MPI-NIMS International Joint Lab (April, 2007/March 2010)
Supramolecular Nanomaterials Group, MPI Colloids and Interfaces
Potsdam, Germany



Nakanishi's Research Team in 2014
@MANA, NIMS


2015/7/6 (Schedule)
Dr. Alberto BIANCO will provide his talk at the MANA Seminar
First Class Director of Research at CNRS
Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, CNRS, STrasbourg, France
"Design of functionalized of carbon-based nanomaterials and their applications"


2015/5/28
Dr. Hao Wang
Hao has joined us as an Internship Student from Kent State Univeristy, USA.


2015/5/8
Farewell to Mr. Christopher Hassam
Chris has completed his Joint PhD program at NIMS and returned back to Flinders University in Australia


2015/3/27
Farewell to Dr. Ken Okamoto
Dr. Okamoto has appointed an Associate Professor @ National Institute of Technology, Ichinoseki College, Iwate



[Publications in 2015]
EAdv. Optical Mater., 2015, in press. (DOI: 10.1002/adom.201400619)
gExfoliation of Graphene and Assembly Formation with Alkylated-C60: A Nanocarbon
Hybrid towards Photo-Energy Conversion Electrode Devicesh
Y. Shen,* A. Saeki, S. Seki, J.-O. Lee, J. Aimi, T. Nakanishi*



ESci. Technol. Adv. Mater., 2015, 16 (1), 014805 (20pp). (Open Access Article, Hot Paper)
gAlkyl-ƒÎ engineering in state control toward versatile optoelectronic soft materialsh
F. Lu, T. Nakanishi*

(Focus on Future Leaders in Nanoarchitectonics, Invited Review)

EJ. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3 (11), 2484-2490. (Back Cover Picture)
gSynthesis and self-assembly of phthalocyanine-tethered block copolymersh
J. Aimi,* M. Komura, T. Iyoda, A. Saeki, S. Seki, M. Takeuchi, T. Nakanishi*




2015/3/17
The 457th MANA Seminar
(The 2nd Colloquium for Novel Organic Materials)
WPI-MANA Auditorium, 15:00-16:30



2015/3/11-13
Excellent Poster Presentation Award
Dr. Takashi NAKANISHI
"ƒÎ-Conjugated Molecule Based Room Temperature Liquid Materials"
The 8th MANA International Symposium 2015 (@Tsukuba, Japan)



EH index = 35 (1st Jan, 2015)


2015/1/28
The 448th MANA Seminar
Dr. Stephane CAMPIDELLI

(Laboratoire d'Innovation en Chimie des Surfaces et Nanoscience, CEA Saclay, France)
gDevelopment of New Functionalization Methods of Carbon Nanotubes and Grapheneh


Photo taken with Stephane


ENature Chem., 2014, 6 (8), 690-696.
gDirected assembly of optoelectronically active alkyl-ƒÎ-conjugated molecules by adding n-alkanes or ƒÎ-conjugated speciesh
M. J. Hollamby,* M. Karny, P. H. H. Bomans, N. A. J. M. Sommerdijk, A. Saeki, S. Seki, H. Minamikawa, I. Grillo, B. R. Pauw, P. Brown, J. Eastoe, H. Moehwald, T. Nakanishi*




EJ. Synth. Org. Chem., Jpn., 2014, 72 (11), 1265-1270. (Open Access Article)
gRoom Temperature Liquid Formulation by Attaching Alkyl Chains on ƒÎ-Conjugated Moleculesh
T. Nakanishi*


EPhys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16 (16), 7199-7204. (Perspective)
gFullerene assemblies toward photo-energy conversionsh
Y. Shen, T. Nakanishi*



ECurr. Opin. Coll. Interface Sci., 2014, 19, 131-139.
gControlled self-assembly of alkylated-ƒÎ compounds for soft materials - Towards optical and optoelectronic applicationsh
A. Zielinska, M. Leonowicz, H. Li,* T. Nakanishi*



EBest Presentation Award at WUT-NIMS Joint Symposium 2014
Agnieszka Zielinska (19th September, 2014 @ WUT)



2014/12/2
The 444th MANA Seminar
Prof. Ben Zhong TANG

(The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China)
gAggregation-Induced Emissionh


2014/11/5
The 436th MANA Seminar
Prof. Suhrit GHOSH

(Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India)
gH-Bonding Driven Supramolecular Assembly of Donor-Acceptor Chromophores and Amphiphilic Macromoleculesh


2014/7/22
The 421st MANA Seminar
Prof. Martin J. HOLLAMBY

(Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University, UK)
gDirected assembly of ƒÎ-system-containing materials for organic electronicsh


2014/2/7
The 391st MANA Seminar
(The 1st Colloquium for Novel Organic Materials)

Dr. Yasuhiro ISHIDA

(RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, Japan)
gMagnetically Oriented Single-Crystal-Like Polymer Networksh

Dr. Eijiro MIYAKO

(National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (ASIT), Japan)
gLight-driven functional nanocarbon complexes for nanobiotechnological applicationsh


