Updated on 2025/06/11

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ALBRECHT KEN
 
Organization
Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering Department of Integrated Materials Associate Professor
Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences Department of Interdisciplinary Engineering Sciences(Concurrent)
Title
Associate Professor
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Research Areas

  • Nanotechnology/Materials / Polymer chemistry

Degree

  • Doctor of Science

Research History

  • Kyushu University Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering Associate Professor 

    2019.1 - Present

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  • Japan Science and Technology Agency   

    2018.10 - 2022.3

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  • Tokyo Institute of Technology 資源化学研究所 Assistant Professor 

    2012.8 - 2018.12

  • Tokyo Institute of Technology 資源化学研究所 Specially Appointed Assistant Professor 

    2010.10 - 2012.7

  • Keio University  日本学術振興会 特別研究員 

    2009.4 - 2010.9

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Education

  • Keio University   大学院 理工学研究科   基礎理工学専攻

    2008.4 - 2010.9

  • Keio University   大学院 理工学研究科   基礎理工学専攻

    2006.4 - 2008.3

  • Keio University   理工学部   化学科

    2002.4 - 2006.3

Research Interests・Research Keywords

  • Research theme: ポテンシャルプログラミング

    Keyword: ポテンシャルプログラミング

    Research period: 2024

  • Research theme: ドナー・アクセプター構造

    Keyword: ドナー・アクセプター構造

    Research period: 2024

  • Research theme: デンドリマー

    Keyword: デンドリマー

    Research period: 2024

  • Research theme: カルバゾール

    Keyword: カルバゾール

    Research period: 2024

  • Research theme: Organic cathode materials for secondary-batteries

    Keyword: Cathode material, Secondary Battery

    Research period: 2019.4 - 2023.3

  • Research theme: Development of new electrostatic catalysis reaction

    Keyword: Electrostatic catalysis

    Research period: 2018.10 - 2022.3

  • Research theme: Solution-processable thermally-activated delayed-fluorescence material

    Keyword: Organic electroluminescence, Thermally-activated delayed fluorescence

    Research period: 2014.4 - 2023.3

Awards

  • 科学技術分野の文部科学大臣表彰 若手科学者賞

    2023.4   文部科学省   ポテンシャル勾配を有する樹状高分子の研究

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  • 科学技術分野の文部科学大臣表彰 若手科学者賞

    2023.6   文部科学省   ポテンシャル勾配を有する樹状高分子の研究

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    天然の光合成系に見られるようにポテンシャル(電荷密度)勾配は高効率な電子・光機能の発現に有用である。樹状高分子(デンドリマー)は精密な設計が可能な高分子材料であるがポテンシャル勾配の組み込みや結晶化のような精密な集合化のデザインは困難とされてきた。
    氏は、樹状高分子内にポテンシャル勾配を組み込む手法を確立し、精密な金属クラスター前駆体や超分子構造体の構築が可能であることを示した。また、熱活性化遅延蛍光材料に代表される発光材料にもポテンシャル勾配を有するデンドリマーを展開し、一連のデンドリマーの結晶化を通じてレーザーなどの光機能に応用した。
     本研究成果は、新規な光・電子機能材料の設計指針の創出に貢献し、高分子化学・光化学分野の発展に資すると期待される。

