2025

59. "Carbon nanotube growth catalyzed by metal nanoparticles formed via seed effect of metal clusters"
    T. Moriai, T. Tsukamoto*, K. Fukuhara, T. Imaoka, T. Kambe, K. Yamamoto*
    Nanoscale Adv. 2025, 7, 346–353. (DOI: 10.1039/D4NA00740A)

58. "Emergence of Tetragonal Phase and Reentrant Transition in Tensile-Strained Bi2(La1-xBix)O4Cl Solid Solution"
    A. Gabov, D. Kato, T. Tsukamoto, Y. Matsuzaki, N. Kakudou, A. Saeki, H. Suzuki, R. Abe, K. Fujita, S. Karazhanov, H. Kageyama
    Chem. Mater. 2025, 37, 453–462. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c02834)

2024

57. "Recent advances in atomic cluster synthesis: a perspective from chemical elements"
    T. Tsukamoto*
    Nanoscale 2024, 16, 10533–10550. (DOI: 10.1039/D3NR06522G)

❖ selected as Nanoscale 2024 Emerging Investigators

❖ selected as Nanoscale Most Popular 2024 Articles

❖ selected as Inside Front Cover

56. "高次周期表 ― 量子サイズ物質の先進的デザイン"
    塚本 孝政
    現代化学 2025, 646, 38–40.

55. "高対称クラスターの温室効果ガス変換触媒への展開 ――クラスターの特異的原子配列を利用した新たな触媒デザイン"
    塚本 孝政
    化学と工業 2024, 77, 398.

54. "合金酸化物クラスターを利用した低価数金属の生成と発光"
    塚本 孝政
    化学と工業 2024, 77, 228.

53. "Search for Thiol-Protected Gold Clusters Doped with Different Elements Using Dendrimers"
    H. Muramatsu, T. Kambe, T. Tsukamoto, T. Imaoka, K. Yamamoto
    Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2024, 2400334. (DOI: 10.1002/macp.202400334)

52. "Synthesis and functionalities of FeSn12 superatom prepared by single atom introduction with a dendrimer template"
    H. Muramatsu, T. Kambe, T. Tsukamoto, A. Kuzume, R. Hosono, T. Imaoka, K. Yamamoto
    Chem. Eur. J. 2024, 30, e202400060. (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400060)

2023

51. "Atom Hybridization of Metallic Elements: Emergence of Subnano Metallurgy for the Post-nanotechnology"
    T. Imaoka, A. Kuzume, M. Tanabe, T. Tsukamoto, T. Kambe, K. Yamamoto
    Coord. Chem. Rev. 2023, 474, 214826. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214826)

2022

50. "Highly Accurate Synthesis of Quasi-sub-nanoparticles by Dendron-assembled Supramolecular Templates"
    T. Tsukamoto, K. Tomozawa, T. Moriai, N. Yoshida, T. Kambe, K. Yamamoto
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202114353. (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114353)
    ❖ selected as Very Important Paper
    ❖ selected as Inside Cover Picture

49. "Poly-phenylene Jacketed Tailor-made Dendritic Phenylazomethine Ligand for Nanoparticle Synthesis"
    K. Albrecht, M. Taguchi, T. Tsukamoto, T. Moriai, N. Yoshida, K. Yamamoto
    Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 5813–5817. (DOI: 10.1039/D1SC05661A)

48. "Equable Fine-Tuning Techniques of Bimetallic Co-complexation in Dendrimer for Cluster Synthesis Covering a Wide Range of Composition"
    T. Tsukamoto, T. Kambe, K. Yamamoto
    Chem. Lett. 2022, 51, 848–850. (DOI: 10.1246/cl.220245)

47. "対称適合軌道モデルを基盤とした原子クラスターの電子状態予測"
    塚本 孝政、春田 直毅、山元 公寿
    ナノ学会会報誌 2022, 20, 45–50.

46. "Controlled Synthesis of Au25 Superatom Using a Dendrimer Template"
    H. Muramatsu, T. Kambe, T. Tsukamoto, T. Imaoka, K. Yamamoto
    Molecules 2022, 27, 3398. (DOI: 10.3390/molecules27113398)

2021

45. "Modern Cluster Design Based on Experiment and Theory"
    T. Tsukamoto, T. Kambe, T. Imaoka, K. Yamamoto
    Nature Rev. Chem. 2021, 5, 338–347. (DOI: 10.1038/s41570-021-00267-4)

44. "Unique Functions and Applications of Rigid Dendrimers Featuring Radial Aromatic Chains"
    T. Tsukamoto, T. Imaoka, K. Yamamoto
    Acc. Chem. Res. 2021, 54, 4486–4497. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00530)
    ❖ submitted as author's proposal (not invited)
    ❖ selected as Supplementary Cover Art

43. "ナノ物質周期表と超縮退ナノ物質――金属クラスターが創る新たな科学領域"
    塚本 孝政
    化学と工業 2021, 74, 782–783.

