PRESS RELEASE
Source: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Center for Public Information
For immediate release: 27 May 2013
Tokyo Institute of Technology publishes the latest issue of its online newsletter, Tokyo Tech Bulletin: http://www.titech.ac.jp/bulletin/index.html
(Tokyo, 27 May 2013) Self assembled nanostructures for hostile environments: the May 2013 issue the Tokyo Institute of Technology Bulletin contains the latest information about cutting edge research projects and related activities at Tokyo Tech.
Research topics covered in the May 2013 issue of the Tokyo Tech Bulletin include:
TOPICS
Coming round to stable self-assembly
Inspired by nature’s use of cyclic structures, Takuya Yamamoto and co-workers at the Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, have dramatically enhanced both the thermal and salt stability of self-assembling polymeric structures, simply by changing the shape of the founding polymers from linear to cyclic.
http://www.titech.ac.jp/bulletin/archives_category/topics/vol301.html
Recent Research
Analysis of the weathering of solid waste incineration ash evaluated by indices for natural rock
Incineration treatment of municipal solid waste generates inorganic ash. The question arises as to whether waste incineration ash is converted to natural soil after it is disposed in landfill sites? And importantly, if so, how long would take?
http://www.titech.ac.jp/bulletin/archives_category/research/vol301.html
Heat distribution control with a new zone-control induction heating system
Heat processing of next-generation wide-band gap semiconductors is expected to require temperatures higher than 1500 K and rapid heat-up rates of greater than 100 K/s. Of the various methods available for high temperature treatment of semiconductors high-frequency induction heating is one of the most promising candidates that satisfies the aforementioned requirements.
http://www.titech.ac.jp/bulletin/archives_category/research/vol302.html
Polysilane rings: Selective cyclopolymerization using transition metals
Polysilanes, composed of the Si–Si linkage, exhibit unique electronic and optical properties that result from the extensive delocalization of σ-electrons along the polymer backbones.
http://www.titech.ac.jp/bulletin/archives_category/research/vol303.html
Advances in mathematics: Solution to a problem in the nineteenth century theory of meromorphic functions
General theory of meromorphic functions in the complex plane began in the nineteenth century, when E. Picard proved his famous ‘Picard’s little theorem’. Then, in the 1920s, R. Nevanlinna created the modern theory of meromorphic functions, where his ‘second main theorem (SMT)’ provides a far-reaching generalization of Picard’s theorem. Nowadays, the theory is well-established as a result of many excellent research studies. Nevertheless, the theory still has several unresolved problems, including the following one:
http://www.titech.ac.jp/bulletin/archives_category/research/vol304.html
The Tokyo Institute of Technology Bulletin also includes updates of news and events:
NEWS
http://www.titech.ac.jp/bulletin/archives_category/news/vol301.html
Earth-Life Science Institute’s Opening Ceremony & 1st International Symposium
ASCENT 2013 - Indonesian, Thai and Japanese students study Robot-related Technology
2013 International Symposium on Design and Emotions
Extracurricular
http://www.titech.ac.jp/bulletin/archives_category/club/vol301.html
High motivation leads to success in the Track and Field Club
Vistas
http://www.titech.ac.jp/bulletin/archives_category/vistas/vol301.html
Partner universities: Fostering relations with Ljubljana University (Slovenia)
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