Prof. Takeshi Shiono has retired on 31st March, 2024.
He is currently a visiting professor of Hiroshima University.
The contact address is the same as before.

For PhD course opportunities starting from 2026,
please contact rytanaka "at" hiroshima-u.ac.jp
with your CV.

Members

　　

NEWS

2025-09-11
A research paper by Daichi Oka about the bimodal polypropylene synthesis was accepted for publication in Organometallics (doi).
2025-09-02
A research paper by Yu Jia and Nao Harada about the cocatalyst effect of halogenated aluminoxane was accepted for publication in Polym. Chem. (doi). The artwork for this manuscript was selected as front cover(URL).
2025-07-23
A research paper by Kazuki Shimizu about the additive effect of crosslinked polypropylene was published in Macromolecules (doi).
2025-06-10
An account on boron-functionalized polyolefins was published in "Catalysts & Catalysis", a society journal of the Catalysis Society of Japan.
2025-04-01
A review article on a recent topic in aluminoxane chemistry has been published in the "Annual Survey of Catalytic Science and Technologies", a yearbook issued by the Catalysis Society of Japan.
2025-03-31
An on-line book, "Routledge Resources Online - Polymers, Materials, and Technology" has been published. Dr. Tanaka contributed a review on precise polymerization methods of conjugated dienes (doi).
2025-03-31
Prof. Stefan Mecking (University of Konstanz) visited the university and held a lecture about recyclable/degradable materials. Staffs and some students had discussed about their research with Prof. Mecking.
2025-03-23
Dr. Ajala recieved PhD degree, with an honor of student award at the department of advanced science and engineering.
From April, he will be a postdoctoral fellow at Organometallics Chemistry Laboratory, Osaka University (PI: Prof. Yoichi Hoshimoto).
2025-03-06
Three undergrads has been joined.
2025-03-01
An account article on our achievements regarding counteranion-oriented coordination polymerization catalysts was published in the Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan. (URL)
2025-01-11
Takuya Hamada recieved the Best Poster Presentation Award at the 13th Joint Conference of Renewable Energy and Nanotechnology (JCREN2025)（Title: Development of polylactic acid-cellulose composite using polyvinyl alcohol-graft-polylactic acid）.
2025-01-08
The emeritus Prof. Shiono recieved Catalysis Society of Japan Award for Contributions to Catalysis Research. URL
2024-12-20
A paper about the ring-opening polymerization using simple iron salt was published in Catalysts. URL
2024-11-13
Takuya Hamada recieved an poster award at the 39th Symposium of Chugoku-Shikoku branch of the Society of Polymer Scienece, Japan (Presentation title: Development of poly(lactic acid)-cellulose composite using poly(vinyl alcohol)-graft-poly(lactic acid)).
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
We finally determined the precise microstructure of poly(beta-pinene), one of the most famous bio-based polymers. A research paper by Oluwaseyi Ajala was published in Macromolecules (doi).
2024-08-23
A research paper by Takayoshi Matsu-ura on new biodegradeble thermoplastic elastomers was published in Polym. Degrad. Stab. (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).
2024-06-26
A research paper by Oluwaseyi Aderemi Ajala on the application of beta-pinene copolymer was published in the special issue of Catalysts ("State-of-the-Art Polymerization Catalysis")(doi).
2024-05-27
An official interview of Prof. Tanaka has been published from Hiroshima University.
2024-03-09
Final lecture by Prof. Takeshi Shiono was held with many participants. Thank you for joining.

Previous News (2010-2023)