学歴
2009. 3. 東京理科大学理学部化学科 卒業
2011. 3. 東京理科大学大学院総合化学研究科修士課程 修了
2014. 3. 東京理科大学大学院総合化学研究科博士課程 修了
（2012.6-9にインド工科大学マドラス校に留学）
2014 .3. 博士（理学）取得（東京理科大学）
職歴
2014 .4-2017. 3 東京理科大学理学部応用化学科 博士研究員
2017. 4-2022. 3 立教大学理学部化学科 助教
2022. 4-現在 東京理科大学研究推進機構総合研究院 講師
専門
クラスター化学、ナノ物質化学、物理化学
受賞
2009. 3. 平成20年度小玉記念科学賞
2013. 9. 第7回分子科学討論会優秀ポスター賞
2014. 3. 平成25年度東京理科大学学生表彰（TUS AWARD）
2014. 4. 第94回日本化学会春季年会学生講演賞
2014. 5. ナノ学会第12回大会若手優秀ポスター発表賞
2015. 5. 第95回日本化学会春季年会優秀講演賞
2016. 1. 第25回日本MRS年次大会奨励賞
2019. 9. 第13回分子科学会優秀講演賞
2022.10 95th JSCM Anniversary Conference CSI Medallion Award
2022.12. 第72回日本化学会進歩賞
その他特記事項
2009. 3. 東京理科大学理学部第一部化学科首席
2011. 4. 東京理科大学博士課程学費半額免除者に選定
競争的資金
2013. 6. 東京理科大学学生研究助成
2015. 2. 東京工業大学基金研究助成
2015. 3. 日本科学協会笹川科学研究助成
2016. 4. 科学研究費補助金若手研究(B)
2017.11. 住友財団 基礎科学研究助成
2019. 4. 立教大学学術推進特別重点資金（立教SFR）個人研究
2020. 4. 科学研究費補助金 若手研究
学会委員
2020. 6-2022. 5 ナノ学会 編集委員会委員
学術論文 （Google Scholar web page）
52)"Highly Selective Methanol Synthesis Using Electrochemical CO2
Reduction with Defect-Engineered Cu58 Nanoclusters"
S. Biswas, T. Tanaka, H. Song, M. Ogami, Y. Shingyouchi, S. Hossain, M.
Kamiyama, T. Kosaka, R. Nakatani, Y. Niihori, S. Das, T. Kawawaki, D.-e.
Jiang, Y. Negishi
Small Sci. in press. (ChemRvix)
Press release in "English version" and "Japanese version"
Highlighted in "Nikkei Shinbun"
51)"Atomically Precise Au24Pt(thiolate)12(dithiolate)3 Nanoclusters
with Excellent Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reactivity"
M. Sera, S. Hossain, S. Yoshikawa, K. Takemae, A. Ikeda, T. Tanaka, T.
Kosaka, Y. Niihori, T. Kawawaki, Y. Negishi
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 29684-29693 (2024). (ChemRvix)
Press release in "English version" and "Japanese version"
Highlighted in "Nikkei Shinbun"and "Nikkan Kogyou Shinbun"
50)"Controlled Aggregation of Pt/PtH/Rh/RhH doped Silver Superatomic
Nanoclusters into 16-electron Supermolecules"
T.-H. Chiu, M. Pillay, Y.-Y. Wu, Y. Niihori, Y. Negishi, J.-Y. Chen, Y.-J.
Chen, S. Kahlal, J.-Y. Saillard, C.-W. Liu
Chem. Sci..15, 14660-14667 (2024).
49)"Triplet-Mediator Ligand-Protected Metal Nanocluster Sensitizers
for Photon Upconversion"
D. Arima, S. Hidaka, S. Yokomori, Y. Niihori, Y. Negishi, R. Oyaizu, T.
Yoshinami, K. Kobayashi, M. Mitsui
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 16630-16638 (2024).
Selected as "Supprementary Cover"
48)"Triplet-Triplet Annihilation-Based Photon Upconversion Using Nanoparticles
and Nanoclusters"
Y. Niihori, T, Kosaka, Y. Negishi
Mater. Horiz. 11, 2304-2322 (2024)
Selected as "Inside Front Cover"
Highligted in "Themed Collection: Recent Review Articles"
47)"Tiara-Like Hexanuclear Nickel-Platinum Alloy Nanocluster"
T. Okada, T. Kawawaki, K. Takemae, S. Tomihari, T. Kosaka, Y. Niihori,
Y. Negishi
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 15, 1539–1545 (2024).
