Published articles 2024/12/23

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420. S. Somekawa, S. Yanagida, N. Tachibana, H. Imai, S. Nakazawa

Engineering stable Ti³⁺ defects in a titanium dioxide matrix by wet bead-milling: Visible-light assisted efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production from water, Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 9 (2024) 100423.

419. S. Hashimoto, H. Watanabe, Y. Iso, Y. Oaki, T. Isobe, H. Imai

Assembly-promoted repeatable enhancement of photoluminescence from cesium lead tribromide nanocubes under light illumination

Nanoscale Advances, 6 (2024) 5563–5567.

　　　

418. R. Shibata, S. Matsuda, H. Kawakubo, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Phase-separated structures of tunable thermoresponsive and matrix polymers for large-scale temperature monitoring coatings

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 12 (2025) 10886–10892.

417. R. Iimura, H. Watanabe, T. Mandai, I. Honma, H. Imai, H. Kobayashi

An Electrically Conductive CuMn₂O₄ Ultrananospinel Cathode for Room-Temperature Magnesium Rechargeable Batteries

ACS Applied Energy Materials, 7 (2024) 5308–5314.

416. M. Yamaguchi, Y. Nakamura, H. Watanabe, K. Kimoto, Y. Oaki, S. Shimode, H. Imai

A biogenic geodesic dome of the silica skeleton in Phaeodaria

Scientific Reports, 14 (2024) 13481.

415. N. Ono, R. Seishima, K. Shigeta, K. Okabayashi, H. Imai, S. Fuji, Y. Oaki

High-sensitive spatiotemporal distribution imaging of compression stresses based on time-evolutional responsiveness

Small, 20 (2024) 2400938.

414. K. Hayashi, H. Watanabe, H. Imai

Stable ring-opened forms of a spiropyran in the confirmed space of nanoporous silicas

Microporous and mesoporous Materials, 371 (2024) 113084.

413. T. Matsui, H. Watanabe, S. Somekawa, S. Yanagida, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

The size-dependent valence and conduction band–edge energies of Cu quantum dots

Chemical Communications 60 (2024) 4419–4422.

412. K. Takashina, H. Watanabe, K. Ohno, Y. Oaki, K. Yasumoto, H. Imai

Coral-mimetic production of aragonite films from CO₂ captured by biogenic polyamine

CrystEngComm, 26 (2024) 2065–2071.

411. W. Hamada, M. Hishida, R. Sugiura, H. Tobita, H. Imai, Y. Igarashi, Y. Oaki Efficient design and synthesis of an amorphous conjugated polymer network for a metal-free electrocatalyst of hydrogen evolution reaction

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12 (2024) 3294–3303.

410. R. Sugiura, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Morphology and size control of an amorphous conjugated polymer network containing quinone and pyrrole moieties via precipitation polymerization

Nanoscale Advances, 6 (2024) 1084–1090.

409. Y. Mochizuki, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Imaging of Accumulated Mechanical Stresses Using Self-Assembled Layered Conjugated Polymer

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15 (2023) 48725−48735.

408. N. Shioda, J. Heo, B. Kim, H. Imai, J. Kim, Y. Oaki

Nanoarchitectonics of Exfoliated Flexible Nanosheet Based on Laterally Stacked Macrocycles

Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10 (2023) 2300521.

407. R. Hikichi, Y. Tokura, Y. Igarashi, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Fluorine-Free Substrate-Independent Superhydrophobic Coatings by Nanoarchitectonics of Polydispersed 2D Materials

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 96 (2023) 766–774.

406. N. Nishio, S. Sugiyama, T. Yoshimura, R. Terasaki, Y. Oaki, T. Sasaki, H. Imai

Departmental Characterization of Structural and Mechanical Properties of Crossed Lamellae of a gastropod Murex pecten

CrystEngComm, 25 (2023) 4213–4218.

405. T. Mandai, M. Yao, K. Sodeyama, A. Kagatsume, Y. Tateyama, H. Imai

Toward Improved Anodic Stability of Ether-Based Electrolytes for Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries

Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127 (2023) 10419–10433.

404. H. Tobita, Y. Namiuchi, K. Takumi, H. Imai, K. Obinata, M. Okada, Y. Igarashi, Y. Oaki

Capacity-prediction models for organic anode active materials of lithium-ion battery: Advances in the predictors using small data

Energy Advances, 2 (2023) 1014–1021.

403. M. Sasaki, S. Hashimoto, Y. Iso, Y. Oaki, T. Isobe, H. Imai

Enhanced and Stabilized Photoluminescence of Perovskite Cesium Lead Bromide Nanocubes through Ordered Assemblies

Nanoscale Advances, 5 (2023) 2553-2557.

402. N. Shioda, R. Kobayashi, S. Katsura, H. Imai, S. Fujii, Y. Oaki

A high-sensitive friction-imaging device based on cascading stimuli responsiveness

Materials Horizons, 10 (2023) 2237-2244.

401. N. Ono, R. Seishima, K. Okabayashi, H. Imai, S. Fujii, Y. Oaki

Stimuli-Responsive Sponge for Imaging and Measuring Weak Compression Stresses

Advanced Science, 10 (2023) 2206097.

400. Y. Takatsuji, R. Matsumoto, G. Sazaki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai
Construction of millimeter-wide monolayers of ordered nanocubes as a stain of “wineglass tears” driven by the Marangoni flow

Langmuir, 39 (2023) 4091-4099.

399. H. Kobayashi, Y. Fukumi, H. Watanabe, R. Iimura, N. Nishimura, T. Mandai, Y. Tominaga, M. Nakayama, T. Ichitsubo, I. Honma, H. Imai
An Ultraporous, Ultrasmall MgMn₂O₄ Spinel Cathode Breaks the Mg²⁺ Insertion Limit in A Room-Temperature Magnesium Rechargeable Battery

ACS Nano, 17 (2023) 3135–3142.

398. T. Yoshii, A. Sakama, K. Kanamori, K. Nakanishi, H. Imai, D. Citterio, Y. Hiruta

Fabrication process development and basic evaluation of eggshell-based column packing material for reversed-phase preparative separation

Journal of Chromatography A, 1688 (2022) 463722.

397. A. Edagawa, S. Matsuda, H. Kawakubo, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Coatable 2D Conjugated Polymers Containing Bulky Macromolecular Guests for Thermal Imaging

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14 (2022) 43792–43801.

396. Y. Haraguchi, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Selective Syntheses of Thick and Thin Nanosheets Based on Correlation between Thickness and Lateral-Size Distribution

iScience, 25 (2022) 104933.

395. Y. Haraguchi, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Nanosheet-Based Uneven Thin Film Exhibiting Angle-Independent Structural Color and Its Application to Detection of Biogenic Amines
Advanced Material Interfaces, 9 (2022) 2201111.

394. T. Yoshii, M. Mochida, K. Kaizu, Y. Soda, K. Kanamori, K. Nakanishi, T. Sato, H. Imai, D. Cittrerio, Y. Hiruta

Amphiphilic Copolymer-Modified Eggshell-based Column Packing Materials for the Preparative Separation of Basic Drugs

ACS Applied Polymer Materials (2022) in press.

393. K. Kaizu, M. Mochida, H. Imai, D. Cittrerio, Y. Hiruta

Quantitative evaluation of reversed-phase packing material based on calcium carbonate microspheres modified with an alternating copolymer

Journal of Chromatography A, 1677 (2022) 463294.

392. H. Takemitsu, Y. Hayashi, H. Watanabe, T. Mandai, S. Yagi, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Preparation of conductive Cu_1.5Mn_1.5O₄ and Mn₃O₄ spinel mixture powders as positive active materials in rechargeable Mg batteries operative at room temperature

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology (2022) 104:635–646.

391. S. Kanazawa, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Demonstrated Gradual Evolution of Disorder in Crystalline Structures between Single Crystal and Polycrystal via Chemical and Physicochemical Approaches

CrystEngComm, 24 (2022) 4546–4550.

390. R. Fujimaki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Nonclassical Pathway to Biomimetic Strained SrSO₄ Crystals

CrystEngComm, 24 (2022) 4356–4360.

389. Y. Owari, F. Nakamura, Y. Oaki, H. Tsuda, S. Shimode, H. Imai

Ultrastructure of setae of a planktonic diatom, Chaetoceros coarctatus

Scientific Reports, 12 (2022) 7568.

388. K. Izumida, M. Takasaki, R. Fujimaki, Y. Nagai, Y. Oaki, K. Naito, Y. Tanaka, S. Shimode, T. Toyofuku, H. Imai

Characterization of Calcite Spines of Planktonic Foraminifers (Globigerinidae)

CrystEngComm, 24 (2022) 2446–2450.

387. R. Fujimaki, N. Suzuki, K. Kimoto, Y. Nagai, Y. Oaki, S. Shimode, T. Toyofuku, H. Imai

Micro- and Nanometric Characterization of the Celestite Skeleton of Acantharian Species (Radiolaria, Rhizaria) Ultrastructure of setae of a planktonic diatom, Chaetoceros coarctatus

Scientific Reports, 12 (2022) 2848.

386. S. Kanazawa, Y. Oaki, H. Imai,

Designed Nanostructures Created via Physicochemical Switching of the Growth Mode between Single Crystal and Mesocrystal
Nanoscale Advances, 4 (2022) 1538–1544.

385. T. Komura, K. Sakano, Y. Igarashi, H. Numazawa, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

A Capacity-Prediction Model for Exploration of Organic Anodes: Discovery of 5-Formylsalicylic Acid as a High-Performance Anode Active Material
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5 (2022) 8990–8998.

384. K. Sakano, Y. Igarashi, H. Imai, S. Miyakawa, T. Saito, Y. Takayanagi, K. Nishiyama, Y. Oaki

Performance Predictors for Organic Cathodes of Lithium-Ion Battery Designed Nanostructures Created via Physicochemical Switching of the Growth Mode between Single Crystal and Mesocrystal
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5 (2022) 2074–2082.

383. Y. Haraguchi, Y. Igarashi, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

A sparse modeling for small data: Case studies in controlled syntheses of 2D materials

Digital Discovery, 1 (2022) 26–34.

382. N. Shioda, J. Heo, B. Kim, H. Imai, J. Kim, Y. Oaki

Layered macrocycles with flexibility and tunable dynamic properties for wide-range thermoresponsive color changes

Sensors and Diagnostics, 1 (2022) 160–168.

381. H. Takeoka, M. Seike, Y. Nakamura, H. Imai, Y. Oaki, S. Fujii

Electroless nickel plating on biomineral-based sponge structure

Materials Advances, 3 (2022) 931–936.

380. K. Hayashi, Y. Fujimaki, K. Mishiba, H. Watanabe, H. Imai

Emergence of practical fluorescence in a confined space of nanoporous silica: significantly enhanced quantum yields of a conjugated molecule

Chemical Communications, 57 (2022) 13150–13153.

379. A. Ohno, H. Watanabe, T. Matsui, S. Somekawa, M. Tomisaki, Y. Einaga, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Efficient Photocatalytic Conversion of Benzene to Phenol on Stabilized Subnanometer WO₃ Quantum Dots

Catalysis Science & Technology, 11 (2021) 6537–6542.

378. S. Somekawa, H. Watanabe, Y. Ono, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Preparation of titania with double band structure derived from a quantum size effect: Drastic increase in the photocatalytic activity

Materials Letters, 304 (2021) 130609.

377. Y. Mochizuki, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

A Layered Polydiacetylene Containing Hydrogen-Bonding 4,4'-Bipyridyl Guests: Reversible Color Changes with a Wide-Range Temperature Response

ChemPlusChem, 86 (2021) 1563–1568.

376. Y. Haraguchi, Y. Igarashi, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Size-Distribution Control of Exfoliated Nanosheets Assisted by Machine Learning: Small-Data-Driven Materials Science Using Sparse Modeling
Advanced Theory and Simulations, 4 (2021) 2100158.

