Yoshiyuki Amemiya / Professor / Division of Transdisciplinary Sciences Department of Advanced Materials Science / / Synchrotron radiation research, x-ray physics & instrumentation, small-angle x-ray scattering http://x-ray.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index-j.html Career Summary 1974: Graduated from the University of Tokyo (Faculty of Engineering ) 1979: Received Ph.D from the University of Tokyo 1979-1982: Postdoc Researcher (Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science) 1982: Research Associate (National Laboratory for High Energy Physics) 1988-1989: Visiting Scientist (Brookhaven National Laboratory) 1989: Associate Professor (National Laboratory for High Energy Physics) 1996: Associate Professor (University of Tokyo) 1998-presnt : Professor (University of Tokyo) 2007-2009 :Dean (Graduate School of Frontier Sciences) Educational Activities Graduate courses:Synchrotron radiation research, Introduction to materials science Undergraduate courses: Electrodynamics Research Activities Development of advanced small-angle X-ray scattering and its application to soft materials This includes the R & D of the following methods: 1) micro-beam SAXS, 2) ultra-SAXS(USAXS), 3)anomalous SAXS(ASAXS), and 4) X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) Literature 1) M. Handa, Y. Shinohara, H. Kishimoto, Y. Tamenori, N. Yagi, and Y. Amemiya, "Improvement of SAXS Measurement near the Sulfur K-edge", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 272, 012014 (2011). 2) G. Tamura, Y. Shinohara, I. Akiba, A. Tamura, M. Oishi, Y. Nagasaki, K. Sakurai, and Y. Amemiya, "pH-Responsive Structural Change of PEGylated Amine-Bearing Nanogel Explored by Small Angle X-ray Scattering", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 272, 012018 (2011). 3) Y. Shinohara, H. Kishimoto, N. Yagi, and Y. Amemiya, "Microscopic Observation of Aging Behavior of Silica Particles in Unvulcanized Rubber", Macromolecules, 43, 9480-9487 (2010). 4) Y. Shinohara, R. Imai, H. Kishimoto, N. Yagi, and Y. Amemiya, "Indirectly Illuminated X-ray Area Detector for X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy", Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 17, 737-742 (2010). 5) M. Handa, Y. Shinohara, H. Kishimoto, Y. Tamenori, and Y. Amemiya, "Feasibility Study on Anomalous Small-Angle X-ray Scattering near Sulphur K-edge", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 247, 012006 (2010). 6) T. Kikuzuki, Y. Shinohara, Y. Nozue, K. Ito, and Y. Amemiya, "Determination of Lamellar Twisting Manner in a Banded Spherulite with Scanning Microbeam X-ray Scattering", Polymer, 51, 1632-1638 (2010). 7) Y. Nozue, Y. Shinohara, Y. Ogawa, T. Takamizawa, T. Sakurai, T. Kasahara, N. Yamaguchi, N. Yagi, and Y. Amemiya, "Deformation behavior of banded spherulite during drawing investigated by simultaneous microbeam SAXS-WAXS and POM measurement", Polymer, 51, 222-231 (2010). Other Activities Japanese Society for Synchrotron Radiation Research The Crystallographic Society of Japan The Physical Society of Japan The Japanese Society of Applied Physics The Biophysical Society of Japan Future Plan To develop methods and instrumentations that make the best use of the coherent x-ray beam produced by an x-ray free electron laser(XFEL), as well as to apply the XFEL to soft materials Messages to Students Always maintain 1) curiosity about the truth, 2) a heart that is impressionable to nature, and 3) a sense of mission (responsibility)