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2020-01-16 Room-temperature phosphorescence-active boronate particles: characterization and ratiometric afterglow-sensing behavior via surface grafting of Rhodamine B
M. Hoshi, R. Nishiyabu, Y. Hayashi, S. Yagi and Y. Kubo,
Chem. Asian J., accepted.
   
2019-12-16 Boronate sol–gel method for one-step fabrication of polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel coatings by simple cast- and dip-coating techniques
R. Nishiyabu, Y. Takahashi, T. Yabuki, S. Gommori, Y. Yamamoto, H. Kitagishi and Y. Kubo,
RSC Adv., 2020, 20, 86-94. DOI: 10.1039/C9RA08208E
   
2019-10-30 Thieno[1,3,2]oxazaborinine-containing aza-BODIPYs with near infrared absorption bands: synthesis, photophysical properties, and device application
Y. Kubo, T. Shimada, K. Maeda and Y. Hashimoto,
New J. Chem., 2020, 44, 29-37. DOI: 10.1039/C9NJ04612G
   
2019-06-03 π-Expanded dibenzo-BODIPY with near-infrared light absorption: investigation of photosensitizing properties of NiO-based p-type dye-sensitized solar cells
Y. Higashino, S. Erten-Ela, Y. Kubo,
Dyes and Pigments, 2019, 170, 107613. DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.107613
   
2018-12-17 Visible-to-Near-Infrared Light-Driven Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production Using Dibenzo-BODIPY and Phenothiazine Conjugate as Organic Photosensitizer
O, Suryani, Y. Higashino, H. Sato and Y. Kubo,
ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2019, 2, 448-458.DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.8b01474
   
2018-09-26 Formation of emissive nanoparticles from tetraphenylethylene-containing boronate macrocycles: preparation, characterization and functionalization
M. Hoshi, N. Kaneko, R. Nishiyabu and Y. Kubo,
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018, 6, 11052-11062.DOI: 10.1039/C8TC03748E
   
2018-08-10 BBQ party
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2018-05-10 Selenium-containing BODIPY dyes as photosensitizers for triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion
M. Nakashima, K. Iizuka, M. Karasawa, K. Ishii and Y. Kubo,
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018, 6, 6208-6215. DOI: 10.1039/C8TC00944A
   
2018-04-01 New members join the lab team
   
2018-3-27 Boronic acids as molecular inks for surface functionalization of polyvinyl alcohol substrates
R. Nishiyabu, M. Tomura, T. Okade, and Y. Kubo,
New J. Chem., 2018, 42, 7392-7398. DOI: 10.1039/C8NJ00992A
   
2018-01-30 375th Applied Chemistry Colloquium
Prof. Zeev Gross, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Title: Hypothesis Driven Design of Corrole Metal Complex as Catalysts for Energy Relevant Processes
   
2018-3-27 Boronic acids as molecular inks for surface functionalization of polyvinyl alcohol substrates
R. Nishiyabu, M. Tomura, T. Okade, and Y. Kubo,
New J. Chem., 2018, Accepted. DOI: 10.1039/C8NJ00992A
   
2017-12-12 Near-infrared-absorbing Photodetectors Based on Naphtho[1,3,2]oxazaborinine-type Dibenzo-BODIPY Dyes
Y. Kubo, S. Tobinaga, Y. Ueno, T. Aotake, H. Yakushiji, and T. Yamamoto
Chem. Lett., 2018, 47, 300-303. DOI: 10.1246/cl.171061
   
2017-11-24 A robust ruthenium complex with nonyl-substituted bpy ligand for dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cell application
I. Purnama Y. Kubo, and J. Y. Mulyana
Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2018, 471, 467-474. DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2017.11.052
   
2017-08-22 Fluorescent chirality recognition by simple boronate ensembles with aggregation-induced emission capability
M. Kawai, A. Hoshi, R. Nishiyabu and Y. Kubo
Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 10144-10147. DOI: 10.1039/C7CC05784A
   
2017-08-07 Synthesis of a dibenzo-BODIPY-incorporating phenothiazine dye as a panchromatic sensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cells
S. Erten-Ela, Y. Ueno, T. Asaba and Y. Kubo
New. J. Chem., 2017, 41, 10367-10375. DOI: 10.1039/C7NJ01735A
   
2017-06-01 Near-infrared organic photosensitizer for use in dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical water splitting
O. Suryani, Y. Higashino, J. Y. Mulyana, M. Kaneko, T. Hoshi, K. Shigaki and Y. Kubo
Chem. Commun., 2017, accepted.DOI: 10.1039/C7CC02730C
   
2017-03-07 Surface modification of polyvinyl alcohol sponge with functionalized boronic acid to develop porous materials for multicolor emission, chemical sensing and 3D cell culture
R. Nishiyabu, S. Iizuka, S. Minegishi, H. Kitagishi and Y. Kubo
Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 3563-3566.DOI: 10.1039/C7CC00490G
 
2017-02-25 Yuta Higashino received "Most Impressive Presentation Award"s for his undergraduate research presentations at department of applied chemistry.
   
