Hokkaido University Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery

2023

• Unusual Selective Monitoring of N,N-Dimethylformamide in a Two-Dimensional Material Field-Effect Transistor
  A. Fukui, K. Matsuyama, H. Onoe, S. Itai, H. Ikeno, S. Hiraoka, K. Hiura, Y. Hijikata, J. Pirillo, T. Nagata, K. Takei, T. Yoshimura, N. Fujimura, D. Kiriya, Acs Nano, 2023, 17, 15, 14981-14989
  DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c03915
  
• Structural-Transformation-Induced Drastic Luminescence Changes in an Organic-Inorganic Hybrid [ReN(CN)₄]²⁻ Salt Triggered by Chemical Stimuli
  R. Ohtani, J. E. Xu, J. Yanagisawa, Y. Iwai, T. Ehara, K. Miyata, K. Onda, J. Pirillo, Y. Hijikata, T. Hiraoka, S. Hayami, B. Le Ouay, M. Ohba, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2023, ,
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306853
  
• The Geometry of Calix[3]pyrrole and the Formation of the Calix[3]pyrrole·F^- Complex in Solution
  R. Saha, J. Pirillo, Y. Ide, Y. Inokuma, Y. Hijikata, Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 2023, 142, article number 50(page 13)
  DOI: 10.1007/s00214-023-02982-1
  
• NMR Spectrum Prediction for Dynamic Molecules by Machine Learning: A Case Study of Trefoil Knot Molecule
  M. Tsitsvero, J. Pirillo, Y. Hijikata, T. Komatsuzaki, J. Chem. Phys., 2023, 21;158(19), 194108
  DOI: 10.1063/5.0147398
  
• Defect-Free Synthesis of a Fully π-Conjugated Helical Ladder Polymer and Resolution into a Pair of Enantiomeric Helical Ladders
  T. Ikai, S. Miyoshi, K. Oki, R. Saha, Y. Hijikata, E. Yashima, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2023, ,
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.202301962
  
• Unprecedented Highly Efficient Photoluminescence in a Phosphorescent Ag(I) Coordination Polymer
  H. Yoshino, M. Saigo, K. Miyata, K. Onda, J. Pirillo, Y. Hijikata, W. Kosaka, H. Miyasaka, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 4616-4619
  DOI: 10.1039/d3cc00179b
  
• Toward Calix[2]-Type Macrocycles: Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Cyclic Tetraketone and Highly Strained Furanophane
  T. Sano, Y. H. Sun, T. Mukai, Y. Inaba, T. Yoneda, Y. Ide, J. Pirillo, Y. Hijikata, Y. Inokuma, Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 2023, 27, 1067–1073
  DOI: 10.1142/s1088424623500189
  
• Chiral Calix[3]pyrrole Derivatives: Synthesis, Racemization Kinetics, and Ring Expansion to Calix[9] - and Calix[12]pyrrole Analogues
  Y. Inaba, J. Yang, Y. Kakibayashi, T. Yoneda, Y. Ide, Y. Hijikata, J. Pirillo, R. Saha, J. L. Sessler, Y. Inokuma, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202301460 (page 6)
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.202301460
  
• One-Handed Helical Tubular Ladder Polymers for Chromatographic Enantioseparation
  W. Zheng, K. Oki, R. Saha, Y. Hijikata, E. Yashima, T. Ikai, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2023, ,
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.202218297
  
• Early-Stage Formation of the SIFSIX-3-Zn Metal-Organic Framework: An Automated Computational Study
  B. B. Skjelstad, Y. Hijikata, S. Maeda, Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 3, 1210–1217
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03681
  
• Absorption Spectra of Calix[3]pyrrole Analogs as Probes for Contracted Macrocycles
  K. Watanabe, R. Saha, Y. Inaba, Y. Manabe, T. Yoneda, Y. Ide, Y. Hijikata, Y. Inokuma, Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 2023, 27, 157-163
  DOI: 10.1142/s1088424622500754
  

2022

• Designing Adsorptive Gating via Linker Side-Chain Functionalization in a Honeycomb-MOF
  J. Berger, A. Schneemann, I. Hante, Y. Jing, J. D. Evans, Y. Hijikata, J. Pirillo, T. Toyao, K. I. Shimizu, S. I. Noro, G. Kieslich, R. A. Fischer, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2022, 126, 12755-12764
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c01979
  
