Biography

Research Interests

Coordination Chemistry / Photochemistry / Electrochemistry / Main Group Chemistry

Professional Memberships

• Chemical Society of Japan
• Coordination Chemistry Society

Publications

2021

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. Ma, R. Matsuda*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2021
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c02430, in press
An Open-shell, Luminescent, Two-Dimensional Coordination Polymer with a Honeycomb Lattice and Triangular Organic Radical
S. Kimura, M. Uejima, W. Ota, T. Sato, S. Kusaka, R. Matsuda, H. Nishihara, T. Kusamoto
J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2021 , 11 , 4329-4338
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c13310, publication date: March 15, 2021
Modulation of Self-Assembly Enhances the Catalytic Activity of Iron Porphyrin for CO2 Reduction
M. Tasaki, Y. Okabe, H. Iwami, C. Akatsuka, K. Kosugi, K. Negita, S. Kusaka, R. Matsuda, M. Kondo, S. Masaoka
Small , 2021
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202006150, publication date: March 9, 2021

2020

Enhanced CO2 adsorption by insertion reaction in the nanospace of a porphyrin-based MOF
M. Morita, S. Kusaka, A. Yonezu, Y. Ohara, H. Sakamoto R. Matsuda
Chem. Lett. , 2020 , 50 , 640-643
DOI: 10.1246/cl.200785, publication date: December 18, 2020
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. Ma, R. Matsuda
Small , 2020
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202004351, publication date: November 2, 2020
Molecular motion in the nanospace of MOFs upon gas adsorption investigated by in situ Raman spectroscopy
S. Kusaka, Y. Nakajima, A. Hori, A. Yonezu, K. Kikushima, W. Kosaka, Y. Ma, R. Matsuda
Faraday Discuss. , 2021, 225, 70-83
DOI: 10.1039/D0FD00002G, publication date: January 30, 2021
Direct observation of dimethyl sulfide trapped by MOF proving efficient removal of sulfur impurities
M. Morita, A. Yonezu, S. Kusaka, A. Hori, Y. Ma, R. Matsuda
RSC Adv. , 2020, 10, 4710-4714
DOI: 10.1039/c9ra09702c, publication date: January 29, 2020

2019

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, Y. Ma, R. Matsuda
J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2019, 141, 15742-15746
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b07682, publication date: September 24, 2019
Reversible low-temperature redox activity and selective oxidation catalysis derived from the concerted activation of multiple metal species on Cr and Rh-incorporated ceria catalysts
S. Ikemoto, X. Huang, S. Muratsugu, S. Nagase, T. Koitaya, H. Matsui, G. Yokota, T. Sudoh, A. Hashimoto, Y. Tan, S. Yamamoto, J. Tang, I. Matsuda, J. Yoshinobu, T. Yokoyama, S. Kusaka, R. Matsuda, M. Tada
Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys. , 2019, 21, 20868-20877
DOI: 10.1039/C9CP04625A, publication date: September 13, 2019
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, publication date: September 6, 2019
Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis of [Al(OH)(1,4-NDC)] Membranes with Superior Separation Performances
Y. Liu, A. Hori, S. Kusaka, N. Hosono, M. Li, A. Guo, D. Du, Y. Li, W. Yang, Y. Ma, R. Matsuda
Chem. Asian. J. , 2019, 14, 2072-2076
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201900152, publication date: May 8, 2019
Design and control of gas diffusion process in a nanoporous soft crystal
C. Gu, N. Hosono, J. Zheng, Y. Sato, S. Kusaka, S. Sakaki, S. Kitagawa
Science , 2019, 25, 387-391
DOI: 10.1126/science.aar6833, publication date: January 25, 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. S. Ma , R. Matsuda
Dalton Trans. , 2019, 48, 2545-2548
DOI: 10.1039/C8DT04218G, publication date: December 12, 2018
Highly responsive nature of porous coordination polymer surfaces imaged by in situ atomic force microscopy
N. Hosono, A. Terashima, S. Kusaka, R. Matsuda, S. Kitagawa
Nature Chem. , 2019, 11, 109-116
DOI: 10.1038/s41557-018-0170-0, publication date: December 3, 2018

