Nagoya University Graduate School of Science / Research Center for Materials Science, Laboratory of Advanced Materials Associate Prof. Michio M. Matsushita

Associate Prof. Michio M. Matsushita

1992

B.Sci. form Chiba University

1994

M.Sci. from the University of Tokyo

1997

Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo
"Construction of Hydrogen-bonded Organic Ferromagnet"

• Molecule-based coexisting system of magnetism and conductivity
• Organic materials of hysteretic conducting behavior
• Gold nanoparticle network connected with molecular wires

1997

JSPS Research Fellow (Prof. Tadashi Sugawara' s laboratory)

1997

Research Associate in Tokyo Metropolitan University
(Prof. Tomokazu Iyoda's laboratory)

2000

Research Associate in the University of Tokyo
(Prof. Tadashi Sugawara's laboratory)

2008-present

Associate Professor in Nagoya University

1999.10-2002.9

JST PRESTO21 Project Researcher

2008.10

Young Scientist Awards of the Japan Society for Molecular Science

• [1] A programmable single-component diode based on an ambipolar organic field-effect transistor (OFET)
  • T. Sugawara, T. Itoh, K. Suzuki, H. Higuchi, and M. M. Matsushita
    Pure. Appl. Chem. 84, 979-989 (2012).
• [2] Superperiodic conductance in a molecularly wired double-dot system self-assembled in a nanogap electrode
  • Y. Noguchi, T. Terui, Takuya Katayama, M. M. Matsushita, and T. Sugawara
    J. Appl. Phys. 108, 094313 (2010).
• [3] Influence of Magnetic Field upon the Conductance of a Unicomponent Crystal of a Tetrathiafulvalene-Based Nitronyl Nitroxide
  • H. Komatsu, M. M. Matsushita, S. Yamamura, Y. Sugawara, K. Suzuki, and T. Sugawara
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 4528 4529 (2010).
• [4] Spintronics in organic π-electronic systems
  • T. Sugawara and M. M. Matsushita
    J. Mater. Chem., 19, 1738 1753 (2009).
• [5] Molecule-based system with coexisting conductivity and magnetism and without magneticinorganic ions
  • M. M. Matsushita, H. Kawakami, T. Sugawara, M. Ogata
    Phys. Rev. B 77, 195208, (2008).
• [6] Electron Transport in Networks of Gold Nanoparticles Connected by Oligothiophene Molecular Wires
  • S. Taniguchi, M. Minamoto, M. M. Matsushita, T. Sugawara, Y. Kawada, and D. Bethell
    J. Mater. Chem., 16, 3459-3465 (2006).
• [7] Current-Induced Low-Resistance State and Its Crystal Structure of a TTF-Based Dimeric Donor Salt.
  • M. M. Matsushita and T. Sugawara.
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 12450-12451 (2005).
• [8] Formation of self-assembled monolayer of phenylthiol carrying nitronyl nitroxide on gold surface.
  • M. M. Matsushita, N. Ozaki, T. Sugawara, F. Nakamura, and M. Hara.
    Chem. Lett., 2002, 596-597.
• [9] Photoresponsive Coordination Assembly with a Versatile Logs-Stacking Channel Structure Based on Redox-Active Ligand and Cupric Ion.
  • J. Zhang, M. M. Matsushita, X. X. Kong, J. Abe, and T. Iyoda
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 12105-12106 (2001).
• [10] EPR and density functional studies of light-induced radical pairs in a single crystal of a hexaarylbiimidazolyl derivative.
  • J. Abe, T. Sano, M. Kawano, Y. Ohashi, M. M. Matsushita, and T. Iyoda.
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 40, 580-582 (2001).
• [11] Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Ferromagnet.
  • M. M. Matsushita, A. Izuoka, T. Sugawara, T. Kobayashi, N. Wada, N. Takeda, and M. Ishikawa
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 119, 4369-4379 (1997).
• [12] Intramolecular Exchange Interaction in a Novel Cross-Conjugated Spin System Composed of π-Ion Radical and Nitronyl Nitroxide
  • R. Kumai, M. M. Matsushita, A. Izuoka, and T. Sugawara
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 116, 4523-4524 (1994).