LAB LOGA page on LabLog, a review site (not the lab's official page)
Composite Materials Chemistry Lab
Machine-translated · View original
The lab creates next-generation functional materials from biomass such as wood.
AboutAbout the lab
Next-generation functional materials from biomass.
The Composite Materials Chemistry Lab works on turning biomass-derived materials, including wood and its components, polysaccharides, and natural rubber, into the basis of new functional materials.
The lab pursues precise polymer synthesis, fundamental research on the properties of molecules and materials, and applied research that will be useful in the future.
Assigned students learn the fundamentals of organic chemistry and polymer chemistry, and experience the whole process from experiments to presentations and writing papers.
Undergraduates join the lab in their fourth year (the graduate program is the Division of Forest Science, Graduate School of Agriculture).
Key terms
- Block copolymer
- A polymer made by joining two or more polymers with different properties end to end.
- Phase separation
- The process in which components that do not mix separate from each other and each forms its own domain.
- Cellobiose
- A sugar made of two glucose units linked together. It is produced when cellulose is broken down.
NewsLab news
A doctoral student received the Outstanding Poster Award at the Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society
A doctoral student received the Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting of the Cellulose Society of Japan
A specially appointed researcher received a Poster Award at the JACI/GSC Symposium
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies how to make a variety of functional materials from biomass such as wood. It uses two approaches: synthesizing polymers from small molecules, and physically and chemically modifying wood and similar materials.
View More ↗
MembersFaculty
The members of the Composite Materials Chemistry Lab consist of faculty, researchers, collaborative researchers from private companies and other organizations, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students (including international students).
- ProfessorHiroshi Kamitakahara
- Assistant ProfessorKazuki Sugimura
VoicesStudent voices
Ratings and reviews reflect the experiences of individual current or former students, not the lab's official views. Whether a lab has reviews, or how many, says nothing about the lab itself.
Students who take part in an interview may receive a thank-you gift worth ¥1,000, regardless of what they say.
Student ratings (0 students)
--
--
--
--
--
--
Student voices answer questions like these
- What's great about this lab?
- What did you learn after joining?
- What's the vibe, and what is the professor like?
- Who is this lab for?
- Where do graduates go?
Your experience can help younger students choose their lab. Your name won't be shown.
Write a lab reviewAnonymous · Your draft is saved if you stopRelatedLabs similar to Composite Materials Chemistry Lab
Biofiber Science LabFaculty of Agriculture, Division of Forest ScienceStructure and properties of cellulose and polysaccharides, s…
Biomaterials Design LabFaculty of Agriculture, Division of Forest SciencePhysical properties of forest biomass materials (wood, bambo…
Biomaterials Chemistry LabFaculty of Agriculture, Division of Forest ScienceOrganic chemistry of biomass; cellulose, hemicellulose, lign…
Energy Ecosystem LabFaculty of Agriculture, Division of Forest ScienceBiomass, bioenergy, biochemicals, bioethanol, biodiesel, hig…The information on this page is compiled by the LabLog team from the lab's public information and interviews. For corrections or removal requests, please contact LabLog, not the lab.
Report an errorAbout the images
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: “Cellulose structure” Vicente Neto / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Block copolymers made from cellulose: “Block copolymer 3D” Minihaa / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (生物繊維学): “Cellulose polymer” Vicente Neto / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (生物材料設計学): “Beilstein - Schmidhausen - Hebelstraße - Holzzaun - Augen (1)” Roman Eisele / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (生物材料化学): “Pine log cross-sections, Teutendorf” Radomianin / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (エネルギーエコシステム学): “Wood chips from encroacher bush ready for industrial use” GIZ Bush Control and Biomass Utilisation Project / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
About LabLog
LabLog is a lab review app for students only. Student members at each university interview students in labs and publish what they say. Student voices can only be read by students who sign up with a university email address. Operated by bestiee Inc.
Learn more about LabLog ↗Search engines and AI may reference the basic lab info and rating summaries on this page and the description of LabLog. Student voices are for student members only. Automated collection by programs (scraping, or input to or training of AI) is prohibited under Article 8 of the Terms of Service. If you need data for research or analysis, please contact us.