研究成果 Research Results

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Harnessing microwave flow reaction to convert biomass into useful sugars Selective catalyst heating enables effective hydrolysis of biomass.

Associate Professor Shuntaro Tsubaki

Faculty of Agriculture

2025.01.10

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryMaterialsTechnology

Beyond 5G, accelerating the world of ultra-high-speed optical data transmission Researchers develop a new ultrahigh-speed optical modulator that can operate at more than 10 times the speed of current devices

Professor Shiyoshi Yokoyama

Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering

2025.01.07

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryMaterials

Dynamics of structural transformation for liquid crystalline blue phases Researchers explore the transformation dynamics of cubic liquid crystals using direct simulation and machine learning, offering new possibilities for advanced materials development

Professor Jun-ichi Fukuda

Faculty of Science

2024.12.03

Research ResultsPhysics & Chemistry

Improving energy production by boosting singlet fission process Singlet fission can be promoted by chiral molecular self-assemblies that absorb light

Professor Nobuo Kimizuka

Faculty of Engineering

2024.11.01

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryMaterials

New organic thermoelectric device that can harvest energy at room temperature Researchers have succeeded in developing a framework for organic thermoelectric power generation from ambient temperature and without a temperature gradient

Professor Chihaya Adachi

Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA)

2024.09.19

Research ResultsPhysics & Chemistry

Most detailed study yet of seismic activity links fault strength to likelihood of large earthquakes Seismic observations from over 1000 locations have revealed a link between fault strength and earthquake magnitude, and provide a hint to detecting how close a region is to experiencing a large earthquake.

Professor Satoshi Matsumoto

Faculty of Science

2024.09.09

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryTechnologyEnvironment & Sustainability

Microwaving waste cooking oil into useful chemicals Researchers develop a zeolite catalyst that can be heated up using microwaves to speed up the conversion of fatty acid esters to olefins

Associate Professor Shuntaro Tsubaki

Faculty of Agriculture

2024.09.09

Research ResultsPhysics & Chemistry

First measurement of electron- and muon-neutrino interaction rates at the highest energy ever detected from an artificial source Researchers obtain the first direct observation of electron and muon neutrino interactions at the Large Hadron Collider using the FASERν detector

Associate Professor Tomoko Ariga

Faculty of Arts and Science

2024.08.05

Research ResultsMath & DataPhysics & ChemistryEnvironment & Sustainability

Earth and space share the same turbulence Researchers find that air turbulence in earth’s thermosphere is governed by the same principles as those in the troposphere

Professor Huixin Liu

Faculty of Science

2024.06.07

Research ResultsMath & DataPhysics & Chemistry

Expanding on the fundamental principles of liquid movement Researchers generalize the fluid dynamics of volatile liquids

Associate Professor Chihiro Inoue and Assistant Professor Zhenying Wang

Faculty of Engineering

2024.05.20

Research ResultsMath & DataPhysics & Chemistry

Twinkle twinkle baby star, 'sneezes' tell us how you are Researchers find that baby stars discharge plumes of magnetic flux during formation

Post-doctoral Fellow Kazuki Tokuda

Faculty of Sciences

2024.04.11

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryMaterialsTechnology

Storing electrons from hydrogen for clean chemical reactions Researchers engineer a compound that can store electrons from hydrogen at room temperature and release them in useful chemical reactions 2024.03.29

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryMaterials

Generating Stable Qubits at Room Temperature Researchers observe the quantum coherence of a quintet state with four electron spins in molecular systems for the first time at room temperature

Associate Professor Nobuhiro Yanai

Faculty of Engineering

2024.01.11

Research ResultsPhysics & Chemistry

A potentially cheaper and 'cooler' way of hydrogen transport Researchers develop a compound that can store hydrogen energy at room-temperature for an extended period of time 2023.10.26

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryMaterialsTechnology

A bright future in eco-friendly light devices, just add dendrimers, cellulose, and graphene Researchers from Japan and Germany have developed a new eco-friendly, and long-lasting light-emitting electrochemical cell using dendrimers combined with biomass derived cellulose acetate as the electrolyte and a graphene electrode 2023.07.07

Research ResultsMath & DataPhysics & ChemistryMaterials

Toward tunable molecular switches from organic compounds Newly synthesized organic molecules can be tuned to emit different colors depending on their molecular structures in crystal form 2023.04.18

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryMaterialsTechnology

Probe where the protons go to develop better fuel cells Unraveling the innerworkings of solid oxide fuel cells through an integration of computational data and hands on experimentation 2023.03.28

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryTechnology

A safe synthesis of hydrogen peroxide inspired by nature A new homogeneous catalyst enables the safe and direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide 2023.03.09

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryTechnology

Small solar flares in large laser bodies Researchers use high-powered lasers to make small solar flares to study magnetic reconnection 2022.12.08

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryTechnologyEnvironment & Sustainability

Scientists count electric charges in a single catalyst nanoparticle down to the electron Tenfold improvement in the sensitivity of electron holography reveals the net charge in a single platinum nanoparticle with a precision of just one electron, providing fundamental information for developing future catalysts 2022.10.14