Achievements FY2023 A01

Publications

FY2023
Planned Research A01

A01-1 Principal Investigator, Takashi Kato

1. *Kazuki Fukushima, Shunta Hakozaki, Rongjian Lang, Yuta Haga, So Nakai, Atsushi Narumi, Masaru Tanaka, and Takashi Kato, “Hydrolyzable and Biocompatible Aliphatic Polycarbonates with Ether-Functionalized Side Chains Attached via Amide Linkers”, Polym. J., in press. Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1038/s41428-023-00874-6
   Published online: 12 Jan. 2024.
   A01/A03 Collaboration.
2. Kazuma Hamaguchi, Takeshi Sakamoto, Naoya Kurahashi, *Yoshihisa Harada, and *Takashi Kato, “Hydrogen-Bonded Structures of Water Molecules in Hydroxy-Functionalized Nanochannels of Columnar Liquid Crystalline Nanostructured Membranes Studied by Soft X-ray Emission Spectroscopy”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 15, 454-460 (2024). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03027
   Published online: 08 Jan. 2024.
   A01/A02 Collaboration.
3. *Takashi Kato, *Junya Uchida, *Yoshiki Ishii, and *Go Watanabe, “Aquatic Functional Liquid Crystals: Design, Functionalization, and Molecular Simulation”, Adv. Sci., in press. Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1002/advs.202306529
   Published online: 21 Dec. 2023.
   A01/A02/A03 Collaboration, Invited Paper, Special Issue for the 10th Anniversary of Advanced Science.
4. Takayuki Ota, Valentina Montagna, Yuji Higuchi, Takashi Kato, Masaru Tanaka, Haritz Sardon, and *Kazuki Fukushima, “Organocatalyzed Ring-Opening Reactions of γ-Carbonyl-Substituted ε-Caprolactones”, RSC Adv., 13, 27764-27771 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1039/d3ra01025b
   Published online: 19 Sep. 2023.
   A01/A02/A03 Collaboration, International Joint Research Paper, Invited Paper.
5. Takahiro Mikami, Riki Kato, Yoshihiro Hosokawa, Nobuyoshi Miyamoto, and *Takashi Kato, “Nanostructure Control in Zinc Oxide Films and Microfibers through Bioinspired Synthesis of Liquid‐Crystalline Zinc Hydroxide Carbonate; Formation of Free‐Standing Materials in Centimeter‐Level Lengths”, Small Methods, 2300353-1/10 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202300353
   Published online: 04 Sep. 2023.
   Invited Paper, Special Issue for Advances in Biomimetic Materials.
6. *Takeshi Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Asakura, Naru Kang, Riki Kato, Miaomiao Liu, Tsuyoshi Hayashi, *Hiroyuki Katayama, and *Takashi Kato, “Development of Liquid-Crystalline Smectic Nanoporous Membranes for the Removal of SARS-CoV-2 and Waterborne Viruses”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 11, 22178-22186 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1039/D3TA02705H
   Published online: 24 Aug. 2023.
   Invited Paper, Themed collection: Celebrating the Scientific Accomplishments of RSC Fellows.
   Inside back cover.
7. *加藤隆史, 「超分子化学とポリマーと液晶」, 液晶, 27, 160-166 (2023).
   *Takashi Kato, “Supramolecular Chemistry, Polymer, and Liquid Crystal”, EKISHO, 27, 160-166 (2023). (in Japanese)
   Link
   Published online: 25 Jul. 2023.
   Invited Paper.
8. *Junya Uchida, Anna Niwa, Mina Hasome, Rie Makiura, Nicholas L. Abbott, and *Takashi Kato, “Self-Assembly of Peptide-Conjugated Forklike Mesogens at Aqueous/Liquid Crystalline Interfaces: Molecular Design for Ordering Transition Induced by Specific Binding of Biomolecules”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 15, 36657-36666 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c04289
   Published online: 21 Jul. 2023.
   A01/A03 Collaboration, International Joint Research Paper.
9. *Junya Uchida, Ryuta Kiguchi, Riki Kato, and *Takashi Kato, “Thermotropic Colloidal Liquid-Crystalline Hydroxyapatite Nanorod Hybrids Containing a Forklike Mesogen”, Helv. Chim. Acta, 106, e202300053-1/8 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1002/hlca.202300053
   Published online: 30 Jun. 2023.
   A01/A03 Collaboration, Invited Paper, Special Issue for Professor Robert Deschenaux.
10. *Taiki Hoshino, *Masanari Nakayama, Yoshihiro Hosokawa, Kohei Mochizuki, Satoshi Kajiyama, Yoshiki Kohmura, and *Takashi Kato, “Experimental Probing of Dynamic Self-Organized Columnar Assemblies in Colloidal Liquid Crystals”, Nanoscale Adv., 5, 3646-3654 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1039/d3na00183k
    Published online: 19 May 2023.
11. Shota Yamazaki, Mahoko Harada, Yuya Watanabe, Rongjian Lang, Takashi Kato, Osamu Haba, Kazuki Fukushima, and *Jiro Kumaki, “Crystallization of Star-Shaped Poly(l-lactide)s with Arm Chains Aligned in the Same Direction in Two-Dimensional Crystals in a Langmuir Monolayer”, Langmuir, 39, 5486-5494 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00199
    Published online: 07 Apr. 2023.
    A01/A02 Collaboration.

