Publications

Updated in Nov, 2024

Original Articles

  1. Substrate-Dependent Role of a Pd Dopant in PdAu12 Catalysts in the Oxidation of p-Substituted Benzyl Alcohols: Promotion of Hydride Abstraction and Reductive Activation of O2
    S. Masuda, H. Hirai, P. Zhao, S. Takano, M. Ehara, T. Tsukuda
    ACS Catal. 14, 17123-17131 (2024).
    DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c03871
  2. Circularly Polarized Luminescence Induction on a Tb(III) Complex with a tris(o-tert-Butylaryloxide)-Functionalized 1,4,7-Triazacyclononane Ligand Coordinating Chiral 1-Phenylethylamine
    S. Shirai, S. Muratsugu, H. Matsui, K. Harada, M. Ehara, H. Nakai, M. Tada
    Chem. Commun. in press (2024).
    DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05191B
  3. Optimization of Metal-Support Cooperation for Boosting the Performance of Supported Gold Catalysts for Borylation of C–O and C–N Bonds
    H. Miura, K. Imoto, H. Nishio, A. Junkaew, Y. Tsunesada, Y. Fukata, M. Ehara, T. Shishido
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 27528-27541 (2024).
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c08340 (Supplementary Cover)
  4. Single-gold Etching at the Hypercarbon Atom of C-centred Hexagold(I) Clusters Protected by Chiral N-heterocyclic Carbenes
    X-L. Pei, P. Zhao, H. Ube, Z. Lei, M. Ehara, M. Shionoya
    Nature Commun. 15, 5024 (2024).
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49295-w
    Editors’ Highlights “Inorganic and Physical Chemistry”
  5. ‘Passivated Precursor’ Approach to All-Alkynyl-Protected Gold Nanoclusters and Total Structure Determination of Au130
    Z. Lei, P. Zhao, Z.-J. Guan, Z.-A. Nan, M. Ehara, Q.-M. Wang
    Chem. Eur. J. 30, e202401094 (2024).
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401094
  6. Theoretical Study on the Mechanism of Alcohol Photooxidation on Nb2O5 surface
    W.-W. Wang, T. Tanaka, M. Ehara
    J. Comput. Chem., 45, 2128-2135 (2024).
    DOI: 10.1002/jcc.27435.
  7. Induced Chirality at Surface: Fixation of a dynamic M/P Invertible Helical Co3 complex on SiO2
    S. Muratsugu, K. Sawaguchi, T. Shiraogawa, S. Chiba, Y. Sakata, S. Shirai, H. Baba, M. Ehara, S. Akine, M. Tada
    Chem. Commun. 60, 2094-2097 (2024).
    DOI: 10.1039/D3CC05534E
  8. Investigation of the Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction on Palladium H-Beta Zeolite with DFT Calculations
    B. Boekfa, T. Maihom, M. Ehara, J. Limtrakul
    Sci. Rep. 14, 611 (2024).
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-51116-x
  9. Element Effects in Endohedral Metal−Metal-bonding Fullerenes M2@C82 (M = Sc, Y, La, Lu)
    Y. Shui, D. Liu, P. Zhao, X. Zhao, M. Ehara, X. Lu, T. Akasaka, T. Yang
    J. Chem. Phys. 159, 244302 (2023).
    DOI: 10.1063/5.0180309
  10. Selective Synthesis of Tightly- and Loosely-twisted Metallomacrocycle Isomers Towards Precise Control of Helicity Inversion Motion
    T. Nakajima, S. Tashiro, M. Ehara, M. Shionoya
    Nature Commun. 14, 7868 (2023). (Press release)
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43658-5
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  11. Acceleration and Deceleration of Chirality Inversion Speeds in a Dynamic Helical Metallocryptand by Alkali Metal Ion Binding
    S. A. Ikbal, P. Zhao, M. Ehara, S. Akine
    Science Advances, 9, edaj5536 (2023). (Press Release)
    DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj5536
  12. Ag6Cu8(C=CAr)14(DPPB)2: A Rigid Ligand Co-Protected Bimetallic Silver(I)-Copper(I) Cluster with Room-Temperature Luminescence
    J.-L. Jin, S.-F. Zhang, P. Zhao, Y.-L. Shen, J.-J. Fang, Z. Liu, M. Ehara, L.-W. Mi, Y.-P. Xie, X. Lu
    Chem. Asian. J, 18, e202300844 (2023).
    DOI: 10.1002/asia.202300844
  13. Mechanistic Studies of Regiocontrolled Bisaddition of Fullerenes Driven by Oriented External Electric Fields
    W.W. Wang, X. Zhao, M. Ehara
    J. Org. Chem. 88, 15783-15789 (2023).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01850
  14. Clarifying the Electronic Structure of Anion-templated Silver Nanoclusters by Optical Absorption Spectroscopy and Theoretical Calculation
    Y. Horita, S. Hossain, M. Ishimi, P. Zhao, M. Sera, T. Kawawaki, S. Takano, Y. Niihori, T. Nakamura, T. Tsukuda, M. Ehara, Y. Negishi
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 23533-23540 (2023).
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07194
  15. Reversible Luminochromism of an N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Protected Carbon-Centered Hexagold(I) Cluster by Solvent- and Mechanical-Stimuli
    L.H. Foianesi-Takeshige, X.-L. Pei, P. Zhao, H. Ube, Z. Lei, M. Ehara, M. Shionoya
    Adv. Opt. Mater. 11, 2301650 (2023). (Inside Back Cover)
    DOI: 10.1002/adom.202301650
  16. Control of Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Photoluminescence via Competition between Thermal Rearrangement and Elimination
    Y. Maeda, R. Morooka, P. Zhao, M. Yamada, M. Ehara
    Chem. Commun. 59, 11648-11651 (2023).(Front Cover)
    DOI: 10.1039/D3CC02965D
  17. Selective Emergence of Photoluminescence at Telecommunication Wavelengths from Cyclic Perfluoroalkylated Carbon Nanotubes
    Y. Maeda, Y. Suzuki, Y. Konno, P. Zhao, N. Kikuchi, M. Yamada, M. Mitsuishi, A. T. H. Dao, H. Kasai, M. Ehara
    Commun. Chem. 6, 159-1-10 (2023). (Press Release)
    DOI: 10.1038/s42004-023-00950-1
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  18. Photoluminescence Control by Atomically Precise Surface Metallization of C-centered Hexagold(I) Clusters Using N-heterocyclic Carbenes
    Z. Lei, P. Zhao, X-L. Pei, H. Ube, M. Ehara, M. Shionoya
    Chem. Sci. 14, 6207-6215 (2023).
    DOI: 10.1039/D3SC01976D (Front Cover)
  19. Photoluminescence Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Influenced by the Tether Length of Reagents with Two Reactive Sites
    Y. Konno, R. Morooka, T. Morishita, P. Zhao, N. Miyasaka, K. Ono, A. Noda, D. Uchida, R. Iwasaki, M. Yamada, M. Ehara, Y. Maeda
    Chem. Eur. J. 29, e202300766 (2023).
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300766
  20. Theoretical Insights into the Support Effect on the NO Activation over Platinum-Group Metal Catalysts
    P. Zhao, M. Ehara
    J. Chem. Phys. 158, 134701 (2023).
    DOI: 10.1063/5.0145586
  21. Controlling Near-Infrared Photoluminescence Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Substituent Effect in the Stepwise Chemical Functionalization
    Y. Maeda, R. Morooka, P. Zhao, D. Uchida, Y. Konno, M. Yamada, M. Ehara
    J. Phys. Chem. C. 127, 2360–2370 (2023).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c06153  (Cover)
  22. Synergetic Surface Modification of Tin-Lead Perovskite Solar Cells
    S. Hu, P. Zhao, K. Nakano, R. D. J. Oliver, J. Pascual, J. A. Smith, T. Yamada, M. A. Truong, R. Murdey, N. Shioya, T. Hasegawa, M. Ehara, M. B. Johnston, K. Tajima, Y. Kanemitsu, H. J. Snaith, A. Wakamiya
    Advanced Materials, 35, 2208320 (2023).
    DOI: 10.1002/adma.202208320
  23. Understanding Electronic Structures, Chemical Bonding, and Fluxional Behavior of Lu2@C2n (2n = 76 - 88) by a Theoretical Study
    Y. Shui, G. Pei, P. Zhao, M. Xiong, S. Li, M. Ehara, T. Yang
    J. Chem. Phys. 157, 184306 (2022).
    DOI: 10.1063/5.0100652
  24. Inverse Design of Molecule-Metal Nanoparticle Systems Interacting with Light for the Desired Photophysical Properties
    T. Shiraogawa, G. Dall’Osto, R. Cammi, M. Ehara, S. Corni
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 24, 22768-22777 (2022).  (Open Access)
    DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02870k
  25. Surface Modification of MCr2O4 (M = Mg and Zn) by Cu-Doping: Theoretical Prediction and Experimental Observation of Enhanced Catalysis for CO Oxidation
    P. Zhao, K. Ueda, R. Sakai, M. Ehara, A. Satsuma, S. Sakaki
    Appl. Sur. Sci. 605, 154681 (2022).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.154681
  26. N-Heterocyclic Carbene-based C-centered Au(I)-Ag(I) Clusters with Intense Phosphorescence and the Organelle-selective Translocation in Cells
    Z. Lei, M. Endo, H. Ube, T. Shiraogawa, P. Zhao, K. Nagata, X.-L. Pei, T. Eguchi, T. Kamachi, M. Ehara, T. Ozawa, M. Shionoya
    Nature Commun. 13, 4288-1-9 (2022). (Press Release)
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31891-3
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  27. Substrate-Specific Activation and Long-Range Olefin Migration Catalysis at the Pd Centers in a Porous Metal-Macrocycle Framework
    M. Han, S. Tashiro, T. Shiraogawa, M. Ehara, M. Shionoya
    Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 95, 1303-1307 (2022).(Selected Paper)
    DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20220185
  28. Cluster-Geometry-Associated Metal-Metal Bonding in Trimetallic Carbide Clusterfullerenes
    S. Hu, P. Zhao, B. Li, P. Yu, L. Yang, M. Ehara, P. Jin, T. Akasaka, X. Lu
    Inorg. Chem., 61, 11277–11283 (2022).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01399
  29. Self-regulated Pathway-dependent Chirality Control of Silver Nanoclusters
    T. Nakashima, R. Tanibe, H. Yoshida, M. Ehara, M. Kuzuhara, T. Kawai
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 61, e202208273-1-8 (2022).
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.202208273
  30. Single Atom Alloys vs. Phase Separated Alloys in Cu, Ag, and Au atoms with Ni(111) and Ni, Pd, and Pt atoms with Cu(111): A Theoretical Exploration
    J. Yin, M. Ehara, S. Sakaki
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 24, 10420-10438 (2022).
    DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00578f
  31. Asymmetric Twisting of C-centered Octahedral Gold(I) Clusters by Chiral N-heterocyclic Carbene Ligation
    X.-L. Pei, P. Zhao, H. Ube, Z. Lei, K. Nagata, M. Ehara, M. Shionoya
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 2156–2163 (2022).
