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Nanomaterials Science Lab
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The lab creates new materials for a hydrogen society and carbon neutrality.
AboutAbout the lab
Solving resource, energy, and environmental problems with new materials.
The Nanomaterials Chemistry Lab (Kondo-Oki Lab) studies new substances and materials to solve problems of resources, energy, and the environment.
A carbon-neutral society requires renewable energy and the use of hydrogen obtained by electrolyzing water, and new materials such as high-performance catalysts are important.
The lab focuses on hydrogen boride sheets, made of boron and hydrogen, and boron sulfide sheets, made of boron and sulfur, both of which the lab was the first in the world to create.
Key terms
- Carbon neutrality
- Balancing the amount of greenhouse gases emitted with the amount absorbed, so that net emissions are zero
- Catalyst
- A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction or makes it easier to occur without itself being changed
- Hydrogen boride sheet
- A sheet-like material made only of boron and hydrogen, with a thickness of just atomic scale
NewsLab news
A student who completed the doctoral program was selected for a University of Tsukuba student award
Doctoral and master's students received the Best poster award at ISBB 2026
A doctoral student's paper was published in J. Alloys Compd. Commun.
A student who completed the master's program received the Presentation Encouragement Award from the Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science
A student received the ACS Outstanding Poster Award
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies materials for catalysts and devices essential to energy technology, starting from basic science that closely examines how molecules and atoms behave. It aims to develop new substances and materials useful for a hydrogen society and carbon neutrality.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the Nanomaterials Chemistry Lab consist of faculty members, researchers, technical assistants, administrative assistants, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakahiro Kondo
- Assistant ProfessorOsamu Oki
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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: “B-Crystalline-Amorphous” http://images-of-elements.com/ / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- New materials for a hydrogen society: “Hydrogen tanks for Toyota Mirai” Whoisjohngalt / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (走査電子顕微鏡): “Scientist during work with Scanning Electron Microscope” Gabriela P. / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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