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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

561 - 580 of 1415 works

2021

Journal Article

Microporous nickel phosphonate derived heteroatom doped nickel oxide and nickel phosphide: efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction

Bhanja, Piyali, Kim, Yena, Paul, Bappi, Kaneti, Yusuf Valentino, Alothman, Asma A., Bhaumik, Asim and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2021). Microporous nickel phosphonate derived heteroatom doped nickel oxide and nickel phosphide: efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction. Chemical Engineering Journal, 405 126803, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.126803

Microporous nickel phosphonate derived heteroatom doped nickel oxide and nickel phosphide: efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction

2021

Journal Article

Spatial-controlled etching of coordination polymers

Dang, Qi, YucenLi, Zhang, Wei, Kaneti, Yusuf Valentino, Hu, Ming and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2021). Spatial-controlled etching of coordination polymers. Chinese Chemical Letters, 32 (2), 635-641. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.04.053

Spatial-controlled etching of coordination polymers

2021

Journal Article

Self-templated fabrication of hierarchical hollow manganese-cobalt phosphide yolk-shell spheres for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction

Kaneti, Yusuf Valentino, Guo, Yanna, Septiani, Ni Luh Wulan, Iqbal, Muhammad, Jiang, Xuchuan, Takei, Toshiaki, Yuliarto, Brian, Alothman, Zeid A., Golberg, Dmitri and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2021). Self-templated fabrication of hierarchical hollow manganese-cobalt phosphide yolk-shell spheres for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction. Chemical Engineering Journal, 405 126580, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.126580

Self-templated fabrication of hierarchical hollow manganese-cobalt phosphide yolk-shell spheres for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction

2021

Journal Article

Tailored catalytic nanoframes from metal–organic frameworks by anisotropic surface modification and etching for the hydrogen evolution reaction

Cai, Ze‐Xing, Wang, Zhong‐Li, Xia, Yan‐Jie, Lim, Hyunsoo, Zhou, Wei, Taniguchi, Ayano, Ohtani, Masataka, Kobiro, Kazuya, Fujita, Takeshi and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2021). Tailored catalytic nanoframes from metal–organic frameworks by anisotropic surface modification and etching for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Angewandte Chemie, 133 (9), 4797-4805. doi: 10.1002/ange.202010618

Tailored catalytic nanoframes from metal–organic frameworks by anisotropic surface modification and etching for the hydrogen evolution reaction

2021

Journal Article

Oxi-redox selective breast cancer treatment: an in vitro study of theranostic In-based oxide nanoparticles for controlled generation or prevention of oxidative stress

Hsu, Nai-Sheng, Tehei, Moeava, Hossain, Md Shahriar, Rosenfeld, Anatoly, Shiddiky, Muhammad J. A., Sluyter, Ronald, Dou, Shi Xue, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Konstantinov, Konstantin (2021). Oxi-redox selective breast cancer treatment: an in vitro study of theranostic In-based oxide nanoparticles for controlled generation or prevention of oxidative stress. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13 (2), 2204-2217. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c17326

Oxi-redox selective breast cancer treatment: an in vitro study of theranostic In-based oxide nanoparticles for controlled generation or prevention of oxidative stress

2021

Journal Article

Tailored catalytic nanoframes from metal–organic frameworks by anisotropic surface modification and etching for the hydrogen evolution reaction

Cai, Ze‐Xing, Wang, Zhong‐Li, Xia, Yan‐Jie, Lim, Hyunsoo, Zhou, Wei, Taniguchi, Ayano, Ohtani, Masataka, Kobiro, Kazuya, Fujita, Takeshi and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2021). Tailored catalytic nanoframes from metal–organic frameworks by anisotropic surface modification and etching for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60 (9), 4747-4755. doi: 10.1002/anie.202010618

Tailored catalytic nanoframes from metal–organic frameworks by anisotropic surface modification and etching for the hydrogen evolution reaction

2021

Journal Article

Morphologically controlled cobalt oxide nanoparticles for efficient oxygen evolution reaction

Paul, Bappi, Bhanja, Piyali, Sharma, Sachin, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Alothman, Zeid A., Wang, Zhong-Li, Bal, Rajaram and Bhaumik, Asim (2021). Morphologically controlled cobalt oxide nanoparticles for efficient oxygen evolution reaction. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 582 (Pt A), 322-332. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.08.029

Morphologically controlled cobalt oxide nanoparticles for efficient oxygen evolution reaction

