KAWANO Lab.

Ryogo Higashi, Izumi Shibayama, Jiajue Ji, Tao Ren, Iiro Kiiski, Nanami Takeuchi and Ryuji Kawano

Curr. Opin. Biotechnol., 2026, 97, 103394. DOI:10.1016/j.copbio.2025.103394

Soma Emura, †Nanami Takeuchi, Tomoko Ohshima, Kazuhito Satomura, and †Ryuji Kawano

ChemRxiv, 2025. DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-tcgk9

Zugui Peng, Masataka Usami, Ayaka Nakada, Yusuke Sekiya, Shoko Fujita, Batsaikhan Mijiddorj, Izuru Kawamura, Ryuji Kawano

ACS Nano, 2025. DOI:10.1021/acsnano.5c15080

Shoji Iwabuchi, Kengo Kurematsu, Kazuya Yokoo, Yusuke Sakai, Yoshihiro Shimizu, and Ryuji Kawano

ChemRxiv, 2025. DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-w3m81

Nhung Thi Hong Nguyen, Shoko Fujita, Nanami Takeuchi, Ryuji Kawano, Takanari Inoue

BioRxiv, 2025. DOI:10.1101/2025.08.26.672490

†Nanami Takeuchi, †Iiro Kiiski, Shoko Fujita, Alexandre Legand, Tomoki Tateishi, Reiko Sakaguchi, Tomoko Inose, Kenji Usui, Shuhei Furukawa, Ryuji Kawano (†: equal contribution)

ChemRxiv, 2025. DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-b65h5

De Novo Design of α-helical Peptide Nanopores for Single-molecule Detection using Helix Packing Motifs

Zugui Peng, Masataka Usami, Ayaka Nakada, Yusuke Sekiya, Shoko Fujita, Batsaikhan Mijiddorj, Izuru Kawamura, and Ryuji Kawano

ACS Nano, 2025, accepted.

Shunji Kosaka, Jokichi Fukushima, Nanami Takeuchi, Noriko Miyamoto, Liliana de Campo, Ryuji Kawano, and Tomoki Nishimura

Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 16522-16533. DOI:10.1039/D5SC04256A

Sotaro Takiguchi, Nanami Takeuchi, Harune Suzuki, Masayuki Ohara, Ken Komiya and Ryuji Kawano

Small, 2025, 21, 34. DOI:10.1002/smll.202501560

Ping Liu, Masayuki Honda and Ryuji Kawano
Small Methods, 2025, 9, 8. DOI:10.1002/smtd.202401760

Toru Yoshida, Chie Monma, Yuki Ninomiya, Sotaro Takiguchi, Shoko Fujita, Yuto Uchida, Noriaki Sakoda, Vladimir A. Karginov, Jun-ichi Kishikawa, Tomohito Yamada, Ryuji Kawano & Hideaki Tsuge
Commun. Biol. 2025, 8, 1102. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-025-08519-5

Hiroaki Kihara, Mikiyoshi Sato and Ryuji Kawano
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2025, 27, 12483-12493. DOI: 10.1039/D4CP04782F

Jiajue Ji, Shuma Kawai, Rina Takagi, Keiichiro Koiwai, Ryuji Kawano, and Yoshiyuki Tagawa
Lab Chip, 2025, 25, 2644-2653. DOI:10.1039/D5LC00149H

Mitsuki Miyagi, Misa Yamaji, Nina Kurokawa, Masafumi Yohda, and Ryuji Kawano
Small Methods, 2025, 2401562. DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202401562

Sotaro Takiguchi, Nanami Takeuchi, Vasily Shenshin, Guillaume Gines, Anthony J. Geno, Jeff Nivala, Yannick Rondelez, Ryuji Kawano
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2025, 54, 8-32. doi:10.1039/d3cs00396e

Misa Yamaji, Mauro Chinappi, Blasco Morozzo della Rocca, Kenji Usui, Ryuji Kawano
Anal. Chem. 2025, 97, 4, 2044–2051. DOI:10.1021/acs.analchem.4c04150

