Achievements FY2020 A01

Hiroki Eimura, Anna Niwa, Junya Uchida, and *Takashi Kato, “Self-Assembly of Peptide-Containing Mesogens: Thermotropic Liquid-Crystalline Properties and Macroscopic Alignment of Amphiphilic Bioconjugates”, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 94, 1588-1593 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20210051
Published online: 27 Mar. 2021.
A01/A03 Collaboration.
*Junya Uchida, Masafumi Yoshio, and *Takashi Kato, “Self-Healing and Shape Memory Functions Exhibited by Supramolecular Liquid-Crystalline Networks Formed by Combination of Hydrogen Bonding Interactions and Coordination Bonding”, Chem. Sci., 12, 6091-6098 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC06676A
Published online: 22 Mar. 2021.
A01/A03 Collaboration.
Valentina Montagna, Junko Takahashi, Meng-Yu Tsai, Takayuki Ota, Nicolas Zivic, Seigou Kawaguchi, Takashi Kato, Masaru Tanaka, Haritz Sardon, and *Kazuki Fukushima, “Methoxy-Functionalized Glycerol-Based Aliphatic Polycarbonate: Organocatalytic Synthesis, Blood Compatibility, and Hydrolytic Property”, ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 7, 472-481 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c01460
Published online: 05 Jan. 2021.
A01/A03 Collaboration, International Joint Research Paper, Supplementary Cover.
*Masaki Hada, *Yuta Nishina, and *Takashi Kato, “Exploring Structures and Dynamics of Molecular Assemblies: Ultrafast Time-Resolved Electron Diffraction Measurements”, Acc. Chem. Res., 54, 731-743 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00576
Published online: 15 Dec. 2020.
A01/A01 Collaboration, Invited Paper, Cover.
*Takashi Kato, Monika Gupta, Daisuke Yamaguchi, Kian Ping Gan, and Masanari Nakayama, “Supramolecular Association and Nanostructure Formation of Liquid Crystals and Polymers for New Functional Materials”, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 94, 357-376 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI; 10.1246/bcsj.20200304
Published online: 23 Oct. 2020.
Award Article, Invited Paper, Inside Cover.
Ryusuke Watanabe, Takeshi Sakamoto, Kosuke Yamazoe, Jun Miyawaki, *Takashi Kato, and *Yoshihisa Harada, “Ion Selectivity of Water Molecules in Subnanoporous Liquid-Crystalline Water-Treatment Membranes: A Structural Study of Hydrogen Bonding”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 59, 23461-23465 (2020). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008148
Published online: 19 Oct. 2020.
A01/A02 Collaboration, Very Important Paper (VIP).
Press Release by Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, The University of Tokyo (English), Highlighted in Nihon Keizai Shimbun, EurekAlert!, Nature Reviews Chemistry Research Highlight.
*Go Watanabe, Hiroki Eimura, Nicholas L. Abbott, and *Takashi Kato, “Biomolecular Binding at Aqueous Interfaces of Langmuir Monolayers of Bioconjugated Amphiphilic Mesogenic Molecules: A Molecular Dynamics Study”, Langmuir, 36, 12281-12287 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02191
Published online: 24 Sep. 2020.
A01/A02 Collaboration, International Joint Research Paper, Front Cover.
*Toshihiro Okamoto, Masato Mitani, Craig P. Yu, Chikahiko Mitsui, Masakazu Yamagishi, Hiroyuki Ishii, Go Watanabe, Shohei Kumagai, Daisuke Hashizume, Shota Tanaka, Masafumi Yano, Tomokatsu Kushida, Hiroyasu Sato, Kunihisa Sugimoto, Takashi Kato, and Jun Takeya, “Alkyl-Substituted Selenium-Bridged V-Shaped Organic Semiconductors Exhibiting High Hole Mobility and Unusual Aggregation Behavior”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142, 14974-14984 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05522
Published online: 19 Aug. 2020.
A01/A02 Collaboration, Supplementary Cover.
Press Release by The University of Tokyo, Kitasato University, Highlighted in Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
Daisuke Yamaguchi, Yuka Ikemoto, and *Takashi Kato, “Thermally Tunable Selective Formation of Self-Assembled Fibers into Two Orthogonal Directions in Oriented Liquid-Crystalline Smectic Templates”, Chem. Commun., 56, 9954-9957 (2020). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01950J
Published online: 17 Jul. 2020.
A01/A02 Collaboration, Inside Back Cover.
Yuto Suzuki, *Takeshi Sakamoto, Masafumi Yoshio, and *Takashi Kato, “Development of Functional Nanoporous Membranes Based on Photocleavable Columnar Liquid Crystals - Selective Adsorption of Ionic Dyes”, Eur. Polym. J., 134, 109859-1/7 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2020.109859
Published online: 26 Jun. 2020.
A01/A01 Collaboration.
Atsushi Kuwabara, Mayu Enomoto, *Eiji Hosono, Kazuma Hamaguchi, Taira Onuma, Satoshi Kajiyama, and *Takashi Kato, “Nanostructured Liquid-Crystalline Li-Ion Conductors with High Oxidation Resistance: Molecular Design Strategy towards Safe and High-Voltage-Operation Li-Ion Batteries”, Chem. Sci., 11, 10631-10637 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01646B
Published online: 23 Jun. 2020.
A01/A03 Collaboration, Inside Front Cover.
*Kazuki Fukushima, *Gavin O. Jones, Hans W. Horn, Julia E. Rice, Takashi Kato, and *James L. Hedrick, “Formation of Bis-Benzimidazole and Bis-Benzoxazole through Organocatalytic Depolymerization of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) and Its Mechanism”, Polym. Chem., 11, 4904-4913 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00436G
Published online: 27 May 2020.
A01/A01 Collaboration, International Joint Research Paper, Invited Paper, Back Cover.
Masanari Nakayama, Satoshi Kajiyama, Akihito Kumamoto, Yuichi Ikuhara, and *Takashi Kato, “Bioinspired Selective Synthesis of Liquid-Crystalline Nanocomposites: Formation of Calcium Carbonate-Based Composite Nanodisks and Nanorods”, Nanoscale Adv., 2, 2326-2332 (2020). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00130A
Published online: 05 May 2020.
A01/A02/A03 Collaboration.
Daniel Kuo, Miaomiao Liu, K. R. Sunil Kumar, Kazuma Hamaguchi, Kian Ping Gan, *Takeshi Sakamoto, Takafumi Ogawa, Riki Kato, Nobuyoshi Miyamoto, Hiroki Nada, Masahiro Kimura, Masahiro Henmi, *Hiroyuki Katayama, and *Takashi Kato, “High Virus Removal by Self-Organized Nanostructured 2D Liquid-Crystalline Smectic Membranes for Water Treatment”, Small, 16, 20201721-1/5 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202001721
Published online: 04 May 2020.
A01/A01 Collaboration, Frontispiece.