• Determination of the Critical Chain Length for Macromolecular Crystallization Using Structurally Flexible Polyketones
  Y. Ide, Y. Manabe, Y. Inaba, Y. Kinoshita, J. Pirillo, Y. Hijikata, T. Yoneda, K. I. Shivakumar, S. Tanaka, H. Asakawa, Y. Inokuma, Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 9848-9854
  DOI: 10.1039/d2sc03083g
  
• DNA-Mimicking Metal-Organic Frameworks with Accessible Adenine Faces for Complementary Base Pairing
  S. Chand, O. Alahmed, W. S. Baslyman, A. Dey, S. Qutub, R. Saha, Y. Hijikata, M. Alaamery, N. M. Khashab, Jacs Au, 2022, 2, 623-630
  DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.1c00516
  
• Strain-Induced Ring Expansion Reactions of Calix 3 Pyrrole-Related Macrocycles
  Y. Inaba, Y. Kakibayashi, Y. Ide, J. Pirillo, Y. Hijikata, T. Yoneda, Y. Inokuma, Chem. Eur. J., 2022, 28, e202200056
  DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200056
  
• Alkali Metal Ion Binding Using Cyclic Polyketones
  N. Ozawa, K. I. Shivakumar, M. Murugavel, Y. Inaba, T. Yoneda, Y. Ide, J. Pirillo, Y. Hijikata, Y. Inokuma, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 2971-2974
  DOI: 10.1039/d2cc00361a
  
• Late-Stage Modification of Pi-Electron Systems Based on Asymmetric Oxidation of a Medium-Sized Sulfur-Containing Ring
  M. Hayakawa, S. Horike, Y. Hijikata, K. Yasui, S. Yamaguchi, A. Fukazawa, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 2548-2551
  DOI: 10.1039/d1cc06996a
  

2021

• Flexibility Control of Two-Dimensional Coordination Polymers by Crystal Morphology: Water Adsorption and Thermal Expansion
  R. Ohtani, H. Yoshino, J. Yanagisawa, H. Ohtsu, D. Hashizume, Y. Hijikata, J. Pirillo, M. Sadakiyo, K. Kato, Y. Shudo, S. Hayami, B. Le Ouay, M. Ohba, Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27, 18135-18140
  DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103404
  
• An Elastic Metal-Organic Crystal with a Densely Catenated Backbone
  W. J. Meng, S. Kondo, T. Ito, K. Komatsu, J. Pirillo, Y. Hijikata, Y. Ikuhara, T. Aida, H. Sato, Nature, 2021, 598, 298-+
  DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03880-x
  
• Accumulated Lattice Strain as an Internal Trigger for Spontaneous Pathway Selection
  H. B. Huang, H. Sato, J. Pirillo, Y. Hijikata, Y. S. Zhao, S. Z. D. Cheng, T. Aida, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 15319-15325
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06854
  
• Calix 3 Pyrrole: A Missing Link in Porphyrin-Related Chemistry
  Y. Inaba, Y. Nomata, Y. Ide, J. Pirillo, Y. Hijikata, T. Yoneda, A. Osuka, J. L. Sessler, Y. Inokuma, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 12355-12360
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06331
  
• Encapsulation of Aromatic Guests in the Bisporphyrin Cavity of a Double-Stranded Spiroborate Helicate: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Studies and the Encapsulation Mechanism
  N. Ousaka, S. Yamamoto, H. Iida, T. Iwata, S. Ito, R. Souza, Y. Hijikata, S. Irle, E. Yashima, J. Org. Chem., 2021, 86, 10501-10516
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01155
  
• Triplet Carbene with Highly Enhanced Thermal Stability in the Nanospace of a Metal-Organic Framework
  T. Nakajo, J. Kumagai, S. Kusaka, A. Hori, Y. Hijikata, J. Pirillo, Y. S. Ma, R. Matsuda, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 8129-8136
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c02430
  
• Hydroxide Anion Transport in Covalent Organic Frameworks
  S. S. Tao, H. Xu, Q. Xu, Y. Hijikata, Q. H. Jiang, S. Irle, D. L. Jiang, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 8970-8975
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c03268
  
• Support Effect of Metal-Organic Frameworks on Ethanol Production through Acetic Acid Hydrogenation
  S. Yoshimaru, M. Sadakiyo, N. Maeda, M. Yamauchi, K. Kato, J. Pirillo, Y. Hijikata, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 19992-20001
  DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c01100
  