2017-02-24 A Zn2+-coordinated boronate dipyrrin as a chemodosimeter toward hydrogen peroxide
K. Sakakibara, Y. Takahashi, R. Nishiyabu and Y. Kubo,
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 3684-3691.DOI: 10.1039/C7TC00405B
(2017 Journal of Materials Chemistry C HOT Papers)
 
2017-02-21 A 1-hydroxy-2,3,1-benzodiazaborine-containing π-conjugated system: synthesis, optical properties and solvent-dependent response toward anions
Y. Satta, R. Nishiyabu, T. D. James and Y. Kubo
Tetrahedron, 2017, 73, 2053-2061. DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2017.02.050
 
2016-12-30 White-light emissive materials based on dynamic polymerization in supramolecular chemistry
Y. Kubo and R. Nishiyabu
Polymer, 2017, in press. DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.12.082
 
2016-08-24 366th Applied Chemistry Colloquium
Dr. John S. Fossey, University of Birmingham
Title: Catalysis and Sensing: Click to Proceed
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2016-08-10 BBQ party
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2016-06-11 Boronic acid as an efficient anchor group for surface modification of solid polyvinyl alcohol
R. Nishiyabu and A. Shimizu
Chem. Chem., 2016, 52, 9765-9768. DOI: 10.1039/C6CC02782B
Inside back cover: Chem. Commun., 2016, Vol. 52, Issue 63
 
2016-05-13 Quantitative analysis of the modeled ATP hydrolysis in water by a colorimetric sensor array
T. Minamia, F. Emami, R. Nishiyabu, Y. Kubo and P. Anzenbacher, Jr.
Chem. Chem., 2016, 52, 7838-7841. DOI: 10.1039/C6CC02923J
 
2016-04-01 New members join the lab team
 
2016-02-25 Ayumi and Meiko received "Most Impressive Presentation Award"s for master and graduation thesis presentations at department of applied chemistry.
   
2016-01-18 Invited Lecture
Yuji Kubo, "Near-infrared absorbing dibenzo-BODIPY dyes for application in photovoltaic devices"
EMN Meeting on Photovoltaics 2016
 
2016-01-06 2,3-Naphtho-fused BODIPYs as near-infrared absorbing dyes
S. Yamazawa, M. Nakashima, Y. Suda, R. Nishiyabu, Y. Kubo
J. Org. Chem., 2016, 81, 1310-1315. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b02720
 
2015-10-01 New members join the lab team
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2015-09-02 Invited Lecture
Yuji Kubo, "Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of NIR-Absorbing Dibenzo-BODIPYs"
7th East Asia Symposium on Functional Dyes and Advanced Materials (Link)
 
2015-08-21 Water-dispersible boronate nanoparticles as support materials for noble metals in the hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone
Y. Kubo, D. Kakizaki, M. Kogo and Y. Magatani
Supramol. Chem., 2016, 28, 91-97. DOI: 10.1080/10610278.2015.1086764
 
2015-08-07 BBQ party
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2015-05-30 Invited Lecture
Ryuhei Nishiyabu, "Boronate Molecular Assembles as Chemically Tailorable Platforms for Developing Multi-Color Emissive Chemosensors"
11th International Workshop on Supramolecular Nanoscience of Chemically Programmed Pigments (Link)
 
2015-04-25 Multi-thiophene-substituted NIR boron-dibenzopyrromethene dyes: synthesis and their spectral properties
Y. Suda, R. Nishiyabu and Y. Kubo
Tetrahedron, 2015, 71, 4174-4182. DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2015.04.094
 
2015-04-01 New members join the lab team
 
2015-03-28 Lab reunion
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2015-03-21 Graduation party
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2014-11-25 Hierarchical supramolecules and organization using boronic acids building blocks
Y. Kubo, R. Nishiyabu and T. D. James,
Chem. Commun. (Feature article), 2015, 51, 2005-2020. DOI: 10.1039/C4CC07712A
   
