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Takahiko Kojima, Professor
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The Inorganic Reaction Chemistry Lab studies redox reactions of metal complexes and porphyrins, using biological phenomena as a model. It focuses in particular on proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET), a reaction in which protons and electrons move between molecules. For porphyrins, the lab works on the formation of supramolecular assemblies and the development of their functions, based on saddle-shaped molecules with a curved structure. The lab's website presents it under the name "Kojima Lab."
Masayuki Nihei, Professor
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The Inorganic Synthetic Chemistry Lab makes full use of coordination, inorganic, and organic synthetic chemistry to create materials with new structures, molecular arrangements, and properties. Its main research covers the synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles using organic cage molecules, the properties of polynuclear complexes in which metal ions are linked by cyanide ions, and the development of caloric effect materials based on complex molecules. The lab's website highlights as an attraction that students can carry out, with their own hands from start to finish, the whole process of synthesizing a new compound and clarifying its structure and properties. The lab's website also presents it under the name "Nihei Lab."
Tetsuya Kambe, Professor
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The Kambe Lab, building on inorganic chemistry, is pioneering new methodologies for precision inorganic synthesis. By highly controlling the arrangement of atoms and the units of structure, the lab aims to create new structures and properties that earlier approaches to materials design could not reach. New classes of materials have been discovered so far, such as "superatoms," in which multiple atoms are assembled to behave like one large atom, and inorganic liquid crystals with heat-resistant, ordered structures. At the boundary with nanomaterials science and soft matter physics, the lab conducts research that deepens the foundations of materials science.
Aya Sakaguchi, Professor
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The Radiochemistry Lab uses radioisotopes to carry out a wide range of research, from superheavy element science to earth and environmental science. Using radionuclides in the environment as clues, the lab studies seawater circulation, dating, and paleoclimate reconstruction. The lab also conducts surveys of nuclear-contaminated areas around the world, including Kazakhstan, Chernobyl, Fukushima, and Hiroshima. Students in the College of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering at the University of Tsukuba can choose this lab when they advance to their fourth year.
Satoshi Nihonyanagi, Professor
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The Analytical Chemistry Lab develops new nonlinear spectroscopic methods to probe the microscopic structure and dynamics of interfaces. Using these methods, the lab aims to clarify at the molecular level how the functions and phenomena at the interfaces of various materials, such as electrodes, semiconductors, and functional polymers, arise. In the College of Chemistry's faculty list, the research is described as "interfacial molecular science explored with laser light." In the College of Chemistry, students can join this lab for their fourth-year graduation research.
Shigenori Nagatomo, Associate Professor
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The Biomolecular Chemistry Lab studies the physical and chemical processes that occur at the interfaces and inside of tiny particles and droplets, as well as the mechanism by which cooperativity arises in hemoglobin. In its microparticle research, the lab traps and manipulates a single microparticle under a microscope using laser light or a microcapillary, and examines it with electrochemical and spectroscopic measurements. For hemoglobin, the lab investigates how cooperativity arises as oxygen binds. The lab's website still shows the name "Nakatani Lab," but the lab started as the Nagatomo Lab in April 2026.
Takaaki Ishibashi, Professor
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The Spectroscopic Physical Chemistry (Ishibashi) Lab uses a variety of molecular spectroscopy methods to study the structure, orientation, and motion of molecules at interfaces and in solution. Using vibrational sum-frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy and total internal reflection Raman spectroscopy, the lab investigates the structure of molecules at interfaces and the interactions between them. Using time-resolved infrared spectroscopy and the transient grating method, the lab studies photochemical reactions in solution. The lab also works on constructing mesoscopic organized assemblies and studying their optical functions and photophysicochemical properties.
Shinichi Enami, Professor
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The Atmospheric Physical Chemistry Lab studies physicochemical processes that occur in atmospheric aerosols (tiny droplets), cloud droplets, and on biological surfaces. The lab investigates, at the molecular level, the mechanisms of chemical reactions at the boundary between gas and liquid (the air-liquid interface) and inside liquids. The effects of air pollutants such as PM2.5 and ozone on the surfaces of the lungs and skin are also studied. On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Enami Lab."
Kiyoshi Yagi, Professor
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The Yagi-Matsui Lab (Computational Information Chemistry) uses quantum chemical calculations, molecular dynamics simulations, and information science to study the structure, reaction mechanisms, and functions of molecules. The lab devises new theories and computational methods and develops its own programs. Focusing mainly on biomolecules and functional polymers, the lab works to understand molecular interactions, optical functions, and chemical reactions, and also takes on the design of new molecules. On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Yagi-Matsui Lab."
Yasuhisa Yamamura, Associate Professor
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The Condensed Matter Physical Chemistry Lab aims to understand the properties of condensed systems made up of many molecules, based on the individuality of the molecules. Its subjects are soft condensed systems collectively known as soft matter, such as liquids, surfactants dispersed in liquids, liquid crystals, and molecular crystals. The lab develops various spectroscopic methods, structural analysis by X-rays and other techniques, and thermodynamic measurements, and uses them to study structure and properties. Students in the College of Chemistry can join this lab in their fourth year and carry out their graduation research here.
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