The first author paper by PhD student Rajashekhar Mulimani has been accepted by Advanced Materials.

We are looking for a research assistant professor to work on the "Triplet Engineering of Advanced π-Molecules" project in the Academic Transformative Area Research (A).

The Academic Transformative Research (A) project, π Molecular Complexity [Representative: Professor Shigehiro Yamaguchi (Nagoya University)], has started. Hirata Laboratory is in charge of "Triplet Engineering of Advanced π Molecular Bodies" in the A02-3 planning group.

We are looking for a specially appointed assistant professor in our laboratory (starting after April 2025). Please send us an email for more details. 

The paper by Master's student Ueda was selected as a hot paper in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C and was featured on the cover. 

Hirata introduced his research at the invited talk at SICC12 held in Singapore. 

The first author paper by Master's student Ueda has been published in J. Mater. Chem. C. 

Hirata gave a presentation at PhotoIUPAC2024 held in Valencia, Spain. 

Hirata participated in the 3rd Molecular Bioreaction Emergence Symposium (the 3rd Fukushima Panel Event) of the JST FOREST Fusion Forum held at OIST (see the gallery for photos). The page for the meeting is here. 

Hayashi, a 3rd year doctoral student, and Dr. Hirata gave a presentation at SPIE Photonics Europe held in Strasbourg, France (see gallery for details) 

We will continue to push forward with Phase 2 research of JST's FOREST program.