研究成果

2024

4.　 Mechanochemical synthesis, structure, and ionic conductivity of K2NaYCl6 and KNa2YCl6.
H. B. Yahia, K. Motohashi, H. Ishibashi, Y. Kubota, A. Kosuga, A. Sakuda, and A. Hayashi
J. Phys. Chem. C 128, 8900-8910, (2024)
3.　 On the structural and vibrational properties of the solid endohedral metallofullerene Li@C60.
M. Vrankić, T. Nakagawa, M. Menelaou, Y. Takabayashi, N. Yoshikane, K. Matsui, K. Kokubo, K. Kato, S. Kawaguchi-Imada, H. Kadobayashi, J. Arvanitidis, Y. Kubota, K. Prassides
Inorganics 12, 99, (2024)
2.　 RuIn Solid-Solution Alloy Nanoparticles with Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activity.
X. Zhou, M. Mukoyoshi, K. Kusada, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, Y. Murakami, T. Ina, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and H. Kitagawa
ACS Mater. Lett. 6, 353-359, (2024)
1.　 Denary High-Entropy Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized by a Continuous Supercritical Hydrothermal Flow Process.
S. Hanabata, K. Kusada, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, Y. Nishida, M. Haneda, and H. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 181-186, (2024)

2023

14.　 Molybdenum–Ruthenium–Carbon Solid-Solution Alloy Nanoparti-cles: Can They Be Pseudo-Technetium Carbide?
S. Okazoe, K. Kusada, Y. Yoshida, M. Maesato, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, Y. Nanba, S. M. Aspera, M. Koyama, and H. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 24005-24011, (2023)
13.　 Growth mechanisms and anisotropic softness-dependent conductivity of orientation-controllable metal-organic framework nanofilms.
M. Yao, K. Otake, T. Koganezawa, M. Ogasawara, H. Asakawa, M. Tsujimoto, Z. Xue, Y. Li, N. C. Flanders, P. Wang, Y. Gu, T. Honma, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and S. Kitagawa
PNAS 120, e2305125120, (2023)
12.　 Irreversible Structural Phase Transition in [(9-triptycylammonium)([18]crown-6)][Ni(dmit)2]: Origin and Effects on Electrical and Magnetic Properties.
J. Manabe, N. Sako, M. Ito, M. Fujibayashi, C. Kato, G. Cosquer, K. Inoue, K. Takahashi, T. Nakamura, T. Akutagawa, S. Shimono, H. Ishibashi, Y. Kubota, and S. Nishihara
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 26, e202300449, (2023)
11.　 Crossover sorption of C2H2/CO2 and C2H6/C2H4 in soft porous coordination networks.
M. Shivanna, K. Otake, S. Hiraide, T. Fujikawa, P. Wang, Y. Gu, H. Ashitani, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, M. Miyahara, and S. Kitagawa
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 135, e202308438, (2023)
10.　 CuxRu1-x catalysts for carbon neutralization with CH4 or CO production.
B. Huang, Y. Liu, H. Kobayashi, Z. Tan, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, H. Zheng, and H. Kitagawa
Chem. Catalysis 3, 100705, (2023)
9.　 B2-Structured Indium–Platinum Group Metal high-entropy Intermetallic Nanoparticles.
N. Nakamura, D. Wu, M. Mukoyoshi, K. Kusada, T. Toriyama, T. Yamamoto, S. Matsumura, Y. Murakami, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and H. Kitagawa
Chem. Commun. 59, 9485-9488, (2023)
8.　 Continuous-Flow Chemical Synthesis for Sub-2 nm Ultra-Multielement Alloy Nanoparticles Consisting of Group IV to XV Elements.
H. Minamihara, K. Kusada, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, Y. Murakami, S. Matsumura, L. Kumara, O. Sakata, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, O. Seo, S. Yasuno, and H. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 17136-17142, (2023)
7.　 Soft corrugated channel with synergistic exclusive discrimination gating for CO2 recognition in gas mixture.
Y. Gu, J. Zheng, K. Otake, S. Sakaki, H. Ashitani, Y. Kubota, S. Kawaguchi, M. Yao, P. Wang, F. Li, and S. Kitagawa
Nature Commun. 14, 4245, (2023)
6.　 Integrated Soft Porosity and Electrical Properties of Conductive-on-Insulating Metal-Organic Framework Nanocrystals.
M. Yao, K. Otake, J. Zheng, M. Tsujimoto, Y. Gu, L. Zheng, P. Wang, S. Mohana, M. Bonneau, T. Koganezawa, T. Honma, H. Ashitani, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and S. Kitagawa
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62, e202303903, (2023)
5.　 Nanoscale coexistence of polar-nonpolar domains underlying oxygen storage properties in Ho(Mn,Ti)O3+δ.
H. Nakajima, K. Uchihashi, H. Tsukasaki, D. Morikawa, H. Tanaka, T. Furukawa, K. Kurushima, J. Yamasaki, H. Ishibashi, Y. Kubota, A. Sakuda, A. Hayashi, and S. Mori
Phys. Rev. Research 5, 023203, (2023)
4.　 Structure determination and magnetic studies of triazole chelated Co(II) coordination polymers.
B. Chen, J. Xu, W. Lai, C. Chang, J. Chen, J. Lee, J. Chen, H. Sheu, J. Lee, Y. Kubota, M. Chiang, Y. Kitagawa, Y. Chuang, and I. Hsu
J. Chinese Chem. Soc. 70, 1187-1199, (2023)
3.　 Selective sorption of oxygen and nitrous oxide by an electron donor-incorporated flexible coordination network.
M. Shivanna, J. Zheng, K. G. Ray, S. lto, H. Ashitani, Y. Kubota, S. Kawaguchi, V. Stavila, M. Yao, T. Fujikawa, K. Otake, and S. Kitagawa
Commun. Chem. 6, 62, (2023)
2.　 Time-resolved in-situ X-ray diffraction and crystal structure analysis of porous coordination polymer CPL-1 in CO2 adsorption.
H. Ashitani, S. Kawaguchi, H. Furukawa, H. Ishibashi, K. Otake, S. Kitagawa, and Y. Kubota
J. Solid Stat Chem. 319, 123796(7 pages), (2023)
1.　 Fine Pore-Structure Engineering by Ligand Conformational Control of Naphthalene Diimide-Based Semiconducting Porous Coordination Polymers for Efficient Chemiresistive Gas Sensing.
Z. Xue, J. Zheng, Y. Nishiyama, M. Yao, Y. Aoyama, Z. Fan, P. Wang, T. Kajiwara, Y. Kubota, S. Horike, K. Otake, and S. Kitagawa
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.62, e202215234(5 pages), (2023)