2021

Journal Article

Hollow carbon‐based nanoarchitectures based on ZIF: inward/outward contraction mechanism and beyond

Song, Xiaokai, Jiang, Yu, Cheng, Fang, Earnshaw, Jacob, Na, Jongbeom, Li, Xiaopeng and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2021). Hollow carbon‐based nanoarchitectures based on ZIF: inward/outward contraction mechanism and beyond. Small, 17 (2) 2004142, 2004142. doi: 10.1002/smll.202004142

Hollow carbon‐based nanoarchitectures based on ZIF: inward/outward contraction mechanism and beyond

2021

Journal Article

Diels–alder conversion of acrylic acid and 2,5-dimethylfuran to para-xylene over heterogeneous Bi-BTC metal-organic framework catalysts under mild conditions

Yeh, Jyun-Yi, Chen, Season S., Li, Shih-Cheng, Chen, Celine H., Shishido, Tetsuya, Tsang, Daniel C. W., Yamauchi, Yusuke, Li, Yi-Pei and Wu, Kevin C.-W. (2021). Diels–alder conversion of acrylic acid and 2,5-dimethylfuran to para-xylene over heterogeneous Bi-BTC metal-organic framework catalysts under mild conditions. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 60 (2), 624-629. doi: 10.1002/anie.202013061

Diels–alder conversion of acrylic acid and 2,5-dimethylfuran to para-xylene over heterogeneous Bi-BTC metal-organic framework catalysts under mild conditions

2021

Journal Article

Superconducting joining concept for internal magnesium diffusion-processed magnesium diboride wires

Patel, Dipak, Matsumoto, Akiyoshi, Kumakura, Hiroaki, Moronaga, Taku, Hara, Yuka, Hara, Toru, Maeda, Minoru, Hossain, Md. Shahriar A., Yamauchi, Yusuke, Choi, Seyong and Kim, Jung Ho (2021). Superconducting joining concept for internal magnesium diffusion-processed magnesium diboride wires. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13 (2), 3349-3357. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c17385

Superconducting joining concept for internal magnesium diffusion-processed magnesium diboride wires

2021

Journal Article

Metal-incorporated mesoporous oxides: synthesis and applications

Bastakoti, Bishnu Prasad, Kuila, Debasish, Salomon, Carlos, Konarova, Muxina, Eguchi, Miharu, Na, Jongbeom and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2021). Metal-incorporated mesoporous oxides: synthesis and applications. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 401 123348, 123348. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123348

Metal-incorporated mesoporous oxides: synthesis and applications

2021

Journal Article

Highly dispersed secondary building unit-stabilized binary metal center on a hierarchical porous carbon matrix for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction

Meng, Lu, Zhang, Ling, Zhu, Yihua, Jiang, Hongliang, Kaneti, Yusuf Valentino, Na, Jongbeom, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Golberg, Dmitri, Jiang, Hao and Li, Chunzhong (2021). Highly dispersed secondary building unit-stabilized binary metal center on a hierarchical porous carbon matrix for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction. Nanoscale, 13 (2), 1213-1219. doi: 10.1039/d0nr05941b

Highly dispersed secondary building unit-stabilized binary metal center on a hierarchical porous carbon matrix for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction

2021

Journal Article

Nanoarchitectured porous conducting polymers: from controlled synthesis to advanced applications

Luo, Hao, Kaneti, Yusuf Valentino, Ai, Yan, Wu, Yong, Wei, Facai, Fu, Jianwei, Cheng, Jiangong, Jing, Chengbin, Yuliarto, Brian, Eguchi, Miharu, Na, Jongbeom, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Liu, Shaohua (2021). Nanoarchitectured porous conducting polymers: from controlled synthesis to advanced applications. Advanced Materials, 33 (29) 2007318, 1-21. doi: 10.1002/adma.202007318

Nanoarchitectured porous conducting polymers: from controlled synthesis to advanced applications

2021

Journal Article

First electrochemical synthesis of mesoporous RhNi alloy films for an alkali-mediated hydrogen evolution reaction

Kani, Kenya, Lim, Hyunsoo, Whitten, Andrew E., Wood, Kathleen, Yago, Anya J. E., Hossain, Md. Shahriar A., Henzie, Joel, Na, Jongbeom and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2021). First electrochemical synthesis of mesoporous RhNi alloy films for an alkali-mediated hydrogen evolution reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9 (5), 2754-2763. doi: 10.1039/d0ta09348c