• Alkyl Decorated Metal-Organic Frameworks for Selective Trapping of Ethane from Ethylene above Ambient Pressures
  A. Schneemann, Y. Jing, J. D. Evans, T. Toyao, Y. Hijikata, Y. Kamiya, K. Shimizu, N. C. Burtch, S. Noro, Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 10423-10435
  DOI: 10.1039/d1dt01477c
  
• Double-Helix Supramolecular Nanofibers Assembled from Negatively Curved Nanographenes
  K. Kato, K. Takaba, S. Maki-Yonekura, N. Mitoma, Y. Nakanishi, T. Nishihara, T. Hatakeyama, T. Kawada, Y. Hijikata, J. Pirillo, L. T. Scott, K. Yonekura, Y. Segawa, K. Itami, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 5465-5469
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c00863
  
• A Temporarily Pore-Openable Porous Coordination Polymer for Guest Adsorption/Desorption
  S. Noro, Y. Meng, K. Suzuki, M. Sugiura, Y. Hijikata, J. Pirillo, K. Takahashi, T. Nakamura, Inorg. Chem., 2021, 60, 4531-4538
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03420
  
• Insoluble Pi-Conjugated Polyimine as an Organic Adsorbent for Group 10 Metal Ions
  H. Shirakura, Y. Hijikata, J. Pirillo, T. Yoneda, Y. Manabe, M. Murugavel, Y. Ide, Y. Inokuma, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2021, , 1705-1708
  DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202100172
  

2020

• Multicolour Photochromic Fluorescence of a Fluorophore Encapsulated in a Metal-Organic Framework
  Hirai, K., Kitagawa, T., Fujiwara, H., Pirillo, J., Hijikata, Y., Inose, T., Uji-i, H., Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 9651-9654
  DOI: 10.1039/d0cc03624b
  
• Controlling the Gate-Sorption Properties of Solid Solutions of Werner Complexes by Varying Component Ratios
  S. Noro, Y. Song, Y. Tanimoto, Y. Hijikata, K. Kubo, T. Nakamura, Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 9438-9443
  DOI: 10.1039/d0dt01355b
  
• Responsive Four-Coordinate Iron(II) Nodes in FePd(CN)₄
  R. Ohtani, H. Matsunari, T. Yamamoto, K. Kimoto, M. Isobe, K. Fujii, M. Yashima, S. Fujii, A. Kuwabara, Y. Hijikata, S. Noro, M. Ohba, H. Kageyama, S. Hayami, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 19254-19259
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008187
  
• Photochemically Crushable and Regenerative Metal-Organic Framework
  H. Sato, T. Matsui, Z.　Chen, J. Pirillo, Y. Hijikata, T. Aida, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 14069-14073
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06615
  
• Coordinated Water as New Binding Sites for the Separation of Light Hydrocarbons in Metal-Organic Frameworks with Open Metal Sites
  P. Vervoorts, A. Schneemann, I. Hante, J. Pirillo, Y. Hijikata, T. Toyao, K. Kon, K. Shimizu, T. Nakamura, S-i. Noro, R A. Fischer, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 9448-9456
  DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b21261
  
• Trans Influence Across a Metal-Metal Bond of a Paddle-Wheel Unit on Interaction with Gases in a Metal-Organic Framework
  J. Pirillo, Y. Hijikata, Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 1193-1203
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02911
  
• Modulation of Band Gaps Toward Varying Conductivities in Heterometallic One-Dimensional Chains by Ligand Alteration and Third Metal Insertion
  K. Uemura, D. Ito, J. Pirillo, Y. Hijikata, A. Saeki, Acs Omega, 2020, 5, 30502-30518
  DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c04317
  
• Trapping and Releasing of Oxygen in Liquid by Metal-Organic Framework with Light and Heat
  M. Fujimura, S. Kusaka, A. Masuda, A. Hori, Y. Hijikata, J. Pirillo, Y. S. Ma, R. Matsuda, Small, 2020, ,
  DOI: 10.1002/smll.202004351
  
• Understanding the Interactions between the Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide Anion and Absorbed CO2 Using X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of a Soft Crystal Surrogate
  X. Zheng, K. Fukuhara, Y. Hijikata, J. Pirillo, H. Sato, K. Takahashi, S. Noro, T. Nakamura, Communications Chemistry, 2020, 3,
  DOI: 10.1038/s42004-020-00390-1
  

2019

• Creation of MOFs with Open Metal Sites by Partial Replacement of Metal Ions with Different Coordination Numbers
  Y. Harada, Y. Hijikata, S. Kusaka, A. Hori, Y. Ma, R. Matsuda, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 2545-2548
  DOI: 10.1039/c8dt04218g
  
