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・ 2024/2/5

Izumi's paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.

・ 2024/2/5

Ufafa's paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.

・ 2024/2/1

Takenaka's research was accepted in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.

・ 2023/11/23

Moriyama's paper was accepted in Nature Communications.

・ 2023/10/1

Yan's paper was accepted in Separation and Purification Technology.

・ 2023/9/1

Aoyama's paper was accepted in Separation and Purification Technology.

・ 2023/9/1

Moriyama and Wakimoto's paper was accepted in Separation and Purification Technology.

・ 2023/8/5

Ufafa's paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.

・ 2023/7/15

Yan's paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.

・ 2023/5/21

Takenaka's paper was accepted in Membranes.

・ 2023/5/1

Rana 's paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.

・ 2023/4/15

Dong's paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.

・ 2023/1/5

Sulaiman's paper was accepted in Membranes.

・ 2022/12/19

Izumi, Kamogawa, Takenaka, Hamura, Yamamoto and Wakimoto joined Chemical Engineering Association in Okayama. Wakimoto won student' prize.

・ 2022/11/18

Izumi, Hamura and Yamamoto joined Separation Process Conference 2022. Izumi won student' prize.

・ 2022/11/8-10

Aoyama, Rana, Moriyama, Kamogawa, Takenaka and Wakimoto joined Membrane Symposium 2022. Kamogawa and Takenaka won student' prize.

・ 2022/11/5

Prof. Kanezashi and Prof. Nagasawa recieved the Phoenix Outstanding Researcher Award given from the president of Hiroshima University for the contribution to enhancement of research capacity.

・ 2022/11/1

Ufafa received the 2022 Hiroshima University Autumn Student Award for her research achievements, which were highly evaluated by the academic community in Japan and abroad.

・ 2022/11/1

Ufafa's paper was accepted in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.

・ 2022/11/1

Qing Wang's paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.

It was also selected as Editors' Choice.


・ 2022/10/4

Moriyama's paper was accepted in Chemical Engineering Science.

・ 2022/8/5

Publications of Ufafa's PhD dissertation defense were finished.

・ 2022/8/1-4

Rana joined 15th International Conference on Catalysis in Membrane Reactors.

・ 2022/8/1

Aoyama's paper was accepted in Materials Letters.

・ 2022/7/14-15

Izumi and Yamamoto joined 20th Meeting of the Japanese Sol-Gel Society.

・ 2022/7/13

Sato's paper was accepted in Chemical Engineering Journal.

・ 2022/7/4

Slaiman's paper was accepted in Molecular Systems Design and Engineering.

・ 2022/7/4

Aoyama's paper was accepted in ACS Nano.

・ 2022/7/4

Wakimoto's paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.

・ 2022/6/28-30

Moriyama and Aoyama joined The 16th International Conference on Inorganic Membranes.

・ 2022/6/9-10

Hamura, Kamogawa, Takenaka, and Wakimoto joined The Membrane Society of Japan 44th annual meeting.

・ 2022/5/8

Ufafa's paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.

・ 2022/4/23

Sulaiman and Takahashi's paper was accepted in Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology.

 

・ 2022/4/4

Seven new members joined our lab.

 

・ 2022/3/23

Graduation ceremony was held.

 

・ 2022/3/16-18

Moriyama, Sulaiman, Ufafa and Rana joined SCEJ annual meeting.

・ 2022/3/20

Kawasaki's paper was accepted in Separation and Purification Technology.

 

・ 2022/2/22

The master thesis presentation was successfully finished.

・ 2022/2/21

Mariyama and Ike's paper was accepted in RSC Advances.

 

・ 2022/2/18

Publications of Suzuki's PhD dissertation defense were finished.

 

・ 2022/2/18

Publications of Moriyama's PhD dissertation defense were finished.

 

・ 2022/2/17

The bachelor thesis presentation was successfully finished.

 

・ 2021/12/13-16

Ufafa joined MATERIAL RESERCH MEETING 2021.

・ 2021/11/14

Rana's paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane science.

