工学部_研究紹介_2020_英語版

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TheZettsugroup,incollaborationwithProf.Teshimagroup,focusesonthechemistryandphysicsofmaterialsforenergystorage,primarilyintheareaofall-solid-stateLithium-ionrechargeablebatteries.Ourgoalsaretoimprovetheenergydensity,increasethesafety,decreasethecostandimprovethecycleandcalendarlifetimeofthebatteriesthroughthedevelopmentofnewmaterialsandtherealizationofphase-interfacephenomenaforhighlyefficientenergyutilization.Spreadingthenextgenerationsmarttechnologiessuchaselectricvehicles,smarthouse,andsmartgridwillpromote“electriclife”whichconnectpeopleandthings,peopletopeople,andfinallyuptothingsandthingsthroughthevariousmediasociety.Webelievethatwecancontributetoimprovetheinfrastructureandthevalueoflifethroughtheinnovationofbatterytechnology.ProfessorHe completed doctoral degree in Tokyo Institute of Technology, and has started to work as a professor in Shinshu Univ. in 2013.Hyperspace Control Crystalline Materials for the Innovative Energy Storage DevicesOurgroupmemberswillhaveexcellentopportunitiesformasteringnewexperimentalskillsandresearchstrategywithbroadviewswhatareneedsforbuildingacomprehensivetheory.Graduateswillplayanactiveroleasresearchers/engineersinvariousfieldsrelevanttoenergyconversionandmanagements.In the FutureAfter GraduationSchematicillustration of all-solid state Lithium ion rechargeable batteries. Directly connected cells enable smaller cell-package and 7 times increase in the energy density. Wearedoingthesynthesis,structuralanalysis,andphysicalpropertycharacterizationofthebatterymaterialsusingvariousstate-of-theartequipment.MaterialsChemistryNobuyuki ZettsuOrganiccompoundsaresynthesizedbyusingseveralreagents,solvents,andglasswareinahood.Anorganicmoleculecoordinatestoacatalystanditisactivated.Hiroyuki SugaMaterialsChemistryIn the FutureAfter GraduationThereisasubtledeferenceamongchemicalstructuresthathastodowiththethree-dimensionalarrangementsofatomsinspace.Thesearrangementsdifferinthewaythatarighthandandalefthanddiffer-thatistheyaremirrorimagesofeachother.Manymedicinalchemicalscanexistintwomirrorimageforms,anditisoftentruethatoneofthemisabettermedicineandtheothermayevenbeharmful.Inourlaboratory,wehavebeeninvestigatinganewmethodologyforthesynthesisofmedicinallyimportantandopticallyactiveheterocycliccompoundswiththedesiredhandedness.Organicsynthesiscontributesnotonlyforthecreationofmedicinesandagrochemicalsbutalsoforthesynthesisoforganicmaterialssuchasorganicsemiconductors.Itisimportanttodevelopanefficientandselectivereactiontoaffordonlyadesiredproduct.Ourgoalistodevelopsuchnovelreactions,whichwillcontributetoawiderangeofchemicalindustries.Graduatesfrommylaboratorynowworkinpharmaceutical,agrochemical,andchemicalcompanies.Ourstudentscanapplytheirknowledgeoforganicchemistrytothefieldsofpolymersandevenotherchemicalmaterialsaswellassmallorganicmolecules.ProfessorofChemistryHejoinedShinshuUniversityin1998.Hisresearchinterestisthesynthesisofopticallyactiveheterocycliccompoundswithbiologicalactivity.Creation of Heterocyclic Compounds by Organic Synthesis: Development of novel catalysts and selective reactions3DstructureofaproductisdeterminedbyNMR.10