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Mitsuishi Lab
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A lab that assembles polymers at the nanometer scale.
AboutAbout the lab
Assembling polymers at the nanoscale using surfaces and interfaces.
The Mitsuishi Lab studies how to control the structure of polymer materials at the nanometer scale by using surfaces and interfaces.
Because this is a bottom-up approach that builds structures from small components, the lab can combine a wide variety of nanomaterials, both organic and inorganic.
The lab's work covers polymer synthesis, nano-assembly, structural characterization by microscopy and light scattering, and measurement of electrical properties and spectra.
After joining the lab, students first build a foundation through group reading and practice experiments, and then work on research themes that match their own interests.
Key terms
- Polymer
- A large molecule made of many small molecules linked together. It is the basis of plastics and rubber.
- Bottom-up
- An approach that builds a target structure by assembling small components from the bottom up.
- Amphiphilicity
- The property of having, within a single molecule, both a part that mixes well with water and a part that mixes well with oil.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab controls the structure of polymer materials at the nanometer scale through a bottom-up approach that uses surfaces and interfaces. By combining various nanomaterials, both organic and inorganic, it aims for the emergence of new functions.
*Illustrative imageFunctional polymer nanosheets
Spreading amphiphilic polymers on a water surface yields polymer nanosheets with the ultimate thinness of a single molecule. The lab makes nanosheets that are adhesive or adsorptive, that are luminescent in the solid state, or that are ferroelectric, and aims to realize and control their functions.
*Illustrative imageDevelopment of hybrid nanomaterials
Combining organic and inorganic materials appropriately is expected to yield optoelectronic functions that draw on the features of both, as well as improved heat resistance and mechanical strength. The lab develops materials using polymer microparticles, oxide nanoparticles, cyclic siloxane-based polymers, and cellulose nanomaterials.
MembersFaculty
The Mitsuishi Lab's members include faculty, master's and undergraduate students, and administrative assistants.
- ProfessorMasaya Mitsuishi
- Assistant ProfessorAki Kashiwazaki
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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: “Electrohydrodynamic instability patterning in a thin polymer film. 500x magnification reflected light” Claire Trease, Kingston University / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Functional polymer nanosheets: “Interference colours in soap film 1” Natural Philo / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Development of hybrid nanomaterials: “Macroscopic picture of a film of cellulose nanocrystal suspension cast on a Petri dish (diameter 3.5cm).” Yapadaryko / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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