Dr. Ji

Name:	Qingmin Ji
Affiliation:	Supermolecules Group National Institute for Materials Science
Specialty:	Layer-by-layer assembly, fabrication of inorganic and organic-inorganic hybrid materials
Academic degree:	Ph. D., Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba

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Last update : 2011/Oct./7

Educational and Working History:

2011-Present	MANA Scientist, National Institute for Materials Science
2009 -2011	JSPS Fellow, Supermolecules group National Institute for Materials Science
2006 -2009	Postdoctoral Fellow, Supermolecules group National Institute for Materials Science
2005 -2006	Postdoctoral Fellow, Nanoarchitectonics Research Center National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
2002-2005	Ph. D., Department of The Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences University of Tsukuba
1998-2001	M.S., Department of Chemistry NanJing University of Science and Technology, China

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Research Interests
The goal of my research is to fabricate functional structures with properties designed for advanced applications. My research includes the fabrication of layer-by-layer (LbL) assembled films with polymer and inorganic nanostructures, synthesis inorganic hollow structure, self-assembly of nanoparticles by ligand replacing and exploring the films or hollow structures for the applications as sensors, catalysts, drug carriers and biological support materials.

Selected Papers

Q. Ji, I. Honma, S.-M. Paek, M. Akada, J. P. Hill, A. Vinu, K. Ariga,
“Layer-by-Layer Films of Graphene Sheet and Ionic Liquid for Highly Selective Gas Sensing”
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 49, 9737-9739 (2010).
Q. Ji, S. Acharya, J. P. Hill, G. J. Richards, K. Ariga
“Surfactant Guided Multi-dimensional Assemblies of Ultrasmall Monodispersed Gold Nanoparticles”
Adv. Mater., 20, 4027-4032 (2008).
Q. Ji, M. Miyahara, J. P. Hill, S. Acharya, A. Vinu, S. B. Yoon, J.-S. Yu, K. Sakamoto, K. Ariga,
“Stimuli-Free Auto-Modulated Material Release from Mesoporous Nano-Compartment Films”
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 2376-2377 (2008).
Q. Ji, R. Iwaura, and T. Shimizu
“Regulation of Silica Nanotube Diameters: Sol-Gel Transcription Using Solvent-Sensitive Morphological Change of Peptide Lipid Nanotubes As Templates”
Chem. Mater., 19, 1329-1334 (2007).
Q. Ji and T. Shimizu
“Chemical Synthesis of Transition Metal Oxide Nanotubes in Water Using an Iced Lipid Nanotube as a Template”
Chem. Comm., 4411-4413 (2005).

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Publication list:

