Professor

Atsushi Seki

Profile

Specialized Field

Analytical Chemistry

Research theme
  1. Research and development of chemical and biosensors using optical fibers
  2. Field effect chemical and biosensors
Subjects in charge

Statistical Thermodynamics, Physical Chemistry B, Basic Science Experiments, Physical Chemistry Experiments
Life Science I (Familiar Life Sciences/Common Subjects)

Specialized Field

Chemical sensors, biosensors

Research theme

(1) Research into chemical sensors and biosensors using semiconductor elements.
(2) Research into chemical sensors using hetero-core optical fibers.
(3) Non-equilibrium and nonlinear phenomena in chemistry and biology and their applications to sensing.

Subjects in charge

Physical Chemistry BI, Basic Science Experiments

Main career, work history, and academic background

1990: Assistant Professor, Soka University Institute of Life Sciences
1995 Lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering, Soka University
1999: Assistant Lecturer Faculty of Engineering, Soka University
2010 Professor, Department of Bioinformatics, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University
2017 Professor, Department of Science and Engineering for Sustainable Innovation Faculty of Science and Engineering Soka University

Affiliated academic societies and organizations

The Chemical Society of Japan
Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry
Electrochemical Society

Main Papers and Publications

A surface plasmon resonance hydrogen sensor using Au/Ta2O5/Pd multi-layers on hetero-core optical fiber structures,
Sensors and Actuators B 185 (2013) 53-58
Surface plasmon resonances of a curved hetero-core optical fiber sensor,
Sensors and Actuators A 161 (2010) 1-5
A humidity sensor based on a hetero-core optical fiber,
Sensors and Actuators B 147 (2010) 385-391
Surfactant toxicity assay based on a silicon transducer,
Chemosphere, 76 (2009) 341-344
Anionic surfactant sensor based on a hetero-core structured optical fiber,
Microchimica Acta, 165 (2009) 335-339
A hetero-core structured fiber optic pH sensor
Analytica Chimica Acta, 582 (2007) 154-157
Silicon-Based Biosensors
Encyclopedia of Sensors (Edited by C.A.Grimes, et al) vol.9, p.453-461 (2006)(American Science Publishers)
Urease-based heavy metal ion sensing using a silicon transducer
Sensors and Materials, 16, 377-382 (2005)
Hetero-core fiber optic surface plasmon sensor with silver film
Sensors and Actuators, B101, 368-372 (2004)
Microbial assay for tryptophan using silicon-nbased transducer
Sensors and Actuators, B94, 253-256 (2003)
Acidity measurements based on a hetero-core structured fiber optic sensor
Sensors and Actuators B96, 234-238 (2003)
Novel cation sensors based on a silicon transducer,
Anal. Chim. Acta, 382, 131-136 (1999)
Biosensors based on LAPS for detection of urea, penicillin and glucose,
Anal. Chim. Acta, 373,9-13 (1998)