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Professor Yusuke Yamauchi
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Yusuke Yamauchi

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Overview

Background

Professor Yusuke Yamauchi received his Bachelor's degree (2003), Master's degree (2004), and Ph.D. degree (2007) from Waseda University, Japan. After receiving his Ph.D., he joined the National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan, to start his own research group. At the same time, he began to serve as an adjunct professor to supervise Ph.D. students at the Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Waseda University. After being granted the ARC Future Fellowship, in May 2016, he joined the Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials (ISEM), the Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM) at the University of Wollongong (UOW) as a Professor. In 2017, he moved to the University of Queensland (UQ). Presently, he is a Senior Group Leader at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) (on secondment from the School of Chemical Engineering until 2026), a Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering, and a Director at the Australian Materials nanoTectonics Centre, UQ. He concurrently serves as an ERATO Research Director at the JST-ERATO Yamauchi Materials Space-Tectonics, a Distinguished Professor at Nagoya University (Japan), an Honorary Distinguished Professor at Yonsei University (South Korea), an Invited Researcher at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), a Guest Senior Researcher (Guest Professor) at Waseda University, an Advisory Board Member of prestigious journals (Small, Small Structures, Precision Chemistry, ChemCatChem, J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater., etc.) and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Materials Chemistry A published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and Chemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier).

He has published more than 900 papers in international refereed journals (>10 Nature's and Science's sister journals, >1 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, >1 Chemical Reviews, >26 J Am Chem Soc (ACS), >18 ACS Nano (ACS), >28 Chem Mater (ACS), >3 Chemical Society Reviews (RSC), >17 Chem Sci (RSC), >13 Mater Hor (RSC), >58 Chem Commun (RSC), >20 Bull Chem Soc Jpn (CSJ), >20 Chem Lett (CSJ), >20 Adv Mater (Wiley), >35 Angew Chem Int Ed (Wiley), >30 Small (Wiley), etc.) with >70,000 Times Cited (h-index >137, Google Scholar; h-index >128, Web-of-Science). He was selected as one of the Highly-Cited Researchers in Chemistry in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 and in Materials Science in 2020, 2021, and 2022. He has received many outstanding awards, such as the NISTEP Award from the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (2016), the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Award for Young Chemists (2014), the Young Scientists' Prize of the Commendation for Science and Technology by MEXT (2013), the PCCP Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry (2013), the Tsukuba Encouragement Prize (2012), the Ceramic Society of Japan (CerSJ) Award (2010), and the Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists (2010). Recently, he was selected as one of Australia's Top 40 Researchers of Research Report published by The Australian in 2019, 2020, and 2021.

AIBN: https://aibn.uq.edu.au/yamauchi

Yamauchi's publications

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=568w7h8AAAAJ&hl=en

Researcher ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-2780-2015

Availability

Professor Yusuke Yamauchi is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Engineering, Waseda University
  • Masters (Coursework) of Engineering, Waseda University
  • Doctoral Diploma of Engineering, Waseda University

Research impacts

Professor Yusuke Yamauchi specialises in the design of exotic nanospaces in inorganic materials with controlled compositions and morphologies toward practical applications. Yamauchi Group creates novel “inorganic nanosolids containing internal nanospaces, as unprecedented nanospace materials, and develop several methodologies for their effective integration with the aim of exploiting functions obtained based on the synergistic fusion of various supramolecular, photonic, and magnetic behaviors occurring in nanospace. The research area will cover a wide range of various porous systems such as metals, carbons, sulfides, phosphides, transition metal oxides, etc. The group will efficiently combine ‘machine learning’ with our inorganic synthesis methods to accelerate the optimization of synthetic parameters for the design of target materials, and to select proper patterns of the combination of each inorganic block for the integration of materials.

An architect can design houses and buildings, while a nano-architect can design materials. We are always targetting THE WORLD-FIRST game-changing materials. - See the details; Yamauchi Y. (2019) Nano-architect (Nature Index 2019). Nature 567, S12.

