Vol.20 No.1 <2022 January-February>
Innovation in sensing and actuating technologies
Contents
【Research leaders answer questions】
Sensors and actuators:
linchpins of the Society 5.0 initiative
Masayuki Takeuchi
Director of the Polymers and Biomaterials Field,
Reseaech Center for Functional Materials
Jin Kawakita
Leader of the Electrochemical Sensors Group,
Electric and Electronic Materials Field,
Reseaech Center for Functional Materials
【SENSOR RESEARCH 1】
Research on magnetic sensors for biosensing
and ultra-high-density magnetic recording
Tomoya Nakatani
Senior Researcher,
Magnetic Materials Group
Reseaech Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials
【SENSOR RESEARCH 2】
Development of a sensor capable of quickly and
sensitively detecting target gases in the air
Hideki T. Miyazaki
Leader of the Plasmonics Group, Optical Materials Field,
Reseaech Center for Functional Materials
【ACTUATOR RESEARCH 1】
Quick-response, low-cost soft polymeric actuator:
liquid crystalline columnar structure enables rapid ionic migration
Masafumi Yoshio
Leader of the Molecular Mechatronics Group,
Polymers and Biomaterials Field,
Reseaech Center for Functional Materials
【ACTUATOR RESEARCH 2】
Temperature-sensitive shape-memory polymer
may enable safer fetal medical medical treatment
Mitsuhiro Ebara
Leader of the Smart Polymers Group,
Polymers and Biomaterials Field,
Reseaech Center for Functional Materials
