Member of Executive Meeting

WAKIHARA Toru

Prof.Wakihara

- Assistant Dean, School of Engineering
- Professor, Institute of Engineering Innovation, Department of Chemical System Engineering

 

Research summary

Nanotechnology is of key importance to realize a sustainable society. In order to fulfill its role, it is essential to establish a new science and technology that will enable us to innovate nanomaterials and apply them into practical uses. Focusing on the nanoporous materials, such as zeolite, which are expected to play a vital role in such fields as environment and energy, we are concentrating on their syntheses and applications.

Biography

 

1999
Bachelor, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo
2001
Mater, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo
2004
Doctor, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo
2004
Research Associate, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University
2007
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University
2012
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University
2013
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo
2020
Professor, Institute of Engineering Innovation, The University of Tokyo

Award history

  • The Ceramic Society of Japan Award for Academic Progress (2010)

  • Best Teaching Award of Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (2019)

  • Fellow of the Ceramic Society of Japan (2021)

  • Dean’s Award, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (2021)

Published paper

  • Tatsushi Yoshioka, Kenta Iyoki, Yuusuke Hotta, Yoshihiro Kamimura, Hiroki Yamada, Qiao Han, Takeharu Kato, Craig A. J. Fisher, Zhendong Liu, Ryohji Ohnishi, Yutaka Yanaba, Koji Ohara, Yukichi Sasaki, Akira Endo, Takahiko Takewaki, Tsuneji Sano, Tatsuya Okubo, Toru Wakihara, “Dealumination of small-pore zeolites through pore-opening migration process with the aid of pore-filler stabilization” Science Advances, 8, eabo3093, (2022). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abo3093

  • Ching-Tien Chen, Kenta Iyoki, Peidong Hu, Hiroki Yamada, Koji Ohara, Sohei Sukenaga, Mariko Ando, Hiroyuki Shibata, Tatsuya Okubo, Toru Wakihara, “Reaction Kinetics Regulated Formation of Short-Range Order in an Amorphous Matrix during Zeolite Crystallization” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, 10986-10997 (2021). DOI:10.1021/jacs.1c03351

  • Yuki Shinno, Kenta Iyoki, Koji Ohara, Yutaka Yanaba, Yusuke Naraki, Tatsuya Okubo, Toru Wakihara, “Toward Efficient Synthesis of Chiral Zeolites: A Rational Strategy for Fluoride-Free Synthesis of STW-Type Zeolite” Angewandte Chemie Internatinal Edition, 59, 20099-20103 (2020). DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008233

  • Kenta Iyoki, Kakeru Kikumasa, Takako Onishi, Yasuo Yonezawa, Anand Chokkalingam, Yutaka Yanaba, Taiji Matsumoto, Ryota Osuga, Shanmugam P. Elangovan, Junko N. Kondo, Akira Endo, Tatsuya Okubo, Toru Wakihara*, “Extremely Stable Zeolites Developed via Designed Liquid-Mediated Treatment”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142, 3931-3938 (2020). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b12709

  • Takayuki Iida, Daniela Zanchet, Koji Ohara, Toru Wakihara, Yuriy Román-Leshkov, “Concerted bimetallic nanocluster synthesis and encapsulation via induced zeolite framework demetallation for shape and substrate selective heterogeneous catalysis” Angewandte Chemie Internatinal Edition, 57, 6454-6458 (2018). DOI:10.1002/anie.201800557

  • Zhendong Liu, Kotatsu Okabe, Chokkalingam Anand, Yasuo Yonezawa, Jie Zhu, Hiroki Yamada, Akira Endo, Yutaka Yanaba, Takeshi Yoshikawa, Koji Ohara, Tatsuya Okubo, Toru Wakihara, “Continuous flow synthesis of ZSM-5 zeolite on the order of seconds” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), DEC, 113, 14267-14271 (2016). (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1615872113)

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