Members

Nobuhiko NISHITANI

Ph. D. Student
Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry,
Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan

e-mail: nishitani.nobuhiko.73u_[at]_st.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Tel: +81-75-383-2746
Fax: +81-75-383-2741

Education

• B. S., Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University (2014)
  　(Supervisor: Prof. Kenji Matsuda)
• M. S., Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University (2016)
  　(Supervisor: Prof. Kenji Matsuda)
• Ph. D. Student, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University (2016-present)
  　(Supervisor: Prof. Kenji Matsuda)

Research Experiences

• The Program for Leading Graduate Schools "Training Program of Leaders for Integrated Medical System for Fruitful Healthy-Longevity Society (LIMS)" (2014−present)
• JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2) (2016−present)
• Visiting Researcher, Indiana University, USA (Prof. Amar H. Flood) (Jun.−Aug. 2016)

Awards

• The first prize at the 7th Scientific Idea Competition "Nikkei Techno Renaissance Japan", Tokyo, Japan (2015.1)
• Poster Prize at the 48th Summer School of Structual Organic Chemistry, Takashima, Japan (2016.8)
• Poster Prize at the 27th Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry, Hiroshima, Japan (2016.9)
• Best Poster Presentation Award: Chemical Science award at the 15th Host Guest Supramolecular Chemistry Annual Symposium (SHGSC2017), Kusatsu, Japan (2017.6)
• Poster Prize at the 49th Summer School of Structual Organic Chemistry, Hamamatsu, Japan (2017.8)
• Best Poster Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting on Photochemistry 2017, Sendai, Japan (2017.9)
• Journal of Materials Chemistry A Presentation Prize at the Annual Meeting on Photochemistry 2017, Sendai, Japan (2017.9)
• CSJ Student Presentation Award at the 98th CSJ Annual Meeting, Funabashi, Japan (2018.3)
• Poster Prize at the 16th Host Guest Supramolecular Chemistry Annual Symposium (SHGSC2018), Noda, Japan (2018.6)
• Poster Prize at the 29th Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan (2018.9)
• 2019 Kyoto University President's Award (2019.3)

Original Papers

• 3. N. Nishitani, T. Hirose, K. Matsuda
  "2-D Self-assembly of Alkyl-substituted Oligophenylene Derivatives at the Liquid/Solid Interface: Influence of Core Size and Hydrogen Bonds on the Nucleation–Elongation Process"
  Chem. Lett. 2019, 48, 253−256. (2018.12) [DOI: 10.1246/cl.180944]
  
  
• 2. N. Nishitani, T. Hirose, K. Matsuda
  "Influence of Multidirectional Interactions on Domain Size and Shape of 2-D Molecular Assemblies"
  Langmuir 2017, 33, 9151−9159. (2017.8) [DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02094]
  
  
• 1. N. Nishitani, T. Hirose, K. Matsuda
  "Investigation into Surface-Confined Self-Assembly Stabilized via Hydrogen Bond of Urea and Amide Groups: Quantitative Analysis of Concentration Dependence of Surface Coverage"
  Chem. Asian. J. 2015, 10, 1926−1931. (2015.7) [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201500453]
  Selected as a Very Important Paper (VIP)
  Selected as a Cover Picture
  Highlighted in ChemistryViews July 11, 2015
  Highlighted in ATLAS of Science January 7, 2016