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Yu YAO’s Research Blog
Thoughts, experiments, people, and moments along the way.
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Septemper 28-30, 2026 — Visit to Universities in Thailand
From September 28 to 30, I visited Thailand with colleagues from The University of Osaka. Over the three days, we met with faculty members and students, shared our research, and introduced graduate…
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Septemper 9, 2026 – The 138th CATSJ Meeting
I attended the 138th CATSJ Meeting (第138回触媒討論会) held at Kumamoto University with two of my students. It was a great opportunity to learn from researchers working in the same field and to…
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August 8, 2026 – EDS Mapping and HAADF-STEM
I brought nanoparticle samples from a student in our lab to the Research Center for Ultra-High Voltage Electron Microscopy at Osaka University for EDS mapping, HRTEM, and HAADF-STEM characterization. It was very…
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July 16, 2026 – Glovebox Setup
Today, two gloveboxes, together with a refrigerator (4 °C) and a freezer (−20 °C), were successfully moved and set up in the open lab. It was also my first time arranging a…
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June 19, 2026-TEM troubleshooting
The TEM beam axis was shifted and could not be corrected by the normal alignment procedure. With the help of Oiki-san and Mizuno-san from Center for Medical Research and Education and…
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June 9, 2026-The first lesson
Today, I taught a Physical Chemistry (Electrochemistry) laboratory class for third-year undergraduate students together with the TAs, Arita-san and Hashimura-san.
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June 1, 2026-Defense Party for Em
Em Svetlana defensed today. We had the celebration party for her!
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May 20, 2026 -Assistant Professor Welcome Party
Yesterday, I attended the Assistant Professor welcome party in the Department of Applied Chemistry. It was a really enjoyable evening with many interesting conversations with colleagues from different research areas.
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May 12, 2026-NMR
We refilled the NMR system with liquid helium in Sakurai Lab together with the students. B4 student Syunya Yokoyama bravely held the transfer tube during the process!
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April 21, 2026- New start!
Started setting up a small electrochemistry island in the Sakurai Lab. Lovely potentiostats! Thanks to electrochemistry subgroup students: Hirotaka Hochi, Hyato Sasaki, Ryoga Kitagawa, Syunya Yokoyama ❤