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, assist device in color discrimination for color vision defect and light-quality-tunable illumination system.

Control of light-quality using Liquid Crystal

Research Area Liquid Crystals, Optics, Optical Security, Welfare Technology
Teaching (Graduate Course) Optical Information and Optical Materials
Research Interests Light-Quality Tunable Illumination System using Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal,
Optical Security Device using Liquid Crystal,
Assist Device in Color Discrimination using Liquid Crystal for Color Vision Defect
Selected Publications (1) Light-quality-tunable illumination system using a liquid crystal light control film for application to lighting for cultural properties –Practice for chipped stone tools in the Jōmon period–, Studies in Science and Technology, Vol.14, No.2, pp.111-116, (2025)
(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
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Laboratory URL https://www.ele.kindai.ac.jp/laboratory/nakayama/

Academic Staff and Fellows