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Shirakashi Lab
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A lab exploring the behavior of water and heat, from preserving cells to cooling electronic devices.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the motion of water molecules and how heat is transferred.
Shirakashi Lab studies the behavior of water and heat inside living organisms and materials, based on molecular thermodynamics and heat transfer engineering.
The lab develops methods for preserving cells, clinical specimens, and proteins for long periods while maintaining their quality.
The lab also works on techniques that use dielectric spectroscopy and short-wave infrared spectroscopy to measure "bound water" in a variety of substances.
The lab also studies heat-control devices, such as micro evaporators, for cooling electronic devices with small apparatus.
Key terms
- Bound water
- Water that is bound to the molecules of a substance and has limited mobility. Freely moving water is called free water.
- Dielectric spectroscopy
- A measurement method that examines things such as the speed of molecular motion from a substance's response to an applied electric field.
- Microchannel
- A narrow flow channel with a very small width.
ResearchResearch themes
Based on (molecular) thermodynamics and heat transfer engineering, the lab studies methods for preserving biological materials for a long time at high quality, techniques for measuring bound water in materials, and thermal management devices for cooling electronic devices. It tackles questions such as how to prevent the degradation of biological materials and how bound water affects the properties of materials.
*Illustrative imagePreserving cells and clinical specimens for long periods
Reactions in living organisms proceed through the water inside them, so they degrade in a short time. The lab develops a technique for introducing protective substances into cells using electricity, and drying methods for preserving clinical specimens at room temperature for long periods.
*Illustrative imageMeasuring bound water in materials
The properties of water-containing materials change depending on how strongly the water is bound to the material (bound water or free water). The lab measures bound water using dielectric spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy, and conducts research such as predicting the rate of degradation.
*Illustrative imageCooling electronic devices with micro evaporators
When liquid evaporates inside a narrow channel (microchannel), it can carry away a very large amount of heat. The lab works on high-performance evaporation surfaces with carefully designed channel patterns, and on numerical analysis of evaporation inside narrow grooves.
MembersFaculty
Shirakashi Lab members consist of faculty members, a secretary, and master's students.As of 2026
- ProfessorRyo ShirakashiPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorHiroaki MatsuuraPublications ↗
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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: “Macro view of water droplets on transparent surface” Dreamora96x / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Preserving cells and clinical specimens for long periods: “Liquid nitrogen tank for cryostorage-06” real name: Matylda Sęk pl.wiki: Cygaretka commons: Cygaretka / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Measuring bound water in materials: “Kneading bread dough” Man vyi / Public domain (cropped)
- Cooling electronic devices with micro evaporators: “HEATPIPE FIN STACK ASSEMBLY” Saud / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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