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Fusion Soft Matter Lab
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A lab that creates new materials across disciplines, centered on soft matter.
AboutAbout the lab
Connecting disciplines through soft matter
The Fusion Soft Matter Lab studies "soft matter": soft substances such as jelly and rubber.
Soft matter has properties of both solids and liquids, and responds sensitively to stimuli and changes in its environment.
Soft matter that is compatible with living tissue is attracting attention as a material for medicine and healthcare, including artificial tissue, regenerative medicine, and flexible sensors.
The lab also uses natural polymers and biominerals in materials design, and works on creating materials that make use of the land and sea resources of Hokkaido.
Key terms
- Soft matter
- Substances such as jelly, rubber, and living tissue that are soft and respond sensitively to stimuli and changes in their environment
- Hydrogel
- A material made of a network of polymers that holds its shape while containing a large amount of water
- Hydroxyapatite
- An inorganic compound made of calcium and phosphorus that is the main component of bones and teeth
NewsLab news
Results of a joint study with the Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Results of a joint study with the Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
A master's student won the Outstanding Presentation Award at the Master's Program Research Results Presentation Meeting
A master's student won the Outstanding Poster Award at the Hokkaido Branch Research Presentation Meeting
Results of a joint study with the Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, published in Biomaterials Advances
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to understand and control the structure and function of soft matter, and to fuse it with other substances and fields. It also works on creating new materials that make use of natural polymers and biominerals.
*Illustrative imageA gel that stiffens at high temperatures
Most materials soften when heated. This material, however, is soft like jelly at room temperature, and at high temperatures it forms a strong phase-separated structure that gives it strength comparable to resin. The stiffening and softening can be repeated any number of times.
*Illustrative imageDirectly seeing polymer networks
Directly observing the network structure of a gel has been difficult. By using a new mineral-based staining method and building in a skeletal structure that supports the network, the lab made it possible to observe the network with a transmission electron microscope.
*Illustrative imageAttaching hydrogels to bone
The lab developed a technique to coat a gel uniformly with hydroxyapatite, the main inorganic component of bone, without changing the gel's volume. When the gel was implanted in the subchondral bone of rabbits, bone formed inside the gel and integrated with it, showing high adhesive strength.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Fusion Soft Matter Lab consist of faculty, secretaries, postdoctoral researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and collaborating researchers.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorTakayuki Nonoyama
- Ambitious Specially Appointed Assistant ProfessorShinji Noguchi
- Project Associate ProfessorKen Kadoya
- Project Assistant ProfessorMasato Koyama
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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: “Hydrogels” Azizbekpm / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- A gel that stiffens at high temperatures: “Chinese letters” 4ewip / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Directly seeing polymer networks: “Elektronenmikroskop” Stahlkocher / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Attaching hydrogels to bone: “Apatite-(CaOH)-117634” Robert M. Lavinsky / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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