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・Just published in  The Chemical Physics.Mr. Katsumori's research paper investigated the epoxy-silver interface by SFG combined with transfer matrix method. This work is a collablration withRohm Co.
"Non-destructive analysis of molecular behavior and deterioration at the buried epoxy/silver interfaces"  K.Katsumori, M. Ikeda, R. Nakano, R. Kameyama, T. Miyamae, M. Ukita, K. Wakamoto,J. Chem. Phys.,  165, 074702,2026.DOI; 10.1063/5.0348881

・Just published in  The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Mr. Obuchi & Fukai's research paperinvestigates the oil-water interfacial crystallization behavior, utilizing VSFG technique.  This work isa collaboration with Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.
"Crystallization of the Coconut Oil at the Oil/Water Interface: Impact of Monoglycerides and Sodium Caseinate"  R. Obuchi, K. Fukai, R. Kameyama, T. Miyamae, W. Kaneko, T. Isaka, T. Hanazawa,J. Phys. Chem. C,DOI; 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6c02528

・Ryo Nakano’s first-authored paper has been published in the  The Journal of PhysicalChemistry C.This paper elucidates the mechanism underlying the pre-tilt angle of liquid crystals  by quantitatively analyzing the molecular orientation of polyimide alignment layers on a functional  group basis after rubbing and linear-polarized UV irradiation, respectively.
"Insights into the Anisotropic Molecular Orientation on the Surface of Photoalignment Films through  Anisotropy Mapping"  R. Nakano, T. Miyamae,  J. Phys. Chem. C,  DOI; 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c08328

・Dr. Risako Kameyama has joined our group as a new assistant professor. We are launching  our research with new members (April 1, 2026) ⇒Members

・Just published in  The Journal of Adhesion.Mr. Yoshida's research paper investigates how  biomimetic polymer adhesives adhere to dissimilar materials, utilizing VSFG and Raman methods.  This work is a collaboration with NIMS.
"Molecular insights into the adhesion of mussel-inspired copolymers to dissimilar materials"  K. Yoshida, M.Naito, T. Miyamae,  J. Adhesion,  DOI; 10.1080/00218464.2026.2642356

・A co-authored paper has been published in the  Journal of Information Display.  This paper  analyzes the charge accumulation behavior within OLED devices using organic molecules with  undisclosed molecular structures, leveraging double resonance SFG to investigate the differences  in their characteristics.
"Sum-frequency generation spectroscopy analysis of the charge carrier behavior in blue fluorescent OLEDsfabricated using materials with undisclosed molecular structures"  K. Morimoto, S. Noh, T. Miyamae,  J.  Information Display,  2026, 27, 1.  DOI; 10.1007/s44469-026-00008-7

・A co-authored paper has been published in the  Surfaces and Interfaces.This paper evaluatesthe relationship between the surface structure of polystyrene and its electrostatic behavior. It is thecollaboration research conducted with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science andTechnology (AIST) Kyushu Center.
"Evaluation of the correlation between charging characteristics and film quality of polystyrene films"  T. Sato,  R. Nakano, T. Miyamae, K. Kikunaga,Surfaces and Interfaces,  86(2026) 108776.  DOI; 10.1016/j.surfin.2026.108776

・Just published in  RSC Applied Interfaces. Mr. Kobori's research paper on the analysis of silane-treated and aluminum surfaces has been published in RSC Applied Interfaces!(2026/1/26)
" Adhesion strength of aluminium surfaces coated with silane coupling protective layers via acid-base  interactions"  K. Kobori, S. Ogata, S. Yamamoto, Y. Takahashi, T. Miyamae,RSC Appl. Interfaces,
DOI: 10.1039/D5LF00336A

・Nakano,  Kobori, and  Yoshida were presented their research achievements in　Pacifichem2025,Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii, 2025/12/18)。->meeting,  ->photos

・Miyamae was presented in recent our groups work at  MRM2025  (Yokohama, 2025/12/11).
　　”Crystallization process at the coconut oil water interfaces and the impact of adding emulsifiers”

・Just published in  Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. We described the details of a “Dual-mode SFG”  system  that enables two different measurement techniques, namely ESFG and VSFG, to be  performed with the same spectrometer, and presented results obtained by measuring OLEDs  using this system.  (2025/11/4)
" Development of dual-mode vibrational and electronic sum-frequency generation spectroscopic system and  its application to operando characterization of organic functional materials"  T. Miyamae, T. Kaburagi, S. Kai,  Mol.Cryst. Liq. Cryst.  DOI: 10.1080/15421406.2025.2582500


・  Congratulation!
　Ryo Nakano  and  Kumpei Kobori won the  Poster prizein  Annual meeting of Japan  Society  for Molecular Science 2025!! Mr. Nakano also won the "Chemistry Letters Young  Researcher Award", given to the most outstanding poster presenter in the surface/interface field.

