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2026.10.1Zhiyuan He joined the lab as a research student.
2026.8A study on high-speed analysis of oxygen evolution kinetics on SrTiO3 photocatalyst sheets, led by Ms. Kembishi and Prof. Onishi, was published in Journal of Catalysis.
2026.6.30Takahashi gave an invited talk at 2D TMDs 2026 (Nanoscale Electrochemical Imaging of Two-Dimensional Materials by High-Resolution SECCM).
2026.5.28A study on endomembrane trafficking collapse in cancer cells triggered by FTY720, led by Dr. Kofuji, was published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.
2026.5.27A study on facet-dependent photoelectrochemical oxidation on BiVO4 photoanodes, led by Honda, was published in ACS Energy Letters.
2026.4.20A study on Raman-integrated SECCM, led by Dr. Kumatani (Tohoku University), was published in Applied Physics Letters.
2026.4.8New members joined the lab.
2026.4.7A study on a glutamate sensor, led by Ms. Sugiyama and Prof. Sato, was published in Electrochemical Science Advances.
2026.4.2Takahashi gave an invited talk at the 2026 Korean Electrochemical Society (KECS) Spring Meeting (Development of a Scanning Electrochemical Cell Microscope for Single-Entity Electrochemical Imaging).
2026.3.9Takahashi gave an invited talk at the annual meeting of the Tohoku-Hokkaido Branch of the Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science.
2026.1.23A study on a genetically encoded microtubule bundler, led by Dr. Inaba, was posted on bioRxiv.
2026.1A study on sensing of 1-methylnicotinamide in urine with a pillar[6]arene nanomembrane probe, led by Dr. Cheng, was published in Nano Letters.
2025.12.13Takahashi gave an invited talk at ICSPM33 (Glass nanopipette-based scanning probe microscopy for electrochemical imaging).
2025.12.12A press release on the synthesis of 2D semiconductor nanonetwork structures for hydrogen evolution catalysts was issued. Kanazawa University (PDF, Japanese) / Keio University (Japanese)
2025.12.4A study on dendritic WS2 nanoribbon networks for hydrogen evolution, led by Dr. Suzuki with Hirata, was published in Small Structures, with a press release.
2025.11.21Takahashi gave an invited talk at the 29th Deep-Tech Serial Innovation Center VBL Symposium "Science and Engineering of Atomic-Layer Materials."
2025.9.17Takahashi gave an invited talk at NanoBioCoM2025 (Single-cell analysis using glass nanopipette-based scanning probe microscopy).
2025.9A study on anisotropy in rutile TiO2 for photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution, led by Mr. Tachizaki and Dr. Kumatani (Tohoku University), was published in Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B.
2025.8.27A study on strain engineering of monolayer TMDs on graphene/SiC, led by Mr. Sakakibara and Dr. Miyata (Tokyo Metropolitan University), was published in Nano Letters.
2025.7.23Takahashi gave an invited talk at 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides 2025 (Electrochemical imaging of hydrogen evolution reaction sites on two-dimensional materials).
2025.4.14A study on the effect of anions on oxygen reduction at polycrystalline Pt electrodes, led by Kawabe, was published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
2025.4.8New members joined the lab.
2025.2.28Takahashi gave an invited talk at the 3rd Quantum Life Control Workshop.
2025.2.27A study on direct extraction and evaluation of intraluminal vesicles inside a single cell, led by Ida, was published in Nano Letters.
2025.2.17A study on nanoscale visualization of the anti-tumor effect of plasma-activated Ringer's lactate solution, led by Usuda, was published in Faraday Discussions.
2025.2A study on membrane-tension signaling in neuronal migration, led by Dr. Minegishi and Dr. Inagaki, was published in The EMBO Journal.
2025.1.10A study on lattice-guided growth of aligned TMD nanoribbons with high catalytic reactivity, led by Dr. Ma with Hirata and Honda, was published in Science Advances, with a press release.
2025.1.10Takahashi gave an invited lecture at the Kansai Interface Practical Course.
