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Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan (MEXT)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas
Project Leader: Takashi Kato, Area Number: 6104, FY2019-FY2023
Aquatic Functional Materials:
Creation of New Materials Science for Environment-Friendly and Active Functions

Achievements FY2021 A01

Publications

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FY2021
Planned Research A01

A01-1 Principal Investigator, Takashi Kato

  1. *Kazuki Fukushima, Kodai Matsuzaki, Masashi Oji, Yuji Higuchi, Go Watanabe, Yuki Suzuki, Moriya Kikuchi, Nozomi Fujimura, Naofumi Shimokawa, Hiroaki Ito, Takashi Kato, *Seigou Kawaguchi, and *Masaru Tanaka, “Anisotropic, Degradable Polymer Assemblies Driven by a Rigid Hydrogen-Bonding Motif That Induce Shape-Specific Cell Responses”, Macromolecules55, 15-25 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01894
    Published online: 20 Dec. 2021.
    A01/A02/A03 Collaboration.
  2. *Yoshiki Ishii, Nobuyuki Matubayasi, Go Watanabe, *Takashi Kato, and *Hitoshi Washizu, “Molecular Insights on Confined Waters in the Nanochannel of Self-Assembled Ionic Liquid Crystal”, Sci. Adv.7, eabf0669-1/14 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf0669
    Published online: 28 Jul. 2021.
    A01/A02 CollaborationOnline Cover.
    Press Release by University of HyogoHyogo Prefectural Board of EducationOsaka UniversityKitasato UniversityFaculty of Engineering, The University of TokyoThe University of Tokyo (English), Highlighted in Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
  3. *Rie Makiura, Anna Niwa, Hiroki Eimura, *Junya Uchida, and *Takashi Kato, “Air/Water Interfacial Monolayer Assembly of Peptide-Conjugated Liquid-Crystalline Molecules”, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn.94, 2060-2067 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20210166
    Published online: 19 Jun. 2021.
    A01/A01 Collaboration.
  4. Kazuma Hamaguchi, Rino Ichikawa, Satoshi Kajiyama, Shotaro Torii, Yusuke Hayashi, Jiro Kumaki, Hiroyuki Katayama, and *Takashi Kato, “Gemini Thermotropic Smectic Liquid Crystals for Two-Dimensional Nanostructured Water-Treatment Membranes”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces13, 20598-20605 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c20524
    Published online: 09 Apr. 2021.
    A01/A02/A03 CollaborationSupplementary Cover.

A01-1 Co-Investigator, Rie Makiura

  1. Takashi Ohata, Akihiro Nomoto, Takeshi Watanabe, Ichiro Hirosawa, Tatsuyuki Makita, Jun Takeya, and *Rie Makiura, “Uniaxially Oriented Electrically Conductive Metal–Organic Framework Nanosheets Assembled at Air/Liquid Interfaces”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces13, 54570-54578 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c16180
    Published online: 27 Oct. 2021.
    Supplementary Cover.
    Press Release by Osaka Prefecture UniversityOsaka Prefecture University (English)The University of TokyoThe University of Tokyo (English)SPring-8/JASRISPring-8/JASRI (English), Highlighted in Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, MynaviNewsEurekAlert!AsiaResearchNewsAZONANOScienceDailyPhys.orgMirage.NewsNanowerk.
  2. Yoko Ito, *Yuya Sakai, Rie Makiura, Seunghyun Na, and Taro Toyota, “Direct Causality between Film Formation and Water-Retaining Effect of Surfactant-Based Film-Forming Curing Compound for Concrete”, J. Build. Eng., 43, 102930 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102930
    Published online: 29 Jun. 2021.
  3. *Rie Makiura, Anna Niwa, Hiroki Eimura, *Junya Uchida, and *Takashi Kato, “Air/Water Interfacial Monolayer Assembly of Peptide-Conjugated Liquid-Crystalline Molecules”, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn.94, 2060-2067 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20210166
    Published online: 19 Jun. 2021.
    A01/A01 Collaboration.

