Nanoprobe Group @ NIMS

Group Photo (04/16/2024)

Email address: FAMILYNAME.firstname@nims.go.jp

 Researcher

Shigeki KAWAI (Group leader, Chief Researcher) , ,
 Associate professor, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba 

Oscar CUSTANCE (Managing Researcher) ,

Keisuke SAGISAKA (Principal Researcher) ,

Nobuyuki ISHIDA (Principal Researcher) ,

Syunsuke YOSHIZAWA(Senior Researcher) ,

Hironobu HAYASHI(Senior Researcher) ,

Kewei Sun (NIMS-ICYS Resercher）,

CV
2013.06: B.S. (Physics), College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, China
2018.06： PhD (Physics), Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, China (Prof. Lifeng Chi)
2018.07： NIMS Postdoc
2021.04: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers
2022.10： NIMS-ICYS Researcher
Publication list
1. K. Sun, A. Ishikawa, R. Itaya, Y. Toichi, T. Yamakado, A. Osuka, T. Tanaka, K. Sakamoto, S. Kawai
   "TBA"
   Submitted.
2. K. Sun, L. Kurki, O. J. Silveira, T. Nishiuchi, T. Kubo, A. S. Foster, S. Kawai
   "On-Surface Synthesis of Silole and Disila-Cyclooctene Derivatives"
   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202401027.
3. K. Sun, K. Sugawara, A. Lyalin, Y. Ishigaki, K. Uosaki, O. Custance, T. Taketsugu, T. Suzuki, S. Kawai
   "On-Surface Synthesis of Multiple Cu Atom-Bridged Organometallic Oligomers"
   ACS Nano 2023, 17, 24355–24362.
4. S. Kawai, O. J. Silveira, L. Kurki, Z. Yuan, T. Nishiuchi, T. Kodama, K. Sun, O. Custance, J. L. Lado, T. Kubo, A. S. Foster
   "Local Probe-Induced Structural Isomerization in a One-Dimensional Molecular Array"
   Nature Communications 2023, 14, 7741.
5. K. Sun, D. Li, T. Kaihara, S. Minakata, Y. Takeda, S. Kawai
   "On-Surface Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Nanographene with an [18]Annulene Pore on Ag(111)"
   Commun. Chem. 2023, 6, 228.
6. X. Xu, K. Sun, A. Ishikawa, A. Narita, S. Kawai
   "Magnetism in Nonplanar Zigzag Edge Termini of Graphene Nanoribbons"
   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202302534.
7. Y. Ma, K. Sugawara, Y. Ishigaki, K. Sun, T. Suzuki, S. Kawai
   "Strain-sensitive On-Surface Ladderization via Non-Dehydrogenative Heterocyclization"
   Chemistry - A European Journal 2023, 29, e202203622.
8. K. Sun, O. J. Silveira, Y. Ma, Y. Hasegawa, M. Matsumoto, S. Kera, O. Krejčí, A. S. Foster, S. Kawai
   "On-Surface Synthesis of Disilabenzene-Bridged Covalent Organic Frameworks"
   Nature Chemistry 2023, 15, 136–142.
9. S. Kawai, K. Sugawara, Y. Ma, K. Sun, O. Custance, Y. Ishigaki, T. Suzuki
   "Multiple Molecular Interactions between Alkyl Groups and Dissociated Bromine Atoms on Ag(111)"
   Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2022, 24, 22191–22197.
10. K. Sun, O. J. Silveira, S. Saito, K. Sagisaka, S. Yamaguchi, A. S. Foster, S. Kawai
    "Manipulation of Spin Polarization in Boron-Substituted Graphene Nanoribbons"
    ACS Nano 2022, 16, 11244–11250.
11. S. Kawai, A. Ishikawa, S. Ishida, T. Yamakado, Y. Ma, K. Sun, Y. Tateyama, R. Pawlak, E. Meyer, S. Saito, A. Osuka
    "On-Surface Synthesis of Porphyrin-Complex Multi-Block Co-Oligomers by Defluorinative Coupling"
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202114697.
12. K. Sun, K. Sagisaka, L. Peng, H. Watanabe, F. Xu, R. Pawlak, E. Meyer, Y. Okuda, A. Orita, S. Kawai
    "Head-to-Tail Oligomerization by Silylene-tethered Sonogashira Coupling on Ag(111)"
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 19598-19603.
13. K. Sun, K. Sugawara, A. Lyalin, Y. Ishigaki, K. Uosaki, T. Taketsugu, T. Suzuki, S. Kawai
    "Heterocyclic Ring Opening of Nanographene on Au(111)"
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 9427-9432.
14. K. Sun, S. Kawai
    "Strength of Electronic Decoupling of Fullerene on an AuSi_X Layer Formed on Au(111)"
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2021, 23, 5455-5459.
15. K. Sun, T. Nishiuchi, K. Sahara, T. Kubo, A. S. Foster, S. Kawai
    "Low-Temperature Removal of Dissociated Bromine by Silicon Atoms for an On-Surface Ullmann Reaction"
    J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 19675–19680.
16. K. Nakamura, Q.-Q. Li, O. Krejci, A. S. Foster, K. Sun, S. Kawai, S. Ito
    "On-Surface Synthesis of a π-Extended Diaza[8]circulene"
    J. Am Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 11363-11369.
17. K. Sun, O. Krejči, A. S. Foster, Y. Okuda, A. Orita, S. Kawai
    "Synthesis of Regioisomeric Graphene Nanoribbon Junctions via Heteroprecursors"
    J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 17632-17638.
18. "On-Surface Translational Activity of Porphyrin Chromophore Molecules"
    J. P. Hill, D. T. Payne, K. Sun, Y. Matsushita, A. Nakata, P. Mishra, T. Uchihashi, W. Nakanishi, K. Ariga, T. Nakayama, S. Kawai
    Single Molecule Mechanics on a Surface: F. Moresco, C. Joachim (Eds.), 2023, 83-103.

Donglin Li (NIMS Postdoc Researcher)

Publication list
1. D. Li, O. J. Silveira, T. Matsuda, H. Hayashi, H. Maeda, A. S. Foster, S. Kawai
   "TBA"
   Submitted.
2. X. Zhang, D. Li, C. C. H. Tan, F. Hanindita, Y. Hamamoto, A. S. Foster, S. Kawai, S. Ito
   "TBA"
   Submitted.
3. K. Sun, D. Li, T. Kaihara, S. Minakata, Y. Takeda, S. Kawai
   "On-Surface Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Nanographene with an [18]Annulene Pore on Ag(111)"
   Commun. Chem. 2023, 6, 228.

Yuji ISSHIKI （JSPS-Postdoc researcher）

Yuya HATTORI （JSPS-Postdoc researcher）

Tsuguru GOTO （Tsukuba Univeristy, Master's Course)

 Research Assistant

Mikiko TSUJIMURA

Chie NEGORO

 Administrative Assistant

Shizuka TAKAHASHI