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About the Corresponding Authors
1986, and 1989, respectively. He was a Research Associate (1989–1994), Assistant
Professor (1994–1997), and Associate Professor (1997–2001) in the Department of
Chemistry, Keio University. He was promoted to Professor at Keio University in
2001. He has been additionally appointed as Principal Investigator in Keio Institute
of Pure and Applied Sciences (KiPAS) (2014–2019). He has been the director
general of The Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) research
funding program (2009–2015) of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
and a member of the Science Council of Japan since 2006. He has been actively
engaged in physical chemistry for and have published in top level journals. His
research interests lie in the field of cluster science with methodological developments of soft-landing, photoelectron spectroscopy, ultrafast surface spectroscopy,
and large-scale synthesis by pulsed magnetron sputtering, bridging between gas
phase clusters and size-selectively deposited clusters. He was awarded prizes for
the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) award for young chemists, The CSJ Award for
Creative Work, and Japan Society for Molecular Science Award in 1995, 2009, and
2018, respectively.
Chapter 9
Hikaru Kobayashi is a Professor of The Institute of Scientific and Industrial
Research, Osaka University. He was born in Kyoto, Japan. He received the BE
in chemistry from Osaka University in 1979 and the ME (1981) and PhD (1984)
in chemistry from Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. From 1984 to 1986, he was
a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Pennsylvania, PA. From 1986 to 1987, he was a Researcher in
Matsushita Electronics Corporation Kyoto Research Center, where he was engaged
in LSI wiring and gate oxide technology. From 1987 to 1990, he was a Research
Associate in Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka
University, where he was engaged in research on silicon solar cells, surface and
interface science of silicon, and low temperature silicon oxidation. From 1990
to 1998, he was an Associate Professor in Department of Chemistry, Faculty of
Engineering Science, Osaka University.
Chapter 10
Toshinori Okura completed his doctorate in glass materials science with the
theoretical and practical combination of X-ray emission spectroscopy and molecular
orbital calculations at the Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan, in 1990.
After his optical study of glass in TOTO Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan, as a researcher,
he served the Kogakuin University, Tokyo, Japan, as a research associate in 1993,
an assistant professor in 1995, and an associate professor in 2002. He is serving
About the Corresponding Authors
1986, and 1989, respectively. He was a Research Associate (1989–1994), Assistant
Professor (1994–1997), and Associate Professor (1997–2001) in the Department of
Chemistry, Keio University. He was promoted to Professor at Keio University in
2001. He has been additionally appointed as Principal Investigator in Keio Institute
of Pure and Applied Sciences (KiPAS) (2014–2019). He has been the director
general of The Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) research
funding program (2009–2015) of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
and a member of the Science Council of Japan since 2006. He has been actively
engaged in physical chemistry for and have published in top level journals. His
research interests lie in the field of cluster science with methodological developments of soft-landing, photoelectron spectroscopy, ultrafast surface spectroscopy,
and large-scale synthesis by pulsed magnetron sputtering, bridging between gas
phase clusters and size-selectively deposited clusters. He was awarded prizes for
the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) award for young chemists, The CSJ Award for
Creative Work, and Japan Society for Molecular Science Award in 1995, 2009, and
2018, respectively.
Chapter 9
Hikaru Kobayashi is a Professor of The Institute of Scientific and Industrial
Research, Osaka University. He was born in Kyoto, Japan. He received the BE
in chemistry from Osaka University in 1979 and the ME (1981) and PhD (1984)
in chemistry from Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. From 1984 to 1986, he was
a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Pennsylvania, PA. From 1986 to 1987, he was a Researcher in
Matsushita Electronics Corporation Kyoto Research Center, where he was engaged
in LSI wiring and gate oxide technology. From 1987 to 1990, he was a Research
Associate in Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka
University, where he was engaged in research on silicon solar cells, surface and
interface science of silicon, and low temperature silicon oxidation. From 1990
to 1998, he was an Associate Professor in Department of Chemistry, Faculty of
Engineering Science, Osaka University.
Chapter 10
Toshinori Okura completed his doctorate in glass materials science with the
theoretical and practical combination of X-ray emission spectroscopy and molecular
orbital calculations at the Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan, in 1990.
After his optical study of glass in TOTO Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan, as a researcher,
he served the Kogakuin University, Tokyo, Japan, as a research associate in 1993,
an assistant professor in 1995, and an associate professor in 2002. He is serving