Morinobu Endo

Morinobu Endo ( 遠藤 守信 Endō

Morinobu, born September 28, 1946) is a
Japanese physicist and chemist, often
cited as one of the pioneers of carbon
nanofibers and carbon nanotubes
synthesis at the beginning of the 1970s.
He demonstrated carbon fibers can be
grown by gas pyrolysis and traveled to
Orléans, France in 1974 working with
Madame Agnès Oberlin at CNRS in her
laboratory. He discovered carbon
nanotubes in 1976[1] as part of his
studies at University of Orleans in France.
He has been awareded the Charles E.
Pettinos Award from the American
Carbon Society in 2001, "For his
pioneering work and applications of
carbon nanotubes", Medal of
Achievement in Carbon Science and
Technology from the American Carbon
Society in 2004, "for the discovery of, and
early synthesis work on, carbon
nanotubes".
 遠藤守信 Morinobu Endo
Born 1946

Nationality Japan

Alma mater Shinshu University

Known for High resolution carbon nanofibers

and Carbon nanotubes

Awards See below.

Scientific career

Fields Nanotechnology

Born in Nagano Prefecture in 1946, he

studied electrical engineering and
received his Bachelor of Engineering and
Master's degree in 1969 and 1971 from
Shinshu University, Japan, respectively,
and obtained "Docteur d`Universite" in
1975 from University of Orléans, France,
then Ph.D. in 1978 from Nagoya
University, Japan.

In his works, he developed the structural,

synthetic research as well as physical
properties analysis, mainly on multi-
walled carbon nanotubes. He showed
that they had a tubular structure of
graphite layers grown by ultra-fine iron
particle by catalytic process, and
developed to mass production process
for the first time.[2][3] This catalytic CVD
process has been used as an industrially
available mass production method, both
substrate and floating catalyst
processes. Present CCVD process has
been expecting to grow the wide range of
carbon nanotubes by controlling the
growth site as well as their
nanostructure.

His main research interests are science

and applications of "nanocarbons" such
as carbon nanotubes, and he has
contributed to development of new
composites and high-performance
energy storage devices such as lithium
ion battery, electric double layer
capacitor, and fuel cell, based on such
structure controlled advanced carbons.

Since 1990, he is a professor of

Education and training of electrical and
electronics engineers, and now is also
the Director of Institute of Carbon
Science & Technology, both at Shinshu
University. He is one of the international
advisory members of “CARBON” journal.
He has been invited at many international
conferences and symposium as a
plenary lecturer/key-note speaker. In
addition, he has joined many
international conferences as a chairman,
organizer and advisory board member.

Research fields
Carbon Science and Applications of
Novel Carbon Materials Including
Nanocarbons.

Professional record
1974–1975, CNRS, France (Visiting
Research Fellow)
1972– , Shinshu University Faculty of
Engineering (Assistant)
1977– , Shinshu University Faculty of
Engineering (Lecturer)
1978– , Shinshu University Faculty of
Engineering (Associate Professor)
1982– , MIT, America (visiting research
fellow)
1990– , Shinshu University Faculty of
Engineering (Professor)
1993–1994, Cooperative Research
Center, Shinshu University (Head)
2004–2011, The Carbon Society of
Japan (chairman)
 2005–2012, Institute of Carbon
Science & Technology, Shinshu
University (Head)
2012– , Institute of Carbon Science &
Technology, Shinshu University
(Director)

Academy
The Institute of Electrical Engineers of
Japan
The Japan Society of Applied Physics
The Carbon Society of Japan
Institute of Electronics, Information
and Communication Engineers
MRS
American Carbon Society
Recognition
1995, Carbon Society of Japan
award（The Carbon Society of
Japan）
2001, Charles E. Pettinos
Award （American Carbon Society）
2003, Shinmai Prize（Shinmai Culture
Foundation）
2003, Ishikawa Award（Ishikawa
Carbon Science Technology Promotion
Foundation ）
2004, Medal of Achievement in Carbon
（
Science and Technology American
Carbon Society ）
2007, Prize for Science and
（ ）
Technology Research Category , the
Commendation for Science and
（
Technology Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and
Technology ）
2007, Commendation by the Governor
of Nagano Prefecture for Industrial and
Commercial Achievements （Nagano
Prefecture ）
2007, Special Lectureship Award at
Annual Meeting on Photochemistry,
（
2007 The Japanese Photochemistry
Association ）
2008, Chunichi Culture
Award （Chunichi Shimbun）
2008, Medal with Purple
（
Ribbon Government of Japan ）
 2009, The International Union of
Materials Research Societies (IUMRS)
（
Somiya Award The International
Union of Materials Research Societies,
USA ）
2010, Alice Hamilton Awards for
（
Occupational Safety and Health The
National Institute for Occupational
（ ）
Safety and Health NIOSH , USA ）,
Biological Science Category
2012, International Ceramics Prize
2012
2012, NANOSMAT Prize 2012
and others

References
1. Oberlin, A.; Endo, M.; Koyama, T. (1976).
"Filamentous growth of carbon through
benzene decomposition" (PDF). Journal of
Crystal Growth. 32 (3): 335–349.
Bibcode:1976JCrGr..32..335O .
doi:10.1016/0022-0248(76)90115-9 .
2. Koyama, T. and Endo, M.T. (1983)
“Method for Manufacturing Carbon Fibers
by a Vapor Phase Process,” Japanese
Patent 1982-58, 966.
3. Endo, M. (1988). "Grow carbon fibers in
the vapor phase" (PDF). Chemtec. 18 (9):
568–576.

External links
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Shinshu University Online System of
General Academic Resources (SOAR)
Opening an era of carbon nanotubes
through large-scale production
Morinobu Endo interview, Nagano,
October 26, 2002

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