Selected as "Supplementary Cover"
46)"Unlocking the Potential of Atom-Precise Ag12 Cluster Assembled
Material as Highly Efficient SERS Sensor for Detection of Hg2+ Ion"
R. Nakatani, S. Biswas, T. Irie, Y. Niihori, S. Das, Y. Negishi
ACS Mater. Lett. 6, 438-445 (2024).
Selected as "Supplementary Cover"
45)"Clarifying the Electronic Structure of Anion-templated Silver
Nanoclusters by Optical Absorption Spectroscopy and Theoretical Calculation"
Y. Horita, S. Hossain, M. Ishimi, P. Zhao, M. Sera, T. Kawawaki, S. Takano, Y. Niihori, T. Nakamura, T. Tsukuda, M. Ehara, Y. Negishi
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 23533-23540 (2023).
44)"A New Two-dimensional Luminescent Ag12 Cluster-assembled Material
and It's Catalytic Activity for Reduction of Hexacyanoferrate (III) Check
for Updates"
R. Nakatani, S. Biswas, T. Irie, J. Sakai, D. Hirayama, T. Kawawaki, Y.
Niihori, S. Das, Y. Negishi
Nanoscale 15, 16299-16306 (2023).
Selected as "Outside Back Cover"
43)"Synthesis and Luminescence Properties of Two Silver Cluster-Assembled
Materials for Selective Fe3+ Sensing"
J. Sakai, S. Biswas, T. Irie, H. Mabuchi, T. Sekine, Y. Niihori, S. Das, Y. Negishi
Nanoscale 15, 12227-12234 (2023).
Selected as "Outside Front Cover"
Press release in "English version" and "Japanese version"
Highlighted in "Nikkei Shinbun" and "Yomiuri Shinbun"
42)"Nested Keplerian Architecture of [Cu58H20(SPr)36(PPh3)8]2+ Nanocluster"
S. Biswas, S. Hossian, T. Kosaka, J. Sakai, D. Arima, Y. Niihori, M. Mitsui,
D.-e. Jiang, S. Das, S. Wang, Y. Negishi
Chem. Commun. 59, 9336-9339 (2023).
Selected as "Outside Front Cover"
41)"Pt17 Nanocluster Electrocatalysts: Preparation and Origin of High
Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity"
T. Kawawaki, Y. Mitomi, N. Nishi, R. Kurosaki, K. Oiwa, T. Tanaka, H.
Hirase, S. Miyajima, Y. Niihori, D. J. Osborn, T. Koitaya, G. F Metha,
T. Yokoyama, K. Iida, Y. Negishi
Nanoscale,15, 7272 (2023).
Selected as "Outiside Front Cover"
Press release in "English version" and "Japanese version"
Highlighted in several medias (1/2/3)
Selected as "Nanoscale Most Popular 2023 Articles"
40)"Vertex-Shared Linear Superatomic Molecules: Stepping Stones to
Novel Materials Composed of Noble Metal Clusters"
Y. Niihori, S. Miyajima, A. Ikeda, T. Kosaka, Y. Negishi
Small Sci. 3, 2370009 (2023).
Invited Review (Invited by Editor, Dr. Sneha Rhode)
Selected as "Outiside Front Cover"
39)"Key Factors for Connecting Silver-based Icosahedral Superatoms
by Vertex Sharing"
S. Miyajima, S. Hossain, A. Ikeda, T. Kosaka, T. Kawawaki, Y. Niihori,
T. Iwasa, T. Taketsugu, Y. Negishi
Commun. Chem. 6, 57, (2023). (Research Square)
Invited Article to "Special Issue"
Press release in "English version" and "Japanese version"
Highlighted in "Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun"
38)"Improved Activity for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction using a Tiara-like
Thiolate-protected Nickel Nanocluster"
S. Funaki,a T. Kawawaki, T. Okada, K. Takemae, S. Hossain, Y. Niihori,
T. Naitoh, M. Takagi, T. Shimazaki, S. Kikkawa, S. Yamazoe, Tachikawa,
Y. Negishii
Nanoscale, 15, 5201-5208 (2023).
