Synthetic Polymer Chemistry with New Strategies
Our interest is to develop a synthetic way for polymeric materials, which is not accessible by the conventional polymerization method. We especially focus on the effect of counteranion in the coordination polymerization catalysts. Our team is a part of Polymer Chemistry Laboratory in Hiroshima University.
News
2024-11-09 Prof. Tanaka recieved Award for Encouragement of Research from Chugoku-Shikoku branch of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (SSOCJ). The special lecture was held at Okayama University.
2024-09-25 A textbook has been revised. We revisited the precise microstructure determination of poly(beta-pinene), one of the most famous bio-based polymers, and proposed a newly assigned structure. A research paper by Oluwaseyi Ajala was published in Macromolecules doi).
2024-08-02 A research paper by Yusuke Bando on the development of a new EPM-based recyclable material was published in Macromolecules doi).
2024-07-16 We participated in the joint research about neutron reflectivity study of deuterated polyethylene led by Prof. Miyazaki and Prof. Takenaka at Kyoto University. A research paper was published in Langmuir (doi).
2024-05-27 An official interview of Prof. Tanakahas been published from Hiroshima University..
2024-01-15 Oluwaseyi published a paper on the copolymerization of ethylene and functionalized 1,1-disubstituted olefins in the special issue of Polymers ("Catalytic Olefin Polymerization and Polyolefin Materials", doi).
2023-11-08 Our new paper about the coordination-insertion polymerization of polyisoprene-derived macromonomer was accepted for publication in Polymer Journal (doi) as a part of special issue "“Polymer Degradation for a Sustainable Future".
2023-10-13 Dr. Tanaka held lectures at the Japan-Korea joint session at the 72th SPSJ symposium and Young Researchers Association of ERATO NOZAKI Resin-Degradation Catalyst Project.
2023-10-01 Jia Yu from Xi'an University of Technology joined as a PhD course student.
2023-06-01 Subrata Dolui, from Banerjee lab. at IIT Bhilai, joined as a postdoctoral fellow.
2023-05-05 Our review article summarizing various counteranions in the coordination polymerization, including MAO, boranes, and solid surface, was published in Prog. Polym. Sci. DOI
2023-03-24 Dr. Tanaka gave a special lecture for young scholar at the 103rd CSJ annual meeting.
2023-03-23 Mari Nishizono recieved an excellent student award at the graduation ceremony of applied chemistry program (2nd place in the master's thesis).
2023-02-08 A joint work with Prof. Ooyama about the origin of AIE properties of alpha-diimine metal complexes was published in Dalton Trans. (doi).
2022-12-14 Our new paper about the synthesis of end-functionalized polydienes was accepted for publication in Molecules (doi).
2022-09-27 Our new paper about the relationship between the microstructure of polyethylene and the oxidation state of MAO in Ni-diimine catalyzed polymerization was published in Organometallics (doi).
2022-10-10 Our new project (Development of Recyclable Commodity Rubber Materials with the Degradation Initiating from Crosslinking Points) will be granted from JST-PRESTO (sustainable materials area) until March 2026.
2022-09-07 Dr. Tanaka co-organized a special session "Frontiers of synthetic polymer chemistry based on the pursuit of elementary reactions" at 71st Symposium on Macromolecules, SPSJ, with Dr. Kambayashi at Osaka University.
2022-03-01 Our new project granted from New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) launched. The project aims to develop recyclable commodity synthetic rubber materials using our precise polymerization technology.
2021-12-21 Dr. Tanaka gave an invited lecture about new boron-based Brønsted acid at Asian Polyolefin Workshop (APO 2021).
2021-11-08 A textbook about organometallic catalytic reactions (有機合成のための新触媒反応101) has been published. Dr. Tanaka has contributed 8 pages with Prof. Shiono about the polymerization of olefins and dienes.
2021-10-01 Oluwaseyi joined our group as a PhD student.
2021-07-09 Dr. Tanaka won the Young Scientist Lecture Award from the Kansai branch, SPSJ at 67th Kobe Polymer Research Symposium.
2021-06-14 Our new paper about the removal of mononuclear aluminum alkyls from MMAO was published in Polymer Journal (doi) as a contribution paper to the special issue "Polymer Journal Rising Stars -2021-".
2021-04-01 Dr. Tanaka has been promoted to Associate Professor.
2021-01-29 Our new paper about the crosslinking of functionalized isotactic polypropylene was published in Macromolecules (doi).
2021-01-05 Our new paper about fluoroarylborane cocatalyst was published in ACS Catalysis (doi).
2021-01-01 Website Opened.
Contact Address
Ryo Tanaka, Ph. D.
Department of Advanced Science and Engineering
Hiroshima University
Office: A4-812
1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima
739-8527 Japan
Phone: +81(82)4247729
rytanaka "at" hiroshima-u.ac.jp