Japan Science and Technology Agency   PRESTO researcher

2007.10 - 2011

The University of Tokyo   Graduate School of Science   Assitant Professor

2003.10 - 2008.12

Insights into Chemical Bonding Modes and Heat Transport at the Molecular Level

Shintaro Fujii, Yoshiaki Shoji, Yuma Masuda, Takanori Fukushima, Tomoaki Nishino

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters   2024.11

Charge Transport through Single-Molecule Junctions with σ-Delocalized Systems

Shintaro Fujii, Saya Seko, Taichi Tanaka, Yuki Yoshihara, Shunsuke Furukawa, Tomoaki Nishino, Masaichi Saito

Journal of the American Chemical Society   2024.7

Resolving molecular frontier orbitals in molecular junctions with kHz resolution

Yuji Isshiki, Enrique Montes, Tomoaki Nishino, Héctor Vázquez, Shintaro Fujii

Chemical Science   2024

Interaction strength in molecular junctions consisting of π-stacked antiaromatic molecules

Shintaro Fujii, Ryoya Tomida, Aoshi Yamane, Kazuki Nabeyama, Harunari Ohkura, Hiroshi Shinokubo, Tomoaki Nishino

Journal of Materials Chemistry C   2024

Intermolecular and Electrode-Molecule Bonding in a Single Dimer Junction of Naphthalenethiol as Revealed by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Combined with Transport Measurements

Kanji Homma, Satoshi Kaneko, Kazuhito Tsukagoshi, Tomoaki Nishino

Journal of the American Chemical Society   2023.7

Dependence of Charge Transfer on the Adsorption Site at Metal–Molecule Interfaces: Implications for Single-Molecule Electronic Devices

Kanji Homma, Satoshi Kaneko, Kazuhito Tsukagoshi, Tomoaki Nishino

ACS Applied Nano Materials   2023.5

Molecule‐Electrode Interfaces Controlled by Bulky Long‐Legged Ligands in Organometallic Molecular Wires

Yuya Tanaka, Yeana Bae, Fumiya Ogasawara, Keita Suzuki, Shuji Kobayashi, Satoshi Kaneko, Shintaro Fujii, Tomoaki Nishino, Munetaka Akita

Advanced Materials Interfaces   2023.4

Conductance Modulation in an ?-Terthiophene Molecular Junction Characterized by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

Tomoaki Nishino

e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology   2023

A metal alkynyl molecular wire with PN ligands: Synthesis, isomerization, physical properties and single-molecule conductance

Tomoaki Nishino

Inorganica Chimica Acta   2023

Unique Electrical Signature of Phosphate for Specific Single-Molecule Detection of Peptide Phosphorylation

Takanori Harashima, Yoshiyuki Egami, Kanji Homma, Yuki Jono, Satoshi Kaneko, Shintaro Fujii, Tomoya Ono, Tomoaki Nishino

Journal of the American Chemical Society   2022.9

Structural Asymmetry of Metallic Single-Atom Contacts Detected by Current–Voltage Characteristics

Yuji Isshiki, Dongzhe Li, Manabu Kiguchi, Tomoaki Nishino, Fabian Pauly, Shintaro Fujii

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces   2022.3

Principal Component Analysis of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Spectra Revealing Isomer-Dependent Electron Transport in Spiropyran Molecular Junctions: Implications for Nanoscale Molecular Electronics

Shuji Kobayashi, Satoshi Kaneko, Takashi Tamaki, Manabu Kiguchi, Kazuhito Tsukagoshi, Jun Terao, Tomoaki Nishino

ACS Omega   2022.2

Mechanically Tuned Thermopower of Single-Molecule Junctions

Tomoaki Nishino

Advanced Electronic Materials   2022

Visualization of Thermal Transport Properties of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Au(111) by Contact and Noncontact Scanning Thermal Microscopy

Shintaro Fujii, Yoshiaki Shoji, Takanori Fukushima, Tomoaki Nishino

Journal of the American Chemical Society   143 ( 44 )   18777 - 18783   2021.11

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Stimulated by Strong Metal–Molecule Interactions in a C60 Single-Molecule Junction

Koji Yasuraoka, Satoshi Kaneko, Shuji Kobayashi, Kazuhito Tsukagoshi, Tomoaki Nishino

