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Molecular Assembly Chemistry Lab
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A lab that designs how molecules assemble to create new crystalline materials.
AboutAbout the lab
Creating new materials through dialogue with molecules.
The Molecular Assembly Chemistry Lab studies how assembling many molecules brings out new functions that a single molecule does not show.
In particular, the lab aims to modulate and control the molecular arrangement in organic crystals, build unprecedented structures, and make new physical properties emerge.
It works on porous molecular crystals assembled through hydrogen bonds, and on separating chiral molecules into right-handed and left-handed forms by crystallization.
The lab is also introduced under the name "Hisaki Lab" on its website.
Key terms
- HOF
- A structure in which π-conjugated molecules are linked by hydrogen bonds and which has space inside.
- Enantiomer
- A pair of molecules that are mirror images of each other but cannot be superimposed, like the right and left hands.
- Deracemization
- A method that separates molecules while converting an unwanted enantiomer into the desired enantiomer.
NewsLab news
A master's student won a Poster Award at the 45th Crystal Growth Symposium
Prof. Hisaki and colleagues created a spring-like porous helical single crystal and issued a press release
Lecturer Oketani and colleagues discovered a crystal that glows brightly and changes color significantly when pressed, and issued a press release
A master's student won the TCI Poster Award at the 36th Symposium on Basic Organic Chemistry
A doctoral student won a Poster Award at the 2026 Symposium on Photochemistry
ResearchResearch themes
When many molecules come together, new functions that a single molecule does not show can appear. By closely observing how molecules behave, the lab modulates and controls the molecular arrangement in organic crystals, aiming to build unprecedented structures and make new physical properties emerge.
*Illustrative imagePorous molecular crystals assembled through hydrogen bonds
The lab links π-conjugated molecules through hydrogen bonds between carboxylic acids to build porous structures with empty space (HOFs). It is developing multifunctional HOFs that have optical and electrical functions in addition to porosity.
*Illustrative imageSeparating chiral molecules by crystallization
The lab studies separating chiral molecules into right-handed and left-handed forms through crystallization. It focuses on deracemization, which separates the molecules while converting the unwanted enantiomer into the desired one, and draws phase diagrams of the states to explore the conditions under which it can be applied.
MembersFaculty
Members of the Molecular Assembly Chemistry Lab consist of faculty, administrative assistants, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and special research students.As of 2026
- ProfessorIchiro Hisaki
- LecturerRyusei Oketani
- Assistant ProfessorYuki Nagai
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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: “CSIRO ScienceImage 11684 Scanning electron microscope image of the seed inside the MOF crystals” Dr Paolo Falcaro and Dr Dario Buso, CSIRO / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Porous molecular crystals assembled through hydrogen bonds: “Porous-crystals” Oyar0ukr0net / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Separating chiral molecules by crystallization: “Crystals growing from melted sulfur” AlexmarPhoto / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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