A01-1 Co-Investigator, Rie Makiura

1. *Junya Uchida, Anna Niwa, Mina Hasome, Rie Makiura, Nicholas L. Abbott, and *Takashi Kato, “Self-Assembly of Peptide-Conjugated Forklike Mesogens at Aqueous/Liquid Crystalline Interfaces: Molecular Design for Ordering Transition Induced by Specific Binding of Biomolecules”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 15, 36657-36666 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c04289
   Published online: 21 Jul. 2023.
   A01/A03 Collaboration, International Joint Research Paper.
2. Kazuaki Tachimoto, Takashi Ohata, Kanokwan Jumtee Takeno, Akihiro Nomoto, Takeshi Watanabe, Ichiro Hirosawa, and *Rie Makiura, “Assembling Triphenylene-Based Metal–Organic Framework Nanosheets at the Air/Liquid Interface: Modification by Tuning the Spread Solution Concentration”, Langmuir, 39, 8952-8962 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02685
   Published online: 16 Jun. 2023.
3. Shintaro Toda, Kanokwan Jumtee Takeno, and *Rie Makiura, “Tunable Electrical Conductivity in Covalent Organic Frameworks by Intercalation of Electron Acceptor Molecules”, J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 181, 111512-1/8 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2023.111512
   Published online: 16 Jun. 2023.
4. Takashi Ohata, Akihiro Nomoto, Takeshi Watanabe, Ichiro Hirosawa, Tatsuyuki Makita, Jun Takeya, and *Rie Makiura, “Air/Liquid Interfacial Formation Process of Conductive Metal–Organic Framework Nanosheets”, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 651, 769-784 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.05.151
   Published online: 26 May 2023.

A01-2 Principal Investigator, Hayato Tsuji

1. Keisuke Iwata, Makoto Tsurui, Kosuke Itaya, Naoto Hamaguchi, Yasunobu Egawa, Yuichi Kitagawa, Yasuchika Hasegawa, and *Hayato Tsuji, “Circularly Polarized Luminescence and High Photoluminescence Quantum Yields from Rigid 5,10-Dihydroindeno[2,1-a]indene and 2,2′-Dialkoxy-1,1′-binaphthyl Conjugates and Copolymers”, RSC Adv., 14, 7251-7257 (2024). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00380B
   Published online: 29 Feb. 2024.
   A01/A01 Collaboration.
2. 岩田啓佑, *辻勇人, 「分子内環化によるジブロモインデンおよびテトラブロモインダセンの合成と新規光機能性COPV誘導体の開発」, 有機合成化学協会誌, in press.
   Keisuke Iwata and *Hayato Tsuji, “Synthesis of Dibromoindenes and Tetrabromoindacenes by Intramolecular Cyclization and Development of Photofunctional COPV Derivatives”, J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn., in press. (In Japanese). Peer-reviewed.
3. Katsunari Okayama, Hirotaka Kojima, Toshiki Kawauchi, Masakazu Yamagishi, Masakazu Nakamura, and *Hayato Tsuji, “Giant Seebeck Effect in an Undoped Single Crystal of 2,5,8-Triphenylbenzo[1,2-b:3,4-b':5,6-b'‘]trifuran”, Chem. Lett., in press. Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1093/chemle/upad054
   Published online: 28 Dec. 2023.
4. *Hayato Tsuji, Masaki Nakahata, Mafumi Hishida, Hideki Seto, Ryuhei Motokawa, Takeru Inoue, and Yasunobu Egawa, “Water Fraction Dependence of the Aggregation Behavior of Hydrophobic Fluorescent Solutes in Water–Tetrahydrofuran”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 14, 11235-11241 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02882
   Published online: 07 Dec. 2023.
   A01/A02/A03 Collaboration, Supplementary Cover.
   Press Release by Kanagawa University, Osaka University, Tokyo University of Science, KEK, and JAEA.

