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Phase Boundary Catalysis
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Joint Research Project with a private company in Japan
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Recent Publication
- "Phase-Boundary Catalysis: A New Approach in Alkene Epoxidation
by Zeolite Loaded with Alkylsilane-Covered Titanium Oxide with Hydrogen
Peroxide", Chem. Commun., 2235-2236 (2000).
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Chiral Surface: Two-dimensional Chirality
of Self-assembled Monolayer of Atropisomeric Compounds
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Recent Publication
- "Two-Dimensional Chirality: Self-Assembled Monolayer of an Atropisomeric
Compound Covalently Bound to a Gold Surface", J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
121: 6515-6516 (1999).
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Ultrafast Reaction Dynamics of
Photoirradiated Semiconducting Materials
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Recent Publication
- "Femtosecond Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy of Aqueous Titanium(IV)
Oxide Suspension: Correlation of Electron-Hole Recombination Kinetics
with Photocatalytic Activity", Chem. Lett., 579-580 (1998).
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Effect of
Transition Metal Doping on Photocatalytic Activity of
Titanium(IV) Oxide Particles
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Joint Research Project with Professor
Leonardo PALMISANO (Palermo University, Italy)
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Recent Publication
- "Photocatalytic Activity of Transition-Metal-Loaded
Titanium(IV) Oxide Powders Suspended in Aqueous
Solutions: Correlation with Electron-Hole Recombination
Kinetics", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 3:
267-273 (2001)
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Design and
Development of Hyper Active Semiconductor
Photocatalysts
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International Research Project including
Dr. Hiroshi KOMINAMI (Kinki University), Professor
Leonardo PALMISANO (Palermo University), and Professor Pierre PICHAT
(CNRS)
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Recent Publications
- "Immobilization of Highly Active Titanium(IV) Oxide
Particles. A Novel Strategy of Preparation of Transparent
Photocatalytic Coatings", Appl. Catal. B.
Environ., 30: 329-335 (2001).
- "Novel Solvothermal Synthesis of Niobium(V) Oxide
Powders and Their Photocatalytic Activity in Aqueous
Suspensions", J. Mater. Chem., 11: 604-609
(2001)
- "Thermal Treatment of Titanium Alkoxides in Organic
Media: Novel Synthesis Methods for Titanium(IV) Oxide
Photocatalyst of Ultra-high Activity", Stud. Surf.
Sci. Catal., 130: 1937-1942 (2000).
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Development
of Novel Photocatalytic Reaction System for Synthesis of
Useful Organic Materials
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(Proposal of collaboration
work is welcome)
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Recent Publications
- "Photocatalytic Stereoselective N-Cyclization of
2,6-Diaminopimelic Acid by Aqueous Suspension of
Activated Cadmium(II) Sulfide Particles", J. Chem.
Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 201-209 (2001).
- "Shape and Size Selective Photocatalytic Reaction by
Layered Titanic Acid Powder Suspended in Deaerated
Aqueous Alcohol Solutions", Phys. Chem. Chem.
Phys., 2: 5308-5313 (2000).
- New Challenges in Organic Electrochemistry (eds. T.
Osa) 1998, Amsterdam, 55-71.
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Vibrational
Spectroscopic Study on Semiconductor Photocatalytic
Reactions
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Joint Research Project with Dr.
A. James McQuillan
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Recent Publications
- "An in situ FT-IR Study on Photocatalytic Reaction at
Semiconductor-Aqueous Solution Interface -- Mechanism of
Photocatalytic N-Cyclization of (S)-Lysine", Chem.
Lett., 91-92 (1997).
- "In Situ Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Adsorption
of Lactic Acid and Related Compounds on the TiO2 and CdS
Semiconductor Photocatalyst Surfaces from Aqueous
Solutions", Chem. Lett., 849-850 (1998).
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Fabrication and Characterization
of Monoparticle Layer of Semiconductor Nanoparticles
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Recent Publications
- "Structure and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Laminated Monoparticle
Layers of CdS and ZnS on Gold", Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 38:
518-521 (1999).
- "Fabrication and Characterization of CdS Nanoparticle Mono- and
Multilayers on a Self-Assembled Monolayer of Alkanedithiols on Gold",
J. Phys. Chem. B., 102: 1571-1577 (1998).
- "Effect of Immobilized Electron Relay on the Interfacial Photoinduced
Electron Transfer at Layered Inorganic-Organic Composite Film on Gold",
J. Electroanal. Chem., 455: 229-234 (1998).
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Surface Functionalization of Boron-doped
Diamond Electrode
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Recent Publication and Presentation
- "Surface Functionalization of Doped CVD Diamond via Covalent Bond.
An XPS Study on the Formation of Surface-bound Quaternary Pyridinium
Salt", Chem. Lett., 953-954 (1998).
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