Details of the available projects

Life/Coordination-Complex Molecular Science

Project Title: Creation of novel photonic-electronic-magnetic functions based on molecules with open-shell electronic structures
Associate Professor: Tetsuro KUSAMOTO
https://www.ims.ac.jp/en/research/assoc/kusamoto.html

Details of the project:

1) Synthesis of open-shell molecules (stable radicals, metal complexes)
2) Investigation of their optical, magnetic, and conducting properties
3) Experimental and theoretical elucidation of their electronic structures

References:

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 12711; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 3731; Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 4759

Required skills:

Experience of synthesis of organic molecules or metal complexes