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Toshiaki Enoki (Japanese: 榎 敏明; born December 4, 1946) is a Japanese physical chemist.[1][2] After earning his Ph.D. from Kyoto University, he was appointed as a research associate at the Institute for Molecular Science in 1977.[3] His early research focused on the electronic and magnetic properties of organic conductors [3] and graphite intercalation compounds [4], with particular emphasis on hydrogen adsorption into graphitic galleries.[3] In 1987, he joined the Tokyo Institute of Technology (now the Institute of Science Tokyo) as an associate professor and was promoted to full professor in 1991.[1] During this period, his research interests shifted toward graphene - a single atomic layer of graphite and related carbon-based materials, particularly nanosized graphene, or nanographene. Enoki’s primary focus became the unique geometrical dependence of nanographene sheets in determining their electronic and magnetic properties. In 1996, M. Fujita theoretically predicted the existence of a localized nonbonding state - known as an edge state at the carbon atoms along the zigzag edges of a graphene sheet.[5] Enoki later confirmed the presence of this edge state experimentally using scanning tunneling microscopy,[6] He has contributed to understanding of the electronic, magnetic, and chemical properties of nanographene and related carbon-based materials.[7][8][9]
- 1969: BS, Kyoto University
- 1974: PhD, Kyoto University
- 1977: Research Associate, Institute for Molecular Science
- 1984: Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology[10]
- 1987: Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- 1991: Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- 2000, 2002 - 2004:Visiting Professor, Universite de Rennes I[11][12]
- 2003-2004: Visiting Professor, Institute for Molecular Science[13][14]
- 2012 : Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- 2012-2022: Program Officer, Japan Science and Technology Agency
- 2016-2018: Visiting Fellow, Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute[15]
Honors and awards
- 2004: The Carbon Society of Japan Award[16]
- 2005: Honorary Member (H145), Materials Research Society of India[17]
- 2008: The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan[18]
- 2009: The Award by the Japan Society for Molecular Science (1 st)[19]
- 2011: The Chemical Society of Japan Award "Edge state of Nanographene and its Electronic and Magnetic Properties"[20]
- 2013: Honorary Member, Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences[21]
- 2015: Prof. C. N. R. Rao Award Lecture, Chemical Research Society of India[22]
- 2016: Mizushima-Raman Lecture, Chemical Research Society of India[23]
- 2016: Rudolf Zahradník Honorary Lecture Award, Palacky University, the Czech Republic[24]
- 2020: Honorary Member, the Japan Society for Molecular Science[25]
References
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- 1 2 3 Enoki, Toshiaki; Miyazaki, Akira (2004-11-01). "Magnetic TTF-Based Charge-Transfer Complexes". Chemical Reviews. 104 (11): 5449–5478. doi:10.1021/cr0306438. ISSN 0009-2665. PMID 15535656.
- ↑ Enoki, Toshiaki (10 April 2003). Graphite Intercalation Compounds and Applications. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780197561409.
- ↑ Fujita, Mitsutaka; Wakabayashi, Katsunori; Nakada, Kyoko; Kusakabe, Koichi (1996-07-15). "Peculiar Localized State at Zigzag Graphite Edge". Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 65 (7): 1920–1923. Bibcode:1996JPSJ...65.1920F. doi:10.1143/JPSJ.65.1920. ISSN 0031-9015.
- ↑ Kobayashi, Yousuke; Fukui, Ken-ichi; Enoki, Toshiaki; Kusakabe, Koichi; Kaburagi, Yutaka (2005-05-25). "Observation of zigzag and armchair edges of graphite using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy". Physical Review B. 71 (19) 193406. arXiv:cond-mat/0503472. Bibcode:2005PhRvB..71s3406K. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.71.193406. ISSN 1098-0121.
- ↑ Dresselhaus, Mildred S.; Araujo, Paulo T. (2010-11-23). "Perspectives on the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for Graphene". ACS Nano. 4 (11): 6297–6302. Bibcode:2010ACSNa...4.6297D. doi:10.1021/nn1029789. ISSN 1936-0851. PMID 21090813.
- ↑ Fujii, Shintaro; Enoki, Toshiaki (2013-10-15). "Nanographene and Graphene Edges: Electronic Structure and Nanofabrication". Accounts of Chemical Research. 46 (10): 2202–2210. doi:10.1021/ar300120y. ISSN 0001-4842. PMID 24383129.
- ↑ "Physics and Chemistry of Graphene (Second Edition)". Jenny Stanford Publishing. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- ↑ Enoki, Toshiaki (2018-03-20). "From Graphite Intercalation Compounds to Nanographene: Many Years of Collaboration". Celebrating Millie.
- ↑ "NANOCON 2016". nanocon2016.tanger.cz. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
- ↑ "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
- ↑ "Organization and staff of the Institute for Molecular Science, Annual Review 2004, the Institute for Molecular Science" (PDF). the Institute for Molecular Science, Japan. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
- ↑ "Annual Review in 2003, Institute for Molecular Science" (PDF). Institute of Molecular Science, Japan. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
- ↑ "Research fellow - Research, Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute 研究|公益財団法人 豊田理化学研究所". 公益財団法人 豊田理化学研究所 (Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-07-25.
- ↑ "The Carbon Society of Japan Award in 2024 (2004年度 炭素材料学会賞)". Official home page of the Carbon Society of Japan (炭素材料学会 in Japanese) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-07-19.
- ↑ "List for the honorary members of Materials Research Society of India" (PDF).
- ↑ ""The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" in "Science and technology supported by the public" Table 2-4-1, on page 218" (PDF). Retrieved 2026-07-19.
- ↑ "List for the Japan Society for Molecular Science Award (分子科学会 分子科会賞 in Japanese)". Official website of Japan Society for Molecular Science. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
- ↑ "Edge state of Nanographene and its Electronic and Magnetic Properties". The Chemical Society of Japan. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
- ↑ "Honorary Members | A.F. Ioffe Institute of Physics". www.ioffe.ru. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
- ↑ "Prof. C.N.R. Rao Award Lecture – Chemical Research Society of India". Retrieved 2026-07-19.
- ↑ "Revisiting the 26 Years of the Japan-India Science Council" (PDF). Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
- ↑ "Rudolf Zahradník Lectures Series - Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials". Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials(RCPTM). Retrieved 2026-07-19.
- ↑ "Honorary Member (名誉会員 in Japanese)". Japan Society for molecular Science(分子科学会 in Japanese) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-07-19.