Laboratories and Professors

Professors Specialities Research Subjects

Takayuki Ikehara

Physical Properties of Polymers

Investigation of the nano- and macroscopic structures, physical properties, and dynamics in thin and grafted layers on solid surfaces and in multi-component polymeric systems.

Izumi Iwakura

Laser Chemistry, Real-Time Spectroscopy, Analysis of Reaction Mechanisms

Transition state spectroscopy and development of novel reaction as applications of coherent molecular vibrational reaction triggered by 5-fs laser pulse irradiation

Wataru Ueda

Catalytic Materials Chemistry

Creation of new complex metal oxides with high-dimensional crystal structure by applying new sythetic methodologies based on metal oxide units and their catalytic application to selective oxidation of light alkanes with molecular oxygen.

Masahiro Okada

Natural Products chemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry.

Bioactive natural products chemistry; discovery and identification, chemical synthesis, and biosynthesis and function.

Sentaro Okamoto

Synthetic Organometallic Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Drug Discovery, Organic Materials

Development of new synthetic mmethods by generating organometallic catalyst and reagents and their application to synthesis of biologivally active compounds and polymer chemistry

Atsushi Kameyama

Polymer Chemistry, Materials Chemistry

Development of new functional polymeric materials with photoresponsibility and low dielectric property, Design and characterization of self-assembly of polymeric materials and peptides

Fumitaka Kudo

Organic Chemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry, Biosynthetic Chemistry, Enzymology, and Synthetic Biology

Research aimed at creating valuable compounds by understanding and utilizing the biosynthetic mechanisms of biologically produced substances (such as antibiotics) at the level of enzymatic reactions, through approaches in organic chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, biosynthetic chemistry, enzymology, and synthetic biology. This includes the analysis of protein–protein interactions among biosynthetic enzymes and comprehensive functional analysis of microbial genomes.

Yoshihiro Koide

Inorganic Chemistry, Photochemistry, Electrochemistry

Synthesis and structural analysis of aluminum and other group 13 oxides. Design and synthesis of functional materials for the development of novel photo catalytic reactions. Development of novel nanocarbon based solar energy conversion systems.

Ren-Hua Jin

Polymer Chemistry, Nanomaterials, Hybrid Materials

Synhtesis of block, star, comb-polymers with amphiphilic, thermo-responsible, pH-responsible, chiral and catalytic feratures and their self-assembly towards polymeric micelles, vesicles, fibries, sheets; Syntheis and application of nanostructured silica, titiania and metals with chiral features; Chirality transfer systems from organics to inorganics and from inorganics to organics.

Norihide Nakada

Environmental Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Environmental forensics

Monitoring of micropollutants in the aquatic environment and evaluation of watersheds based on the monitoring data.

Shiro Hikichi

Coordination Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Catalytic Chemistry

Development of articicial enzymes based on coordination compounds and solid supports.

Futoshi Matsumoto

Electrochemistry, Material Chemistry, Surface Chemistry, Catalysis

Development of electrocatalysts for fuel cells and cathode materials for lithium ion battery.

Teruki Motohashi

Solid State Chemistry, Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Crystal Structural Chemistry

Tailoring functional ceramics for environmental and energy-related applications

Tsutomu Yokozawa

Synthetic Polymer Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Synthesis and reaction design of functional materials on organic chemistry