Basic Information

Affiliated programs (koza)

• Graduate School of Engineering, 物質エネルギー化学専攻 物質変換科学講座, 講師

Professional Memberships

• From Jan. 2020, To Present

  Association of Italian Researchers in Japan
• From Apr. 2017, To Present

  Society of Nano Science and Technology
• From Apr. 2017, To Present

  THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
• To Jun. 2022

  THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY

Academic Degree

• Ｍ．Ｓ．(University of Parma)
• 博士（工学）(筑波大学)

Academic Resume (Graduate Schools)

• University of Parma, 　Faculty of Mathematical，Physical and Natural Sciences，Department of Physics，Master Course, 修了
• 筑波大学, 大学院数理物質科学研究科博士後期課程物質・材料工学専攻, 修了

Research History

• From Apr. 2020, To Present

  Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research, Senior lecturer
• From Jul. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research, Program-specific Senior Lecturer
• From Jul. 2017, To Jun. 2019

  Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow
• From Jul. 2016, To Jun. 2017

  Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research, Project-specific Researcher
• From Dec. 2014, To Jun. 2016

  National University of Singapore, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Research Fellow

ID,URL

• ORCID ID

  0000-0001-8171-4272

• J-Global ID

  201901007546532054

• External link

  https://www.scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~elements/en/pro_Francesca.html

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/pincella

Research

Research Topics, Overview of the research

• Research Topics

  biomass valorization; magnetic nanoparticles; sustainable chemistry; soft matter

• Overview of the research

  The first objective of my research is to identify and develop new synthetic methods to transform wood into value-added compounds, with a particular focus on functional materials, which can replace widespread ofossil fuel-derived plastic materials, and small molecules of interest to the pharmaceutical and chemical industries.
  In my research, I have been focusing on the use of magnetic nanoparticles as catalyst for the oxidative degradation of lignin, the most abundant aromatic biopolymer on earth and a promising candidate to replace oil towards a more sustainable chemical industry.

Research Interests

• lacquer
• urushi
• lignin
• SERS
• catalysis
• Raman spectroscopy
• biomass
• sustainable chemistry
• nanomaterials

Research Areas

• Nanotechnology/Materials, Green/sustainable/environmental chemistry, Fluorescence sensors for environmental monitoring
• Nanotechnology/Materials, Nanomaterials, nanomaterials for catalysis
• Nanotechnology/Materials, Energy chemistry, biomass valorization

Papers

• Reusable Magnetite Nanoparticle (Fe3O4 NP) Catalyst for Selective Oxidation of Alcohols under Microwave Irradiation

  Francesca Pincella; Katsuhiro Isozaki; Ryota Sato; Toshiharu Teranishi; Hikaru Takaya; Masaharu Nakamura

  ACS Omega, 11 Jun. 2024, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Synthetic urushiols from biorenewable carbon resources: chemical conversion of enzymatic degradation products of wood lignin to an ancient yet future coating material

  Katsuhiro Isozaki; Hiroshi Matsuda; Ryosuke Agata; Jaeyoung Jeon; Beiling Wu; Francesca Pincella; Makoto Ikenaga; Yoichi Tachibana; Yukari Ohta; Masaharu Nakamura

  RSC Sustainability, 2024, Peer-reviewed

  
• Challenges toward chemical use of woody biomass : from forest policy and economic view

  Mineo Keito; Nakagawa-Kawahara Yuka; Nakamura Yuki; Imai Makiko; Matsumura Hiroyuki; Aoki Satoshi; Pincella Francesca; Isozaki Katsuhiro; Nakamura Masaharu

  The Japanese Forest Society Congress, 30 May 2023

  
• Robust Surface Plasmon Resonance Chips for Repetitive and Accurate Analysis of Lignin-Peptide Interactions

  Isozaki, Katsuhiro; Shimoaka, Takafumi; Oshiro, Satoshi; Yamaguchi, Asako; Pincella, Francesca; Ueno, Ryo; Hasegawa, Takeshi; Watanabe, Takashi; Takaya, Hikaru; Nakamura, Masaharu

  ACS OMEGA, Jul. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Evaluation by HAXPES of the Chemical State of the Components of a Close-packed Array of Bi-metallic (Au-Ag) Nanoparticles on ITO

  PINCELLA Francesca; YAMASHITA Yoshiyuki; KUMARA Rosantha; YANG Anli; OCHIAI Takao; ISHIMARU Satoshi; MIKI Kazushi; SAKATA Osami

