Latest information and news from our laboratory.
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2024-12-15
Our laboratory website has been renewed. Using Astro v5 and PandaCSS, it has become more user-friendly with a beautiful design.
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2024-11-20
Mr. Tanaka published a paper in ACS Catalysis. The research focuses on highly efficient catalytic reactions using nanoporous materials. [Details] -
2024-10-05
Professor Ogiwara gave a keynote lecture at the 15th International Congress on Catalysis (ICC-15).
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2024-09-15
Mr. Okada discovered a new catalytic reaction. The reaction rate for direct conversion from CO2 to methanol (CH3OH) has improved by 103 times.
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2024-09-01
KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) 'Development of Next-Generation Environmentally Friendly Catalysts' has been approved. A 5-year project will begin.
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2024-08-20
Summer open campus was held. Many high school students visited our laboratory and experienced cutting-edge analytical instruments.
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2024-07-20
We developed a new photocatalytic system using metal complex [Ru(bpy)3]2+. It efficiently promotes water splitting reaction H2O → H2 + 1/2O2 under visible light.
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2024-07-15
Ms. Yamada's paper has been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congratulations! [Details] -
2024-06-10
A new X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) system has been installed. This enables more precise surface analysis.
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2024-05-25
Using NH3-TPD and pyridine IR methods for zeolite catalyst acid site density measurement, we revealed the Brønsted to Lewis acid site ratio is 1:0.85.
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2024-04-01
We welcomed new students. Three undergraduate students, two master's students, and one doctoral student have joined our laboratory.
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2024-03-25
Graduation ceremony was held. Congratulations to all graduates! We sincerely wish you the best in your new endeavors.
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2023-12-20
Dr. Sato published a review in RSC Advances. It summarizes the latest research trends on catalytic applications of metal oxide clusters. [Details] -
2023-11-15
Ms. Suzuki (M2) received the Best Poster Award at the CSJ Fall Meeting. Title: 'Correlation between oxygen vacancy formation energy and CO oxidation activity in perovskite oxide La1-xSrxCoO3'
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2023-10-01
Industry-academia collaboration project 'Practical Research on Environmental Purification Catalysts' has started.
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2023-09-10
International collaboration exchange program with Max Planck Institute in Germany has begun.
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2023-08-05
Laboratory summer retreat was held in Aso. It was a meaningful time for research presentations and team building.
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2023-07-10
Associate Prof. Tanaka developed a new method for nanoparticle size distribution analysis. Dynamic light scattering enables high-precision measurement of average diameter d = 15.3 ± 0.2 nm with PDI = 0.08.