A01-2 Principal Investigator, Hayato Tsuji

  1. *Hayato Tsuji, Akihiro Shitomi, Naoto Hamaguchi, Yasunobu Egawa, Víctor Bonal, Pedro G. Boj, José M. Villalvilla, José A. Quintana, and *María A. Díaz-García, “Violet-Emitting Distributed-Feedback Laser Using a Naphtho[2,1-b:6,5-b']difuran Derivative”, J. Mater. Chem. C, 9, 17287-17290 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1TC04801E
    Published online: 23 Nov. 2021.
    International Joint Research Paper.
  2. *辻勇人, *中村栄一, “ラダー型π共役分子”, 高分子, 70, 493-495 (2021).
    *Hayato Tsuji and *Eiichi Nakamura, “Ladder-Shape π-Conjugated Molecules”, Kobunshi: High Polymers, Japan70, 493-495 (2021). (in Japanese)
    Link
    Published online: 01 Sep. 2021.

A01-2 Co-Investigator, Youhei Takeda

  1. Takumi Hosono, Nicolas Oliveira Decarli, Paola Zimmermann Crocomo, Tsuyoshi Goya, Leonardo Evaristo de Sousa, Norimitsu Tohnai, Satoshi Minakata, *Piotr de Silva, *Przemyslaw Data, and *Youhei Takeda, “The Regioisomeric Effect on the Excited-State Fate Leading to Room-Temperature Phosphorescence or Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence in a Dibenzophenazine-Cored Donor–Acceptor–Donor System”, J. Mater. Chem. C, 10, 4905-4913 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1TC05730H
    Published online: 07 Feb. 2022.
    International Joint Research Paper.
    Invited Paper.
  2. Tsuyoshi Goya, Paola Zimmermann Crocomo, Takumi Hosono, Satoshi Minakata, Leonardo Evaristo de Sousa, *Piotr de Silva, *Przemyslaw Data, and *Youhei Takeda, “A New Entry to Purely Organic Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters Based on Pyrido[2,3-b]pyrazine-Dihydrophenazasilines Donor-Acceptor Dyad”, Asian J. Org. Chem., 11, e202100780-1/7 (2022). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202100780
    Published online: 25 Jan. 2022.
    International Joint Research Paper.
  3. Shimpei Goto, Yuya Nitta, Nicolas Oliveira Decarli, Leonardo Evaristo de Sousa, Patrycja Stachelek, Norimitsu Tohnai, Satoshi Minakata, *Piotr de Silva, *Przemyslaw Data, and *Youhei Takeda, “Revealing Internal Heavy Chalocogen Atom Effect on the Photophysics of Dibenzo[a,j]phenazine-Cored Donor–Acceptor–Donor Triad”, J. Mater. Chem. C, 9, 13942-13953 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1TC02635F
    Published online: 24 Aug. 2021.
    International Joint Research Paper.
  4. Paola Zimmermann Crocomo, Takahito Kaihara, Soki Kawaguchi, Patrycja Stachelek, Satoshi Minakata, *Piotr de Silva, *Przemyslaw Data, and *Youhei Takeda, “The Impact of C2 Insertion into a Carbazole Donor on the Physicochemical Properties of Dibenzo[a,j]phenazine-Cored Donor–Acceptor–Donor Triads”, Chem. Eur. J., 27, 13390-13398 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101654
    Published online: 27 Jul. 2021.
    International Joint Research Paper.

A01-2 Co-Investigator, Kazuki Fukushima

  1. *Kazuki Fukushima, Kodai Matsuzaki, Masashi Oji, Yuji Higuchi, Go Watanabe, Yuki Suzuki, Moriya Kikuchi, Nozomi Fujimura, Naofumi Shimokawa, Hiroaki Ito, Takashi Kato, *Seigou Kawaguchi, and *Masaru Tanaka, “Anisotropic, Degradable Polymer Assemblies Driven by a Rigid Hydrogen-Bonding Motif That Induce Shape-Specific Cell Responses”, Macromolecules55, 15-25 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01894
    Published: 20 Dec. 2021.
    A01/A02/A03 Collaboration.
  2. *福島和樹, “生体親和性・生分解性ポリマーから抗血栓性材料を開発”, 工業材料, 69, 26-31 (2021).
    Kazuki Fukushima, “Depelopment of Antithrombotic Materials Based on Biocompatible and Biodegradable Polymers”, Engineering Materials69, 26-31 (2021). (in Japanese)
    Link
    Published: 01 Aug. 2021.
    Invited Paper.

