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Hiroshi Shinokubo, Professor
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The Shinokubo Lab uses organic synthesis methods to create π-electron organic molecules with shapes and properties never seen before. No matter how good a molecular design is, the molecule cannot be obtained if it cannot be synthesized. For this reason, the lab places great importance on actually making molecules through a wide range of reactions. The lab determines the structures of the molecules it makes and investigates their properties and functions in response to light and electricity. It also aims at applications in electronic materials and medicine.
Takashi Ooi, Professor
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The Ooi Lab designs and synthesizes new molecules and draws out their function as catalysts that drive chemical reactions. In particular, the lab focuses on onium salts, in which positively and negatively charged parts form a pair, and has created metal-free organocatalysts. It develops catalysts that finely control ionic and radical reactions, which are fundamental to chemical transformations, with the aim of leading to ideal chemical manufacturing. As a member of the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), the lab also works on research at the boundary between chemistry and biology.
Atsushi Noro, Lecturer
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The Noro Lab studies next-generation polymer materials. Polymers made by joining components with different properties spontaneously arrange themselves when they assemble, forming regular structures on the scale of nanometers (microphase-separated structures). Using this property, the lab studies methods for controlling, at the molecular level, the properties and functions of new polymer electrolyte membranes, structural adhesives, and rubber and elastomer materials. Through research, the lab develops research skills that can be applied in the real world, and it is also working to have its results used in society.
Masami Kamigaito, Professor
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The Kamigaito Lab develops new polymerization reactions that can be controlled, and uses them to create polymers with precisely controlled structures. A polymer is a large molecule made of many small molecules (monomers) linked together. Natural polymers such as proteins have precisely determined length, three-dimensional shape, and even the order in which monomers are linked, but synthetic polymers cannot yet be controlled to that degree. The lab is also working on new bio-based polymers made from plant-derived monomers.
Tomoyuki Ikai, Professor
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The Ikai Lab studies polymers with special molecular structures never seen before. Of particular interest are “ladder polymers,” which are shaped like a ladder. In ordinary polymers, monomers are linked by a single bond, whereas in ladder polymers they are linked by two or more bonds. Taking advantage of the ladder shape, the lab carefully designs the molecular backbone and three-dimensional shape to develop ladder polymers with properties and new functions that ordinary polymers cannot achieve.
Atsushi Satsuma, Professor
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The Satsuma Lab studies the design of catalysts that drive chemical reactions on the surfaces of solids. It makes use of the functions of inorganic solids such as metal nanoparticles, clusters, and metal oxides. The lab develops catalysts that protect the environment, such as three-way catalysts that purify automobile exhaust gas. It also uses quantum chemical calculations to elucidate how catalysts work.
Tsukasa Torimoto, Professor
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The Torimoto Lab makes metal and semiconductor particles on the nanometer scale and researches how to create materials with new functions. When particles become roughly 10 nm or smaller, the quantum size effect gives them properties unlike those of either large crystals or molecules. Using chemical methods, the lab finely tunes the shape and structure of the particles, aiming for materials that can freely control the flow of light, electrons, and molecules. These materials are expected to be used in photocatalysts and in electronic devices that use light.
Koichi Kikuta, Professor
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The Energy Conversion Chemistry Lab works on fuel cells, piezoelectric materials, and related topics in the field of inorganic materials and ceramics. Current research topics include the development of solid oxide fuel cells and reactors, and the development and application of lead-free piezoelectric materials. The lab also lists the development of low-environmental-impact processes and the formation of ceramic structures using photoreactions as research topics.
Ryotaro Matsuda, Professor
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The Matsuda Lab studies the chemistry of spaces smaller than a nanometer, known as "nanospace chemistry." In nanospaces, very strong forces that capture molecules come into play, and captured molecules react differently from how they normally do. Using metal complexes, the lab designs and constructs these spaces at will, much as one builds a building, and discovers new reactions and phenomena. Its themes include carbon dioxide capture and the effective use of thermal energy, and it also conducts joint research with industry.
Chikara Ohtsuki, Professor
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The Ohtsuki Lab researches the creation of new functional materials that are in harmony with living bodies and the environment. Its research targets are ceramics, organic–inorganic hybrids, biomaterials, and biomimetics. The lab works on developing synthesis methods for medical ceramics such as artificial bone, and for materials inspired by how living organisms work. It also studies the functions that materials show when the process of crystal formation is finely controlled.
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