2022

8.　 Continuous-Flow Reactor Synthesis for Homogeneous 1 nm-Sized Extremely Small High-Entropy Alloy Nanoparticles.
H. Minamihara, K. Kusada, D. Wu, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, L. S. R. Kumara, K. Ohara, O. Sakata, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and H. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 11525-11529, (2022)
7.　 Phase diagram and crystal structure of Ti-doped HoMnO3 by high resolution synchrotron powder diffraction.
H. Ishibashi, F. Cubillas, K. Uchihashi, H. Tsukasaki, S. Kawaguchi, T. Ina, F. Brown, N. Kimizuka, S. Mori, and Y. Kubota
J. Solid State Chem. 312, 123273(8 pages), (2022)
6.　 Systematic Tuning of Magnetic Properties in Mixed-Metal MOF-74.
M. Mukoyoshi, M. Maesato, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, K. Cho, Y. Kitagawa, and H. Kitagawa
Inorg. Chem. 61, 7226-7230, (2022)
5.　 Compositional dependence of structures and properties of platinum-group-metal quinary alloy nanoparticles.
Y. Maruta, K. Kusada, D. Wu, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, O. Seo, S. Yasuno, S. Kawaguchi, O. Sakata, Y. Kubota, and H. Kitagawa
Chem. Commun. 58, 6421-6424, (2022)
4.　 Crystal Structure Control of Binary and Ternary Solid-Solution Alloy Nanoparticles with a Face-Centered Cubic or Hexagonal Close-Packed Phase.
Q. Zhang, K. Kusada, D. Wu, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and H. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 4224-4232, (2022)
3.　 Noble-Metal High-Entropy-Alloy Nanoparticles: Atomic-Level Insight into the Electronic Structure.
D. Wu, K. Kusada, Y. Nanba, M. Koyama, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, O. Seo, I, Gueye, J. Kim, L. S. R. Kumara, O. Sakata, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and H. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 3365-3369, (2022)
2.　 Structural phase transitions in cobalt oxyfluoride Co3Sb4O6F4 observed by high-resolution synchrotron and neutron diffraction.
S. Shimono, H. Ishibashi, Y. Nagayoshi, H. Ikeno, S. Kawaguchi, H. Hagihala, S. Torii, T. Kamiyama, K. Ichihashi, S. Nishihara, K. Inoue, Y. Ishii, and Y. Kubota
J. Phys. Chem. Solids 163, 110568(7 pages), (2022)
1.　 Phase Control of Solid-Solution Nanoparticles beyond the Phase Diagram for Enhanced Catalytic Properties.
D. Wu, K. Kusada, S. M. Aspera, H. Nakanishi, Y. Chen, O. Seo, C. Song, J. Kim, S. Hiroi, O. Sakata, T. Yamamoto, S. Matsumura, Y. Nanba, M. Koyama, N. Ogiwara, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and H. Kitagawa
ACS Mater. Au 2, 110-116, (2022)

2021

8.　 A comparative study of honeycomb-like 2D π-conjugated metal-organic framework chemiresistors: conductivity and channels.
M. Yao, P. Wang, Yi. Gu, T. Koganezawa, H. Ashitani, Y. Kubota, Z. Wang, Z. Fan, K. Otake, and S. Kitagawa
Dalton Trans. 50, 13236-13245, (2021) (Hot Articles)
7.　 Fabrication of Integrated Cu-Based Nanoparticles/Amorphous Metal–Organic Framework by Facile Spray-Drying Method: Highly Enhanced CO2 Hydrogenation Activity for Methanol Synthesis.
Y. Mitsuka, N. Ogiwara, M. Mukoyoshi, H. Kitagawa, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, M. Haneda, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and H. Kobayashi
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 60, 22283-22288, (2021) (Hot Paper)
6.　 Xylene Recognition in Flexible Porous Coordination Polymer by Guest-dependent Structural Transition.
P. Wang, T. Kajiwara, K. Otake, M. Yao, H. Ashitani, Y. Kubota, and S. Kitagawa
Appl. Mater. Interfaces 13, 52144-52151, (2021)
5.　 Room-temperature high convergence of electronic bands to achieve superior power factor of thermoelectric GeTe-system.
T. Oku, H. Funashima, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and A. Kosuga
Mater. Today Phys. 20, 100484(11 pages), (2021)

（プレスリリース）　電子構造の精密制御により熱電性能を2倍増大（2021年8月12日）
4.　 Boosting reverse water-gas shift reaction activity of Pt nanoparticles through light doping of W.
D. Kobayashi, H. Kobayashi, K. Kusada, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, M. Haneda, S. M. Aspera, H. Nakanishi, S. Arai, and H. Kitagawa
J. Mater. Chem. A 9, 15613-15617, (2021)
3.　 Ni@onion-like carbon and Co@amorphous carbon by a thermal decomposition of MOF: A control of carbon structures by metal ion species in MOF.
M. Mukoyoshi, H. Kobayashi, K. Kusada, K. Otsubo, M. Maesato, Y. Kubota, T. Yamamoto, S. Matsumura, and H. Kitagawa
Chem. Commun. 57, 5897-5900, (2021)
2.　 Highly Stable and Active Solid-Solution-Alloy Three-Way Catalyst by Utilizing Configurational-Entropy Effect.
K. Kusada, D. Wu, Y. Nanba, M. Koyama, T. Yamamoto, X. Q. Tran, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, A. Ito, K. Sato, K. Nagaoka, O. Seo, C. Song, Y. Chen, N. Palina, L. S. R. Kumara, S. Hiroi, O. Sakata, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and H. Kitagawa
Adv. Mater. 33, 2005206(7 pages), (2021)
1.　 Efficient overall water splitting in acid with anisotropic metal nanosheets.
D. Wu, K. Kusada, S. Yoshioka, T. Yamamoto, T. Tomiyama, S. Matsumura, Y. Chen, O. Seo, J. Kim, C. Song, S. Hiroi, O. Sakata, T. Ina, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, H. Kobayashi, and H Kitagawa
Nature Commun. 12, 1145(9 pages), (2021)

