| Laboratory of Cordination Chemistry | |
| Professor: Ken-ichi Sugiura | |
| Associate Professor: Masatoshi Ishida | |
| At the Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, we are conducting research on
"the creation of nano-sized metal coordination compounds with
multi-functions" and "the photoexcited states and dynamics of
supramolecules involving metal coordination compounds". A metal coordination compound is composed of metal
ions with a variety of electronic and spin states, and designed organic ligands. They are expected to show properties that
would be unobtainable by inorganic materials or organic materials alone and
also exhibit various functions. In
addition, since molecular systems featuring a plurality of metal coordination
compound units interacting in various distances and orientations can be
designed, it is possible to express functions that differ totally from those of
a single metal coordination compound and to mimic a bio-supramolecular system. Furthermore, we are elucidating the static
and dynamic characteristics of excited molecular systems including metal
coordination compounds by means of optical spectroscopy and time-resolved
electron paramagnetic resonance technique.
Via the combination of synthetic chemistry and photophysics, we
elucidate the new principle of natural science, with metal-coordination-compound
science at the core, and explore its concept. 1. Synthetic Studies on Structurally Well-Defined Nano-sized Molecules 2. Photophysics and Photochemistry of Metal Coordination Compounds and Related Molecules 3. Explorations for Single Molecular Devices Targeting Molecule-Based Electronics 4. Spin Chemistry and Physics of Coupled Systems with Dual Spin-Centers |
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