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Kondo Lab
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The lab studies how to control the "shape" of surfactant assemblies with light and other external stimuli.
AboutAbout the lab
Aiming at spatiotemporal control of the nano- to microscale world
The Kondo Lab studies the "shape" of the assemblies formed when surfactants, the main ingredient of detergents, come together.
The lab aims to clarify which factors determine these shapes and to control them with external stimuli such as light.
The lab puts great effort into analyzing the structure of foams made by surfactants, and also works on developing functional foams.
Another part of the research is synthesizing new types of surfactants by organic synthesis and investigating the properties of their solutions.
Key terms
- Surfactant
- A compound that has both a hydrophobic group and a hydrophilic group in the same molecule. It is the main ingredient of detergents.
- Hybrid surfactant
- A surfactant that has both a hydrocarbon chain and a fluorocarbon chain as hydrophobic groups in a single molecule.
- Polymer liposome
- A closed vesicle (capsule) made of polymers, also called a polymersome. The lab is trying to apply it to drug delivery systems.
ResearchResearch themes
This lab investigates how the shapes formed by the self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules (surfactants) are determined, and aims to apply the functions and formation mechanisms of these assemblies in a variety of fields. Another goal is to synthesize, by organic synthesis, new types of surfactants whose molecular structures differ from conventional ones, and to clarify their solution properties.
*Illustrative imageProperties of hybrid surfactants
The lab synthesizes hybrid surfactants that have both a hydrocarbon chain and a fluorocarbon chain as hydrophobic groups, and investigates their solution properties. It also studies applications of their unique properties.
*Illustrative imagePreparation of polymer liposomes
The lab attempts to prepare polymer liposomes as capsules that can be applied to drug delivery systems (DDS) or that do not easily break down even when the solution environment changes, and evaluates the properties of the resulting liposomes.
*Illustrative imageSurfactants that carry genes
The lab synthesizes cationic surfactants that form ionic complexes with DNA and can carry it into cells. By incorporating redox-active functional groups, it works on switching gene transfection ON and OFF with electricity. The study of these properties is a joint research project with a university in the United States.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorYukishige Kondo
- Assistant ProfessorShiho Yada
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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: “Soap bubbles in Algerian grassland” Moh tch / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Properties of hybrid surfactants: “Micelles” Jwleung / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Preparation of polymer liposomes: “Phosphatidylcholine liposomes at phase-contrast microscopy” ArkhipovSergey / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Surfactants that carry genes: “Gene Transfer ( )” National Science Foundation / Public domain (cropped)
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