  • 分子アーキテクトニクス研究会 若手優秀講演賞

    2018.11   分子アーキテクトニクス研究会   有機層全塗布型有機EL 素子を可能にする熱活性化遅延蛍光デンドリマーの開発

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    カルバゾールデンドリマーは外層にHOMO、内層にLUMOが局在化したような電子構造を有している。我々はこのポテンシャルの勾配に対してアクセプター分子を結合することで熱活性化遅延蛍光(TADF)を示すことを報告している。TADFデンドリマーはニート膜状態で発光層として使用可能であり電子輸送層まで塗布した有機層全塗布型素子へも適用可能である。しかし、これまでのTADFデンドリマーのニート膜は発光量子収率(PLQY)が最大でも0.5程度に留まっており有機EL素子の発光層として用いた際の最大外部量子効率(EQEmax)は10%以下であった。凝集誘起発光増強(AIEE)を示すTADFデンドリマーとして報告しているカルバゾール-ベンゾフェノンデンドリマー末端を修飾することでより高い発光効率を実現したので報告する。
    カルバゾール-ベンゾフェノンデンドリマーは末端が無置換(G2B)の場合にもAIEE挙動を示しニート膜のPLQYは0.33である。種々の置換基を末端に導入したところtBuG2BはAIEE挙動を示し、ニート膜状態で0.74と高いPLQYの緑色発光を示すことが明らかとなった。蛍光寿命測定を行ったところナノ秒オーダーとマイクロ秒オーダーの成分が観測され、温度依存性から長寿命成分がTADFであることが明らかとなった。デンドリマーを用いてITO/ PEDOT:PSS/ PVK/ Dendrimer/ SPPO13/ LiF/ Alという構成の有機層全塗布型有機EL素子を作製して評価した。最適化素子ではEQEmax=17.0% (tBuG2B)を観測した。有機層全塗布型TADF有機EL素子としては現時点で最高の外部量子効率を達成した。

  • 日本化学会 第97春季年会 若い世代の特別講演

    2017.3   日本化学会   ポテンシャルプログラミングされた新高分子の創製と機能創出

  • 平成27年度 高分子研究奨励賞

    2016.5   高分子学会   ポテンシャルプログラミングによる機能性デンドリマーの創製

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Papers

  • A water-soluble luminescent tris(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)methyl radical-carbazole dyad

    Kosuke Anraku, Kenshiro Matsuda, Satoshi Miyata, Hikaru Ishii, Takuya Hosokai, Satoshi Okada, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Kohei Nakao, Ken Albrecht

    Journal of Materials Chemistry B   12 ( 28 )   6840 - 6846   2024.7   ISSN:2050-750X eISSN:2050-7518

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    Organic luminescent radicals are a new class of materials. New water-soluble tris(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)methyl (TTM) radicals were synthesized, and potential as fluorescence and magnetic resonance imaging agent was investigated.

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  • Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Carbazole-Triazine Dendrimer with Bulky Substituents Reviewed International journal

    Hiroki Ikebe, Kohei Nakao, Eri Hisamura, Minori Furukori, Yasuo Nakayama, Takuya Hosokai, Minlang Yang, Guanting Liu, Takuma Yasuda, Ken Albrecht

    Aggregate   5 ( 1 )   2023.8   ISSN:2692-4560 eISSN:2692-4560

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    Carbazole‐triazine dendrimers with a bulky terminal substituent were synthesized, and the thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) property was investigated. Compared to unsubstituted carbazole dendrimers, dendrimers with bulky terminal substituents showed comparable to better photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQY) in neat films. Phenylfluorene (PF)‐substituted dendrimers showed the highest PLQY of 81%, a small ΔE<sub>st</sub> of 0.06 eV, and the fastest reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) rate of ∼1 × 10<sup>5</sup> s<sup>−1</sup> compared to other dendrimers. Phosphorescence measurements of dendrimers and dendrons (fragments) indicate that the close proximity of the triplet energy of phenylfluorene‐substituted carbazole dendrons (<sup>3</sup>LE) to that of phenylfluorene‐substituted dendrimers (<sup>1</sup>CT, <sup>3</sup>CT) contributes to RISC promotion and improves TADF efficiency. Terminal modification fine‐tunes the energy level and suppresses intermolecular interactions, and this study provides a guideline for designing efficient solution‐processable and non‐doped TADF materials.

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  • Dendri-LEC Family: Establishing the Bright Future for Dendrimer Emitters in Traditional and Graphene-Based Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells Reviewed International journal

    Luca M. Cavinato, Keiko Yamaoka, Sophia Lipinski, Vladimir Calvi, Dominique Wehenkel, Richard van Rijn, Ken Albrecht, Rubén D. Costa

    Advanced Functional Materials   33 ( 35 )   2023.6   ISSN:1616-301X eISSN:1616-3028

