Today, when various constraints such as global environmental problems and resource and energy problems are becoming apparent, it is essential to create highly functional materials and devices with properties far beyond those of conventional materials in order to build a sustainable society. The Okubo/Wakihara Laboratory mainly focuses on nanospace materials, which are expected to play a central role in the fields of the environment and energy, and aims to create novel nanospace materials and develop rational processes for them. We are expanding our research into automobile catalysts, hydrogen storage, fuel cells, etc., and are also focusing on the creation of inorganic-organic nanohybrid materials and biomaterials.
