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Minami Lab
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Inspired by molecular recognition in living organisms, the lab builds sensors that capture invisible molecules and signal their presence.
AboutAbout the lab
Creating chemical sensors like secret gadgets
The Minami Lab centers on supramolecular chemistry inspired by how living organisms distinguish molecules, and its work spans everything from the design and synthesis of materials to the development of electronic devices and chips.
The lab particularly focuses on developing sensor devices that can detect substances involved in biological phenomena, as well as environmental pollutants, using electrical or optical signals.
The lab aims to create materials that capture invisible molecules harmful to the body and signal their presence by glowing, as well as devices that monitor the body's health condition in real time.
Key terms
- Supramolecular chemistry
- The branch of chemistry that deals with phenomena in which molecules assemble through weak forces, or recognize and bind to specific partners
- Organic thin-film transistor
- A component that switches the flow of electricity, made from a thin film of carbon-based organic material. It is lightweight and bendable
- Sensor array
- A large set of sensors whose properties differ slightly from one another. From the pattern of their responses, it is possible to tell what is present and how much
NewsLab news
Perspective article on immunosensors accepted by Advanced Sensor Research
A project researcher won the Best Poster Award at the RSC-JAIMA Symposium
Paper on an organic transistor-type sensor with a microfluidic channel featured on the cover of Analyst
Paper on sensor arrays accepted by Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.
A student won the Student Presentation Award at the Annual Spring Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan
ResearchResearch themes
Based on supramolecular chemistry inspired by molecular recognition in living systems, the lab conducts interdisciplinary research ranging from the molecular design and synthesis of materials to the development of electronic devices and chips, with the aim of putting supramolecular materials to practical use.
*Illustrative imageOrganic transistors that distinguish molecules
The lab builds new chemical sensors by incorporating materials that recognize target molecules into lightweight, flexible organic thin-film transistors. The materials are designed to suit each purpose, based on organic synthetic chemistry.
*Illustrative imageAnalyzing many components at once with sensor arrays
The lab is developing methods for analyzing many components in samples such as body fluids at once, by arranging large numbers of molecular sensors that are deliberately not too selective for their targets. The resulting signals are analyzed using statistics and machine learning.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Minami Lab consist of faculty, project researchers, international cooperation researchers, doctoral and master's students, collaborative researchers, temporary agency staff, and administrative assistants.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorTsuyoshi MinamiPublications ↗
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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: “Fluorescence rainbow” Maxim Bilovitskiy / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Organic transistors that distinguish molecules: “Pentacene molecule ball” Jynto (talk) / CC0 (cropped)
- Analyzing many components at once with sensor arrays: “Microtiter plate” Jeffrey M. Vinocur / CC BY 2.5 (cropped)
- Related lab (Hojo Lab): “Hoar frost ice crystals in Tuntorp 2” W.carter / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Organic Functional Design Lab (Masai Lab)): “Laboratory vacuum distillation apparatus on a benchtop” KiveVictor / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sando Lab): “Robot arm handles an assay plate” National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Fluorine Organic Chemistry Lab (Kawaguchi Lab)): “9104 - Milano - Museo storia naturale - Fluorite - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 22-Apr-2007” Giovanni Dall'Orto / CC BY-SA 2.5 it (cropped)
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