Tomoko Inose

 

Assistant Professor

Northern Campus Area Research Bldg. #5, Rm. #04 108-1

Phone: + 81.11.706.9409
Fax: + 81.11.706.9406

 

 

 

 

Tomoko Inosé is an assistant professor in the Research Institute for Electronic Science at Hokkaido University.  She accepted the offer from Professor Hiroshi Uji-i to serve as an associate professor at his laboratory in the institution soon after the completion of her Ph. D. in fall 2015.  Her achievements were highly recognized around the world and she was awarded with the Research Fellowship for Young Scientists by the Japan Society of the Promotion of Science in 2014.

In 2011, a JSPS International Training Program sent Tomoko to Belgium for a 3-month-period, during which time she studied the application of  Scanning Tunneling Microscope under a guidance of Professor Steven De Feyter in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Leuven.  She went back there in 2013 for a further research.  This year she is going back to the University of Leuven as a visiting scholar with the invitation from the university.  

Tomoko’s researches focus on supramolecular structure on carbon materials and molecular manipulation on a surface of porphyrin-lanthanide double decker complexes by UHV-STM.  Her interests now are also in nanomaterials and nanoscopy which are applied in the drug delivery system.

Tomoko received a Ph. D. and a B.S. in chemistry from Osaka University in Osaka, Japan.  She has been awarded and received multiple prizes at the international conferences, such as the 14th International Conference on Molecule-Based Magnets in St. Petersburg in Russia.  Her scientific papers have been published and featured on the magazine covers.  

Tomoko values not only innovative work but also routine work.  She is committed to educating young scientists as well as managing the office.  Besides the devotion to her work and studies, she is dedicated to her music as a pianist, appreciates an art of tea ceremony and enjoys meeting new people.  Her friendly smiles and pleasant disposition keep attracting others.

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Career Focus


October 2015 - current Assistant Professor

Nanomaterials and Nanoscopy, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Japan

   
April 2014 - September 2015 Granted Research Fellowship for Young Scientists by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
   

 

Research Focus


 

Supramolecular structure and molecular manipulation on a surface of porphyrin-lanthanide complexes by UHV-STM

 

Nanomaterials and nanoscopy which are applied in the drug delivery system

 

Research Focus


 

Supramolecular structure and molecular manipulation on a surface of porphyrin-lanthanide complexes by UHV-STM

 

Nanomaterials and nanoscopy which are applied in the drug delivery system

 

Teaching Focus


Fall Quarter 2016

Tomoko is going to teach a course at the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology at Hokkaido University, which focuses on nanomaterials. The subject is considered one of the hottest topics in the various fields, such as biotechnology, medicine, chemistry, catalysis, sensing, etc. Human beings have been taking the advantage of the unique properties of nanomaterials since the rule of the Roman Empire. Students will learn such incomparability of the nanomaterials which is considerably different from bulk materials. Her goal in teaching the course is that each student understands basic concepts, properties, fabrication, synthesis and applications of the nanomaterials.

In this series, students will learn about the basic characters of electronic materials such as conductors, inductors and magnetic materials as well as deepen understanding in physical and electronic mechanism derived from each characteristic of electronic material. Simultaneously functions and usages of the currently available electronic devices and accessories will be discussed; what characteristics are utilized and how they are applied.

 

  Tomoko also leads a group of students for scientific experiments.

 

Education


September 2015 PhD in Chemistry

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

  • Supramolecular structure and molecular manipulation on a surface of porphyrin-lanthanide complexes by UHV-STM
  •  Fabrication of graphene devices and electronic property under low temperature of porphyrin-lanthanide complex
   
September 2012 Master's Degree in Chemistry

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

  • Synthesis of porphyrin-lanthanide complexes with different electronic structures
  • Magnetic property of porphyrin-lanthanide complexes
  •  Supramolecular structure on a surface of porphyrin-lanthanide complexes
   
March 2011 Bachelor's Degree in Science

Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

  •  Synthesis of organic ligands (Porphyrin)
  •  Synthesis of porphyrin-lanthanide complex
   

 

Awards and Scholarships


April 2014 - September 2015 Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2)