・ 2021/11/06

Prof. Kanezashi and Prof. Nagasawa recieved the Phoenix Outstanding Researcher Award given from the president of Hiroshima University for the contribution to enhancement of research capacity.

・ 2021/11/2

Yasunari and Kawasaki's paper was accepted in Materials Letters.

・ 2021/10/7

Ufafa's paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane science.

・ 2021/10/3

Sulaiman's paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.


Sulaiman O. Lawal, Hiroki Nagasawa, Toshinori Tsuru, Masakoto Kanezashi, Enhancement og the H2-permselectivity of a silica-zirconia composite membrane enabled by ligand-ceramic to carbon-ceramic transformation

・ 2021/09/10

Sato's paper was accepted in Chemical Engineering Journal.


Takaaki Sato, Hiroki Nagasawa, Masakoto Kanezashi, Toshinori Tsuru, Enhanced production of butyl acetate via methanol-extracting transesterification membrane reactors using organosilica membrane: Experiment and modeling

・ 2021/09/07

Suzuki's paper was accepted in Separation and Purification Technology.


Sho Suzuki, Toshinori Tsuru, Analysis and prediction of water vapor permeation through perfluorosulfonic acid membranes via the solution-diffusion model in a single-membrane dehumidifier module

・ 2021/08/22

Terao's paper was accepted in Separation and Purification Technology.


Terao Takashi, Hiroki Nagasawa, Masakoto Kanezashi, Toshinori Tsuru, Controlled organosilica networks via metal doping for improved dehydration membranes with layered hybrid structures

 

 2021/08/18・

Publications of Sulaiman's PhD dissertation defense were finished.

・ 2021/08/18

Yasunari and Kawasaki's paper was accepted in Journal of membrane Science.


Hiroki Nagasawa, Ryuki Yasunari, Mitsugu Kawasaki, Masakoto Kanezashi, Toshinori Tsuru, Facile low-temperature route toward the development of polymer-supported silica-based membranes for gas separation via atmospheric-pressure plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition

・ 2021/08/16

Moriyama were interviewed about "membranes separation technologies for producing water from air" in hiroshima-fm radio.



・ 2021/06/27

Moriyama's paper was accepted in Separation and Purification Technology.


Norihiro Moriyama, Hiroki Nagasawa, Masakoto Kanezashi, Toshinori Tsuru, Steam recovery via nanoporous and subnanoporous organosilica membranes: The effects of pore structure and operating conditions

・ 2021/06/22

Sofiatun's paper was accepted in Separation and Purification Technology.


Sofiatun Anisah, Masakoto Kanezashi, Hiroki Nagasawa, Toshinori Tsuru, Effect of the Ti/Zr ratio on the hydrothermal and chemical stability of TiO2-ZrO2 nanofiltration membranes

・ 2021/06/09

Hataoka's paper was accepted in AIChE journal.


Masakoto Kanezashi, Naoya Hataoka, Rana Ikram, Hiroki Nagasawa, Toshinori Tsuru, Hydrothermal stability of fluorine-induced microporous silica membranes: effect of steam treatment conditions

・ 2021/06/09

Nakahiro's paper was accepted in Industrial & Engineering Chemical Research.


Keita Nakahiro, Liang Yu, Hiroki Nagasawa, Toshinori Tsuru, Masakoto Kanezashi, Pore structure controllability and CO2 permeation properties of silica-derived membrane with Dual-Network structure

・ 2021/04/26

Ufafa's paper was accepted in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.


Ufafa Anggarini, Liang Yu, Hiroki Nagasawa, Masakoto Kanezashi, Toshinori Tsuru, Microporous Nickel-Coordinated Aminosilica Membranes for Improved Pervaporation Performance of Methanol/Toluene Separation

・ 2021/04/09

Sulaiman's paper was selected as the front cover of Molecular Systems Design & Engineering.


Sulaiman Oladipo Lawal, Hiroki Nagasawa, Masakoto Kanezashi, Facile development of microstructure-engineered, ligand-chelated SiO2-ZrO2 composite membranes for molecular separations

・ 2021/04/01

The new fiscal year has started.New B4 member joined our lab-team.

・ 2021/03/20 - 2021/03/22

D3 student Sulaiman, D2 students Moriyama and Ufafa attended IChES 2021.

