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Photofunctional Chemistry Lab
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The lab creates functional organic and polymer materials that respond to light.
AboutAbout the lab
New materials from light-responsive molecules
The Photofunctional Chemistry Lab studies the development of functional materials, and the science behind them, drawing on photochemistry, organic chemistry, and polymer chemistry.
The lab focuses on light-responsive materials that take advantage of the flexible properties of organic compounds and polymer compounds.
The lab aims to create new materials by using the phenomenon in which photoreactions at the micro- and nanometer scale change the structure of molecules and thereby alter their physical properties.
The lab's research keywords include photoreaction, photochromism, surface relief, liquid crystals, self-assembly, and chirality.
Key terms
- Photochromism
- A phenomenon in which the structure and color of a molecule change reversibly in response to light
- Photoreaction
- A reaction in which shining light changes the structure of a molecule. This lab uses it as a means of changing the physical properties of materials
NewsLab news
A student won the Excellent Poster Presentation Award at the CSJ Chemistry Festa
A student won an Excellence Award at the Young Researchers' Poster Session of the RadTech Japan meeting
A student won the Iris Award at the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Liquid Crystal Society
A paper on a chiral photoswitch was selected for the journal cover
ResearchResearch themes
In this lab, researchers use photochemistry, organic chemistry, and polymer chemistry to develop functional materials that respond to light. The lab aims to create new materials by using changes in physical properties that result from structural changes in molecules caused by photoreactions at the micro- and nanometer scale.
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The members of the Photofunctional Chemistry Lab consist of faculty members, emeritus professors, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.
- Associate ProfessorTakashi Ubukata
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