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    A rational implementation and optimization of thermally activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) dendrimer emitters in light‐emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) sets in the Dendri‐LEC family. They feature outstanding stabilities (90/1050 h for green/yellow devices) that are comparable to the best green/yellow Ir(III)‐complexes (450/500 h) and conjugated polymers (33/5500 h), while offering benefits of low‐cost synthesis and easy upscaling. In particular, a fundamental molecular design that capitalizes on exchanging peripheral substituents (tert‐butyl vs methoxy) to tune photophysical, electrochemical, morphological, and ion conductivity features in thin films is rationalized by temperature‐dependent steady‐state and time‐resolved emission spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, atomic force microscopy, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy techniques. Herein, a TADF mechanism associated to a reduced photoluminescence quantum yield, but an enhanced electrochemical stability and ion conductivity enables to clarify the reduced device efficiency and brightness (4.0 lm W<sup>−1</sup>@110 cd m<sup>−2</sup> vs 3.2 lm W<sup>−1</sup>@55 cd m<sup>−2</sup>) and increased stability (90 vs 1050 h) upon using methoxy groups. What is more, this substitution enables an excellent compatibility with biogenic electrolytes keeping device performances (1.9 lm W<sup>−1</sup>@35 cd m<sup>−2</sup> and 1300 h), while graphene‐devices achieve on par figures to traditional indium–tin oxide‐devices. Overall, this work establishes the bright future of dendrimer emitters toward highly stable and truly sustainable lighting sources.

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  • Carbazole-Dendronized Luminescent Radicals Reviewed International journal

    Rui Xiaotian, Wataru Ota, Tohru Sato, Minori Furukori, Yasuo Nakayama, Takuya Hosokai, Eri Hisamura, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Kenshiro Matsuda, Kohei Nakao, Andrew P. Monkman, Ken Albrecht

    Angewandte Chemie International Edition   62 ( 28 )   e202302550   2023.3   ISSN:1433-7851 eISSN:1521-3773

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    A series of carbazole‐dendronized tris(2,4,6‐trichlorophenyl)methyl (TTM) radicals have been synthesized. The photophysical properties of dendronized radicals up to the fourth generation were compared systematically to understand how structure–property relationships evolve with generation. The photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) was found to increase with the increasing generation, and the fourth generation (G4TTM) in cyclohexane solution showed a PLQY as high as 63 % at a wavelength of 627 nm (in the deep‐red region) from the doublet state. The dendron modification strategy also showed a blue‐shift of the emission on increasing the generation number, and the photostability was also increased compared to the bare TTM radical.

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  • Photostability of luminescent tris(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)methyl radical enhanced by terminal modification of carbazole donor. Reviewed International journal

    #Kenshiro Matsuda, #Xiaotian Rui, #Kazuhiro Nakamura, Minori Furukori, Takuya Hosokai, #Kosuke Anraku, Kohei Nakao, Ken Albrecht

    Chemical Communications   58 ( 97 )   13443 - 13446   2022.11   ISSN:1359-7345 eISSN:1364-548X

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    Stable organic luminescent radicals have attracted much attention, but their stability under light irradiation is not yet satisfactory. New luminescent radicals (TTMs) based on terminal benzene ring modified carbazole donors were synthesized and evaluated. Their photostability (half-life under continuous laser irradiation) has improved by 1 order of magnitude compared to simple carbazole donors. This is a new molecular design strategy to improve the photostability of luminescent radicals without reducing other photophysical properties.

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Presentations

  • Development of alkoxy group substituted alternant hydrocarbon trityl radicals with high photoluminescence quantum yield

    Kosuke Anraku, Kenshiro Matsuda, Takuya Hosokai, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Ken Albrecht

    日本化学会第105春季年会  2025.3 

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    Event date: 2025.3

    Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue:関西大学 千里山キャンパス  

  • [2.2]パラシクロファン結合ドナーを導入した発光ラジカルの創製

    元村 尚暉, 中村 和宏, 安楽 滉允, 松田 健志郎, 細貝 拓也, アルブレヒト 建

    日本化学会第105春季年会  2025.3 

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    Event date: 2025.3

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    Venue:関西大学 千里山キャンパス  

  • トリアジンコアカルバゾールデンドリマーの輻射・無輻射遷移における振電相互作用

    若林 未己, 大田 航, 安楽 滉允, アルブレヒト 建, 佐藤 徹

    日本化学会第105春季年会  2025.3 

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    Event date: 2025.3

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    Venue:関西大学 千里山キャンパス  

  • Design Rules for Emissive and Electrochemically Stable Silver(I) Complexes for Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells International coauthorship