Yuki Kobayashi, Honoka Hashizume, Sotaro Takiguchi, Jiajue Ji, Ryuji Kawano, Keiichiro Koiwai, Haru Yamamoto, Mohamed Elbadawy, Tsutomu Omatsu, Amira Abugomaa, Masahiro Kaneda, Tatsuya Usui & Kazuaki Sasaki
Sci. Rep., 2025, 15, 39. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-84297-0

Jiajue Ji, Ryuji Kawano
Preprint in ChemRxiv 2024, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-4gnff-v2

Masataka Usami, Zugui Peng, Yusuke Sekiya, Batsaikhan Mijiddorj, Izuru Kawamura, Ryuji Kawano
Preprint in ChemRxiv 2024, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-wzql1

Toshihisa Osaki, Koki Kamiya, Ryuji Kawano, Kaori Kuribayashi-Shigetomi, Shoji Takeuchi
Small Structures. 2024;5(6). doi:10.1002/sstr.202300543

Kayano Izumi, Jiajue Ji, Keiichiro Koiwai, Ryuji Kawano
ACS Omega 2024, 9, 9, 10958-10966. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c10346

Zugui Peng, Shoji Iwabuchi, Kayano Izumi, Sotaro Takiguchi, Misa Yamaji, Shoko Fujita, Harune Suzuki, Fumika Kambara, Genki Fukasawa, Aileen Cooney, Lorenzo Di Michele, Yuval Elani, Tomoaki Matsuura, Ryuji Kawano
Lab on a Chip 2024, 24, 996-1029. DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00860F

Yuri Numaguchi†, Kaori Tsukakoshi†, Nanami Takeuchi, Yuki Suzuki, Kazunori Ikebukuro, Ryuji Kawano (†equal contribution)
PNAS Nexus 2024, 3, 1, pgad437, DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad437

Hirohito Yamazaki, Zugui Peng, Ryuji Kawano, Kan Shoji
Biophysics and Physicobiology 2023, e210003, DOI: 10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v21.0003

Izuru Kawamura, Ryuji Kawano, Tomoaki Matsuura
Biophysics and Physicobiology 2023, e200042, DOI: 10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v20.0042

Yuki Takechi‑Haraya, Takashi Ohgita, Akiko Usui, Kazuchika Nishitsuji, Kenji Uchimura, Yasuhiro Abe, Ryuji Kawano, Monika I. Konaklieva, Mart Reimund, Alan T. Remaley, Yoji Sato, Ken‑ichi Izutsu, Hiroyuki Saito
Scientific Reports 2023, 13, 19396, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-46754-0

Hideya Nakamura, Takumi Okamura, Masaya Tajima, Ryuji Kawano, Misa Yamaji, Shuji Ohsaki, Satoru Watano
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2023, 25, 32356-32363. DOI: 10.1039/D3CP03281G

Sotaro Takiguchi, Fumika Kambara, Mika Tani, Tsuyoshi Sugiura, Ryuji Kawano
Analytical Chemistry 2023, 95, 39, 14675–14685, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02560

Takahito Ito, Wakana Hashimoto, Nobumichi Ohoka, Takashi Misawa, Takao Inoue, Ryuji Kawano, Yosuke Demizu
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2023, 9, 8, 4654–4661, DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c00759

†Asuka Tada, †Nanami Takeuchi, Kan Shoji, Ryuji Kawano
(†equal contribution)
Analytical Chemistry 2023, 95, 26, 9805–9812, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c00573

Kayano Izumi, Chihiro Saito, Ryuji Kawano
Micromachines 2023, 14(2), 373, DOI: 10.3390/mi14020373

Shoko Fujita, Izuru Kawamura, Ryuji Kawano
ACS Nano 2023, 17, 4, 3358-3367. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c07970

Nanami Takeuchi, Moe Hiratani, Ryuji Kawano
JACS Au 2022, 2, 8, 1829-1838, DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00117

