The characteristic of our laboratory is that there are many enrollees from other universities. So far, about 50 students have entered laboratories from various universities and completed graduate school. Also, in recent years, many foreign students have come on to study, and it is an environment where you can naturally acquire English in your daily life.

Approximately 25 years have passed since Professor Takayoshi Nakamura was assigned to Hokkaido University in 1994, and the number of rooms has increased and the facilities have been enhanced. There is ample space and an environment where you can conduct calm research. In addition, old equipment is updated to the latest equipment at the right time. As a result, measurements that took one day 10 years ago have been updated to one minute with the latest equipment!!! We have enough environment for cutting-edge research.

In order to gain overseas experience, we ask students to make a presentation at an international conference held overseas once while they are still in school.

First, decide on an experimental theme and start "synthesis" accordingly. In many cases, we start with organic synthesis and grow solid-phase aggregates (crystals, interface aggregates, liquid crystals, gels, etc.) of the synthesized molecules. While precisely investigating the structure of the completed molecular assembly using a dedicated device, we will measure the electrical and magnetic characteristics and investigate the relationship between the molecular assembly and functionality.

When the results are settled to some extent, apply for a conference presentation. While attending school, you will have the opportunity to make presentations at domestic and international conferences. Our laboratory regularly participates in domestic conferences such as the Spring Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (March), the Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Molecular Science (September), and Conference of Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (September). By the end of the master's program, you will be able to attend a couple of academic conferences, which will be a good experience for you to travel to society. We also participate in the The International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals (ICSM) and the International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC), and many students have participated in international conferences by the time they complete the master's program. It will be a good social study for students because they can come into contact with cultures different from Japan.