Kei Inumaru
Last Updated :2024/04/03
- Affiliations, Positions
- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Professor
- Web Site
- E-mail
- inumaru[at]hiroshima-u.ac.jp
- Other Contact Details
- 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8527 Hiroshima, Japan, Japan
TEL : (+81)81-82-424-7 FAX : (+81)81-82-424-5
Basic Information
Major Professional Backgrounds
- 1992/04/01, 1994/03/31, Mitsubishi Chemical, researcher
- 1994/04/01, 1998/03/31, The University of Tokyo, Research associate
- 1998/04/01, 2010/03/31, Hiroshima University, Faculty of Engineering / Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor
- 2000/09/01, 2001/06/28, Princeton University, Visiting fellow
- 2010/04/01, 2020/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Engineering, Professor
Educational Backgrounds
- The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, Japan, 1983/04, 1987/03
- The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering, Synthetic Chemistry, Japan, 1987/04, 1992/03
Academic Degrees
- Ph. D (Engineering), The University of Tokyo
In Charge of Primary Major Programs
Research Fields
- Chemistry;Materials chemistry;Inorganic industrial materials
- Engineering;Process / Chemical engineering;Catalyst / Resource chemical process
- Engineering;Material engineering;Inorganic materials / Physical properties
Research Keywords
- nano-materials
- composite materials
- porous materials
- catalysis, photocatalysis
- molecular recognition
- thin films
- superconductivity
- MBE
- nitrides
- borides
Affiliated Academic Societies
- Chemical Society of Japan
- Ceramic Society of Japan
- Catalysis Society of Japan
- The Japan Society of Applied Physics
- The Japan Society on Adsorption, 2019/06
- The American Chemical Society
Educational Activity
Course in Charge
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Introduction to Fundamental Industry
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Inorganic Chemistry
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Solid State Chemistry
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Applied Inorganic Chemistry
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, Year, Graduation Thesis
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry A
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry A
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry A
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry A
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry B
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry B
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry B
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry B
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Study on Applied Chemistry
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Study on Applied Chemistry
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Advanced Inorganic Materials Chemistry
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Advanced Inorganic Materials Chemistry
- 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Special Study on Applied Chemistry
Research Activities
Academic Papers
- ★, Molecular-Level Pictures of Chemical and Structural Transformations of Mg-Al Layered Double Hydroxide Crystals (Mg/Al=2) at Elevated Temperatures, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 127(26), 12599-12605, 20230622
- Elementary Surface Reactions in the Preparation of Vanadium Oxide Overlayers on Silica by Chemical Vapor Deposition, J. Phys. Chem., 95(12), 4826-4832, 19910601
- Active Crystal Face of Vanadyl Pyrophosphate for Catalytic Oxidation of n-Butane, Catalytic Selective Oxidation (ACS Symposium Series 523), 523, 156-167, 19920601
- EXAFS Analysis of Vanadium Oxide Thin Overlayers on Silica Prepared by Cheimical Vapour Deposition, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 88(4), 625-630, 19920601
- Effect of Additives and Particle Size on the Sensitiviy of SnO2-based Sensors for Offensive-odor Components, Sensors and Actuater B, 13-14, 355-357, 19930601
- Porous Aggregates of Unidirectionally Oriented (NH4)3PW12O40 Microcrystallites: Epitaxial Self-Assembly, Chem. Lett., 559-560, 19960701
- Structure and catalysis of vanadium oxide overlayers on oxide supports, Appl. Catal. A: General, 149(1), 133-149, 19970101
- ★, Structure of Porous Aggregates of Ammonium Salt of Dodecatungstophosphoric Acid, (NH4)3PW12O40: Unidirectionally Oriented Self-Assembly of Nanocrystallites, J. Phys. Chem. B, 101(48), 9958-9963, 19971101
- Catalysis by heteropoly compounds Part 39 The Structure and Redox Behavior of Vanadium Species in Molybdovanadophosphoricacid Catalyst during Partial Oxidation of Isobutane, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 94(12), 1765-1770, 19980601
- Inhomogeneous Interaction between Methanol Molecules and Bronsted Acid Sites of H-ZSM-5 Directly Detected by 2D CPMAS 13C NMR Spectroscopy, Chem. Commun., 1489-1490, 19980701
