Aoyagi, K.Ozaki, Y.Yamamoto, T.Suzuki, Y.Okano and A.Hirata) J. Crystal Growth, 99, pp.540-544 (1990).

(69) Effect of interfacial velocity and interfacial tension gradient on momentum, heat and mass transfer (A.Hirata, M.Kawakami and Y.Okano) Can.J.Chem.Eng., 69, pp.777-786 (1989).

(70) Control of crystal-melt interface shape during Czochralski growth of oxide single crystals (Y.Okano, A.Hatano, M.Tachibana and A.Hirata) J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 22, pp.389-394 (1989).

(71) Natural and Marangoni convections in a floating zone (Y.Okano, A.Hatano and A.Hirata) J.Chem.Eng.Japan, 22, pp.385-388 (1989).

(72) Natural and Marangoni convections in a two-dimensional rectangular open boat (Y.Okano, M.Itoh and A.Hirata) J. Chem.Eng. Japan, 22, pp.275-281 (1989).

(73) Surface processes in laser-atomic layer epitaxy (laser-ALE) of GaAs (T.Meguro, T.Suzuki, K.Ozaki, Y.Okano, A.Hirata, Y.Yamamoto, S.Iwai,Y.Aoyagi and S.Namba) J. Crystal Growth, 93, pp.190-194(1988).