University of HyogoDepartment of Material Science
Graduate School of Science
Functional Coordination 
Chemistry  Laboratory

Extending the Frontiers of Synthetic and Structural Chemistry of Functional Metal Complexes.

We are developing the frontier of functional metal complexes and their supramolecular ensemble based on synthetic and structural chemistry.

EQUIPMENT

I. Development of Bottom-Up Approach to a New Series of Functional Multi-Metallic Coordination Clusters in Solid, Liquid and their Interfaces

Keyword: Electro-Functional Chemistry

• [1] Bottom-Up approach to Functional Multi-Metallic Coordination Clusters and their Ensemble and Redox-Functional Chemistry
• [2] Development of metallo-supramolecular polymers and their expansion into chromic materials
• [3] Integration of multinuclear complexes on single crystalline surface electrode and functional expression at solid-liquid interface - Development of "surface cluster chemistry"
• [4] Development of Coordination Chemistry and Materials Science of Porphyrins and Porphycenes

II. Chemical Crystallography of Functional Maltimetal Complexes

Keyword: Photo-Functional Chemistry

• [5] Synchrotron Radiation Crystallography: Development of X-Ray Crystal Structure Analyses under Extreme and/or Transient Conditions, and Its Application for Multi-Metal Cluster Complexes
• [6] Synthesis, Photo-Physical Properties, and Chemical Crystallography of Photo-Luminescent Coinage Multi-Metal Complexes having Flexible Metal-Ligand Frameworks

III. Development of Functional Metal Complexes Using Intramolecular Charge-Transfer Properties

Keyword: Molecular Electrochemistry　

• [7] Perturbation Effects of External Charge on Intra-molecular Charge Distribution