Kosuke Minami, Ph. D.
Senior Researcher
Olfactory Sensors Group
Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
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POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE: Olfactory Sensors Group welcomes outstanding postdoctoral applications from talented, motivated individuals in the field of materials science and sensors. Respond with a CV and a brief statement describing your expertise and interests to us.
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!!!
07 MAY 2024 [News] NEW!!!
Takehiro Kuramochi joined our group as an internship student.25 APR 2024 [News] NEW!!!
K. Minami had a talk at 2024 Japan-Taiwan Nano Materials and Nanomedicine Workshop.18 APR 2024 [Publications] NEW!!!
Our recent work on the Bayesian optimization for one-pot auto-blending through odor has been accepted in Digital Discovery and is now available online.
Congratulations, Fukui-san!!!27 FEB 2024 [Publications]
Our recent work on audible sensing of low-concentration has been accepted in Sensors and Actuators A: Physical and is now available online.
Congratulations, Yildirim-san!!!26 FEB 2024 [Publications]
Our recent work on lung cancer detection by nanomechanical sensor array has been accepted in Lung Cancer and is available online.
Congratulations, Saeki-san!!!14 FEB 2024 [Publications]
Our recent work on sorption kinetic parameters for gas identification has been accepted in ACS Sensors and is now available online.
Thank all co-authors!!!25 JAN 2024 [Patents]
Our applied patent has been registered in Europe (EP 3 812 740).25 JAN 2024 [Patents]
Our applied patent has been registered in the USA (US 11 879 863).21 JAN 2024 [Publications]
Our recent work on cell scaffolds at the ionic liquid interface has been accepted in Advanced Materials and is now available online.
Congratulations, Ueki-san!!!04 JAN 2024 [Patents]
Our applied patent has been registered in Europe (EP 3 889 577).
Recent Publications
03 APR 2024 Accepted / 16 APR 2024 Available online
Automated odor blending with one-pot Bayesian optimization
Y. Fukui, K. Minami,* K. Shiba, G. Yoshikawa, K. Tsuda, and R. Tamura*
Digital Discovery 2024, in press.
DOI: 10.1039/D3DD00215B
Open-access journal
24 FEB 2024 Accepted / 27 FEB 2024 Available online
Audible sensing of low-ppm concentration gases.
T. Yildirim,* M.-Q. Feng, K. Shiba, K. Minami, and G. Yoshikawa*
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 2024, 370, 115215.
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2024.115215
24 FEB 2024 Accepted / 25 FEB 2024 Available online
Lung Cancer Detection in Perioperative Patients' Exhaled Breath with Nanomechanical Sensor Array
Y. Saeki, N. Maki, T. Nemoto, K. Inada, K. Minami, R. Tamura, G. Imamura, Y. Cho-Isoda, S. Kitazawa, H. Kojima, G. Yoshikawa, and Y. Sato*
Lung Cancer 2024, 190, 107514.
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2024.107514
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Press Release: NIMS (jp); University of Tsukuba (jp)
23 JAN 2024 Accepted / 13 FEB 2024 Available online
Sorption Kinetic Parameters from Nanomechanical Sensing for Discrimination of 2-Nonenal from Saturated Aldehydes.
K. Minami,†* Y. Zhou,† G. Imamura, K. Shiba, and G. Yoshikawa* († Equally contributions)
ACS Sensors 2024, 9, 689–698.
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.3c01888
15 JAN 2024 Accepted / 17 JAN 2024 Available online
Ionic Liquid Interface as a Cell Scaffold.
T. Ueki,* K. Uto, S. Yamamoto, R. Tamate, Y. Kamiyama, X. Jia, H. Noguchi, K. Minami, K. Ariga, H. Wang, and J. Nakanishi*
Advanced Materials 2024, 36, 2310105.
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202310105
Open-access article [PDF]
Press Release: NIMS (jp)
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