Works

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1415 works between 2004 and 2026

1 - 20 of 1415 works

2026

Journal Article

Implanting single Sb sites as electron traps on MOF nanosheets for boosting H2O2 photosynthesis

Li, Lan, Wang, Xiao-Fei, Bao, Chen-Hao, Wang, Xusheng, Jin, Cheng-Chao, Wu, Jianhao, Chen, Zhi, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Ok, Yong Sik (2026). Implanting single Sb sites as electron traps on MOF nanosheets for boosting H2O2 photosynthesis. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 388 126555, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2026.126555

Implanting single Sb sites as electron traps on MOF nanosheets for boosting H2O2 photosynthesis

2026

Journal Article

Biomass‐derived ion‐selective binder modulates Zn 2+ solvation enabling high‐capacity cathodes in aqueous zinc batteries

Zheng, Jiaxian, Zhao, Yangyi, Umar, Abdullahi Bello, Lin, Xiangfeng, Zhang, Chaoqun, Zhang, Xinxiang, Asakura, Yusuke, Liu, Shude, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Yuan, Zhanhui (2026). Biomass‐derived ion‐selective binder modulates Zn 2+ solvation enabling high‐capacity cathodes in aqueous zinc batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 65 (10) e25803, 1-12. doi: 10.1002/anie.202525803

Biomass‐derived ion‐selective binder modulates Zn 2+ solvation enabling high‐capacity cathodes in aqueous zinc batteries

2026

Journal Article

Multi-functional filler ensuring high-performance composite quasi-solid polymer electrolyte for large-scale sodium metal pouch cells

Vineeth, Sasikumar Kala, Singh, Nikhil, Chandra, Mahesh, Soni, Chhail Bihari, Sungjemmenla,, Sanjaykumar, C., Bhandari, Arihant, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Han, Minsu and Kumar, Vipin (2026). Multi-functional filler ensuring high-performance composite quasi-solid polymer electrolyte for large-scale sodium metal pouch cells. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 114, 328-340. doi: 10.1016/j.jechem.2025.10.024

Multi-functional filler ensuring high-performance composite quasi-solid polymer electrolyte for large-scale sodium metal pouch cells

2026

Journal Article

High-entropy metal hexacyanoferric for excellent capacitive deionization

Li, Changle, Tao, Binbin, Wu, Wenjie, Ebaid, Manal S., Ayob, Eman A., Zheng, Kaidan, El-Bahy, Zeinhom M., Xu, Xingtao, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Li, Jiabao (2026). High-entropy metal hexacyanoferric for excellent capacitive deionization. Desalination, 621 119630, 119630. doi: 10.1016/j.desal.2025.119630

High-entropy metal hexacyanoferric for excellent capacitive deionization

2026

Journal Article

Tailoring interfacial chemistry of aluminum alloy anodes for high-performance aqueous aluminum-ion batteries

Chen, Jieming, Peng, Xue, Zhang, Huilin, Kang, Ling, Jun, Seong Chan, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Liu, Shude (2026). Tailoring interfacial chemistry of aluminum alloy anodes for high-performance aqueous aluminum-ion batteries. Progress in Materials Science, 157 101611. doi: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101611

Tailoring interfacial chemistry of aluminum alloy anodes for high-performance aqueous aluminum-ion batteries

2026

Journal Article

Biomineralization-mimicking cooperative assembly for tailoring anisotropic hierarchically porous metal–organic frameworks

Sun, Ruigang, Han, Ji, Zhao, Bin, Liu, Bohan, Chen, Guangrui, Xu, Haidong, Wang, Baiqi, Gao, Yanjing, Zhang, Song Lin, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Chen, Xiaoxin and Guan, Buyuan (2026). Biomineralization-mimicking cooperative assembly for tailoring anisotropic hierarchically porous metal–organic frameworks. Chemical Science, 17 (7), 3605-3617. doi: 10.1039/d5sc06744h

Biomineralization-mimicking cooperative assembly for tailoring anisotropic hierarchically porous metal–organic frameworks

2026

Journal Article

Supercapacitor dynamics: mechanisms, architectures, and advanced in-situ characterizations for next-generation energy storage

Yuan, Fang, Zhou, Jiang, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Wu, Yiqiang and Wan, Caichao (2026). Supercapacitor dynamics: mechanisms, architectures, and advanced in-situ characterizations for next-generation energy storage. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 549 (Part 2) 217268, 1-52. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2025.217268

