Shinji NOGUCHI

Shinji Noguchi received his Ph.D. in Engineering as the valedictorian from the Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering at Hokkaido University in March 2025. In April 2025, he was appointed as a specially appointed assistant professor at the Laboratory of Soft & Wet Matter, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University. Additionally, he holds a cross-appointment as a specially appointed assistant professor at the Institute for Integrated Innovations at Hokkaido University.

Shinji Noguchi is active in the field of inorganic material chemistry and polymer material chemistry. He has advanced the synthesis of inorganic compounds via liquid-phase processes and the development of materials exhibiting optical properties through morphology-controlled inorganic compounds. His research also includes the synthesis of inorganic compounds inside hydrogels, utilizing the advantages of polymers to enhance material preparation.

Major Publications

• Real-Space Visualization of Charged Polymer Network of Hydrogel by Double Network Strategy and Mineral Staining
  Shinji Noguchi, Ryuji Kiyama, Masahiro Yoshida, Maradhana Agung Marsudi, Naohiro Kashimura, Kiyoharu Tadanaga, Jian Ping Gong, Takayuki Nonoyama
  Nano Letters, 24(29), 9088–9095 (2024). (Supplementary Cover)

• Structural Color Materials with Color Mixing Effect Using Noble Metal‐Free Plasmonic Particles in SiO2–ZrN System
  Shinji Noguchi, Milena Lama, Yuta Fujii, Akira Miura, Kiyoharu Tadanaga
  Advanced Optical Materials, 12(19) 2400287 (2024). (Inside Front Cover)

• Synthesis of ZrN–SiO2 core–shell particles by a sol–gel process and use as particle‐based structured coloring material
  Shinji Noguchi, Akira Miura, Kiyoharu Tadanaga
  Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 107(10) 6885-6895 (2024).