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FeatureOkayama University launches “Discovery Program for Global Learners”

News・ Okayama University Hospital successfully conducts lung transplant surgery from brain-deaddonor to Japan’s youngest recipient・ Communauté Université Grenoble Alpes delegation visits Okayama University to strengthen
partnership
・ Commemorative symposium for the opening of the Okayama University-Wayne State University
Joint Research Laboratory (OU-SCEED)・ Ninth course students of Okayama-Hue International Master’s Program meet their sponsors
・ Shunsuke Shimada of the Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology selected as one of
the “30 Under 30 Asia” Young Entrepreneurs

Research Highlights
・ Mechanism of photosynthetic water-splitting revealed by an X-ray free electron laser
・ Innovative carbon nanotube photocatalytic materials for efficient solar energy conversion andhydrogen production
・ Reassessing nomenclature for ‘horned turban’ snail
・ Infrared spectroscopy: Nanostructured metamaterials identify the chemical nature of tinymolecules

TopicsRadio Message from International Students (World Heartful Message)

Further information
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FeatureOkayama University launches “Discovery Program for Global Learners”
A new innovative, multidisciplinary undergraduate program for globally-minded students in Japan andoverseas starts October 2017. Students can pursue their undergraduate degree entirely in English, or by
combining English-based and Japanese-based courses.
With over 140 years of history and an international reputation for excellence in research and education,
Okayama University graduates have made significant contributions to society in the areas of sciences andengineering, arts and social sciences, medicine, dentistry, and pharmaceutical sciences. To further theuniversity’s fundamental mission of “promoting stable and sustainable advancement of human society,”the university will launch the Discovery Program for Global Learners, leading to a Bachelor of Arts andSciences, in October 2017.
“The Discovery Program for Global Learners aims to nurture young leaders who will take active roles on
the global stage,” says Ayami Nakatani, director of the program.
Overview of the Discovery Program for Global Learners
The salience of the program is that the students can pursue their degree entirely in English if they wish, amajor shift from the majority of universities in Japan. At the same time, the Discovery Program also
allows students to take courses taught in Japanese. Another distinctive feature of the program is thediverse student body, consisting of 30 students selected through domestic application, 30 selected throughinternational application, and few through International Baccalaureate application. They may include,
but are not limited to, Japanese students who completed their secondary education in Japan, international
students who completed their education overseas, students of all nationalities who were born and raised inJapan by one or more foreign-born parent, and Japanese students who have lived in multi-lingual
environments.
Students can select courses from two tracks:
 The Japanese-based Open Track allows students to pursue their studies mainly in the University’s
ten existing faculties, ranging from humanities and social sciences to natural sciences and engineering.
 The English-based Discovery Track consists of three clusters: (1) Social Innovation and
Entrepreneurship, (2) Cultural Diversity and Communities, and (3) Transdisciplinary Sciences for
Global Sustainability).
The important point about the Discovery Program is that students can customize and design their own
curriculum and areas of study to fit their career goals. Through practical experiences such as fieldwork,
internships, and scientific collaboration with faculty members, students can also develop multidisciplinary skills to tackle wide-ranging global issues.

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Curriculum of the Discovery Program for Global Learners

Details about the English-based Discovery Track
The Transdisciplinary Sciences for Global Sustainability cluster is designed to instill students withknowledge and skills in environmental engineering, agricultural science, and astrochemistry. Specificmodules offered in the areas of Astronomical and Atmospheric Spectroscopy, Environmental Chemical
Engineering, and Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
The Cultural Diversity and Communities cluster covers sociology and anthropology, with modules on“Japan and Beyond,” “Migration and Communities,” and “Environment and Health” for deeper insights
into people’s beliefs and practices.
In the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship cluster, students will learn to devise innovative solutions
to issues such as poverty and environmental degradation through coursework on economics, management,
and philanthropy. Specific courses are subcategorized in the following modules: “Economics andManagement,” “Social Business and Entrepreneurship,” and “Philanthropy and Nonprofit Management.”
Support for attaining bilingual communication skills
Multilingual education is an important factor to successfully achieve the goals of the Discovery Program.
Students in the English based-track are strongly encouraged to take Japanese language classes forinternational students offered by the university. Students will meet regularly with their advisors to design
personal study plans to meet their individual needs and long-term goals.