    DOI:10.1021/jacs.1c10450
  32. Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Activity of Size-Selected Platinum Subnanocluster Catalysts: Ptn (n=3-9)
    A. Ohnuma, K. Takahashi, H. Tsunoyama, T. Inoue, P. Zhao, A. Velloth, M. Ehara, N. Ichikuni, M. Tabuchi, A. Nakajima
    Catal. Sci. Tech. 12, 1400-1407 (2022). (Back Cover) .
    DOI:10.1039/D1CY00573A
  33. Theoretical Study of the Propene Combustion Catalysis of Chromite Spinels: Reaction Mechanism and Relation between the Activity and Electronic Structure of Spinels
    P. Zhao, M. Ehara, A. Satsuma, S. Sakaki
    J. Phys. Chem. C, 125, 25983-26002 (2021).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c06760
  34. Origin of the Aggregation-Induced Phosphorescence of Platinum(II) Complexes: The Role of the Metal–Metal Interactions on Emission Decay in the Crystalline State
    R. Inoue, T. Naota, M. Ehara
    Chem. Asian J. 16, 3129-3140 (2021).(Front Cover)
    DOI: 10.1002/asia.202100887
  35. A Comparative Study of [Ag11(iPrS)9(dppb)3]2+ and [Ag15S(sBuS)12(dppb)3]+: Templating effect on Structure and Photoluminescence
    Y.-L. Shen, P. Zhao, J. Jin, J. Han, C. Liu, Z. Liu, M. Ehara, Y.-P. Xie, X. Lu
    Dalton Trans., 50, 10561-10566 (2021).
    DOI: 10.1039/D1DT01111A
  36. Facet-Dependent Catalytic Activity of Anatase TiO2 for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH3: A Dispersion-Corrected Density Functional Theory Study
    A. Junkaew, M. Ehara, L. Huang, S. Namuangruk
    Appl. Catal. A, 623, 118250 (2021).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2021.118250
  37. Catalytic Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol to Benzaldehyde on Au8 and Au6Pd2 Clusters: A DFT Study on the Reaction Mechanism
    J. Kodchasee, C. Chanloi, P. Khemthong, B. Uapipatanakul, M. Ehara, K. Bobuatong
    Catalysts, 11, 720-1-14 (2021).
    DOI: 10.3390/catal11060720
  38. The Emergence of Intense Near-infrared Photoluminescence by Photoactivation of Silver Nanoclusters
    W. Ishii, S. Katao, Y. Nishikawa, Y. Okajima, A. Hatori, M. Ehara, T. Kawai, T. Nakashima
    Chem. Commun., 57, 6483-6486 (2021).
    DOI: 10.1039/D1CC02119B
  39. Lifetimes of Be32̶ and Mg32̶ Cluster Dianions
    J. U. Davis, Jr., Q.M. Phung, T. Yanai, M. Ehara, T. Sommerfeld
    J. Phys. Chem. A, 125, 3579–3588 (2021)
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c00770
  40. Attenuated Total ReflectionaFar-Ultraviolet Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Calculations of the Electronic Structure of the Top Surface and Bulk of Polyethylenes with Different Crystallinities
    Y. Morisawa, E. Tanimura, M. Ehara, H. Sato
    Appl. Spectrosc., 75, 971-979 (2021).
    DOI: 10.1177/00037028211013425
  41. Theoretical Study of NO Dissociative Adsorption onto 3d Metal Particles M55 (M = Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu): Relation between the Reactivity and Position of the Metal Element in the Periodic Table
    N. Takagi, M. Ehara, S. Sakaki
    ACS Omega 6, 4888-4898 (2021).
    DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c05838
  42. Oxidation and Storage Mechanisms for Nitrogen Oxides on Variously Terminated (001) Surfaces of SrFeO3−δ and Sr3Fe2O7−δ Perovskites
    A. Takamatsu, K. Tamai, S. Hosokawa, T. Tanaka, M. Ehara, R. Fukuda
    ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 13, 7216-7226 (2021).
    DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c20724
  43. Lithium-Bromine Exchange Reaction on C60: First Theoretical Proposal of Stable Singlet Fullerene Carbene without Heteroatom
    M. Li, Y. Zhao, K. Yuan, Y. Han, J. Zhang, Y. Wu, M. Ehara, S. Nagase, X. Zhao
    Org. Chem. Frontier 6, 1551-1562 (2021).
    DOI: 10.1039/D0QO01589J
  44. AFX Zeolite for Use as a Support of NH3-SCR Catalyst Mining through AICE Joint Research Project of Industries-Academia-Academia
    M. Ogura, Y. Shimada, T. Ohnishi, N. Nakazawa, Y. Kubota, T. Yokoi, M. Ehara, K. Shimizu, N. Tsunoji
    Catalysts, 11, 163-1-13 (2021).
    DOI: 10.3390/catal11020163
  45. Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH3 over Cu-Exchanged CHA, GME, and AFX Zeolites: A DFT Study
    P. Zhao, B. Boekfa, K. Shimizu, M. Ogura, M. Ehara
    Catal. Sci. Tech. 11, 1780-1790 (2021).
    DOI: 10.1039/d0cy02342f (Open Access)
  46. Stabilities, Electronic Structures, and Bonding Properties of 20-Electron Transition Metal Complexes (Cp)2TMO and their One-Dimensional Sandwich Molecular Wires (Cp = C5H5, C5(CH3)H4, C5(CH3)5; TM = Cr, Mo, W)
    S. Xu, M. Li, G. Pei, P. Zhao, X. Zhao, G. Wu, C. Kong, Z. Yang, M. Ehara, T. Yang
    J. Phys. Chem. A, 125, 721-730 (2021).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c07402
  47. Mechanistic Studies on Photoinduced Catalytic Olefin Migration Reactions at the Pd(II) Centers of a Porous Crystal, Metal-Macrocycle Framework
    H. Yonezawa, T. Shiraogawa, M. Han, S. Tashiro, M. Ehara, M. Shionoya
    Chem. Asian J. 16, 202-206 . (2021).(Front Cover)
    DOI: 10.1002/asia.202001306
  48. Theoretical Insight into Oxidation Catalysis of Chromite Spinel MCr2O4 (M=Mg, Co, Cu, and Zn): Volcano Plot for Oxygen-vacancy Formation and Catalytic Activity
    P. Zhao, M. Ehara, A. Satsuma, S. Sakaki
    J. Catal. 393, 30-41 (2021).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2020.11.006
  49. Substitution Effect on the Nonradiative Decay and trans → cis Photoisomerization route: A Guideline to Develop Efficient Cinnamate Based Sunscreens
    S. Kinoshita, Y. Harabuchi, Y. Inokuchi, S. Maeda, M. Ehara, K. Yamazaki, T. Ebata
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23, 834-845 (2021).
    DOI: 10.1039/D0CP04402D (Front Cover)
  50. Deep Learning Enabled Inorganic Material Generator (DING)
    Y. Pathak, K.S. Juneja, G. Varma, M. Ehara, U. Deva Priyakumar
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22, 26935-26943 (2020).
    DOI: 10.1039/D0CP03508D
  51. Stabilities, Electronic Structures and Bonding Properties of Iron Complexes (E1E2)Fe(CO)2(CNArTripp2)2 (E1E2=BF, CO, N2, CN-, or NO+)
    G. Pei, P. Zhao, S. Xu, X. Zhao, C. Kong, Z. Yang, M. Ehara, T. Yang
    ChemistryOpen 9, 1195-1201 (2020).
    DOI: 10.1002/open.202000248
  52. Resonant States in Cyanogen NCCN
    R. Nag, R. Čurík, M. Tarana, M. Polášek, M. Ehara, T. Sommerfeld, J. Fedor
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22, 23141-23147 (2020).
    DOI: 10.1039/D0CP03333B
  53. Theoretical Insight into Thermodynamically Optimal U@C84: Three-Electron Transfer Rather Than Four-Electron Transfer
    Y.-X. Zhao, K. Yuan, Y.-B. Han, M.-Y. Li, M. Ehara, X. Zhao
    Inorg. Chem. 59, 12650-12658 (2020).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01756
  54. Covalent Interactions Depended on the Distances between Metals and Fullerenes for Thermodynamically Stable M@C78 (M = La, Ce, and Sm)
    M.-Y. Li, Y.-X. Zhao, Y.-B. Han, K. Yuan, K.-N. Zhang, Y.-Q. Chen, M. Ehara, S. Nagase, X. Zhao
    Inorg. Chem. Frontier, 7, 2538-2547 (2020).
    DOI: 10.1039/D0QI00428F
  55. Pt-Pd Nanoalloy for the Unprecedented Activation of Carbon-Fluorine Bond at Low Temperature
    R. N. Dhital, K. Nomura, Y. Sato, S. Haesuwannakij, M. Ehara, H. Sakurai
    Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 93, 1180-1185 (2020).
    DOI:10.1246/bcsj.20200112
  56. Theoretical Design of Photofunctional Molecular Aggregates for Optical Properties: An Inverse Design Approach
    T. Shiraogawa, M. Ehara
    J. Phys. Chem. C 124, 13329-13337 (2020).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c01730 (Supplementary Journal Cover)
  57. Impact of Enantiomeric Ligand Composition on the Photophysical Properties of Chiral Ag29 Nanoclusters
    H. Yoshida, J. Kumar, M. Ehara, Y. Okajima, F. Asanoma, T. Kawai, T. Nakashima
    Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 93, 834-840 (2020).
    DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20200089 (Selected Paper)
  58. Propene Oxidation Catalysis and Electronic Structure of M55 Particle (M= Pd or Rh): Differences and Similarities between Pd55 and Rh55
    B. Zhu, M. Ehara, S. Sakaki
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22, 11783-11796 (2020).
    DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00169d (Inside Front Cover)
  59. Combination of a Voronoi-type Complex Absorbing Potential with the XMS-CASPT2 Method and Pilot Applications
    Q. M. Phung, Y. Komori, T. Yanai, T. Sommerfeld, M. Ehara
    J. Chem. Theory Comput. 16, 2606-2616 (2020).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b01032
  60. DFT/TD-DFT Investigation on the Photoinduced Electron Transfer of Diruthenium and Viologen Complexes
    M. Promkatkaew, S. Suramitr, T. Karpkird, M. Ehara, S. Hannongbua
    J. Lumin. 222, 117121-1-9 (2020).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2020.117121
  61. Potential Molecular Semiconductor Devices: Cyclo-Cn (n = 10 and 14) with Higher Stabilities and Aromaticities than Acknowledged Cyclo-C18
    M.-Y. Li, Z.-B. Gao, Y.-B. Han, Y.-X. Zhao, K. Yuan, S. Nagase, M. Ehara, X. Zhao
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22, 4823-4831 (2020).
    DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00167H
  62. Importance of the Pd and Surrounding Sites in Hydrosilylation of Internal Alkynes by Palladium–Gold Alloy Catalyst
    T. Sadhukhan, A. Junkaew, P. Zhao, H. Miura, T. Shishido, M. Ehara
    Organometallics, 39, 528-537 (2020).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00745(Supplementary Journal Cover)
  63. Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Investigation of Excited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer in Tris(2-hydroxyphenyl)triazasumanene
    S. Sartyoungkul, M. Ehara, H. Sakurai
    J. Phys. Chem. A, 124, 1227-1234 (2020).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b10340
  64. Enantioseparation and Chiral Induction in Ag29 Nanoclusters with Intrinsic Chirality
    H. Yoshida, M. Ehara, U. Deva Priyakumar, T. Kawai, T. Nakashima
    Chem. Sci. 11, 2394-2400 (2020).
