The research themes of NTL fall into the categories shown below depending on the target system.
Systems we have studied

Energy/environment-related

　

Single-crystal manufacturing technology-related

　

Thermophysical properties we have studied

Thermophysical properties sensing technology we have developed

Energy and Environment-related
Measurement of Diffusion Coefficient of Methanol Aqueous Solutions in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane for Fuel Cell Miyahara, Hoshino, Nagasaka
Measurement of Thermal Conductivity for High-Tc Superconducting Films under Very Low Temperature and High Magnetic Field in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane for Fuel Cell Murakami, Goto, Taguchi, Nagasaka
Measurement of Thermal Conductivity of Semi-clathrate Hydrates Nakamoto, Fujiura, Taguchi, Nagasaka
Sensing of Surface Properties of Nano-bubbles in Water Ishizuya, Nagasaka

Space-related
Development of Control Emissivity Device for Spacecraft Radiator Surface Hiroki, Tachikawa [ISAS, JAXA], Taguchi, Nagasaka
Radiowave Transmissive Radiator for Spacecraft Tomioka, Tachikawa[ISAS, JAXA],Nagasaka
Evaluation of Thermal Insulation Performance of Polyimide Foam for Space Use Honjo, Tachikawa[ISAS, JAXA],Nagasaka

Nanotechnology-related
Development of Nanoscale Temperature Measurement Technique using Near-field Fluorescence Spectroscopy Seto, Nishio, Taguchi, Nagasaka
Development of Polarized Near-field Optics Thermal Nanoscopy for Highly Sensitive Temperature Measurement with High Spatial Resolution Kishimoto, Maeda, Taguchi, Nagasaka
Super-Resolution Imaging of Metabolic Activity using Fluorescence in Near-field Region Nikka, Taguchi
Development of Nanoscale Patterning Method of Self-Assembled Monolayer using Near-field Photothermal Effect Jinde, Sakamoto, Taguchi
Fabrication of High Thermal Conductive Nanocomposite Polymers and Evaluation of Their Thermal Conductivity Okada, Taguchi, Nagasaka

Laser Sensing-related
Development of Soret Forced Rayleigh Scattering Techniques to Measure Soret Coefficient and Cross Diffusion Coefficient Matsuura, Nagasaka
Development of Evaluation Method for Deterioration of Bump Joint in Flip Chip Structure Using Photothermal Reflectance Method Yamamoto, Taguchi, Nagasaka

Food and Bio-related
Development of Portable Pulsed Laser Viscometer and Food-Bio Applications by Laser-induced Capillary Wave Method Takiguchi, Nagasaka
Development of Ultrahigh Speed Viscosity Sensing Instrument for Human Blood with Micro-liter Sample Volume
Movie1: LiCW Method, Movie2: Comparison of Methods		 Oya, Miyamoto, Nagasaka

MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems)-related
Development of Micro Optical Diffusion Sensor using Laser-induced Dielectrophoresis Fukada, Kamata, Kiuchi, Takaba, Taguchi, Nagasaka
Development of viscosity sensor OHVS Swysen, Taguchi, Nagasaka
Development of MEMS Optical Health Monitor Kamata, Taguchi