FY2021
Publicly Offered Research A01

A01 Principal Investigator, Yasuchika Hasegawa

  1. *Yuichi Kitagawa, Ayu Naito, Kota Aikawa, Kaori Shima, Sunao Shoji, Koji Fushimi, and *Yasuchika Hasegawa, “Tribo-Excited Chemical Reaction Using an EuIII Complex with a Stacked Anthracene Framework”, Chem. Eur. J., e202104401 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.202104401
    Published online: 01 Feb. 2022.
    Cover Picture.
  2. *Yasuchika Hasegawa, Sunao Shoji, and Yuichi Kitagawa, “Luminescent Eu(III)-based Coordination Polymers for Photonic Materials”, Chem. Lett., 51, 185-196 (2022). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1246/cl.210650
    Published online: 12 Jan. 2022.
    Cover Picture.
  3. Yuichi Kitagawa, Makoto Tsurui, and *Yasuchika Hasegawa, “Bright Red Emission with High Color Purity from Eu(III) Complexes with π-Conjugated Polycyclic Aromatic Ligands and Their Sensing Applications”, RSC Adv., 12, 810-821 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/d1ra08233g
    Published online: 04 Jan 2022.
  4. *Yasuchika Hasegawa and Yuichi Kitagawa, “Luminescent Lanthanide Coordination Polymers with Transformative Energy Transfer Processes for Physical and Chemical Sensing Applications”, J. Photochem. Photobiol., C, 51,100485 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2022.100485
    Published online: 04 Jan. 2022.
  5. Yuichi Kitagawa, *Pedro Paulo Ferreira da Rosa, and *Yasuchika Hasegawa, “Charge-Transfer Excited States of π- and 4f-Orbitals for Development of Luminescent Eu(III) Complexes”, Dalton Trans., 50, 14978-14984 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/d1dt03019a
    Published online: 05 Oct 2021.
  6. Teng Zhang, Yuichi Kitagawa, Ryoma Moriake, Pedro Paulo Ferreira da Rosa, Md Juhidal Islam, Tomoki Yoneda, Yasuhide Inokuma, Koji Fushimi, and *Yasuchika Hasegawa, “Hybrid EuIII Coordination Luminophore Standing on Silica Nanoparticles for Enhanced Luminescence”, Chem. Eur. J.27, 14438-14443 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.202102156
    Published online: 18 Aug. 2021.
    Cover Picture.
  7. *Yuichi Kitagawa, Kenji Matsuda, Pedro Paulo Ferreira da Rosa, Koji Fushimi, and *Yasuchika Hasegawa, “Long-Lived Emission Beyond 1000 nm: Control of Excited-State Dynamics in a Dinuclear Tb(III)-Nd(III) Complex”, Chem. Comm.57, 8047-8050 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1CC03596G
    Published online: 22 Jul. 2021.
  8. Jeo Hayashi, Sunao Shoji, Yuichi Kitagawa, Koji Fushimi, and *Yasuchika Hasegawa, “Amido-Bridged Eu(III) Coordination Polymer for Luminescent Glass Material”, Mater. Lett.297, 130012-1/4 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2021.130012
    Published online: 06 May 2021.
  9. Md Jahidul Islam, *Yuichi Kitagawa, *Makoto Tsurui, and *Yasuchika Hasegawa, “Strong Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Mixed Lanthanide Coordination Polymers with Control of 4f Electronic Structures”, Dalton Trans.50, 5433-5436 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/d1dt00519g
    Published online: 15 Apr. 2021.

A01 Principal Investigator, Masayuki Imai

A01 Principal Investigator, Takashi Nakamura

  1. *Takashi Nakamura, “Development of Artificial Receptors Based on Assembly of Metal Complex Units and Desymmetrization of Molecular Components”, Chem. Lett., 50, 1822-1830 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1246/cl.210418
    Published online: 07 Oct. 2021.
    Award Highlight Review, Cover Picture.
  2. Takuma Morozumi, Ryota Matsuoka, Takashi Nakamura, and *Tatsuya Nabeshima, “Solvent-Dependent fac/mer-Isomerization and Self-Assembly of Triply Helical Complexes Bearing a Pivot Part”, Chem. Sci., 12, 7720-7726 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1SC01529J
    Published online: 17 Apr. 2021.
    Back Cover.

