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2025 Members

Research Group of Surface Chemistry (Yasuo Izumi Group)


Utilizing the reactiity of solid surface, sustainable chemistry is explored. If CO2 can be converted into fuels and/or raw chemicals by the irradiation of light, new carbon-neutral cycle is created. Such photocatalysts are developed and the photocatalysts are used in solar cell. In order to explore new surface reaction, it is ultimately important to understand dynamic, complex reaction steps on surface and then feedbak to the development of new surface reaction. The transformation of reactant molecle(s) is monitored by the state-of-the-art spectrscopy. e.g. IR is as well as surface sites to proceed such reaction steps are also monitored in real time by X-ray absorption spectroscopy, etc. It is also effective to analyze the reaction path using isotope-labelling while elementary reaction steps are also folled by density-functional theory calculations along the reactio coordinate.

 

(Present affiliation in the parenthesis)

< 2025 members >

Yasuo Izumi (Professor)
Tomoki Oyumi (D1)
Yuki Funahashi(D1)
Chongxu Li (M2)
Ikki Abe (M2)
Yuta Sekine (M2)
Yuta Watanabe (M2)
Ren Ouchi(M1)
Masahito Sasaki(M1)
Sakae Takanashi(M1)
Daiki Nakayama(M1)
Syunya Aakano(B4)
Futa Shigemoto(B4)
Takumi Tachikawa(B4)

<Previous members (Boso emeritus)>

Dr. Shuge Peng(Henan University of Science & Technology)
Dr. Naveed Ahmed (Mitsubishi Chemical)
Dr. Kazuki Oka (Aishin Cosmos R&D)
Yoshiyuki Shibata (Institute of National Colleges of Technology)
Yu Mitani (Toyo Gosei)
Seiki Wada (Ogawa & Co)
Dr. Yuta Ogura (a Company in Chiba)
Motoharu Morikawa (Nichia Corporation)
Dr. Yusuke Yoshida (University of Electro-Communications)
Miri Nakatani
Kentaro Watanabe (Chiba City Official)
Seiji Okamoto(Kaken Environmental Consulting)
Gaku Mikami(I-Cube = Izumi School)
Yukiko Fujishima (Kinugawa Rubber Industrial)
Shogo Kawamura(Asahi Chemical)
Hiroki Hasegawa(JGC (Nikki) Catalysts and Chemicals)
Mao Yoshiba(Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
Moe Morii(Nippon Chemi-Con)
Sakino Oshiro (Elementary & junior high school teacher, Chiba)
Chiaki Shimoshiba (Teacher@Nishihara High-School, Kashiwa, Chiba)
Masaya Miyano(Shin-etsu Electric Wire)
Shunichi Yamasaki
Dr. Lukas Anton Wein(University of California Los Angeles)
Akane Kawashima(Infocom East Japan)
Shigemitsu Matsuzawa
Keisuke Nakatani (Hokuden Information System Service)
Kazuki Urushidate(Ajinomoto)
Ze Hao Li (Tokyo Electron)
Dr. Hongwei Zhang (Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China)
Daiki Fukuhara (Nihon Paint)
Hiromu Sakuma
Tarik Loumissi (Shinetsu Chemical)
Jiwon Yang
Chao 'Kiron' Zhang (Western Digital)
Moses Tuhafeni Joseph (Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Science)
**nto Ishii (JFE Steel)
Weixiang Tang
Naoya Yamamoto
Dr. Keisuke Hara (Screen)
Ino Lambers (the University of Twente, Netherlands)
Jinwei Yu (Denso)
Aki Kitagawa
Yuto Takase(Chiba Prefectural Office)


< Previous members (Titech) >

Masaki Hoshikawa
(Mitsui Chem)
Yasuhiro Iwata (Kurita)
Susumu Hikazudani (Hitachi Zosen)
Dr. Kenzu Oshihara (Nissan)
Hiroshi Kurakata (Zeon)
Tetsuro Kizaki (Chisso)
Hiroyasu Nagamori (Zeon)
Dr. Tsukasa Tamai (Nikki)

Takehiro Shimizu(Hitachi Zosen)
Fumitaka Kiyotaki (Asahi Glass)
Dr. Taketoshi Minato (Institute of Molecular Science)
Dr. Atsushi Ishiguro (Zeon)
Dr. Dilshad Masih (University of Western Ontario)
Masayasu Tsukahara (IHI)
Kazushi Konishi (Kansai Paint)