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces   2021.11

Single-molecule junction spontaneously restored by DNA zipper

Takanori Harashima, Shintaro Fujii, Yuki Jono, Tsuyoshi Terakawa, Noriyuki Kurita, Satoshi Kaneko, Manabu Kiguchi, Tomoaki Nishino

Nature Communications   2021.10

Organometallic Molecular Wires with Thioacetylene Backbones, trans‐{RS‐(C≡C)n}2Ru(phosphine)4: High Conductance through Non‐Aromatic Bridging Linkers

Atsushi Yashiro, Yuya Tanaka, Tomofumi Tada, Shintaro Fujii, Tomoaki Nishino, Munetaka Akita

Chemistry – A European Journal   2021.7

Thermal transport properties of an oriented thin film of a paraffinic tripodal triptycene

Takaki Imaizumi, Ryosuke Takehara, Yuichiro Yamashita, Takashi Yagi, Fumitaka Ishiwari, Yoshiaki Shoji, Xiaohan Wang, Yoichi Murakami, Tomoaki Nishino, Takanori Fukushima

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics   60 ( 3 )   038002 - 038002   2021.3

Electronic Structure and Transport Properties of Single-Molecule Junctions with Different Sizes of π-Conjugated System

Yuji Isshiki, Tomoaki Nishino, Shintaro Fujii

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C   125 ( 6 )   3472 - 3479   2021.2

Water Splitting Induced by Visible Light at a Copper-Based Single-Molecule Junction

Tomoaki Nishino

Small   2021

Single-molecule determination of chemical equilibrium of DNA intercalation by electrical conductance

Lu Zhang, Satoshi Kaneko, Shintaro Fujii, Manabu Kiguchi, Tomoaki Nishino

Chemical Communications   57 ( 36 )   4380 - 4383   2021

Elementary processes of DNA surface hybridization resolved by single-molecule kinetics: implication for macroscopic device performance

Takanori Harashima, Yusuke Hasegawa, Satoshi Kaneko, Yuki Jono, Shintaro Fujii, Manabu Kiguchi, Tomoaki Nishino

Chemical Science   12 ( 6 )   2217 - 2224   2021

Control of dominant conduction orbitals by peripheral substituents in paddle-wheel diruthenium alkynyl molecular junctions

Shiori Ogawa, Swarup Chattopadhyay, Yuya Tanaka, Tatsuhiko Ohto, Tomofumi Tada, Hirokazu Tada, Shintaro Fujii, Tomoaki Nishino, Munetaka Akita

Chemical Science   2021

Single-molecule Electric Switching Induced by Acid-Base Reaction

Tomoaki Nishino

Chemistry Letters   2021

Effects of water adsorption on conductive filaments of a Ta2O5 atomic switch investigated by nondestructive electrical measurements

A. Aiba, S. Kaneko, T. Tsuruoka, K. Terabe, M. Kiguchi, T. Nishino

Applied Physics Letters   117 ( 23 )   233104 - 233104   2020.12

Tolerance to Stretching in Thiol-Terminated Single-Molecule Junctions Characterized by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

S. Kobayashi, S. Kaneko, M. Kiguchi, K. Tsukagoshi, T. Nishino

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters   11 ( 16 )   6712 - 6717   2020.8

Structure and Electron Transport at Metal Atomic Junctions Doped with Dichloroethylene

Risa Fukuzumi, Satoshi Kaneko, Shintaro Fujii, Tomoaki Nishino, Manabu Kiguchi

ChemPhysChem   21 ( 4 )   274 - 274   2020.2

The practical electromagnetic effect in surface-enhanced Raman scattering observed by the lithographically fabricated gold nanosquare dimers

Satoshi Kaneko, Shuhei Watanabe, Shintaro Fujii, Tomoaki Nishino, Manabu Kiguchi

AIP Advances   10 ( 2 )   025301 - 025301   2020.2

Kinetic investigation of a chemical process in single-molecule junction

Yusuke Hasegawa, Takanori Harashima, Yuki Jono, Takumi Seki, Manabu Kiguchi, Tomoaki Nishino

Chemical Communications   56 ( 2 )   309 - 312   2020

Selective formation of molecular junctions with high and low conductance states by tuning the velocity of electrode displacement

