1994 B. S. (Chemistry), Science University of Tokyo 1999 D. Sc. (Chemistry), Chiba University 1999 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Nagoya University and MIT 2001 Research Associate, IMS 2002 Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Tokyo 2003 Research Associate, The University of Tokyo

Synthetic Organic Chemistry/Organometallic Chemistry/Coordination Chemistry

(1) Preparation and application of transition-metal nanoparticles (2) Development of novel synthetic Processes using transition metal catalyst (3) Theoretical and Experimental Studies on Multimetallic Catalysis

N. Terasaki, N. Yamamoto, K. Tamada, M. Hattori, T. Hiraga, A. Tohri, I. Sato, M. Iwai, M. Iwai, S. Taguchi, I. Enami, Y. Inoue, Y. Yamanoi, T. Yonezawa, K. Mizuno, M. Murata, H. Nishihara, S. Yoneyama, M. Minakata, T. Ohmori, M. Sakai, M. Fujii, Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Bioenerg., in press. Y. Yamanoi, H. Nishihara, "Rhodium-Catalyzed Silylation of Ortho-functionalized Aryl Halides with Trialkylsilanes." Tetrahedron Lett. 2006, 47, 7157. Y. Yamanoi, N. Shirahata, T. Yonezawa, N. Terasaki, N. Yamamoto, Y. Matsui, K. Nishio, H. Masuda, Y. Ikuhara, H. Nishihara, "Detailed structural examinations of covalently immobilized gold nanoparticles onto hydrogen-terminated silicon surfaces." Chem. Eur. J. 2006, 12, 314.

S. Horinouchi, Y. Yamanoi, T. Yonezawa, T. Mouri, H. Nishihara, "Hydrogen storage properties of isocyanide-stabilized palladium nanoparticles" Langmuir 2006, 22, 1880.