Article of Assistant Professor Nahoko Kuroki and Professor Hirotoshi Mori of Faculty of Science and Engineering was selected as the most downloaded article in 2023 in Journal of Chemical Education !

Figure: The structure of developed material’s leading-edge and systematic module (Able to acquire developed molecular theory along with studying organic/inorganic/physical chemistries and from easy molecular system to complicated molecular modeling which is used in catalyst)

In all fields of chemistry, it has become essential to use quantum chemical calculations and machine learning for explaining and predicting chemical phenomena. However, it is challenging to apply textbook knowledge to practical research. The Chuo University’s research laboratory led by Assistant Professor Nahoko Kuroki and Professor Hirotoshi Mori of Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering has cooperated with Rikkyo University’s Professor Yuji Mochizuki of the College of Science, and developed teaching material based on computational chemistry to promote the integration of knowledge from all fields of chemistry, including organic, inorganic, and physical chemistry, to bridge the gap between classroom learning and chemistry research, and published on a website (Computational Chemistry Course) toward the world. This experimental material, which comprehensively covers weak intermolecular interactions and chemical reactions, is expected to help students conduct purposeful research activities after being assigned to a laboratory. The accomplishment was adopted by Journal of Chemical Education in January 2023 as Open Access (also adopted in Cover art), becoming the most frequently downloaded article in 2023 among the journal (downloaded 16,687 times among 206 countries including developing countries)