A01-1 Co-Investigator, Rie Makiura

*牧浦理恵, “規則ナノ細孔を有する有機無機ポリマーナノシートの液相界面合成”, ポストグラフェン材料の創製と用途開発最前線, 第II編, 第2章, 第3節, エヌ・ティー・エス, pp. 167-182 (2020).
*Rie Makiura, “Liquid-Phase Interfacial Synthesis of Organic-Inorganic Polymer Nanosheets with Regulated Nanopores”, Forefront of Creation and Application Aevelopment of Post-Graphene Materials, Division II, Chapter 2, Section 3, NTS, pp. 167-182 (2020). (in Japanese)
Published: 1 Apr. 2020.
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A01-2 Principal Investigator, Hayato Tsuji

Takeru Inoue, Makoto Tsurui, Hiroshi Yamagishi, Yuma Nakazawa, Naoto Hamaguchi, Shoya Watanabe, Yuichi Kitagawa, Yasuchika Hasegawa, Yohei Yamamoto, and *Hayato Tsuji, “Long-Wavelength Visible to Near Infrared Photoluminescence from Carbon-Bridged Styrylstilbene and Thiadiazole Conjugates in Organic and Aqueous Media”, RSC Adv., 11, 6008-6013 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA10201F
Published online: 03 Feb. 2021.
A01/A01 Collaboration.
Samara Medina Rivero, Rui Shang, Hiroyoshi Hamada, Qifan Yan, Hayato Tsuji, *Eiichi Nakamura, and *Juan Casado, “Non-Aufbau Spiro-Conjugated Quinoidal & Aromatic Charged Radicals”, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 94, 989-996 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20200385
Published online: 22 Jan. 2021.
International Joint Research Paper.
Víctor Bonal, José M. Villalvilla, José A. Quintana, Pedro G. Boj, Naiti Lin, Shoya Watanabe, Karolis Kazlauskas, Ona Adomeniene, Saulius Jursenas, Hayato Tsuji, Eiichi Nakamura, and *María A. Díaz-García, “Blue and Deep-Blue-Emitting Organic Lasers with Top-Layer Distributed Feedback Resonators”, Adv. Opt. Mater., 8, 2001153-1/11 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202001153
Published online: 27 Oct. 2020.
International Joint Research Paper.
*辻勇人, 中村栄一, “剛直平面構造をもつ炭素架橋オリゴフェニレンビニレン（COPV）の合成，物性，応用”, 有機合成化学協会誌, 78, 782-791 (2020). (in Japanese)
DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.78.782
Published online: 06 Aug. 2020.
Kohei Iwai, *Hiroshi Yamagishi, Colin Herzberger, Yuji Sato, Hayato Tsuji, Ken Albrecht, Kimihisa Yamamoto, Fumio Sasaki, Hiroyasu Sato, Aswin Asaithambi, Axel Lorke, and *Yohei Yamamoto, “Single-Crystalline Optical Microcavities from Luminescent Dendrimers”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 59, 12674-12679 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202000712
Published online: 27 Apr. 2020.
International Joint Research Paper.

