Activity 2009-2013

I. Academic Activity

I.1 Awards and Honors

1) (2009) Award of Ministry of Environment for local environmental protection service, Japan 地域環境保全功労者環境大臣表彰

2) (2011) The 54th excellence paper award at the division of technology on oils and fats from Japan Oil Chemists’ Society, Japan

3) (2012) An Academic Award from Helical Science Society, Japan

4) (2012-2013)  Guest Lecturer of Kazakh Nationakl Technical University

5) (2013, April 1) Visiting Professor of Tokyo University of Science

6) (2013, September 1) Visiting Professor under Academic Icon to the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya 

I.2 International conferences

Committee members

  1. 2004~present  committee member, Asian Society for Colloid and Surface Science
  2. 2006~present  committee member, Asian Symposium on Advanced Materials
  3. 2009~present　committee member, World Federation of Engineering Organization (WFEO) Woman in Engineering and Technology (WiE)
  4. 2010-2012　committee member in Japan, International Year of Chemistry 2011

 Chairpersons

  1. Chairperson of organizing committee, International Workshop on “Novel　Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials for “Science for Human” (2010), Taipei, Taiwan, 2010
  2. Chairperson of organizing committee, International Workshop on “Novel Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials for “Science for Human” (2011), Taipei, Taiwan, 2011
  3. The 4th Asian symposium on Advanced Materials – Chemistry, Physics & Biomedicine of Functional and Novel Materials (ASAM-4), Taipei, Taiwan, 2013

Organizing advisory committee

1) (2009, Oct 11-14) ‘The 2nd Asian Symposium on Advanced Materials – Chemistry & Physics of Functional Materials – (ASAM-2)’ in Shanghai, China, International Advisory Committee
2) (2009, Oct 11-14) ‘The 3rd Asian Conference on Colloid & Interface Science’ in Jeju, Korea, International Advisory Committee
3) (2010, Nov 26) ‘International Workshop on “Novel Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials for “Science for Human” (2010)’ in Taipei, Taiwan, Chairperson of organizing committee
4) (2011, Sept 19-22) ‘The 3rd Asian Symposium on Advanced Materials – Chemistry & Physics of Functional Materials – (ASAM-3)’ in Vladivostok, Russia, International Advisory Committee
5) (2011, Oct 21-23) ‘International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology’ in Kathmandu, Napal, International Advisory board
6) (2011, Nov 23-26) ‘The 4th Asian Conference on Colloid & Interface Science’ in Tainan, Taiwan, International Advisory Committee
7) (2011, Dec 16-17) ‘Polymer Science and Nanotechnology : Design and Structure (PSNDS-11)’ in Baroda, India, Advisory Committee
8) (2012, May 15-18) International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists, Conference (IACIS2012), Sendai, Japan, organizing committee
9)(2012, Dec 15-17) International Conference on Advances in Polymeric Materials & Nanotechnology (PolyTech – 2012), Pune, India, organizing committee
10) (2013, Nov. 20-23) 5th Asian Conference on Colloid and Interface Science (ACCIS 2013) Darjeeling, India, organizing committee

I.3 International committees

 Reviewing board ( the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty Position)

1. Member of International Experts Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2006~2009
2. Panel member of experts for evaluation of candidates for faculty positions in Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan, 2010
3. External examiner of PhD Thesis in Jadavpur University, India, 2010
4. External examiner of PhD Thesis in University of South Australia, Australia, 2011
5. Reviewer of research grants of scientific community of Kazakhstan, National Center of Science and Technology Evaluation, Astana, Kazakhstan, 2011
6. External examiner of PhD Thesis in Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan, 2012
7. External examiner of PhD Thesis in Aligarh Muslim University, India, 2013

 Editorial Board

  1. 1993-2010 Langmuir (American Chemical Society); Editorial advisory board
  2. 2003-2011 present Journal of Surface Science and Technology; India, Editorial Adviser
  3. 2009~present Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotchnology (American Scientific Publishers); Editorial Board
  4. 2010~present Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers (JCIE) (Taylor & Francis): International Editorial Board

Commission (International)

2007~2010   Member of International Experts Council (IEC) of the Republic of Kazakhstan
2009~present  Member of Women in Engineering (WIE) committee World Federation of Engineering organizations (WFEO) (世界工業団体連盟)
2010~2012/3  Member of Japan committee, International Year of Chemistry 2011

Committion (Government, Japan):

2005~2011/9  Council Member of Science Council (CMSC) of Japan 日本学術会議会員
2006~present Field advisor of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) 　　　　　　　科学技術振興機構領域アドバイザー
2009~2013/1  Executive Member of Council for Science and Technology Policy (CSTP), Japan内閣府総合科学技術会議議員
2010~2012  External valuation member of strategic research core constitution support project for Private university by Ministry of Eduction, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
2010~present  Member of National University Cooperation Evaluation Committee in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan     文部科学省高等教育局国立大学法人評価委員会委員
2011/10-present   Member of Science Council (CMSC) of Japan 日本学術会議連携委員 

II. Industry-University Cooperation

II.1 Patents

登録

  1. Preparation of intercellular lipid-mimetic substrate of skin corneum and valuation method of rough surface by using it (Japan) Takuya Saiwaki, Takashi Oka, Yu-ichiro Mori, Toyoko Imae, Xiaojuan Wang, Masaki Ujihara皮膚角層細胞間脂質擬似基板及びこれを用いた肌荒れの評価方法（日本）,才脇 卓也、岡 隆史、森 雄一郎、今栄東洋子、Xiaojuan Wang 、氏原 真樹、株式会社資生堂、学校法人慶應義塾　特許4670089、2010/05/07
  2. Preparation of intercellular lipid-mimetic substrate of skin corneum and valuation method of rough surface by using it (Japan) Takuya Saiwaki, Takashi Oka, Yu-ichiro Mori, Toyoko Imae, Xiaojuan Wang, Masaki Ujihara皮膚角層細胞間脂質擬似基板及びこれを用いた肌荒れの評価方法（日本）才脇 卓也、岡 隆史、森 雄一郎、今栄東洋子、Xiaojuan Wang 、氏原 真樹、株式会社資生堂、学校法人慶應義塾　特許4762358、2011/01/31