    DOI: 10.1039/c9sc05299b
  65. Crystallographic Characterization of Er2C2@C80-88: Cluster Stretching with Cage Elongation
    S. Hu, P. Zhao, W. Shen, M. Ehara, Y. Xie, T. Akasaka, X. Lu
    Inorg. Chem. 59, 1940-1946 (2020).
    DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03269
  66. Theoretical Investigation of the Key Roles in Fullerene-Formation Mechanisms: Enantiomer and Enthalpy
    M.-Y. Li, Y.-X. Zhao, Y.-B. Han, K. Yuan, S. Nagase, M. Ehara, X. Zhao
    ACS Applied Nano Materials, 3, 547-554 (2020).
    DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.9b02110
  67. Theoretical Study on 31P NMR Chemical Shifts of Phosphorus-Modified CHA Zeolites
    P. Zhao, B. Boekfa, T. Nishitoba, N. Tsunoji, T. Sano, T. Yokoi, M. Ogura, M. Ehara
    Micropor. Mesopor. Mat., 294, 109908 (2020).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2019.109908
  68. Reaction Mechanism, Norbornene and Ligand Effects, and Origins of Meta-Selectivity of Pd/Norbornene-Catalyzed C–H Activation
    T. Yang, C. Kong, S. Yang, Z. Yang, S. Yang, M. Ehara
    Chem. Sci., 11, 113-125 (2020).
    DOI: 10.1039/c9sc04720d
  69. Thermodynamic Control of Quantum Defects on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
    Y. Maeda, H. Murakoshi, H. Tambo, P. Zhao, K. Kuroda, M. Yamada, X. Zhao, S. Nagase, M. Ehara
    Chem. Commun. 55, 13757-13760 (2019).
    DOI: 10.1039/c9cc05623h
  70. New Insight into U@C80: Missing U@D3(31921)-C80 and Nuanced Enantiomers of U@C1(28324)-C80
    Y.-X. Zhao, M.-Y. Li, P. Zhao, M. Ehara, X. Zhao
    Inorg. Chem. 58, 14159-14166 (2019).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02196
  71. Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Activity of Platinum Subnanocluster Catalysts through Charge Redistribution
    H. Tsunoyama, A. Ohnuma, K. Takahashi, A. Velloth, M. Ehara, N. Ichikuni, M. Tabuchi, A. Nakajima
    Chem. Commun. 55, 12603-12606 (2019).
    DOI: 10.1039/c9cc06327g
  72. Crystallographic Characterization of Er2C2@C2(43)-C90, Er2C2@C2(40)-C90, Er2C2@C2(44)-C90, and Er2C2@C1(21)-C90: The Role of Cage-Shape on Cluster Configuration
    S. Hu, W. Shen, P. Zhao, T. Xu, Z. Slanina, M. Ehara, X. Zhao, Y. Xie, T. Akasaka, X. Lu
    Nanoscale, 11, 17319-17326 (2019).
    DOI: 10.1039/C9NR06466D
  73. Pivotal Role of Nonmetal Atoms in the Stabilities, Geometries, Electronic Structures, and Isoelectronic Chemistry of Sc 3 X@C 80 (X = C, N, and O)
    Y.-X. Zhao, M.-Y. Li, R-S. Zhao, K. Yuan, P. Zhao, M. Ehara, S. Nagase, X. Zhao
    J. Comput. Chem. 40, 2730-2738 (2019).
    DOI: 10.1002/jcc.26049
  74. In-Depth Theoretical Probe into Novel Mixed-Metal Uranium-Based Endohedral Clusterfullerenes Sc2UX@Ih(31924)-C80 (X = C, N)
    Y.-X. Zhao, K. Yuan, M.-Y. Li, M. Ehara, X. Zhao
    Inorg. Chem., 58, 10769-10777 (2019).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00996
  75. Reaction Behavior of the NO Molecule on the Surface of an Mn Particle (M = Ru, Rh, Pd, and Ag; n = 13 and 55): Theoretical Study of Its Dependence on Transition-Metal Element
    N. Takagi, K. Ishimura, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, S. Sakaki
    J. Phys Chem. A, 123, 7021-7033 (2019).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b04069
  76. Theoretical Insight into Configurational Selectivity of Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Based on the Clar Sextet Theory
    P. Zhao, Y. Maeda, M. Ehara
    J. Phys Chem. C, 123, 18629-18637 (2019)
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b03655 (Supplementary Journal Cover)
  77. The Direct Observation of the Doorway 1nπ* State of Methylcinnamate and Hydrogen- Bonding Effects on the Photochemistry of Cinnamate-Based Sunscreens
    S. Kinoshita, Y. Inokuchi, Y. Onitsuka, H. Kohguchi, N. Akai, T. Shiraogawa, M. Ehara, K. Yamazaki, Y. Harabuchi, S. Maeda, T. Ebata
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21, 19755-19763 (2019).
    DOI: 10.1039/C9CP02914A (Back Cover)
  78. Crystallographic Characterization of Er3N@C2n (2n = 80, 82, 84, 88): The Importance of a Planar Er3N Cluster
    S. Hu, P. Zhao, W. Shen, P. Yu, W. Huang, M. Ehara, Y. Xie, T. Akasaka, X. Lu
    Nanoscale, 11, 13415-13422 (2019).
    DOI: 10.1039/C9NR04330F
  79. Light-Driven Molecular Switch for Reconfigurable Spin Filters
    M. Suda, Y. Thathong, V. Promarak, H. Kojima, M. Nakamura, T. Shiraogawa, M. Ehara, H. M. Yamamoto
    Nature Commun. 10, 2455 (2019).
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10423-6
  80. Influence of Local Strain Caused by Cycloaddition on the Band Gap Control of Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
    Y. Maeda, K. Kuroda, H. Tambo, H. Murakoshi, Y. Konno, M. Yamada, P. Zhao, X. Zhao, S. Nagase, M. Ehara
    RSC Adv. 9, 13998-14003 (2019).
    DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02183c
  81. Mechanistic Insight into the Catalytic Hydrogenation of Nonactivated Aldehydes with a Hantzsch Ester in the Presence of a Series of Organoboranes: NMR and DFT Studies
    G. Hamasaka, H. Tsuji, M. Ehara, Y. Uozumi
    RSC Adv. 9, 10201-10210 (2019).
    DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01468c
  82. Theoretical Study on the Optical Properties of Multichromophoric Systems Based on an Exciton Approach: Modification Guidelines
    T. Shiraogawa, M. Ehara
    ChemPhotoChem 3, 707-718 (2019).
    DOI: 10.1002/cptc.201900064
  83. High Turnover Frequency CO–NO Reactions over Rh Overlayer Catalysts: A Comparative Study Using Rh Nanoparticles
    H. Yoshida, K. Koizumi, M. Boero, M. Ehara, S. Misumi, A. Matsumoto, Y. Kuzuhara, T. Sato, J. Ohyama, M. Machida
    J. Phys. Chem. C 123, 6080-6089 (2019).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b0038
  84. Catalysis of Cu Cluster for NO Reduction by CO: Theoretical Insight into the Reaction Mechanism
    N. Takagi, K. Ishimura, H. Miura, T. Shishido, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, S. Sakaki
    ACS Omega,  4, 2596-2609 (2019).
    DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b02890
  85. Heat-Resistant Properties in the Phosphorescence of Trans‐Bis[β‐(Iminomethyl)Aryloxy]Platinum(II) Complexes: Effect of Aromaticity on d-π Conjugation Platforms
    R. Inoue, M. Naito, M. Ehara, T. Naota
    Chem. Eur. J, 25, 3650-3661 (2019).
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.201805785
  86. Control of Near Infrared Photoluminescence Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Functionalization with Dendrons
    Y. Maeda, Y. Konno, M. Yamada, P. Zhao, X. Zhao, M. Ehara, S. Nagase
    Nanoscale, 10, 23012-23017 (2018).
    DOI: 10.1039/c8nr07983h
  87. Preferential Photoreaction in a Porous Crystal, Metal–Macrocycle Framework: PdII-Mediated Olefin Migration over [2+2] Cycloaddition
    H. Yonezawa, S. Tashiro, T. Shiraogawa, M. Ehara, R. Shimada, T. Ozawa, M. Shionoya
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140, 16610-16614 (2018).
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b08534
  88. Lewis Acid Catalysis of Nb2O5 for Reactions of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives in the Presence of Basic Inhibitors
    S. M. A. H. Siddiki, M. N. Rashed, M. A. Ali, T. Toyao, P. Hirunsit, M. Ehara, K. Shimizu
    ChemCatChem, 11, 383-396 (2019).
    DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201801239.
  89. Gold-Palladium Nanocluster Catalysts for Homocoupling: Electronic Structure and Interface Dynamics
    M. Ehara, U. Deva Priyakumar
    Chem. Record, 19, 947-959 (2019).
    DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201800177
  90. Origin of Nb2O5 Lewis Acid Catalysis for Activation of Carboxylic Acids in the Presence of a Hard Base
    P. Hirunsit, T. Toyao, S. M. A. H. Siddiki, K. Shimizu, M. Ehara
    ChemPhysChem. 19, 2848-2857 (2018).
    DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201800723(Front Cover p. 2804, Cover Profile p. 2809)
  91. Electronic Processes in NO Dimerization on Ag and Cu Clusters: DFT and MRMP2 Studies
    N. Takagi, M. Nakagaki, K. Ishimura, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, S. Sakaki
    J. Comput. Chem. 40, 181-190 (2019). (Prof. K. Morokuma issue)
    DOI: 10.1002/jcc.25568
  92. Photophysical Properties of Fluorescent Imaging Biological Probes of Nucleic Acids: SAC-CI and TD-DFT Study
    T. Shiraogawa, G. Candel, R. Fukuda, I. Ciofini, C. Adamo, A. Okamoto, M. Ehara
    J. Comput. Chem. 40, 127-134 (2019). (Prof. K. Morokuma issue)
    DOI: 10.1002/jcc.25553
  93. Mechanisms of NO-CO Reaction over Highly Dispersed Cuprous Oxide on γ-Alumina Catalyst Using a Metal-Support Interfacial Site in the Presence of Oxygen: Similarities to and Differences from Biological Systems
    R. Fukuda, S. Sakai, N. Takagi, M. Matsui, M. Ehara, S. Sakaki, S. Hosokawa, T. Tanaka
    Cat. Sci. Tech. 8, 3833-3845 (2018).
    DOI: 10.1039/c8cy00080h.
  94. Ni-catalyzed Dimerization and Hydroperfluoroarylation of 1,3-Dienes
    T. Iwasaki, X. Min, A. Fukuoka, L. Zhu, R. Qiu, T. Yang, M. Ehara, A. Sudalai, N. Kambe
    J. Org. Chem. in press.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b01266
  95. Silicon-Coordinated Nitrogen-Doped Graphene as a Promising Metal-Free Catalyst for N2O Reduction by CO: A Theoretical Study
    A. Junkaew, S. Namuangruk, P. Maitarad, M. Ehara
    RSC Adv. 8, 22322-22330 (2018).
