Science Tokyo
Laboratory for
Chem. & Life Sci.
Department of
Materials Science
and Engineering

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Michito Yoshizawa
Professor

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 Affiliation & Address
 
Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science
Institute of Integrated Research
Institute of Science Tokyo

Address:R1-28, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
Phone:+81-45-924-5284 Fax:+81-45-924-5230
E-mail:yoshizawa.m.ac@m.titech.ac.jp

 
 Profile  
 


1997 B.S. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
1999 M.S. Tokyo Institute of Technology
2002 Ph.D. Nagoya University
2001-2003 JSPS Research Fellow, The University of Tokyo
2003-2008 Research Associate, The University of Tokyo
2008-2020 Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2020-2024 Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2024-present Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo

Awards
2003 19th Inoue Research Award for Young Scientist
2007 56th The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists
2010 The Young Scientists' Prize, The Commendation for Science and Technology by MEXT
2012 3rd Thomson Reuters Research Front Award
2020 Teshima Memorial Research Award
2021 38th Inoue Prize for Science
2024 Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
2024 SSOCJ Fujifilm Award for Functional Materials Chemistry
 

 
 Recent Publication
 
the latest publication list: see Publication page

  • K. Toyama, Y. Tanaka,* M. Yoshizawa*
    Multinuclear CunSm Clusters Encapsulated by Aromatic Micelles as Aqueous Red-to-NIR Phosphorescent Ink
    Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 16751-16756 (DOI: 10.1039/D5SC04122H).

  • K. Tagai, Y. Tanaka,* M. Yamada, M. Yoshizawa*
    A Polyaromatic Metallotube with a Dual Multi-Functionalization Ability
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202510929 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202510929).

  • Y. Hashimoto, Y. Tanaka,* S.-Y. Liu, H. Shinokubo, M. Yoshizawa*
    Chiral Aromatic Micelles as Chiroptical Host Tools for Large Metallodyes in Water
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 23060-23067 (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c06179).

  • S. Aoyama, L. Catti,* M. Yoshizawa*
    Aqueous Polycavity Hosts Composed of Porous Aromatic Polymers within Aromatic Micelles
    Chem 2025, 11, 102616 (DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102616).

  • Y. Inomata, S. Oguma, N. Sagara, A. Nishijima, Y. Saburomaru, S. Yoshida, T. Kajitani, K. Shimokawa, S. Sato, M. Yoshizawa, M. Fujita,* T. Sawada*
    An M60L60 Metal-Peptide Capsid with a 60-Crossing Woven Network
    Chem 2025, 11, 102555 (DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102555).

  • U. Kai, R. Sumida, Y. Tanaka, M. Yoshizawa*
    Discrimination of Perfluorinated Arenes/Alkanes by Modulable Polyaromatic Capsules
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 10640-10646 (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c00904).

  • Y. Hishikawa, T. Suzuki, B. Maity, H. Noya, M. Yoshizawa, A. Asanuma, Y. Katagiri, S. Abe, S. Nagatoishi, K. Tsumoto, T. Ueno*
    Design of Aromatic Interaction Networks in a Protein Cage Modulated by Fluorescent Ligand Binding
    Adv. Sci. 2025, 12, 2417030 (DOI: 10.1002/advs.202417030).

  • T. Yasuda, Y. Hashimoto, Y. Tanaka,* D. Tauchi, M. Hasegawa, Y. Kurita, H. Kawai, Y. Tsuchido,* M. Yoshizawa*
    Optical Axial Chirality Enhancement and Transfer within Aromatic Micelles upon (Co-)encapsulation
    JACS Au 2025, 5, 586-592 (DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.4c01229).

  • L. Catti,* S. Yasugami, S. Aoyama, N. Kishida, M. Yoshizawa*
    A Photolockable Polyaromatic Capsule Designed via Regiochemical Substitution
    Chem. Eur. J. 2025, 31, e202403703 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202403703).

  • H. Sasafuchi, M. Ueda, N. Kishida, T. Sawada, S. Suzuki, Y. Imai, M. Yoshizawa*
    Remote Optical Chirality Transfer via Helical Polyaromatic Capsules upon Encapsulation
    Chem 2025, 11, 102332 (DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2024.09.031).
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