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Shuntaro Tsubaki, Professor
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The Mass Transfer Engineering Lab researches and develops chemical processes that use microwaves, and analyzes powder compression related to electrodes for all-solid-state batteries. Professor Shuntaro Tsubaki uses techniques that precisely control microwave heating to research and develop catalytic conversion of sugars, extraction of functional molecules, and techniques that speed up freeze-drying. The lab also pursues fundamental research that uses in situ observation, such as XAFS and Raman spectroscopy, to clarify how microwaves make reactions faster. Assistant Professor Takeru Yano uses numerical simulation based on the discrete element method to analyze the densification that occurs during powder compression and the structure of electrodes for all-solid-state batteries.
Hisahiro Einaga, Professor
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The Functional Inorganic Materials Engineering Lab aims to create highly functional catalyst materials that give precise control over chemical reactions, by controlling the structure of inorganic materials such as metal nanoparticles, metal oxides, and porous materials at the atomic level. From a chemical engineering perspective, the lab designs catalytic reactions, and also works on developing energy-efficient reaction processes that use special reaction environments such as microwaves and low-temperature plasma. The lab also researches environmental catalysts that remove pollutants emitted by chemical plants, automobiles, and other sources. It aims to put into practical use a reaction process that can build compact, low-cost reactors, as a countermeasure technology for small- and medium-scale sources of VOCs. The lab's website presents it under the name “Einaga-Hojo Lab.”
Masatoshi Mitsuhara, Professor
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The Structural Materials Physics Lab studies the relationship between the mechanical properties of crystalline materials such as metals and their internal microstructure. To improve high-temperature structural materials used in power generators and similar applications, the lab investigates the relationship between deformation mechanisms at high temperatures and internal microstructure. The lab uses electron microscopes to directly observe even the arrangement of atoms at grain boundaries, and combines this with computer simulation in its investigations. The lab's website presents it under the name “Mitsuhara Lab.”
Ken Watanabe, Associate Professor
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The Functional Materials Physics Lab focuses on oxides, among the functional inorganic materials that conduct electricity, store electricity, or emit light. By combining materials with functions such as conducting electrons, conducting ions, and reacting in special ways with gas molecules, the lab works on new gas sensors and secondary batteries. The performance of gas sensors and secondary batteries can be greatly improved by controlling the combination of materials, their shape, size, and composition. The lab invites students to join in developing new gas sensors and secondary batteries that can help solve energy and environmental problems.
Michitaka Ohtaki, Professor
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The Thermal and Electronic Functional Properties Lab (Ohtaki-Suekuni Lab) conducts experimental research on functional ceramics, including thermoelectric materials. Converting heat into electricity with thermoelectric materials is called thermoelectric power generation, and it is expected to be a technology for recovering electric power from unused waste heat. Aiming for high-performance materials made from low-toxicity, abundant, and inexpensive elements, the lab handles everything itself, from synthesis to property evaluation, for oxides, sulfides, and other compounds. The lab also pursues other research based on free thinking.
Masaru Itakura, Associate Professor
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The Crystal Physics and Engineering Lab (Itakura Lab) conducts research to clarify the relationship between the functions and properties of materials and their microstructure. Developing highly functional materials requires designing the microstructure to meet a variety of needs. Using various methods, including advanced electron microscopy, the lab aims to gain guidance for developing more advanced materials.
Kenichi Hashizume, Associate Professor
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The Extreme Environment Materials Lab studies how hydrogen behaves inside materials in environments exposed to high temperatures and radiation, such as fusion reactors and nuclear reactors. Centering on tritium, the hydrogen isotope that serves as fuel for fusion reactors, the lab's work also covers materials related to hydrogen energy and the effective use of radiation. Hydrogen is environmentally friendly, but it also causes problems such as hydrogen embrittlement, which degrades the materials it is used with. On the lab's website, the lab is introduced under the name "Hashizume Lab."
Satoshi Iikubo, Professor
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The Materials Structure Control Lab studies the search for new materials and materials development aided by computational science, and the elucidation of new materials and their functions using quantum beams. Based on the "Elements Strategy" concept, which aims to find substitutes for scarce elements, the lab conducts joint research with experimental groups inside and outside the university and with companies, targeting solar cells, rechargeable batteries, superconductors, and more. The lab also works on using computational science on supercomputers to uncover the states of electrons and atoms in materials and theoretically predict new materials. On the lab's website, the lab is introduced under the name "Iikubo-Shimada Lab."
Takeshi Nakagawa, Associate Professor
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The Surface Materials Science Lab studies solid surfaces from the atomic level. Its main targets are metal and semiconductor surfaces, on which it fabricates and characterizes new two-dimensional thin films. The lab belongs to the Materials Course of the Department of Interdisciplinary Engineering at the undergraduate level, and to the Materials Science and Engineering Major of the Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences at the graduate level.
Yuta Tsuji, Professor
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The Computational Materials Science Lab studies the physical properties and reactivity of molecules, solids, and surfaces and interfaces from the standpoint of theoretical computational science rather than experiment. The lab focuses in particular on topics such as heterogeneous catalytic reactions, molecular electronics, and organic-inorganic interfaces. In recent years, the lab has also used knowledge and methodologies from information science and mathematical science to advance its research. The lab's interest lies not in computational science that pursues accuracy, but in creating a new view of matter and building chemical concepts grounded in quantum theory and orbital theory.
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