WHAT WE DO
Original Molecules.
New Phenomena.
New Functions.
Organic molecules can exhibit functions that are unique to their structures and are used in a wide range of fields, including pharmaceuticals, fragrances, foods, cosmetics, electronic materials, and luminescent materials.
We design and synthesize our own original molecules and investigate the new phenomena and functions that emerge from them. By elucidating how molecular structure and arrangement govern function, we aim to create useful organic molecular materials, including luminescent, sensing, chiral, and porous materials.
Explore our research
LATEST NEWS
From the Lab
- 2026/10/15
- Our laboratory website has been redesigned.
- 2026/10/9
- Satoshi and Ryosuke attended the 4th Young Researchers’ Meeting of the “Materials Science of Meso-Hierarchy” project, and Satoshi presented his research.
- 2026/10/5
- Three third-year undergraduate students joined our laboratory (Aika, Daizen, and Daichi).
- 2026/9/17
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A paper from our group was accepted for publication in Crystal Growth & Design (Link).
- 2026/9/10-12
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Ryohei and Satoshi presented their research at the 36th Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry.
- 2026/9/8-10
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Hiroto and Ryo presented their research at the Annual Meeting on Photochemistry 2026.
- 2026/9/7
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Atsuya presented his research at the JPA50/APC30 Joint Symposium.
- 2026/9/4-8
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Suguru gave an invited lecture and Atsuya presented his research at the 14th Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Conference (APC2026).
- 2026/8/26-28
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Suguru gave a keynote lecture at the 7th International Symposium on Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE7).
- 2026/8/11-18
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Suguru presented his research at The 27th Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr2026).
- 2026/8/7
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Nayuta was selected for a 2026 research grant from the Yokohama Academic and Educational Promotion Foundation.
- 2026/8/3
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A review article by Suguru was accepted for publication in Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan (Link).
- 2026/8/3
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A commentary article by Suguru was published in the 2026 edition of Photochemistry Frontier Report (Link).
- 2026/7/15
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We hosted a seminar by Prof. Shigemitsu (NIMS).
- 2026/6/26
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Suguru was awarded a KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory).
- 2026/6/19-20
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Kaoru and Yuya presented their research at the 47th Young Researchers’ Meeting on Photochemistry.
- 2026/6/16
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Suguru was awarded an overseas travel grant from the Yokohama Kogyokai Foundation for the promotion of international academic exchange.
- 2026/6/16
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A paper coauthored by our group and Prof. Imai (Kindai University) was published in Advanced Optical Materials (Link). YOKOHAMA National University and Kindai University issued a joint press release.
- 2026/6/6-7
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Masashi, Satoshi, and Towa presented their research at the 23rd Symposium on Host–Guest and Supramolecular Chemistry. Suguru delivered the award lecture for the SHGSC Japan Award of Excellence 2026.
- 2026/5/15
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Our paper published in Chemistry – An Asian Journal was recognized as a top-viewed article (Link).
- 2026/5/9
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Suguru, Kaoru, Ryo, Towa, Yuya, and Yohei attended the 13th Keio Young Researchers’ Symposium on Organic Chemistry.
- 2026/4/30
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Suguru was selected as an Outstanding Peer Reviewer for Journal of Materials Chemistry C (Link).
- 2026/4/24
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Suguru was selected for the FY2025 JST FOREST program (Link).
- 2026/4/24-25
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Suguru attended the 1st International Symposium on Materials Science of Meso-Hierarchy.
- 2026/4/23
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Suguru presented his research at the 6th Area Meeting of the Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) “Materials Science of Meso-Hierarchy”.
- 2026/3/27
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A paper coauthored by our group and Prof. Tachikawa (Kobe University) was accepted for publication in Chemical Communications (Link).
- 2026/3/25
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Suguru was selected to receive the SHGSC Japan Award of Excellence 2026 (Link).
- 2026/3/17-20
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Ayami, Masashi, Hiroto, Ryohei, Satoshi, and Towa presented their research at the The 106th CSJ Annual Meeting.
- 2026/3/16
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Suguru was selected for a 2026 grant from the JKA Foundation.
- 2026/2/19
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Suguru was awarded a KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) (Publicly Offered Research).
- 2026/2/7
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A commentary article by Suguru was published in Functional Materials (Link).
- 2026/2/2
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A paper from our group was accepted for publication in Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan (Link).
- 2026/1/23
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Suguru gave an invited lecture at the 25-2 Supramolecular Chemistry Research Meeting.
- 2026/1/16
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Our research was featured on Pict-Lab, a website of 56 national university engineering schools in Japan.
- 2026/1/15-16
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Yongjin, Nayuta, and Hao presented their research at CEMSupra 2026.
- 2025/12/15-20
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Suguru presented his research at The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies 2025 (Pacifichem 2025).
- 2025/12/10
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A commentary article by Suguru was published in the Journal of the Society of Powder Technology, Japan (Link).
