Liquid State Materials Laboratory

Mastering a world of super high temperatures with the space technologies

In an environment where the temperature exceeds 2000° C, almost all the substances around us will melt or evaporate. It is possible, however, to synthesize new substances that, thus far, no one has been able to find by cooling the extremely high temperature to room temperature at once. Hence, our laboratory is studying the atom arrangement and properties of the substances subject to extremely high temperatures by using a method that combines the electrostatic levitation method, which we jointly developed with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and the synchrotron radiation method of the Spring-8 facility.

College of Engineering Chemistry and Materials Environment and Materials Engineering / Graduate School of Engineering and Science（Master's Program） Materials Science and Engineering Course / Graduate School of Engineering and Science（Doctor's Program） Functional Control Systems Course

Faculty Name

MASAKI, Tadahiko

Keyword

New materials,Measurement technologies,Alloys,Non-container process

Laboratory location

Research Building TOYOSU Campus 10F 10C25

This lab is for this SDG activity:

STUDY FIELDS

Materials science and engineering
Applied physics
Astronautics
Aeronautical engineering

FOR SOCIETY

Our students are expected to acquire knowledge of various substances by melting them. Moreover, through experiments conducted in extremely high temperatures and under microgravity, they will learn various production technologies and basic safety control measures.

RESEARCH THEMES

Research on the melt structure by using X-ray scattering techniques
Research on molecular dynamics calculators and the visualization of atomic dynamics
Synthesis of new materials resistant to high temperatures by using the levitation method