2025.1.9A press release on MoS2 nanoribbons combining hydrogen evolution activity and semiconductor applications was issued and covered by EE Times Japan. JST (Japanese) / Kyoto University (Japanese) / EE Times Japan
2025.1.2A study on EMT-induced morphological variations on living cell membranes, led by Ida and Prof. Shiku (Tohoku University), was published in Analytical Chemistry.
2024.12.18A study on corrosion inspection of hard disk media, led by Hirata, was published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
2024.10.15Takahashi gave an invited talk at Faraday Discussion.
2024.10.3Takahashi gave a talk at the 52nd Naito Conference.
2024.7.26A press release on 2D sheets of cubic superatoms for efficient hydrogen evolution catalysts (Adv. Mater. 2024) was issued and covered by Nikkei and other media. Kanazawa University (Japanese) / MONOist
2024.4.8New members joined the lab.
2024.3.1A study on nanosheets led by Dr. Kumatani (Tohoku University) was published in APL Energy.
https://pubs.aip.org/aip/ape/article/2/1/016107/3267338
2024.1.18A press release on nanoscrolls made from asymmetric (Janus) 2D sheets (ACS Nano 2024) was issued. Nagoya University (PDF, Japanese)
2024.1.17A study on Janus nanosheets led by Dr. Miyata (Tokyo Metropolitan University) was published in ACS Nano.
https://www.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/rd/136651
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsnano.3c05681
2023.12.21A study on Cu2+ sensing led by Dr. Alexander was published in Analytical Chemistry. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03337
2023.12.16Takahashi gave an invited talk at the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Pharmacological Society.
2023.11.20A study on LbL films led by Mr. Honda was published in Electrochimica Acta.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013468623013245
2023.11A study led by Dr. Sato (Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University) was published in Electroanalysis.
https://analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/elan.202300173
2023.9.1A study led by Dr. Kumatani (Tohoku University) was published in Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B.
https://pubs.aip.org/avs/jvb/article/41/5/052401/2906452
2023.8.30Our review on high-speed SICM was published in the journal of the Japanese Society of Microscopy (Kenbikyo).
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kenbikyo/58/2/58_71/_article/-char/ja/
2023.8.22A press release "Researchers define a nanopipette fabrication protocol for high resolution cell imaging" (Anal. Chem. 2023) was issued. Nagoya University (Japanese) / NanoLSI
2023.8.21Our paper on high-resolution SICM was accepted in Analytical Chemistry.
https://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/researchinfo/result/2023/08/post-549.html
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01010
2023.7.7A study led by Ms. Kobayashi and Dr. Yokota (RIKEN) was accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c02690
2023.7.5Takahashi gave an invited talk at the MMH Center Symposium.
2023.6.28Takahashi gave an invited talk at the Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Cell Biology.
2023.6.9A press release on nanoscale structure-activity relationships of CO2 reduction catalysts (ACS Nano 2023) was issued. Nagoya University (Japanese)
2023.6.5A study led by Mr. Kawabe and Dr. Ito (University of Tsukuba) was accepted in ACS Nano. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsnano.2c12627
2023.5.31-6.1Takahashi attended the FOREST (Fusion Oriented REsearch for disruptive Science and Technology) progress meeting.
2023.5.1A study led by Ms. Nozaki, Dr. Nashimoto and Dr. Shiku (Tohoku University) was accepted in Electrochimica Acta.
2023.4.19Takahashi gave an invited talk at the 119th meeting of the Committee of Battery Technology.
2023.4.10New members joined the lab.
2023.3.7A press release on nanoscale visualization of ion concentration profiles during charge/discharge (JACS Au 2023) was issued. Nagoya University (Japanese)
2023.3.3Takahashi gave a special lecture at the 64th Fullerenes-Nanotubes-Graphene (FNTG) General Symposium.
2023.3.2Takahashi received the Nagai Foundation for Science & Technology Award.
2023.2.27Takahashi gave an invited talk at the Sensor IoT Consortium Seminar.
2023.2.27Our paper on visualizing ion-concentration profile changes during charge/discharge was accepted in JACS Au.
