工学部_研究紹介_2020_英語版

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Fumitaka HayashiTheHayashigroup,incollaborationwithTeshima,Zettsu,andSuzukiSayakagroups,hasresearchedfabricationoffunctionalinorganiccrystalsbyutilizingvarioustechniquesincludingfluxgrowthmethod,andsolvothermalandammnothermalmethods.Especially,ourresearchfocusesonrecoveryofusefulresourcesandremovaloftoxicionsfromaqueoussolutionsusinginorganicionexchangers.Wearealwaysinterestedinfundamentalissuesandproblemsinthefieldsofenergyandenvironmentalscience.Ourtargetistodevelopfunctionalmaterialsrangingfromnanosheetstosinglecrystalsandtoapplytoionsieves,electrodes,andquantumcomputerdevices.Researchissuesareselectiveuptakeoflithiumionfromlakeandseawater,removalofradioactiveandtoxicmetalionsfromwastes,andevaluationofnuclearspinpropertyof19F-dopedapatite.Wemakeainternationalteamtopursuesuchfieldsofstudy.Assistant ProfessorHe completed doctoral degree in Tokyo Institute of Technology, and started to work as an assistant professor in ShinshuUniv. in 2015. (Top) Crystal structures of inorganic ion exchangers with 1-, 2-, and 3-dimensional nanostructures. (Bottom) FE-SEM images of K2TiSi3O9, Na2Ti3O7, and LiMn2O4.Aqua-Innovative Materials for Resource Recovery and Environmental PurificationPhotographs of (Left) UV/Vis Raman spectroscopy instruments and (Right) Hall measurement system. Students can master various kinds of characterization techniques.Ourteamisequippedwithvariouscharacterizationsinstruments(seerightfigure),andourgroupmemberswillhaveexcellentopportunitiesformasteringnewexperimentalskills.Graduateswillplayanactiveroleasresearchers/engineersinvariousfieldsrelevanttoenvironmentalpurification,energyconversion,andelectronics.In the FutureAfter GraduationMaterialsChemistryBacterial Cellulose Nanofiber-Amazing World of Fiber Spinning by Bacteria -Masahiro MizunoCelluloseisproducedbysomekindsofbacteriaaswellasplants.Itiscalledasbacterialcelluloseormicrobialcellulose,andisusedforvariousindustrialpurposes.Inourlaboratory,wefocusonthefunctionoftheproteincomplexparticipatingincellulosebiosynthesis,whichbehaveslikeafiberspinningmachine.Itistoosmalltoobservethestructureofthisproteincomplexbymicroscope.ThuswearetryingtostudyitsstructurebyX-raycrystallographicanalysisattheatomiclevel.Thewidthofcellulosefibrilextrudedfromasingleproteincomplexisabout1.5nm.Innature,thesecellulosefibersarebundledtoformcellulosefibers(10-100nm)basedon?thearrayofproteincomplexonthecellsurfaceandthemovementofbacterium.Ifthearrayofproteincomplexcanbecontrolled,itmightbepossibletomakeacellulosenanofiberwithavarietyofthicknessandlength.Associate Professor2005: Ph.Dfrom Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology2017-: Associate Professor of Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu UniversityX-ray crystallography of carbohydrate related enzymes.TEM image of cellulose producing bacterium (left), and SEM image of bacteria cellulose (right).Crystals(0.2mm)(left)andthree-dimensionalstructure(right)oftheproteincomposingthecellulosespinningmachine.MoststudentsstayatShinshuUniversityfortheirgraduatestudies.Othersfindjobsinmanufacturingcompaniesinvariousfieldssuchaschemistry,electronics,andfood.In the FutureAfter GraduationMaterialsChemistry15