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Advanced Functional Materials Lab
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A lab that explores how to make glass and ceramics and what properties they have, in order to create new functional materials.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring new functions, starting from how glass is made
The Advanced Functional Materials Lab studies functional glasses and ceramics that support photonics, electronics, and biotechnology.
Using silica, which is abundant as a resource, as the base material, the lab works on making glass with complex shapes through light-based 3D fabrication technology.
On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Fujino Lab."
Key terms
- 3D fabrication technology
- A fabrication technology that builds three-dimensional objects using light. The lab's website also calls it 3D printing.
- Nanocomposites
- A material that combines organic and inorganic materials at the nanoscale.
- Melt properties
- The properties of glass and similar materials in the molten state (melt).
NewsLab news
A paper by a master's student was published in Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan
A doctoral student received the Motoji Kurata Student Award from the Ceramic Society of Japan
A paper by a doctoral student was published in Materials Chemistry and Physics
ResearchResearch themes
Aiming to create and advance new materials for photonics, electronics, and biomaterials, the lab studies functional glasses and ceramics. Using silica, which is abundant as a resource, as the base material, it also carries out collaborative research with practical application in view.
*Illustrative imageDevelopment of functional glasses and ceramics
Focusing on the optical, electrical, and mechanical properties of glass and ceramics as well as their melt properties, the lab works on establishing materials processing methods, forming, and structural analysis. It also develops organic-inorganic nanocomposites and porous materials.
*Illustrative imageGlass with complex shapes made by 3D printing
The lab has succeeded in developing a way to produce silica glass products with extremely complex shapes on demand using a 3D printer. Building on these fundamental results, it carries out applied research toward the practical, industrial use of functional glass, making full use of new light-based 3D fabrication technology.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Advanced Functional Materials Lab consist of faculty, visiting professors, technical assistants, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorShigeru Fujino
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Hypervelocity impact damage on silica glass” Jasalem21 / CC0 (cropped)
- Development of functional glasses and ceramics: “Glass ceramic cooktop” The original uploader was Lupo at English Wikipedia. / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Glass with complex shapes made by 3D printing: “G3DP glass bowl” Mediated Matter / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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