2018

Insights into inorganic buffer layer-assisted in situ fabrication of MOF films with controlled microstructures
Y. Liu, R. Matsuda, S. Kusaka, A. Hori, Y. S. Ma , S. Kitagawa
Crystengcomm. , 2018, 20 6995-7000
DOI: 10.1039/C8CE01681J, publication date: October 10, 2018
Theoretical Insight into Gate-Opening Adsorption Mechanism and Sigmoidal Adsorption Isotherm into Porous Coordination Polymer
J. J. Zheng, S. Kusaka, R. Matsuda, S. Kitagawa, S. Sakaki
J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2018, 140 (42), 13958?13969
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b09358, publication date: September 28, 2018
Switchable gate-opening effect in metal–organic polyhedra assemblies through solution processing
G. A. Craig, P. Larpent, S. Kusaka, R. Matsuda, S. Kitagawa, S. Furukawa
Chem. Sci. , 2018, 9, 6463-6469
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC02263A, publication date: July 10, 2018
Readily accessible shape-memory effect in a porous interpenetrated coordination network
M. Shivanna, Q. Yang, A. Bajpai, S. Sen, N. Hosono, S. Kusaka, T. Pham, K. A. Forrest, B. Space, S. Kitagawa, M. J. Zaworotko
Sci. Adv. , 2018, 4, eaaq1636
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaq1636, publication date: April 27, 2018
Generation of thiyl radicals in a zinc(II) porous coordination polymer by light-induced post-synthetic deprotection
S. Kusaka, R. Matsuda, S. Kitagawa
Chem. Commun. , 2018, 54, 4782-4785
DOI: 10.1039/C8CC01837E, publication date: April 16, 2018
Reversible Switching between Highly Porous and Nonporous Phases of an Interpenetrated Diamondoid Coordination Network That Exhibits Gate-Opening at Methane Storage Pressures
Q. Yang, P. Lama, S. Sen, M. Lusi, K. Chen, W. Gao, M. Shivanna, T. Pham, N. Hosono, S. Kusaka, J. J. Perry 4th, S. Ma, B. Space, L. J. Barbour, S. Kitagawa, M. J. Zaworotko
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed , 2018, 57, 5684-5689
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201800820, publication date: March 25, 2018
Finely Controlled Stepwise Engineering of Pore Environments and Mechanistic Elucidation of Water‐Stable, Flexible 2D Porous Coordination Polymers
H. Wang, H. Cao, J. Zheng, S. Mathew, N. Hosono, B. Zhou, H. Lyu, S. Kusaka, W. Jin, S. Kitagawa, J. Duan
Chem. Eur. J. , 2018, 24, 6412-6417
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705858, publication date: Feburuary 8, 2018

2017

Cooperative Bond Scission in a Soft Porous Crystal Enables Discriminatory Gate Opening for Ethylene over Ethane
S. Sen, N. Hosono, J. J. Zheng, S. Kusaka, R. Matsuda, S. Sasaki, S. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2017, 139, 50, 18313–18321
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b10110, publication date: November 13, 2017
Characteristic Features of CO2 and CO Adsorptions to Paddle-Wheel type Porous Coordination Polymer
J. J. Zheng, S. Kusaka, R. Matsuda, S. Kitagawa, S. Sakaki
J. Phys. Chem. C , 2017, 121, 35, 19129 – 19139
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b02707, publication date: August 8, 2017
Density Gradation of Open Metal Sites in the Mesospace of Porous Coordination Polymers
J. G. Duan, M. Higuchi, J. J. Zheng, S. Noro, I. Y. Chang, K. Hyeon-Deuk, S. Mathew, S. Kusaka, E. Sivaniah, R. Matsuda, S. Sasaki, S. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2017, 139, 33, 11576-11583
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b05702, publication date: August 23, 2017
Fine-tuning optimal porous coordination polymers using functional alkyl groups for CH4 purification
F. Cheng, Q. Li, J. Duan, N. Hosono, S. Noro, R. Krishna, H. Lyu, S. Kusaka, W. Jin, S. Kitagawa
J. Mater. Chem. A , 2017, 5, 17874-17880
DOI: 10.1039/c7ta02760e, publication date: July 2, 2017
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, publication date: April 20, 2017
Photofunctionality in Porphyrin‐Hybridized Bis(dipyrrinato)zinc(II) Complex Micro‐ and Nanosheets
R. Sakamoto, T. Yagi, K. Hoshiko, S. Kusaka, R. Matsuoka, H. Maeda, Z. Liu, Q. Liu, W. Wong, H. Nishihara
Angew. Chem. , 2017, 129, 3580–3584
DOI: 10.1002/ange.201611785, publication date: February 27, 2017

2016

Dissymmetric Bis(dipyrrinato)zinc(II) Complexes: Rich Variety and Bright Red to Near-Infrared Luminescence with a Large Pseudo-Stokes Shift
R. Sakamoto, T. Iwashima, J. F. Koegel, S. Kusaka, M. Tsuchiya, Y. Kitagawa, H. Nishihara
J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2016, 138, , 5666–5677
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b02128, publication date: April 4, 2016

2015

Heteroleptic [Bis(oxazoline)](dipyrrinato)zinc(II) Complexes: Bright and Circularly Polarized Luminescence from an Originally Achiral Dipyrrinato Ligand
J. F. Koegel, S. Kusaka, R. Sakamoto, T. Iwashima, M. Tsuchiya, R. Toyoda, R. Matsuoka, T. Tsukamoto, J. Yuasa, Y. Kitagawa, T. Kawai, H. Nishihara
Angew. Chem. , 2015, 55, 1377–1381
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201509411, publication date: Dcemeber 10, 2015

