Basic Information

Affiliated programs (koza)

• Graduate School of Engineering, 物質エネルギー化学専攻 物質変換科学講座, 助教

Professional Memberships

• From Mar. 2023, To Present

  ナノ学会
• From Apr. 2022, To Present

  Kinka Chemical Society
• From Apr. 2022, To Present

  Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry
• From Apr. 2022, To Present

  The Chemical Society of Japan
• From 2016, To Present

  American Chemical Society

Academic Degree

• 18 Dec. 2019

  Ph.D. in Chemistry (Carnegie Mellon University)

Academic Resume (Graduate Schools)

• Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon College of Science，Department of Chemistry，Chemistry Major，Doctoral Class, 修了

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• The University of Tokyo, School of Science, Department of Chemistry, B.Sc.

Research History

• From Apr. 2022, To Aug. 2024

  Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research International Research Center for Elements Science, Assistant Professor
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2022

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2022

  University of California Berkeley, Postdoctoral Fellow

Language of Instruction

• Japanese
• English

ID,URL

• ORCID ID

  0000-0002-6759-9009

• J-Global ID

  202101005968060800

• Researcher ID

  H-3090-2016

• Researcher number

  70964881

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/thigaki

Research

Research Topics, Overview of the research

• Overview of the research

  数個から数百個の遷移金属原子を含むクラスター錯体を合成し、構成原子数や幾何構造が物性に与える影響について研究しています。主に触媒作用や磁性といった機能性に焦点を当て、新規ナノ材料の開発を指向した構造物性相関研究に取り組んでいます。

Research Interests

• 金属クラスター
• 機能性無機材料
• 触媒

Research Areas

• Nanotechnology/Materials, Functional solid-state chemistry
• Nanotechnology/Materials, Basic physical chemistry

Papers

• Electrochemical and Optical Spectroscopic Probing of Transition‐Sized Au₁₃₀(SR)₅₀ Nanoclusters

  Xiangsha Du; Xinwen Zhang; Hedi Ma; Meng Zhou; Tatsuya Higaki; Gangli Wang; He Wang; Rongchao Jin

  ChemElectroChem, 06 Mar. 2024, Peer-reviewed

  
• Electron transport through supercrystals of atomically precise gold nanoclusters: a thermal bi-stability effect

  Tatsuya Higaki; Jake C. Russell; Daniel W. Paley; Xavier Roy; Rongchao Jin

  Chemical Science, 09 Nov. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Competitive Double Friedel–Crafts 2,5- and 1′,2-Diacylation of Monophosphaferrocenes

  Kakeru Masaoka; Haruka Taue; Tatsuya Higaki; Yasuhiro Ohki; Masamichi Ogasawara

  Organometallics, 12 Jun. 2023, Peer-reviewed

  
• Understanding nascent plasmons and metallic bonding in atomically precise gold nanoclusters

  Xiangsha Du; Zhongyu Liu; Tatsuya Higaki; Meng Zhou; Rongchao Jin

  Chemical Science, Jan. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• Open questions on the transition between nanoscale and bulk properties of metals

  Rongchao Jin; Tatsuya Higaki

  Communications Chemistry, Dec. 2021, Peer-reviewed

  
• Double-helical assembly of heterodimeric nanoclusters into supercrystals

  Yingwei Li; Meng Zhou; Yongbo Song; Tatsuya Higaki; He Wang; Rongchao Jin

  Nature, 17 Jun. 2021, Peer-reviewed

  
• Inhomogeneous Quantized Single-Electron Charging and Electrochemical–Optical Insights on Transition-Sized Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters

  Shuang Chen; Tatsuya Higaki; Hedi Ma; Manzhou Zhu; Rongchao Jin; Gangli Wang

  ACS Nano, 22 Dec. 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• Chirality and Surface Bonding Correlation in Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters

  Yingwei Li; Tatsuya Higaki; Xiangsha Du; Rongchao Jin

  Advanced Materials, Oct. 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• Au 130− x Ag x Nanoclusters with Non‐Metallicity: A Drum of Silver‐Rich Sites Enclosed in a Marks‐Decahedral Cage of Gold‐Rich Sites

