New Aspects in Molecular Nanowires and Nanosheets
Host: Asst. Prof. Shingo Ito
Abstract
Coordination polymers are characterized by their unique functionality due to their coordination bonds and metal complex motifs, as well as good crystallinity. Because these structural properties differ from those of general organic polymers, they are used to construct three-dimensional molecular structures such as metal-organic frameworks. On the other hand, low-dimensional systems based on metal complexes, such as one-dimensional nanowires and two-dimensional nanosheets, are also known to have potential as nanomaterials, but have not yet been fully explored. Against this background, we have pursued the creation of low-dimensional systems of functional metal complexes, which is the topic of the present talk.
Biography
Ryota Sakamoto received his PhD degree from the University of Tokyo, Japan, in 2007. He served as an Assistant Professor at the Tokyo University of Science (2007–2009) and at the University of Tokyo (2010–2019), and later as an Associate Professor at Kyoto University (2019–2021). He is currently a Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University. His research interests focus on low-dimensional molecular materials and their applications.