- 2025.12.12
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Research paper about enhanced H2 release from HB nanosheets by Director Kondo, Dr. Oki, and other co-authors has been published at Small Structures
Enhanced Hydrogen Release from Hydrogen Boride Nanosheets via Carbon Doping
Riku Kawamura, Reiya Kawamura, Arpita Varadwaj*, Kazuaki Kisu, Rika Tanaka, Akiyasu Yamamoto, Ryota Ishibiki, Shin-ichi Ito, Takeshi Fujita, Tomoharu Tokunaga, Osamu Oki, Yoshitaka Fujimoto, Masayuki Toyoda, Susumu Saito, Toyoto Sato, Shin-ichi Orimo, Hideo Hosono, Iwao Matsuda, Masato Kotsugi, Masahiro Miyauchi*, Takahiro Kondo*
Small Structures 6 (2025) e202500578.
- 2025.12.10
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Research paper about enhanced stability of HB nanosheets by Director Kondo, Prof. Ito, Dr. Oki, and other co-authors has been published at Small.
Enhanced Thermal- and Photostability of Trace Pyrazine-Incorporated Hydrogen Boride Nanosheets
Miwa Hikichi, Jumpei Takeshita, Junyan Han, Shin-ichi Ito, Osamu Oki, Ryuki Tsuji, Akira Hasegawa, Samuel Jeong, Yoshikazu Ito, Iwao Matsuda, Hayato Tsurugi, Masahiro Miyauchi, Takahiro Kondo*
Small 21 (2025) e06230.
- 2025.11.19
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The joint research results by Prof. Kondo has been published at Scientific Reports！
Automated Elucidation of Crystal and Electronic Structures in Boron Nitride from X-ray Absorption Spectra Using Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection
R Hasegawa, A Varadwaj*, A L Foggiatto, M Niibe, T Yamazaki, M Horio, Y Ando, T Kondo, I Matsuda, M Kotsugi*
Scientific Reports 15 (2025) 37736.
Nature Publishing Group, Open Access
- 2025.11.11
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Collaboration work by Prof. Kondo, Prof. Okada, Dr. Oki, Dr. Gao, and Dr. Maruyama has been published in Small Structures（IF=11.3） and selected as Front cover!
Half-Calcium Substitution of the CaB6 Surface with Hydrogen: Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Electronic Structure
Hikari Yoshioka, Mitsuhiro Saito, Satoshi Tominaka, Susumu Okada, Mina Maruyama, Yanlin Gao, Ben Slater, Shin-ichi Ito, Miwa Hikichi, Ryuki Tsuji, Osamu Oki, Yuichi Ikuhara, Shin-ichi Orimo, Hideo Hosono, Takahiro Kondo
Small Structures 6 (2025) 2500389.
- 2025.10.13
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Reserch article by Kondo-director, Dr. Tsuji and Dr. Oki has been published in ACS Applied Energy Materials and selected as a cover picture!
Hydrophilicity as a Key Factor in Enhancing OER on rhombohedral Boron Monosulfide/Ni-Foam Electrodes with Carbon Material
Karin Oiwa, Ryuki Tsuji, Rimpei Ueno, Jinyu Li, Linghui Li, Myu Kawase, Keita Nakayama, Natsumi Noguchi, Susmita Roy, Osamu Oki, Ryotaro Sakakibara, Ken Sakaushi, Masashi Miyakawa, Takashi Taniguchi, Takahiro Kondo*
ACS Applied Energy Materials 8 (2025) 15186–15195.
- 2025.5.9
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"New functions of hydrogen boride sheets" Published on May 9, 2025, Hydrogen boride (HB) nanosheets can inactivate viruses, bacteria, and fungi within minutes in the dark conditions.
By coating surfaces with HB nanosheets, it rapidly inactivates SARS-CoV-2, influenza virus, and other pathogens.
The nanosheets work by denaturing microbial proteins, offering a safe, effective, and versatile antimicrobial coating for everyday items.
"Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Effects of Hydrogen Boride Nanosheets"
J. Mater. Chem. B 13 (2025) 5723-5733.
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