Thin-Film Device Laboratory CEMS

  • SOMEYA, Takao

    Degrees Ph. D.
    Fields Organic Electronics
    Position Chief Scientist/ Team Leader
    E-mail takao.someya "at" riken.jp

    Biography

    Takao Someya received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1997. Since 2009, he has been a professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Tokyo. From 2001 to 2003, he worked at the Nanocenter (NSEC) of Columbia University and Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, as a visiting scholar. Since 2015, he has also been the chief scientist in the thin-film device laboratory and a team leader in the Center for Emergent Matter Science, RIKEN. His current research interests include organic transistors, flexible electronics, plastic integrated circuits, large-area sensors, and plastic actuators.

    Awards and Recognition

    • ・Highly Cited Researchers (Thomson Reuters), June 2014.
    • ・The 46th Ichimura Prizes in Technology－ Meritorious Achievement Prize, April 2014.
    • ・Nano Tech Award, Research Project Division, January 2013.
    • ・応用物理学会解説論文賞（2012年9月）
    • ・The 34th (FY2012) Japan Society of Applied Physics Best Review Paper Award, “Ambient Electronics”, JJAP, September 2012.
    • ・2010 IEEE/EDS Paul Rappaport Award (IEEE Electron Device Society, 2011.12).
    • ・The 1st Display Research and Development Achievement Award, March 2011.
    • ・The 13th IEICI Electronics Society Award (IEICI Electronics Society), March 2010.
    • ・2009 IEEE/EDS Paul Rappaport Award (IEEE Electron Device Society, 2010.12)
    • ・The 5th JSPS Prize, March 9, 2009.
    • ・2009 IEEE/EDS Paul Rappaport Award (IEEE Electron Device Society, 2010.12).
    • ・The 9th Docomo Mobile Science Award, Fundamental Science Division (Mobile Communication Fund, October 15, 2010).
    • ・Gottfried Wagener Prize 2008, March 6, 2009.
    • ・IEEE Polytronic Award 2008, August 2008.
    • ・Marubun Academic Award, Marubun Research Promotion Foundation, March 6, 2006.
    • ・IEEE/ISSCC Takuo Sugano Award, February 6, 2005.
    • ・Young Scientist Award, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, April 2005.
    • ・Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE/EDS, since September 14, 2004.
    • ・Recognition of outstanding contribution to opto-science and technology, Research Foundation for Opto-Science and Technology, 2000.
    • ・JSPS Fellowships for Research Abroad, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2001-2002.
    • ・Ando Prize for Outstanding Young Scientists, The Foundation of Ando Laboratory, 1999.
    • ・The 18th Electronic Material Symposium Award, The program committee of the Electronic Material Symposium, 1999.
    • ・The Ericsson Young Scientist Award 1999, Ericsson Japan, 1999.
    • ・JSPS Research Fellowship for Outstanding Young Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1994-1997.
    • ・nose Prize for Outstanding Students, Association for Promotion of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, 1993.
    • ・The Japan Scholarship Foundation, 1992-1993..