A01-2 Co-Investigator, Youhei Takeda

Kristoffer A. Thom, Tom Förster, *Oliver Weingart, Shimpei Goto, *Youhei Takeda, Satoshi Minakata, and *Peter Gilch, “The Photophysics of Dibenzo[a,j]phenazine”, ChemPhotoChem, 5, 335-347 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202000250
Published online: 08 Jan. 2021.
International Joint Research Paper, Front Cover.
Heather F. Higginbotham, Masato Okazaki, *Piotr de Silva, Satoshi Minakata, *Youhei Takeda, and *Przemyslaw Data, “Heavy-Atom-Free Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Enabled by Excited States Engineering”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13, 2899-2907 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c17295
Published online: 06 Jan. 2021.
International Joint Research Paper.
Press Release by Osaka University, Highlighted in Optronics, Phys.org, Bioengineer.org, SciFi Insight, Innovation News Network, Scienmag, Australian Online News, EurekAlert!, AlphaGalileo.
Yuta Ikari, Takahito Kaihara, Shimpei Goto, Marcel Bovenkerk, David C. Grenz, *Birgit Esser, Marli Ferreira, Patrycja Stachelek, *Przemyslaw Data, Takumu Yoshida, Tomoyuki Ikai, Norimitsu Tohnai, Satoshi Minakata, and *Youhei Takeda, “Peripherally Donor-Installed 7,8-Diaza[5]helicenes as A Platform for Helical Luminophores”, Synthesis, 53, 1584-1596 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1055/a-1343-5810
Published online: 28 Dec. 2020.
International Joint Research Paper, Feature Article, Front Cover.
Saika Izumi, Aleksandra Nyga, *Piotr de Silva, Norimitsu Tohnai, *Satoshi Minakata, *Przemyslaw Data, and *Youhei Takeda, “Revealing Topological Influence of Phenylenediamine Unit on Physicochemical Properties of Donor–Acceptor–Donor–Acceptor Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent Macrocycles”, Chem. Asian J., 15, 4098-4103 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1002/asia.202001173
Published online: 22 Oct. 2020.
International Joint Research Paper, Very Important Paper (VIP).
Aleksandra Nyga, Saika Izumi, Heather F. Higginbotham, Patrycja Stachelek, Sandra Pluczyk, *Piotr de Silva, *Satoshi Minakata, * Youhei Takeda, and *Przemyslaw Data, “Electrochemical and Spectroelectrochemical Comparative Study of Macrocyclic Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent Compounds: Molecular Charge Stability vs OLED EQE Roll-Off”, Asian J. Org. Chem., 9, 2153-2161 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202000475
Published online: 14 Oct. 2020.
International Joint Research Paper, Special Collection on Early Career Researchers.
Hiroshi Yamagishi, Sae Nakajima, Jooyoung Yoo, Masato Okazaki, *Youhei Takeda, Satoshi Minakata, *Ken Albrecht, Kimihisa Yamamoto, Irene Badía-Domínguez, Maria Moreno Oliva, M. Carmen Ruiz Delgado, Yuka Ikemoto, Hiroyasu Sato, Kenta Imoto, Kosuke Nakagawa, Hiroko Tokoro, Shin-ichi Ohkoshi, and *Yohei Yamamoto, “Sigmoidally Hydrochromic Molecular Porous Crystal with Rotatable Dendrons”, Commun. Chem., 3, 118-1/8 (2020). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1038/s42004-020-00364-3
Published online: 17 Aug. 2020.
A01/A02 Collaboration, International Joint Research Paper.
Press Release by Osaka University, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, University of Tsukuba, Kyusyu University, The University of Tokyo, Highlighted in Optronics, ScienceDaily, Phys.org, EurekAlert!.
*Youhei Takeda, *Przemyslaw Data, and Satoshi Minakata, “Alchemy of Donor–Acceptor–Donor Multi-Photofunctional Organic Materials: From Construction of Electron-Deficient Azaaromatics to Exploration of Functions”, Chem. Commun., 56, 8884-8894 (2020). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC03322G
Published online: 02 Jul. 2020.
International Joint Research Paper, Feature Article, Front Cover.

