Fatin Hajjaj

Fatin Hajjaji
Affiliation:
  • MANA, NIMS
Specialty:
Supramolecular Chemistry, Photochemistry, Magnetochemistry
Academic degree:
Ph.D. in Engineering, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST-2007)

Educational and Working History

2010 - Present ICYS-MANA Researcher, MANA, NIMS
2010 - Present Visiting Researcher, RIKEN-Wako Institute
2009 - 2010 JST Researcher, ERATO-SORST Aida Nanospace Project-MIRAIKAN
2007 - 2009 JSPS Researcher, The University of Tokyo
2004 - 2007 Ph.D. Candidate (Monbukagakusho), Graduate School of Materials Science, NAIST
2002 - 2004 M.S. Student (Monbukagakusho), Graduate School of Materials Science, NAIST

Research

Development of smart magnetic materials whose properties (e.g. phase structure, luminescence, spin state, and ferroelectricity) can be manipulated by an applied magnetic field:

  • Molecular Magnetic Materials with Controllable Spin Alignment
  • Soft Matter with non-Volatile Magnetic Memory Effect

Awards

  • The American Chemical Society Poster Award, PACIFICHEM ACS Conference, USA (2005)
  • The Osawa Award for Young Scientists, The Fullerenes and Nanotubes Research Society, Japan (2009)

Selected Papers

  1. Host-Guest Spin Communication Switchable by Guest Confinement

    Hajjaj F, Tashiro K, Nikawa H, Mizorogi N, Akasaka T, Furukawa K, Kato T, Aida T, submitted to JACS.

  2. Magnetic- Field-Induced Phase Transitions in Discotic Liquid Crystals, in preparation.

    3. Hajjaj F, Yamaguchi A, Yamamoto Y,i Fukushima T, Aida T.   

  3. Assemblies of Supramolecular Porphyrin Dimers in Pentagonal and Hexagonal Arrays Exhibiting Light-Harvesting Antenna Function

    4. Hajjaj F, Yoon ZS, Yoon MC, Park J, Satake A, Kim D, Kobuke Y.
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128 (14), 4612-4623, 2006

  4. Single molecular observation of penta- and hexagonic assembly of bisporphyrin on a gold surface

    5. Tanaka H, Hajjaj F, Satake A, Kawai T, Kobuke Y. 
    Chemical Communications, 24, 2542-2544, 2006.