    Recent representative publications and presentations

    • ・Takao Someya, Zhenan Bao, and George G Malliaras, "The rise of plastic bioelectronics", Nature, Vol. 540, No. 7633, pp. 379-385 (2016).
    • ・Tomoyuki Yokota, Peter Zalar, Martin Kaltenbrunner, Hiroaki Jinno, Naoji Matsuhisa, Hiroki Kitanosako, Yutaro Tachibana, Wakako Yukita, Mari Koizumi, Takao Someya, "Ultraflexible organic photonic skin", Science Advances 2, e1501856 (2016).
    • ・Martin Kaltenbrunner, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Jonathan Reeder, Tomoyuki Yokota, Kazunori Kuribara, Takeyoshi Tokuhara, Michael Drack, Reinhard Schwoediauer, Ingrid Graz, Simona Bauer-Gogonea, Siegfried Bauer, and Takao Someya, "An ultra-lightweight design for imperceptible plastic electronics", Nature (June, 2013).
    • ・Kazunori Kuribara, He Wang, Naoya Uchiyama, Kenjiro Fukuda, Tomoyuki Yokota, Ute Zschieschang, Cherno Jaye, Daniel Fischer, Hagen Klauk, Tatsuya Yamamoto, Kazuo Takimiya, Masaaki Ikeda, Hirokazu Kuwabara, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Yueh-Lin Loo, and Takao Someya, “Organic transistors with high thermal stability for medical applications”, Nature Communications, Volume 3, 723 (2012).
    • ・John A. Rogers, Takao Someya, and Yonggang Huang, "Materials and Mechanics for Stretchable Electronics", Science, Volume 327, 1603-1607 (2010).
    • ・Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Hiroyoshi Nakajima, Hiroki Maeda, Takanori Fukushima, Takuzo Aida, Kenji Hata, Takao Someya, ” Stretchable active matrix organic light-emitting diode display using printable elastic conductors”, Nature Materials, Volume 8, 494-499 (2009).
    • ・T. Sekitani, T. Yokota, U. Zschieschang, H. Klauk, S. Bauer, K. Takeuchi, M. Takamiya, T. Sakurai, and T. Someya, "Organic Non-volatile Memory Transistors for Flexible Sensor Arrays", Science, Volume 326, 1516-1519 (2009).
    • ・Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Yoshiaki Noguchi, Kenji Hata, Takanori Fukushima, Takuzo Aida, Takao Someya, “A Rubberlike Stretchable Active Matrix Using Elastic Conductors”, Science, Volume 321, 1468-1472 (2008).
    • ・Takao Someya, Yusaku Kato, Shingo Iba, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, and Takayasu Sakurai, "Integration of organic field-effect transistors with organic photodiodes for a large-area, flexible, and lightweight sheet image scanner", IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Volume 52, 2502-2511 (2005).
    • ・Takao Someya, Yusaku Kato, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Shingo Iba, Yoshiaki Noguchi, Yousuke Murase, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, and Takayasu Sakurai, "Conformable, flexible, large-area networks of pressure and thermal sensors with organic transistor active matrixes", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Volume 102, 12321-12325 (2005).
    • ・V. C. Sundar, J. Zaumseil, V. Podzorov, E. Menard, R. L. Willett, T. Someya, M. E. Gershenson, and J. A. Rogers, "Elastomeric transistor stamps: Reversible probing of charge transport in organic crystals", Science, 303, 1644-1646 (2004).
    • ・Takao Someya, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Shingo Iba, Yusaku Kato, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, and Takayasu Sakurai, "A large-area, flexible pressure sensor matrix with organic field-effect transistors for artificial skin applications", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Volume 101, 9966-9970 (2004).

    Keynote Speeches

    • (Plenary) Takao Someya and Tsuyoshi Sekitani, "Ultraflexible and stretchable organic devices", 20th International Conference on Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Systems (EP2DS-20) and 16th International Conference on Modulated Semiconductor Structures (MSS-16), Wrocław, Poland, 1-5 July 2013.
    • (Plenary) Takao Someya and Tsuyoshi Sekitani, "Ultra-flexible organic devices for bio-medical applications", International Symposium on Functional Pi-Electron Systems, Palais des Congrès, Arcachon, France, June 2-7, 2013.
    • (Plenary) Takao Someya and Tsuyoshi Sekitani, "Large-Area, Flexible, Organic Photonics and Electronics", IEEE PHOTONICS CONFERENCE 2012, Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, CA, USA September 24, 2012.
    • (Plenary) Takao Someya and Tsuyoshi Sekitani, "Emerging Applications of Printed Skin-like Sensors and Organic Photovoltaics", Printed Electronics USA 2012, Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, USA, Dec. 5-6, 2012.
    • (Plenary) Takao Someya, "Emerging applications and future prospects of printed organic transistors and memories", 8th International Conference on Electroluminescence & Organic Optoelectronics (ICEL 2010), The University of Michigan, MI, October 19, 2010.
    • (Plenary) Takao Someya, "Ambient electronics: Print electronics everywhere! ", IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), Baltimore, December 7, 2009.
    • (Plenary) Takao Someya, "Digital fabrication and ambient electronics", Digital Fabrication, Kentucky, September 17, 2009.
    • (Plenary) Takao Someya, "Organic Transistors: towards Ambient Electronics", 2007 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM 2007), Tsukuba International Congress Center (EPOCHAL TSUKUBA), Ibaraki, Japan, September 18-21, 2007.
    • (Plenary) T. Someya, "Ambient Electronics with Organic Transistors", 2007 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Rihga Royal Hotel Kyoto, Japan, June 14-16, 2007.

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