At the 4th CSLT-CSJ Joint Symposium 2024 ( Tamkang University , Taiwan ) , Prof. Kohei Takahashi (The University of Tokyo) gave a lecture titled " Metal-catalyzed Degradations of Epoxy Resins and Olefin-based Polymers ".
At the 4th CSLT-CSJ Joint Symposium 2024 ( Tamkang University , Taiwan ) , Prof. Miwa Suzuki (Gunma University) gave a lecture titled " Differences between Biodegradable and Non-Biodegradable Plastics as Revealed by Microbiome ".
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
Oral presentation was given at JSBBA 2024 Annual Meeting(Tokyo University of Agriculture, Setagaya Campus)
" Differences between biodegradable and non-biodegradable organic compounds, which would be revealed by microbiome " Takuya Hayashi 1 , Miwa Suzuki 2, Ken-ichi Kasuya 1,2, Kohei Takahashi 3, Kyoko Nozaki 3 (1Gunma Univ., 2GUCFW, 3The Univ. of Tokyo)
At the 104th CSJ Annual Meeting (2024) (Funabashi Campus, Nihon University, College of Science and Technology ) , the following lectures were given.
1) a keynote lecture titled " Development of Catalytic Resin-degradation Reactions and their Application to Chemical Recycling " by research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki
2) a lecture titled " Development of Efficient Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation Reactions Using Multifunctional Solid Catalysts " by Prof. Xiongjie Jin(The Univ. of Tokyo)
3) a lecture titled " Depolymerization of Super Engineering Plastics toward Chemical Recycling " by Group Leader Dr. Yasunori Minami(AIST)
4) a lecture titled " Practice and Application of Digital-driven Chemical Synthesis " by Dr. Akira Yada(AIST)
At the Adhesion Society of Japan, The 193rd Regular Meeting (2024), (The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Agriculture Campus) , Dr. Shinji Tanaka (田中 慎二) gave a lecture titled " Development of Composite Material of Biopolyester PBS and Biopolyamide PA4 "
Oral presentation was given at the 10th 3R International Scientific Conference on Material Cycles and Waste Management (3RINCS 2024)(Sydney, Australia) " Co-hydrothermal carbonization of polyvinyl chloride and rice straw: Optimization of processing parameters for solid fuel production. " Hao Xu, Pu Yang, Douglas Hungwe, Yamsomphong Kanokwan, Vinayak Gupta, Yuki Yamasaki, Fumitake Takahashi, Kunio Yoshikawa
At the 41st SPSJ Chiba Regional Activity Young Scientists Seminar (Tokyo University of Science), Group Leader Dr. Yasunori Minami(AIST) gave a lecture titled "Depolymerization by Main Chain Cleavage of Stable Resins and Its Prospects"
At The ITmedia Virtual EXPO 2024 winter (2024.2.14-3.15) , Dr. Shinji Tanaka (田中 慎二) gave a lecture titled " Bioplastics made of Two Polymers that Increase in Strength as They are Stretched "
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
At Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar (Tohoku University), Group Leader Dr. Yasunori Minami(AIST) gave a lecture titled " Toward Chemical Recycling of Stable Plastics - Demolymerization of Super Engineering Plastics - "
Oral presentation was given at the 3rd Materials Research Meeting (MRM2023) The 24th IUMRS-International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA2023)(Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto) " Depolymerization of polyetheretherketone to form monomer units " Yasunori Minami, Nao Matsuyama, Yumiko Nakajima(AIST)
At the Asian Polyolefin Workshop 2023 (APO2023),(Kinsho Hall, Todai-Ji, Nara, Japan) ,
Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Polyolefins with toughness and beyond " .
AT the International Symposium on Catalysis and Fine Chemicals (C&FC2023) (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan) , Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Late Transitionmetal Catalysts for Polymer Synthesis and Degradation " .
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
Oral presentation was given at the 32nd Polymer Materials Forum(Nagoya Congress Center, Aichi, Japan) "Development of composite materials through multi-block copolymerisation of biopolyester PBS and biopolyamide PA4 " Hideaki Ono, Yasutaka Kawai, Seisuke Ata, Kazuma Kurihara, Shinji Tanaka(田中慎二), Masaru Yoshida(AIST)
At the 6th GLowing Polymer Symposium in KANTO, Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Polymer Synthesis and Degradation for Sustainability ".