2023.2.10The results of a collaboration between Dr. Ida and Prof. Futaki's group (Kyoto University) were accepted in Electrochimica Acta.
2022.12.13Takahashi will give an invited talk at the Multimodal Bio-Imaging Sensor Workshop.
2022.12.10Takahashi will give an invited talk at Surface and Interface Spectroscopy 2022.
2022.11.30Takahashi gave an invited talk at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan.
2022.11.15Takahashi gave an invited talk at the 6th NanoLSI Symposium.
2022.10.18Takahashi received the Masao Horiba Award.
2022.10.15Takahashi gave a talk at the Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) "2.5-Dimensional Materials" meeting.
2022.10.2Ms. Ito (technical assistant) joined the lab.
2022.9.8Takahashi will give an invited talk at the 2022 Fall Meeting of the Electrochemical Society of Japan.
2022.9.4Takahashi will give an invited talk at the Annual Meeting of the Bioimaging Society.
2022.8.2Takahashi was selected to receive the 2022 Masao Horiba Award.
2022.8.1Ms. Ueda (technical assistant) joined the lab.
2022.5.31Dr. Zhou returned home. Dr. Zhou contributed not only to our research but also to building the foundation of the lab at Kanazawa University from the very beginning. We wish Dr. Zhou every success in the new position.
2022.4.1Dr. Ida (Specially Appointed Associate Professor), Mr. Kawabe (D1), Ms. Tomita (technical assistant) and four undergraduate students joined the lab.
2022.3.17The results of a collaboration with Prof. Korchev's group were accepted in Analytical Chemistry.
2022.3.4Takahashi will give a talk at the final symposium of the Pioneering Research Project.
2022.3.3Takahashi will give a talk at the 101st meeting of the JSPS 167th Committee on Nano-Probe Technology.
2022.2.8Takahashi will give a lecture at the Advanced Colloid Technology Course 2021.
2022.2.2We posted a preprint on SICM characterization of energy storage materials.
https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/61f8f6db4b9500672a11321d
2022.1.27Takahashi received the Grand Prize of the 16th Wakashachi Encouragement Award.
https://www.pref.aichi.jp/san-kagi/kagaku/nurture/pd/33fy.html
2022.1.11Takahashi will give a lecture at the Characterization Workshop.
2022.1.8Takahashi will present at the final report meeting of JST PRESTO.
2022.1.7A press release on real-space visualization of charge separation in nanostructured photoelectrodes (ACS Catal. 2022) was issued. JST (Japanese) / Kanazawa University (PDF, Japanese)
2022.1.6Our study with Prof. Amano (The University of Kitakyushu) on the charge separation mechanism of nanostructured photoelectrodes was accepted in ACS Catalysis.
https://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20220107-2/pdf/20220107-2.pdf
2021.12.18Takahashi will give an invited talk at Pacifichem.
2021.12.7Mr. Kawabe received the Excellent Presentation Award at the Autumn Meeting of the Hokuriku Branch of the Electrochemical Society of Japan.
2021.12.3Takahashi will give an invited talk at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan.
2021.12.1Takahashi moved to the Department of Electronics, Nagoya University, while concurrently holding a position at NanoLSI, Kanazawa University.
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2021.11.17Takahashi will give an invited talk at the 12th Life Science Research Exchange Seminar.
2021.11.12Takahashi will give an invited talk at the Complex Living Systems Order Forum.
2021.11.3Takahashi will give an invited talk at the Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science.
2021.10.10Our work on single-particle measurement of energy storage materials, led by Dr. Yamamoto (DENSO) and Mr. Ando, was accepted in Analytical Chemistry.
2021.9.16Our collaboration with Prof. Hiroshi Onishi (Kobe University) was accepted in PCCP.
2021.8.30Takahashi gave an invited talk at the 72nd Annual ISE Meeting.