375. Y. Hagiwara, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Wide-area multilayered self-assembly of fluorapatite nanorods vertically oriented on a substrate as a non-classical crystal growth

Nanoscale, 13 (2021) 9698–9705.

374. K. Kajihara, D. Takahashi, H. Kobayashi, T. Mandai, H. Imai, K. Kanamura

Phenylphosphonate surface functionalisation of MgMn₂O₄ with 3D open-channel nanostructures for composite slurry-coated cathodes

of rechargeable magnesium batteries operated at room temperature

RSC Advances, 11 (2021) 19076.

373. K. Noda, Y. Igarashi, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Yield-prediction models for efficient exfoliation of soft layered materials into nanosheets

Chemical Communications, 57 (2021) 5921–5924.

372. M. Tago, M. Takasaki, Y. Tokura, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Self-Assembly of 2D Nematic and Random Arrays of Sterically Stabilized Nanoscale Rods with and without Evaporation

Langmuir, 37 (2021) 6533–6539.

371. M. Sugiura, K. Yasumoto, M. Iijima, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Morphological study of fibrous aragonite nanorods in the skeletal frameworks of a stony coral

CrystEngComm, 23 (2021) 3693–3700.

370. Y. Hagiwara, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Morphological evolution of carbonated hydroxyapatite to faceted nanorods through intermediate states

CrystEngComm, 23 (2021) 2968–2972.

369. E. Nakamura, N. Ozaki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Cellulose intrafibrillar mineralization of biological silica in a rice plant
Scientific Reports, 11 (2021) 7886.

368. K. Sone, Y. Hayashi, T. Mandai, S. Yagi, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Effective 3D open-channel nanostructures of a MgMn₂O₄ positive electrode for rechargeable Mg batteries operated at room temperature

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9 (2021) 6851–6860.

367. R. Mizuguchi, Y. Igarashi, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Lateral-Size Control of Exfoliated Transition-Metal-Oxide 2D Materials by Machine Learning on Small Data

Nanoscale, 13 (2021) 3853–3859.

366. F. Tuerxun, S. Otani, K. Yamamoto, T. Matsunaga, H. Imai, T. Mandai, T. Watanabe, T. Uchiyama, K. Kanamura, Y. Uchimoto

Phase transition behavior of MgMn₂O₄ spinel oxide cathode during magnesium ion insertion

Chemistry of Materials, 33 (2021) 1006–1012.

365. M. Nakamitsu, K. Oyama, H. Imai, S. Fujii, Y. Oaki

Ultrahigh-Sensitive Compression-Stress Sensor using Integrated Stimuli-Responsive Materials

Advanced Materials, 33 (2021) 2008755.

364. R. Kitamura, H. Watanabe, S. Somekawa, Y. Ono, Y. Owari, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Diatom-mimetic channeled mesoporous silica membranes: Self-organized formation of hierarchical porous framework

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 5 (2021) 862–868.

363. S. Sugiyama, M. Takasaki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Strained calcite crystals from amorphous calcium carbonate containing an organic molecule

CrystEngComm, 22 (2020) 7054–7058.

362. K. Watanabe, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Solid-State Low-Temperature Thermoresponsive and Reversible Color Changes of Conjugated Polymer in Layered Structure

Small, 16 (2020) 2004586.

361. S. Doi, R. Ise, T. Mandai, Y. Oaki, S. Yagi, H. Imai

Spinel-type MgMn₂O₄ nanoplates with vanadate coating for a positive electrode of magnesium rechargeable batteries

Langmuir, 36 (2020) 8537–8542.

360. J. Suzuki, A. Ishizone, K. Sato, H. Imai, Y. Tseng, C. Peng, Y. Oaki

Amorphous flexible covalent organic networks containing redox-active moieties: A noncrystalline approach to assembly of functional molecules”

Chemical Science, 11 (2020), 7003–7008.

359. R. Mizuguchi, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Formation processes, size changes, and properties of nanosheets derived from exfoliation of soft layered inorganic–organic composites

Nanoscale Advances, 2 (2020) 1168–1176.

358. K. Noda, Y. Igarashi, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Efficient Syntheses of 2D Materials from Soft Layered Composites Guided by Yield Prediction Model: Potential of Experiment-Oriented Materials Informatics

Advanced Theory and Simulations, 3 (2020) 2000084.

357. T. Kimura, M. Takasaki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Biomimetic morphology–controlled anhydrous guanine via amorphous intermediate

Crystal Growth and Design, 20 (2020) 3341–3346.

356. K. Sawano, K. Tsukiyama, M. Shimizu, M. Takasaki, Y. Oaki, T. Yamamoto, Y. Einaga, C. Jenewein, H. Cölfen, H. Kaiju, T. Sato, H. Imai

Enhanced coercivity on self-assembled stacking of ferrimagnetic and antiferromagnetic nanocubes
Nanoscale, 12 (2020) 7792–7796.

355. M. Nakamitsu, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

　　　Visualization and Quantification of Microwave using Thermo-Responsive Color-Change Hydrogel

ACS Sensors, 5 (2020) 133–139.

354. T. Kimura, M. Takasaki, R. Hatai, Y. Nagai, K. Uematsu, Y. Oaki, M. Osada, H. Tsuda, T. Ishigure, T. Toyofuku, S. Shimode, H. Imai

Guanine crystals regulated by chitin-based honeycomb frameworks for tunable structural colors of sapphirinid copepod, Sapphirina nigromaculata

Scientific Reports, 10 (2020) 2266.

353. M. Takasaki, M. Tago, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Thermally Induced Fragmentation of Nanoscale Calcite

RSC Advances, 10 (2020) 6088–6091.

352. K. Watanabe, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

A paper-based device of a specially designed soft layered polymer composite for measurement of weak friction force
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 8 (2020) 1265–1272.

351. K. Ishii, S. Doi, R. Ise, T. Mandai, Y. Oaki, S. Yagi, H. Imai

Structured spinel oxide positive electrodes of magnesium rechargeable batteries:

High rate performance and high cyclability by interconnected bimodal pores and vanadium oxide coating

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 816 (2020) 152556.

350. H. Imai, R. Matsumoto, M. Takasaki, K. Tsukiyama, K. Sawano, Y. Nakagawa

Evaporation-Driven Nanoscale Brickworks for the Design of 1D, 2D, and 3D Microarrays of Rectangular Building Blocks

CrystEngComm, 21 (2019) 6905–6914.

349. S. Ishioka, K. Watanabe, H. Imai, Y. J. Tseng, C. H. Peng, Y. Oaki

Glass-transition-induced color-changing resins containing layered polydiacetylene

Chemical Communications, 55 (2019) 11723−11726.

348. S. Somekawa, H. Watanabe, Y. Ono, N. Tachibana, H. Imai

Carbon nitride and titania nanoparticles prepared using porous silica templates and photocatalytic activity

Materials Letters (2019) 256, UNSP 126600.

347. S. Yano, K. Sato, J. Suzuki, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Amorphous 2D Materials Containing Conjugated-Polymer Network

Communications Chemistry, 2 (2019) 97.

346. M. Mochida, Y. Nagai, H. Kumagai, H. Imai, D. Citterio, Y. Hiruta

Biomimetic hybrid material consisting of CaCO₃ mesoporous microsphere and alternating copolymer for reversed-phase HPLC

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 7 (2019) 4771−4777.

345. K. Tsukiyama, M. Takasaki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Evolution of Co₃O₄ Nanocubes through Stepwise Oriented Attachment

Langmuir, 35 (2019) 8025−8030.

344. T. Mandai, K. Tatesaka, K. Soh, Y. Tateyama, R. Ise, H. Imai, T. Takeguchi, K. Kanamura

Modifications in Coordination Structure of Mg[TFSA]₂-Based Supporting Salts for High-Voltage Magnesium Rechargeable Batteries

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21 (2019) 12100−12111.

343. K. Hayashi, S. Ogawa, H. Watanabe, Y. Fujimaki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Pyrolytic production of fluorescent pyrone derivatives produced in the confined space of super-microporous silicas

The Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 92 (2019) 1170−1174.

342. R. Kitamura, H. Watanabe, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Supermicroporous silica nanograins: Synthesis and application

Langmuir, 35 (2019) 5594−5598.

341. M. Takeuchi, H. Kawashima, H. Imai, S. Fujii, Y. Oaki

Quantitative detection of near-infrared (NIR) light using organic layered composites

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 7 (2019) 4089−4095.

340. H. Watanabe, Y. Fujimaki, K. Hayashi, H. Imai

Enhanced quantum yield of nanographenes incorporated in supermicroporous silicas and the co-adsorption effect of water molecule

The Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 92 (2019) 923−926.

339. K. Tsukiyama, M. Takasaki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Highly Dispersive Mono-Sized Nanoparticles of Y₂O₃-Stabilized ZrO₂

Chemistry Letters, 48 (2019) 390−393.

338. Y. Yamamoto, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Redox-Mediated High-Yield Exfoliation of Layered Composites into Nanosheets

The Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 92 (2019) 779−784.

337. Y. Yukimasa, M. Takasaki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Bending Fibers of Hydroxyapatite for Ordered Parallel Architecture in Bovine Tooth Enamel

ACS Omega, 4 (2019) 3739−3744.

336. K. Tsukiyama, M. Takasaki, N. Kitamura, Y. Idemoto, Y. Oaki, M. Osada, H. Imai

Enhanced Oxide-Ion Conductivity of Solid-State Electrolyte Mesocrystal

Nanoscale, 11 (2019) 4523−4530.

335. G. Nakada, Y. Igarashi, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Materials-informatics-assisted high-yield synthesis of 2D nanomaterials through exfoliation

Advanced Theory and Simulations, 2 (2019) 1800180.

334. K. Ishii, K. Sato, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Highly Porous Polymer Dendrites of Pyrrole Derivatives Synthesized through Rapid Oxidative Polymerization

Polymer Journal, 51 (2019) 11−18.

333. K. Sato, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Two-dimensional Conductive and Redox-Active Nanostructures Synthesized by Crystal-Controlled Polymerization for Electrochemical Applications

ACS Applied Nano Materials, 1 (2018) 4218.

332. M. Takasaki, T. S. Suzuki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Biomimetic Macroscopic Mesocrystalline Films Produced by Oriented Assembly of Nanorods under Magnetic Field

Nanoscale, 10 (2018) 22161−22165.

331. M. Takeuchi, K. Gnanasekaran, H. Friedrich, H. Imai, N. A. J. M. Sommerdijk, Y. Oaki

Tunable Stimuli-Responsive Color-Change Properties of Layered Organic Composite

Advanced Functional Materials, 28 (2018) 1804906.

330. R. Matsumoto, M. Takasaki, K. Tsukiyama, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Layer-by-Layer Manipulation of Heterogeneous Rectangular Nanoblocks: Brick Work for Multilayered Structures with Specific Heterojunction

Inorganic Chemistry, 57 (2018) 11655−11661.

329. Y. Nakagawa, R. Matsumoto, H. Kageyama, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Layer-by-Layer Manipulation of Anisotropic Nanoblocks: Orientation-Switched Superlattices through Orthogonal Stacking of a and c Directions

Nanoscale, 10 (2018) 12957−12962.

328. H. Terada, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Visualization and Quantitative Detection of Friction Force by Self-Organized Organic Layered Composites

Advanced Materials, 30 (2018) 1801121.

327. H. Numazawa, K. Sato, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Multistage redox reaction of conductive-polymer nanostructures with lithium ion: Potentials for high-performance organic anode Two-dimensional Conductive and Redox-Active

Nanostructures Synthesized by Crystal-Controlled Polymerization for Electrochemical Applications

NPG Asia Materials, 10 (2018) 397−405.

326. R. Matsumoto, H. Yamazaki, M. Takasaki, Y. Oaki, T. Sato, H. Imai

Nanoscale Mosaic Works: Tetragonal Lattices of Iso-Oriented Heterogeneous Nanocubes

Langmuir, 34 (2018) 4031−4035.