Supercapacitor dynamics: mechanisms, architectures, and advanced in-situ characterizations for next-generation energy storage

2026

Journal Article

Walnut-like mesoporous silica frameworks as multifunctional separator coatings for lithium metal batteries

Gao, Xingxu, Zhang, Dailin, Wei, Linhuan, Zhang, Lijun, Yuan, Chunchen, Liu, Gaojun, Wang, Tao, Huang, Xianli, He, Jianping, Xia, Wei and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2026). Walnut-like mesoporous silica frameworks as multifunctional separator coatings for lithium metal batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal, 530 173179, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2026.173179

Walnut-like mesoporous silica frameworks as multifunctional separator coatings for lithium metal batteries

2026

Journal Article

Fe/N‐doped carbon with nearly ordered mesopores and tunable particle sizes as model catalysts for quantitative evaluation of electrocatalytic active sites

Zhang, Hongjuan, Li, Yunqi, Zhao, Jiacheng, Liu, Yue, Xu, Xingtao, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Tang, Jing and Zhou, Min (2026). Fe/N‐doped carbon with nearly ordered mesopores and tunable particle sizes as model catalysts for quantitative evaluation of electrocatalytic active sites. Advanced Science e19066. doi: 10.1002/advs.202519066

Fe/N‐doped carbon with nearly ordered mesopores and tunable particle sizes as model catalysts for quantitative evaluation of electrocatalytic active sites

2026

Journal Article

Synergistic Mo/V-implanted 2D M3X2 MXene nanoarchitectures for enhanced structural stability and ultrahigh proton storage performance

Xie, Yangyang, Xuan, Xiaodie, Tang, Yi, Bi, Zhao, Wang, Ping, Zou, Junhui, Kang, Yunqing, Zhang, Aibo, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Yang, Chenhui (2026). Synergistic Mo/V-implanted 2D M3X2 MXene nanoarchitectures for enhanced structural stability and ultrahigh proton storage performance. Advanced Energy Materials, 16 (5) e05156, 1-16. doi: 10.1002/aenm.202505156

Synergistic Mo/V-implanted 2D M3X2 MXene nanoarchitectures for enhanced structural stability and ultrahigh proton storage performance

2026

Journal Article

3D bioinspired hair‐based solar evaporator for efficient water harvesting

Liu, Yi, Sun, Xuhui, Zheng, Jiaxian, Lin, Xiangfeng, Ma, Jianqiushi, Sharshir, Swellam Wafa Abdellatif Ali, Wang, Liwei, An, Meng, Wang, Jie, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Yuan, Zhanhui (2026). 3D bioinspired hair‐based solar evaporator for efficient water harvesting. Advanced Functional Materials, 36 (10) e10564. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202510564

3D bioinspired hair‐based solar evaporator for efficient water harvesting

2026

Journal Article

Synthesis of carbon nanocomposites consisting of nanocellulose-derived carbon fibers and reduced graphene oxide for high-performance captive deionization

Alowasheeir, Azhar, Ul Hoque, Md. Ikram, Xu, Xingtao, Donne, Scott, Bando, Yoshio, Alshehri, Saad M., Ahamad, Tansir, Hossain, Md. Shahriar A., Yamauchi, Yusuke, Amiralian, Nasim, Jiang, Dong and Asakura, Yusuke (2026). Synthesis of carbon nanocomposites consisting of nanocellulose-derived carbon fibers and reduced graphene oxide for high-performance captive deionization. Nanoscale Horizons, 11 (2), 508-516. doi: 10.1039/d5nh00306g

Synthesis of carbon nanocomposites consisting of nanocellulose-derived carbon fibers and reduced graphene oxide for high-performance captive deionization

2026

Journal Article

Dynamic chloride-ion adsorption on Ag nanoparticles and carboxylic acid ligands: enabling highly stable industrial-scale seawater oxidation

Shi, Qiaofu, Wang, Peng, Niu, Mang, Zhang, Yuqing, Wang, Haibo, Zhang, Jun, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Long, Yun-Ze and Zheng, Jie (2026). Dynamic chloride-ion adsorption on Ag nanoparticles and carboxylic acid ligands: enabling highly stable industrial-scale seawater oxidation. EcoEnergy, 4 (1) e70029, 1-10. doi: 10.1002/ece2.70029

