Faculty Information, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University   [ English | Japanese ]


MURATA, Michihisa

Division of Synthetic Chemistry - Organic Structural Chemistry -
（Laboratory in the Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering）
Assistant Professor
Doctor Engineering
URL:http://www.scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~kouzou/index.html
E-mail: mmurata@scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Tel: 0774-38-3174
Fax: 0774-38-3178
Academic career
    2006.3 Graduated from Dr. Course, Kyoto University
    2006.3 Dr. Eng., Kyoto University
    2006.4-9 Advanced Polymer Materials R&D Center, Kaneka Corporation
    2006.10- Assistant Professor at Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
Research field
    Current research
    Selected publications
    1. Murata M, Murata Y, Komatsu K, Organic Synthesis of Endohedral Fullerenes Encapsulating Helium, Dihydrogen, and Water. Organic Nanomaterials, Torres T, Bottari G, Eds., Wiley-Blackwell, in press (2011).
    2. Murata M, Morinaka Y, Murata Y, Yoshikawa O, Sagawa T, Yoshikawa S., Modification of the sigma-framework of [60]fullerene for bulk-heterojunction solar cells. Chem Commun (Camb) 47, 7335-7 (2011)  [pubmed]
    3. Horsewill A J, Rols S, Johnson M R, Murata Y, Murata M, Komatsu K, Carravetta M, Mamone S, Levitt M H, Chen J Y-C, Johnson J A, Lei X, Turro N J , Inelastic Neutron Scattering of a Quantum Translator-Rotator Encapsulated in a Closed Fullerene Cage: Isotope Effects and Translation-Rotation Coupling in H2@C60 and HD@C60. Phys Rev B 82, 081410 (2010)
    4. Morinaka Y, Tanabe F, Murata M, Murata Y, Komatsu K., Rational synthesis, enrichment, and 13C NMR spectra of endohedral C60 and C70 encapsulating a helium atom. Chem Commun 46, 4532-4 (2010)  [pubmed]
    5. Li Y, Lei X, Jockusch S, Chen JY, Frunzi M, Johnson JA, Lawler RG, Murata Y, Murata M, Komatsu K, Turro NJ., A magnetic switch for spin-catalyzed interconversion of nuclear spin isomers. J Am Chem Soc 132, 4042-3 (2010).  [pubmed]
    6. Murata M, Morinaka Y, Kurotobi K, Komatsu K, Murata Y., Reaction of Cage-opened Fullerene Derivative with Grignard Reagents and Subsequent Transannular Cyclization. Chem Lett 39, 298 (2011)
    7. Murata M, Murata Y, Komatsu K., Molecular Surgery toward Organic Synthesis of Endohedral Fullerenes, Chemistry of Nanocarbons, F. Wudl, S. Nagase, T. Akasaka, Eds., Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 215-237 (2010).
    8. Murata M, Maeda S, Morinaka Y, Murata Y, Komatsu K., Synthesis and Reaction of Fullerene C70 Encapsulating Two Molecules of H2. J Am Chem Soc 130, 15800-15801 (2008).  [pubmed]
    9. Murata M, Murata Y, Komatsu K., Surgery of fullerenes. Chem Commun (Feature Article), 6083-6094 (2008).  [pubmed]
    10. Murata M, Ochi Y, Kitagawa T, Komatsu K, Murata Y., NMR Studies on Monofunctionalized Fullerenyl Cation and Anion Encapsulating a H2 Molecule. Chem Asian J (Special Issue) 3, 1336-1342 (2008).  [pubmed]
    11. Murata M, Ochi Y, Tanabe F, Komatsu K, Murata Y., Internal Magnetic Fields of Dianions of Fullerene C(60) and Its Cage-Opened Derivatives Studied with Encapsulated H(2) as an NMR Probe. Angew Chem Int Ed 47, 2039-2041 (2008).  [pubmed]
    12. Murata Y, Maeda S, Murata M, Komatsu K., Encapsulation and dynamic behavior of two H2 molecules in an open-cage C70. J Am Chem Soc 130, 6702-3 (2008).  [pubmed]
    13. Carravetta M, Danquigny A, Mamone S, Cuda F, Johannessen OG, Heinmaa I, Panesar K, Stern R, Grossel MC, Horsewill AJ, Samoson A, Murata M, Murata Y, Komatsu K, Levitt MH., Solid-state NMR of endohedral hydrogen-fullerene complexes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 9, 4879-94 (2007).  [pubmed]
