41AssistantProfessorTAKIZAWATokihiroAssistantTakizawagraduatedfromtheFunctionalPolymerScienceCourseintheFacultyofTextileScienceandTechnologyatShinshuUniversity.HetookhiscurrentpositionafterworkingintheFacultyasaresearchassociateandassistantprofessor.Hisareaofinterestisgeneralmaterialproperties.AssistantProfessorNISHIMURATomokiIn2020,hemovedtoShinshuUniversityasanassistantprofessor.currentresearchinterestsincludetheself-assemblyofamphiphiliccopolymersthefunctionaldevelopmentofpolymerforbiomedicalapplications.Amphiphilicblockpolymersandgraftpolymerscanself-assembletoformavarietyofassembliessuchasmicelles,cylinders,andvesicles.However,thefabricationofdesiredmolecularassembliesandcontrolofthesizeoftheseassembliesisdifficultinpractice.Inourlab,wedesignvariouspolymersandclarifyhowtheyself-assembleusingquantumbeamssuchasX-raysandneutrons,andelectronmicroscopy,inordertodevelopmethodsforcontrollingthestructureandsizeofmolecularassemblies.Wearealsoinvestigatingthefunctionsthatareexpressedbytheorganizationofthepolymers.Furthermore,wearedevelopingnano-biomaterialssuchasbiocatalyticreactors,artificialcells,andartificialmolecularchannelsusingmolecularassemblies.Iamstudyingtocreatenewmaterialsusingmicrowavesandtheirphysicalproperties.The"radiowaves",youthinkthatcommunicationapplicationssuchasradioandtelevision,satellitecommunications,mobilephones,wirelessLAN,etc.arethemainapplications.Now,everyhomehasa"Microwaveoven"alsousessimilar"radiowaves",butthisisnotadeviceforcommunicationtool.Sincecookingcanalsobethoughtofasachemicalprocess,Iamfurthersearchingfor"usageforchemistry,chemicalreactionsandchemicalprocesses"touseadvancedscienceandengineering.ProfessorHisandmaterialsyouwantIrradiatingmicrowavestoinorganicmaterials(forexample,carbonparticle)usingthedomesticmicrowaveoscillatorintheabovephoto,itispossibletocreateacompacthigh-temperaturefurnaceofabout800°C.orhigher.Thengaseousmethaneintocontactwithcarbon,itbecomesefficientconvertertogeneratehydrogen.Cell-sized giant vesicles based on the self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymersAn illustration of liposomes embedded artificial channels based on block copolymersDepartment ofDepartment ofOutlook for researchTheoriginoftheresearchcanbeanything.Ifyouhavetodo,wondering,firstofall,itisimportantto"thinkyourself"forthatsolution.somethingOutlook for students after graduationYoushouldbeabletopositivelyproposeprocesses(thingstodo)andsystems(concretesolutionstotheproblem)towardsissuestobesolvedinanyfield.Outlook for researchWeaimtodesignnewmoleculesbasedontemperature-responsivepolymersanddevelopingpolymerassembliesthatexhibituniquefunctionsforapplicationsinthefieldofbioandnanotechnology.Throughtheseefforts,wearechallengingthefrontierofmolecularintegrationchemistry.Outlook for students after graduationItrytoprovideanenvironmentthatwillnotonlyhelpthemacquireexperimentalmethods,logicalthinkingandpresentationskills,butalsohelpthembuildtheirownuniquestrengthsthatothersdonothave.Ihopethattheywillbecomeactivemembersofsociety.Chemistry and MaterialsChemistry and MaterialsMicrowave chemistryDesign, understanding, and applications of macromolecular assemblies
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