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A03 Takehiko Wada

Takehiko Wada

Participating A03

Affiliation

Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University

Position

Professor

Contact

hiko@tohoku.ac.jp

HP

http://www.tagen.tohoku.ac.jp/labo/wada/index-e.html

Research Project

Creation of asymmetric coordination space utilizing biopolymer chiral reaction field and development to asymmetric photoreaction

Co-Investigator

Yasuyuki Araki (Associate Professor, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University)
Masaki Nishijima (Assistant Professor, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University)

Abstract

Small thiolate-protected gold clusters (Figure) have high potentials as functional nanomaterials since these clusters exhibit size-specific structures and functions which are absent in bulk. Among them, several gold clusters have optical isomers (Figure). In this study, we separate each optical isomer at high resolution using high performance liquid chromatography and elucidate their asymmetric catalytic activity. Through these studies, we intend to produce the gold clusters with asymmetric catalytic activity.

 

Research Areas

Coordination Chemistry, Organic Photochemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Functional Polymer Science, Nanomaterial Science

Keywords

Supramolecular, Asymmetric Reaction, Coordination Asymmetry, Photoreaction, Environmentally Friendly Reaction