・ 2021/2/20

Ufafa's paper was selected as the front cover of "Materials Chemistry Frontiers".


Ufafa Anggarini, Liang Yu, Hiroki Nagasawa, Masakoto Kanezashi, Toshinori Tsuru, Pervaporation via silicon‐based membranes: Correlation and prediction of performance in pervaporation and gas permeation

・ 2021/1/24

Moriyama's paper was accepted in AIChE Journal.


Norihiro Moriyama, Yuta Kawano, Qing Wang, Ryota Inoue, Meng Guo, Makoto Yokoji, Hiroki Nagasawa, Masakoto Kanezashi, Toshinori Tsuru, Pervaporation via silicon‐based membranes: Correlation and prediction of performance in pervaporation and gas permeation

・ 2021/1/6

Xu's paper was accepted in ACS Omega.


Jing Xu, Hiroki Nagasawa, Masakoto Kanezashi, Toshinori Tsuru, TiO2 Coatings Via Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition for Enhancing the UV-Resistant Properties of Transparent Plastics

・ 2020/12/29

Nagasawa's paper was accepted in Journal of the American Chemical Society.


Hiroki Nagasawa, Takahiko Kagawa, Takuji Noborio, Masakoto Kanezashi, Atsushi Ogata, Toshinori Tsuru, Ultrafast Synthesis of Silica-Based Molecular Sieve Membranes in Dielectric Barrier Discharge at Low Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure

・ 2020/12/07 - 2020/12/11

D2 student Moriyama attended ICOM2020.

・ 2020/11/21

D2 student Moriyama attended the Hiraku 3MT competition. He won Audience Award, Nature Digest Video Award, and Chugai Technos Award.

・ 2020/11/12 - 2020/11/13

D3 student Sulaiman, M1 students Kawasaki, Siozaki, Nagaoka and Watanebe attended membrane Symposium 2020.

・ 2020/11/11 

D2 student, Moriyama paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.
 


・ 2020/10/30 

D3 student, Sulaiman paper was accepted in Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
 


・ 2020/10/01

PhD, Guo paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.


Meng Guo, Masakoto Kanezashi, Hiroki Nagasawa, Liang Yu, Joji Ohshita, Toshinori Tsuru, Amino-decorated organosilica membranes for highly permeable CO2 capture, Volume611 2020  


・ 2020/9/27 

M2 student, Takenaka paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.
 


・ 2020/09/24 - 2020/09/26

D2 student Moriyama, M2 students Takenaka, Terao, Nakahiro, Noborio, Miyazaki and M1 student Sato attended The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan 51th Autumn Meeting.

・ 2020/06/23

PhD, Sofiatun paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.


Sofiatun Anisah, Masakoto Kanezashi, Hiroki Nagasawa, Toshinori Tsuru, Al2O3 nanofiltration membranes fabricated from nanofiber sols: Preparation, characterization, and performance  


・ 2020/6/11 

D3 student, Wang paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.
 


・ 2020/05/27 

D3 student, Dong paper was accepted in AIChE Journal.

 

・ 2020/5/17 

D3 student, Dong paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.
 


・ 2020/04/18 

D2 student, Moriyama paper was accepted in AIChE Journal.
 

・ 2020/04/01

The new fiscal year has started.New B4 member and research student joined our lab-team.

・ 2020/02/28

Publications of M2's master's thesis were finished.

・ 2019/02/20

Publications of B4's master's thesis were finished.

・ 2020/02/08 

Suhaina M. Ibrahim paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.

・ 2020/01/15 

D2 student, Sulaiman paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.
 


 

・ 2020/12/20 

D3 student, Dong paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science .
 

 


・ 2019/12/16 

M1 student, Takenaka, Noborio attended Japan Society for Chemical Engineering 2019 in Himeji.

・ 2019/11/25 

D3 student, Wang paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science .
 


 

 2019/11/12-13・

D1 student, Moriyama, M1 student, Takenaka, Noborio, Terao attended Membrane Symposium 2019. Takashi Terao won student' prize.