A. H. Khan, Q. Ji, K. Ariga, U. Thupakula, and S. Acharya, “Size controlled ultranarrow PbS nanorods: spectroscopy and robust stability”, J. Mater. Chem., 21, (2011) 5671.
R. Charvet, K. Ariga, J. P. Hill, Q. Ji, A. H. Khan, and S. Acharya, “Large scale assembly of ordered donor-acceptor heterojunction molecular wires using the Langmuir- Blodgett technique”, Chem. Commun., 47, (2011) 6825.
A. H. Khan, Q. Ji, K. Ariga, B. Das, D. D. Sarma, and S. Acharya, ““Synthesis and Metallic Probe Induced Conductance of Au Tipped Ultranarrow PbS Rods”, Chem. Commun., 47, (2011) 8421.
Y. Xie, M. Akada, J. P. Hill, Q. Ji, R. Charvet, and K. Ariga, “Real time self-assembly and reassembly of molecular nanowires of trigeminal amphiphile porphyrins”,
M. Mashimo, Q. Ji, S. Ishihara, H. Sakai, M. Abe, J. P. Hill, and K. Ariga, “Hierarchic template approach for synthesis of silica nanocapsules with tuned shell thickness”, Chem. Lett., 40, (2011) 840.
X. Hu, Q. Ji, J. P. Hill, and K. Ariga, “Large-Scale Synthesis of WOx-EDA Nanobelts and Their Application as Photoswitches”, Cryst. Eng. Comm., 13, (2011) 2237.
K. Ariga, Q. Ji, and J. P. Hill, “Enzyme-Encapsulated Layer-by-Layer Assemblies: Current Status and Challenges toward Ultimate Nanodevices”, Adv. Polym. Sci., 229, (2010) 51.
K. Ariga, Q. Ji, J. P. Hill and A. Vinu, “Supramolecular Materials from Inorganic Building Blocks”, J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater., 20, (2010) 1.
Q. Ji, I. Honma, S.-M. Paek, M. Akada, J. P. Hill, A. Vinu, and K. Ariga, “Layer-by-Layer Films of Graphene Sheet and Ionic Liquid for Highly Selective Gas Sensing”, Chem. Int. Ed., 49, (2010) 9737.
S. Mandal, M. Sathish, G. Saravanan, K. K. R. Datta, Q. Ji, J. P. Hill, H. Abe, I. Honma, and K. Ariga, “Open-Mouthed Metallic Microcapsules: Exploring Performance Improvements at Agglomeration-Free Interlors”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132, (2010) 14415.
K. Ariga, Q. Ji, and J. P. Hill, “Enzyme-Encapsulated Layer-by-Layer Assemblies: Current Status and Challenges toward Ultimate Nanodevices”, Adv. Polym. Sci., 229, (2010) 51.
Q. Ji, S. B. Yoon, J. P. Hill, A. Vinu, J.-S. Yu, and K. Ariga, “Layer-by-Layer Films of Dual-Pore Carbon Capsules with Designable Selectivity of Gas Adsorption”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, (2009) 4220.
Q. Ji, S. Acharya, J. P. Hill, A. Vinu, S. B. Yoon, J.-S. Yu, K. Sakamoto, and K. Ariga, “Hierarchic Nanostructure for Auto-Modulation of Material Release: Mesoporous Nanocompartment Films”, Adv. Funct. Mater., 19, (2009) 1792.
S. Mandal, A. Shundo, S. Acharya, J. P. Hill, Q. Ji, and K. Ariga, “Hydrogen-Bond-Assisted “Gold Cold Fusion” for Fabrication of 2D Web Structures”, Chem. Asian J., 4, (2009) 1055.
K. Ariga, Q. Ji, J. P. Hill, and A. Vinu, &ldquoCoupling of soft technology (layer-by-layer assembly) with hard materials (mesoporous solids) to give hierarchic functional structures;”, Soft Matter, 5, (2009) 3562.
K. Ariga, A. Vinu,J. P. Hill, P. Srinivasu, S. Acharya, and Q. Ji, “Supramolecular Structures and Functions with Inorganic Building Blocks Macromolecules Containing Metal and Metal-Like Elements, Volume 9”, Editor: Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz, Charles E. Carraher, Jr., Charles U. Pittman, Jr., and Martel Zeldin, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, (2009) 1-33.