42. "樹状高分子鋳型を利用した原子クラスターの精密合成と機能開拓"
    塚本 孝政、山元 公寿
    THE CHEMICAL TIMES 2021, 262, 2–7. (ISSN 0285-2446)

41. "Expansion of Dendrimer Template Function for Subnanoparticle Synthesis"
    T. Kambe, M. Li, T. Tsukamoto, T. Imaoka, K. Yamamoto
    Chem. Lett. 2021, 50, 1648–1651. (DOI: 10.1246/cl.210316)

2020

40. "Quantum Materials Exploration by Sequential Screening Technique of Heteroatomicity"
    T. Tsukamoto, A. Kuzume, M. Nagasaka, T. Kambe, K. Yamamoto
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 19078–19084. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06653)
    ❖ selected as Supplementary Cover Art

39. "Selective Hydroperoxygenation of Olefin Realized by a Coinage Multimetallic 1-nanometer Catalyst"
    T. Moriai♦, T. Tsukamoto♦ (♦ Co-first), M. Tanabe, T. Kambe, K. Yamamoto
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 23051–23055. (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202010190)

38. "Precise Synthesis and Design Methods of Multimetallic Clusters"
    塚本 孝政、山元 公寿
    Bull. Jpn. Soc. Coord. Chem. 2020, 76, 53–56.

37. "新しい元素化学を拓くアトムハイブリッド"
    塚本 孝政、山元 公寿
    化学と工業 2020, 37, 390–392.

36. "XAFS Measurements of 1-nanometer Indium-tin Oxide Particles Focusing on O K-edge"
    T. Tsukamoto, H. Iwayama, M. Nagasaka, A. Kuzume, K. Yamamoto
    UVSOR Activity Report 2019 2020, UVSOR-47, 75. (ISSN: 0911-5730)

35. "Superatomic Gallium Clusters in Dendrimers: Unique Rigidity and Reactivity Depending on their Atomicity"
    T. Kambe, A. Watanabe, M. Li, T. Tsukamoto, T. Imaoka, K. Yamamoto
    Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 1907167. (DOI: 10.1002/adma.201907167)

2019

34. "Periodicity of Molecular Clusters Based on Symmetry-Adapted Orbital Model"
    T. Tsukamoto♦, N. Haruta♦(♦ Co-first), T. Kambe, A. Kuzume, K. Yamamoto
    Nature Commun. 2019, 10, 3727. (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11649-0)
    ❖ highlighted in Nature Reviews Chemistry [D. Schilter 2019, 3, 565 (DOI: 10.1038/s41570-019-0134-y)]

33. "「ナノ物質の周期表」の誕生 – 幾何学的対称性から生まれた新たな理論モデル"
    塚本 孝政、春田 直毅、山元 公寿
    academistJournal 2019. (HP: https://academist-cf.com/journal/?p=11982)

32. "金属元素を自由自在に混ぜる ― 未踏のサブナノ領域の科学への挑戦 ―"
    塚本 孝政、山元 公寿
    現代化学 2019, 576, 52–57.

31. "Aerobic Toluene Oxidation Catalyzed by Subnano Metal Particles"
    M. Huda, K. Minamisawa,T. Tsukamoto, M. Tanabe, K. Yamamoto
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 1002–1006. (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201809530)
    ❖ selected as Very Important Paper (top 5%)

30. "Electrochemical Measurement of Bismuth Clusters in Dendrimer Through Transformation from Atomicity Controlled Complexes"
    T. Kambe, S. Imaoka, R. Hasegawa, T. Tsukamoto, T. Imaoka, K. Natsui, Y. Einaga, K. Yamamoto
    J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. 2019, 30, 169–173. (DOI: 10.1007/s10904-019-01390-y)

2018

29. "Atom-Hybridization for Synthesis of Polymetallic Clusters"
    T. Tsukamoto, T. Kambe, A. Nakao, T. Imaoka, K. Yamamoto
    Nature Commun. 2018, 9, 3873. (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06422-8)

❖ highlighted in MRS Bulletin [A. R. Kirmani 2018, 43, 912 (DOI: 10.1557/mrs.2018.306)]

28. "Nanomaterials Design for Super-Degenerate Electronic State Beyond the Limit of Geometrical Symmetry"
    N. Haruta♦, T. Tsukamoto♦(♦ Equal Contrib.), A. Kuzume, T. Kambe, K. Yamamoto
    Nature Commun. 2018, 9, 3758. (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06244-8)

❖ highlighted in Materials Today [D. Bradrey 2018, 21, 996 (DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2018.10.028.)]

