Takaichi Watanabe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Interface Process Engineering (IPE) Lab.
Okayama University, Japan
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Specialty: Particle design, Gels, Emulsions, Microfluidics,
Chemical Engineering, Interfacial Science
Hobby: Playing with son, Coffee, Reading books, Bowling
We study to understand the relationship between macromolecular behavior, phase change, material structure, and function when designing soft materials such as emulsions, gels, and colloidal materials to create/control new functions of soft matter. We expect these fundamental findings to be deployed in the design of novel functional materials.
We are interested in
Polymers: Solutions, Thermodynamics, Conformation, Blends, Composites
Poly(ionic liquid)s: Synthesis, Functionalization, Application
Vitrimers: Synthesis, Characterization
Gels: Mechanical Behaviour, Swelling, Transport Phenomena
Particles/Capsules: Desing of structures, Application
Emulsions: Emulsification, Colloids
Particular surfactant: Interfacial Behaviour, Bijels, 3D Printing
Microfluidic Processing: Design of device, Material production, Analysis
Scattering Techniques: DLS, Small-Angle Scattering (X-ray and Neutron)
Rheological Techniques: Rheology, Microrheology, DMA
Research in Particle Design
We study phase behaviours of emulsion systems to design polymer particle structures. We found that phase transition under microfluidic laminar flow conditions induces unique phase separation behavior, leading to unprecedented phase-separated structures.
Key words: Phase separation, Droplet, Emulsion, Microfluidics
Research in Gel Materials
We study the toughening of ion gels by adding various materials. We found that the shapes of nanomaterials realize the high toughness of the ion gels through the formation of partially aggregated nanomaterials in ionic liquid.
Key words: Gels, Ionic liquid, Poly(ionic liquid), Nanoparticle, Assembly
Group Photos@Okayama (IPE), US (Lopez group), and Germany (Richtering group)
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Room 207, Engineering Bulid. 1, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Environmental, Life Science, Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University,
3-1-1, Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
Phone: +81-86-251-8072 (Prof. Watanabe)
Interface Process Engineering Lab (PI: Prof. Tsutomu Ono)
E-mail. wata-t[at]okayama-u.ac.jp