 2019/11/2・

Associate prof. Masakoto Kanezashi, assistant Prof. Hiroki Nagasawa won Phoenix Outstanding Researcher Award.

 2019/10/22・

D3 student, Guo paper was accepted in AIChE journal.



Meng Guo, Masakoto Kanezashi, Hiroki Nagasawa, Liang Yu, Kazuki Yamamoto, Takahiro Gunji, Toshinori Tsuru  Fine‐tuned, molecular‐composite, organosilica membranes for highly efficient propylene/propane separation via suitable pore size American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2019.


 2019/09/23-27・

M2 student, Inoue, Okada, Yokoji, Hataoka attended ASIAN PACIFIC CONFEDERATION OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2019.

Makoto Yokoji won Best Presentation Award.

 

 2019/08/20-21・

Publications of Sofiatun's and Xu's PhD dissertation defense were finished.

 

 2019/08/06・

M1 students, Takenaka, Miyazaki attended 17th Meeting of the Japanese Sol-Gel Society in Tokyo university of science. Mari Takenaka won Best Poster Award.

 

 2019/07/14・

D1 student, Moriyama paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science .


 2019/07/10・

Nagasawa paper on Eguchi's research was accepted in Thin Solid Films.


 2019/07/1-5・

D3 student, Sofiatun, Xu, D1 student, moriyama attended 12th Conference of Aseanian Membrane Society (AMS).

Norihiro Moriyama won Best Student Poster Presentation Award.

 2019/05/25・

M1 students, Terao, Miyazaki attended Separation Process Conference in Nagoya Institute of Technology. Takashi Terao won student' prize.

・ 2019/05/11 

D3 student, Dong paper was accepted in Separation and Purification Technology.
 


 

 2019/05/10 ・

D1 students, Moriyama and M1 students, Nakahiro, Noborio attended Membrane Conference in Waseda University. Keita Nakahiro won student' prize.

 2019/05/4・

D3 student, Guo paper was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science



Meng Guo, Masakoto Kanezashi, Hiroki Nagasawa, Liang Yu, Kazuki Yamamoto, Takahiro Gunji, Joji Ohshita, Toshinori Tsuru  Tailoring the microstructure and permeation properties of bridged organosilica membranes via control of the bond angles Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 584, 2019, 56-65.


 2019/04/28・

Home party was held at Tsuru's house.

 2019/04/02・

The new fiscal year has started.New B4 member and research student joined our lab-team.

 2019/02/28・

Publications of M2's master's thesis were finished.

 2019/02/20・

Publications of B4's master's thesis were finished.

        

   2019/1/10・

M2 student, Norihiro Moriyama was selected as a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow (DC1).

        

   2018/12/08・

M1 student, Inoue, Okada, Yokoji, Hataoka attended Chemical Engineering Association in Tokushima. Ryota Inoue won Best Presentation Award.

        

   2018/11/13-14・

D2 students, Dong, Meng, Wang attended Membrane Symposium 2018. Wang won student' prize.

        

   2018/09/18-20・

M2 student, Tanaka, Murata, moriyama, tomarino attended The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan 50th Autumn Meeting. Norihiro Moriyama won student' prize.

        

   2018/07/3-6・

M2 student, Tanaka, Murata attended 11th Conference of Aseanian Membrane Society (AMS).

        

   2018/06/18-22・

D3 student, Yu and M2 student, Moriyama attended 15th International Conference on Inorganic Membrane (ICIM) . Norihiro Moriyama won BEST POSTER AWARD prize.

                

   2018/05/25-26・

M1 students, Inoue, Hataoka attended Separation Process Conference in Nihon University. Ryouta Inoue won student' prize.

・ 2018/06/7 

M2 student, Moriyama paper was accepted in Separation and Purification Technology
    
Norihiro Moriyama, Hiroki Nagasawa, Masakoto Kanezashi, Toshinori Tsuru, Pervaporation dehydration of aqueous solutions of various types of molecules via organosilica membranes: Effect of membrane pore size and molecular size Separation and Purification Technology, Volume 207, 2018, 108-115.


   

   2018/05/9-10・

M1 students, Okada, Yokoji attended Membrane Conference in Waseda University.

