Kosuke MINAMI

Kosuke Minami, Ph. D.
Principal Researcher
Olfactory Sensors Group
Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)

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GRADUATE STUDENTS WELCOME!!! Olfactory Sensors Group (Prof. Dr. Yoshikawa, University of Tsukuba) is looking for Master & Ph.D. students. See also University of Tsukuba-NIMS joint Graduate School & our group

26 SEP 2023 Graduation of Dr. Chao Zhuang @Namiki, Tsukuba

What's New!!!

06 OCT 2026 [News] NEW!
K. Minami has attended the Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum 23rd Annual Meeting and the STS forum Young Leaders Program.
30 SEP 2026 [Publications] NEW!
Our recent work on MSS for real-time detection of pest-attack has been accepted in the Smart Agricultural Technology and is now available online.
Congratulations, Mamin-san!!!
03 SEP 2026 [Conference Paper] NEW!
Our conference paper on ppt-level PAH vapor detection has been accepted in the International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose (ISOEN2026), has been published in IEEE Xplore, and is now available online.
15 MAY 2026 [Patents]
Our applied patent has been registered in China.
Congratulations, Tamura-san!!!
13 APR 2026 [Patents]
Our applied patent has been registered in the US.
Congratulations, Nakakubo-san (NARO)!!!
07 APR 2026 [Patents]
Our applied patent has been registered in Japan.
Congratulations, Ariga-sensei!!!
06 MAR 2026 [Patents]
Our applied patent has been registered in Europe.
Congratulations, Tamura-san!!!
10 FEB 2026 [News]
Our recent work accepted in the Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan is featured as a Selected Paper.
Congratulations, Shen-san!!!
28 JAN 2026 [Patents]
Our applied patent has been registered in Europe.
Congratulations, Nakakubo-san (NARO)!!!
18 NOV 2025 [Press Release]
NIMS Press Release: Successful Visualization of the Odor Discrimination Process in an AI-Assisted Olfactory Sensor
—Guides the Design of Optimal Receptor Materials for Specific Odorant Molecules—

Recent Publications

28 SEP 2026 Accepted / 29 SEP 2026 Available online

Odor-based real-time detection of maize plants under attack by pests: proof of concept
M. Mamin, C. C. M. Arce, G. Röder, A. Kanagendran, T. Degen, E. Defossez, S. Rasmann, T. Akiyama, K. Minami, G. Yoshikawa, F. Lopez-Hilfiker, P. Bansal, L. Cappellin, Y. Li, and T. C. J. Turlings*
Smart Agricultural Technology 2026, 15, 102604.
DOI: 10.1016/j.atech.2026.102604 [Elsevier]

(bioRxiv: 10.1101/2024.07.29.605549)
Open-access Journal [PDF]

03 SEP 2025 Accepted / 19 OCT 2025 Available online

Reproducible DNA Thin Films Prepared by Laser Molecular Beam Deposition for Water Detection.
X. Shen,* T. Murata, S. Liu, K. Minami, G. Yoshikawa, N. Matsuki,* and K. Ariga*
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 2025, 98, uoaf098.
DOI: 10.1093/bulcsj/uoaf098 [CSJ]

18 AUG 2025 Accepted / 08 SEP 2025 Available online

Harnessing Explainable AI to Explore Structure–Activity Relationships in Artificial Olfaction.
Y. Fukui, K. Minami,* G. Yoshikawa, K. Tsuda, R. Tamura*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2025, 17, 52728-52737.
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c13990 [ACS]

Featured in the Inside Cover.
Press Release: NIMS (JP, EN)
Highlighted in Tii Gijutsu Joho (Tii技術情報; 11 SEP 2025) [online]; Kankyo Tenbohdai (環境展望台; 11 SEP 2025) [online]
Open-access article [PDF]

14 AUG 2025 Accepted / 27 AUG 2025 Available online

An Analytical Model of Sorption-Induced Static Mode Nanomechanical Sensing for Multicomponent Analytes.
K. Minami* and G. Yoshikawa*
Analytical Chemistry 2025, 97, 19306–19312.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5c03397 [ACS]

arXiv 10.48550/arXiv.2501.03597
Open-access article [PDF]

14 MAY 2025 Accepted / 28 MAY 2025 Available online

Molecular Nanoarchitectonic Sensing Layer for Analysis of Volatile Fatty Acids in Bioreactor Headspaces Using a Nanomechanical Sensor.
S. Maji, J. Hynek, K. Nakada, A. Hori, K. Minami, J. Labuta, M. K. Chahal, D. T. Payne, G. J. Richards, L. K. Shrestha, K. Ariga, Y. Yamauchi, G. Yoshikawa, and J. P. Hill*
Advanced Materials Technologies 2025, 10, e00294.
DOI: 10.1002/admt.202500294

Open-access article [PDF]

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