325. Y. Nagai, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Artificial Mineral Films Similar to Biogenic Calcareous Shells: Oriented Calcite Nanorods on a Self-Standing Polymer Sheet

CrystEngComm, 20 (2018) 1656–1661.

324. Y. Oaki, Y. Ishijima, H. Imai

Emergence of temperature-dependent and reversible color-change properties by stabilization of layered polydiacetylene through intercalation

Polymer Journal, 50 (2018) 319−326.

323. G. Nakada、H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Few-layered titanate nanosheets with large lateral size and surface functionalization:

Potentials for controlled exfoliation of inorganic-organic layered composite

Chemical Communications, 54 (2018) 244−247.

322. Y. Kotani, R. Ise, K. Ishii, T. Mandai, Y. Oaki, S. Yagi, H. Imai

Enhanced Electrochemical Properties of MgCo₂O₄ Mesocrystals as a Positive Electrode Active Material for Mg Batteries
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 739 (2018) 793–798.

321. S. Ogawa, T. Wakayama, H. Watanabe, K. Hayashi, S. Ogata, Y. Oaki, M. Hasegawa, H. Imai

Enhanced quantum yield of fluorophores in confined spaces of supermicroporous silicas

The Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 91 (2018) 87–91 (BCSJ Award Article).

320. M. Takasaki, Y. Kezuka, M. Tajika, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Evolution of Calcite Nanocrystals through Oriented Attachment and Fragmentation: Multi-Step Pathway Involving Bottom-Up and Break-Down Stages

ACS Omega, 2 (2017) 8997−9001.

319. R. Matsumoto, Y. Nakagawa, K. Kato, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Spatial Control of Crystallographic Direction in 2D Microarrays of Anisotropic Nanoblocks on Trenched Substrates

Langmuir, 33 (2017) 13805−13810.

318. Y. Tokura, G. Nakada, Y. Moriyama, Y. Oaki, H. Imai, S. Shiratori

Ultrasensitive Detection of Methylmercaptan Gas Using Layered Manganese Oxide Nanosheets with a Quartz Crystal Microbalance Sensor

Analytical Chemistry, 89 (2017) 12123-12130.

317. Y. Ishijima, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Tunable Mechano-responsive Color-Change Properties of Organic Layered Material by Intercalation

Chem, 3 (2017) 509–521.

316. K. Nakajima, M. Suzuki, Y. Nagai, K. Izumida, Y. Oaki, T. Toyofuku, J. Bijma, G. Nehrke, M. Raitzsch, K. Tani, H. Imai

Hierarchical Textures on Aragonitic Shells of a Hyaline Radial Foraminifer Hoeglundina elegans

CrystEngComm, 19 (2017) 7191–7196.

315. K. Sato, K. Ishii, Y. Oaki, K. Nakanishi, H. Imai

Polymer-Assisted Shapeable Synthesis of Porous Frameworks Consisting of Silica Nanoparticles with Mechanical Property Tuning

Polymer Journal, 49 (2017) 825-830.

314. M. Takeuchi, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Effects of intercalation rate on layered crystal structures and stimuli-responsive color-change properties of polydiacetylene

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 5 (2017) 8250-8255.

313. K. Ishii, Y. Kimura, T. Yamazaki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Evolution analysis of V₂O₅·nH₂O gels for preparation of xerogels having a high specific surface area and their replicas

RSC Advances, 7 (2017) 35711-35716.

312. K. Watanabe, I. Nishida, H. Imai

Dispersion of Hydroxyapatite Nanocrystals Stabilized by Polymeric Molecules Bearing Carboxy and Sulfo Groups

Colloid and Polymer Science, 295 (2017) 1491-1498.

311. S. Mizue, S. Ibaraki, R. Ise, G. Sazaki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Self-organized Formation of Parallel-banded Structures though Synchronization of Twisted Growth

Crystal Growth and Design, 17 (2017) 3694–3699.

310. K. Sato, M. Arayasu, H. Masaki, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Hierarchical bicontinuous structure of redox-active organic composites and their enhanced electrochemical properties

Chemical Communications, 53 (2017) 7329-7332.

309. M. Takeuchi, H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Real-Time Imaging of 2D and 3D Temperature Distribution: Coating of Metal-Ion-Intercalated Organic Layered Composites with Tunable Stimuli-Responsive Properties

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9, (2017) 16546-16552.

308. Y. Yamamoto, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Coupled Exfoliation and Surface Functionalization of Titanate Monolayer for Bandgap Engineering

Advanced Functional Interface, 4 (2017) 1601014.

307. S. Nishimura, T. Tajima, T. Hasegawa, T. Tanaka, Y. Takaguchi, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Synthesis of poly(amidoamine) dendrimer having a 1,10-bis(decyloxy)decane core and its use in fabrication of carbon nanotubes/calcium carbonate hybrids through biomimetic mineralization

Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 95 (2017) 935-941.

306. T. Suzuki, H. Watanabe, T. Ueno, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Significant increase in bandgap and emission efficiency of In₂O₃ quantum dots by size-tuning around 1 nm in supermicroporous silicas

Langmuir, 33 (2017) 3014-3017.

305. K. Sato, N. Ozaki, K. Nakanishi, Y. Sugahara, Y. Oaki, C. Salinas, S. Herrera, D. Kisailus, H. Imai

Effects of Nanostructured Biosilica in Rice Plant Mechanics

RSC Advances, 7 (2017) 13065-13071.

304. K. Sato, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Phase separation through simultaneous polymerization and crystallization for composite materials

NPG Asian Materials, 9 (2017) e377.

303 A. Suzuki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Synthesis of dispersible nanosheets based on monolayer clays with imidazolium and ammonium cations having long-chain alkyl groups

Journal of the Ceramics Society of Japan, 125 (2017) 353-356.

302. M. Takasaki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Oriented Attachment of Calcite Nanocrystals: Formation of Single-Crystalline Configurations as 3D Bundles via Lateral Stacking of 1D Chains

Langmuir, 33 (2017) 1516−1520.

301. K. Nakamura, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Multistep Crystal Growth of Oriented Fluorapatite Nanorod Arrays for Fabrication of Enamel-Like Architectures on a Polymer Sheet

CrystEngComm, 19 (2017) 669-674.

300. K. Sato, H. Masaki, M. Arayasu, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Conductive Polymer Nanosheets Generated from the Crystal Surface of Organic Oxidant

ChemPlusChem, 82 (2017) 177–180.

299. M. Suzuki, T. Sasaki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Stepwise Rotation of Nanometric Building Blocks in Aragonite Helix of a Pteropod Shell

Crystal Growth and Design, 17 (2017) 191-196.

298. Y. Ishijima, M. Okaniwa, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Two exfoliation approaches for organic layered compounds: hydrophilic and hydrophobic polydiacetylene nanosheets

Chemical Science, 8 (2017) 647-653.

297. K. Sato, A. Yamauchi, N. Ozaki, T. Ishigure, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Optical Properties of Biosilicas in Rice Plants

RSC Advances, 6 (2016) 109168-109173.

296. M. Takasaki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Switchable Oriented Attachment and Detachment of Calcite Nanocrystal

CrystEngComm, 18 (2016) 8999–9002.

295. C. Hou, Y. Oaki, E. Hosono, H. Lin, H. Imai, Y. Fan, F. Dang

Bio-inspired synthesis of xLi₂MnO_{3-(1 − x)} LiNi_0.33Co_0.33Mn_0.33O₂ lithium-rich layered cathode materials

Materials and Design, 109 (2016) 718–725.

294. K. Nakajima, Y. Nagai, M. Suzuki, Y. Oaki, K. Naito, Y. Tanaka, T. Toyofuku, H. Imai

Mesoscopic Crystallographic Textures on Shells of a Hyaline Radial Foraminifer Ammonia beccarii

CrystEngComm, 18 (2016) 7135-7139.

293. R. Matsumoto, Y. Nakagawa, H. Kageyama, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Evaporation-Driven Regularization of Crystallographically Ordered Arrangements of Truncated Nanoblocks: From 1D Chains to 2D Rhombic Superlattices

CrystEngComm, 18 (2016) 6138-6142.

292. H. Imai

Mesostructured crystals: Growth processes and features

Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials 62 (2016) 212–226.

291. M. Goto, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Dendritic Growth of NaCl Crystals in a Gel Matrix: Variation of Branching and Control of Bending

Crystal Growth and Design, 16 (2016) 4278-4284.

290. H. Matsui, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Surface-functionalized hydrophilic monolayer of titanate and its application to dopamine detection

Chemical Communications, 52 (2016) 9466-9469.

289. M. Takasaki, Y. Kimura, Y. Yamazaki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

1D Oriented Attachment of Calcite Nanocrystals: Formation of Single-Crystalline Rods through Collision

RSC Advances, 6 (2016) 61346-61350.

288. H. Matsui, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Tunable photochemical properties of a covalently anchored and spatially confined organic polymer in a layered compound

Nanoscale, 8 (2016) 11076–11083.

287. M. Suzuki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Aragonite Nanorod Arrays through Molecular Controlled Growth on Single-Crystalline Substrate and Polysaccharide Surface

Crystal Growth and Design, 16 (2016) 3741−3747.

286. T. Hiraide, H. Kageyama, Y. Nakagawa, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

UV-induced Epitaxial Attachment of TiO₂ Nanocrystals in Molecularly Mediated 1D and 2D Alignments

Chemical Communications, 52 (2016) 7545-7548.

285. T. Suzuki, H. Watanabe, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Tuning of photocatalytic reduction by conduction band engineering of semiconductor quantum dots with experimental evaluation of band edge potential

Chemical Communications, 52 (2016) 6185-6188.

284. K. Nakamura, Y. Nakagawa, H. Kageyama, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Orientation-Selective Alignments of Hydroxyapatite Nanoblocks through Epitaxial Attachment in a and c Directions

Langmuir, 32 (2016) 4066-4070.

283. Y. Nakagawa, H. Kageyama, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Orientation-Selective Alignments of Nanoblocks in a and c Directions of Tetragonal System through Molecularly Mediated Manipulation

Chemical Communications, 52 (2016) 5597-5600.

282. M. Okaniwa, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Intercalation-Induced Tunable Stimuli-Responsive Color-Change Properties of Crystalline Organic Layered Compound

Advanced Functional Materials, 26 (2016) 3463-3471.

281. C. Hou, T. Liua, Y. Fan, H. Imai, R. Fan, H. Lin, Q. He, N. Wang, F. Dang, Z. Guo

Selectively Assembled 2D Microarrays from Binary Nanocrystals

CrystEngComm, 18 (2016) 3008–3014.

280. K. Sato, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Incorporation of Redox-Active Guest in Conductive and Redox-Active Host: Hierarchically Structured Composite of a Conductive Polymer and Quinone Derivative

Chemistry Letters, 45 (2016) 324-326.

279. T. Hoshino, K. Sato, Y. Oaki, A. Sugawara-Narutaki, K. Shimizu, N. Ozaki, H. Imai

Plant Opal-Mimetic Bunching Silica Nanoparticles Mediated by Long-Chain Polyethyleneimine

RSC Advances, 6 (2016) 1301–1306.

278. M. Honda, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Surface-functionalized monolayered nanodots of a transition metal oxide and their properties

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17 (2015) 32498–3250.

277. Y. Nakagawa, H. Kageyama, R. Matsumoto, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Conductive polymer-mediated 2D and 3D arrays of Mn₃O₄ nanoblocks and mesoporous conductive polymers as their replicas

Nanoscale, 7 (2015) 18471–18476.

276. H. Kageyama, Y. Hashimoto, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Six-Armed Twin Crystals Composed of Lithium Iron Silicate Nanoplates and Their Electrochemical Properties

CrystEngComm, 17 (2015) 8486–8491.

275. S. Somekawa, H. Watanabe, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

VOC decomposition over a wide range of temperatures using thermally stable Cr⁶⁺ sites in a porous silica matrix

Catalysis Communications, 72 (2015) 161–164.

