Welcome
This is a new laboratory established in April 2024. We are mainly working on the fabrication of bulk, micro, and nanocrystals using organic semiconductor molecules called thiophene/phenylene co-oligomers (TPCOs) and their optical properties.
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Research
The main research topics are as follows.
1) Study of optically pumped lasing properties based on exciton-photon-molecular vibrational coupling using TPCO bulk crystals
2) Research on exciton polaritons in TPCO bulk/micro/nanocrystals
3) Research on the preparation and characterization of crystal polymorphs using TPCO molecules
4) Fabrication and characterization of TPCO nanocrystals using a novel fabrication method
5) Research on solution-processed organic light-emitting diode (OLED) devices using TPCO nanocrystals
Messages for Students
I provide educational and research guidance to students assigned to my laboratory through study seminars and experiments. I try to provide as much careful guidance as possible, but I also want students to be conscious of “thinking and acting on their own”. In conducting experiments and research, I hope to have a two-way interactive relationship with students, in which they not only follow the instructions of the fuculty member, but also propose their own opinions.
In order for students to acquire appropriate skills as students in the field of intelligent robotics, engineering, and physics, and to play an active role in society, I would like to contribute to the improvement and development of abilities for students through education and research activities on the theme of organic/inorganic semiconductors.
The following is a list to keep in mind and to acquire in conducting research activities.
✓ Think and act on your own.
⇒This is the same as above.
✓ To be able to answer the question “Why?
⇒This is not limited to research, but I would like students to think carefully about “why” what is written in the textbooks and the results obtained from experiments.
✓ Examine on your own, express yourself and speak up in your own words
The experience of expressing yourself after understanding the subject will lead to the improvement of comprehension. By explaining to others, areas of lack of understanding will become clear.
✓ Materials (organic and inorganic semiconductors) and their physical properties
⇒ The main target of my research is organic semiconductors. I would like to provide students with the knowledge necessary for conducting research in small-group study seminars. Learn the fundamentals of materials science through organic semiconductors, as well as applied research such as organic EL devices.