Selected as "Outiside Back Cover"
37)"Charge-Transfer-Mediated Mechanism Dominates Oxygen Quenching
of Ligand-Protected Noble-Metal Cluster Photoluminescence"
M. Mitsui, D. Arima, A. Uchida, K. Yoshida, Y. Arai, K. Kawasaki, Y. Niihori,
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 13, 9272-9278 (2022).
36)"On the Origin of Photoluminescence Enhancement in Biicosahedral
AgxAu25-x Nanoclusters (x = 0-13) and Their Application to Triplet-Triplet
Annihilation Photon Upconversion"
M. Mitsui, D. Arima, Y. Kobayashi, E. Lee, Y. Niihori
Adv. Optical Mater.10, 2200864, (2022).
35)"Evidence for Triplet-State-Dominated Luminescence in Biicosahedral
Superatomic Molecular Au25 Clusters"
M. Mitsui, Y. Wada, R. Kishii, D. Arima, Y. Niihori,
Nanoscale, 14, 7974-7979 (2022).
Selected as "Outside Front Cover"
Selected as "2022 Nanoscale HOT Article Collection"
34)"Unravelling the Origin of Dual Photoluminescence in Au2Cu6 Clusters
by Triplet Sensitization and Photon Upconversion"
D. Arima, Y. Niihori, M. Mitsui
J. Mater. Chem. C, 10, 4597-4606 (2022)
Invited Article to Themed Collection : "Matrials for thermally activated fluorescence and/or triplet fusion upconversion"
Selected as "Outside Front Cover"
33)"Excited-State Symmetry Breaking in a Multiple Multipolar Chromophore
Probed by Single-Molecule Fluorescence Imaging and Spectroscopy"
M. Mitsui, Y. Takakura, K. Hirata, Y. Niihori, Y. Fujiwara, K. Kobayashi
J. Phys. Chem. B 125, 9950-9959 (2021).
32)"Starburst-Shaped D-π-A Chromophore Possessing a Hexaethynylbenzene
Core for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells"
M. Mitsui, Y. Nakagome, Y. Niihori, S. Inoue, Y. Fujiwara, K. Kobayashi,
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 13, 35739-35749 (2021).
31)"Single Pt Atom Doping to Silver Clusters Enables Near-infrared-to-Blue
Photon Upconversion"
Y. Niihori, Y. Wada, M. Mitsui
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 60, 2822-2827 (2021).
Selected as "Hot Paper"
Selected as "Frontispiece"
30)"Synthesis and Properties of a Cyclohexa-2.7-Anthrylene Ethynylene
Derivative"
H. Matsuki, K. Okubo, Y. Takaki, Y. Niihori, M. Mitsui, E. Kayahara, S.
Yamago, K. Kobayashi
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 60, 998-1003 (2021).
29)"Photophysical and Thermodynamic Properties of Ag29(BDT)12(TPP)x
(x = 0-4) Clusters in Secondary Ligand Binding-Dissociation Equilibria
Unraveled by Photoluminescence Analysis"
Y. Niihori, N. Takahashi, M. Mitsui,
J. Phys. Chem. C 124, 5880-5886 (2020).
28)"Excited-State Symmetry Breaking of a Symmetrical Donor-π-Donor
Quadrupolar Molecule at a Polymer/Glass Interface"
M. Mitsui, Y. Takakura, Y. Niihori, M. Nakamoto, Y. Fujiwara, K. Kobayashi
J. Phys. Chem. C 123, 14564-14572 (2019).
27)"Dynamic Behavior of Thiolate-Protected Gold-Silver 38-Atom Alloy Clusters in Solution"
Y. Niihori, S. Hashimoto, Y. Koyama, S. Hossain, W. Kurashige, Y. Negishi
J. Phys. Chem. C 123, 13324-13329 (2019).
Selected as "Supplementary Cover"
Press release in "English version" and "Japanese version"
26)"Deepening an Understanding on Thiolate-Protected Metal Clusters
Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography"
Y. Niihori, K. Yoshida, S. Hossain, W. Kurashige, Y. Negishi
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 92, 664-695 (2019).
