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Biomaterial Design Lab
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The lab explores design processes for making use of biologically derived materials such as cellulose as engineering materials.
AboutAbout the lab
Learn from living organisms, make use of them, and go beyond them!
The Biomaterial Design Lab studies design processes for making use of biomaterials, including cellulose, as materials.
Its slogan is "Learn from living organisms, make use of them, and go beyond them!", and it aims to design processes for making environmentally harmonious biomaterials.
The lab explores nano- and micro-scale techniques for controlling interactions at interfaces, and investigates the relationship between the resulting three-dimensional structures and the properties that emerge in them.
Key terms
- Biomaterials
- Materials derived from living organisms. In this lab, they include materials such as cellulose.
- Hierarchical structure
- A multilevel structure formed when specific substances assemble in set patterns
- Self-assembly
- A phenomenon in which the components of a material gather spontaneously and form a structure on their own
NewsLab news
A paper from the lab was published in Surfaces and Interfaces
A paper from the lab was published in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
A master's student received the Reimei Researcher Award at the Kyushu Branch Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society
ResearchResearch themes
Structures made by living organisms are thought to show excellent properties thanks to hierarchical structures in which specific substances assemble in set patterns. The lab aims to propose design processes that let the properties of biological materials be exploited as engineering materials, and works on understanding and controlling the structures and physical properties of the surfaces and interfaces of biomaterials, including cellulose.
*Illustrative imageParticles that exploit bio-nanofiber interfaces
The lab aims to create new composite particles by exploiting the surfaces and interfaces of bio-nanofibers. This research relates to particles, powders, and coatings.
*Illustrative imageSurface chemical modification of cellulose nanomaterials
This research chemically modifies the surfaces of cellulose-based nanomaterials using environmentally considerate methods, with a focus on surfaces and interfaces.
*Illustrative imageStructure and function of cellulose-based polysaccharide films
The lab aims to build structures in film materials made of cellulose-based polysaccharides and to generate functions from those structures. This research relates to self-assembly and controlled polymerization.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Biomaterial Design Lab are faculty members, technical assistants, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorShingo Yokota
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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: “Scanning electron image of wood pulp paper - 1,000x” Ckazilek / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Particles that exploit bio-nanofiber interfaces: “RGB cellulose pigments and glitter - Droguet Benjamin, University of Cambridge” Yapadaryko / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Surface chemical modification of cellulose nanomaterials: “1 Delepierre Gwendoline VanGogh Cellulose Nanocrystals” GwennDelepierre / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Structure and function of cellulose-based polysaccharide films: “Cellofan” Holger.Ellgaard / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Polymer Materials Science Lab): “Cellulose structure” Eunice Laurent / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Food Chemistry Lab): “Vorspeise mit Dolma und Tzatziki” Kritzolina / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Soil Science Lab): “Gombe state University Geography students visits an Escavated hill showing soil profile with its horizons at Waka biu, Borno state 05” Csasavage / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Soil Environment Lab): “- Landgewinnung vorm Deich” Fabian Horst / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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