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Inorganic Chemistry Lab
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The lab synthesizes new metal complexes from earth-abundant elements.
AboutAbout the lab
New metal complexes from abundant elements.
The Inorganic Chemistry Lab synthesizes new metal complexes and polynuclear complexes (clusters) using earth-abundant elements.
The lab works with 3d transition metals such as iron and cobalt, and main-group elements such as aluminum.
It also determines the structures of the complexes it synthesizes and investigates their reactivity and electronic properties, aiming to discover complexes that catalyze new chemical transformations and functional molecules with previously unknown electronic properties.
Key terms
- Metal complex
- A molecular metal compound with a transition metal at its center. Its properties and functions change depending on the type of ligands and the state of bonding.
- Earth-abundant elements
- Elements that are abundant as resources. Here, 3d transition metals such as iron and cobalt, and main-group elements such as aluminum.
- Ligand
- A molecule or ion that binds to the central metal. The properties of a metal complex change depending on the type of ligand and how it binds.
NewsLab news
A PhD student won a Poster Award at the 76th Symposium on Coordination Chemistry of Japan
A paper by students and alumni was published open access in Inorg. Chem.
The website of the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, featured research results on gas adsorption materials based on siloxane complexes
A PhD student's paper was accepted by Dalton Trans. (joint research with another university)
A PhD student won the ACS Publication Prize for Poster at ACCC-10
ResearchResearch themes
The lab uses earth-abundant elements such as iron and main-group elements such as aluminum to synthesize new metal complexes and polynuclear complexes (clusters) whose functions match or surpass those of complexes of precious metals. By studying the structures, reactivity, and electronic properties of the complexes it synthesizes, the lab aims to discover complexes that catalyze new chemical transformations and functional molecules with previously unknown electronic properties.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the Inorganic Chemistry Lab are faculty members and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorHisako Hashimoto
- LecturerTakashi Komuro
- Assistant ProfessorKoichi Nagata
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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: “Laboratory Glassware (Medilab Exports Consortium)” PhotoCave / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Metal complex chemistry of earth-abundant elements: “Transition Metal Complex Electrocatalysts” Emma Ambrogi / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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