    Sophia Lipinski, Youssef Atoini, Pedro B. Coto, Ken Albrecht, Rubén Dario Costa

    日本化学会第105春季年会  2025.3 

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  • Creation of donor-acceptor organic luminescent radicals with torsion

    Kenshiro Matsuda, Haruto Fukutsuka, Wataru Ota, Emiko Fujiwara, Kosuke Anraku, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Tohru Sato, Takuya Hosokai, Ken Albrecht

    日本化学会第105春季年会  2025.3 

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    Event date: 2025.3

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MISC

  • Designing intramolecular potential structure by utilizing dendrimers

    Ken Albrecht, Yamamoto Kimihisa

    kobunshi   2017.11

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    Controlling the conformational fluctuation in polymeric systems is usually difficult In this review we introduce a method to reduce the conformational fluctuation of macromolecules by utilizing π-conjugated dendritic structures. These dendritic molecules can be used widely to mimic the functions of proteins, as electronic materials, and as luminescence materials.

  • Dendrimers and electronics

    Ken Albrecht, Kimihisa Yamamoto

    KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU   2012.6

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    Polymeric (high molecular weight) semiconducting materials are expected as a key material for low cost, flexible and printable organic electronics. Especially, due to the unique and uniform molecular structure, dendritic materials have been a focus of constant attention. For example, several dendrimers that have charge transporting units at the terminal and chromophores at the core have been developed. However, laminating polymeric and dendritic materials is difficult, and the application to high-performance devices was limited. In this review, the progress of the semiconductive dendritic materials will be briefly reported, followed by the introduction of new classes of dendrimers containing phenylazomethine (for metal assembling) and carbazole (for photocrosslinking).

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Industrial property rights

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Professional Memberships

  • The Chemical Society of Japan

  • The Japan Society of Applied Physics

  • The Society of Polymer Science, Japan

  • Japan OLED Forum

  • American Chemical Society

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Committee Memberships

  • 応用物理学会   12.2プログラム編集委員  

    2019.4 - 2023.3   

Academic Activities

  • Screening of academic papers

    Role(s): Peer review

    2022

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    Type:Peer review 

    Number of peer-reviewed articles in foreign language journals:12

    Number of peer-reviewed articles in Japanese journals:0

    Proceedings of International Conference Number of peer-reviewed papers:0

    Proceedings of domestic conference Number of peer-reviewed papers:0

  • 現地実行委員

    第10回分子アーキテクトニクス研究会  ( Japan ) 2019.11

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    Type:Competition, symposium, etc. 

    Number of participants:50

  • International Advisory Board International contribution

    International Conference on Science and Technology of Emerging Materials 2018  ( Pattaya Thailand ) 2019.7

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  • 12.2プログラム編集委員

    応用物理学会  ( Japan ) 2019.4 - 2022.3

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  • Organizing Committee International contribution

    International Workshop on Molecular Architectonics 2015  ( Shiretoko Japan ) 2015.8

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Research Projects

  • 非対称性を鍵とする塗布型二重項発光材料の開拓と電界発光デバイスへの展開

    Grant number:23K26719  2024.4 - 2026.3

    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

    アルブレヒト建, 安田 琢麿, 細貝 拓也

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    本研究では発光ラジカルとして知られているTTMラジカルやその類縁体に対して非対称性を付与することで高い発光効率と光照射下で高い安定性を有する分子を創製する。特にカルバゾールがHead-to-Tail型に結合し、分極した電子構造を有するデンドリマーもしくは線状オリゴマーをドナーとして発光ラジカルに結合する。開発した発光材料を有機EL素子の塗布型発光層として展開し、赤色から近赤外領域における高効率な有機EL素子を作成する。

  • 青色熱活性化遅延蛍光デンドリマーの創製

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    豊田理研スカラー

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  • 樹状高分子を用いた振動発電システム用エレクトレット材料の開発補助事業

    2024

    競輪とオートレースの補助事業 2024年度 機械振興補助事業 研究補助

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  • サステイナブルな発光デバイスを志向した究極の高効率発光デンドリマー材料の創製

    2023 - 2026

    JST  JST-次世代のためのASPIRE

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  • Development of solution processable luminescent radicals based on asymmetric molecular design

