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The following feature article was published in the April 2025 issue of Chemistry.
[Feature] Organometallic Chemistry 20 Years from Now"Opening up the future of organometallic chemistry -- Professor Nozaki talks about his research challenges and ambitions" Kyoko Nozaki "When things get complicated, the story changes" Kohei Takahashi - News
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Articles on the press release published on 7 Feb. are as follows.
2/6 Nihon Keizai Shimbun
2/6 Bioengineer.org , 2/6 SCIENKAG, 2/6 EurekAlert!, 2/6 PHYS.ORG, 2/6 ScienceDaily- Press Release
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Research Achievement, project members and News/Topics has been updated.- Press Release
"A New way to Chemical Recycling of Epoxy Resins--Bisphenols, the raw material, are recovered through rapid degradation under mild conditions, and fibers are successfully recovered from fiber-reinforced composites " National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology , Japan Science and Technology Agency（JST）
※Click here for JST press release.- News
Research Achievement and News/Topics has been updated.- News
Research Achievement and News/Topics has been updated.- News
Web site has been updated.- News
9 Aug Article on the press release ‘Catalyst developed for selective degradation of polyurethane’ published in Science Portal.
September 4th Science Portal- News
An article on the paper in the 4 July press release was published in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
8/27 Nihon Keizai Shimbun- News
Additional articles related to the 9 August press release
8/20Chem-Station the 624th Spotlight Research
Interview: first-year master's student Yuto Yamada, Graduate School of Engineering (Nozaki Laboratory), the University of Tokyo.
8/19 Mynavi News
8/19 Mapion News- News
"Research Achievements Page " has been updated.- News
9 Aug Press release related articles added.
8/9 Nihon Keizai Shimbun8/19 Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun
8/18 newswitch
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"Development of new catalyst for selective degradation of polyurethane - A New path way to chemical recycling of polyurethane waste - "The University of Tokyo, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
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"Degradation of polyethylene under mild conditions utilizing carboxy groups - toward the development reusable plastics with lower energy - " The University of Tokyo, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
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"Research Achievements Page " has been updated.- News
The website of Green polymer lab. at gunma university has been renewed.- News
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The American Chemical Society and Nozaki ERATO jointly organised the symposium.(https://acsoncampus.acs.org/events/university-of-tokyo/) See the photos.- Press Release
Towards a new synthetic method of biodegradable plastics by 'main chain editing' - Synthesis from propylene, carbon monoxide and hydrogen peroxide - The University of Tokyo, Gunma University, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
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The following article was published in Macromolecules (vol 73).
" Chemical Recycling of Plastics utilizing Hydrogen Gas " Takanori Iwasaki, Kohei Takahashi（The University of Tokyo）- News
On 15 May, the American Chemical Society and Nozaki ERATO will co-organise a symposium.(https://acsoncampus.acs.org/events/university-of-tokyo/)- News
Research Achievements (Publications) has been updated.- News
The project website has been updated.- News
The website of "YUKI YAMASAKI SEMINAR" at hosei university has been renewed.- News
AIST Group related articles (reviews, commentaries and contributions)
1) Automotive Engineering "The World of Super" (Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc.), 2024, 78, 130-132. " Development of chemical recycling technology for super engineering plastics with excellent heat and chemical resistance " Yasunori Minami
2) MONOist,(web) " A New Bioplastic that Gains Strength as it is Stretched" (4 sessions) , Shinji Tanaka, Hideaki Ono, Masaru Yoshida
3) JETI，2024, 72, 46. " Raw material conversion technology applicable to polysulfone resin " Yasunori Minami- News
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At the booth of AIST , nano tech 2024 (Tokyo Big Sight) , Dr. Yasunori Minami and Dr. Shinji Tanaka gave presentations (oral & poster).
" Chemical Recycling of Persistent Plastics -degradation of PEEK into monomers at low temperatures- " Yasunori Minami
" New material combining two biomass-derived plastics " Hideaki Ono- News
Professor, Takanori Iwasaki (Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo) and his colleagues have developed a catalyst for the hydrogenolysis of urea, which is now commercially available from Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (TCI)
Iridium catalyst capable of hydrogenolyzing urea derivatives into formamide and amines under mild conditions: Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (TCI)- News
AIST Group related articles (reviews, commentaries and contributions)
1) Chemistry and Chemical Industry, 2023, 76 (12), 893. "Monomer regeneration through chemical recycling of stable plastic resources "
2) JETI, 2023, 71 (11) 91-94 " A new material combining two types of biomass-derived plastics - a transparent film material that increases in strength the more it is stretched - towards a more sustainable building material with the aim of achieving 100%. " Shinji Tanaka(田中慎二)
3) Convertech 2023, 9 " National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology and others: Unique recent achievements in academia, including the degradation of super engineering plastics and the exclusive separation of CO2 "
4) Functional Materials 2023, 43 (10) 64-70 " Synthesis and characterisation of biopolyester-biopolyamide multiblock copolymers " Shinji Tanaka(田中慎二), Hideaki Ono, Masaru Yoshida
5) WEB Journal 2023 29 (7) 2-6 " Development of new materials through multi-block copolymerisation of two bioplastics". Shinji Tanaka(田中慎二), Hideaki Ono , Masaru Yoshida
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At the Agribusiness Creation Fair 2023 (Tokyo Big Sight), Group Leader Prof. Miwa Suzuki (Gunma University) gave a presentation on the ERATO Project.- News
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Research Director Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture to junior high school students at Ikeda Junior High School attached to Osaka Kyoiku University, on the ERATO Project.- News
Research Achievements (Publications) has been updated.- Press Release
「Development of the technology to degrade into raw materials applicable to polysulfone resin--Degrades persistent plastics at low temperatures and recovers bisphenols--.」National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology , Japan Science and Technology Agency（JST）
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Research Achievements (Publications) has been updated.- News
The UTokyo Repository has made these papers available to the public.- Press Release
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Prof. Shintaro Nakagawa has been appointed as Group Leader of the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Group.- News
Young Researchers' Debriefing Session was held at Gunma University.- News
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The website for Nozaki Resin-Degradation Catalyst Project was launched.- News
ERATO Nozaki Resin-Degradation Catalyst Project has been launched.