Oral presentation was given at the 15th International Kyoto Conference on New Aspects of Organic Chemistry (IKCOC-15)(Rihga Royal Hotel, Kyoto) . " Chemoselectivity Change in Catalytic Hydrogenolysis: Ureas to Formamides and Amines " Takanori Iwasaki, Kazuki Tsuge, Naoki Naito, Kyoko Nozaki
Oral presentation was given the International Symposium on Feedstock Recycling of Polymeric Materials 2023 (ISFR 2023)(Sendai, Miyagi) " Depolymerization of Oxyphenylene-Based Super Engineering Plastics by Hydroxylation-Depolymerization " Y. Minami, Y. Inagaki, T. Tsuyuki, K. Sato, Y. Nakajima (AIST)
At The 2023 Japan-US Seminar on Polymer Chemistry: Meeting the Challenges of a Sustainable Society with Macromolecules ( Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Okinawa, Japan ) , Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Late Transition Metal Catalysts for Polymer Synthesis and Degradation".
Oral presentation was given at the 9th Asia/Pacific Congress on Catalysis (APCAT-9), (Hangzhou, China) . " Multifunctional WO3-ZrO2-Supported Platinum Catalyst for Remarkably Efficient Hydrogenolysis of Esters to Alkanes " Xiongjie Jin
Poster Presentation was given at the 9th Asia/Pacific Congress on Catalysis (APCAT-9), (Hangzhou, China) . " Hydrogen-Induced Formation of Surface Acid Sites on Pt/Al(PO3)3 Enables Remarkably Efficient Hydrogenolysis of C−O Bonds in Alcohols and Ethers " Kento Oshida, Kang Yuan, Yukari Yamazaki, Rio Tsukimura, Xiongjie Jin, Kyopko Nozaki
At The 5th OKU-WuXi AppTec Symposium of Organic Chemistry ( College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China ), Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Catalyst Development toward Effective Use of Unutilized Carbon Resourcess".
Oral presentation was given at the 13th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2023 (TOWER HALL FUNABORI, Tokyo). " Innovative Recycling Technologies in Super Engineering Plastics" Yasunori Minami
At The Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC) Chinese Academy of Sciences Lecture( Shanghai, China ), Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Late Transition Metal Catalysts for Polymer Synthesis and Degradation".
At The Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC) Chinese Academy of Sciences Lecture( Shanghai, China ), Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Late Transition Metal Catalysts for Polymer Synthesis and Degradation".
Oral presentation was given at the XXIII International Conference on Organic Synthesis (23-ICOS), (Shanghai, China). " Nickel-Catalyzed C(sp3)−O Hydrogenolysis via a Remote Concerted Oxidative Addition and its Application to Degradation of a Bisphenol A-Based Epoxy Resin " Yumeng Liao, Kohei Takahashi, Kyoko Nozaki
At The October Regional Lecture Meeting of Tokai Branch of the Japan Rubber Association, Group Leader Dr. Yasunori Minami(AIST) gave a lecture titled " Depolymerization of Super Engineering Plastics - Toward Chemical Recycling of Stable Plastics - ".
Oral presentation was given at the 72nd Symposium on Macromolecules ( Kagawa University, Japan ). " Depolymerization of super engineering plastic PEEK by sulfur nucleophiles to form monomer-type products" Yasunori Minami, Nao Matsuyama, Yumiko Nakajima " Synthesis and characterization of multiblock copolymers composed of polyester (PBS) and polyamide (PA4) " Ono Hideaki, Kawai Yasutaka, Ata Seisuke, Minamikawa Hiroyuki, Kurihara Kazuma, Tanaka Shinji, Yoshida Masaru
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.
Poster Presentation was given at the NanoPol2023 ( International University Centre for Research, Orléans, France ). " Relation between Crystalline Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Random Carboxyl Substituted Polyethylene "Jian Zhou, Shintaro Nakagawa, Kohei Takahashi, Kyoko Nozaki, Naoko Yoshie
At The Princeton University Seminar( Princeton University, USA ), Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Catalytic Cleavage of C(sp3)-O bonds toward Deconstruction of Thermosetting Resins " .
At The Cornell University Aggarwal Lecturer(2023-2024)( Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Cornell University, N.Y., USA ), Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Catalyst Development toward Effective Use of Unutilized Carbon Resources " .
