yanai@chem.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp | |
TEL | +81-3-5841-8061 |
Room | 1401, Chemistry Main Bldg. 4th floor |
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Research Field
Functional chemistry, coordination chemistry, photochemistry, spin chemistry
Research Subject
Photon upconversion, nuclear hyperpolarization, quantum sensing
Current Research
We are interested in creating new functional chemistry of photo-excited state. We are particularly interested in triplet-triplet annihilation-based photon upconversion (TTA-UC) for many applications ranging from renewable energy production to photodynamic therapy and optogenetics. We are also actively working on dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) towards the room-temperature hyperpolarization of biomolecules for advanced NMR/MRI technologies. We are further developing our research into quantum sensing using molecular qubits, which is where we believe chemistry can play an important role in the ongoing second quantum revolution.
Keywords
Metal-organic frameworks, dye materials, photoenergy conversion, optogenetics, magnetic resonance, MRI, qubits