A01-2 Co-Investigator, Youhei Takeda

1. Kristoffer A. Thom, Oliver Nolden, *Oliver Weingart, Saika Izumi, Satoshi Minakata, *Youhei Takeda, and *Peter Gilch, “Femtosecond Spectroscopy on a Dibenzophenazine-Cored Macrocycle Exhibiting Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence”, ChemistryOpen, 12, e202300026-1/10 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1002/open.202300026
   Published online: 26 Apr. 2023.
   International Joint Research Paper, Invited Paper.

A01-2 Co-Investigator, Kazuki Fukushima

1. *Kazuki Fukushima, Shunta Hakozaki, Rongjian Lang, Yuta Haga, So Nakai, Atsushi Narumi, Masaru Tanaka, and Takashi Kato, “Hydrolyzable and Biocompatible Aliphatic Polycarbonates with Ether-Functionalized Side Chains Attached via Amide Linkers”, Polym. J., in press. Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1038/s41428-023-00874-6
   Published online: 12 Jan. 2024.
   A01/A03 Collaboration.
2. Takayuki Ota, Valentina Montagna, Yuji Higuchi, Takashi Kato, Masaru Tanaka, Haritz Sardon, and *Kazuki Fukushima, “Organocatalyzed Ring-Opening Reactions of γ-Carbonyl-Substituted ε-Caprolactones”, RSC Adv., 13, 27764-27771 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1039/d3ra01025b
   Published online: 19 Sep. 2023.
   A01/A02/A03 Collaboration, International Joint Research Paper, Invited Paper.
3. Ion Olazabal, Elena Gabirondo, Coralie Jehanno, Kazuki Fukushima, and *Haritz Sardon, “Upcycling of Polyesters”, Polyester Films: Materials, Processes and Applications (Miko Cakmak, Jehuda Greener ed.), Chapter 9, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 343-363 (2023).
   DOI: 10.1002/9781119535775.ch9
   Published online: 30 Jun. 2023.
   International Joint Research Book.
4. *福島和樹, 「有機触媒によるポリエチレンテレフタレート（PET）の分解と反応機構」, 触媒, 65, 89-95 (2023).
   *Kazuki Fukushima, “Degradation of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) by Organocatalysts and Its Mechanism”, Catalysts and Catalysis, 65, 89-95 (2023). (in Japanese)
   Link
   Published online: 10 Apr. 2023.
5. Shota Yamazaki, Mahoko Harada, Yuya Watanabe, Rongjian Lang, Takashi Kato, Osamu Haba, Kazuki Fukushima, and *Jiro Kumaki, “Crystallization of Star-Shaped Poly(l-lactide)s with Arm Chains Aligned in the Same Direction in Two-Dimensional Crystals in a Langmuir Monolayer”, Langmuir, 39, 5486-5494 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00199
   Published online: 07 Apr. 2023.
   A01/A02 Collaboration.

FY2023
Publicly Offered Research A01

A01 Principal Investigator, Yasuchika Hasegawa

1. Keisuke Iwata, Makoto Tsurui, Kosuke Itaya, Naoto Hamaguchi, Yasunobu Egawa, Yuichi Kitagawa, Yasuchika Hasegawa, and *Hayato Tsuji, “Circularly Polarized Luminescence and High Photoluminescence Quantum Yields from Rigid 5,10-Dihydroindeno[2,1-a]indene and 2,2′-Dialkoxy-1,1′-binaphthyl Conjugates and Copolymers”, RSC Adv., 14, 7251-7257 (2024). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00380B
   Published online: 29 Feb. 2024.
   A01/A01 Collaboration.

