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Makiura Lab
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The lab builds nanomaterials from molecular building blocks and explores their new functions.
AboutAbout the lab
Stacking molecules to discover new functions.
The Makiura Lab studies how to assemble molecules like building blocks to create new nanomaterials.
Its research areas are nanomaterials (nanosheets and nanocrystals), coordination chemistry, and interfaces and surfaces.
Prof. Makiura previously led an independent lab at Osaka Prefecture University (now Osaka Metropolitan University), where she worked on creating functions in nanomaterials, including MOFs.
In November 2025, Prof. Makiura joined the Department of Applied Chemistry as a Professor, and in March 2026 Assistant Professor Kimura joined the lab.
Key terms
- MOF
- A crystalline material with many pores, formed by combining metal ions and organic molecules. Also called a porous coordination polymer.
- Nanosheet
- An extremely thin, sheet-like material with a thickness on the order of nanometers (one billionth of a meter).
- Metal complex
- A compound formed when molecules or ions bind around a metal ion. Also simply called a complex.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to create new nanomaterials by assembling molecular building blocks and to discover surprising functions in them. Its research areas are nanomaterials (nanosheets and nanocrystals), coordination chemistry, and interfaces and surfaces.
*Illustrative imageNanomaterials built from molecular building blocks
Prof. Makiura aims to create new nanomaterials by assembling molecules like building blocks and to discover surprising functions in them. The research areas are nanomaterials such as nanosheets and nanocrystals, coordination chemistry, and interfaces and surfaces.
*Illustrative imageDesign and synthesis of metal complexes and nanomaterials
Assistant Professor Kimura designs and synthesizes metal complexes and nanomaterials, aiming to create new physical properties and functions. Since joining the lab, he has also been working on 2D MOFs.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorRie Makiura
- Assistant ProfessorYojiro Kimura
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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: “Structure of ZIF-8(H)” François-Xavier Coudert / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Nanomaterials built from molecular building blocks: “MOF-5 Crystal Structure” Axs154 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Design and synthesis of metal complexes and nanomaterials: “Photoluminescent rhodium coordination complex crystals under UV light” RhAgchem / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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