Group's interests

Inspired by history of natural environment and biomaterials, we are designing and fabricating functional soft materials through organizing polymeric materials. To propose advanced energy converting systems, materials living with water are the target. Simultaneously, we are learning natural phenomena for design of polymer networks.

Research fields

polymer science, photochemistry, soft matter, colloid science, interface science, biomimetics, etc

Key materials

thermo-responsive polymers, photo-sensitive molecules, hydrogels, catalytic nanoparticles, and natural polymers such as microtubules and polysaccharides