RESEARCH

Research Clusters

Nano-Organics and Nano-Hybrids

Our research cluster at the IROAST focuses on functional nano-objects composed of organics, inorganics and hybrids, which include self-assemblies, nano-particles, nano-catalyst, graphene oxide, quantum dots, and inorganic/organic hybrids. Currently 8 members including 4 visiting professors of IROAST from France, Spain, United States and China join the research unit. The international collaborative projects regarding basic and advanced chemistry on nano-organics and nano-hybrids are initiated and carried out by each member, and their targets are widely distributed across highly diverse fields.

Nano-Organics and Nano-Hybrids

Cluster members

  • Japan
    Hirotaka IHARA Website
    Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University
    Japan
  • Japan
    Coordinator
    Makoto TAKAFUJI Website
    Professor, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University
    Japan
  • France
    Reiko ODA Website
    Research Director, CBMN (UMR5248), CNRS-Université de Bordeaux/ IROAST Visiting Professor
    France
  • Spain
    Josep-Lluis BARONA-VILAR Website
    Professor, Instituto de Historia de la Medicina y de la Ciencia López Piñero (IHMC), Universidad de Valencia/ IROAST Visiting Professor
    Spain
  • China/ Cananda
    Zhenghe XU Website
    Dean, College of Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen/ Teck Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton/ IROAST Visiting Professor
    China/ Cananda
  • Japan
    Yutaka KUWAHARA
    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University
    Japan
  • USA
    Etsuko FUJITA Website
    Senior Scientist Emeritus, Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory/ IROAST Visiting Professor
    USA
  • Japan/ France
    Nanami HANO
    JSPS Overseas Research Fellow, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University/ Université de Bordeaux
    Japan/ France
  • Japan
    Naoya RYU
    Researcher, Materials Development Department, Kumamoto Industrial Research Institute
    Japan

Achievements

Publications
  •  Chiral H-aggregation-induced large Stokes shift with CPL generation assisted by α-helical poly(L-lysine) substructure
    K. Yoshida, Y. Kuwahara, N. Hano, Y. Horie, M. Takafuji, N. Ryu, S. Nagaoka, R. Oda, H. Ihara
    Chirality, 35, 411-417, 2023. 
  • Zwitterionic polymer-terminated porous silica stationary phases for highly selective separation in hydrophilic interaction chromatography
    Y. Hu, J. Kadotani, Y. Kuwahara, H. Ihara, M. Takafuji
    Journal of Chromatography A, 1693, 463885, 2023.
  • A π-extended phenanthrene-fused aza[7]helicenium as a novel chiroptically-active architecture in organic and aqueous media
    C. Olivier, N. Nagatomo, T. Mori, N. McClenaghan, G. Jonusauskas, B. Kauffmann, Y. Kuwahara, M. Takafuji, H. Ihara, Y. Ferrand
    Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 10, 752-758, 2022.
  • Fabrication of naphthol-based phenolic polymer coated-silica for mixed-mode chromatography
    Y. Hu, H.Ihara, M. Takafuji
    Journal of Chromatography Open, 2, 100028, 2022.
  • Functionalized aluminum oxide by immobilization of totally organic aromatic polymer spherical nanoparticles
    S. Nagaoka, K. Yoshida, Y. Hirota, Y. Komachi, M. Takafuji, H. Ihara
    Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 640, 128438, 2022.
  • Preparation,  chitosan/laterite/iron oxide-based biocomposite and its application as a potential adsorbent for the removal of methylene blue in aqueous solution
    M. N. Sakib, N. Hano, M. Takafuji, S. Ahmed
    Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring and Management, 17, 100658, 2022.
  • Co-assembling system that exhibits bright circularly polarized luminescence
    N. Ryu, T. Harada, Y. Okazaki, K. Yoshida, T. Shirosaki, R. Oda, Y. Kuwahara, M. Takafuji, H. Ihara, S. Nagaoka
    Materials Advances, 3, 3123–3127, 2022.