A01 Principal Investigator, Takashi Nakamura

1. Yuya Hokimoto and *Takashi Nakamura, “Synthesis of a Macrocyclic Oligomer of Pyridylbenzoxazole Utilizing Dynamic Covalent Bonds and Its Unsymmetric Conversion”, Chem. Commun., 60, 1281-1284 (2024). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1039/D3CC06216C
   Published online: 03 Jan. 2024.
2. *Takashi Nakamura and Satoru Watanabe, “Site-Selective Ligand Bridging among Multiple Internal Coordination Sites of a Metallomacrocycle and Its Conformational Regulation”, Inorg. Chem., 62, 12886-12894 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01571
   Published online: 02 Aug. 2023.
   Supplementary Cover.

A01 Principal Investigator, Koji Harano

1. Qiming Liu, Tianyue Zhang, Yuka Ikemoto, Yudai Shinozaki, Go Watanabe, Yuta Hori, Yasuteru Shigeta, Takemi Midorikawa, Koji Harano, and *Yoshimitsu Sagara, “Grinding-Induced Water Solubility Exhibited by Mechanochromic Luminescent Supramolecular Fibers”, Small, in press. Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1002/smll.202400063
   Published online: 10 Mar. 2024.
   A01/A02/A03 Collaboration.

A01 Principal Investigator, Shohei Tashiro

1. Ryunosuke Hayashi, *Shohei Tashiro, Masahiro Asakura, Shinya Mitsui, *Mitsuhiko Shionoya, “Effector-Dependent Structural Transformation of a Crystalline Framework with Allosteric Effects on Molecular Recognition Ability”, Nat. Commun., 14, 4490-1/9 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40091-6
   Published online: 10 Aug. 2023.
   Press Release by The University of Tokyo and JST.

A01 Principal Investigator, Tomoko Fujino

1. Kota Onozuka, *Tomoko Fujino, Ryohei Kameyama, Shun Dekura, Kazuyoshi Yoshimi, Toshikazu Nakamura, Tatsuya Miyamoto, Takashi Yamakawa, Hiroshi Okamoto, Hiroyasu Sato, Taisuke Ozaki, and *Hatsumi Mori, “Metallic State of a Mixed-sequence Oligomer Salt that Models Doped PEDOT Family”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 145, 15152-15161 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01522
   Published online: 03 Jul. 2023.
   Press Release by ISSP and Dep. Adv. Mater. Sci. of The Univ. of Tokyo, JST, and IMS. Highlighted in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, EE Times Japan, Tii Gijutsu Joho, optronics online, ASCll.jp×business, fabcross engineer, Nihon-no-kenkyu, and Tech Eyes Online.

A01 Principal Investigator, Takahiro Ichikawa

1. Hironobu Iwasawa, Daisuke Uchida, Yoichi Hara, Masaki Tanaka, Nobuhumi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Ohno, and *Takahiro Ichikawa, “Thermally Reversible On-Off Switching of Aggregation-Induced Emission via LCST Phase Transition of Ionic Liquids in Water”, Adv. Opt. Mater., in press. Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1002/adom.202301197
   Published online: 03 Aug. 2023.

