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Kamata Lab
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A lab that creates environmentally friendly chemical processes using new nanocatalysts.
AboutAbout the lab
Toward carbon neutrality through catalytic materials chemistry.
Kamata Lab creates new nanocatalyst materials and develops environmentally friendly catalytic processes.
Using its own inorganic synthesis methods, the lab takes on the science of solid catalysts centered on crystalline metal oxides.
The goal is to shift chemical processes that have relied on petroleum toward producing chemicals from diverse carbon resources such as natural gas and biomass.
Through catalytic technologies that operate with low energy and greatly reduce CO2 emissions, the lab aims to contribute to a sustainable society.
Key terms
- Catalyst
- A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being changed itself
- Metal oxide
- A compound of a metal and oxygen. Its properties change greatly depending on the combination of elements
- Selective oxidation
- A reaction that bonds oxygen only to the targeted site among the many parts of a molecule
NewsLab news
A student won the Excellent Poster Award at the Summer Seminar of the Young Researchers' Group of the Catalysis Society of Japan
A paper first-authored by a student was selected for the cover of Adv. Synth. Catal.
A student won the Student Presentation Award at the 106th Spring Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan
A student won the Student Poster Presentation Award at the 137th Meeting on Catalysis
Information on the School of Materials and Chemical Technology Lab Information Session 2026 has been posted
ResearchResearch themes
Kamata Lab aims to contribute to building a sustainable, carbon-neutral society by developing new catalytic materials and chemical reactions. Drawing on the inorganic synthesis techniques gained from its research on homogeneous catalysts, the lab takes on the science of new solid catalysts centered on crystalline metal oxides.
*Illustrative imageControlling the shape of metal oxides
Structures controlled at the nanoscale show excellent properties not found in bulk materials. Using the amino acid aspartic acid as a dispersant, the lab developed a method to synthesize mixed-metal-oxide nanoparticles with targeted compositions and crystal structures.
*Illustrative imageCatalysts that oxidize with oxygen alone
Selective oxidation is a core reaction that accounts for about 30% of industrial organic chemical processes. The lab has created catalysts that use only oxygen as the oxidant, and has achieved oxidation of inert C–H bonds in alkanes and monomer synthesis from biomass-derived HMF.
*Illustrative imageCombining elements
When elements with different properties work together in a solid, performance beyond what simple oxides can offer is expected. The lab creates composite catalysts in which neighboring acid sites and base sites work cooperatively, such as cerium phosphate nanorods.
MembersFaculty
Kamata Lab's members include faculty, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, as well as secretaries and research assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorKeigo KamataPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorTakeshi AiharaPublications ↗
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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: “Perovskite-Magnetite-207500” Robert M. Lavinsky / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Controlling the shape of metal oxides: “Manganese dioxide” W. Oelen / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Catalysts that oxidize with oxygen alone: “Sample of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural” Leiem / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Combining elements: “Monazit - Madagaskar” Ra'ike (see also: de:Benutzer:Ra'ike) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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