K. Ariga, Q. Ji, J. P. Hill, N. Kawazoe, and G. Chen, “Supramolecular Approaches to Biological Therapy”, Expert Opin. Biol. Ther., 9, (2009) 307.
K. Ariga, A. Vinu, Q. Ji, O. Ohmori, J. P. Hill, S. Acharya, J. Koike, and S. Shiratori, “A Layered Mesoporous Carbon Sensor Based on Nanopore-Filling Cooperative Adsorption in the Liquid Phase”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 120, (2008) 7364.
Q. Ji, S. Acharya, J. P. Hill, G. J. Richards, and K. Ariga, “Surfactant Guided Multi-dimensional Assemblies of Ultrasmall Monodispersed Gold Nanoparticles”, Adv. Mater., 20, (2008) 4027.
K. Ariga, J. P. Hill, and Q. Ji, “Biomaterials and Biofunctionality in Layered Macromolecular Assemblies”, Macromol. Biosci., 8, (2008) 981.
Q. Ji, M. Miyahara, J. P. Hill, S. Acharya, A. Vinu, S. B. Yoon, J.-S. Yu, K. Sakamoto, and K. Ariga, “Stimuli-Free Auto-Modulated Material Release from Mesoporous Nano-Compartment Films”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, (2008) 2376.
Y. Zhou, Q. Ji, Y. Shimizu, N. Koshizaki, and T. Shimizu, “One-Dimensional Confinement of CdS Nanodots and Subsequent Formation of CdS Nanowires by Using a Glycolipid Nanotube as a Ship-in-Bottle Scaffold”, J. Phy. Chem. C, 112, (2008) 18412.
K. Ariga, J. P. Hill, Q. Ji, “Layer-by-layer assembly as a versatile bottom-up nanofabrication technique for exploratory research and realistic application”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 9, (2007) 2319.
Q. Ji, R. Iwaura, and T. Shimizu, “Regulation of Silica Nanotube Diameters: Sol-Gel Transcription Using Solvent-Sensitive Morphological Change of Peptide Lipid Nanotubes As Templates”, Chem. Mater., 19, (2007) 1329.
J. H. Jung, J. A. Rim, W. S. Han, S. J. Lee, Y. J. Lee, E. J. Cho, J. S. Kim, Q. Ji, and T. Shimizu, “Hydrogel Behavior of a Sugar-Based Gelator by Introduction of an Unsaturated Moiety as a Hydrophobic group”, Organic & Biomolecular Chem., 4, (2006) 2033.
Q. Ji, S. Kamiya, and T. Shimizu, “Confined Sol-Gel Reaction Using a Neutral Glycolipid Nanotube as a Template: Aqueous Fabrication of Titania Rod Structures”, Chem. Lett., 35, (2006) 394.
Y. Zhou, Q. Ji, M. Masuda, S. Kamiya, and T. Shimizu, “Helical Arrays of CdS Nanoparticles Tracing on a Functionalized Chiral Template of Glycolipid Nanotubes”, Chem. Mater., 18, (2006) 403.
Q. Ji and T. Shimizu, “Chemical Synthesis of Transition Metal Oxide Nanotubes in Water Using an Iced Lipid Nanotube as a Template”, Chem. Comm., (2005) 4411.
Q. Ji, S. Kamiya, J. H. Jung, and T. Shimizu, “Self-Assembly of Glycolipids on Silica Nanotube Templates Yielding Hybrid Nanotubes with Concentric Organic and Inorganic Layers”, J. Mater. Chem., 15, (2005) 743.
Q. Ji, R. Iwaura, and T. Shimizu, “Controlling Wall Thickness of Silica Nanotubes within 4-nm Precision”, Chem. Lett., 33, (2004) 504.
Q. Ji, R. Iwaura, M. Kogiso, J. H. Jung, K. Yoshida, and T. Shimizu, “Direct Sol-Gel Replication without Catalyst in an Aqueous Gel System: From a Lipid Nanotube with a Single Bilayer Wall to a Uniform Silica Hollow Cylinder with an Ultrathin Wall”, Chem. Mater., 16, (2004) 250.