A01 Principal Investigator, Takeshi Serizawa

1. Yudai Mizuuchi, Yuuki Hata, Toshiki Sawada, and *Takeshi Serizawa, “Surface-Mediated Self-Assembly of Click-Reactive Cello-oligosaccharides for Fabricating Functional Nonwoven Fabrics”, Sci. Tech. Adv. Mater., 25, 2311052 (2024). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1080/14686996.2024.2311052
   Published online: 14 Feb. 2024.
2. Hirotaka Kamada, Yuuki Hata, Kai Sugiura, Toshiki Sawada, and *Takeshi Serizawa, “Interfacial Jamming of Surface-Alkylated Two-Dimensional Synthetic Nanocelluloses for Structuring Liquids”, Carbohydr. Polym., 331, 121896 (2024). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.121896
   Published online: 01 Feb. 2024.
3. *Natsuki Hayakawa, Masahito Nishiura, Takahisa Anada, Shingo Kobayashi, Toshiki Sawada, Takeshi Serizawa, and *Masaru Tanaka, “Suspension Culture System for Isolating Cancer Spheroids using Enzymatically Synthesized Cellulose Oligomers”, ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 7, 306-314 (2024). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.3c00901
   Published online: 13 Dec. 2023.
   A01/A03 Collaboration.
4. Kai Sugiura, Toshiki Sawada, Yuuki Hata, Hiroshi Tanaka, and *Takeshi Serizawa, “Distinguishing Anti-PEG Antibodies by Specificity for the PEG Terminus Using Nanoarchitectonics-Based Antibiofouling Cello-Oligosaccharide Platforms”, J. Mater. Chem. B, 12, 650-657 (2024). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1039/D3TB01723K
   Published online: 03 Dec. 2023.
   Front Cover.
5. *Takeshi Serizawa, Saeko Yamaguchi, Kai Sugiura, Ramona Marten, Akihisa Yamamoto, Yuuki Hata, Toshiki Sawada, Hiroshi Tanaka, and Motomu Tanaka, “Antibacterial Synthetic Nanocelluloses Synergizing with a Metal-Chelating Agent”, ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 7, 246-255 (2024). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.3c00846
   Published online: 15 Nov. 2023.
   A01/A03 Collaboration, International Joint Research Paper, Front Cover.
6. Koichi Shirokawa, Shoki Tanaka, Izuru Kawamura, Toshiki Sawada, and *Takeshi Serizawa, “Synthetic Nanocelluloses Fluorescently Responsible to Enzymatic Degradation”, Langmuir, 39, 8494-8502 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00770
   Published online: 03 Jun. 2023.
   A01/A02 Collaboration.

A01 Principal Investigator, Hiroshi Tsutsumi

A01 Principal Investigator, Tomohiro Hayashi

A01 Principal Investigator, Shin'ichiro Kawano

1. Shin-ichiro Kawano, Hiroaki Yoshimizu, and *Kentaro Tanaka, “Continuous Nanospace in Nanoporous Liquid Crystal Investigated by ¹²⁹Xe NMR Spectroscopy”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., e202316523 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1002/anie.202316523
   Published online: 10 Nov. 2023.
   Back Cover.
   Press Release by Nagoya University.

A01 Principal Investigator, Mitsuo Hara

1. Daiki Miyake, Jialei He, Fumio Asai, Mitsuo Hara, Takahiro Seki, Shin-nosuke Nishimura, Masaru Tanaka, and *Yukikazu Takeoka, “Optically Transparent and Color-Stable Elastomer with Structural Coloration under Elongation”, Langmuir, 39, 17844-17852 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02442
   Published online: 30 Nov. 2023.
   A01/A03 Collaboration.
2. *原光生, 「イオン性直鎖状ポリシロキサンの最新動向」, 日本接着学会誌, 59, 286-294 (2023).
   *Mitsuo Hara, “Advances in Functionalizing Linear Polysiloxanes with Ionic Groups”, Journal of The Adhesion Society of Japan, 59, 286-294 (2023) (in Japanese).
   Published: 01 Aug. 2023.
3. *Takuya Matsumoto, Miyabi Yorifuji, Ryohei Hori, Mitsuo Hara, Norifumi L. Yamada, Hideki Seto, and *Takashi Nishino, “Selective Acetylation of Amorphous Region of Poly(vinyl alcohol) in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide”, Polym. J., 55, 1287-1293 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1038/s41428-023-00832-2
   Published online: 23 Aug. 2023.
   A01/A02/A03 Collaboration.

