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A lab that studies soft matter with ultrasound and light, and also works with nanoparticles.
AboutAbout the lab
Understanding the properties of matter from the molecular level.
The Rate Process Engineering Group belongs to the Advanced Process Engineering Division and consists of the Takami Lab and the Matsuoka Lab.
The Matsuoka Lab studies soft matter such as polymers, liquid crystals, colloids, and micelles, aiming to understand their physical properties from the molecular level and apply that understanding in engineering.
Using original instruments that employ ultrasound and light, the lab aims to gain insight into material properties that conventional methods cannot provide.
Prof. Takami of the Takami Lab researches oxide nanoparticles, surface modification, minimal surfaces, and manufacturing inspired by mathematics.
Key terms
- Soft matter
- A collective term for polymers, liquid crystals, colloids, micelles, and similar materials.
- Minimal surface
- Among the surfaces that span a given frame, one whose area is minimal. A soap film is an example.
ResearchResearch themes
The group includes the Matsuoka Lab, which studies the physical properties of soft matter, and the Takami Lab, which works on oxide nanoparticles and related materials. The Matsuoka Lab uses instruments it has developed itself, aiming to deepen the fundamental knowledge that underlies materials development.
*Illustrative imageMeasuring Soft Matter with Ultrasound and Light
The lab develops techniques that use ultrasound and light to measure anisotropic molecules and particles, and studies the orientational motion of liquid-crystalline molecules and the state changes of polymer gels. All of this work uses instruments developed in-house.
*Illustrative imageSynthesis of Oxide Nanoparticles
Prof. Takami works on developing synthesis processes for ceramic nanoparticles. Surface modification, minimal surfaces, and manufacturing inspired by mathematics are the keywords of the research.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorSeiichi Takami
- Associate ProfessorTatsuro Matsuoka
- Assistant ProfessorSeiji Yamashita
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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: “Gold and silver nanoparticles in labelled Petri dishes” Drkirstyross / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Measuring Soft Matter with Ultrasound and Light: “A polarized light micrograph of physiological saline crystals” Janeklass / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Synthesis of Oxide Nanoparticles: “Iridescent Nickel,copper oxide nanoparticles” Radiotrefoil / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Interface Systems Engineering Lab): “SEM Image of Colloidal Particles” Yasrena / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Circular Systems Engineering Lab (Keiji Yasuda)): “Glaskolben” -grimbart / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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