・Invited talk at  Polymer Surface and Interface Division meeting(Tokyo, 2025/10/24)

・Kawasaki was presented in  15th CSJ Chemistry Festa  (Tokyo, 2025/10/22~24)．

・Katsumori was presented in  Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Vacuum and SurfaceScience 2025(Tsukuba, 2025/10/20~22)．

・Higuchi was presented in  Tribology Conference 2025 Autumn Hakodate (Hakodate, 2025/10/08~10)．

・Kawasaki,  Higuchi,  and  Katsumori was presented in  The 76th Division Meeting ofDivision of  Colloid and Surface Chemistry(Chiba Univ, 2025/09/22〜09/25)．

・ Miyamae,  Kobori, and  Yoshida was presented at  EURADH2025 (Valencia, Spain, 2025/10/01~10/03). ->photos

・Nakano  &  Kobori was presented at  19th Annual Meeting of Japan Society  for  Molecular   Science(Hiroshima, 2025/09/09~09/12).->Photos

・Yoshida  was presented in his work at  74th Symposium on Mactomolecules (Kansai Univ.,2025/09/16~18).

・Invited talk at  OpticalProbes2025(Fukuoka, 2025/09/21~26).

・Invited talk at  Polymer Frontier21 in Online Webiner (online, 2025/09/26)

・Miyamae was presented in recent our groups work at  KJF-ICOMEP (Osaka, 2025/08/26)

・  Congratulation!
　Kumpei Kobori won the  Poster prize in  63th Annual meeting of the Adhesion Society of  Japan!!
                       

・Kobori  and  Yoshida were presented at  63th Annual meeting of the Adhesion Society of  Japan at Sendai (2025/06/31~07/01).

・Miyamae was presented in annual meeting of  Japan OLED forum (Tokyo, 2025/06/26~27).

・4th To-Yo-Tsuku-Tama Joint Seminar  was held at Chiba University! (2025/6/5)
Many thanks to Prof. Ishibashi, Prof. Yamaguchi, Prof. Ouchi, and Iwahashi-san!
->Photos

・Just published in ACS Omega. Seito Yamazaki's adhesive interfacial analysis has beenpublished in ACS Omega! In this work, we found and investigated a unique and interestingsegregation behavior of silicone oil at the polyurethane interface.(2025/04/28)
 " Correlation Between the Molecular-Level Behavior of Polyurethane on Oily Surfaces and Adhesive Strength"  S. Yamazaki, T. Aizawa, and T. Miyamae,  ACS Omega.10, 17468-17475(2025),  DOI:10.1021/acsomega.4c11036


・Press release! Investigating charge behavior in multilayer OLEDs using a laser spectroscopictechnique　(2025/04/25)
EurekAlert,  CHIBADAI NEXT,  AlphaGalileo

・New member updated  (2025/4/1) ⇒Members

・Congratulation! T. Kaburagi's ESFG work is just published in  J. Mater. Chem. C.   (2025/03/10)
 "Probing charge behaviour in multilayer organic light-emitting diodes via electronic sum-frequencygeneration spectroscopy"  T. Kaburagi, K. Morimoto, T. Miyamae,  J. Mater. Chem. C. 2025,DOI:10.1039/D4TC04970E

・Accepted in our collaboration paper with Dr. T. Sato in AIST by  Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.(2025/01/14)
   "Direct evaluation of effective hole mobility in multilayer organic light-emitting diodes using MIS-CELIVtechnique" T. Sato, C. Katagiri, T. Miyamae,  Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.,64, 014003 (2005).DOI:10.35848/1347-4065/ada74c

・Congratulation! Our collaborated paper with  S. T. Roberts group  at UT at Austin just  published in  J. Chem. Phys. In  this paper, we have clarified the organic transistor  characteristics and interface states of the indigo film, which shows ambipolar characteristics,  utilizing both ESFG and VSFG! (2025/01/07)
   "Molecular orientation of dielectric layers at indigo/dielectric interfaces impacts the ordering of indigo films inorganic field-effect transistors",  K. Tanoue, H. Ishii, C. L. Marsters, S. T. Roberts, T. Miyamae
J. Chem. Phys.162, 014704 (2025).DOI:10.1063/5.0242748

・S. KaiandT. Kaburagi were presented at  The 31^st  International Display Workshops  (IDW24) (Sapporo, 2024/12/4-6)->Meetings->Photos

・Dr. Sean. T. Roberts from the  University of Texas at Austin visited our lab. to give a seminarand collaborate on research.(2024/11/20-11/30)　->Photos．

・  Congratulation! Ryo Nakanowon the Student Poster prize in 18th Annual Meeting of JapanSociety for Molecular Science　→2024 JSMS Student Poster Prize　2024/10/25
                       