公開

  1. Beauty regimen for repairing Rough surface (Japan) No. 2010-189300, 2010/09/02, Takashi Oka, Takuya Saiwaki, Toyoko Imae, Yen Zhu肌荒れを修復する美容方法 (日本) 特開２０１０－１８９３００岡 隆史、才脇 卓也、今栄東洋子、Yen Zhu　株式会社資生堂、学校法人慶應義塾　特開2010-189300, 2009/2/17
  2. Preparation of intercellular lipid-mimetic substrate of skin corneum and valuation method of rough surface by using it, Takuya Saiwaki, Takashi Oka, Yu-ichiro Mori, Toyoko Imae, Xiaojuan Wang, Masaki Ujihara (EU) No. EP2372360
  3. Preparation of intercellular lipid-mimetic substrate of skin corneum and valuation method of rough surface by using it, Takuya Saiwaki, Takashi Oka, Yu-ichiro Mori, Toyoko Imae, Xiaojuan Wang, Masaki Ujihara (China) No. CN102265153, 2011/10/20
  4. Preparation of intercellular lipid-mimetic substrate of skin corneum and valuation method of rough surface by using it, Takuya Saiwaki, Takashi Oka, Yu-ichiro Mori, Toyoko Imae, Xiaojuan Wang, Masaki Ujihara (USA) No. US2013/0000394

出願

1)      Preparation of intercellular lipid-mimetic substrate of skin corneum and valuation method of rough surface by using it, Takuya Saiwaki, Takashi Oka, Yu-ichiro Mori, Toyoko Imae, Xiaojuan Wang, Masaki Ujihara (Korea)

Application Publication

1)      METHOD FOR MAKING CARBON NANOTUBE-LOADED ELECTRODE, CARBON NANOTUBE-LOADED ELECTRODE MADE BY THE METHOD; Toyoko Imae, Ampornphan Siriviriyanun; United States; No. US2013/0161066 A1; Jun. 27/2013

2)      BIOCOMPARTIPLE CONFEITO-LIKE GOLD NANOPARTICLES, METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME, AND THEIR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; Masaki Ujihara, Toyoko Imae; United States; No. US2013/0164842 A1; Jun. 27/2013

3)      一種製備負載有奈米碳管之電極之方法、以該方法製備之負載有奈米碳管之電極及其應用; 今榮東洋子、西蕊維蕊雅南安波芳; METHOD FOR MAKING CARBON NANOTUBE-LOADED ELECTRODE, CARBON NANOTUBE-LOADED ELECTRODE　MADE BY THE METHOD; (Country：Taiwan, Application Type：Invention, Filing Date：2011/12/23, Application No.：100148355) ; Patent/Publication No. TW 201328006 A1; July 1/2013

4)      生物可相容的糖花狀金奈米粒子、其製備方法及其生物醫學應用; 氏原真樹, 今榮東洋子; BIOCOMPARTIPLE CONFEITO-LIKE GOLD NANOPARTICLES, METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME, AND THEIR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; (Country：Taiwan, Application Type：Invention, Filing Date：2011/12/21, Application No.：100147776) ; Patent/Publication No.TW 201325614 A1; July 1/2013

Application

1. Synthesis and application of biocompatible nanoporous hydroxylapatite; 今榮東洋子; Taiwan; Invention;

2. 樹枝狀高分子以及石墨烯氧化物的螢光混成物; 今榮東洋子、西蕊維蕊雅南安波芳; Taiwan; Invention; 2012/11/30; 1010062

3. FLUORESCENT HYBRID OF DENDRIMER AND GRAPHENE OXIDE  Toyoko Imae, Ampornphan Siriviriyanun; US; Invention; 2012/11/27; 1010061

4. EVALUATION METHOD OF ANTI-FINGERPRINT PROPERTY AND NON-FLUORINATED COATING MATERIALS WITH ANTI-FINGERPRINT PROPERTY; 今榮東洋子、西蕊維蕊雅南安波芳; Taiwan; Invention;

5. EVALUATION METHOD OF ANTI-FINGERPRINT PROPERTY AND NON-FLUORINATED COATING MATERIALS WITH ANTI-FINGERPRINT PROPERTY; Toyoko Imae, Ampornphan Siriviriyanun; US; Invention; 2013/1/10; 1010061

6. Massive-Exfoliation of Magnetic Graphene from Acceptor–Type GIC by Long-Chain Alkyl Amine; Masaki Ujihara, Toyoko Imae; US; Invention; 2013/8/26

7. Massive-Exfoliation of Magnetic Graphene from Acceptor–Type GIC by Long-Chain Alkyl Amine; Masaki Ujihara, Toyoko Imae; Taiwan; Invention; 2013/8/26

II.2 Industry-university program 

1．with Foxlink Co. Ltd. (2011) Collaboration research (表面抗污材料與製程技術開發先期評估計劃) 

III. Educational/Research Activity

III.1 PhD course students

  1. Prashanta Dhoj Adhikari (化学工程系) (2007.9.1~2010.7.31) Characteristics of Functionalized Carbon Micro Coils: Immobilization of Substrates and Embedding in Polymer Matrix
  2. Kinjal Shah  (応用科技研究所) (2012.8.1~present)
  3. Mahmoud Mohamed Mahmoud Ahmed  (応用科技研究所) (2013.8.1~present)

