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Inomata Lab
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A microsensor lab that measures what could not be measured before.
AboutAbout the lab
Making the unobservable measurable.
Inomata Lab studies microsensors made by microfabrication and the measurement technologies built on them.
The lab measures tiny changes in physical quantities that only small sensors can capture.
Its work includes human sensing, which measures biomolecules, cells, and people, and interfaces that connect them with machines.
The lab aims to develop technology and engineering that can measure what existing techniques could not even observe.
Key terms
- Microsensor
- An extremely small sensor measuring 0.1 mm (the diameter of a human hair) or less. Because it is small, it can capture minute changes.
- Metamaterial
- An artificial material made by arranging structures smaller than the wavelength. Depending on the structure, its response to electromagnetic waves changes.
- Thermal conductivity
- A value that expresses how easily heat is conducted. It varies with the material and the state of the cell.
NewsLab news
Paper on highly sensitive terahertz gas sensing published in Advanced Materials Interfaces
Study quantifying the thermal conductivity of intracellular organelles for the first time announced
Associate Professor Inomata and colleagues received the Outstanding Paper Award from the IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines (English special issue)
ResearchResearch themes
Using microsensors and microsystems that combine mechanical, electrical, and optical elements, the lab detects minute changes in physical quantities. Its work ranges from measuring living systems to gas detection with metamaterials and sensors based on new principles.
*Illustrative imageMeasurement and analysis of biological systems
By combining sensor arrays with inverse analysis of experimental data, the lab derived for the first time the thermal conductivity of intracellular components such as the nucleus and mitochondria. It is also pursuing precise measurement of the thermal conductivity and specific heat of a single cell using a microthermistor.
*Illustrative imageSensing metamaterials
By incorporating undercut structures and nanoporous films into metamaterials, the lab increased the volume that gas can enter, making them more sensitive. It also works on phononic metamaterials, which control how mechanical vibrations propagate, and on microplastic detection.
*Illustrative imageImproving sensor performance
Using a microfluidic chip, the lab brought different ionic liquids into electrical contact to create a thermocouple made of liquid. It shows higher performance than conventional solid thermocouples.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping sensors based on new principles
To improve the performance of a temperature sensor, it is important to prevent heat from escaping, but in existing sensors heat escapes through wiring and other paths. The lab magnetically levitated diamagnetic graphite to suspend the sensing part, realizing a completely non-contact temperature sensor.
MembersFaculty
Inomata Lab shares a members page with Kanamori Lab, which lists faculty, project researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, technical assistants, and secretaries.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorNaoki Inomata
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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: “Photolithography lab in the LCN cleanroom” University College London Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Measurement and analysis of biological systems: “Rat primary cortical neuron culture, deconvolved z-stack overlay ( )” ZEISS Microscopy from Germany / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Sensing metamaterials: “Quantum metamaterial with 24 artificial atoms” FMNLab / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Improving sensor performance: “Microfluidic Chip iX-factory” IX-factory STK / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Developing sensors based on new principles: “Diamagnetic graphite levitation” en:User:Splarka / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Kanamori Lab): “Optical Therapeutics and Medical Nanophotonics Laboratory ( )” The U.S. Food and Drug Administration / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Yamazaki-Bezerra Lab): “ER-FLEX manipulator” Auledas / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Hashimoto Lab): “KUKA industrial robotic arm performing "The Beach" by Roy Nachum - 02” Oleg Yunakov / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sato-Yamaguchi Lab): “Battery researcher” Altynay N Zhumabekova / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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