A01 Principal Investigator, Koji Harano

A01 Principal Investigator, Tomoko Fujino

A01 Principal Investigator, Tsuyoshi Minami

  1. Yui Sasaki, Xiaojun Lyu, Wei Tang, Hao Wu, and *Tsuyoshi Minami, “Polythiophene-Based Chemical Sensors: Toward On-Site Supramolecular Analytical Devices”, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 94, 2613-2622 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20210265
    Published online: 29 Sep. 2021.
    Invited Paper, Cover Picture.
  2. 水戸部里歩, 佐々木由比, *南豪,“有機トランジスタ型ユビキタス化学センサの実現に向けて”, エレクトロニクス実装学会誌, 24, 361-368 (2021).
    Riho Mitobe, Yui Sasaki, and *Tsuyoshi Minami, “Toward the Realization of Organic Transistor-based Ubiquitous Chemical Sensors”, J. Japan Inst. Electron. Packag., 24, 361-368 (2021). (in Japanese)
    DOI: 10.5104/jiep.24.361
    Published online: 01 Aug. 2021.
    Invited Paper.
  3. *Tsuyoshi Minami, Koichiro Asano, and Wei Tang, “Chemical Sensing Based on Water-Gated Polythiophene Thin-Film Transistors”, Polym. J., 53, 1315-1323 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41428-021-00537-4
    Published online: 29 Jul. 2021.
    Invited Paper.
  4. Koichiro Asano, Pierre Didier, Nicolas Lobato-Dauzier, Anthony Genot, Tsukuru Minamiki, Teruo Fujii, and *Tsuyoshi Minami, “Real-Time Detection of Glyphosate by a Water-Gated Organic Field-Effect Transistor with a Microfluidic Chamber”, Langmuir37, 7305-7311 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00511
    Published online: 10 Jun. 2021.
    International Joint Research Paper, Cover Picture.
  5. Koichiro Asano, Yui Sasaki, Qi Zhou, Riho Mitobe, Wei Tang, Xiaojun Lyu, Masao Kamiko, Hikaru Tanaka, Akari Yamagami, Kazutake Hagiya, and *Tsuyoshi Minami, “Detection of Polyamines by an Extended Gate-Type Organic Transistor Functionalized with a Carboxylate Attached 1,3,4-Thiadiazole Derivative”, J. Mater. Chem. C, 9, 11690-11697 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1TC01542G
    Published online: 19 May 2021.
    Invited Paper, Journal of Materials Chemistry C Emerging Investigators 2021HOT Paper, Cover Picture.

A01 Principal Investigator, Takeshi Serizawa

  1. *Yuuki Hata and *Takeshi Serizawa, “Robust Gels Composed of Self-Assembled Cello-Oligosaccharide Networks”, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn.94, 2279-2289 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20210234
    Published online: 28 Jul. 2021.
  2. Kai Sugiura, Toshiki Sawada, and *Takeshi Serizawa, “Enzyme-Catalyzed Propagation of Cello-Oligosaccharide Chains from Bifunctional Oligomeric Primers for the Preparation of Block Co-Oligomers and Their Crystalline Assemblies”, Polym. J.53, 1133-1143 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41428-021-00513-y
    Published online: 18 Jun. 2021.
    Highlight Paper.
  3. *Takeshi Serizawa, Shoki Tanaka, and Toshiki Sawada, “Control of Parallel Versus Antiparallel Molecular Arrangements in Crystalline Assemblies of Alkyl β-Cellulosides”, J. Colloid Interface Sci.601, 505-516 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.05.117
    Published online: 24 May 2021.
  4. Misaki Hanamura, Toshiki Sawada, and *Takeshi Serizawa, “In-Paper Self-Assembly of Cellulose Oligomers for the Preparation of All-Cellulose Functional Paper”, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.9, 5684-5692 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c00815
    Published online: 14 Apr. 2021.
    Supplementary Cover.
  5. *Yuuki Hata and *Takeshi Serizawa, “Self-Assembly of Cellulose for Creating Green Materials with Tailor-Made Nanostructures”, J. Mater. Chem. B9, 3944-3966 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1TB00339A
    Publsihed online: 09 Apr. 2021.

