Sudip Chakraborty from the University of Calabria, with whom we collaborate on water purification membranes, visited Hiroshima University.

Ichiro delivered a keynote lecture at the International Conference on Advanced Functional Materials.

Ichiro delivered a keynote lecture at the Global Event on Material Science and Engineering & World Congress on Nanotechnology.

Our research on organic thermoelectric materials has been published in Energy Material Advances (a Science Partner Journal). DOI

Our collaborative research with Jeonghun Kwak (Seoul National University) on organic thermoelectric materials has been published in ACS Applied Electronic Materials.DOI

Ichiro delivered a plenary lecture at the Global Meet on Graphene and Carbon Nanostructures (GMGCN2024).

Ichiro delivered an invited talk at a seminar held at the Silesian University of Technology, hosted by Katarzyna Krukiewicz, with whom we collaborate on bio-related materials.

Ichiro served as a session organizer in the Division of Environmental Chemistry (ENVR) at the ACS Spring 2024 Meeting "Many Flavors of Chemistry" for the session entitled "Applications & Implications of Nanomaterials in the Environment." together with Suhil Kanel (Wright State University), Changseok Han (Inha University), Tanapon Phenrat (Naresuan University), Sudip Chakraborty (University of Calabria), and Mallikarjuna Nadagouda (US EPA).

Our research on dye-sensitized solar cells has been published in Materials DOI

Ichiro delivered an invited talk at the 3rd Materials Research Meeting (MRM 2023) and the 24th IUMRS International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA 2023).

Ichiro delivered an invited talk at the GoGE/SDG Workshop 2023 hosted by the BK21 FOUR Education and Research Program for Future ICT Pioneers at Seoul National University, invited by Jeonghun Kwak, with whom we collaborate on organic thermoelectric materials.

Ichiro delivered an invited talk at the 36th Autumn Symposium of the Ceramic Society of Japan.

Our research on organic thermoelectric materials was featured in Yano E plus following an interview with Yano Research Institute. Link

Ichiro delivered an invited talk at the 8th Annual Conference of AnalytiX-2023.

Ichiro delivered an invited talk at the Smart Devices Symposium 2023 (SDS-2023).

Ichiro served as a session organizer in the Division of Environmental Chemistry (ENVR) at the ACS Spring 2023 Meeting "Crossroads of Chemistry" for the session entitled "Application of Nanotechnology in Water & Wastewater Treatment," together with Suhil Kanel (Wright State University), Changseok Han (Inha University), Umapada Pal (Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla), Tanapon Phenrat (Naresuan University), Sudip Chakraborty (University of Calabria), and Mallikarjuna Nadagouda (US EPA).

Ichiro delivered an invited talk at the India International Science Forum, co-organized by Pondicherry University and other institutions.

Ichiro delivered an invited talk at the 6th Global Webinar on Materials Science and Engineering.

Our research on organic thermoelectric materials has been published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and the work was also selected as a supplementary cover image. DOI

Our invention related to organic thermoelectric materials has been granted a patent.Link

Ichiro served as a session organizer for the session entitled "Synthesis, Properties, and Functional Applications of Element-Block Materials" at the 35th Autumn Symposium of the Ceramic Society of Japan, together with Eisuke Yamamoto (Nagoya University), Ikuyoshi Tomita (Tokyo Institute of Technology), and Yoshiyuki Sugahara (Waseda University).

Our research on graphene-based lithium-ion batteries has been published in Ceramics International.DOI

Our invention related to organic thermoelectric materials has been granted a patent.Link

Our review article on biomedical engineering, conducted as part of our international collaborative research with Katarzyna Krukiewicz (Silesian University of Technology), has been published in Bioelectrochemistry.DOI

Ichiro delivered a keynote lecture at the 2nd Online International Conference on Functional Materials and Chemical Engineering (Functional Materials 2022).

Our feature article on smart windows has been published in Kinou Zairyo.Link

Ichiro delivered a keynote lecture at the 2nd Global Webinar on Materials Science and Engineering (GWMSE-2021).

Our research on hybrid thermoelectric materials has been published in Composites Communications.DOI

Ichiro received the Best Presentation Award for his invited talk at the 3rd International Conference on Graphene and Novel Nanomaterials (GNN 2021).Link

Ichiro delivered an invited talk at the 3rd International Conference on Graphene and Novel Nanomaterials (GNN 2021).

Ichiro delivered a keynote lecture at the 3rd Global Virtual Summit on Advances in Materials, Physics and Chemistry Science.

Ichiro's lecture was selected for Hiroshima University's "Top 100 Lectures for Intellectual Development."

Our review article on graphene has been published in Coatings.DOI

Our research on smart windows was featured on X (formerly Twitter) by the Hiroshima University Open Innovation Initiative. Link

Our research on smart windows was featured on the “Promising Projects” page of the Hiroshima University Open Innovation Initiative.Link

Our paper published in Journal of Polymer Science was selected as a cover image and featured on X (formerly Twitter).Link

Ichiro delivered an invited talk at Materials Science Virtual 2020.

Our research on organic thermoelectric materials has been published in Journal of Polymer Science.DOI