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Hirohisa Ohmiya, Professor
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The Organic Reaction Chemistry Lab develops new synthetic technologies for directly assembling complex organic molecules. Organic synthesis requires many steps and a wide variety of reagents, which raises issues of cost, development time, and the environmental burden of waste. Even when molecular structures are complex, the lab searches for ways to assemble them in one go using sustainable reagents and energy sources. By making synthetic processes more efficient, the lab aims to accelerate the discovery and development of new drugs and contribute to better medical care.
Yoshiaki Nakao, Professor
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The Natural Product Organic Chemistry Lab develops reactions that directly convert ordinary bonds in organic molecules into new bonds. Much of current organic synthesis requires molecules to be functionalized beforehand, so reaching the target compound takes many steps and generates many by-products. Many reactions also depend on rare chemicals and elements, so the lab also explores reactions that make use of naturally abundant resources such as silicon and biomass. Catalysts are the key. Centered on transition metal complex catalysts and combining Lewis acid catalysts, organocatalysts, enzyme catalysts, and solid catalysts, the lab aims at transformations that become possible only through their cooperation.
Munetaka Oyama, Associate Professor
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The Materials Analytical Chemistry Lab uses the power of chemistry to create molecules, working to elucidate biological phenomena and develop technologies for diagnosing and treating disease. Living things are collections of chemical molecules, sustained by the concentrations, locations, interactions, and reactions of those molecules, yet how each individual molecule functions is still not understood. The lab therefore creates "molecular probes" that investigate and control living systems, aiming to understand and manipulate biological phenomena at the molecular level. By combining organic chemistry to create molecules, chemical biology to approach life through chemistry, and analytical chemistry to understand life, the lab seeks to produce molecular technologies that no one has seen before.
Kenji Urayama, Professor
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The Polymer Properties and Functions Lab studies the physical properties of polymer soft matter such as gels and elastomers (rubber), and creates new functions. Soft matter is very soft and can stretch and shrink greatly, behaving quite differently from metals and glass. Although they are solids that hold their own shape, they are characterized by a versatile nature: they combine entropic elasticity, which shares its origin with gas pressure, and the viscosity of liquids. They are used in soft tissues of the human body, contact lenses, tires, food, and cosmetics, yet many of their phenomena remain unexplained, leaving a wide unexplored area.
Keiji Numata, Professor
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The Biomaterials Chemistry Lab studies the use of polyamino acids (polypeptides, structural proteins), which are chains of linked amino acids, as materials. The lab's greatest distinguishing feature is designing materials based on the relationship between polymer structure and physical properties. As structural materials, the lab is developing artificial silk that mimics natural spider silk. As functional materials, it works on using peptides to deliver genes into plant cells and modify plants.
Atsunobu Masuno, Program-Specific Professor
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The Fundamental Glass Science Lab was established in April 2023 as an endowed laboratory funded by Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. Using containerless processing, in which materials are levitated in mid-air, the lab synthesizes "new glasses" with compositions that were previously unthinkable. Through advanced glass structure analysis using quantum beam measurements, computational science, and information science, the lab clarifies at the atomic and electronic level how functions arise. By pursuing basic research on glass from multiple angles, the lab aims to establish new theoretical foundations for glass science and to train the next generation of glass researchers and engineers.
LANDENBERGER Kira B., Lecturer
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The Advanced Functional Polymers Lab studies how to build the structures of various polymers using a method called living cationic polymerization. Based on this, it aims to synthesize materials with functionality and stimuli responsiveness. Its main research themes are supramolecular polymer networks, intermolecular interactions, and thermoresponsive hydrogels. The lab also works on molecular association through halogen bonding and on actuator gels that change shape with temperature.
Kazunori Sugiyasu, Professor
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The Functional Polymer Synthesis Lab studies how to connect molecules to one another to create new types of polymers. Supramolecular polymers are polymers in which monomer molecules are linked by reversible intermolecular interactions such as hydrogen bonds. The lab has developed its own living supramolecular polymerization method for their precise synthesis and has created a variety of nanostructures. By synergistically merging three fields of chemistry (polymer chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, and colloid chemistry), the lab aims to open up new chemistry.
Makoto Ouchi, Professor
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The Polymer Synthesis Lab pioneers methods for precisely controlling polymer structure. Synthetic polymers in everyday life and biopolymers such as DNA and proteins are both polymers, yet they differ greatly in structural precision and in how their functions emerge. The lab therefore asks again what "polymer-ness" (the essence of being a polymer) is, and searches for the answer through precision polymers whose structures are tightly controlled. The lab also aims to develop new polymer materials based on structural control.
Kazuo Tanaka, Professor
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The Polymerization Chemistry Lab studies how to create new materials by making use of elements that have rarely been used in organic materials. The elements that make up the organic and polymer materials around us are limited to a small part of the periodic table, such as carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. Incorporating elements that have not been used is expected to bring electronic, optical, and catalytic functions and molecular recognition ability that reflect the characteristics of those elements. Based on the free thinking of each individual, the lab aims for each member to create original substances that make the most of the elements.
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