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  • A01 Molecular Control
  • A02 Structure Construction
  • A03 Function Exploration
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  • A02 Structure Construction
  • A03 Function Exploration
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Profile
Tatsuya NISHIMURA,
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Contact Information
Address: Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656
E-mail: tatsuya“at”chembio.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp (but replace "at" with "@")
Personal Homepage：http://kato.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index-e.html
Fields of Interest
Functional Polymers, Organic/Inorganic Hybrids, Biomineralization
Professional Experience
2004-2006 Postdoctoral Researcher at The University of Tokyo
2006-2007 Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
2007-present Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Education
B.S., Nagoya University, 1998
Ph.D., Nagoya University, 2004 (Prof. E. Yashima)
Membership of Academic Societies
The Chemical Society of Japan, The Society of Polymer Science of Japan, The Materials Research Society (MRS), Japanese Society for Chitin and Chitosan
Awards & Honors
  1. Japanese-German Frontiers of Science Symposium (Potsdam, Germany), Invited Speaker (2012)
  2. Award for Encouragement of Research in Materials Processing Learning from Nature, Sekisui Kagaku (2012)
  3. Award for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science, the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (2012)
  4. Young Scholar Lectureship of CSJ (2010)
  5. Chemistry Innovation UT GCOE Lectureship (2009)
  6. IUMRS-ICEM Award for Encouragement of Research in Materials Science(2012)
Research Project
Design and Synthesis of Controlling Molecules for Creative Development and Exploration of Functions of Fusion Materials
Selected Publications
  1. Zhu, F., Nishimura, T., Eimura, H., Kato, T.
    “Supramolecular Effects on Formation of CaCO3 Thin Films on a Polymer Matrix”
    CrystEngComm, in press. (10.1039/C3CE41649F)

  2. Kumagai, H., Matsunaga, R., Nishimura, T., Yamamoto, Y., Kajiyama, S., Oaki, Y. Akaiwa, K., Inoue, H., Nagasawa, H., Tsumoto, K., Kato, T.
    “CaCO3/Chitin Hybrids: Recombinant Acidic Peptides Based on a Peptide Extracted from the Exoskeleton of a Crayfish Controls the Structures of the Hybrids”,
    Faraday Discuss., 159, 483-494 (2012).

  3. Nishimura, T., Imai, H., Oaki, Y., Sakamoto, T., Kato, T.
    “Preparation of Thin-Film Hydroxyapatite/Polymer Hybrids”,
    Chem. Lett., 40, 458-460 (2011). [Selected as Editor’s Choice]

  4. Yamamoto, Y., Nishimura, T., Saito, T., Kato, T.
    “CaCO3/Chitin-Whisker Hybrids: Formation of CaCO3 Crystals in Chitin-Based Liquid-Crystalline Suspension”
    Polym. J., 42, 583-586 (2010).

  5. Kato, T., Sakamoto, T., Nishimura, T.
    “Macromolecular Templating for the Formation of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Structures”
    MRS Bulletin, 35, 127-132 (2010).

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