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The faculty and the staff of the Discovery Program
The diverse and multidisciplinary nature of the Discovery
Program is reflected in the program faculty, who
represent six nationalities and speak ten languages. The
faculty and staff will support students in their student
life, including academic and career guidance, andpreparation for graduate school.
Message from the Director

The staff of the Discovery Program“We welcome students with an entrepreneurial spirit,
innovative minds, and a strong will to commit themselves
to intercultural and interdisciplinary collaboration.”
Okayama University looks forward to welcoming young
and motivated students on a new and exciting journey ofmultidisciplinary Discovery!
Okayama University President Hirofumi Makino withsome international students at the university.

Further information about application procedures and scholarships
1. General information
http://discovery.okayama-u.ac.jp/en/
2. Scholarships and financial aid
http://discovery.okayama-u.ac.jp/en/admissions/scholarships/
3. Okayama University
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/index_e.html

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News

Okayama University Hospital successfully conducts lung transplant surgery frombrain-dead donor to Japan’s youngest recipient
Surgeons at Okayama University Hospital successfullytransplanted both lungs donated from a boy younger
than six who had been declared brain dead, into a oneyear old girl.
The surgery started shortly after nine o’clock in themorning on May 11th and was successfully completed
after about six and a half hours at around three thirty
in the afternoon. The girl is expected to be released fromthe hospital in about two months. Her parents said,“We think that the donated lungs will live on with ourdaughter. We hope she will grow big and enjoy theboy’s share of life together with them.”

Professor Takahiro Oto (right) and other medical staff
performing the lung transplant surgery on the one year old
girl.

Professor Takahiro Oto of the Okayama University
Hospital Transplantation Center, who performed thesurgical procedure, said, “I am relieved that we could
continue the patient’s life, linking it with the precious
life of the boy who died and the wishes of his family.”Previously, the youngest lung transplant patient inJapan was a two year old boy who received parts of alung from a living donor in September 2014; thissurgery was also performed by Professor Takahiro Oto.

Okayama University Hospital

Further information
Okayama University (English page)
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/eng/news/index_id6774.html
Okayama University (Japanese page)

http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/tp/news/news_id6701.html

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Communauté Université Grenoble Alpes delegation visits Okayama University tostrengthen partnership
A delegation from the Communauté Université
Grenoble Alpes in France visited Okayama University
President Hirofumi Makino, on 15 May 2017.
Communauté Université Grenoble Alpes and Okayama
University signed a university level agreement ofcooperation and student exchange appendix in
September 2015.
The visiting delegation included Professor JeanneDuvallet, Vice President in charge of International
Relations at Grenoble Institute of Technology; Ms.
Elisa Glangeau, Head of the International Relations
Office; and Ms. Anne Fracchia, Head of the
Administration of the “Collège des Ecoles Doctorales".
During the meeting, President Makino said, “Achieving
a fruitful academic relationship is the main objective ofour partnership with Grenoble. And in the future wewant to strengthen our partnership, including medicalrelated collaborations.”

Group photograph to commemorative the visit.

During their visit Professor Duvallet and her colleagues
Meeting to exchange views on future collaborations.
also had a meeting about research exchange with
Executive Vice President for International Affairs
Hiroshi Kanzaki, Executive Vice President for Research Daiji Takeuchi, researchers from Okayama
University, and exchange students from the Communauté Université Grenoble Alpes.
During the meeting, the representatives from Okayama University’s explained the structure and contentsof postgraduate education courses and the Discovery Program for Global Learners. The participants also
took this opportunity to share opinions on future exchanges between both universities.
To date, Okayama University and the Communauté Université Grenoble Alpes have been conducting joint
studies on collaborative research and student exchanges. This visit is expected to further strengthen ties
between our two universities.

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Further information
Okayama University (English page)
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/eng/news/index_id6771.html
Okayama University (Japanese page)

http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/tp/news/news_id6704.html

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News

Commemorative symposium for the opening of the Okayama University-Wayne
State University Joint Research Laboratory (OU-SCEED)
Okayama University and Wayne State University(WSU), Detroit, MI, USA, have jointly launched the
Okayama University-Wayne State University Joint
Research Laboratory (OU-SCEED) in the WSU campus
to strengthen and promote international collaborative
research. A symposium to commemorative the launchof the OU-SCEED was held 20-21 February 2017.
Executive Vice President for Research Shin-ichi
Yamamoto (at the time), Vice Executive Director for
Research Shuichi Furuya, and Vice President forInternational and Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs
Masaharu Seno, attended the symposium on behalf ofOkayama University. WSU Provost Keith Whitfield,
and Vice President for Research Stephen Lanier, andother dignitaries from WSU participated in a discussion
on the education and research activities at Okayama
University as well as strategies for enhancing
collaborative research between the two universities.

