Our main research projects include creating molecular strategies to shape superstructures for novel photonic and electronic applications. The project targets to prepare broken-symmetry structures from symmetric molecules. The asymmetric superstructures exhibit unique chiroptical properties, such as circularly polarized luminescence. The project also aims at elucidating electronic and photonic behaviors occurring in heteojunction structures. We investigate exciton transport and scission at organic/semiconductor interfaces. Aggregate emission behaviors of metal-containing organic molecules are also of our interest.

Our research expertise is synthetic materials science. High-standard spectroscopic and electrochemical techniques are used to understand the ground-state and excited-state behaviors of materials. We aim at creating and understanding the novel function of organic molecules and polymers containing transition metals.