南木 創

Biography: Tsukuru Minamiki received his Ph.D. from Department of Organic Materials Engineering, Yamagata University in 2016. After being appointed as JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Tokyo (2016-2018), and Researcher (2018-2025) at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), he is currently Senior Researcher (2025-present) at AIST. Between 2021 and 2025 he was also a JST PRESTO Researcher (concurrent). His research includes materials science, supramolecular surface chemistry, and molecular devices and their applications in chemical sensing.

Research: The nanoscopic fields exhibit strange features owing to heterophase intersections and molecular competitions. For instance, molecular behaviors at nano-interfaces/spaces are much different from those in the bulk phase. In the context of these knowledges, our research focuses on the development of precise and adjustable manipulation strategies of nanoscopic fields and their functions by materials engineering-based approaches. Furthermore, we keep trying the application of these nanoscopic functions to analytical chemistry and organic electronics.