Yuki Takechi-Haraya, Takashi Ohgita, Mana Kotani, Hiroki Kono, Chihiro Saito, Hiroko Tamagaki-Asahina, Kazuchika Nishitsuji,
Kenji Uchimura, Takeshi Sato, Ryuji Kawano, Kumiko Sakai-Kato, Ken-ichi Izutsu, and Hiroyuki Saito
Scientific Reports 2022, 12, 4959, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08876-9

†Mitsuki Miyagi, †Sotaro Takiguchi, Kazuaki Hakamada, Masafumi Yohda, Ryuji Kawano
(†equal contribution)
Proteomics 2022, 22, 5-6, 2100070, DOI: 10.1002/pmic.202100070
(Contribution to a Special Issue on "Protein detection and characterization with nanopore sensors" )

Keisuke Shimizu, Batsaikhan Mijiddorj, Masataka Usami, Ikuro Mizoguchi, Shuhei Yoshida, Shiori Akayama, Yoshio Hamada,
Akifumi Ohyama, Kenji Usui, Izuru Kawamura, Ryuji Kawano
Nature Nanotechnology 2022, 17, 67-75,
DOI: 10.1038/s41565-021-01008-w

Natsumi Takai, Kan Shoji, Tei Maki, Ryuji Kawano
Micromachines 2021, 12, 1135, DOI: 10.3390/mi12091135
(Contribution to a Special Issue on "Frontiers in Micromachines in Japan")

Keiichiro Koiwai, Takashi Koyama, Soichiro Tsuda, Atsushi Toyoda, Kiyoshi Kikuchi, Hiroaki Suzuki, Ryuji Kawano
eLife 2021, 10, e66954, DOI: 10.7554/eLife.66954

Sotaro Takiguchi and Ryuji Kawano
Nanoscale 2021, 13, 6192-6200, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR09031J

Taishi Tonooka, Toshihisa Osaki, Koji Sato, Ryuji Kawano, Shoji Takeuchi
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2021, 334, 129643, DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2021.129643

Motoharu Hirano, Chihiro Saito, Hidetomo Yokoo, Chihiro Goto, Ryuji Kawano, Takashi Misawa, Yosuke Demizu
Molecules 2021, 26(2), 444, DOI: 10.3390/molecules26020444

Motoharu Hirano, Chihiro Saito, Chihiro Goto, Hidetomo Yokoo, Ryuji Kawano, Takashi Misawa, and Yosuke Demizu
ChemPlusChem 2020, 85, 12, 2731-2736, DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000749

Mauro Chinappi, Misa Yamaji, Ryuji Kawano, and Fabio Cecconi
ACS Nano 2020, 14, 11, 15816-15828, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c06981

Nobuki Takeuchi, Shunsuke Nakajima, Koki Yoshida, Ryuji Kawano, Yutaka Hori, and Hiroaki OnoeSoft Robotics 2020, 0, 0, DOI: 10.1089/soro.2020.0038

Kan Shoji and Ryuji Kawano
Micromachines 2020, 11(9), 788, DOI: 10.3390/mi11090788

Kan Shoji, Ryuji Kawano, and Ryan J. White
Langmuir 2020, 36, 34, 10012–10021, DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00833

Shougo Fujiwara, Kan Shoji, Chiho Watanabe, Ryuji Kawano, Miho Yanagisawa
Micromachines 2020, 11(7), 701, DOI: 10.3390/mi11070701

Kan Shoji, Ryuji Kawano, and Ryan J. White
Analytical Chemistry 2020, 92, 15, 10856-10862, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02720

Ping Liu and Ryuji Kawano
Small Methods 2020, 2000101, DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202000101

Takashi Ohgita, Yuki Takechi-Haraya, Keisuke Okada, Saki Matsui, Misaki Takeuchi, Chihiro Saito, Kazuchika Nishitsuji, Kenji Uchimura, Ryuji Kawano, Koki Hasegawa, Kumiko Sakai-Kato, Kenichi Akaji, Ken-ichi Izutsu, Hiroyuki Saito
BBA - Biomembranes 2020, 183403, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183403

