Tokyo Tech
Laboratory for
Chem. and Life Sci.
Department of
Materials Science
and Engineering

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Yuya Tanaka
Assistant Professor

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 Affiliation & Address
 
Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science
Institute of Innovative Research
Tokyo Institute of Technology

Address:R1-28, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
Phone:+81-45-924-5229 Fax:+81-45-924-5230
E-mail:ytanaka@res.titech.ac.jp

 
 Profile  
 


(B. 1983.3.12)
2005.3 B.S. Tokyo Institute of Technology                
2007.3 M.S. Tokyo Institute of Technology
2010.3 Ph.D. Tokyo Institute of Technology
(2007.9ー2008.3 Universite de Rennes 1)
(2008.4ー2010.3 JSPS Fellow DC2)
2010.6-2012.3 Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Hong Kong
2012.4-2012.12 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2013.1-present Assistant Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Awards
2019 Young Scholar Lecture Award (Chemical Society of Japan)
2019 Education Award for Department of Engineering of Tokyo Tech (Tokyo Tech)
2020 Tokyo Tech Research Award (Tokyo Tech)
2021 Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
2022 Young Scientist Award (MEXT)
2022 Nanoscale Horizon Award (The Society of Nano Science and Technology)
2022 Young Scientist Award for Organic Electrochemistry (The Electrochemical Society of Japan)
2023 Seiichi Tejima Research Awards for Young Scientist (Tokyo Tech)

 
 Recent Publication
 
  • Y. Hashimoto, Y. Katagiri, Y. Tanaka,* M. Yoshizawa*
    Solution-state Mechanochromic Luminescence of Pt(II)-complexes Displayed within Micellar Aromatic Capsules
    Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, in press.

  • H. Suzuki, Y. Akiyama, M. Yamashina,* Y. Tanaka, S. Toyota*
    Transformation of Highly Hydrophobic Triarylphosphines into Amphiphiles via Staudinger Reaction with Hydrophilic Trichlorophenyl Azide
    Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202303017 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303017).
  • K. Toyama, Y. Tanaka,* M. Yoshizawa*
    A Redox-Responsive Ferrocene-based Capsule Displaying Unusual Encapsulation-Induced Charge-Transfer Interactions
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202308331 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202308331).

  • Y. Tanaka*
    Metal Complex Molecular Junctions as Thermoelectric Devices
    Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202300472 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300472).

  • Y. Tanaka,* Y. Bae, F. Ogasawara, K. Suzuki, S. Kobayashi, S. Kaneko,* S. Fujii, T. Nishino, M. Akita*
    Molecule-Electrode Interfaces Controlled by Bulky Long-Legged Ligands in Organometallic Molecular Wires
    Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 10, 2202464 (DOI: 10.1002/admi.202202464).

  • M. Osawa,* S. Soma, H. Kobayashi, Y. Tanaka, M. Hoshino
    Near-white Light Emission from Single Crystals of Cationic Dinuclear Gold(I) Complexes with Bridged Diphosphine Ligands
    Dalton Trans. 2023, 52, 2956-2965 (DOI: 10.1039/D2DT03785H).

  • S. Park, J. Jang, Y. Tanaka,* H. J. Yoon*
    High Seebeck Coefficient Achieved by Multinuclear Organometallic Molecular Junctions
    Nano Lett. 2022, 22, 9693-9699 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c03974).

  • H. Wagata,* N. Shioiri, Y. Tanaka, R. Yokogawa, A. Ogura
    Non-Seed Chemical Bath Deposition of ZnO Films in a Rotating Continuous Flow Reactor with Various Carboxylic Acids and Their Application to Transparent Conductive Films
    CrystEngComm 2022, 24, 8294-8302 (DOI: 10.1039/D2CE01136K).

  • Y. Tanaka,* A. Okamoto, S. Fujii, T. Nishino, M. Akita*
    A Metal Alkynyl Molecular Wire with PN ligands: Synthesis, Isomerization, Physical Properties and Single-Molecule Conductance
    Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2022, 544, 121211.(DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2022.121211)
    Invited paper dedicated to Professor Bruce King.
  • N. Kishida, Y. Y. Tanaka, Yoshizawa*
    CH-π Multi-Interaction-Driven Recognition and Isolation of Planar Compounds in a Spheroidal Polyaromatic Cavity
    Chem. Eur. J., 2022, 28, e202202075.(DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202075)

    Y. Tanaka,* R. Kawano, M. Akita*
    Acene Size-Dependent Transition of The Radical Centers From the Metal to The Acene Parts In Monocationic Dinuclear (Diethynylacene)diyl Complexes
    Chem. Eur. J., 2022, 28, e202201358.(DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201358)

  • M. Akita,* Y. Tanaka
    Carbon-rich Organometallics: Application to Molecular Electronics
    Coord. Chem. Rev., 2022, 461, 214501.(DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214501)
    Invited review to the special Issue “Current Coordination Chemistry in Japan”

  • Y. Tanaka,†* H. Takahashi,† M. Akita,*
    Estimation of Electron Distribution over Dinuclear Organometallic Molecular Wires by “IR Tag” Analysis of Ancillary Acyl-Cp Ligands
    ACS Org. Inorg. Au, 2022, 2, 327-342.(DOI: 10.1021/acsorginorgau.2c00005)