Invited Accunt to Special Issue"Material Innovation"
Highlighted in "Inside Cover"
Highlighted in "Account/Review Collection 2019-20"
25)"Alloy Clusters: Precise Synthesis and Mixing Effects",
S. Hossain, Y. Niihori, L. V. Nair, B. Kumar, W. Kurashige, Y. Negishi
Acc. Chem. Res. 51, 3114-3124 (2018).
Invited Article to Special Issue"Toward Atomic Precision in Nanoscience"
Selected as "Supplementary Cover"
24)"Impacts of Environmental Rigidity on Photophysical Characteristics
and Behaviors of a Quadrupolar Chromophore Revealed by Single-Molecule
Fluorescence Spectroscopy"
T. Mizukami, S. Inoue, H. Ohsawa, Y. Niihori, K. Kobayashi, M. Mitsui
J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 37, 21295-21307 (2018).
23)"Atomic and Isomeric Separation of Thiolate-Protected Alloy Clusters"
Y. Niihori, Y. Koyama, S. Watanabe, S. Hashimoto, S. Hossain, L. V. Nair,
B. Kumar, W. Kurashige, Y. Negishi
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 9, 4930-4934 (2018).
Selected as "Supplementary Cover"
22)"Thiolate-Protected Trimetallic Au~20Ag~4Pd and Au~20Ag~4Pt Alloy
Clusters with Controlled Chemical Composition and Metal Positions"
S. Hossain, T. Ono, M. Yoshioka, G. Hu, M. Hosoi, Z. Chen, L.V. Nair,
Y. Niihori, W. Kurashige, D. Jiang, Y. Negishi
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 9, 2590-2594 (2018).
21)"Au25-Loaded BaLa4Ti4O15 Water-Splitting Photocatalyst with Enhanced
Activity and Durability Produced Using New Chromium Oxide Shell Formation
Method"
W. Kurashige, R. Kumazawa, D. Ishii, R. Hayashi, Y. Niihori, S. Hossain,
L.V. Nair, T. Takayama, A. Iwase, S. Yamazoe, T. Tsukuda, A. Kudo, Y. Negishi
J. Phys. Chem. C, 122, 13669-13681 (2018).
Invited Article to "Prashant V. Kamat Festschrift"
20)"High-performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry of Gold and Alloy Clusters Protected by Hydrophilic Thiolates"
Y. Niihori, D. Sharma, K. Yoshida, K. Hamada, L.V. Nair, S. Hossain, W. Kurashige, Y. Negishi
Nanoscale 10, 1641-1649 (2018).
Selected as "Back Cover"
19)"Understanding and Practical Use of Ligand and Metal Exchange Reactions
in Thiolate-Protected Metal Clusters to Synthesize Controlled Metal Clusters"
Y. Niihori, S. Hossain, S. Sharma, B. Kumar, W. Kurashige, Y. Negishi
Chem. Rec., 17, 473-484 (2017).
Invited "Personal Accounts"
Selected as "Front Cover"
18)"[Pt17(CO)12(PPh3)8]n+ (n = 1, 2): Synthesis and Geometric/Electronic
Structures"
L. V. Nair, S. Hossain, S. Wakayama, S. Takagi, M. Yoshioka, J. Maekawa,
A. Harasawa, B. Kumar, Y. Niihori, W. Kurashige, Y. Negishi
J. Phys. Chem. C, 12, 11002-11009 (2017).
Invited Article to "Special Issue"
17)"Perspective: Exchange Reactions in Thiolate-Protected Metal Clusters"
Y. Niihori, S. Hossain, B. Kumar, L. V. Nair, W. Kurashige, Y. Negishi
APL Mater., 5, 053201 (2017).
Invited "Perspective" to "Special Issue"
Highlighted in "Featured"
16)"Separation of Glutathionate-Protected Gold Clusters by Reversed-Phase
Ion Pair High-Performance Liquid Chromatography"
Y. Niihori, Y. Kikuchi, D. Shima, C. Uchida, S. Sharma, S. Hossain, W.
Kurashige, Y. Negishi
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 56, 1029-1035 (2017)
Invited Article as "A Winner of Best Presentation Award at 251th ACS Meeting"
Highlighted in "Outside Front Cover"
Highlighted in "Virtual Special Issue"
15)"Ligand Exchange Reactions in Thiolate-Protected Au25 Nanoclusters
with Selenolates or Tellurolates: Preferential Exchange Sites and Effects
on Electronic Structure"
S. Hossain, W. Kurashige, S. Wakayama, B. Kumar, L. V. Nair, Y. Niihori,
Y. Negishi
J. Phys. Chem. C, 120, 25861-25869 (2016).
14)"Tuning the Electronic Structure of Thiolate-Protected 25-Atom
Clusters by Co-Substitution with Metals Having Different Preferential Sites"
S. Sharma, S. Yamazoe, T. Ono, W. Kurashige, Y. Niihori, K. Nobusada,
T. Tsukuda, Y. Negishi
Dalton Trans., 45, 18064-18068 (2016).
