Publications

Original Papers

  1. L. Zhao, T. Takimoto, T. Kimura, and N. Komatsu,* "Polyglycerol functionalization of ZnO nanoparticles for stable hydrosol in physiological media" J. Indian Chem. Soc., 88, December, 1787-1790 (2011)
  2. F. Wang, K. Matsuda, A. F. M. M. Rahman, T. Kimura, and N. Komatsu,* "Improved selectivity in discriminating handedness and diameter of single-walled carbon nanotubes with N-substituted 3,6-carbazolylene-bridged chiral diporphyrin nanotweezers" Nanoscale, 3 (10), 4117-4124 (2011) [highlighted at the inside front cover].
  3. A. F. M. M. Rahman, F. Wang, K. Matsuda, T. Kimura, and N. Komatsu,* "Diameter-based separation of single-walled carbon nanotubes through selective extraction with dipyrene nanotweezers" Chem. Sci., 2 (5), 862-867 (2011) [highlighted at the inside front cover].
  4. L. Zhao, T. Takimoto, M. Ito, N. Kitagawa, T. Kimura, and N. Komatsu,* "Chromatographic Separation of Highly Soluble Diamond Nanoparticles Prepared by Polyglycerol Grafting" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 50 (6), 1388-1392 (2011) [highlighted at back cover].
  5. J.-M. Leveque, M. Fujita, A. Bosson, H. Sohmiya, C. Petrier, N. Komatsu, and T. Kimura* "Secondary sonochemical effect on Mo-catalyzed bromination of aromatic compounds" Ultrason. Sonochem., 18 (3), 753-756 (2011).
  6. D. Pal. M. Furukawa, N. Komatsu, H. Uno,* and S. Bhattacharya,* "Photophysical insights into supramolecular interaction of a designed bisporphyrin with fullerenes C60 and C70", Spectrochimica Acta A, 78 (1), 185-190 (2011).
  7. X. Peng,* Y. Huang, C. Gao, J. Peng, N. Komatsu, A. Osuka, and Y. Cao, "Macroscopic films of porphyrin nanowell-arrays via solvent diffusion-induced self-assembly", J. Phys. Chem. C, 114 (43), 18449-18454 (2010).
  8. F. Wang, K. Matsuda, A. F. M. M. Rahman, X. Peng, T. Kimura, and N. Komatsu, "Simultaneous Discrimination of Handedness and Diameter of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs) with Chiral Diporphyrin Nanotweezers Leading to Enrichment of Single Enantiomer of (6,5)-SWNTs", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132 (31), 10876-10881 (2010).
  9. T. Takimoto, T. Chano, S. Shimizu, H. Okabe, M. Ito, M. Morita, T. Kimura, T. Inubushi, N. Komatsu, gPreparation of Fluorescent Diamond Nanoparticles Stably Dispersed under a Physiological Environment through Multi-Step Organic Transformationsh, Chem. Mater., 22 (11), 3462-3471 (2010).
  10. N. Komatsu,* "Stereochemistry of Carbon Nanotubes", Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., special issue, 49 (2), 02BC01 (2010).
  11. X. Peng, F. Wang, T. Kimura, N. Komatsu,* and A. Osuka, "Optical Resolution and Diameter-Based Enrichment of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes through Simultaneous Recognition of Their Helicity and Diameter with Chiral Monoporphyrin", J. Phys. Chem. C., 113 (21), 9108-9113 (2009).
  12. M. Dubois,* K. Guerin, E. Petit, N. Batisse, A. Hamwi, N. Komatsu, J. Giraudet, P. Pirotte, and F. Masin,* "Solid State NMR Study of Nanodiamonds Produced by Detonation Technique", J. Phys. Chem. C. 113 (24), 10371-10378 (2009).
  13. Y. Morita, T. Takimoto, H. Yamanaka, K. Kumekawa, S. Morino, S. Aonuma, T. Kimura, and N. Komatsu,*"A Facile and Scalable Process for Size-Controllable Separation of Nanodiamond as Small as 4 nm", Small, 4 (12), 2154-2157 (2008).
  14. X. Peng, N. Komatsu,* T. Kimura, and A. Osuka, "Simultaneous Enrichments of Optical Purity and (n, m) Abundance of SWNTs through Extraction with 3,6-Carbazolylene-Bridged Chiral Diporphyrin Nanotweezers", ACS Nano, 2 (10), 2045-2050 (2008).
