My Collaborators
Olfactory Sensors Group, NIMS
19. Automated odor blending with one-pot Bayesian optimization
Y. Fukui, K. Minami,* K. Shiba, G. Yoshikawa, K. Tsuda, and R. Tamura*
Digit. Discov. 2024, accepted.
DOI: 10.1039/D3DD00215B [RSC]
Open-access journal
18. Audible sensing of low-ppm concentration gases.
T. Yildirim,* M.-Q. Feng, K. Shiba, K. Minami, and G. Yoshikawa*
Sens. Actuators A: Phys. 2024, 370, 115215.
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2024.115215 [Elsevier]
17. 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 Sens. 2024, 9, 689–698.
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.3c01888 [ACS]
16. Tailoring stresses in piezoresistive microcantilevers for enhanced surface stress sensing: insights from topology optimization
C. Zhuang,* K. Minami, K. Shiba, and G. Yoshikawa*
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 2024, 63, 015005.
DOI: 10.35848/1347-4065/ad1939 [JSAP] (arXiv:2308.11143; 10.48550/arXiv.2308.11143)
15. Topology optimization for piezoresistive nanomechanical surface stress sensors in anisotropic <111> orientations.
C. Zhuang,* K. Minami, K. Shiba, and G. Yoshikawa*
Nano Express 2023, 4, 035007. [IOP]
DOI: 10.1088/2632-959X/acef44
Open-access journal
14. Pattern Recognition Using Chemical Sensor for Identification of Solid Materials by Responses to Multiple Probe Gases.
K. Minami,* K. Shiba, and G. Yoshikawa
IEEE Sens. Lett. 2023, 7, 4502404. [IEEE]
DOI: 10.1109/LSENS.2023.3300802
13. A portable audible-range acoustical approach for determining headspace vapour-phase properties
T. Yildirim,* M.-Q. Feng, K. Shiba, K. Minami, and G. Yoshikawa*
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 2023, 358, 114438. [Elsevier]
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2023.114438 [Elsevier] (SSNR, 10.2139/ssrn.4403283)
12. Linear Stiffness Tuning in MEMS Devices via Prestress Introduced by TiN Thin Films
C. Zhuang,* K. Minami, K. Shiba, G. Yoshikawa*
ACS Appl. Eng. Mater. 2023, 1, 1213–1219.
DOI: 10.1021/acsaenm.3c00034 [ACS]
11. Dual domain acoustic olfactory sensor.
T. Yildirim,* M.-Q. Feng, T. A. Ngo, K. Shiba, K. Minami, and G. Yoshikawa*
Sens. Actuators A: Phys. 2023, 350, 114102.
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2022.114102 [Elsevier]
10. Visualization of flow-induced strain using structural color in channel-free PDMS devices.
K. Shiba,* C. Zhuang, K. Minami, G. Imamura, R. Tamura, S. Samitsu, T. Idei, G. Yoshikawa, L. Sun, and D. A. Weitz*
Adv. Sci. 2023, 10, 2204310.
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202204310 [Wiley]
Press Release: NIMS (jp, en)
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Open-access journal [PDF]
9. Quasi-primary odor determination by endpoint detection.
H. Xu, K. Kitai, K. Minami, M. Nakatsu, G. Yoshikawa, K. Tsuda, K. Shiba,* and R. Tamura*
Sci. Rep. 2021, 11, 1207.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91210-6
Press Release: NIMS (jp, en)
Highlighted in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (日刊工業新聞; 25 JUN 2021); Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun (日経産業新聞; 25 JUN 2021, 30 AUG 2021); Yomiuri Shimbun (読売新聞; 30 JUN 2021); Live News It! (TV program, FNN; 1 JUL 2021); Yomiuri Shimbun Kyoto division (読売新聞 京都版; 6 AUG 2021); Kodomo no Kagaku (子供の科学; 10 AUG 2021); milsil 2021, 5, 33; Nihon Keizai Shimbun (日本経済新聞; 9 SEP 2021); Kagaku (化学, Kagaku Dojin (化学同人); 1 OCT 2021); Asahi Shimbun (朝日新聞; 21 OCT 2021).
Open-access journal [PDF]
8. Sorption-induced static mode nanomechanical sensing with viscoelastic receptor layers for multistep injection-purge cycles.
K. Minami,* K. Shiba, and G. Yoshikawa
J. Appl. Phys. 2021, 129, 124503.
DOI: 10.1063/5.0039045
Open-access article [PDF]
7. 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]
6. Graphene oxide as a sensing material for gas detection based on nanomechanical sensors in the static mode.
G. Imamura,* K. Minami, K. Shiba, K. Mistry, K. P. Musselman, M. Yavuz, G. Yoshikawa, K. Saiki, and S. Obata
Chemosensors 2020, 8, 82.
DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors8030082
Selected as Editor’s Choice Articles of 2020.
Open-access journal
5. Strain-based chemical sensing using metal-organic framework nanoparticles.
H. H.-M. Yeung,* G. Yoshikawa, K. Minami, and K. Shiba*
J. Mater. Chem. A 2020, 8, 18007–18014.
DOI: 10.1039/d0ta07248f (ChemRxiv, 10.26434/chemrxiv.12097683.v2)
Themed collections: Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigators
Themed collections: Recent Open Access Articles
Open-access article [PDF]
4. Pattern recognition of solid materials by multiple probe gases.
K. Minami,* G. Imamura, T. Nemoto, K. Shiba, and G. Yoshikawa
Mater. Horiz. 2019, 6, 580–586.
DOI: 10.1039/c8mh01169a
Open-access article [PDF]
3. Functional Nanoparticles-Coated Nanomechanical Sensor Arrays for Machine Learning-Based Quantitative Odor Analysis.
K. Shiba,* R. Tamura,* T. Sugiyama, Y. Kameyama, K. Koda, E. Sakon, K. Minami, H. T. Ngo, G. Imamura, K. Tsuda, and G. Yoshikawa
ACS Sens. 2018, 3, 1592–1600.
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.8b00450
Open-access article [PDF]
2. Discrimination of structurally similar odorous molecules with various concentrations by a nanomechanical sensor.
K. Minami,* K. Shiba, and G. Yoshikawa*
Anal. Methods 2018, 10, 3720–3726.
DOI: 10.1039/C8AY01224E
1. Effects of Center Metals in Porphines on Nanomechanical Gas Sensing.
H. T. Ngo,* K. Minami, G. Imamura,* K. Shiba, and G. Yoshikawa
Sensors 2018, 18, 1640.
DOI: 10.3390/s18051640
Special Issue: Artificial Olfaction and Taste
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