Academic Staff and Fellows

NAKAYAMA Keizo: Associate Professor Doctor of Enginnering; Department/Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering　
Department of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering
Graduate school/Electronic Engineering

We are advancing research to make practical application of the liquid crystal materials widely used in displays for optical security device and assist device in color discrimination for color vision defect.

Patterning using Optical Texture in Liquid Crystal

Research Area	Liquid Crystals, Optics, Optical Security, Welfare Technology
Teaching (Graduate Course)	Optical Information and Optical Materials
Research Interests	Optical Security Device using Liquid Crystal, Assist Device in Color Discrimination using Liquid Crystal for Color Vision Defect, Light-Quality Tunable Illumination System using Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal
Selected Publications	(1) Proposal of Protocol for Construction of Light-Quality Tunable Illumination System using Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal, Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan, Vol.104, No.2, pp.76-81, (2020) (2) Assist Device in Color Discrimination using Heilmeier Type Guest-Host Liquid Crystal for Red-Green Color Vision Defect, Electronics and Communications in Japan, Vol.102, No.8, pp.17-24 (2019) (3) "High Quality Liquid Crystal Displays and Smart Devices Volume 2: Surface alignment, new technologies and smart device applications. Chapter 37: Optical Security Devices Using UV Curable Nematic Liquid Crystals" (March, 2019, IET)
Education (Undergraduate Course)	BE from Nara National College of Technology
Education (Master's/Doctral Course)	ME and DE from Osaka University

Optical Information and Optical Materials Laboratory

E-mail	keizo（at）ele.kindai.ac.jp Note that this e-mail address has replaced the "@" with "(at)" to prevent spam. When e-mailing, replace the "(at)" with "@".
Laboratory URL	https://www.ele.kindai.ac.jp/laboratory/nakayama/