Yuji Isshiki, Shintaro Fujii, Tomoaki Nishino, Manabu Kiguchi

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics   22 ( 8 )   4544 - 4548   2020

Hybrid Molecular Junctions Using Au-S and Au-π Bindings

Tomoaki Nishino

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C   2020

Highly Reproducible Formation of a Polymer Single‐Molecule Junction for a Well‐Defined Current Signal

Takanori Harashima, Yusuke Hasegawa, Satoshi Kaneko, Manabu Kiguchi, Tomoya Ono, Tomoaki Nishino

Angewandte Chemie   131 ( 27 )   9207 - 9211   2019.7

Highly Reproducible Formation of a Polymer Single‐Molecule Junction for a Well‐Defined Current Signal

Takanori Harashima, Yusuke Hasegawa, Satoshi Kaneko, Manabu Kiguchi, Tomoya Ono, Tomoaki Nishino

Angewandte Chemie International Edition   58 ( 27 )   9109 - 9113   2019.7

Identifying the molecular adsorption site of a single molecule junction through combined Raman and conductance studies

Satoshi Kaneko, Enrique Montes, Sho Suzuki, Shintaro Fujii, Tomoaki Nishino, Kazuhito Tsukagoshi, Katsuyoshi Ikeda, Hideaki Kano, Hisao Nakamura, Héctor Vázquez, Manabu Kiguchi

Chemical Science   10 ( 25 )   6261 - 6269   2019

Effect of Bias Voltage on a Single-Molecule Junction Investigated by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

Tomoaki Nishino

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C   2019

Control of molecular orientation in a single-molecule junction with a tripodal triptycene anchoring unit: toward a simple and facile single-molecule diode

Tomoaki Nishino

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics   2019

Tuneable single-molecule electronic conductance of C60 by encapsulation

Shintaro Fujii, Haruna Cho, Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Tomoaki Nishino, Yasujiro Murata, Manabu Kiguchi

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics   21 ( 23 )   12606 - 12610   2019

Electric-Field-Controllable Conductance Switching of an Overcrowded Ethylene Self-Assembled Monolayer

Tomoaki Nishino

Journal of the American Chemical Society   2019

Investigation on the formation process of metal atomic filament for metal sulfide atomic switches by electrical measurement

Tomoaki Nishino

Nanotechnology   2019

Near-infrared-light-induced decomposition of Rhodamine B triggered by localized surface plasmon at gold square dimers with well-defined separation distance

Tomoaki Nishino

AIP Advances   2019

Investigation of Ag and Cu Filament Formation Inside the, Metal Sulfide Layer of an Atomic Switch Based on Point-Contact Spectroscopy

Tomoaki Nishino

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces   2019

Stretch dependent electronic structure and vibrational energy of the bipyridine single molecule junction

S. Kobayashi, S. Kaneko, S. Fujii, T. Nishino, K. Tsukagoshi, M. Kiguchi

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics   21 ( 31 )   16910 - 16913   2019

Smart Golden Leaves Fabricated by Integrating Au Nanoparticles and Cellulose Nanofibers

Tomoaki Nishino

ChemNanoMat   2019

Measurement of Electron Transfer within a Single Supramolecular Assembly Containing a Biological Molecule

Tomoaki Nishino

Analytical Sciences   2018

Fluctuation in Interface and Electronic Structure of Single-Molecule Junctions Investigated by Current versus Bias Voltage Characteristics

Tomoaki Nishino

Journal of the American Chemical Society   2018

Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Tomoaki Nishino

Analytical Sciences   2018

Photochemical Reaction Using Aminobenzenethiol Single Molecular Junction'

Tomoaki Nishino

e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology   2018

Dependence of Stretch Length on Electrical Conductance and Electronic Structure of the Benzenedithiol Single Molecular Junction

Tomoaki Nishino

e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology   2018

Formation of a Chain-like Water Single Molecule Junction with Pd Electrodes

Tomoaki Nishino

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C   2018

Evaluation of the Kinetic Property of Single-Molecule Junctions by Tunneling Current Measurements

Tomoaki Nishino

Analytical Sciences   2018

Single-molecule junction of an overcrowded ethylene with binary conductance states