2020

12.　 First Observation of Superconductivity in Molybdenum–Ruthenium-Carbon Alloy Nanoparticles.
S. Okazoe, K. Kusada, Y. Yoshida, M. Maesato, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and H. Kitagawa
Chem. Lett. 50, 596-598, (2021)
11.　 Synthesis of Mo and Ru solid-solution alloy NPs and their hydrogen evolution reaction activity.
S. Okazoe, K. Kusada, D. Wu, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and H. Kitagawa
Chem. Commun. 56, 14475-14478, (2020)
10.　 Magnetizing Lead-Free Halide Double Perovskites.
W. Ning, J. Bao, Y. Puttisong, F. Moro, L. Kobera, S. Shimono, L. Wang, F. Ji, M. Cuartero, S. Kawaguchi, S. Abbrent, H. Ishibashi, R. De Marco, I. A. Bouianova, G. A. Crespo, Y. Kubota, J. Brus, D. Y. Chung, L. Sun, W. M. Chen, M. Kanatzidis, and F. Gao
Sci. Adv. 6, eabb5381(8 pages), (2020)
9.　 Significant Enhancement of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activity by Negatively Charged Pt through Light Doping of W.
D. Kobayashi, H. Kobayashi, D. Wu, S. Okazoe, K. Kusada, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, S. Aspera, H. Nakanishi, S. Arai, and H. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 17250-17254, (2020)
8.　 Gas-Dependent Reversible Structural and Magnetic Transformation between Two Ladder Compounds.
J. Manabe, K. Nishida, X. Zhang, Y. Nakano, M. Fujibayashi, G. Cosquer, K. Inoue, S. Shimono, H. Ishibashi, Y. Kubota, M. Shiga, R. Tsunashima, Y. Tatewaki, and S. Nishihara
Crystals 10, 841(9 pages), (2020)
7.　 Coreduction Methodology for Immiscible Alloy of CuRu Solid-Solution Nanoparticles with High Thermal Stability and Versatile Three-Way Catalytic Ability.
B. Huang, H. Kobayashi, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, Y. Nishida, K. Sato, K. Nagaoka, D. Wu, Q. Zhang, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and H. Kitagawa
Chem. Sci. 11, 11413-11418, (2020)
6.　 On the electronic structure and hydrogen evolution reaction activity of platinum group metal-based high-entropy-alloy nanoparticles.
D. Wu, K. Kusada, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, I. Gueye, O. Seo, J. Kim, S. Hiroi, O. Sakata, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and H. Kitagawa
Chem. Sci. 11, 12731-12736, (2020)
5.　 Platinum-group-metal High-entropy-alloy Nanoparticles.
D. Wu, K. Kusada, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and H. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 13833-13838, (2020)
4.　 Fast continuous measurement of synchrotron powder diffraction synchronized with controlling gas and vapour pressures at beamline BL02B2 of SPring-8.
S. Kawaguchi, M. Takemoto, H. Tanaka, S. Hiraide, K. Sugimoto, and Y. Kubota
J. Synchrotron Rad. 27, 616-624, (2020)
3.　 Stabilization of orthorhombic distortions in Cu-doped and Co-doped ferrimagnetic Mn3O4.
K. H. Lee, I. Y. Hwang, J. Chung, H. Ishibashi, Y. Kubota, S. Kawaguchi, S. Lee, S. Torii, M. Hagihala, and T. Kamiyama
Phys. Rev. B 101, 1085126(7 pages), (2020)
2.　 Discovery of face-centred cubic Os nanoparticles.
T. Wakisaka, K. Kusada, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, G. IBrahima, P. Seo, J. Kim, S. Hiroi, O. Sakata, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and H. Kitagawa
Chem. Commun. 56, 372-374, (2020)
1.　 Rational synthesis method for novel metal carbide.
T. Wakisaka, K. Kusada, D. Wu, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, H. Akiba, O. Yamamuro, K. Ikeda., T. Otomo, N. Mueller, O. Sakata, X. Wei, M. Koyama, Y. Kubota, S. Kawaguchi, R. L. Arevalo1, S. M. Aspera, E. F. Arguelles, H. Nakanishi, and H. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 1247-1253, (2020)

2019

9.　 Strain-induced ε-martensitic transformation and hydrogen embrittlement of SUS304 stainless steel.
M. Hatano, H. Tsukasaki, A. Kawaguchi, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, Y. Ishii, and S. Mori
Phil. Mag. Lett. 99, 404-413, (2019)
8.　 Boundaries of the X phases in Sb-Te and Bi-Te binary alloy systems.
K. Kifune, T. Wakiyama, H. Kanaya, Y. Kubota, N. Yamada, and T. Matsunaga
Crystals 9, 447(10 pages), (2019)
7.　 Magnetic phase diagram and chiral soliton phase of chiral antiferromagnet [NH4][Mn(HCOO)3].
Y. Ichiraku, R. Takeda, S. Shimono, M. Mito, Y. Kubota, K. Inoue, and Y. Kato
J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 88, 097410(10 pages), (2019)
6.　 Glassy anomalies in the lattice heat capacity of a crystalline solid caused by ferroelectric fluctuation.
Y. Ishii, Y. Ouchi, S. Kawaguchi, H. Ishibashi, Y. Kubota, and S. Mori
Phys. Rev. Mater. 3, 084414(5 pages), (2019) ( Editor's Suggestion )
5.　 Solid-solution alloy nanoparticles of a combination of immiscible Au and Ru with a large gap of reduction potential and their enhanced oxygen evolution reaction performance.
Q. Zhang, K. Kusada, D. Wu, N. Ogiwara, T. Yamamoto, T. Tomiyama, S. Matsumura, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, T. Honma and Hiroshi Kitagawa
Chem. Sci. 10, 5133-5137, (2019)
4.　 Selective Ion Exchange in Supramolecular Channels in the Crystalline State.
K. Ichihashi, D. Konno, K. Y. Maryunina, K. Inoue, K. Toyoda, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, Y. Tatewaki, T. Akutagawa, T. Nakamura, and S. Nishihara
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58, 4169-4172, (2019)
3.　 Phase transitions with extremely small tetragonal distortion in substitution systems of CoV2O4 by high-angular-resolution synchrotron powder diffraction.
S. Shimono, H. Ishibashi, S. Kawaguchi, and Y. Kubota
J. Sol. Stat. Chem. 273, 37-44, (2019)
2.　 A CO Adsorption Site Change induced by Copper Substitution in a Ruthenium Catalyst for Enhanced CO Oxidation Activity.
B. Huang, H. Kobayashi, T. Yamamoto, T. Tomiyama, S. Matsumura, Y. Nishida, K. Sato, K. Nagaoka, M. Haneda, W. Xie, Y. Nanba, M. Koyama, F. Wang, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and H Kitagawa
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58, 2230-2235, (2019)
1.　 Emergence of high ORR activity through controlling local density-of-states by alloying immiscible Au and Ir.
K. Kusada, D. Wu, T. Yamamoto, T. Tomiyama, S. Matsumura, W. Xie, M. Koyama, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota and H. Kitagawa
Chem. Sci. 10, 652-656, (2019)

2018

4.　 Mechanochemical synthesis and characterization of metastable hexagonal Li4SnS4 solid electrolyte.
K. Kanazawa, S. Yubuchi, C. Hotehama, M. Otoyama, S. Shimono, H. Ishibashi, Y. Kubota, A. Sakuda, A. Hayashi, and M. Tatsumisago
Inorg. Chem. 57, 9925-9930, (2018)
3.　 The Electronic State of Hydrogen in the α Phase of the Hydrogen-Storage Material PdH(D)x:Does a Chemical Bond Between Palladium and Hydrogen Exist?.
S. Dekura, H. Kobayashi, R. Ikeda, M. Maesato, H. Yoshino, M. Ohba, T. Ishimoto, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, S. Yoshioka, S. Matsumura, T. Sugiyama, and H. Kitagawa
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 57, 9823-9827, (2018)
2.　 Crystal Structure-Dependent Thermal Stability and Catalytic Performance of AuRu3 Solid-Solution Alloy Nanoparticles.
Q. Zhang, K. Kusada, D. Wu, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and H. Kitagawa
Chem. Lett. 47, 559-561, (2018)
1.　 Selective control of fcc and hcp crystal structures in Au–Ru solid-solution alloy nanoparticles.
Q. Zhang, K. Kusada, D. Wu, T. Yamamoto, T. Toriyama, S. Matsumura, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and H. Kitagawa
Nature Commun. 9, 1-9, (2018)

