Symposium on
Molecular Chirality 2015

Chairman
Prof. Toru Asahi


top cover design for the symposium

Organized by
Molecular Chirality Research Organization


DATE
June 12, 13, 2015
PLACE
Waseda University
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Lectures


IL-01
"Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Planar-Chiral Transition-Metal Complexes and Their Application in Organic Transformations"
Masamichi Ogasawara
(Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University)

IL-02
"Free D-amino acids in skin as potent molecules having physiological activity"
Yosuke Tojoz1, Chieko Okamura1, Maiko Nakane1, Masashi Mita1 and Kenji Hamase2
(1Shiseido research center, 2 Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University)

IL-03
"Dynamic Molecular Systems Utilizing Chirality and Switch Functions of Rotaxanes"
Toshikazu Takata
(Tokyo Institute of Technology)

IL-04
"Chirality and Frustration in Liquid Crystals"
Hirotsugu Kikuchi, Yasushi Okumura, Hiroki Higuchi
(Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University)

IL-05
"Chirality in magnetoelectric materials"
T. Kimura,1 Y. Tanaka,2 Y. Hiraoka,1 T. Usui,1 H. Nakajima,1 H. Ueda,1 M. Taguchi,2 A Chainani,2 M. Oura,2 and Y. Wakabayashi1
(1Osaka University , 2RIKEN SPring-8 Center)

IL-06
"Spintronic applications of mono-axial chiral helimagnet"
Jun-ichiro Kishine
(Division of Natural and Environmental Sciences, The Open University of Japan)

IL-07
"Chirality in monolayer-protected metal nanoclusters: Synthesis, structure, and mechanism of chiroptical responses"
Hiroshi Yao
(Graduate School of Material Science, University of Hyogo)

IL-08
"Discrimination of Mobile Supramplecular Chirality"
Takeo Kawabata
(Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University)

IL-09
"Asymmetric Autocatalysis and the Origin of Homochirality"
Kenso Soai
(Tokyo University of Science)