 2018/04/29・

Home party was held at Tsuru's house. OB and OG was coming

   

   2018/04/2・

Start the new fiscal year. New B4 member and research student joined our lab-team.

   

   2018/03/15・

Prof. T.Tsuru was awarded a conference award and Assist. prof. H.Nagasawa was awarded a research encouragement award from Chemical Engineering Association.

   2018/03/12・

M2 student, Moriyama paper was accepted in journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technologyに掲載されました.
       


Norihiro Moriyama, Hiroki Nagasawa, Masakoto Kanezashi, Kenji Ito, Toshinori Tsuru, Bis(triethoxysilyl)ethane (BTESE)-derived silica membrane: pore formation mechanism and gas permeation properties Sol-Gel Science and Technology, Volume 86, 2018, 63-72.


 2018/03/3・

B4 students, Kawai, Yokoji, Okada, Inoue and Hataoka attended Chemical Engineering Association in Hiroshima.

 2018/02/28・

Publications of M2's master's thesis were finished.

 2018/02/20・

Publications of B4's master's thesis were finished.

 2017/12/9 ・

M1 students, Murata, Moriyama, Tomarino and Tanaka attended Chemical Engineering Association in Yamaguchi.

Yuki Tomarino won student's prize.

 2017/11/13-14

・ D2 students,Sofiatun and Xu attended Membrane Symposium 2017.

 2017/11/11

・ 2017 autumn softball game.

 2017/11/9-11

・ M1 students, Murata, Moriyama, Tomarino and Tanaka attended ICSST17 in busan.

Norihiro Moriyama won student's prize.

 2017/10/11

・ We held welcome party of Mr.Dong, Mr.Meng and Mr.Wang.

 2017/09/20-22・

M2 students, Inde, Eguchi, Omura, Kagawa, Murata attended autumn meeting in Nagoya University.

   

 2017/05/26-27

・ M1 student, Murata, Moriyama, Tomarino and Tanaka attended membrane conference in Waseda University.

 2017/04/03

・ Start the new fiscal year.

New B4 member joined our lab-team.

 2017/02/28・

Publications of M2's master's thesis were finished.

 2017/02/21・

Publications of B4's master's thesis were finished.

 2016/12/10・

M1 students, Inde, Eguchi, Murata attended Chemical Engineering Association in Yamaguchi.

Hiroki Inde and Kosuke Eguchi won student's prize.

 2016/12/09・

M2 student, Yamamoto review was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.

Hiroki Nagasawa, Yuta Yamamoto, Nobukazu Tsuda, Masakoto Kanezashi, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Toshinori Tsuru Atmospheric-pressure plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition of microporous silica membranes for gas separation Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 524, 2017, 644–651.

 2016/12/1-2・

M1 students, Inde, Eguchi, Omura, Kagawa, Murata and D2 student, Liang attended Membrane Symposium 2016.

Masaki Murata won student's prize.

 2016/11/12・

M2 students, Yamamoto, Matsutani, Yoneda, Nakagaki, Tamaoki attended ASCON-IEEChE2016.

 2016/11/13-16・

2016 autumn softball game.

 2016/11/04・

We held bowling convention and welcome party of Ms.Sofiatun and Ms.Xiu.

 2016/09/6-8・

M2 students, Yamamoto, Matsutani, Yoneda, Nakagaki, Tamaoki attended autumn meeting in Tokushima University.

 2016/05/27-28・

M1 students, Murata, Inde attended Separation Process Conference in Nihon University.

Hiroki Inde won student's prize.

 2016/05/21・

2016 spring softball game.

 2016/05/10-11・

M1 students, Kagawa, Omura, Eguchi attended Membrane Conference in Waseda University.

Assoc. prof. M.Kanezashi was awarded a reserch encouragement award from Japan Society of Membrane.

Kosuke Eguchi won student's prize.

 2016/05/03 ・

Home party at Tsuru's house.

Prof. T.Yoshioka, OB and OG was coming.

・ 2016/04/04 

Start the new fiscal year

New B4 member joined our lab-team.

・ 2016/03/31 

Assoc. Prof. T.Yoshioka will be a professor in Kobe university.