III.2 Master course students

  1. 李志軒 (化学工程系) (2010.8.1~2012.7.31) Synthesis and Investigation of Clay/G4 PAMAM Dendrimer/Uranine Nano-composite Material
  2. 廖紹宏(化学工程系) (2010.8.1~2012.7.31) Spectroscopic properties and methanol oxidation applications of graphene oxide and its nanocomposites with Pt nanoparticles encapsulated by PAMAM dendrimer
  3. 魏泓威 (化学工程系) (2010.8.1~2012.7.31) pH and site isolation effect on immobilization of PAMAM dendrimer/multi-wall carbon nanotube composite material at gold electrode for biosensor application
  4. 吳泳翰 (材料科学興工程系) (2010.8.1~2012.7.31) Preparation of gold nanoparticle films by using Langmuir-Blodgett technique and their application for surface enhanced infra-red absorption spectroscopy
  5. Yakub Fam (化学工程系) (2011.2.1~2013.1.31) Fabrication of Hydroxyapatite-Dendrimer-Platinum Nanocomposites and Their Application
  6. Dang Minh Nhut (化学工程系) (2011.2.1~2013.1.31) Surface Plasmon Resonance of Confeito-like Gold Nanoparticles
  7. 徐敏軒 (化学工程系) (2011.8.1~2013.7.31) Preparation of cellulose nanofiber/dendrimer nano-composite and its CO2 adsorption ability
  8. 李俊緯 (化学工程系) (2011.8.1~2013.7.31) The preparation of Ag-TiO2nanocomposites
  9. 蔡雅如 (化学工程系) (2011.8.1~2013.7.31) Preparation of Cyclodextrin-Immobolized Graphene Oxide and Its Biomedical Functions
  10. Marina Popova (化学工程系) (2011.8.1~2013.7.31) Functionalization of graphene oxide for targeted anticancer drug delivery
  11. Mahmoud Mohamed Mahmoud Ahmed (応用科技研究所) (2011.8.1~2013.7.31) Preparation of Graphene from Graphite Using Physical and Chemical Methods
  12. Faiza Maryani (応用科技研究所) (2011.8.1~2013.7.31) Anionic Amphiphilic Copolymer Grafted on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube as Drug Carrier: Drug Loaded, Encapsulating Efficiency and Nuleus Targeting
  13. 李聖儒 (化学工程系) (2012.8.1~present)
  14. 張家綺 (化学工程系) (2012.8.1~present)
  15. 黃正昌 (化学工程系) (2012.8.1~present)
  16. 李安湘 (化学工程系) (2012.8.1~present)
  17. 董妮鑫 (化学工程系) (2012.8.1~present)
  18. 黄偉志 (化学工程系) (2012.8.1~present)
  19. Yohan Widjaja (化学工程系) (2012.8.1~present)
  20. Julius Candrawan (化学工程系) (2012.8.1~present)
  21. 謝蕙蔆 (化学工程系) (2013.8.1~present)
  22. 劉加毅 (化学工程系) (2013.8.1~present)
  23. 許宇萱 (化学工程系) (2013.8.1~present

III.3 Oral examination commission

1．  国立台湾科技大学材料科学興工程系博士口試委員 (2011/5/10)

2．  国立台湾科技大学応用科技研究所修士口試委員 (2012/7)

3．  国立台湾科技大学応用科技研究所修士口試委員 (2013/1)

4．  国立台湾科技大学応用科技研究所修士口試委員 (2013/7/8-9)

5．  国立台湾科技大学材料科学興工程系修士口試委員 (2013/7/24)

III.4 Lecture record

1. 2010/February-June, Smart Technology　智慧科技, 化学工程系

2. 2010/ September-2011/January, Smart Technology　智慧科技, 化学工程系

3. 2011/February-June, 高等物理化学, 化学工程系co-lecture

4. 2011/September-2012/January, Physical Chemistry of Surfaces (表面物理化學) 化学工程系co-lecture

5. 2013/February-June, Advanced Science and Technology化学工程系

III.5 Invited lectures for students and Scientists:

1)      Lecture, 2009/10/15, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Suzhou, China, Dendritic Polymer: Advanced Material for Nanotechnology

2)      Lecture, 2009/11/4, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Dendritic Polymer: Advanced Nanomaterial for Nanotechnology

3)      Lecture, 2009/11/5, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology toward Drug Delivery Systems

4)      Lecture, 2010/2/1, Yung Chi Paint (永記造漆), Tainan, Taiwan, Analysis of Acrylic Copolymer Using Systematical Methods Including NMR, IR, GC, GPC, Mass, and Thermopyrolysis

5)      Lecture for under-graduate course, 2010/5/5, Department of Chemical Engineering, NTUST, Taipei, Taiwan,

6)      Lecture for graduate course, 2010/6/2, department of Chemical Engineering, NTUST, Taipei, Taiwan, What is Dendrimer? Advanced Nanomaterial for Nanotechnology

7)      Lecture, 2010/6/10, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, Nanotechnological Fabrication of Hierarchical Structures of Dendritic Polymers as Advanced Materials

8)      Lecture, 2010/11/25, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Photocatalytic Activity of surface-modified TiO2 and TiO2 core-shell nanoparticles

9)   Lecture, 2011/12/14, Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat, India, Fabrication of hybrid architectures composed of nanoparticles towards their applications

10) Lecture, 2011/12/18, V N South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, India, Nanotechnological Fabrication of Hierarchical Architectures of Dendrimer-based Polymers

11)  Graduate Seminar, 2012/3/30, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Recent Advances of Nanocomposites Consisting of Smart Nanomaterials

12)  Lecture, 2012/5/30, Autonomous University of Barcelona (Prof. Antony Villaverde), Barcelona, Spain, Advanced Fabrication of Novel Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications

13)  Lecture, 2012/7/11, Chemistry Department, Universiti Malaya (Prof. Rauzah Hashim), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Characteristics of Amphiphilic Dendritic polymers

14)  Lecture, 2012/10/27-11/11, Kazakhstan National Technical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, lecture (14 times)

15)  Lecture, 2013/3/26, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Smart Materials ― Hybrids of Carbon, Metal, Inorganic and Polymer Materials ―

16)  Lecture, 2013/5/15, International Research Center for Materials NanoArchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan, Recent Advances of Nanocomposites Consisting of Organic and Inorganic Materials

III.6 Conferences (International)

1)      International Conference on Hightech Materials, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 2009/2/11-13 (invited talk) Synthesis and Application of Functional Mesoporous Silica toward Molecular Recognition

2)      International Dendrimer Symposium 6, Royal Institute of Technology KTH,Stockholm, 2009/6/14-18 (invited talk) How Do PAMAM Dendrimers Emit Fluorescence?

3)      The 3rd Asian Conference on Colloid and Interface Science, Jeju island, Korea 2009/10/11-14 Asian Society of Colloid and Surface Sciences (invited talk)Physicochemical properties of lipid-structuring mixed membrane

4)      The Second Asian Symposium on Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2009/10/11-14 (keynote talk, committee member) Are Dendritic Polymers Possible to be Advanced Materials?

5)      1st FAPS Polymer Congress, 2009/10/20-23, Nagoya Japan, Surface functionalization and hybridization of carbon micro coils, Masaki Ujihara, Prashanta Dhoj Adhikari, and Toyoko Imae (poster)

6)      International Symposium on Nano Science and Technology (ISNST), Tainan, 2009/11/20-21 (invited talk) Nanotechnological Fabrication of Hierarchical Structures of Dendritic Polymers

7)      International Conference on Nanomaterials: Synthesis Characterization and Applications (ICN2010), Kattayam, Kerala, India 2010/4/26-29 (invited talk)Fabrication of metal particles with unique shapes

8)      NanoFormulation 2010, Stockholm, Sweden, 2010/6/9-11 (invited talk) Advanced Fabrication of Smart Nanomaterials Toward Drug Delivery Systems

9)      The 11th Trends in Nanotechnology, Braga, Portugal, 2010/9/6-10, Fabrication of silica hollow microcoils with mesoporous walls, Carlos Rodríguez-Abreu, Neus Vilanova, Conxita Solans, Masaki Ujihara, Toyoko Imae, and Seiji Motojima

10)  Colloids and Nanotechnologies in Industry 2010, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2010/9/20-21(invited talk) Fabrication of metallic nanoparticles with various shapes and their hybrids ― towards incorporation to reactors, sensors and machines ―

11)  18th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution (SIS2010), Melbourne, Australia, 2010/11/14-19 (invited talk) Damage/Recovery by Additive on Lipid Membrane as a Mimicry of Human Stratum Corneum

12)   18th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution (SIS2010), Melbourne, Australia, 2010/11/14-19 (invited talk) Successive investigation of surfactant assemblies

13)    7th International Dendrimer Symposium, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, 2011/6/26-7/1, Ampornphan Siriviriyanun and Toyoko Imae, Immobilization of Dendrimers Encapsulated Pt Nanoparticles on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Micro Coils and Their Utilization to Electrochemical Bio/chemical Sensors

14)    IUMRS International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA) 2011, Taipei, Taiwan, 2011/9/19-22, Masaki Ujihara and Toyoko Imae, One-Pot Synthesis of Confeito-Like Au Nanoparticles and Their Biomedical Applications

15)    IUMRS International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA) 2011, Taipei, Taiwan, 2011/9/19-22, Toyoko Imae and Ampornphan Siriviriyanun, Immobilization of Pt Nanoparticles-Encapsulated Dendrimers on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Micro Coils

16)    3rd Asian Symposium on Advanced Materials: Chemistry & Physics of Functional Materials (ASAM-3 2011), Fukuoka, Japan, 2011/9/19-22, Toyoko Imae and Masaki Ujihara, Fabrication and Functionalization of Confeito-like Au Nanoparticles (organizing committee)

17)    International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (ICAMN2011), Kathmandu, Nepal, 2011/10/21-23 (Keynote Talk) Advanced fabrication of hybrids consisting of carbon, organic and inorganic materials promoted by nanotechnology

18)    9th Asian Conference on Chemical Sensors (9th ACCS2011), Taipei, Taiwan, 2011/11/14-17, Ampornphan Siriviriyanun and Toyoko Imae, Development of Electrochemical Biosensors Consisting of Carbon Nanotube-Dendrimer -Platinum Nanoparticle

19)    4th Asian Conference on Colloid and Interface Science (ACCIS 2011), Tainan, Taiwan, 2011/11/23-25 (invited talk, organizing committee) Hybridization of Carbon Materials with Metal Nanoparticles and Their Possible Applications

20)    Conference in Polymer Science & Nanotechnology: Design and Structure (PSNDS-11), Baroda, India, 2011/12/16-17 (invited talk) Advanced Architectures Consisting of Dendritic Polymers

21)  International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists, Conference (IACIS2012), Sendai, Japan, 2012/5/15-18 (keynote talk, organizing committee) Toyoko Imae and Ampornphan Siriviriyanun, Modification and functionalization of electrode surfaces for electrochemical reactions

22)  International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists, Conference (IACIS2012), Sendai, Japan, 2012/5/15-18, M. M. Alam, L. Pérez-Carrillo, J. Miras, S. Vílchez,  C. Solans, T. Imae, M. Ujihara, J. Esquena, Highly Porous Carbonaceous Materials obtained in W/O Highly Concentrated Emulsions