- The First Direct Detection of Rapid Migration of Acidic Protons between Heteropolyanions in H3PW12O40 ・ n H2O (n < 6) by 31P NMR, Chem. Lett., 643-644, 19980701
- Effect of Vapor Adsorption on the Photoelectron Emission from Gold in Ambient Atmosphere, Chem. Lett., 741-742, 19990401
- ★, Molecular selective adsorption of nonylphenol in aqueous solution by organo-functionalized mesoporous silica, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 903-904, 2000
- Effects of organic vapour adsorption on the photoelectron emission from Au thin films in atmospheric air, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2(16), 3681-3685, 2000
- ★, Pulsed Laser Deposition of Epitaxial Titanium Nitride on MgO(001) Monitored by RHEED Oscillation, Appl. Surface Sci., 158, 375-377, 20000401
- Microstructure of Cesium Hydrogen Salts of 12-Tungstophosphoric Acid Relevant to Novel Acid Catalysis, Chem. Mater., 12(8), 2230-2238, 20000801
- States and Dynamic Behavior of Protons and Water Molecules in H3PW12O40 Pseudoliquid Phase Analyzed by Solid State MAS NMR, J. Phys. Chem. B, 104(34), 8108-8115, 20000901
- Epitaxially Self-Assembled Aggregates of Polyoxotungstate Nanocrystallites, (NH4)3PW12O40: Synthesis by Homogeneous Precipitation Using Decomposition of Urea, Chem. Mater., 13(3), 824-831, 20010301
- Loss of superconductivity with the addition of Al to MgB2 and a structural transition in Mg1-x AlxB2, Nature, 410(6826), 343-345, 20010301
- Strongly linked current flow in polycrystalline forms of the superconductor MgB2, Nature, 410(6825), 186-189, 20010301
- The suppression of superconductivity in MgCNi3 by Ni-site doping, Solid State Communications, 119(8-9), 491-495, 20010401
- High critical current density and enhanced irreversibility field in superconducting MgB2 thin films, Nature, 411(6837), 558-560, 20010501
- Superconductivity in the non-oxide perovskite MgCNi3, Nature, 411(6833), 54-56, 20010601
- Giant anharmonicity and non-linear electronphonon coupling in MgB2; A combined first-principles calculations and neutron scattering study, Phys. Rev. Lett., 87(03), 037001, 20010801
- Pulsed laser deposition of novel nitride solid solution films NixTi1-xNy on MgO(001), APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 199(1-4), 303-306, 20021030
- The substitutional chemistry of MgB2 (Review), PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS, 385(1-2), 8-15, 20030301
- Organic-inorganic cooperative molecular recognition in nanostructure of alkyl-grafted MCM-41, CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 32(12), 1110-1111, 20031205
- ★, Synthesis and high metallic conductivity of layer-structured Sr2N thin film deposited onto MgO(001) substrate, JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, 372(1-2), L1-L3, 20040609
- ★, Molecular selective adsorption of dilute alkylphenols and alkylanilines from water by alkyl-grafted MCM-41: tunability of the cooperative organic-inorganic function in the nanostructure, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 6(12), 3133-3139, 20040621
- Layer-by-layer deposition of epitaxial TiN-CrN multilayers on MgO(001) by pulsed laser ablation, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 235(4), 460-464, 20040831
- Enhanced photocatalytic decomposition of 4-nonylphenol by surface-organografted TiO2: a combination of molecular selective adsorption and photocatalysis, APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL, 52(4), 275-280, 20041008
- Enhanced photocatalytic decomposition of nonylphenol polyethoxylate by alkyl-grafted TiO2-MCM-41 organic-inorganic nanostructure, MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS, 76(1-3), 123-130, 20041201
- Aminopropyl-glucose sequentially grafted mesoporous silica nanocomposite as a novel boron adsorbent, CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 33(12), 1582-1583, 20041205
- ★, Direct nanocomposite of crystalline TiO2 particles and mesoporous silica as a molecular selective and highly active photocatalyst, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 2131-2133, 2005
- Synthesis and characterization of superconducting beta-Mo2N crystalline phase on a Si substrate: An application of pulsed laser deposition to nitride chemistry, CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 17(24), 5935-5940, 20051129
- Structural distortion and suppression of superconductivity in stoichiometric B1-MoN epitaxial thin films, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 73(5), 200602
- ★, "Sponge Crystal": a novel class of microporous single crystals formed by self-assembly of polyoxometalate (NH4)(3)PW12O40 nanocrystallites (Account), CATALYSIS SURVEYS FROM ASIA, 10(3-4), 151-160, 200612
- ★, Water-tolerant, highly active solid acid catalysts composed of the Keggin-type polyoxometalate H3PW12O40 immobilized in hydrophobic nanospaces of organomodified mesoporous silica, ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 46(40), 7625-7628, 2007