274. Y. Nakagawa, H. Kageyama, R. Matsumoto, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Formation of Uniformly Sized Metal Oxide Nanocuboids in the Presence of Precursor Grains in an Apolar Medium

CrystEngComm, 17 (2015) 7477–7481.

273. H. Tamagawa, H. Kageyama, Y. Oaki, Y. Hoshino, Y. Miura, H. Imai

Inverse pH-Response of Temperature-Sensitive Copolymers by Combination with Porous CaCO₃ Framework

Chemistry Letters, 44 (2015) 1425–1427.

272. H. Kageyama, Y. Hashimoto, S. Saito, Y. Konishi, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Application of Biogenic Iron Phosphate for Lithium-Ion Battery

RSC Advances, 5 (2015) 68751–68757.

271. R. Miyajima, Y. Oaki, T. Kogure, H. Imai

Variation in Mesoscopic Textures of Biogenic and Biomimetic Calcite Crystals

Crystal Growth and Design, 15 (2015) 3755−3761.

270. M. Okaniwa, H. Kageyama, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Morphology and Orientation Control of Organic Crystals in Organic Media through Advanced Biomimetic Approach

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 88 (2015) 1459–1465.

269. T. Morita, S. Ueno, T. Tokunaga, E. Hosono, Y. Oaki, H. Imai, H. Matsuda, H. Zhou, M. Hagiwara, S. Fujihara

Fabrication of Transparent ZnO Thick Film with Unusual Orientation by the Chemical Bath Deposition

Crystal Growth and Design, 15 (2015) 3150−3156.

268. K. Aita, Y. Oaki, C. Ohtsuki, H. Imai

Fabrication of Self-Standing Films Consisting of Enamel-Like Oriented Nanorods Using Artificial Peptide

CrystEngComm, 17 (2015) 5551–5555.

267. M. Ishikawa, Y. Oaki, Y. Tanaka, H. Kakisawa, G. Salazar-Alvarez, H. Imai

Fabrication of nanocellulose/hydroxyapatite composites and their application as water-resistant transparent coatings

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3 (2015) 5858-5863.

266. A. Kanazawa, K. Satoh, S. Kanaoka, M. Kakihana, M. Kobayashi, J. Sato, H. Imai, Y. Oaki, A. Arakaki, K. Katagiri, M. Kamigaito, S. Aoshima

Controlled Radical Polymerization of Styrene with Magnetic Iron Oxides Prepared through Hydrothermal, Bioinspired, and Bacterial Processes

RSC Advances, 5 (2015) 51122-51129.

265. Y. Nakagawa, H. Kageyama, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Formation of Monocrystalline 1D and 2D Architectures via Epitaxial Attachment: Bottom-Up Routes through Surfactant-Mediated Arrays of Oriented Nanocrystal

Langmuir, 31 (2015) 6197-6201.

264. K. Kuwabara, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Crystal-surface-induced simultaneous synthesis and hierarchical morphogenesis of conductive polymers

Chemical Communications, 51 (2015) 9698-9701.

263. M. Honda, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Hydrophobic monolayered nanoflakes of tungsten oxide: Coupled exfoliation and fracture in a nonpolar organic medium

Chemical Communications, 51 (2015) 10046-10049.

262. H. Watanabe, K. Fujikata, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Dynamic Adsorption of Toluene on Pore-Size Tuned Supermicroporous Silicas

Microporous & Mesoporous Materials, 214 (2015) 41-44.

261. S. Ibaraki, R. Ise, K. Ishimori, Y. Oaki, G. Sazaki, E. Yokoyama, K. Tsukamoto, H. Imai

Oscillatory Growth for Twisting Crystal

Chemical Communications, 51 (2015) 8516-8519.

260. M. Okaniwa, Y. Oaki, S. Kaneko, K. Ishida, H. Maki, H. Imai

An Advanced Biomimetic Approach for Crystal Growth in Nonaqueous Media: Morphology and Orientation Control of Pentacosadiynoic Acid and the Applications

Chemistry of Materials, 27 (2015) 2627-2632.

259. K. Sato, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

A hydrophobic adsorbent based on hierarchical porous polymers derived from morphologies of a biomineral

Chemical Communications, 51 (2015) 7919-7922.

258. A. Inoue, H. Tamagawa, S.Aoshima, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Switchable Dispersivity and Molecular-Trapping Performance of Mesostructured CaCO₃/Thermosensitive Polymer Composite Microspheres

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3 (2015) 3604-3608.

257. K. Sato, D. Takahashi, Y. Oaki, K. Toshima, H. Imai

Hierarchical CaCO₃ Chromatography: A Stationary Phase Based on Biominerals

Chemistry- A European Journal, 21 (2015) 5034-5040.

256. Y. Munekawa, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Incorporation of organic crystals in the interspace of oriented nanocrystals: morphologies and properties

Nanoscale, 7 (2015) 3466-3473.

255. A. Suzuki, H. Yamaguchi, H. Kageyama, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Microwave-assisted rapid synthesis of anatase TiO₂ nanosized particles in an ionic liquid-water system

Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan, 123 (2015) 79-82.

254. Y. Oaki, R. Muramatsu, H. Imai

Polymer-mediated dendritic growth of a transition metal salt crystal as a template for morphogenesis

Polymer Journal, 47 (2015) 183-189.

253. K. Kato, F. Dang, K. Mimura, Y. Kinemuchi, H. Imai, S. Wada, M. Osada, H. Haneda, M. Kuwabara

Nano-sized cube-shaped single crystalline oxides and their potentials; composition, assembly and functions

Advanced Powder Technology, 25 (2014) 1401-1414.

252. H. Kageyama, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Basicity-controlled synthesis of Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ nanocrystals by a solvothermal method

RSC Advances, 4 (2014) 44124-44129.

251. H. Tamaki, H. Watanabe, S. Kamiyama, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Size-Dependent Thermochromism through Enhanced Electron-Phonon Coupling in 1 nm Quantum Dots

Angewandte Chemi International Edition, 53 (2014) 10706–10709.

250. R. Muramatsu, Y. Oaki, K. Kuwabara, K. Hayashi, H. Imai

Solvent-free synthesis, coating and morphogenesis of conductive polymer materials through spontaneous generation of activated monomers

Chemical Communications, 50 (2014) 11840-11843.

249. H. Imai

Mesocrystals and Their Related Structures as intermediates between single crystals and polycrystals

Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan, 122 (2014) 737-747.

248. M. Honda, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Hydrophobic Inorganic-Organic Composite Nanosheets Based on Monolayers of Transition Metal Oxides

Chemistry of Materials, 26 (2014) 3579-3585.

247. Y. Munekawa, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

An Experimental Study on the Processes of Hierarchical Morphology Replication by Means of a Mesocrystal: A Case Study of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)

Langmuir, 30 (2014) 3236-3242.

246. Y. Nakagawa, H. Kageyama, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Direction control of oriented self-assembly for 1D, 2D, and 3D microarrays of anisotropic rectangular nanoblocks

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136 (2014) 3716–3719.

245. K. Kato, K. Mimura, F. Dang, H. Imai, S. Wada, M. Osada, H. Haneda, M. Kuwabara

BaTiO₃ nanocube and assembly to ferroelectric supracrystals

Journal of Materials Research, 28 (2013) 2932-2945.

244. H. Watanabe, K. Fujikata, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Band-Gap Expansion of Tungsten Oxide Quantum Dots Synthesized in Sub-nano Porous Silica

Chemical Communications, 49 (2013) 8477-8479.

243. K. Nakajima, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Syntheses of LiCoO₂ Mesocrystals via Topotactic Transformation and Their Improved Electrochemical Properties

ChemPlusChem, 78 (2013) 1379-1383.

242. D. Tokutomi, R. Ise, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Spontaneous Formation of 2D Micropatterns with Straight and/or Curving Dendrites through Crystal Growth of Ba(NO₃)₂ in Polymer Matrix

Crystal Growth and Design, 13 (2013) 3011–3017.

241. Y. Oaki, T. Ikeda, H. Imai

A Microbial-Mineralization-Inspired Approach for Systematic Syntheses of Copper Oxides with Controlled Morphologies

in an Aqueous Solution at Room Temperature

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 86 (2013) 821-828.

240. T. Ikeda, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Thin Film of CuO Mesocrystal Nanosheets: Microbial-Mineralization-Inspired Approaches Applied to Formation of Thin Films

Chemistry- An Asian Journal, 8 (2013) 2064–2069.

239. K. Nakajima, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Microscale Pin Holders of β-Co(OH)₂ and LiCoO₂ Having a Single-crystalline Feature

CrystEngComm 15 (2013) 6465-6468.

238. R. Ise, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Formation of Trigonal Microarrays with Cubic Ba(NO₃)₂ in a Polymer Matrix

Journal of Ceramics Society of Japan, 121 (2013) 555-558.

237. W. Wang, Y. Oaki, C. Ohtsuki, T. Nakano, H. Imai

Formation of c-axis-oriented columnar structures through controlled epitaxial growth of hydroxyapatite

Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies 1 (2013) 143–148.

236. H. Kageyama, Y. Oaki, Y. Takezawa, T. Suzuki, H. Imai

Low-temperature syntheses of cubic BaTiO₃ nanoparticles in highly basic aqueous solution

Journal of Ceramics Society of Japan 121 (2013) 388-392.

235. N. Yagita, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

A Microbial-Mineralization Approach for Syntheses of Iron Oxides with a High Specific Surface Area

Chemistry- A European Journal 19 (2013) 4419-4422.

234. F. Dang, Y. Oaki, T. Kokubu, E. Hosono, H. Zhou, H. Imai

Formation of Nanostructured MnO/Co/Solid–Electrolyte Interphase Ternary Composites

as a Durable Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Chemistry- An Asian Journal 8 (2013) 760-764.

233. K. Nakamura, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Monolayered Nanodots of Transition Metal Oxides

Journal of the American Chemical Society 135 (2013) 4501–4508.

232. M. Kijima, Y. Oaki, Y. Munekawa, H. Imai

Synthesis and Morphogenesis of Organic and Inorganic Polymers by Means of Biominerals and Biomimetic Materials

Chemistry- A European Journal 19 (2013) 2284–2293.

231. F. Dang, T. Hoshino, Y. Oaki, E. Hosono, H. Zhou, H. Imai

Synthesis of Li–Mn–O mesocrystals with controlled crystal phases through topotactic transformation of MnCO₃

Nanoscale 5 (2013) 2352-2357.

230. S. Ono, T. Tsuji, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Artificial peptides binding to the c face of hydroxyapatite obtained by molecular display technology

RSC Advances 3 (2013) 1885-1889.

229. K. Mimura, K. Kato, H. Imai, S. Wada, H. Haneda, M. Kuwabara

Fabrication and Characterization of Dielectric Nanocube Self-Assembled Structures

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 51 (2012) 09LC03.

228. K. Mimura, K. Kato, H. Imai, S. Wada, H. Haneda, M. Kuwabara

Piezoresponse properties of orderly assemblies of BaTiO₃ and SrTiO₃ nanocube single crystals

Applied Physics Letters 101 (2012) 012901.

227. K. Mimura, F. Dang, K. Kato, H. Imai, S. Wada, H. Haneda, M. Kuwabara

Fabrication of Dielectric Nanocubes in Ordered Structure by Capillary Force Assisted Self-Assembly Method

and Their Piezoresponse Properties

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 12 (2012) 3853-3861.

226. A. Kanazawa, S. Kanaoka, N. Yagita, Y. Oaki, H. Imai, M. Oda, A. Arakaki, T. Matsunaga, S. Aoshima

Biologically synthesized or bioinspired process-derived iron oxides as catalysts for living cationic

polymerization of a vinyl ether

Chemical Communications 48 (2012) 10904-10906.

225. Y. Oaki, S. Kaneko, H. Imai

Morphology and orientation control of guanine crystals: A biogenic architecture and its structure mimetics

Journal of Materials Chemistry 22 (2012) 22686-22691.