    DOI: 10.1039/c8ra03265c
  96. Different Photoisomerization Routes Found in the Structural Isomers of Hydroxy Methylcinnamate
    S. Kinoshita, Y. Miyazaki, M. Shimada, Y. Onitsuka, H. Kohguchi, Y. Inokuchi, N. Akai, T. Shiraogawa, M. Ehara, K. Yamazaki, Y. Harabuchi, S. Maeda, T. Taketsugu, T. Ebata,
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20, 17583-17598 (2018).
    DOI: 10.1039/C8CP00414E (Back Cover)
  97. ESIPT Emission Behavior of Methoxy-Substituted 2-Hydroxyphenylbenzimidazole Isomers
    K. Takagi, Y. Yamada, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, D. Takeuchi
    New J. Chem. 42, 5923-5928 (2018).
    DOI: 10.1039/C8NJ00455B
  98. Temporary Anion States of Ethene Interacting with Single Molecules of Methane, Ethane, and Water
    T. Sommerfeld, J. B. Melugin, M. Ehara
    J. Phys. Chem. A. 122, 2580-2586 (2018)
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b12669
  99. Theoretical Insights into Monometallofullerene Th@C76: Strong Covalent Interaction between Thorium and the Carbon Cage
    P. Zhao, X. Zhao, M. Ehara
    Inorg. Chem. 57, 2961-2964 (2018).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b03114
  100. Frenkel-Exciton Decomposition Analysis of Circular Dichroism and Circularly Polarized Luminescence for Multichromophoric Systems
    T. Shiraogawa, M. Ehara, S. Jurinovich, L. Cupellini, B. Mennucci,
    J. Comput. Chem. 39, 931-935 (2018).
    DOI: 10.1002/jcc.25169
  101. Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling Reaction of Alkyl Halides with Aryl Grignard Reagents in the Presence of 1,3-Butadiene: Mechanistic Studies of Four-Component Coupling and Competing Cross-Coupling Reactions
    T. Iwasaki, A. Fukuoka, W. Yokoyama, X. Min, I. Hisaki, T. Yang, M. Ehara, H. Kuniyasu, N. Kambe,
    Chem. Science 9, 2195-2211 (2018).
    DOI:10.1039/C7SC04675H
  102. Synthesis and Optical Properties of Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer Active π‑Conjugated Benzimidazole Compounds: Influence of Structural Rigidification by Ring Fusion
    K. Takagi, K. Ito, Y. Yamada, T. Nakashima, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, H. Masu,
    J. Org. Chem., 82, 12173-12180 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b01967.
  103. Quantum Chemical Insight into La2C96: Metal Carbide Fullerene La2C2@C94 versus Dimetallofullerene La2@C96
    R. Zhao, K. Yuan, S. Zhao, X. Zhao, M. Ehara,
    Inorg. Chem., 56, 11883-11890 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01833.
  104. Deciphering the Role of Long-Range Interaction in Endohedral Metallofullerenes: A Revisit to Sc2C70
    R. Zhao, K. Yuan, S. Zhao, M. Ehara, S. Nagase, J. M. Poblet, X. Zhao,
    J. Phys. Chem. C, 121, 20481-20488 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b06111.
  105. Theoretical Insight into Sc2C76: Carbide Clusterfullerene Sc2C2@C74 versus Dimetallofullerene Sc2@C76
    P. Zhao, X. Zhao, M. Ehara,
    Inorg. Chem. 56, 10195-10203 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00760
  106. Intramolecular Hydroamination by a Primary Amine of an Unactivated Alkene on Gold Nanoclusters: A DFT Study
    K. Bobuatong, H. Sakurai, M. Ehara,
    ChemCatChem, 9, 4490-4500 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201700839. (Front Cover p. 4448, Cover Profile p. 4450)
  107. Synthesis and Optical Properties of Fused π-Conjugated Imidazole Compounds
    K. Takagi, K. Ito, Y. Yamada, T. Nakashima, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, D. Takeuchi,
    Chem. Lett. 46, 1372–1375 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1246/cl.170569.
  108. Diels-Alder Cycloaddition of Cyclopentadiene and C60 under the Extreme High Pressure
    T. Yang, R. Fukuda, R. Cammi, M. Ehara,
    J. Phys. Chem. A, 121, 4363–4371 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b02805
  109. Core–Shell versus Other Structures in Binary Cu38–nMn Nanoclusters (M = Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Os, Ir, Pt, and Au; n = 1, 2, and 6): Theoretical Insight into Determining Factors
    N. Takagi, K. Ishimura, M. Matsui, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, S. Sakaki,
    J. Phys. Chem. C, 121, 10514-10528 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b13086
  110. Resonance Energies and Lifetimes from the Analytic Continuation of the Coupling Constant Method: Robust Algorithms and a Critical Analysis
    T. Sommerfeld, J. B. Melugin, P. Hamal, M. Ehara,
    J. Chem. Theory Comput. 13, 2550–2560 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.6b01228
  111. A Theoretical Investigation on CO Oxidation by Single-Atom Catalysts M1/γ-Al2O3 (M = Pd, Fe, Co, and Ni)
    T. Yang, R. Fukuda, S. Hosokawa, T. Tanaka, S. Sakaki, M. Ehara,
    ChemCatChem, 9, 1222-1229 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201601713
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  112. Comparing the Performance of TD-DFT and SAC-CI Methods in the Description of Excited States Potential Energy Surfaces: an Excited State Proton Transfer Reaction as Case Study
    M. Savarese, U. Raucci, R. Fukuda, C. Adamo, M. Ehara, N. Rega, I. Ciofini,
    J. Comput. Chem. 38, 1084–1092 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1002/jcc.24780
  113. Computational Studies on Reaction Mechanism and Origins of Selectivities in Nickel-Catalyzed (2+2+2) Cycloadditions and Alkenylative Cyclizations of 1,6-Ene-Allenes and Alkenes
    T. Yang, M. Ehara,
    J. Org. Chem. 82, 2150-2159 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b02957
  114. Changes in the Electronic States of Low-Temperature Solid n-Tetradecane: Decrease in the HOMO–LUMO Gap
    Y. Morisawa, S. Tachibana, A. Ikehata, T. Yang, M. Ehara, Y. Ozaki,
    ACS Omega, 2, 618-625 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.6b00539.
  115. Structures of Bimetallic Copper–Ruthenium Nanoparticles: Incoherent Interface and Surface Active Sites for Catalytic Nitric Oxide Dissociation
    R. Fukuda, N. Takagi, S. Sakaki, M. Ehara,
    J. Phys. Chem. C. 121, 300-307 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b09280
  116. Probing the Electronic Structures of COn (n = 1–5) Clusters on γ-Al2O3 Surfaces Using First-Principles Calculations
    T. Yang, M. Ehara,
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 19, 3679-3687 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1039/C6CP06785A
  117. Low-lying π* Resonances Associated with Cyano Groups: A CAP/SAC-CI Study
    M. Ehara, Y. Kanazawa, T. Sommerfeld,
    Chem. Phys. 482, 169-177 (2017). (special issue for 70th birthday of L. S. Cederbaum)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2016.09.033
  118. Multi-step Intersystem Crossing Pathways in Cinnamate-Based UV-B Sunscreens
    K. Yamazaki, Y. Miyazaki, Y. Harabuchi, T. Taketsugu, S. Maeda, Y. Inokuchi, S. Kinoshita, M. Sumida, Y. Onitsuka, H. Kohguchi, M. Ehara, T. Ebata,
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 7, 4001–4007 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01643.
  119. Regioselectivity of Sc2C2@C3v(8)-C82: Role of the Sumanene-Type Hexagon in Diels-Alder Reaction
    P. Zhao, X. Zhao, M. Ehara,
    J. Org. Chem. 81, 8169-8174 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b00947
  120. Sc3N@Cs(39715)-C82: a Missing Isomer Linked to Sc3N@C2v(39718)-C82 by a Single Step Stone-Wales Transformation
    W.-J. Guan, P. Zhao, Q.-Z. Li, S. Nagase, M. Ehara, X. Zhao
    RSC Adv. 6, 75588-75593 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1039/c6ra12774f.
  121. Structure, Interaction, and Dynamics of Au/Pd Bimetallic Nanoalloys Dispersed in Aqueous Ethylpyrrolidone, a Monomeric Moiety of Polyvinylpyrrolidone
    A. Gupta, B. Boekfa, H. Sakurai, M. Ehara, U. Deva Priyakumar
    J. Phys. Chem. C, 120, 17454–17464 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b05097
  122. Electronic Transitions in Conformationally Controlled Peralkylated Hexasilanes
    Y. Kanazawa, H. Tsuji, M. Ehara, R. Fukuda, D. L. Casher, K. Tamao, H. Nakatsuji, J. Michl,
    ChemPhysChem, 19, 3010-3022 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201600633
  123. Mechanism of Ullmann Coupling Reaction of Chloroarene on Au/Pd Alloy Nanocluster: A DFT Study
    J. Meeprasert, S. Namuangruk, B. Boekfa, R.N. Dhital, H. Sakurai, M. Ehara,
    Organometallics, 35, 1192–1201 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b01009.
  124. Electronic Excitation and Ionization Behavior of N-hydroxypyridine-2(1H)-thione and its Deprotonated Anion in a Polarizable Medium Studied Using Quantum Chemical Computations
    R. Fukuda, M. Ehara,
    Theor. Chem. Acc. 135, 105 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1007/s00214-016-1870-4
  125. Ability of Density Functional Theory Methods to Accurately Model the Reaction Energy Pathways of the Oxidation of CO on Gold Cluster: A Benchmark Study
    S. Gurtu, S. Rai, M. Ehara, U. Deva Priyakumar,
    Theor. Chem. Acc. 135, 93 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1007/s00214-016-1852-6
  126. Low-lying π* Resonances of Standard and Rare DNA or RNA Bases Studied by the Projected CAP/SAC-CI Method
    Y. Kanazawa, M. Ehara, T. Sommerfeld,
    J. Phys. Chem. A, 120, 1545-1553 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b12190
  127. Warning to Theoretical Structure Elucidation of EndoHedral Metallofullerenes
    R. Zhao, Y. Guo, P. Zhao, M. Ehara, S. Nagase, X. Zhao,
    J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 1275-1283 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09403
  128. Projected CAP/SAC-CI Method with Smooth Voronoi Potential for Calculating Resonance States
    M. Ehara, R. Fukuda, T. Sommerfeld,
    J. Comput. Chem. 37, 242-249 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1002/jcc.24010 (Festschrift in Memory of Paul von Schleyer)
  129. Coumarin-Based Donor-π-Acceptor Organic Dyes for a Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell: Photophysical Properties and Electron Injection Mechanism
    S. Namuangruk, S. Jungsuttiwong, N. Kungwan, V. Promarak, T. Sudyoadsuk, B. Jansang, M. Ehara,
    Theor. Chem. Acc.135, 14 (2015). (special issue on Health & Energy from the Sun: a Computational Perspective)
    DOI: 10.1007/s00214-015-1769-5
  130. Methane Activation on Fe- and FeO-Embedded Graphene and Boron Nitride Sheet: Role of Atomic Defects in Catalytic Activities
    S. Impeng, P. Khongpracha, J. Sirijaraensre, B. Jansang, M. Ehara, J. Limtrakul,
    RSC advances, 5, 97918-97927 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1039/C5RA17984J
  131. Gold/Palladium Alloy for Carbon-Halogen Bond Activation: An Unprecedented Halide Dependence
    R.N. Dhital, K. Bobuatong, M. Ehara, H. Sakurai,
    Chem. -Asian J. 10, 2669-2676 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1002/asia.201500722
  132. Complex Absorbing Potential with Voronoi Isosurfaces Wrapping Perfectly Around Molecules
    T. Sommerfeld, M. Ehara,
    J. Chem. Theory Comput. 11, 4627-4633 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.5b00465
  133. Gold/Palladium Bimetallic Nanoparticles for C-X Bond Activations: A Unique Effect of Gold
    R. N. Dhital, M. Ehara, H. Sakurai,
    J. Synth. Org. Chem., Jpn. 73(11), 1130-1140 (2015).
    DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.73.1130.
