News & Topics

  • 2024/10/1
    Our university's name has changed from "Tokyo Institute of Technology" to "Tokyo University of Science" due to a merger with Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
  • 2024/9/1
    Dr. Paul started his tenure as a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow. I deeply appreciate people who reviewed the application for the JSPS Fellowship and the administrative staff in our university for the support to the application.
  • 2024/5/30
    Assist. Prof. Enomoto and Dr. Wang were awarded at the 61st National Heat Transfer Symposium of Japan. See "Photos" on the left.
  • 2024/4/1
    Dr. Riku Enomoto joined our group as an assistant professor.
  • 2024/3/5
    News of our latest results on the isomerism of covalent organic frameworks was released from EurekAlert! at AAAS.
  • Jan. 30, 2024
    Our paper published last year from J. Mater. Chem. C has been selected for 2023 Journal of Materials Chemistry C Most Popular Articles. Since about 1,600 papers were published from this journal in 2023, our paper was selected as a within top 2% article. We thank all related collaborators, supporters, and Tokyo Tech's public relations staff.
  • Jan. 11, 2024
    Our new paper, “Triple Isomerism in 3D Covalent Organic Frameworks” was published from Journal of the American Chemical Society (IF=15.0). Link to Paper
  • Sept. 18, 2023
    News release about our latest results from the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science). See also the news release from the top page of Tokyo Tech on Sep. 22, 2023.
  • Sept. 15, 2023
    A collaborative paper with Prof. Teppei Yamada, “Molecular Design of Organic Ionic Plastic Crystals Consisting of Tetracyanoborate with Ultralow Phase Transition Temperature” was published from Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (IF=5.7, American Chemical Society). Link to Paper
  • Sept. 15, 2023
    Our new paper, “Absorption bandwidth broadening of photon upconversion solid-solution organic crystals by co-dissolution of multiple sensitizers” was published from Applied Physics Express (IF=2.3, IOP Publishing). Link to Paper
  • Aug. 14, 2023
    Our new paper, “Composite formation of covalent organic framework crystals and sugar alcohols for exploring a new class of heat-storage materials”was published from Materials Horizons (IF=13.3, Royal Society of Chemistry). Link to Paper
  • Aug. 14-18, 2023
    Three of us made presentations at the International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC-17) (Cape Town, South Africa). See also Photos.
  • Jul. 17, 2023
    Prof. Murakami made an invited presentation at the 10th US-Japan Joint Seminar on Nanoscale Transport Phenomena (San Diego, USA).
  • Jul. 13, 2023
    Our new paper, “Stable and Low-Threshold Photon Upconversion in NonDegassed Water by Organic Crystals” was published from Frontiers in Chemistry (IF=5.545, Frontiers Media). Link to Paper
  • May 25-27, 2023
    Five of us made presentations at the 60th National Heat Transfer Symposium of Japan (Fukuoka). See also Photos.
  • May 12, 2023
    Prof. Murakami made an invited lecture at the Science Council of Japan Symposium (Tokyo).
  • Mar. 31, 2023
    Mr. Cho has been selected as a recipient of the Young Excellent Lecture Fellow Award of the Society of Mechanical Engineers (Thermal Engineering Division). See the details. Congrats!!
  • Mar. 25, 2023
    Our new review paper “Recent advances and applications of ionic liquids-based photonic materials” was published from Applied Materials Today (IF=8.663, Elsevier). Link to Paper
  • Mar. 25, 2023
    Prof. Murakami brought a keynote lecture at the 103rd Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting (Chiba).
  • Feb. 28, 2023
    Our group has obtained a new fund of JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A). We deeply appreciate the reviewers and the university office staff who examined/checked our application.
  • Feb. 1, 2023
    Our group made a news release from Tokyo Tech website. See also the Twitter posted by the Journal of Materials Chemistry family.
  • Dec. 20, 2022
    Our new paper “Solvent-free temperature gradient melt formation of efficient visible-to-UV photon upconversion organic films with subsolar threshold and over 100 h photostability in air” was published from Journal of Materials Chemistry C (IF=8.067, Royal Society of Chemistry). Link to Paper
  • Oct. 6, 2022
    Ms. Wang won the Best Presentation Award as a result of her oral presentation at the 13th Asian Thermophysical Properties Conference (ATPC2022). Congrats!! See also Photos.
  • Sept. 30, 2022
    We had a farewell party for Dr. Ikeda, a graduate from our group. See also Photos.
  • Aug. 24, 2022
    Our new paper “Thermoelectrochemical Seebeck coefficient and viscosity of Co-complex electrolytes rationalized by the Einstein relation, Jones–Dole B coefficient, and quantum-chemical calculations” was published from Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (IF=3.676, Royal Society of Chemistry). Link to Paper
  • Jun. 30, 2022
    Our group has obtained a new fund of JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering). We deeply appreciate the reviewers and the university office staff who examined/checked our application.
  • May 19, 2022
    Dr. Ikeda and Mr. Enomoto, respectively, received awards from the Heat Transfer Society of Japan in the awarding ceremony held during the 59th National Heat Transfer Symposium of Japan. See also Photos.
  • May 5, 2022
    Our paper, “van der Waals Solid Solution Crystals for Highly Efficient In-air Photon Upconversion under Subsolar Irradiance,” was selected for the Materials Horizons Outstanding Paper Runner-up Award from about 250 original papers published from Materials Horizons in 2021. Link to the announcements from RSC: (HTML  PDF  Blog).
  • Apr. 1, 2022
    Our research group has moved to and restarted in the Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy at Institute of Innovative Research at Tokyo Institute of Technology. The new location is North #1 building.