2021.8.20A press release on visualizing vascular function on a chip with scanning probe microscopy (Adv. Healthc. Mater. 2021) was issued. Tohoku University (PDF, Japanese)
2021.8.19A paper led by Dr. Nashimoto (Tohoku University) was accepted in Advanced Healthcare Materials.
https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/japanese/newimg/pressimg/tohokuuniv-press20210820_web00_probe.pdf
2021.8.4A review led by Dr. Kanno (Tokyo Institute of Technology) and Dr. Zhou was accepted in Electroanalysis.
2021.5.4Our collaboration with Prof. Nishihara (Tohoku University), led by Mr. Kawabe, was accepted in Electrochemical Science Advances.
2021.3.26A collaboration with Prof. Futaki (Kyoto University), led by Dr. Ida (Tohoku University), was accepted in Analytical Chemistry. The study was featured in the morning edition of the Hokkoku Shimbun on March 26.
2021.3.26A press release on nanoscale visualization of cell-penetrating peptide uptake on living cell membranes (Anal. Chem. 2021) was issued. JST (Japanese) / Kyoto University (Japanese)
2021.3.25Our ongoing collaboration on nanopores with Dr. Sato (Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University) was accepted in Electroanalysis.
2021.3.23Mr. Katagiri and Mr. Miyakoshi gave oral presentations at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Electrochemical Society of Japan.
2021.3.19A paper with Prof. Einaga (Keio University) on the crystal orientation and reactivity of BDD, led by Mr. Ando and Ms. Asai (Keio University), was accepted in Analytical Chemistry.
2021.3.18A review on SECM written by Dr. Zhou was accepted in Current Opinion in Electrochemistry.
2021.3.15Mr. Kawabe gave an oral presentation on our collaboration with Prof. Einaga (Keio University) at the Meeting of the Japan Society of Applied Physics.
2021.3.6We published a review on real-time single-cell analysis by electrochemical chemical imaging in the single-cell analysis special issue of Igaku no Ayumi.
2021.3.4Our collaboration with Dr. Ito (University of Tsukuba) was accepted in ACS Catalysis. We visualized CO2 reduction sites using SECCM.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.0c04887
2021.3.4A press release on a new Sn/graphene catalyst for efficient CO2 reduction (ACS Catal. 2021) was issued. JST (Japanese)
2021.3.2Our collaboration with Prof. Shiku (Tohoku University) was accepted in Analytical Chemistry. We visualized structures inside blood vessels using SICM.
2021.2.26Our collaboration with Dr. Peter was accepted in Nanoscale. The study measures the stiffness of cells using SICM.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2021/NR/D0NR08349F
2021.2.19Dr. Zhou gave a presentation at the Biointerface Workshop.
2020.12.10Mr. Aoyama and Mr. Sasaki gave presentations at the 46th Symposium of the Japanese Society of Bioenergetics.
2020.11.21Takahashi gave a lecture at the 1st Nagoya University Electronics Seminar.
2020.11.10We moved within the university to the Nano Life Science Institute (NanoLSI).
2020.10.29Our collaboration with Prof. Onishi was accepted in ACS Catalysis.
2020.10.19Ms. Nishikawa joined the lab.
2020.10.1Takahashi was promoted to Professor.
2020.9.5Our tutorial article on SECCM was published in Electrochemistry (Denki Kagaku).
2020.7.7A study carried out by Mr. Yamashita was accepted in Chem. Commun.
2020.8.20We launched our website.
2020.3.27Mr. Kawabe received the Outstanding Student Presentation Award at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Electrochemical Society of Japan.
2020.2.28Takahashi received the Nakatani Foundation Encouragement Award.
2019.12.6A press release on a nanoscale pH sensor for pH imaging of cancer cell surfaces (Nat. Commun. 2019) was issued. Kanazawa University (PDF, Japanese) / NanoLSI
2019.12.2A press release on electrochemical imaging of nanoscale active sites of hydrogen evolution catalysts (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020) was issued. JST (Japanese)
2014.11.17A press release on nanoscale imaging of charge/discharge characteristics of battery material surfaces (Nat. Commun. 2014) was issued. JST (Japanese) / Tohoku University (PDF, Japanese)