Admissions, Alumni
Year 2025 research project
- Research on fuel cell performance improvement
a. Proton transport property in polymer organized structure (2012-)
b. OH– ion transport property in polymer thin films (2017-)
c. Li+ transport property in polymer organized structure (2022-)
d. Na+ transport property in polymer organized structure (2023-) - Development of rechargeable proton batteries
- Electrochemical catalysts for fuel cells, water electrolysis, and CO2 reduction
- Gas sensors
- Research on external force response sensors using ion transport
- Ion switching by coordination compounds (Dr. Aoki, Assistant Professor)
SCHOLARSHIPS
JAIST scholarship & MEXT (government) scholarship etc. : Link
If you would apply it, please send your undergraduate course transcript (not master course), official English score to Prof. Nagao. Please note that applications will only be reviewed if all scores are 6.5 or higher in IELTS conversion. In-university English scores are not considered. FYI, the average English score of non-native international students in our laboratory is 780 points on the TOEIC equivalent.
Postdoctoral Fellowships
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships (Standard Program) : Link
Lab information
Core time : 9 am – 17 pm
English as lab seminar
High impact and many collaboration papers
Thrive in their homeland after graduation
Financial support as possible
Photos: http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ms/labs/nagao-www/?page_id=1033
Polymer synthesis, fablication in clean room, in situ measurements, thin film study, electrochemical study
Our main measurements
In situ proton conductivity, In situ IR, In situ QCM, In situ GIXRS, pMAIRS, MAIRS2
Equipments
Impedance analyzer, RH-Temp controlled chamber, Temp controlled vacuum chamber, In-situ IR spectrometer, UV-visible spectrometer, GPC, Electrochemical analyzer, Automatic In-situ layer-by-layer (LBL) machine, RF sputter, Inkjet machine, Hot-press equipment, Fuel cell testing system, Battery test system, Plasma system for surface modification, Electric furnace, Grove box, Xe lamp system, Table-Top type precision universal system, In-situ QCM, Spincoator, Evaporator, Hume foods, TG-DTA in our lab.
Liquid NMR, Solid State NMR, 800MHz NMR, EI-MS, ESI -MS, GC-MS, LC-MS, MALDI-TOFMS, MALDI-TOF/TOF, ICP-MS, FTICRMS, L-SIMS, 1D XRD, 2D XRD, Surface profiler, AFM, XPS, TEM, SEM, STM, Color 3D laser microscopy, White light interferometry, DSC, z-potential analyzer, Fluorescence spectrometer, Raman spectrometer, Ellipsometry, Clean room, machine shop, etc. as commn use
SPring-8, KEK-PF for using synchrotron radiation, J-PARC for newtron reflectometry
International ALUMNI
India
- Dr. Agman Gupta (Postdoc, 2022)
- Dr. Rahul Bhardwaj (Postdoc, 2021-2023)
- Dr. Krishnan Karthik (Postdoc), NIMS (Japan) (2014-2017), CSIR (India) by Inspire program (2017-2023), NIST (2024-)
- Sai Prashanth (Internship) from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, India
- Venkatesh Srinivasan (Internship) from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, India
- Sai Manohar Chelli (Internship) from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, India
Thailand
- Athchaya SUWANSOONTORN (PhD course 2018-2021, postdoc 2021-)
- Sakvarit Nitrathorn (Dual Master course 2016-2017)
- Salinthip Laokroekkiat (Internship 2012, PhD course 2013-2016), PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (PTTGC, Thailand, 2017-)
- Banjongsak Lamlua (Dual Master course 2012-2014), Thai Asahikasei Spandex (Thailand, 2014-)
- Yordkhuan Tachapermpon (Internship) from Silpakorn University, Thailand
- Nantanut Chailanggar (Internship) from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
- Sutida Jansod (Internship) from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Bangladesh
- Mohammad Mahmudul Hasan (PhD course 2019-2022), Waseda Univ. (Assistant Prof. 2022-)
- Umme Salma (PhD course 2016-2020), Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (Bangladesh) (Lecturer 2020-, Assistant Prof.)
- S. M. Nizam Uddin (PhD course 2014-2017), Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) (Lecturer, 2018, Assistant Prof., 2019-)
- Md. Abu Rashed (PhD course 2013-2016, Visiting researcher 2019), Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (Bangladesh) (Lecturer, 2016-, Assistant Prof., 2018-, Associate Prof.)
Malaysia
- Prof. Ahmad Salihin Bin SAMSUDIN (as JAIST Visiting Research Fellow) from UMPSA
- Dr. Nurfatehah Wahyuny Binti Che JUSOH (as JAIST Visiting Research Fellow) from MJIIT
- Dr. Eleen Dayana binti Mohamed Isa (short term researcher) from MJIIT
- Nuraziliana Binti Muhd Ghazali (Special Visiting Student) from UMPSA
- Nawal binti Abd Ghafar (Special Visiting Student) from UTM
- Ahmad Faizrin Ahmad Fuzlin (Visiting researcher) from UMP
- Norfatihah Mazuki (Visiting researcher) from UMP
- Nuraqilah Farhanah Binti Mohd Mohsi (Internship) from MJIIT, Malaysia
- Ahmad Kamil Hakimien Bin Nor Aslan (Internship) from MJIIT, Malaysia
- Shazril Hadi Bin Abu Bakar (Internship) from MJIIT, Malaysia
- Kok Siang Ming (Internship) from MJIIT, Malaysia
- Komathy Selvaraj (Internship) from MJIIT, Malaysia
- Yogeswary Vadivelu (Internship) from MJIIT, Malaysia
- Nur Syamimi Binti Selamat (Internship) from MJIIT, Malaysia
- Khairul Helmy Bin Kamalul Arifin (Internship) from UM, Malaysia
- Joy Liew Wei Yi (Internship) from UKM, Malaysia
- Prof. Yu-Cheng CHIU (as JAIST Visiting Research Fellow) from Taiwan Tech.
China
- Yunyang QIN (Internship) from Beijing Univ. of Chem. Tech.
- Yuze Yao (PhD course, 2020-2023) Daikin Fluorochem
- Fangfang Wang (PhD course, 2019-2022)
- Zhaohan Liu (Master course, PhD course, 2019-2022)
- Peng Sili (Master course 2020-2022), ATL
- Miaomiao Liu (Master course 2019-2021), NIPPONPAINT (2021-)
- Gang Du (Master course 2019-2021), Murata Energy Device Wuxi Co., Ltd.
- Dongjin Wang (Master course 2018-2020)
- Zhongping Li (PhD course 2016-2019, JSPS Postdoc 2019-2020)
- Dishen Zhang (Master course 2017-2019), Horiba (2019-)
- Shanshan TAO (Postdoc 2018-2019), National University of Singapore (2019-)
- Guangtong WANG (CSC researcher 2018), Harbin Institute Tech. (Associate Prof., 2019-)
- Yuan Ni (Master course 2017-2018)
- Yanglu Guo (Master course 2013-2015), KYOCERA (2016-)
- Zhuqing WANG (Postdoc), Tohoku Institute of Technology (Japan) (Postdoc, Assistant Prof., 2014-), Sichuan Univ. (Professor)