    14. Chuang SC, Murata Y, Murata M, Komatsu K., An Orifice-Size Index for Open-Cage Fullerenes. J Org Chem 72, 6447-6453 (2007).  [pubmed]
    15. Chuang SC, Murata Y, Murata M, Komatsu K., The outside knows the difference inside: trapping helium by immediate reduction of the orifice size of an open-cage fullerene and the effect of encapsulated helium and hydrogen upon the NMR of a proton directly attached to the outside. Chem Commun, 1751-3 (2007).  [pubmed]
    16. Watanabe K, Komatsu M, Niidome Y, Murata M, Murata Y, Komatsu K, Nakashima N. , Electrochemistry of an open-cage fullerene embedded in a film of hydrophobic ammonium ion on an electrode. J Phys Chem C 111, 6500-4 (2007).
    17. Yoshimoto S, Tsutsumi E, Narita R, Murata Y, Murata M, Fujiwara K, Komatsu K, Ito O, Itaya K., Epitaxial supramolecular assembly of fullerenes formed by using a coronene template on a Au(111) surface in solution. J Am Chem Soc 129, 4366-76 (2007).  [pubmed]
    18. Chuang SC, Murata Y, Murata M, Mori S, Maeda S, Tanabe F, Komatsu K., Fine tuning of the orifice size of an open-cage fullerene by placing selenium in the rim: insertion/release of molecular hydrogen. Chem Commun, 1278-80 (2007).  [pubmed]
    19. Murata M, Murata Y, Komatsu K., Synthesis and properties of endohedral C60 encapsulating molecular hydrogen. J Am Chem Soc 128, 8024-33 (2006).  [pubmed]
    20. Komatsu K, Murata M, Murata Y., Encapsulation of molecular hydrogen in fullerene C60 by organic synthesis. Science 307, 238-40 (2005).  [pubmed]
    21. Sawa H, Wakabayashi Y, Murata Y, Murata M, Komatsu K., Floating single hydrogen molecule in an open-cage fullerene. Angew Chem Int Ed 44, 1981-3 (2005).  [pubmed]
    22. Stanisky CM, Cross RJ, Saunders M, Murata M, Murata Y, Komatsu K., Helium entry and escape through a chemically opened window in a fullerene. J Am Chem Soc 127, 299-302 (2005).  [pubmed]
    23. Matsuo Y, Isobe H, Tanaka T, Murata Y, Murata M, Komatsu K, Nakamura E., Organic and organometallic derivatives of dihydrogen-encapsulated [60]fullerene. J Am Chem Soc 127, 17148-9 (2005).  [pubmed]
    24. Yoshimoto S, Honda Y, Murata Y, Murata M, Komatsu K, Ito O, Itaya K., Dependence of molecular recognition of fullerene derivative on the adlayer structure of zinc octaethylporphyrin formed on Au(100) surface. J Phys Chem B 109, 8547-50 (2005).  [pubmed]
    25. Carravetta M, Murata Y, Murata M, Heinmaa I, Stern R, Tontcheva A, Samoson A, Rubin Y, Komatsu K, Levitt MH., Solid-state NMR spectroscopy of molecular hydrogen trapped inside an open-cage fullerene. J Am Chem Soc 126, 4092-3 (2004).  [pubmed]
    26. Yoshimoto S, Tsutsumi E, Honda Y, Murata Y, Murata M, Komatsu K, Ito O, Itaya K., Controlled molecular orientation in an adlayer of a supramolecular assembly consisting of an open-cage C60 derivative and ZnII octaethylporphyrin on Au(111). Angew Chem Int Ed 43, 3044-7 (2004).  [pubmed]
    27. Matsumoto M, Inukai J, Tsutsumi E, Yoshimoto S, Itaya K, Ito O, Fujiwara K, Murata M, Murata Y, Komatsu K., Adlayers of C60-C60 and C60-C70 fullerene dimers formed on au(111) in benzene solutions studied by STM and LEED. Langmuir 20, 1245-50 (2004).  [pubmed]
    28. Murata Y, Murata M, Komatsu K., 100% encapsulation of a hydrogen molecule into an open-cage fullerene derivative and gas-phase generation of H2@C60. J Am Chem Soc 125, 7152-3 (2003).  [pubmed]
    29. Murata Y, Murata M, Komatsu K., Synthesis, structure, and properties of novel open-cage fullerenes having heteroatom(s) on the rim of the orifice. Chem Eur J 9, 1600-9 (2003).  [pubmed]
    30. Murata Y, Murata M, Komatsu K., The reaction of fullerene C(60) with 4,6-dimethyl-1,2,3-triazine: formation of an open-cage fullerene derivative. J Org Chem 66, 8187-91 (2001).  [pubmed]

    Update: Apr 02,2012