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Wakihara Lab
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The lab aims to build a sustainable society through the ultimate zeolite.
AboutAbout the lab
Creating the ultimate zeolite for a sustainable society
The Wakihara Lab studies materials with tiny, nanometer-sized pores, with a focus on zeolites.
Zeolites are used in catalysts for petroleum-related processes and in catalysts that treat automobile exhaust, and their use is also expected to expand to adsorbents and separation membranes.
The lab is distinctive in combining methods for building materials from the atomic and molecular level with the development of manufacturing processes designed from a larger-scale perspective.
As a new lab, it welcomes visits from interested students.
Key terms
- Zeolite
- A crystalline material composed of silicon, aluminum, and other elements, containing many pores about the size of a molecule
- Nanoporous material
- A material with tiny internal spaces (pores) on the nanometer scale, such as zeolites and mesoporous silica
- Catalyst
- A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction or makes it more likely to occur, without itself being changed
NewsLab news
A master's student won the Young Researcher Outstanding Presentation Award at the Zeolite Research Conference
A master's student received an award at ICCCI 2025
A doctoral student won the Young Researcher Outstanding Presentation Award at the Joint Symposium on Adsorption and Zeolites
Prof. Wakihara received the Academic Award from the Ceramic Society of Japan
A master's student won the Poster Award at the Japan-Korea Ceramics Seminar
ResearchResearch themes
The Wakihara Lab aims to synthesize and apply nanoporous materials (such as zeolites and mesoporous silica) that are expected to find applications in the environmental and energy fields, and to develop rational manufacturing processes. Its goal is to create new science, technology, and systems by combining a bottom-up approach that builds from atoms and molecules with a top-down approach that starts from the macroscopic world.
*Illustrative imageSynthesis of New Nanoporous Materials
This research focuses on synthesizing new nanoporous materials such as zeolites and mesoporous silica.
*Illustrative imageElucidating How Nanoporous Materials Form
This research clarifies the mechanism by which nanoporous materials form.
*Illustrative imageDevelopment of New Manufacturing Processes
The lab is developing new manufacturing processes for producing nanoporous materials.
*Illustrative imageDevelopment and Modeling of Catalysts and Adsorbent Materials
The lab develops catalysts and adsorbent materials that contribute to solving environmental and energy problems, and works on modeling them.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Wakihara Lab consist of faculty, project researchers, researchers, academic specialists, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, special research students, and secretaries.As of 2026
- ProfessorToru WakiharaPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorPeidong Hu
- Assistant ProfessorRaquel Simancas-Coloma
- Assistant ProfessorMasanori TakemotoPublications ↗
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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: “Freiberg, Terra mineralia, Stellerit, Laumontit, Apophyllit” Dguendel / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Synthesis of New Nanoporous Materials: “Hypothetical-Zeolite” Louistheran / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Elucidating How Nanoporous Materials Form: “Zeolites within an ECM” Savannah River National Laboratory / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Development of New Manufacturing Processes: “Chemical reactor ( )” Oregon State University / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Development and Modeling of Catalysts and Adsorbent Materials: “Keramik-Katalysator” Global-Kat Recycling / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Tung Lab): “Molybdenite-238917” Robert M. Lavinsky / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Yamada-Kitada Lab): “Lithium-ion coin cell batteries in laboratory testing fixture” Chingo K / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Muraoka Lab): “MFI zeolite structure” Prashant Kumar et al. / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Tsuji Lab): “Viscous fingers in a TiO2 sol-gel thin film formed from a Saffman-Taylor instability. 200x magnification reflected light” Claire Trease, Kingston University / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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