First electrochemical synthesis of mesoporous RhNi alloy films for an alkali-mediated hydrogen evolution reaction

2021

Journal Article

Graphene–carbon 2D heterostructures with hierarchically-porous P,N-doped layered architecture for capacitive deionization

Guo, Jingru, Xu, Xingtao, Hill, Jonathan P., Wang, Liping, Dang, Jingjing, Kang, Yunqing, Li, Yuliang, Guan, Weisheng and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2021). Graphene–carbon 2D heterostructures with hierarchically-porous P,N-doped layered architecture for capacitive deionization. Chemical Science, 12 (30), 10334-10340. doi: 10.1039/d1sc00915j

Graphene–carbon 2D heterostructures with hierarchically-porous P,N-doped layered architecture for capacitive deionization

2021

Journal Article

ZIF-8 derived hollow carbon to trap polysulfides for high performance lithium–sulfur batteries

Rana, Masud, Kim, Jeonghum, Peng, Lingyi, Qiu, He, Kaiser, Rejaul, Ran, Lingbing, Hossain, Md. Shahriar A., Luo, Bin, Gentle, Ian, Wang, Lianzhou, Knibbe, Ruth and Yamauchi, Yusuke (2021). ZIF-8 derived hollow carbon to trap polysulfides for high performance lithium–sulfur batteries. Nanoscale, 13 (25), 11086-11092. doi: 10.1039/d1nr01674a

ZIF-8 derived hollow carbon to trap polysulfides for high performance lithium–sulfur batteries

2021

Journal Article

Fabrication and characterization of prussian blue-derived iron carbide-iron oxide hybrid on reduced graphene oxide nanosheets

Azhar, Alowasheeir, Earnshaw, Jacob, Zakaria, Mohamed Barakat, Cheng, Ping, Kaneti, Yusuf Valentino, Hossain, Md. Shahriar A., Alshehri, Saad M., Ahamad, Tansir, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Na, Jongbeom (2021). Fabrication and characterization of prussian blue-derived iron carbide-iron oxide hybrid on reduced graphene oxide nanosheets. KONA Powder and Particle Journal, 38 (38) 2021015, 260-268. doi: 10.14356/kona.2021015

Fabrication and characterization of prussian blue-derived iron carbide-iron oxide hybrid on reduced graphene oxide nanosheets

2021

Journal Article

Mesoporous TiO2-based architectures as promising sensing materials towards next-generation biosensing applications

Amri, Fauzan, Septiani, Ni Luh Wulan, Rezki, Muhammad, Iqbal, Muhammad, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Golberg, Dmitri, Kaneti, Yusuf Valentino and Yuliarto, Brian (2021). Mesoporous TiO2-based architectures as promising sensing materials towards next-generation biosensing applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 9 (5), 1189-1207. doi: 10.1039/d0tb02292f

Mesoporous TiO2-based architectures as promising sensing materials towards next-generation biosensing applications

2021

Journal Article

Nitrogen, phosphorus co-doped eave-like hierarchical porous carbon for efficient capacitive deionization

Zhang, Hao, Wang, Chaohai, Zhang, Wuxiang, Zhang, Ming, Qi, Junwen, Qian, Jieshu, Sun, Xiuyun, Yuliarto, Brian, Na, Jongbeom, Park, Teahoon, Gomaa, Hassanien Gomaa Abdien, Kaneti, Yusuf Valentino, Yi, Jin Woo, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Li, Jiansheng (2021). Nitrogen, phosphorus co-doped eave-like hierarchical porous carbon for efficient capacitive deionization. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9 (21), 1-11. doi: 10.1039/d0ta10797b

Nitrogen, phosphorus co-doped eave-like hierarchical porous carbon for efficient capacitive deionization

2021

Journal Article

Ti3+ tuning the ratio of Cu+/Cu0 in the ultrafine Cu nanoparticles for boosting the hydrogenation reaction

Zhang, Ziyang, Wang, Zhong-Li, An, Kang, Wang, Jiaming, Zhang, Siran, Song, Pengfei, Bando, Yoshio, Yamauchi, Yusuke and Liu, Yuan (2021). Ti3+ tuning the ratio of Cu+/Cu0 in the ultrafine Cu nanoparticles for boosting the hydrogenation reaction. Small, 17 (23) 2008052, 1-10. doi: 10.1002/smll.202008052

Ti3+ tuning the ratio of Cu+/Cu0 in the ultrafine Cu nanoparticles for boosting the hydrogenation reaction

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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