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Kobayashi Taizo

Department / Course College of Science and Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering

Title / Position Professor

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Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Science and Engineering

Academic background
1.	2009/12/09 Degree Acquisition	Ph. D. (Nano/micro-systems)
2.	2001/03 Degree Acquisition	│ Ritsumeikan University Master
3.	～1999/03	Mechanical Engineering Course │ Science and Engineering │ Ritsumeikan University │ Graduated
4.	～2001/03	Doctoral Program (1st Semester) │ Information Science and Systems Engineering Major │ Division of Science and Engineering │ Ritsumeikan University │ Completed

Business career
1.	2022/04/01 ～	Professor │ │ Ritsumeikan University
2.	2016/10/01 ～ 2017/03/31	Research Associate Professor │ Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization │ Ritsumeikan University
3.	2014/04/01 ～ 2016/09/30	Research Assistant Professor │ Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization │ Ritsumeikan University
4.	2013/04/01 ～ 2014/04/01	│ │ Tokyo University of Science
5.	2012/04/01 ～ 2013/03/31	Research Associate │ │ Aoyama Gakuin University
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Research activities
1.		The Japan Society of Applied Physics
2.		The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan
3.		The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
4.		The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Subject of research
1.	Advanced functional thin films for device applications

Present specialized field
Inorganic materials and properties, Quantum beam science, Thin film/Surface and interfacial physical properties, Electronic materials/ Electric materials, Composite materials/Surface and interface engineering (Keyword：Thin solid films, Super hydrophobic/hydrophilic materials, Ternary-compound semiconductor materials and device, Transparent conducting oxide (TCO), Photovoltaic materials，Biosensor)

Papers
1.	2025/07/23	Guidelines for the design of efficient and injection-resilient thin film photovoltaic converters for indoor applications │ Journal of Physics: Energy │
2.	2025/02/27	Soft Copper Nanoimprinting via Solid-State Electrochemical Etching for Flexible Optoelectronics │ ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces │
3.	2025/01/05	Silver-Nanowire/Graphene Stacked Transparent Electrodes and Its Application to Flexible Thin Film Photovoltaic Device │ Electrical Engineering in Japan │ e23504,pp.1-6
4.	2024/10	TiO2/Se heterojunction photovoltaic device made from Se/Te/Se stacked precursor │ ,pp.113120 (9Pages)
5.	2024/08/15	Water-splitting Reactor Comprising a Combination of TiO2-based Photoelectrochemical Cell and Serially Connected TiO2/Se Heterojunction Photovoltaic Devices │ Sensors and Materials │ 36 (8),pp.3367-3380
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2025/04/09	Zero-Energy Neuromorphic Visual Computing with Photocurrent-Based Memory in ZnMgO/Se Synapses
2.	2024/11/15	Graphene / Silver Nanowire Stacked Flexible Transparent Conducting Electrode for Flexible Photovoltaic Applications
3.	2024/11/15	Piezophototronics effect of n-ZnMgO/p-Se hetero junction and its application to strain sensing
4.	2024/11/15	Se thin film based photovoltaic devices with low temperature electrochemical oxidized TiO2 window layer
5.	2024/04/24	Investigating The Interplay of Piezoelectricity and Synaptic Plasticity in Se-Based Photodiodes for Optically Controlled Memristors on Flexible Substrates
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Other research achievements
1.	2013/09	Impacts of Heat-Light-Soaking on Transparent Conducting ZnO:B Thin Films Grown by MOCVD (Highlighted in Meeting Scene® newsletter (http://www.mrs.org/2013-mrs-jsap-meeting-scene-day-2/))

Winning science prize
1.	2024/03/20	Wiley Wiley社より2022年1月～2022年12月のTop Downloaded Articleに選出 (Formation of Micro-Patterned Ga2O3/Se Heterojunction and its Application to HighlySensitive Avalanche Photodiode(PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI (A) - APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE))

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2009 ～ 2011	Research on micromachine technology for transplantation surgery based on tissue engineering