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Kotaro Kirimura
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The Kirimura Lab conducts research in applied biological chemistry that uses enzymes and microorganisms as catalysts. It works on developing reactions with new enzymes and searching for microorganisms that live in harsh environments. It aims for highly safe "biomanufacturing" that is free of undue burden and waste.
Seijiro Hosokawa, Associate Professor
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The Hosokawa Lab studies the total synthesis of bioactive compounds and the development of new reactions. The lab works to establish synthetic routes with few steps so that target compounds can be made quickly. It is also developing new reactions that construct complex target structures all at once in a single reaction.
Takeo Suga
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The Suga Lab studies how to create new functions and structures in polymer materials. Using precision polymerization, the lab builds targeted functions into the interfaces between polymer phases. The lab also develops techniques, such as photopolymerization, that produce complex structures by simple methods.
Takayuki Homma, Professor
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The Homma-Fukunaga Lab uses electrochemistry, surface chemistry, and computational chemistry to investigate reactions that occur at interfaces where solids and liquids meet. It works on nanoscale microfabrication processes, techniques for observing and controlling interfacial reactions, and computational techniques for understanding reaction mechanisms. From this work, it aims to create new functional materials and devices and to establish design guidelines starting from the atomic and molecular level. It is also developing materials and processes related to energy, such as fuel cells, electroreduction, and the safe use of hydrogen.
Masahiko Matsukata, Professor
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The Matsukata Lab starts from problems of energy, resources, and the environment, and studies catalytic chemistry, membrane separation engineering, and energy chemistry. At the center of its work is zeolite, a material packed with pores smaller than a nanometer. By designing the size and properties of these pores, the lab creates catalysts that drive only the desired reactions, and membranes that separate mixtures by molecular size. The lab also takes on challenges for a carbon-free society, such as the separation, capture, and effective utilization of carbon dioxide.
Toshiyuki Momma, Professor
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Based on the principles of electrochemistry, the Momma Lab develops materials for next-generation energy storage devices and designs batteries. It also aims to establish a technique for diagnosing battery degradation using AC impedance spectroscopy. Another pillar of the lab is the development of biosensing devices that can help assess health conditions. A distinctive feature of the lab is that it handles everything from material design to device structure, fabrication methods, and evaluation methods.
Masaru Noda, Professor
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The Noda Lab studies how nanomaterials form and searches for new methods to produce them at large scale. Even common elements such as carbon and silicon can deliver excellent performance when their structures are finely controlled at the nanoscale. However, to support society, small nanomaterials must be produced in large quantities. The lab also develops technologies for using renewable energy and countering global warming, and evaluates their effects.
Kenichi Oyaizu, Professor
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The Oyaizu Lab starts from molecular design to synthesize new polymers and investigates the relationship between their structures and their electrical and optical properties. Polymers densely packed with redox molecules that exchange electrons can separate, transport, and store charge. Using these polymers, the lab is pioneering organic electronics unique to polymers, such as organic batteries, capacitors, and solar cells. A distinctive feature is that it treats everything from clarifying the principles behind how functions arise to applying them in devices as one continuous challenge.
Yasushi Sekine, Professor
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The Sekine Lab studies new catalytic processes that could lead the next generation in the fields of the environment and energy. Its guiding idea is "unconventional": original catalyst systems and processes that no one else is pursuing. The lab develops catalysts that exploit the redox capability of solid-state ionics, precisely controlled supported metal catalysts, and low-temperature catalytic processes that use electric fields and plasma. From these, it works on hydrogen production, direct synthesis of high-value compounds, and catalyst systems for environmental purification.
Atsushi Shimojima, Professor
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The Shimojima Lab researches the creation of new materials, mainly using inorganic oxides. With applications in the environment, energy, and medicine in mind, its work is based on solution processes that are low in environmental impact and energy-saving. The lab aims to establish synthetic chemistry that hierarchically controls structure across a wide range of scales, from the atomic and molecular level to the macroscopic level. Besides new nanoporous materials, it focuses on developing smart materials, such as materials that change in response to stimuli and self-healing materials.
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