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Yano Lab
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A lab that studies glass and amorphous materials broadly, from basic science to applied technology.
AboutAbout the lab
Bringing out the appeal of glass through new processes.
The Yano Lab studies glass and amorphous materials broadly, from basic science to applied technology.
Its work covers fundamentals such as the structure and properties of glass, as well as optical, electronic, and mechanical devices and biomaterials.
The lab is also developing next-generation process technologies, including high-throughput experiments, laser processing, 3D fabrication, optical tweezers, and the solidification of radioactive waste.
It also conducts joint research with researchers overseas, including in France, Switzerland, the United States, the Czech Republic, and Italy.
Key terms
- Amorphous
- A state in which atoms are not arranged in a regular pattern as in a crystal. Glass is a typical example.
- Glass melt
- Glass in a molten state at high temperature. How it cools determines the structure of the resulting glass.
- Bioactive glass
- Glass that bonds directly to bone inside the body. It is used for artificial bone and similar applications.
NewsLab news
A student received the Excellent Poster Award at the Young Researchers' Seminar of the Glass Division
The lab held an open house in conjunction with the graduate school admissions information session
A doctoral student received the Motoji Kurata Student Award at the Symposium on Glasses and Photonics Materials
A master's student received a Poster Award at an international conference on advanced ceramics
A student received a Poster Award at the Young Researchers' Seminar of the Glass Division
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to bring out the appeal of glass through both basic science and new processes. It works to clarify fundamental questions such as what structures glass has, and to develop new glasses and new ways of making them for optical, electrical, and biological applications.
*Illustrative imageUnderstanding the true nature of glass
Using high-temperature spectroscopy such as XAFS and Raman spectroscopy, the lab precisely investigates how atoms are arranged in glass melts. It also uses high-temperature Raman spectroscopy to measure in situ the process by which aluminosilicate melts turn into glass.
*Illustrative imageGlass that protects humanity from radioactivity
For vitrified glass that confines high-level radioactive waste, the lab evaluates glass compositions and meltability that allow more waste to be loaded. It also investigates the chemical state of each element within the glass.
*Illustrative imageGlass that moves with electricity
The lab fabricates multilayer glass made of stacked glasses, and studies electrically driven glass actuators that take advantage of the way ions move through it.
*Illustrative imageGlass that can be bonded anywhere
The lab has developed a technology for directly bonding very thin tellurite glass to silicate glass substrates at room temperature, and is advancing its application to optics. It also works on bonding bioactive glass to titanium metal and on forming artificial bone by 3D fabrication.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Yano Lab consist of faculty, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and technical staff.As of 2026
- ProfessorTetsuji YanoPublications ↗
- Associate ProfessorTetsuo KishiPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorKana TomitaPublications ↗
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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: “Refractive Index of Different Glass Samples at Corning Museum of Glass” Henrysz / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Understanding the true nature of glass: “Heisey glass (Alexandrite waste glass) ( )” James St. John / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Glass that protects humanity from radioactivity: “Vitrification” Courtesy: w:Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. / Public domain (cropped)
- Glass that moves with electricity: “Broken Laminated glass” Ali azid / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Glass that can be bonded anywhere: “Bioactive glass” Oregon State University / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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