Provost Keith Whitfield and Executive Vice President
Shin-ichi Yamamoto (at the time) (left)

Okayama University and WSU concluded anagreement between the universities in February 2014,and have been collaborating in education and researchexchanges in the fields of medicine and biotechnology.
Okayama University is internationally recognized for its
Research Laboratory (OU-SCEED) at the WSU campus.
cutting edge research and globally inspired education
programs and will continue to foster mutually beneficial relationships in research and education withhighly respected universities and institutes worldwide.
Further information
Okayama University (English page)
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/eng/news/index_id6737.html

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Ninth course students of Okayama-Hue International Master’s Program meet theirsponsors
On 26 April 2017 eight students from Vietnam of theninth course students of the Okayama-Hue
International Master’s Program—a joint program
between Okayama University and Hue University,
Vietnam—met the companies
sponsoring
theirscholarships after their arrival in Japan. Speaking inJapanese, the students expressed their gratitude to theirsponsors for providing them with an environment where
they can devote themselves to study and described theirimpressions of Okayama City and Okayama University
and their enthusiasm for their research during theirmaster’s program.

Commemorative photograph.

Under this program, Vietnamese students in environmental and agricultural studies receive education fora year and a half in Vietnam, after which they transfer into the master’s course of the Graduate School ofEnvironmental and Life Science at Okayama University as second-year students and will receive amaster’s degree upon completing the course. The scholarship links the Vietnamese students in a one-onone relationship with the supporting companies or individuals who endorse the program’s principles.
Attending the ceremonial meeting were Okayama University’s Executive Vice President for International
Affairs Hiroshi Kanzaki, and Executive Vice President for Education Hiroshi Sano. The sponsors provided
words of encouragement, saying, “We think you will find research arduous, but we hope you will visit
many places in Okayama, interact with many people, and serve as a bridge between Japan and Vietnam
after your return home, telling people there about the good things in Okayama. Please take care of yourhealth and do your best during your year here.”
Further information
Okayama University (English page)
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/eng/news/index_id6770.html
Okayama University (Japanese page)

http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/tp/news/news_id6665.html

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Shunsuke Shimada of the Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology
selected as one of the “30 Under 30 Asia” Young Entrepreneurs
On April 13, Mr. Shunsuke Shimada, a senior in the
Okayama University Faculty of Environmental Scienceand Technology’s Department of Environmental
Chemistry and Materials, was selected by the worldrenowned American business magazine Forbes as one of
the “30 Under 30 Asia” young entrepreneurs in theretail and e-commerce division.
Mr. Shimada is a participant in the “Okayama
University Venture Laboratory,” in which students who
Mr. Shunsuke Shimada (Right)
are aiming to startup businesses have got together. Twoyears ago, in a nationwide business plan contest for university students, Mr. Shimada won the top prize
for a plan for developing original style jeans using crowd funding to raise startup money through theInternet. In April last year, he launched the denim products planning and sales company “EVERYDENIM” with his brother. Staging try-on events for people to see how they like his jeans, Mr. Shimada
has endeavored to spread the word about the allure of high-quality Kojima denim from Kurashiki City.
“After graduation, I want to develop this business model further and have this lead on to worldwide sales,”Mr. Shimada said enthusiastically.

Further information
Okayama University (English page)
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/eng/news/index_id6739.html
Okayama University (Japanese page)

http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/tp/news/news_id6653.html

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Research Highlights

Mechanism of photosynthetic water-splitting revealed by an X-ray free electron laser
Photosystem II (PSII) is a huge membrane-protein
complex that catalyzes light-induced water-splitting,leading to the generation of protons and molecularoxygen. This reaction converts light-energy from the
Sun into chemical energy that is required to sustain
almost all living activities on Earth. The watersplitting reaction is catalyzed by a Mn4CaO5-cluster
embedded within the protein matrix of PSII, andproceeds through five intermediate states called Sistates. The structures of PSII and the Mn4CaO5-cluster
have been resolved with atomic resolution, however,mechanisms governing water-splitting are unclear due
to the lack of intermediate structures of the enzyme.