• The Helix-Inversion Mechanism in Double-Stranded Helical Oligomers Bridged by Rotary Cyclic Boronate Esters
  T. Hayashi, K. H. Lee, H. Iida, E. Yashima, S. Irle, Y. Hijikata, J. Comput. Chem., 2019, 40, 2036-2042
  DOI: 10.1002/jcc.25856
  
• Chiral-Selective Etching Effects on Carbon Nanotube Growth at Edge Carbon Atoms
  R. Kimura, Y. Hijikata, E. Clothilde A, P. Alister J, S. Irle, J. Comput. Chem., 2019, 40, 375-380
  DOI: 10.1002/jcc.25610
  
• Structural Transformations of Graphene Exposed to Nitrogen Plasma: Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Simulations
  S. Moon, Y. Hijikata, S. Irle, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 12112-12120
  DOI: 10.1039/c8cp06159a
  
• Seeded Polymerization of an Amide-Functionalized Diketopyrrolopyrrole Dye in Aqueous Media
  S. Ogi, N. Fukaya, Arifin, B. B. Skjelstad, Y. Hijikata, S. Yamaguchi, Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 25, 7303-7307
  DOI: 10.1002/chem.201901382
  
• Consecutive Oxidative Additions of Iodine on Undulating 2D Coordination Polymers: Formation of I-Pt-I Chains and Inhomogeneous Layers
  R. Ohtani, R. Yamamoto, H. Ohtsu, M. Kawano, J. Pirillo, Y. Hijikata, M. Sadakiyo, L. F. Lindoy, S. Hayami, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 7198-7202
  DOI: 10.1039/c8dt04624g
  
• Water-Mediated Deracemization of a Bisporphyrin Helicate Assisted by Diastereoselective Encapsulation of Chiral Guests
  N. Ousaka, S. Yamamoto, H. Iida, T. Iwata, S. Ito, Y. Hijikata, S. Irle, E. Yashima, Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 1-11
  DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09443-z
  
• Dynamic Topochemical Reaction Tuned by Guest Molecules in the Nanospace of a Metal-Organic Framework
  S. Kusaka, A. Kiyose, H. Sato, Y. Hijikata, A. Hori, YS. Ma, R. Matsuda, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 15742-15746
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b07682
  
• Topological Molecular Nanocarbons: All-Benzene Catenane and Trefoil Knot
  Y. Segawa, M. Kuwayama, Y. Hijikata, M. Fushimi, T. Nishihara, J. Pirillo, J. Shirasaki, N. Kubota, K. Itami, Science, 2019, 365, 272-276
  DOI: 10.1126/science.aav5021
  
• One-Step Synthesis of an Adaptive Nanographene MOF: Adsorbed Gas-Dependent Geometrical Diversity
  S. Suginome, H. Sato, A. Hori, A. Mishima, Y. Harada, S. Kusaka, R. Matsuda, J. Pirillo, Y. Hijikata, T. Aida, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 15649-15655
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b07732
  

2018

• A New Porous Polymer for Highly Efficient Capacitive Energy Storage
  P. Bhanja, S. K. Das, K. Bhunia, D. Pradhan, T. Hayashi, Y. Hijikata, S. Irle, A. Bhaumik, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2018, 6, 202-209
  DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b02234
  
• End-Capping π-Conjugated Systems with Medium-Sized Sulfur-Containing Rings: A Route Towards Solution-Processable Air-Stable Semiconductors
  A. Fukazawa, Y. Toda, M. Hayakawa, A. Sekioka, H. Ishii, T. Okamoto, J. Takeya, Y. Hijikata, S. Yamaguchi, Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24, 11503-11510
  DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802656
  
• Theoretical Analysis of Orientations and Tautomerization of Genistein in β-Cyclodextrin
  C. Hanpaibool, T. Chakcharoensap, Arifin, Y. Hijikata, S. Irle, P. Wolschann, N. Kungwan, P. Pongsawasdi, P. Ounjai, T. Rungrotmongkol, J. Mol. Liq., 2018, 265, 16-23
  DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.05.109
  
• Unidirectional Molecular Assembly Alignment on Graphene Enabled by Nanomechanical Symmetry Breaking
  L. Hong, T. Nishihara, Y. Hijikata, Y. Miyauchi, K. Itami, Sci. Rep., 2018, 8, 1-8
  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20760-z
  