Prof. Shohei SAITO

(Nagoya University, Japan)
gFlexible-Rigid Hybrid ƒÎ Systems that Show Environment-Dependent Multi-Luminescence for Materials Imaging Techniqueh



EDr. Avijit Ghosh iMANA Postdocj has joined iNovember, 2014-j
EIzabela Osica iWUT-NIMS Graduate School PhD Student from Warsaw Univ Tech., Polandj has joined iAug, 2014-j
EJoanna Burno iInternship Student from Warsaw Univ Tech., Polandj has joined iJuly, 2014-August, 2014j
EDr. Ken Okamoto iNIMS/MANA Postdocj has joined iJune, 2014-j
EChristopher Hassam iPhD Student from Flinders Univ, Australiaj has joined iMay, 2014-j
EDr. Fengniu Lu (NIMS Postdoc) has joined (April, 2014-)
EDr. Kuemhee Jang iNIMS Postdocj has joined iOctober, 2013-March, 2014j
EKinga Ludwichowska & Olga Urbanek iInternship Student from Warsaw Univ Tech., Polandj has joined iJuly, 2013-August, 2013j


ENature Commun., 2013, 4:1969, doiI: 10.1038/ncomms2969.
gNonvolatile liquid anthracenes for facile full-colour luminescence tuning at single blue-light excitationh
S. S. Babu, M. J. Hollamby, J. Aimi, H. Ozawa, A. Saeki, S. Seki, K. Kobayashi, K. Hagiwara, M. Yoshizawa, H. Moehwald, T. Nakanishi*



EYumeno Akasaka (Research Assistant) has joined (April, 2013-)
EAgnieszka Zielinska iWUT-NIMS Graduate School PhD Student from Warsaw Univ Tech., Polandj has joined iJuly, 2012-j
EMonika Wyszomirska & Maciej Karny iInternship Student from Warsaw Univ Tech., Polandj has joined iJuly, 2012-August, 2012j
EDr. Debdas RayiNIMS Postdocj has joined iJune, 2012-May, 2013j
EDr. Jiyoung Choi iNIMS Postdocj has joined iApril, 2012-July, 2013j
EDaniel Mangos iPhD Student from Flinders Univ, Australiaj has joined iMarch, 2012-March, 2013j
EMiyuki Matsuda (Research Assistant) has joined (March, 2012-)
EKeita Hagiwara iInternship Student from TITECH, Japanj has joined iFeb, 2012-May, 2012j
EDr. Hidehiki Asanuma iJSPS Postdoc Fellowj has joined iDec, 2011-October, 2013j


EH index = 31 (1st May, 2013)


[Selected Publications]
1) gDirected assembly of optoelectronically active alkyl-ƒÎ-conjugated molecules by adding n-alkanes or ƒÎ-conjugated speciesh
M. J. Hollamby,* M. Karny, P. H. H. Bomans, N. A. J. M. Sommerdijk, A. Saeki, S. Seki, H. Minamikawa, I. Grillo, B. R. Pauw, P. Brown, J. Eastoe, H. Moehwald, T. Nakanishi*

Nature Chem., 2014, 6 (8), 690-696.

2) gNonvolatile liquid anthracenes for facile full-colour luminescence tuning at single blue-light excitationh
S. S. Babu, M. J. Hollamby, J. Aimi, H. Ozawa, A. Saeki, S. Seki, K. Kobayashi, K. Hagiwara, M. Yoshizawa, H. Moehwald, T. Nakanishi*
Nature Commun., 2013, 4:1969, doi: 10.1038/ncomms2969. (Open Access)

3) gAlkylated-C60 based soft materials: regulation of self-assembly and optoelectronic properties by chain branchingh
H. Li, S. S. Babu, S. T. Turner, D. Neher, M. J. Hollamby, T. Seki, S. Yagai, Y. Deguchi, H. Moehwald, T. Nakanishi*
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013, 1 (10), 1943-1951. (Back Inside Cover)

4) gSolvent-Free Luminescent Organic Liquidsh
S. S. Babu, J. Aimi, H. Ozawa, N. Shirahata, A. Saeki. S. Seki, A. Ajayaghosh, H. Moehwald, T. Nakanishi*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51 (14), 3391-3395.
(Highlighted in Nature, 2012, 484, 9. and ChemistryViews, Press released from Wiley)

5) gCdSe Nanocrystal/C60-liquid composite material with enhanced photoelecteochemical performanceh
T. J. Kramer, S. S. Babu, A. Saeki. S. Seki, J. Aimi, T. Nakanishi*
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22 (42), 22370-22373. (Hot Paper in JMC Blog)

6) gAssembly of carbon nanotubes and alkylated fullerenes: nanocarbon hybrid towards photovoltaic applicationsh
Y. Shen,* J. S. Reparaz, M. R. Wagner, A. Hoffmann, C. Thomsen, J.-O. Lee, S. Heeg, B. Hatting, S. Reich,
A. Seki, S. Seki, K. Yoshida, S. S. Babu, H. Moehwald, T. Nakanishi*

Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 2243-2250. (DOI: 10.1039/c1sc00360g)

7) gAssembly of Fullerene-Carbon Nanotubes: Temperature Indicator for Photothermal Conversionh
Y. Shen, A. G. Skirtach, T. Seki, S. Yagai, H. Li, H. Moehwald, T. Nakanishi*
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132 (25), 8566-8568.