Structural changes of the Mn4CaO5-cluster induced by two
flashes illumination. S1-state: without illumination; S3state: after two flashes illumination.

Now, Michihiro Suga, Fusamichi Akita, Jian-Ren Shen at Okayama University, and colleagues atinstitutes including Kyoto University, RIKEN, have clarified and resolved the structure of the Mn4CaO5cluster at S3-state—an intermediate state that exists immediately before the formation of molecularoxygen, generated by two flashes of optical illumination. They employed a pump-probe method where twolaser flashes were used to pump the enzyme to the intermediate state, and the X-ray diffraction data werecollected by a serial-femtosecond crystallography method using femtosecond X-ray free electron lasers(XFEL) at SACLA, Japan.
The results showed the insertion of a new oxygen atom (water molecule) close to an already existing oxooxygen termed O5, enabling the formation of molecular oxygen between O5 and the newly inserted oxygen
atom (O6). This clearly demonstrated the mechanism governing the water-splitting reaction catalyzed by
PSII, and provided a blueprint for design and synthesis of efficient artificial catalysts that in the future
could be utilized in artificial photosynthesis to produce clean and renewable energy from the Sun.
Reference:
Authors
Michihiro Suga, Fusamichi Akita, Michihiro Sugahara, Minoru Kubo,Yoshiki Nakajima, Takanori
Nakane, Keitaro Yamashita, Yasufumi Umena, Makoto Nakabayashi, Takahiro Yamane, Takamitsu
Nakano, Mamoru Suzuki, Tetsuya Masuda, Shigeyuki Inoue, Tetsunari Kimura, Takashi Nomura,
Shinichiro Yonekura, Long-Jiang Yu, Tomohiro Sakamoto, Taiki Motomura, Jing-Hua Chen, Yuki Kato,
Takumi Noguchi, Kensuke Tono, Yasumasa Joti, Takashi Kameshima, Takaki Hatsui, Eriko Nango,
Rie Tanaka, Hisashi Naitow , Yoshinori Matsuura, Ayumi Yamashita, Masaki Yamamoto, Osamu
Nureki, Makina Yabashi, Tetsuya, Ishikawa, So Iwata and Jian-Ren Shen.

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Title of original paper
Light-induced structural changes and the site of O=O bond formation in PSII caught by XFEL.
JournalNature 543, 131-135 (2017).
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1038/nature21400
Journal website
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v543/n7643/full/nature21400.html
Affiliations
Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Okayama University

Reference (Okayama University e-Bulletin) : Jian-Ren Shen’s teame-Bulletin vol.1：
Professor Jian-Ren Shen’s research clarifying the mechanism governing plant photosynthesis is chosen
as one of the runners-up for ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ by AAAS Science for 2011.
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/news/vol1/news_001.html
e-Bulletin vol.1：
Water splitting: Ultrahigh resolution data reveals reaction mechanisms
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/research_highlights/vol1/highlights_004.html

e-Bulletin vol.3：
Jian-Ren Shen is awarded the prestigious 2012 Asahi Prize
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/news/vol3/news_001.html
e-Bulletin vol.4：
Tofu-like crystalline catalysts: Demystifying the reaction mechanisms of photosynthesis and thepotential for an unlimited source of clean energy
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/feature/vol4/feature_001.html
e-Bulletin vol.12：
Damage-free structure of photosystem II and the synthesis of model compounds for water-oxidation
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/research_highlights/vol12/highlights_002.html

e-Bulletin vol.12：
Exploring the structural basis for high-efficiency energy transfer in photosynthetic organisms
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/research_highlights/vol12/highlights_001.html

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Research Highlights

Innovative carbon nanotube photocatalytic materials for efficient solar energy
conversion and hydrogen production
The unique properties of semiconducting single-walledcarbon nanotubes (s-SWCNTs) offer significant
advantages over organic molecules, semiconducting
polymers, and solid-state semiconductors for wide
ranging applications. In particular, s-SWCNT arepotentially highly effective active absorption layers inthin-film solar cells because the optical absorption
bands—that depend on the chiral indices, (n,m)—of sSWCNTs exhibit excellent overlap with the useful solar
spectrum range of the Sun’s radiation.

