The YAMAMOTO Group
Metal-organic hybrid nanomaterials have a potential for synergistic functions like metallo-proteins, because they have huge diversity in their design and synthesis. A general strategy to provide this class of materials controlling the exact formula and structure is one of the most important keystone for the next-generation nanotechnology.
We currently focus on a new field “Precise Synthetic Chemistry of Inorganic Materials”. Construction of a novel concept in this field, and the application for environmental, biomimetic and energy science and engineering is our challenge.
Concept of the Precise Synthetic Chemistry of Inorganic Materials
Current Activity
The YAMAMOTO group, a member of Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, relaunched our research activity in March, 2010. Currently we are promoting national research projects granted by MEXT (Ministory of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan) and JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency) to improve the cutting-edge chemistry, nanotechnology and material science.
"Coordination Programming" Project supported by MEXT Japan
"Nanometal" Project supported by JST
Recent News
- Our paper reporting cooperative shape recognition by dendrimers was published in Nature Communications (2013.10.9)
- Our recent publication about host-guest chemistry involving fullerenes and dendrimers covered an issue of Chem. Commun. (2013.1.4)
- Our recent publication about electron transfer through a dendrimer architecture covered an issue of Chem. Commun. (2012.6.25)
- Our recent publication about self-assembly of metallo-dendrimers covered an issue of Chem. Eur. J. (2011.1.17)
- A paper reporting oxidative polymerization of phenols by copper catalysts have accepted as the cover picture of Chem. Eur. J. (2010.09.20)
- Prof. Yamamoto moved to Tokyo Institute of Technology from Keio university (2010.3.01)
- Our publication in Nature Chemistry was highlighted in C&En News, Chemistry World and some Japanese domestic newspapers (2009.7.27)
- Our paper reporting subnanometre platinum catalysts was published in Nature Chemistry (2009.7.24)

