The Photopolymer Science and Technology Award No. 241100, the Outstanding Achievement Award 2024 was presented to Dr. Makoto Hanabata (Photofunctional Materials Research Co., Ltd.) for his outstanding achievements in photopolymer science and technology, “Pioneering Technology of the Novolak-Diazonaphthoquinone resist design for g-line(436nm) and i-line(365nm) photoresist platform and materials”.

The Photopolymer Science and Technology Award No. 232100, the Best Paper Award 2022, was presented to Atsunori Nakamoto, Shinji Yamakawa, Tetsuo Harada, and Takeo Watanabe (Center for EUV Lithography, Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology for Industry, University of Hyogo) for their outstanding contribution published in Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, 35, (2022) 61-65, entitled “Grazing-Incidence Soft-X-ray Scattering for the Chemical Structure Size Distribution Analysis in EUV Resist”.

The Photopolymer Science and Technology Award No. 222100, the Best Paper Award 2021, was presented to Seihou Jinnai and Yutaka Ie (The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (SANKEN), Osaka University) for their outstanding contribution published in Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, 34, (2021) 285-290, entitled “Synthesis, Properties, and Photovoltaic Characteristics of Arch- and S-shaped Naphthobisthiadiazole-based Acceptors”.

The Photopolymer Science and Technology Award No. 212100, the Best Paper Award 2021, was presented to Tomotaka Tsuchimura (FUJIFILM Corporation) for his outstanding contribution published in Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, 33, (2020) 15-26, entitled “Recent Progress in Photo-Acid Generators for Advanced Photopolymer Materials”.

The Photopolymer Science and Technology Award No. 201100, the Outstanding Achievement Award 2020 was presented to Dr. Masao Tomikawa for his outstanding achievements in photo definable polyimides science and technology including the photo reaction mechanism of the Ionic-bonded-photosensitive polyimide, and the pioneering development of positive photo definable polyimide by partial esterification of poly(amic acid) for semiconductor stress buffer and for the organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays. In addition, he contributed the Cu compatibility study for the improvement to long time reliability of the polyimide and Cu interconnection.

The Photopolymer Science and Technology Award No. 202100, the Best Paper Award 2020, was presented to Yukinori Yamauchi^a, Naoki Doi^b, Shin-ichi Kondo^b, Yasushi Sasai^b, and Masayuki Kuzuya^c (^aMatsuyama University, ^bGifu Pharmaceutical University, ^cChubu Gakuin University) for their outstanding contribution published in Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, 32, (2019) 505-510, entitled “Development of A Novel Polymeric Prodrug Synthesized Using Plasma-induced Radicals of Polycrystalline Carbohydrates”.

The Photopolymer Science and Technology Award No. 202200, the Best Paper Award 2020, was presented to Kevin Wylie, Yuta Nabae, and Teruaki Hayakawa (Department of Materials Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology) for their outstanding contribution published in Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, 32, (2019) 395-400, entitled “Altering the Self-Assembly of Poly(styrene-block-methyl methacrylate) by Introduction of Strongly Dissimilar Molecules at the Block Interface”.

The Photopolymer Science and Technology Award No. 191100, the Outstanding Achievement Award 2019 was presented to Dr. Robert D. Allen (IBM Research, Almaden) for his outstanding achievements in photopolymer science and technology, “Pioneering semiconductor patterning technology using water immersion ArF lithography with the originally designed photoresist”.

The Photopolymer Science and Technology Award No. 192100, the Best Paper Award 2019, was presented to Hiroaki Takehara, Yukihiro Kanda, and Takanori Ichiki (Department of Materials Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo) for their outstanding contribution published in Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, 31, (2018) 59–63, entitled “Microfluidic Model for Optical Detection of Nanoparticles in Whole Blood”.

The Photopolymer Science and Technology Award No. 192200, the Best Paper Award 2019, was presented to Satoshi Takei, Makoto Hanabata, Kento Mizui, Kazuho Kurematsu, and Shinya Nakajima (Departments of Mechanical Systems Engineering and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University) for their outstanding contribution published in Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, 31, (2018) 289–294, entitled “Reduction of Defect for Imprinted UV Curable Resin including Volatile Solvents using Gas Permeable Mold Derived from Cellulose”.