Yoko Tanaka, Yu Kitamura, Ryuji Kawano, Kan Shoji, Moe Hiratani, Tetsuo Honma, Hikaru Takaya, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, Takaaki Tsuruoka, Daisuke Tanaka
Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 41, 8889-8896, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002105

Takafumi Ueno, Kento Niwase, Daisho Tsubokawa, Kosuke Kikuchi, Natsumi Takai, Tadaomi Furuta, Ryuji Kawano, Takayuki Uchihashi
Nanoscale 2020, 12(15), 8166-8173, DOI: 10.1039/d0nr01121e

Masaki Matsushita, Kan Shoji, Natsumi Takai, Ryuji Kawano
J. Phys. Chem. B., 2020, 124, 12, 2410-2416, DOI：10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b11096

Kan Shoji and Ryuji Kawano
Lab on a Chip, 2019, 19, 3472-3480, DOI :10.1039/C9LC00788A

Daisuke Ishikawa, Yuki Suzuki, Chikako Kurokawa, Masayuki Ohara, Misato Tsuchiya, Masamune Morita, Miho Yanagisawa,Masayuki Endo, Ryuji Kawano, Masahiro Takinoue
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 43, DOI : 10.1002/anie.201908392

Naoki Saigo, Kayano Izumi, and Ryuji Kawano
ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 8, 13124-13130, DOI：10.1021/acsomega.9b01033

Yusuke Sekiya, Keisuke Shimizu, Yuki Kitahashi, Akifumi Ohyama, Izuru Kawamura, and Ryuji Kawano
ACS Appl. Bio. Mater., 2019, 2, 4, 1542-1548, DOI:10.1021/acsabm.8b00835

Kan Shoji, Ryuji Kawano, and Ryan J. White
ACS Nano, 2019, 13(2), 2606-2614, DOI :10.1021/acsnano.8b09667

Koki Kamiya, Toshihisa Osaki, Kenji Nakao, Ryuji Kawano, Satoshi Fujii, Nobuo Misawa, Masatoshi Hayakawa, and Shoji Takeuchi
Scientific Reports, 2018, 17498, DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-35316-4

Ryuji Kawano
Biotechnology Journal, 2018, 1800091, DOI: 10.1002/biot.201800091

Koki Yoshida, Shunsuke Nakajima, Ryuji Kawano, Hiroaki Onoe
Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 2018, 272, 361, DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2018.05.174

Kan Shoji and Ryuji Kawano
Micromachines, 2018, 9(5), 253, DOI: 10.3390/mi9050253

Yusuke Sekiya, Shungo Sakashita, Keisuke Shimizu, Kenji Usui and Ryuji Kawano
Analyst, 2018, 143(15), 3540-3543, DOI: 10.1039/C8AN00243F

Moe Hiratani and Ryuji Kawano
Analytical Chemistry, 2018, 90(14), 8531-8537, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01586

Mayu Hirayama, Kazuhiro Tsuruta, Akifumi Kawamura, Masayuki Ohara, Kan Shoji, Ryuji Kawano and Takashi Miyata
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2018, 28(3), DOI: 10.1088/1361-6439/aaa876

Koki Kamiya, Yuta Abe, Kosuke Inoue, Toshihisa Osaki, Ryuji Kawano, Norihisa Miki and Shoji Takeuchi
Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2018, 7(6), 2192-2659, DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201701208

Ryuji Kawano
ChemPhysChem, 2018, 19(4), 359-366, DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201700982

Hirokazu Watanabe, Alberto Gubbiotti, Mauro Chinappi, Natsumi Takai, Koji Tanaka, Kouhei Tsumoto and Ryuji Kawano
Analytical Chemistry, 2017, 89(21), 11269–11277, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b01550

Haolin Zhang, Moe Hiratani, Kentaro Nagaoka and Ryuji Kawano
Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 16124-16127, DOI: 10.1039/C7NR04215A

