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Yuji Toda, Professor
2 student voices
The Toda-Mizoguchi Lab (commonly known as Suiri-ken) studies river flow, topography, and the conservation of watershed environments. It works on topics such as changes in vegetation within rivers, evaluation of the habitats of aquatic organisms, and prediction of damage to levees and railways caused by floods. Its research combines field biological surveys and aerial photography with UAVs (drones) with numerical computation and machine learning. Rivers overseas are also subjects of study, such as floods caused by glacial lake outbursts in Bhutan and riverbank erosion in Bangladesh.
Kazuaki Ishihara, Professor
1 student voices
The Ishihara Lab studies catalysts that freely control organic reactions so that desired substances can be selectively and efficiently synthesized. Using acids and bases as clues, the lab classifies acid–base combined catalysts, which draw out the full potential of catalytic function, by type, and uses this as a guide to develop new catalysts. Its conditions are a low environmental burden and energy savings. It aims to realize 'perfect reactions' that produce the target substance with high yield and selectivity from any starting material.
Yukikazu Takeoka, Associate Professor
1 student voices
The Takeoka Lab studies new materials made from soft matter such as polymers, colloids, liquid crystals, and gels. These substances are used in a wide range of applications, including car parts, liquid crystal displays, and materials for regenerative medicine. By combining them with organic, inorganic, and biological materials, the lab aims to create "smart composite materials" that are both flexible and complex.
Yoko Sakata, Professor
1 student voices
The Sakata Lab uses the properties of metal ions to create new molecular assemblies (supramolecules). Focusing on metal coordination bonds formed between metal ions and organic molecules, the lab builds things through self-assembly, the force by which atoms and molecules naturally come together. With this approach, complex ring- and cage-shaped structures that are difficult to make by ordinary synthesis can be made easily. It is a new lab, established in April 2024.
Katsutoshi Hori, Professor
1 student voices
The Hori Lab studies bacteria, which are single-celled microorganisms. With two major themes, interfacial microbial engineering and wastewater treatment and environmental remediation, the lab handles research from basic science through to practical application. It investigates the structure and function of the microbial cell surface and its interactions with material surfaces, and aims to create new technologies based on these findings. It also continues research on wastewater treatment and environmental remediation using microorganisms, aiming to turn it into technology that is used in society.
Yoshihiko Yamamoto, Professor
1 student voices
The Molecular Design Chemistry Lab studies, based on synthetic organic chemistry, the design of new molecules that could lead to drugs and efficient ways to make them. Using metal-containing catalysts and light energy, the lab develops reactions that assemble, in a single step, the ring-shaped skeletons found in natural products and bioactive compounds from chain-like molecules. The lab combines experiments with computational chemistry to investigate how these reactions proceed. Starting from curiosity, as in "Can we make this interesting structure?", the lab values free thinking.
Yukio Tanaka, Professor
1 student voices
The Tanaka-Kawaguchi Lab studies, through theory, the properties of matter made up of large numbers of electrons and atoms. In the quantum world, quantum statistics unlike anything in everyday life give rise to many phenomena, such as superconductivity and magnetism. Focusing on topological quantum phenomena, from electrons in solids to ultracold atomic gases, the lab works to elucidate and predict new principles and functions. The lab also actively collaborates with leading labs in Japan and abroad.
Koshi Takenaka, Professor
1 student voices
The Takenaka-Hirai Lab conducts research with the goal of creating new functional materials from the physics inside matter. In transition metals such as manganese, iron, and copper, electrons interact strongly with one another and form various kinds of order called “electronic phases.” Building on the idea of controlling these electronic phases, the lab has developed new material functions, such as giant “negative thermal expansion,” in which a material shrinks when heated. The lab welcomes students from a wide range of fields, including not only physics but also chemistry and materials science.
Takahiro Moriyama, Professor
1 student voices
The Moriyama Lab studies new physical phenomena that arise from a property of electrons called "spin." Spintronics, which makes use of spin, is expected to lead to low-power, high-density, high-speed technologies for information storage and communication. Using nanoscale magnetic thin films and wires as well as two-dimensional magnetic materials, the lab searches for new properties through a variety of measurements and controls how magnetism and electric current flow. Based on these results, the lab also works on developing new magnetic memory devices and high-frequency devices.
Satoshi Matsuyama, Professor
1 student voices
The Matsuyama Lab develops a variety of X-ray microscopes that use high-precision X-ray mirrors. The lab aims to realize an X-ray microscope that rivals electron microscopes and can resolve details finer than 10 nm. It studies everything from X-ray mirrors to microscopes and their applications, working to open up new fields in materials science, medicine, biology, and more. Experiments are mainly carried out at large synchrotron radiation facilities such as SPring-8 and SACLA, where students can acquire skills in optics, programming, and design.
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