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Katsuyuki Matsunaga, Professor
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The Matsunaga Lab studies how the microscopic structures and properties of materials arise, from the viewpoint of electronic states and atomic arrangements. The lab aims to understand these mechanisms and lead them to the creation of new materials. In addition to theoretical calculations with parallel computers, the lab is equipped with instruments for sample processing and for examining electrical properties and deformation, so it investigates materials through both computation and experiment.
Yuichi Masubuchi, Professor
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The Masubuchi Lab studies the rheology of soft matter from a physics perspective. Toothpaste, lipstick, and cream are examples of the many substances around us that are neither quite solid nor quite liquid, and rheology is the field that studies the motion of such materials. The lab combines experiments, theory, and computational science, and also conducts research that applies findings from basic research to engineering. Many of its topics do not use quantum mechanics or solid-state physics, and the lab is closely related to statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics.
Hajime Kimizuka, Professor
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The Kimizuka-Ohto Lab studies the properties of materials using computational science methods that examine materials at the level of electrons and atoms. The lab aims to clarify the microscopic mechanisms at work inside materials, predict their properties, and apply this knowledge to the design of materials with new functions. The main targets are solid materials such as metals, alloys, and ceramics, and the lab investigates phenomena related to strength and deformation from a microscopic perspective. For research on hydrogen permeation membranes, the lab has a setup that allows both experimental and computational approaches.
Takashi Nakamura, Professor
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The Nakamura Lab studies technologies for storing and converting energy, such as rechargeable batteries, fuel cells, and water electrolysis. Building on solid state ionics, which deals with the phenomenon of ions moving inside solids, the lab applies ideas from materials science and electrochemistry. The lab works on rechargeable batteries that store a lot of energy and last a long time, efficient energy conversion, and new methods for synthesizing materials that have not existed before. The term "solid state ionics" was coined and popularized worldwide by Professor Emeritus Takehiko Takahashi of Nagoya University.
Noritaka Usami, Professor
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The Usami-Katsube Lab studies silicon, the foundation of photovoltaics and electronics, as well as materials compatible with silicon. It works across scales, from large bulk crystals to structures only nanometers in size. The lab aims to create new crystals that could make solar cells widely available, nanomaterials with unprecedented properties, and new devices that operate with light or electricity.
Miho Tagawa, Professor
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The Tagawa Lab studies how to use biomolecules such as DNA to arrange nanomaterials in an orderly way and form crystals. Extremely small substances such as nanoparticles have properties different from those of bulk materials, and when they are arranged in an ordered way, further new properties appear. However, it is not easy to control the arrangement as desired with nanomaterials alone. The lab therefore uses the self-assembly of biomolecules such as nucleic acids to precisely control the interactions and arrangement of nanomaterials.
Koyo Norinaga, Professor
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The Norinaga-Machida-Yanase Lab studies technologies for separating, capturing, and utilizing carbon dioxide (CO2). Looking ahead to a future society where CO2 separation and capture is widely used, the lab conducts research in collaboration among universities, companies, and national government agencies. The lab works on technology that directly captures CO2 from the atmosphere using the cold energy of liquefied natural gas, as well as on predicting and simulating reactions that convert biomass and coal into fuels and raw materials.
Yutaka Matsuo, Professor
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The Matsuo Lab studies devices that convert light into electricity using nanocarbon materials. It gives fullerenes and carbon nanotubes new functions through chemical methods to create new solar cells. The lab also works on materials that make fuel cells last longer and on molecules that change color when pressed. Its research spans organic chemistry to applied physics, and members work across fields while discussing with one another.
Ryoji Asahi, Professor
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The Asahi Lab studies methods for designing functional materials by combining first-principles calculations and information science. First-principles calculations can predict many properties of materials from the fundamental principles of physical chemistry. Materials informatics, which searches for materials using data, faces the challenge that big data is hard to collect in materials science. The lab therefore combines computation and information science in various ways to search for materials that can help solve energy and environmental problems.
Naoki Hayakawa, Professor
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The Hayakawa Lab studies a wide range of topics in power engineering, including high-electric-field phenomena, electrical insulation, and superconducting technology. Its main subjects are discharge and insulation in solids, liquids, gases, and vacuum, and the application of superconductivity to electric power. Experiments are carried out in a high-voltage laboratory equipped with an 800 kV impulse voltage source and a 250 kV AC voltage source. The lab also collaborates with industry, including participation in research and development projects and joint research.
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