At The Cornell University Aggarwal Lecturer(2023-2024)( Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Cornell University, N.Y., USA ), Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " A 30-year Journey of Stereocontrol in Polymer Synthesis: Tacticity Control in Copolymers of Propylene " .
Oral presentation was given at the ACS FALL 2023 ( Moscone Center, San Francisco, USA ). " Catalytic Cleavage of C(sp3)-O bonds toward Deconstruction of Thermosetting Resins" Kyoko Nozaki, Yumeng Liao, Yanze Huang, Kohei Takahashi, Xiongjie Jin
Oral presentation was given at The 10th Symposium of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan Green Chemistry Symposium The 24th Symposium on the Chemistry of Plastic Recycling Joint Research and Presentation. " Sulfur Nucleophile-initiated Depolymerization of Super Engineering Plastic PEEK" Yasunori Minami, Nao Matsuyama, Yumiko Nakashima (AIST)
Mr. Yumeng Liao, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, received Gold Award for poster presentation at The OMCOS 21( Vancouver, Canada ).
Poster Presentation was given at The OMCOS 21( Vancouver, Canada ). " Nickel-Catalyzed Selective Cleavage of C(sp3)–O Bond of 1-Aryloxy-3-Amino-2-Propanols: A Study Towards Epoxy Resin Degradation" Yumeng Liao, Kohei Takahashi, Kyoko Nozaki
At The 13th SPSJ International Polymer Conference (IPC 2023) ( SAPPORO CONVENTION CENTER ) , Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Catalyst for Polymer Synthesis and Polymer Degradation" .
At the Organometallic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference New Frontiers in Synthesis, Catalysis and Materials Chemistry ( Salve Regina University, United States ) , Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Neighboring-Group Effect in Homogeneous Catalysis: Non-innocence of Supporting Ligands and Counter Ions".
At The 16th International conference on materials chemistry ( MC16 )( University College Dublin, Ireland ) , Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Polymer Synthesis and Degradation for Sustainability".
Oral presentation was given at The 12th JACI/GSC Symposium. " Sulfur nucleophilic depolymerization of polyetheretherketone" Yasunori Minami, Nao Matsuyama, Yumiko Nakashima (AIST)
At The Seventh International Symposium Frontiers in Polymer Science ( The Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden ) , Research Director Kyoko Nozaki gave a keynote lecture titled "Catalysts for synthesis and degradation of tough polymers".
At The University of Bergen ( Bergen, Norway) , Research Director Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled "Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of C–O and C–N Bonds Toward the Effective Use of Unutilized Carbon Resources".
Mr.Yuki Shibutani, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, received the Student Presentation Award at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan.
Dr. Minami, Senior Researcher of Catalytic Chemistry Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), gave a lecture (on-line) on "Development of Catalytic Reactions for Chemical Recycling of Plastics" at the CMC Research Webinar.
Poster presentation was given at the 15th CaRLa Winter School 2023 German-American Institute (Heidelberg, Germany). "Heterolytic oxidative addition of group 13/14 element–hydrogen bonds by cyclopentadienone iridium complexes" Takuya Higashi, Shuhei Kusumoto, Kyoko Nozaki (The University of Tokyo)
Prof.Miwa Suzuki, Gunma University Center for Food Science and Wellness gave a lecture on "Difference in Environmental Degradability of Biodegradable Plastics" at the International Congress on Pure & Applied Chemistry Kota Kinabalu 2022
At the 2nd NBCI-TIA Seminar, Dr. Minami, Senior Researcher of Catalytic Chemistry Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), gave a lecture entitled "Research and Study on Degradation of Persistent Resins".
Poster Presentation was given at The 49th Symposium on Main Group Element Chemistry. "Synthesis of Bis(carbodiphosphorane)s and Their Coordinative Behavior toward Main Group Elements" Sho Saito, Shuhei Kusumoto, Kyoko Nozaki
Mr. Kazuki Tsuge, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, received the Best Poster Presentation Award on the 12th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2022.
Dr. Minami, Senior Researcher of Catalytic Chemistry Integration Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), gave an invited lecture on "Depolymerization of Phenylene-based Super Engineering Plastics to Regenerate Monomer Units" at the ICPAC KK 2022 International Congress on Pure & Applied Chemistry.
