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Matrix-type research units
Collaboration in 3 (method) x 3 (objective) system to achieve active and mutual collaborative researches

Materials developmentMaterials development

Materials & Water Materials & Water

Yoshikazu HOMMA
Vice Director
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
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
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 Life & Water

Kenichi SAKAI
Vice Director
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
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
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
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 Environment & Water

Kenichi KATUMATA
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
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
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 & AnalysisMeasurement & Analysis

Materials & Water Materials & Water

Hiroharu YUI
Vice Director
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
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
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
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 Life & Water

Masahiro MOTOSUKE
Director
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
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
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
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 Environment & Water

Shinya SASAKI
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
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
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
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
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 & SimulationTheory & Simulation

Materials & Water Materials & Water

Takahiro YAMAMOTO
Vice Director
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
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
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 Life & Water

Tadashi ANDO
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
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 Environment & Water

Makoto Yamamoto
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
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
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
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

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