    *Selected to Back Cover from Materials Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Preparation of hybrid microspheres with homogeneously dispersed nanosilica using in-situ sol-gel reaction inside a polystyrene matrix
    A. Toyofuji, N. Hano , Y. Yamaguchi, T. Wakiya, H. Ihara, M. Takafuji
    Chemistry Letters, 51, 639-642, 2022.
  • Advanced CNC/PEG/PDMAA semi-IPN hydrogel for drug delivery management in wound healing
    S. Afrin, M. Shahruzzaman, P. Haque, M. S. Islam, S. Hossain, T. U. Rashid, T. Ahmed, M. Takafuji, M. M. Rahman
    Gels, 8, 340-340, 2022.
  • Carbonized π-conjugated polymer-coated porous silica: preparation and evaluating its extraction ability for berberine
    P. Jin, F. Zhu, M. Jiang, M. Takafuji, H. Ihara, L. Nie, H. Liu
    Microchimica Acta, 189, 401, 2022.
Grants

Accepted grants (On-going project)

  • FY 2021–2024: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), JSPS, PI: Takafuji, Co-PI: N. Hano, 13,200,000 yen.
  • FY 2020–2022: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), JSPS, PI: Ihara, Co-PI: M. Takafuji, S. Nagaoka, N. Okita, 13,700,000 yen.
  • FY 2022–2025: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), JSPS, PI: T. Sagawa, Co-PI: Ihara, J. HWANG, K. Matsumoto, 15,400,000 yen.
  • FY 2018–2022: KAKEN, Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)), JSPS, PI: Takafuji, Co-PI: H. Ihara, N. Ryu, N. Hano, 13,800,000 yen.
  • FY 2020–2022: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS, PI: Kuwahara, Co-PI: H. Ihara, N. Ryu, 3,300,000 yen.
  • FY 2022–2024: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS, PI: T. Shirosaki, Co-PI: Takafuji, N. Ryu, 3,200,000 yen.
  • FY 2020–2022: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS, PI: N. Ryu, Co-PI: Takafuji, 3,400,000 yen.
  • FY 2020–2022: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS, PI: K. Nishiyama, Co-PI: Takafuji, S. Yoshimoto, 3,400,000 yen.
  • FY 2020–2022: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory), JSPS, PI: Ihara, Co-PI: Y. Kuwahara, S. Nagaoka.
  • FY 2022–2024: KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, JSPS, PI: Hano, 3,500,000 yen
  • FY 2022–2024: Bilateral Joint Research Projects with Turkey, JSPS, PI: Takafuji, 5,000,000 yen
  • FY 2022–2025: Bilateral Joint Research Projects with China, JSPS, PI: Ihara, 4,500,000 yen
  • FY 2022–2024: Bilateral Joint Research Projects with France (Open Partnership), JSPS, PI: Takafuji, 4,000,000 yen
  • FY 2020–2021 (extended to 2022): Bilateral Joint Research Projects with Lithuania, JSPS, PI: Ihara, 5,000,000 yen.
  • FY 2022: MIF Fellow (from KTMU), Matsumae International Foundation, Host researcher: Takafuji, 1,000,000 yen
  • FY 2022: Follow-up Services for International Students who studied in Japan (from Univ. Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia), JASSO, Supervisor: Takafuji

Patent publication (Active)

  • Method for manufacturing column packing material for liquid chromatography, Inventor: R. Sun, S. Nozato, A. Nakasuga, Ihara, M. Takafuji, Y. Kuwahara, H. Noguchi, T. Liu, JP Patent: JP7061759B2

Activities

University of Bordeaux (UB), France

  • Progress of The second term of the joint research project:  the Laboratoire international associé (LIA) - 'Chiral nanostructures for photonic applications' (CNPA), of the University of Bordeaux (UB) with Kumamoto University (KU) and Kyoto University (FY2015-)
  • Three Japanese member's visit to the University of Bordeaux (UB) in Sep. 2022 and Feb. 2023
  • Visit of seven French members including Dr. R. Oda to KU and join in the 13th IROAST Symposium organized by this cluster members on November 9, 2022.
    　　        

    Excursion after the 13th IROAST Symposium (Japan-France Joint Seminar), in November 2022

  • A member of the research cluster (Dr. Nanami HANO) has joined R. Oda’s group as a JSPS Overseas Research Fellow (from March, 2022-)

    At a international conference (X-NOA meeting) in April, 2023

 

Universitat de València (UV), Spain

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