Selected as "Outside Back Cover"
13)"Improvements in the Ligand-Exchange Reactivity of Phenylethanethiolate-Protected
Au25 Nanocluster by Ag or Cu Incorporation"
Y. Niihori, M. Eguro, A. Kato, S. Sharma, B. Kumar, W. Kurashige, K. Nobusada,
Y. Negishi
J. Phys. Chem. C, 120, 14301-14309 (2016).
12)"Precise Synthesis, Functionalization and Application of Thiolate-Protected
Gold Clusters"
W. Kurashige, Y. Niihori, S. Sharma, Y. Negishi
Coord. Chem. Rev., 320-321, 238-250 (2016).
Invited Review to "Special Issue"
11)"High-Resolution Separation of Thiolate-Protected Gold Clusters
by Reversed-Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography"
Y. Niihori, C. Uchida, W. Kurashige, Y. Negishi
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, 4251-4265 (2016).
Invited "Perspective"
Selected as "Outside Front Cover"
10)"Understanding Ligand-Exchange Reactions on Thiolate-Protected
Gold Cluster by Probing Isomer Distributions Using Reversed-Phase High-Performance
Liquid Chromatography"
Y. Niihori, Y. Kikuchi, A. Kato, M. Matsuzaki, Y. Negishi
ACS Nano, 9, 9347-9356 (2015).
Highlighted in "IN NANO" (HP・PDF)
9)"Controlled Loading of Small Aun Clusters (n = 10–39) onto BaLa4Ti4O15
Photocatalysts: Toward an Understanding of Size Effect of Co-Catalyst on
Water Splitting Photocatalytic Activity"
Y. Negishi, Y. Matsuura, R. Tomizawa, W. Kurashige, Y. Niihori, T. Takayama,
A. Iwase, A. Kudo
J. Phys. Chem. C, 119, 11214-11232 (2015).
Invited Article to "Special Issue"
8)"A Critical Size for Emergence of Nonbulk Electronic and Geometric
Structures in Dodecanethiolate-Protected Au Clusters"
Y. Negishi, T. Nakazaki, S. Malola, S. Takano, Y. Niihori, W. Kurashige,
S. Yamazoe, T. Tsukuda, H. Häkkinen
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 1206-1212 (2015).
Highlighted in "Nature Nanotechnology" (HP・PDF・in Japanease)
7)"Recent Progress in the Functionalization Methods of Thiolate-Protected
Gold Clusters"
W. Kurashige, Y. Niihori, S. Sharma, Y. Negishi
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 5, 4134-4142 (2014).
Invited "Perspective"
Selected as "Outside Front Cover"
Highlighted in "Editorial"
6) "Advanced Use of High-Performance Liquid Chromatography for Synthesis
of Controlled Metal Clusters"
Y. Niihori, M. Matsuzaki, C. Uchida, Y. Negishi
Nanoscale, 6, 7889-7896 (2014).
Selected as "Back Cover"
5) "Toward the Creation of Stable, Functionalized Metal Clusters"
Y. Negishi, W. Kurashige, Y. Niihori, K. Nobusada
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 15, 18736-18751 (2013).
Invited "Perspective"
Selected as "Outside Front Cover"
Selected as "HOT article"
4) "Separation of Precise Compositions of Noble Metal Clusters Protected
with Mixed Ligands"
Y. Niihori, M. Matsuzaki, T. Pradeep, Y. Negishi
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 4946-4949 (2013).
3) "Remarkable Enhancement in Ligand-Exchange Reactivity of Thiolate-Protected
Au25 Nanocluster by Single Pd Atom Doping"
Y. Niihori, W. Kurashige, M. Matsuzaki, Y. Negishi
Nanoscale, 5, 508-512 (2013).
Selected as "Back Cover
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