Dynamic chloride-ion adsorption on Ag nanoparticles and carboxylic acid ligands: enabling highly stable industrial-scale seawater oxidation

2026

Journal Article

Circulating extracellular vesicle DNA (EV-DNA) and cell-free DNA in ovarian cancer: pathological relevance and diagnostic applications

Guanzon, Dominic, Sankar, Rakesh, Lodha, Pragati, Purushothaman, Reshinthine, Huang, Shiyuan, Jayabalan, Nanthini, Dahanayake, Madushani, Ahmed, Emtiaz, Han, Pingping, Masud, Mostafa Kamal, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Salomon, Carlos (2026). Circulating extracellular vesicle DNA (EV-DNA) and cell-free DNA in ovarian cancer: pathological relevance and diagnostic applications. Extracellular Vesicles and Circulating Nucleic Acids, 7 (1), 114-145. doi: 10.20517/evcna.2025.120

Circulating extracellular vesicle DNA (EV-DNA) and cell-free DNA in ovarian cancer: pathological relevance and diagnostic applications

2026

Journal Article

Synergistic ultramicropore-confined and electronic-state modulation strategies in sustainable lignin-derived hard carbon for robust sodium-ion batteries

Xie, Yuzhong, Wang, Yuqing, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Kim, Minjun, Yuan, Fang, He, Yuhang, Wu, Yiqiang and Wan, Caichao (2026). Synergistic ultramicropore-confined and electronic-state modulation strategies in sustainable lignin-derived hard carbon for robust sodium-ion batteries. Research, 9 1039, 1-17. doi: 10.34133/research.1039

Synergistic ultramicropore-confined and electronic-state modulation strategies in sustainable lignin-derived hard carbon for robust sodium-ion batteries

2026

Journal Article

Tailored design of iridium single atoms on Mn–Ni‐phytate with robust bifunctionality for enhanced anion exchange membrane water electrolysis

Ngo, Quynh Phuong, Paek, Sae Yane, Lee, Jun Young, Nam, Ho Ngoc, Phung, Quan Manh, Nguyen, Thanh Hai, Seo, Jin Young, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Sinh, Le Hoang, Lee, Yun Jung, Kim, Jong Min and Na, Jongbeom (2026). Tailored design of iridium single atoms on Mn–Ni‐phytate with robust bifunctionality for enhanced anion exchange membrane water electrolysis. Advanced Energy Materials e06645. doi: 10.1002/aenm.202506645

Tailored design of iridium single atoms on Mn–Ni‐phytate with robust bifunctionality for enhanced anion exchange membrane water electrolysis

2026

Journal Article

π-Extended phenothiazines with fused pentagons and hexagons

Cai, Qiyuan, Zhao, Fengyi, Jiang, Dong, Sato, Hiroyasu, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Zhang, Gang and Wang, Weifan (2026). π-Extended phenothiazines with fused pentagons and hexagons. Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 13 (2), 573-583. doi: 10.1039/d5qo01459j

π-Extended phenothiazines with fused pentagons and hexagons

2026

Journal Article

When solid polymers meet Na-ions: unraveling solvation dynamics and molecular design principles for next-generation high-energy sodium metal batteries

Sasikumar Kala, Vineeth, Singh, Nikhil, Soni, Chhail Bihari, Sungjemmenla,, Chandra, Mahesh, Tushar, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Han, Minsu and Kumar, Vipin (2026). When solid polymers meet Na-ions: unraveling solvation dynamics and molecular design principles for next-generation high-energy sodium metal batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 14 (9), 4894-4932. doi: 10.1039/d5ta07060k

When solid polymers meet Na-ions: unraveling solvation dynamics and molecular design principles for next-generation high-energy sodium metal batteries

2026

Journal Article

Machine-learning-enabled wood with nanopump functionalization for solar interfacial evaporation

