{"id":1806,"date":"2026-04-30T02:51:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/membrane.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/?page_id=1806"},"modified":"2026-04-30T02:51:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:51:52","slug":"research-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/membrane.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/en-US\/research-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"main_text_research\">\n\n\n<p id=\"midashi\"><strong>Overview of Research Topics in Our Laboratory<\/strong>\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><div id=\"red\"><\/div>Seawater desalination (reverse osmosis (RO)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"red\"><\/div>Gas separation, such as hydrogen separation, carbon dioxide separation, and hydrocarbon gas separation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"red\">Pervaporation (PV) and vapor permeation (VP)<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"red\">Reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF)<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Membrane reactors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Photocatalytic membranes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proton-conducting membranes for fuel cells<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"red\">Thin-film membrane fabrication by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (plasma CVD)<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"midashi\"><strong>Examples of Experimental Facilities Used in Our Laboratory<\/strong>\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"midashi2\">\u25cf<strong>Membrane Fabrication and Permeation\/Separation Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><div id=\"midasi3\"><\/div><strong>Membrane fabrication<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><div id=\"midasi4\"><\/div>High-temperature electric tubular furnace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"midasi3\"><\/div><strong>Gas separation<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><div id=\"midasi4\">Experimental systems for pure gas permeation and mixed gas separation<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"midasi3\"><strong>Pervaporation separation<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><div id=\"midasi4\">Batch-type PV system operated below the boiling point<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"midasi3\"><strong>Vapor permeation separation<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><div id=\"midasi4\">Batch-type VP system operated at the boiling point<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"midasi3\"><strong>Nanofiltration<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><div id=\"midasi4\">Batch-type cells (stainless steel and acrylic resin)<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"midasi4\">Continuous-flow cells<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"midasi4\">Ultra-high-pressure systems (up to 200 bar)<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"midasi3\"><strong>Membrane reactors<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><div id=\"midasi4\">Catalytic membrane reactor systems<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p id=\"midashi2\">\u25cf<strong>Analytical Instruments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><div id=\"midasi3\"><strong>Colloidal particle size analysis<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><div id=\"midasi4\">Electrophoretic light scattering (ELS) combined with dynamic light scattering (DLS)<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"midasi3\"><strong>Pore structure characterization<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><div id=\"midasi4\"><div id=\"red\">Nanopermporometry (Kelvin diameter; condensable vapors: water vapor and organic solvents)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"midasi4\">Automatic gas adsorption analyzer (volumetric method)<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"midasi3\"><strong>Thermal properties<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><div id=\"midasi4\">Thermogravimetric analyzer (TG)<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"midasi4\">Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC)<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"midasi3\"><strong>Other analytical instruments<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><div id=\"midasi4\">Gas chromatography (GC)<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"midasi4\">Liquid chromatography (LC)<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"midasi4\">Ultraviolet\u2013visible spectrophotometer (UV\u2013Vis)<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"midasi4\">Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer (FT-IR)<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectrometer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scanning electron microscope (SEM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laser scanning microscope<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atomic force microscope (AFM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Centrifuge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview of Research Topics in Our Laboratory\u3000 Examples of Experimental Facilities Used in Our Laboratory\u3000 \u25cfMembrane Fabrication and Permeation\/Separation Systems \u25cfAnalytical Instruments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/membrane.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/?page_id=661","_lightning_design_setting":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1806","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","en-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/membrane.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/membrane.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/membrane.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/membrane.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/membrane.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/membrane.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1807,"href":"https:\/\/membrane.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1806\/revisions\/1807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/membrane.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}