Yutaka Takaguchi
Research Professor
Graduate School of Environmental & Life Science,
Okayama University
3-1-1 Tsushima-Naka, Kita-Ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
TEL: +81-86-251-8903, FAX: +81-86-251-8903
Email: yutaka@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
Appointments
2019-present Research Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Science & Technology, Okayama University, Japan
2002-2019 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Science & Technology, Okayama University, Japan
2014-2019 Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Science & Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Japan
2002-2012 Visiting researcher, TARA Center, University of Tsukuba, Japan
1996-2002 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Textile Science & Technology, Shinshu Univerisity, Japan
1996-1996 Postdoc. Fellow, RIKEN, Wako, Japan
1995-1996 Research Fellow for Young Scientists, JSPS, Japan
Education
1991-1996 Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Title: Structures and Reactivities of Organotellurium Compounds Having Unusual Valency
1988-1991 B.S. Chemistry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Awards and Honors
2018 Uchiyama Science and Technology Award
2007 The Award for Okayama University Young Top Researchers (Okayama University)
Research Interests
Carbon Nanotube, Fullerene, Dendrimer, Photocatalyst, Nanomaterials, Photoinduced Electron Transfer, Self-organization
Selected Professional Activities
2017-2018 Organizing committee for International Symposium on the Organic Chemistry of Sulfur (ISOCS-28)
2016-2017 Organizing Committee for International Union of Materials Research Societies, International Conference on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICAM) 2017
2013-2014 Organizing Committee for International Union of Materials Research Societies, International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA) 2014
2011-2012 Organizing committee for 10th International Conference on Heteroatom Chemistry (ICHAC-10)
Selected Research Grants
2015-2017 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), JSPS, Japan
2011-2014 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, MEXT, Japan
2009-2011 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS, Japan
Publications
A total of 115 SCI papers have been published with over 1400 times citations, resulting in 22 of H-index based on Web of Science (ID: B-1832-2011) or with over 1700 citations and 25 H-index on Google Scholar.
(Publications in 2016-2019)
- “Carbon-Nanotube-based photocatalysts for Water Splitting in Cooperation with BiVO4 and [Co(bpy)3]3+/2+”, Takumi Izawa, Vit Kalousek, Daiki Miyamoto, Noritake Murakami, Hideaki Miyake, Tomoyuki Tajima, Wataru Kurashige, Yuichi Negishi, Keita Ikeue, Takahiro Ohkubo, Yutaka Takaguchi, Chem. Lett. 2019, in press.
- “Physical modification of carbon nanotubes with a dendrimer bearing terminal mercaptoundecahydrododecaborates (Na2B12H11S)”, Masahiro Yamagami, Tomoyuki Tajima, Kango Ishimoto, Hideaki Miyake, Hiroyuki Michiue, Yutaka Takaguchi, Heteroatom Chem. 2018, in press.
- “Apatite coating on dendrimer-modified backypaper and the formation of nanoapatite on MWCNTs”, Tomoyuki Tajima, Tomoaki Tanaka, Hideaki Miyake, Ill Kim, Chikara Ohtsuki, Yutaka Takaguchi, Polymer J. 2018, 50, 911-917.
- “A Facile Synthesis of a SnO2/Graphene Oxide Nano-Nano Composite and its Photoreactivity”, Tomoyuki Tajima, Haruko Goto, Masayasu Nishi, Takahiro Okubo, Yuta Nishina, Hideaki Miyake, Yutaka Takaguchi, Chem. Phys. 2018, 212, 149–154.
- “Enhanced Photosensitized Hydrogen Production by Encapsulation of Ferrocenyl Dyes into Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”, Noritake Murakami, Hideaki Miyake, Tomoyuki Tajima, Kakeru Nishikawa, Ryutaro Hirayama, Yutaka Takaguchi, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018,140, 3821-3824.
- “Photo-induced H2 Evolution from Water via the Dissociation of Excitons in Water-Dispersible Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Sensitizers”, Kango Ishimoto, Tomoyuki Tajima, Hideaki Miyake, Masahiro Yamagami, Wataru Kurashige, Yuichi Negishi, Yutaka Takaguchi, Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 393-396.
- “H2-evolving SWCNT Photocatalysts for Effective Use of Solar Energy”, Kiki Kurniawan, Noritake Murakami, Yuto Tango, Takumi Izawa, Kakeru Nishikawa, Ken Watanabe, Hideaki Miyake, Tomoyuki Tajima, Yutaka Takaguchi, Nat. Res. Soc. 2017, 1, 01004.
- “Incorporating a TiOx shell in single-walled carbon nanotube/fullerodendron coaxial nanowires: increasing the photocatalytic evolution of H2 from water under irradiation with visible light”, Kiki Kurniawan, Tomoyuki Tajima, Yusuke Kubo, Hideaki Miyake, Wataru Kurashige, Yuichi Negishi, Yutaka Takaguchi, RSC Adv. 2017, 7, 31767.
- “Self-assembly and fluorescence properties of [60]fullerene-pentacene mono adducts”, Kentaro Kubo, Tomoyuki Tajima, Hitoshi Shirai, Takuya Nishihama, Yutaka Takaguchi, Chem. Selects 2017, 8, 2452-2456.
- “SWCNT Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Production from Water upon Photoexcitation of (8,3)SWCNT at 680-nm Light”, Noritake Murakami, Yuto Tango, Hideaki Miyake, Tomoyuki Tajima, Yuta Nishina, Wataru Kurashige, Yuichi Negishi, Yutaka Takaguchi, Sci. Rep. 2017, 7, 43445.
- “Synthesis of poly(amidoamine) dendrimer having a 1,10-bis(decyloxy)decane core and its use in fabrication of carbon nanotube/calcium carbonate hybrids through biomimetic mineralization”, Shunichi Nishimura, Tomoyuki Tajima, Tatsuki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takaguchi, Yuya Oaki, Hiroaki Imai, Can. J. Chem. 2017 95, 935-941.
- “Ligand Exchange Reaction of (Me4N)4[Cd10S4(SPh)16] with Diphenyl Diselenide”, Tomoyuki Tajima, Shoko Yamamoto, Yuta Sakamoto, Shoji Takagi, Toshitaka Nakaya, Yutaka Takaguchi, Asako Igashira-Kamiyama, Nobuto Yoshinari, Takumi Konno, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2017, 90, 384-386.
- “Thiophene Derivatives Bearing Ferrocenylthiocarbonyl Groups”, Hideaki Miyake, Tomoyuki Tajima, and Yutaka Takaguchi, Chem. Lett. 2017, 46, 48-50.
- “Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a [70]Fullerene–Pentacene Monoadduct”, Hitoshi Shirai, Tomoyuki Tajima , Kentaro Kubo, Takuya Nishihama, Hideaki Miyake, Yutaka Takaguchi, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2016, 89, 437-443.
- “Synthesis and Photoproperties of Edge-functionalized Zeolite-templated Carbon with Bromine or Carbazole Groups”, Haruko Goto, Tomoyuki Tajima, Kazumasa Kobayashi, Yutaka Takaguchi, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Hirotomo Nishihara, Chem. Lett. 2016, 45, 601-603.