Spatial Order Research Team

We aim to investigate expression systems of advanced material properties at time scale of pico second order, imaging space distribution and spatial order of electron with nano meter scale. For this aim, we develop a measurement system of quantum spatial order which makes full use of very short pulse and high luminosity of SPring-8. Moreover, cooperating other 2 teams, we reveal molecular interaction from spin order, excitation order and spatial order of electrons. We aim to pioneer material science with synchrotron radiation and find a new way to design bottom-up material especially.

Research Subjects

• Research of electronic order dynamics in nano scale
• Research of responsive functional coordination polymers

Publications

1. Nobuhiro Yanai, Koji Kitayama, Yuh Hijikata, Hiroshi Sato, Ryotaro Matsuda, Yoshiki Kubota, Masaki Takata, Motohiro Mizuno, Takashi Uemura and Susumu Kitagawa:
   "Gas detection by structural variations of fluorescent guest molecules in a flexible porous coordination Polymer"
   Nature Materials, 2011, 10, 787-793. (Highlighted in Noteworthy Chemistry, ACS, 7, Nov., 2011)
2. Joobeom Seo, Charlotte Bonneau, Ryotaro Matsuda, Masaki Takata and Susumu Kitagawa:
   "Soft Secondary Building Unit: Dynamic Bond Rearrangement on Multinuclear Core of Porous Coordination Polymers in Gas Media"
   J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 9005-9013.
3. Sareeya Bureekaew, Hiroshi Sato, Ryotaro Matsuda, Yoshiki Kubota, Raita Hirose, Jungeun Kim, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata and Susumu Kitagawa:
   "Control of Interpenetration for Tuning Structural Flexibility Influence Sorption Properties"
   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 7660-7664.
4. Satoru Shimomura, Masakazu Higuchi, Ryotaro Matsuda, Ko Yoneda, Yuh Hijikata, Yoshiki Kubota, Yoshimi, Mita, Jungeun Kim, Masaki Takat, Susumu Kitagawa:
   "Selective Sorption of Oxygen and Nitric Oxide by an Electron-donating Flexible Porous Coordination Polymer"
   Nature Chemistry, 2010, 2, 633-637.
5. Hiroshi Sato, Rotaro Matsuda, Kunihisa Sugimoto, Masaki Takata, Susumu Kitagawa:
   "Photoactivation of a Nanoporous Crystal for On-demand Guest Trapping and Conversion"
   Nature Materials, 2010, 9, 661-666.
6. Ryotaro Matsuda, Takashi Tsujino, Hiroshi Sato, Yoshiki Kubota, Kunimitsu Morishige, Masaki Takata, Susumu Kitagawa:
   "Temperature Responsive Channel Uniformity Impacts on Highly Guest-selective Adsorption in a Porous Coordination Polymer"
   Chemical Science, 2010, 1, 315-321.
7. Tomohiro Fukushima, Satoshi Horike, Yasutaka Inubushi, Keiji Nakagawa, Yoshiki Kubota, Masaki Takata, Susumu Kitagawa:
   "Solid Solutions of Soft Porous Coordination Polymers: Fine-Tuning of Gas Adsorption Properties"
   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 4820-4824.
8. Masaaki Ohba, Ko Yoneda, Susumu Kitagawa:
   "Guest-responsive Porous Magnetic Frameworks Using Polycyanometallates"
   Cryst. Eng. Comm. 2010, 12, 159-165.
9. Masakazu Higuchi, Daisuke Tanaka, Satoshi Horike, Hirotoshi Sakamoto, Kohei Nakamura, Yohei Takashima, Yuh Hijikata, Nobuhiro Yanai, Jungeun Kim, Kenichi Kato, Yoshiki Kubota, Masaki Takata, Susumu Kitagawa:
   "Porous Coordination Polymer with Pyridinium Cationic Surface, [Zn2(tpa)2(cpb)]"
   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131. 10336-10337.
10. Masaaki Ohba, Ko Yoneda, Gloria Agusti, M. Carmen Munoz, Ana B. Gaspar, José A. Real, Mikio Yamasaki, Hideo Ando, Yoshihide Nakao, Shigeyoshi Sakaki, Susumu Kitagawa:
    "Bidirectional Chemo-switching of Spin State in a Microporous Framework"
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 4767-4771.