Absorption spectrum of s-SWCNTs (black line) overlaid withsolar spectrum (yellow line).

However, in other applications of carbon nanotubes,
there have not been any reports on the use of sSWCNTs as components of photocatalysts for splitting
water into hydrogen (photocatalytic H2) althoughphotocatalytic-based water splitting is expected to be a
key technology for solar energy conversion andsustainable production of hydrogen.
Now, Yutaka Takaguchi and colleagues at Okayama
University, Yamaguchi University, and Tokyo
University of Science report on the observation ofphotocatalytic H2 evolution from water triggered byphotoexcitation of s-SWCNTs.

Illustration of SWCNT photocatalysts consisting of the sSWCNT/C60 coaxial heterojunction.

The researchers fabricated a structure consisting of a s-SWCNT/C60 coaxial heterojunction by a selforganization technique using fullerodendron to make s-SWCNT act as a photocatalyst. This
heterojunction was used to induce the highly efficient H2 evolution reaction from water, where the (8,3) SWCNT/fullerodendron coaxial photocatalyst shows H2-evolving activity (QY = 0.015) upon 680-nm
illumination, which is E22 absorption of (8, 3) SWCNT.
Due to strong absorption coefficients and ease of modifying s-SWCNTs, the CNT-photocatalyst could be
a powerful candidate as a material for solar energy conversion and H2 production without CO2 emission.

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Reference
Authors
Noritake Murakami, Yuto Tango, Hideaki Miyake, Tomoyuki Tajima, Yuta Nishina, Wataru Kurashige,
Yuichi Negishi, Yutaka Takaguchi
Title of original paper
SWCNT photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water upon photoexcitation of (8,3) SWCNT at
680-nm light
JournalScientific Reports 7, 43445 (2017).
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1038/srep43445
Journal website
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep43445
Affiliations
Graduate School of Environmental & Life Science, Okayama University.
Department website (Japanese page)
http://www.ecm.okayama-u.ac.jp/organic/

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Research Highlights

Reassessing nomenclature for ‘horned turban’ snail
The ‘horned turban’ is well known to people mainly inJapan, Korea, and China as an edible marine snail. The
species of Japan and Korea was known as Turbocornutus Lightfoot, 1786 (Sazae in Japanese; Fig. 1) andthe Chinese one as T. chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995
(Nankai-sazae; Fig. 2). The first literature record of T.
cornutus was published 250 years ago (Fig. 3) and thename was globally accepted.
However, Hiroshi Fukuda, at the Graduate School ofEnvironmental and Life Science, Okayama University
discovered the existence of nomenclatural confusion forthese two species. He reviewed their history sinceoriginal descriptions based on examination of oldliterature and re-defined the identities of the two species
in accordance with the International Code of Zoological
Nomenclature.

Fig. 1. Turbo sazae from Japan.

Turbo cornutus is not identifiable with the species ofJapan and Korea. It should be restricted to the species
endemic to southern China and Taiwan. Turbo chinensis
is the junior synonym and invalid.
Turbo japonicus Reeve, 1848 has long been believed to
be a junior synonym of T. cornutus, but Reeve’s namecontains two distinctly different species. One of them isa species known only from Mauritius and Réunion, in
spite of the name ‘japonicus’. Subsequent authors
validated the name for species in Mauritius. AnotherT. japonicus by Reeve is the horned turban of Japan,
but this is the junior homonym of the aforementioned
T. japonicus from Mauritius, and is unfortunately,invalid.
Surprisingly, the horned turban of Japan and Korea did
not have any valid scientific names. Thus, Turbo sazae
Fukuda, 2017 was proposed for this species as a new
replacement name for the invalid T. japonicus.

Fig. 2. Turbo cornutus from China. Photo by Dr Yuichi
Kameda of the National Science Museum, Tokyo.

Fig. 3. The original illustration of the type specimen of
Turbo cornutus from China, after Davila (1767).

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The complicated history of the nomenclature for these species was caused by ‘Chinese whispers’ by
zoologists over 250 years, partly because the species were very common for all the researchers and nobody
suspected the misidentification.

