Group Leader

Masaki OZAWA

Date of Birth:
October 30th, 1969
School Education:
April 1985 - March 1988	Koyo high school, Nishinomiya (Japan)
University Education:
April 1988 - March 1992	Department of Industrial Chemistry, University of Tokyo Major subject studied for bachelor's degree: Electrochemistry. "Photoelectrochemistry of MoO3 and WO3 thin films."
April 1992 - March 1994	Department of Chemical Energy Engineering, University of Tokyo Major subject studied for master’s degree: Materials science. "Synthesis and characterization of fullerene-based materials."
April 1994 - March 1997	Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Tokyo Major subject studied for doctor’s degree: Materials science. "Synthesis and characterization of fullerene derived materials."
Degrees:
Bachelor of Engineering	March 1992
Master of Engineering	March 1994
Doctor of Engineering	June 1998

Professional Experience:
April 1995 - March 1997	JSPS Special Researcher Scholarship (Doctoral)
April 1997 - March 2000	Assistant Professor at Dept. of Knowledge Based Information Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology
April 2000 - March 2002	Research Associate at Dept. of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo
May 2002 - December 2004	Researcher at the Zentrale Einrichtung für Elektronenmikroskopie, Universität of Ulm
March 2005 - June 2006	Researcher at the Nanocarbon Research Corp., Ltd.
August 2006 - September 2008	Researcher at the Otto-Diels-Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität of Kiel
October 2008 - February 2009	Researcher at the Institut für Organische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg
April 2009 - March 2010	Assistant Professor at Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Meijo University
April 2010 - March 2013	Associate Professor at Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Meijo University
since April 2013	Associate Professor at Dept. of Applied Chemistry, Meijo University

Research Experience:

Characterization and applications of detonation nanodiamonds

1. A general approach toward surface chemistry of agglomerating nanoparticles: simultaneous    deagglomeration and functionalisation of nanodiamonds.

2. Purification and dispersion of detonation nanodiamonds and microscopy characterization of the    products.

3. Characterization of nanodiamond colloids.

4. Synthesis of nanodiamond-dispersed composites.

Transmission Electron microscopy studies of novel materials.

1. Characterization of metal nanodots hexagonally ordered on substrates.

2. Characterization of c-BN structures grown on Si or diamond substrates.

3. Studies on the focusing effect of electron beams by Fresnel diffraction.

Production of Fullerenes

1. Production of fullerenes by low energy methods.

2. Search for natural fullerenes and studies of their formation mechanisms.

3. Electron microscopy studies on formation mechanisms of fullerene-like nanostructures.

Synthesis and characterization of fullerene-based materials.

1. Growth and characterization of C60 and C70 single crystals.

2. Electrochemical and optical behaviour of fullerenol in aqueous media.

3. Synthesis and characterization of conjugated pearl-necklace type C60 polymers.

Research Interests:

- Self-assemby of materials and subsequent self-adapting evolution.

- Pattern formation in non-equilibrium.

- Physical and chemical properties of nanomaterials, especially carbon materials.

Teaching Experience:
April 1997 - March 2000	Assistant Professor in Toyohashi University of Technology.
April 2009 - March 2010	Assistant Professor at Meijo University
since April 2010	Associate Professor at Meijo University
Memberships:
Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Graphene Research Society, Japan
Hobbies:
Trekking, Skiing, Travel, Tocar la guitarra flamenca