RESEARCH

Research Clusters

Nano-Organics and Nano-Hybrids

Our research cluster at the IROAST focuses on functional nano-objects composed of organics, inorganics and hybrids, which include self-assemblies, nano-particles, nano-catalyst, graphene oxide, quantum dots, and inorganic/organic hybrids. Currently 8 members including 4 visiting professors of IROAST from France, Spain, United States and China join the research unit. The international collaborative projects regarding basic and advanced chemistry on nano-organics and nano-hybrids are initiated and carried out by each member, and their targets are widely distributed across highly diverse fields.

Nano-Organics and Nano-Hybrids

Cluster members

  • Japan
    Hirotaka IHARA Website

    Professor Emeritus
    Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University

    Japan
  • Japan
    Coordinator
    Makoto TAKAFUJI Website

    Professor
    Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University

    Japan
  • France
    Reiko ODA Website

    Research Director
    CBMN (UMR5248), CNRS-Université de Bordeaux
    ＊IROAST Visiting Professor

    France
  • Spain
    Josep-Lluis BARONA-VILAR Website

    Professor
    Instituto de Historia de la Medicina y de la Ciencia López Piñero (IHMC), Universidad de Valencia
    ＊IROAST Visiting Professor

    Spain
  • China/ Cananda
    Zhenghe XU Website

    Dean
    College of Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen
    Teck Professor
    Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton
    ＊IROAST Visiting Professor

    China/ Cananda
  • Japan
    Yutaka KUWAHARA

    Assistant Professor
    Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University

    Japan
  • USA
    Etsuko FUJITA Website

    Senior Scientist Emeritus
    Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory
    ＊IROAST Visiting Professor

    USA
  • Japan/ France
    Nanami HANO

    JSPS Overseas Research Fellow
    Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University
    Université de Bordeaux

    Japan/ France
  • Japan
    Naoya RYU

    Senior Scientist
    Materials Development Department, Kumamoto Industrial Research Institute

    Japan

Achievement

Publications
in press
2025
2024
2023
2022
Publications
Grants

Accepted grants  (*on-going)

  • FY 2023-2026: KAKEN, Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)), JSPS, "Development of Soft Encapsulation Technology for Supramolecular Chiral Nanospaces Expressing Tunable Ultra-Enhanced Circular Polarization", PI: M. Takafuji, Co-PI: N. Ryu, N. Hano.
  • FY 2021–2024: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), JSPS, PI: Takafuji, Co-PI: N. Hano, 13,200,000 yen.
  • FY 2020–2022: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), JSPS, PI: Ihara, Co-PI: M. Takafuji, S. Nagaoka, N. Okita, 13,700,000 yen.
  • FY 2022–2025: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), JSPS, PI: T. Sagawa, Co-PI: Ihara, J. HWANG, K. Matsumoto, 15,400,000 yen.
  • FY 2018–2022: KAKEN, Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)), JSPS, PI: Takafuji, Co-PI: H. Ihara, N. Ryu, N. Hano, 13,800,000 yen.
  • FY 2020–2022: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS, PI: Kuwahara, Co-PI: H. Ihara, N. Ryu, 3,300,000 yen.
  • FY 2022–2024: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS, PI: T. Shirosaki, Co-PI: Takafuji, N. Ryu, 3,200,000 yen.
  • FY 2020–2022: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS, PI: N. Ryu, Co-PI: Takafuji, 3,400,000 yen.
  • FY 2020–2022: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS, PI: K. Nishiyama, Co-PI: Takafuji, S. Yoshimoto, 3,400,000 yen.
  • FY 2020–2022: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory), JSPS, PI: Ihara, Co-PI: Y. Kuwahara, S. Nagaoka.
  • FY 2022–2024: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, JSPS, PI: Hano, 3,500,000 yen
  • FY 2022–2024: Bilateral Joint Research Projects with Turkey, JSPS, PI: Takafuji, 5,000,000 yen
  • FY 2022–2024: Bilateral Joint Research Projects with China, JSPS, PI: Ihara, 4,500,000 yen
  • FY 2022–2024: Bilateral Joint Research Projects with France (Open Partnership), JSPS, PI: Takafuji, 4,000,000 yen
  • FY 2020–2021 (extended to 2022): Bilateral Joint Research Projects with Lithuania, JSPS, PI: Ihara, 5,000,000 yen.
  • FY 2022: MIF Fellow (from KTMU), Matsumae International Foundation, Host researcher: Takafuji, 1,000,000 yen
  • FY 2022: Follow-up Services for International Students who studied in Japan (from Univ. Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia), JASSO, Supervisor: Takafuji
  • FY 2024–2026: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS, PI: Y, Kuwahara, member: H. Ihara, N. Ryu, 3,600,000 yen

Patent publication (Active)

  • Method for manufacturing column packing material for liquid chromatography, Inventor: R. Sun, S. Nozato, A. Nakasuga, Ihara, M. Takafuji, Y. Kuwahara, H. Noguchi, T. Liu, JP Patent: JP7061759B2

Activities

University of Bordeaux (UB), France

  • Invitation of Dr. Reiko ODA, IROAST Visiting Professor, and organization of  the 138th IROAST Seminar lectured by Dr. Oda (Dec. 2024)

  • Sending of Master course students, Mr. Koichiro Takezono (2nd year-MS student) (Oct., 2024 to Dec.,  2024)
  • Online participant of a master’s thesis defense of Ms. Ruff Mina Marie (an IROAST internship student from Jan. 2024 to Mar. 2024)  at university of Bordeaux (In June 2024)
  • Sending of Master course students (Oct., 2023 to Mar.,  2024)
  • Visiting of cluster members, Dr. Ihara and Dr. Takafuji (Jan. 2024)
  • The second term of the joint research project:
  • the Laboratoire international associé (LIA) - 'Chiral nanostructures for photonic applications' (CNPA), of the University of Bordeaux (UB) with Kumamoto University (KU) and Kyoto University (FY2015-)
  • Three Japanese member's visit to the University of Bordeaux (UB) in Sep. 2022 and Feb. 2023
  • Visit of seven French members including Dr. R. Oda to KU and join in the 13th IROAST Symposium organized by this cluster members on November 9, 2022.
    　　        

    Excursion after the 13th IROAST Symposium (Japan-France Joint Seminar), in November 2022

  • A member of the research cluster (Dr. Nanami HANO) has joined R. Oda’s group as a JSPS Overseas Research Fellow (from March, 2022-)

    At a international conference (X-NOA meeting) in April, 2023

 

Universitat de València (UV), Spain

  • Prof. Barona-Vilar's visit to Kumamoto Univesity in Nov., 2024 and organization of the 133th IROAST Seminar lectured by Prof. Barona-Vilar

  • Prof. Barona-Vilar's visit to Kumamoto Univesity in Nov., 2023
  • Visiting of cluster members, Dr. Takafuji and Dr. Hano for discussion about research topic and exchange agreement (July, 2023)
  • lecture (the 107th IROAST seminar) titled “Artificial Intelligence in Health Care. Potentials, risks and ethical impact”
  • Prof. Barona-Vilar's visit to Kumamoto Univesity in Dec. 2022 and Lectures (The 88th & 89th IROAST Seminar) for the COVID pandemic by Prof. Barona-Vilar.

 

 

 

 

 

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