- 2025/12/5
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A paper coauthored by our group with Prof. Nakano (YOKOHAMA National University), Prof. Ito (Hokkaido University), Prof. Seki (Shizuoka University), Prof. Mutai (The University of Tokyo), Prof. Sagara (Institute of Science Tokyo), and Prof. Ooyama (Hiroshima University) was accepted for publication in Journal of Materials Chemistry C (Link). It was selected as a HOT Paper (Link) and featured on the journal cover (Link).
- 2025/12/2
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Suguru exhibited at Innovation Leaders Summit (ILS) 2025.
- 2025/11/27
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Naoya received the Excellent Poster Presentation Award at the 15th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2025.
- 2025/11/24
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A paper coauthored by our group and Prof. Tachikawa (Kobe University) was featured on the cover of CrystEngComm (Link).
- 2025/11/21-22
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Kota and Naoya presented their research at the 4th Soft Crystals Research Meeting. Naoya received a Student Presentation Award.
- 2025/11/14
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Atsuya presented his research at the 5th Young Researchers’ Online Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry.
- 2025/11/1-2
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Hao and Atsuya presented their research at the 33rd Organic Crystal Symposium.
- 2025/10/31
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Suguru, Hao, and Atsuya attended the 10th Organic Crystal Pre-Symposium.
- 2025/10/30
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A paper coauthored by Prof. Yamanoi (The University of Tokyo) and our group was accepted for publication in Dalton Transactions (Link).
- 2025/10/22-24
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Kota, Naoya, Ayami, and Haruto presented their research at the 15th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2025.
- 2025/10/21
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A paper coauthored by Prof. Hasegawa (Aoyama Gakuin University) and our group was accepted for publication in Chemistry – A European Journal (Link).
- 2025/10/20
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A paper coauthored by our group and Prof. Tachikawa (Kobe University) was accepted for publication in CrystEngComm (Link).
- 2025/10/6
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New third-year undergraduate students joined our laboratory.
- 2025/9/29
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Suguru received the FY2024 External Funding Acquisition Researcher Award (YNU Research Contribution Award).
- 2025/9/24-26
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Nayuta and Masashi presented their research at the 41st Seminar on Synthetic Organic Chemistry.
- 2025/9/19
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Suguru was included in the World’s Top 2% Scientists ranking (Link).
- 2025/9/19
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A commentary article by Suguru was published in Chemistry & Education (Link).
- 2025/9/9-11
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Kota and Satoshi presented their research at the 35th Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry.
- 2025/9/4-6
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Hao and Haruto presented their research at the Annual Meeting on Photochemistry 2025. Hao received the Excellent Student Presentation Award (Poster) and the Elsevier Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry Presentation Prize.
- 2025/8/25
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A paper coauthored by our group and Prof. Imai (Kindai University) was featured on the cover of Chemistry – A European Journal (Link).
- 2025/8/6
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Suguru received the FY2024 YOKOHAMA National University Best Teacher Award (Link).
- 2025/7/17
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Advances in Organic Crystal Chemistry, which includes a chapter authored by Suguru, was published (Link).
- 2025/6/23-24
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Suguru presented his research at the 10th Area Meeting of the JST PRESTO “Precise Arrangement” Research Area.
- 2025/6/18
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A paper coauthored by our group and Prof. Imai (Kindai University) was accepted for publication in Chemistry – A European Journal (Link).
- 2025/6/13-15
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Nayuta and Atsuya presented their research at the 46th Young Researchers’ Meeting on Photochemistry.
- 2025/6/7-8
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Kota and Hao presented their research at the 22nd Symposium on Host–Guest and Supramolecular Chemistry. Kota received the Poster Award (Chemical Communications Award).
- 2025/6/7
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Suguru gave an invited lecture at the 35th Banyu Fukuoka Symposium.
- 2025/5/25-30
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Suguru presented his research at The 19th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry 2025 (ISMSC2025).
- 2025/5/10
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Suguru gave an invited lecture at the 12th Keio Young Researchers’ Symposium on Organic Chemistry.
- 2025/5/7
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Suguru was selected as an Outstanding Peer Reviewer for Materials Chemistry Frontiers (Link).
- 2025/4/21
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We hosted a seminar by Prof. Fermi (University of Bologna).
- 2025/4/1
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A paper coauthored by our group and Prof. Nakano (University of Shizuoka) was accepted for publication in CrystEngComm (Link).
- 2025/4/1
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An article on organic crystals whose circularly polarized luminescence switches upon rubbing was featured in JST News.
- 2025/4/1
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One first-year master’s student and one visiting undergraduate research student from Kitasato University joined our laboratory (Hiroto and Towa).
PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
Join the Lab
Undergraduate students in the Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science at YNU are welcome to visit our laboratory at any time.
We also welcome prospective master’s and doctoral students from other universities to visit our laboratory.
Financial support opportunities for students planning to pursue a doctoral degree include the JST FOREST RA program, which can provide up to JPY 200,000 per month for up to five years, from the master’s through doctoral programs.
Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science
YOKOHAMA National University (YNU)
79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
Associate Professor
Suguru Ito
Phone: +81-45-339-3936
E-mail: suguru-ito@ynu.ac.jp
