Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology
・Department of Chemical Engineering (joint)
Email:imae@mail.ntust.edu.tw
Specially-Appointed Professor of iFront Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University (2015~)
Visiting Professor of Department of Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Science (2013-present)
Academic Icon Visiting Professor of Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya (2013-present)
Joint Honorary Chair Professor of Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (2010-present)
Honorary Chair Professor of Graduate Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (2009-present)
Specific Research Professor of Advanced Research Centers, Keio University (2006-2009)
Professor Emeritus of Nagoya University (2006-present)
Professor of Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University (1999-2006)
Associate Professor of Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University (1990-1999)
Research areas |
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1. Green science: energy production and storage (solar cell/fuel cell) 2. Environmental science: pollutant removal and decomposition (CO2/sick-house gas) 3. Life science: biomedical inspection and therapy (chemotherapy/phototherapy) 4. Materials science: dendritic polymers/carbon materials/metal nanoparticles/minerals 5. Photonic science: plasmonics
Our group mainly focuses the target on the advanced nanomaterials for smart technology. The investigation is carried out using various materials such as soft materials (amphiphiles, block copolymers, and dendrimers), carbon materials (fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, carbon microcoils, graphenes and carbon nanohorns), nanoparticles (metal and metal oxide particles) and mineral materials (clays and porous materials). Such materials can be incorporated as components in the fabrication of functional hybrid and composite systems (nanoarchitecture). Thus prepared hybrids/composites are built up into systems, devices, and sensors, which are applicable to energy, photonics, environmental and biomedical sciences. Present projects are focused on (1) development of validated systems for energy production and storage, (2) architecting of advanced systems for air pollutant removal and decomposition and (3) fabrication of nanobiotechnological systems for inspection and therapy. |
Selected publications |
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edited monograph 1) Advanced Chemistry of Monolayers at Interfaces – Trends in Methodology and Technology –, Ed. by Toyko Imae, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 2007. 2) Neutrons in Soft Matter, Eds. Toyoko Imae, Toshiji Kanaya, Michihiro Furusaka, and Naoya Torikai, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 2011. 3) Skin Bioscience: A Molecular Approach, Ed. By Toyoko Imae, Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd., Singapore, 2014
Original paper 1) Damage/Recovery by Additive on Lipid Membrane as a Mimicry of Human Stratum Corneum, Yan Zhu, Toyoko Imae, Takuya Saiwaki and Takashi Oka, Langmuir, 2010, 26, 4951–4957. 2) Intrinsically Fluorescent PAMAM Dendrimer as Gene Carrier and Nanoprobe for Nucleic Acids Delivery: Bioimaging and Transfection Study, Ya-Ju Tsai, Chao-Chin Hu, CHih-Chien Chu, and Toyoko Imae, Biomacromolecules, 2011, 12, 4283-4290. 3) Fabrication and Characterization of Dendrimer-Functionalized Mesoporous Hydroxyapatite, Nabakumar Pramanik, and Toyoko Imae, Langmuir, 2012, 28, 14018−14027. 4) Advantages of electrodes with dendrimer-protected platinum nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes for electrochemical methanol oxidation, Ampornphan Siriviriyanun and Toyoko Imae, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15, 4921-4929. 5) Massive-Exfoliation of Magnetic Graphene from Acceptor–Type GIC by Long-Chain Alkyl Amine, Masaki Ujihara, Mahmoud Mohamed Mahmoud Ahmed, Toyoko Imae and Yusuke Yamauchi, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 4244 - 4250. |
Honors & Awards |
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1999 Promising Scientist Award of The Society of Japanese Women Scientists 2006 Award of The Achievement for The Polymer Society of Japan 2011 The 54th excellence paper award at the division of technology on oils and fats from Japan Oil Chemists’ Society, Japan 2012 An Academic Award from Helical Science Society, Japan 2014 Fellow of Japan Oil Chemists’ Society, Japan |
