 Professor Masatake Haruta Born: 27 th September 1947 Tajimi city, Gifu prefecture, Japan Professor Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences Tokyo Metropolitan University 1-1 Minami-osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan. Phone: 042-677-2852, FAX: 042-677-2851 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Research fields : heterogeneous catalysis by gold nano-particles 1970 BS from Nagoya Institute of Technology, Department of Industrial Chemistry 1976 Doc. Engng. from Department of Industrial Chemistry, Graduate School of Kyoto University 1976 Research Scientist, Osaka National Research Institute 1981-82 Visiting Scientist at Universite Catholic de Louvain(Belgium) 1990 Head of Catalysis Section, ONRI 1994 Principal Researcher, Director of Interdisciplinary Basic Research Center, ONRI 1994 Guest Professor of Technical University of Vienna 1994-2001 Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Science, Graduate School of Osaka University 1999 Director of Department of Energy and the Environment, ONRI 2001 Director of Research Institute for Green Technology, Nat. Inst. Advanced Industrial Sci. & Technol. 2005-Present Professor of Tokyo Metropolitan University Recent Publications 1. “When Gold is not noble: Catalysis by nanoparticles”, M. Haruta, Chem. Rec., 3 (2003) 75-87. 2. “Vital Role of Moisture in the Catalysis of Supported Gold Nanoparticles”, M. Daté, M. Okumura, S. Tsubota and M. Haruta, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 43 (2004) 2129-2132. 3. “In Situ UV-vs and EPR Study on the Formation of Hydroperoxide Species during Direct Gas Phase Propylene Epoxidation over Au/Ti-SiO2 Catalyst”, B. Chowdhury, J. J. Bravo-Suarez, N. Mimura, J. Lu, K. K. Bando, S. Tsubota, M. Haruta, J. Phys. Chem. B, 110(2006)22995-22999. 4. “N-Formylation of Amines via the Aerobic Oxidation of Methanol over Supported Gold Nanoparticles”, T. Ishida, M. Haruta, Chem Sus Chem., 2 (2009) 538-541 5. “Co3O4 Nanorods Active for CO Oxidation even at-77℃”, X.-Y. Li, Z.-Q. Liu, W. Shen, M. Haruta, Nature, 458( 2009) 746-749. 6. “Propene Epoxidation with Dioxygen Ctalyzed by Gold Clusters”, J. Huang, T. Akita, J. Faye, T. Fujitani, T. Takei, M. Haruta, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., in press. |