  Tatsuya Higaki; Chong Liu; David J. Morris; Guiying He; Tian‐Yi Luo; Matthew Y. Sfeir; Peng Zhang; Nathaniel L. Rosi; Rongchao Jin

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 19 Dec. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Three-Stage Evolution from Nonscalable to Scalable Optical Properties of Thiolate-Protected Gold Nanoclusters

  Meng Zhou; Tatsuya Higaki; Yingwei Li; Chenjie Zeng; Qi Li; Matthew Y. Sfeir; Rongchao Jin

  Journal of the American Chemical Society, 18 Dec. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Understanding the Solubility Behavior of Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters

  Michael J. Cowan; Tatsuya Higaki; Rongchao Jin; Giannis Mpourmpakis

  The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 15 Aug. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Anomalous phonon relaxation in Au333(SR)79 nanoparticles with nascent plasmons

  Tatsuya Higaki; Meng Zhou; Guiying He; Stephen D. House; Matthew Y. Sfeir; Judith C. Yang; Rongchao Jin

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 02 Jul. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Gold Nanoclusters: Bridging Gold Complexes and Plasmonic Nanoparticles in Photophysical Properties

  Meng Zhou; Chenjie Zeng; Qi Li; Tatsuya Higaki; Rongchao Jin

  Nanomaterials, 28 Jun. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Atomically Tailored Gold Nanoclusters for Catalytic Application

  Tatsuya Higaki; Yingwei Li; Shuo Zhao; Qi Li; Site Li; Xiang‐Sha Du; Sha Yang; Jinsong Chai; Rongchao Jin

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 17 Jun. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Three-orders-of-magnitude variation of carrier lifetimes with crystal phase of gold nanoclusters.

  Meng Zhou; Tatsuya Higaki; Guoxiang Hu; Matthew Y Sfeir; Yuxiang Chen; De-en Jiang; Rongchao Jin

  Science (New York, N.Y.), 18 Apr. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• A Mono-cuboctahedral Series of Gold Nanoclusters: Photoluminescence Origin, Large Enhancement, Wide Tunability, and Structure–Property Correlation

  Qi Li; Meng Zhou; Woong Young So; Jingchun Huang; Mingxing Li; Douglas R. Kauffman; Mircea Cotlet; Tatsuya Higaki; Linda A. Peteanu; Zhengzhong Shao; Rongchao Jin

  Journal of the American Chemical Society, 03 Apr. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Controlling magnetism of Au133(TBBT)52 nanoclusters at single electron level and implication for nonmetal to metal transition

  Chenjie Zeng; Andrew Weitz; Gayathri Withers; Tatsuya Higaki; Shuo Zhao; Yuxiang Chen; Roberto R. Gil; Michael Hendrich; Rongchao Jin

  Chemical Science, 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Fusion growth patterns in atomically precise metal nanoclusters

  Xiangsha Du; Jinsong Chai; Sha Yang; Yingwei Li; Tatsuya Higaki; Site Li; Rongchao Jin

  Nanoscale, 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Sensitive X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure Analysis on the Bonding Properties of Au30(SR)18 Nanoclusters

  Rui Yang; David J. Morris; Tatsuya Higaki; Matthew J. Ward; Rongchao Jin; Peng Zhang

  ACS Omega, 30 Nov. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Toward the Tailoring Chemistry of Metal Nanoclusters for Enhancing Functionalities

  Tatsuya Higaki; Qi Li; Meng Zhou; Shuo Zhao; Yingwei Li; Site Li; Rongchao Jin

  Accounts of Chemical Research, 20 Nov. 2018, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Core Geometry Effect on the Bonding Properties of Gold–Thiolate Nanoclusters: The Case of Hexagonal-Close-Packed Au30(SR)18

  David J. Morris; Rui Yang; Tatsuya Higaki; Matthew J. Ward; Rongchao Jin; Peng Zhang

