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Separation Technology using Polymer MembranesKiyono LabMembraneseparationtechnologycanbefoundinvariousindustrialareas.Thetechnologyhasbecomeincreasinglyimportantanditrequiresnewmaterialsandmembranes.Inourlaboratorynovelmembranes(hollowfiberion-exchangemembranes,compositemembranesofpolydimethylsiloxanewithcarbonnanofiber,…)havebeenpreparedusingvariouspolymersandfunctionalmaterials.Transportpropertiesacrossthemembranesareinvestigated.Somescientistssaymembranetechnologyplaysacentralroleinourdailylife.Today,membraneprocessesareusedinawiderangeofindustrialapplications:desalinationofseawater,purificationofmaterials,foodandbeverage,fuelcell,gasseparation,etc.Thenumberofsuchapplicationsisstillgrowingandenvironmentalapplicationsforcleantechnologyareverypromising.RyotaroKiyonoAssociateProfessorPolymer Chemistry, Polymer MaterialsPreparation of novel polymer membranes, Analysis of transport mechanism across membranes. The apparatus for membrane separation experiments and a result. Pure liquid was obtained by the separation.Cross-sectional images of hollow fiber ion-exchange polymer membranes prepared in laboratory. Manyundergraduatestudentsadvancetoourgraduateschool.Afterthegraduation,theyworkatcompaniesthatdealwithpolymermaterialsormembraneseparationtechnology.Chemistry& MaterialEngineeringIn the FutureAfter GraduationDegradation and Utilization of Biomass！〜Improvement of enzyme by gene manipulation technique〜Wearetryingtofindusefulenzymesfrommicrobes,andutilizethemtodecomposebiomass.Biomassisarenewableresourceandisdegradedbymicrobialenzymesinnature.Thisdegradationisaveryefficientsystemthemicrobeshavedevelopedintheprocessofevolution.Inordertousethisforourtargetreaction,enzymesmustbeisolatedandtheirstabilityandactivitymustbeimproved.Wouldyouliketojoinourteamtoexploretheabilityofmicrobialenzymesanddevelopbiomassutilization?Thereareinfinitetypesofmicrobesandmostofthemareunidentified.Amongthem,theremaybeanavailableonewhichproducesusefulenzymesforhumanbeings.Inourlab,weusegenemanipulationtoincreaseenzymeproductivityandimproveenzymefunction.Enzymescatalyzethespecificreactionundermildconditions.Biomassandenzymeswillplayanincreasinglyimportantroleaswetrytoestablishasustainablechemicalprocess.Enzymeshavebeenusedinthefieldsofchemistry,medicine,food,agriculture,andfibers.Theexperimentaltechniquesthestudentslearninourlab.willbeusefulinthefieldsofchemistryandbiology.Inordertodomoreadvancedresearch,somestudentsgoontograduateschools.KouichiNozaki, Ph.D.Associate Prof.2005-Associ. Prof. Research fields: Biological chemistry and Genetic engineering of enzymes. The scientific research and its application of microbial enzymes.DNAextractiontouseforgenemanipulation(left),Isolationofmicrobeasepticallyincleanbench(right).Aspergillusoryzaeproducingrecombinantenzymefrommushroom.Celluloseinplantcellwallvisualizedbyfluorescentprotein.Nozaki LabChemistry& MaterialEngineeringIn the FutureAfter Graduation43

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