TAKUO MINATO

Last Updated :2024/10/01

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Assistant Professor
Web Site
E-mail
tminatohiroshima-u.ac.jp
Other Contact Details
1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
TEL : (+81)82-424-7605 FAX : (+81)
Self-introduction
Major in catalyst, magnetism, and biology based on molecules

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2018/04, 2020/12, Kyushu Univesity, Special Researcher
  • 2017/10, 2018/03, The University of Tokyo, Special Resercher
  • 2015/04, 2017/09, The University of Tokyo, Special Researcher(DC1)
  • 2021/01/01, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Assistan Professor

Educational Backgrounds

  • The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2014/10, 2017/09
  • The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2012/10, 2014/09
  • The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2008/04, 2012/09

Academic Degrees

  • The University of Tokyo
  • The University of Tokyo

Educational Activity

  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Engineering : Cluster 3(Applied Chemistry, Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering) : Program of Applied Chemistry
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Applied Chemistry Program
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Smart Innovation Program
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Applied Chemistry Program
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Smart Innovation Program

In Charge of Primary Major Programs

  • Program of Applied Chemistry

Research Fields

  • Chemistry;Basic chemistry;Inorganic chemistry

Research Keywords

  • Polyoxometalate
  • Protein
  • Magnetism
  • Catalyst

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • Chemical Society of Japan

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Experimental Methods and Laboratory Work in Chemistry I
  2. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Experimental Methods and Laboratory Work in Chemistry II
  3. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Basic Experiments in Chemistry
  4. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Introduction to Fundamental Industry
  5. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Year, Graduation Thesis
  6. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry A
  7. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry A
  8. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry B
  9. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry B
  10. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry B
  11. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry B
  12. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Study on Applied Chemistry

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Stepwise Syntheses and Single-Molecule Magnet Properties of Hetero-Pentanuclear Metal Oxide Clusters in Lacunary Polyoxometalates, Bulletin of Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry, 67, 108-110, 2016
  2. Biochemical and Structural Characterization of a Thermostable Dps Protein with His-type Ferroxidase Centers and Outer Metal-Binding Sites, FEBS Open Bio, 10, 1219-1229, 2020
  3. Exploring Orientationally Aligned Anisotropic Large Spin Molecules with Unusual Long-Distance Intermolecular Ferromagnetic Interactions, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 7, 12918-12925, 2019
  4. Homogeneous Catalytic Reduction of Polyoxometalate by Hydrogen Gas with a Hydrogenase Model Complex, RSC Advances, 9, 19518-19522, 2019
  5. Hexavacant -Dawson-type Phosphotungstates Supporting an Edge-Sharing Bis(square-pyramidal) {O2M(3-O)2(-OAc)MO2} Core (M = Mn2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, or Zn2+), Dalton Transactions, 48, 7281-7289, 2019
  6. Effect of Heteroatoms on Field-Induced Slow Magnetic Relaxation of Mononuclear FeIII (S = 5/2) Ions within Polyoxometalates, Inorganic Chemistry, 57, 6957-6964, 2018
  7. Alkoxides of Trivacant Lacunary Polyoxometalates, Chemistry - A European Journal, 23, 14213-14220, 2017
  8. A Modular Synthesis Approach to Multinuclear Heterometallic Oxo Clusters in Polyoxometalates, Chemical Communications, 53, 7533-7536, 2017
  9. Hexanuclear Tin(II) and Mixed Valence Tin(II,IV) Oxide Clusters within Polyoxometalates, Chemical Communications, 52, 10688-10691, 2016
  10. ★, Synthesis and Disassembly/Reassembly of Giant Ring-Shaped Polyoxotungstate Oligomers, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55, 10688-10691, 2016
  11. Sequential Synthesis of 3d-3d'-4f Heterometallic Heptanuclear Clusters in between Lacunary Polyoxometalates, Inorganic Chemistry, 55, 2023-2029, 2016
  12. A Cascade Approach to Hetero-Pentanuclear Manganese-Oxide Clusters in Polyoxometalates and Their Single-Molecule Magnet Properties, Dalton Transactions, 44, 14220-14226, 2015
  13. Field-Induced Slow Magnetic Relaxation of Octahedrally Coordinated Mononuclear Fe(III)-, Co(II)-, and Mn(III)-Containing Polyoxometalates, Chemical Communications, 50, 4081-4084, 2015
  14. Synthesis of -Dawson-Type Silicotungstate [-Si2W18O62]8– and Protonation and Deprotonation Inside the Aperture through Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds, Chemistry - A European Journal, 20, 5946-5952, 2014
  15. ★, Robotic Stepwise Synthesis of Hetero-Multinuclear Metal Oxo Clusters as Single-Molecule Magnets, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 143(32), 12809-12816, 2021
  16. ★, Non-conventional octameric structure of C-phycocyanin, COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY, 4(1), 1238-1238, 2021