23)  International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists, Conference (IACIS2012), Sendai, Japan, 2012/5/15-18, Kazuki Osawa, Shin-ichi Yusa, Toyoko Imae, Masaki Ujihara, Atsushi Harada, Kanako Ochi, Kazuhiko Ishihara, Synthesis of amphiphilic diblock copolymers with pendant dendron groups

24)  NanoFormulation2012, Barcelona, Spain, 2012/5/28-6/1 (travel grant winner)Toyoko Imae, Ujihara Masaki, Ampornphan Siriviriyanun, Therapeutic application of nanomaterials consisting of novel components such as nanoparticle or dendrimer

25)  NanoFormulation2012, Barcelona, Spain, 2012/5/28-6/1, Mohammad Mydul Alam, Lourdes A. Pérez-Carrillo, Susana Vílchez,Jonathan Miras,Conxita Solans, Toyoko Imae, Masaki Ujihara, Jordi Esquena, Highly Concentrated Emulsions – a Fascinating Route for the Preparation of Carbonaceous Porous Materials

26)  International Symposium on Advanced Polymeric Materials 2012 (ISAPM 2012), Malaysia, 2012/7/20-21, (invited talk) Recent Advances of Nanocomposites Consisting of Dendritic polymers

27)  World Congress on Oleo Science (WCOS 2012), Sasebo, Japan, 2012/9/30-10/4, (plenary talk) Role of Scientists/Engineers in Japan after March 11, 2011

28)  Colloids and Nanotechnologies in Industry 2012, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2012/10/30-31, (invited talk) Advantages of Hybrids of Carbon materials

29)  International Conference on Advances in Polymeric Materials & Nanotechnology (PolyTech – 2012), Pune, India, 2012/12/15-17 (Invited talk, organizing committee) Characterization and Application of Fluorescent Poly(amido amine) Dendrimers

30)  International Conference on Recent Innovations in Nano-Bio-Polymer-Pharmaceutical Technologies, Nanded, India, 2013/01/13-14 (Keynote talk) Smart Materials – carbon materials and inorganic materials –

31)  International Dendrimer Symposium (IDS8), Madrid, Spain, 2013/6/23-27 (Invited talk) Characterization and Biomedical Application of Fluorescent Poly(amido amine) Dendrimers

32)  Smart System Mini-Conference 2013 (SmaSys mini 2013), Yonezawa, Japan, 2013/7/12 (Plenary talk) Recent Advances of Nanocomposites Consisting of organic and inorganic materials

33)  The 4th Asian Symposium on Advanced Materials (ASAM-4), Taipei, Taiwan 2013/10/22-25, Mahmoud Mohamed, Mahmoud Ahmed, Masaki Ujihara, Toyoko Imae and Yusuke Yamauchi, Massive-Exfoliation of Graphene from Acceptor-Type GIC by Long-Chain Alkyl Amine

34)  The 4th Asian Symposium on Advanced Materials (ASAM-4), Taipei, Taiwan 2013/10/22-25, Masaki Ujihara and Toyoko Imae, Confeito-like Au nanoparticles: Their synthesis and plasmonic behaviors

35)  The 4th Asian Symposium on Advanced Materials (ASAM-4), Taipei, Taiwan 2013/10/22-25, Ampornphan Siriviriyanun, Marina Popova and Toyoko Imae, Hybridization of Graphene Oxide/Dendrimer as a Potential Drug Carrier

36)  The 4th Asian Symposium on Advanced Materials (ASAM-4), Taipei, Taiwan 2013/10/22-25, Kinjal J. Shah, Manish Kumar Mishra, Atindra D. Shukla, Toyoko Imae and Dinesh O. Shah, Modification of clay surface with quaternary ammonium salts to control hydrophobicity

 37)  The 4th Asian Symposium on Advanced Materials (ASAM-4), Taipei, Taiwan 2013/10/22-25, Puthalapattu ReddyPrasad and Toyoko Imae, Selective detection of cupper ion by a tetradentate ligand sensor

 38)  5th Asian Conference on Colloid and Interface Science (ACCIS 2013) Darjeeling, India, 2013/11/20-23 (Plenary talk, organizing committee) Smart Materials – Amphiphiles and Nanoparticles –

39)  International Conference on Surface Science & nanotechnology in Biomedical, Pharmaceutical & Engineering (ICON-NANO 2013), Nadiad, India, 2013/12/10-12(Plenary talk)

40)  International Conference on Surface Science & nanotechnology in Biomedical, Pharmaceutical & Engineering (ICON-NANO 2013), Nadiad, India, 2013/12/10-12, Kinjal J. Shah, Manish Kumar Mishra, Atindra D. Shukla, Toyoko Imae and Dinesh O. Shah, Tuning the Wettability Profile of Organically Modified Clays by Choice of Cationic Surfactants with Variety of Substituents

41)  International Conference on Surface Science & nanotechnology in Biomedical, Pharmaceutical & Engineering (ICON-NANO 2013), Nadiad, India, 2013/12/10-12, Kinjal J. Shah, Atindra D. Shukla, Toyoko Imae and Dinesh O. Shah, Tailored Lipophilic Organo-Clays for Polymer-Clay Nano Composites 

III.7 Conferences (Domestic)

1)      The annual meeting of Taiwan Colloid and Interface Society, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Taiwan Colloid and Interface Society, 2009/5/21 (invited talk) Fabrication of core-shell soft matters and their specific molecular recognition

2)      CMC workshop (研究会) 工学院大学新宿校舎, 2009/6/24　(invited talk)　材料としてのCMCの展望

3)      高分子討論会, 熊本, 日本 2009/9/16 2009/9/18複合脂質膜表面層の物性評価

4)      東京工業大学男女共同参画講演会 2010/2/15 (invited talk)

5)      名古屋大学男女共同参画女性研究者交流会 2010/3/5 (invited talk)