A01 Principal Investigator, Shin-ichiro Kawano

  1. Shin-ichiro Kawano, Kazutaka Narita, Yuka Ikemoto, Ako Sasaki, and *Kentaro Tanaka, “Mesogenic Discrete Metallofoldamer for Columnar Liquid Crystal”, Chem. Commun., 58, 3274-3277 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/D2CC00310D
    Published online: 12 Feb. 2022.
    Inside Front Cover.
    A01/A02 Collaboration.
  2. Shin-ichiro Kawano, Sae Kawada, Atsuya Matsubuchi, and *Kentaro Tanaka, “Metalloporphyrins Substituted with N-Carbazolyl Groups at meso Positions”, J. Porphyr. Phthalocyanines26, 140-146 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1142/S1088424621501170
    Published online: 19 Aug. 2021.
  3. 河野慎一郎, *田中健太郎, “固体NMRによるナノ空間をもつカラムナー液晶性大環状化合物の構造および動的挙動評価”, NMRによる有機材料分析とその試料前処理, データ解釈, 第7章, 技術情報協会出版, pp. 667-676 (2021).
    Shin-ichiro Kawano and *Kentaro Tanaka, “Structural Analysis and Dynamic Property of Liquid-crystalline Macrocycle with Nanospace Using Solid-State NMR”, Analysis of Organic Materials by NMR Spectroscopy, Sample Preparation, and Data Interpretation, Chapter 7, Gijyutu Jyoho Kyokai Shuppan, pp. 667-676 (2021). (in Japanese)
    Link
    Published online: 30 Sep. 2021.

A01 Principal Investigator, Mitsuo Hara

  1. *Mitsuo Hara, Ryota Oguri, Shingo Sarkar, Shusaku Nagano, and *Takahiro Seki, “Crystallization-Induced Uniform Nanodots Formation of Titanium Dioxide Films”, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 95, 216-220 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20210391
    Published online: 13 Jan. 2022.
  2. *原光生, 関隆広, “湿度誘起相転移法を利用した有機無機メソ組織材料の膜内構造変換”, セラミックス, 57, 62-65 (2022).
    *Mitsuo Hara and Takahiro Seki, “In-Film Structural Conversion of Organic-Inorganic Mesostructure Using Humidity-Induced Phase Transition Method”, Ceramics Japan, 57, 62-65 (2022). (in Japanese)
    Published online: 01 Feb. 2022.
  3. *原光生, “機能性ポリシロキサンの動向-イオン基導入による新展開”, 化学と工業, 74, 728-729 (2021).
    *Mitsuo Hara, “Trends in Functional Polysiloxanes - New Developments by Introducing Ionic Groups”, Chemistry and Chemical Industry, 74, 728-729 (2021). (in Japanese)
    Published online: 01 Oct. 2021.
  4. *Mitsuo Hara, Yuta Iijima, Shusaku Nagano, and *Takahiro Seki, “Simple Linear Ionic Polysiloxane Showing Unexpected Nanostructure and Mechanical Properties”, Sci. Rep.11, 17683-1/8 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97204-8
    Published online: 03 Sep. 2021.
    2021 Top 100 most downloaded articles in Chemistry& Materials Science.
    Press Release by Nagoya University, Highlighted in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun.

