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 In a ceremony held in September at Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany,
KIT Associate ProfessorJINNAI became the first Japanese ever to win the
prestigious biannual Ernst-Ruska Award. This award, named after Ernst Ruska,
winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize for his invention of the transmission electron
microscope, is given by the DGE or Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Elektronenmikroskopie
(German Society of Electron Microscopy).1
Associate Professor Jinnai of the Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Department was recognized for his research with Professor Richard J. Spontak
of North Carolina State University, USA and Professor Paul A. Midgley of
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Their joint study entitled "Novel
and Quantitative Uses of Electron Tomography in the 3D Study of Nanostructured
Materials" made possible the observation of three-dimensional objects
less than one nanometer (one billionth of a meter) in size. This is the
world’s highest resolution to date.
 "Associate Professor Jinnai's current research interests include 3D
imaging and analysis of block copolymers and nano-composites using Transmission
Electron Microtomography, a process which he has developed using the JEOL
TEM. He also uses Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy and X-ray CT to study
the phase separation process of polymer blends."2
Associate Professor Jinnai may be contacted at: Polymer Mechanics Laboratory,
Dept. of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology.
Ph. +81-075-724-7846
E-mail. hjinnai@kit.ac.jp
1 http://www.jeol.com/NEWSEVENTS/WhatsNew/tabid/85/newsid901/76/Prof-Jinnai-Receives-the-Ernst-Ruska-Award-2007/Default.aspx
2 http://www.jeol.com/NEWSEVENTS/WhatsNew/tabid/85/newsid901/73/Award-winning-Scientist-Visits-JEOL-USA-during-ACS-Boston-Conference/Default.aspx
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