Faculty Members KUZUHARA Daiki
KUZUHARA Daiki
Associate Professor
- Materials Science and Engineering
- [Master's Program] Materials Science and Engineering
- [Doctoral Program] Fundamental and Applied Sciences
Degrees Obtained
- 博士(理学) 学位の分野：化学
Fields of Research
- Organic Electronics
- Organic Synthetic Chemistry
Profile
- March 2006: Graduated from Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ehime University
- March 2011: Completed Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Science and Engineering Ehime University
- April 2011 – March 2016: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
- November 2014 – October 2015: Visiting Researcher, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington.
- April 2016 – March 2019, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Science and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Iwate University
- April 2019 - Present: Associate Professor, Department of Physical Science and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Iwate University
Research Themes
Development of functional organic semiconducting materials for organic electronics
Organic electronics such as organic photovoltaics (OPVs), organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs), organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), are widely considered as the new generation of electronic devices. These devices are constructed with carbon-based organic semiconducting materials, which bring in their great advantages in reducing cost, light-weight and flexibility. Our research interests include: 1) design and synthesis of functional organic semiconducting materials for futuristic organic electronics; 2) optimization of device fabrication processes for developing the device performances. We hope to reveal underlying structure-property relationships of new materials and to help better understand fundamental physics/photophysics in organic electronics.
Teaching Philosophy
Students will be engaged with interdisciplinary research involving chemistry, physics, material science and electronic engineering. They will have access to wide range of fundamental experimental techniques, including organic synthesis, device fabrication and characterization. I have been meaning to help students to lay solid foundation in everyday research work, to culture their critical thinking towards up-to-date research progress, and to motivate them to become independent competent scientist/engineer.