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Michio Matsushita, Associate Professor
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The Matsushita Lab develops microscopes that observe biomolecules one molecule at a time, and studies the mechanisms of life from a physics perspective. The lab has developed its own correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) method, taking on the challenge of simultaneously observing the fine structures of membrane proteins and biological membranes. Its motto is to build everything it needs by itself, from hardware to software. The lab advances its research in collaboration with researchers who specialize in life sciences.
Yusuke Nishida, Professor
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Nishida Lab studies theoretical physics, with cold atoms as its main subject. The field of cold atoms traps atoms with lasers and cools them to extremely low temperatures on the order of nanokelvin, in order to study the quantum physics that emerges there. Taking advantage of the ability to freely tune the interaction strength and the spatial dimension, the lab aims to understand universal physical phenomena that appear across different fields. The lab's research also extends to condensed matter physics and to particle and nuclear physics.
Masashi Kitajima, Associate Professor
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The Kitajima Lab studies quantum phenomena that occur when photons or electrons collide with atoms and molecules. A chemical reaction is a process in which molecules collide, their bonds rearrange, and new molecules form. To understand this, the lab investigates the motions of atoms and molecules caused by collisions, as well as pairs of quantum-entangled atoms produced in chemical reactions.
Akihide Hibara, Professor
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The Hibara-Fukuhara Lab is an analytical chemistry lab made up of the Hibara Group and the Fukuhara Group. The Hibara Group explores analysis that uses extremely small structures and devices, as well as the principles of analysis based on physical chemistry and interfacial chemistry. The lab values original perspectives and develops its own instruments and methods. The Fukuhara Group works on analytical methods that use supramolecular mechanisms to amplify signals and measure target substances.
Yasuhiro Ohshima, Professor
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The Ohshima-Yamazaki Lab uses laser light to study how to capture and control molecular motion. Unlike molecular formulas written on paper, real molecules fly around in space, rotate, and vibrate. The lab aims to capture such molecular motion vividly and to control it at will. It also works to make the motions of electrons and atoms inside molecules visible, in order to explore the origin and driving forces of chemical reactions.
Tomoaki Nishino, Associate Professor
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The Nishino Lab studies the properties and functions of single molecules, each one sandwiched between metal electrodes. A single molecule held between electrodes can show a wide range of properties. For example, a molecule that normally does not conduct electricity can begin to carry current. Taking advantage of these properties, the lab is working on elucidating energy conversion mechanisms, single-molecule devices, highly sensitive biosensors, and methods for observing single molecules. The lab's ultimate goal is to create a new field of chemistry based on single molecules.
Atsushi Minami, Professor
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The Minami Lab studies natural organic compounds (natural products) with complex structures that living organisms make using enzymes. The lab aims to develop original strategies for using enzymes to make "uncharted natural products" that no one has been able to synthesize so far. Its keywords are "make," "investigate," and "design": making molecules with enzymes, investigating how enzymes work, and designing enzymes with new functions. The lab also actively pursues collaborative, interdisciplinary research with professors at other universities.
Hiroyuki Kawaguchi, Professor
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The Kawaguchi Lab designs and synthesizes metal complexes, in which ligands surround a metal ion, and studies the relationship between their structures and their properties and reactivity. Using newly made metal complexes as sites for reactions, the lab is pioneering new reactions of small, unreactive molecules such as nitrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide. Coordination chemistry draws on knowledge of both organic and inorganic chemistry, and takes on the challenge of bringing out properties and reactivity never seen before.
Shinji Toyota, Professor
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The Toyota Lab studies how to make new organic molecules with unusual structures and properties by combining aromatic rings such as benzene and anthracene. The structures and properties of the molecules it makes are clarified using spectroscopic and theoretical methods. Its targets include molecules with large internal spaces, such as ring- and cage-shaped molecules, as well as helical molecules and supramolecules, which are assemblies of molecules. With free-thinking ideas, the lab creates and studies interesting molecules and molecular assemblies that have not existed before.
Kondo Mio, Professor
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The Kondo Lab studies how to use the power of molecular "assembly" to create unprecedented metal complex catalyst materials. Many useful compounds that support daily life are made through catalytic chemistry. Its challenges are to greatly improve reaction efficiency, to create catalytic reactions based on new principles, and to understand reaction mechanisms in detail. Its targets are artificial photosynthesis reactions such as water oxidation and carbon dioxide reduction, and reactions that convert organic compounds into other substances.
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