Springer Carbon Related Materials: Commemoration for Nobel Laureate Professor Suzuki Special Symposium at IUMRS-ICAM2017

This book commemorates the “Nobel Laureate Professor Suzuki Special Symposium” at the International Union of Material Research Society–International Conference on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICAM2017), which was held at Kyoto University, Japan, in 2017. The book begins with a foreword by Professor Akira Suzuki. Subsequently, many authors who attended the special symposium describe the latest scientific advances in the field of carbon materials and carbon nanomaterials including polymers, carbon nanocomposites, and graphene. Carbon-based materials have recently been the focus of considerable attention, given their wide range of potential applications. Fittingly, the chapters in this book cover both experimental and theoretical approaches in several categories of carbon-related materials. From the Back Cover This book commemorates the “Nobel Laureate Professor Suzuki Special Symposium” at the International Union of Material Research Society–International Conference on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICAM2017), which was held at Kyoto University, Japan, in 2017. The book begins with a foreword by Professor Akira Suzuki. Subsequently, many authors who attended the special symposium describe the latest scientific advances in the field of carbon materials and carbon nanomaterials including polymers, carbon nanocomposites, and graphene. Carbon-based materials have recently been the focus of considerable attention, given their wide range of potential applications. Fittingly, the chapters in this book cover both experimental and theoretical approaches in several categories of carbon-related materials. About the Author Satoru Kaneko is a Group Leader at KISTEC (Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Technology and Science) and a Visiting Researcher at Tokyo Institute of Technology. He received B.S. at Tokyo Metropolitan University, M.S. at the University of Arizona, and Ph.D. at Tokyo Institute of Technology. His study focuses on synthesis of functional materials of oxides, superconductor, and graphite related materials and also interested in fabrication of nanostructure. Recently, his interesting work is, for examples, deposition graphene in carbon dioxide, irradiating femtosecond laser on pencil-drawn paper. He published more than a hundred of paper, spends weekend with road bike, joking, and camping, and enjoys making bacon, beer, and roasting coffee in backyard.Masami Aono is a Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in Kagoshima University. She obtained her Ph.D. from Gifu University in 2002. She became an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at National Defense Academy in 2001 and an Associate Professor in 2015 at the same institution before moving to Kagoshima in 2018. She is a worldwide active Scientist in the field of amorphous carbon materials, with expertise in amorphous carbon nitride films for opto-electrical properties. Alina Pruna holds Ph.D. in Chemistry and M.Sc. in Materials Science (University Politehnica of Bucharest). She honored various research contracts with Centro Ricerche Fiat, City University of Hong Kong, and Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Her research interests include self-organization of porous alumina by anodization, template and template-free electrodeposition of nanostructured semiconducting oxides, conductive polymers and graphene nanomaterials and nanoarchitectured composites for biosensing, optoelectronics, corrosion protection, energy, and environmental applications such as CO2 capture and photocatalytic treatment of wastewaters from textile industry. She authored more than 55 papers, published 6 chapters, and 1 book and disseminated her research results in over 55 scientific events. In 2011, Musa Mutlu Can got his Ph.D. degree in Physics Engineering Department at Hacettepe University, Turkey. After his Ph.D., he worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at Sabancı University, Turkey (2011–2013), and CNR-SPIN, Italy (2013–2015). Sin