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Abe Lab
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The lab makes new, environmentally friendly plastics from biomass.
AboutAbout the lab
High-value-added materials made possible by their biomass origin
The Abe Lab studies the design of polymer materials aimed at reducing environmental impact.
The lab aims to create new, high-value-added plastic materials that are possible precisely because they are derived from biomass.
The lab works on techniques for making full use of biopolyesters as materials, and on techniques for synthesizing new biomass-derived polymers.
Prof. Abe, a Specially Appointed Professor, serves as Team Director of the Bioplastics Research Team at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science.
Key terms
- biomass
- Resources obtained from living things, such as plants. Used as a raw material to replace petroleum.
- polymer
- A large molecule made of many small molecules linked together. The substance that makes up plastics and rubber.
- biopolyester
- A polyester made from raw materials of biological origin. Many of them are biodegradable.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies the design of polymer materials aimed at reducing environmental impact. Its goal is to make high-performance, highly functional plastic materials from biomass.
*Illustrative imageTurning biopolyesters into materials
The lab develops advanced materials-processing techniques that bring out the full performance and functions inherent in biopolyesters so that they can be used as practical materials.
*Illustrative imageCreating new biomass polymers
As materials to follow biopolyesters, the lab works on synthesizing new polymers made from biomass-derived raw materials such as amino acids and other organic acids, and on building molecular design methods that can predict high performance and functions.
*Illustrative imageSynthesis techniques for biomass polymers
The lab develops new synthesis techniques for producing high-performance, highly functional biomass polymers efficiently and precisely.
MembersFaculty
- Program-Specific ProfessorHideki Abe
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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: “BiodegradablePlasticUtensils1” Scott Bauer / Public domain (cropped)
- Turning biopolyesters into materials: “Cup Lid made of biodegradable plastic-top PNr°1108” D-Kuru / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Creating new biomass polymers: “Bioplastic dyed with safflower” مشيرة / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Synthesis techniques for biomass polymers: “Bio-K Blister CG” Christian Gahle, nova-Institut GmbH / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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