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Molecular Assembly Chemistry Lab
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The lab designs and controls the properties that emerge when molecules assemble.
AboutAbout the lab
Design molecules, guide order, and draw out function.
The Molecular Assembly Chemistry Lab studies phenomena that appear when molecules gather in regular or organized arrangements, and that cannot be seen in individual molecules.
The lab takes a wide range of approaches, from molecular design and synthesis to the construction of precise assemblies, evaluation of physical properties, and theoretical analysis.
Building on the molecular design capabilities of organic chemistry, the lab explores ordered structures in solids and the electronic properties that arise from them, from the perspective of solid-state physical chemistry.
The lab's website also introduces it under the name "Fujino Lab."
Key terms
- Oligomer
- A molecule in which constituent units are linked in a repeating structure. Oligomers are also central to biological materials such as nucleic acids and peptides
- Coating process
- A method of making a material by dissolving it in a solution and applying it as a coating
- Emergent properties
- Properties that appear only when molecules form an assembly and that individual molecules do not have
NewsLab news
Associate Professor Fujino received the 7th Fumiko Yonezawa Prize (Physical Society of Japan)
Associate Professor Tomoko Fujino received the Encouragement Award of the Society of Japanese Women Scientists
Associate Professor Fujino received the D&I Award (Outstanding Achievement Award for Women Researchers) (Japan Society of Applied Physics)
A paper by Associate Professor Fujino and colleagues was published in Advanced Science
A paper by Associate Professor Fujino and colleagues was published in Nature Communications
ResearchResearch themes
When molecules gather in a regular arrangement, phenomena appear that cannot be seen in single molecules. Building on the molecular design capabilities of organic chemistry, the lab investigates ordered structures in solids and the electronic properties and quantum fluctuations that arise from them, aiming to propose design guidelines for new electronic materials.
*Illustrative imageOligomer conductors and semiconductors
Taking hints from the sequence structure of nucleic acids, the lab designs oligomers and works on building molecules that act as conductors or semiconductors. From the standpoint of structural organic chemistry, it explores oligomer-based materials.
*Illustrative imageOpening up new materials science with coating processes
The lab is trying to open up new materials science using coating processes. Its goal is to clarify the order and functions that appear in nonequilibrium molecular systems.
*Illustrative imageEmergent electronic properties in molecular assemblies
The lab searches for quantum emergent phenomena in stacked and arrayed structures that cannot be seen in single molecules. The electronic properties that appear in molecular assemblies are the subject of its research.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Molecular Assembly Chemistry Lab are faculty, visiting researchers, administrative assistants, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorTomoko Fujino
- Project Assistant ProfessorTakushi Nishimoto
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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: “PSM V83 D031 Crystals of needle like or monoclinic sulphur” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Oligomer conductors and semiconductors: “Selfassembly Organic Semiconductor Trixler LMU” Frank Trixler; adapted from LMU/CeNS: Organic Semiconductor Nanostructures / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Opening up new materials science with coating processes: “Photoresist spin-coaters at LAAS 0448” Guillaume Paumier (user:guillom) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Emergent electronic properties in molecular assemblies: “SDS-sheet-3D-vdW” Ben Mills / Public domain (cropped)
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