    Grant number:23H02026  2023 - 2025

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

    アルブレヒト建, 安田 琢麿, 細貝 拓也

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    本研究では発光ラジカルとして知られているTTMラジカルやその類縁体に対して非対称性を付与することで高い発光効率と光照射下で高い安定性を有する分子を創製する。特にカルバゾールがHead-to-Tail型に結合し、分極した電子構造を有するデンドリマーもしくは線状オリゴマーをドナーとして発光ラジカルに結合する。開発した発光材料を有機EL素子の塗布型発光層として展開し、赤色から近赤外領域における高効率な有機EL素子を作成する。

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Educational Activities

  • 当研究室では大学院修士課程と博士課程学生を受け入れて教育を行っている。有機系の新規発光材料の開発と評価についての先端研究を通じて教育を行っている。

Award for Educational Activities

  • 東工大工系教育賞

    2019.1   東京工業大学  

Class subject

  • 光・電子機能化学特論 de

    2024.10 - 2025.3   Second semester

  • 光・電子機能化学特論 de

    2024.10 - 2025.3  

  • 材料電気化学 de

    2023.10 - 2024.3   Second semester

  • 総合理工学修士演習

    2023.4 - 2024.3   Full year

  • 総合理工学修士実験

    2023.4 - 2024.3   Full year

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FD Participation

  • 2023.10   Role:Participation   Title:先導研FD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2019.5   Role:Participation   Title:先導物質化学研究所 2019年度第一回FD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2019.4   Role:Participation   Title:平成31年度 第1回全学FD(新任教員の研修)

    Organizer:University-wide

  • 2019.1   Role:Participation   Title:2018年度第2回先導研FD

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

Visiting, concurrent, or part-time lecturers at other universities, institutions, etc.

  • 2022  ミュンヘン工科大学  Classification:Affiliate faculty  Domestic/International Classification:Overseas 

    Semester, Day Time or Duration:2022年2月-7月

Teaching Student Awards

  • 26th CSS-EEST(Cross Straits Symposium on Energy and Environmental Science and Technology) Best Poster Presentaion Award

    Year and month of award:2024.12

    Name of award-winning student:松田健志郎

  • 第 14 回 CSJ 化学フェスタ 2024 優秀ポスター発表賞

    Year and month of award:2024.11

    Classification of award-winning students:Doctoral student   Name of award-winning student:中村和宏

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  • 令和6年度若手研究者・博士課程学生支援プログラム 奨励賞

    Year and month of award:2024.10

    Classification of award-winning students:Doctoral student   Name of award-winning student:足立 健太朗

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Outline of Social Contribution and International Cooperation activities

  • We are promoting photochemistry to junior high and high school students under the title of “Pikari Kagaku”.
    International joint research is also being promoted with the support of JST-ASPIRE and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (A).

Social Activities

  • ピカリ化学

    Role(s):Organizing member, Demonstrator

    JST  サイエンスアゴラ  2024.10

  • ピカリ化学

    Role(s):Lecturer

    舞鶴高校  総合的な学習の時間 舞プラン  2024.4 - 2024.12

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    Audience:High school students

    Type:Visiting lecture

Media Coverage

  • 5月29日28面 「電気化学発光セル」寿命10倍 Newspaper, magazine

    日刊工業新聞  2023.5

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  • 4月7日4面 高効率発光するラジカル Newspaper, magazine

    科学新聞  2023.4

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    4月7日4面 高効率発光するラジカル

Acceptance of Foreign Researchers, etc.

  • ミュンヘン工科大学

    Acceptance period: 2025.3   (Period):Less than 2 weeks

    Nationality:Germany

    Business entity:Japan Science and Technology Agency

  • ミュンヘン工科大学

    Acceptance period: 2024.11   (Period):Less than 2 weeks

    Nationality:Germany

    Business entity:Japan Science and Technology Agency

Travel Abroad

  • 2024.6 - 2024.7

    Staying countory name 1:Germany   Staying institution name 1:ミュンヘン工科大学

  • 2024.2 - 2024.3

    Staying countory name 1:United Kingdom   Staying institution name 1:Durham University

  • 2023.8 - 2023.9

    Staying countory name 1:Poland   Staying institution name 1:Lodz University of Technology

  • 2023.6

    Staying countory name 1:Germany   Staying institution name 1:Technical University of Munich

  • 2022.6 - 2022.7

    Staying countory name 1:Germany   Staying institution name 1:Technical University of Munich

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