27. "Artificial Photosynthesis Model: Photochemical Reaction System with Efficient Light-Harvesting Function on Inorganic Nanosheets"
    T. Tsukamoto*, T. Shimada, S. Takagi
    ACS Omega 2018, 3, 18563–18571. (DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b02594)

26. "Active Species Transfer-Type Artificial Light Harvesting System in the Nanosheet – Dye Complexes: Utilization of Longer Wavelength Region of Sunlight"
    S. Suzuki, D. Tatsumi, T. Tsukamoto, R. Honna, T. Shimada, H. Inoue, S. Takagi
    Tetrahedron Lett. 2018, 59, 528–531. (DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.12.072)

25. "Fluorescence Enhancement Behavior of Hemicyanine Derivatives on the Clay Nanosheets: Aggregation Induced Emission (AIE) vs. Surface-Fixation Induced Emission (S-FIE)"
    N. Kudo, T. Tsukamoto, D. Tokieda, T. Shimada, S. Takagi
    Chem. Lett. 2018, 47, 636–639. (DOI: 10.1246/cl.180043)

24. "原子の対称性を超えるナノ物質を発見！？ – 理論化学の最前線"
    春田 直毅、塚本 孝政、葛目 陽義、神戸 徹也、山元 公寿
    academist Journal 2018. (HP: https://academist-cf.com/journal/?p=8933)

2017

23. "Coordination Nanosheets Based on Terpyridine-Zinc(II) Complexes: As Photoactive Host Materials"
    T. Tsukamoto, K. Takada, R. Sakamoto, R. Matsuoka, R. Toyoda, H. Maeda, T. Yagi, M. Nishikawa, N. Shinjo, S. Amano, T. Iokawa, N. Ishibashi, T. Oi, K. Kanayama, R. Kinugawa, Y. Koda, T. Komura, S. Nakajima, R. Fukuyama, N. Fuse, M. Mizui, M. Miyasaki, Y. Yamashita, K. Yamada, W. Zhang, R. Han, W. Liu, T. Tsubomura, H. Nishihara
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 5359–5366. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b12810)

22. "Mechano-, Thermo-, Solvato-, and Vapochromism in Bis(acetato-κ1O)[4'-(4-(diphenylamino)phenyl) -](2,2':6',2''-terpyridine-κ3N,N',N'')zinc(II) and Its Polymer"
    T. Tsukamoto, R. Aoki, R. Sakamoto, R. Toyoda, M. Shimada, Y. Hattori, Y. Kitagawa, E. Nishibori, M. Nakano, H. Nishihara
    Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 9805–9808. (DOI: 10.1039/C7CC05022D)

21. "A Simple Zinc(II) Complex That Features Multi-functional Luminochromism Induced by Reversible Ligand Dissociation"
    T. Tsukamoto, R. Aoki, R. Sakamoto, R. Toyoda, M. Shimada, Y. Hattori, M. Asaoka, Y. Kitagawa, E. Nishibori, M. Nakano, H. Nishihara
    Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 3657–3660. (DOI: 10.1039/C6CC10190A)

20. "Unique Fluorescence Behavior of Dyes on the Clay Minerals Surface: Surface Fixation Induced Emission (S-FIE)"
    D. Tokieda, T. Tsukamoto, Y. Ishida, H. Ichihara, T. Shimada, S. Takagi
    J. Photochem. Photobiol. A Chem. 2017, 339, 67–79. (DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.01.013)
    ❖ Invited Feature Article

19. "Highly Selective Photochemical Epoxidation of Cyclohexene Sensitized by Ru(II) Porphyrin-Clay Hybrid Catalyst"
    D. Tatsumi, T. Tsukamoto*, R. Honna, S. Hoshino, T. Shimada, S. Takagi
    Chem. Lett. 2017, 49, 1311–1314. (DOI: 10.1246/cl.170521)

2016

18. "Supramolecular-Surface Photochemistry: Cascade Energy Transfer between Encapsulated Dyes Aligned on a Clay Nano-sheet Surface"
    T. Tsukamoto, E. Ramasamy, T. Shimada, S. Takagi, V. Ramamurthy
    Langmuir 2016, 32, 2920–2927. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03962)

17. "Photophysical Properties and Adsorption Behaviors of Novel Tri-Cationic Boron(III) Subporphyrin on Anionic Clay Surface"
    T. Tsukamoto, T. Shimada, S. Takagi
    ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2016, 8, 7522–7528. (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b11988)

