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Matsukata Lab
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The lab works to reduce waste of energy and resources with catalysts and separation membranes.
AboutAbout the lab
How the tiny pores of zeolite can transform chemical processes
The Matsukata Lab starts from problems of energy, resources, and the environment, and studies catalytic chemistry, membrane separation engineering, and energy chemistry.
At the center of its work is zeolite, a material packed with pores smaller than a nanometer.
By designing the size and properties of these pores, the lab creates catalysts that drive only the desired reactions, and membranes that separate mixtures by molecular size.
The lab also takes on challenges for a carbon-free society, such as the separation, capture, and effective utilization of carbon dioxide.
Key terms
- Zeolite
- A crystal with sub-nanometer pores arranged in a regular pattern. It can sieve molecules and drive reactions.
- Membrane separation
- A method of separating a mixture by whether its components pass through a membrane. It uses less energy than distillation, which evaporates components with heat.
- Membrane reactor
- A device that removes products through a membrane while the reaction proceeds, pushing the reaction further forward.
NewsLab news
Three students won the Student Encouragement Award and the Outstanding Student Award at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan
Prof. Matsukata won the FY2024 Japan Petroleum Institute Award from the Japan Petroleum Institute
A doctoral student received the FY2024 Outstanding Student Award from the Research Association of Automotive Internal Combustion Engines (AICE)
A master's student won the Outstanding Student Award at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan
Two master's students won the Student Award at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Membrane Society of Japan
ResearchResearch themes
Motivated by problems of energy, resources, and the environment, the lab's research covers both the science and the engineering that span catalytic chemistry, membrane separation engineering, and energy chemistry. It places particular emphasis on materials with micropores, centered on zeolites, and develops methods to synthesize them and to use them as catalysts and separation membranes.
*Illustrative imageZeolite catalysts
The lab uses zeolites as solid catalysts to study reactions that convert low-demand hydrocarbons into higher-value hydrocarbons, as well as oxidation reactions using zeolites that contain heteroatoms. It also works on NOx reduction catalysts for diesel vehicle exhaust.
*Illustrative imageZeolite separation membranes
Membrane separation is expected to be a separation process that, unlike distillation, does not require a phase change and can save a great deal of energy. The lab makes zeolites into thin membranes and develops membranes that remove only water from alcohols and organic acids, as well as membranes that separate hydrocarbons by molecular size.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Matsukata Lab consist of faculty, doctoral students, and master's students.As of 2022
- ProfessorMasahiko Matsukata
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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: “Analcime - Kahwan Mountain, Semnan, Iran” Ivar Leidus / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Zeolite catalysts: “Catalytic Converter Interior” Cyrogigabyte / CC0 (cropped)
- Zeolite separation membranes: “Polysulfone Hollow Fiber Membrane Cross-Section” RobertsBiology / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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