2014-11-3 Thermo-responsive white-light emission based on tetraphenylethylene- and rhodamine B-containing boronate nanoparticles
A. Ozawa, A. Shimizu, R. Nishiyabu and Y. Kubo,
Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 118-121. DOI: 10.1039/C4CC07405J
Highlighted by the ACS Noteworthy Chemistry website
   
2014-08-13 Synthesis of a borylated boron-dibenzopyrromethene dye enabling the visual detection of H2O2 vapor
A. Matsumoto, R. Nishiyabu and Y. Kubo
RSC Adv., 2014, 437973-37978. DOI 10.1039/C4RA06061J
   
2014-07-30 A boronate hydrogel film containing organized two-component dyes as a multicolor fluorescent sensor for heavy metal ions in water
R. Nishiyabu, S. Ushikubo, Y. Kamiya and Y. Kubo
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 15846-15852. DOI 10.1039/C4TA03268C
   
2014-07-22 Intramolecular indicator displacement assay for anions: supramolecular sensor for glyphosate
T. Minami, Y. Liu, A. Akdeniz, P. Koutnik, N. A. Esipenko, R. Nishiyabu, Y. Kubo, and P. Anzenbacher, Jr.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 11396-11401. DOI 10.1021/ja504535q
   
2014-04-12 Boronate microparticle-supported nano-palladium and nano-gold catalysts for chemoselective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde in environmentally preferable solvent
S. Fujiwara, N. Takanashi, R. Nishiyabu and Y. Kubo
Green Chem., 2014, 16, 3230-3236. DOI 10.1039/C4GC00383G
   
2014-03-22 Graduation party
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2014-03-20 Daichi and Yasuyuki received "Most Impressive Presentation Award"s for their master thesis presentations at department of applied chemistry.
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2014-03-20 Ayumi and Takanori received "Most Impressive Presentation Award"s for their undergraduate research presentations at department of applied chemistry.
   
2014-03-19 1st International Forum on Applied Chemistry
Invited Lecture
Prof. Tony D. James, University of Bath
Program
   
2014-01-23 Boron-dibenzopyrromethene-based organic dyes for application in dye-sensitized solar cells
Y. Kubo, D. Eguchi, A. Matsumoto, R. Nishiyabu, H. Yakushiji, K. Shigaki and M. Kaneko
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 5204-5211. DOI 10.1039/C3TA15340A
   
2013-08-30 White light emitting boronate microparticles for potential use as reusable bright chemosensors in water
R. Nishiyabu, Y. Sugino and Y. Kubo
Chem. Commun., 2013 49, 9869-9871. DOI 10.1039/C3CC45739G
   
2013-08-21 Invited Lecture
Yuji Kubo, "A boronate self-assemble with embedded Au nanoparticles: preparation, characterization, and the catalytic activity"
The 15th Asian Chemical Congress (Singapore, Aug 19-23, 2013)
   
2013-08-09 340th Applied Chemistry Colloquium
Dr. John S. Fossey, University of Birmingham
Title: The Ins and Outs of Nitrogen
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2013-08-08 A beer party
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2013-08-02 Yuji received Daiwa Adrian Prizes 2013. (Team leaders: Professor Tony James (University of Bath) and Professor Seiji Shinkai (Kyushu University))
"Chemonostics: Using chemical receptors in thedevelopment of simple diagnostic devices for age related diseases"
   
2013-05-14 Solvent-manipulated guest binding and signaling of a fluorescent resorcin[4]arene cavitand with 1,3,2-benzodiazaboryl D-π-A conjugation flaps
K. Otsuka, T. Kondo, R. Nishiyabu, and Y. Kub
J. Org. Chem. Soc., 2013, 78, 5782-5787. DOI 10.1021/jo4006238 o
   
2013-05-14 Nanospherical aggregation of isothiouronium-terminated amphiphilic polythiophene: Preparation and vapor-phase detection of volatile organic compounds
S. Ozawa, R. Nishiyabu, and Y. Kubo
J. Nanosci. Nanotech., 2014, 14, 6624-6631. DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2014.9343
   
2013-05-14 Sensing of carboxylate drugs in urine by a supramolecular sensor array
Y. Liu, T. Minami, R. Nishiyabu, Z. Wang, and P. Anzenbacher Jr.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 7705-7712. DOI 10.1021/ja4015748
   