  134. Nucleobases Tagged to Gold Nanoclusters Cause a Mechanistic Crossover in the Oxidation of CO
    S. Rai, M. Ehara, U. Deva Priyakumar,
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 24275-24281 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1039/c5cp04273a
  135. Mechanism of the Aerobic Homocoupling of Phyenylboronic Acid on Au20-: A DFT Study
    S. Karanjit, M. Ehara, H. Sakurai,
    Chem. -Asian J. 10, 2397-2403 (2015). (Inside Cover)
    DOI: 10.1002/asia.201500535
  136. Synthesis and Optical Properties of Imidazole and Benzimidazole-Based Fused π-Conjugated Compounds: Influence of Substituent, Counter Anion, and π-Conjugated System
    K. Takagi, K. Kusafuka, Y. Ito, K. Yamauchi, K. Ito, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara,
    J. Org. Chem.  80, 7172-7183 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b01028
  137. How Can We Understand Au8 Cores and Entangled Ligands of Selenolate- and Thiolate-Protected Gold Nanoclusters Au24(ER)20 and Au20(ER)16 (E = Se, S; R = Ph, Me)? Theoretical Study
    N. Takagi, K. Ishimura, M. Matsui, R. Fukuda, T. Matsui, T. Nakajima, M. Ehara, S. Sakaki,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 8593–8602 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b04337
  138. (2 + 2) Cycloaddition of Benzyne to Endohedral Metallofullerenes M3N@C80 (M = Sc, Y): A Rotating-Intermediate Mechanism
    T. Yang, S. Nagase, T. Akasaka, J. M. Poblet, K. Houk, M. Ehara, X. Zhao,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 6820-6828 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b01444
  139. Modeling Molecular Systems at Extreme Pressure by an Extension of the Polarizable Continuum Model (PCM) Based on the SAC-CI Method: Confined Electronic Excited States of Furan as a Test Case
    R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, R. Cammi,
    J. Chem. Theory Comput. 11, 2063-2076 (2015).
    DOI:10.1021/ct5011517
  140. Exploring Excited States Using Time Dependent Density Functional Theory and Density Based Indexes
    C. Adamo, T. Le Bahers, M. Savarese, L. Wilbraham, G. García, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, N. Rega, I. Ciofini,
    Coord. Chem. Rev. 304-305, 166-178 (2015).
    DOI:10.1016j/j.ccr.2015.03.027
  141. Short-Range Stabilizing Potential for Computing Energies and Lifetimes of Temporary Anions with Extrapolation Methods
    T. Sommerfeld, M. Ehara,
    J. Chem. Phys. 142, 034105-1-9 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4905560
  142. Proton Induced Generation of rNHC Ru Complex
    T. Fukushima, R. Fukuda, K. Kobayashi, G. F. Caramori, G. Frenking, M. Ehara, K. Tanaka,
    Chem. -Eur. J. 21, 106-110 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404932
  143. Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Excited-State Dynamics of ortho-, meta-, and para-Methoxy Methylcinnamate
    Y. Miyazaki, K. Yamamoto, J. Aoki, T. Ikeda, Y. Inokuchi, M. Ehara, T. Ebata,
    J. Chem. Phys. 141, 244313-1-12 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4904268
  144. An Efficient Computational Scheme for Electronic Excitation Spectra of Molecules in SolutionUsing the Symmetry-Adapted Cluster–Configuration Interaction Method: the Accuracy of Excitation Energies and Intuitive Charge-Transfer Indices
    R. Fukuda, M. Ehara,
    J. Chem. Phys. 141, 154104 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4897561
  145. Rydberg and π-π* Transitions in Film Surfaces of Various Kinds of Nylons Studied by Attenuated Total Reflection-Far-Ultraviolet Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Calculations: Peak Shifts in the Spectra and Their Relation to Nylon Structure and Hydrogen Bondings
    Y. Morisawa, M. Yasugana, H. Sato, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, Y. Ozaki,
    J. Phys. Chem. B. 118, 11855-11861 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1021/jp5077005
  146. C-Cl Bond Activation on Bimetallic Au/Pd Bimetallic Nanocatalysts Studied by Density Functional Theory and Genetic Algorithm Calculations
    B. Boekfa, E. Pahl, N. Gaston, H. Sakurai, J. Limtrakul, M. Ehara,
    J. Phys. Chem. C. 118, 22188-22196 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1021/jp5074472
  147. Efficiency of Perturbation-Selection and its Orbital Dependence in the SAC-CI Calculations for Valence Excitations of Medium-Size Molecules
    R. Fukuda, M. Ehara,
    J. Comput. Chem. 35, 2163-2176 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1002/jcc.23729
  148. Communication: Coupled-Cluster Interpretation of the Photoelectron Spectrum of Au3-
    N. Bauman, J. A. Hansen, M. Ehara, P. Piecuch,
    J. Chem. Phys. (communication), 141, 101102 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4894844
  149. Halogen Exchange by Reaction of CpRu(PPh3)2Cl with MeC(O)X (X=Br, I) and Its Mechanistic Study
    H. Kuniyasu, A. Sanagawa, T. Nakajima, T. Iwasaki, N. Kambe, K. Bobuatong, M. Ehara,
    J. Organometallic Chem. 769, 34-37 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2014.06.018
  150. Benchmark Study on the Triplet Excited State Geometries and Phosphorescence of Heterocyclic Compounds: Comparison between TD-PBE0 and SAC-CI
    D. Bousquet, R. Fukuda, D. Jacquemin, I. Ciofini, C. Adamo, M. Ehara,
    J. Chem. Theo. Comp. 10, 3969-3979 (2014)
    DOI: 10.1021/ct5003797
  151. Electronic Transitions of Conformationally Controlled Tetrasilanes with Wide Range of SiSiSiSi Dihedral Angles
    H. Tsuji, H.A. Forgarty, M. Ehara, R. Fukuda, D. Casher, K. Tamao, H. Nakatsuji, J. Michl,
    Chem. Eur. J, 30, 9431-9441 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.201403495
  152. Sumanenetrione Anions Generated by Electrochemical and Chemical Reduction
    S. Higashibayashi, B. B. Shrestha, Y. Morita, M. Ehara, K. Ohkubo, S. Fukuzumi, H. Sakurai,
    Chem. Lett. 43, 1297-1299 (2014)
    DOI: 10.1246/cl.14035
  153. Metal-porphyrin: a Potential Catalyst for N2O Direct Decomposition by TheoreticalReaction Mechanism Investigation
    P. Maitarad, S. Namuangruk, D. Zhang, L. Shi, H. Li, B. Boekfa, L. Huang, M. Ehara,
    Environmental Science & Technology. 48, 7101-7110 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1021/es405767
  154. Single Site Double Core Level Ionization of OCS
    L. Hedin, M. Tashiro, P. Linusson, J.H.D. Eland, M. Ehara, K. Ueda, V. Zhaunerchyk, L. Karlsson, R. Feifel,
    Chem. Phys. 439, 111-116 (2014)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2014.05.01
  155. Cooperative H2 Activation at Ag Cluster/θ-Al2O3 Dual Perimeter Sites: A DFT Study
    P. Hirunsit, K. Shimizu, R. Fukuda, S. Namuangruk, Y. Morikawa, M. Ehara,
    J. Phys. Chem. C. 118, 7996-8006 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1021/jp500079
  156. Direct Oxidation of Methane to Methanol on Fe-O Modified Graphene,
    S. Impeng, P. Khongpracha, C. Warakulwit, B. Jansang, J. Sirijaraensre, M.Ehara, J. Limtrakul,
    RSC Advances. 4, 12572-12578 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1039/C3RA47826
  157. Electronic Excitation Spectra of Molecules in Solution Calculated Using the SAC-CI Method in the Polarizable Continuum Model with Perturbative Approach,
    R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, R. Cammi,
    J.Chem. Phys.140, 064114-1-15 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.486475
  158. Photophysical Properties and Photochemistry of the Substituted Cinnamates and Cinnamic Acidsfor UVB Blocking Function: Effect of Hydroxy, Nitro, and Fluoro Substitutionsat ortho-, meta- and para-Position,
    M. Promkatkaew, S. Suramitr, T. Karpkird, S. Wanichweacharungrang, M. Ehara, S.Hannongbua,
    Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 13, 583-594 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1039/C3PP50319
  159. Iodine molecule for neutrino mass spectroscopy: ab initio calculation of spectral rate,
    M. Tashiro, M. Ehara, S. Kuma, Y. Miyamoto, N. Sasao, S. Uetake, M. Yoshimura,
    Prog. Theor. Exp. Phys. 013B02, 1-21(2014).
    DOI: 10.1093/ptep/ptt118
  160. N1s and O1s double ionization of the NO and N2O molecules,
    L. Hedin, M. Tashiro, P. Linusson, J.H.D. Eland, M. Ehara, K. Ueda, V. Zhaunerchyk, L. Karlsson, K. Pernestål, and R. Feifel,
    J. Chem. Phys. 140, 044309-1-9 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4853655
  161. Electronic transitions in liquid amides studied by using attenuated total reflection far-ultraviolet spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations,
    Y. Morisawa, M. Yasunaga, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, Y. Ozaki,
    J. Chem. Phys. 139, 154301-1-9 (2013).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.482438
  162. Aerobic Oxidation of Methanol to Formic Acid on Au8–: Benchmark Analysis Based on Completely Renormalized Coupled-Cluster and Density FunctionalTheory Calculations,
    J.A. Hansen, M. Ehara, P. Piecuch,
    J. Phys. Chem. A 117, 10416-10427 (2013).
    DOI: 10.1021/jp403096
  163. Electronic excited states and electronic spectra of biphenyl: a study using many-body wavefunction methods and density functional theories,
    R. Fukuda, M. Ehara,
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15, 17426-17434 (2013).
    DOI: 10.1039/C3CP52636
  164. Theoretical Study of the Electronic Excitations of Free-base Porphyrin-Ar2 van der Waals Complexes,
    R. Fukuda, M. Ehara,
    J. Chem. Phys. 139, 074303-1-10(2013).
    DOI:10.1063/1.481827
  165. Chemically intuitive indices for charge-transfer excitation based on SAC-CI and TD-DFT calculations,
    M. Ehara, R. Fukuda, C. Adamo, I. Ciofini,
    J. Comp. Chem. 34, 2498-2501 (2013).
    DOI: 10.1002/jcc.2342
  166. Facile Method of Halogen Exchange Method between Au(Cl)(L) and MeC(O)X (L = PPh3 and IPr; X = Br and I) via σ-Bond Metathesis Supported by DFT Calculation,
    A. Sanagawa, H. Kuniyasu, T. Iwasaki, N. Kambe, K. Bobuatong, M. Ehara,
    Chem. Lett. 42, 831-832 (2013).
