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Advanced Materials Chemistry Lab
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A lab that creates strongly luminescent advanced materials using photochemistry and coordination chemistry.
AboutAbout the lab
Molecular materials that control light at will.
The Advanced Materials Chemistry Lab conducts research on advanced materials chemistry, built on photochemistry and coordination chemistry.
Rare earth complexes, in which organic ligands are attached to rare earth ions, allow their coordination structures and optical functions to be tuned freely through organic synthesis.
Taking advantage of this feature, the lab develops strongly luminescent materials and materials for sensing that uses light to measure things.
Through the development of luminescent substances, the elucidation of optical functions, and the analysis of the surfaces of functional materials, the lab aims to contribute to modern society.
Key terms
- Coordination complex
- A coordination complex: a compound formed when organic molecules (ligands) bind around a metal ion
- Rare earth elements
- Rare earth elements: a collective name for scandium, yttrium, and the lanthanides. They show emission with high color purity
- Semiconductor nanocrystals
- Semiconductor nanocrystals: semiconductor crystals on the scale of nanometers. Their emission color changes with particle size and composition
NewsLab news
A master's student received a Student Presentation Award at the Rare Earth Symposium
A master's student received the Best Poster Award at a study meeting of the Hokkaido Branch of the Young Researchers' Group for Coordination Chemistry
A doctoral student received an Excellent Presentation Award at the Soft Crystal Research Meeting
A doctoral student received a Student Presentation Award at the Symposium on Coordination Chemistry
A doctoral student received an Excellent Presentation Award at the Symposium on Molecular Science
ResearchResearch themes
Based on photochemistry and coordination chemistry, the lab develops strongly luminescent materials and materials with optical functions. It does not stop at making luminescent substances: it also investigates why they emit light and examines the surfaces of the materials.
*Illustrative imageCreating materials with optical functions
Rare earth ions show emission with high color purity based on their 4f orbitals, and they are attracting attention as materials for displays and optical devices. The lab uses organic synthesis to make rare earth complexes with optical functions, and is also researching new semiconductor nanocrystals made by reacting these complexes.
*Illustrative imageMolecular materials with unique luminescence
Making good use of optical information is essential for building a comfortable society. With "using light" as the keyword, the lab studies molecular materials for sensing, which detect objects, and molecular materials for next-generation displays.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Advanced Materials Chemistry Lab are faculty members and students in the doctoral, master's, and undergraduate levels.As of 2026
- ProfessorYasuchika Hasegawa
- Associate ProfessorYuichi Kitagawa
- Assistant ProfessorWang Mengfei
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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: “Solid Eu(Tp-iPr2)2 (UV)” Marcel Kühling, Claudia Wickleder, Michael J. Ferguson, Cristian G. Hrib, Robert McDonald, Markus Suta, Liane Hilfert, Josef Takats and Frank T. Edelmann / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Creating materials with optical functions: “DiaPL1” User: Materialscientist / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Molecular materials with unique luminescence: “Pfloutch 001” Pfloutch / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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