ProfessorASAO NaokiProfessorARAKIJunOutlook for researchOutlook for students after graduationManygraduatesgoontograduateschoolandgetpositionsinabroadrangeofresearchareasinchemicalcompanies.Outlook for researchandcellulose/chitinPolyrotaxanenano-whiskersarebothmaterialswithdiversefuturepotential.Thesecarbohydrate-based,eco-friendly,andbiodegradablecomponentswillfindwideapplicationinsociety.Outlook for students after graduationGraduates are employed primarily by chemical and material manufacturers.Department ofChemistry and MaterialsDepartment ofChemistry and MaterialsProfessorAsaojoinedtheFacultyofTextileScienceandTechnologyatShinshuUniversityin2016afterworkingatTohokuUniversity.Hisprincipalresearchismaterialsscience,basedonorganicchemistry,catalyticscience,andonmetallurgy.science,organicchemistry,catalyticscience,andmetallurgy.ProfessorArakitookhiscurrentpositionin2021afterworkingasaJST-CRESTpostdocresearcher,atoAdvancedtechnicaladvisoranSoftmaterialsandtheassistantprofessorunderShinshuYoungResearchersEmpower-mentProject.Hisareasofspecializationincludesupra-molecularchemistryandpolysacchadidechemistry.areaofbasedInc.,UniversityAtransmissionelectronmicrographoftitanatenanowiresAcertainpolyrotaxanederivative,thatis,anano-sizednecklacemoleculewithawidthof1nanometer,canbeusedtoformaflexiblefilmthathasbeenutilizedtopaintcellphones.cellphones.Cellulosenano-whiskersfromplants(left).Thesenano-sizedfibershaveanelasticmodulushigherthanthatofsteel.Theycanformaliquidcrystalthatshowsvividbirefringencebetweencrossedpolarizers(right).20 nmRecently,wehavedevelopedanewmethodtofabricateultrafinemetaloxidenanomaterialsthatisbasedonadealloyingmethod.Thenanomaterialsexhibitremarkablechemicalpropertiesthatcanbeusedinavarietyofresearchfields.Inourlaboratory,wearestudyingmaterialssciencethatcontributestoenergyandenvironmentalmatters.Oneofissuesinnanotechnologyresearchisthethecentralfabricationofmetaloxidenanomaterialswhoseshapeandsizeiscontrolled.Thisisimportantasthechemicalandphysicalpropertiesofthenanomaterialsarehighlydependentontheirstructures.Furthermore,wearepreparingmanytypesofnanoporousmetalstobeusedasefficientheterogeneouscatalystsforvariouskindsofmaterialtransformations.Iampursuingtwoprincipalareasofresearch.Thefirstinvolvesutilizationofnecklace-shapedsupramoleculestodevelopfunctionalinordercalledpolyrotaxanesmaterialssuchasgels,fibers,andfilmsthroughchemicalmodification.Thesecondinvolvesapplicationsofnano-whiskers,thatis,rod-likemicrocrystalparticlesofcelluloseobtainedprimarilyfromtreesandplantsandthoseofchitinfromcrabandshrimpshellsforuseasreinforcednanocomposites.���W3.6cm×H4.35cm�����11cm��22.2cm���W7.5cm×H4.35cm�����11cm��2.5cmNanoporousgold as a heterogeneous catalyst formolecular transformations���W3.6cm×H4.35cm�����14.9cm��22.2cmA high-resolution transmission electron micrograph of cerium-oxide nanorods.23Metal and metal oxidenanomaterialsfor our daily lifeNecklace-shaped supramolecules andcellulose/chitin nano-whiskers
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