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. Foo, F. Xue, G. Akiyama, R. Yuan, S. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2015, 137, 50, 15825-15832
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b09666, publication date: November 21, 2015

New aspects in bis and tris(dipyrrinato)metal complexes: bright luminescence, self-assembled nanoarchitectures, and materials applications
R. Sakamoto, T. Iwashima, M. Tsuchiya, R. Toyoda, R. Matsuoka, J. F. Koegel, S. Kusaka, K. Hoshiko, T. Yagi, T. Nagayama, H. Nishihara
J. Mater. Chem. A , 2015, 3 , 15357-15371
DOI: 10.1039/c5ta02040a, publication date: April 28, 2015

A photofunctional bottom-up bis(dipyrrinato)zinc(II) complex nanosheet
R. Sakamoto, K. Hoshiko, Q. Liu, T. Yagi, T. Nagayama, S. Kusaka, M. Tsuchiya, Y. Kitagawa, W. Wong, H. Nishihara
Nature Com. , 2015, 6 , No. 6713
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7713, publication date: April 2, 2015


2014

Asymmetric dinuclear bis(dipyrrinato)zinc(ii) complexes: broad absorption and unidirectional quantitative exciton transmission
M. Tsuchiya, R. Sakamoto, S. Kusaka, Y. Kitagawa, M. Okumura, H. Nishihara
Chem. Commun. , 2014, 50 , 5881-5883
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc01573h, publication date: April 10, 2014

Luminescent Heteroleptic Tris(dipyrrinato)indium(III) Complexes
S. Kusaka, R. Sakamoto, H. Nishihara
Inorg. Chem. , 2014, 53 , 3275–3277
DOI: 10.1021/ic500326u, publication date: March 24, 2014


2013

Triarylamine-Conjugated Bis(dipyrrinato)zinc(II) Complexes: Impact of Triarylamine on Photochemical Property and Multi-Redox Reaction
M. Tsuchiya, R. Sakamoto, S. Kusaka, J. Kakinuma, H. Nishihara
Electrochemistry. , 2013, 81 , 337-339
DOI: 10.5796/electrochemistry.81.337, publication date: May 5, 2013

Coordination Programming of Photofunctional Molecules
R. Sakamoto, S. Kusaka, M. Hayashi, M. Nishikawa, H. Nishihara
CMolecules. , 2013, 18 , 4091-4119
DOI: 10.3390/molecules18044091, publication date: April 5, 2013

meso‐Alkynyl BODIPYs: Structure, Photoproperties, π‐Extension, and Manipulation of Frontier Orbitals
S. Kusaka, R. Sakamoto, Y. Kitagawa, M. Okumura, H. Nishihara
Chem. Asian J. , 2013, 8 , 723-727
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201201176, publication date: February 4, 2013


2012

Fluorescent azadipyrrinato zinc(II) complex: hybridisation with a dipyrrinato ligand
R. Sakamoto, S. Kusaka, Y. Kitagawa, M. Kishida, M. Hayashi, Y. Takara, M. Tsuchiya, J. Kakinuma, T. Takeda, K. Hirata, T. Ogino, K. Kawahara, T. Yagi, S. Ikehira, T. Nakamura, M. Isomura, M. Toyama, S. Ichikawa, M. Okumura, H. Nishihara
Dalton Trans. , 2012, 41, 14035-14037
DOI: 10.1039/c2dt32039h, publication date: October 3, 2012

An Extremely Bright Heteroleptic Bis(dipyrrinato)zinc(II) Complex
S. Kusaka, R. Sakamoto, Y. Kitagawa, M. Okumura, H. Nishihara
Chem. Asian J. , 2012, 7 , 907-910
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201200131, publication date: March 29, 2012


2010

Elucidation of the Stereochemistry of Thiirane Formation from a 1 lambda(4),2-Dithietane Bearing Two Chiral Carbon Centers
S. Kusaka, N. Kano, T. Kawashima
Heteroatom Chemistry. , 2010, 21, 412-417
DOI: 10.1002/hc.20630, publication date: August 18, 2010

Insertion of platinum and palladium into a sulfur(IV)-sulfur(II) bond of a sulfur-substituted sulfurane
N. Kano, S. Kusaka, T. Kawashima
Dalton Trans. , 2010, 39, 456-460
DOI: 10.1039/b911566h, publication date: August 28, 2009


2008

Structure and Properties of a Sulfur(IV)-Sulfur(II)-Bond Compound: Reversible Conversion of a Sulfur-Substituted Organosulfurane into a Thiol
N. Kano, Y. Itoh, Y. Watanabe, S. Kusaka, T. Kawashima
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. , 2008, 47, 9430-9433
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200803945, publication date: November 20, 2008