  The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 18 Oct. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• New Insights on the Bonding Properties of BCC-like Au38S2(SR)20 Nanoclusters from X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

  Rui Yang; David J. Morris; Tatsuya Higaki; Matthew J. Ward; Rongchao Jin; Peng Zhang

  The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 04 Oct. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Excited-State Behaviors of M1Au24(SR)18 Nanoclusters: The Number of Valence Electrons Matters

  Meng Zhou; Chuanhao Yao; Matthew Y. Sfeir; Tatsuya Higaki; Zhikun Wu; Rongchao Jin

  The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 28 Jun. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Sharp Transition from Nonmetallic Au246 to Metallic Au279 with Nascent Surface Plasmon Resonance

  Tatsuya Higaki; Meng Zhou; Kelly J. Lambright; Kristin Kirschbaum; Matthew Y. Sfeir; Rongchao Jin

  Journal of the American Chemical Society, 02 May 2018, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Structural Evolution Patterns of FCC-Type Gold Nanoclusters

  Tatsuya HIGAKI; Rongchao JIN

  Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, 2018, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• On the Non‐Metallicity of 2.2 nm Au 246 (SR) 80 Nanoclusters

  Meng Zhou; Chenjie Zeng; Yongbo Song; Jonathan W. Padelford; Gangli Wang; Matthew Y. Sfeir; Tatsuya Higaki; Rongchao Jin

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 18 Dec. 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Tailoring the Structure of 58-Electron Gold Nanoclusters: Au103S2(S-Nap)41 and Its Implications

  Tatsuya Higaki; Chong Liu; Meng Zhou; Tian-Yi Luo; Nathaniel L. Rosi; Rongchao Jin

  Journal of the American Chemical Society, 26 Jul. 2017, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Oxidation-Induced Transformation of Eight-Electron Gold Nanoclusters: [Au23(SR)16]− to [Au28(SR)20]0

  Tatsuya Higaki; Chong Liu; Yuxiang Chen; Shuo Zhao; Chenjie Zeng; Renxi Jin; Shuxin Wang; Nathaniel L. Rosi; Rongchao Jin

  The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 16 Feb. 2017, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Evolution from the plasmon to exciton state in atomically precise gold nanoparticles

  Zhou, Meng; Sfeir, Matthew; Zeng, Chenjie; Chen, Yuxiang; Zhao, Shuo; Higaki, Tatsuya; Jin, Rongchao

  Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2017

  
• Controlling the Atomic Structure of Au30 Nanoclusters by a Ligand-Based Strategy

  Tatsuya Higaki; Chong Liu; Chenjie Zeng; Renxi Jin; Yuxiang Chen; Nathaniel L. Rosi; Rongchao Jin

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 01 Jun. 2016, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Isomerism in Au28(SR)20 Nanocluster and Stable Structures

  Yuxiang Chen; Chong Liu; Qing Tang; Chenjie Zeng; Tatsuya Higaki; Anindita Das; De-en Jiang; Nathaniel L. Rosi; Rongchao Jin

  Journal of the American Chemical Society, 10 Feb. 2016, Peer-reviewed

  
• Controlling the atomic structure of Au30 nanocluster by bulky ligand: 1-adamantanethiolate vs. tert-butylthiolate

  Higaki, Tatsuya; Liu, Chong; Zeng, Chenjie; Jin, Renxi; Chen, Yuxiang; Rosi, Nathaniel; Jin, Rongchao

  Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2016

  
• Controlling the crystalline phases (FCC, HCP and BCC) of thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters by ligand-based strategies

  Tatsuya Higaki; Chenjie Zeng; Yuxiang Chen; Ejaz Hussain; Rongchao Jin

  CrystEngComm, 2016, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Partially oxidized iridium clusters within dendrimers: size-controlled synthesis and selective hydrogenation of 2-nitrobenzaldehyde

  Tatsuya Higaki; Hirokazu Kitazawa; Seiji Yamazoe; Tatsuya Tsukuda

  Nanoscale, 2016, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  

Presentations

• Synthesis & Structural Analysis of Ligand-Protected Iron-Group Metal Nanoclusters

