Nanochemistry Lab. (Okayama Univ.)

NANOCHEMISTRY LAB.

Department of Chemistry, Okayama University

The aim of our research is to explore nanometrology by exploiting the novel functionality of inorganic nanomaterials.

We are currently investigating nanoscale properties of biological samples and electronic devices, through optical responses of nanodiamonds and metallic nanoparticles.

Our multidisciplinary research involves chemistry, physics, and biology.

Diversity is one of the key values of our department both in terms of science and research life.

私たちは機能性ナノ粒子を用いた新しいナノ計測技術を開拓することを目指して研究を行っています。特に、ダイヤモンドナノ粒子や金属ナノ粒子を用いて生物試料やデバイスの局所特性を計測/制御する研究に取り組んでいます。私たちの研究は、化学・物理・生物をまたぐ分野横断型研究であり、私たちは自主性・積極性・多様性を重視した研究活動を行っています。

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2026.04.08

We welcomed new B4 Students

Welcome Yuta and Flavio!

2026.04.03

Welcome Marco!

Marco is a PhD student from Prof. Tim Schröder‘s Integrated Quantum Photonics group at Humboldt University of Berlin and the Ferdinand-Braun-Institute and will do research for 3 months.

2026.03.24

Goodbye Masae!

Masae was the Technical Assistant during all this year. We appreciate her effort during all this year.

2026.03.26

Welcome Midhun!

Midhun is a PhD student from Dr. Tanmoy Basu’s research group at the Centre for Quantum Engineering, Research and Education (CQuERE), TCG CREST, Kolkata, India. He will be working for one year as part of the LOTUS Indo-Japan PhD Student Exchange Program.

2026.03.24

Congratulations Karaoke and Kamada!

Kamada is awarded master degree and Karaoke bachelor degree. They will continue working with us as PhD and Master course students respectively. Congratulations!

2026.03.24

Goodbye Alena!

Alena successfully finished her research stay. We are glad you enjoyed Japan!

She also wrote a report for the stay! (LINK)

2026.03.13

Good bye Keisuke!

Keisuke Oshimi finished his research in Humbolt University of Berlin and from now he will work as Assistant Professor at Institute of Science Tokyo, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Thank you so much for all the time in our group!

2026.02.03

Welcome Maarten!

Maarten is a PhD student from the Integrated Quantum Photonics group of Prof. Tim Schröder at Humboldt-University of Berlin. His research focuses on diamond color centers for quantum networks. During his three-month stay, he investigates the manipulation of their charge states within an electrochemical cell.

2025.12.16

Goodbye Kilian!

Kilian successfully finished his research stay. We are glad you enjoyed Japan!

He also wrote a report for the stay! (LINK)

2025.11.14

Prof. Aldo Mendieta

Prof. Aldo Mendieta from National Physical Laboratory visits us for collaboration. Thank you Aldo for visiting us!!

2025.10.30

Intercultural Circle

In this event all members shared about their hometowns. The goal was to know each other better and strengthen the connections beyond research,

2025.10.26

Welcome Kilian!

Kilian is a graduate student from Prof. Tanja Weil's group at Max Planck Institute at Uni Mainz and will do research for 2 months.

2025.10.06

Welcome Alena!

Alena is an exchange PhD student from University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU, Prof. Widera's group) and will do research here for 5 months.

2025.10.01

We welcomed new students.
Welcome Kristi and Areesha!

2025.9.25

Congratulations!! Sara was awarded a PhD!!

Her thesis is "Multimodal analysis of the Caenorhabditis elegans lipid molecular profile ". Her doctor's hat represents her work with nematodes and analyzing them using MALDI mass spectrometry imaging.She still stays with us as an assistant professor.

We look forward to your continued support.

2025.07.09

Sara's paper has been published in
Scientific Reports!
Method development for correlating lipid molecular information with anatomy in C. elegans
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-09577-9

We demonstrated a mass-spectrometry imaging of lipid molecules in C. elegans with 3D visualization! This is a collaboration with Profs. Kuhara, Ohta at Konan Univ. and Maastrich Univ. in Netherlands (Prof. Heeren,
Drs. Flinders, Vandenbosch).

2025.06.23

Keisuke working at
Humboldt University of Berlin!

Zumi visited our member, Keisuke who is working at Prof. Tim Schroder's group in the framework of JST Aspire project. It was great to see your activity in Tim's place. Enjoy your research!

2025.06.13

Prof. Markus Gregor (FH Muenster) and Prof. Stefan Heusler (Muenster U)

They demonstrated a nice diamond NV experimental kit and talked about the educational purpose in the context of International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025.

Thank you for visiting us!!