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Sato-Liu Lab
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A lab that aims to establish the scientific foundations of plasma medicine through the interaction between plasma flow and living organisms.
AboutAbout the lab
Unraveling how plasma meets living organisms.
The Sato-Liu Lab studies the interaction between plasma flow and living organisms.
The lab works on elucidating the processes by which cells are activated or inactivated, developing plasma-based sterilization methods, and clarifying the reactions and flow mechanisms of gas-liquid plasma.
It aims to build the scientific foundations of "plasma medicine," which is expected to become a next-generation medical technology, and to connect them to applications.
The lab also analyzes nanosecond discharges in liquid and cavitation microjets produced by the shock waves that accompany those discharges.
Key terms
- plasma medicine
- A new medical field that applies plasma to cells or the body for use in sterilization and treatment
- streamer
- A thin, branch-like path of electricity that extends during a discharge
- sonoporation
- A technique that opens tiny pores in the cell membrane to raise its permeability and deliver drugs into the cell
NewsLab news
A paper was published in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
A paper was published in International Journal of Plasma Environmental Science and Technology
A doctoral student received the Excellent Presentation Award at the Spring Meeting of the Institute of Electrostatics Japan
A paper was published in Journal of Electrostatics
A paper was published in Journal of Applied Physics
ResearchResearch themes
Through the processes of cell activation and inactivation, plasma sterilization, reactions and flow in gas-liquid plasma, and nanofluidic phenomena, the lab clarifies the interaction between plasma flow and living organisms. It covers both fundamentals and applications, from nanosecond discharges in liquid to the control of cavitation using shock waves.
*Illustrative imageNanosecond discharges in liquid
To advance plasma medicine and plasma-based environmental cleanup, it is essential to clarify the interaction between plasma and liquid. The lab uses ultra-high-speed cameras to measure streamers that develop in liquid within an extremely short time of 100 nanoseconds, working to elucidate the mechanism of the discharge.
*Illustrative imageHow cells respond to plasma
The lab has shown that cells can be activated or inactivated by controlling the plasma flow applied to them. By examining cell shape, survival rate, and gene responses, it aims to clarify the mechanisms of biological response, and it also studies how the chemical species generated by plasma are transported.
Bubble behavior driven by shock waves
The lab uses shock waves generated by discharges in water to control cavitation jets. Using both experiments and theory, it studies the control of sonoporation, in which pores are opened in cell membranes to let drugs into cells.
*Illustrative imageMeasuring charge movement in liquid
To clarify the interaction between plasma and living organisms, it is important to know how charge behaves in liquid. By measuring charge in liquid, the lab is working to elucidate the interaction between plasma and the liquid surface.
MembersFaculty
Members of the Sato-Liu Lab consist of faculty, technical specialists, secretaries, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakehiko Sato
- Assistant ProfessorLiu Siwei
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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: “Beloplotov (Discharge in SF6 100Torr Plus) DSC06680” Dmitry Beloplotov / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Nanosecond discharges in liquid: “Corona discharge in atmospheric air 1” Иван Пашков / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- How cells respond to plasma: “Cell Culture in a tiny Petri dish (cropped)” kaibara87 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Measuring charge movement in liquid: “Atmospheric-pressure plasma” Alibabble / CC0 (cropped)
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