My Collaborators
Supermolecules Group, NIMS & The University of Tokyo
17. 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*
Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2310105.
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202310105 [Wiley]
16. Nanometer-Flat DNA-Featured Thin Films Prepared via Laser Molecular Beam Deposition under High-Vacuum for Selective Methanol Sensing.
T. Murata,* K. Minami, T. Yamazaki, T. Satoh, H. Koinuma, K. Ariga,* and N. Matsuki*
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2022, 96, 29–34.
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20220303 [CSJ]
Received the BCSJ Award
Featured in the Cover Picture of the issue
Open-access article [PDF]
15. Detection of trace amount of water in organic solvents by DNA-based nanomechanical sensors.
T. Murata, K. Minami,* T. Yamazaki, G. Yoshikawa, and K. Ariga*
Biosensors 2022, 12, 1103.
DOI: 10.3390/bios12121103 [MDPI]
NIMS Hot Article: jp, en
Special Issue: Nanomechanical Sensors for Gas Detection
Open-access journal
14. Discrimination of Methanol from Ethanol in Gasoline Using Membrane-Type Surface Stress Sensor Coated with Copper(I) Complex.
M. Nishikawa,* T. Murata, S. Ishihara, K. Shiba, L. K. Shrestha, G. Yoshikawa,* K. Minami,* and K. Ariga*
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2021, 94, 648–654.
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20200347
Selected as Selected Paper & Issue Inside Cover of the journal
Special issued article: Frontiers of Molecular Science.
Open-access article [PDF]
13. Large-Area Aligned Fullerene Nanocrystal Scaffolds as Culture Substrates for Enhancing Mesenchymal Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Multipotency.
J. Song, X. Jia,* K. Minami, J. P. Hill, J. Nakanishi, L. K. Shrestha, and K. Ariga*
ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2020, 3, 6497–6506.
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.0c00973
Selected as ACS Editors’ Choice.
12. Adaptive Liquid Interfacially Assembled Protein Nanosheets for Guiding Mesenchymal Stem Cell Fate.
X. Jia*, K. Minami, K. Uto, A. C. Chang, J. P. Hill, J. Nakanishi,* and K. Ariga*
Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 1905942.
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201905942 [Wiley]
Press Release: NIMS (jp, en)
Highlighted in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (日刊工業新聞); Kagaku Shimbun (科学新聞); MONOist; Kagaku Kogyo Nippo (化学工業日報).
11. Modulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Mechanosensing at Fluid Interfaces by Tailored Self-Assembled Protein Monolayers.
X. Jia,* K. Minami, K. Uto, A. C. Chang, J. P. Hill, T. Ueki, J. Nakanishi,* and K. Ariga*
Small 2019, 15, 1804640.
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201804640
Highlighted in NEWS Medical Life Sciences.
10. Conformation Manipulation and Motion of a Double Paddle Molecule on an Au(111) Surface.
W.-H. Soe,* Y. Shirai, C. Durand, Y. Yonamine, K. Minami, X. Bouju, M. Kolmer, K. Ariga, C. Joachim, and W. Nakanishi*
ACS Nano 2017, 11, 10357–10365.
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b05314
Press Release: NIMS (jp, en)
A part of projects for Molecular Car Race as Japan Team
9. Suppression of Myogenic Differentiation of Mammalian Cells Caused by Fluidity of a Liquid–Liquid Interface.
K. Minami,* T. Mori, W. Nakanishi, N. Shigi, J. Nakanishi, J. P. Hill, M. Komiyama, and K. Ariga*
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 30553–30560.
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b11445
8. Intentional Closing/Opening of ‘Hole–in–Cube’ Fullerene Crystals with Microscopic Recognition Properties.
P. Bairi, K. Minami, J. P. Hill, K. Ariga,* and L. K. Shrestha*
ACS Nano 2017, 11, 7790–7796.
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b01569
Press release: NIMS (jp)
Highlighted in Nihon Keizai Shimbun (日本経済新聞), Mynavi News, niconico News.
7. Supramolecular Differentiation of Constructing Anisotropic Fullerene Nanostructures by Time-Programmed Control of Interfacial Growth.
P. Bairi,† K. Minami,†,* J. P. Hill, W. Nakanishi, L. K. Shrestha,* C. Liu, K. Harano, E. Nakamura, and K. Ariga*
ACS Nano 2016, 10, 8796–8802.
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b04535
† Equally contributions
6. Hierarchically Structured Fullerene C70 Cube for Sensing Volatile Aromatic Solvent Vapors.
P. Bairi, K. Minami, W. Nakanishi, J. P. Hill, K. Ariga,* and L. K. Shrestha*
ACS Nano 2016, 10, 6631–6637.
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b01544
5. Supramolecular 1-D polymerization of DNA origami through a dynamic process at the 2-dimensionally confined air–water interface.
Y. Yonamine,* K. Cervante-Salguero, K. Minami, I. Kawamoto, W. Nakanishi, J. P. Hill, S. Murata,* and K. Ariga*
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 12576–12581.
DOI: 10.1039/c6cp01586g
4. In situ 2D-extraction of DNA wheels by 3D through-solution transport.
Y. Yonamine,* K. Cervante-Salguero,* W. Nakanishi,* I. Kawamoto, K. Minami, H. Komatsu, S. Murata,* J. P. Hill, and K. Ariga*
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 32122–32125.
DOI: 10.1039/c5cp05765e
3. Vortex-Aligned Fullerene Nanowhiskers as a Scaffold for Orienting Cell Growth.
V. Krishnan, Y. Kasuya, Q. Ji,* M. Sathish, L. K. Shrestha,* S. Ishihara, K. Minami, H. Morita, T. Yamazaki, N. Hanagata,* K. Miyazawa, S. Acharya, W. Nakanishi, J. P. Hill, and K. Ariga*
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7, 15667–15673.
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04811
2. Highly Ordered 1D Fullerene Crystals for Concurrent Control of Cellular Orientation and Differentiation Towards Large-Scale Tissue-Engineering.
K. Minami,* Y. Kasuya, T. Yamazaki, Q. Ji, W. Nakanishi, J. P. Hill, H. Sakai, and K. Ariga*
Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 4020–4026.
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201501690
Press release: NIMS (jp)
Highlighted in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Kagaku Shimbun, Security Online News, Zaikei Shimbun, and Korean Industrial Chemistry News (KSIEC).
1. Dimensionally Integrated Nanoarchitectonics for Novel Composite from 0D, 1D, and 2D Nanomaterials: RGO/CNT/CeO2 Ternary Nanocomposite with Electrochemical Performance.
R. Rajendran, L. K. Shrestha,* K. Minami, M. Subramanian, R. Jayavel, and K. Ariga
J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 18480–18487.
DOI: 10.1039/c4ta03996c