A01 Principal Investigator, Yoshifumi Hashikawa

1. Wentao Liu, Guanglin Huang, Chien-Yu Chen, Tiancheng Tan, Harata Fuyuki, Shuaifeng Hu, Tomoya Nakamura, Minh Anh Truong, Richard Murdey, Yoshifumi Hashikawa, *Yasujiro Murata, and *Atsushi Wakamiya, “An Open-Cage Bis[60]fulleroid as an Electron Transport Material for Tin Halide Perovskite Solar Cells”, Chem. Commun., in press. Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1039/D3CC05843C
   Published online: 30 Jan. 2024.
   Inside Front Cover.
2. *Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Shumpei Sadai, and *Yasujiro Murata, “Molecular CO₂ Storage: State of a Single-Molecule Gas”, ACS Phys. Chem. Au, in press. Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1021/acsphyschemau.3c00068
   Published online: 16 Jan. 2024.
   Front Cover
3. *Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Shu Okamoto, and *Yasujiro Murata, “Synthesis of Inter-[60]Fullerene Conjugates with Inherent Chirality”, Nat. Commun., 15, 514 (2024). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44834-x
   Published online: 15 Jan. 2024.
   Featured in Editors' Highlights, Highlighted by Behind the Paper.
4. *Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Shumpei Sadai, Yuka Ikemoto, and *Yasujiro Murata, “Open-[60]Fullerenols with Water Adsorbed Both Inside and Outside”, Chem. Commun., 60, 1261-1264 (2024). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1039/d3cc05542f
   Published online: 05 Jan. 2024.
   A01/A02 Collaboration, Outside Back Cover.
5. *Yoshifumi Hashikawa and *Yasujiro Murata, “Cobalt-Functionalized Open-[60]Fullerenes”, Organometallics, in press. Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00484
   Published online: 04 Jan. 2024.
   Journal Cover.
6. Guanglin Huang, Yoshifumi Hashikawa, and *Yasujiro Murata, “Synthesis of an Open-Cage C₆₀ Derivative with a Double Stopper”, ChemistrySelect, 8, e202304880 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1002/slct.202304880
   Published online: 15 Dec. 2023.
   Selected in Special Collections: Organic & Supramolecular Chemistry.
7. *Yoshifumi Hashikawa and *Yasujiro Murata, “Water in Fullerenes”, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 96, 943-967 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20230135
   Published online: 30 Sep. 2023.
   Invited Paper, Award Account, Selected as Memorial Collection for CSJ/OUP Co-Operative Publication, Cover Picture.
8. Guanglin Huang, Yuki Ide, Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Takashi Hirose, and *Yasujiro Murata, “CH₃CN@open-C₆₀: An Effective Inner-Space Modification and Isotope Effect inside a Nano-Sized Flask”, Chem. Eur. J., 29, e202301161 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300225
   Published online: 13 Jul. 2023. HOT paper, Cover Picture.
9. Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Shumpei Sadai, and *Yasujiro Murata, “Construction of a 21-Membered-Ring Orifice on [60]Fullerene”, ChemPlusChem, 88, e202300225 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300225
   Published online: 25 May 2023.
   Highlighted in ChemistryViews, Cover Picture.
10. Shumpei Sadai, Yoshifumi Hashikawa, and *Yasujiro Murata, “Open-[60]Fullerene–Aniline Conjugates with Near-Infrared Absorption”, RSC Adv., 13, 14575-14579 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1039/d3ra02113k
    Published online: 12 May 2023.
11. Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Shumpei Sadai, and *Yasujiro Murata, “Synthesis of Open-[70]Fullerenes Bearing Huge Orifices”, Chem. Commun., 59, 7387-7390 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1039/D3CC01717F
    Published online: 11 May 2023.
12. Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Shumpei Sadai, and *Yasujiro Murata, “Bilateral π-Extension of an Open-[60]Fullerene in a Helical Manner”, Chem. Commun., 59, 6560-6563 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
    DOI: 10.1039/D3CC00784G
    Published online: 11 May 2023.
13. Shumpei Sadai, Yoshifumi Hashikawa, and *Yasujiro Murata, “π-Extended Open-[70]Fullerenes with a Fused Azaacene”, Org. Lett., 25, 2815-2819 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c00726
    Published online: 14 Apr. 2023.
    Cover Picture.

A01 Principal Investigator, Takaya Terashima

1. *Mafumi Hishida, Rikuto Kanno, and *Takaya Terashima, “Hydration State on Poly(ethylene glycol)-Bearing Homopolymers and Random Copolymer Micelles: In Relation to the Thermoresponsive Property and Micellar Structure”, Macromolecules, 56, 7587-7596 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c00930
   Published online: 13 Sep. 2023.
   A01/A02 Collaboration.
2. Hiroyuki Kono, Masayuki Hibino, Daichi Ida, Makoto Ouchi, and *Takaya Terashima, “Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Alternating Copolymers by Chain Folding in Water: From Uniform Composition and Sequence to Monodisperse Micelles”, Macromolecules, 56, 6086-6098 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c00649
   Published online: 25 Jul. 2023.
3. Masayuki Hibino, Shin-ichi Takata, Kosuke Hiroi, Hiroyuki Aoki, and *Takaya Terashima, “Dynamic Exchange of Amphiphilic Random Copolymers between Micelles in Water: Kinetics and Mechanism Analyzed by TR-SANS”, Macromolecules, 56, 2955-2964 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02408
   Published online: 13 Apr. 2023.

