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Photofunctional Materials Chemistry Lab
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The lab creates molecules and materials that change and move in response to light.
AboutAbout the lab
Turning light-induced molecular changes into visible changes
The Photofunctional Materials Chemistry Lab studies the phenomenon in which structural changes at the molecular level caused by light are amplified into visible changes, as well as its applications.
Students handle the design, synthesis, and functional evaluation of photofunctional molecules from start to finish, gaining experience in creating molecules (organic synthesis) and developing materials (property evaluation and application development).
The lab accepts students through a cooperative graduate school system, in which they conduct research in a laboratory at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and earn their degree (master's or doctoral) from the University of Tsukuba.
Those who are interested can also arrange a lab visit.
Key terms
- Photofunctional molecule
- A molecule that responds to light, showing changes such as switching between solid and liquid, or motion.
- Organic synthesis
- A technique for building a target molecule through chemical reactions.
- Cooperative graduate school system
- A system that lets students earn a University of Tsukuba degree while doing research in an AIST laboratory.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab works on elucidating the phenomenon in which structural changes at the molecular level caused by light are amplified into visible changes, and on applying it. It carries out the design, synthesis, and functional evaluation of photofunctional molecules from start to finish.
*Illustrative imageMaterials that switch between solid and liquid with light
The lab studies materials that reversibly change between solid and liquid in response to light. The research deals with the phenomenon of amplifying light-induced structural changes in molecules into visible changes.
*Illustrative imageMaterials that move with light
The lab studies substances that show motion such as bending, expansion and contraction, and migration under light. This is one line of research on amplifying molecular-level structural changes caused by light into visible changes.
*Illustrative imageMaterials whose adhesion changes with light
The lab studies materials whose adhesive strength changes with light. Shining light on these materials lets their stickiness be changed.
*Illustrative imageMaterials that store light energy as heat
The lab studies materials that store light energy as thermal energy. These materials hold energy obtained from light in the form of heat.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorYasuo Norikane
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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: “LASER” 彭家杰 / CC BY 2.5 (cropped)
- Materials that switch between solid and liquid with light: “Visible Light Photochemistry Setup” Joanna Yang / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Materials that move with light: “Azobenzene 3D” Fvasconcellos / Public domain (cropped)
- Materials whose adhesion changes with light: “Polymer chain SPT” SPT Paul Topham / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Materials that store light energy as heat: “Thermal Storage Tanks ( )” NAVFAC / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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