Wang, Chaohai, Li, Rui, He, Chang, Zhu, Xinfeng, Wang, Junning, Peng, Rongfu, Nam, Ho Ngoc, Mao, Yanli, Liu, Wei, Zhu, Mingshan and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2026). Machine-learning-enabled wood with nanopump functionalization for solar interfacial evaporation. Energy and Environmental Materials e70286. doi: 10.1002/eem2.70286

Machine-learning-enabled wood with nanopump functionalization for solar interfacial evaporation

2026

Journal Article

Advances and mechanistic insights into covalent organic framework-mediated photocatalysis for organic transformations

Lin, Xiangfeng, Zheng, Jiaxian, Wang, Liwei, Wang, Jie, Jiang, Dong, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Zhang, Chaoqun and Yuan, Zhanhui (2026). Advances and mechanistic insights into covalent organic framework-mediated photocatalysis for organic transformations. ACS Catalysis, 16 (1), 57-97. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.5c06316

Advances and mechanistic insights into covalent organic framework-mediated photocatalysis for organic transformations

Funding

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2028
    Early Detection and Treatment of Epithelial Carcinomas with a Micro-Endoscopic Soft Robot (NHMRC Ideas Grant administered by the University of New South Wales)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    Porous Two-Dimensional Inorganic Semiconductors for Optoelectronic Devices
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    A next generation 'smart' superconducting magnet system in persistent mode
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    Converting Biomass into Value-Added Catalysts for Water Electrolysis
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2029
    Materials Nanotectonics: Designing Conductive Inorganic Porous Materials
    ARC Australian Laureate Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2026
    Nagoya University - The University of Queensland: Collaborative Research and Academic Agreement Initiative
    Tokai National Higher Education and Research System Nagoya University
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2026
    Ovarian cancer early detection, monitoring and therapeutic intervention using extracellular vesicles
    NHMRC MRFF EPCDR - Ovarian Cancer Research
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2025
    High speed multi modal in-situ TEM platform (ARC LIEF grant administered by QUT)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2026
    Development of Nanoarchitectured Metal Nanoparticles for High Performance SERS device
    King Saud University
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2025
    Characterizations of nanomaterials
    King Saud University
    Open grant
  • 2024
    Compositional analysis of nanomaterials
    King Saud University
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2025
    Integrated high-throughput material synthesis and characterisation system
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Characterization of nanostructured materials using advanced electron microscopy facilities at UQ
    King Saud University
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Characterizations of nanomaterials
    King Saud University
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2025
    International Joint Research Project with Yonsei University
    Yonsei University
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    Development of Nanoarchitectured Electrodes for High Performance Energy Storage Device
    King Saud University
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2026
    JST-ERATO Yamauchi Materials Space Tectonics
    Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2025
    Low-cost, Lightweight and Liquid Helium-free Superconducting MRI Magnet
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2023
    A customised triple-beam microscope for precise fabricating/characterising
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Development of spectroscopy-based sensor substrate for detection of drug and drug metabolite with integrated pretreatment
    Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2022
    Nanoarchitectured anti-corrosive protection layer coating for zinc-plated steel sheets
    Baosteel-Australia Joint Research and Development
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    Functional biomass carbons for low-cost sodium and potassium-ion batteries
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Converting Biomass into Value-Added Products Using Nanoporous Catalysts
    Global Connections Fund
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Nanoarchitectured Functional Porous Materials as Adsorbents of Greenhouse Gases and Catalysts: Converting them into Valuable ... (Foundation for Australia-Japan Studies grant administered by UTokyo)
    University of Tokyo
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    Nanoarchitectured Multifunctional Porous Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    Development of Nanoarchitectural Porous Electrode Materials for High Performance Energy Storage Systems
    Korean Institute of Materials Science
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    Controlled Release of Pharmaceutical Drug Delivery by Magnetic Fields
    Dr Macs Bio-Pharma Private Limited
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    IOT enabled and nano-engineered catalytic freshness preservation system
    PolTechCare Sdn Bhd
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2022
    Nanostructure Engineered Low Activation Superconductors for Fusion Energy
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Development of Lithium-Air Battery with 1,000 Wh/kg for Energy Storage System (ESS) to meet Environmental Regulations (Korean National R&D Program, KETEP / Dongguk University)
    Dongguk University
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    All-Metal Nanoprous Materials as Highly Active Electrocatalysts
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant

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