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Nanostructure and Property Control Lab
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A lab developing nanostructured semiconductor materials that aim to generate electricity from waste heat.
AboutAbout the lab
Designing nanostructures to generate electricity from waste heat.
The Nakamura Lab develops new semiconductor materials and devices to solve problems facing the energy sector and semiconductor devices.
Aiming to generate electricity from waste heat and reuse the energy, the lab performs thermal management using materials with nanoscale structures.
Drawing on quantum mechanics, solid-state physics, and heat and carrier transport, the lab designs and fabricates nanomaterials made of ubiquitous elements.
Key terms
- Energy harvesting
- Generating electricity by recovering energy from sources such as waste heat and mechanical vibration; also called environmental power generation
- Ubiquitous elements
- Elements such as O, Si, Fe, and Zn that are inexpensive, non-toxic, and free from concerns about resource depletion
- Thermal management
- Control of waste heat energy, including moving it, dissipating it, and converting it into electricity
NewsLab news
Prof. Nakamura's review article on thermoelectric thin films was published in Applied Physics Express
A master's student received the Outstanding Presentation Award at the Spring 2026 Retreat of the Functional Nano-Interface Science Research Group
A master's student received the 14th Kansai Encouragement Award at the Kansai Chapter of the Japan Society of Applied Physics
A master's student's paper on improving thermoelectric performance was accepted for publication in Physical Review Materials
A master's student and an undergraduate student received the Kidenkai Award for their master's and bachelor's thesis presentations
ResearchResearch themes
This lab studies semiconductor materials with nanoscale structures toward energy harvesting, which extracts electricity from sources such as waste heat. It designs and fabricates nanomaterials with power-generating functions from ubiquitous elements, which are inexpensive, non-toxic, and free from concerns about resource depletion.
*Illustrative imageThermoelectric nanomaterials made of ubiquitous elements
The lab applies quantum structures of Si, Ge, and silicides (nanodots, nanowires, and superlattices) to power generation, developing thermoelectric nanomaterials for realizing the IoT. It also aims to recover heat energy from displays and window glass using transparent thermoelectric materials with controlled optical properties.
*Illustrative imageThermal management with nanomaterials
The lab develops nanomaterials for phonon engineering, which controls heat in addition to electrons and light. It is also working on new methods for observing phonon transport.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Nakamura Lab in the Nanostructure and Property Control Group consist of faculty, secretaries, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYoshiaki Nakamura
- LecturerTakafumi Ishibe
- Assistant ProfessorTsukasa Terada
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- Top image: “BioLite Camp Stove 2” BioLite / CC BY-SA 3.0 us (cropped)
- Thermoelectric nanomaterials made of ubiquitous elements: “Quantum dots 3” Marc Vidal / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Thermal management with nanomaterials: “Phonon Laser Device” Ivan S. Grudinin / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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