Nobuaki AOKI

Present Position: Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University
Kyoto-daigaku Katsura, Nishikyo-ku,
Kyoto 615-8510, Kyoto, Japan
Tel. +81-75-383-2698, Fax. +81-75-383-2658
aoki" at "cheme.kyoto-u.ac.jp (" at " should read @)

Publication

【BOOK】

• N. Aoki, K. Mae
  "Micro Process Engineering, Volume 1: Fundamentals, Operations and Catalysts"
  pp. 325–345 (Chapter 12), Wiley-VCH (2009).

【RESEARCH ARTICLE】

• N. Aoki, R. Ando, K. Mae
  "Gas–Liquid–Liquid Slug Flow for Improving Liquid–Liquid Extraction in Miniaturized Channels"
  Indusrtial & Engineering Chemistry Research, in press.
  doi: 10.1021/ie1024326
• T. Yasukawa, W. Ninomiya, K. Ooyachi, N. Aoki, K. Mae
  "Efficient Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Lactate to Pyruvate Using a Gas–Liquid Micro Flow System"
  Indusrtial & Engineering Chemistry Research, in press.
  doi: 10.1021/ie102043a
• N. Aoki, S. Tanigawa, K. Mae
  "A New Index for Precise Design and Advanced Operation of Mass Transfer in Slug Flow"
  Chemical Engineering Journal, 167, 651–656 (2011).
  doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.07.071
• N. Aoki, R. Umei, A. Yoshida, K, Mae
  "Design Method for Micromixers Considering Influence of Channel Confluence and Channel Bend on Diffusion Length"
  Chemical Engineering Journal, 167, 643–650 (2011).
  doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.08.084
• T. Yasukawa, W. Ninomiya, K. Ooyachi, N. Aoki, K. Mae
  "Enhanced Production of Ethyl Pyruvate Using Gas–Liquid slug Flow in Microchannel"
  Chemical Engineering Journal, 167, 527–530 (2011).
  doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.08.077
• K. Matsuyama, K. Mine, H. Kubo, N. Aoki, K. Mae
  "Optimization Methodology of Operation of Orifice-shaped Micromixer Based on Micro-jet Concept"
  Chemical Engineering Science, 65, 5912–5920 (2010).
  doi: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.08.013
• N. Aoki, K. Mae
  "Nonisothertmal Design of Fluid Segments for Precise Temperature Control in Microreactors"
  Chemical Engineering Science, 63, 5035–5041 (2008).
  doi: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.01.003
  
• N. Aoki, R. Kitajima, C. Itoh, K. Mae
  "Microreactor for Synthesis Via Intermediates with Assembled Units Enabling Rapid Operations"
  Chemical Engineering & Technology, 31, 1140–1145 (2008).
  doi: 10.1002/ceat.200800106
  
• Y. Okubo, T. Maki, N. Aoki, T. H. Khoo, Y. Ohmukai, K. Mae
  "Liquid–liquid Extraction for Efficient Synthesis and Separation by Utilizing Micro Spaces"
  Chemical Engineering Science, 63, 4070–4077 (2008).
  doi: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.05.017
  
• K. Mae, T. Maki, N. Aoki
  "Process Intensification by Utilizing Micro Space"
  Kagaku Kogaku Ronbunshu, 34, 8–17 (2008).
  doi: 10.1252/kakoronbunshu.34.8
• K. Matsuyama, W. Tanthapanichakoon, N. Aoki, K. Mae
  "Operation of Microfluidic Liquid Slug Formation and Slug Design for Kinetics Measurement"
  Chemical Engineering Science, 62, 5133–5136 (2007).
  doi: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.02.004
  
• K. Yube, M. Furuta, N. Aoki, K. Mae
  "Control of Selectivities of Phenol Hydroxylation Using Microstructured Catalytic Wall Reactors"
  Applied Catalysis A, 327, 278–286 (2007).
  doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2007.05.026
  
• N. Aoki, K. Yube, K. Mae
  "Fluid Segment Configuration for Improving Product Yield and Selectivity of Catalytic Surface Reactions in Microreactors"
  Chemical Engineering Journal, 133, 105–111 (2007).
  doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.02.006
  
• W. Tanthapanichakoon, K. Matsuyama, N. Aoki, K. Mae
  "Design of Microfluidic Slug Mixing Based on the Correlation between a Dimensionless Mixing Rate and a Modified Peclet Number"
  Chemical Engineering Science, 61, 7386–7392 (2006).
  doi: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.08.049
  
• N. Daito, N. Aoki, J. Yoshida, K. Mae
  "Selective Condensation Reaction of Phenols and Hydroxybenzyl alcohol Using Micromixers Based on Collision of Fluid Segments"
  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 45, 4954–4961 (2006).
  doi: 10.1021/ie0601495
  
• W. Tanthapanichakoon, N. Aoki, K. Matsuyama, K. Mae
  "Design of Mixing in Microfluidic Liquid Slugs Based on a New Dimensionless Number for Precise Reaction and Mixing Operations"
  Chemical Engineering Science, 61, 4220–4232 (2006).
  doi: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.01.047
  
• N. Aoki, K. Mae
  "Improvement of Product Yield and Selectivity in Microreactors by Combining Fluid Segments of Different Concentrations and Sizes"
  Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 159, 641–644 (2006).
  
• N. Aoki, K. Mae
  "Effects of Channel Geometry on Mixing Performance Using Collision of Fluid Segments"
  Chemical Engineering Journal, 118, 189–197 (2006).
  doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2006.02.011
  
• N. Aoki, S. Hasebe, K. Mae
  "Geometric Design of Fluid Segments in Microreactors Using Dimensionless Numbers"
  AIChE Journal, 52, 1502–1515 (2006).
  doi: 10.1002/aic.10727
  
• A. Nagaki, M. Togai, S. Suga, N. Aoki, K. Mae, J. Yoshida
  "Control of Extremely Fast Competitive Reactions using Micromixing. Selective Friedel–Crafts Aminoalkylation"
  Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127, 11666–11675 (2005).
  doi: 10.1021/ja0527424
  
• H. Nagasawa, N. Aoki, K. Mae
  "Design of a New Micromixer for Instant Mixing Based on Collision of Micro Segment"
  Chemical Engineering & Technology, 28, 324–330 (2005).
  doi: 10.1002/ceat.200407118
  
• N. Aoki, S. Hasebe, K. Mae
  "Mixing in Microreactors: Effectiveness of Lamination Segments as a Form of Feed on Product Distribution for Multiple Reactions"
  Chemical Engineering Journal, 101, 323–331 (2004).
  doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2003.10.015