Chemistry across multiple length scales
Incorporation of insoluble MOP into porous soft matter is now reported in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. This coordination solubilizer method is not only limited to the formation of porous soft matter but can be potentially applied to an older sister, crystalline metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)! The lead authors are Arnau and Gavin. This is a second…
The post-synthetic modification on Rh-based metal-organic polyhedra is now realized through coordination chemistry and organic chemistry. We are happy to see this paper out in J. Am. Chem. Soc.!! This is a true collaboration with our former postdoc, Dr. Arnau Carné-Sánchez, and Prof. Daniel Maspoch from ICN2, Barcelona!! Congratulations, Arnau!! "Postsynthetic Covalent and Coordination Functionalization…
Dr. Jeremy Dhainaut got a CNRS Chargé de Recherche position at Lille (Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS) - UMR 8181) and went back to France in January/2019. Jeremy initiated a new research project of 3D printer and we continue the collaboration on this project. Congratulations, Jeremy!! Mr. Philipp Royla finished his Erasmus+…
Gavin, Alex and Shuhei participated the biggest conference in our field, MOF2018, at Auckland!! It was an amazing conference, where a lot of new researches in the field were showcased and we were able to meet many nice researchers in the field. All of us presented our recent studies of MOP assemblies and got nice…
Most of the Furukawa group members participated "The 3rd Taiwan-Japan Workshop on Nanospace Materials" organized by Prof. Kevin Wu at National Taiwan University in October 27-29, 2018. We enjoyed nice science and discussion with researchers from Taiwan and Japan. And we were so happy to meet our former member, Li-Hao! He was very kind to…
We are happy to announce our new collaboration project with Dr. David Farrusseng (Lyon) and his team plus Dr. FX Coudert (Paris) and his team through the scheme of CNRS-LIA. Our LIA called "Small Molecule Lab (SMOLAB)" will start at the early next year!! This LIA is based on the iCeMS's porous materials (MOFs, porous…
We scientists are currently more expected to engage our researches with public. And like many others the Furukawa group started twitter and instagram to share our fun moments in daily life and at lab. Today we are happy to make a new section in the menu of our website, social media. Not only with…
The paper describing gate-opening gas uptake in metal-organic polyhedra and how it can be switched off is now published in Chem. Sci. This would be one of a very few examples of gate-opening effect in the assemblies of molecular cages. We demonstrated it by taking an advantage of MOPs' solution processability!! The lead authors are…
Dr. Jeremy Dhainaut from University of Lille, France, joined the Furukawa group as a JSPS postdoctoral research fellow. Jeremy has a strong background of materials engineering and will contribute to the engineering aspect of our porous materials. Welcome Jeremy!!
We are happy to welcome a new member from Brazil, Mr. Thiago Chuba!! Thiago is a MEXT scholarship student who is trying to enter the Graduate School in Kyoto University. Thiago has a research background of mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering, which would drive our chemistry to more fascinating applications. Welcome, Thiago!! ブラジルから新メンバー（Thiago Negrão Chuba）が加わりました。Thiagoはサンパウロ大学出身の文部科学省奨学生で、京大の大学院へ秋からの入学を目指しています。一足先に技術員として参加してもらうことになりました。Thiagoは工学系出身で、またMBAも持っている多彩なバックグランドを持つ留学生です。古川グループでは、そこに化学のエッセンスを足すことで、個性的な研究者になってもらいたいと思っています。特に、我々の基礎科学を新しい応用につなげていく課題を担当します。どんな応用研究ができるのか楽しみです！