16. "The Coordination Nanosheet (CONASH)"
    R. Sakamoto, K. Takada, X. Sun, T. Pal, T. Tsukamoto, E. Jia Han Phua, A. Rapakousiou, K. Hoshiko, H. Nishihara
    Coord. Chem. Rev. 2016, 320–321, 118–128. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2015.12.001)

15. "Heteroleptic [Bis(oxazoline)](dipyrrinato)zinc(II) Complexes: Bright and Circularly Polarized Luminescence from an Originally Achiral Dipyrrinato Ligand"
    J. F. Koegel, S. Kusaka, R. Sakamoto, T. Iwashima, M. Tsuchiya, R. Toyoda, R. Matsuoka, T. Tsukamoto, J. Yuasa, Y. Kitagawa, T. Kawai, H. Nishihara
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 1377–1381. (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201509411)

2015

14. "Photochemical Chlorination and Oxygenation Reaction of Cyclohexene Sensitized by Ga(III) Porphyrin-Clay Minerals System with High Durability and Usability"
    T. Tsukamoto, T. Shimada, T. Shiragami, S. Takagi
    Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2015, 88, 578–583. (DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20140378)

13. "Adsorption and Photochemical Behavior of Novel Cationic Ga(III) Phthalocyanine on the Clay Surface"
    R. Honna, T. Tsukamoto, T. Shimada, S. Takagi
    Clay Science 2015, 19, 53–58. (DOI: 10.11362/jcssjclayscience.19.2_53)

12. "機能性「ボトムアップ型」金属錯体ナノシート"
    坂本 良太、塚本 孝政、高田 健司、西原 寛
    触媒 2015, 57, 362–367.

11. "金属錯体のナノシート化、光電変換効率向上とその期待される応用"
    坂本 良太、塚本 孝政、岩嶋 俊輝、西原 寛
    MATERIAL STAGE 2015, 15, 41–45.

2014

10. "Structure Resembling Effect of Clay Surface on Photochemical Properties of meso-Phenyl or Pyridyl-Substituted Monocationic Antimony(V) Porphyrin Derivatives"
    T. Tsukamoto, T. Shimada, S. Takagi
    RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 8479–8485. (DOI: 10.1039/C4RA15650A)

9. "Pinning Effect for Photoisomerization of a Dicationic Azobenzene Derivative by Anionic Sites of the Clay Surface"
   T. Umemoto, Y. Ohtani, T. Tsukamoto, T. Shimada, S.Takagi
   Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 314–316. (DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47353H)

8. "粘土ナノシート/有機色素複合体の光化学特性とその応用"
   塚本 孝政、嶋田 哲也、高木 慎介
   無機マテリアル学会誌 2014, 21, 54–60.

7. "Microstructure and the Mobility of Fluorinated Carbon Chain of Reversed Micelles Formed by Cationic Polyfluorinated Surfactant"
   M. Nagashima, T. Tsukamoto, T. Shimada, D. A. Tryk, S. Takagi, H. Inoue
   Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2014, 78, 1273–1277. (DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20140227)

2013

6. "Photochemical Properties of Mono-, Tri-, and Penta- Cationic Antimony(V) Metalloporphyrin Derivatives on a Clay Layer Surface"
   T. Tsukamoto, T. Shimada, S. Takagi
   J. Phys. Chem. A 2013, 117, 7823–7832. (DOI: 10.1021/jp405767s)

5. "Unique Photochemical Properties of p-Substituted Cationic Triphenylbenzene Derivatives on a Clay Layer Surface"
   T. Tsukamoto, T. Shimada, S. Takagi
   J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 2774–2779. (DOI: 10.1021/jp3092144)

4. "粘土ナノシートにより形成される機能性色素材料"
   塚本 孝政、嶋田 哲也、高木 慎介
   日本色材協会誌 2013, 86, 198–203. (DOI: 10.4011/shikizai.86.198)

3. "色素の光化学挙動におけるナノシートの効果"
   塚本 孝政、嶋田 哲也、高木 慎介
   日本化学会研究会「低次元系光機能材料研究会」ニュースレター 2013, 3, 2–9.

2. "The Adsorption Behavior of Protonated Cationic Porphyrin on the Clay Surface"
   M. Eguchi, T. Tsukamoto, Y. Ohtani, T. Shimada, S. Takagi
   Clay Science 2013, 17, 31–33. (DOI: 10.11362/jcssjclayscience.17.2_31)

2012

1. "Adsorption and Stacking Behaviour of Zwitterionic Porphyrin on the Clay Surface"
   T. Eyama, Y. Yogo, T. Fujimura, T. Tsukamoto, D. Masui, T. Shimada, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue, S. Takagi
   Clay Minerals 2012, 47, 243–250. (DOI: 10.1180/claymin.2012.047.2.07)