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Hiroyuki Kitahata, Professor
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The Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics Lab studies nonlinear systems that show a wide variety of motions and patterns. The mechanisms behind many dynamic phenomena, including those of living systems, are still not understood. The difficulty lies in nonlinearity, where the whole cannot be expressed as the sum of its individual elements, and in nonequilibrium, where matter and energy flow in and out. Centered on experiments at scales from micrometers to millimeters, the lab combines them with theoretical analysis and numerical computation.
Takehisa Konishi, Associate Professor
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The Quantum Chemistry Lab uses theory and computation to clarify the electronic states that determine the properties of matter. Electronic states can be observed with photoelectron spectroscopy, which uses the property that electrons are emitted when light hits a material, and with X-ray absorption spectra. To interpret measured spectra, the lab builds its own computational methods based on quantum mechanics. The lab also incorporates electronic structure calculations using density functional theory and AI, and analyzes material properties on high-speed computers.
Hideaki Shirota, Professor
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The Molecular Spectroscopy Lab uses laser spectroscopy to study how molecules move in liquids and solutions. Many chemical reactions take place in solution, and the motion of the solvent also affects how a reaction proceeds. Using self-built instruments, the lab captures intermolecular vibrations and changes in molecular orientation that occur on timescales from femtoseconds to picoseconds. The lab also works on developing liquids with new functions, such as ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents.
Tomonori Ohba, Associate Professor
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The Molecular Nano-Physical Chemistry Lab studies the behavior of molecules confined in tiny spaces on the nanometer scale. Inside pores that are only about as large as the molecules themselves, molecules show structures and motions that differ from their usual ones. The lab uses this property to control molecular motion and to discover new reactivity. The lab also pursues research on the design of nanostructures, the development of functional nanomaterials, and topics related to carbon dioxide and clean energy.
Shoichi Katsuta, Professor
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The Analytical Chemistry Lab studies methodologies for separating and analyzing substances. The ability of a molecule to distinguish a partner by its size, shape, and electron configuration, and to select it for reaction, is called molecular recognition. For functional substances such as ionic liquids and supramolecular complexes, the lab investigates in detail the reactions in solution and the recognition ability. Based on its findings, the lab enhances reaction selectivity, creates new substances, and applies them to separation and analytical methods.
Chiya Numako, Associate Professor
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The Environmental Analytical Chemistry Lab uses X-rays to analyze substances found in Earth's surface environment and in living organisms. The chemical state and crystal structure of an element vary greatly depending on the environment in which the substance formed. Using nondestructive speciation analysis with X-rays, the lab reads the chemical forms of elements and aims to clarify the environments and mechanisms in which substances formed. In the laboratory, samples are sometimes also synthesized through chemical procedures.
Takayoshi Arai, Professor
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The Synthetic Organic Chemistry Lab studies new ways to assemble molecules in order to make compounds that benefit people, such as pharmaceuticals. Many problems remain in organic chemistry today, such as developing practical catalysts and efficient reactions. The lab designs asymmetric catalysts that harmonize diverse "forces", including ionic bonds produced by metals, hydrogen bonds, and halogen bonds. Making use of iodine produced in Chiba Prefecture, the lab is also researching how to make high-value compounds.
Kazuhiro Yoshida, Professor
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The Organic Molecular Chemistry Lab aims to develop unexpected new reactions and new transformation methods based on the design and creation of new transition metal catalysts. Once a new methodology is established, useful organic compounds can be made in fewer steps. Compounds that have been difficult to synthesize until now also come within reach. The lab wants to draw out the diverse capabilities of various transition metal elements and make new discoveries from them.
Michio Ogasawara, Associate Professor
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The Gene Function and Morphology Lab studies how the form and function of animal bodies have evolved. Its clues come from sea squirts and amphioxus, which belong to the same group as humans: the chordates. Because animals live by taking in food, the lab focuses on the organs around the digestive tract and the genes that work in them. It takes on unsolved questions, such as how the endostyle of sea squirts is connected to the thyroid gland of vertebrates.
Kiyoe Ura, Professor
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The Chromatin Metabolism Regulation Lab studies the function of histones, the proteins that genomic DNA wraps around. Inside the cell nucleus, DNA wraps around histones to form a structure called chromatin. DNA reactions such as replication, transcription, repair, and recombination all take place on this chromatin. The lab focuses on chemical modifications of histones and investigates how they work from two sides: gene expression and DNA repair. The lab is jointly run by Professor Kiyoe Ura and Associate Professor Akira Sassa, and the two share common research rules and the same broad research direction.
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