  15. S. Bhattacharya,* M. Hashimoto, A. Fujimoto, T. Kimura, H. Uno, and N. Komatsu,"Photophysical properties of a novel Ni(II)-Diporphyrin in Presence of Fullerenes: Insights from Experimental and Theoretical Studies", Spectrochimica Acta A, 70 (2), 416-424 (2008).
  16. X. Peng, N. Komatsu,* T. Kimura, and A. Osuka, "Improved Optical Enrichment of SWNTs through Extraction with Chiral Nano-tweezers of 2,6-Pyridylene-bridged Diporphyrins", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129 (51), 15947-15953 (2007).
  17. X. Peng, N. Komatsu,* S. Bhattacharya, T. Shimawaki, S. Aonuma, T. Kimura, and A. Osuka, "Optically Active Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes", Nature Nanotechnology, 2 (6), 361-365 (2007) [highlighted in Chemical & Engineering News (May 14, p. 41, 2007), Materials Today (10 (7-8), p. 13, 2007) and Kagaku (62 (7), p. 75, 2007)].
  18. N. Komatsu,* N. Kadota, T. Kimura, and E. Osawa, "Solution-phase 13C-NMR Spectroscopy of Detonation Nanodiamond", Chem. Lett. 36 (3), 398-399 (2007).
  19. S. Bhattacharya,* K. Tominaga, T. Kimura, H. Uno* and N. Komatsu* "A new metalloporphyrin dimer: effective and selective molecular tweezers for fullerenes" Chem. Phys. Lett., 433 (4-6), 395-402 (2007).
  20. N. Komatsu,* N. Kadota, T. Kimura, Y. Kikuchi and M. Arikawa "Remarkable Improvement in Efficiency of Filtration Method for Fullerene Purification" Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, 15 (4), 217-226 (2007).
  21. S. Bhattacharya,* N. Ujihashi, S. Aonuma, T. Kimura, and N. Komatsu,*"Spectral and theoretical studies on effective and selective non-covalent interaction between tetrahexylporphyrins and fullerenes" Spectrochimica Acta A, 68 (3), 495-503 (2007).
  22. T. Shimawaki, S. Aonuma, T. Kimura, and N. Komatsu,* "Solubilization of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes with Monoporphyrins" Bulletin of Shiga University of Medical Science (General Education), 13, 45-52 (2007).
  23. S. Bhattacharya,* T. Shimawaki, X. Peng, A. Ashokkumar, S. Aonuma, T. Kimura, and N. Komatsu,* "Spectroscopic and Theoritical Investigations on Effective and Selective Complexation between Porphyrins and Fullerenes" Chem. Phys. Lett., 430 (4-6), 435-442 (2006).
  24. N. Komatsu,* T. Shimawaki, S. Aonuma and T. Kimura, "Ultrasonic Isolation of Toroidal Aggregates of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes" Carbon, 44 (10), 2091-2093 (2006).
  25. S. Bhattacharya,* N. Komatsu, M. Banerjee, "pai-Electronic Charge-Transfer Interactions in Supramolecular Complex Formation between Fullerenes and 5,10,15,20-Tetrahexylporphyrin" Chem. Phys. Lett., 406 (4-6), 509-518 (2005).
  26. N. Komatsu,* T. Ohe, and Kazumi Matsushige "A Highly Improved Method for Purification of Fullerenes Applicable to Large-scale Production" Carbon, 42, 163-167 (2004).
  27. N. Komatsu,* "Preferential Precipitation of C70 over C60 with p-Halohomooxacalix[3]arenes" Org. Biomol. Chem., 1(1), 204-209 (2003).
  28. N. Komatsu,* "New Synthetic Route to Homooxacalix[n]arenes via Reductive Coupling of Diformylphenols" Tetrahedron Lett., 42(9), 1733-1736 (2001).
  29. N. Komatsu,* and T. Chishiro, "Serial Synthesis of Oxa[3.n]cyclopanes and Homooxacalix[n]arenes via Reductive Coupling of Arenedialdehydes, and Their X-ray Structures" J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, (13), 1532-1537 (2001).
  30. N. Komatsu,* A. Taniguchi, S. Wada, and H. Suzuki, "A Catalytic Deprotection of S,S-, S,O- and O,O-Acetals Using Bismuth(III) Nitrate under Air" Adv. Synth. Catal., 343(5), 473-480 (2001).
