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Physical Organic Chemistry Lab
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An organic chemistry lab that draws out new functions from the shapes and arrangements of molecules.
AboutAbout the lab
Drawing out new functions from the shape of molecules.
Building on synthetic organic chemistry, the lab studies how new functions can be drawn out of the shape, arrangement, motion, and interfaces of molecules and nanostructures.
The lab aims not only to make molecules but also to clarify, through synthesis, structural analysis, and property evaluation, how molecules assemble and how they respond to their surroundings to show function.
Using sumanene, a bowl-shaped π-conjugated molecule, the lab explores new functions that arise from structures and molecular arrangements that planar molecules do not have.
Key terms
- Sumanene
- A bowl-shaped π-conjugated molecule. The lab studies it to explore functions that arise from structures and arrangements that planar molecules do not have.
- Molecular crystal
- A crystal formed by the assembly of molecules. In this lab, the researchers develop molecular crystals that change their structure and properties in response to their environment.
- Intermolecular interactions
- Forces acting between molecules. Here, weak interactions are used to change the properties of molecular crystals.
ResearchResearch themes
Building on synthetic organic chemistry, the lab aims to draw out new functions from the shape, arrangement, motion, and interfaces of molecules and nanostructures. Working across molecular design, material function, nanostructures, and the understanding of reaction environments, it explores the still unknown behavior of molecules and materials.
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MembersFaculty
- ProfessorHidehiro Sakurai
- Associate ProfessorYumi Yakiyama
- Assistant ProfessorYu Yao
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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: “Sumanene-3D-balls” Jynto (talk) / CC0 (cropped)
- Functions drawn out of molecular shape and arrangement: “Sumanene-3D-spacefill” Jynto (talk) / CC0 (cropped)
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