A01-2 Co-Investigator, Kazuki Fukushima

Valentina Montagna, Junko Takahashi, Meng-Yu Tsai, Takayuki Ota, Nicolas Zivic, Seigou Kawaguchi, Takashi Kato, Masaru Tanaka, Haritz Sardon, and *Kazuki Fukushima, “Methoxy-Functionalized Glycerol-Based Aliphatic Polycarbonate: Organocatalytic Synthesis, Blood Compatibility, and Hydrolytic Property”, ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 7, 472-481 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c01460
Published online: 5 Jan. 2021.
A01/A03 Collaboration, International Joint Research Paper, Supplementary Cover.
*Kazuki Fukushima, *Gavin O. Jones, Hans W. Horn, Julia E. Rice, Takashi Kato, and *James L. Hedrick, “Formation of Bis-benzimidazole and Bis-benzoxazole through Organocatalytic Depolymerization of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) and Its Mechanism”, Polym. Chem., 11, 4904-4913 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00436G
Published online: 27 May 2020.
A01/A01 Collaboration, International Joint Research Paper, Invited Paper, Back Cover.

FY2020
Publicly Offered Research A01

A01 Principal Investigator, Yasuchika Hasegawa

*Yasuchika Hasegawa, Natsumi Sato, Joe Hayashi, Yuichi Kitagawa, and Koji Fushimi, “Thermo-Sensitive Eu^III Coordination Polymers with Amorphous Networks”, ChemistrySelect, 6, 2812-2816 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1002/slct.202100531
Published online: 22 Mar. 2021.
Yuichi Kitagawa, Ayu Naito, Koji Fushimi and *Yasuchika Hasegawa, “Bright Sky-Blue Fluorescence with High Color Purity: Assembly of Luminescent Diphenyl-Anthracene Lutetium-Based Coordination Polymer”, RSC Adv., 11, 6604-6606 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA10795F
Published online: 10 Feb. 2021.
Takeru Inoue, Makoto Tsurui, Hiroshi Yamagishi, Yuma Nakazawa, Naoto Hamaguchi, Shoya Watanabe, Yuichi Kitagawa, Yasuchika Hasegawa, Yohei Yamamoto, and *Hayato Tsuji, “Long-Wavelength Visible to Near Infrared Photoluminescence from Carbon-Bridged Styrylstilbene and Thiadiazole Conjugates in Organic and Aqueous Media”, RSC Adv., 11, 6008-6013 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA10201F
Published online: 03 Feb. 2021.
A01/A01 Collaboration.
Pedro Paulo Ferreira da Rosa, Shiori Miyazaki, Haruna Sakamoto, Yuichi Kitagawa, Kiyoshi Miyata, Tomoko Akama, Masato Kobayashi, Koji Fushimi, Ken Onda, Tetsuya Taketsugu, and *Yasuchika Hasegawa , “Coordination Geometrical Effect on Ligand-to-Metal Charge Transfer-Dependent Energy Transfer Processes of Luminescent Eu(III) Complexes”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 125, 209-217 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c09337
Published online: 05 Jan. 2021.
Front Cover.
*Yuichi Kitagawa, Ayu Naito, Koji Fushimi, and *Yasuchika Hasegawa, “First Tribo-Excited Chemical Reaction of a Stacked Lanthanide Coordination Polymer with an In Situ Reaction Monitor”, Chem. Eur. J., 27, 2279-2283 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004485
Published online: 22 Oct. 2020.
Frontispiece.
*Yuichi Kitagawa, Satoshi Wada, M. D. Jahidul Islam, Kenichiro Saita, Masayuki Gon, Koji Fushimi, Kazuo Tanaka, Satoshi Maeda, and *Yasuchika Hasegawa, “Chiral Lanthanide Lumino-Glass for a Circularly Polarized Light Security Device”, Commun. Chem., 3, 119-1/5 (2020). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1038/s42004-020-00366-1
Published online: 25 Aug. 2020.
*Yasuchika Hasegawa, Katsumasa Koide, Makoto Tsurui, Yuichi Kitagawa, Takayuki Nakanishi, Yoshihiro Doi, Yukio Hinatsu, and Koji Fushimi, “Circularly Polarized Absorption and Luminescence of Semiconductor Eu-OCN Nanocrystals in the Blue Region of the Electromagnetic Spectrum”, ChemPhysChem, 21, 2019-2024 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202000468
Published online: 06 Aug. 2020.
Cover Feature.
Shiori Miyazaki, Kiyoshi Miyata, Haruna Sakamoto, Fumiya Suzue, Yuichi Kitagawa, Yasuchika Hasegawa, and *Ken Onda, “Dual Energy Transfer Pathways from an Antenna Ligand to Lanthanide Ion in Trivalent Europium Complexes with Phosphine-Oxide Bridges”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 124, 6601-6606 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c02224
Published online: 27 Jul. 2020.

