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Kambe Laboratory

About us

Our laboratory is dedicated to developing new methodologies for precision inorganic synthesis, grounded in inorganic chemistry and situated at the interdisciplinary boundaries of nanomaterials science and soft matter physics. By exerting advanced control over atomic arrangements and structural units, we aim to create unprecedented structures and properties that cannot be achieved through conventional materials design principles.
To date, we have discovered new classes of materials that redefine conventional views of matter, including superatoms, in which multiple atoms are highly integrated to behave as a single large atom, and inorganic liquid crystals that combine high thermal stability with ordered structures.
Our goal is to reexamine the fundamental principles underlying the constitution of matter through the power of synthetic chemistry and to create functional materials based on new conceptual frameworks. Through precision inorganic synthesis, we strive to deepen the foundations of materials science

News

  • 2026-04-01
    News
    Launching Kambe laboratory
  • 2026-01-01
    News
    Professor Tetsuya Kambe has joined Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba.
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  • 2026-04-01
    News
    Launching Kambe laboratory
  • 2026-01-01
    News
    Professor Tetsuya Kambe has joined Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba.
Archive

Publication

Visible-Light-Induced Comprehensive Carboxylation of Benzyl Halides with CO2 via Halogen Atom Transfer
Taito Watanabe, Tomoha Kagawa, Yutaka Saga, Tetsuya Kambe, Shigeyuki Masaoka
Organic Letters, Nov 28, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c04293

Pyrophosphate as a Phosphate Donor for the Design of Stable and pH-Responsive Calcium Nanoparticles for Biomacromolecule Encapsulation
Sachi Ibuki, Hiina Danno, Takeshi Shiono, Tomonori Waku, Jumpei Kawaguchi, Tetsuya Kambe, Shigeyuki Masaoka, Tomohiro Umeno, Makoto Oba, Hiroyasu Takemoto
Langmuir, Nov 18, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c05037

fac-Re(2,2′-bipyridine)(CO)3Cl Catalyzes Visible-Light-Driven Functionalization of an Organic Substrate with CO2
Phurinat Lorwongkamol, Taito Watanabe, Masaki Kitada, Yuta Uetake, Yutaka Saga, Tetsuya Kambe, Mio Kondo, Shigeyuki Masaoka
JACS Au, Sep 22, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.5c00665

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Join us!

To those interested in joining our laboratory

Launching in April 2026.
We welcome passionate students to help build our new laboratory together!
If you have questions about graduate school or wish to visit our lab, please feel free to contact us.