Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science
Hi, My name is Masahiro and I belong to Matsumoto Laboratory. My research uses AFM to elucidate the electrical conduction mechanisms of organic molecules. Currently, the construction of brain-like devices that mimic the brain at low cost using molecular network devices has been proposed. Nonlinearity is necessary to realize such molecular network devices, and elucidating the mechanism of charge transfer is very important to understand the nonlinear behavior. Therefore, I am studying the mechanism of electrical conduction through organic molecules using atomic force microscopy (AFM).
Organic molecules are well suited for network formation because they excel at building self-assembled structures. Therefore, organic molecules are excellent for creating molecular network devices. However, the mechanism of electrical conduction using organic molecules is currently not well understood. As a solution to this problem, our laboratory is developing time-resolved electrostatic force microscopy with nanoscale and nanosecond spatial temporal resolution of spatial and temporal changes. By using this technique, we aim to elucidate the charge transfer mechanism between molecules and ultimately apply it to neural network devices.