  SPring-8 Section A: Scientific Research Report, Jan. 2017, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Glucose sensing through Fano resonances in mesoscale silica core-gold shell particles arrays

  Francesca Pincella; Huang Zhiwei

  OPTICAL DIAGNOSTICS AND SENSING XVI: TOWARD POINT-OF-CARE DIAGNOSTICS, 2016, Lead author

  
• Selective Two-Photon-Absorption-Induced Reactions of Anthracene-2-Carboxylic Acid on Tunable Plasmonic Substrate with Incoherent Light Source

  Francesca Pincella; Katsuhiro Isozaki; Tomoya Taguchi; Yeji Song; Kazushi Miki

  JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, Feb. 2015, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Square-centimeter-scale 2D-arrays of Au@Ag core–shell nanoparticles towards practical SERS substrates with enhancement factor of 10^7

  PINCELLA Francesca; SONG Yeji; OCHIAI Takao; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; SAKAMOTO Kenji; MIKI Kazushi

  Chemical Physics Letters, May 2014, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• A visible light-driven plasmonic photocatalyst

  Francesca Pincella; Katsuhiro Isozaki; Kazushi Miki

  LIGHT-SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS, Jan. 2014, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

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• Plasmon-Resonant Optics on an Indium–Tin-Oxide Film for Exciting a Two-Photon Photochromic Reaction

  OCHIAI Takao; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; PINCELLA Francesca; TAGUCHI Tomoya; NITTOH Kohichi; MIKI Kazushi

  Applied Physics Express, Sep. 2013, Peer-reviewed

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• Electrical properties of an organic memristive system

  PINCELLA Francesca; CAMORANI Paolo; EROKHIN Victor

  Applied Physics A, May 2011, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  

Misc.

• リグニン固定化自己組織化単分子膜を利用したSPRセンサーの開発

  磯崎勝弘; 磯崎勝弘; 下赤卓史; 大城理志; 山口亜佐子; PINCELLA Francesca; PINCELLA Francesca; 上野亮; 上野亮; 長谷川健; 渡辺隆司; 高谷光; 高谷光; 中村正治; 中村正治

  ナノ学会大会講演予稿集, 2017

  
• 酸化物微結晶‐金属ナノ粒子2次元配列のヘテロ界面接合と可視光駆動型光触媒

  三木一司; 三木一司; 磯崎勝弘; 磯崎勝弘; 磯崎勝弘; 落合隆夫; 落合隆夫; PINCELLA Francesca; PINCELLA Francesca

  高分子学会予稿集(CD-ROM), 25 Aug. 2015

  
• 可視光駆動可能なチタニア結晶光触媒デバイス

  三木一司; PINCELLA Francesca; 磯崎勝弘

  応用物理学会秋季学術講演会講演予稿集(CD-ROM), 01 Sep. 2014

  
• 金ナノ粒子二次元配列を高輝度近接場光源とした可視光駆動型光触媒

  磯崎勝弘; FRANCESCA Pincella; 三木一司

  ナノ学会大会講演予稿集, 22 May 2014

  
• Dense 2D arrays of Au@Ag and Au@Ag@Au as efficient SERS substrates

  Yeji Song; Yeji Song; Pincella Francesca; Pincella Francesca; Katsuhiro Isozaki; Kazushi Miki; Kazushi Miki

  Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, 01 Dec. 2013

  
• Visible light photocatalyst based on plasmon-enhanced two-photon absorption

  Francesca Pincella; Francesca Pincella; Katsuhiro Isozaki; Kazushi Miki; Kazushi Miki

  Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, 01 Dec. 2013

  
• 金ナノ粒子2次元配列を用いる可視光駆動型光触媒

  磯崎勝弘; 石崎勝弘; PINCELLA Francesca; 三木一司

  錯体化学会討論会講演要旨集, 15 Oct. 2013

  
• 金ナノ粒子2次元配列を利用した可視光駆動型光触媒

  磯崎勝弘; PINCELLA Francesca; 三木一司

  日本化学会講演予稿集, 08 Mar. 2013

  

Presentations

• Closing remarks

  Francesca Pincella

  Past, present and future of Asian lacquer, 13 Feb. 2025

  
• Development and characterization of synthetic and blended urushi (Asian lacquer) samples: towards new sustainable functional materials

