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Kaoru Tamada, Professor
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The Nano-Interface Physical Properties Lab studies how molecules and nanoparticles can be self-assembled into materials with new functions, and applies them to biosensing. In particular, it investigates broadly plasmon resonance, an optical phenomenon that occurs at the interfaces between metals and organic materials. A recent topic is the “plasmonic nanosheet,” which makes use of the property that silver nanoparticles spontaneously form two-dimensional crystals at the air-water interface. On the lab’s website, it is presented under the name “Tamada-Okamoto Lab.”
Yoshihito Shiota, Associate Professor
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The Reaction and Property Theory Lab (Shiota Lab) investigates the electronic structure of molecules and the mechanisms of chemical reactions through theoretical quantum chemical calculations, without conducting experiments. The lab believes that reactions driven by enzymes and catalysts rely on a 'mechanism' based on the movement of electrons and on spin states, and aims to uncover it and use it to design new reactions. The lab regards calculation not as a machine that produces answers but as a tool for thinking. Members carry out research by putting into words how to choose models and what to investigate next, and organizing these points together.
Osamu Sato, Professor
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The Molecular Materials Chemistry Lab (Sato Lab) studies metal complexes that respond to external stimuli such as light and heat. Its work centers on developing new materials whose magnetism can be switched by stimuli such as light and electricity, including the discovery of a material that becomes a magnet when irradiated with light. From synthesizing new molecules to evaluating their properties, the lab takes on a wide range of work with light as its keyword. In the Department of Chemistry, School of Science, the lab is also introduced under the name 'Photofunctional Materials Chemistry Lab'.
Yoichiro Kuninobu, Professor
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The Functional Molecular Chemistry Lab (Kuninobu Lab) studies the creation of high-performance catalysts, the development of practical organic synthesis reactions, and the creation of functional organic materials. Through this research, the lab aims to help solve energy and environmental problems. It also works on developing methods that use non-covalent interactions such as hydrogen bonding to control the position at which a reaction proceeds. Alongside research, the lab puts effort into education and into supporting students in finding employment.
Mitsuru Shindo, Professor
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The Shindo-Kano Lab (Bioorganic Chemistry) is a lab that combines organic synthetic chemistry and molecular biology in its research. Its core is "ynolate chemistry," and on this basis the lab studies the design, synthesis, and functional control of bioactive molecules and functional molecules. The lab also works on compounds that disrupt gravity sensing in plants, UV absorbers, and the total synthesis of natural organic compounds. The lab belongs to the Materials Foundation Division of the Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering at Kyushu University, and is also a cooperating research group of the Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences.
Fumito Tani, Associate Professor
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The Multidimensional Molecular Arrangement Lab studies the structures and properties of molecules and molecular assemblies, based on the chemistry of organic π-electron compounds. It synthesizes organic π-electron compounds that are of structural, theoretical, and physical interest, extends this work to supramolecules and metal complexes, and aims to clarify the relationship between structure and properties/functions. The lab works on azulene-based molecules, porphyrin-fullerene composites, and droplets with multiple-compartment structures, among other topics. On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Tani-Goto Lab."
Satoru Kidoaki, Professor
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The Medical Biophysical Chemistry Lab (Kidoaki Lab) studies the engineering of materials that manipulate cells, and the biophysics of cells, in order to broaden the foundations of regenerative medical engineering. It aims to create biomaterials that control how cells and tissues respond to their mechanical environment (mechanobiology). Within the lab there is also the Ise Group, which uses glycopolymers to control cell functions.
Ken Kojio, Professor
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The Complex Molecular Systems Lab conducts research based on polymer chemistry, aiming to create high-performance, highly functional soft matter with controlled nanostructures. The lab studies a wide variety of polymer materials, including crystalline polymers, amorphous polymers, elastomers, and composite systems with fillers. It also studies the structure and properties of network polymers, as well as the adhesion mechanisms and failure behavior of polymer adhesives. The lab's own website presents it under the name "Complex Molecular Systems Lab".
Miho Yamauchi, Professor
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The Inorganic Materials Chemistry Lab (Yamauchi Lab) researches the creation of new functional substances and materials by making use of the characteristics of various elements. To build energy-saving, resource-saving, sustainable chemical processes, the lab is developing nanoscale materials. The properties it focuses on are catalysis that converts energy and substances, hydrogen storage, and the diffusion of ions and atoms.
Masato Ito, Associate Professor
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This research group applies the changes in water molecule activity and the unusual ion conduction that arise from molecular crowding effects inside cells to the development of energy devices. In secondary batteries in particular, it focuses on rate capability, durability, and safety, which have tended to be put aside until now. From a biomimetic perspective, it reconsiders material selection, molecular assembly, and interface control, and works to bring fundamental solutions. The group believes that improving energy storage technology is necessary to make renewable energy a main power source, and that developing next-generation secondary batteries will become increasingly important.
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