Reference
AuthorHiroshi Fukuda
Title of original paper
Nomenclature of the horned turbans previously known as Turbo cornutus [Lightfoot], 1786 andTurbo chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995 (Vetigastropoda: Trochoidea: Turbinidae) from China, Japanand Korea
JournalMolluscan Research (2017).
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1080/13235818.2017.1314741
Journal website
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13235818.2017.1314741
Affiliations
Conservation of Aquatic Biodiversity, Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama
University.
Department website (Japanese page)
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/agr/profile/nougaku04_4.html

Reference (Okayama University e-Bulletin) : Fukuda’s teame-Bulletin vol.10：
Discovery of a remarkable new species of land snail restricted to arid environments in small islands andcoastal areas of the central Seto Inland Sea, Japan
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/research_highlights/vol10/highlights_001.html

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Infrared spectroscopy: Nanostructured metamaterials identify the chemical natureof tiny molecules
Infrared (IR) absorption spectroscopy plays a central
role in materials and life sciences and security detection
for the direct analysis of molecular fingerprints,
including molecular structures, composition, andenvironment.
However, IR inspection of extremely small amounts ofmolecules is challenging due to background IR noise,hence there is a high demand for enhancing the signal
quality of this technique.

Fig.1. Researchers at Okayama University have created a
new IR spectroscopic technique utilizing an engineered
metamaterial to enhance the signal quality. Trials on apolymer nano-film showed a distinct IR absorption at the
zeptomole level, corresponding to a few thousand organic
molecules.

Now, Atsushi Ishikawa and Kenji Tsuruta at Okayama
University, in the collaboration with RIKEN, Japan,
have developed a novel metamaterial—an engineered optical material— to manipulate IR light in thedesired manner. The metamaterial could then harness the unwanted background noise, thereby
dramatically boosting the ultimate sensing capability of IR spectroscopy.
The researchers came up with a unique asymmetric metamaterial design, made of 20 nm gold films on asilicon substrate (Fig.1) to rotate the polarization, that is the orientation of IR wave oscillations, during
measurements. In this way, the molecules attached on the metamaterial showed different polarizationfrom the others, and the researchers were able to detect only the target molecular signal by totallyeliminating the unwanted background light.
The capabilities of the new metamaterial were tested by identifying the vibrational stretching of carbon-oxide
double bonds in a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) nano-film. The measurement showed a distinct IRabsorption of carbon-oxide stretching, achieving zeptomole sensitivity with a dramatically enhanced signal
quality (Fig.1).

The new metamaterial approach developed by the team enabled highly-detailed IR measurements of tinymolecules at the zeptomole level, corresponding to a few thousand organic molecules. The researchers
expect their new technique will open doors to the development of ultrasensitive IR inspection technologies
for sophisticated applications, such as environmental monitoring and analysis of human breath fordiagnostics.

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Reference
Authors
Atsushi Ishikawa, Shuhei Hara, Takuo Tanaka, Yasuhiko Hayashi, and Kenji Tsuruta
Title of original paper
Cross-polarized surface-enhanced
metamaterials

infrared

spectroscopybyFano-resonant

asymmetric

JournalScientific Reports 7, 3205 (2017).
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1038/s41598-017-03545-8
Journal website
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-03545-8
Affiliations
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University.
Department website
http://www.ec.okayama-u.ac.jp/~mdd/index.html

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TopicsRadio Message from International Students (World Heartful Message)
Okayama University is now broadcasting an internet
radio program in which international students who havecome to study at Okayama University from countries allover the world talk on topics such as their life asinternational students, what it is like to live in Okayama
City, and their research themes in English or their native
languages.
Ms. Su Su Maw of the Graduate School of Health
Sciences (Doctor’s Course) from Myanmar talks about
her research and future.

Ms. Su Su Maw (left)

Further information
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q40MtmXquCs&index=2&list=PLJikPQT
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Radio Message from International Students
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Okayama University Image Movie (YouTube 2)
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YouTube 2◆About Okayama University
Okayama University is one of the largest comprehensive universities inJapan with roots going back to the Medical Training Place sponsored by the
Lord of Okayama and established in 1870. Now with 1,300 faculty and13,000 students, the University offers courses in specialties ranging frommedicine and pharmacy to humanities and physical sciences.
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