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Smart Materials & Devices Research Core

	Prof. Masato SONE
	Room: R2	Mail-Box: R2-35
	TEL: 045-924-5043
	E-mail: sone.m.aa(at)m.titech.ac.jp Please replace “(at)” with “@”.
	HomePage: http://www.ames.pi.titech.ac.jp/

Research Field　Material
Characterization
Objective　Material fabrication and characterization for medical
devices
Current Topics
・Fabrication of noble metal/polymer hybrid fiber for wearable devices and the
application
・Fabrication and material characterization of noble metal
materials for non-invasive high sensitive medical device
・Single atomic noble metal electrodeposition for smell sensor and the application

Micro-compression specimen	Micro-bending specimen
Micro-tensile specimen
Various micro-testing specimens proposed （Possible to examine micro-compression,bending and tensile deformation）

	Prof. Hideki HOSODA
	Room: R2	Mail-Box: R2-27
	TEL: 045-924-5057
	E-mail: hosoda.h.aa(at)m.titech.ac.jp Please replace “(at)” with “@”.
	HomePage: http://www.mater.pi.titech.ac.jp/

Research Field　Functional and structural materials,
metallurgy
Objective　Innovation and development of novel functional
materials and materials design, and their applications
Current Topics
・Development of biomedical shape memory and superelastic alloys
・High temperature shape memory alloys
・Ferromagnetic shape memory alloys and their composites
・Intermetallic compounds, phase diagram
・Biomaterials, medical materials and dental materials and their
applications
・Phase stability, phase transformation and microstructural
control

Superelastic behavior and unique internal structure
of TiMoSnZr biomedical alloy.

Micro CT image of NiMnGa ferromagnetic shape memory
alloy particle distributed silicone composite (left) and SEM image of NiMnGa particle with smooth surface by
Bi-modified pulverization process.

	Prof. Junji WATANABE（Specially Appointed）〔Sone-Chang Lab〕
	Room: R2	Mail-Box: R2-36
	TEL: 045-924-5048
	E-mail: watanabe.j.ab(at)m.titech.ac.jp Please replace “(at)” with “@”.
	HomePage: http://www.smartmd.first.iir.titech.ac.jp/

Research
Field 　Functional soft material fabrication and characterization
Objective 　Soft material fabrication and characterization for sensor devices
Current Topics
・Fabrication of soft materials with high dielectric constant and their application.
・Fabrication of liquid
crystalline elastomers and their application.
・Fabrication and characterization for smart window which can
automatically adjust light transmittance.

(a) Optical microphotograph of the wetting ridge pattern on the polymer liquid coated plate during its
advancement.
(b) AFM surface image. The arrows indicate the advancing direction of the water.

	Assoc. Prof. Masaki TAHARA
	Room: R2	Mail-Box: R2-27
	TEL: 045-924-5061
	E-mail:tahara.m.aa(at)m.titech.ac.jp Please replace “(at)” with “@”.
	HomePage: http://www.mater.pi.titech.ac.jp/

Research Field　Metallography, Shape
memory alloy
Objective　Development of functional metal materials by advanced
microstructure analysis
Current Topics

・Microstructural analysis of stress-induced martensite in shape memory alloys
・Plastic deformation mechanism of shape memory alloys
・Isothermal martensitic transformation

Superelasticity and microstructure of stress-induced martensite in Ti-Nb alloy single
crystal

	Assoc. Prof. Tso-Fu Mark CHANG
	Room: R2	Mail-Box: R2-35
	TEL: 045-924-5044
	E-mail: chang.m.aa(at)m.titech.ac.jp Please replace “(at)” with “@”.
	HomePage: http://www.ames.pi.titech.ac.jp/

Research Field　Electroplating,
catalytic materials, metal-based composite photocatalyst
Objective　Design and performance enhancement of materails for
medical sensor and wearable devices
Current Topics

・Development of metallic materials
fabrication process for miniaturized electronic devices.

・Preparation of flexible functional composite materials and the
applicaitons
・Metal-based catalyst for biosensors
・Development of
visible light driven anti-infection materials

Visible light driven anti-infection textile

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