    DOI: 10.1246/cl.130335
  167. Excited State Geometries of Heteroaromatic Compounds: A Comparative TD-DFT and SAC-CI Study,
    D. Bousquet, R. Fukuda, P. Maitarad, D. Jacquemin, I. Ciofini, C. Adamo, M. Ehara,
    J. Chem. Theo. Comp. 9, 2368-2379 (2013).
    DOI: 10.1021/ct400097b
  168. Polarization and Site Dependence of Interatomic Relaxation Effects in Double Core Hole States,
    M. Tashiro, N.V. Kryzhevoi, L.S. Cederbaum, M. Ehara,
    J. Phys. B. 46, 164012-1-6 (2013) (special issue for XFEL).
    DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/46/16/16401
  169. σ-Bond Metathesis between M–X and RC(O)X′ (M = Pt, Pd; X, X′ = Cl, Br, I): Facile Determination of the Relative ΔG Values of the Oxidative Additions of RC(O)X to an M(0) Complex, Evidence by Density Functional Theory Calculations, and Synthetic Applications,
    H. Kuniyasu, A. Sanagawa, D. Nakane, T. Iwasaki, N. Kambe, K. Bobuatong, Y. Lu, M. Ehara,
    Organometallics, 32, 2026-2032 (2013).
    DOI: 10.1021/om400157
  170. Theoretical Study on the Excited Electronic States of Coronene and Its π-Extended Molecules Using the Symmetry-Adapted Cluster-Configuration Interaction Method,
    R. Fukuda, M. Ehara,
    Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn, 86, 445-451 (2013)(Selected Paper).
    DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.2012031
  171. Absorption and emission properties of various substituted cinnamic acids and cinnamates, based on TDDFT investigation,
    M. Promkatkaew, S. Suramitr, T. Karpkird, M. Ehara, S. Hannongbua,
    Int. J. Quantum Chem. 113, 542-554 (2013).
    DOI: 10.1002/qua.2416
  172. Mechanism of the aerobic oxidation of methanol to formic acid on Au-8(-): A DFT study,
    S. Karanjit, K. Bobuatong, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, H. Sakurai,
    Int. J. Quantum Chem. 113, 428-436 (2013).
    DOI: 10.1002/qua.2405
  173. Linear response function approach for the boundary problem of QM/MM methods,
    K. Ueda, S. Yamanaka et al.,
    Int. J. Quantum Chem. 113, 336-341 (2013).
    DOI: 10.1002/qua.2410
  174. Mechanisms for Solvatochromic Shifts of Free-Base Porphine Studied with Polarizable Continuum Models and Explicit Solute-Solvent Interactions,
    R. Fukuda, M. Ehara,
    J. Chem. Theo. Comp. 9, 470-480 (2013).
    DOI: 10.1021/ct300439
  175. Low-Temperature Carbon-Chlorine Bond Activation by Bimetallic Gold/Palladium Alloy Nanoclusters: An Application to Ullmann Coupling,
    R.N. Dhital, C. Kamonsatikul, E. Somsook, K. Bobuatong, M. Ehara, S. Karanjit, H. Sakurai,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 20250-20253 (2012). (Highlighted in Science, 2013, 339, Jan. 4 and Highlighted in JACS spotlight, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 949).
    DOI: 10.1021/ja309606
  176. D-D-pi-A-Type Organic Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with a Potential for Direct Electron Injection and a High Extinction Coefficient: Synthesis, Characterization, and Theoretical Investigation,
    S. Namuangruk, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, J. Meeprasert, T. Khanasa, S. Morada, T. Kaewin, S. Jungsuttiwong, T. Sudyoadsuk, V. Promarak,
    J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 25653-25663 (2012).
    DOI: 10.1021/jp304489
  177. Auger decay of molecular double core-hole and its satellite states: Comparison of experiment and calculation,
    M. Tashiro, M. Nakano, M. Ehara, F. Penent, L. Andric, J. Palaudoux, K. Ito, Y. Hikosaka, N. Kouchi, P. Lablanquie,
    J. Chem. Phys. 137, 224306-1-8 (2012).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4769777
  178. Elucidating Electronic Transitions from sigma Orbitals of Liquid n- and Branched Alkanes by Far-Ultraviolet Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Calculations,
    Y. Morisawa, S. Tachibana, M. Ehara, Y. Ozaki,
    J. Phys. Chem. A. 116, 11957-11964 (2012).
    DOI: 10.1021/jp307634
  179. Interatomic Relaxation Effects in Double Core Ionization of Chain Molecules,
    N.V. Kryzhevoi, M. Tashiro, M. Ehara, L.S. Cederbaum,
    J. Chem. Phys. 137, 154316-1-10 (2012).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.475907
  180. Optical absorption and fluorescence of PRODAN in solution: Quantum chemical study based on the symmetry-adapted cluster-configuration interaction method,
    R. Fukuda, R. Chidthong, R. Cammi, M. Ehara,
    Chem. Phys. Lett. 552, 53-57 (2012).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2012.09.06
  181. Electronic excitations of C-60 fullerene calculated using the ab initio cluster expansion method,
    R. Fukuda, M. Ehara,
    J. Chem. Phys. 137, 134304-1-7 (2012).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.475706
  182. CAP/SAC-CI method for calculating resonance states of metastable anions,
    M. Ehara, T. Sommerfeld,
    Chem. Phys. Lett. 537, 107-112 (2012).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2012.03.104
  183. Comparative Study of (CN)-N-boolean AND and (NC)-C-boolean AND Type Cyclometalated Ruthenium Complexes with a NAD(+)/NADH Function,
    S.K. Padhi, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, K. Tanaka,
    Inorg. Chem. 51, 8091-8102 (2012).
    DOI: 10.1021/ic300449q
  184. Photoisomerization and Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer (PCET) Promoted Water Oxidation by Mononuclear Cyclometalated Ruthenium Catalysts,
    S.K. Padhi, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, K. Tanaka,
    Inorg. Chem. 51, 5386-5392 (2012).
    DOI: 10.1021/ic300354
  185. Nonradiative Decay Dynamics of Methyl 4-Hydroxycinnamate and Its Hydrated Complex Revealed by Picosecond Pump-Probe Spectroscopy,
    D. Shimada, R. Kusaka, Y. Inokuchi, M. Ehara, T. Ebata,
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14, 8999-9005 (2012).
    DOI: 10.1039/c2cp24056d   
  186. Excited states and electronic spectra of annulated dinuclear free-base phthalocyanines: A theoretical study on near-infrared-absorbing dyes
    R. Fukuda, M. Ehara,
    J. Chem. Phys. 136, 114304-1-15 (2012). 
    DOI:
    10.1063/1.369296
  187. Density Functional Study of Manganese Complexes: Protonation Effects on Geometries and Magnetism,
    S. Yamanaka, et al.
    Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, 26, 461-473 (2012).
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5297-9_2
  188. Does B3LYP correctly describe magnetism of manganese complexes with various oxidation numbers and various structural motifs?,
    S. Yamanaka, et al.,
    Chem. Phys. Lett. 519-520, 134-140 (2012).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2011.11.025   
  189. Enhancement of catalytic reactivity of zinc(II) complex by a cyclotriveratrylene-capped structure,
    Y. Makita, K. Ikeda, K. Sugimoto, T. Fujita, T. Danno, K. Bobuatong, M. Ehara, S. Fujiwara, A. Ogawa,
    J. Organometallic. Chem. 706-707, 26-29 (2012).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.01.00
  190. Double core-hole correlation satellite spectra of N-2 and CO molecules ,
    M. Tashiro, K. Ueda, M. Ehara,
    Chem. Phys. Lett. 521, 45-51 (2012). 
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.cplett.2011.11.06
  191. Aerobic oxidation of methanol to formic acid on Au-20(-): a theoretical study on the reaction mechanism,
    K. Bobuatong, S. Karanjit, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, H. Sakurai,
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14, 3103-3111 (2012). 
    DOI: 10.1039/c2cp23446
  192. Photophysical Properties and Photochemistry of EE-, EZ-, and ZZ-1, 4-Dimethoxy-2,5-bis[2-(thien-2-yl)ethenyl] Benzene in Solution: Theory and Experiment,
    S. Suramitr, S. Phalinyot, P. Wolschann, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, S. Hannongbua,
    J. Phys. Chem. A. 116, 924-937 (2012).
    DOI:
    10.1021/jp206463k   
  193. Symmetry-adapted-cluster configuration-interaction and equation-of-motion coupled-cluster studies of electronically excited states of copper tetrachloride and copper tetrabromide dianions,
    M. Ehara, P. Piecuch, J. J. Lutz, J. R. Gour,
    Chem. Phys. 399, 94-110 (2012). (Prof. G. Delgado-Barrio Issue)
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.chemphys.2011.09.022   
  194. Theoretical Molecular Double-Core-Hole Spectroscopy of Nucleobases,
    O. Takahashi, M. Tashiro, M. Ehara, K. Yamasaki, K. Ueda,
    J. Phys. Chem. A. 115, 12070-12082 (2011).
    DOI:
    10.1021/jp205923m   
  195. Auger decay of molecular double core-hole state,
    M. Tashiro, K. Ueda, M. Ehara,
    J. Chem. Phys. 135, 022139-1-14 (2011).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.3651082   
  196. Double-core-hole spectroscopy for chemical analysis with an intense X-ray femtosecond laser,
    N. Berrah, L. Fang, T. Osipov, B. Murphy, K. Ueda, E. Kukk, R. Feifel, P. van der Meulen, P. Salen, H. Schmidt, R. Thomas, M. Larsson, R. Richter, K. C. Prince, J. D. Bozek, C. Bostedt, S. Wada, M. N. Piancastelli, M. Tashiro, M. Ehara,
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108, 16912-16915 (2011).
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1111380108   
  197. Electronic excited states of macrocyclic compounds: direct SAC-CI study,
    R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, H. Nakatsuji, 
    Procedia Computer Science: Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2011 4, 1129-1134 (2011).