6)      高分子学会年会, 横浜, 日本 2010/5/26-28 Characteristic Reinforcement of Functionalized CMC-embedded PVA Films

7)      日本ヘリカルサイエンス学会設立総会・記念講演会,京都, 2012年4月21日 (受賞講演) CMCから成る薄膜/コンポジットの創製

8)      第61回高分子学会年会, 横浜, 日本 2011/5/29-31, 大澤一貴, 遊佐真一, 今栄東洋子, 氏原真樹, 原田敦史, 越智可南子, 石原一彦疎水性デンドロンを含む両親媒性ブロック共重合体の合成と水中での会合挙動 Synthesis of amphiphilic diblock copolymers with pendant hydrophobic dendron groups and their association behavior in water

9)      第61回高分子討論会、名古屋、日本2012/9/19-21、Toyoko Imae, Preparation of dendrimer/graphene oxide nanohybrids and their medical applications

III.8 Collaboration Projects for research and education (with and without Grant)

1)      Organic-inorganic Hybridization Toward Functionalization of Carbon Micro Coils     新型態微米碳卷衍生之有機無機混成物的合成分析與性質探討
PI (Taiwan): Po-Da Hong, Co-PI (Taiwan): Toyoko Imae
PI (Spain): Conxita Solans, Institut de Química Avançada de Catalunya (IQAC), CSIC CSIC/NSC Cooperative Research Project
申請條碼：97WFA2500132, 1/1/2009-31/12/2010

2)      Fabrication of Advanced Hybrid Nanomaterials toward Drug Delivery Systems
先進奈米複合材料的製備與薬物傳遞之研究
PI (Taiwan): Toyoko Imae,
PI (Spain): Conxita Solans, Institut de Química Avançada de Catalunya (IQAC), CSIC  CSIC/NSC “FORMOSA PROGRAM” Cooperative Research Project (CRP)
申請條碼：98WFA2500198, 1/1/2010-31/12/2012

3)      Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube Hybrids toward Nanotechnology
奈米碳管混成物之備製與其奈米技術之研究
PI (Taiwan): Toyoko Imae,
PI (India): Chivukula N. Murthy, The M. S. University of Baroda
DST/NSC Cooperative Research Project
申請條碼：98WFA2500148, 1/1/2010-31/7/2012

4)      Development of high-sensitive biosensors consisting of noble metal nanoparticle-immobilized fibrous carbon electrodes
PI (Taiwan): Toyoko Imae,
PI (Japan): Naoki Nagatani, Okayama University of Science and Technology (2010-present)

5)      Development of high sensitive gas sensing systems,
PI (Taiwan): Toyoko Imae,
PI (Japan): Ryo Sasai, Shimane University, Japan
(2010-present)

6)        Synthesis of functional amphiphilic block-copolymers with dendron side chain,     PI (Taiwan): Toyoko Imae,
PI (Japan): Shin-ichi Yusa, Hyogo University, Japan
(2010-present)

7)        THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF NANO-GRAPHENE-OXIDE-ANTICANCER DRUG CONJUGATES
PI(Taiwan) Toyoko Imae
PI (Malaysia): Chung Lip Yong and Kiew Lik Voon, University of Malaya, Malaysia    (2013-present) under collaborative research agreement (MOA)

IV. Publications

IV.1 Publications (journals)

1）Recent Advances in Fabrication of Anisotropic Metallic Nanostructures, Jadab Sharma and Toyoko Imae, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 9, 19-40 (2009) (Review article)

2) Fabrication of dendrimer porogen-capsulated mesoporous silica via sol-gel process of silatrane precursor, Walairat Tanglumlert, Sujitra Wongkasemjit, and Toyoko Imae, J. Nanosci. Nanotech., 9, 1844-1850 (2009)

3) Surface Modification of Gold Nanorods by Organosilanes, Koji Mitamura, Toyoko Imae, Nagahiro Saito, and Osamu Takai, Composite Interfaces, 16 (2009) 377-385

4) Fluorescence investigations of oxygen-doped simple amine; in comparison with fluorescent PAMAM dendrimer, Chih-Chien Chu and Toyoko Imae, Macromol. Rapid Commun., 16, 89-93 (2009)

5) Functionalization of Gold Nanorods toward Their Applications, Koji Mitamura and Toyoko Imae, Plasmonics, 4 (2009), 23-30. (review article)

6) Synthesis of Poly(amido amine) Dendrimer with Redox-Active Spacers, Chih-Chien Chu and Toyoko Imae, Macromolecules, 42 (2009) 2295-2299

7) Perpendicular Superlattice Growth of Hydrophobic Gold Nanorods on Patterned Silicon Substrates via Evaporation-induced Self-assembling, Xiaoming Zhang and Toyoko Imae, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113 (15), 5947-5951

8) pH Dependent Encapsulation of Pyrene in PPI-core:PAMAM-shell Dendrimers, Dinakaran Kannaiyan and Toyoko Imae, Langmuir, 25 (2009) 5282-5285

9) Synthesis of Mo-SBA-1 catalyst via sol-gel process and its activity, Sujitra Wongkasemjit; Suparb Tamuang; Walairat Tanglumlert; Toyoko Imae, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 117 (2009) 301-306.

10) Styrene oxidation with H2O2 over Fe- and Ti-SBA-1 mesoporous silica, Walairat Tanglumlert, Toyoko Imae, Timothy J. White, Sujitra Wongkasemjit, Catalysis Communications, 10, 1070-1073, 2009.

11) Hierarchical Structures of Dendritic Polymers, Masaki Ujihara and Toyoko Imae, Polym. Int., 59, 137-144 (2010). (Review article)

12) Immobilization of amphiphilic dendron on silica particles toward the application to ultrahigh pressure liquid chromatography, Chih-Chien Chu, Norio Ueno, and Toyoko Imae, J. Nanosci. Nanotec., 10, 5324-5327 (2010).

