Minoru Miyahara

Surface Control Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University
Professor

Personal History

  • Born in 1959 in Fukuoka Pref., grown up in Kyoto, and then
  • 1982　B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University
  • 1983　Exchange Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin (-'84)
  • 1985　M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University
  • 1985　Research Staff, Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.(Osaka Research Institute)
  • 1987　Research Instructor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University
  • 1994　Dr. Eng., Kyoto University
  • 1995　Research Fellow Abroad of the Ministry of Education of Japan (Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Cornell University) (-'96)
  • 1997　Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University
  • 2004　Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University

Research Topics

  • Evolution of Nanoparticles by Microreactors ('05-present)
  • Phase Behavior of Fluids confined in Coordination Nanospace, or Metal-Organic Framework ('04-present)
  • Structure evolution by nanoparticles on adsorptive substrates or within wetting films ('98-present)
  • Nano-Structure of Liquids near Solid Surfaces and Surface Forces ('97-04)
  • Molecular Simulation Study on Freezing Transition in Nano-Pores ('95-present)
  • Modeling Charging/Discharging Transient Process of Electric Double Layer Capacitor with Nano-Porous Carbon Electrodes ('93-98)
  • Molecular Dynamics Study on Condensation in Nano-pores and its Application to Nano-pore Characterization ('92-01)
  • Liquid Phase Adsorption under High Pressure and Molar Volume of Adsorbed Molecules in Liquid Phase ('90-95)
  • Capillary Phase Separation (Liquid Phase Capillary Condensation) and Liquid-phase Adsorption Isotherm ('87-94)
  • Analysis and Correlation of Surface Diffusion in Liquid Phase Adsorption ('87-92)

Correspondence

  • Address：Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
  • FAX：+81-75-383-2652
  • Email：miyahara @ cheme.kyoto-u.ac.jp