224. S. Ibe, R. Ise, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Twisted Growth of Organic Crystal in Polymer Matrix: Sigmoidal and Helical Morphologies of Pyrene

CrysEngComm 14 (2012) 7444-7449.

223. R. Ise, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Spontaneous Formation of Sinuous and Wavy Micropatterns with Helical Growth of CuSO₄･5H₂O in Polymer Matrix

Crystal Growth and Design 12 (2012) 4397-4402.

222. Y. Oaki, T. Oki, H. Imai

Enhanced photoconductive properties on a simple composite coaxial nanostructure of zinc oxide and polypyrrole

Journal of Materials Chemistry 22 (2012) 21195-21200.

221. E. Hosono, T. Tokunaga, S. Ueno, Y. Oaki, H. Imai, H. Zhou, S. Fujihara

Crystal-Growth Process of Single-Crystal-like Mesoporous ZnO through a Competitive Reaction in Solution

Crystal Growth and Design 12 (2012) 2923-2931.

220. Y. Oaki, R. Adachi, H. Imai

Self-organization of hollow-cone carbonate crystals through molecular control with an acid organic polymer

Polymer Journal 44 (2012) 612-619.

219. E. Hosono, T. Tokunaga, S. Ueno, Y. Oaki, H. Imai, H. Zhou, S. Fujihara

ZnO nano-rectangular framework-like structure from zinc hydroxide acetate plates

Journal of the Ceramics Society of Japan 120 (2012) 171-174.

218. F. Dang, K. Mimura, K. Kato, H. Imai, S. Wada, H. Haneda, M. Kuwabara

In situ growth BaTiO₃ nanocubes and their superlattice from an aqueous process

Nanoscale 4 (2012) 1344-1349.

217. M. Takeji, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Electrically Guided Microweb Formation with Ag Nanofibers under UV Irradiation and Its Application to Electrochemical and

Plasmonic Devices

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116 (2012) 6103-6107.

216. H. Imai, N. Tochimoto, Y. Nishino, Y. Takezawa, Y. Oaki

Oriented Nanocrystal Mosaic in Monodispersed CaCO₃ Microspheres with Functional Organic Molecules

Crystal Growth and Design 12 (2012) 876-882.

215. K. Ukigaya, Y. Okai, H. Imai

Versatile Modification for Highly Dispersive and Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles

Chemistry Letters 41 (2012) 507-509.

214. Y. Oaki, K. Nakamura, H. Imai

Homogeneous and Disordered Assembly of Densely-Packed Titanium-Oxides Nanocrystals: An Approach to Coupled Synthesis and

Assembly in an Aqueous Solution

Chemistry - A European Journal 18 (2012) 2825-2831.

213. T. Kobayashi, S. Ono, S. Hirakura, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Morphological Variation of Hydroxyapatite Grown in Aqueous Solution Based on Simulated Body Fluid

CrystEngComm 14 (2012) 1143-1149.

212. Y. Aoyama, Y. Oaki, R. Ise, H. Imai

Mesocrystal Nanosheet of Rutile TiO₂ and Its Reaction Selectivity as a Photocatalyst

CrystEngComm 14 (2012) 1405-1411.

211. Y. Oaki, N. Yagita, H. Imai

One-Pot Aqueous Solution Syntheses of Iron Oxides Nanostructures with Controlled Crystal Phases through a Microbial-

Mineralization-Inspired Approach

Chemistry - A European Journal 18 (2012)110-116.

210. T. Kokubu, Y. Oaki, E. Hosono, H. Zhou, H. Imai

Biomimetic Solid-Solution Precursors of Metal Carbonate for Nanostructured Metal Oxides: MnO/Co and MnO-CoO Nanostructures

and Their Electrochemical Properties

Advanced Functional Materials 21 (2011) 3673-3680.

209. K. Mimura, F. Dang, K. Kato, H. Imai, S. Wada, H. Haneda, M. Kuwabara

Characterization of Dielectric Nanocubes Ordered Structures Fabricated by Solution Self-Assembly Process

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 50 (2011) 09NC09.

208. F. Dang, K. Kato, H. Imai, S. Wada, H. Haneda, M. Kuwabara

Characteristics of Multilayered Nanostructures of CeO₂ Nanocrystals Self-Assembled on an Enlarged Liquid-Gas Interface

Crystal Growth & Design 11 (2011) 4129-4134.

207. F. Dang, K. Mimura, K. Kato, H. Imai, S. Wada, H. Haneda, M. Kuwabara

Growth of monodispersed SrTiO₃ nanocubes by thermohydrolysis method

CrystEngComm 13 (2011) 3878-3883.

206. F. Dang, K. Kato, H. Imai, S. Wada, H. Haneda, M. Kuwabara

Growth of BaTiO₃ nanoparticles in ethanol-water mixture solvent under an ultrasound-assisted synthesis

Chemical Engineering Journal 170 (2011) 333-337.

205. Y. Oaki, M. Kijima, H. Imai

Synthesis and Morphogenesis of Organic Polymer Materials with Hierarchical Structures in Biominerals

Journal of the American Chemical Society 133 (2011) 8594-8599.

204. S. Okada, A. Nagai, Y. Oaki, J. Komotori, H. Imai

Control of cellular activity of osteoblastic cells with microtopography of biphasic calcium phosphate scaffolds

Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan 119 (2011) 635-639.

203. M. Kijima, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

In Vitro Repairing of a Biomineral with a Mesocrystal Structure

Chemistry - A European Journal 17 (2011) 2828-2832.

202. S. Okada, A. Nagai, Y. Oaki, J. Komotori, H. Imai

Control of cellular activity of fibroblasts on size-tuned fibrous hydroxyapatite nanocrystals

Acta Biomaterialia 7 (2011) 1290-1297.

201. A. V. Rao, U. K. H. Bangi, S. L. Dhere, H. Imai, H. Hirashima

Effect of iron acetylacetonate on physico-chemical properties of waterglass based aerogels by ambient pressure drying

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 57 (2011) 95-100. . 

200. T. Kawano, H. Imai

Nanoscale morphological design of ZnO crystals grown in aqueous solutions

Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan 118 (2010) 969-976.

199. M. Ohba, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

A Microbial-Mineralization-Inspired Approach for Synthesis of Manganese Oxide Nanostructures with Controlled Oxidation States and

Morphologies

Advanced Functional Materials 20 (2010) 4279-4286.

198. Y. Oaki, T. Anzai, H. Imai

Homogeneous and Disordered Assembly of Densely-Packed Nanocrystals

Advanced Functional Materials 20 (2010) 4127-4132.

197. K. Sakaushi, Y. Oaki, H. Uchiyama, E. Hosono, H. Zhou, H. Imai

Aqueous Solution Synthesis of SnO Nanostructures with Tuned Optical Absorption Behavior and Photoelectrochemical Properties

through Morphological Evolution

Nanoscale 2 (2010) 2424-2430.

196. F. Dang, K. Kato, H. Imai, S. Wada, H. Haneda, M. Kuwabara

Characteristics of CeO₂ Nanocubes and Related Polyhedra Prepared by Using a Liquid-Liquid Interface

Crystal Growth and Design 10 (2010) 4537-4541.

195. F. Dang, K. Kato, H. Imai, S. Wada, H. Haneda, M. Kuwabara

Oriented aggregation of BaTiO₃ nanocrystals and large particles in the ultrasonic-assistant synthesis

CrystEngComm 12 (2010) 3441-3444.

194. A. V. Rao, A. B. Gurav, S. S. Latthe, R. S. Vhatkar, H. Imai, C. Kappenstein, P. B. Wagh, S. C. Gupta

Water repellent porous silica films by sol-gel dip coating method

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 352 (2010) 30-35. 

193. S. S. Latthe, H. Imai, V. Ganesan, A. V. Rao

Ultrahydrophobic silica films by sol-gel process

Journal of Porous Materials 17 (2010) 565-571. 

192. A. V. Rao, U. K. H. Bangi, M. S. Kavale, H. Imai, H. Hirashima

Reduction in the processing time of doped sodium silicate based ambient pressure dried aerogels using shaker

Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 134 (2010) 93-99. 

191. D. Tanaka, Y. Oaki, H. Imai　

Enhanced photocatalytic activity of quantum-confined tungsten trioxide nanoparticles in mesoporous silica

Chemical Communications 46 (2010) 5286-5288.

190. Y. Tokunaga, H. Uchiyama, Y. Oaki, H. Imai　

Specific Photocatalytic Performance of Nanostructured Rutile-Type TiO₂: Selective Oxidation of Thiazin Dye with a Bundled

Architecture Consisting of Oriented Nanoneedles

Science of Advanced Materials 2 (2010) 69-73.

189. S. Hirakura, T. Kobayashi, S. Ono, Y. Oaki, H. Imai　

Fibrous nanocrystals of hydroxyapatite loaded with TiO₂ nanoparticles for the capture and photocatalytic decomposition of specific

proteins

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 79 (2010) 131-135.

188. H. Uchiyama, H. Imai　

Preparation of LiFePO₄ Mesocrystals Consisting of Nanorods through Organic-Mediated Parallel Growth from a Precursor Phase

Crystal Growth and Design 10 (2010) 1777-1781.

187. H. Imai, Y. Oaki

Emergence of helical morphologies with crystals: twisted growth under diffusion-limited conditions and chirality control with molecular

recognition

CrystEngComm 12 (2010) 1679-1687.

186. K. Sakaushi, Y. Oaki, H. Uchiyama, E. Hosono, H. Zhou, H. Imai

Aqueous solution synthesis of SnO nanosheets and their photoelectrochemical and electrochemical properties

Small 6 (2010) 776-781.

185. T. Kokubu, H. Uchiyama, Y. Oaki, E. Hosono, H. Zhou, H. Imai

Biomimetic synthesis of metal ion-doped hierarchical crystals using a gel matrix: formation of cobalt-doped LiMn₂O₄ via cobalt-doped

MnCO₃ precursor and the improved electrochemical properties

Chemistry - An Asian Journal 5 (2010) 792-798.

184. S. S. Latthe, H. Imai, V. Ganesan, C. Kappenstein, A. V. Rao

Optically transparent superhydrophobic TEOS-derived silica films by surface silylation method

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 53 (2010) 208-215.

183. A. V. Rao, S. S. Latthe, S. L. Dhere, S. S. Pawar, H. Imai, V. Ganesan, S. C. Gupta, P. B. Wagh

Control on wetting properties of spin-deposited silica films by surface silylation method

Applied Surface Science 256 (2010) 2115-2121.

182. F. Dang, K. Kato, H. Imai, S. Wada, H. Haneda, M. Kuwabara

A new effect of ultrasonication on the formation of BaTiO₃ nanoparticles

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 17 (2010) 310-314.

181. S. Okada, H. Ito, A. Nagai, J. Komotori, H. Imai

Adhesion of osteoblast-like cells on nanostructured hydroxyapatite

Acta Biomaterialia 6 (2010) 591-597.

180. Y. Takewzawa, K. Kobayashi, F. Nakasone, T. Suzuki, Y. Mizuno, H. Imai

Mn-doped BaTiO₃ thin films sintered using nanocrystals and its dielectric properties

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 48 (2009) 111408.

179. F. Dang, K. Kato, H. Imai, S. Wada, H. Haneda, M. Kuwabara

Characteristics of BaTiO₃ particles sonochemically-synthesized in aqueous solution

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 48 (2009) 09KC02.

178. S. S. Latthe, H. Imai, V. Ganesan, A. V. Rao

Superhydrophobic silica films by sol-gel co-precursor method

Applied Surface Science 256 (2009) 217-222.

177. M. Yamaguchi, H. Nakayama, K. Yamada, H. Imai

Ultralow refractive index coatings consisting of mesoporous silica nanoparticles

Optics Letters 34 (2009) 2060-2062.

176. H. Uchiyama, E. Hosono, H. Zhou, H. Imai

Three-dimensional architectures of spinel-type LiMn₂O₄ prepared from biomimetic porous carbonates and their application to a cathode for lithium-ion batteries

Journal of Materials Chemistry 19 (2009) 4012-4016.