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

   
March 2015 Student Award

the 95th Spring Conference of Chemical Society of Japan in Funabashi, Japan

   
September 2014 Award for young members of Japan Society of Applied Physics

the 37th Fall Conference of Japan Society of Applied Physics in Sapporo, Japan

   
July 2014 Best Poster Communication Award

the 14th International Conference on Molecule-Based Magnets in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

   
June 2014 Poster Award

The 1st Conference of the Kansai-shibu of Japan Society of Applied Physics in Kyoto, Japan

   
November 2013 Best Poster Award

the 12th International Conference on Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanostructures in Tsukuba, Japan

   
September 2011 JSPS International Training Program
 

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Tomoko is an active member of following societies:


Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry

Chemical Society of Japan

Japan Society of Applied Physics

The Japanese Photochemistry Association

Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Graphene Research Society

 

 

Experimental Skills:


Synthesis of organic molecules and inorganic-organic hybrid complex
Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)
Atomic force microscopy (AFM)
X-ray crystal structure determination (single crystal)
Electrochemical analysis (CV and DPV)
Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID)
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) *
UV-visible absorption spectroscopy *
IR absorption spectroscopy *
Vacuum deposition
Electron beam deposition
UV lithography
Electron beam lithography
Theoretical calculation (Gaussian 09)
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
STEM *
FE-SEM *
Laser Microscope *
Zeta Potential, Grain Size Distributionb Measurement *
Raman Microspectroscopy *
Microscopic of Infrared Absorption *
XPS / UPS *
MALDI TOF / TOF *
 
Note: Devices appearing with asterisk ( * ) are available at the Open Facility of Hokkaido University.
 

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Publications:


“Co-Adsorption of TbIII-Porphyrin Double-decker Single-molecule Magnets in a Porous Molecular Network: Toward Controlled Alignment of Single-molecule Magnets on a Carbon Surface”
T. Inose, D. Tanaka, O. Ivasenko, K. Tahara, S. De Feyter, Y. Tobe, H. Tanaka, T. Ogawa
Chem. Lett., 45, 2016, doi:10.1246/cl.151040
 
“Effect of Protonation on the Single-Molecule-Magnet Behavior of a Mixed (Phthalocyaninato)(porphyrinato)terbium Double-Decker Complex”
D. Tanaka, N. Sumitani, T. Inose, H. Tanaka, N. Ishikawa, T. Ogawa
Chem. Lett., 44, 668-670, 2015
 
“Switching of single-molecule magnetic properties and observation of carbon-surface supramolecular structures of Tb(III) porphyrin double-decker complexes”
T. Inose, D. Tanaka, H. Tanaka, O. Ivasenko, T. Nagata, Y. Ohta, S. De Feyter, N. Ishikawa, T. Ogawa
Chem. Eur. J., 20, 11362-11369, 2014 (Front Cover)
Thin films of spin-crossover coordination polymers with large thermal hysteresis loops prepared by nanoparticle spin coating
D. Tanaka, N. Aketa, H. Tanaka, T. Tamaki, T. Inose, T. Akai, H. Toyama, O. Sakata, H. Tajiri, T. Ogawa
Chem. Commun., 50, 10074-10077, 2014
 
“Surface Self-Assembly of Trans-Substituted Porphyrin Double-Decker Complexes Exhibiting Slow Magnetic Relaxation”
D. Tanaka, T. Inose, S. Shimono, H. Tanaka, T. Tamaki, A. I. A. Abd El-Mageed, A. K. F. Dyab, N. Ishikawa, T. Ogawa
e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology, 12, 124-128, 2014
 
“Computational Investigation of a Photo-switchable Single-Molecule Magnet Based on a Porphyrin Terbium Double-Decker Complex”
T. Inose, D. Tanaka, T. Ogawa
Heterocycles, 86, 1549-1554, 2012
 
“Proton-induced Switching of the Single Molecule Magnetic Properties of a Porphyrin Based TbIII Double-decker Complex”
D. Tanaka, T. Inose, H. Tanaka, S. Lee, N. Ishikawa, T. Ogawa
Chem. Commun., 48, 7796-7798, 2012, (Back Cover )
   

 


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Uji-i Laboratory - Nanomterials and Nanoscopy
Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University
Kita 20 Nishi 10, Kita Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan
Phone: 81.11.706.9410 Fax: 81.11.706.9406