2017

6.　 Small crystal distortion and long-range antiferro-orbital ordering in spinel oxide CoV2O4.
H. Ishibashi, S. Shimono, K. Tomiyasu, S. Lee, S. Kawaguchi, H. Iwane, H. Nakao, S. Torii, T. Kamiyama, and Y. Kubota
Phys. Rev. B 96, 144424(10 pages), (2017)
5.　 High-throughput powder diffraction measurement system consisting of multiple MYTHEN detectors at beamline BL02B2 of SPring-8.
S. Kawaguchi, M. Takemoto, K. Osaka, E. Nishibori, C. Moriyoshi, Y. Kubota, Y. Kuroiwa, and K. Sugimoto
Rev. Sci. Inst. 88, 085111 (2017)
4.　 Discovery of Hexagonal Structured Pd–B Nanocrystals.
K. Kobayashi, H. Kobayashi, M. Maesato, M. Hayashi, T. Yamamoto, S. Yoshioka, S. Matsumura, T. Sugiyama, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, H. Nakanishi, and H. Kitagawa
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56, 6578-6582 (2017)
3.　 Solid-Solution Alloying of Immiscible Ru and Cu with Enhanced CO Oxidation Activity.
B. Huang, H. Kobayashi, T. Yamamoto, S. Matsumura, Y. Nishida, K. Sato, K. Nagaoka, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, and H. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 4643-4646 (2017)
2.　 The Room-Temperature Superionic Conductivity of Silver Iodide Nanoparticles under Pressure.
T. Yamamoto, M. Maesato, N. Hirao, S. Kawaguchi, S. Kawaguchi, Y. Ohishi, Y. Kubota, H. Kobayashi, and H. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 1392-1395 (2017)
1.　 First-Principles Calculation, Synthesis and Catalytic Properties of Rh1-xCux Alloy Nanoparticles.
T. Komatsu, H. Kobayashi, K. Kusada, Y. Kubota, M. Takata, T. Yamamoto, S. Matsumura, K. Sato, K. Nagaoka, and H. Kitagawa
Chem.: A Eur. J. 23, 57-60 (2017) (Hot Paper)

2016

6.　 Giant thermal vibrations in the framework compounds Ba1-xSrxAl2O4
S. Kawaguchi, Y. Ishii, E. Tanaka, H. Tsukasaki, Y. Kubota, and S. Mori
Phys. Rev. B 94, 0054117(6 pages), (2016)
5.　 Presence of ε-martensite as an intermediate phase during the strain-induced transformation of SUS304 stainless steel
M. Hatano, Y. Kubota, T. Shobu, and S. Mori
Phil. Mag. Lett. 96, 220-227, (2016)

（プレスリリース）　世界初！ステンレス鋼の加工時に生成するナノサイズの結晶相を、放射光X線により観測（2016年6月14日）
4.　 Phase transitions and off-stoichiometric effects of vanadium spinel oxide CoV2O4
S. Shimono, H. Ishibashi, S. Kawaguchi, H. Iwane, S. Nishihara, K. Inoue, S. Mori, and Y. Kubota
Mater. Res. Express 3, 066101(10 pages), (2016)
3.　 Suppression of phase transitions at low temperature by chromium substitution in vanadium spinel Fe(V1-xCrx)2O4
S. Kawaguchi, H. Ishibashi, K. Nagami, and Y. Kubota
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 28, 296001(8 pages), (2016)
2.　 An Adsorbate Discriminatory Gate Effect in a Flexible Porous Coordination Polymer for Selective Adsorption of CO2 over C2H2
M. L. Foo, R. Matsuda, Y. Hijikata, R. Krishna, H. Sato, S. Horike, A. Hori, J. Duan, Y. Sato, Y. Kubota, M. Takata, and S. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 3022-3030, (2016)
1.　 Orthorhombic distortion and orbital order in the vanadium spinel FeV2O4
S. Kawaguchi, H. Ishibashi, S. Nishihara, S. Mori, J. Campo, F. Porcher, O. Fabelo, K. Sugimoto, J. Kim, K. Kato, M. Takata, H. Nakao, and Y. Kubota
Phys. Rev. B 93, 024108(9 pages), (2016)

2015

7.　 Formation Phases and Electrical Properties of Ge–Bi–Te Compounds with Homologous Structures
T. Omoto, H. Kanaya, H. Ishibashi, Y. Kubota, K. Kifune, and A. Kosuga
J. Electronic Materials. 45, 1478-1483, (2015)
6.　 Hybrid Materials of Ni NP@MOF prepared by a Simple Synthetic Method
M. Mukoyoshi, H. Kobayashi, K. Kusada, M. Hayashi, T. Yamada, M. Maesato, J. Taylor, Y. Kubota, K. Kato, M. Takata, T. Yamamoto, S. Matsumura, and H. Kitagawa
Chem. Commun. 51, 12463-12466, (2015)
5.　 Structural changes and microstructures of Ba1-xSrxAl2O4 for 0 < x < 0.4
E. Tanaka, Y. Ishii, H. Tsukasaki, S. Mori, M. Osada, H. Taniguchi, Y. Sato, and Y. Kubota
J. Korean Phys. Soc., 66, 1355-1358, (2015)
4.　 Coordination nano-space as stage of hydrogen ortho-para conversion
T. Kosone, A. Hori, E. Nishibori, Y. Kubota, A. Mishima, M. Ohba, H. Tanaka, K. Kato, J. Kim, J. A. Real, and S. Kitagawa
R. Soc. Open Sci. 2, 150006, (2015)

（プレスリリース）　水素の高速核スピン変換のメカニズムを実験的に立証（2015年7月30日）
3.　 Boundaries of the homologous phases in Sb-Te and Bi-Te binary alloy system
K. Kifune, T. Tachizawa, H. Kanaya, Y. Kubota, N. Yamada, and T. Matsunaga
J. Alloy Comp. 645, 382-387, (2015)
2.　 Remarkable Oxygen Intake/Release of BaYMn2O5+δ Viewed from High-Temperature Crystal Structure
T. Motohashi, T. Takahashi, M. Kimura, Y. Masubuchi, S. Kikkawa, Y. Kubota, Y. Kobayashi, H. Kageyama, M. Takata, S. Kitagawa and R. Matsuda
J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 2356-2363, (2015)
1.　 Crystal structure, microstructure, and thermoelectric properties of GeSb6Te10 prepared by spark plasma sintering
A. Kosuga, K. Nakaia, M. Matsuzawa, Y. Fujii, R. Funahashi, T. Tachizawa, Y. Kubota, and K. Kifune
J. Alloy Comp. 618, 463-468, (2015)

2014

11.　 Structural phase transition and microstructures in stuffed tridymite-type compounds; Ba(Al,Fe)2O4
S. Mori, S. Katsumura, T. Ozaki, E. Tanaka, Y. Ishii, K. Kurushima, Y. Kubota, and H. Taniguchi
Ferroelectrics 464, 116-121, (2014)
10.　 Enhanced thermoelectric performance in In-substituted GeSb6Te10 with homologous structure
A. Kosuga, K. Nakai, M. Matsuzawa, Y. Fujii, R. Funahashi, T. Tachizawa, Y. Kubota, and K. Kifune
APL Mater. 2, 086102(7 pages), (2014)
9.　 First in situ NMR Observation of Hydrogen Adsorbed inside Cu3(btc)2 at Ambient Temperature and Pressure
S. Dekura, H. Kobayashi, G. Li, R. Ikeda, Y. Kubota, M. Takata, and H. Kitagawa
Chem. Lett. 43, 1363-1364, (2014)
8.　 An Ordered BCC CuPd Nanoalloy Synthesized via the Thermal Decomposition of Pd Nanoparticles Covered with a metal-Organic Framework under Hydrogen Gas
G. Li, H. Kobayashi, K. Kusada, J. M. Taylor, Y. Kubota, K. Kato, M. Takata, T. Yamamoto, S. Matsumura, and H. Kitagawa
Chem. Commun. 50, 13750-13753, (2014)
7.　 Ferro-to-antiferro orbital variation in vanadium spinel FeV2O4
S. Kawaguchi, H. Ishibashi, J. Kim, and Y. Kubota
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 26, 346001(9 pages), (2014)　Highlighted in Lab Talk
6.　 Shape-Dependent Hydrogen-Storage Properties in Pd Nanocrystals: Which Does Hydrogen Prefer, Octahedron (111) or Cube (100)?
G. Li, H. Kobayashi, S. Dekura, R. Ikeda, Y. Kubota, K. Kato, M. Takata, T. Yamamoto, S. Matsumura, and H. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 10222-10225, (2014)
5.　 Hydrogen storage in Pd nanocrystals covered with a metal–organic framework
G. Li, H. Kobayashi, J. M. Taylor, R. Ikeda, Y. Kubota, K. Kato, M. Takata, T. Yamamoto, S. Toh, S. Matsumura, and H. Kitagawa
Nature Mater. 13, 802-806, (2014)
4.　 Iron Excess Effect in Structural and Magnetic Properties of Vanadium Spinel FeV2O4
S. Kawaguchi, H. Ishibashi, and Y. Kubota
J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 83, 074601(5 pages), (2014)
3.　 Solid Solution Alloy Nanoparticles of Immiscible Pd and Ru Elements Neighboring on Rh: Changeover of the Thermodynamic Behavior for Hydrogen Storage and Enhanced CO-Oxidizing Ability
K. Kusada, H. Kobayashi, R. Ikeda, Y. Kubota, M. Takata, S. Toh, T. Yamamoto, S. Matsumura, N. Sumi, K. Sato, K. Nagaoka, and H. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 1864-1871, (2014)
2.　 Microporous Structures Having Phenylene Fin: Significance of Substituent Groups for Rotational Linkers in Coordination Polymers
R. Matsuda, W. Kosaka, R. Kitaura, Y. Kubota, M. Takata, and S. Kitagawa
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 189, 83-90, (2014)
1.　 High CO2/N2/O2/CO Separation in a Chemically Robust Porous Coordination Polymer with Low Binding Energy
J. Duan, M. Higuchi, R. Krishna, T. Kiyonaga, Y. Tsutsumi, Y. Sato, Y. Kubota, M. Takata, and S. Kitagawa
Chem. Sci. 5, 660-666, (2014)

2013

5.　 Crystal structures of X-phase in the Sb–Te binary alloy system
K. Kifune , T. Fujita, T. Tachizawa, Y. Kubota, N. Yamada and T. Matsunaga
Cryst. Res. Technol. 48, 1011-1021, (2013)
4.　 Anomalous magnetization behaviour in a single crystal of vanadium spinel FeV2O4
S. Kawaguchi, H. Ishibashi, S. Nishihara, M. Miyagawa, K. Inoue, S. Mori and Y. Kubota
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 25, 416005(8 pages), (2013)
3.　 Spin-Dependent Molecular Orientation of O2–O2 Dimer Formed in the Nanoporous Coordination Polymer
A. Hori, T. C. Kobayashi, Y. Kubota, A. Matsuo, K. Kindo, J. Kim, K. Kato, M. Takata, H. Sakamoto, R. Matsuda and S. Kitagawa
J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 82, 084703(6 pages), (2013)
2.　 Structural Properties in Incommensurately Modulated Spinel Compound CuV2S4
S. Kawaguchi, H. Ishibashi, N. Tsuji, J. Kim, K. Kato, M. Takata and Y. Kubota
J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 82, 064603(7 pages), (2013)
1.　 Discovery of a Face-centered Cubic Ruthenium Nanoparticles: Facile Size-controlled Synthesis using the Chemical Reduction Method
K. Kusada, H. Kobayashi, T. Yamamoto, S. Matsumura, N. Sumi, K. Sato, K. Nagaoka, Y. Kubota and H. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 5493-5496, (2013)

2012

7.　 Study of Argon Gas Adsorption in Ordered Mesoporous MFI Zeolite Framework
H. S. Cho, K. Miyasaka, H. Kim, Y. Kubota, M. Takata, S. Kitagawa, R. Ryoo and O. Terasaki
J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 25300-25308, (2012)
6.　 Strutural Analysis of Spinel Compound CuV2S4 with Incommensurate Charge-Density Wave
S. Kawaguchi, Y. Kubota, N. Tsuji, J. Kim, K. Kato, M. Takata and H. Ishibashi
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 391, 012095, (2012)
5.　 Structural transformation of Sb-based high-speed phase-change material
T. Matsunaga, R. Kojima, N. Yamada, Y. Kubota and K. Kifune
Acta Cryst. B68, 559-570, (2012)
4.　 Ligand-based solid solution approach to stabilisation of sulphonic acid groups in porous coordination polymer Zr6O4(OH)4(BDC)6 (UiO-66)
M. L. Foo, S. Horike, T. Fukushima, Y. Hijikata, Y. Kubota, M. Takata and S. Kitagawa
Dalton Trans. 41, 13791-13794, (2012)
3.　 Modular design of domain assembly in porous coordination polymer crystals via reactivity-directed crystallization process
T. Fukushima, S. Horike, H. Kobayashi, M. Tsujimoto, S. Isoda, M. L. Foo, Y. Kubota, M. Takata and S. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 13341-13347, (2012)
2.　 Nanosize-Induced Drastic Drop in Equilibrium Hydrogen Pressure for Hydride Formation and Structural Stabilization in Pd-Rh Solid-Solution Alloys
H. Kobayashi, H. Morita, M. Yamauchi, R. Ikeda, H. Kitagawa, Y. Kubota, K. Kato, M. Takata, S. Toh and S. Matsumura
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 12390-12393, (2012)
1.　 A Stand-Alone Mesoporous Crystal Structure Model from an in situ X-ray Diffraction: Nitrogen Adsorption on 3D Cagelike Mesoporous Silica SBA-16
K. Miyasaka, H. Hano, Y. Kubota, Y. Lin, R. Ryoo, M. Takata, S. Kitagawa, A. V. Neimark and O. Terasaki
Chem. Eur. J. 18, 10300-10311, (2012)

2011

3.　 Gas detection by structural variations of fluorescent guest molecules in a flexible porous coordination polymer
N. Yanai, K. Kitayama, Y. Hijikata, H. Sato, R. Matsuda, Y. Kubota, M. Takata, M. Mizuno, T. Uemura and S. Kitagawa
Nature Mater. 10, 787-793, (2011)
2.　 Crystallization of the chalcogenide compound Sb8Te3
K. Kifune, T. Fujita, Y. Kubota, N. Yamada and T. Matsunaga
Acta Cryst. B67, 381-385, (2011)
1.　 Nanosize-Induced Hydrogen Storage and Capacity Control in a Non-Hydride-Forming Element: Rhodium
H. Kobayashi, H. Morita, M. Yamauchi, R. Ikeda, H. Kitagawa, Y. Kubota, K. Kato and M. Takata
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 11034-11037, (2011)

2010

8.　 Hydrogen-Storage Properties of Solid-Solution Alloys of Immiscible Neighboring Elements with Pd
K. Kusada, M. Yamauchi, H. Kobayashi, H. Kitagawa and Y. Kubota
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 15896-15898, (2010)
7.　 Control of Interpenetration for Tuning Structural Flexibility Impacts on Sorption Properties
S. Bureekaew, H. Sato, R. Matsuda, Y. Kubota, J. Kim, K. Kato, M. Takata and S. Kitagawa
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 49, 7660-7664, (2010)
6.　 Temperature responsive channel uniformity impacts on highly guest-selective adsorption in a porous coordination polymer
R. Matsuda, T. Tsujino, H. Sato, Y. Kubota, K. Morishige, M. Takata and S. Kitagawa
Chem. Sci. 1, 315-321, (2010)
5.　 Structural investigation of GeSb6Te10 and GeBi6Te10 intermetallic compounds in the chalcogenide homologous series
T. Matsunaga, R. Kojima, N. Yamada, T. Fujita, K. Kifune, Y. Kubota and M. Takata
Acta Cryst. B66, 407-411, (2010)
4.　 Selective sorption of oxygen and nitric oxide by an electron-donating flexible porous coordination polymer
S. Shimomura, M. Higuchi, R. Matsuda, K. Yoneda, Y. Hijikata, Y. Kubota, Y. Mita, J. Kim, M. Takata and S. Kitagawa
Nature Chem. 2, 633-637, (2010)
3.　 Solid Solutions of Soft Porous Coordination Polymers : Fine-Tuning of Gas Adsorption Properties
T. Fukushima, S. Horike, Y. Inubushi, K. Nakagawa, Y. Kubota, M. Takata and S. Kitagawa
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 49, 4820-4824, (2010) (Front Cover)
2.　 Atomic-Level Pd−Pt Alloying and Largely Enhanced Hydrogen-Storage Capacity in Bimetallic Nanoparticles Reconstructed from Core/Shell Structure by a Process of Hydrogen Absorption/Desorption
H. Kobayashi, M. Yamauchi, H. Kitagawa, Y. Kubota, K. Kato and M. Takata
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 5576-5577, (2010)
1.　 Systematic Construction of Porous Coordination Pillared-Layer Structures and Their Sorption Properties
H. Sakamoto, R. Kitaura, R. Matsuda, S. Kitagawa, Y. Kubota and M. Takata
Chem. Lett. 39, 218-219, (2010)

2009

3.　 Incommensurate guest adsorption in bellows-shaped one-dimensional channels of porous coordination polymers
R. Matsuda, R. Kitaura, Y. Kubota, T. C. Kobayashi, M. Takata and S. Kitagawa
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 129, 296-303, (2009)
2.　 Porous Coordination Polymer with Pyridinium Cationic Surface, [Zn2(tpa)2(cpb)]
M. Higuchi, D. Tanaka, S. Horike, H. Sakamoto, K. Nakamura, Y. Takashima, Y. Hijikata, N. Yanai, J. Kim, K. Kato, Y. Kubota, M. Takata and S. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 10336-10337, (2009)
1.　 Hindered Rotation of Methane Molecules in the One-Dimensional Nanochannel of a Porous Coordination Polymer
Y. Kubota, M. Takata, R. Kitaura, R. Matsuda, T. C. Kobayashi and S. Kitagawa
J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 9, 69-76, (2009)

2008

9.　 Nanochannels of Two Distinct Cross-Sections in a Porous Al-Based Coordination Polymer
A. Comotti, S. Bracco, P. Sozzani, S. Horike, R. Matsuda, J. Chen, M. Takata, Y. Kubota and S. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 13664-13672, (2008)
8.　 Structural Features of Ge1Sb4Te7, an Intermetallic Compound in the GeTe-Sb2Te3 Homologous Seriese
T. Matsunaga, R. Kojima, N. Yamada, K. Kifune, Y. Kubota and M. Takata
Chem. Mater. 20, 5750-5755, (2008)
7.　 Electron charge distribution of CaAl2-xZnx : Maximum Entropy Method combined with Rietveld analysis of high-resolution-synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data
K. Söderberg, Y. Kubota, N. Muroyama, D. Grüner, A. Yoshimura and O. Terasaki
J. Solid Stat. Chem. 181, 1998-2005, (2008)
6.　 Argon adsorption on MCM-41 mesoporous crystal studied by in situ synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction
N. Muroyama, A. Yoshimura, Y. Kubota, K. Miyasaka, T. Ohsuna, R. Ryoo, P. I. Ravikovitch, A. V. Neimark, M. Takata and O. Terasaki
J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 10803-10813, (2008)
5.　 Cation disorder and phase transitions in the four-layer ferroelectric Aurivillius phases ABi4Ti4O15 (A=Ca, Sr, Ba, Pb)
B. J. Kennedy, Q. Zhou, Ismunandar, Y. Kubota and K. Kato
J. Solid Stat. Chem. 181, 1377-1386, (2008)
4.　 Kinetic Gate-Opening Process in a Flexible Porous Coordination Polymer
D. Tanaka, K. Nakagawa, M. Higuchi, S. Horike, Y. Kubota, T. C. Kobayashi, M. Takata and S. Kitagawa
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47, 3914-3918 (2008)
3.　 Structural characteristics of GeTe-rich GeTe-Sb2Te3 pseudobinary metastable crystals
T. Matsunaga, H. Morita, R. Kojima, N. Yamada, K. Kifune, Y. Kubota, Y. Tabata, J.-J. Kim, M. Kobata, E. Ikenaga and K. Kobayashi
J. Appl. Phys. 103, 093511(9pages) (2008)
2.　 On the Nature of Strong Hydrogen Atom Trapping Inside Pd Nanoparticles
H. Kobayashi, M. Yamauchi, H. Kitagawa, Y. Kubota, K. Kato and M. Takata
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 1828-1829 (2008)
1.　 Hydrogen Absorption in the Core/Shell Interface of Pd/Pt Nanoparticles
H. Kobayashi, M. Yamauchi, H. Kitagawa, Y. Kubota, K. Kato and M. Takata
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 1818-1819 (2008)

2007

8.　 Observation of gas molecules adsorbed in the nanochannels of porous coordination polymers by the in situ synchrotron powder diffraction experiment and the MEM/Rietveld charge density analysis
Y. Kubota, M. Takata, T. C. Kobayashi and S. Kitagawa
Coord. Chem. Rev. 251, 2510-2521 (2007)
7.　 Crystal structures and phase transitions in Ba2HoTaO6
B. J. Kennedy, P. J. Saines, Y. Kubota , C. Minakata, H. Hano, K. Kato and M. Takata
Mat. Res. Bull. 42, 1875-1880 (2007)
6.　 The anti-polar structure of CH3NH3PbBr3
H. Mashiyama, Y. Kawamura and Y. Kubota
J. Korean Phys. Soc. 51, 850-853 (2007)
5.　 Anion Incorporation-induced Cage Deformation in 12CaO・7Al2O3 Crystal
T. Nomura, K. Hayashi, Y. Kubota, T. Kamiya, M. Hirano, M. Takata and H. Hosono
Chem. Lett. 36, 902-903 (2007)
4.　 Topotactic Linear Radical Polymerization of Divinylbenzenes in Porous Coordination Polymers
T. Uemura, D. Hiramatsu, Y. Kubota, M. Takata and S. Kitagawa
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46, 4987-4990 (2007)
3.　 Crystal structures of stable and metastable Ge2Bi2Te5, an intermetallic compound in a GeTe-Bi2Te3 pseudobinary system
T. Matsunaga, R. Kojima, N. Yamada, K. Kifune, Y. Kubota and M. Takata
Acta Cryst. B63, 346-352 (2007)
2.　 Structural investigation of Ge3Sb2Te6, an intermetallic compound in the GeTe-Sb2Te3 homologous series
T. Matsunaga, R. Kojima, N. Yamada, K. Kifune, Y. Kubota and M. Takata
Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 161919 (2007)
1.　 Metallic State in a Lime-Almina Compound with Nanoporous Structure
S. W. Kim, S. Matsuishi, T. Nomura, Y. Kubota, M. Takata, K. Hayashi, T. Kamiya, M. Hirano and H. Hosono
Nano Lett. 7,　1138-1143 (2007)

（プレスリリース）　セメントを金属に変身させることに成功　－ ナノの構造を利用した現代版錬金術 －

2006

5.　 Crystal structures and phase stability in pseudobinary CaAl2-xZnx
K. Soderberg, M. Bostrom, Y. Kubota, T. Nishimatsu, R. Niewa, U. Haussermann, Y. Grin and O. Terasaki
J. Sol. Stat. Chem. 179, 2690-2697 (2006)
4.　 Metastable Sorption State of a Metal-Organic Porous Material Determined by In Situ Synchrotron Powder Diffraction
Y. Kubota, M. Takata, R. Matsuda, R. Kitaura, S. Kitagawa and T. C. Kobayashi
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 45, 4932-4936 (2006)
（プレスリリース）　ナノ細孔へのガス吸着の過程の観測に世界で初めて成功　－ 高反応性ガス吸着貯蔵物質の設計指針への期待 －
3.　 An Analytical Approach to Determine the Pore Shape and Size of MCM-41 Materials from X-ray Diffraction Data
N. Muroyama, T. Ohsuna, R. Ryoo, Y. Kubota and O. Terasaki
J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, 10630-10635 (2006)
2.　 Single Structure Widely Distributed in a GeTe-Sb2Te3 Pseudobinary System: A Rock Salt Structure is Retained by Intrinsically Containing an Enormous Number of Vacancies within its Crystal
T. Matsunaga, R. Kojima, N. Yamada, K. Kifune, Y. Kubota, Y. Tabata and M. Takata
Inorg. Chem., 45, 2235-2241 (2006)
1.　 Stabilization of the gamma phase in Fe-Pt alloy nanoparticles with low Pt contents prepared by chemical synthesis
T. Tadaki, K. Kifune, Y. Kubota and H. Yamaoka
Mat. Sci. Eng. A, 438-440, 407-410 (2006)

2005

5.　 Formation and Characterization of Crystalline Molecular Arrays of Gas Molecules in a 1-Dimensional Ultramicropore of a Porous Copper Coordination Polymer
R. Kitaura, R. Matsuda, Y. Kubota, S. Kitagawa, M. Takata, T. C. Kobayashi and M. Suzuki
J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 23378-23385 (2005)
4.　 Extremely long period-stacking structure in the Sb-Te binary system
K. Kifune, Y. Kubota, T. Matsunaga and N. Yamada
Acta Cryst., B61, 492-497 (2005)
3.　 Highly controlled acetylene accommodation in a metal-organic microporous material
R. Matsuda, R. Kitaura, S. Kitagawa, Y. Kubota, R. V. Belosludov, T. C. Kobayashi, H. Sakamoto, T. Chiba, M. Takata, Y. Kawazoe and Y. Mita
Nature, 436, 238-241 (2005)

（プレスリリース）　爆発性ガス“アセチレン”の超高密度濃縮と選択的吸着
2.　 Direct Observation of Hydrogen Molecules Adsorbed onto a Microporous Coordination Polymer
Y. Kubota, M. Takata, R. Matsuda, R. Kitaura, S. Kitagawa, K. Kato, M. Sakata and T. C. Kobayashi
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 44, 920-923 (2005) ( Very Important Papers and Front Cover )

（プレスリリース）　ナノ細孔に吸着した水素分子の直接観測に成功　－ 水素貯蔵多孔性物質の設計指針への期待 －
1.　 Negative thermal expansion and phase transition behaviour in Ag2O
B. J. Kennedy, Y. Kubota and K. Kato
Solid State Commun., 136, 177-180 (2005)

