Realization of early diagnosis and precise pathological examination is one of big engineering theme to realize the future society, where all people are prosperous and healthy life. We are challenging these theme by developing novel electromeasurement technolgy using electromagnetic waves in various frequencies to rezlize high-sensitive detection of bio-related materials. Also, based on established our new metologies, we are developing a non-destructive inspection system for improving the performance of Lithium ion batteries and a non-destructive evaluation system for inspecting old infrastructures. We believe that these kinds of systems can contribute to the fields of energy, environment, and safety. In this group, you are able toacuaire the R&D abilities related to electronics and photonics, which will lead you to sucess in wide-range of industrial field, such as electronics, automobiles, electric energy on the top of medical equipments.
Introduction to Projects
Ultra sensitive measuremets system for immuno reactions using a SQUIDs
If an immunoassay is performed in a short time, a rapid diagnosis of diseases is possible. The magnetic immunoassay using magnetic nanoparticles can measure a sample with a simple and small number of processes. Moreover, the increase in the sensitivity of magnetic immunoassay is expected using a highly sensitive magnetic sensor. This leads to the reduction of the amount of a sample used for the immunoassay. Because of this, the burden on patients can be decreased. In our study, we are developing magnetic measurement system which is laptop size and uses the most highly sensitive magnetic sensor, SQUID, and attempting to realize a highly sensitive magnetic immunoassay. We clarified the signal from magnetic nanoparticles depends on various conditions, such as viscosity of sample solution, and the challenge to apply the developed system for the practical use is now in progress.
Detection of bio-related materials with extremely small volume using terahet chemical microsocpy
If we can have a blood test easy and freely, 'early diagnosis' will be able to realize, which lead to extend our prosperous and healthy life. In our group, we have developed a teraehrtz chemical microscope, which can vizualize various type of chemical reactions with high spacital resolution. Our recent research results shows more than hundred kinds of bio-relataed materials can be measured in a single terahertz sensing chip, which is used in the terahertz chemical microsocpe. In the future, easy first screening of desease will be realized by delivering the sensing chip and returinign it after puting a single drop of the blood on the chip.
*Terahertz (THz): Terahertz is electromagnetic waves within the frequency band from 0.1 THz to 100 THz (THz; 1 THz = 1012Hz).thanks to recent progress of ultrafast lasers and semiconductor fabricaiton technology, terahertz come to be the most atractive and exciting technology in scientific and/or industrial fields. We have realized to detect chemicals in extremely small volume of liqud using novel aproches to materials unsing terahertz.