Inviting by Caoyan Researcher from the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) at Shenzhen University, Professor Toshikazu Miyoshi from the University of Akron visited the IAS and gave a lecture entitled Structure and Molecular Dynamics of Semicrystalline Polymers by Solid-state NMR. The lecture was hosted by Doctor Caoyan and many students and teachers from the IAS came to listen to it.

As we all know, solid-state NMR spectroscopy is one of the powerful tools to study the local structure and dynamics of organic molecules at the molecular scale. Professor Toshikazu Miyoshi is a world-class professor who has been studying the structure and molecular dynamics of various semicrystalline polymers. In this talk, He first introduced the chain-folding structure of long polymer chains in solution- and melt-grown crystals then told the students the knowledge about chemical reactions of Poly(acrylonitrile) for carbon fiber as well as the molecular dynamics of semicrystalline polymers.

After the class, some students started to ask questions related to the solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Professor Toshikazu answered them patiently and made a deep discussion with the teachers from IAS in the Q&A Part.

Speaker Introduction:

Toshikazu Miyoshi obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry (1997) at Kyoto University, Japan. After postdoctoral work at the Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany, he joined the National Institute of Advanced Technology and Industrial Science (AIST), Japan, in 2000. He joined the department of polymer science at the University of Akron in 2010. His research interests include the development of solid-state NMR techniques and their application to semicrystalline and glassy polymers, self-assembly, and biomaterials. He has peer-review publications over 80.