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Uemura Lab
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The lab creates, aligns, and distinguishes polymers inside nanosized spaces.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the chemistry of nanosized spaces
The Uemura Lab designs materials with nanosized spaces built from molecules, and studies the chemistry that makes use of those spaces.
Its flagship materials are metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), which are formed by combining metal ions and organic molecules and contain many small, regularly arranged pores.
Inside these tiny pores, the lab is pioneering new methods to synthesize, align, and distinguish polymers.
The lab aims to build a new kind of chemistry in which the information held by a space is read out in fine detail and transferred to matter.
Key terms
- Metal–organic framework (MOF)
- A material formed by linking metal ions and organic molecules, with many small, regularly arranged pores
- Covalent organic framework (COF)
- A material formed by organic molecules joined to one another through strong bonds, with regularly arranged pores
- Self-assembly
- A phenomenon in which molecules gather spontaneously and form a defined structure
- Polymer
- A giant molecule made of small molecules linked together in long, string-like chains. It forms materials such as plastics
NewsLab news
Press release on the synthesis of bundle-shaped copolymers
A doctoral student received the Student Presentation Award at the Spring Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan
Students received awards including the Outstanding Master's Thesis Presentation Award and the Dean of the School of Engineering Award
"MOFgraphy" received the Analytics Award at nano tech 2026
Assistant Professor Nishijima received the Outstanding Presentation Award at iPOPA2
ResearchResearch themes
The lab rationally creates nanospace materials built from molecules, such as metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs). It is pioneering a new kind of chemistry that reads out the information held in the spaces of these materials in fine detail and transfers it to matter.
*Illustrative imageBuilding nanospaces
Using self-assembly, in which metal ions and organic molecules gather spontaneously, the lab constructs materials such as MOFs with regularly arranged small pores exactly as designed.
*Illustrative imageSynthesizing polymers in nanospaces
The lab was the first in the world to show that polymers can be synthesized inside the small pores of MOFs. Taking advantage of the characteristics of the space, it is developing new polymer materials and methods for finely controlling reactions.
*Illustrative imageAligning polymers in nanospaces
The lab succeeded in controlling how polymers are arranged inside MOFs and then removing the MOF to extract them. It produces polymers whose chains all point in the same direction, as well as films one molecule thick.
*Illustrative imageDistinguishing polymers in nanospaces
The lab was the first in the world to discover the phenomenon in which polymer chains spontaneously enter the small pores of MOFs. Using this, it is working on technology to distinguish and separate polymers based on slight differences.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Uemura Lab consist of faculty, academic specialists, postdoctoral researchers, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakashi UemuraPublications ↗
- Associate ProfessorNobuhiko HosonoPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorAmi NishijimaPublications ↗
- Assistant Professor程 博涵
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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: “Metal Organic Framework (MOF) ( )” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
- Building nanospaces: “Isoreticular metal-organic frameworks of the IRMOF family” François-Xavier Coudert / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Synthesizing polymers in nanospaces: “CSIRO ScienceImage 11684 Scanning electron microscope image of the seed inside the MOF crystals” Dr Paolo Falcaro and Dr Dario Buso, CSIRO / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Aligning polymers in nanospaces: “A Problem with Polymer Theory” OLCF / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Distinguishing polymers in nanospaces: “Gravity liquid chromatography column-01” Lilly_M / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Functional Coordination Chemistry Lab (Ishii Lab)): “Phthalocyanine-3D-balls” Jynto (talk) / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Fujita Lab): “Fujita Asymmetric 2+2 Photoaddition Catalyst” Vsrisuknimit / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Suzuki-Yamashita Lab): “Alfa-Keggin” Quimiprof / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Yanagida Lab): “Zinc Nanowires ( )” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
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