PROCESS SCIENCE project ("Process Science Toward Design and Control of Nanomaterials", MEXT, Japan; FY2019-FY2025) is the world leading project for developing chemical engineering thermodynamics of nanoparticles and designing nanoparticle process based on the structured knowledge. From fundamental properties to structural formation of nanoparticles during the processing has been intensively studied in the project.
In this symposium, based on the philosophy of process science, outstanding researchers, not only from project members but also invited researchers from Europe will have interesting discussions on cutting-edge studies related to process science. This symposium covers widely various topics in chemical engineering for nanomaterials, such as phase behavior, transport properties, unit operations, and structural formation of nanoparticles.
2026/March/23(09:30～17:00)～24(09:00～16:40), 25th Lab tour & discussions
Place：AIMR 2F seminar room, Tohoku University, Katahira campus
Program
23rd of March (Monday)
| Speaker |
Akira Yoko |
| Title |
Introduction |
| Time |
09：15～09：30 |
| Speaker | Tadafumi Adschiri, Tohoku University |
| Title | Process Science Toward Design and Control of Nanomaterials |
| Time | 9:30～10:00 |
| Speaker | Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| Title | Designing Process Development Procedures: A Workflow for Problem-Solving |
| Time | 10:00～10:30 |
| Speaker | Kosuke Hiromori, Tohoku University |
| Title | Development and design method of nanoparticle chromatography |
| Time | 10:50～11:20 |
| Speaker | Wolfgang Peukert, FAU |
| Title | Principles of product design from a particle's perspective |
| Time | 11:20～12:00 |
| Speaker | Yoshiyuki Sato, Tohoku Institute of Technology |
| Title | PVT Measurement and prediction of hybrid nanoparticles |
| Time | 13:30～14:00 |
| Speaker | Hiroyuki Matsuda, Nihon University |
| Title | Evaluation of dispersion and aggregation for decanoic acid-modified ceria nanoparticle + organic solvent systems: Measurement and modeling with activity coefficient models |
| Time | 14:00～14:30 |
| Speaker | Takaaki Tomai, Tohoku University |
| Title | Molecular-solute-like dispersion of nanoparticles at high concentrations |
| Time | 14:30～15:00 |
| Speaker | Keishi Suga, Tohoku University |
| Title | Control over Nanoparticle Dispersibility based on Localized Hydrophobicity |
| Time | 15:20～15:50 |
| Speaker | Yusuke Ootani, Tohoku University |
| Title | Understanding Unexpected Aggregation of Organically Modified Nanoparticles in Nonpolar Organic Solvent via Molecular Dynamics Simulations |
| Time | 15:50～16:20 |
| Speaker | Tobias Kraus, INM |
| Title | Colloidal nanoparticle stability in apolar solvents |
| Time | 16:20～17:00 |
24th of March
| Speaker |
Johannes Walter, FAU |
| Title |
Size-, shape-, and composition-resolved spectroscopy of nanoparticles - New insights into structure-property relations by analytical ultracentrifugation |
| Time |
9:00～9:40 |
| Speaker |
Tom Welling, Tohoku University |
| Title |
Liquid-Phase Electron Microscopy of Yolk-Shell Colloids: Nanoscale Core-in-Shell Dynamics as a Guide for Assembly-Level Photonic Switching |
| Time |
9:40～10:10 |
| Speaker |
Takamasa Saito, Tohoku University |
| Title |
Molecular dynamics approach toward interfacial structure and interactions between organic-modified solid and dispersed media |
| Time |
10:30～10:50 |
| Speaker |
Yuya Hiraga, Tohoku University |
| Title |
Experimental Viscosity Measurements and Free Volume Theory Modeling of Polymer-Filler Nanocomposites |
| Time |
10:50～11:10 |
| Speaker |
Michael Engel, FAU |
| Title |
Shaping Nanocrystals with Kinetic Monte Carlo and Machine Learning |
| Time |
13:00～13:40 |
| Speaker |
Eriko Shinkawa, Tohoku University |
| Title |
Mathematical Approaches to Structural Descriptors in Process Science |
| Time |
13:40～14:10 |
| Speaker |
Suguru Noda, Waseda University |
| Title |
Nanostructure Formation and Process-Structure Relationships across Various Systems |
| Time |
14:30～15:00 |
| Speaker |
Denis Gebauer, University of Konstanz |
| Title |
The pre-nucleation cluster pathway and the role of chemistry in nucleation |
| Time |
15:00～15:40 |
| Speaker |
Andrea Testino, EPFL |
| Title |
Controlled precipitation from solution |
| Time |
15:40～16:20 |
| Speaker |
Akira Yoko, Tohoku University |
| Title |
Continuous synthesis of organic modified nanoparticles and thermophysical property of nanofluids |
| Time |
16:20～16:40 |