Kurihara Laboratory
New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University.
About KURIHARA Laboratory
In Kurihara Lab., we have been exploring the research field of surface forces to develop this technique as a unique tool in material science.
Research Keywords
- Nanoreheology and tribology of liquids in a confined space using resonance shear resonance method.
- Development of new nano-scale measurement of solid-liquid interfaces: Electrochemical SFA, SFA spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction for thin liquid film based on SFA
- Structuring of liquids at the solid-liquids interfaces: Molecular macrocluster formation and its application.
- Direct measuremet of interaction involved in molecular recognition such as DNA and proteins.
- Properties of complex systems: polyelectrolytes abd peptide brush layers.
Latest News
- 2020.1.27The Surface Forces Seminar on February 14th, 2020.
Program
- 2019.9.27The Pre-Workshop for the OKINAWA Colloids 2019 on Nov. 1st and 2nd, 2019 at Sendai.
Program - 2018.12.11We had the Surface Forces Seminar at February 22, 2019.
- 2018.10.25Our research article was selected for the cover illustration of PCCP.
- 2018.10.19Professor J. N. Israelachvili passed away on September 20.
Topics
Paper
Our research article was selected for the cover illustration of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.
Title
Effects of surface and shear forces on nano-confined smectic-A liquid crystals studied by X-ray diffraction
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