    DOI:10.1016/j.procs.2011.04.120
  198. Excited-state geometries and vibrational frequencies studied using the analytical energy gradients of the direct symmetry-adapted cluster-configuration interaction method. I. HAX-type molecules,
    M. Ehara, F. Oyagi, Y. Abe, R. Fukuda, H. Nakatsuji,
    J. Chem. Phys. 135, 044316-1-14 (2011).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.3617233   
  199. Synthesis and characterization of a cyclotriveratrylene-capped azaphosphatrane,
    Y. Makita, K. Furuyoshi, K. Ikeda, T. Fujita, S. Fujiwara, M. Ehara, A. Ogawa,
    Tetrahedron Lett. 52, 4129-4131 (2011).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.05.12
  200. Photophysical properties and vibrational structure of ladder-type penta p-phenylene and carbazole derivatives based on SAC-CI calculations,
    P. Poolmee, M. Ehara, H. Nakatsuji,
    Theor. Chem. Acc. 130, 161-173 (2011). (Prof. S. Nagase Festschrift)
    DOI: 10.1007/s00214-011-0949-
  201. Theoretical spectroscopy on K-2, K-1L-1, and L-2 double core hole states of SiX4 (X = H, F, Cl, and CH3) molecules,
    O. Takahashi, M. Tashiro, M. Ehara, K. Yamasaki, K. Ueda,
    Chem. Phys. 384, 28-35 (2011).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2011.04.01
  202. Symmetry and Vibrationally Resolved Absorption Spectra Near the N K Edge of N2O: Experiment and Theory,
    M. Ehara, T. Horikawa, R. Fukuda, H. Nakatsuji, T. Tanaka, M. Hoshino, H. Tanaka, R. Feifel, K. Ueda,
    Phys. Rev. A 83, 062506-1-12 (2011).
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.062506   
  203. Nonequilibrium solvation for vertical photoemission and photoabsorption processes using the symmetry-adapted cluster-configuration interaction method in the polarizable continuum model,
    R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, H. Nakatsuji, R. Cammi,
    J. Chem. Phys. 134, 104109-1-11 (2011).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.3562211   
  204. Theoretical spectroscopy of O 1s and N 1s excited states of N2O,
    M. Ehara, T. Horikawa, R. Fukuda, H. Nakatsuji, T. Tanaka, M. Hoshino, H. Tanaka, K. Ueda, 
    J. Phys.: Conf. Series, 288, 012024-1-11 (2011).
    DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/288/1/01202
  205. Double Core Hole Creation and Subsequent Auger Decay in NH3 and CH4 Molecules,
    J.H.D. Eland, M. Tashiro, P. Linusson, M. Ehara, K. Ueda, R. Feifel,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 213005-1-4 (2010).
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.213005   
  206. Excited states and electronic spectra of extended tetraazaporphyrins,
    R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, H. Nakatsuji,
    J. Chem. Phys. 133, 144316-1-16 (2010).
    DOI:
    10.1063/1.3491026   
  207. Double core-hole electron spectroscopy for open-shell molecules: Theoretical perspective,
    M. Tashiro, M. Ehara, K. Ueda,
    Chem. Phys. Lett. 496, 217-222 (2010).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2010.07.046   
  208. Symmetry-adapted cluster and symmetry-adapted cluster-configuration interaction method in the polarizable continuum model: Theory of the solvent effect on the electronic excitation of molecules in solution,
    R. Cammi, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, H. Nakatsuji, 
    J. Chem. Phys. 133, 024104-1-24 (2010).
    DOI:
    10.1063/1.3456540   
  209. Molecular double core hole electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis,
    M. Tashiro, M. Ehara, H. Fukuzawa, K. Ueda, C. Buth, N. Kryzhevoi, L.S. Cederbaum,
    J. Chem. Phys. 132, 184302-1-11 (2010).
    selected for the June 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science.
    DOI: 10.1063/1.3408251   
  210. Valence ionized states of iron pentacarbonyl and eta(5)-cyclopentadienyl cobalt dicarbonyl studied by symmetry-adapted cluster-configuration interaction calculation and collision-energy resolved Penning ionization electron spectroscopy,
    R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, H. Nakatsuji, N. Kishimoto, K. Ohno,
    J. Chem. Phys. 132, 084302-1-12 (2010).
    DOI:
    10.1063/1.3319778   
  211. Vibrational spectra and geometry relaxation in core-electronic processes of N2O and CO2,
    M. Ehara, K. Ueda,
    J. Phys. Conf. Series, 235, 012020-1-9 (2010).
    DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/235/1/01202
  212. The effect of vibrational motion on the dynamics of shape resonant photoionization of BF3 leading to the E(2)A(1)' state of BF3+,
    R.R. Lucchese, R. Montuoro, K. Kotsis, M. Tashiro, M. Ehara, J.D. Bozek, A. Das, E.D. Poliakoff,
    Mol. Phys. 108, 1055-1067 (2010).
    DOI:
    10.1080/00268971003641866   
  213. Ab initio study of the excited singlet states of all-trans alpha,omega-diphenylpolyenes with one to seven polyene double bonds: Simulation of the spectral data within Franck-Condon approximation,
    W. Mizukami, Y. Kurashige, M. Ehara, T. Yanai, T. Itoh,
    J. Chem. Phys. 131, 174313-1-10 (2009). 
    DOI: 10.1063/1.3261729   
  214. High-precision ab initio core-level spectroscopy,
    M. Ehara,
    J. Phys. Conf. Series. 194, 012006-1-8 (2009).
    DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/194/1/01200
  215. Electronic structure and optical properties of chelating heteroatomic conjugated molecules: a SAC-CI study ,
    Y. Lu, M. Ehara,
    Theor. Chem. Acc., 124, 395-408 (2009).
    DOI: 10.1007/s00214-009-0629-
  216. Absorption and emission spectra of ultraviolet B blocking methoxy substituted cinnamates investigated using the symmetry-adapted cluster configuration interaction method,
    M. Promkatkaew, S. Suramitr, T. K. Karpkird, S. Namuangruk, M. Ehara, S. Hannongbua,
    J. Chem. Phys. 131, 224306-1-10 (2009).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.3264569   
  217. Theoretical Spectroscopy of Inner-Shell Electronic Processes and Photochemistry of Fluorescent Molecules,
    M. Ehara, H. Nakatsuji,
    Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics 20, Advances in the Theory of Atomic and Molecular Systems: Dynamics, Spectroscopy, Clusters, and Nanostructures, 103-124 (2009).
    DOI:10.1007/978-90-481-2985-0_
  218. Low-lying valence excited states of CNC, C2N, N-3, and NCO studied using the electron-attached and ionized symmetry-adapted-cluster configuration-interaction and equation-of-motion coupled-cluster methodologies,
    M. Ehara, J.R. Gour, P. Piecuch,
    Mol. Phys., 107, 871-880 (2009). (Prof. H.S. Schaefer III Issue)
    DOI: 10.1080/00268970802672668   
  219. High resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy on nitrogen molecules,
    K. Ueda, R. Puttner, N.A. Cherepkov, F. Gel’mukhanov, M. Ehara,
    Eur. Phys. J. (special topics), 169, 95-107 (2009).
    DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2009-00978-7
  220. Possible reaction pathway in methanol dehydrogenation on Pt and Ag surfaces/clusters starting from O-H scission: Dipped adcluster model study ,
    T. Watanabe, M. Ehara, K. Kuramoto, H. Nakatsuji,
    Surf. Sci., 603, 641-646 (2009).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2009.01.003
  221. Relativistic effects in K-shell ionizations: SAC-CI general-R study based on the DK2 Hamiltonian ,
    M. Ehara, K. Kuramoto, H. Nakatsuji,
    Chem. Phys., 356, 195-198 (2009). (Prof. W. Kutzelnigg Issue)
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.chemphys.2008.10.02
  222. Electronic transitions in cis- and trans-dichloroethylenes and tetrachloroethylene,
    S. Arulmozhiraja, M. Ehara, H. Nakatsuji,
    J. Chem. Phys., 129, 174506-1-8 (2008).
    DOI:
    10.1063/1.3152232   
  223. Geometry Relaxations After Inner-Shell Excitations and Ionizations,
    M. Ehara, H. Nakatsuji,
    Coll. Czech. Chem. Commun., 73, 771-785 (2008).
    DOI:
    10.1135/cccc2008077
  224. A mechanism for the palladium-catalyzed regioselective silaboration of allene: A theoretical study,
    Y. Abe, K. Kuramoto, M. Ehara, H. Nakatsuji, M. Suginome, M. Murakami, Y. Ito, 
    Organometallics, 27, 1736-1742 (2008).
    DOI:
    10.1021/om070110
  225. Vibration-induced suppression of valence-Rydberg mixing in the O 1snsσ Rydberg series in N2O,
    T. Tanaka, M. Hoshino, H. Kato, M. Ehara, N. Yamada, R. Fukuda, H. Nakatsuji, Y. Tamenori, J.R. Harries, G. Pruemper, H. Tanaka, K. Ueda,
    Phys. Rev. A. 77, 012709-1-4 (2008).
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.012709

Reviews (in English)

  1. Deep Reinforcement Learning in Chemistry: A Review
    B. Sridharan, A. Sinha, J. Bardhan, R. Modee, M. Ehara, U. D. Priyakumar
    J. Comput. Chem. 45, 1881-1885 (2024).
    DOI: 10.1002/jcc.27354
  2. Recent Progress in Controlling the Photoluminescence Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Oxidation and Alkylation
    Y. Maeda, P. Zhao, M. Ehara
    Chem. Commun. 59, 14497-14508 (2023). (Back Cover)
    DOI: 10.1039/D3CC05065
  3. Theoretical and Experimental Molecular Spectroscopy of the Far-Ultraviolet Region
    M. Ehara, Y. Morisawa
    in Molecular Spectroscopy: A Quantum Chemistry Approach, edited by Y. Ozaki, M.J. Wojcik, J. Popp, Wiley, pp. 119-145 (2019).
  4. Electronic Excitation of Molecules in Solution Calculated Using the SAC-CI Method in the Polarizable Continuum Model
    R. Fukuda, M. Ehara
    AIP Conf. Proc. (ICCMSE 2015) 1702, 090012 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4938820
  5. Electronic Structure and Transition in the Far-Ultraviolet Region
    Y. Moriwasa, M. Ehara,
    Far and Deep Ultraviolet Spectroscopy -- Beyond Conventional Photonics, edited by Y. Ozaki, S. Kawata, pp. 29-54, (Springer, 2015).
    DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-55549-0_3
  6. Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Conjugated Molecules: SAC-CI Study,
    M. Ehara,Y. Lu, M. Promkatkaew, S. Hannongbua,
    AIP Conf. Proc. (ICCMSE 2009) 1504, 848-851 (2012).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4771827
  7. Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Conjugated Molecules: SAC-CI Study,
    M. Ehara, B. Saha, P. Poolmee, M. Promkatkaew, S. Hannongbua, Y. Lu, H. Nakatsuji,
    AIP Conf. Proc. (ICCMSE 2009) 1504, 279-290 (2012).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.4771722
  8. Development of SAC-CI general-R Method for Theoretical Fine Spectrosocpy,
    M. Ehara, H. Nakatsuji,
    in Recent Progress in Coupled Cluster Methods: Theory and Applications, edited by P. Carsky, J. Pittner, J. Paldus, pp. 79-112,(Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2010).
  9. Photochemistry of Biological Chemosensors, Organic Light-Emitting Diodes, and Inner-shell Electronic Processes,
    M. Ehara, H. Nakatsuji,
    in AIP (American Institute of Physics) Conference Proceedings 995, Proceedings of the Workshop on Nuclei and Mesoscopic Physics (WNMP07), 145-151 (2008).

Reviews (in Japanese)

  1. Computational Materials Chemistry for Photofunctional Molecules Based on the Highly Accurate Electronic Structure Theory
    M. Ehara, R. Fukuda,
    Expected Materials for the Future, 12(2), pp. 15-22, (NTS, 2012).