We wish him continued success and prosperity.

・ 2016/02/29 

Publications of M2's master's thesis were finished.

・ 2016/02/23 

Publications of B4's master's thesis were finished.

・ 2016/02/02 

Prof. Xiao-Lin Wang gave a lecture.

・ 2015/12/14 

Dr. Meng's review was accepted in Catalysis Today.

Lie Meng, Toshinori Tsuru, Hydrogen Production from Energy Carriers by Silica-Based Catalytic Membrane Reactors, Catalysis Today

Dr.Puthai's study was Journal of Membrane Science.

Waravut Puthai, Masakoto Kanezashi, Hiroki Nagasawa, Katsumi Wakamura, Hiroshi Ohnishi, and Toshinori Tsuru, Effect of firing temperature on the water permeability of SiO2–ZrO2 membranes used for nanofiltration, Journal of Membrane Science, 497 (2016) 348-356.

Dr. Meng's study was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.

Lie Meng, Masakoto Kanezashi, Jinhui Wang, Toshinori Tsuru, Permeation properties of BTESE–TEOS organosilica membranes and application to O2/SO2 gas separation, Journal of Membrane Science, 496 (2015) 211-218.

Dr. Ren's study was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.

Xiuxiu Ren, Masakoto Kanezashi, Hiroki Nagasawa, Toshinori Tsuru Preparation of organosilica membranes on hydrophobic intermediate layer and evaluation of gas permeation in the presence of water vapor, Journal of Membrane Science, 496 (2015) 154-164.

Dr. Meng's study was accepted in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

Lie Meng, Masakoto Kanezashi, Toshinori Tsuru, Catalytic Membrane Reactors for SO3 Decomposition in Iodine–Sulfur Thermochemical Cycle: A Simulation Study, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 40 (2015) 12687-12696.

Dr. Gong's study was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.

Genghao Gong, Hiroki Nagasawa, Masakoto Kanezashi, and Toshinori Tsuru, Reverse osmosis performance of layered-hybrid membranes consisting of an organosilica separation layer on polymer supports, Journal of Membrane Science, 494 (2015) 104-112.

Dr. Ren's study was accepted in RSC Advances.

Xiuxiu Ren, Masakoto Kanezashi, Hiroki Nagasawa, Toshinori Tsuru,Plasma-assisted multi-layered coating towards improved gas permeation properties for organosilica membranes, RSC Advances 5 (2015) 59837-59844 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA08052E

Dr. Suhaina's study was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.

Suhaina M. Ibrahim, Hiroki Nagasawa, Masakoto Kanezashi, and Toshinori Tsuru, Robust organosilica membranes for high temperature reverse osmosis (RO) application: Membrane preparation, separation characteristics of solutes and membrane regeneration,Journal of Membrane Science, 493 (2015) 515-523. doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2015.06.060

・ 2015/12/12 

M1 studnt,Yamamoto,Nakagaki,Matsutani,Tamaoki,Yoneda attended "the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan Chugoku-Shikoku,Kansai Branch meeting.
Jun-ichi Nakagaki,Takuya Matsutani,Kazuya Tamaoki won prize.


・ 2015/11/25-26

M1 students, Tamaoki, Nakagaki, Yamamoto, D1, Wu Hao-Chen attended Membrane Conference in Kobe.

Kazuya Tamaoki won student's prize.

・ 2015/11/10

Dr. Muthia Elma came Hiroshima univ.

She held a presentaion.

・ 2015/10/20

Prof. Mathias Ulbricht came Hiroshima univ.

He held a presentaion.

・ 2015/10/23 

Matsuda's study was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.

Hiroki Nagasawa, Naoki Matsuda, Masakoto Kanezashi, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Toshinori Tsuru, Pervaporation and vapor permeation characteristics of BTESE-derived organosilica membranes and their long-term stability in a high-water-content IPA/water mixture, Journal of Membrane Science, 498 (2016) 336-344. doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2015.10.002

・ 2015/09/06-11

M1 students, Matsutani, Yoneda attended Sol-gel Conference in Kyoto.

