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Akifumi Matsuda, Associate Professor
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The Matsuda Lab studies how to create functional materials for electronics and energy at the nano and atomic scales. Using methods far from equilibrium, such as laser-based processes and self-assembly, it synthesizes thin films and nanomaterials at low temperatures. Focusing on “creating materials and properties, observing and analyzing them, and thinking about the underlying principles,” the lab brings forth materials and processes never seen before. Students and researchers from a wide range of fields, including materials, chemistry, physics, and electrical and electronic engineering, work together in the lab.
Satoshi Kaneko, Associate Professor
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The Kaneko Lab focuses on the single molecule, the smallest unit from which matter is built, with the aim of developing new nanomaterials. Using single-molecule junctions, in which one molecule is bridged between two electrodes, the lab examines electron flow and clarifies what happens at the interface between a metal and a molecule. The lab develops its own measurement and analysis methods to identify, at the single-molecule level, where and how molecules are adsorbed. Applications are expected in highly sensitive chemical sensors and in novel electronic devices that exploit molecular properties.
Saeko Yanaka, Associate Professor
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The Yanaka Lab studies the functions of biopolymers such as nucleic acids, proteins, glycans, and lipids. Deciphering the operating principles of functions hidden within biomolecules advances the understanding of life and disease. Combining experimental and theoretical approaches, the lab works both to elucidate functions and to create new ones. Biomolecules, and versions with modified functions, can be put to use in medicine and industry.
Azusa Ooi, Associate Professor
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The Ooi Lab studies corrosion, the process by which metallic materials dissolve and degrade in the environments where they are used. Metals excel in strength and electrical conductivity, but dissolution reactions at their surfaces gradually erode these properties. The lab covers materials from steel to non-ferrous materials, and from nanosized catalysts to large structures such as bridges, regardless of the environment of use. Elucidating the mechanisms of dissolution leads to effective use of limited resources and to the protection of the global environment.
Hidetoshi Matsumoto, Professor
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The Matsumoto Lab studies energy and environmental materials that take advantage of the characteristics of nanomaterials and organic materials. One-dimensional nanomaterials such as nanofibers and nanotubes form interconnected networks. These networks act as pathways for electrons, ions, and water molecules, and are expected to be applied to batteries, fuel cells, and separation membranes. The lab makes materials using diverse methods, from molecular synthesis to self-assembly, microfabrication, and compositing, and clarifies how their functions arise.
Martin Vacha, Professor
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Vacha Lab studies the nanoscale world of organic and polymeric materials through single-molecule observation and spectroscopy. By observing the light emitted by individual molecules, the lab can see heterogeneity within a material and learn about its structure, dynamics, and photochemistry. Single-molecule spectroscopy is also the foundation of the super-resolution microscopy techniques recognized with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. With applications in optoelectronic devices and energy conversion devices in mind, the lab investigates the fundamental properties of materials.
Keigo Kamata, Professor
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Kamata Lab creates new nanocatalyst materials and develops environmentally friendly catalytic processes. Using its own inorganic synthesis methods, the lab takes on the science of solid catalysts centered on crystalline metal oxides. The goal is to shift chemical processes that have relied on petroleum toward producing chemicals from diverse carbon resources such as natural gas and biomass. Through catalytic technologies that operate with low energy and greatly reduce CO2 emissions, the lab aims to contribute to a sustainable society.
Sachiko Matsushita, Associate Professor
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Matsushita Lab studies the semiconductor-sensitized thermal cell (STC), which converts heat into electricity. Japan discards two-thirds of its imported primary energy as waste heat. The lab aims for a power generation mechanism that works even under roofs and inside walls, produces no radioactive waste, and is unaffected by the weather. To help solve energy problems and create jobs, the lab approaches the work from both academic and industrial angles.
Hiroko Yokota, Professor
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The Yokota Lab investigates new properties that appear at “boundaries” within materials, with the aim of creating advanced information materials. In the IoT society, there is demand for memory that can store ever-growing amounts of information and for capacitors that operate stably even at high temperatures and high frequencies. Built on two pillars, “making things” and “seeing things,” the lab fabricates thin films and conducts observation with ultrashort-pulse lasers. Using “high electric fields” and “antiferroelectrics” as clues, the lab works on synthesizing new materials and evaluating their dielectric and dielectric breakdown properties.
Shintaro Yasui, Associate Professor
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The Yasui Lab studies ceramic materials that control electricity and new solid-state secondary batteries. Ferroelectrics and piezoelectrics are materials widely used in electronic devices such as memory, capacitors, and sensors. The lab makes high-quality thin films to search for materials never seen before, and is also working to replace lead-containing materials with lead-free ones. For batteries, the lab develops new solid oxide-based electrolytes that can be handled in air, aiming for safe all-solid-state batteries.
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