A01 Principal Investigator, Masayuki Imai

A01 Principal Investigator, Takashi Nakamura

Takashi Nakamura, Rui Yun Feng, and *Tatsuya Nabeshima, “A Sandwich-Shaped Hexanuclear Silver Complex with a Giant Cavity Constructed from a Macrocycle with Inward Chelating Units”, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2021, 308-313 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202000882
Published online: 06 Nov. 2020.
Cover Feature.
Takashi Nakamura, Sota Yonemura, Shunya Akatsuka, and *Tatsuya Nabeshima, “Synthesis of Single Isomeric Complexes with Dissymmetric Structures Using Macrocyclic Homooligomers”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 60, 3080-3086 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011348
Published online: 26 Oct. 2020.

A01 Principal Investigator, Koji Harano

Ryosuke Sekine, Prince Ravat, Haruaki Yanagisawa, Chao Liu, Masahide Kikkawa, *Koji Harano, and *Eiichi Nakamura, “Nano- and Microspheres Containing Inorganic and Biological Nanoparticles: Self-Assembly and Electron Tomographic Analysis”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143, 2822-2828 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c11944
Published online: 03 Feb. 2021.
International Joint Research Paper.

A01 Principal Investigator, Tomoko Fujino

Ryohei Kameyama, *Tomoko Fujino, Shun Dekura, Mitsuaki Kawamura, Taisuke Ozaki, and *Hatsumi Mori, “The Simplest Model for Doped PEDOT: Single-Crystalline 3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) Dimer Radical Cation Salts”, Chem. Eur. J., 27, 6696-6700 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202100352
Published online: 03 Mar. 2021.
Hot Article.
Front Cover.
*森初果, *加藤浩之, 藤野智子, 上田顕, 吉信淳, “プロトンー電子カップル型分子性結晶および二分子膜における機能開拓”, セラミックス, 56, 88-91(2021). (in Japanese)
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Published: 01 Feb. 2021.
So Yokomori, *Shun Dekura, Tomoko Fujino, Mitsuaki Kawamura, Taisuke Ozaki, and *Hatsumi Mori, “Vapochromism Induced by Intermolecular Electron Transfer Coupled with Hydrogen-Bond Formation in Zinc Dithiolene Complex”, J. Mater. Chem. C., 8, 14939-14947 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC04280C
Published online: 14 Oct. 2020.
*藤野智子, “トリアゾール核酸の合成と機能: ~非分解性連結部をもつ糖保存型核酸~”, 日本核酸化学会誌, 4, 22-27 (2020). (in Japanese)
Published: 10 Oct. 2020.
*藤野智子, “半導体ポリマーに新しいドーパント: 電子豊富なホウ素化合物が導電性を向上させる謎”, 月刊化学, 75, 62-63 (2020). (in Japanese)
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Published: 18 Jun. 2020.