Tomoaki Nishino

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics   2018

Controlling stacking order and charge transport in π-stacks of aromatic molecules based on surface assembly

Madoka Iwane, Tomofumi Tada, Takafumi Osuga, Takashi Murase, Makoto Fujita, Tomoaki Nishino, Manabu Kiguchi, Shintaro Fujii

Chemical Communications   54 ( 88 )   12443 - 12446   2018

Ruthenium Tris-bipyridine Single-Molecule Junctions with Multiple Joint Configurations

Tomoaki Nishino

Chemistry - An Asian Journal   2018

Impact of junction formation processes on single molecular conductance

Y. Isshiki, S. Fujii, T. Nishino, M. Kiguchi

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics   20 ( 12 )   7947 - 7952   2018

In situ observation of the formation process for free-standing Au nanowires with a scanning electron microscope

Tomoaki Nishino

Nanotechnology   2017

Atomic structure of water/Au, Ag, Cu and Pt atomic junctions

Tomoaki Nishino

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics   2017

Controlling the formation process and atomic structures of single pyrazine molecular junction by tuning the strength of the metal–molecule interaction

Satoshi Kaneko, Ryoji Takahashi, Shintaro Fujii, Tomoaki Nishino, Manabu Kiguchi

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics   19 ( 15 )   9843 - 9848   2017

Highly-conducting molecular circuits based on antiaromaticity

Tomoaki Nishino

Nature Communications   2017

Evaluation of the Electronic Structure of Single-Molecule Junctions Based on Current-Voltage and Thermopower Measurements: Application to C₆₀ Single-Molecule Junction

Tomoaki Nishino

Chemistry - An Asian Journal   2017

Single-molecule conductance of DNA gated and ungated by DNA-binding molecules

Takanori Harashima, Chie Kojima, Shintaro Fujii, Manabu Kiguchi, Tomoaki Nishino

Chemical Communications   53 ( 75 )   10378 - 10381   2017

Controlling the thermoelectric effect by mechanical manipulation of the electron's quantum phase in atomic junctions

Tomoaki Nishino

Scientific Reports   2017

Specific single-molecule detection of glucose in a supramolecularly designed tunnel junction

Tomoaki Nishino, Hiroshi Shiigi, Manabu Kiguchi, Tsutomu Nagaoka

Chemical Communications   53 ( 37 )   5212 - 5215   2017

Gap width-independent spectra in 4-aminothiophenol surface enhanced Raman scattering stimulated in Au-gap array

Tomoaki Nishino

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics   2017

Evaluation of the energy barrier for failure of Au atomic contact based on temperature dependent current-voltage characteristics

Tomoaki Nishino

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics   2016

Effect of the Molecule-Metal Interface on the Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering of 1,4-Benzenedithiol

Tomoaki Nishino

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C   2016

Determination of the number of atoms present in nano contact based on shot noise measurements with highly stable nano-fabricated electrodes

Tomoaki Nishino

Nanotechnology   2016

Atomic and Electronic Structures of a Single Oxygen Molecular Junction with Au, Ag, and Cu Electrodes

Tomoaki Nishino

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C   2016

Effect of Ag Ion Insertion on Electron Transport through Au Ion Wires

Tomoaki Nishino

Chemistry Letters   2016

Electrical Conductance of a Single 1,2-Ethanedithiol Molecular Junction Prepared in Ultrahigh Vacuum

Tomoaki Nishino

Chemistry Letters   2016

Resolving metal-molecule interfaces at single-molecule junctions

Tomoaki Nishino

Scientific Reports   2016

Nanoantenna for bacterial detection

Tomoaki Nishino

Procedia Chemistry   2016

Single Tripyridyl-Triazine Molecular Junction with Multiple Binding Sites

Tomoaki Nishino

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C   2016

Scanning tunnelling microscopy analysis of octameric o-phenylenes on Au(111)

Tomoaki Nishino

RSC Advances   2016

Site selection in single-molecule junction for highly reproducible molecular electronics

Tomoaki Nishino

ArXiv   2016

Development of an Observation Platform for Bacterial Activity Using Polypyrrole Films Doped with Bacteria