13) Bio-modulation Approach for Gold Nanoparticles: Synthesis of Anisotropic to Luminescent Particles, Jadab Sharma, Yian Tai, and Toyoko Imae, Chemistry – an Asian Jurnal, 5, 70-73 (2010).

14) Characterization of mimetic lipid mixtures of stratum corneum, Xiaojuan Wang, Masaki Ujihara, Toyoko Imae, Akira Ishikubo, Yuki Sugiyama, and Tooru Okamoto,Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 78, 92-100 (2010).

15) Visual observation of selective elution of components from skin-mimetic lipid membrane, Xiaojuan Wang, Masaki Ujihara, Toyoko Imae, Takuya Saiwaki, Akira Ishikubo, and Tooru Okamoto, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2010, 81, 174-177 (2010)

16) Damage/Recovery by Additive on Lipid Membrane as a Mimicry of Human Stratum Corneum, Yan Zhu, Toyoko Imae, Takuya Saiwakiand Takashi Oka, Langmuir, 26, 4951–4957 (2010).

17) Surface functionalization of carbon micro coils and their selective immobilization on surface-modified silicon substrates, Prashanta Dhoj Adhikari, Yian Tai, Masaki Ujihara, Chih-Chien Chu, Toyoko Imae, and Seiji Motojima, J. Nanosci. Nanotec., 10, 833-839 (2010).

18) Reinforcement on Properties of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Films by Embedding Functionalized Carbon Micro Coils, Prashanta Dhoj Adhikari, Masaki Ujihara, Toyoko Imae, Po-Da Hong and Seiji Motojima, J. Nanosci. Nanotec. 11, 1004-1012 (2010).

19) Sensitizing of Pyrene Fluorescence by β-cyclodextrin-modified TiO2 Nanoparticles, Indrajit  Shown; Masaki Ujihara; and Toyoko Imae, Journal of Colloid & Interface Science, 352, 232-237 (2010)

20) Synthesis of β-cyclodextrin-modified water-dispersible Ag-TiO2 core-shell nanoparticles and their photocatalytic activity, J. Nanaosci. Nanotec., Indrajit Shown, Masaki Ujihara and Toyoko Imae, 11, 3284-3290 (2011)

21) Visual observation and characterization of fluorescent poly(amido amine) dendrimer in film state, Govindachetty Saravanan and Toyoko Imae, J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 11 (2011) 4838-4845.

22) Visual observation of avidin-biotin affinity by fluorescent G4.5 poly(amidoamine) dendrimer, Govindachetty Saravanan,­ Kenji Daigo, Toyoko Imae,and Takao Hamakubo, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 83 (2011) 58–60.

23) Synthesis and Characterization of “Hairy Urchin”-like Polyaniline by Using β-Cyclodextrin as a Template, Adhimoorthy Prasannan, Tram Le Bich Truong, Po-Da-Hong, Narayanasastri Somanathan, Indrajit Shown and Toyoko Imae, Langmuir, 2011, 27 (2), 766-773.

24) A combination of hard and soft templating for the fabrication of silica hollow microcoils with nanostructured walls, Carlos Rodriguez-Abreu, Neus Vilanova, Conxita Solans, Masaki Ujihara, Toyoko Imae, Arturo Lopez-Quintela and Seiji Motojima, Nanoscale Research Letters, 2011, 6, 330.

25) Self-association behavior in water of an amphiphilic diblock copolymer comprised of anionic and dendritic blocks, Shin-ichi Yusa, Yoshihiko Shimada, Toyoko Imae, and Yotaro Morishima, Polymer Chemistry, 2, 1815-1821, 2011.

26) Selective immobilization of carbon micro coils on patterned substrates and their electrochemical behavior on ITO substrate, Prashanta Dhoj Adhikari, Toyoko Imae,and Seiji Motojima, Chemical Engineering Journal, 174 (2011) 693-698.

27) Intrinsically Fluorescent PAMAM Dendrimer as Gene Carrier and Nanoprobe for Nucleic Acids Delivery: Bioimaging and Transfection Study, Ya-Ju Tsai, Chao-Chin Hu, CHih-Chien Chu, and Toyoko Imae, Biomacromolecules, 2011, 12, 4283-4290.

28) “Two Photon Confocal Imaging Study: Cell Uptake of Two photon Dye-labeled PAMAM Dendron with HeLa Cells”, H.-C. Tsai, T. Imae, G. Calderó, C. Solans, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. A., 100A, 746-756 (2012).

29) Network of sodium hyaluronate with nano-knots junction of poly(amido amine) dendrimer, Toyoko Imae and Shin-ichi Hamaguchi, Carbohydrate Polymers, 88 (2012) 352-360.

30) Fabrication of carbon microcoil/polyaniline composite by microemulsion polymerization for electrochemical functional enhancement, Indrajit Shown, Toyoko Imae, Seiji Motojima, Chemical Engineering Journal, 187 (2012) 380-384. (cover-page illustration)

31) Solution-based nano-plasmonic sensing technique by using gold nanorods”, Fu Han Ho,Yung-Han Wu, Masaki Ujihara and Toyoko Imae, Analyst, 2012, 137, 2545-2548.

32) Syntheses and Characterizations of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes-Supported Palladium Nanocomposites, Walid Mohamed Rashad Daoush, Toyoko Imae, Journal of Materials Research, 27, 2012, 1680-1687.

33) Advantages of Immobilization of Pt Nanoparticles Protected by Dendrimers on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes, Ampornphan Siriviriyanunand Toyoko Imae, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 10622-10630.

34) Fabrication and Characterization of Dendrimer-Functionalized Mesoporous Hydroxyapatite, Nabakumar Pramanik, and Toyoko Imae, Langmuir, 2012, 28, 14018−14027.