Thittaya Kunthic, Hirokazu Watanabe, Ryuji Kawano, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Boonhiang Promdonkoy, Min Yao and Panadda Boonserm
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, 2017, 1859, 2234-2241, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.08.018

Hiroki Yasuga, Kosuke Inoue, Ryuji Kawano, Masahiro Takinoue, Toshihisa Osaki, Koki Kamiya, Norihisa Miki and Shoji Takeuchi
PLOS ONE, 2017, 12(7), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180876

Masayuki Ohara, Masahiro Takinoue and Ryuji Kawano
ACS Synthetic Biology, 2017, 6(7), 1427-1432, DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.7b00101

Shunsuke Nakajima, Ryuji Kawano and Hiroaki Onoe
Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 3710-3719, DOI: 10.1039/C7SM00279C

Ryuji Kawano, Nao Horike, Yuh Hijikata, Mio Kondo, Arnau Carné-Sánchez, Patrick Larpent, Shuya Ikemura, Toshihisa Osaki, Koki Kamiya, Susumu Kitagawa, Shoji Takeuchi and Shuhei Furukawa
Chem, 2017, 2, 393-403, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2017.02.002

Moe Hiratani, Masayuki Ohara and Ryuji Kawano
Analytical Chemistry, 2017, 89(4), 2312-2317, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b03830

Kazuaki Hakamada, Hirokazu Watanabe, Ryuji Kawano, Keiichi Noguchi and Masafumi Yohda
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (BBRC), 2017, 482(4), 700-705, DOI:10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.11.097

Shuhei Furukawa, Nao Horike, Mio Kondo, Yuh Hijikata, Arnau Carné-Sánchez, Patrick Larpent, Nicolas Louvain, Stéphane Diring, Hiroshi Sato, Ryotaro Matsuda, Ryuji Kawano and Susumu Kitagawa
Inorganic Chemistry, 2016, 55 (21), 10843–10846, DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02091

†Hidetoshi Takahashi, †Yun Jung Heo, Nobuchika Arakawa, Tesuo Kan, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Ryuji Kawano and Isao Shimoyama (†equal contribution)
Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2016, 2, 16049, DOI:10.1038/micronano.2016.49

Koki Kamiya, Ryuji Kawano, Toshihisa Osaki, Kazunari Akiyoshi and Shoji Takeuchi
Nature Chemistry, 2016, 8, 881–889, DOI:10.1038/nchem.2537

Masayuki Ohara, Yusuke Sekiya and Ryuji Kawano
Electrochemistry, 2016, 84(5), 338-341, DOI: 10.5796/electrochemistry.84.338

†Hiroki Yasuga,† Ryuji Kawano, Masahiro Takinoue, Yutaro Tsuji, Toshihisa Osaki, Koki Kamiya, Norihisa Miki and Shoji Takeuchi
(†equal contribution)
PLoS One., 2016, 11(2):e0149667, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149667

Hirokazu Watanabe and Ryuji Kawano
Analytical Sciences, 2016, 32(1), 57-60, DOI: 10.2116/analsci.32.57

Y. Abe, K. Kamiya, T. Osaki, H. Sasaki, R. Kawano, N. Miki and S. Takeuchi
Analyst, 2015, 140, 5557-5562, DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02201G

M. Tani, R. Kawano, K. Kamiya & K. Okumura
Scientific Reports, 2015, 5, 10263, DOI: 10.1038/srep10263

Y. Shiraki, K. Tsuruta, J. Morimoto, C. Ohba, A. Kawamura, R. Yoshida, R. Kawano, T. Uragami and T. Miyata
Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2015, 36: 515–519, DOI: 10.1002/marc.201400676

M. Teshima, T. Seki, R. Kawano, S. Takeuchi, S. Yoshioka and Y. Takeoka
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2015, 3, 769 - 777, DOI: 10.1039/C4TC01929F

R. Kawano, Y. Tsuji, K. Kamiya, T. Kodama, T. Osaki, N. Miki, S. Takeuchi
PLoS ONE, 2014, 9(7): e102427, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102427

T. Tonooka, K. Sato, T. Osaki, R. Kawano, S. Takeuchi
Small, 2014, 10, No. 16, 3275–3282, DOI: 10.1002/smll.201470093 (Selected as the cover of issue)

†Y. Tsuji,†R. Kawano, T. Osaki, K. Kamiya, N. Miki, S. Takeuchi
(†equal contribution)
Anal. Chem., 2013, 85, 10913-10919.