A01 Principal Investigator, Tsuneaki Sakurai

A01 Principal Investigator, Fumitaka Ishiwari

A01 Principal Investigator, Hiroharu Ajiro

1. *Hiroaki Yoshida, Tsurugi Kikukawa, Go Matsuba, and *Hiroharu Ajiro, “Chemically Bound Hydrophobic Modification on Hydrogel Surface with Poly(N-vinylamide)s”, Polymer, in press. Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2024.126695
   Published online: 12 Jan. 2024.
   A01/A03 Collaboration.
2. Daisuke Aoki, Hiroaki Yoshida, and *Hiroharu Ajiro, “Comb Polyurethanes Consisting of Hard Segment Backbone and Dangling Soft Segments for Tailoring Mechanical Properties of Thermoplastics”, Macromolecules, in press. Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c02285
   Published online: 05 Jan. 2024.
3. Rikyu Miyake and *Hiroharu Ajiro, “Investigation of the Mechanical Properties and Degradation of Ester-Free Poly(trimethylene carbonate) Derivatives Bearing Various Bulky Aromatic Groups”, Polym. J., in press.
   DOI: 10.1038/s41428-023-00848-8
   Published online: 01 Dec. 2023.
4. Jaeyeong Choi and *Hiroharu Ajiro, “Proposal of Pseudo-Capping Effects by Polymer–Polymer Interaction through Preparation of Stereocomplex Pseudo-Polyrotaxane with Cyclodextrin and PEG-PLA Triblock Copolymers”, Macromol. Chem. Phys., in press. Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1002/macp.202300370
   Published online: 22 Nov. 2023.
5. Shohei Shimizu, Hiroaki Yoshida, Koichi Mayumi, Hiroharu Ajiro, and *Yoshimitsu Sagara, “Mechanochromic Luminescence of Phase-Separated Hydrogels That Contain Cyclophane Mechanophores”, Mater. Chem. Front., 7, 4073-4079 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1039/D3QM00579H
   Published online: 22 Jun. 2023.
   A01/A03 Collaboration.

A01 Principal Investigator, Yuta Nishina

1. Ryohei Ikura, Kota Kajimoto, Junsu Park, Shunsuke Murayama, Yusei Fujiwara, Motofumi Osaki, Tomohiro Suzuki, Hidenori Shirakawa, Yujiro Kitamura, Hiroaki Takahashi, Yasumasa Ohashi, Seiji Obata, Akira Harada, Yuka Ikemoto, *Yuta Nishina, *Yasutomo Uetsuji, *Go Matsuba, and *Yoshinori Takashima, “Highly Stretchable Stress‒Strain Sensor from Elastomer Nanocomposites with Movable Cross-links and Ketjenblack”, ACS Polymers Au, 3, 394-405 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1021/acspolymersau.3c00010
   Published online: 11 Sep. 2023.
   A01/A02/A03 Collaboration, Front Cover.
2. Shoma Kondo, Tomoki Nishimura, Yuta Nishina, and *Koki Sano, “Countercation Engineering of Graphene-Oxide Nanosheets for Imparting Thermoresponsive Ability”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 15, 37837-37844 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c07820
   Published online: 24 Jul. 2023.
3. Israel Ortiz-Anaya and *Yuta Nishina, “Unveiling the Reduction Process of Graphene Oxide by Ascorbic Acid; Grafting and Reduction Sequences for High Surface Area Graphene Materials”, ChemPlusChem, 16, e202300328 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300328
   Published online: 10 Jul. 2023.

A01 Principal Investigator, Rie Wakabayashi

A01 Principal Investigator, Yoshiko Miura

A01 Principal Investigator, Shinnosuke Horiuchi

1. *Shinnosuke Horiuchi, Mikihiro Hayashi, and *Keisuke Umakoshi, “Noncovalent Tailoring of Coordination Complexes by Resorcin[4]arene-based Supramolecular Hosts”, Dalton Trans., 52, 6604-6618 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1039/D3DT00710C
   Published online: 15 Apr. 2023.

