Takeharu Nagai *        
Kohei Imura Izumi Iwakura Kaoru Ohta Gen Sazaki Yuki Sudo
Shinsuke Takagi Hiromichi Niikura Satoshi Nishimura Tsuyoshi Fukaminato Yuichi Fujita

* 5Years

Active control of photochemical processes by manipulation of intermolecular distances

Shinsuke Takagi

Tokyo Metropolitan University
Graduate School of Urban Environmental Science
Associate Professor

URL : http://www.apchem.ues.tmu.ac.jp/labs/takagi/

Research Theme

Photochemical reactions are processes that strongly depend on time and distance. The aim of the present study is to control photochemical processes actively by manipulation of intermolecular istances on nano-layered materials such as clay minerals. Through the development of the previously proposed "Size-Matching Effect", which is a novel technique to control the molecular alignment on inorganic surfaces, the establishment of active control methods for photochemical processes will be examined.