5th Yoshida Prize
The 5th Yoshida Prize
The Yoshida Prize committee selected Professor Dan Yang at Westlake University as the 5th awardee and Professor Ken-Tsung Wong at Taiwan National University as the 6th awardee. The award ceremony took place at the Yoshida Prize Symposium which was held at Kyoto (also online) on November 10, 2021. At the symposium, Prof. Yang and Prof. Wong and two other distinguished organic chemists, Prof. Aiko Fukazawa at Kyoto University and Prof. Mitsuhiro Arisawa at Osaka University, gave a scientific presentation.
Program
1. Aiko Fukazawa (Kyoto University)
Exploring thiophene-fused Nonbenzenoid Hydrocarbons toward Unusual Yet Stable Functional Materials
2. Mitsuhiro Arisawa (Osaka University)
Self-Assembled Multilayer-Stabilized Metal Nanoparticle Catalyst for Functional Molecular Synthesis: in-situ Metal Nanoparticle and Nanospace Simultaneous Organization
3. The Yoshida Prize Ceremony
4. The 5th Yoshida Prize Lecture; Dan Yang（Westlake University）
Small-molecule-based Fluorescent Sensors for Molecular Detection and Imaging
5. The 6th Yoshida Prize Lecture; Ken-Tsung Wong（Taiwan National University）
The Contributions to High Efficiency Optoelectronics from An Organic Chemist