A01 Principal Investigator, Yuichi Negishi

1. 根岸雄一, Das Saikat, 「月刊機能材料　2023年7月号」新規トポロジーを有する3次元COF『TUS-84』の合成と活用, シーエムシー出版, (2023).
   Yuichi Negishi and Das Saikat, “Monthly Functional Materials, July 2023”, Synthesis and Application of Three-dimensional COF “TUS-84” with Novel Topology, CMC Shuppan, (2023). (in Japanese)
   Link
   Published 07 Jul. 2023.
2. Jin Sakai, Sourav Biswas, Tsukasa Irie, Haruna Mabuchi, Taishu Sekine, Yoshiki Niihori, *Saikat Das, and *Yuichi Negishi, “Synthesis and Luminescence Properties of Two Silver Cluster-Assembled Materials for Selective Fe³⁺ Sensing”, Nanoscale, 15, 12227-12234 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1039/D3NR01920A
   Published online: 26 Jun. 2023.
   Outside Front Cover.
3. Sourav Biswas, Sakiat Hossain, Taiga Kosaka, Jin Sakai, Daichi Arima, Yoshiki Niihori, Masaaki Mitsui, De-en Jiang, *Saikat Das, *Song Wang, and *Yuichi Negishi, “Nested Keplerian Architecture of [Cu₅₈H₂₀(SPr)₃₆(PPh₃)₈]²⁺ Nanoclusters”, Chem. Commun., 59, 9336-9339 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1039/D3CC01811C
   Published online: 26 Jun. 2023.
   Outside Front Cover.
4. Taishu Sekine, Jin Sakai, Yusuke Horita, Haruna Mabuchi, Tsukasa Irie, Sakiat Hossain, Tokuhisa Kawawaki, Subhabrata Das, Shuntaro Takahashi, *Saikat Das, and *Yuichi Negishi, “Five Novel Silver-Based Coordination Polymers as Photoluminescent Sensing Platforms for the Detection of Nitrobenzene”, Chem. - Eur. J., e202300706-1/7 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300706
   Published online: 09 Jun. 2023.
   Inside Cover.
5. Sourav Biswas, *Saikat Das, and *Yuichi Negishi, “Progress and Prospects in the Design of Functional Atomically-Precise Ag(I)-Thiolate Nanoclusters and Their Assembly Approaches”, Coord. Chem. Rev., 492, 215255-1/26 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2023.215255
   Published online: 06 Jun. 2023.
6. Yusuke Horita, Mai Ishimi, and *Yuichi Negishi, “Anion-Templated Silver Nanoclusters: Precise Synthesis and Geometric Structure”, Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater., 24, 2203832-1/35 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1080/14686996.2023.2203832
   Published online: 25 May 2023.
   Special Issue.
7. Yoshiki Niihori, Sayuri Miyajima, Ayaka Ikeda, Taiga Kosaka, and *Yuichi Negishi, “Vertex-Shared Linear Superatomic Molecules: Stepping Stones to Novel Materials Composed of Noble Metal Clusters”, Small Sci., 3, 2300024-1/16 (2023). Peer-reviewed, Open Access.
   DOI: 10.1002/smsc.202300024
   Published online: 24 Apr. 2023.
   Invited Review, Outside Front Cover.
8. *Saikat Das, Yu Zhao, Tsukasa Irie, Jin Sakai, Taishu Sekine, Haruna Mabuchi, and *Yuichi Negishi, “Three-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks with pts Topology for Controlled Anticancer Drug Delivery”, ChemRxiv, 1, 1/20 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-tz5f8
   Published online: 03 Apr. 2023.
   International Joint Research Paper.

FY2023
Publicly Offered Research A01 (2022)

A01 Principal Investigator, Koji Harano

A01 Principal Investigator, Tsuyoshi Minami

1. Junsu Park, Yui Sasaki, Yoshiki Ishii, Shunsuke Murayama, Kohei Ohshiro, Kengo Nishiura, Ryohei Ikura, Hiroyasu Yamaguchi, Akira Harada, *Go Matsuba, *Hitoshi Washizu, *Tsuyoshi Minami, and *Yoshinori Takashima, “Leaf-Inspired Host-Guest Complexation-Dictating Supramolecular Gas Sensors”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 15, 39777-39785 (2023). Peer-reviewed.
   DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c04395
   Published online: 11 Aug. 2023.
   A01/A02/A03 Collaboration.