  檜垣 達也; 田中 奏多; 角南 康平; 大石 峻也; 川本 晃希; 高畑 遼; 志賀 拓也; 山添 誠司; Zihan Zhang; 唯 美津木; 吉川 聡一; 寺西 利治; 二瓶 雅之; Karsten Meyer; 大木靖弘

  The 22nd Annual Meeting of The Society of Nano Science and Technology, 23 May 2024

  
• パックマン型ポルフィリン配位子を有する二核Cu, Zn錯体の酸化還元挙動とCO2還元反応メカニズム

  竹山 知志; 檜垣 達也; 大木 靖弘; 太田 雄大

  日本化学会第104春季年会, 20 Mar. 2024

  
• N-ヘテロ環状カルベンを補助配位子とするコバルトクラスター錯体の合成と同定

  中川 大夢; 清水 裕貴; 唯 美津木; 檜垣 達也; 大木 靖弘

  日本化学会第104春季年会, 19 Mar. 2024

  
• 6-(ジエチルボリル)-1-(4-ピリジル)アズレン：フロー合成とDMAPとの反応

  若林 成知; 檜垣 達也; 脇岡 正幸; 宅見 正浩; 中西 ひかり; 大木 靖弘; 永木 愛一郎

  日本化学会第104春季年会, 18 Mar. 2024

  
• パックマン型ポルフィリン配位子を有する二核銅錯体による CO2還元反応

  竹山 知志; 檜垣 達也; 大木 靖弘; 太田 雄大

  2023年日本化学会中国四国支部大会 山口大会, 11 Nov. 2023

  
• 鉄ポルフィリン二量体による酸素還元反応

  調 大輔; 竹山 知志; 檜垣 達也; 大木 靖弘; 太田 雄大

  2023年日本化学会中国四国支部大会 山口大会, 11 Nov. 2023

  
• 配位⼦保護⾦属ナノクラスターの精密合成と機能開拓

  檜垣達也

  錯体化学若手の会近畿支部第65回勉強会, 02 Dec. 2023, Invited

  
• Atomically Precise Synthesis & Crystal Structure of Cationic Iron-Group Metal Nanoclusters

  Tatsuya HIGAKI; Kanata TANAKA; Kohei; SUNAMI, Shunya OISHI; Koki KAWAMOTO; Mizuki TADA; Yasuhiro OHKI

  錯体化学会 第73回討論会, 22 Sep. 2023

  
• Competitive Double Friedel-Crafts 2,5- and 1',2-Diacylation of Monophosphaferrocenes

  政岡 翔; 田上 遥; 檜垣 達也; 大木 靖弘; 小笠原 正道

  第69回有機金属化学討論会, 13 Sep. 2023

  
• 部分酸化されたデンドリマー内包イリジウムクラスターによるニトロベンズアルデヒドの選択水素化反応

  檜垣達也; 北澤啓和; 山添誠司; 佃達哉

  第118回触媒討論会, 21 Sep. 2016

  
• Synthesis of Iron-Group Metal Cluster Complexes Supported by Bulky Ligands

  大木 靖弘; 田中 奏多; 角南 康平; 大石 俊也; 川本 晃希; 唯 美津木; 檜垣 達也

  光・量子デバイス研究会 機能性材料の創出とSGDsへの応用, 16 Jul. 2023

  
• Molybdenum-Catalyzed Enantioselective Metathesis Dimerization/Desymmetrization of Cs- Symmetric Divinylferrocenes

  Kakeru Masaoka; Haruka Taue; Tatsuya Higaki; Yasuhiro Ohki; Masamichi Ogasawara

  The 103rd CSJ Annual Meeting (2023), 25 Mar. 2023

  
• Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Iron-Group Metal Nanoclusters Protected by Bulky Ligands

  Tatsuya Higaki; Kanata Tanaka; Shunya Oishi; Koki Kawamoto; Mizuki Tada; Yasuhiro Ohki

