March 11th
9:20-9:40: Opening session
Prof. Yoshio Osada (Research Supervisor, JST, Japan)
Prof. Chung-Yuan Mou (Deputy Minister, National Science Council, Taiwan)
Prof. Yoshio Bando (Chief Operating Officer, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan)
9:40-11:00: Technical session I
Yoshihito Osada
Artificial muscles - soft & wet nano-biomachine of the next eraRu-Jong Jeng
Nanoscale organoclay nanocomposites based on dendritic macromolecules
Atsushi Takahara
Design and characterization of hybrid materials from natural inorganic nanotubes
Teruyuki Nakato
Nanosheet liquid crystals: hierarchical soft structures constructed by inorganic
nanocrystals
11:00-11:10: A short break
11:10-12:50: Technical session II
Chung-Yuan Mou
Hollow porous silica nanoparticle encapsulating enzyme, nanoparticle, and pH sensor
Kei Inumaru
Nanocomposites of pre-formed crystalline particles and mesoporous silica: synthesis and
application as photocatalysts
Hong-Ping Lin
Synthesis of mesoporous metal-silicates via silicate-exfoliation on metal hydroxides
Tatsuo Kimura
Perspective of porous materials design with supramolecular assembly
Sue-Lein Wang
New mesoporous materials with 3D crystalline frameworks
12:50-14:00: Lunch
14:00-15:20: Technical session III
Chia-Min Yang
Template fabrication of mesoporous metal nanospheres for electrochemical applications
Hiromi Yamashita
Catalytic enhancement using localized surface plasmon resonance of size-controlled Ag
nanoparticles deposited on mesoporous silica
Soofin Cheng
Preparation of functionalized mesoporous silica for catalytic reactions
Hirokatsu Miyata
Design of mesoporous films for optical applications
15:20-15:40:
Coffee Break
15:40-16:20:
Short presentation I
16:20-17:40: Technical session IV
Toyoko Imae
Fabrication of nanospace in calcium phosphate matrices
Yoshio Bando
Recent progress on low-dimensional boron nitride nanomaterials
Anthony Shiaw-Tseh Chiang
Wafer size zeolite single crystal: will it ever be possible
Kenichi Nakashima
Synthesis of hollow magnetite nanoparticles directed by a smart temple of polymeric
micelle with core-shell-corona structure
19:00-: Banquet
Prof. Shimomura (President, FIT, Japan)
Prof. Sone (Vice-president, NIMS, Japan)
March 12th
9:20-11:00: Technical session V
Takayoshi Sasaki
Design of 2D oxide and hydroxide nanosheets in a tuned composition and structure
Nobuyoshi Miyamoto
Inorganic Nanosheet Liquid Crystals for the Synthesis of Anisotropic Hydrogels
Hiroshi Kitagawa
Elemental strategy for new nano-materials
Katsuhiko Ariga
Hand-operating nanotechnology: How to touch molecular machines
Kuo-Lun Tung
Geomimetic porous membranes with functionalized nanostructures
11:00-11:10: A short break
11:10-12:50: Technical session VI
Takashi Uemura
Confinement of polymers in metal-organic frameworks
Fa-Kuen Shieh
Development of a novel enzymatic catalysis and biomolecular delivery platform by the use
of zeolitic imidazole frameworks (ZIFs) microporous materials
Shuhei Furukawa
Controlled molecular release from metal-organic frameworks
Chia-Her Lin
Crystal structures of metal-organic frameworks and the applications in protein digestion
and SALDI-MS
Qiang Xu
New applications of porous metal-organic frameworks
12:50-14:00: Lunch
14:00-15:20: Technical session VII
Shih-Yuan Lu
Applications of aerogel materials in energy
Yi-Feng Lin
Porous water-repellent silica-based aerogel and PVDF/siloxane nanofibrous membranes
enabling long-term continuous CO2 capture
Ben-Zu Wan
Porous silica low-k (dielectric constant < 2) films with high mechanical strength from spin
coating process
Yasuhiro Sakamoto
Electron microscopy for characterization of porous materials
15:20-15:40: Coffee Break
15:40-17:20: Technical session VIII
Shang-Bin Liu
Highly nitrogen-doped mesoscopic carbons as efficient metal-free electrocatalysts for
oxygen reduction reactions
Hsien-Ming Kao
Highly carboxylic acid functionalized mesoporous materials: synthesis, characterization,
and applications
Kevin C. W. Wu
Multi-functionalized mesoporous nanocatalysts for cellulosic biomass conversion
Shinsuke Ishihara
Development of interleaved copper(II) oxide nanoplates with maximized {001} facet for
catalytic remediation of nitrogen monoxide
Yusuke Ide
Nanostructuring and operating-environments control of TiO2
17:20-18:00: Short presentation II
18:00-19:30: Poster session & Sayonara party