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RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics Advanced Laser Processing Research Team

Team Director: Koji Sugioka (D.Eng.)

Research Summary

Koji  Sugioka(D.Eng.)

Currently, laser is an essential tool for processing materials and thereby is widely employed for practical use. Our research team aims at research and development of advanced laser processing which realizes low environmental load, high quality, high efficiency, high resolution fabrication of materials. Specifically, by using ultrafast lasers, novel material processing that cannot be achieved by the other conventional techniques is developed. The techniques to be developed include three-dimensional micro/nanofabrication, high aspect ratio machining, surface nanostructuring, and synthesis of new materials, which are applied for fabrication of biochips, ultrahigh sensitive sensors, and high function photonic and electronic microdevices.

Main Research Fields

  • Engineering

Related Research Fields

  • Complex Systems
  • Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering
  • Quantum beam science
  • Optical engineering, Photon science
  • Nano/Microsystems

Keywords

  • Laser processing
  • Micro/nanofabrication
  • 3D fabrication
  • Biochip
  • Ultrafast laser

Selected Publications

  • 1.Zhang J., Obata K., OZasa K., Uzawa T., Ito Y., and Sugioka K.:
    "Rapid manufacturing of glass-based digital nucleic acid amplification chips by ultrafast Bessel pulses"
    Small Sci. 4, 2300166 (2024).
  • 2.Serien D., Narazaki A., and Sugioka K.:
    "Towards understanding the mechanism of 3D printing using protein: Femtosecond laser direct writing of microstructures made from Homopeptides"
    Acta Biomater. 164, 139-150 (2023).
  • 3.Kawabata S., Bai S., Obata K., Miyaji G., and Sugioka K.:
    "Two-dimensional laser-induced periodic surface structures formed on crystalline silicon by GHz burst mode femtosecond laser pulses"
    Int. J. Extreme Manuf. 5, 015004 (2023).
  • 4.Bai, S., Serien, D., Ma, Y., Obata, K., and Sugioka, K.:
    "Attomolar Sensing Based on Liquid-Interface Assisted Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering in Microfluidic Chip by Femtosecond Laser Processing"
    ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 12, 42328-4233 (2020).
  • 5.Sima, F., Kawano, H., Hirano, M., Miyawaki, A., Obata K., Serien, D., and Sugioka, K.:
    "Mimicking intravasation-extravasation with a 3D glass nanofluidic model for the chemotaxis-free migration of cancer cells in confined spaces"
    Adv. Mater. Technol. 5, 2000484 (2020).
  • 6.Bai, S., Serien, D., Hu, A., and Sugioka, K.:
    "Three-dimensional microfluidic SERS chips fabricated by all-femtosecond-laser-processing for real-time sensing of toxic substances"
    Adv. Funct. Mater. 28, 1706262 (2018).
  • 7.Wu, D., Xu, J., Niu, L., Wu, S., Midorikawa, K., and Sugioka, K.:
    "In-channel integration of designable microoptical devices using flat scaffold-supported femtosecond-laser microfabrication for coupling-free optofluidic cell counting"
    Light Sci. Appl. 4, e228 (2015).
  • 8.Wu, D., Wu, S., Xu, J., Niu, L., Midorikawa, K., and Sugioka, K.:
    "Hybrid femtosecond laser microfabrication to achieve true 3D glass/polymer composite biochips with multiscale features and high performance: the concept of ship-in-a-bottle biochip"
    Laser Photon. Rev. 8, 458-467 (2014).
  • 9.Sugioka, K. and Cheng, Y.:
    "Femtosecond laser three-dimensional micro- and nanofabrication"
    Appl. Phys. Rev. 1, 041303 (2014).
  • 10.Sugioka, K., and Cheng, Y.:
    "Ultrafast lasers - reliable tools for advanced materials processing"
    Light Sci. Appl. 3, e149 (2014).

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Lab Members

Principal investigator

Koji Sugioka
Team Director

Core members

Kotaro Obata
Research Scientist
Jiawei Zhang
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ashkan MomeniBidzard
Postdoctoral Researcher
Kazunari Ozasa
Special Temporary Research Scientist
Yoshinobu Aoyagi
Senior Visiting Scientist
Yasutaka Hanada
Visiting Scientist
Seisuke Nakashima
Visiting Scientist
Felix Sima
Visiting Scientist
Xinyuan Qi
Visiting Scientist
Shi Bai
Research Scientist
Daniela Serien
Visiting Scientist
Kun Fang
Postdoctoral Researcher
Yoshihiro Ito
Senior Visiting Scientist
Keiko Nakanishi
Visiting Scientist
Nobuhiro Morishima
Visiting Scientist
Shoko Motohashi
Visiting Technician
Genichi Kimiduka
Visiting Scientist
Yuhei Miyahara
Visiting Technician
Shota Kawabata
Junior Research Associate

Contact Information

Cooperation Center,
2-1 Hirosawa
Wako, Saitama
351-0198 Japan
Email: ksugioka@riken.jp

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