8) gSuperstructures and superhydrophobic property in hierarchical organized architectures of fullerenes bearing long alkyl tailsh
T. Nakanishi,* Y. Shen, J. Wang, H. Li, P. Fernandes, K. Yoshida, S. Yagai, M. Takeuchi, K. Ariga, D. G. Kurth, H. Moehwald
J. Mater. Chem. 2010, 20 (7), 1253-1260. (Back Cover Page)
(Highlighting the work of emerging investigators in materials chemistry)

9) gSelf-Assembly Made Durable: Water-Repellent Materials Formed by Cross-Linking Fullerene Derivativesh
J. Wang, Y. Shen, S. Kessek, P. Fernandes, K. Yoshida, S. Yagai, D. G. Kurth, H. Moehwald, T. Nakanishi*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48 (12), 2166-2170.

10) gSupramolecular Templates for Nanoflake-Metal Surfacesh
Y. Shen, J. Wang, U. Kuhlmann, P. Hildebrandt, K. Ariga, H. Moehwald, D. G. Kurth, T. Nakanishi*
Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15 (12), 2763-2767. (Cover Page)

11) gElectron Transport and Electrochemistry of Mesomorphic Fullerenes with Long-Range Ordered Lamellaeh
T. Nakanishi,* Y. Shen, J. Wang, S. Yagai, M. Funahashi, T. Kato, P. Fernandes, H. Moehwald, D. G. Kurth
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130 (29), 9236-9237.

12) gNano-Carbon Superhydrophobic Surfaces Created from Fullerene Based Hierarchical Supramolecular Assembliesh
T. Nakanishi,* T. Michinobu, K. Yoshida, N. Shirahata, K. Ariga, H. Moehwald, D. G. Kurth
Adv. Mater. 2008, 20 (3), 443-446.

13) gFlower-Shaped Supramolecular Assemblies: Hierarchical Organization of a Fullerene Bearing Long Aliphatic Chainsh
T. Nakanishi,* K. Ariga, T. Michinobu, K. Yoshida, H. Takahashi, T. Teranishi, H. Moehwald, D. G. Kurth
Small 2007, 3 (12), 2019-2023. (Cover Page)

14) gPerfectly Straight Nanowires of Fullerenes Bearing Long Alkyl-Chains on Graphiteh
T. Nakanishi,* N. Miyashita, T. Michinobu, Y. Wakayama, T. Tsuruoka, K. Ariga, D. G. Kurth
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128 (19), 6328-6329.

15) gRoom Temperature Liquid Fullerenes: An Uncommon Morphology of C60 Derivativesh
T. Michinobu, T. Nakanishi,* J. P. Hill, M. Funahashi, K. Ariga
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128 (32), 10384-10385.

16) gHierarchical supramolecular fullerene architectures with controlled dimensionalityh
T. Nakanishi,* W. Schmitt, T. Michinobu, D. G. Kurth, K. Ariga
Chem. Commun. 2005, (48), 5982-5984. (Hot Article)


[Selected Review Articles]
1) gRoom Temperature Liquid Formulation by Attaching Alkyl Chains on ƒÎ-Conjugated Moleculesh
T. Nakanishi*
J. Synth. Org. Chem., Jpn., 2014, 72 (11), 1265-1270. (Open Access Article)

2) gFullerene assemblies toward photo-energy conversionsh
Y. Shen, T. Nakanishi*
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16 (16), 7199-7204. (Perspective)

3) gNonvolatile functional molecular liquidsh
S. S. Babu, T. Nakanishi*
Chem. Commun., 2013, 49 (82), 9373-9382. (Feature Article, Front Cover Picture)

4) gThe power of branched chains: optimising functional molecular materialsh
M. J. Hollamby, T. Nakanishi*
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013, 1 (39), 6178-6183. (Highlight, Hot Article in JMC Blog)

5) gOptoelectronic Functional Materials Based on Alkylated-ƒÎ Molecules: Self-Assembled Architectures and Nonassembled Liquidsh
H. Li, J. Choi, T. Nakanishi*
Langmuir, 2013, 29 (18), 5394-5406. (Feature Article, Front Cover Picture)

6) gRecent progresses in morphology control of supramolecular fullerene assemblies and its applicationsh
S. S. Babu, H. Moehwald, T. Nakanishi*
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2010, 39 (11), 4021-4035. (Cover Page)

7) gSupramolecular soft and hard materials based on self-assebly algorithms of alkyl-conjugated fullerenesh
T. Nakanishi*
Chem. Commun. 2010, 46 (20), 3425-3436. (Feature Article)


International Symposium for Young Organic Chemists (ISYOC)
7-8th of March, 2007 (NIMS, Tsukuba, Japan)