Center for Basic Research on Materials, NIMS & The University of Tokyo
7. Harnessing Explainable AI to Explore Structure–Activity Relationships in Artificial Olfaction.
Y. Fukui, K. Minami,* G. Yoshikawa, K. Tsuda, R. Tamura*
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2025, 17, 52728–52737.
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c13990 [ACS]
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Press Release: NIMS (JP)
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6. 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
5. 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 [Elsevier]
4. 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]
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3. Statistical Evaluation of Total Expiratory Breath Samples Collected Throughout a Year: Reproducibility and Applicability Toward Olfactory Sensor-Based Breath Diagnostics.
K. Inada, H. Kojima, Y. Cho-Isoda, R. Tamura, G. Imamura, K. Minami, T. Nemoto, and G. Yoshikawa*
Sensors 2021, 21, 4742.
DOI: 10.3390/s21144742
Open-access journal
2. 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
1. 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 Sen. 2018, 3, 1592–1600.
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.8b00450
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