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Shimojima Lab
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The lab builds inorganic frameworks up from molecules to create new functions.
AboutAbout the lab
Precisely designing inorganic frameworks from the molecular level
The Shimojima Lab researches the creation of new materials, mainly using inorganic oxides.
With applications in the environment, energy, and medicine in mind, its work is based on solution processes that are low in environmental impact and energy-saving.
The lab aims to establish synthetic chemistry that hierarchically controls structure across a wide range of scales, from the atomic and molecular level to the macroscopic level.
Besides new nanoporous materials, it focuses on developing smart materials, such as materials that change in response to stimuli and self-healing materials.
Key terms
- Siloxane
- A framework in which silicon and oxygen are linked alternately. It is resistant to heat and chemicals, and is the basis of glass and silicones.
- Building block method
- A method in which molecular components with predefined shapes are prepared and linked together to make a targeted structure.
- Nanoporous material
- A material with regularly arranged pores of nanometer size. It is used for adsorption, catalysis, and low-dielectric materials.
NewsLab news
A master's student received the Best Poster Award at the 24th Symposium of the Sol-Gel Society of Japan
A student received an award at the 44th Symposium on Inorganic Polymers
A student received an award at the 41st Zeolite Research Conference
A student received an award at the 15th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2025
ResearchResearch themes
Aiming at applications in diverse fields such as the environment, energy, and medicine, the lab works on creating new materials mainly from inorganic oxides. By making full use of molecular design of building blocks and self-assembly processes, it precisely controls composition and structure to produce unique functions not seen before.
*Illustrative imageBuilding block method
By combining molecular components with defined shapes, the lab precisely constructs inorganic frameworks. It works on periodic polysiloxanes in which units line up in a defined order, three-dimensional nanoporous materials assembled from cage-type siloxanes, and structures that use layered silicates as two-dimensional building units.
*Illustrative imageDynamic siloxane materials
Using the property that siloxane bonds break and re-form, the lab makes self-healing materials that repair damage on their own at the molecular level. It also designs heat-resistant, photoresponsive nanomaterials that incorporate organic compounds whose shape changes reversibly under light.
*Illustrative imageControlling the morphology of inorganic nanostructures
The lab brings out functions by controlling the morphology of materials. It works on designing the pores of silica nanoparticles intended as drug carriers, and on synthesizing porous oxides using crystals of regularly arranged spherical nanoparticles as templates.
MembersFaculty
The Shimojima Lab consists of faculty members, secretaries, and doctoral and master's students.As of 2026
- ProfessorAtsushi Shimojima
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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: “Quartz, Tibet” JJ Harrison / CC BY-SA 2.5 (cropped)
- Building block method: “Block tower on narrow base” Reseletti / CC0 (cropped)
- Dynamic siloxane materials: “Azobenzene 3D” Fvasconcellos / Public domain (cropped)
- Controlling the morphology of inorganic nanostructures: “Hydrophane opal (precious opal)” James St. John / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sugahara Lab): “Nacre sticks” Mauro Cateb / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Eguchi Lab): “Light spectrum on a wall caused by sunlight going through prism and then handmade glass” Pittigrilli / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Noda Lab): “Nanotube; Ultradark ( )” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Yamaguchi Lab): “Column chromatography - Feb. 2014” Максим Фомич / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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