P l e n a r y     S e s s i o n
Optically transparent nanomaterials

Prof. Hiroyuki Yano

Lab. of Active Bio-based Materials Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere
Kyoto University
Uji, Kyoto
Japan

Curriculum Vitae

1982 Bachelor of Agriculture (Wood Science and Technology), Kyoto University

1984 Master of Agriculture (Wood Science and Technology), Kyoto University

1987-1991 Instructor, Dept. of Forest, Kyoto Prefectural University

1989 Doctor of Agriculture, Kyoto University

1992-1997 Lecturer, Dept of Forestry, Kyoto Prefectural University

1998-2003 Associate Professor, Wood Research Institute, Kyoto University

2004 Professor, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University

Major awards and honors

1989 First Young Scientist Award, Japan Wood Research Society

2005 Hayashi Jisuke Award, The Cellulose Society of Japan

2008 International Academy of Wood Science Fellow

2009 Japan Wood Research Society Award, Japan Wood Research Society

Recent research works

1. Cellulose nanofibers-based high strength composites.

2. Optically transparent nanocomposites using cellulose nanofbers as reinforcement.

3. Nano-fibrillation of plant fibers for the production of optically transparent nanocomposites.

Refereed publications: 85 patents:30 books and chapters:17 reports:30

Important publications

1. H.Yano and S.Nakahara: Bio-composites produced from plant microfiber bundles with a nanometer unit web-like network, J. Materials Science, 39, 1635-1638 (2004).


2. A.N.Nakagaito and H.Yano: The effect of morphological changes from pulp fiber towards nano-scale fibrillated cellulose on the mechanical properties of high-strength plant fiber based composites, Applied Physics A, 78,547-552 (2004).


3. A.N.Nakagaito and H.Yano: Novel high-strength biocomposites based on microfibrillated cellulose having nano-order-unit web-like network structure, Applied Physics A, 80, 155-159(2005).


4. H.Yano, J.Sugiyama, A.N.Nakagaito, M.Nogi, T.Matsuura, M.Hikita and K.Handa: Optically Transparent Composites Reinforced with Networks of Bacterial Nanofibers, Advanced Materials, 17(2), 153-155(2005).


5. S. Iwamoto, H. Yano, A. N. Nakagaito and M. Nogi: Optically transparent composites reinforced with plant fiber-based nanofibers, Applied Physics A, 81(6), 1109-1112(2005).


6. M. Nogi , K. Handa, A. N. Nakagaito, and H. Yano: Optically transparent bionanofiber composites with low sensitivity to refractive index of the polymer matrix, Applied Physics. Letters .87, 1 (2005)


7. K.Abe, S. Iwamoto and H. Yano: Obtaining Cellulose Nanofibers with a Uniform Width of 15 nm from Wood, Biomacromolecules, 8,(10), 3276-3278(2007).


8. M. Nogi and H. Yano: Transparent nanocomposites based on cellulose produced by bacteria offer potential innovation in electronics device industry, Advanced materials, 20, 1849-1852 (2008).


9. A. Iwatake, M. Nogi, H. Yano, Cellulose nanofiber-reinforced polylactic acid, Composites Science and Technology, 68(9), 2103-2106(2008).


10. M. Nogi, S. Iwamoto, A.N. Nakagaito and H. Yano,“Optically transparent nanofiber paper”, Advanced Materials, 21(16), 1595-1598(2009).