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SAKAI, Saburo Associate Professor Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology Office: -536 TEL: +81-3-5841-4541 FAX: -- E-mail: HP:
Research Field Stable isotope biogeochemistry, laser spectroscopy Current Research I have been working in the research field of stable isotope biogeochemistry and laser spectroscopy including technology developments. My recent research focuses on the development of the state-of-the-art laser-absorption spectroscopy to detect: (1) light element isotopologues in gas-phase from natural materials such as biogenic minerals, rocks and asteroids; (2) the structure of the rocks, minerals and biological molecules using the terahertz wave spectroscopy. For instruments, I have developed high-precision micromilling system (Geomill326: http://g326.com/) with 1 µm-spatial resolution, as well as the micro-powder collecting apparatus, which are both currently on the market world widely and contributing to various research fields. Representative Publications 1. Saburo Sakai, Taiga Otsuka, Shinichi Matsuda, Yoshiyuki Sakairi, Ryoma Uchida, Kazunori Sugahara, Akihiro Kano, Danzhou Yang. Sub-nanomolar sensitive stable isotopic determination in CO2 by tunable infrared laser absorption spectroscopy. Analytical Chemistry, in press.

SAKAI, Saburo

Associate Professor
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Office: -536
TEL: +81-3-5841-4541
FAX: --
E-mail:
HP:

Research Field

Stable isotope biogeochemistry, laser spectroscopy

Current Research

I have been working in the research field of stable isotope biogeochemistry and laser spectroscopy including technology developments. My recent research focuses on the development of the state-of-the-art laser-absorption spectroscopy to detect: (1) light element isotopologues in gas-phase from natural materials such as biogenic minerals, rocks and asteroids; (2) the structure of the rocks, minerals and biological molecules using the terahertz wave spectroscopy. For instruments, I have developed high-precision micromilling system (Geomill326: http://g326.com/) with 1 µm-spatial resolution, as well as the micro-powder collecting apparatus, which are both currently on the market world widely and contributing to various research fields.

Representative Publications

1. Saburo Sakai, Taiga Otsuka, Shinichi Matsuda, Yoshiyuki Sakairi, Ryoma Uchida, Kazunori Sugahara, Akihiro Kano, Danzhou Yang. Sub-nanomolar sensitive stable isotopic determination in CO2 by tunable infrared laser absorption spectroscopy. Analytical Chemistry, in press.