Takeo MINARI
After working at a major printing company, Minari went back to study chemistry at the Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University and was awarded a doctorate in 2006. That same year he started working for RIKEN as a Special Postdoctoral Researcher. In April 2009, Minari became a researcher at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA)where he belongs to the π‐electronics group.
■Message for future scientists
I became a researcher after working at a large printing company. There is a big difference between the world of business and the world of research. In the business world, market competition places priority on quality and process improvement. and the trend is to make existing processes better and more sophisticated. On the other hand, what I enjoy most about being a researcher at RIKEN is that I can venture into unknown areas that nobody has ever touched.
It is my strong belief that the ultimate goal of research is to realize practical applications; there is no point in doing research if the result will not benefit society. Basic devices such as organic FET are to be used in electronic appliances all over the world. For a device to be commercially viable, it needs to be reliable, meaning that manufacturing and quality control techniques are very important. I am concentrating on improving the basic performance of electronic devices, and to achieve that, I want to explore further the unique and significant phenomenon of self-assembly of organic molecules.
There are many ways, not only one, to create something. You’ll discover many interesting things, even in your everyday life, if you start thinking, ‘Why this way?’ or ‘Is there any other way?’