  Francesca Pincella

  Interdisciplinary Young Researcher Networking event at Toyota Riken, 03 Sep. 2024

  
• Synthesis of Urushiol Derivatives towards new Urushi-based Functional Materials

  Francesca Pincella

  Program on Open Innovation Platforms for Industry-academia Co-creation (COI-NEXT), 07 Mar. 2025

  
• New synthetic lacquer samples: towards new sustainable functional materials

  Francesca Pincella

  NTU-KyotoU-UHH Trilateral Symposium, 19 Nov. 2024, Invited

  
• Biomass valorization: new building blocks for a more sustainable chemical industry

  Francesca Pincella

  First AIRJ Symposium – Association of Italian Researchers in Japan, 11 Nov. 2022, Invited

  
• Biomedical and environmental applications of plasmonic sensors

  Pincella Francesca

  Optics seminars at OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology), 16 Feb. 2021, Invited

  
• Microwave-assisted One-pot Conversion of Lignin to Fluorescent Imidazole Compounds

  PINCELLA Francesca; LU Siming; MATSUDA Hiroshi; FAN Lulu; YAMAMOTO Atsushi; MATSUMORI Tomoko; KATSUYAMA Isamu; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; FUKUDA Kenji; WATANABE Takashi; NAKAMURA Masaharu

  The 20th International Symposium on Wood, Fiber and Pulping Chemistry, 09 Sep. 2019

  
• Microwave-Assisted Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols Catalyzed by Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles

  PINCELLA Francesca; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; TAKAYA Hikaru; NAKAMURA Masaharu

  The 17th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nano Science and Technology,, 10 May 2019

  
• Microwave-assisted Facile Conversion of Lignin to Fluorescent Imidazole Compounds

  PINCELLA Francesca; LU Siming; MATSUDA Hiroshi; FAN Lulu; MATSUMORI Tomoko; KATSUYAMA Isamu; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; FUKUDA Kenji; WATANABE Takashi; NAKAMURA Masaharu

  The 99th CSJ Annual Meeting, 18 Mar. 2019

  
• Microwave-assisted Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols with Magnetic Nanoparticle Catalysts

  PINCELLA Francesca; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; TAKAYA Hikaru; NAKAMURA Masaharu

  The 98th CSJ Annual Meeting, 22 Mar. 2018

  
• Glucose sensing through Fano resonances in mesoscale silica core-gold shell particles arrays

  PINCELLA Francesca; HUANG Zhiwei

  SPIE Photonics West Bios, 16 Feb. 2016

  
• Visible Light Photocatalyst Based on Plasmon-enhanced Two-photon Absorption

  PINCELLA Francesca; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; MIKI Kazushi

  The 74th JSAP Autumn Meeting (JSAP-OSA Joint Symposium), 17 Sep. 2013

  
• Silica Coated Gold Nanoparticles 2D Array for Enhanced Fluorescence Sensing

  PINCELLA Francesca; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; MIKI Kazushi

  The 73rd JSAP Autumn Meeting (JSAP-OSA Joint Symposium), 11 Sep. 2012

  
• Optical and Electrical Characterization of a Conducting Polymer Film/Electrolyte Heterojunction: a Tunable Organic Memristor

  PINCELLA Francesca

  6th International Symposium on Surface Science –Towards Nano-, Bio-, and Green Innovation, 12 Dec. 2011

  

Industrial Property Rights

• 特願2015160205 A, Crystal-anchorable near-field light structure, and crystal-anchored same structure capable of multiphoton excitation

  MIKI Kazushi; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; PINCELLA Francesca

  
• 特願2015163845 A, Substrate for surface enhancement Raman spectra

  MIKI Kazushi; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; PINCELLA Francesca; SONG Yeji

  
• 特願2018127895, Method for the preparation of imidazole derivatives

  WATANABE Takashi; NAKAMURA Masaharu; TAKAYA Hikaru; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; PINCELLA Francesca; FUKUDA Kenji

  

Awards

• 07 Jul. 2015

  Nature Publishing group, Light Science & Applications top 10 paper award in 2014
• 09 Apr. 2019

  The Chemical Society of Japan, CSJ Presentation Award 2019

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Chemistry for non-science majors II-E2

  N386, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Chemistry for non-science majors I-E2

  N385, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  ILAS Seminar-E2

  Z002, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Chemistry on Natural and Human Environments-E2

  N387, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Chemical Transformations

