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Fluorine Organic Chemistry Lab (Kawaguchi Lab)
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The lab uses fluorine-containing molecules and polymers to create new materials and new ways of delivering drugs.
AboutAbout the lab
Harnessing the properties of fluorine to create new materials
The Fluorine Organic Chemistry Lab studies the properties of fluorine-containing molecules and polymers and applies them to new materials.
Established in the Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology with funding from AGC Inc., the lab is a Social Cooperation Program that conducts research in collaboration with industry.
Making use of handling techniques for fluorinated gases, which have rarely been used in academic research, the lab pursues material design with a high degree of freedom.
The lab also aims to develop drug delivery systems that combine the characteristics of fluorine-containing molecules.
Key terms
- Social Cooperation Program
- A program established at a university with funding from companies or other organizations, in which research and education are carried out jointly
- Water and Oil Repellency
- The property of repelling water and oil so that they do not wet or adhere to a surface
- Drug Delivery System
- Technology for delivering a drug to the required site in the body in the required amount
NewsLab news
Paper on direct fluorination of fluororesin films in liquid selected for the journal cover
Paper on the effect of fluorine-containing end groups on crystals in polyethylene films selected for the journal cover
Master's student wins the Dean's Award of the Graduate School of Engineering
Paper on polynorbornene with a cyclic fluorinated backbone selected for the journal cover
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to understand the properties of fluorine-containing molecules and polymers at the molecular level and to apply them to materials and medicine. Leveraging its collaboration with industry, it combines techniques for using fluorinated gases with cutting-edge organic synthesis and polymer synthesis.
*Illustrative imageUnderstanding Fluoropolymers and Their Material Applications
The lab designs new fluorine-containing polymers with distinctive properties such as water and oil repellency, and examines their structures and physical properties in detail. In collaboration with companies, it aims at applications ranging from industrial materials to medical materials.
*Illustrative imageMaterials Development Using Fluorinated Gases
Using fluorine gas and fluorinated gases such as tetrafluoroethylene, which have rarely been used in academic research, the lab designs and develops organic and polymer materials with a high degree of freedom.
*Illustrative imageDelivering Drugs to Cells with Fluorine
The lab aims to develop new drug delivery systems by combining the characteristics of fluorine-containing molecules, such as the fact that living organisms cannot distinguish the size difference between hydrogen and fluorine.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Fluorine Organic Chemistry Lab consist of faculty, postdoctoral researchers, collaborative researchers, secretaries, and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Project ProfessorDaisuke KawaguchiPublications ↗
- Project Assistant ProfessorMaxym Tansky
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Report an errorAbout the images
The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “9104 - Milano - Museo storia naturale - Fluorite - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 22-Apr-2007” Giovanni Dall'Orto / CC BY-SA 2.5 it (cropped)
- Understanding Fluoropolymers and Their Material Applications: “Lotus Drop” Daichungus / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Materials Development Using Fluorinated Gases: “Cubane-3D-balls” Ben Mills / Public domain (cropped)
- Delivering Drugs to Cells with Fluorine: “Lipid Bilayer” US gov / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Organic Functional Design Lab (Masai Lab)): “Laboratory vacuum distillation apparatus on a benchtop” KiveVictor / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Nozaki Lab): “Gas line IMG 20230205” Jonathansammy / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Molecular Interface Engineering Lab (Itoh Lab)): “Water droplet on a 5 grains of hydrophobic sand” Aidar.Seralin / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Yoshie Lab): “Sbs block copolymer” Peter R Lewis / Public domain (cropped)
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