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Surface Chemistry Lab
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The lab creates new functions from chemical reactions of molecules and also explores applications to information processing.
AboutAbout the lab
Creating new functions from molecular reactions
The Surface Chemistry Lab studies chemical reactions of molecules on solid surfaces and in devices with nanoscale metal electrodes.
Combining analytical methods such as scanning probe microscopy and surface spectroscopy with device fabrication through microfabrication, the lab aims to discover new functions of molecules.
Alongside investigating the fundamental reaction mechanisms and properties through which molecules perform their functions, the lab also works on applications to information processing, such as neural networks.
The lab's website introduces it under the name "Akai Lab."
Key terms
- Neuromorphic
- A computing approach inspired by the system of neurons in the brain. The lab aims to apply it to this kind of technology.
- Scanning probe microscopy
- One of the analytical methods for studying solid surfaces. It is used to investigate the reaction mechanisms and properties of molecules.
- Surface spectroscopy
- One of the analytical methods for studying solid surfaces. It is used to investigate the reaction mechanisms and physical properties behind the functions that molecules show.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab uses surface and interface science methods to study the dynamic interactions that atoms and molecules undergo at nanoscale interfaces, aiming to understand their underlying principles. Building on that, it hopes to open a path to applications in neuromorphic technology, which imitates nerve cells.
View More ↗MembersFaculty
The members of the Surface Chemistry Lab consist of faculty members, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and administrative assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorMegumi Akai
- Associate ProfessorHiroyuki Kato
- Assistant ProfessorSeiya Watanabe
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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: “Scanning tunneling microscope-MHS 2237-IMG 3817” Rama / CC BY-SA 3.0 fr (cropped)
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