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Dr. Sci.

Appointment･Course: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering

Title of Position: Associate Professor

e-mail address: yuushou"at"hiroshima-u.ac.jp

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Telephone: +81-82-424-7746

Facsimile: +81-82-424-5494

Research Fields:

[1]Polymer Chemistry [2]Organometallic Chemistry

Research Subjects:

Polymerization by metal catalysts, Environmentaly friendly polymers

Professional Affiliations:

Awards:

Award for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science: The Society of Polymer Science, Japan (2001).

<membership> The Chemical Society of Japan; Society of Polymer Science, Japan; Kinki Chemical Society, Japan.

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Recent Publications:

[1] Nakayama, Y., M. Tanimoto, and T. Shiono, "Effect of Cocatalysts on Catalytic Activities of Tantalum- and Niobium-based Catalysts for Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Norbornene", Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2007. 28(5): p. 646-650.

[2] Y. Nakayama, K. Sogo, H. Yasuda and T. Shiono, "Unique Catalytic Behavior of Chromium Complexes Having Halogenated Bis(imino)pyridine Ligands for Ethylene Polymerization", J. Polym. Sci.: Part A: Polym. Chem. 2005. 43(15): p. 3368-3375.

[3] Y. Nakayama, Yuji Baba, H. Yasuda, K. Kawakita and N. Ueyama, "Stereospecific Polymerizations of Conjugated Dienes by Single Site Iron Complexes Having Chelating N, N, N-Donor Ligands", Macromolecules, 2003. 36(21): p. 7953-7958.