• Systematic Study of Photoluminescence Enhancement in Monolayer Molybdenum Disulfide by Acid Treatment
  D. Kiriya, Y. Hijikata, J. Pirillo, R. Kitaura, A. Murai, A. Ashida, T. Yoshimura, N. Fujimura, Langmuir, 2018, 34, 10243-10249
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01425
  
• Ruthenium Nanoparticle-Decorated Porous Organic Network for Direct Hydrodeoxygenation of Long-Chain Fatty Acids to Alkanes
  S. Mondal, R. Singuru, S. Chandra Shit, T. Hayashi, S. Irle, Y. Hijikata, J. Mondal, A. Bhaumik, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2018, 6, 1610-1619
  DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b02772
  
• A Femtomolar-Range Suicide Germination Stimulant for the Parasitic Plant Striga Hermonthica
  D. Uraguchi, K. Kuwata, Y. Hijikata, R. Yamaguchi, H. Imaizumi, S. Am, C. Rakers, N. Mori, K. Akiyama, S. Irle, P. McCourt, T. Kinoshita, T. Ooi, Y. Tsuchiya, Science, 2018, 362, 1301-1305
  DOI: 10.1126/science.aau5445
  
• Nanopore-Induced Host-Guest Charge Transfer Phenomena in a Metal-Organic Framework
  S. Yamamoto, J. Pirillo, Y. Hijikata, Z. Zhang, K. Awaga, Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 3282-3289
  DOI: 10.1039/C7SC05390H
  

2017

• A New Triazine-Based Covalent Organic Framework for High-Performance Capacitive Energy Storage
  P. Bhanja, K. Bhunia, Sabuj K. Das, D. Pradhan, R. Kimura, Y. Hijikata, S. Irle, A. Bhaumik, ChemSusChem, 2017, 10, 921-929
  DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201601571
  
• Polymorphism of [6]cycloparaphenylene for Packing Structure-Dependent Host-Guest Interaction
  T. Fukushima, H. Sakamoto, K. Tanaka, Y. Hijikata, S. Irle, K. Itami, Chem. Lett., 2017, 46, 855-857
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.170210
  
• Coupled Cluster and Density Functional Studies of Atomic Fluorine Chemisorption on Coronene as Model Systems for Graphene Fluorination
  A. S. Hutama, Y. Hijikata, S. Irle, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 14888-14898
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b03627
  
• Double-Stranded Helical Oligomers Covalently Bridged by Rotary Cyclic Boronate Esters
  H. Iida, K. Ohmura, R. Noda, S. Iwahana, H. Katagiri, N. Ousaka, T. Hayashi, Y. Hijikata, S. Irle, E. Yashima, Chem. Asian J., 2017, 12, 927-935
  DOI: 10.1002/asia.201700162
  
• Metal-Organic Cuboctahedra for Synthetic Ion Channels with Multiple Conductance States
  R. Kawano, N. Horike, Y. Hijikata, M. Kondo, A. Carne-Sanchez, P. Larpent, S. Ikemura, T. Osaki, K. Kamiya, S. Kitagawa, S. Takeuchi, S. Furukawa, Chem, 2017, 2, 393-403
  DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2017.02.002
  
• Constructing Sulfonic Acid Functionalized Anthracene Derived Conjugated Porous Organic Polymer for Efficient Metal-Free Catalytic Acetalization of Bio-Glycerol
  S. K. Kundu, R. Singuru, T. Hayashi, Y. Hijikata, S. Irle, J. Mondal, ChemistrySelect, 2017, 2, 4705-4716
  DOI: 10.1002/slct.201700901
  
• Tuning the Flexibility of Interpenetrated Frameworks by a Small Difference in the Fluorene Moiety
  Y. Ma, Y. Harada, A. Hori, Y. Hijikata, L. Li, R. Matsuda, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 15200-15203
  DOI: 10.1039/C7DT03338A
  
• Structural Diversification of Light-Metal Coordination Polymers Using 4-(Methylsulfonyl)benzoate with a Charge-Polarized Neutral Methylsulfonyl Coordination Moiety
  R. Ochi, S-i. Noro, Y. Hijikata, K. Kubo, T. Nakamura, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2017, 2017, 4013-4019
  DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201700627
  
• Modulation of Redox Potentials Utilizing the Flexible Coordination Sphere of a Penta-Coordinate Complex in the Solid State
  R. Ohtani, Y. Kitamura, Y. Hijikata, M. Nakamura, L. F. Lindoy, S. Hayami, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 3749-3754
  DOI: 10.1039/C7DT00233E
  