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Proceeding Presentations

Q. Ji, R. Iwaura, M. Kogiso, J. H. Jung, K. Yoshida, T. Shimizu, “Peptidic Amphiphile as a Template for Tubular Silica Transcription”, Nanoarchitectonics Workshop 2003, March, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba.
Q. Ji, R. Iwaura, M. Kogiso, J. H. Jung, K. Yoshida, T. Shimizu, “Preparation of Thin Layer Silica Nanotubes Mediated by Self-Assembly of Peptidic Amphiphiles”, 52th Annual Meeting, 2003, May, The Society of Polymer Science (SPSJ), Nagoya.
Q. Ji, R. Iwaura, M. Kogiso, J. H. Jung, K. Yoshida, T. Shimizu, “Direct Sol-Gel Replication from Lipid Nanotube to Silica Nanotube”, 52th Symposium on Macromolecules, 2003, September, SPSJ, Yamaguchi.
Q. Ji, R. Iwaura, T. Shimizu “Control the Thickness of Silica Nanotube through Sol-Gel Transcription”, Nanoarchitectonics Workshop 2004, March, AIST, Tsukuba.
Q. Ji, R. Iwaura, T. Shimizu, “hickness Controllable Silica Nanotube through Sol-Gel Transcription”, 53th Annual Meeting, 2004, May, SPSJ, Kobe.
Q. Ji, S. Kamiya, R. Iwaura, T. Shimizu, “Self-Assembly of a Glycolipid in Silica Nanotubes”, 53th Symposium on Macromolecules, 2004, September, SPSJ, Hokkaido.
Q. Ji, S. Kamiya, T. Shimizu, “Controlling Formation of Lipid Layers on the Surface of Silica Nanotubes”, The 6th Ring & Tube Supramolecule Research Symposium, 2004, October, AIST, Tsukuba.
Q. Ji, R. Iwaura, T. Shimizu, “Controlling Formation of Lipid Layers on the Surface of Silica Nanotubes”, The 8th SPSJ International Polymer Conference (IPC), 2005, July, SPSJ, Fukuoka.
Q. Ji, S. Kamiya, R. Iwaura, T. Shimizu, “Fabrication of Hybrid Nanotubes with Concentric Organic-Inorganic Layers”, 54th Symposium on Macromolecules, 2005, September, SPSJ, Yamagata.
Q. Ji, S. Kamiya, R. Iwaura, T. Shimizu, “Fabrication of Inorganic Nanotubes Using a Lipid Nanotube as a Template in Aqueous Solution”, MRS Spring Meeting, 2006, April, Material Research Society, San Francisco.
Q. Ji, S. Kamiya, R. Iwaura, T. Shimizu, “Fabrication of Nanotubes with Unsymmetrical Surfaces”, 55th Symposium on Macromolecules, 2006, May, SPSJ, Nagoya.
Q. Ji, M. Miyahara, J. P. Hill, S. Acharya, K. Ariga, K. Sakamoto, J. -S. Yu, “Fabrication of Mesoporous Nano-Commpartment Films with Auto-Modulated Release Capability”, 56th Symposium on Macromolecules, 2007, Sep, SPSJ, Nagoya.
Q. Ji, M. Miyahara, J. P. Hill, S. Acharya, K. Ariga, S. B. Yoon, J. S. Yu, K. Sakamoto, “Synthesis of Compartment Films Composed by Hollow Mesoporous Silica Capsules and Its Release Function”, Symposium of The Materials Research Society of Japan, 2007, Dec, MRS-J, Tokyo.
Q. Ji, M. Miyahara, K. Ariga, K. Sakamoto, J. -S. Yu, S. B. Yoon, “Study on The Release Behavior from The Porous Silica Compartment Film”, 57th Annual Meeting, 2008, May, SPSJ, Yokohama.
Q. Ji, J. P. Hill, K. Ariga, K. Sakamoto, J. -S. Yu, “Control Release from Mesoporous Nanocompartment Films”, 57th Symposium on Macromolecules, 2008, Sep, SPSJ, Osaka.
Q. Ji, J. P. Hill, S. Acharya, K. Ariga, K. Sakamoto, J. -S. Yu, “Stimuli-Free Release Films Composed by Hollow Silica Capsular Container with Mesoporous Wall”, Ist International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials, 2009, Mar, Elsevier, France.
Q. Ji, J. P. Hill, K. Ariga, J. -S. Yu, “Controllable Adsorption of Organic Solvent Vapors in The Compartment Films Composed by Hollow Carbon Capsules with Mesoporous Wall”, 10th International Conference on Fundamentals of Adsorption, 2010, May, JSAD, Awaji.
Q. Ji, I. Honma, J. P. HILL, and K, ARIGA, “Fabrication of Ionic Liquid/Graphene Composite Films for Selective Sensing of Organic Vapors”, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT), 2011, June, Materials Research Society (MRS) Singapore, Suntec, Singapore

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