Chemistry across multiple length scales
We were pleased to host the visit of Mr. Simon Krause from Technical University of Dresden (the group of Prof. Stefan Kaskel) and to organize his lecture at iCeMS. Though Simon was travelling around Japan for his holidays, he was so kind to accept our offer to give a lecture on his recent discovery of…
Dr. Alexandra Legrand joined the group as a new postdoctoral researcher!! Alex is a synthetic, physical chemist working on MOFs projects previously with Prof. Takashi Uemura, Prof. Daniel Maspoch and Dr. David Farrusseng. Alex is going to develop new porous materials based on metal-organic polyhedra. Welcome Alex!! Mr. Li-Hao Liu joined us as a visiting…
Mr. Shuya Ikemura left the group after getting his master degree. Ikemura worked on the project of CO-releasing materials for gas biology applications and did a great effort to develop new amorphous materials. He moved to the chemistry industry in April. Thanks Ikemura for your wonderful work! We will shortly summarize the research in a…
Ms. Hinano Urabe joined the Furukawa group for a month as an internship to work on the project of supramolecular polymerization. Hinano is a talented and brave bachelor student in Kyoto University to spend her spring holiday time for the research experience. Hinano found a new polymerization process under external stimuli!! Great job, Hinano!! Meanwhile,…
We had a nice summer party together with Horike, Hirori, Kitagawa-Kajiwara groups + a legend chemist Prof. Koji Tanaka, for celebrating the successful job hunting of master students. We had a nice chat in HUB@Karasuma and then our favorite spot, Bungalow!! Congratulations, Ikemura, Ohara and Mine!! Good time to chill out over a cold beer.…
The review about sol-gel process of MOFs is now published in Chem. Mater. This review is a consequence of our international collaborations, particularly with the group of Prof. Paolo Falcaro (currently, TU Graz) and is written by 6 people from 6 different affiliations (5 different countries; Australia, France, Mexico, Japan, Austria). Our former group member,…
The paper about the CO-release framework for biology application is now published in Chemical Science!! This is a great collaborative papers among the former and current members, Mr. JiCheng "Tony" Zhang, Mr. Shuya Ikemura, Dr. Stéphane Diring and Dr. Arnau Carne!! We are happy to finally show new MOF materials for gas biology applications!! Congratulations!…
Dr. Arnau Carne who worked as JSPS postdoc in the MC2 group left the group back to Barcelona. Arnau initiated a brand new project of supramolecular coordination polymers and also contributed a lot to the gas biology project.We organized the farewell party at the Kyoto-style BBQ restaurant! Thanks Arnau for your great contributions to the group!…
Dr. Patrick Larpent, who worked in the MC2 for two and half years, left Kyoto and started his new career in a pharmaceutical industry in Switzerland. Patrick certainly initiated a new project here in the MC2 and contributed a lot to the works of other members. We wish his great success in a new position!!…
The paper about a new metal-organic polyhedra based on dirhodium paddlewheels is now published in Inorg. Chem.!! This is a work done by the former member, Ms. Nao Horike. Congratulations!!