• Electrically Activated Conductivity and White Light Emission of a Hydrocarbon Nanoring-Iodine Assembly
  N. Ozaki, H. Sakamoto, T. Nishihara, T. Fujimori, Y. Hijikata, R. Kimura, S. Irle, K. Itami, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 11196-11202
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201703648
  
• Development of a Porous Coordination Polymer with a High Gas Capacity Using a Thiophene-Based Bent Tetracarboxylate Ligand
  F. Wang, S. Kusaka, Y. Hijikata, N. Hosono, S. Kitagawa, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, 33455-33460
  DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b01568
  
• Structural Influence of Transition Metal (Sc, Y, and Lu) Atoms Inside Gold Nanoparticles
  L X. Zhao, Y. Hijikata, S. Irle, Int. J. Quantum Chem., 2017, 117, n/a
  DOI: 10.1002/qua.25371
  

2016

• Chiral-Selective Carbon Nanotube Etching with Ammonia: A Quantum Chemical Investigation
  E. Clothilde A, Y. Hijikata, S. Irle, P. Alister J, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 19862-19870
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b06997
  
• An Adsorbate Discriminatory Gate Effect in a Flexible Porous Coordination Polymer for Selective Adsorption of CO₂ over C₂H₂
  M. L. Foo, R. Matsuda, Y. Hijikata, R. Krishna, H. Sato, S. Horike, A. Hori, J. Duan, Y. Sato, Y. Kubota, M. Takata, S. Kitagawa, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 3022-3030
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b10491
  
• Rhodium-Organic Cuboctahedra as Porous Solids with Strong Binding Sites
  S. Furukawa, N. Horike, M. Kondo, Y. Hijikata, A. Carne-Sanchez, P. Larpent, N. Louvain, S. Diring, H. Sato, R. Matsuda, R. Kawano, S. Kitagawa, Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55, 10843-10846
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02091
  
• Theoretical Analysis of Structural Diversity of Covalent Organic Framework: Stacking Isomer Structures Thermodynamics and Kinetics
  T. Hayashi, Y. Hijikata, A. Page, D. Jiang, S. Irle, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2016, 664, 101-107
  DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2016.09.071
  
• Cycloparaphenylene as a Molecular Porous Carbon Solid with Uniform Pores Exhibiting Adsorption-Induced Softness
  H. Sakamoto, T. Fujimori, X. Li, K. Kaneko, K. Kan, N. Ozaki, Y. Hijikata, S. Irle, K. Itami, Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 4204-4210
  DOI: 10.1039/C6SC00092D
  

2015

• Control of Molecular Rotor Rotational Frequencies in Porous Coordination Polymers Using a Solid-Solution Approach
  M. Inukai, T. Fukushima, Y. Hijikata, N. Ogiwara, S. Horike, S. Kitagawa, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 12183-12186
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b05413
  
• A Convenient Strategy for Designing a Soft Nanospace: An Atomic Exchange in a Ligand with Isostructural Frameworks
  Y. Ma, R. Matsuda, H. Sato, Y. Hijikata, L. Li, S. Kusaka, M. L. Foo, F. Xue, G. Akiyama, R. Yuan, S. Kitagawa, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 15825-15832
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b09666
  
• High CO₂/CH₄ Selectivity of a Flexible Copper(II) Porous Coordination Polymer under Humid Conditions
  S-i. Noro, R. Matsuda, Y. Hijikata, Y. Inubushi, S. Takeda, S. Kitagawa, Y. Takahashi, M. Yoshitake, K. Kubo, T. Nakamura, ChemPlusChem, 2015, 80, 1517-1524
  DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201500278
  
• Porous Coordination Polymers with Ubiquitous and Biocompatible Metals and a Neutral Bridging Ligand
  S-i. Noro, J. Mizutani, Y. Hijikata, R. Matsuda, H. Sato, S. Kitagawa, K. Sugimoto, Y. Inubushi, K. Kubo, T. Nakamura, Nat. Commun., 2015, 6, 5851
  DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6851
  
• Sequential Synthesis of Coordination Polymersomes
  R. Ohtani, M. Inukai, Y. Hijikata, T. Ogawa, M. Takenaka, M. Ohba, S. Kitagawa, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 1139-1143
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201408101
  
