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Functional Materials Chemistry Lab
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A lab that investigates what happens at the boundary between liquid and solid using light and calculation.
AboutAbout the lab
Measuring and verifying the structure of boundaries
The research introduction of the Functional Materials Chemistry Lab (Sakka Lab) lists four topics: structure formation by solid fine particles at interfaces, in situ elemental analysis in water using laser plasma emission spectra, the structure and dynamics of ionic liquid interfaces, and measurement theory for liquid structure.
Focusing on solid–liquid and liquid–liquid interfaces, the lab combines laser spectroscopy and electrochemical measurements with molecular simulation and integral equation theory.
Key terms
- Interface
- The boundary where substances with different properties meet, such as liquid and solid or liquid and liquid
- Ionic liquid
- A salt made only of ions that is in a liquid state even at room temperature
- Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
- An analytical method that turns part of a material into plasma with an intense laser and identifies the elements from the emitted light
ResearchResearch themes
The lab investigates the structure of interfaces and liquids using laser spectroscopy, electrochemical measurements, molecular dynamics simulation, and integral equation theory.
*Illustrative imageAnalyzing elements in water
The lab has developed a method that uses laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy with a long-pulse laser to simultaneously detect a copper sample submerged in water and the surrounding water, and is improving techniques for in situ elemental analysis in water.
*Illustrative imageThe ionic liquid–gold electrode interface
Using a measurement called electrochemical surface plasmon resonance, the lab tracks in situ the redox reaction in which gold dissolves at the interface between an ionic liquid and a gold electrode, and investigates the behavior of the interface.
*Illustrative imageReading atomic force microscopy with theory
By fitting integral equation theory to force curves measured by atomic force microscopy, the lab clarified at what density colloidal particles are distributed on a solid substrate.
*Illustrative imageMaking metals at a water-free liquid–liquid interface
The lab is developing a method to form nanostructures of base metals such as zinc by causing a reduction reaction at the interface between a water-free ionic liquid and an oil.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorTetsuo Sakka
- Associate ProfessorNaoya Nishi
- Assistant ProfessorYuko Yokoyama
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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: “Ionic liquid anti-wear additive ( )” Oak Ridge National Laboratory / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Analyzing elements in water: “Libs Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy” US Army Research Laboratory / Public domain (cropped)
- The ionic liquid–gold electrode interface: “Ionic Liquid ( )” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
- Reading atomic force microscopy with theory: “AFM (used) cantilever in Scanning Electron Microscope, magnification 1000x” SecretDisc / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Making metals at a water-free liquid–liquid interface: “Дендрит” Баженов Вячеслав / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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