研究领域
1.先进储电器件及能量转化器件（超级电容器、二次电池、太阳光电池及燃料电池等）的关键材料与技术。 2.高效离子传导材料及应用；新型离子液体的设计合成与应用。 3.新型高分子功能材料的设计合成与应用；分子自组装技术及新型纳米材料。
近期论文
Shinji Inagaki, Shiyou Guan, Tetsu Ohsuna and Osamu Terasaki, An Ordered Mesoporous Organosilica Hybrid Material with a Crystal-like Wall Structure. Nature 416 (6878), 304-307 (2002).（与第一作者同等贡献）
Shiyou Guan, Shinji Inagaki, Tetsu Ohsuna and Osamu Terasaki, Cubic Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Mesoporous Crystal with a Decaoctahedral Shape. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 122, 5660-5661 (2000).
Shinji Inagaki, Shiyou Guan, Qihua Yang, Mahendra P. Kapoor and Toyoshi Shimada, Direct Synthesis of Mesoporous Organosilicas Containing Chiral Organic Groups within the Framework and New Analytical Method of Enantiomeric Purity in Organosilicas. Chem. Commun. 202 (2008).（与第一作者同等贡献）
Shinji Inagaki, Shiyou Guan, Yoshiaki Fukushima, Tetsu Ohsuna, and Osamu Terasaki, Novel Mesoporous Materials with a Uniform Distribution of Organic Groups and Inorganic Oxide in Their Frameworks. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121, 9611-9614 (1999).（与第一作者同等贡献）
Atsushi Fukuoka, Yuzuru Sakamoto, Shiyou Guan, Shinji Inagaki, Noriaki Sugimoto, Yoshiaki Fukushima, Kaori Hirahara, Sumio Iijima and Masaru Ichikawa, Novel Templating Synthesis of Necklace-Shaped Mono- and Bimetallic Nanowires in Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Mesoporous Material. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 3373-3374 (2001).