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Uchida Lab
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The lab uses the power of magnetism and spin to convert heat into electricity and to control the flow of heat.
AboutAbout the lab
Freely controlling thermal energy.
The Uchida-Nakanishi Lab studies "spin caloritronics," a field that combines spintronics with the study of heat.
Using magnetic materials and nanomaterials, the lab explores new principles and functions for converting heat and controlling the flow of heat.
The lab conducts research together with the Spin Energy Group at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), and students can use NIMS research facilities.
The lab aims to connect its results to thermal management technologies and contribute to a sustainable society.
Key terms
- Spintronics
- Technology that uses the tiny magnet-like property of electrons (spin) together with their electrical properties
- Spin caloritronics
- A research field that combines the physics of spintronics with the engineering of thermal energy
- Thermoelectric conversion
- Direct conversion between heat energy and electrical energy in both directions. Electricity can be generated from a temperature difference
NewsLab news
A master's student was selected as an outstanding performer at the interim presentation session
Press release on a paper about magnetic materials with nano interfaces that convert heat into electricity
A paper on the synthesis of ultrathin semiconductor nanotubes was published in Science
ResearchResearch themes
The lab mainly studies "spin caloritronics," which merges spintronics with research on thermoelectric conversion and heat transport. It pioneers new phenomena of heat conversion, control, and transport that arise from the cooperation of electrons, magnetism (spin), phonons, and more, with the goal of leading to thermal management technologies.
*Illustrative imageMaterials that connect heat with electricity and magnetism
The lab develops magnetic thermoelectric materials and heat-to-spin conversion materials using sintering, a method that allows many samples to be made efficiently. It also works on nanocomposite materials that switch the flow of heat, and searches for new materials for thermoelectric permanent magnets.
*Illustrative imageExploring heat and spin with nanomaterials
The lab works on pioneering spin caloritronics in low-dimensional nanomaterials, controlling thermal conduction with spin currents, and actively controlling thermoelectric conversion using strain, among other topics.
*Illustrative imageMeasurement techniques for seeing heat
The lab develops lock-in thermography for measuring quantum materials, measurement methods that image the movement of heat at the nanoscale, and equipment for measuring thermoelectric and heat transport properties in strong magnetic fields.
*Illustrative imageThermoelectric conversion modules and magnetic refrigeration
The lab develops the elemental technologies for high-output transverse thermoelectric conversion modules. It is also designing the flow of heat across phase boundaries in magnetic refrigeration materials.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Uchida-Nakanishi Lab consist of faculty, visiting faculty, staff, technical staff, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorKen-ichi Uchida
- Associate ProfessorYusuke NakanishiPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorKeisuke HirataPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorShunsuke MoriPublications ↗
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Report an errorAbout the images
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: “Heat powered fan thermal image” Zaereth / CC0 (cropped)
- Materials that connect heat with electricity and magnetism: “Spark Plasma Sintering” Raihan.Rumman / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Exploring heat and spin with nanomaterials: “Molybdenite-3D-balls” Ben Mills / Public domain (cropped)
- Measurement techniques for seeing heat: “Electric motor thermal image” Zaereth / CC0 (cropped)
- Thermoelectric conversion modules and magnetic refrigeration: “Peltierelement 16x16” Bye / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (立間研究室): “Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn Goldrubingefässe Ehrenfeld 01” Geolina163 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (竹谷研究室): “Rubrene” Northfox at en.wikipedia / Public domain (cropped)
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