A01 Principal Investigator, Yoshifumi Hashikawa

  1. Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Hiroto Kawasaki, and *Yasujiro Murata, “π-Backbonding in Group 9 Metal Complexes Bearing an η2-(H2O@C60) Ligand”, Organometallics, 41(3), 179-360 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00706
    Published online: 28 Jan. 2022.
  2. Yoshifumi Hashikawa and *Yasujiro Murata, “Hydrogenation of Cage-Opened C60 Derivatives Mediated by Frustrated Lewis Pairs”, Org. Biomol. Chem., 20, 1000-1003 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/d1ob02316k
    Published online: 14 Jan. 2022.
  3. Sheng Zhang, Yoshifumi Hashikawa, and *Yasujiro Murata, “Cage-Opened C60 Isomers with Different Reactivities”, Asian J. Org. Chem., 11, e202100676 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202100676
    Published online: 10 Jan. 2022.
  4. Guanglin Huang, Shota Hasegawa, Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Yuki Ide, Takashi Hirose, and *Yasujiro Murata, “An H2O2 Molecule Stabilized inside Open-Cage C60 Derivatives by a Hydroxy Stopper”, Chem. - Eur. J., 28, e202103836-1/5 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103836
    Published online: 9 Dec. 2021.
    Very Important Paper.
  5. Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Shumpei Sadai, and *Yasujiro Murata, “Amino-Functionalized Cage-Opened C60 Derivatives”, Org. Lett., 23, 9586-9590 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03798
    Published online: 2 Dec. 2021.
    Cover Picture.
  6. *Shaoqing Du, Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Haruka Ito, Katsushi Hashimoto, Yasujiro Murata, Yoshiro Hirayama, and *Kazuhiko Hirakawa, “Inelastic Electron Transport and Ortho-Para Fluctuation of Water Molecule in H2O@C60 Single Molecule Transistors”, Nano Lett., 21, 10346-10353 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03604
    Published online: 2 Dec. 2021.
    Press Release by The University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Tohoku University, Highlighted in Phys.org, Nanowerk, Technology Networks, Tech+, AZO Materials, Nanotechnology Now, Chemeurope.com, EurekAlert!, OPTRONICS, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Tii Gijutu Joho, TechCrunch, Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
  7. Yoshifumi Hashikawa and *Yasujiro Murata, “Synthesis and Oligomerization of CpM(CO)2”, ACS Omega, 6, 34137-34141 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05739
    Published online: 24 Nov. 2021.
    Cover Picture.
  8. Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Shumpei Sadai, and *Yasujiro Murata, “Reductive Decarbonylation of a Cage-Opened C60 Derivative”, Org. Lett., 23, 9495-9499 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03694
    Published online: 22 Nov. 2021.
    Cover Picture.
  9. Yoshifumi Hashikawa and *Yasujiro Murata, “Water-Mediated Thermal Rearrangement of a Cage-Opened C60 Derivative”, ChemPlusChem, 86, 1559-1562 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202100421
    Published online: 11 Oct. 2021.
    Cover Picture.
  10. Sheng Zhang, Yoshifumi Hashikawa, and *Yasujiro Murata, “Cage-Expansion of Fullerenes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143, 12450-12454 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05778
    Published online: 29 Jul. 2021.
    Highlighted in Chem-Station.
  11. Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Kazuro Kizaki, and *Yasujiro Murata, “Pressure-Induced Annulative Orifice Closure of a Cage-Opened C60 Derivative”, Chem. Commun., 57, 5322-5325 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1CC01662H
    Published online: 30 Apr. 2021.
  12. Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Shota Hasegawa, and *Yasujiro Murata, “Photochemical Orifice Expansion of a Cage-Opened C60 Derivative”, Org. Lett.23, 3854-3858 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00990
    Published online: 13 Apr. 2021.
    Cover.
  13. Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Jiayue Li, Shu Okamoto, and *Yasujiro Murata, “Reactions on a 1,2-Dicarbonyl Moiety of a Fullerene Skeleton”, Chem. Eur. J.25, 7235-7238 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.202100640
    Published online: 09 Apr. 2021.
  14. Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Hui Li, and *Yasujiro Murata, “Reactions of C60 with Pyridazine and Phthalazine”, ChemEur. J.27, 7507-7511 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.202100711
    Published online: 01 Apr. 2021.