・Congratulation! K. Morimoto's recent work is just published in  ACS Applied Electronic  Materials (2024/10/11)
   "Experimental and Theoretical Approaches for Detecting LatentLateral Leakage Current of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes", K. Morimoto, R. Sato, S. Noh, and T.Miyamae,ACS Appl. Electron. Mater.,6(2024)7145-7153.DOI:10.1021/acsaelm.4c00997

・Four papers were presented at 18th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Molecular Science  (Kyoto University, 2024/9/18-21)->Meetings

・R. Obuchi was presented his recent research in 75th Divisional Meeting of Division of Colloid andSurface Chemistry  (Tohoku University, 2024/9/17-20)->Meetings

・K. Morimoto perform oral presentation inEURODISPLAY 2024　(Grenoble, France, 2024/9/18-20)->Meetings

・M. Ikeda and S. Yamazaki were presentad their researchs in 73rd Symposium on Macromolecules　(Niigata University, 2024/9/25-27)->Meetings

・R. Nakano was presented his research onKJF-ICOMEP2024（Busan, Korea, 2024/8/29-31)After the Conference, we visited the Prof. Doseok Kim's Lab in Sogang University and enjoyedscientific discussions! ->Meetings->photos

・T. Kaburagi was presented his ESFG results inIMID 2024（Jeju, Korea, 2024/8/20-23)->Meetings

・R. Nakano was presented his research onThe 11th International Conference on Molecular Electronics & Bioelectronics (M&BE11)　(Matsue, Shimane, 2024/6/19-21)->Meetings->photos

・S. Yamazaki was presentad his research related with polyurethane adhesive interfaces in 62thAnnual Meeting of  Adhesion Society of Japan　(Toyama, 2024/6/27-28)

・3rd To-Yo-Tsuku-Tama Joint Seminar  was held at Tsukuba University!(2024/6/25)Many thanksto Prof. Ishibashi and his lab members for their great support!->Meetings

・Invited talk at Rakuno Gakuen University!　(2024/7/24)
 ->Invited Talks

・Invited talk  ThinFilm2024　at Singapole (2024/7/15-19)
Molecular Orientation at Organic semiconductor/Dielectric Interfaces and their OFET Device Characteristics
  Takayuki Miyamae  ->Invited Talks

・Contribution of Topics to Kobunshi (Official journal of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan)．
　  

・Member page updated (2024/4/1) ⇒Members

・Interfacial Phenomena in Adhesion and Adh75th Divisional Meeting of Division of CVolloidand Surface Chemistry in Tohoku Universityesive Bonding is published fromSpringer-Nature.  Open Access book.(2023/10/30)Editors: S. Horiuchi, N. Terasaki, T. Miyamae
 Chapter 5, "Analysis of Molecular Surface/Interfacial Layer by Sum-Frequency Generation (SFG) Spectroscopy"

2023/9/12  Koki Tanoue presented in 17th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Molecular Science2023(Osaka Univ.,2023/9/12~15). ->photo

2023/9/12  Ryosuke Obuchi presented in 74th Divisional Meeting of Division of Colloid andSurface Chemistry(Shinsyu Univ.,  2023/9/12~15). ->photo

2023/9/11  Seito Yamazaki presented in EUROADH/WCARP(Germany,  2023/9/10~13). ->photo

2023/7/18  Seito Yamazaki presented in The 13th SPSJ International Polymer Conference(Sapporo). ->photo

2023/6/22  K. Morimoto presented in 36th Japan OLED forum．

2023/6/7　Our paper is publishes inOrganic Electronics.

"Operando measurements of top-emission organic light-emitting diode using electric-field-induced doublyresonant sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy", K. Morimoto, T. Kaburagi, H. Ohata, S. Noh, and T.Miyamae,Organic Electronics,120(2023) 106862.DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2023.106862

Our review paper is published atOleoscience.(written in Japanese).

　“Molecular Behavior at Liquid Interfaces Investigated by Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy (written inJapanese”, T. Miyamae,Oleosciense, 23, 199-206 (2023).　

2023/4/3  Member page updated ⇒Members

2022/02/10  Koki Tanoue presentedAjou-Chiba University Joint sympojium(ChibaUniversity)．->photo

2023/1/20　Our paper is published inApplied Physics Express.

"Electrostatic charges and their distribution on the charged surfaces probed by
sum-frequency generation spectroscopy",Y. Isaka and T. Miyamae, Appl. Phys. Express,2023,DOI:10.35848/1882-0786/acb1ec.