175. H. Uchiyama, E. Hosono, H. Zhou, H. Imai

Lithium insertion into nanometer-sized rutile-type Ti_xSn_1−xO₂ solid solutions

Solid State Ionics 180 (2009) 956-960.

174. Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Photochemical reactions in nanoscopic organic domains generated from oriented crystals with polymers: nanocrystalline mosaics as a new family of host materials

The Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 82 (2009) 613–617.

173. T. Kawano, H. Uchiyama, T. Kiguchi, S. Wada, H. Imai

Epitaxial growth of winding ZnO nanowires on a single-crystalline substrate

Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan 117 (2009) 255-257.

172. Y. Nishino, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Magnesium-mediated nanocrystalline mosaics of calcite

Crystal Growth and Design 9 (2009) 223-226.

171. F. Nakasone, K. Kobayashi, T. Suzuki, Y. Mizuno, H. Chazono, H. Imai

Nanoparticle-sintered BaTiO₃ thin films and its orientation control by solid phase epitaxy

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 47 (2008) 8518-8524.

170. Y. Oaki, S. Kajiyama, T. Nishimura, H. Imai, T. Kato

Nanosegregated amorphous composites of calcium carbonate and an organic polymer

Advanced Materials 20 (2008) 3633-3637.

169. H. Uchiyama, H. Imai

Matrix-mediated formation of hierarchically structured SnO crystals as intermediates between single crystals and polycrystalline aggregates

Langmuir 24 (2008) 9038-9042.

168. K. Mori, Y. Oaki, M. Suda, Y. Einaga, H. Imai

Formation of e-Fe₂O₃ nanocrystals through segregation in mesoporous silica particles

Chemistry Letters 37 （2008） 814-815.

167. T. Okumura, H. Uchiyama, H. Imai

Photoluminescence of nitrogen-doped anatase

Materials Chemistry and Physics 111 (2008) 486-490.

166. T. Kawano, H. Imai

A simple preparation technique for shape-controlled zinc oxide nanoparticles: Formation of narrow size-distributed nanorods using seeds in aqueous solutions

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 319 (2008) 130-135.

165. 土師正聖、上出篤、小茂鳥潤、仙名保、今井宏明、進藤豊彦

ペルヒドロポリシラザンから作製したSiO₂膜の構造分析と生体活性能の評価

材料 57 (2008) 174-180.

164. H. Ito, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Selective production of various morphologies of hydroxyapatite via an intermediate phase

Crystal Growth and Design 8 (2008) 1055-1059.

163. H. Uchiyama, E. Hosono, I. Honma, H. Zhou, H. Imai

A nanoscale meshed electrode of single-crystalline SnO for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries

Electrochemistry Communications 10 (2008) 52-55.

162. E. Hosono, S. Fujihara, H. Imai, I. Honma, I. Masaki, H. Zhou

One-step synthesis of nano-micro chestnut TiO₂ with rutile nano-pin on the micro-anatase octahedron

ACS Nano, 1 (2007) 273–278.

161. M. Sakanoue, Y. Kinoshita, Y. Otsuka, H. Imai

Photocatalytic activities of rutile and anatase nanoparticles selectively prepared from an aqueous solution

Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan 115 (2007) 821-825.

160. Y. Takezawa, H. Imai

Structural control on crystal growth of titanate in aqueous system: selective production of nanostructures of layered titanate and anatase-type titania

Journal of Crystal Growth 308 (2007) 117–121.

159. Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Chelation-mediated aqueous synthesis of metal oxyhydroxide and oxide nanostructures: combination of ligand-controlled oxidation and -cooperative morphogenesis

Chemistry - A European Journal 13 (2007) 8564-8571.

158. Y. Oaki, S. Hayashi, H. Imai

A hierarchical self-similar structure of oriented calcite with association of an agar gel matrix: Inheritance of crystal habit from nanoscale

Chemical Communications (2007) 2841-2843.

157. H. Uchiyama, H. Imai

Tin oxide meshes consisting of nanoribbons prepared through an intermediate phase in an aqueous solution

Crystal Growth and Design 7 (2007) 841-843.

156. Y. Oaki, H. Imai

One-pot synthesis of manganese oxide nanosheets in an aqueous solution: chelation-mediated parallel control of reaction and morphology toward a novel green route

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 46 (2007) 4951-4955.

155. Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Stereospecific morphogenesis of aspartic acid helical crystals through molecular recognition

Langmuir 23 (2007) 5466-5470.

154. J. Yahiro, T. Kawano, H. Imai

Nanometric morphological variation of zinc oxide crystals using organic molecules with carboxy and sulfonic groups

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 310 (2007) 302-311.

153. Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Biomimetic morphological design for manganese oxide and cobalt hydroxide

nanoflakes having a mosaic interior

Journal of Materials Chemistry 17 (2007) 316-321.

152. S. Muto, H. Imai

Relationship between mesostructures and pH conditions for the formation of silica-cationic surfactant complexes

Microporous & Mesoporous Materials 95 (2006) 200-205.

151. H. Uchiyama, H. Imai

Selective preparation of SnO₂ and SnO crystals with controlled morphologies in an aqueous solution system

Crystal Growth and Design 6 (2006) 2186-2190.

150. H. Imai, Y. Oaki, A. Kotachi

A biomimetic approach for hierarchically structured inorganic crystals through self-organization

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 79 (2006) 1834-1851.

149. J. Yahiro, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Biomimetic synthesis of wurtzite ZnO nanowires having a mosaic structure

Small 2 (2006) 1183-1187.

148. S. Muto, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Incorporation of dyes into silica-surfactant mesostructured nanoparticles as a nanoscale host

material for organic molecules

Chemistry Letters 35 (2006) 880-881.

147. K. Kakiuchi, E. Hosono, H. Imai, T. Kimura, S. Fujihara

{111}-faceting of low-temperature processed rutile TiO₂ rods
Journal of Crystal Growth 293 (2006) 541-545.

146. K. Kakiuchi, E. Hosono, T. Kimura, H. Imai, S. Fujihara

Fabrication of mesoporous ZnO nanosheets from precursor templates grown in aqueous solutions
　Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 39 (2006) 63-72.

145. Y. Oaki, A. Kotachi, T. Miura, H. Imai

Bridged-nanocrystals in biominerals and its mimetics: classical yet modern crystal growth in nanoscale

Advanced Functional Materials 16 (2006) 1633-1639.

144. Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Room-temperature aqueous synthesis of highly luminescent BaWO₄/polymer nanohybrid and its spontaneous conversion to

hexagonal WO₃ nanosheets

Advanced Materials 18 (2006) 1807-1811.

143. A. Kotachi, H. Imai

Polymorph control of calcium carbonate films in a poly(acrylic acid) - chitosan system

Crystal Growth and Design 6 (2006) 1636-1641.

142. T. Kawano, H. Imai

Fabrication of ZnO nanoparticles with various aspect ratios through acidic and basic routes

Crystal Growth and Design 6 (2006) 1054-1056.

141. J. Yahiro, H. Imai

Morphological design of zinc oxide films grown in aqueous solutions

Key Engineering Materials 320 (2006) 155-158.

140. T. Miura, A. Kotachi, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Emergence of acute morphologies consisting of iso-oriented calcite nanobricks in a binary poly(acrylic acid) system

Crystal Growth and Design 6 (2006) 612-615.

139. T. Kawano, J. Yahiro, H. Maki, H. Imai

Epitaxial growth of wurtzite ZnO crystals in an aqueous solution system

Chemistry Letters 35 (2006) 442-443.

138. K. Furuichi, Y. Oaki, H. Ichimiya, J. Komotori, H. Imai

Preparation of hierarchically organized calcium phosphate-organic polymer composites by calcification of hydrogel

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 7 (2006) 219-225.

137. A. Kotachi, H. Imai

Development of ordered calcium carbonate microarrays from polymorph specific planar films

Chemistry Letters 35 (2006) 204-205.

136. K. Ikari, K. Suzuki, H. Imai

Structural control of mesoporous silica nanoparticles in a binary surfactant system

Langmuir 22 (2006) 802-806.

135. K. Furuichi, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Preparation of nanotextured and nanofibrous hydroxyapatite through dicalcium phosphate with gelatin

Chemistry of Materials 18 (2006) 229-234.

134. Y. Takezawa, H. Imai

Bottom-up synthesis of titanate nanosheets having hierarchical structures with a high specific surface area

Small 2 (2006) 390-393.

133. T. Watanabe, H. Hayashi, H. Imai

Low-temperature preparation of dye-sensitized solar cells through crystal growth of anatase titania in aqueous solutions

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 90 (2006) 640–648.

132. Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Nanoengineering in echinoderms: Emergence of morphology from nanobricks

Small 2 (2006) 66-70.

131. H. Imai, H Ohgi, Y. Takezawa, J. Yahiro

Control of nanoscale morphology of oxide crystals using aqueous solution systems

Key Engineering Materials 301 (2006) 211-214.

130. H. Uchiyama, H. Imai

Crystal growth of metastable rutile-type Ti_XSn_1-XO₂ solid solutions in an aqueous system

Chemical Communications (2005) 6014-6016.

129. Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Hierarchically organized architecture of potassium hydrogen phthalate and poly(acrylic acid): toward a general strategy for biomimetic crystal design

Chemical Communications (2005) 6011-6013.

128. H. Uchiyama, K. Suzuki, Y. Oaki, H. Imai

A novel adsorbent photocatalysts consisting of titania and mesoporous silica nanoparticles

Materials Science and Engineering B: Solid State Materials for Advanced Technology 123 (2005) 248–251.

127. Y. Oaki, H. Imai

The hierarchical architecture of nacre and its mimetic material

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 44 (2005) 6571-6575.

126. T. Kawano, H. Imai

Characteristically shaped ZnO particles produced by periodic precipitation in organic gel media

Journal of Crystal Growth 283 (2005) 490–499.

125. Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Hierarchically organized superstructure emerging from exquisite association of inorganic crystals, organic polymers, and dyes: a model approach toward suprabiomineral material

Advanced Functional Materials 15 (2005) 1407-1414.

124. S. Yamabi, J. Yahiro, S. Iwai, H. Imai

Formation of cellular films consisting of wurtzite-type zinc oxide nanosheets by mediation of phosphate anions

Thin Solid Films 489 (2005) 23–30.

123. S. Fujihara, Y. Ogino, H. Imai, S. H. Kim

Synthesis and structural characterization of thermally stable Pt/SnO2 nanocomposite particles

Nanotechnology 16 (2005) 1396-1399. 

122. Y. Oaki, T. Miura, H. Imai

Self-organization of inorganic helical crystals: design of structure, chirality, and function with an exquisite association of molecular recognition

Transaction of the Materials Research Society of Japan 30 (2005) 353-356. 

121. K. Awazu, X. Wang, M. Fujimaki, T. Kuriyama, A. Sai, Y. Ohki, H. Imai

Fabrication of two-and three-dimensional photonic crystals of titania with sub-micrometer resolution by deep X-ray lithography

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 23 (2005) 934-939.

120. E. Hosono, S. Fujihara, H. Imai, I. Honma, H. Zhou

Fabrication of high porous and micropatterned SnO₂ films by oxygen bubbles generated on the anode electrode

Chemical Communications (2005) 2609–2611.

119. H. Ohgi, T. Maeda, E. Hosono, S. Fujihara, H. Imai

Evolution of nanoscale SnO₂ grains, flakes and plates into versatile particles and films through crystal growth in aqueous solutions

Crystal Growth and Design 5 (2005) 1079-1083.

118. H. Imai, H. Nakamura, T. Fukuyo

Anisotropic growth of silver crystals with ethylenediamine tetraacetate and formation of planar and stacked wires

Crystal Growth and Design 5 (2005) 1073-1077.

117. Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Morphological evolution of inorganic crystal into zigzag and helical architectures with exquisite association of polymer: a novel approach for morphological complexity

Langmuir 21 (2005) 863-869.

