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Chiharu Tokoro, Professor
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Tokoro Lab studies technologies for extracting resources from used products so that they can be used again. For each of the basic steps of recycling, namely comminution and separation, sorting, and recovery, the lab works to elucidate the mechanisms and develop technologies. The lab is divided into four teams for research: electric pulse, chemistry, DEM simulation, and comminution and separation. The main targets are wastes that will appear in large quantities in the coming years, such as lithium-ion batteries, solar panels, and carbon fiber reinforced plastics.
Katsunori Yamaguchi, Professor
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Yamaguchi Lab works on metal smelting using high-temperature processes and on the development of recycling processes. Advanced industries such as automobiles and electronic and electrical equipment use many rare metals along with base metals such as iron and copper. Because Japan relies on imports for most of its metal resources, there is an urgent need to develop technologies for recovering metal resources from used equipment, in addition to smelting. A distinctive feature of the lab is the wide range of its research, from beaker-scale experiments to tests in large-scale operations.
Yoshishige Kawabe, Professor
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The Kawabe Lab deals with problems in the geosphere environment that cannot be seen, such as soil and groundwater contamination. For problems occurring in many places around the world, it studies remediation methods that are as environmentally friendly as possible, together with risk assessment for people and ecosystems. In particular, for naturally occurring heavy metals, it traces the underlying mechanisms and works to prevent their spread to surrounding areas and reduce risk. The lab also studies the effective use of waste such as volcanic ash and pumice, and carbon dioxide fixation using rocks and soil.
Akio Inoe, Professor (Fixed-term)
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The Inoe Lab aims to observe the first galaxies born in the universe. Using state-of-the-art observatories such as the Subaru Telescope and ALMA, the lab studies galaxy formation and evolution and a phenomenon known as cosmic reionization. The lab also observes protoplanetary disks around young stars to study how planetary systems form. It is also working on conceptual designs for next-generation space telescopes capable of observing a wide range of celestial objects.
Taro Ueda, Professor
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The Ueda Lab studies the mechanisms by which cells move, at both the cellular and molecular levels. The keys are the actin filament, a major component of the cytoskeleton, and the cellular slime mold, a model system for eukaryotic cell motility. The lab investigates why actin filaments perform different functions in different locations, and how a cell divides in two. It is also working on using protein molecular motors as tiny transport tools.
Takuro Katsufuji, Professor
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The Katsufuji Lab creates new materials and investigates the new behavior that electrons show in them. Electrons in a crystal feel forces from atomic nuclei and exert forces on one another, and together they give rise to a wide variety of properties as a collective. Becoming a metal that conducts electricity, sticking to a magnet, and having zero electrical resistance are all examples. The lab focuses on “strongly correlated materials,” mainly transition metal oxides, and studies them using methods such as optical techniques.
Masatoshi Takano, Professor
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The Takano Lab studies atomic nuclei from the theoretical side. A nucleus is a system of protons and neutrons bound by the nuclear force, but understanding its structure faces a major obstacle: the many-body problem. So the lab considers nuclear matter, a hypothetical infinitely large nucleus, and determines its equation of state, mainly using the variational method. The resulting equation of state is also applied to research on high-energy astrophysical phenomena such as neutron stars and supernova explosions.
Mitsunori Takano, Professor
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The Takano Lab is a computational biophysics lab that uncovers the mechanisms of biological function from the atomic and molecular level. Proteins spontaneously form the three-dimensional structures specified by their blueprints, and by assembling and disassembling they work as “molecular machines” and “molecular devices.” The structural stability of molecular machines is only very slight, and some of them collapse because of thermal fluctuations. The lab asks how such fragile machines can function at all. Using computational physics and cutting-edge computing technology, the lab approaches their operating mechanisms.
Akari Takayama, Professor
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The Takayama Lab studies physical phenomena that occur at the "surface" of materials. A crystal is a state in which atoms are arranged periodically in three dimensions, but at its edge, the surface, this periodicity breaks down and two-dimensional properties different from those of the crystal appear. Low-dimensional worlds such as two-dimensional surfaces and interfaces, one-dimensional edges, and zero-dimensional dots still hold many things that are not yet understood. Under the motto "create, observe, measure, and understand," the lab investigates these systems using scanning tunneling microscopy, photoelectron spectroscopy, and electron and positron diffraction.
Kenji Yasuda, Professor
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The Yasuda Lab seeks to understand how life works in the language of physics. Living things are systems organized in a hierarchy from molecules to cells to individuals, and they show properties that do not arise by simply gathering molecules together. In physics, observing regular behavior requires something on the order of Avogadro's number of elements, yet life maintains high regularity and reproducibility with only a handful of elements. The lab investigates where this "collective effect" comes from, using a constructive approach that builds systems up from their elements.
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