- ★, Organic-inorganic cooperative nanocatalysts based on mesoporous materials, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis (Science and Technology in Catalysis 2006; Proceedings of The Fifth Tokyo Conference on Advanced Catalytic Science and Technology (TOCAT5)), 172, 345-348, 2007
- ★, Controlling the structural transition at the Neel point of CrN epitaxial thin films using epitaxial growth, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 75(5), 200702
- ★, Ferromagnetic CrxTi1-xN solid solution nitride thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition and their magnetoresistance, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 91(15), 20071008
- ★, High-pressure synthesis of superconducting molybdenum nitride delta-MoN by in situ nitridation, CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 20(14), 4756-4761, 20080722
- Reversible emergence of a self-assembled layered structure from three-dimensional isotropic ionic crystal of a cluster compound (4-HNC(5)H(4)OH)(2)Mo(6)Cl(14) driven by absorption of water and alcohols, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 130(31), 10038-+, 20080806
- ★, Partial suppression of structural distortion in epitaxially grown BaBiO(3) thin films, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 78(13), 200810
- Photocatalytic decomposition of 2-propanol in air by mechanical mixtures of TiO2 crystalline particles and silicalite adsorbent: The complete conversion of organic molecules strongly adsorbed within zeolitic channels, MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS, 117(1-2), 350-355, 20090101
- High pressure synthesis of ammonium tungsten bronze superconducting phases from a molecular solid acid H3PW12O40 center dot nH(2)O (n similar to 28) in BN crucibles, JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, 470(1-2), 557-560, 20090220
- Interstitial binary nitride ReNx phases prepared by pulsed laser deposition: Structure and superconductivity dependence on nitrogen stoichiometry, JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, 486(1-2), 621-627, 20091103
- Does Water Liquid Phase Intrude into Hydrophobic Nanospaces of Alkyl-grafted Mesoporous Silica Immersed in Water? Detection by (13C) CP-MAS NMR, CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 39(11), 1215-1217, 20101105
- ★, Nanocomposites of crystalline TiO2 particles and mesoporous silica: molecular selective photocatalysis tuned by controlling pore size and structure, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, 21(32), 12117-12125, 2011
- Molybdenum Cluster Halide Compound Mo6Cl12 (OH2)(2) with Six-Handed Linkage Hydrogen Bonding, BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 84(4), 379-385, 20110415
- High-Pressure Synthesis and Superconductivity of a New Binary Barium Germanide BaGe3, INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 50(13), 6372-6377, 20110704
- Preparation of Pd particles coated with mesoporous silica layers, JOURNAL OF POROUS MATERIALS, 18(4), 455-463, 201108
- Thin film growth of boron nitride on alpha-Al2O3 (001) substrates by reactive sputtering, MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN, 46(12), 2230-2234, 201112
- Preparation and superconductivity of intercalation compounds of TiNCl with aliphatic amines, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, 22(21), 10752-10762, 2012
- Molecular selective photocatalytic decomposition of alkylanilines by crystalline TiO2 particles and their nanocomposites with mesoporous silica, RSC ADVANCES, 2(29), 11132-11137, 2012
- Structure and Chemical Bonding of Binary Ytterbium Germanides, Yb3Ge5 and YbGe3, Prepared by High-Pressure and High-Temperature Reactions, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 116(3), 2153-2158, 20120126
- Preparation of Hollow TiO2 Spheres of the Desired Polymorphs by Layer-by-Layer Assembly of a Water-Soluble Titanium Complex and Hydrothermal Treatment, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 3267-3272, 201207
- Preparation of calcium-doped boron nitride by pulsed laser deposition, MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN, 47(8), 2062-2066, 201208
- Efficient and Selective Photocatalytic Cyclohexane Oxidation on a Layered Titanate Modified with Iron Oxide under Sunlight and CO2 Atmosphere, ACS CATALYSIS, 2(9), 1910-1915, 201209
- Preparation of hollow titania and strontium titanate spheres using sol-gel derived silica gel particles as templates, JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 63(3), 366-372, 201209
- Active three-way catalysis of rhodium particles with a low oxidation state maintained under an oxidative atmosphere on a La-containing ZrO2 support, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 49(38), 4015-4017, 2013
- High pressure synthesis and crystal structure of a ternary superconductor Ca2Al3Si4 containing layer structured calcium sub-network isomorphous with black phosphorus, JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY, 198, 445-451, 201302
