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Organoelement Chemistry Lab
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The lab creates its own new molecules and brings out their functions.
AboutAbout the lab
Enjoying the creation of “My compounds” together.
The Organoelement Chemistry Lab aims to pioneer the synthesis of new molecules, the unknown properties hidden in each molecule, and the functions that emerge when molecules assemble, and to put forward “Full-Spectrum Chemistry” that can contribute broadly to science and technology.
The lab works on molecular design using computational science, organic synthesis using cutting-edge reactions, development of new skeletons that exploit the properties of heteroatoms, and structural analysis and evaluation of spectroscopic properties using a variety of instruments.
Key terms
- π-conjugation
- A state in which double bonds and similar bonds are linked in a row, allowing electrons to move widely through the molecule
- Acene
- A molecule in which benzene rings are fused in a straight line
- Precursor
- A molecule one step before conversion into the target molecule
- Main-group elements
- Elements in the groups on both sides of the periodic table, such as silicon, germanium, and phosphorus
NewsLab news
An award review article on mesoscale hybridization of supramolecular assemblies and inorganic semiconductor nanocrystals has been published in Chem. Lett.
A student received the TCI Student Poster Award at the 36th Symposium on Basic Organic Chemistry
A paper on the triplet state of heptacene studied by ESR has been accepted in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
A paper on the aromatization of 1,4-digermacyclopenta-1,3-diene has been published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
Assistant Professor Yamauchi received the 75th Progress Award of the Chemical Society of Japan
ResearchResearch themes
Based on organic chemistry, the lab works on the synthesis and functional exploration of a variety of new organic materials.
*Illustrative imageExtending π-Conjugation via the Precursor Method
To synthesize π-extended compounds, which are poorly soluble and easily oxidized, in high purity, the lab uses the precursor method, in which small molecules are eliminated by light or heat to convert a precursor into the target molecule, and develops functional organic materials such as acenes and porphyrins.
*Illustrative imageSolution-Processed Organic Electronics
Soluble precursors are deposited as films by spin coating and converted into crystalline thin films by light or heat. With this method, the lab controls the nanostructures and molecular orientation inside thin films and at interfaces, and thereby the properties of devices such as organic thin-film solar cells.
*Illustrative imageNanocarbon Made on Substrate Surfaces
Combining the precursor method with conversion reactions on substrate surfaces in vacuum, the lab investigates the structures and properties of unstable higher acenes, and also works on the bottom-up synthesis of graphene nanoribbons.
*Illustrative imageNew Materials from Main-Group Elements
The lab synthesizes π-electron compounds centered on heavy Group 14 elements such as silicon and germanium, stabilized with bulky substituents, and clarifies their structures, reactivity, and properties.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorHiroko Yamada
- Associate ProfessorYoshiyuki Mizuhata
- Assistant ProfessorMitsuaki Yamauchi
- Assistant ProfessorKeitaro Yamamoto
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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: “Pentacene molecule spacefill” Jynto (talk) / CC0 (cropped)
- Extending π-Conjugation via the Precursor Method: “PentacenePolymers” P orbital / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Solution-Processed Organic Electronics: “Photoresist spin-coaters at LAAS 0448” Guillaume Paumier (user:guillom) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Nanocarbon Made on Substrate Surfaces: “Nanoribbon Conductance” Alexander Mayorov / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- New Materials from Main-Group Elements: “Silylgermane molecule” Bernardirfan / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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