Masahiro Yamashita

Masahiro Yamashita
Professor

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

Address: 6-3 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku,Sendai, Sendai

980-8578, Japan

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Education

1982. 
      Kyushu University (PhD)
      

Professional experience

1982 JSPS Post Doctor of Institute for Molecular Science

1983 Assistant Professor of Kyushu University

1987 Associate Professor of Nagoya University

1989-1990 Visiting Professor of University College London

1998 Professor of Nagoya University

1999 Professor of Tokyo Metropolitan University

2002-2004 Visiting Professor of Institute for Molecular Science

2004- Professor of Tohoku University

2007- Concurrent Professor of Nanjing University (China) , Zhenjiang University

(China), and Cagliari University (Italy)
Awards & Distinctions

2002. 
      Award of Inoue Scientific Foundation
      

2005. 
      The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work for 2005
      

2009- Associate Member of Science Council of Japan
Research Interests

1. Quantum Molecular Spintronics Based on Single-Molecule Magnets

2. Nano-Wire Metal Complexes with Strong Electron Correlations
Selected Publications

[1]Gigantic Optical Nonlinearlity in One-Dimensional Mott-Hubbard Insulators, H. Kishida, H. Matsuzaki,

H. Okamoto, T. Manabe, M. Yamashita, Y. Taguchi, and Y. Tokura, Nature, 405, 929-932(2000)

[2]Observation and Electric Current Control of a Local Spin in a Single-Molecule Magnet, T. Komeda, H.

Isshiki, Y. F. Zhang, N. Lorente, K. Katoh, Y. Yoshida, M. Yamashita, and B. K. Breedlove, Nature

Commun., 2, 217-223 (2011)

[3]New approach of constructing single-chain magnet: Canted antiferromagnetic manganese chains isolated

by H-bonds of nucleobase moieties, Z.Wei-Xiong,T. Shiga, H. Miyasaka, and M. Yamashita, J. Am.

Chem. Soc., 134, 6908-6912(2012)

[4]Spin Doping of Individual Molecules by Using Single-Atom Manipulation, R. Robles, N. Lorente, H.

Isshiki, J. Liu, K. Katoh, M. Yamashita, and T. Komeda, Nano. Lett., 12, 3609-3612(2012)

[5]Kondo resonance Observation of a Stable radical Molecule of 1,3,5-Triphenyl-6-Oxoverdazyl(TOV)

Adsorbed on Au(111), T. Komeda, H. Isshiki, J. Liu, T. Morita, K. Katoh, and M. Yamashita, J. Am.

Chem. Soc., 135, 651(2013)