  The 103rd CSJ Annual Meeting (2023), 24 Mar. 2023

  
• Development of a Novel Chiral Ligand and Its Application in Pd-Catalyzed Synthesis of Chiral Natural Allenes

  Masahito Horie; Eri Sawano; Yukari Tani; Tatsuya Higaki; Yasuhiro Ohki; Masamichi Ogasawara

  The 103rd CSJ Annual Meeting (2023), 23 Mar. 2023

  
• Synthesis and Characterization of a [Fe55] Nanocluster Protected by Bulky PtBu3

  Kanata Tanaka; Koki Kawamoto; Shunya Oishi; Mizuki Tada; Tatsuya Higaki; Yasuhiro Ohki

  The 103rd CSJ Annual Meeting (2023), 22 Mar. 2023

  
• Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Iron(III) Complexes with Hydroquinone- N4 Ligands

  Taichi Yoshikawa; Masayuki Wakioka; Tatsuya Higaki; Yasuhiro Ohki; Roger E. Cramer; Takehiro Ohta

  10th Asian Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference, 29 Nov. 2022

  

Books and Other Publications

• Atomically Precise Nanoclusters

  Tatsuya Higaki; Rongchao Jin, Contributor, Nanoparticles with Atomic Resolution: Synthesis and Stable Structures of Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters; Optical Properties of Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters: Transition from Excitons to Plasmons

  Jenny Stanford Publishing, May 2021

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Awards

• 08 Dec. 2023

  Yoshida Foundation for Science and Technology, Travel grant for international conference
• 16 Aug. 2020

  ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Young Investigator Award
• 04 Dec. 2019

  MRS Graduate Student Silver Award
• 04 Oct. 2019

  Reaxys Ph.D. Prize Finalist（Elsevier）
• 25 Aug. 2019

  Division of Inorganic Chemistry Student Travel Award
• 01 Jul. 2019

  John & Nancy Harrison Legacy Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry and Biochemistry
• 18 Jun. 2019

  IPMI Student Award
• 31 May 2019

  Graduate Student Assembly/Provost Conference Funding(Carnegie Mellon University)
• 29 Apr. 2019

  ACA Summer Course Travel Award
• 24 Jul. 2018

  MCS Graduate Student Conference Funding Award
• 16 Jun. 2018

  ACS Pittsburgh Section Student Travel Grants
• 18 Aug. 2015

  Dr.Konrad M.Weis Fellowship in Chemistry
• 25 Mar. 2015

  理学部学修奨励賞（東京大学理学部）

External funds: Kakenhi

• Atomically Precise Synthesis of Iron-Group Metal Nanoclusters to Probe the Origin of Superparamagnetism

  Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

  0502:Inorganic/coordination chemistry, analytical chemistry, inorganic materials chemistry, energy-related chemistry, and related fields

  Kyoto University

  檜垣 達也

  From 31 Aug. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2024, Granted

  金属クラスター;クラスター錯体;鉄族元素;超常磁性

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K20558/
• Creation of Novel Cluster Nanomagnets with Strong Exchange Interactions

  Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

  Basic Section 32010:Fundamental physical chemistry-related

  Kyoto University

  檜垣 達也

  From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2025, Granted

  金属クラスター;クラスター錯体;単分子磁石;交換相互作用

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-23K13707/

External funds: others

• 次世代磁性材料の開発を指向した多核金属クラスター錯体の合成と物性評価

  Start-up grant

  Tokuyama Science Foundation

  From 01 Jun. 2023, To 31 May 2024

  Tatsuya Higaki

  研究代表者

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Adv.2

  D221, Spring, Graduate School of Engineering, 1.5
• From 01 Oct. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  先端化学実験Ⅱ（先端化学）

  Fall, 工学部

Part-time lecturer

• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  先端化学実験Ⅰ・Ⅱ（先端化学）

  通年144時間 , 京都大学, 工学部
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  先端化学実験Ⅱ（先端化学）

  通年144時間, 京都大学, 工学部

Administration

Faculty management (title, position)

• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  化学研究所講演委員会