• Glass Formation via Structural Fragmentation of a 2D Coordination Network
  D. Umeyama, N. P. Funnell, M. J. Cliffe, J. A. Hill, A. L. Goodwin, Y. Hijikata, T. Itakura, T. Okubo, S. Horike, S. Kitagawa, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 12728-12731
  DOI: 10.1039/C5CC04626B
  

2014

• DRIFT and theoretical studies of ethylene/ethane separation on flexible microporosity of [Cu₂(2,3-pyrazinedicarboxylate)₂(pyrazine)]_n
  K. Kishida, Y. Watanabe, S. Horike, Y. Watanabe, Y. Okumura, Y. Hijikata, S. Sakaki, S. Kitagawa, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2014, 17, 2747–2752
  DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201402085
  
• Interaction of Various Gas Molecules with Paddle-Wheel-Type Open Metal Sites of Porous Coordination Polymers: Theoretical Investigation
  Y. Hijikata, S. Sakaki, Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53, 2417-2426
  DOI: 10.1021/ic402172v
  
• Self-Accelerating CO Sorption in a Soft Nanoporous Crystal
  H. Sato, W. Kosaka, R. Matsuda, A. Hori, Y. Hijikata, R V. Belosludov, S. Sakaki, M. Takata, S. Kitagawa, Science, 2014, 343, 167-170
  DOI: 10.1126/science.1246423
  

2013

• Pore Design of Two-Dimensional Coordination Polymers Toward Selective Adsorption
  Y. Hijikata, S. Horike, M. Sugimoto, M. Inukai, T. Fukushima, S. Kitagawa, Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 3634-3642
  DOI: 10.1021/ic302006x
  
• Fe²⁺-Based Layered Porous Coordination Polymers and Soft Encapsulation of Guests via Redox Activity
  S. Horike, M. Sugimoto, K. Kongpatpanich, Y. Hijikata, M. Inukai, D. Umeyama, S. Kitao, M. Seto, S. Kitagawa, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 3675-3679
  DOI: 10.1039/c3ta01414b
  
• Siloxane D₄ Capture by Hydrophobic Microporous Materials
  Y. Mito-oka, S. Horike, Y. Nishitani, T. Masumori, M. Inukai, Y. Hijikata, S. Kitagawa, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 7885-7888
  DOI: 10.1039/c3ta11217a
  
• Solving the Non-Born-Oppenheimer Schrödinger Equation for the Hydrogen Molecular Ion with the Free Complement Method. II. Highly Accurate Electronic, Vibrational, and Rotational Excited States
  H. Nakashima, Y. Hijikata, H. Nakatsuji, Astrophys. J., 2013, 770, 144, 9 pp.
  DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/770/2/144
  
• Rational Synthesis of a Porous Copper(II) Coordination Polymer Bridged by Weak Lewis-Base Inorganic Monoanions Using an Anion-Mixing Method
  S-i. Noro, K. Fukuhara, Y. Hijikata, K. Kubo, T. Nakamura, Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 5630-5632
  DOI: 10.1021/ic400276c
  
• Anion-Dependent Host-Guest Properties of Porous Assemblies of Coordination Complexes (PACs), [Cu(A)₂(py)₄] (A = PF₆, BF₄, CF₃SO₃, and CH₃SO₃; py = Pyridine), Based on Werner-Type Copper(II) Complexes in the Solid State
  S-i. Noro, K. Fukuhara, K. Sugimoto, Y. Hijikata, K. Kubo, T. Nakamura, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 11100-11110
  DOI: 10.1039/c3dt51104a
  
• Highly Selective CO₂ Adsorption Accompanied with Low-Energy Regeneration in a Two-Dimensional Cu(II) Porous Coordination Polymer with Inorganic Fluorinated PF₆^- Anions
  S-i. Noro, Y. Hijikata, M. Inukai, T. Fukushima, S. Horike, M. Higuchi, S. Kitagawa, T. Akutagawa, T. Nakamura, Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 280-285
  DOI: 10.1021/ic301823j
  

2012

• Ligand-Based Solid Solution Approach to Stabilisation of Sulphonic Acid Groups in Porous Coordination Polymer Zr₆O₄(OH)₄(BDC)₆ (UiO-66)
  M. L. Foo, S. Horike, T. Fukushima, Y. Hijikata, Y. Kubota, M. Takata, S. Kitagawa, Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 13791-13794
  DOI: 10.1039/c2dt31195j
  