A01 Principal Investigator, Takaya Terashima

  1. Motoki Shibata, *Takaya Terashima, and *Tsuyoshi Koga, “Micellar Aggregation and Thermogelation of Amphiphilic Random Copolymers in Water Hierarchically Dependent on Chain Length”, Eur. Polym. J. 168, 111091-1/9 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111091
    Published online: 19 Feb. 2022.
  2. Masayuki Hibino, Kei Tanaka, Makoto Ouchi, and *Takaya Terashima, “Amphiphilic Random-Block Copolymer Micelles in Water: Precise and Dynamic Self-Assembly Controlled by Random Copolymer Association”, Macromolecules, 55, 178-189 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02186
    Published online: 29 Dec. 2021.
  3. Takaya Ikami, Yuki Watanabe, Hiroki Ogawa, Mikihito Takenaka, Norifumi L. Yamada, Makoto Ouchi, *Hiroyuki Aoki, and *Takaya Terashima, “Multilayered Lamellar Materials and Thin Films by Instant Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Random Copolymers”, ACS Macro Lett.10, 1524-1528 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00571
    Published online: 16 Nov. 2021.
    Cover Picture.
  4. Motoki Shibata, *Takaya Terashima, and *Tsuyoshi Koga, “Thermoresponsive Gelation of Amphiphilic Random Copolymer Micelles in Water”, Macromolecules54, 5241-5248 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00406
    Published online: 11 May 2021.
    Front Cover.
  5. Yoshihiko Kimura and *Takaya Terashima, “Cation Template-Assisted RAFT Cyclopolymerization of Hexa(Ethylene Glycol) Di(meth)acrylates to Thermoresponsive Pseudo-Crown Ether Polymers”, Macromol. Rapid. Commun., 42, 2000670-1/6 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1002/marc.202000670
    Published online: 27 Apr. 2021.
    Front Cover.
  6. Yoshihiko Kimura, Sahori Imai, Mikihito Takenaka, and *Takaya Terashima, “Amphiphilic Random Cyclocopolymers as Versatile Scaffolds for Ring-Functionalized and Self-Assembled Materials”, Macromolecules54, 3987-3998 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00231
    Published online: 22 Apr. 2021.

A01 Principal Investigator, Hiroharu Ajiro

  1. Hiroaki Yoshida, Hiroya Furumai, and *Hiroharu Ajiro, “Preparation and Characterization of Thermoresponsive Poly(N-vinylisobutyramide) Microgels”, Langmuir, 38, 5269-5274 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02676
    Published online: 21 Jan. 2022.
  2. Daisuke Aoki, Akihiro Miyake, *Wanpen Tachaboonyakiat, and *Hiroharu Ajiro, “Remarkable Diastereomeric Effect on Thermoresponsive Behavior of Polyurethane Based on Lysine and Tartrate Ester Derivatives”, RSC Adv., 11, 35607-35613 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1RA05877K
    Published online: 3 Nov. 2021.
    International Joint Research Paper.
  3. *Jaeyeong Choi and *Hiroharu Ajiro, “Preparation and Analyses of Stereocomplexes of A Polylactide Homopolymer and Copolymer with Poly(ethylene glycol) and Urethane Capping”, Polym. J., 54, 151-160 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41428-021-00564-1
    Published online: 14 Oct. 2021.
  4. *網代広治, 吉田裕安材, “非環式N-ビニルアミドの最近の動向”, 高分子, 70, 373-377 (2021).
    *Hiroharu Ajiro and Hiroaki Yoshida, “Recent Acyclic N-Vinylamide”, Kobunshi: High Polymers, Japan, 70, 373-377 (2021). (in Japanese)
    Link
    Published online: 1 Jul. 2021.
  5. Jaeyeong Choi, Toshikazu Takata, and *Hiroharu Ajiro, “Pseudo-Polyrotaxane Stereocomplex with a-Cyclodextrin and Block Copolymers Using Poly(ethylene glycol) and Polylactide”, Macromolecules54, 5087-5093 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00220
    Published online: 27 May 2021.
  6. Daisuke Aoki and *Hiroharu Ajiro, “One-Shot Preparation of Thermoresponsive Comb Polyurethane Hydrogel for Both High Toughness and Volume Switching”, Macromol. Rapid Commun.42, 2100128-1/6 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1002/marc.202100128
    Published online: 14 May 2021.

