PEAK Staff Profile

Sayaka Uchida, BS, MS, PhD (The Univ. of Tokyo)
Professor – Environmental Sciences

csayaka[at]g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
http://park.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/suchida/

Profile

Prof. Uchida 2002.4-2003.3: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
2003.4-2009.9: Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
2013.10-2017.3: PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency
2009.10-2024.3: Associate Professor, Department of Basic Science, School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
2024.4-Present: Professor, Department of Basic Science, School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Research Interests

Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. In particular, synthesis of functional ionic crystals based on metal or metal-oxide clusters. We are exploring functions related to gas adsorption/ separation, ion adsorption/conduction, and catalysis.

Selected Publications

Structure-Function Relationships of Porous Ionic Crystals (PICs) Based on Polyoxometalate Anions and Oxo-Centered Trinuclear Metal Carboxylates as Counter Cations (Highlight Review), Y. Shimoyama, S. Uchida, Chem. Lett., 50, 21-30 (2021). DOI: 10.1246/cl.200603

Frontiers and Progress in Cation-Uptake and Exchange Chemistry of Polyoxometalate-Based Compounds, S. Uchida, Chem. Sci., 10, 7670–7679 (2019). DOI: 10.1039/C9SC02823D