Media Release
November 3 2003
Japan’s world physics expert to talk fusion and chips in Adelaide
Developer of thermal lens microscopy (TLM), Japan’s Professor Takehiko Kitamori will be the guest at a free public lecture at the Art Gallery of South Australia tomorrow 10.30 am to be presented by UniSA’s Ian Wark Research Institute.
The lecture – Integrated Micro-Nano Chemical and Bio Systems, a novel tool for science and technology- will explore how new chemical integration of microchips is revolutionising biochemistry, engineering research and technology.
A world expert in his field, Professor Kitamori developed the integration of chemical systems on a microchip.
He unravelled the continuous flow chemical processing method (CFCP) enabling micro chemical processing, such as mixing, reaction, separation and purification on a microchip.
These new methods can be employed for chemical analysis, diagnosis, and synthesis and are now being used as an innovative and powerful new research tool for physical chemistry and biochemistry.
In Japan Professor Takehiko Kitamori established his research organisation Chemistry and Microsystems covering chemistry, mechanical and electrical engineering, medical and pharmaceutical sciences, and biochemistry.
He has been project leader of the Integrated Chemistry Project of Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology since 1989.
He is also research project leader and chairman of the research committees of Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Agriculture.
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