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Tomohiro Kita, Professor
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The Kita Lab researches silicon photonics, which integrates optical devices on silicon chips. The lab works on developing compact, low-power optical devices that support optical communication over optical fiber. The integrated optical devices it develops are expected to be applied not only to communications but also to medical applications and environmental sensing.
Hideyuki Sawada, Professor
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The Sawada Lab studies technologies that allow humans and machines to work in harmony, such as robots and tactile sensors. Its research themes are wide-ranging, including image information processing, music and multimedia, tactile information processing, and neural networks. The lab is also affiliated with the Humanoid Robotics Institute at Waseda University, where it has studied the visual systems and affective interfaces of humanoid robots. It aims to realize an environment in which human intellect, emotion, and will are in harmony with machine systems.
Yuka Tabe, Professor
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Tabe Lab studies the structure and motion of liquid crystals, a type of material. Its main research subject is the "two-dimensional liquid crystal," a layer only one to a few molecules thick, measuring a few nanometers. Using a polarizing microscope, the lab carries out experiments while directly observing the motion of liquid crystal molecules by eye. The lab also works on applying the collective motion of liquid crystals to energy conversion and the life sciences.
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Professor
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Hasegawa Lab researches the development of brain-like computers that become smarter on their own. The lab builds "brain-inspired devices (atomic switches)" that use the mechanism by which ions move within a material and cause redox reactions. It also searches for new physicochemical phenomena that occur on the surface and inside of solids, and works to clarify their mechanisms. The lab also carries out research and development toward familiar applications, such as image processing and the processing of sound and light signals.
Masahito Mochizuki, Professor
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The Mochizuki Lab theoretically studies the physical phenomena exhibited by a wide range of materials, including magnets, ferroelectrics, metals, and superconductors. The lab focuses on the entanglement of spin, charge, orbital, and lattice degrees of freedom, which arises from strong interactions between electrons. Using models based on quantum mechanics, the lab analyzes phase transitions and nonequilibrium phenomena that occur as these degrees of freedom compete and cooperate with one another. In collaboration with experimental labs, the lab aims to understand, predict, and control the properties of materials.
Takashi Hiroi, Associate Professor
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The Hiroi Lab studies soft matter, such as polymers and colloids. The lab develops its own unprecedented measurement instruments to capture structures that could not be seen before. Using these instruments, the lab aims to contribute to the development of new substances and materials.
Ayumi Ishii, Professor
1 student voices
The Ishii Lab studies how to convert light that cannot be seen by the eye into useful light and electricity. Using materials that combine inorganic nanocrystals with organic molecules, the lab detects and converts light that is difficult to use, such as near-infrared light and polarized light. By turning the information carried by invisible light into usable information, the lab aims to improve the efficiency with which light is used.
Masahisa Nakata, Professor
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The Nakata Lab studies the artificial synthesis, entirely from scratch, of bioactive natural products that serve as the basis of drugs. The lab develops its own new asymmetric synthesis reactions and catalysts, and studies methods for efficiently producing target compounds. Using the synthesized compounds, the lab also conducts chemical biology research that investigates their effects on living organisms.
Nobuhiro Kanomata, Professor
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The Kanomata Lab designs and synthesizes organic molecules with new functions. Its research subjects include cyclophane molecules, which have a special three-dimensional structure known as planar chirality. Focusing on the relationship between structure and function, the lab develops new synthetic methods and asymmetric catalysts.
Yasuhiko Terada, Professor
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The Terada Lab studies at the molecular level the mechanisms by which chromosomes are correctly separated when a cell divides. During mitosis, a device called the spindle is built, which divides the replicated chromosomes equally to both sides. The lab is clarifying, one by one, the roles of the proteins that control the spindle, the centrosomes, and chromatin, which influences gene expression. Because disruptions in these mechanisms lead cells to become cancerous, this work also leads to finding targets for new anticancer drugs.
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