Hiroshi YabuPrincipal Investigator, Ph.D.
| Job | Professor and Principal Investigator, WPI-AIMR |
|---|---|
| Group | Device/System Group |
| Laboratory | H. Yabu Laboratory |
| Address | Room 307, AIMR Laboratory Building, Katahira Campus (2-1-1,Katahira,Aoba-ku,Sendai,980-8577) |
| Tel | +81-22-217-5996 |
| hiroshi.yabu.d5@tohoku.ac.jp | |
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Research Interests
- Preparation of nanostructured polymer particles by self-organization process (2005-)
- Fabrication and application of honeycomb films by using condensed water droplets (2003-)
- Preparation of organic-inorganic composites (2009-)
- Synthesis and application of biomimetic polymer materials (2012-)
- Synthesis of metal-complex catalysts for energy and chemical conversion systems (2017-)
Related Information
- 04/08/2025 Press Releases Turning Pollution into Fuel with Record-Breaking CO2-to-CO Conversion Rates
- 01/27/2025 Research Highlights Biomass-derived electrocatalysts: A leap towards sustainable energy conversion
- 08/29/2024 Press Releases New Testing System Using Janus Particles Rapidly and Accurately Detects COVID-19
- 06/25/2024 Press Releases Achieving a Supercapacitor through the 'Molecular Coating' Approach
- 03/28/2024 Press Releases Benchmarking Theory with Experiments for Oxygen Reduction Catalysts
- 03/19/2024 Press Releases Drawing Inspiration from Plants: A Metal-Air Paper Battery for Wearable Devices
- 02/01/2024 Press Releases Good as Gold - Improving Infectious Disease Testing with Gold Nanoparticles
- 12/25/2023 Research Highlights Perforated honeycomb thin films: A new approach to oil–water separation
- 04/27/2023 Press Releases Boosting the Capacity and Voltage of Zinc-Air Batteries
- 02/27/2023 Research Highlights Thermal biomass upgrading: Synthesizing new multifunctional catalysts
- 11/24/2022 News Chief Investment Officer visited AIMR for inspection of AIMR-launched startups
- 08/18/2022 Press Releases Researchers invent a new hybrid electrolyte for high performance Li-ion batteries
- 02/28/2022 Research Highlights Oxygen reduction reaction catalysts: Deciphering new catalyst-design principles
- 01/19/2022 Press Releases Harnessing Sea Pineapples and Blood Waste for Metal-air-battery Catalysts
- 10/04/2021 Media & Award Dr. Hiroshi Yabu received the 3rd Materials and Devices Joint Research Award
- 05/20/2021 Media & Award Dr. Hiroshi Yabu won the 12th Bridgestone Soft Materials Frontier Award: Encouragement Award
- 12/21/2020 Research Highlights Thermoelectric materials: Porous structure captures heat more efficiently
- 07/22/2020 Media & Award Prof. Shunsuke Fukami, Dr. Hiroshi Yabu, Dr. Akichika Kumatani and Dr. Katsuaki Sugawara bestowed the title of Tohoku University Distinguished Researcher
- 11/25/2019 Research Highlights Fuel-cell catalysts: Surpassing platinum
- 07/29/2019 In the Spotlight Promoting interaction between material scientists in Europe and Japan
- 12/25/2018 In the Spotlight Transcending research boundaries
- 09/25/2018 Research Highlights Block copolymers: How to make virus-like nanoparticles
- 09/25/2018 In the Spotlight Deepening existing connections with Europe and Asia
- 08/10/2018 Press Releases Creation and Selective Functionalization of Virus-Like Polymer Particles
- 07/30/2018 Research Highlights Block copolymers: Mussels inspire magneto-optical film
- 08/29/2017 Research Highlights Block copolymers: Mimicking viruses
- 04/25/2016 Media & Award Dr. Yabu won the Ichimura Prize in Science for Distinguished Achievement