Outlook for researchMylabisworkingtodevelopartificialextracellularmatrices(ECM)thatusenaturalmaterialssuchasproteinsandpolysaccharidesasrawmaterials.Clinicalapplicationsforthesematerialsareexpectedtoincludeusesinregenerativemedicine.Outlook for students after graduationGraduatesareprimarilyemployedbymaterialandchemicalmanufacturers,althoughsomeworkatinvolvedinmedicalequipmentorpursueclinicalapplicationssuchasregenerativemedicine.companiesOutlook for researchOutlook for students after graduationAssociateProfessorTERAMOTOAkiraAssociateProfessorNIIHORIYoshikiDepartment ofChemistry and MaterialsDepartment ofChemistry and Materials34AssociateProfessorTeramototookhiscurrentpositionin2008afterworkingasaresearcherataprivatedairycompanyandasaresearchprofessorassociateandassistantintheFacultyofTextileScienceandTechnologyatShinshuUniversity.Hisareasofresearchincludethedevelopmentofsubstratesforcellculturingfunctionalandevaluationofculturedcells.Dr.YoshikiNiihorireceivedhisPh.D.inSciencefromTokyoUniversityofSciencein2013.HeconductedresearchonmetalnanoclustersatRikkyoUniversityandTokyoUniversityofScience.In2025,hejoinedShinshuUniversity.Hisexpertiseliesinthesynthesisofnanomaterialsandtheexplorationoftheirphotophysicalproperties.ExamplesofGeometricalstructuresofligand-protectedmetalnanoclusters(illustratedhere:thiolate-protectedgoldclusters,Aun(SR)m)ingenablesThislight-emingandthefirstdrivenBlueupconversionemissionobservedfromasolutionsample(left)andasolidsample(right)containingplatinum-dopedsilvernanoclustersanddyemoleculesunder785nmexcitation.Whenmetalsareminiaturizedtothenanoscale,theyexhibitnovelpropertiesnotseeninbulkmaterials.“Nanoclusters”—structuresmadeofjustafewatoms—canbehaveinsurprisingways.Forexample,inertgoldbecomescatalyticallyactive,orgainsmagneticandluminescentpropertieswhenclustered.Evenasingle-atomdifferencecandrasticallyaltertheirbehavior.Wesynthesizethesenanoclusterswithatomicprecisiontorevealhowtheiruniquepropertiesemerge.Ourgoalistodesignnext-generation,high-performancenanomaterials.Osteoblasts from mice cultured on a non-woven material made from cellulose nanofibersTissuecellsareculturedoveralongperiodoftimeusingapetridishwhosebottomiscoatedwiththematerialwecreated,andthentheyarekeptinadevicethatmaintainssanitaryconditionssothatwecanexaminetheirfunctionality.Thebodyidentifiesartificialmaterialsasforeignobjectsandattemptstoeliminatethemfromthebodyandneutralizethinkingof,andanyharmfuleffects.Consequently,developing,newpolymermaterialsthataremorecompatiblewithlivingorganismsareextremelyimportantstepsinthetreatmentofnumerousdiseases.preciselymaterials.innovationsthroughcollaborationstechnologiesfuturetheBynanoclustercontrollcompositionandstructure,wecantunetheirPhotophysicalproperties.thedevelopmentofefficientanAsenergy-conversionnanotechnologyalsointerdisciplinaryfield,incatalysisandmedicaldrivesdevicesacrosschemistry,physics,materialsscience,andlifestepsciences.Ourresearchtakestowardbyfunctionalnanomaterialsandlight.Wetrainstudentstocompleteresearchindependently—fromsynthesistoanalysis.Withstrongtechnicalandpresentationskills,ourgraduatesarepreparedtoleadinbothacademiaandindustry.Nanocluster EngineeringDevelopment of Functional Polymeric Materials for Bio-Applications
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