KONAN UNIVERSITY

Developing new synthetic methods and elucidating properties and chemical structures of substances related to functional and biological materials, as well as discovering their possibilities for energy transformation and chemical environmental cycles, are expected to play major roles as science and technology rapidly progress.

Curricular choices of the Department of Functional Molecules are designed so as to ensure that all students study chemistry from the standpoints of both science and engineering, leading them to understand the basic properties and reactions of substances on molecular levels and to learn how to practically use materials in applied fields according to qualities, reactions, structures, and designs.

Students can choose one of the three courses offered: fundamental molecular chemistry, functional molecules in life-science, and molecular designing in functional materials. Along the educational policy stated above, students are expected to deepen their knowledge in a specific chemical field in order to cultivate their own creative power, as well as to acquire both scientific and technological senses in natural science. Our graduates are working in various manufacturing industries putting their learning to practical uses.

Finally, the graduate school curriculum places emphasis on cultivating a higher ability of thinking and resolving issues through executing research on selective themes.

Faculty member

Name	Title	Field of Research	Subject of Research
YAMADA, Takashi	Professor	Organic Chemistry	Studies on synthesis, stereochemistry and functions of unusual amino acids and their peptides.
SASAKI, Muneo	Professor	Physical Chemistry	Kinetic studies on effects of microscopic reaction field upon the reactivity of reactions in solution.
TAMAKI, Katsuyuki	Professor	Polymer Chemistry	Synthesis and Physicochemical Properties of Watersoluble Polymers.
SHIGEMATSU, Toshihiko	Professor	Inorganic Solid State Chemistry, Inorganic Materials Chemistry	Structure and some properties of mechanically alloyed Mg based alloy. Phase stability of oxide ceramics. Materials for all solid state Li secondary batteries.
MIYAZAWA, Toshifumi	Professor	Organic Chemistry	Utilization of enzymes as catalysts in preparative organic chemistry. Synthesis of chiral compounds.
SUGIMOTO, Naoki	Professor	Biomolecular Chemistry, Nanobiotechnology	Biophysical Chemistry of Nucleic Acids and Proteins (Peptides); Genome, Ribozyme, Telomere, PNA, Combinatorial Chemistry, Functional Devices etc.
SAKAI, Hiroshi	Professor	Coordination Chemistry	Mossbauer spectroscopic study of organo-metallic and coordination compounds.
NAWAFUNE, Hidemi	Professor	Inorganic Materials Chemistry	Fabrication and charactorrization of electronic devices by electrochemical process.
MACHIDA, Nobuya	Professor	Inorganic Solid State Chemistry, Inorganic Materials Science	Synthesis and Characterization of Ion Conducting Materials and Their Applications for All-Solid-State Batteries.
IKEDA, Yoshiyuki	Professor	Polymer Materials	Synthesis and physicochemical properties of functional polymers. Development of organic-inorganic hybrid new materials. Wall slip in the capillary flow of molten polymers.
CHAYAMA, Kenji	Professor	1) Analytical Chemistry 2)Environmental Chemistry	1)Synthesis of polythioether derivatives and their use for the metal separation and new analytical systems. 2)Development of the analytical methods for the measurement of hazardous chemicals in environmental samples.
YAMAMOTO,Masahiro	Professor	Physical Chemistry	Physical chemistry of surface and interface, molecular simulation and first-principles calculation.
KAWAKAMI, Junji	Associate Professor	Molecular Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences	Development and analysis of new functional bio-molecules (DNA, RNA, peptide) and/or artificial binding models.
MURASHIMA, Takashi	Associate Professor	Organic Chemistry	Design and preparation of organic compounds which interact to biomolecules.
FUJII, Satoshi	Associate Professor	Bioinoraganic Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry	Synthesis, characterization, and functional studies of transition metal complexes related to biological systems.
MATSUI, Jun	Associate Professor	Bioorganic Chemistry, Biofunctional Polymers	Synthesis of functional polymers and their application to separation, catalysis and sensing of biologically active compounds.
AKAMATSU, Kensuke	Associate Professor	Materials Chemistry	Synthesis and functionalization of quantum dot assemblies and its application for electronics devices and biosensors.
WATANABE, Junji	Associate Professor	Design of Biomaterials	Regulation of surface and bulk properties based on spontaneously molecular motion and environmental responsibility.
DANJO, Hiroshi	Associate Professor	Synthetic Organic Chemistry	Development of supramolecular higher-order structures for functional nanomaterials.
IWATSUKI, Satoshi	Lecturer	Analytical Chemistry and Coordination Chemistry	Reaction analyses for the inorganic and analytical systems. Fundamental researches for chemical sensing and separation.
NAITO,Muneyuki	Lecturer	Material Science	Transmission electron microscopy study on amorphous materials.
MURAKAMI,Ryo	Lecturer	Physical Chemistry of Colloids and Interfaces	Adsorption of colloidal particles and surfactants at interfaces. Wetting of liquids on substrates. Stabilization of fluid dispersed systems such as emulsions and foams using colloidal particles and the utilization for preparation of novel materials.