• Design of Flexible Lewis Acidic Sites in Porous Coordination Polymers by Using the Viologen Moiety
  M. Higuchi, K. Nakamura, S. Horike, Y. Hijikata, N. Yanai, T. Fukushima, J. Kim, K. Kato, M. Takata, D. Watanabe, S. Oshima, S. Kitagawa, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 8369-8372
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201203834
  
• Investigation of Post-Grafted Groups of a Porous Coordination Polymer and Its Proton Conduction Behavior
  M. Inukai, S. Horike, D. Umeyama, Y. Hijikata, S. Kitagawa, Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 13261-13263
  DOI: 10.1039/c2dt31836a
  
• A Switchable Molecular Rotator: Neutron Spectroscopy Study on a Polymeric Spin-Crossover Compound
  J. A. Rodriguez-Velamazan, M. A. Gonzalez, J. A. Real, M. Castro, M. C. Munoz, A. B. Gaspar, R. Ohtani, M. Ohba, K. Yoneda, Y. Hijikata, N. Yanai, M. Mizuno, H. Ando, S. Kitagawa, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 5083-5089
  DOI: 10.1021/ja206228n
  

2011

• Relationship Between Channel and Sorption Properties in Coordination Polymers with Interdigitated Structures
  Y. Hijikata, S. Horike, M. Sugimoto, H. Sato, R. Matsuda, S. Kitagawa, Chem. Eur. J., 2011, 17, 5138-5144
  DOI: 10.1002/chem.201003734
  
• Differences of Crystal Structure and Dynamics Between a Soft Porous Nanocrystal and a Bulk Crystal
  Y. Hijikata, S. Horike, D. Tanaka, J. Groll, M. Mizuno, J. Kim, M. Takata, S. Kitagawa, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 7632-7634
  DOI: 10.1039/c1cc10983a
  
• Confinement of Mobile Histamine in Coordination Nanochannels for Fast Proton Transfer
  D. Umeyama, S. Horike, M. Inukai, Y. Hijikata, S. Kitagawa, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 11706-11709
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201102997
  
• Gas Detection by Structural Variations of Fluorescent Guest Molecules in a Flexible Porous Coordination Polymer
  N. Yanai, K. Kitayama, Y. Hijikata, H. Sato, R. Matsuda, Y. Kubota, M. Takata, M. Mizuno, T. Uemura, S. Kitagawa, Nat. Mater., 2011, 10, 787-793
  DOI: 10.1038/nmat3104
  

2010

• Selective Sorption of Oxygen and Nitric Oxide by an Electron-Donating Flexible Porous Coordination Polymer
  S. Shimomura, M. Higuchi, R. Matsuda, K. Yoneda, Y. Hijikata, Y. Kubota, Y. Mita, J. Kim, M. Takata, S. Kitagawa, Nat. Chem., 2010, 2, 633-637
  DOI: 10.1038/nchem.684
  
• Functionalization of Coordination Nanochannels for Controlling Tacticity in Radical Vinyl Polymerization
  T. Uemura, Y. Ono, Y. Hijikata, S. Kitagawa, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 4917-4924
  DOI: 10.1021/ja100406k
  

2009

• Charge-Polarized Coordination Space for H₂ Adsorption
  J. Hasegawa, M. Higuchi, Y. Hijikata, S. Kitagawa, Chem. Mater., 2009, 21, 1829-1833
  DOI: 10.1021/cm802566z
  
• Porous Coordination Polymer with Pyridinium Cationic Surface, [Zn₂(tpa)₂(cpb)]
  M. Higuchi, D. Tanaka, S. Horike, H. Sakamoto, K. Nakamura, Y. Takashima, Y. Hijikata, N. Yanai, J. Kim, K. Kato, Y. Kubota, M. Takata, S. Kitagawa, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 10336-10337
  DOI: 10.1021/ja900373v
  
• Solving Non-Born-Oppenheimer Schrödinger Equation for Hydrogen Molecular Ion and Its Isotopomers Using the Free Complement Method
  Y. Hijikata, H. Nakashima, H. Nakatsuji, J. Chem. Phys., 2009, 130, 024102-1-11
  DOI: 10.1063/1.3048986
  

2008

• Solving the Electron and Electron-Nuclear Schrödinger Equations for the Excited States of Helium Atom with the Free Iterative-Complement-Interaction Method
  H. Nakashima, Y. Hijikata, H. Nakatsuji, J. Chem. Phys., 2008, 128, 154108-1-10
  DOI: 10.1063/1.2904871