Tomoaki Nishino

Analytical Chemistry   2015

Nanoantennas as Biomarkers for Bacterial Detection

Tomoaki Nishino

Analytical Chemistry   2015

High electronic couplings of single mesitylene molecular junctions

Tomoaki Nishino

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology   2015

Fluorescence Enhancement of Nanoraspberry Hot-spot Source Composed of Gold Nanoparticles and Aniline Oligomers

Tomoaki Nishino

Analytical Sciences   2015

Electrical conductance and structure of copper atomic junctions in the presence of water molecules

Tomoaki Nishino

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics   2015

Voltammetric Detection and Profiling of Isoprenoid Quinones Hydrophobically Transferred From Bacterial Cells

Tomoaki Nishino

Analytical Chemistry   2015

Electrochemical evaluation of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) films doped with bacteria based on viability analysis

Tomoaki Nishino

Bioelectrochemistry   2015

Single-biomolecule Sensing Based on Molecular Conductance Measurements

Tomoaki Nishino

Bunseki Kagaku   2015

One-by-one single-molecule detection of mutated nucleobases by monitoring tunneling current using a DNA tip

Tomoaki Nishino

Chemical Communications   2015

Construction of nanoantennas on the bacterial outer membrane

Tomoaki Nishino

Chemical Communications   2014

Efficient Collection and Sensitive Detection Using Conducting Magnetic Microbeads

Tomoaki Nishino

Analytical Chemistry   2014

Reversible switching of charge injection barriers at metal/organic-semiconductor contacts modified with structurally disordered molecular monolayers

Tomoaki Nishino

Applied Physics Letters   2014

Tracking the Growth of Tadpole-shaped Aggregates by Scanning Electron Microscopy

Tomoaki Nishino

Analytical Sciences   2014

Molecular Tips for Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: Intermolecular Electron Tunneling for Single-molecule Recognition and Electronics

Tomoaki Nishino

Analytical Sciences   2014

Electron transfer through coordination bond interaction between single molecules: conductance switching by a metal ion

Tomoaki Nishino

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics   2014

Quantitative Exploration of Electron Transfer in a Single Noncovalent Supramolecular Assembly

Tomoaki Nishino

Journal of the American Chemical Society   2013

Electrical Properties of Two-Dimensional Gold Nanoparticle-Alkanethiol Networks Formed on Plastic Microbeads

Tomoaki Nishino

Journal of the Electrochemical Society   2013

Direct Measurement of Electron Transfer through a Hydrogen Bond between Single Molecules

Tomoaki Nishino

Journal of the American Chemical Society   2013

Single-Molecule Imaging of Gold-Binding Peptide Adsorbed on Au(111)

Tomoaki Nishino

Analytical Sciences   2013

Direct electrical single-molecule detection of DNA through electron transfer induced by hybridization

Tomoaki Nishino

Chemical Communications   2013

Effect of Aqueous Environment on Monolayer of Tetrairon(III) Single Molecule Magnet

Tomoaki Nishino

Journal of the Electrochemical Society   2012

Single Molecule Analysis Based on Molecular Tips of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Tomoaki Nishino

Bunseki Kagaku   2012

Immobilization of Carbon Nanotubes on Au(111) via Self-assembled Monolayers

Tomoaki Nishino

Chemistry Letters   2011

Selective visualization of point defects in carbon nanotubes at the atomic scale by an electron-donating molecular tip

Tomoaki Nishino

Chemical Communications   2011

Preparation of tips coated with poly(dimethylsiloxane) for scanning tunneling microscopy in aqueous solutions

Tomoaki Nishino

Review of Scientific Instruments   2011

Charge Transport Induced by Formation of a Single Covalent Bond

Tomoaki Nishino

ChemPhysChem   2010

物理化学基礎実験

2016 Institution：東京工業大学，東京科学大学

量子化学特論

2016 - 2022 Institution：東京工業大学

物性化学

2016 - 2020 Institution：東京工業大学

化学外国語演習

2013 - 2014 Institution：大阪府立大学

応用化学実験I～IV

2013 - 2014 Institution：大阪府立大学

ナノ科学・材料特別講義III

2009 - 2013 Institution：大阪府立大学

分析化学無機化学実験

2004 - 2008 Institution：東京大学