Department

Instrument Center

Biography

2000 B.S. Hirosaki University
2005 Ph.D. Tokyo Institute of Technology
2003 Junior Research Associate, RIKEN (Additional Position, ~2005)
2005 Special Postdoctoral Researcher, RIKEN
2007 Assistant Professor, Tohoku University
2007 Visiting Researcher, RIKEN (Additional Position, ~2012)
2009 Visiting Researcher, Temple University (Additional Position, ~2010)
2010 Visiting Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Additional Position, ~2012)
2012 ASI Research Scientist, RIKEN
2012 Associate Professor, Kyoto University
2020 Senior Researcher, Institute for Molecular Science
2024 Inbound Visiting Scholar, Khon Kaen University (Additional Position, ~2024)
2025 Senior Researcher, Core for Spin Life Sciences, Okazaki Collaborative Platform (Additonal Position)

Main research themes

Energy Conversion at Surface and Interface, Clarification of Physical Properties and Reaction Mechanisms in Atomic and Molecular Scales by Scanning Probe Microscopy

Surface and Interface Science, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Energy Conversion

Selected Publications

1. "Sub-tip-radius near-field interactions in nano-FTIR vibrational spectroscopy on single proteins" Jun Nishida, Akihiro Otomo, Takanori Koitaya, Akitoshi Shiotari, Taketoshi Minato, Ryota Iino, Takashi Kumagai Nano Lett., 24, 836–843 (2024).
2. "Enantioselectivity of Discretized Helical Supramolecule Consisting of Achiral Cobalt Phthalocyanines via Chiral-induced Spin Selectivity Effect" Hiroki Aizawa, Takuro Sato, Saori Maki-Yonekura, Koji Yonekura, Kiyofumi Takaba, Tasuku Hamaguchi, Taketoshi Minato, and Hiroshi M. Yamamoto Nature Communications, 14, 4530 (2023).
3. “Atomic-level viscosity distribution in hydration layer” Kenichi Umeda, Kei Kobayashi, Taketoshi Minato, Hirofumi Yamada Phys. Rev. Lett., 122, 116001 (2019). 
4. "Developments of Fluoride Shuttle Battery using Organic Electrolyte", Taketoshi Minato, Hiroaki Konishi, Asuman Celik Kucuk, Takeshi Abe, Zempachi Ogumi, Ceramics Japan, 54，637 (2019).
5. "Surface and Interface Sciences of Li-ion Batteries-Research Progress in Electrode-Electrolyte Interface-" Taketoshi Minato and Takeshi Abe Prog. Surf. Sci., 92, 240–280 (2017).
6. “Unsupported nanoporous gold catalyst, AuNPore, for chemoselective hydrogenation reactions under low pressure: an effect of residual silver on the reaction” Balaram S. Takale, Xiujuan Feng, Ye Lu, Ming Bao, Tienan Jin, Taketoshi Minato, and Yoshinori Yamamoto J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 10356–10364 (2016).
7. “Tunneling Desorption of Atomic Hydrogen on the Surface of Titanium Dioxide” Taketoshi Minato, Seiji Kajita, Chi Lun Pang, Naoki Asao, Yoshinori Yamamoto, Takashi Nakayama, Maki Kawai, Yousoo Kim ACS Nano, 7, 6837–6842 (2015).
8. “Atomic defect in titanium dioxide” Taketoshi Minato Chem. Rec., 14, 923–934 (2014).
9. “Impact of Lithium-Ion Ordering on Surface Electronic States of Li_xCoO₂” K. waya, T. Ogawa, T. Minato, K. Miyoshi, J. Takeuchi, A. Kuwabara, H. Moriwake, Y. Kim, and T. Hitosugi Phys. Rev. Lett., 111, 126104 (2013).
10. “Quantitating the Lattice Strain Dependence of Monolayer Pt Shell Activity toward Oxygen Reduction”, Xiaoming Wang, Yuki Orikasa, Yuki Takesue, Hideo Inoue, Masashi Nakamura, Taketoshi Minato, Nagahiro Hoshi, and Yoshiharu Uchimoto, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 5938−5941 (2013).
11. “Nanoporous Gold Catalyst for Highly Selective Semihydrogenation of Alkynes: Remarkable Effect of Amine Additives”, Mei Yan, Tienan Jin, Yoshifumi Ishikawa, Taketoshi Minato, Takeshi Fujita, Lu-Yang Chen, Ming Bao, Naoki Asao, Ming-Wei Chen, and Yoshinori Yamamoto, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134, 17536−17542, (2012).
12. “The electronic structure of oxygen atom vacancy and hydroxyl impurity defects on titanium dioxide (110) surface”, Taketoshi Minato, Yasuyuki Sainoo, Yousoo Kim, Hiroyuki S. Kato, Ken-ichi Aika, Maki Kawai, Jin Zhao, Hrvoje Petek, Tian Huang, Wei He, Bing Wang, Zhuo Wang, Yan Zhao, Jinlong Yang, and J. G. Hou, J. Chem. Phys., 130, 124502 (2009).