Creation and Functions of New Molecules and Molecular Assemblies

Research Supervisor

Hideki Sakurai

Year Started : FY2000

Tsutomu Katsuki

Professor, Kyushu University

Construction of Multifunctional Catalysts for New-Generation Synthesis

Toshimi Shimizu

Center Chief, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Functional High-Axial-Ratio Nanostructure Assembly for Nano-Space Engineering

Koji Tanaka

Professor, National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Construction of Molecular Device for Chemical Energy Conversion

Yoshito Tobe

Professor, Osaka University

Creation of Giant Pi-Electronic Systems Composed by Carbon Atoms of Mixed Hybridization

Hachiro Nakanishi

Professor, Tohoku University

Preparation and Characterization of Organic Nanocrystals and their Hetero-Nanostructures

Year Started : FY1999

Isao Kuwajima

Professor, The Kitasato University

Total Synthesis of Natural Products of Highly Ordered Structure; Exploration and Creation of Anticancer-Active Sub

Keisuke Suzuki

Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Development of Efficient Synthetic Routes to Hybrid Natural Products of Biological Importance

Junzo Tanaka

Center Chief, National Institute for Materials Science

Self-Organization of Inorganic Nanocrystals and Polymers, and Creation of Materials Derived from Living Tissues

Shunichi Fukuzumi

Professor, Osaka University

Development of Efficient and Selective Catalytic Systems Composed of Organic and Inorganic Complexes in Photoinduced Electron

Ken-ichi Yoshikawa

Professor, Kyoto University

Self-Evolutional Nano-Structure in Polymer Systems: Exotic Functions with Unique High-Ordered Structure

Year Started : FY1998

Yoshiaki Kobuke

Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Total Construction of Energy Conversion and Signal Transduction Systems in Biology

Tamotsu Takahashi

Professor, Hokkaido University

Development of Next Generation Process of Transformation

Kazuo Tachibana

Professor, The University of Tokyo

Functional Control of Membrane-bound Proteins based on Assembly Formation

Kazunari Domen

Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Development of Inorganic Supramolecular Systems for Energy Conversion

Michiya Fujiki

Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Syntheses of the Cooperative Hyper Helical Polymers and Understanding of Structure-Property-Functionaly Relationship