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Shinohara Lab
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A lab that studies the crystal microstructure of metals using electron microscopy.
AboutAbout the lab
Solving the mysteries of metal microstructure with crystallography.
The Shinohara Lab uses crystallography and electron microscopy to study how the microstructure of metals forms and where the properties of materials come from.
Metallic materials may seem to have been studied exhaustively, but much remains unknown, including the mechanisms by which microstructures form.
The lab specializes in physical metallurgy and crystallography, and was newly launched in October 2023.
It works on materials such as biomedical titanium alloys and the martensitic microstructure of steel.
Key terms
- Young's modulus
- A value that expresses how resistant a material is to deformation. The larger it is, the harder the material is and the less easily it bends.
- Texture
- A state in which the countless crystals within a metal are aligned with a bias toward particular orientations.
- Martensite
- A microstructure formed when metal is cooled rapidly. It is used in shape-memory alloys and structural materials.
- EBSD
- Electron backscatter diffraction. An observation technique that determines crystal orientation using an electron microscope.
ResearchResearch themes
Much about metallic materials is still not understood, such as how microstructures form and why their properties arise. Using crystallographic theory and experiments with electron microscopy and other methods, the lab works to elucidate these mysteries and to improve material properties.
*Illustrative imageLow-Young's-modulus titanium alloys for biomedical use
Titanium alloys are promising as implant materials, but their Young's modulus is higher than that of human bone, which may cause the bone quality to deteriorate after implantation. The lab has developed a method to lower the Young's modulus by using an unusual crystal orientation (texture) produced by rolling and heat treatment.
*Illustrative imageAnalysis of martensitic microstructure in steel
The lab analyzes the martensitic microstructure formed by rapid cooling of metal from a crystallographic perspective. It has shown that misfit exists at the interfaces between microstructural features, and has succeeded for the first time in the world in visualizing it from EBSD observation data.
MembersFaculty
The Shinohara Lab consists of faculty members and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2025
- Associate ProfessorYuri Shinohara
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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: “Magnetic fields; Transmission electron microscope ( )” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
- Low-Young's-modulus titanium alloys for biomedical use: “Dog's titanium TPLO implant ( )” Olgierd (Creative Commons licensed only) / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Analysis of martensitic microstructure in steel: “Microstructure of a stainless steel A961” Djhé / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Yamaguchi Lab): “U.S. Department of Energy - Science - )” U.S. Department of Energy from United States / Public domain (cropped)
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