116. K. Ikari, K. Suzuki, H. Imai

Grain size control of mesoporous silica and formation of bimodal pore structures

Langmuir 20 (2004) 11504-11508.

115. S, Tursiloadi, H. Imai, H. Hirashima,

Preparation and characterization of mesoporous titania-alumina ceramic by modified sol-gel method

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 350 (2004) 271-276.

114. H. Hirashima, H. Imai, M. Y. Miah, I. M. Bountseva, I. N. Beckman and V. Balek

Preparation of mesoporous titania gel films and their characterization

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 350 (2004) 266-270.

113. A. Kotachi, T. Miura, H. Imai

Silicate-mediated film formation of alkaline-earth metal carbonates

Transaction of the Materials Research Society of Japan 29 (2004) 2257-2259. 

112. A. Kotachi, T. Miura, H. Imai

Morphological evaluation and film formation with iso-oriented calcite crystals using binary poly (acrylic acid)

    Chemistry of Materials 16 (2004) 3191-3196.

111. A. Yamamoto, H. Imai

Preparation of titania foams having an open cellular structure and their application to photocatalysis

    Journal of Catalysis 226 (2004) 462-465.

110. Y. Oaki, H. Imai

Amplification of chirality from molecules into morphology of crystals through molecular recognition  

    Journal of the American Chemical Society 126 (2004) 9271-9275.

109. E. Hosono, S. Fujihara, K. Kakiuchi, H. Imai
    Growth of sub-micron scale rectangular parallelepiped rutile TiO₂ films in aqueous TiCl₃ solutions under hydrothermal conditions

    Journal of the American Chemical Society 126 (2004) 7790-7791.

108. S. Fujihara, T. Maeda, H. Ohgi, E. Hosono, H. Imai, S. H. Kim
    Hydrothermal routes to prepare nanocrystalline mesoporous SnO₂ having high thermal stability

    Langmuir　20 (2004) 6476-6481.

107. A. Kotachi, H. Imai
Formation of planer aragonite-type carbonate crystals consisting of iso-oriented subunits

    Crystal Growth and Design 4 (2004) 725-729. 

106. H. Ohgi, T. Maeda, S. Fujihara, H. Imai
    Preparation of porous SnO₂ particles having a high specific surface area through an aqueous solution route and subsequent hydrothermal treatment
    Chemistry Letters 33 (2004) 738-739. 

105. H. Imai, S. Iwai, S. Yamabi
    Phosphate-mediated ZnO nanosheets with a mosaic structure
    Chemistry Letters 33 (2004) 768-769. 

104. Y. Kinoshita, H. Imai
    Preparation of titania visible-light active photocatalysts from titanyl sulfate and urea
    Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan 112 (2004) S1419-S1421. 

103. H. Hirashima, H. Imai, V. Balek
    Emanation thermal analysis (ETA) of sol-gel derived mesoporous titania
    Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan 112 (2004) S252-S255. 

102. M. Y. Miah, H. Imai, H. Hirashima
    Preparation of mesoporous titania with polymer templating
    Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan 112 (2004) S112-S113. 

101. E. Hosono, S. Fujihara, T. Kimura, H. Imai
    Non-basic solution routes to prepare ZnO nanoparticles
    Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 29 (2004) 71-79. 

100. H. Imai, Y. Oaki
Emergence of morphological chirality with twinned crystals
    Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 43 (2004) 1363-1368.

99. E. Hosono, S. Fujihara, T. Kimura, H. Imai
Growth of layered basic zinc acetate in methanolic solutions and its pyrolytic transformation into porous zinc oxide films
    Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 272 (2004) 391-398. 

98. K. Suzuki, K. Ikari, H. Imai
    Synthesis of silica nanoparticles having a well-ordered mesostructure using a double surfactant system
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 126 (2004) 462-463.

97. N. Asakuma, T. Fukui, M. Toki , K. Awazu, H. Imai
    Photoinduced hydroxylation at ZnO surface
    Thin Solid Films 445 (2003) 284-287. 

96. M. Yusuf, H. Imai, H. Hirashima
    Preparation of mesoporous titania by templating with polymer and surfactant and its characterization
    Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 28 (2003) 97-104.

95. S. Takenaka, Y. Maehara, H. Imai, M. Yoshikawa, S. Shiratori
Layer-by-layer self-assembly replication technique: application to photoelectrode of dye-sensitized solar cell
    Thin Solid Films 438 (2003) 346-351. 

94. Y. Oaki, H. Imai
Experimental demonstration for the morphological evolution of crystals grown in gel media
    Crystal Growth & Design 3 (2003) 711-716. 

93. A. Kotachi, T. Miura, H. Imai
Formation of silicate-mediated CaCO₃ films
    Chemistry Letters 32 (2003) 820-821. 

92. H. Imai, K. Furuichi, S. Tatara, Y. Oaki
Formation of calcium phosphate having a hierarchically laminated architecture through periodic precipitation in organic gel
    Chemical Communications (2003) 1952-1953. 

91. S. Yamabi, H. Imai
    Crystal phase control for metal oxide films grown in aqueous solution
    Transaction of the Materials Research Society of Japan 28 (2003) 329-332. 

90. K. Suzuki, H. Imai
Synthesis of mesoporous silica foams with hierarchical trimodal pore structures
    Journal of Materials Chemistry 13 (2003) 1812-1816. 

89. S. Yamabi, H. Imai
Synthesis of ｒutile and anatase films with high surface areas in aqueous solutions containing urea
    Thin Solid Films 434 (2003) 86-93. 

88. T. Terada, S. Yamabi, H. Imai
     Formation process of sheets and helical forms consisting of strontium carbonate fibrous crystals with silicate
     Journal of Crystal Growth 253 (2003) 435-444. 

87. N. Asakuma, T. Fukui, M. Toki, H. Imai
     Low-temperature synthesis of ITO thin films using an ultraviolet laser for conductive coatings on organic polymer substrates
     Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 27 (2003) 91-95.

86. H. Imai, T. Terada, S. Yamabi 
     Self-organized formation of a hierarchical self-similar structure with calcium carbonate
     Chemical Communications (2003) 484-485. 

85. M. M. Yusuf, Y. Chimoto, H. Imai, H. Hirashima
Preparation and characterization of porous titania by modified sol-gel method
     Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 26 (2003) 635-640.

84. H. Hirashima, H. Imai, Y. Fukui 
Structure of hybrid silica gels incorporated with hydrophobic dye molecules
    Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 26 (2003) 383-388.

83. N. Asakuma, H. Hirashima, H. Imai 
     Crystallization and reduction of sol-gel-derived zinc oxide films by irradiation with ultraviolet lamp
     Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 26 (2003) 181-184. 

82. S. Yamabi, H. Imai
      Growth condition for wurtzite zinc oxide films in aqueous solutions
      Journal of Materials Chemistry 12 (2002) 3773-3778. 

81. N. Asakuma, H. Hirashima, H. Imai, T. Fukui, A. Maruta, M. Toki, K. Awazu
     Photocrystallization of amorphous ZnO
     Journal of Applied Physics 92 (2002) 5707-5710. 

80. H. Imai, M. Matsuta, K. Shimizu, H. Hirashima, N. Negishi 
     Morphology transcription with TiO₂ using chemical solution growth and its application for photocatalysts
     Solid State Ionics 151 (2002) 183-187. 

79. S. Takenaka, T. Yamada, H. Imai, S. Shiratori
    Control of porous structure in TiO₂ thin films using nano replica prepared by layer-by-layer self-assembly process
    Transaction of the Materials Research Society of Japan 27 (2002) 525-528. 

78. H. Imai, T. Terada, T. Miura, S. Yamabi 
     Self-organized formation of porous aragonite with silicate
     Journal of Crystal Growth 244 (2002) 200-205. 

77. N. Asakuma, H. Hirashima, T. Fukui, M . Toki, K. Awazu, H. Imai 
     Photoreduction of amorphous and crystalline ZnO films
     Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 41 (2002) 3909-3915. 

76. S. Yamabi, H. Imai, K. Awazu 
     Biomimetic approach for exact control of TiO₂ periodic microstructures
     Chemistry Letters (2002) 714-715. 

75. M. M. Yusuf, H. Imai, H. Hirashima 
     Preparation of porous titania film by modified sol-gel method and its application to photocatalyst
     Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 25 (2002) 65-74. 

74. T. Fukuyo, H. Imai 
     Morphological evolution of silver crystals produced by reduction with ascorbic acid
     Journal of Crystal Growth 241 (2002) 193-199. 

73. S. Yamabi, H. Imai 
     Crystal phase control for titanium dioxide films by direct deposition in aqueous solutions
     Chemistry of Materials 14 (2002) 609-614. 

72. T. Chono, H. Hamada, M. Haneda, H. Imai, H. Hirashima
     Catalyst activity of alumina-galia aerogels for selective reduction of NO_x
     Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids  285 (2001) 333-337. 

71. H. Hirashima, H. Imai, V. H. Balek
     Preparation of meso-porous TiO₂ gels and their characterization
    Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 285 (2001) 96-100. 

70. M. M. Yusuf, H. Imai, H. Hirashima
     Preparation of mesoporous TiO₂ thin films by surfactant templating
     Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 285 (2001) 90-95. 

69. K. Tsukuma, T. Akiyama, H. Imai 
     Hydrolysis deposition of thin films of antimony-doped tin oxide
     Journal of American Ceramic Society 84 (2001) 869-871. 

68. S. Yamabi, H. Imai
     Fabrication of rutile TiO₂ foils with high specific surface area via heterogeneous nucleation in aqueous solutions
     Chemistry Letters 2001, 220-221. 

67. T. Lee, N. Yao, H. Imai, I. A. Aksay
     Barium titanate nanoparticles in block copolymer
     Langmuir 17 (2001) 7656-7663. 

66. H. Imai, N. Takahashi, R. Tamura, H. Hirashima
     Formation of whiskers of silicate mesostructures
     Langmuir 17 (2001) 17-20. 

65. Y. M. Miah, H. Imai, H. Hirashima
     Preparation of SrBi₂Ta₂O₉ from metal alkoxides
     Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 19 (2000) 599-601. 

64. H. Hirashima, H. Imai, V. Balek
     Characterization of alumina gel catalysts by emanation thermal analysis (ETA)
     Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 19 (2000) 399-402. 

63. N. Asakuma, T. Fukui, M. Aizawa, M. Toki, H. Imai, H. Hirashima
     Ultraviolet-laser-crystallization of sol-gel derived inorganic oxide films
     Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 19 (2000) 333-336. 

62. H. Imai, M. Matsuta, K. Shimizu, H. Hirashima, N. Negishi
     Preparation of TiO₂ fibers with well-organized structures
     Journal of Materials Chemistry 10 (2000) 2005-2006.

61. H. Imai, Y. Iwaya, K. Shimizu, H. Hirashima
     Preparation of hollow fibers of tin oxide with and without antimony doping
     Chemistry Letters 2000, 906-907. 

60. H. Imai, S. Yamabi, T. Terada, N. Shikazono, H. Hirashima
     Fibrillation and morphological evolution of alkaline-earth carbonates with silicate
     Transaction of the Materials Research Society of Japan 25 (2000) 469-471. 

59. H. Imai, H. Hirashima
     Evolution of cristobalite clusters on silica glass in molten silicon
     Journal of Electrochemical Society 147 (2000) 1182-1185. 

58. H. Imai, D. Matsuki, H. Hirashima, S. Horinouchi, K. Sasaki
    Doping of sodium ions for second-order nonlinearity of silica glass
    Nonlinear Optics 22 (1999) 111-114. 

57. H. Imai, Y. Takei, K. Shimizu, M. Matsuda, H. Hirashima
     Direct preparation of anatase-type TiO₂ nanotubes in porous alumina membranes
     Journal of Materials Chemistry 9 (1999) 2971-2973. 