Research Director Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture on "Development of Sustainable Polymers Based on Catalytic Chemistry" at the 31st Polymer Materials Forum.
At the Polymer Frontier 21, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture entitled "New Polymers from Carbon Dioxide" on polymers that contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.
Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture on "Toward Carbon-Circulating Polymer Synthesis" at the Science Council of Japan Open Symposium-Challenges of Polymer Chemistry toward Carbon Neutralization and Resource Recycling-.
Dr. Minami, Senior Researcher of Catalytic Chemistry Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), gave a lecture titled "Chemical Degradation of Insoluble and Rigid Plastics - Depolymerization of Super Engineering Plastics - " at the 4th AIST Chemical Research Symposium ; Young researchers gather in Tsukuba, to play an active role in the field of attractive and appealing chemistry.
At The Gordon Stone Lecture and Symposium 2022, Prof.Kyoko Nozaki gave an Award Lecture titled "Late Transitionmetal Catalysts for Polymer Synthesis and Degradation".
Dr. Minami, Senior Researcher of Catalytic Chemistry Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), gave a lecture on "Development of Catalytic Reactions for Chemical Recycling of Plastics" at the CMC Research Webinar.
Mr. Yumeng Liao, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, received the Student Presentation Award on the 72nd Symposium of The Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry.
Poster presentation was given at the 12th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2022. "Selective Hydrogenolysis of Ureas to Formamides and Amines by Iridium Catalyst bearing Phosphine-Pyrrolido Ligand" Kazuki Tsuge, Naoki Naito, Takanori Iwasaki, Kyoko Nozaki
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a presentation titled "Late Transitionmetal Catalysts for Polymer Synthesis and Degradation".
Oral presentations was given at the 71st Symposium on Macromolecules. "Degradation of biodegradable polyesters by an extremely halophilic archaeon" Miwa Suzuki, Phouvilay Soulenthone, Masahiro Miyamoto, Yuya Tachibana, Ken-ichi Kasuya
Poster presentation was given at the 68th Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry. "Iridium-Catalyzed Selective Hydrogenolysis of Urea Derivatives to Formamides and Amines" Kazuki Tsuge, Naoki Naito, Takanori Iwasaki, Kyoko Nozaki
Oral presentation was given at the 71st Symposium on Polymer Chemistry. "Synthesis of polymers containing ester groups by Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of polyketones and evaluation of their degradability" Kohei Takahashi, Hironami Yuan, Shinya Hayashi, Miwa Suzuki, Kenichi Kasuya, Kyoko Nozaki
At the XXII-ISHC, Lisbon, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a presentation titled "Synthesis of Polyethylene-Poly(Methyl Acrylate) Multiblock COpolymers via a Dual Polymerization Pathway".
At the 29th-ICOMC, Prague Congress Centre, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a presentation titled "Late Transitionmetal Catalysts for Polymer Synthesis and Degradation".
Mr.shinji Tanaka (田中真司), Senior Researcher,National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, received 2021 Reserch Progress Award(Research Association For Feedstock Recycling of Plastics Japan).
At the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science (FWIS) International Award, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a presentation titled "MOLECULAR SYNTHESIS FROM SMALL MOLECULES TO MACROMOLECULES mediated by well-designed organometallic catalysts".
At the Dr. Karl Wamsler Innovation Award Symposium 2022, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a presentation titled “Catalysts toward More Sustainable Chemical Synthesis”.
Mr. Koichiro Masada, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, received the Student Lecture Award at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan.
Prof. Kyoko Nozaki has been awarded the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Award for Science and Technology). Achievement "Study on development of polar group-containing polymer synthesis catalyst".
At the 33rd Annual Frontiers in Chemistry Symposium, The Scripps Research Institute, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave an Invited Lecture on "Homogeneous Catalysis for the Synthesis and Degradation of Macromolecules".
At The 8th International Symposium on Transformative Bio-Molecules, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave an Invited Lecture on "Catalysts toward More Sustainable Chemical Synthesis".
At Pacifichem2021, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave an Invited Lecture on "Copolymerization of Ethylene with Methyl Acrylate Using a Cyclopentadienyl Cobalt Complex: Statistical and Block Copolymers".
At the National Taiwan University Department of Chemistry Seminar, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave an Invited Lecture on "Catalyst Design for Polymerization and Depolymerization" (Online).