35) Characterization and morphology analysis of degradable poly(l-lactide) film in in-vitro gastric juice incubation, Hao-Ming Chang, Chun-Chiang Huang, Hsieh-Chih Tsai, Toyoko Imae, Po-Da Hong, Applied Surface Science, 262, 2012, 89-94.

36) Surface Immobilization of Carbon Nanotubes by β-cyclodextrins and Their Inclusion Ability, Vinod I. Bhoi, Toyoko Imae, Masaki Ujihara and C. N. Murthy, J. Nanosci. Nanotech., 13 (2013) 2604-2612.

37) Functionalization of Carbon Microcoils by Platinum-loading through Dendrimer Binder, A. Siriviriyanun, T. Imae, and S. Motojima, Sci. Adv. Mater., 2013, 5, 1-6.

38) Advantages of electrodes with dendrimer-protected platinum nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes for electrochemical methanol oxidation, Ampornphan Siriviriyanunand Toyoko Imae, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15, 4921-4929.

39) Controlling Wettability and hydrophobicity of Organo Clays Modified with Quaternary Ammonium Surfactants, Kinjal J Shah; Manish Kumar Mishra; Atindra D. Shukla; Toyoko Imae; Dinesh O Shah, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 407 (2013) 493-499.

40) Renewable catalyst with Cu nanoparticles embedded into cellulose nano-fiber film, Ramaraju Bendi and Toyoko Imae, RSC Advances, 2013, 3(37), 16279-16282

41) Versatile One-Pot Synthesis of Confeito-Like Au Nanoparticles and Their Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Effect, Masaki Ujihara and Toyoko Imae, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 436 (2013) 380-385

42) Fluorescence Quenching of Uranine on Confeito-Like Au Nanoparticles, Masaki Ujihara, Nhut Minh Dang, and Toyoko Imae, J. Nanosci. Nanotech., 13, 1-5, 2013

43) Preparation of Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymers with Pendant Hydrophilic Phosphorylcholine and Hydrophobic Dendron Groups and Their Self-Association Behavior in Water, Kazuki Osawa, Toyoko Imae, Masaki Ujihara, Atsushi Harada, kaneko Ochi, Kazuhiko Ishihara and Shin-ichi Yusa, Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2013, 51, 4923-4931.

44) Fabrication of PtNi Bimetallic Nanoparticles Supported on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Walid Daoush and Toyoko Imae, Journal of Experimental Nanoscience, in press.

45) Facile synthesis of dual micro/macroporous carbonaceous foams by templating in highly concentrated water-in-oil emulsions, Mohammad Mydul Alam, Jonathan Miras, Lourdes Adriana Pérez-Carrillo, Susana Vílchez,Conxita Solans, Toyoko Imae, Masaki Ujihara, Jordi Esquena*, Microprous and Mesoporous Marterials, Microporus and Mesoporous Materials, 182 (2013) 102-108.

46) Electrochemical biosensors for biocontaminant detection consisting of carbon nanotubes, platimum nanoparticles, dendrimers and enzymes Analytical Biochemistry, Ampornphan Siriviriyanun, Toyoko Imae and Naoki Nagatani, Analytical Biochemistry, 443 (2013) 169-171.

47) One-Pot Synthesis of Fluorescent Carbon Dots from Orange Waste Peels, Adhimoorthy Prasannan and Toyoko Imae, I & EC Research, 2013, in press.

IV.2 Publication (book)

1) “Skin Bioscience: A Molecular Approach“ Ed. By Toyoko Imae, Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd., October 17, 2013

2) “Neutrons in Soft Mstter” Eds. By Toyoko Imae, Toshiji Kanaya, Michihiro Furusaka and Naoya Torikai, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, March 2011, ISBN: 978-0-470-40252-8 (total 668 pages)

IV.3 Publication (book chapter)

1) Response for External Stimulation on the Skin in “Skin Bioscience: A Molecular Approach“ Masaki Ujihara and Toyoko Imae, Ed. By Toyoko Imae, Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd., October 17, 2013, 43-81.

2)Synthesis of water-dispersible carbon nanotube–fullerodendron hybrids in“Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications”, Kumi Hamada, Toyoko Imae,Yu Morimoto, and Yutaka Takaguchi Editors, Edited by A. K. Haghi, Ajesh K. Zachariah, Nandakumar Kalariakkal To Be Published March 15th 2013 by Apple Academic Press – 296 pages Series: Advances in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Apple Academic Press Inc., 3333 Mistwell Crescent, Oakville, Ontario, L6L 0A2 Canada

3) Physicochemical Properties of Dendrimers and Dendrimer-drug Complexes in “Dendrimer-based Drug Delivery Systems: from Theory to Practice” Toyoko Imae, Ed. by YiYun Cheng, John Wiley Sons., Inc., Chapter 3, 55-92 (2012)

4) Fabrication of dendrimers towards biological application in “Nanoparticles in Translational Science and Medicine” in “Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science” book series, Hsieh-Chih Tsai and Toyoko Imae, Ed. Antoni Villaverde, Academic Press (Elsevier) Part I, Chapter 3, 101-140, 2011

5) Structure of Dendritic Polymers and Their Films in “Neutrons in Soft Matter”, Koji Mitamura and Toyoko Imae, Eds. Toyoko Imae, Toshiji Kanaya, Michihiro Furusaka, and Naoya Torikai, Wiley, 435-454,　2011

6) Mesophase Morphologies of Silicone Block Copolymers in a Selective Solvent Studied by SAXS, Dietrich Leisner, Md. Hemayet Uddin, M. Arturo López-Quintela, Toyoko Imae and Hironobu Kunieda, Self-Organized Surfactant Structures, edited by Tharwat F. Tadros, 161-174, 2010