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- 305-0044 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki JAPAN [Access]
Research
PublicationsNIMS affiliated publications since 2004.
Research papers
- Daiki UMEYAMA. Optoelectronic Properties of Expanded Halide Perovskite Analogs Enriched by Molecular Diversity. Journal of the Japan Society of Colour Material. 96 [4] (2023) 147-151 10.4011/shikizai.96.147
- Nattapol Ma, Daiki Umeyama, Hiroki Yamada, Soracha Kosasang. Bottom‐Up Assembly of Amorphous Metal–Organic Frameworks From Proton Conductive Metal–Organic Polyhedra. Small. 22 [36] (2026) e73752 10.1002/smll.73752 Open Access
- Daiki Umeyama, Soshi Iimura. Ligand-Directed Valence Band Engineering in Pb2+ Hybrid Crystals: Achieving Dispersive Bands and Shallow Valence Band Maximum. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146 [49] (2024) 33964-33972 10.1021/jacs.4c12804 Open Access
Presentations
- 梅山 大樹, 飯村 壮史. Pb(II)ハイブリッド結晶における配位子誘導型バンドエンジニアリング. 日本化学会 第106春季年会 (2026). 2026
- UMEYAMA, Daiki, IIMURA, Soshi. Ligand-Directed Band Engineering in Pb(II) Hybrid Crystals. CEMSupra 2026 (CEMS International Symposium on Supramolecular Chemistry and Functional Materials 2026). 2026
- UMEYAMA, Daiki. Molecular control of the stereochemical activity of Pb(II) lone pair for designing organic-inorganic valence band dispersions. 9th NIMS-UR-CNRS-SG Workshop. 2024 Invited
Society memberships
日本化学会, その他
Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials
Molecular-Ion-Based Electronic Structure Engineering of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials
Organic-inorganic hybrid materials, molecular ions, band structures, optoelectronics
Overview
Organic-inorganic hybrid materials, such as MOFs and halide perovskites, possess distinctive properties arising from molecular designability, including porosity, processability, and structural flexibility, and are attracting considerable attention as next-generation functional materials.
To fully exploit these characteristics in electronic and optoelectronic devices, precise control of their optoelectronic properties is essential, which in turn requires rational engineering of their electronic band structures. However, methodologies for such band-structure engineering remain underdeveloped. In particular, strategies for combining the localized electronic states characteristic of organic molecules with the dispersive bands characteristic of inorganic solids at the frontier energy levels remain largely unexplored.
To address this challenge, we use molecular ions not merely as structural components of crystals, but as “electronic-structure units” for actively engineering the frontier electronic structure of organic-inorganic hybrid materials.
Novelty and originality
● Combining localized molecular orbitals with dispersive inorganic bands at the frontier energy levels
● Using molecular ions as “electronic-structure units”
● Exploiting molecular-orbital energy, symmetry, and topology for band-structure engineering
● Creating new hybrid semiconductors that combine localized and dispersive electronic states
Details

By expanding the inorganic framework of lead-halide perovskites to accommodate electron-accepting organic molecules, we realized an electronic structure in which a conduction band composed of localized molecular orbitals coexists with a dispersive valence band derived from the lead-halide framework. This unusual band structure, distinct from that of conventional halide perovskites, enables electrons and holes to reside in the organic and inorganic components, respectively, while retaining fundamentally different electronic characteristics.

We have also demonstrated that the coordination environment of Pb(II) can be controlled through the design of molecular anions. By preserving the isotropic character of the Pb 6s orbital while selectively promoting its interaction with molecular orbitals, we achieved the coexistence of a wide band gap and a highly dispersive valence band. This study further revealed that not only the energy levels of molecular orbitals, but also their orbital symmetry and topology, are key design parameters governing the band structures of hybrid solids.
Summary
● Creating new electronic structures by combining localized molecular orbitals with dispersive inorganic bands
● Controlling band structures through molecular energy levels, orbital symmetry, and coordination geometry
● Establishing a new materials chemistry for the rational band-structure engineering of organic-inorganic hybrid materials