A01 Principal Investigator, Tsuyoshi Minami

*Tsuyoshi Minami, “Organic Transistor-Based Chemical Sensors with Self-Assembled Monolayers”, J. Incl. Phenom. Macrocycl. Chem., 101, 1-18 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1007/s10847-021-01050-0
Published online: 09 Mar. 2021.
SHGSC Japan Award of Excellence 2020.
Tsukuru Minamiki, *Tsuyoshi Minami, Yi-Pu Chen, Taisei Mano, Yasunori Takeda, Kenjiro Fukuda, and *Shizuo Tokito, “Flexible Organic Thin-Film Transistor Immunosensor Printed on a One-Micron-Thick Film”, Commun. Mater., 2, 8-1/8 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1038/s43246-020-00112-z
Published online: 08 Jan. 2021.
Nature Research Device & Materials Engineering Community.
Pierre Didier, Hans Blomenkamp, Riku Kubota, Yui Sasaki, and * Tsuyoshi Minami, “Extended Gate-Type Organic Field-Effect Transistors for the Detection of Potential Psychological Stress Markers”, Sens. Mater., 33, 211-222 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.18494/SAM.2021.3066
Published online: 09 Dec. 2020.
International Joint Research Paper.
Qi Zhou, Mengqiao Wang, Shunsuke Yagi, and *Tsuyoshi Minami, “Extended Gate-Type Organic Transistor Functionalized by Molecularly Imprinted Polymer for Taurine Detection”, Nanoscale, 13, 100-107 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR06920E
Published online: 02 Nov. 2020.
Nanoscale Emerging Investigators 2021, Inside Front Cover.
Pierre Didier and *Tsuyoshi Minami, “Non-Enzymatic Lactate Detection by an Extended-Gate Type Organic Field Effect Transistor”, Semicond. Sci. Technol., 35, 11LT02-1/4 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6641/abb288
Published online: 05 Oct. 2020.
International Joint Research Paper.
*Tsuyoshi Minami, “Design of Supramolecular Sensors and Their Applications to Optical Chips and Organic Devices”, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 94, 24-33 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20200233
Published online: 20 Aug. 2020.
Award Account, Inside Cover.
Yui Sasaki, Koichiro Asano, Tsukuru Minamiki, Zhoujie Zhang, Shin-ya Takizawa, Riku Kubota, and *Tsuyoshi Minami, “A Water-Gated Organic Thin‐Film Transistor for Glyphosate Detection: A Comparative Study with Fluorescence Sensing”, Chem. Eur. J., 26, 14525-14529 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202003529
Published online: 17 Aug. 2020.
Very Important Paper (VIP), Highlighted in Cover Profile, Front Cover.

A01 Principal Investigator, Takeshi Serizawa

Yuuki Hata, Shohei Yoneda, Shoki Tanaka, Toshiki Sawada, and *Takeshi Serizawa, “Structured Liquids with Interfacial Robust Assemblies of a Nonionic Crystalline Surfactant”, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 590, 487-494 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.01.064
Published online: 27 Jan. 2021.
*Takeshi Serizawa, Tohru Maeda, Saeko Yamaguchi, and Toshiki Sawada, “Aqueous Suspensions of Cellulose Oligomer Nanoribbons for Growth and Natural Filtration-Based Separation of Cancer Spheroids”, Langmuir, 36, 13890-13898 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02294
Published online: 02 Nov. 2020.
Supplementary Cover.
Yuuki Hata, Tomoya Kojima, Tohru Maeda, Toshiki Sawada, and *Takeshi Serizawa, “pH-Triggered Self-Assembly of Cellulose Oligomers with Gelatin into a Double-Network Hydrogel”, Macromol. Biosci., 20, 2000187-1/8 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1002/mabi.202000187
Published online: 23 Jul. 2020.
Back Cover.
Yuuki Hata, Toshiki Sawada, and *Takeshi Serizawa, “Confined Reduced Graphene Oxides as a Platform for DNA Sensing in Solutions Crowded with Biomolecules”, ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 3, 3210-3216 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00206
Published online: 14 Apr. 2020.
Supplementary Cover.

A01 Principal Investigator, Shin-ichiro Kawano

河野慎一郎, 田中健太郎, “巨大環状化合物をメソゲンとしたカラムナー液晶による流動性ナノ空間の構築”, 液晶, 25, 40-45(2021). (in Japanese)
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Published online: 25 Jan. 2021.
河野慎一郎, 田中健太郎, “液晶の中にナノ空間を創る”, 特集空間を操る, 高分子, 69, 390-391(2020). (in Japanese)
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Published online: 01 Aug. 2020.
Shin-ichiro Kawano, Kyohei Tomita, and *Kentaro Tanaka, “Structure and Dynamics of a Chiral Cubanoid Complex Composed of Lithium and Salphen”, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 512, 119894-1/5 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2020.119894
Published online: 15 Jul. 2020.