56. S. Horinouchi, H. Imai, H. Yamasaki, G. J. Zhang, K. Mito, H. Hirashima, K. Sasaki
      Optical quadratic nonlinearity in corona-poled glass film waveguides
      Electronics and Communications in Japan part II-Electronics 82 (1999) 53-61. 

55. H. Imai, H. Hirashima
     Preparation of porous anatase coating from sol-gel-derived titanium dioxide and titanium dioxide-silica by water vapor exposure
     Journal of American Ceramics Society 82 (1999) 2301-304. 

54. H. Imai, J. Oh, H. Hirashima,
     Direct deposition methods of silica and silica/organic composite coatings in alkoxide solutions
     Proceeding of 2nd International Conference on Coatings on Glass (1999) 126-131. 

53. K. Shimizu, H. Imai, H. Hirashima, K. Tsukuma
     Low-temperature synthesis of anatase coatings on glass and organic substrates
     Thin Solid Films 351 (1999) 220-224. 

52. H. Imai, H. Hirashima,
     Alternative modification methods for sol-gel coatings of silica, titania and silica- titania using ultraviolet irradiation and water vapor
     Thin Solid Films 351 (1999) 91-94. 

51. H. Imai, H. Hirashima
    Morphological control of silicate mesostructures using flat and grooved substrates
    Transaction of the Materials Research Society of Japan 24 (1999) 493-495. 

50. H. Imai, A. Tominaga, H. Hirashima, M. Toki, N. Asakuma
     Ultraviolet-induced reduction and crystallization in indium oxide films
     Journal of Applied Physics 85 (1999) 203-207. 

49. K. Kohama, H. Imai, H. Hirashima, H. Hamada, M. Inaba,
     Application of ZrO₂-Al₂O₃ aerogels to catalysts
Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology13 (1998) 1033-1036. 

48. H. Imai, A. Tomonaga, H. Hirashima, M. Toki, M. Aizawa
     Ultraviolet-laser-induced crystallization of sol-gel derived indium oxide films
     Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 13 (1998) 991-994. 

47. J. Oh, H. Imai, H. Hirashima
     Direct deposition of silica films using silicon alkoxide solution
     Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 241 (1998) 91-97. 

46. H. Imai, S. Horinouchi, N. Asakuma, K. Fukao, D. Matsuki, H. Hirashima, K. Sasaki
     Effects of introduction of sodium and water on second-order nonlinearity in poled synthetic silica glass
     Journal of Applied Physics 84 (1998) 5415-5418. 

45. K. Tsukuma, T. Akiyama, N. Yamada, H. Imai
     Liquid phase deposition of a film of silica with an organic functional group
     Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 231 (1998) 161-168. 

44. H. Hirashima, C. Kojima, K. Kohama, H. Imai, V. Balek, H. Hamada, M. Inaba
     Oxide aerogel catalysts
     Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 225 (1998) 153-156. 

43. K. Awazu, K. Kanehira, H. Imai, H. Hirashima
     Defects in amorphous silica induced with monochromatic VUV rays
     Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 141 (1998) 589-593. 

42. J. Oh, H. Imai, H. Hirashima
     Direct deposition of mesoscopically assembled dye-doped silica films from aqueous solutions of silicon alkoxides
     Chemistry of Materials 10 (1998) 1582-1588. 

41. H. Imai, H. Morimoto, A. Tominaga, H. Hirashima
     Structural changes in Sol-Gel derived SiO₂ and TiO₂ films by exposure to water vapor
     Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 10 (1997) 45-54. 

40. J. Oh, H. Imai, H. Hirashima, K. Tsukuma
     Deposition process and property of silica films containing organic groups from aqueous solution of alkoxides
     Journal of Materials Research 12 (1997) 1-9. 

39. H. Imai, H. Hirashima, K. Awazu, H. Onuki
     Modification and densification of sol-gel derived silica films at low temperatures
     Proceedings of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers 3136 (1997) 144-149. 

38. H. Hirashima, C. Kojima, H. Imai
     Application of alumina aerogels as catalysts
     Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 8 (1997) 843-846. 

37. H. Imai, K. Awazu, M. Yasumori, H. Onuki, H. Hirashima
     Densification of sol-gel thin films by ultraviolet and vacuum ultraviolet irradiation
     Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 8 (1997) 365-369. 

36. 呉濬禄、今井宏明、平島碩
　　ゾルゲル法によるコーディエライトセラミックスの結晶化過程に及ぼすAl/Si比率の影響
    (Effect of Al/Si ratio on crystallization of cordierite ceramics prepared by sol-gel method )
日本セラミックス協会学術論文誌105 (1997) 43-47. 

35. K. Tukuma, T. Akiyama, H. Imai
     Liquid phase deposition film of tin oxide
     Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 210 (1997) 48-54. 

34. 堀之内英, 今井宏明, 山崎英亮, 張公倹, 三戸慶一, 平島碩,　佐々木敬介
ガラス薄膜光導波路における２次の非線形光学効果
電子情報通信学会論文誌　Vol. J79-C-I (1996) 287-294. 

33. T. Watanabe, H. Imai, T. Suzuki
     Dissociative mechanisms of monosilane and arsine on copper(II) oxide
     Journal of Electrochemical Society 143 (1996) 2654-2657. 

32. S. Trasiroadi, H. Imai, H. Hirashima
     Chemical modification of alkoxide precursors for lead zirconate titanate formation
     Australian Journal of Chemistry 49 (1996) 569-572. 

31. H. Imai, M. Yasumori, H. Hirashima, K. Awazu, H. Onuki
     Significant densification of sol-gel derived amorphous silica films by vacuum ultraviolet irradiation
     Journal of Applied Physics 79 (1996) 8303-8309. 

30. J. Oh, H. Imai, H. Hirashima, K. Tsukuma
     Direct deposition of silica films containing organic groups and dyes from silicon alkoxide solutions
     The Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 435 (1996) 409-414. 

29. S. Horinouchi, H. Imai, G. J. Zhang, K. Mito, K. Sasaki
     Optical quadratic nonlinearity in multilayer corona-poled glass films
     Applied Physics Letters 68 (1996) 3552-3554. 

28. K. Awazu, H. Onuki, H. Imai, H. Hirashima
     Photo-induced structural change in a-SiO₂ with undulator radiation
     Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 80 (1996) 69-72. 

27. S. Horinouchi, H. Imai, H. Yamasaki, K. Fukao, G. Zhang, T. Kinoshita, K. Mito, H. Hirashima, K. Sasaki
     Second order nonlinear optical properties in silica-based glass film waveguides
     Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials 5 (1996) 189-204. 

26. H. Imai, S. Horinouchi, Y. Uchida, H. Yamasaki, K. Fukao, G. Zhang, T. Kinoshita, K. Mito, H. Hirashima, K. Sasaki
     Time dependence decay of quadratic non-linearity in corona-poled silicate glass films
     Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 196 (1996) 63-66. 

25. 堀之内英, 山崎英亮, 今井宏明, 深尾和弘, 張公倹, 木下岳司, 三戸慶一, 平島碩, 佐々木敬介
非線形ガラス薄膜光導波路による第二高調波発生
回路実装学会誌11 (1996) 29-35. 

24. S. Trasiroadi, H. Imai, H. Hirashima
     Crystallization and sintering behavior of PZT prepared from metal alkoxides
     Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan 103 (1995) 1069-1072. 

23. H. Imai, T. Watanabe, T. Suzuki
     Monosilane adsorption on porous alumina
     Journal of the Electrochemical Society 142 (1995) 3202-3204. 

22. H. Imai, K. Awazu, M. Yasumori, H. Hirashima, H. Onuki
     Densification of SiO₂ gel films by synchrotron radiation and its dependence on photon energy
     The Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 375 (1995) 39-43. 

21. H. Hirashima, M. Gengyo, C. Kojima, H. Imai
     Effects of aging and drying structure of V₂O₅ gels
     Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 186 (1995) 54-58. 

20. H. Hirashima, K. Adachi, H. Imai
     Modification of sol-gel thin films by ion implantation
     Proceedings of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers 2288 (1994) 33-40.　

19. H. Imai, H. Hirashima, K. Awazu, H. Onuki
     Structural change in sol-gel-derived SiO₂ films using ultraviolet irradiation
     Proceedings of The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers 2288 (1994) 71-76. 

18. H. Hirashima, K. Adachi, H. Imai
     Modification of sol-gel thin films by ion implantation
     The Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 346 (1994) 183-186. 

17. H. Hirashima, Y. Obu, T. Nagai, H. Imai
     Preparation of sol-gel coating by electrophoretic deposition
     The Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 346 (1994) 95-100 .

16. H. Imai, H. Hirashima
     Novel modification method of sol-gel thin films: densification of silica gel films with electronic excitation
     Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan 102 (1994) 1094-1096. 

15. H. Imagawa, T. Arai, H. Hosono, H. Imai, K. Arai
     Reduction kinetics oxygen-deficient centers with diffusing oxygen molecules in silica glass
     Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 179 (1994) 70-74. 

14. H. Imai, H. Hirashima
     Intrinsic- and extrinsic-defect formation in silica glasses by radiation
     Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 179 (1994) 202-213. 

13. H. Imai, H. Hirashima
     Similarity of defect generation in silica glasses irradiated with g-rays and 5.0- and 6.4-eV excimer lasers
     Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B91 (1994) 400-404. 

12. H. Imai, K. Arai, J. Isoya, H. Hosono, Y. Abe, H. Imagawa
     Generation of E' centers and oxygen hole centers in synthetic silica glasses by g irradiation
     Physical Review B 48 (1993) 3116-3123. 

11. H. Imai
     Co-generation of E' center and oxygen hole center in synthetic silica glasses irradiated with g -ray
     Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan 8 (1992) 49-62. 

10. K. Arai, H. Imai, J. Isoya, H. Hosono, Y. Abe, H. Imagawa
     Evidence for pair generation of an E' center and a nonbridging oxygen-hole center
     in g -ray-irradiated fluorine-doped low-OH synthetic silica glasses 
     Physical Review B 45 (1991) 10818-10821. 

9. H. Imai, K. Arai, H. Hosono, Y. Abe, T. Arai, H. Imagawa
   Dependence of defects induced by excimer laser on intrinsic defects in synthetic silica glasses
   Physical Review B 44 (1991) 4812-4818.

8. H. Hosono, Y. Abe, H. Imagawa, H. Imai, K. Arai
   Experimental evidence for the Si-Si bond medel of the 7.6-eV band in SiO₂ glass
   Physical Review B 44 (1991) 12043-12045. 

7. H. Imai, K. Arai, H. Imagawa, H. Hosono, Y. Abe, T. Arai
   Two types of oxygen-deficient centers in synthetic silica glass
   Physical Review B 38 (1988) 12772-12775. 

6. K. Arai, H. Imai, H. Hosono, Y. Abe, H. Imagawa
   Two-photon processes in defect formation by excimer lasers in synthetic silica glass
   Applied Physics Letter 53 (1988) 1891-1893. 

5. H. Imai, K. Arai, T. Saito, S. Ichimura, H. Nonaka, J. P. Vigouroux, H. Imagawa, H. Hosono, Y. Abe
   UV and VUV optical absorption due to intrinsic and laser induced defects in synthetic silica glasses
   "The Physics and Technology of Amorphous SiO₂" edited by A. B. Devine, 153-159 (Plenum, 1988). 

4. H. Imai, K. Arai, Y. Fujino, Y. Ishii, H. Namikawa
   The role of fluorine as a codopant in cerium activated silica glass
   Physics and Chemistry of Glasses 29 (1988) 54-58. 

3. K. Arai, H. Namikawa, Y. Ishii, H. Imai, H. Hosono, Y. Abe
   Nature of doping into pure silica glass by plasma torch CVD
   Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 95&96 (1987) 609-616. 

2. 久野洋,  今井宏明
加圧圧縮過程の初期段階におけるヘマタイト顆粒強度の影響
粉体および粉末冶金 33 (1986) 111-115. 

1. 今井宏明,  久野洋

圧縮成形過程における顆粒間および顆粒内空隙の変化
粉体および粉末冶金 33 (1986) 11-14. 

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