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Kan Lab
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The lab develops new sensors using MEMS and optical technologies.
AboutAbout the lab
Creating new measurement technologies for robotics and medicine
Using MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) technology as its main tool, the Kan Lab studies sensors and devices that are useful for robotics, IoT, medicine, life sciences, and agriculture.
It is an experimental lab centered on making things: students fabricate devices themselves in a cleanroom using semiconductor processing techniques.
The lab uses optical technologies called metamaterials and plasmonics to study devices such as infrared photodetectors, spectrometers, and chemical sensors.
Key terms
- MEMS
- A technology that uses semiconductor processing techniques to build fine mechanical structures and systems (microelectromechanical systems).
- Metamaterial
- A technology that arranges resonant structures about the size of the wavelength of light to achieve optical properties not found in existing materials.
- Plasmonics
- A technology that makes use of the phenomenon in which metal structures resonate strongly with light.
- Kirigami structure
- A structure made by cutting slits into a flat sheet, which allows three-dimensional shapes to be created with a high degree of freedom.
ResearchResearch themes
The Kan Lab researches and develops small, high-performance sensors and devices that can be mounted on intelligent machines, for robotics, IoT, medicine, life sciences, and agriculture. Combining MEMS technology with metamaterials and plasmonics, the lab works on technologies that capture and manipulate electromagnetic waves from the infrared to the terahertz range, using the interaction between light and fine structures.
*Illustrative imageMicrochannels for studying bacterial behavior
To study how bacteria behave inside the insect gut, the lab uses MEMS semiconductor processing to fabricate microchannels shaped like a running track, in which bacteria run around. This is joint research with the Nakane Lab at the same university.
*Illustrative imageExploring new structures for kirigami metamaterials
The lab studies MEMS optical metamaterials that can change the properties of light significantly, using kirigami structures, which are three-dimensional structures made by cutting slits into a sheet. This is joint research with researchers from Waseda University, Keio University, and the University of Tokyo.
*Illustrative imageDegradable probes for environmental monitoring
The lab studies small metamaterial probes with antennas that are scattered in a field. If the probes are made to degrade depending on the composition of the soil, the lab expects that the strength of the reflected radio waves can be used to measure physical properties of the soil that cannot be seen in images.
*Illustrative imageSmall sensor for detecting viruses
Using the lab's semiconductor surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor technology, the lab aims to develop a small sensor that can detect coronaviruses on the spot in real time.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Kan Lab consist of faculty, a Visiting Associate Professor, Project Assistant Professors, Project Researchers, doctoral students, master's students, undergraduate students, research students, and special auditing students.
- ProfessorTetsuo Kan
- Project Assistant ProfessorAbubakr Eslam
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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: “Metamaterial ( )” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
- Microchannels for studying bacterial behavior: “Microfluidic chip for point-of-care medical devices” FMNLab / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Exploring new structures for kirigami metamaterials: “Kirigami with business cards” cmpalmer from (optional) / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Degradable probes for environmental monitoring: “Cosmic Ray Sensor for soil moisture measurements-DSC 6642w” P e z i / CC BY-SA 3.0 at (cropped)
- Small sensor for detecting viruses: “DNA microarray chip” ErikAbner / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Murakami Lab): “Z Antennas at UHF Frequencies” C. Holloway/NIST / Public domain (cropped)
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