ProfessorKIMURAMutsumiProfessorKOHSAKAYasuhiroOutlook for researchIcarryoutresearchintoenvironmentalpurificationcatalystsonthenano-scale,highlysensitivesensorsthatsubstances,andfunctionalmaterialsthatallowtheproductionofcolorfulsolarpanels.Thesematerialsarethekeystodevelopingasocietycapableofsustainablegrowth.candetecttraceamountsofOutlook for students after graduationGraduatesgoontoworkprimarilyatchemicalandmaterialmanufacturers,butsomealsoworkatelectricalandmachinerymanufacturersOutlook for researchSincepolymerchemistrysupportschemicalindustry,wehaveachancetodiscoveranewmaterialforpracticalapplication.Wealwaysenjoyexperimentsinpurechemistry,whileourgrouphasmanycollaborationswithinter-/intra-nationalcompaniesandresearchinstitutes.Weinnovateavarietyofnovelmaterialsfromplasticsforasustainablesocietywithintelligentmaterials.Outlook for students after graduationAllstudentscontinuetheirresearchandstudiesinmasterprogramofourgraduateschoolinordertobecomeresearchers/engineersinpolymerandorganicchemistry.Manystudentsthengotocompaniesinthechemicalindustry,whilesomestudentslearnmoreinourdoctoralprogram.Department ofChemistry and MaterialsDepartment ofChemistry and MaterialsDiscovering new functional materials through nanotech and realizing new functionality by imitating the structure of living thingsProfessorgraduatedKimurafromTsukubaUniversityin1990andfromthatuniversity’smaster'sprograminenvironmentalsciencein1992.HecompletedtheShinshuUniversityGraduateSchoolofEngineering’sdoctoralresearchProgramin1995.Hisareaofspecializationisfunctionalmaterialchemistry.Prof.KohsakareceivedhisPh.D.fromTheTokyoTech.in2011.HestartedhisacademiccarrierasanOsakaassistantUniversityandmovedtoShinshuUniversityin2015.HewasselectedinJSPSPRESTOprogramin2022.In2023,heisreceivedthetitleoffrom‘RisingShinshuUniversityand‘theMEXTYoungScientists'PrizefromMEXT.This green solar cell imitates photosynthesis.A plant is a small chemical plant.By using m aterialsat the nano-scale, it becomes possible to detect extremely low concentrations of gas (as part of the effort to develop artificial olfactorysensors).Using acetyl salicylic acid (aspirin), we have developed a new plastic for easy chemical recycling, a resource circulation through the decomposition to the raw materials and resyntheses. This is a first example of vinyl polymers (polymers consisting of carbon backbone) designed for chemical recycling.Powderof polyesterSoaked in aqueous NH3Polyesters decomposition in aqueous ammonia. The decomposition changes the solution color yellow by releasing the monomer.chemicalAlthoughpolymermaterials,e.g.fibers,plasticsandrubbersareessentialinourdailylife,theirwastecausessocialproblemsuchasmarinepollutionanddepletionofpetroleumresources.Prof.Kohsakainvestigatesthedevelopmentsofnewpolymermaterialsredesignedfromthestartingmoleculesinordertosolvetheseproblems.Forexample,hedevelopedanewpolymermaterialdegradableinaqueousmediatoenvironment-friendlychemicals,whileasustainableplasticthatregeneratesthestartingmaterialswascreated.Healsoinnovatedanovelmethodtopreparepolyesterswithlowenergyconsumption.Iampursuingresearchintohigh-efficiencyconversionoftheenergyandchemicalsfoundwithinlivingthingsbyartificiallyimitatingthedetailedstructuresfoundinthem.Specifically,myresearchincludesthebreakingdownofhazardoussubstancesfoundintheenvironment,chemicalsensorsthatcandetecttraceamountsofsubstances,andsolarpanelsmadewithoutsilicon.inprofessorresearcher’Star26Release of the monomer A Great Chance to Save the World with ‘Epochal Plastic’ through Molecular Design
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