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Miyauchi Lab (Functional Materials Engineering)
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The lab harnesses the unusual properties of nanomaterials to put the energy of heat and light to use.
AboutAbout the lab
Freely controlling the energy of heat and light
The Miyauchi Lab conducts nanotechnology research aimed at new technologies that use solar and thermal energy efficiently.
The lab investigates the properties and functions of nanoscale materials, such as carbon nanotubes, in which quantum mechanical effects appear clearly, and their applications to energy.
Its research spans from the fundamentals of condensed matter physics and materials synthesis, through thermal, mechanical, electronic, and optical engineering, to materials development.
Prof. Miyauchi holds a concurrent appointment at the Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, and the lab operates at two sites: Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo.
Key terms
- Carbon nanotube
- A nanoscale material in which carbon atoms are connected in a mesh-like network and rolled into a tube shape
- Thermal radiation
- The phenomenon in which a heated object transfers heat by emitting light (mainly infrared) according to its temperature
- Atomically thin semiconductor
- An extremely thin, sheet-like semiconductor only a few atoms thick
NewsLab news
A paper on a near-infrared perfect absorber made of carbon nanotubes was published in ACS Photonics
Third-year undergraduate students have been assigned to the Miyauchi Lab at the University of Tokyo
Prof. Miyauchi has taken up a professorship in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tokyo (concurrently with Kyoto University)
ResearchResearch themes
Aiming for a sustainable energy society, the lab works toward new technologies that use solar and thermal energy with high efficiency. Its research focuses on the properties and functions of nanoscale and quantum materials, including carbon nanotubes, and their energy applications.
*Illustrative imageTurning the Thermal Light of Nanotubes into Solar Energy
The lab applies the phenomenon in which hot carbon nanotubes emit light at specific wavelengths to the control of thermal radiation. It aims to realize devices that reshape the solar spectrum and to extend this work to applications such as solar thermal power generation.
*Illustrative imageAssembling Nanomaterials into New Materials
This research creates materials with excellent optical, thermal, electronic, and mechanical properties, such as carbon nanotube assemblies (films) and composites. Its goals include materials for thermal management and lightweight, extremely strong materials.
*Illustrative imageThermal and Optical Properties of New Quantum Materials
The lab investigates the thermal and optical properties at high temperatures of new nanomaterials such as atomically thin semiconductors. It is also pursuing research that leads to technology for converting infrared radiation, such as that emitted as waste heat from factories and homes, directly into electricity.
MembersFaculty
The Miyauchi Lab's members are split between its University of Tokyo and Kyoto University sites, and consist of faculty, research assistants and administrative staff, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, international graduate internship trainees, and students on commissioned research supervision.As of 2026
- ProfessorYuhei Miyauchi
- Assistant ProfessorKeigo Otsuka
- Assistant ProfessorMioko Hinosaku
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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: “Carbon nanotube (8,8) 3D ball” Jynto / CC0 (cropped)
- Turning the Thermal Light of Nanotubes into Solar Energy: “PS10 solar power tower 2” afloresm / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Assembling Nanomaterials into New Materials: “Carbon Nanotube Purity ( )” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
- Thermal and Optical Properties of New Quantum Materials: “Atlanta, United States - Flickr - NASA Goddard Photo and Video” NASA/GSFC / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (大宮司・徐研究室): “Hoar frost ice crystals in Tuntorp 13” W.carter / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (熱流体工学研究室): “Bunsen burner ( )” Jason Woodhead / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (千足研究室): “Carbon nanotube (8,8) 3D ball” Jynto / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (塩見・李・浅野研究室): “Nutzung von Abwärme für weitere Technische Prozesse” Tlue04 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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