Members
Professor
Hiroyuki Fukuyama
Associate Professor
Masahito Uchikoshi
Associate Professor
Makoto Ohtsuka
Senior Assistant Professor
Masayoshi Adachi
Assistant Professor
Li Sen
Keywords
  • energy & environmental materials
  • chemical thermodynamics
  • properties of high-temperature melts
  • crystal growth

Major Grad.Sch. of Environmental Studies
Web Site https://www2.tagen.tohoku.ac.jp/lab/fukuyama/

High-temperature processes for energy & environmental materials

Fukuyama laboratory studies novel processes for energy & environmental materials based on chemical thermodynamics with high-temperature thermophysical property measurements. Currently, we are developing new crystal growth processes to bring a breakthrough in nitride-semiconductor devices such as ultraviolet optical devices utilized in environmental and medical fields and power devices. Thermophysical properties of materials are needed for modeling heat & mass transfer in material processes. A thermophysical property measurement system at ultra-high temperature has been developed in our laboratory, which enables accurate measurements of heat capacity, thermal conductivity, emissivity, density and surface tension of high-temperature melts, utilizing electromagnetic levitation in a dc magnetic field. This technique makes a great contribution to various material industries.

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