Staff

・Chemical engineering（Research necessary for large-scale equipment from laboratory scale）
・Non-Newtonian fluid mechanics（Elucidation of unusual properties that appear in the flow of substances and development of their applied technologies）
・Advanced chemical processing for next-generation devices

・Synthesis of organic dye sensitizers for flexible solar cells
・Synthesis of organic semiconductors for printing technology
・Synthesis of nanotubes formed by supramolecular assembly

・Clarification of Biological Functions using Synthetic
Sugars
・Detection Reagents for Pathogenic Agents by Using
Carbohydrates
・Antimicrobial Glycopolymers

・Research of dynamic interfacial phenomenon by physicochemical methods
・Investigation of anesthetic phenomenon from
interfacial viewpoint
・Specific properties of surfactant-water solution

・Preparation and Functionality of Shape Memory
Polymers
・Stimuli Responsive Structural Coloring Materials
・Actuator Polypeptide Gels with Spontaneous Shape
Change

・Environmentaly-Benign Polyester Synthesis
・Biomass-Based Functional Polymers
・Biosynthesis of Biomaterials Using Bactria as the
Expression Host

・Development of Organic and Polymerization Reactions
by Molecular Catalysts
-Key Words: Organocatalysis, N-Heterocyclic Carbene,
Lewis Acid Catalysts, Precision Polymerization,
VinylMonomers

・Materials design of lead-free electroceramics
・Ｒ＆Ｄ on enegy-harvester device
・Ｒ＆Ｄ on new functional material

・Advanced materials for bone regeneration
(ceramics, polymers, composites)
・Functional design of new glasses in medicine

・Environmental remediation ceramics
・Advanced inorganic-based composite for thermal management
・Surface design for functoinal materials

・Ceramic nanoparticles for environmental, energy, and medical diagnosis applications
・Synthesis of complex structured nanoparticles
・Research and development of organic-inorganic composite nanoparticles

・Development of surface finishing technologies for automobiles and electronic devices
・Fabrication of anode/cathode materials for Li ion batteries
・Fabrication of electrocatalytic materials for fuel cells
・Fabrication of functional nanomaterials

・Environmentally-friendly nanoparticle materials
・Application of semiconductor nanoparticles to
fluophors and solar cells
・Plasmonic semiconductor nanoparticles
・Novel optical functional materials based on
composite nanoparticles

・Physical properties and applications of nanoparticles
produced by a vapor phase synthesis method
・High energy magnetic materials
・Platinum-free catalyst of the fuel cell
・Diluted magnetic semiconductor

・Development of Metallic Powders for Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)
～Achieving High Formability and High Strength by Heterogeneous Nucleation Mechanism～
・Development of Novel Grain Refiners for Al Alloy Casts
・Novel Material Processing Method by Combination of Powder Metallurgy and Casting
・Drilling of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) by
Functionally Graded Materials
・Fe based Shape Memory Alloy

・Analysis of deformation behavior of metal-based
composite by 3-D microstructural observation
・A study on phase transformation mechanism of
steel by using EBSD
・Surface functionalization of metallic material by
severe plastic deformation
・Development of bearing material with high frictional
properties by centrifugal casting method

・Development of high-performance energy conversion
materials
・Clarification of the mechanism of the new functional
materials
・Development of the analytical technique for the
fundamental research

・Thin Film and Nano Processing for New Materials and
Devices
・Optical and Laser Techniques for Material Processing
・Development of Environmental Devices and Materials

・Physical properties of ferroelectricity caused by the
crystal structure
・Ferroelectric domain wall structures in a nano scale
and their dynamics
・Researches on new ferroelectric crystals and on new
physical phenomena

・Novel simulation methods by combining classical and
quantum mechanics
・Simulation of electrons and ions in materials using
supercomputers
・Simulations of organic-inorganic, battery, heat, and
bio materials

・Fabrication of semiconductor devices to maximize
the material properties
・Wide-gap semiconductor
・Laser processing
・Epitaxial crystal growth

• Development and application of atomic-scale simulation of materials
• Improving the accuracy and efficiency of material simulations using machine learning
• Study of ion dynamics at battery material interface

・Mechatronic Systems
・Motion Control Techniques

・Small Size and High Efficiency Traction Motor for
Hybrid Electric/Pure Electric Vehicles
・Small Size and High Efficiency Motors without using
Rare=Earth Materials
・Design and Control of Motor with Less Noise and
Vibration

・Electromagnetic Safety
・Electromagnetics in Medicine
・Multi-physics Simulation Techniques

・Power Quality Management
・Application of Power Electronics
・Protection and Control of Power System

・Medical wireless communication system
・Localization for implantable devices
・Reliable control communication with biomedical signals

・Next generation mobile communications system
・Satellite communication and free space optics
・Autonomous driving systems

・Mechatronics system design
・Controller design in dynamically testing system
・Application of smart materials to motion control
system

・Functional fluids and functional materials
・Applied electromagnetics and mechanics
・Vibration control

・Application of Ultra-short pulse lase for machining
・Micro-nano machanics for friction, wear and lubrication
・Development of highly stable slide-guide way with
ultra low friction
・Novel cutting edge design

･Research on design and quantification of tactile feelings
･Research on skin model
･Development of tactile devices and their applications

・Electromagnetic fuctional fluids/materials
・Energy conversion
・Heat and mass transfer
・Energy harvest

・Turbulence generated through fractal object
・Development of turbulence generating grid with small
tethered object
・Development of novel hot wire anemometry
・Study of turbulent mixing by Laser Induced
Fluorescence method

• Biomechanics to unravel living organisms with knowledge of mechanical engineering
• Elucidation of the mechanism by which living organisms sense force
• Development of medical devices for measuring physiological information
• Elucidation of the pathogenesis of biological soft tissues
• Prediction of the destruction of living organisms