Microwave chemistry42OutlookforresearchOutlook for students after graduationDepartment of Chemistry and MaterialsIamstudyingtocreatenewmaterialsusingmicrowavesandtheirphysicalproperties.The"radiowaves",youthinkthatcommunicationapplicationssuchasradioandtelevision,satellitecommunications,mobilephones,wirelessLAN,etc.arethemainapplications.Now,everyhomehasa"Microwaveoven"alsousessimilar"radiowaves",butthisisnotadeviceforcommunicationtool.Sincecookingcanalsobethoughtofasachemicalprocess,Iamfurthersearchingfor"usageforchemistry,chemicalreactionsandchemicalprocesses"touseadvancedscienceandengineering.Theoriginoftheresearchcanbeanything.Ifyouhavesomethingyouwanttodo,wondering,firstofall,itisimportantto"thinkyourself"forthatsolution.Youshouldbeabletopositivelyproposeprocesses(thingstodo)andsystems(concretesolutionstotheproblem)towardsissuestobesolvedinanyfield.AssistantProfessorTokihiroTakizawaAssistantProfessorTakizawagraduatedfromtheFunctionalPolymerScienceCourseintheFacultyofTextileScienceandTechnologyatShinshuUniversity.HetookhiscurrentpositionafterworkingintheFacultyasaresearchassociateandassistantprofessor.Hisareaofinterestisgeneralmaterialproperties.Irradiatingmicrowavestoinorganicmaterials(forexample,carbonparticle)usingthedomesticmicrowaveoscillatorintheabovephoto,itispossibletocreateacompacthigh‐temperaturefurnaceofabout800°C.orhigher.Thengaseousmethaneintocontactwithcarbon,itbecomesefficientconvertertogeneratehydrogen.Department of Chemistry and MaterialsNovel Catalysis by Novel AlloysSolid-statecatalystsincludingmetalsprovidereactionfieldsontheirsurfaces.Chemicalreactionsproceedviaa“deal”ofelectrons.Thus,acatalyticperformancedependsonbothsurfacestatesandelectronicstatesofcatalysts.Catalysisischangedbymixingdifferentmetalsviachangesinsurfaceandelectronicstates.Inparticular,novelcatalysisappearsin“intermetalliccompounds”,novelalloyshavingatomicorderedarrangementsofdifferentmetalsmixedbyanintegerratio.Weareconductingpreciseinvestigationsforvariousalloycatalyststorevealgeneralrulesthatcanbeusedfordesigninganycatalysts.Infuture,itwouldbemoredifficulttogetahappylifebydoingonlyonething.Thinkoutsidethebox.Haveawideperspective.Forlivinginthepost-pandemicworld,beflexibleandbeactive.I’mhappyifIcanhelpstudentstoobtainsuchabilities.AssistantProfessorTakayukiKojimaAfterreceivinghisdoctoraldegreeinengineeringatTohokuUniversity,heworkedasaresearcherandanassistantprofessoratthesameuniversity,andthenstartedhiscurrentcareerinNovember2020.Hisresearchfieldismaterialsscienceincludingmagnetsandcatalysts.Schematic 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)HHeLiBeBCNOFNeNaMgAlSiPSClArKCaScTiVCrMnFeCoNiCuZnGaGeAsSeBrKrRbSrYZrNbMoTcRuRhPdAgCdInSnSbTeIXeCsBaLaHfTaWReOsIrPtAuHgTlPbBiPoAtRnX Y Z X2YZ Ensemble effect Ligand effect F Energy DOS Energy DOS Substitution X Y Z surfacereactiondesorptioncatalystmoleculesadsorptionGeometriceffectElectroniceffectFor 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.Novelcatalysisbynovelalloyshavescarcelybeenrevealedduetothelackofmetallurgicalknowledge.Inparticular,ternary(ormore)systemsarecomplex;however,discoveryofoutstandingcatalystsistobeexpectedfromnumerouselementalsets.Innovativecatalystsenablesynthesizingnovelchemicalmaterials,reducingenergycostsforvariousprocesses,andsuppressingenvironmentalpollutions.OutlookforresearchOutlook for students after graduation
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