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Synthesis and structural control of one-dimensional molybdenum oxide chains, Takuo Minato, Misato Miyamoto, Satoshi Ishikawa, Norihito Hiyoshi, Masahiro Sadakane, The 104th CSJ Annual Meeting, 2024/03/18, Without Invitation, English
  2. Conjugation of hetero-multinuclear metal-oxo clusters within polyoxometalates, Takuo Minato, Masahiro Sadakane, EPSCR-JSPS INPOMs 2023 meeting, 2023/12/14, Without Invitation, English
  3. A Cationic Metal Glue Strategy for Constructing Large Paramagnetic Hetero-Multinuclear Metal Oxo Clusters by Using Lacunary Polyoxometalates as Inorganic Multidentate Ligands, Takuo Minato, Masahiro Sadakane, ICPAC Bali 2023, 2023/09/15, With Invitation, English
  4. Stepwise conjugation method for constructing large hetero-multinuclear metal oxo clusters within polyoxometalates, Takuo Minato, Masahiro Sadakane, 72nd JSCC, 2022/09/27, Without Invitation, English
  5. Stepwise conjugation of hetero-multinuclear metal oxo clusters within polyoxometalates, Takuo Minato, Masahiro Sadakane, ICCC2022, 2022/08/29, Without Invitation, English
  6. Hydrogenase model systems with a [NiRu] complex and a Dawson-type polyoxometalate, Takuo Minato, IMPOMS 2021 Network Conference, 2021/07, Without Invitation, English
  7. Homogeneous catalytic reduction of Dawson-type polyoxometalate by H2 with a hydrogenase model complex, Takuo Minato, The 100th Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting, 2020/03, Without Invitation, English
  8. Hydrogenase model systems with a [NiRu] complex and redox active mediators, Takuo Minato, I2CNER International Workshop, 2020/01, With Invitation, English
  9. Automated Synthesis of Hetero-Multinuclear Metal Clusters by Robot Platform and Discovery of New Single-Molecule Magnets, Takuo Minato, Daniel Salley, Leroy Cronin, Kosuke Suzuki, Noritaka Mizuno, Kazuya Yamaguchi, The 99th Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting, 2019/03, Without Invitation, English
  10. Trivacant Lacunary Polyoxometalate Alkoxides, Takuo Minato, Kosuke Suzuki, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Noritaka Mizuno, The 43nd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC), 2018/07, Without Invitation, English
  11. Sequential Syntheses of Multinuclear Metal Oxo Clusters and Control of Magnetic Properties Using Lacunary Polyoxometalates, Takuo Minato, Kosuke Suzuki, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Seiji Ogo, Noritaka Mizuno, Gordon Research Conference, 2018/06, Without Invitation, English
  12. Syntheses of Alkoxides of Trivacant Lacunary Keggin-Type Polyoxometalates, Takuo Minato, Kosuke Suzuki, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Noritaka Mizuno, The 67th Conference of Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry, 2017/09, Without Invitation, English
  13. Sequential Synthesis of Heterometallic Nonanuclear Clusters by Utilizing Lacunary Polyoxometalates, Takuo Minato, Yusuke Ohata, Rinta Sato, Kosuke Suzuki, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Noritaka Mizuno, The 97th Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting, 2017/03, Without Invitation, English
  14. Syntheses and Single-Molecule Magnet Properties of Hetero-Multinuclear Manganese-Oxide Clusters Possessing Large Spin Ground State, Takuo Minato, Yusuke Ohata, Kosuke Suzuki, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Noritaka Mizuno, The 66th Conference of Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry, 2016/09, Without Invitation, English
  15. Synthesis and Rearrangement of Ring-Shaped Manganese-Substituted Phosphotungstates, Takuo Minato, Kosuke Suzuki, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Noritaka Mizuno, The 42nd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC), 2016/07, Without Invitation, English
  16. Synthesis and Rearrangement of Ring-Shaped Mn-Substituted Phosphotungstate Clusters, Takuo Minato, Kosuke Suzuki, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Noritaka Mizuno, The 96th Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting, 2016/03, Without Invitation, English
  17. Inorganic Anionic Cage [-Si2W18O62]8– with Reversible Proton Capturing Inside the Aperture via Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds, Takuo Minato, Kosuke Suzuki, Keigo Kamata, Noritaka Mizuno, The 2015 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (PACIFICHEM), 2015/12, Without Invitation, English
  18. Stepwise Syntheses and Single-Molecule Magnet Properties of Hetero-Pentanuclear Metal Oxide Clusters in Lacunary Polyoxometalates, Takuo Minato, Kosuke Suzuki, Rinta Sato, Masahiro Shinoe, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Noritaka Mizuno, The 65th Conference of Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry, 2015/09, Without Invitation, Japanese
  19. Synthesis of Lacunary Polyoxometalate Alkoxide, Takuo Minato, Kosuke Suzuki, Noritaka Mizuno, The 4th Chemical Society of Japan Chemistry Festa, 2015/09, Without Invitation, Japanese
  20. Synthesis and Selective Proton Capturing of a Dawson-Type Silicotungstate, Takuo Minato, Kosuke Suzuki, Keigo Kamata, Noritaka Mizuno, The 94th Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting, 2014/03, Without Invitation, English
  21. Synthesis and Catalytic Property of Molecular Metal-Oxide Cluster That Can Capture Protons Selectively, Takuo Minato, Kosuke Suzuki, Keigo Kamata, Noritaka Mizuno, The 3rd Chemical Society of Japan Chemistry Festa, 2013/10, Without Invitation, Japanese

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. 2023
  2. KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists), 2022, 2024
  3. KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up), 2021, 2022
  4. 2021/01
  5. Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, Construction of high-valent multinuclear metal clusters and control of catalytic properties, 2018/04, 2020/12
  6. Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers, Synthesis and structural control of multinuclear metal oxo clusters by one-pot condensation reactions, 2017/10, 2018/03
  7. Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, Construction of multinuclear metal active sites and control of catalytic properties based on multi-lacunary polyoxometalates, 2015/04, 2018/03