RIKEN Baton Zone Program Nakamura Laboratory
Head of Nakamura Laboratory: Shinichiro Nakamura (Ph.D.)
Research Summary
Problems with industrial reality are the subjects of collaborations. Methods mainly consist of computational approaches, such as quantum chemistry, molecular dynamics, band calculations, signal processing, and statistic tools including Bayes statistics as well as some brain science tools.
The mechanism of OEC by Mn cluster is the biggest ever solved problem in natural photosynthesis. The goal of our research is to develop the materials and concepts for energy, health, and environment, learning from natural systems. The focus is on the natural mechanism of OEC in PSII.
Main Research Fields
- Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Related Research Fields
- Complex Systems
- Mathematical & Physical Sciences
- Chemistry
- Engineering
- Biology
- Agricultural Sciences
Keywords
- Quantum Chemistry
- Molecular Science for industrial problems
- Electrode and battery related materials
- Catalyst and Photonics
- Bayes Statistics, Stochastics
Selected Publications
- 1.
Ogata K, Hatakeyama M, Sakamoto Y, Nakamura S.:
"Investigation of a Pathway for Water Delivery in Photosystem II Protein by Molecular Dynamics Simulation"
J. Phys. Chem. B, 123, 6444-6452. (2019) - 2.
Sakamoto Y, Noda Y, Ohno K, Koike K, Fujii K, Suzuki T M, Morikawa T, Nakamura S.:
"First Principles Calculation of Surface Dependent Electronic Structures: A Study on β-FeOOH and γ-FeOOH"
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 21, 18486-18494, (2019) - 3.
Kanie Y, Yamaguchi Y, Hayashi A, Uzawa J, Hatakeyama M, Hidaka Y, Toda N, Nakamura S, Kanie O.:
"Structural analysis of a novel lipooligosaccharide (LOS) from Rhodobacter azotoformans"
Carbohydr. Res., 473, 104-114. (2019) - 4.
Koike K, Goto T, Nakamura S, Wada S, Fujii K.:
"Investigation of carrier transfer mechanism of NiO-loaded n-type GaN photoanodic reaction for water oxidation by comparison between band model and optical measurements"
MRS Commun., 8, 480-486. (2018) - 5.
Sakamoto Y, Noda Y, Ohno K, Nakamura S.:
"Chemical Insights from Theoretical Electronic States in nickel Hydroxide and Monolayer Surface Model"
J. Phys. Chem. C, 121, 24603-24611. (2017) - 6.
Hatano E, Morimoto M, Imai T, Hyodo K, Fujimoto A, Nishimura R, Sekine A, Yasuda N, Yokojima S, Nakamura S, Uchida K.:
"Photosalient Phenomena that Mimic Impatiens Are Observed in Hollow Crystals of Diarylethene with a Perfluorocyclohexene Ring"
Ange. Chem. Int. Ed., 56, 12576-12580. (2017) - 7.
Nishimura R, Hyodo K, Sawaguchi H, Yamamoto Y, Nonomura Y, Mayama H, Yokojima S, Nakamura S, Uchida K.:
"Fractional Surfaces of Molecular Crystals Mimicking Lotus Leaf with Phototunable Double Roughness Structures"
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 10299-1030. (2016) - 8.
Noda Y, Ohno K, Nakamura S.:
"Momentum-depending band spin splitting in semiconducting MnO2: A density functional calculation"
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, 13294-13303. (2016) - 9.
Hatakeyama M, Ogata K, Fujii K, Yachandra V. K, Yano J, Nakamura S.:
"Structural Changes in the S3 State of the Oxygen Evolving Complex in Photosystem II"
Chem. Phys. Lett., 651, 243-250. (2016) - 10.
Ogata K, Yuki T, Hatakeyama M, Uchida W, Nakamura S.:
"All-Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Photo system ⅡEmbedded in Thylakoid Membrane"
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 15670-15673. (2013)
Lab Members
Principal investigator
- Shinichiro Nakamura
- Head of Nakamura Laboratory
Core members
- Katsuya Kanda
- Research Scientist
- Kenichi Koizumi
- Research Scientist
- Shigeru Uchiyama
- Research Associate
- Eiichiro Nishihara
- Research Associate
- Yuichi Sato
- Senior Visiting Scientist
- Kunio Tanabe
- Senior Visiting Scientist
- Kingo Uchida
- Visiting Scientist
- Kaoru Ohno
- Visiting Scientist
- Satoshi Yokojima
- Visiting Scientist
- Koji Ogata
- Visiting Scientist
- Makoto Hatakeyama
- Visiting Scientist
- Koji Maruyama
- Visiting Scientist
Contact Information
2-1 Hirosawa,
Wako, Saitama
351-0198, Japan