Researchers

KURAMOCHI Yusuke

KURAMOCHI Yusuke
Associate Professor
Faculty Department of Science / Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Researchmap https://researchmap.jp/Yusuke_Kuramochi

Education and Career

Education

  • Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate School of Materials Science,
  • Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Science,
  • Tokyo University of Science, Graduate School, Division of Natural Science,

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Apr. 2025 - Today , Kindai University Faculty of Science and Engineering Associate Professor
  • Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2025 , The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science 特任研究員
  • Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2024 , Tokyo University of Science Faculty of Science, Division 2 講師
  • Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2021 , Tokyo University of Science Faculty of Science, Division 2 助教
  • Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2016 , Tokyo Institute of Technology 流動研究員
  • Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2015 , Kitasato University 特任助教
  • 2008 - 2011 , Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Postdoctoral fellow
  • 2006 - 2008 , Nara Institute of Science and Technology 博士研究員

Research Activities

Research Areas

  • Nanotechnology/Materials, Organic functional materials
  • Manufacturing technology (mechanical, electrical/electronic, chemical engineering), Electronic devices and equipment
  • Nanotechnology/Materials, Biochemistry
  • Nanotechnology/Materials, Functional solid-state chemistry

Research Interests

二酸化炭素, 錯体, 希土類, 光合成, 超分子, 配位化学, 電荷移動, エネルギー移動, フラーレン, ポルフィリン, 光化学, Complex, Lanthanide, Photosynthesis, Supramolecule, Coordination Chemistry, Charge Transfer, Energy Transfer, Fullerene, Porphyrin

Published Papers

  1. Design Strategy for Heteroleptic Ir(III) Photosensitizers with Spatially Separated Excited Electrons toward Efficient CO2 Reduction
    Toshiya Tanaka; Masahito Oura; Rikuya Nagao; Jo Onodera; Yusuke Kuramochi; Ken Onda; Osamu Ishitani; Kazuhiko Maeda
    Artificial Photosynthesis  20, Jan. 2026  , Refereed
  2. Dynamics of controlled transformation between two states of coordination-organized supramolecular polymers composed of 1,3-Butadiyne-linked Bis-zinc-porphyrin
    Sukyeong Kim; Ren Ikebata; Yusuke Kuramochi; Takayuki Uchihashi; Akiharu Satake
    Coordination Chemistry Research  2  , 100010-, Dec. 2025  , Refereed
  3. Efficiency of Photodissociation of Carbonyl Ligand in Ruthenium Monocarbonyl Bipyridine Complexes: Effect of Isomeric Structures and Ligands
    Yusuke Kuramochi; Jun Itabashi; Mari Toyama; Seiichi Tanaka; Noriharu Nagao; Ken Onda; Hitoshi Ishida
    Inorganic Chemistry  64  (27)  , 13647-13660, 30, Jun. 2025  , Refereed

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Books etc

  1. 光触媒/光半導体を利用した人工光合成 第2編・第3章 錯体化学的アプローチ1-CO2還元反応 , 倉持悠輔; 石谷治 , エヌ・ティ・エス , Jan. 2017

Conference Activities & Talks

  1. ポルフィリンを光増感剤とする二酸化炭素還元光触媒 , 倉持 悠輔 , 錯体化学若手の会 近畿支部 第69回 支部勉強会 , 29, Nov. 2025
  2. 新規Mg(II)ポルフィリン―Re(I)ビピリジントリカルボニル錯体二元系の合成とそれらを用いた光化学的CO2還元反応 , 土屋開; 倉持悠輔; 石井和之 , 錯体化学会第75回討論会 , 17, Sep. 2025
  3. Non-equilibrium Dynamics of Transformation between Two States of Coordination-Organized Supramolecular Polymers Composed of 1,3-Butadiyne-Linked Bis-zincporphyrin , Akiharu Satake; Sukyeong Kim; Yusuke Kuramochi; Takayuki Uchihashi , 錯体化学会 第75回討論会 , 15, Sep. 2025

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MISC

  1. ポルフィリンを用いたCO2還元反応 , 倉持悠輔 , カーボン・エネルギーコントロール社会協議会 (CanApple) ニュースレター95 , Aug. 2019

Patents

  1. 新規セリウム錯体、及び発光材 , 特許7100312
  2. 新規セリウム錯体、及び発光材
  3. セリウム錯体及び該セリウム錯体を含む有機電子素子 , 倉持悠輔, 小林憲史, 東村秀之

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Awards & Honors

  1. Aug. 2023, Selected as a HOT Article and a Front Cover of Chemical Science published by the Royal Society of Chemistry
  2. Aug. 2022, Selected as a Back Cover and an Editor's Choice of Chemical Science published by the Royal Society of Chemistry
  3. 22, Jan. 2020, Selected as a Hot Paper in "Chemistry A European Journal"

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Research Grants & Projects

  1. 日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 大気中二酸化炭素直接回収と資源化を実現するポルフィリン-金属錯体光触媒系の創成 , 近畿大学
  2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Development of multi-excitation transient spectroscopy for analyzing multi-step photo-reduction processes of CO2 , Kyushu University
  3. カーボンリサイクルファンド, 研究助成金, 環状ポルフィリン多量体が織りなす小分子変換反応

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