GeometricElectroniceffecteffectLecturerSHIMADAIoriDr.IoriShimadagraduatedfromTheUniversityofTokyoandobtainedinenvironmentalstudiesin2013.Hetookhiscurrentpositionin2018afterworkingasaresearchfellowatthePromotionofScienceandanAssistantProfessoratFacultyofTextileScienceandTechnology,ShinshuUniversity.Hisspecialtyischemicalreactionengineering.AssistantProfessorKOJIMATakayukireceivinghisdoctoralAfterdegreeatTohokuUniversity,heworkedasanassistantprofessoratthesameuniversity,andthenstartedhisinNovembercurrentcareerresearchfieldis2020.Hismaterialsscienceincludingmagnetsandcatalysts.Solid-statecatalystsincludingmetalsprovidereactionfieldsontheirsurfaces.Chemicalreactionsproceedviaa“deal”ofelectrons.Thus,acatalyticperformancedependsonbothsurfacestatesandelectronicstatesofcatalysts.Catalysisischangedbymixingdifferentmetalsviachangesinsurfaceandelectronicstates.Inparticular,novelcatalysisappearsin“intermetalliccompounds”,novelalloyshavingatomicorderedarrangementsofdifferentmetalsmixedbyanintegerratio.Weareconductingpreciseinvestigationsforvariousalloycatalyststorevealgeneralrulesthatcanbeusedfordesigninganycatalysts.ahisdoctoratetheJapanSocietyforinengineeringresearcherandNovelcatalysisbynovelalloyshavescarcelybeenrevealedduetothelackofmetallurgicalknowledge.Inparticular,ternary(ormore)systemsarecomplex;however,discoveryofoutstandingcatalystsistobeexpectedfromnumerouselementalsets.Innovativecatalystsenablesynthesizingnovelchemicalmaterials,reducingenergycostsforvariousprocesses,andsuppressingenvironmentalpollutions.Infuture,itwouldbemoredifficulttogetahappylifebydoingonlyonething.Thinkoutsidethebox.Haveawideperspective.Forlivinginthepost-pandemicworld,beflexibleandbeactive.I’mhappyifIcanhelpstudentstoobtainsuchabilities.invariousChemicalengineeringcanbeusefulfieldsofmanufacturingchemicals,includingenergy,materials,plantengineeringandsoon.Inourlaboratory,wewanttoacquireknowledgeofchemicalreactionengineeringaswellaswearitthroughresearchonhowtoutilizetheknowledge.37Energy and material uses of biomass resources. Optimizing catalytic reactions is the key to practical application.Catalytic activity test reactorSchematic illustration of catalysis (left) and Heusler alloy catalyst (right)(Sci. Adv. 4eaat6063, 2018 licensed under CC BY-NC: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0)For melting metals (left), for preparing single crystal thin films (upper right), and for manipulating catalysts under non-oxidizing atmosphere (lower right). All processes are carefully conducted for precise fundamental studies.Catalysts and reaction products from microalgae. The products can be used as gasoline additive.Outlook for researchMygoalistohelpdevelopasocietypoweredbycleanandsustainableenergythatdoesnotrelyonexhaustibleresourcessuchasfossilfuels.Further,forsynthesizingusefulsubstancesusingbiomasstoreplacethemanychemicalproductsthatarecurrentlysynthesizedfromoilresources.IhopetodevelopmethodsOutlook for students after graduationOutlook for researchOutlook for students after graduationVariousbiomassresourcessuchaslipid,wood,andmicroalgaehavepotentialassustainablealternativefuels.However,itisessentialtoimprovetheefficiencyofconversiontorealizetheenergyutilizationofbiomassresources.Ourlaboratoryaimstoefficientlyconvertbiomassresourcestohigh-gradefuelsandchemicalrawmaterialsusinganinexpensiveprocess.Weareworkingontheelucidationofcatalyticreactionmechanismanddesignofnewcatalysttoachievethesegoals.Chemistry and MaterialsChemistry and MaterialsDepartment ofDepartment ofRealizing a sustainable society through the effective utilization of biomass resourcesNovel Catalysis by Novel Alloys
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