Members Introduction
Materials development
Materials & Water
Yoshikazu HOMMA
Professor, Organization for Innovation and Social Collaboration
Study on the low dimensional water confined by carbon nanotubes or graphene
- Water in nanospaces of nanocarbon materials
Makoto TADOKORO
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Division I
Ionic conduction, ionic transport, and gas occlusion in water clusters inside low-dimensional molecular nanopores
- Methane hydrate
- Nanofluidics
Shingo MACHIDA
Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering
Environmnetl purification and the toughning of glass using inorganic materilas such as clay minerals and analogues
- Clay mineral
- Photocatalyst
- Glass-ceramics
- Water purification
Life & Water
Kenichi SAKAI
Associate Professor, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology
Self-assembly of surfactants and the adsorption occurring at air/liquid, liquid/liquid, and solid/liquid interfaces
- Interface chemistry
- Surfactant
- Adsorption
Hidenori OTSUKA
Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science Division I
Study on the hydration at interfaces between biomedical implant materials and biological tissues
- Colloidal and interfacial chemistry
- Biocompatible polymers
- Biomaterials
Shigehito OSAWA
Project Assistant Professor,
Institute of Advanced BioMedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University
Synthesis of functional polymers and fabrication of the nano-assembly of the polymers toward designing catalysts and NanoMedicines
- Polymer metal complex
- Poly(oxazoline)
- Nucleic acids
- Redox reaction
Kengo MANABE
Principal Research Scientist,
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST)
Research and development of advanced control and functional surfaces for wetting, sliding, and adhesion based on biomimetics
- Biomimetics
- Wetting
- Soft tribology
- Adhesion
Environment & Water
Kenichi KATUMATA
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering
Research on material development using photo-induced hydrophilicity on the surface of photocatalyst and water purification by photocatalyst technology
- Photocatalyst
- Photoinduced hydrophilicity
- Water purification
Hideki SAKAI
Professor, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology
Evaluation of the properties of water in nano-scaled regions and development of nanomaterials through use of the water
- Interfacial chemistry
- Surfactants
- Nano-tribology
Masaaki AKAMATSU
Junior Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Tottori University
Molecular recognition by using inner environments of molecular assemblies, formed at the air/water interfaces
- Interface
- Molecular assembly
- Molecular recognition
Measurement & Analysis
Materials & Water
Hiroharu YUI
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Division I
Development of spectroscopic and imaging techniques for heterogeneous systems such as surfaces, interfaces, and nanospaces
- Laser spectroscopy
- Microscopic imaging
Eiji TOKUNAGA
Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science Division I
Electro-, magneto-, and photoexcited absorption spectra, Live cell absorbance spectral imaging, Light-induced force, Plasmon
- Optical properties of condensed matter
- Nonlinear spectroscopy
- Photothermal spectroscopy
- Green algal cell
Shuhei URASHIMA
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Division I
Interface-specific water structure by interface-selective vibrational spectroscopy
- Nonlinear spectroscopy
Yuki ARAKI
Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Physics, College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University
In situ observation of additive’s effects on hydration structure at solid-liquid interface by high-resolution atomic force microscopy
- Crystal growth
- Hydration structure
- Additive’s effect Crystal growth, Hydration structure, Additive’s effect
Life & Water
Masahiro MOTOSUKE
Professor, Department of Mehcanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Microscopic interfacial flow, Measurement and control of nanoparticles, and Development of advanced flow measurement techniques
- Nanoparticles
- Micro/Nanofluidics
- MEMS sensor
- Flow measurement
Isao SHITANDA
Associate Professor, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology
Biofuel cells and biosensors for smart life and smart community
- Bioanalytical chemistry
- Electrochemistry
- Biosensor
- Biofuel cell
Ken YAMAMOTO
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
Three-phase interface dynamics through experiments with droplets, bubbles, and particles
- Droplets
- Interface tension
- Interfacial flows
Yoshiyasu ICHIKAWA
Asssitant Professor, Department of Mehcanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Optical measurement and control of multi-scale flow phenomena
- 3D flow measurement
- Thermofluid control
Environment & Water
Shinya SASAKI
Professor, Department of Mehcanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
In situ measurements on behavior of molecular adsorption and chemical reactions on frictional surfaces and evaluation of mechanical properties on the surfaces
- Tribology
- Surface properties
- Metal 3D printing
Ichiro UENO
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology
Understanding of flow ranging from microscales to macro-scales based on the research of “dynamic wetting”
- Wetting
- Surface tension
- Heat and matter transport
Tatsuhiro MORI
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
Experimental and observational research on the health effects of aerosol properties (e.g., surface area and charging properties), based on atmospheric chemistry and physics
- Atmospheric chemistry
- Atmospheric physics
- Aerosol engineering
Kazuhiko MIURA
Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science Division I
Investigation of the effect on the climate by observing aerosols in the urban and mountain atmospheres.
- Climate effects of atmospheric aerosols
- Urban atmosphere
- Mountain atmosphere
Shouhei KAWADA
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Science, Kansai University
Dynamic behavior of lubricant molecules at the friction interface and the active control of the friction coefficient
- Tribology
- Friction control
- Surface Science
- Electrochemistry
Theory & Simulation
Materials & Water
Takahiro YAMAMOTO
Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science Division I
Theoretical and computational calculations of microscopic structure and physical properties on surfaces of various materials
- Microscopic structure and physical properties of water on surfaces
Naoki WATANABE
Research Fellow, Departmenf of Science Solution, Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd.
Development of numerical simulators and visualization applications to predict physical properties of materials and to understand mechanism of phenomena in materials
- Computational material physics
- Numerical simulator
- Visualization application
Koichiro KATO
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
Analysis of the structure and properties of interfacial water by combining molecular simulation and data science methods
- Molecular simulation
- Data science
- Machine learning
- Interfacial water
Life & Water
Tadashi ANDO
Associate Professor, Deparment of Applied Electronics, Faculty of Advanced Engineering
Modeling and simulation of biomolecular systems
- Molecular dynamics
- Brownian dynamics
- Coarse-grained modeling
Yutaka SUMINO
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Advanced Engineering
Simple views on the self-organization phenomena and dissipative structures in nature and engineering process
- Dissipative structures
- Self-organization
- Non-equilibrium soft matter
Environment & Water
Makoto Yamamoto
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Numerical simulation of icing phenomena that super-cooled droplets impact to a wall and form an ice layer
- Icing
- Super-cooled water droplet
- Phase change
- Freezing
Takahiro TSUKAHARA
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology
Various fluid-flow phenomena including water by CFD simulation using supercomputers
- Heat Transfer
- CFD
- Turbulence
Kizuku KUROSE
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology
Boiling and condensation heat transfer of refrigerants flowing in micro-channels
- Heat transfer with phase change
- Two-phase gas-liquid flow
Yasutaka YAMAGUCHI
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Analysis of wetting and interfaces by molecular
- Wetting
- Olecular simulation
- Fluid mechanics
Advisors
Norifumi ISU
Dirctor, Analysis & Materials Research Center, Technology Research Division, LIXIL Corporation
Daisaku YANO
Group Leader, R & D Center, Organo Corporation
Madoka TAKAI
Professor, Deparment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Akira NAKAJIMA
Professor, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology