Construction of functional supramolecular materials

Single molecular science based on electron microscopy

2007 Ph.D. (Chemistry)

Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo (Prof. Mitsuhiko Shionoya)

2002 B.S. (Chemistry)

Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo (Prof. Mitsuhiko Shionoya)

2007 Jul.-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo

(Prof. Eiichi Nakamura’s group)

2007 Apr.-Jun. Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Tohoku University

(Prof. Masahiro Yamashita’s group)

2004 – 2007 Young Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

The Chemical Society of Japan

The Society of Polymer Science, Japan

The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry

 

2009 25th Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists

2005 Poster Award, Tokyo Summer School on Frontier Chemistry 2005

2005 Student Presentation Award, The 87th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan

2004 Poster Award, The 54th Symposium on Coordination Chemistry of Japan

FY2011 Challenging Exploratory Research, MEXT, Japan

FY2010 Global COE Grants to Young Researchers, MEXT, Japan

FY2009-2010 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), MEXT, Japan

FY2007 Global COE Grants to Young Researchers, MEXT, Japan

1. “Preparation and Properties of Vesicles Made of Nonpolar/Polar/Nonpolar Fullerene Amphiphiles”

Homma, T; Harano, K.; Isobe, H.; Nakamura, E.，J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 6364–6370.

2. “Nanometer-Sized Fluorous Fullerene Vesicles in Water and on Solid Surfaces”，Homma, T.; Harano, K.; Isobe, H.; Nakamura, E.，Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 1665–1668.

3. “Induced-Fit Formation of a Tetrameric Organic Capsule Consisting of Hexagram-Shaped Amphiphile Molecules” Hiraoka, S.; Harano, K.; Nakamura, T.; Shiro, M.; Shionoya, M. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 7006–7009.

4. “A Self-Assembled Organic Capsule Formed from the Union of Six Hexagram-Shaped Amphiphile Molecules” Hiraoka, S.; Harano, K.; Shiro, M.; Shionoya, M.，J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14368–14369.

5. “Mono- and Penta-Addition of Enol Silyl Ethers to [60]Fullerene”，Nakamura, E.; Mouri, S.; Nakamura, Y.; Harano, K.; Isobe, H.，Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 4923–4926.

6. “Imaging of Conformational Change of Biotinylated Triamide Molecules Covalently Bonded to Carbon Nanotube Surface”，Nakamura, E.; Koshino, M.; Tanaka, T.; Niimi, Y.; Nakamura, E.; Harano, K.; Isobe, H.，J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 7808–7809. (Highlighted in Chem. & Eng. News 2008, 86, 33-34; JACS Image Challenge #27)

7. “3 nm-Scale Molecular Switching between Fluorescent Coordination Capsule and Nonfluorescent Cage” Harano, K.; Hiraoka, S.; Shionoya, M.，J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 5300–5301.

8. “Isostructural Coordination Capsules for a Series of Ten Different d5–d10 Transition-Metal Ions”

Hiraoka, S.; Harano, K.; Shiro, M.; Ozawa, Y.; Yasuda, N.; Toriumi, K.; Shionoya, M. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 6488–6491. (selected as Very Important Paper & Cover Picture)

9. “Quantitative Dynamic Interconversion between AgI-Mediated Capsule and Cage Complexes Accompanying Guest Encapsulation/Release” Hiraoka, S.; Harano, K.; Shiro, M.; Shionoya, M. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 2727–2731.

10. “Quantitative Formation of Sandwich-Shaped Trinuclear Silver(I) Complexes and Dynamic Feature of Their P⇄M Flip Motion in Solution” Hiraoka, S.; Harano, K.; Tanaka, T.; Shiro, M.; Shionoya, M. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 5182–5185.

“Preparation of fullerene derivatives by reacting fullerenes with silyl enol ethers” Nakamura, E.; Isobe, H.; Harano, K.; Mouri, S.; Nakamura, Y. Jpn. Kokai Tokkyo Koho (2009) JP 2009185000

2007 Jun. 24th Colloquium on Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Osaki, Japan

2006 Jun. 1st Symposium on Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Area “Chemistry of Coordination Space” for Young Chemists, Osaka, Japan

2005 Jun. Symposium of Young Coordination Chemist’s Association, Tokyo, Japan