  31. N. Komatsu,* A. Taniguchi, and H. Suzuki, "Homooxacalix[n]thiophenes: Their One-pot Serial Synthesis and X-ray Structures" Tetrahedron Lett., 40(19), 3749-3752 (1999).
  32. N. Komatsu,* M. Uda, and H. Suzuki,* "Air Oxidation of Sufides to Sulfoxides Using BiBr3-Bi(NO3)3 as a Binary Catalyst" Chem. Lett., (12), 1229-1230 (1997).
  33. N. Komatsu,* J. Ishida, and H. Suzuki, "Bismuth Bromide-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Carbonyl Compounds and Its Application to the Synthesis of Novel Crownophanes" Tetrahedron Lett., 38(41), 7219-7222 (1997).
  34. N. Komatsu,* M. Uda, H. Suzuki,* T. Takahashi, T. Domae, and M. Wada,* "Bismuth Bromide as an Efficient and Versatile Catalyst for the Cyanation and Allylation of Carbonyl Compounds and Acetals with Organosilicon Reagents" Tetrahedron Lett., 38(41), 7215-7218 (1997).
  35. N. Komatsu,* A. Taniguchi, M. Uda, and H. Suzuki,* "A Novel Method for the Deprotection of S,S-acetals Using Air and a Catalytic Amount of Bismuth(III) Nitrate" Chem. Commun., (15), 1847-1848 (1996).
  36. N. Komatsu,* M. Uda, and H. Suzuki,* "Bismuth(III) Halides and Sulfate as Highly Efficient Catalyst for the Sulfenylation of Carbonyl and Related Compounds" Synlett, (9), 984-986 (1995).
  37. H. Tanaka, S. Sumida, N. Kobayashi, N. Komatsu, and S. Torii,* "Use of Aluminum as an Electron Pool. Reductive Coupling of Aryl Halides Promoted by Electron Transfer in an Ni/Pb/Al Multi Redox System" Inorg. Chim. Acta, 222(1-2), 323-325 (1994).
  38. N. Komatsu, S. Matsunaga, T. Sugita, and S. Uemura,* "Asymmetric Selenoxide Elimination Leading to Chiral Alkyl and Aryl Cyclohexylidenemethyl Ketones" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 115(13), 5847-5848 (1993).
  39. N. Komatsu, T. Murakami, Y. Nishibayashi, T. Sugita, and S. Uemura,* "Asymmetric Selenoxide Elimination Leading to Chiral Allenic Sulfones" J. Org. Chem., 58(14), 3697-3702 (1993).
  40. N. Komatsu, M. Hashizume, T. Sugita, and S. Uemura,* "Catalytic Asymmetric Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides with tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide Using Chiral Binaphthol as a Chiral Auxiliary" J. Org. Chem., 58(17), 4529-4534 (1993).
  41. N. Komatsu, M. Hashizume, T. Sugita, and S. Uemura,* "Kinetic Resolution of Sulfoxides Catalyzed by Chiral Titanium-Binaphthol Complex" J. Org. Chem., 58(26), 7624-7626 (1993).
  42. Y. Nishibayashi, N. Komatsu, K. Ohe, and S. Uemura,* "Telluroxide Elimination by Oxidation of Alkyl Aryl Tellurides: A Remarkable Effect of Triethylamine Added" J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, (10), 1133-1137 (1993).
  43. N. Komatsu, Y. Nishibayashi, and S. Uemura,* "Asymmetric [2,3] Sigmatropic Rearrangement via Chiral Selenoxide with Sharpless Oxidants" Tetrahedron Lett., 34(14), 2339-2342 (1993).
  44. N. Komatsu, Y. Nishibayashi, T. Sugita,* and S. Uemura,* "The First Example of Asymmetric Selenoxide Elimination: Application to the Synthesis of Chiral Allenes" J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., (1), 46-47 (1992).
  45. N. Komatsu, Y. Nishibayashi, T. Sugita, and S. Uemura,* "Catalytic Asymmetric Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides Using R-(+)-Binaphthol" Tetrahedron Lett., 33(37), 5391-5394 (1992).
  46. N. Komatsu, S. Shimizu, and T. Sugita,* "A Reinvestigation of the Beckmann Rearrangement of (-)-Menthon Oxime: Preparation of (+)-(3S, 6R)-3-Isopropyl-6-methylhexahydroazepin-2-one" Synth. Commun., 22(2), 277-279 (1992).
