SHUN DEKURA

Project Research Associate
The Institute For Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo
5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
Phone/Fax: 04-7136-3410
E-mail: s.dekura [at] issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp
(please replace [at] with @)
Education
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Mar. 2013
Bachelor of Science, Kyoto University, Japan
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Mar. 2015
Master of Science, Kyoto University, Japan
(Prof. Hiroshi Kitagawa) -
Jan. 2019
Ph.D. (Science), Kyoto University, Japan
(Prof. Hiroshi Kitagawa)
Employment
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Apr. 2015–
Mar. 2018Research Fellow (DC1)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan
(Prof. Hiroshi Kitagawa's Group) -
Apr. 2018–
Sep. 2018Academic Affairs Assistant
Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan
(Prof. Hiroshi Kitagawa's Group) -
Oct. 2018–
Project Research Associate
The Institute for Solid State Physics (ISSP), The University of Tokyo, Japan
(Prof. Hatsumi Mori's Group)
Fields of Expertise
- Solid-State Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Nano Material Science
Main Papers
- “Isotropic Anhydrous Superprotonic Conductivity Cooperated with Installed Imidazolium Molecular Motions in a 3D Hydrogen-Bonded Phosphate Network”
S. Dekura,* M. Mizuno, H. Mori,*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. e202212872 (2022). - “Vapochromism induced by intermolecular electron transfer coupled with hydrogen-bond formation in zinc dithiolene complex”
S. Yokomori, S. Dekura,* T. Fujino, M. Kawamura, T. Ozaki, H. Mori*
J. Mater. Chem. C, 8, 14939-14947, (2020). - “Anhydrous Purely Organic Solid-State Proton Conductors: Effects of Molecular Dynamics on the Proton Conductivity of Imidazolium Hydrogen Dicarboxylates”
Y. Sunairi, S. Dekura, A. Ueda, T. Ida, M. Mizuno, H. Mori*
J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., 89, 051008, (2020). SPECIAL TOPICS: Frontier of Hydrogen Science - “New Insights on the Formation Process and Thermodynamics of the α-Phase PdH(D)x through Direct Enthalpy Measurement of H(D) Dissolution”
S. Dekura, H. Akiba, O. Yamamuro,* H. Kobayashi, M. Maesato, H. Kitagawa*
J. Phys. Chem. C, 124(16), 8663-8668, (2020). - “Hydrogen in Palladium and Storage Properties of Palladium and Related Nanomaterials: Size, Shape, Alloying, and Metal–Organic Framework Coating Effects”
S. Dekura, H. Kobayashi, K. Kusada, H. Kitagawa*
ChemPhysChem, 20, 1158-1176 (2019). - “The Electronic State of Hydrogen in the α Phase of the Hydrogen‐Storage Material PdH(D)x: Does a Chemical Bond Between Palladium and Hydrogen Exist?”
S. Dekura, H. Kobayashi, R. Ikeda, M. Maesato, H. Yoshino, M. Ohba, T. Ishimoto, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, S. Yoshioka, S. Matsumura, T. Sugiyama, H. Kitagawa*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 57, 9823-9827 (2018).
Awards
- The Best Young Scientist Encouragement Award, The 15th Joint Research Meeting of MEXT National Projects on Condensed-Matter Science, Nov. 2021 (Online)
Awarded Research Title: "Developments of anhydrous organic proton conductors by utilizing internal degrees of freedom of molecules" - Student Presentation Award, The 98th Annual Meeting of Chemical Society of Japan, Mar. 2018 (Chiba, Japan)
- Best Presentation Award, The 11th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Molecular Science, Sep. 2017 (Miyagi, Japan)
- Young Scientist Oral Presentation Award, The 69th Divisional Meeting of Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Sep. 2017 (Hyogo, Japan)
- Student Presentation Award, The 97th Annual Meeting of Chemical Society of Japan, Mar. 2017 (Kanagawa, Japan)
- Best Presentation Award, 2016 KYOTO-KAIST-NTHU Junior Chemist Symposium, Feb. 2016 (Kyoto, Japan)
Research Funding
- Apr. 2022-Mar. 2023 The Noguchi Institute Research Foundation
"プロトン互変異性による新規伝導機構に基づく無加湿燃料電池の固体電解質開発" - Apr. 2020-Mar. 2022 Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
"分子ダイナミクスを活用した無水有機固体超プロトン伝導体の開発" - Apr. 2015-Mar. 2018 Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow
"革新的水素機能性ナノ材料の創製及び分光学的手法を用いたメカニズムの解明"
Academic Society Membership
- The Chemical Society of Japan
- Japan Society for Molecular Science
- The Physical Society of Japan
- The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Society of Japan
- Hydrogenomics Alliance, Japan