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Nakajima Lab
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The lab develops power generation devices and sensors that make use of the properties of soft polymer materials.
AboutAbout the lab
Controlling the structure of soft materials to create new functions.
The Nakajima Lab studies polymer materials and nanocarbon materials, focusing on their softness.
By finely controlling the hierarchy of structure and motion in materials, the lab works to greatly improve their properties and create new functions.
Making use of the properties of soft matter, the lab is also developing energy harvesting devices that convert vibration and heat into electrical energy, as well as new sensor systems.
Key terms
- Soft matter
- Materials such as soft polymers. Complex hierarchical structures give rise to a wide variety of functions.
- Energy harvesting
- Technology that converts vibration and heat into electrical energy and extracts it.
- Vital sensor
- A sensor that acquires biological information.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to improve properties and create new functions by controlling the hierarchy of structure and motion in soft matter. Making use of these properties, it also works on devices that convert vibration and heat into electricity, and on sensors.
*Illustrative imageUnderstanding and Controlling Functional Soft Matter
The functional properties of soft matter are determined by the hierarchy of its diverse structures and motions, including molecular structure, molecular orientation, crystallinity, and composites with other materials. Much of this remains unexplained, and the lab sees new possibilities in control based on understanding.
*Illustrative imageDevelopment of Smart Devices
The lab is advancing applications in the energy field of storage, transport, and conversion. It studies ambient sensors that work over large areas and curved surfaces, vital sensors that capture biological information and motion, and battery-free anomaly diagnosis systems.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorTakashi Nakajima
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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: “Mechanism1” Антракт / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Understanding and Controlling Functional Soft Matter: “Gel in containers” Nikudumo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Development of Smart Devices: “SmartCare wrist-worn pulse oximeter” Peter H Charlton / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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