Graduate School of Science and Technology,Keio University

Green innovation will be essential for the next generation to produce and continue to enjoy current levels of material production while maintaining a sustainable society. The pillar of such green innovation will be the development of material production technologies using environment-friendly methods and processes that generate even less environmental burden and the creation of new functional materials oriented to environmental cleanup and low-energy applications.
Various efforts such as national policy can help achieve green innovation but, of these, the development of groundbreaking molecular nanotechnologies that allow free manipulation of the molecules will be vital. The Molecular Technology for Green Innovation project undertakes leading-edge research by integrating the development of catalysts, reactions, and processes with low environmental burdens for materials production technologies and the creation of functional materials.
International in scope, the project is carried out in cooperation with major universities in China, Korea and Taiwan, with Keio serving as the coordinator for an Asian hub.

Kazunobu Toshima
Project Director
Graduate School of Science and Technology
Keio University