  47. T. Sugita,* N. Komatsu, T. Terada, A. Kurihara, and T. Kagiya, "Solvent Effect on Asymmetric Addition of Organometallic Reagents to Homochiral _-Ketoacetals" Chem. Express, 4(11), 717-720 (1989).
  48. T. Sugita,* M. Eida, H. Ito, N. Komatsu, K. Abe, and M. Suama, "Regioselectivity of Addition of Thiols and Amines to Conjugated Allenic Ketones and Esters" J. Org. Chem., 52(17), 3789-3793 (1987).

Reviews Articles

  1. N. Komatsu, "Future of Carbon Materials in Biotechnology", New Diamond, 100, 68-70 (2011).
  2. N. Komatsu, "Sorting of Nanocarbon Materials (carbon nanotubes and nanodiamonds)", Powder Technology, 2 (11), 28-36 (2010).
  3. X. Peng, F. Wang, A. F. M. M. Rahman, A. Bauri, and N. Komatsu,*"Optical Resolution of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes through Molecular Recognition with Chiral Diporphyrin Nanotweezers", Chem. Lett. (Highlight Review), 39 (10), 1022-1027 (2010).
  4. N. Komatsu, and F. Wang, "A Comprehensive Review on Separation Methods and Techniques for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes", Materials (open access journal), 3 (7), 3818-3844 (2010).
  5. T. Takimoto, Y. Morita, N. Kadota, S. Aonuma, T. Kimura, and N. Komatsu, "Surface Functionalization and Size Separation of Nanodiamond Aiming at Medicinal Applications", Chemical Engineering, 54 (12), 947-951 (2009).
  6. N. Komatsu, "Medical Applications of Nanodiamonds", Function & Materials, 29 (6), 23-29 (2009).
  7. N. Komatsu, "Size Separation and Surface Functionalization of Nanodiamond Particles Aiming at Their Biomedical Applications ", J. Surf. Sci. Jpn., 30 (5), 273-278 (2009).
  8. N. Komatsu, "Novel and Practical Separation Processes for Fullerenes, Carbon Nanotubes and Nanodiamonds" J. Jpn. Petrol. Inst., 52 (3), 73-80 (2009).
  9. N. Komatsu, "Separation of Nanocarbons by Molecular Recognition" J. Incl. Phenom. Macrocycl. Chem., 61, 195-216 (2008) [highlighted at cover picture].
  10. N. Komatsu, "Heterocyclic Supramolecular Chemistry of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes" Topics in Heteroatom Chemistry; K. Matsumoto, Ed.; Springer: Heidelberg, Germany, pp 161-198 (2008).
  11. N. Komatsu, "Optically Active Carbon Nanotubes", New Diamond, 88, 26-27 (2008).
  12. N. Komatsu, "Isolation of Ring-shaped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Using Ultrasonic Atomization", Ultrasonic Technology, 19 (5), 63-66 (2007).
  13. N. Komatsu, "Diamond Technology", Diamond Industry Association Ed.; NGT Co., Chapter 9, 3-7 Medicinal Application of Diamonds, pp 683-687 (2007).
  14. N. Komatsu, "Nanocarbon Science Aiming at Medicinal Applications", Chemical Engineering, 51 (12), 941-944 (2006).
  15. N. Komatsu,* N. Kadota, T. Kimura, "Surface Modification of Nanodiamonds and the Influence to their Physical Properties", New Diamond, 83, 24-25 (2006).
  16. N. Komatsu, "Purification of Fullerenes", Petrotech, 26(5), 373-378(2003).
  17. N. Komatsu, "Bismuth Compounds in Organic Transformations" Organobismuth Chemistry; H. Suzuki and Y. Matano, Eds.; Elsevier: Lausanne, Switzerland, Chapter 5, 371-440 (2001).
  18. N. Komatsu, and S. Uemura, "Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects of Asymmetric Reactions of Organoselenium Compounds" Advances in Detailed Reaction Mechanism; James M. Coxon, Ed.; Jai Press: Greenwich, CT, Vol. 4, pp 73-92 (1995).
  19. N. Komatsu, and S. Uemura, "Asymmetric Syntheses of Organocharcogen Compounds", J. Synth. Org. Chem., 53(4), 268-274 (1995).