A01 Principal Investigator, Mitsuo Hara

*Go Watanabe, Hideyo Watanabe, Kota Suzuki, Hidetaka Yuge, Shintaro Yoshida, Takuyoshi Mandai, Shigetaka Yoneda, Hisako Sato, *Mitsuo Hara, and *Jun Yoshida, “Visualizing the Helical Stacking of Octahedral Metallomesogens with a Chiral Core”, Chem. Commun., 56, 12134-12137 (2020). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC05930G
Published online: 16 Sep. 2020.
A01/A02 Collaboration, ChemComm Emerging Investigator 2020, Inside Back Cover.
*Jun Yoshida, Kazunori Tateyama, Hidetaka Yuge, and *Mitsuo Hara, “Hexagonal Ordering of Racemic Ni(II) Complexes in the Interlayer Space of a Clay Mineral”, Chem. Commun., 56, 10670-10673 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC04977H
Published online: 06 Aug. 2020.
*Mitsuo Hara, Naoyuki Wakitani, Atsuki Kodama, Shusaku Nagano, and *Takahiro Seki, “Hierarchical Photocomposition of Heteronanostructures in a Surfactant-Polysiloxane Hybrid Film toward Next-Generation Nanolithography”, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2, 2284-2290 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.0c00253
Published online: 04 May 2020.
原光生, 関隆広, “湿度誘起相転移法を用いた有機無機複合リオトロピック液晶相の操作”, 液晶, 24, 106-111 (2020). (in Japanese)
Link
Published online: 25 Apr. 2020.

A01 Principal Investigator, Yoshifumi Hashikawa

Yoshifumi Hashikawa and *Yasujiro Murata, “Cation Recognition on a Fullerene-Based Macrocycle”, Chem. Sci., 11, 12428-12435 (2020). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC05280A
Published online: 22 Oct. 2020.
HOT Article, Inside Cover.

A01 Principal Investigator, Takaya Terashima

Takaya Ikami, Yoshihiko Kimura, Mikihito Takenaka, Makoto Ouchi, and *Takaya Terashima, “Design Guide of Amphiphilic Crystalline Random Copolymers for Sub-10 nm Microphase Separation”, Polym. Chem., 12, 501-510 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY01618G
Published online: 05 Jan. 2021.
Back Cover.
Sahori Imai, Yasuyuki Ommura, Yuki Watanabe, Hiroki Ogawa, Mikihito Takenaka, Makoto Ouchi, and *Takaya Terashima, “Amphiphilic Random and Random Block Terpolymers with PEG, Octadecyl, and Oleyl Pendants for Controlled Crystallization and Microphase Separation”, Polym. Chem., 12, 1439-1447 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY01505A
Published online: 08 Dec. 2020.
Invited Paper, Polymer Chemistry Pioneering Investigators 2021, Inside Front Cover.
Yoshihiko Kimura and *Takaya Terashima, “Morphology Transition of Amphiphilic Homopolymer Self-Assemblies in Water Triggered by Pendant Design and Chain Length”, Eur. Polym. J., 139, 110001-1/8 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2020.110001
Published online: 12 Sep. 2020.
*Takaya Terashima , “Controlled Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Random Copolymers into Folded Micelles and Nanostructure Materials”, J. Oreo Sci., 69, 529-538 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.5650/jos.ess20089
Published online: 14 May 2020.

A01 Principal Investigator, Hiroharu Ajiro

Jaeyeong Choi, Malcolm A. Kelland, Hiroya Furumai, Yumi Miyaji, Yukako Nakai, Masayuki Fukushima, and *Hiroharu Ajiro, “Preparation of Poly(N-vinyl caprolactam) with Various End Groups Using Chain Transfer Agents and Evaluation of Their Effects on Kinetic Hydrate Inhibition”, Polym. Bull., 79, 3513-3522 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-021-03644-7
Published online: 29 Mar. 2021.
International Joint Research Paper.
*網代広治, “ポリ乳酸ステレオコンプレックスの表面における相互作用と抗菌性付与“, 接着の技術誌, 40, 1-7 (2021). (in Japanese)
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Published online: 28 Feb. 2021.
Nalinthip Chanthaset and *Hiroharu Ajiro, “Synthetic Biodegradable Polymers with Chain End Modification: Polylactide, Poly(butylene succinate), and Poly(hydroxyalkanoate)”, Chem. Lett., 4, 767-777 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
DOI: 10.1246/cl.200859
Published online: 26 Dec. 2020.
Inside Cover.
Jaeyeong Choi and *Hiroharu Ajiro, “Preparation of Novel Branch Polymer by Lactide Polymerization Using Psudorotaxane as Initiator”, J. Network Polym. Jpn., 41, 226-236 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.11364/networkedpolymer.41.6_226
Published online: 10 Nov. 2020.

