Distinguished University Professor FUJITA Makoto’s Research Group Synthesizes Second-Generation Crystalline Sponge

A research team led by Distinguished Professor Makoto Fujita and Project Lecturer Hiroki Takezawa has synthesized a new crystalline sponge by immobilizing a cage molecule.

This breakthrough “second-generation CS method” significantly expands the range of analyzable compounds, now including water-soluble molecules and large amphiphilic compounds (MW > 1000). Moreover, by integrating crystallization techniques within glass capillaries, the required sample amount has been reduced to the microgram level, streamlining operations and enhancing reproducibility.

An article about this research has also been published in Japanese in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun.

For more information, please refer to the press release and the paper in Nature Chemistry.