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International Plant Materials Science Lab
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A lab that creates functional materials from plants and agricultural residues.
AboutAbout the lab
Creating functional materials from plants
The International Plant Materials Science Lab researches how to create functional materials from plants, which are abundant in nature.
The lab aims to open a path for using unused plants and agricultural residues as renewable resources.
Its research rests on two pillars: studying woody cell walls to understand them chemically, and using the adhesive power of plants' natural components to make materials for furniture and construction.
The lab also accepts students from other universities, students from humanities and other non-science faculties, and international students, and its lab seminars are held half in English and half in Japanese.
Key terms
- Agricultural residues
- The parts left over after a crop is harvested, such as straw, rice husks, and stalks
- Lignin
- One of the components that make up the cell walls of wood. A polymer closely involved in the lignification (wood formation) of plants
- NMR spectroscopy
- An analytical method in which a substance is placed in a strong magnetic field and the molecular structure is determined from the behavior of its atomic nuclei
- Binderless bonding
- A method of binding materials together using the power of components that plants naturally contain, without using adhesives made from petroleum-based synthetic resins
ResearchResearch themes
The lab works to create functional materials from plants, which are abundant in nature, and to open a path for using unused plants and agricultural residues as renewable resources. Its research includes studying plant cell walls to understand them chemically, and making use of the adhesive power of plants' natural components in materials development.
*Illustrative imageUnderstanding wood cell walls through chemistry
The lab investigates the chemical characteristics of woody cell walls to help design ways of using plant biomass. Its work includes structural analysis of lignin by NMR spectroscopy, research on the components of bark, and studies of the properties of agricultural residues.
*Illustrative imageMaking building materials with the adhesive power of plants
The lab makes materials for furniture and construction by using the adhesive power of the natural components found in plants. Its work includes developing plywood made from bamboo and improving the performance of binderless bonding that uses components of sugi (Japanese cedar) heartwood.
MembersFaculty
The members of the International Plant Materials Science Lab consist of faculty, affiliated faculty, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2022
- Associate ProfessorTakuya AkiyamaPublications ↗
- LecturerYoko Kurokochi
- Professor (Concurrent)Yukie SaitoPublications ↗
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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: “Langkon Sabah Kilang-Kelapa-Sawit-Langkon-04” CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Understanding wood cell walls through chemistry: “Gymnosperm Stem Soft Wood in Pinus ( )” Berkshire Community College Bioscience Image Library / CC0 (cropped)
- Making building materials with the adhesive power of plants: “Birke Multiplex” Lutzeputz / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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