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Nano Reaction Engineering Lab
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A lab that explores self-assembly and nanoporous materials through chemical engineering.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring self-assembly and nanospaces through chemical engineering
The Nano Reaction Engineering Group (Nishiyama Lab) is working to extend chemical engineering and reaction engineering into a wide range of fields, as a systems approach to solving global energy and environmental problems.
Building on the physical chemistry of self-assembly at every level from molecules to colloidal particles, one line of research focuses on controlling the structure of liquid crystals, colloidal dispersions, and organic-inorganic nanocomposites.
The lab regards materials with nanospaces as microscopic chemical devices and aims to develop new reaction and separation processes.
The lab also conducts research aimed at developing new molecular technologies for designing soft matter at the molecular level.
Key terms
- Self-assembly
- A phenomenon in which molecules or particles spontaneously gather to form a defined structure.
- Liquid crystal
- A state of matter intermediate between solid and liquid, in which molecules tend to align in an ordered way.
- Zeolite
- A material whose crystals contain tiny pores arranged in a regular pattern.
NewsLab news
A student won a Poster Award at the 57th Autumn Meeting of the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan
A master's student won the Wakaba Award (poster award) at the Japanese Liquid Crystal Conference
A master's student won the Kosai Award (poster award) at the Japanese Liquid Crystal Conference
A paper written by a student was published in Applied Physics Letters
A master's student won an Excellent Poster Award at the 29th ESR Forum Research Meeting
ResearchResearch themes
The lab works on self-assembly at every level from molecules to colloidal particles, and on developing new reaction and separation processes using materials with nanospaces. It believes that a new chemical engineering, integrating materials science with reaction and separation operations, needs to be created.
*Illustrative imageNanoporous Materials and Reaction/Separation Processes
Using self-assembly, the lab synthesizes materials with nanospaces and controls their structure. It also researches and develops reaction and separation operations that involve mass transport in nanospaces.
*Illustrative imageStructure and Properties of Liquid Crystals
Focusing on intermolecular interactions, the lab studies liquid crystals, which self-assemble into diverse structures, mainly examining their magnetic and optical properties. The research draws on both organic chemistry and soft matter physics.
*Illustrative imageAtomic-Level Design of Functional Materials
Differences in local structure at the atomic level can greatly change a material's function. The lab develops atomic-level design methods for zeolites, carbon, MOFs, and other materials, in order to enhance their performance and bring out new functions.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Nano Reaction Engineering Group (Nishiyama Lab) consist of faculty members and students in the doctoral program, the master's program, and the undergraduate program.As of 2026
- ProfessorNorikazu Nishiyama
- Associate ProfessorYoshiaki Uchida
- Assistant ProfessorKoji Miyake
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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: “Liquid Crystal Art-1” Ingo Dierking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Nanoporous Materials and Reaction/Separation Processes: “Separation in porous and dense membranes” Michele Ongis / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Structure and Properties of Liquid Crystals: “Nematic liquid crystal” Ingo Dierking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Atomic-Level Design of Functional Materials: “Zeolite structure as an assembly of tetrahedra” François-Xavier Coudert / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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