- High-Pressure Synthesis and Superconductivity of the Laves Phase Compound Ca(Al,Si)(2) Composed of Truncated Tetrahedral Cages Ca@(AI,Si)(12), INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 52(10), 6039-6045, 20130520
- New Polymorph of Mo3S4 Prepared using a High-pressure Synthesis Technique: Crystal Structure, Electronic Property, and Band Calculation, INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 52(14), 7918-7922, 20130715
- Photocatalytic decomposition of 2-propanol and acetone in air by nanocomposites of pre-formed TiO2 particles and mesoporous silica, JOURNAL OF POROUS MATERIALS, 20(4), 693-699, 201308
- Topochemical Cross-Linking of the [Hf2N2] Layers with Sulfur in alpha-HfNBr, INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 52(18), 10571-10575, 20130916
- Robust Infrared-Shielding Coating Films Prepared Using Perhydropolysilazane and Hydrophobized Indium Tin Oxide Nanoparticles with Tuned Surface Plasmon Resonance, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 5(20), 10240-10245, 201310
- Preparation and photocatalytic activity of strontium titanate nanocube-dispersed mesoporous silica, JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE, 407, 282-286, 20131001
- Superconductivity of alkali metal intercalated TiNBr with alpha-type nitride layers, SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 26(12), 201312
- Self-regeneration of three-way catalyst rhodium supported on La-containing ZrO2 in an oxidative atmosphere, CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 4(3), 697-707, 2014
- High-Pressure Synthesis and Structural Characterization of the Type II Clathrate Compound Na30.5Si136 Encapsulating Two Sodium Atoms in the Same Silicon Polyhedral Cages, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 136(21), 7717-7725, 20140528
- Electrical properties of Ba3C60 collapsed under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions, CARBON, 73, 125-131, 201407
- Development and Potential Theranostic Applications of a Self-Assembled Hybrid of Magnetic Nanoparticle Clusters with Polysaccharide Nanogels, CHEMPLUSCHEM, 79(11), 1631-1637, 201411
- High three-way catalytic activity of rhodium particles on a Y-stabilized La-containing ZrO2 support: the effect of Y on the enhanced reducibility of rhodium and self-regeneration, CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 5(1), 584-594, 2015
- Enhanced photocatalytic activity of Pt/WO3 photocatalyst combined with TiO2 nanoparticles by polyelectrolyte-mediated electrostatic adsorption, CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 5(2), 1163-1168, 2015
- Thermoelectric performances of graphene/polyaniline composites prepared by one-step electrosynthesis, RSC ADVANCES, 5(106), 86855-86860, 2015
- Anti-reflective coatings prepared via layer-by-layer assembly of mesoporous silica nanoparticles and polyelectrolytes, POLYMER JOURNAL, 47(2), 190-194, 201502
- High-Pressure Synthesis and Electronic Structure of a New Superconducting Strontium Germanide (SrGe3) Containing Ge-2 Dumbbells, INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 54(15), 7433-7437, 20150803
- Preparation of porous metal-ion-doped titanium dioxide and the photocatalytic degradation of 4-chlorophenol under visible light irradiation, APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL, 176, 347-353, 201510
- ★, Roles of interfaces in nanostructured composites: nanocatalysts, sponge crystals and thin films, JOURNAL OF THE CERAMIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 124(10), 1110-1115, 201610
- Structural color coating films composed of an amorphous array of colloidal particles via electrophoretic deposition, NPG ASIA MATERIALS, 9, 201703
- Effect of end-group modification of poly(lactide)s by cinnamoyl chloride on their thermal stability, POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY, 141, 97-103, 201707
- Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide by strontium titanate nanocube-dispersed mesoporous silica, JOURNAL OF ASIAN CERAMIC SOCIETIES, 5(3), 255-260, 201709
- SiO2 shell formation mechanism and enlargement on hydrophobized nanoparticles via a reverse microemulsion process, JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 84(1), 110-117, 201710
- Structurally colored coating films with tunable iridescence fabricated via cathodic electrophoretic deposition of silica particles, RSC ADVANCES, 8(20), 10776-10784, 2018
- Preparation of pH-Responsive Hollow Capsules via Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Exfoliated Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets and Polyelectrolytes, JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, 18(1), 110-115, 201801
- ZrO2 Nanocrystals As Catalyst for Synthesis of Dimethylcarbonate from Methanol and Carbon Dioxide: Catalytic Activity and Elucidation of Active Sites, LANGMUIR, 34(1), 23-29, 20180109
Social Activities
Organizing Academic Conferences, etc.
- ZMPC2012, Secretary, 2012/08