2013-05-14 Leveraging material properties in fluorescence anion sensor arrays: A general approach
P. Anzenbacher, Jr., Y. Liu, M. A. Palacios, T. Minami, Z. Wang, and R. Nishiyabu
Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 8497-8506. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201204188
   
2013-04-13 Invited Lecture
Yuji Kubo "Boronate microparticles: preparation, characterization, and functionalization"
the Catalysis and Sensing for Our Environment (CASE) 2013 Conference at Austin, USA
   
2013-03-20 Yusuke and Hiroyasu received the "Most Impressive Presentation Award"s for his master thesis presentation at department of applied chemistry.
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2012-11-29 Supramolecular sensor for cancer-associated nitrosamines
T. Minami, N. A. Esipenko, B. Zhang, M. E. Kozelkova, L. Isaacs, R. Nishiyabu, Y. Kubo, and P. Anzenbacher, Jr.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 20021-20024. DOI 10.1021/ja3102192
   
2012-11-14 Exploiting the reversible covalent bonding of boronic acids: recognition, sensing, and assembly
S. D. Bull, M. G. Davidson, J. M. H. van den Elsen, J. S. Fossey, A. T. A. Jenkins, Y.-B. Jiang, Y. Kubo, F. Marken, K. Sakurai, J. Zhao, and T. D. James
Acc. Chem. Res., 2013, 46, 312-326. DOI 10.1021/ar300130w
   
2012-09-29 Boronate self-assembles with embedded Au nanoparticles; preparation, characterization and their catalytic activities for the reduction of nitroaromatic compounds
Y. Matsushima, R. Nishiyabu, N. Takanashi, M. Haruta, H. Kimura, and Y. Kubo
J. Mater. Chem., , 2012, 22, 24124-24131.DOI 10.1039/C2JM34797K
   
2012-06-22 329th Applied Chemistry Colloquium
Prof. Pavel Anzenbacher Jr., Bowling Green State University
Title: Polymer Nanochemistry: Ultra-Small Reactors and Sensors
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2012-05-12 Dansyl-containing boronate hydrogel films as fluorescent chemosensor of copper ions in water
R. Nishiyabu, H. Kobayashi, and Y. Kubo
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 6555-6561. DOI 10.1039/C2RA20516E
   
2012-02-22 Ken-ichi received a "Most Impressive Presentation Award" for his master thesis presentation at department of applied chemistry.
Naoto and Shiho received "Most Impressive Presentation Award"s for their undergraduate research presentations at department of applied chemistry.
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2011-12-21 Fabrication of soft submicrospheres by sequential boronate esterification and their dynamic behavior
ChemPlusChem, 2012, 77, 201-209. DOI 10.1002/cplu.201100008
R. Nishiyabu, S. Teraoka, Y. Matsushima, and Y. Kubo
   
2011-10-11 Gold nanoparticle-templated assembly of oligothiophenes; preparation and film properties
Tetrahedron, 2011, 67, 9685-9689. DOI 10.1016/j.tet.2011.10.032
K. Saito, R. Nishiyabu, M. Iyoda, and Y. Kubo
   
2011-09-13 320th Applied Chemistry Colloquium
Prof. Jonathan L. Sessler, The University of Texas at Austin
Title: Pyrrolic Receptors: From Sensors and Recognition to Self-Assembly
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2011-08-08 Near-infrared absorbing boron-dibenzopyrromethenes that serve as light-harvesting sensitizers for polymeric solar cells
Y. Kubo, K. Watanabe, R. Nishiyabu, R. Hata, A. Murakami, T. Shoda, and H. Ota
Org. Lett., 2011, 13, 4574-4577. DOI 10.1021/ol201770g
   
2011-07-07 Ryuhei won a poster award at 6th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (6-ISMSC) in Brighton, UK.
Poster prizes at 6-ISMSC
   
2011-01-26 Top ten most accessed articles of Chemical Communications in December 2010
Boronic acid building blocks: Tools for sensing and separation, Chem. Commun. (Feature article), 2011, 47, 1106-1123.
   
2011-01-21 Cover picture of Chemical Communications
Chem. Commun., 2011, Vol. 47, Issue 4
   
2011-01-04
Invited Lecture
Yuji Kubo "Supramolecular architectures based on boron-containing dynamic covalent functionality"
Catalysis and Sensing for Health 2011 at The University of Bath, UK (Jan 31st to Feb 2nd 2011)

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