  • Y. Tanaka,†* N. Morozumi,† T. Ohto, S. Kaneko, Y. Naitoh, H. Tada, T. Nishino, M. Akita,*
    Modular Redox Switching of Dinuclear Organometallic Molecular Junctions
    ChemRxiv, 2022 (DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-xfrpb).
    † Equal contributions

  • M. Yuasa, R. Sumida, Y. Tanaka, M. Yoshizawa*
    Selective Encapsulation and Unusual Stabilization of cis-Isomers by a Spherical Polyaromatic Cavity
    Chem. Eur. J., 2022, 28, e202104101. (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202104101)

  • H. Wagata,* G. Harada, E. Nakashima, M. Asaga, T. Watanabe, Y. Tanaka, M. Tada, K. Yubuta
    Formation of Double-Cone-Shaped ZnO Mesocrystals by Addition of Ethylene Glycol to ZnO Dissolved Choline Chloride-Urea Deep Eutectic Solvents and Observation of Their Manners of Growth
    CrystEngComm, 2021, 23, 8367-8378.(DOI: 10.1039/D1CE01049B)

  • H. Komatsuzaki,* K. Ohira, S. Tadokoro, Y. Yamasaki, H. Oouchi, M. Satoh, T. Agou, Y. Tanaka, M. Akita, J. Nakazawa, S. Hikichi
    Synthesis, structural characterization, and reactivity of a dinuclear cobalt(II) (μ-hydroxo) (μ-pyrazolato) complex based on a hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate ligand
    Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2021, 570, 120533.(DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2021.120533)

  • S. Ogawa, S. Chattopadhyay, Y. Tanaka,* T. Ohto, T. Tada, H. Tada, S. Fujii, T. Nishino, M. Akita*
    Control of Dominant Conduction Orbitals by Peripheral Substituents in Paddle-Wheel Diruthenium Alkynyl Molecular Junctions
    Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 10871-10877.(DOI: 10.1039/D1SC02407H)

  • L. Catti, H. Narita, Y. Tanaka, H. Sakai,* T. Hasobe, N. V. Tkachenko,* M. Yoshizawa*
    Supramolecular Singlet Fission of Pentacene Dimers within Polyaromatic Capsules
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 9361-9367.

  • R. Sumida, Y. Tanaka, K. Niki, Y. Sei, S. Toyota, M. Yoshizawa*
    Cyclic Monoterpenes Trapped in a Polyaromatic Capsule: Unusual Selectivity, Isomerization, and Volatility Suppression
    Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 9946-9951.

  • A. Yashiro, Y. Tanaka,* T. Tada, S. Fujii, T. Nishino, M. Akita*
    Organometallic Molecular Wires with Thioacetylene Backbones, trans-{RS-(C≡C)n}2Ru(phosphine)4: High Conductance Through Non-Aromatic Bridging Linkers
    Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 9666-9673.

  • Y. Tanaka,* Y. Kato, K Sugimoto., R. Kawano, T. Tada, S. Fujii, M. Kiguchi, M. Akita*
    Single-Molecule Junction of Multinuclear Organometallic Wires: Long-Range Carrier Transport Brought About by Metal-Metal Interaction
    Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 4338-4344 (DOI: 10.1039/D0SC06613C).
    Selected as a back cover art.

  • K. Mishiba,* Y. Tanaka,* M. Akita*
    Dimesitylborylethynylated Arenes: Unique Electronic and Photophysical Properties Caused by Ethynediyl (C≡C) Spacers
    Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 5432-5438 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004744).
    Selected as an inside cover art.

  • M. Osawa,* S. Soma, M. Hoshino, Y. Tanaka, M. Akita
    Photoluminescent properties and molecular structures of dinuclear gold(I) complexes with bridged diphosphine ligands: near-unity phosphorescence from 3XMMCT/3MC
    Dalton. Trans. 2020, 49, 15204-15212.

  • Y. Tanaka,* K. Ohmura, S. Fujii, T. Tada, M. Kiguchi, M. Akita*
    Single-Molecule Junction of a Cationic Rh(III) Polyyne Molecular Wire
    Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 13254-13261.
    Selected as a supprementary cover art.

  • N. Kishida, K. Matsumoto, Y. Tanaka, M. Akita, H. Sakurai, M. Yoshizawa*
    Anisotropic Contraction of a Polyaromatic Capsule and its Cavity-induced Compression Effect
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 9599-9603.

  • H. Dobashi, L. Catti, Y. Tanaka, M. Akita, M. Yoshizawa*
    N-Doping of Polyaromatic Capsules: Small Cavity Modification Leads to Large Change in Host-Guest Interactions
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 11881-11885.

  • Y. Matsushita, R. Ochi, Y. Tanaka, T. Koike,* M. Akita*
    Energy transfer-driven regioselective synthesis of functionalized phenanthridines by visible-light Ir photocatalysis
    Org. Chem. Front., 2020, 7, 1243-1248.
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