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Takehiko Sasaki, Associate Professor
Chemistry & Catalysis0 student voices
The Sasaki Lab aims to clarify and control the mechanisms of chemical reactions that take place on solid surfaces. In its research on catalysts, the lab works both on developing catalysts and on elucidating how reactions proceed on them. Alongside experiments such as infrared absorption spectroscopy, the lab also uses density functional theory calculations, seeking to understand surface chemistry from both experimental and theoretical perspectives. The lab is located at Kashiwa Campus, and visits are welcome.
Atsushi Iwasaki, Professor
Chemistry & Catalysis0 student voices
Iwasaki Lab studies how atoms and molecules behave when placed in extremely intense laser light (intense laser fields). In intense laser fields, light-induced ionization and chemical reactions proceed in ways entirely different from those under weak light. By observing this behavior, the lab reveals new interactions between light and atoms or molecules. It also develops the laser light sources that create intense laser fields, as well as spectroscopic methods that make use of this phenomenon. The lab was newly established in 2022, and it accepts inquiries at any time from graduate school applicants and students who would like to visit the lab.
Hiroyuki Isobe, Professor
Chemistry & Catalysis0 student voices
The Spectral Chemistry Research Center studies the states of electrons and magnetism inside materials using spectroscopy with light and X-rays. At its core is research that uses synchrotron radiation to measure magnetic states element by element, and clarifies how magnetic properties are determined at interfaces where different materials meet. The center also studies how to measure blood cells by combining high-speed optical imaging with deep learning. It grew out of the Spectroscopic Chemistry Center, founded in 1976, and while collaborating with the labs of the Department of Chemistry, it also manages and operates shared spectroscopic instruments.
Ishitani Harurou, Project Professor
Chemistry & Catalysis0 student voices
The Green and Sustainable Chemistry Social Cooperation Lab studies chemical synthesis processes that place a low burden on the environment (green synthesis). To use such synthesis in industry, many challenges must be solved, including developing new catalysts, recycling systems, raw materials and products, and addressing cost issues. With the cooperation of companies, the lab conducts research and education through a framework that links basic chemistry to the chemical industry, and it welcomes students and researchers to join. In the news section, a paper is introduced on research that uses continuous-flow synthesis, in which raw materials are reacted while flowing, to produce pharmaceuticals and other products.
Kaoru Yamanouchi, Project Professor
Chemistry & Catalysis0 student voices
The Yamanouchi Lab studies the interaction between light and molecules, and the molecular motion induced by light, through both experiments and theory. It is particularly interested in how chemical bonds break and form in laser light so intense that it rivals the electric fields inside molecules (intense laser fields), and in how molecules interact with extremely short light pulses lasting attoseconds to femtoseconds. The lab aims to create methods for controlling molecules and reactions with highly designed light pulses. Recently, it has also published results from calculations using quantum computers.
Hiroyuki Isobe, Professor
Chemistry & Catalysis0 student voices
The Isobe Lab works in the field of "physical organic chemistry," exploring the connection between physics and chemistry through the language of molecules. Building on the design and synthesis of molecules, the lab seeks to open up fields at the boundary with nanoscience and materials science. A representative subject of study is "nanocarbon molecules," synthesized aromatic molecules that mimic the shapes of nanocarbons such as carbon nanotubes. The lab also works on developing new methodologies and delivering tools and materials that can be used in other research as well.
Hiroaki Suga, Professor
Chemistry & Catalysis0 student voices
The Suga Lab brings the ideas and techniques of organic chemistry into biology to take on research problems that have been difficult to solve. The lab artificially creates RNA with catalytic activity (ribozymes) and uses them to reprogram the genetic code, synthesizing peptides that contain amino acids not found in nature. Building on this technology, the lab has developed a system for discovering special peptides that can serve as starting points for drugs. The lab pursues research in balance: science that builds new concepts, widely applicable biotechnology, and drug discovery.
Akihito Ishizaki, Professor
Chemistry & Catalysis0 student voices
The Quantum Chemistry Lab theoretically studies the quantum dynamics that occur in molecules and materials, from the perspective of physical chemistry. The lab deals with the quantum dynamics of molecules and materials and their nonlinear optical response when exposed to light. It also works on developing density functional theory, which calculates electronic states, and on the theory of quantum spectroscopic measurements.
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