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Takahashi Lab
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The lab studies the physics of surfaces and interfaces to clarify how things stick together and come apart.
AboutAbout the lab
Understanding surfaces, interfaces, and adhesion through physics.
The Takahashi Lab aims to understand phenomena related to interfaces from a physical perspective and to consider their applications.
The lab investigates the mechanism of adhesion, in which objects stick together, and applies it to building mechanisms that grasp and release objects.
It also works on elucidating and imitating the mechanisms of living things such as geckos and snails.
It practices transdisciplinary science and engineering that is not bound by specialized fields, including energy harvesting that stores slightly fluctuating electric power.
Key terms
- Adhesion
- When the surfaces of two objects come into contact, they stick together and become hard to separate.
- Interface
- The boundary surface where two different substances are in contact.
- Energy harvesting
- Extracting electricity from small amounts of vibration, heat, light, and the like in the surrounding environment.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab seeks to understand phenomena related to interfaces from a physical perspective and to consider their applications. It works on elucidating and applying adhesion between solids, elucidating and imitating the mechanisms of living things, and energy harvesting, practicing transdisciplinary science and engineering that is not bound by specialized fields.
*Illustrative imageHow things stick and peel apart
The lab explains why hard objects stick to each other and under what conditions they peel apart, using theories of surface tension and elasticity. It also covers familiar examples such as pressure-sealed postcards, which cannot be re-stuck once peeled, and applies the results to bonding technology.
*Illustrative imageMeasuring surface tension accurately with droplets
The lab is developing a method to measure, simultaneously and more accurately, a liquid's surface tension and how readily it wets a surface (contact angle) from the shape of a droplet placed on a flat surface. This provides a foundation for confirming adhesion phenomena numerically.
*Illustrative imageSmall-scale power generation from urban wind turbulence
Wind blowing between buildings fluctuates finely in both direction and strength. The lab investigates whether small wind turbines can convert this turbulent energy into electricity, exploring energy harvesting that collects and uses small amounts of energy in the surroundings.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Takahashi Lab consist of faculty members and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2025
- ProfessorTakahashi KunioPublications ↗
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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: “Water droplets on stromanthe leaf” Louyiihn / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- How things stick and peel apart: “Malerkrepp” Neitram / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Measuring surface tension accurately with droplets: “Non-wetting behavior of a surface of pelletized highly hydrophobic sand. Contact angle between water droplet and the surface is 145.22 degrees” Murat Baisariyev and Aidar Seralin / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Small-scale power generation from urban wind turbulence: “QR5 Vertical Axis Wind Turbine, Cleveleys” Myself / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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