  H222, Spring, Graduate School of Engineering, 1.5
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Chemistry for non-science majors II-E2

  N386, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Chemistry for non-science majors I-E2

  N385, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  ILAS Seminar-E2

  Z002, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Chemistry on Natural and Human Environments-E2

  N387, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Chemistry for non-science majors I-E2

  N385, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  ILAS Seminar-E2

  Z002, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Chemistry on Natural and Human Environments-E2

  N387, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Chemistry for non-science majors II-E2

  N386, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Chemistry for non-science majors II-E2

  N386, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Chemistry on Natural and Human Environments-E2

  N387, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Chemistry for non-science majors I-E2

  N385, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  ILAS Seminar-E2

  Z002, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Chemistry for non-science majors I-E2

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Chemistry for non-science majors II-E2

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Chemistry on Natural and Human Environments-E2

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  ILAS Seminar-E2 :Sensors in Everyday Life

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Chemistry for non-science majors I-E2

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Chemistry for non-science majors II-E2

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Chemistry on Natural and Human Environments-E2

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  ILAS Seminar-E2 :Sensors in Everyday Life

  Spring, 全学共通科目

Administration

Faculty management (title, position)

• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  化学研究所総務・教務委員会委員
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  化学研究所広報委員会委員

Academic, Social Contribution

Academic Contribution

• 

  Past, present and future of Asian lacquer: urushi from art to electronics. A Europe-Japan workshop on urushi

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, Planning/Implementing academic research

  Bonaduce Ilaria, Pincella Francesca, Tamburini Diego, Mineo Keito, Forte Erika, University of Pisa, Le Benedettine, Italy, From 13 Feb. 2025, To 13 Feb. 2025

  
• Sustainable Materials and Polymer Chemistry at Pacifichem 2025

  Planning, management, etc.

  Francesca Kerton (CSC), Christopher Kozak (CSC), Karen Wilson (RACI), Nontipa Supanchaiyamat, Andrew Hunt, Francesca Pincella (CSJ), From 15 Dec. 2025, To 20 Dec. 2025

  
• Past, present and future of Asian lacquer: urushi from art to electronics

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator

  Francesca Pincella, Erika Forte, Masaharu Nakamura, Keito Mineo, Beiling Wu, Kyoto University, Yoshida campus, building 61 – Research administration Building, Seminar room B1, From 12 Dec. 2022, To 12 Dec. 2022

  

Social Contribution

• Science penpals (Penne amiche della scienza)

  Guest

  From 01 Aug. 2024, To 30 May 2025

  
• IUPAC Global Women's breakfast 2025 - Kyoto U.

  Planner, Logistic support

  IUPAC, IUPAC Global Women's breakfast 2025, From 12 Feb. 2025, To 12 Feb. 2025

  
• IUPAC Global Women's breakfast 2024 - Kyoto U.

  Host, Planner

  IUPAC, IUPAC Global Women's breakfast 2024, From 27 Feb. 2024, To 27 Feb. 2024

  
• Skype a scientist - Sonoraville High School, USA - zoom event

  Guest, Official expert

  Skype a scientist, Skype a Scientist, From 13 Apr. 2023, To 13 Apr. 2023

  
• IUPAC Global Women's breakfast 2023 - Kyoto U.

  Host, Planner, Logistic support

  IUPAC, IUPAC Global Women's breakfast 2023, From 14 Feb. 2023, To 14 Feb. 2023

  
• Dialogues “Life as a Scholar －Your Home and Beyond－”

  Guest

  Kyoto University Academic service, From 02 Mar. 2022, To 02 Mar. 2022

  
• IUPAC Global Women's breakfast 2021 - Kyoto

  Host, Planner

  IUPAC, Global Women's breakfast 2021, From 09 Feb. 2021

  
• The Amazing World of Nanoscience

  Lecturer

  JSPS, JSPS Science Dialogue, From 08 Nov. 2017, To 08 Nov. 2017

  
• IUPAC Global Women's breakfast 2022 - joint Kyoto U. and OIST event

  Host, Planner

  IUPAC, IUPAC Global Women's breakfast 2022 - joint Kyoto U and OIST event, From 16 Feb. 2022, To 16 Feb. 2022

  
• Skype a scientist - Liceo scientifico Gandini, Lodi, Italy - zoom event

  Host

  Skype a scientist, From 13 Dec. 2021, To 17 Dec. 2021