・ 2015/06/08 

Nishibayashi's study was accepted in Chemical Communications and chosen for Front cover.


Mai Nishibayashi, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Masamoto Uenishi, Masakoto Kanezashi, Hiroki Nagasawa, Tomohisa Yoshioka and Toshinori Tsuru Chemical Communications, 51(2015)9932-9935 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC02997J


Ren's study was accepted in Applied Surface Science.


Xiuxiu Ren, Masakoto Kanezashi, Hiroki Nagasawa, Toshinori Tsuru, Plasma treatment of hydrophobic sub-layers to prepare uniform multi-layered films and high-performance gas separation membranes, Applied Surface Science, 349 (2015) 415–419 doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.04.230


Dr.Meng's review was accepted in Current opinion in Chemical Engineering.


Lie Meng, Toshinori Tsuru, Microporous Membrane Reactors for Hydrogen Production, Current opinion in Chemical Engineering, 8 (2015) 83-88.


Dr. Li's study was accepted in AIChE Journal.


Gang Li, Hye Ryeon Lee, Hiroki Nagasawa, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Masakoto Kanezashi, and Toshinori Tsuru, Pore-Size Evaluation and Gas Transport Behaviors of Microporous Membranes: A Experimental and Theoretical Study, AIChE Journal, in press. DOI: 10.1002/aic.14812


Niimis study was accepted in AIChE Journal.


Lie Meng, Xin Yu, Takuya Niimi, Hiroki Nagasawa, Masakoto Kanezashi, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Toshinori Tsuru, Methylcyclohexane dehydrogenation for hydrogen production via a bimodal catalytic membrane reactor, AIChE Journal, 61 (2015) 1628-1638 DOI: 10.1002/aic.14764

・ 2015/04/20

Minamizawa's study was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.


Hiroki Nagasawa, Toshihiro Minamizawa, Masakoto Kanezashi, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Toshinori Tsuru, Microporous organosilica membranes for gas separation prepared via PECVD using different O/Si ratio precursors, Journal of Membrane Science 489 (2015) 11-19.

・ 2015/04/02

Separation engineering seminar "Latest trends of measurement techniques for sab-nanometers pore : For a development of  porous adsorbent and separation membrane" was held in Hiroshima University, Graduate school of Engineering.

・ 2015/02/28

Publications of M2's master's thesis were finished.

・ 2015/02/18

Publications of B4's graduation thesis were finished.

・ 2014/10/30 

Gong's study was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.


Genghao Gong, Jinhui Wang, Hiroki Nagasawa, Masakoto Kanezashi, and Toshinori Tsuru, Synthesis and characterization of a layered-hybrid membrane consisting of an organosilica separation layer on a polymeric nanofiltration membrane, Journal of Membrane Science 72 (2014) 19-28.


Miyauchi's study was accepted in Journal of Membrane Science.


M. Kanezashi, S. Miyauchi, H. Nagasawa, T. Yoshioka and T. Tsuru, Gas permeation properties through Al-doped organosilica membranes with controlled network size, Journal of Membrane Science 466 (2014) 246-252


Sasaki's study was accepted in Journal of Physical Chemistry C.


M. Kanezashi, T. Sasaki, H. Tawarayama, H. Nagasawa, T. Yoshioka, K. Ito and T. Tsuru, “Experimental and theoretical study on small gas permeation properties through amorphous silica membranes fabricated at different temperatures,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118 (2014) 20323-20331.


Niimi's study was accepted in AIChE Journal.


H. Nagasawa, T. Niimi, M. Kanezashi, T. Yoshioka, and T. Tsuru, Modified gas-translation model for prediction of gas permeation through microporous organosilica membranes, AIChE Journal in press

・ 2014/07/20-25 

Second and first year doctor Gong, Ren and Suhaina attended ICOM2014 (The 10th International Congreess on Membranes and Membrane Processes)(Suzhou, China).
Ren won Excellent Poster Award.

・ 2014/07/07-10 

Second year master's students, Kunimori, Sazaki, Nishimoto and Yamamoto, attended Master ICIM2014 (International Conference on Inorganic Membranes, Brisbane, Australia).
Rina Kunimori won Poster Award.