A01 Principal Investigator, Yuta Nishina

*Masaki Hada, *Yuta Nishina, and *Takashi Kato, “Exploring Structures and Dynamics of Molecular Assemblies: Ultrafast Time-Resolved Electron Diffraction Measurements”, Acc. Chem. Res., 54, 731-743 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00576
Published online: 15 Dec. 2020.
A01/A01 Collaboration, Invited Paper, Cover.

A01 Principal Investigator, Rie Wakabayashi

A01 Principal Investigator, Yoshiko Miura

*Yoshiko Miura, Yuki Kojima, Hirokazu Seto, and Yu Hoshino, “Bio-Inert Properties of TEG Modified Dendrimer Interface”, Anal. Sci., 3, 519-523 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.2116/analsci.20P388
Published online: 11 Dec. 2020.
Takahiro Oh, Yu Hoshino, and *Yoshiko Miura, “Aggregation of a Double Hydrophilic Block Glycopolymer: the Effect of Block Polymer Ratio”, J. Mater. Chem. B, 8, 10101-10107 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1039/D0TB02093A
Published online: 16 Oct. 2020.
Masaya Kichize, Masanori Nagao, Yu Hoshino, and *Yoshiko Miura, “Multi-Block and Sequence-Controlled Polymerization of Glycopolymers, and Interaction with Lectin”, Eur. Polym. J., 140, 110044-1/5 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2020.110044
Published online: 25 Sep. 2020.
Hikaru Matsumoto, Yu Hoshino, Tomohiro Iwai, *Masaya Sawamura, and *Yoshiko Miura, “Polystyrene-Cross-Linking Triphenylphosphine on a Porous Monolith: Enhanced Catalytic Activity for Aryl Chloride Cross-Coupling in Biphasic Flow”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 59, 15179-15187 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c02404
Published online: 31 Jul. 2020.
Hikaru Matsumoto, Yu Hoshino, Tomohiro Iwai, *Masaya Sawamura, and *Yoshiko Miura, “Polystyrene-Supported PPh₃ in Monolithic Porous Material: Effect of Cross-Linking Degree on Coordination Mode and Catalytic Activity in Pd-Catalyzed C–C Cross-Coupling of Aryl Chlorides”, ChemCatChem, 12, 4034-4037 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202000651
Published online: 15 May 2020.

A01 Principal Investigator, Shinnosuke Horiuchi

*Shinnosuke Horiuchi, Sangjoon Moon, Akitaka Ito, Jacopo Tessarolo, Eri Sakuda, Yasuhiro Arikawa, Guido H. Clever, and *Keisuke Umakoshi, “Multinuclear Ag Clusters Sandwiched by Pt Complex Units: Fluxional Behavior and Chiral-at-Cluster Photoluminescence”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 60, 10654-10660 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202101460
Published online: 22 Feb. 2021.
International Joint Research Paper, Hot paper, Inside Back Cover.
Press Release by Nagasaki University.
Shinnosuke Horiuchi, Seiya Tanaka, Sangjoon Moon, Eri Sakuda, Akitaka Ito, Yasuhiro Arikawa, and *Keisuke Umakoshi, “A Heteropolynuclear Pt-Ag System Having Cycloplatinated Rollover Bipyridyl Units”, Inorg. Chem., 60, 1513-1522 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02843
Published online: 14 Jan. 2021.
*Shinnosuke Horiuchi and *Keisuke Umakoshi, “Emissive Supramolecular Systems Based on Reversible Bond Formation and Noncovalent Interactions”, Chem. Rec., 60, 1513-1522 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202000125
Published online: 25 Nov. 2020.
*Shinnosuke Horiuchi, Chiharu Matsuo, Eri Sakuda, Yasuhiro Arikawa, Guido H. Clever, and *Keisuke Umakoshi, “Anion-Mediated Encapsulation-Induced Emission Enhancement of an Ir^III Complex within a Resorcin[4]arene Hexameric Capsule”, Dalton Trans., 49, 8472-8477 (2020). Peer-reviewed.
DOI: 10.1039/D0DT01485K
Published online: 27 May 2020.
International Joint Research Paper, Front Cover.

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