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Lecturer, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo *Profile is at the time of the award.
2024Inamori Research GrantsScience & Engineering
I deeply appreciate receiving the research funding at a time when I must start up a new laboratory. Based on the funding, I will quickly establish a research environment and promote this research proposal.
This study aimed to explore and establish a novel field in chemistry founded on cluster compounds. Guided by our original theory—the “Periodic Table for Clusters”—we rationally designed novel cluster materials composed of certain metal elements with high structural symmetry like tetrahedral symmetry. These clusters were subsequently synthesized employing the synthetic method that we recently developed, followed by comprehensive investigations of their physicochemical properties. The results demonstrated that the tetrahedral clusters exhibit remarkably distinctive catalytic activity, attributable to their unique surface structures.
Takamasa Tsukamoto (2024) Recent advances in atomic cluster synthesis: a perspective from chemical elements Nanoscale Vol.16, 10533-10550 doi: 10.1039/D3NR06522G
Tatsuya Moriai, Takamasa Tsukamoto et al. (2025) Carbon nanotube growth catalyzed by metal nanoparticles formed via the seed effect of metal clusters† Nanoscale Advances Vol.7, 346-353 doi: 10.1039/D4NA00740A
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