2022/12/5  Invited talk at theFuture Light Innovation Research Area Meeting(SaitamaUniversity)

2022/9/23  Congratulation! Yui Suzuki won the  Student Award of ALC'22

2022/9/22  Yui Suzuki perticipated 73th Colloid and Surface Chemistry Meeting @ HiroshimaUniversitu. →Photo

2022/9/22  Kouki Tanoue perticipated 83rd JSAP fall Meeting@Tohoku University. →Photo

2022/9/19-22  T. Miyamae & our students attended to the16th Annual Meeting of Japan Societyfor Molecular Science. →Photo

	1D07	Origin of Surface Charging by Sum Frequency Spectroscopy and Non-contact Visualization	〇T. Miyamae and Y. Isaka
	1p046	interfacial structure of saponins by sum frequency generationspectroscopy	〇Y. Kagiyama and T. Miyamae
	2p041	Evaluation of Molecular Structure of Surface Alkyl Groups ofLiquid Repellent Films by SFG	〇R. Mizuno, C. Urata, K. Watanabe, A. Hozumi, and T. Miyamae
	4p045	Analysis of OFET interface using SFG spectroscopy	〇T. Isobe and T. Miyamae

2022/9/9  Yuuka Isaka attend the Annual Meeting of IESJ.

2022/8/8  Online lecture at  Yumenabi Web page.

      What is "Yumenabi"？

2022/7/30  Invited talk at 40th Kansai Interface Science seminar (ZOOM On-line)

2022/7/20　Our paper is published at J. Raman Spectroscopy.

Joint Seminar was held by 4 laboratories in Kanto region. 11th May, 2022 @Chiba University

　In-hause meeting was held at Chiba University.
Ouchi lab (Tokyo Tech), Miyamae lab. (Chiba Univ.) Tsukuba Univ. (Ishibashi lab.) Saitama Univ.(Yamaguchi lab.)⇒　Program.pdf　

2022/3/17　Our paper is published at Solids.

"Evaluation of the Molecular Conformation of Surface Alkyl Chains of Alkylsilane-Derived Hybrid Films Using Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy",R. Mizuno, C. Urata, K. Watanabe, A. Hozumi, and T. Miyamae,  Solids,3, 147-154 (2022),DOI: 10.3390/solids3010010.

Lecture video is now available on theChemstation YouTube Channel(2022/02/09)

Our review paper is published at "Review of Laser Engineering" (written in Japanese).

　"Charge Carrier Behavior of the Organic Devices Using Operando Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy"T. Miyamae,Review of Laser Engineering,50, 17-21 (2022).

Perticipated  The 9th International Symposium on Surface Science（Dec. 1, 2021 Online）

Talk at the  Q Colioquium（Nov. 29, 2021, Online)

Online meeting withKatsumata Groupat UMASS Amherst Polymer Science and Egineering Dept.(Sep. 16, 2021)

 Web site link: Katsumata Research Group at UMASS Amherst

Talk at the M&BE of JSAP (Sep. 9, 2021, Online)

 M&BE新分野開拓研究会2021「有機材料・デバイス中のダイナミクス を探る計測技術の最前線」

Our paper is published at Journal of the Society for Information Display．

"Operando sum‐frequency generation spectroscopy of high‐efficiency OLEDs for probing the charge carrierbehavior",T. Miyamae and T. Sato,J. Soc. Inf. Display, 2021, 1-12(2021),DOI: 10.1002/jsid.1076

Our review paper is published at "Bunseki" (written in Japanese).

　"Interface analysis by nonlinear spectroscopy" T. Miyamae,ぶんせき, 2021年8号, 363-371.　

New B4 students are joined with our group (Apr. 1, 2021) ⇒Members

Invited talk atKPS spring meeting(Apr. 21-23, 2021 Online)

Our review paper is published at "Keisoku-to-Seigyo" (written in Japanese).

"Operando Analysis of the Organic Devices by Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy",T. Miyamae.

Our paper is published at ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces asCover article．

"Role of Chemical Functionality in the Adhesion of Aluminum and Isotactic Polypropylene",Y. Liu, Y. Shigemoto,T. Hanada, T. Miyamae, K. Kawasaki, and S. Horiuchi,ACS Appl Mater. Interfaces.,13, 11497-11506 (2021),DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c22988

Our paper is published at PCCP

"Direct imaging of Electric field behavior in 2,7-Diphenyl[1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene Organic Field-Effect transistors by Sum-Frequency Generation Imaging Microscopy", C．Katagiri, T. Miyamae,.H. Li, F. Yang, andS. Baldelli,Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.,23, 4944-4950 (2021).DOI: 10.1039/D0CP06407F

Our paper is published at Organic Electronics

　"Relationship between the surface structure of the gate insulator and the performance of  organic thin-filmtransistors",C. Katagiri, K. Akaike, T. Miyamae,Org. Electronics, 2020,86, 105928.

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