OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

04s-05
INTRODUCTION TO FRONTIER CHEMISTRY
- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN LIFE -

Takeshi NAOTA, Yoshito TOBE, Tatsuki KITAYAMA, Yoshihiro NAKATO, Michio MATSUMURA, Kazushi MASHIMA, Hiroshi MIYASAKA, Yasushi IMADA, Keiji HIROSE, Koichi UTE, Yasutaka KATAOKA, Kei MURAKOSHI et al. (Graduate School of Engineering Science)

Objective
Chemistry is the learning that handles nature and human life on the molecular level. Touching a way to understanding our circumstances on the molecular level may give students new opportunity and standpoint in thinking about our daily life, environment, energy and so on. This course is designed to introduce students the world of chemistry and the related technologies that are essential for sustainable prosperity and a solution of problems on a global scale. Recent topics in frontier chemistry will be described by the faculty members of the department of chemistry.

Textbook

Lecture Outline
Organic synthesis, a fundamental technology for environmentally benign society
Emerging supramolecular chemistry
Polymer chemistry in everyday life
Elements in life
Solar energy conversion and photocatalysts
Photochemistry of artificial and neutral systems

Grading
Participation in class 50%
Term paper to be submitted at the end of the course 50%