LAB LOGA page on LabLog, a review site (not the lab's official page)
Precision Inorganic Materials Chemistry Lab
Machine-translated · View original
A lab that studies how metal nanoclusters work as catalysts.
AboutAbout the lab
Studying metal nanoclusters as catalyst materials
The Precision Inorganic Materials Chemistry Lab (Negishi Lab) studies materials such as metal nanoclusters with a precisely defined number of atoms.
Its review articles cover reactions that convert carbon dioxide and nitrate using electrocatalysts, catalysts for organic reactions, and applications in luminescence and sensing.
The lab's website provides a form for students who wish to apply for a lab visit.
The official page of the Department of Chemistry lists the lab's professor as a graduate school faculty member (cooperating chair).
Key terms
- Metal nanocluster
- A very small particle made of a few to a few dozen metal atoms. The lab works with particles whose atom count and structure are precisely defined.
- COF
- Covalent organic framework. A crystalline material with regular pores, made by linking organic molecules together through covalent bonds.
- Nitrate reduction
- A reaction that converts nitrate to ammonia on an electrode. It is pursued both to remove nitrate pollution and to synthesize ammonia.
NewsLab news
Student wins an award at the Chemical Societies Tohoku Conference
Paper selected for the Inside Front Cover of a journal
Paper on MNC-COF accepted by an international journal
Review on superatom materials accepted
ResearchResearch themes
The Negishi Lab studies metal nanoclusters with a precisely defined number of atoms, as well as materials with regular, ordered structures such as COFs, and investigates how they function as catalysts and in other roles. The lab's website introduces reviews on the electrocatalytic conversion of nitrate and carbon dioxide, catalysts for organic reactions, and luminescence and sensing.
*Illustrative imageProducing Ammonia from Nitrate with Metal Nanoclusters
In a review, the lab organizes research that uses metal nanoclusters with a defined atomic arrangement in electrocatalytic reactions that convert nitrate to ammonia under mild conditions. It also compares the performance of monometallic, bimetallic, and trimetallic clusters.
*Illustrative imageDefining the Reach of Active Sites in COF-Based Nitrate Reduction
When COFs are used as electrocatalysts for nitrate reduction, the lab organizes how far an active site influences the surrounding reactions using the concept of an "interaction radius," and proposes methods for estimating it and guidelines for catalyst design.
*Illustrative imageLuminescent and Sensing Materials Built from Silver Clusters
The lab reviews the luminescence properties of materials in which silver nanoclusters are linked into crystalline frameworks, and their use in optically detecting oxygen, organic vapors, metal ions, antibiotics, and other targets.
*Illustrative imageCopper Clusters as Catalysts for Organic Reactions
The lab reviews research that uses copper nanoclusters with a defined number of atoms as catalysts for organic reactions such as cycloaddition, carbon–carbon and carbon–nitrogen bond-forming reactions, hydrogenation, and oxidation, focusing on the relationship between structure and catalytic function.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Negishi Lab consist of faculty, NEXUS Research Fellows, a professor's secretary, technical assistants, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and research students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYuichi Negishi
- LecturerSaikat Das
- Assistant ProfessorChaoqi Chen
- Project Assistant ProfessorSabuj Kanti Das
- Project Assistant ProfessorVivek Yadav
- Project Assistant ProfessorLipipuspa Sahoo
VoicesStudent voices
Ratings and reviews reflect the experiences of individual current or former students, not the lab's official views. Whether a lab has reviews, or how many, says nothing about the lab itself.
Students who take part in an interview may receive a thank-you gift worth ¥1,000, regardless of what they say.
Student ratings (0 students)
--
--
--
--
--
--
Student voices answer questions like these
- What's great about this lab?
- What did you learn after joining?
- What's the vibe, and what is the professor like?
- Who is this lab for?
- Where do graduates go?
Your experience can help younger students choose their lab. Your name won't be shown.
Write a lab reviewAnonymous · Your draft is saved if you stopRelatedLabs similar to Precision Inorganic Materials Chemistry Lab
Quantum Beam Structural Biochemistry LabGraduate School of Science, Department of ChemistryDeveloping measurement techniques that visualize reactions a…
Synthetic Chemistry of Biofunctional Molecules LabGraduate School of Science, Department of ChemistryAiming to control genes with chemistry through the developme…
Scanning Probe Measurement Technology LabGraduate School of Science, Department of ChemistryScanning tunneling microscopy of two-dimensional layered mat…
Nano Functional Materials Chemistry LabGraduate School of Science, Department of ChemistryCreation of nanomaterials with novel functions by combining …The information on this page is compiled by the LabLog team from the lab's public information and interviews. For corrections or removal requests, please contact LabLog, not the lab.
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: “CHEMISTRY LABORATORY ROOMS 6 AND 7 CHEMICAL SHOCK TUBE - HIGH ENERGY FUELS LABORATORY HEFL ROOM 112 CATALYTIC PARTIAL OXIDATION REACTOR - NARA - 17497812” Donald Huebler / Public domain (cropped)
- Producing Ammonia from Nitrate with Metal Nanoclusters: “Electrochemical test cell” Hansjoachimkohnke / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Defining the Reach of Active Sites in COF-Based Nitrate Reduction: “Vintage laboratory glassware” LukaszKatlewa / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Luminescent and Sensing Materials Built from Silver Clusters: “AFM; Silver Nanoparticles ( )” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
- Copper Clusters as Catalysts for Organic Reactions: “Te-flon distillation condensation device and Te-flon decompression distillation collection device” Bing-lab / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (量子ビーム構造生物化学): “Esrf chartreuse 01” Marco Cammarata / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (生命機能分子合成化学): “DNA comparisons spacefill” RWhitwam / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (走査プローブ計測技術): “Scanning probe microscope ( )” Oak Ridge National Laboratory / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (ナノ機能物性化学): “Molecular-beam epitaxy 412 RIBER system at LAAS-CNRS” QGravelier / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
About LabLog
LabLog is a lab review app for students only. Student members at each university interview students in labs and publish what they say. Student voices can only be read by students who sign up with a university email address. Operated by bestiee Inc.
Learn more about LabLog ↗Search engines and AI may reference the basic lab info and rating summaries on this page and the description of LabLog. Student voices are for student members only. Automated collection by programs (scraping, or input to or training of AI) is prohibited under Article 8 of the Terms of Service. If you need data for research or analysis, please contact us.