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Yuichi Negishi is affiliated with Tokyo University of Science in Japan and specializes in Materials Science, with a strong focus on Materials Chemistry and related subfields. Their research spans several subfields including Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Inorganic Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Negishi's work predominantly covers topics related to nanomaterials and catalysis. Key research topics include:

  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies

The publication record features work in various prominent scientific journals, with a notable number of papers appearing in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (19 publications)
  • Nanoscale (14 publications)
  • Small (14 publications)
  • Chemistry - A European Journal (11 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (9 publications)

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Negishi include:

  • Creation of High-Performance Heterogeneous Photocatalysts by Controlling Ligand Desorption and Particle Size of Gold Nanocluster, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Gold nanoclusters as electrocatalysts: size, ligands, heteroatom doping, and charge dependences, 2020, Nanoscale
  • Thiolate-Protected Metal Nanoclusters: Recent Development in Synthesis, Understanding of Reaction, and Application in Energy and Environmental Field, 2021, Small
  • Atomically Precise Alloy Nanoclusters, 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Controlled colloidal metal nanoparticles and nanoclusters: recent applications as cocatalysts for improving photocatalytic water-splitting activity, 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Negishi frequently collaborates with a core group of researchers, with the most common coauthors including Tokuhisa Kawawaki, Sakiat Hossain, Saikat Das, Yoshiki Niihori, and Sourav Biswas. Their partnerships reflect ongoing research themes in nanocluster chemistry and catalysis.

Best Publications

  • Glutathione-Protected Gold Clusters Revisited: Bridging the Gap between Gold(I)−Thiolate Complexes and Thiolate-Protected Gold Nanocrystals

    Yuichi Negishi;Katsuyuki Nobusada;Tatsuya Tsukuda

  • Size-specific catalytic activity of polymer-stabilized gold nanoclusters for aerobic alcohol oxidation in water.

    Hironori Tsunoyama;Hidehiro Sakurai;Yuichi Negishi;Tatsuya Tsukuda

  • Magic-numbered Aun clusters protected by glutathione monolayers (n = 18, 21, 25, 28, 32, 39): Isolation and spectroscopic characterization

    Yuichi Negishi;Yoshimitsu Takasugi;Seiichi Sato;Hiroshi Yao

  • Large-scale synthesis of thiolated Au25 clusters via ligand exchange reactions of phosphine-stabilized Au11 clusters

    Yukatsu Shichibu;Yuichi Negishi;Tatsuya Tsukuda;Toshiharu Teranishi

  • Extremely high stability of glutathionate-protected Au25 clusters against core etching.

    Yukatsu Shichibu;Yuichi Negishi;Hironori Tsunoyama;Masayuki Kanehara

  • Colloidal gold nanoparticles as catalyst for carbon-carbon bond formation: Application to aerobic homocoupling of phenylboronic acid in water

    Hironori Tsunoyama;Hidehiro Sakurai;Nobuyuki Ichikuni;Yuichi Negishi;Yuichi Negishi

  • Continuous modulation of electronic structure of stable thiolate-protected Au25 cluster by Ag doping

    Yuichi Negishi;Takeyuki Iwai;Mao Ide

  • Ubiquitous 8 and 29 kDa gold:alkanethiolate cluster compounds: mass-spectrometric determination of molecular formulas and structural implications.

    Nirmalya K. Chaki;Yuichi Negishi;Hironori Tsunoyama;Yukatsu Shichibu

  • Biicosahedral Gold Clusters [Au25(PPh3)10(SCnH2n+1)5Cl2]2+ (n = 2−18): A Stepping Stone to Cluster-Assembled Materials

    Yukatsu Shichibu;Yuichi Negishi;Takahito Watanabe;Nirmalya K. Chaki

  • Enhancement in Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation Catalysis of Au25 Clusters by Single Pd Atom Doping

    Songhai Xie;Hironori Tsunoyama;Wataru Kurashige;Yuichi Negishi

  • A Critical Size for Emergence of Nonbulk Electronic and Geometric Structures in Dodecanethiolate-Protected Au Clusters

    Yuichi Negishi;Tafu Nakazaki;Sami Malola;Shinjiro Takano

  • Origin of magic stability of thiolated gold clusters: a case study on Au25(SC6H13)18.

    Yuichi Negishi;Nirmalya K. Chaki;Yukatsu Shichibu;Robert L. Whetten

  • Isolation, structure, and stability of a dodecanethiolate-protected Pd1Au24 cluster

    Yuichi Negishi;Wataru Kurashige;Yoshiki Niihori;Takeshi Iwasa

  • Alloy Clusters: Precise Synthesis and Mixing Effects

    Sakiat Hossain;Yoshiki Niihori;Lakshmi V. Nair;Bharat Kumar

  • Silver Nanoparticle Decorated Reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO) Nanosheet: A Platform for SERS Based Low-Level Detection of Uranyl Ion

    Soumen Dutta;Chaiti Ray;Sougata Sarkar;Mukul Pradhan

  • Effect of Copper Doping on Electronic Structure, Geometric Structure, and Stability of Thiolate-Protected Au25 Nanoclusters.

    Yuichi Negishi;Kenta Munakata;Wataru Ohgake;Katsuyuki Nobusada

  • Precise synthesis, functionalization and application of thiolate-protected gold clusters

    Wataru Kurashige;Yoshiki Niihori;Sachil Sharma;Yuichi Negishi

  • Evolution of Hierarchical Hexagonal Stacked Plates of CuS from Liquid−Liquid Interface and its Photocatalytic Application for Oxidative Degradation of Different Dyes under Indoor Lighting

    Mrinmoyee Basu;Arun Kumar Sinha;Mukul Pradhan;Sougata Sarkar

  • Palladium doping of magic gold cluster Au38(SC2H4Ph)24: formation of Pd2Au36(SC2H4Ph)24 with higher stability than Au38(SC2H4Ph)24

    Yuichi Negishi;Kozue Igarashi;Kenta Munakata;Wataru Ohgake

  • Chiroptical Activity of BINAP-Stabilized Undecagold Clusters

    Yasushi Yanagimoto;Yuichi Negishi;Hisashi Fujihara;Tatsuya Tsukuda

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatsuya Tsukuda
Tatsuya Tsukuda University of Tokyo
Seiji Yamazoe
Seiji Yamazoe Tokyo Metropolitan University
Atsushi Nakajima
Atsushi Nakajima Keio University
Koji Kaya
Koji Kaya National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Tarasankar Pal
Tarasankar Pal Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Anjali Pal
Anjali Pal Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Akihide Iwase
Akihide Iwase Tokyo University of Science
Akihiko Kudo
Akihiko Kudo Tokyo University of Science
Shinji Kohara
Shinji Kohara National Institute for Materials Science
Thalappil Pradeep
Thalappil Pradeep Indian Institute of Technology Madras

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