R. Kawano, Y. Tsuji, K. Sato, T. Osaki, K. Kamiya, M. Hirano, T. Ide, N. Miki, S. Takeuchi
Scientific Reports, 2013, 3: 1995, DOI: 10.1038/srep01995.

T. Kodama, T. Osaki, R. Kawano, K. Kamiya, N. Miki, S. Takeuchi
Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2013, 47, 206-212.

†Y. Tsuji,†R. Kawano, T. Osaki, K. Kamiya, N. Miki, S. Takeuchi
(†equal contribution)
Lab on a Chip, 2013, 13, 1476-1481. (Selected as the inside cover of the issue)

A glass fiber sheet-based electroosmotic lateral flow immunoassay for point-of-care testing

Y. Oyama, T. Osaki, K. Kamiya, R. Kawano, T. Honjoh, H. Shibata, T. Ide, S. Takeuchi
Lab on a Chip 2012, 12, 5155-5159. (Selected as the inside cover of the issue)

Microfluidic Control of the Internal Morphology in Nanofiber-based Macroscopic Cables

D. Kiriya, R. Kawano, H. Onoe, S. Takeuchi
Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 7942-7947. (Selected as the inside cover of the issue)

Single-vesicle estimation of ATP-binding cassette transporters in microfluidic channels

H. Sasaki, R. Kawano, T. Osaki, K. Kamiya, S. Takeuchi
Lab on a Chip 2012, 12, 702-704.

Simple and Stable Lipid Bilayer Formation: A Droplets Contacting Method using Parylene Micropores for Multiple Ion Channel Recordings (in Japanese)

Y. Tsuji, R. Kawano, T. Osaki, H. Sasaki, N. Miki, S. Takeuchi
IEEJ Trans.E. 2011, 131, 419-424.

Rapid Detection of a Cocaine-Binding Aptamer Using Biological Nanopores on a Chip

R. Kawano, T. Osaki, H. Sasaki, M. Takinoue, S. Yoshizawa, S. Takeuchi
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 8474-8477.

Electrical Access to Lipid Bilayer Membrane Microchambers for Transmembrane Analysis

T. Osaki, Y. Watanabe, R. Kawano, H. Sasaki, S. Takeuchi
Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2011, 20, 797-799.

Lipid-coated Microdroplet Array for in vitro Protein Synthesis

T. Osaki, S. Yoshizawa, R. Kawano, H. Sasaki, S. Takeuchi
Anal. Chem. 2010, 83, 3186-3191.

Quartz Nanopore Membranes for Suspended Bilayer Ion Channel Recordings

A. Schibel, T. Edwards, R. Kawano, W. Lan, and H. White
Anal. Chem. 2010, 82, 7259–7266.

Parylene-coating in PDMS channels to prevent the absorption of fluorescent dyes

H. Sasaki, H. Onoe, T. Osaki, R. Kawano, S. Takeuchi
Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical 2010 150, 478-482.

A rupture detection algorithm for the DNA translocation detection through biological nanopore

T. Osaki, J. P. Barbot, R. Kawano, H. Sasaki, O. Francais, B. Le Pioufle, S. Takeuchi
Procedia Engineering 2010 5, 796-799.

A Polymer-based Nanopore-integrated Microfluidic Device for Generating Stable Bilayer Lipid Membranes

R. Kawano, T. Osaki, H. Sasaki, S. Takeuchi
Small 2010, 6, 2100-2104. (selected as the inside cover of the issue)

Monitoring the Escape of DNA from a Nanopore Using an Alternating Current Signal

D. K. Lathrop, E. N. Ervin, G. A. Barrall, M. G. Keehan, R. Kawano, M. A. Krupka, H. S. White, and A. H. Hibbs
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 1878-1885.

Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells using Polymerized Ionic Liquid Electrolyte and Platinum-Free Counter Electrode

R. Kawano*, T. Katakabe, H. Shimosawa, M. K. Nazeeruddinn, M. Gratzel, M. Watanabe
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 1916-1921.

Controlling the Translocation of Single-Stranded DNA through α-Hemolysin Ion Channels Using Viscosity

R. Kawano*, A. Schibel, C. Cauley, H. S. White
Langmuir, 2009, 25 (2), 1233–1237.

Simultaneous Alternating and Direct Current Readout of Protein Ion Channel Blocking Events using Glass Nanopore Membranes

E. N. Ervin, R. Kawano, R. J. White, H. S. White
Anal. Chem. 2008, 80, 2069-2076.

Acceleration of　Redox Diffusion and Charge Transfer Rates in an Ionic Liquid with Nanoparticles Addition

T. Katakabe, R. Kawano, M. Watanabe
Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., 2007, 10, F23-F25.

Dye-Sensitized TiO2 Solar Cells using Imidazolium-Type Ionic Liquid Crystal systems as Effective Electrolytes

N. Yamanaka, R. Kawano, W. Kubo, N. Masaki, T. Kitamura, Y. Wada, M. Watanabe, S. Yanagida
J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, 111, 4763-4769　(Most-Accessed Article: 9th, 2007).

Amphiphilic ruthenium dye as an ideal sensitizer in conversion of light to electricity using ionic liquid crystal electrolyte

R. Kawano*, Md.K. Nazeeruddin, A. Sato, M. Grätzel, M. Watanabe
Electrochem. Commun. 2007, 9, 1134-1138.

Specific Charge Transport in Ionic Liquids and Ion Gels and the Importance in Material Science

R. Kawano, H. Tokuda, T. Katakabe, H. Nakamoto, H. Kokubo, S. Imabayashi, M. Watanabe
Jpn. J. Polym. Sci. Technol., 2006, 63, 31-40. (Review, in Japanese).

Anomaly of Charge Transport of an Iodide/Tri-iodide Redox Couple in an Ionic Liquid and Its Importance in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

R. Kawano, M. Watanabe
Chem. Commun. 2005, 2107-2109.

Ionic Liquid Crystal as a Hole Transport Layer of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

N.Yamanaka, R. Kawano, W. Kubo, T. Kitamura, Y. Wada, M. Watanabe, S. Yanagida
Chem. Commun., 2005 , 740-742. (Selected as a Hot Article)

Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Using Ionic Liquid-based Electrolytes

H. Matsui, K. Okada , N. Tanabe, R. Kawano and M. Watanabe
Trans. Mater. Res. Soc. Jpn., 2004, 29, 1017-1020.

Application of an Ionic Liquid-Based Electrolyte to a 100x100 mm2 Sized Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell

H. Matsui, K. Okada, T. Kawashima, T. Ezure, N. Tanabe, R. Kawano and M. Watanabe
J. Photochem. Photobio. A, Chem., 2004, 164, 129-135.

High Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells using Ionic Liquids as Their Electrolytes

R. Kawano, H. Matsui, C. Matsuyama, A. Sato, M. A. B. H. Susan, N. Tanabe, M. Watanabe
J. Photochem. Photobio. A, Chem., 2004, 164, 87-92.

Equilibrium Potentials and Charge Transport of an I-/I3- Redox Couple in an Ionic Liquid

R. Kawano, M. Watanabe
Chem. Commun. 2003, 330-331.

Intramolecular Magnetic Interaction of Phenylene-Linked Bis-β-diketone Metal Complexes

M. M. Matsushita, T. Yasuda, R. Kawano, T. Kawai, T. Iyoda
Chemistry Letters, 2000, No.7, 812-813.