2013 PCCP – Chemical Society of Japan Prizes

A prize ceremony was held at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan for the winners of the 2013 PCCP Prizes for Outstanding Achievement of Young Scientists in Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics. The winners each received a commemorative book, a PCCP Prize certificate and a financial award.

PCCP-CSJ prize award ceremony 2013

Top left to top right: Prof. Eiichi Nakamura, Mr Nobuyuki Kawashima (CSJ Secretary General). Bottom left to bottom right: Dr Robert Parker (RSC Chief Executive), Dr Yasuhide Inokuma (Prizewinner), Dr Yusuke Yamauchi (Prizewinner), Dr Yasutomo Segawa (Prizewinner), Prof. Kohei Tamao (CSJ President).

The prizewinners:

  • Dr Yusuke Yamauchi (National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)) for his work on “Nano-to-Microgram Scale X-ray Crystallography of Non-crystalline Compounds Using Crystalline Sponges”
  • Dr Yasutomo Segawa (Nagoya University) for his research on “Size-selective Synthesis and Optical Properties of Carbon Nanorings”
  • Dr Yasuhide Inokuma (The University of Tokyo) for his work on “Rational Synthesis of Nanoporous Platinum Particles with Multiple Architectures toward Highly Active Electrocatalysts”
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