A01 Principal Investigator, Yuta Nishina

  1. *Waka Nakanishi, Yoshihiro Yamauchi, Yuta Nishina, Masafumi Yoshio, and Masayuki Takeuchi, “Oxidation-Degree-Dependent Moisture-Induced Actuation of a Graphene Oxide Film”, RSC Adv., 12, 3372-3379 (2022). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1RA07773B
    Published online: 26 Jan. 2022.
  2. Akinori Saito, Seiji Obata, and *Yuta Nishina, “Uniform Coating of Magnesium Oxide Crystal with Reduced Graphene Oxide Achieves Moisture Barrier Performance”, Appl. Surf. Sci., 573, 151483-1/6 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.151483
    Published online: 09 Oct. 2021.
  3. Risa Shibahara, Kazuhide Kamiya, and *Yuta Nishina, “Grafting Chelating Groups on 2D Carbon for Selective Heavy Metal Adsorption”, Nanoscale Adv., 3, 5823-5829 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1NA00435B
    Published online: 10 Aug. 2021.
  4. Jannatul Morshed, Ryo Nakagawa, Motaher M. Hossain, Yuta Nishina, and *Seiya Tsujimura, “Disposable Electrochemical Glucose Sensor Based on Water-Soluble Quinone-Based Mediators with Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide-Dependent Glucose Dehydrogenase”, Biosens. Bioelectronics189, 113357-1/6 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2021.113357
    Published online: 21 May 2021.
  5. *Dawid Pakulski, Adam Gorczyński, Dawid Marcinkowski, Włodzimierz Czepa, Tomasz Chudziak, Samanta Witomska, Yuta Nishina, Violetta Patroniak, *Artur Ciesielski, and *Paolo Samorì, “High-Sorption Terpyridine–Graphene Oxide Hybrid for the Efficient Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Wastewater”, Nanoscale, 13, 10490-10499 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1NR02255E
    Published online: 12 May 2021.
  6. Ryo Nakagawa and *Yuta Nishina, “Simulating the Redox Potentials of Unexplored Phenazine Derivatives as Electron Mediators for Biofuel Cells”, J. Phys. Energy3, 034008-1/8 (2021). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1088/2515-7655/abebc8
    Published online: 12 Apr. 2021.

A01 Principal Investigator, Rie Wakabayashi

  1. *Rie Wakabayashi, Rino Imatani, Mutsuhiro Katsuya, Yuji Higuchi, Hiroshi Noguchi, Noriho Kamiya, and Masahiro Goto, “Hydrophobic Immiscibility Controls Self-Sorting or Co-Assembly of Peptide Amphiphiles”, Chem. Commun.58, 585-588 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1CC05560G
    Published online: 09 Dec. 2021.
    A01/A02 Collaboration.

A01 Principal Investigator, Yoshiko Miura

  1. *Masanori Nagao, Ai Yamaguchi, Teruhiko Matsubara, Yu Hoshino, Toshinori Sato, and *Yoshiko Miura, “De Novo Design of Star-Shaped Glycoligands with Synthetic Polymer Structures toward an Influenza Hemagglutinin Inhibitor”, Biomacromolecules, 23, 1232-1241 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.1c01483
    Published online: 30 Dec. 2021.
    Supplementary Cover.
  2. *Masanori Nagao, Takeshi Uemura, Tasuku Horiuchi, Yu Hoshino, and *Yoshiko Miura, “Screening of a Glycopolymer Library for GM1 Mimetics Synthesized by the “Carbohydrate Module Method””, Chem. Commun., 57, 10871-10874 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1CC04394C
    Published online: 15 Sep. 2021.
    Cover.
  3. *Masanori Nagao, Masaya Kichize, Yu Hoshino, and *Yoshiko Miura, “Influence of Monomer Structures for Polymeric Multivalent Ligands: Consideration of the Molecular Mobility of Glycopolymers”, Biomacromolecules, 22, 3119-3127 (2021). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00553
    Published online: 21, Jun. 2021.
    Supplementary Cover.

A01 Principal Investigator, Shinnosuke Horiuchi

  1. *Shinnosuke Horiuchi, Hirotaka Hiroiwa, Eri Sakuda, Yasuhiro Arikawa, and *Keisuke Umakoshi, “An Asymmetric Pt Diimine Acetylide Complex Providing Unique Luminescent Multinuclear Sandwich Complexes with Cu Salts”, Chem. Commun., 58, 3489-3492 (2022). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1CC07108D
    Published online: 15 Feb. 2022.

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