2004

8.　 Structural studies of five layer Aurivillius oxides: A2Bi4Ti5O18 (A=Ca,Sr,Ba and Pb)
Ismunander, T. Kamiyama, A. Hoshikawa, Q. Zhou, B. J. Kennedy, Y. Kubota and K. Kato
J. Solid State Chem., 177, 4188-4196 (2004)
7.　 Phase transition behaviour in the A-site deficient perovskite oxide La1/3NbO3
B. J. Kennedy, C. J. Howard, Y. Kubota and K. Kato
J. Solid State Chem., 177, 4552-4556 (2004)
6.　 Guest Shape Responsive Fitting of Porous Coordination Polymer with Shrinkable Framework
R. Matsuda, R. Kitaura, S. Kitagawa, Y. Kubota, T. C. Kobayashi, S. Horike and M. Takata
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 14063-14070 (2004)
5.　 Crystal structures of stable and metastable Ge2Sb2Te5, an intermetallic compound in GeTe-Sb2Te3 pseudobinary system
T. Matsunaga, N. Yamada and Y. Kubota
Acta Cryst., B60, 685-691 (2004)
4.　 Rational Design and Crystal Structure Determination of 3-D Metal-Organic Jungle-Gym-like Open Framework
R. Kitaura, F. Iwahori, R. Matsuda, S. Kitagawa, Y. Kubota, M. Takata and T. C. Kobayashi
Inorg. Chem., 43, 6522-6524 (2004)
3.　 Motion of methanol adsorbed in porous coordination polymer with paramagnetic metal ions
S. Horike, R. Matsuda, R. Kitaura, S. Kitagawa, T. Iijima, K. Endo, Y. Kubota and M. Takata
Chem. Commun., 2152-2153 (2004)
2.　 Structural and phase transitions in Sr1-xBaxHfO3
L. Li, B. J. Kennedy, Y. Kubota, K. Kato and R. F. Garrett
J. Mater. Chem., 14, 263-273 (2004)
1.　 Static bismuth disorder in Bi2-x(CrTa)O7-y
Ismunandar, T. Kamiyama, K. Oikawa, A. Hoshikawa, B. J. Kennedy, Y. Kubota and K. Kato
Mat. Res. Bull., 39, 553-560 (2004)

2003

3.　 Capacity fading of the acid-treated lithium manganese oxides in high-temperature storage
M. Saito, S. Yoshida, H. Yamane, M. Sano, M. Fujita, K. Kifune and Y. Kubota
J. Power Sources, 122, 162-168 (2003)
2.　 Structural phase transition in the layered Bismuth oxide BaBi4Ti4O15
B. J. Kennedy, Y. Kubota, B. A. Hunter, Ismunandar and K. Kato
Solid State Commun., 126, 653-658 (2003)
1.　 Displacive Character of the Cubic-Tetragonal Transition in CH3NH3PbX3
H. Mashiyama, Y. Kawamura, E. Magome and Y. Kubota
J. Korean Phys. Soc., 42, S1026-S1029 (2003)

2002

2.　 Formation of a One-Dimensional Array of Oxygen in a Microporous Metal-Organic Solid
R. Kitaura, S. Kitagawa, Y. Kubota, T. Kobayashi, K. Kindo, Y. Mita, A. Matsuo, M. Kobayashi, H. Chang, T. Ozawa, M. Suzuki, M. Sakata and M. Takata
Science, 298, 2358-2361 (2002)

（プレスリリース）　新しいナノサイエンス　― 酸素分子を１列にならべる ―
1.　 First order orthorhombic-to-tetragonal phase transition in Sr0.5Ba0.5HfO3
B. J. Kennedy, L. Li, R. F. Garrett, Y. Kubota and K. Kato
Solid State Commun., 122, 355-358 (2002)

2001

3.　 The large Debye-Scherrer camera installed at SPring-8 BL02B2 for charge density studies
E. Nishibori, M. Takata, K. Kato, M. Sakata, Y. Kubota, S. Aoyagi, Y. Kuroiwa, M. Yamakata and N. Ikeda
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, A467-468, 1045-1048 (2001)
2.　 Structure and Displacive Phase Transformations of Small Particles of In-Pb Alloys
K. Asaka, E. Kitahata, Y. Hirotsu, K. Kifune, Y. Kubota and T. Tadaki
Scripta mater., 44, 2043-2046 (2001)
1.　 The large Debye-Scherrer camera installed at SPring-8 BL02B2 for charge density studies
E. Nishibori, M. Takata, K. Kato, M. Sakata, Y. Kubota, S. Aoyagi, Y. Kuroiwa, M. Yamakata and N. Ikeda
J. Phys. Chem. Solid, 62, 2095-2098 (2001)

2000

4.　 Structural studies of cation disorder in the ferroelectric oxide SrBi2Ta2O9
R. Macquart, B. Kennedy, Y. Kubota, E. Nishibori and M. Takata
Ferroelectics, 248, 27-32 (2000)
3.　 Covalent Bonds in AlMnSi Icosahedral Quasicrystalline Approximant
K. Kirihara, T. Nakata, M. Takata, Y. Kubota, E. Nishibori, K. Kimura and M. Sakata
Phys. Rev. Lett., 85, 3468-3471 (2000)
2.　 Electron-density distribution of approximants of the icosahedral Al-based alloys by the maximum-entropy method and Rietveld refinement
K. Kirihara, T. Nakata, M. Takata, Y. Kubota, E. Nishibori, K. Kimura and M. Sakata
Mat. Sci. Eng. A, 294-296, 492-495 (2000)
1.　 A Charge Density Study of the Intermetallic Compound MgCu2 by the Maximum Entropy Method
Y. Kubota, M. Takata, M. Sakata, T. Ohba, K. Kifune and T. Tadaki
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 12, 1253-1259 (2000)

1999

1.　 A Charge Density Distribution of MgCu2 and MgZn2 by the Maximum Entropy Method
Y. Kubota, M. Takata, M. Sakata, T. Ohba, K. Kifune and T. Tadaki
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. Suppl., 38-1, 456-459 (1999)

1996

2.　 The Crystal Structure of the Au11In3 Phase
K. Kifune, Y. Kubota and K. Yamamoto
Phil. Mag. A 73, 283-294 (1996)
1.　 Lattice Orientation Relation of the AuIn2 Phase in the Alloying Process of Gold-Indium Films on Mica
Y. Kubota, K. Kifune and K. Yamamoto
Thin Solid Films 286, 136-140 (1996)

1993

3.　 The Electronic Layer of Mg Found in the Electron Density Distribution Map Obtained by the Maximum Entropy Method
Y. Kubota, M. Takata and M. Sakata
J. Phys.:Condens. Matter 5, 8245-8254 (1993)
2.　 MEED : a Program Package for Electron Density Distribution Calculation by the Maximum Entropy Method
S. Kumazawa, Y. Kubota, M. Takata, M. Sakata and Y. Ishibashi
J. Appl. Cryst. 26, 453-457 (1993)
1.　 The Electron Density Distribution in Be Metal Obtained from Synchrotron-Radiation Powder Data by the Maximum Entropy Method
M. Takata, Y. Kubota and M. Sakata
Z. Naturforsch 48a, 75-80 (1993)