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Functional Materials Physics Lab

Ken Watanabe, Associate Professor

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The lab studies gas sensors and secondary batteries built by combining oxides.

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.

#Gas sensors #Secondary batteries #Inorganic materials

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Thermal and Electronic Functional Properties Lab

Michitaka Ohtaki, Professor

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The lab makes and studies materials that convert heat into electricity.

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.

#Thermoelectric materials #Functional ceramics #Novel materials exploration

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Crystal Physics and Engineering Lab

Masaru Itakura, Associate Professor

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The lab uses electron microscopy to explore the relationship between the microstructure and magnetic properties of permanent magnets.

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.

#Neodymium permanent magnets #Microstructure #Electron microscopy

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Extreme Environment Materials Lab

Kenichi Hashizume, Associate Professor

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A lab that studies the relationship between hydrogen and materials in extreme environments such as fusion reactors and nuclear reactors.

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."

#Hydrogen isotopes #Nuclear fusion #Proton conductors

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Materials Structure Control Lab

Satoshi Iikubo, Professor

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A lab that uses computational science to search for new materials and develop them.

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."

#First-principles calculations #Novel materials exploration #Microstructure control of materials

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Surface Materials Science Lab

Takeshi Nakagawa, Associate Professor

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A lab that examines solid surfaces at the atomic level and creates new two-dimensional thin films.

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.

#Two-dimensional monolayer films #Magnetic thin films #Oxide surfaces

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Computational Materials Science Lab

Yuta Tsuji, Professor

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The lab uses theoretical calculations to study the properties and reactions of molecules, solids, and surfaces.

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.

#Theoretical computational science #Heterogeneous catalytic reactions #Molecular electronics

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Molecular Measurement Lab

Akira Harata, Professor

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The lab develops new methods for measuring molecules using lasers and synchrotron light.

The Molecular Measurement Lab devises and develops new measurement methods for investigating the structure, reactions, and functions of molecules, and applies them to elucidate problems in materials science and engineering. The lab aims to make it possible for anyone to measure molecules and materials in a wide variety of environments, using laser light, synchrotron light, and other tools. Building on physical chemistry and analytical chemistry, the lab approaches solutions to energy and environmental problems. On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Harata Lab."

#Laser spectroscopy #Synchrotron spectroscopy #Ultrasensitive analysis

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Biomolecular Functional Chemistry Lab

Asako Murata, Associate Professor

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The lab searches for small molecules that bind RNA, aiming at drug discovery and control of biological reactions.

The Biomolecular Functional Chemistry Lab searches for and develops small-molecule compounds that bind to RNA, with the aim of RNA-targeted drug discovery. RNA is attracting attention as a next-generation drug target because of its diverse functions and its links to disease. In addition to searching for small-molecule compounds that can freely manipulate the structure and function of RNA, the lab works on molecular design using information science and machine learning. The lab also conducts applied research on using small-molecule compounds to control intracellular biological reactions involving nucleic acids such as RNA and DNA.

#RNA #Small molecules #Drug discovery

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Advanced Functional Materials Lab

Shigeru Fujino, Professor

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A lab that explores how to make glass and ceramics and what properties they have, in order to create new functional materials.

The Advanced Functional Materials Lab studies functional glasses and ceramics that support photonics, electronics, and biotechnology. Using silica, which is abundant as a resource, as the base material, the lab works on making glass with complex shapes through light-based 3D fabrication technology. On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Fujino Lab."

#Functional glasses #Silica glass #3D fabrication technology

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Labs in Kyushu University

Functional Materials Physics Lab

The lab studies gas sensors and secondary batteries built by combining oxides.

Thermal and Electronic Functional Properties Lab

The lab makes and studies materials that convert heat into electricity.

Crystal Physics and Engineering Lab

The lab uses electron microscopy to explore the relationship between the microstructure and magnetic properties of permanent magnets.

Extreme Environment Materials Lab

A lab that studies the relationship between hydrogen and materials in extreme environments such as fusion reactors and nuclear reactors.

Materials Structure Control Lab

A lab that uses computational science to search for new materials and develop them.

Surface Materials Science Lab

A lab that examines solid surfaces at the atomic level and creates new two-dimensional thin films.

Computational Materials Science Lab

The lab uses theoretical calculations to study the properties and reactions of molecules, solids, and surfaces.

Molecular Measurement Lab

The lab develops new methods for measuring molecules using lasers and synchrotron light.

Biomolecular Functional Chemistry Lab

The lab searches for small molecules that bind RNA, aiming at drug discovery and control of biological reactions.

Advanced Functional Materials Lab

A lab that explores how to make glass and ceramics and what properties they have, in order to create new functional materials.

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