Kosuke Minami, Ph. D.
Principal Researcher
Olfactory Sensors Group
Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Kosuke Minami, Ph. D.
Principal Researcher
Olfactory Sensors Group
Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
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
09 SEP 2025 [Publications] NEW!!!
Our recent work on exploring structure–activity relationship in artificial olfaction by explainable AI has been accepted in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and is now available online.
Congratulations, Fukui-san!!!!
03 SEP 2025 [Publications] NEW!!!
Our recent work on DNA-thin film-based MSS has been accepted in the Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan.
Congratulations, Shen-san!!!
28 AUG 2025 [Publications] NEW!!!
Our recent work on the analytical model for multicomponent analytes has been accepted in Analytical Chemistry and is now available online.
31 JUL 2025 [Patents] NEW!
Our applied patent has been registered in the EU.
10 JUN 2025 [Publications]
Our recent work on the analytical modeling of humidity effects in nanomechanical sensing has been accepted in Physical Review E and is now available online.
Congratulations, Feng-san!!!
29 MAY 2025 [Publications]
Our recent work on volatile fatty acid detection using nanomechanical sensors has been accepted in Advanced Materials Technologies and is now available online.
Congratulations, Maji-san!!!
22 APR 2025 [Publications]
Our recent work on peptide gas sensors for distinguishing odd-even effects has been accepted in Applied Physics Letters and is now available online.
Congratulations, Ngo-san!!!
11 APR 2025 [News]
Our recent work on peptide gas sensors accepted in Advanced Sensor Research is featured as a Cover Picture.
08 APR 2025 [Awards]
K. Minami has received The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of MEXT, The Young Scientists' Award.
01 APR 2025 [News]
K. Minami has been promoted to Principal Researcher.
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, accepted.
DOI: TBA [CSJ]
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, in press.
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c13990 [ACS]
Press Release: NIMS (JP)
Open-access article [PDF]
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]
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, in press.
DOI: 10.1002/admt.202500294
Open-access article [PDF]
Analytical Modeling and decoupling of humidity effects in nanomechanical sensing based on sorption kinetics and viscoelastic stress relaxation
M.-Q. Feng, K. Minami,* Y. Zhou, G. Yoshikawa*
Physical Review E 2024, 111, 065407.
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.111.065407
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