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Dr. Tsuneaki SAKURAI, Ph.D (Engineering)
Associate Professor
Faculty of Molecular Chemistry and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology
Phone: (+81)-75-724-7826
E-mail: sakurai[at]kit.ac.jp（[at] = @）
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Date of Birth:
1984/12/29
Education:
2006 Apr.–2012 Mar.
Ph.D Student, Prof. Aida Group
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.
(http://macro.chem.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/)
B.S. 2007 Mar., M.S. 2009 Mar., Ph.D. 2012 Mar.
Career:
2012 Apr.–2014 Jun.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2014 Jun.–2015 Mar.
Assistant Professor
Prof. Seki Group, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University.
2015 Apr.–2019 Jul.
Assistant Professor
Prof. Seki Group, Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University.
2019. Aug.–2019 Dec.
Junior Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer)
Engineering Education Research Center, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University.
Prof. Seki Group, Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University.
(http://www.moleng.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~moleng_06/index-j.htm)
2020 Jan.–2023 Dec.
Junior Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer)
with Prof. Shimizu, Faculty of Molecular Chemistry and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology.
2019 Oct.–2024 Mar.
Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers (LEADER), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2024 Jan.– present
Associate Professor
with Prof. Shimizu, Faculty of Molecular Chemistry and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology.
(http://www.cis.kit.ac.jp/~orgsynth/)
Fellowship:
2009 Apr.- 2012 Mar.
Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC1)
2013 Apr.–2014 Jun.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD)
Related Research Field:
Supramolecular Chemistry, Functional Organic Materials, Condensed Matter Physical Chemistry
(Polymer Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Radiation Chemistry)
Research Interest:
Development of Soft Materials for Organic Electronics and Photonics
Liquid Crystalline Assembly of Discotic π-Systems Using Unique Side-Chain Engineering
Highly Insulated Conjugated Molecular Wires
Novel Folding Polymers Containing Electroactive π-Electronic Units
JMC C 2016, Macromolecules 2017, Mater. Chem. Front. 2018, J. Phys. Chem. B 2019, Chem. Commun. 2019, Chem. Commun. 2020, etc...
New Aspects of Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer (ESIPT)-Type Fluorophores
Use of ESIPT Fluorophores as Highly Luminescent Liquid Crystalline Dopants
Experimental/Theoretical Approaches of Substituents Design for Enhancing Fluorescent Quantum Yield in Both Solution and Solid States
J. Phys. Chem. B 2017, Adv. Optical Mater. 2019, Langmuir 2019, PCCP 2020, Adv. Optical Mater. 2020, Crystals 2021, Faraday Discuss. 2024, etc...
Solid-State Polymerization of Organic Molecules into Nanowires by High-Energy Charged Particle Irradiation
Fabrication of Functional Nanowires by High Energy Particle Irradiations
Ion-Track Visualization of Non-Focused Cluster Ion Beams
Development of Standing Organic Nanowire Arrays
Adv. Mater. Lett. 2015, Nanoscale 2016, Radiat. Phys. Chem. 2018, J. Phys. Chem. B 2018, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2020, Nature Commun. 2021, etc...
