The aim of the Nanochemistry Lab's research is to explore nanometrology by exploiting the novel functionality of inorganic nanomaterials. They are currently investigating nanoscale properties of biological samples and electronic devices, through optical responses of nanodiamonds and metallic nanoparticles.
Their multidisciplinary research involves chemistry, physics, and biology. Diversity is one of the key values of the department both in terms of science and research life.
In his talk 'Nanodiamond quantum thermometers and their applications in biology' Masazumi Fujiwara will introduce fluorescent nanodiamonds, which are stable and nontoxic fluorescent probes that are suited to chemical and biological analysis. Recently, they have been intensively studied for quantum applications because their electron-spin-dependent fluorescence can provide a sensitive measurement tool for nanoscale information of magnetic field and temperature. In his talk, Masazumi Fujiwara will speak about his group's effort on the implementation of this technology to temperature measurements in biological analysis (Fujiwara et al., 2020, Oshimi et al., 2022) with some recent results on their novel nanodiamonds (Oshimi et al., arXiv). Furthermore, he will discuss potential applications of this technology.
