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Molecular Materials Lab
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A lab that pioneers new materials in which assemblies of molecules conduct electricity.
AboutAbout the lab
When molecules assemble, electricity flows and magnetism emerges.
The Molecular Materials Lab pioneers new materials that show electrical conductivity, magnetism, and other properties in condensed systems whose building units are molecules, such as organic molecules and coordination compounds, and studies their structures and physical properties.
Focusing mainly on conductive charge-transfer complexes, the lab conducts comprehensive research that ranges from the synthesis of component molecules to structural analysis and measurement of basic physical properties.
The lab synthesizes compounds itself using organic chemistry methods, and seeks to uncover the essential nature of component molecules and complexes through crystal structure analysis and measurements of conductivity, spectroscopy, and magnetism.
Key terms
- Condensed system
- A state in which atoms or molecules are densely packed together, like a solid or a liquid
- Charge-transfer complex
- A compound formed when electrons are exchanged between two kinds of molecules; some of these conduct electricity
- Itinerant electron
- An electron that is not bound to a specific atom and moves around freely within a solid
ResearchResearch themes
The lab pioneers new materials that show electrical conductivity, magnetism, and other properties, studying condensed systems whose constituents are molecules.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the Molecular Materials Lab consist of faculty, technical staff, doctoral and master's students, and fourth-year undergraduates.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorAkihiro Otsuka
- Assistant ProfessorYoshiaki Nakano
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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: “The sample of BEDT-TTF” 四月朔日朔良 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Transition Phenomena in Molecular Materials: “Zeolite structure as an assembly of tetrahedra” François-Xavier Coudert / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Solid-State Properties Chemistry Lab): “Proton conduction superionic ice” Goran tek-en / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Metal Phase Science Lab): “Researcher using diamond anvil cell” Allison Pease, University of Michigan, USA / CC BY-SA 2.5 (cropped)
- Related lab (Quantum Materials Lab): “Jeffrey Lynn team ( )” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Surface Chemistry Lab): “STM-image of n-alkane C46H94 monolayer” Anton Senenko / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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