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Catalyst Design Lab
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A lab that develops high-performance solid catalysts for environmentally friendly manufacturing.
AboutAbout the lab
Pursuing manufacturing in harmony with nature
The Catalyst Design Group (Mizugaki Lab) develops high-performance solid catalysts aimed at environmentally friendly manufacturing (green chemistry).
Catalysts are substances that govern the conversion of matter and energy, and most everyday products around us are made using catalytic reactions.
Pursuing 'manufacturing in harmony with nature,' the lab develops high-performance solid catalysts that enable environmentally friendly chemical conversion processes.
Specifically, it works on turning environmental pollutants into resources, green and highly efficient oxidation reactions, and carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions that minimize waste.
Key terms
- Catalyst
- A substance that governs the conversion of matter and energy. Most everyday products are made using catalytic reactions.
- Green chemistry
- An approach to chemistry that aims at environmentally friendly manufacturing.
- Support
- A solid that serves as the base on which catalytic metal nanoparticles are immobilized. This lab uses inorganic solid crystals.
NewsLab news
Associate Professor Mitsudome's research results were accepted by ACS Catalysis
A master's student won an Excellent Poster Award at the 20th Catalysis Dojo
A doctoral student won a Gold Poster Award at an international conference
Associate Professor Mitsudome won the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award at the 25th Green & Sustainable Chemistry (GSC) Awards
A doctoral student's research was accepted by Chemistry - A European Journal
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to develop catalyst systems that avoid harmful reagents, proceed under mild conditions, and convert substances with high selectivity. Toward chemical processes in harmony with the environment, it studies the catalysis of metal nanoparticles, effective use of biomass, and iron-based catalysts.
*Illustrative imageNew Catalytic Functions of Metal Nanoparticles
The lab develops catalysts in which metal nanoparticles with precisely controlled shape and size are immobilized on inorganic solid crystals. It has shown that gold, silver, and copper nanoparticles exhibit unique catalytic behavior through cooperative effects with the support.
*Illustrative imageConverting Biomass into Useful Compounds
The lab develops catalysts that convert renewable biomass resources into high-value-added compounds, aiming to establish biomass-derived 'C3 chemistry.' It also designs catalysts that selectively convert the hydroxyl groups of glycerol, a by-product, to obtain useful compounds.
*Illustrative imageResource-Autonomous Catalysts Using Iron
Proposing 'resource-autonomous catalyst science' that does not depend on scarce resources, the lab studies catalysts based on iron, which is abundant on Earth. Iron catalysts have had problems with activity and stability in air, and the lab aims to design them using guidelines based on control of metal bonding and electronic states.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Catalyst Design Group consist of faculty members, administrative assistants, a Visiting Associate Professor, a visiting researcher, students in the doctoral program, the master's program, and the undergraduate program, and short-term international students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTomoo Mizugaki
- Associate ProfessorTakato Mitsudome
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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: “FRONT FACE OF CATALYTIC REACTOR - NARA - 17498909” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- New Catalytic Functions of Metal Nanoparticles: “Platinum nanoparticles” PieroSpeleo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Converting Biomass into Useful Compounds: “Glycerol-3D-balls” Benjah-bmm27 / Public domain (cropped)
- Resource-Autonomous Catalysts Using Iron: “Rust screw” User:Paulnasca / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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