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Keiichi Tomishige, Professor
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The lab studies solid catalysts that convert biomass, natural gas, and carbon dioxide into useful substances. A catalyst is a substance that lowers the activation energy of a chemical reaction so that the reaction proceeds faster. Much of the raw material for gasoline and PET bottles is currently made from petroleum, but petroleum will eventually run out. The lab actually prepares many catalysts, and uses the results of activity tests and structural analysis to design new ones.
Masaya Mitsuishi, Professor
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The Mitsuishi Lab studies how to control the structure of polymer materials at the nanometer scale by using surfaces and interfaces. Because this is a bottom-up approach that builds structures from small components, the lab can combine a wide variety of nanomaterials, both organic and inorganic. The lab's work covers polymer synthesis, nano-assembly, structural characterization by microscopy and light scattering, and measurement of electrical properties and spectra. After joining the lab, students first build a foundation through group reading and practice experiments, and then work on research themes that match their own interests.
Fabio Pichierri, Professor
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The Pichierri Lab applies computational quantum chemistry to the study of organic chemical reactions and the design of functional molecules. When two molecules react, chemical bonds break and new bonds form in the product. The lab analyzes this basic mechanism in detail using quantum mechanics. Studies of molecular structure and of weak interactions such as hydrogen bonds are also important aspects of this field. In molecular design, the lab works on molecular machines, multi-metal redox systems, and artificial receptors, and also makes 3D-printed molecular models to discuss computational results.
Hirotsugu Takizawa, Professor
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The Takizawa Lab studies the synthesis of inorganic materials using extreme environments as reaction fields. It makes materials under conditions not used in everyday experiments, such as high temperature and high pressure, microwaves, and ultrasound. Under such conditions, high-density phases that do not form at ambient pressure appear, and phenomena unique to thermally nonequilibrium states can be observed. The lab continues to produce new materials, including conductive materials, magnetic materials, ion conductors, and wide-bandgap semiconductors.
Keisuke Asai, Professor
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The Asai Lab controls electronic excited states generated by light and radiation, and develops optical materials that serve as radiation sensors. The materials it develops are intended for use in medical settings, such as nuclear medicine diagnostics and quantum beam therapy for cancer. They are also intended for use in security, nondestructive testing, environmental monitoring, and as detectors for synchrotron radiation science and particle physics experiments. The lab works with a wide range of material systems, including inorganic single crystals, ceramics, glasses, organic materials, and organic-inorganic hybrid materials.
Rie Makiura, Professor
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The Makiura Lab studies how to assemble molecules like building blocks to create new nanomaterials. Its research areas are nanomaterials (nanosheets and nanocrystals), coordination chemistry, and interfaces and surfaces. Prof. Makiura previously led an independent lab at Osaka Prefecture University (now Osaka Metropolitan University), where she worked on creating functions in nanomaterials, including MOFs. In November 2025, Prof. Makiura joined the Department of Applied Chemistry as a Professor, and in March 2026 Assistant Professor Kimura joined the lab.
Shuichi Oi, Professor
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The Oi Lab studies organic synthesis reactions that use homogeneous transition-metal complex catalysts. It develops reactions that activate small molecules such as carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and convert them into useful compounds. Aiming also at the precise synthesis of natural products and bioactive compounds, the lab creates new catalytic synthetic reactions that exploit the properties of metals. Even molecules that never react when simply mixed can be made to react through the action of organotransition-metal complexes.
Tomoyuki Akutagawa, Professor
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The Akutagawa Lab focuses on the design freedom of organic molecules and studies how to give molecular assemblies multiple functions. Using organic synthesis, coordination chemistry, and physical chemistry, the lab designs molecular materials from the viewpoints of electrical conductivity, magnetism, ferroelectricity, and ferroelasticity. The lab works on creating hybrid materials that remove the boundary between organic and inorganic materials. The lab also puts particular effort into creating functional nanofibers that conduct electricity or emit light.
Masaru Nakagawa, Professor
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The Nakagawa Lab studies the precise molecular-level design and control of interfaces between organic polymers and metals or inorganic substances. The lab creates new photofunctional materials and proposes light-based microfabrication methods, aiming to fabricate electronic and optical devices. Nanoimprint technology is the core of its microfabrication, allowing both fine pattern resolution and a large processable area to be achieved together over a wide range. The lab develops new materials and processes for photo-nanoimprint, which is attracting attention as a next-generation mass-production technology.
Hideki Kato, Professor
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The Kato Lab develops inorganic materials that drive chemical reactions, with the aim of contributing to carbon neutrality. Its main goal is to develop photocatalysts for artificial photosynthesis, which produces hydrogen from sunlight and water. The lab also develops solid catalysts that convert plant-derived biomass into useful chemicals. By investigating how solid-state properties such as crystal structure, crystal facets, and defects relate to function, the lab also works on synthesizing materials that have never existed before.
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