  2. Development and Applications of Highly Accurate Electronic Structure Theory for Molecular Excited States
    M. Ehara,
    Chemstry and Inductry, June, pp. 576-578 (The Chemical Society of Japan, 2008).

Others

  1. New Paint and a New Engine
    C.L. Brooks, M. Ehara, G. Frenking, P.R. Schreiner
    J. Comp. Chem. 34, 1 (2013).
  2. Next-generation Integrated Nano-science Software
    M. Ehara,
    Computational Engineering, 15 (2 pages) (2010).
  3. Clarifying the Essence of Chemical Phenomina by Theoretical Chemistry and Constructing the Chemical Concept
    M. Ehara,
    Chemstry, 64, 20 (2009).

Program Systems

  1. Gaussian 16,
    M. J. Frisch, G. W. Trucks, H. B. Schlegel, G. E. Scuseria, M. A. Robb, J. R. Cheeseman, G. Scalmani, V. Barone, G. A. Petersson, H. Nakatsuji, X. Li, M. Caricato, A. V. Marenich, J. Bloino, B. G. Janesko, R. Gomperts, B. Mennucci, H. P. Hratchian, J. V. Ortiz, A. F. Izmaylov, J. L. Sonnenberg, D. Williams-Young, F. Ding, F. Lipparini, F. Egidi, J. Goings, B. Peng, A. Petrone, T. Henderson, D. Ranasinghe, V. G. Zakrzewski, J. Gao, N. Rega, G. Zheng, W. Liang, M. Hada, M. Ehara, K. Toyota, R. Fukuda, J. Hasegawa, M. Ishida, T. Nakajima, Y. Honda, O. Kitao, H. Nakai, T. Vreven, K. Throssell, J. A. Montgomery, Jr., J. E. Peralta, F. Ogliaro, M. J. Bearpark, J. J. Heyd, E. N. Brothers, K. N. Kudin, V. N. Staroverov, T. A. Keith, R. Kobayashi, J. Normand, K. Raghavachari, A. P. Rendell, J. C. Burant, S. S. Iyengar, J. Tomasi, M. Cossi, J. M. Millam, M. Klene, C. Adamo, R. Cammi, J. W. Ochterski, R. L. Martin, K. Morokuma, O. Farkas, J. B. Foresman, and D. J. Fox, Gaussian, Inc., Wallingford CT, 2016.
  2. Gaussian 09,
    M. J. Frisch, G. W. Trucks, H. B. Schlegel, G. E. Scuseria, M. A. Robb, J. R. Cheeseman, G. Scalmani, V. Barone, B. Mennucci, G. A. Petersson, H. Nakatsuji, M. Caricato, X. Li, H. P. Hratchian, A. F. Izmaylov, J. Bloino, G. Zheng, J. L. Sonnenberg, M. Hada, M. Ehara, K. Toyota, R. Fukuda, J. Hasegawa, M. Ishida, T. Nakajima, Y. Honda, O. Kitao, H. Nakai, T. Vreven, J. A. Montgomery, Jr., J. E. Peralta, F. Ogliaro, M. Bearpark, J. J. Heyd, E. Brothers, K. N. Kudin, V. N. Staroverov, R. Kobayashi, J. Normand, K. Raghavachari, A. Rendell, J. C. Burant, S. S. Iyengar, J. Tomasi, M. Cossi, N. Rega, J. M. Millam, M. Klene, J. E. Knox, J. B. Cross, V. Bakken, C. Adamo, J. Jaramillo, R. Gomperts, R. E. Stratmann, O. Yazyev, A. J. Austin, R. Cammi, C. Pomelli, J. W. Ochterski, R. L. Martin, K. Morokuma, V. G. Zakrzewski, G. A. Voth, P. Salvador, J. J. Dannenberg, S. Dapprich, A. D. Daniels, O. Farkas, J. B. Foresman, J. V. Ortiz, J. Cioslowski, and D. J. Fox, 
    Gaussian, Inc., Wallingford CT, 2009.

Invited Talks (International)

  1. Inverse Design Approach of Molecular Aggregates and Molecule-Nanocluster Systems
    M. Ehara
    Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, July 26, 2024 (Invited Talk).  
  2. Nanocluster and Heterogeneous Catalysis: Interplay between Theory and Experiment
    M. Ehara
    IIIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, July 25, 2024 (Invited Talk).
  3. Nanocluster and Heterogeneous Catalysis: Interplay between Theory and Experiment
    M. Ehara
    Sustainable Catalysis: Synthesis, Theory, and Applications (SusCat-STA 2024),
    Udaipur, India, July 22-26, 2024 (Invited Talk).
  4. Electronic Structures and Optical Properties of Metal Nanoclusters
    M. Ehara, T. Shiraogawa, P. Zhao
    The 8th Japan-Czech-Slovakia International Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry (JCS8),
    Sapporo, Japan, June 17-20, 2024 (Invited Talk).
  5. Nanocluster and Heterogeneous Catalysis: Interplay between Theory and Experiment
    M. Ehara
    16th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences 2023, Bangkok, Thailand, December 13-15, 2023 (Invited Talk).
  6. Aggregation Induced Photoluminescence of Metal Complexes and Nanoclusters
    M. Ehara
    Chimie ParisTech, Paris, France, November 8, 2023 (Invited Talk).
  7. Photofunctions of Complex Systems and Nanoclusters
    M. Ehara
    Chimie ParisTech, Paris, France, November 7, 2023 (Invited Talk).
  8. Photofunctions of Complex Systems and Nanoclusters Focusing on Inverse Design Approach
    M. Ehara
    IIIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, October 18, 2023 (Invited Talk).
  9. Photofunctions of Complex Systems and Nanoclusters Focusing on Inverse Design Approach
    M. Ehara
    The 26th Quantum Systems in Chemistry, Physics, and Biology (QSCP-XXVI),
    Jaipur, India, October 14-20 2023 (Invited Talk).
  10. Photofunctions of Complex Systems and Nanoclusters Focusing on Inverse Design Approach
    M. Ehara and T. Shiraogawa, P. Zhao
    TACC2023, Sapporo, September 4-9, 2023 (Invited Talk).
  11. Nanocluster and Heterogeneous Catalysis: Interplay between Theory and Experiment
    M. Ehara
    Taiwan International Conference on Catalysis (TICC-2023), Tainan, Taiwan, June 28-30, 2023 (Keynote Talk)
  12. Theoretical Design of Photofunctional Molecular Aggregates and Molecule-Nanocluster Systems for Optical Properties with Inverse Design Approach
    M. Ehara and T. Shiraogawa, P. Zhao
    The 10th Asian Pacific Conference of Theoretical & Computational Chemistry (APCTCC), Vietnam, February 19-23, 2023 (Keynote Talk).
  13. Theoretical Chemistry for Complex Systems: Pd-Au Nanocluster and Heterogeneous Catalysts
    M. Ehara
    Pacifichem 2021: Symposium (#393) Triangle of Heterogeneous Catalysis, Surface Science, and Theory, Hawaii, December 19-20 (2021).
  14. Theoretical studies on heterogeneous and nanocluster catalysts: collaborations with experiment
    M. Ehara
    The 8th International Symposium of Institute for Catalysis: Novel Approaches for Next Generation Catalysis, Sapporo (Zoom), Japan, August 5, 2021 (Keynote Talk).
  15. Theoretical Design of Photofunctional Molecular Aggregates for Optical Properties: An Inverse Design Approach
    M. Ehara and T. Shiraogawa
    Japan-Norway Bilateral Symposium from Fundamental Chemistry to Porous Materials: Theory and Experiment, Okazaki (zoom), Japan, August 20-21, 2020 (Invited Talk).
  16. Reaction and Dynamics at Interface Region of Condensed-phase Au-Pd Nanocluster Catalysts
    M. Ehara
    Japan-India Mini Workshop, Kobe, Japan, October 29-November 1, 2019 (Invited Talk, cancelled).
  17. Coordination Asymmetry: Frenkel-Exciton Decomposition Analysis of Circular Dichroism and Circularly Polarized Luminescence for Multichromophoric Systems
    M. Ehara
    The 9th Conference of the Asia-Pacific Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (APATCC 2019), Sydney, Australia, September 30-October 3, 2019 (Invited Talk).
  18. Theoretical Approaches for Coordination Asymmetry: Photoreaction in MMF and Chiroptical Spectroscopy
    M. Ehara
    Combination of Theoretical/Computational Studies and Experiments toward Porous Coordination Polymers/ Metal Organic Frameworks, Oslo, August, 22, 2019 (Invited Talk).
  19. Frenkel-Exciton Decomposition Analysis of Circular Dichroism and Circularly Polarized Luminescence for Multichromophoric Systems
    M. Ehara
    Pure and Applied Chemistry International Conference 2019 (PACCON 2019), Bangkok, Thailand, February 7-8, 2019 (Invited Talk).
  20. Element Strategy for Catalysts and Batterie
    M. Ehara
    SOKENDAI Asian Winter School, "Challenges for New Frontiers in Molecular Science: From Basics to Advanced Researches", Okazaki, Japan, December 19, 2018 (Invited Talk).
  21. Theoretical Approaches to Asymmetry: Photoreaction in MMF and Spectroscopy
    M. Ehara
    The 2nd International Symposium on Coordination Asymmetry, Tokyo, Japan, November 15, 2018 (Invited Talk).
  22. Wavefunction Theory for Photophysical Properties of Functional Molecules,
    M. Ehara
    Japan-India Mini Workshop, Kobe, Japan, October 30-November 2, 2018 (Invited Talk).
  23. Theoretical Molecular Spectroscopy using SAC-CI: Collaboration with ATR-FUV Spectroscopy
    M. Ehara
    International Conference on Advanced Molecular Spectroscopy, Hyogo, Japan, June 30-July 1. 2018 (Keynote Lecture)
  24. Electronic Resonance States Studied by CAP/SAC-CI and ACCC SAC-CI
    M. Ehara
    The 8th Asian Pacific Conference of Theoretical & Computational Chemistry (APCTCC), Munbai, India, December 15-17, 2017 (Invited Talk).
  25. Theoretical Molecular Spectroscopy using SAC-CI
    M. Ehara
    The 2nd International Symposium on Quantum Chemistry at Kwansei Gakuin University, November 8, 2017 (Invited Talk).
  26. Interface in Supported Nanocluster Catalysts
    M. Ehara
    First Joint Symposium of IMS-NANOTEC, Bangkok, October 30, 2017 (Invited Talk). .
  27. Structure and Catalytic Activity of Nanocluster Catalysts
    M. Ehara
    The 21st International Annual Symposium on Computational Science and Engineering (ANSCSE21), Bangkok, August 3-5, 2017 (Keynote Lecture).
  28. Theoretical Chemistry for Complex Systems: Nanocluster and heterogeneous catalysts
    M. Ehara
    Forum for Molecular Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, June 14-15, 2017 (Plenary Lecture).
  29. Theoretical Chemistry for Complex Systems: Approach from Accurate Electronic Structure Theory
    M. Ehara
    Fudan Univ., Shanghai, China, April 26, 2017 (Invited Lecture).
  30. Element Strategy for Catalysts and Batteries
    M. Ehara
    Shanghai Univ., Shanghai, China, April 26, 2017 (Invited Lecture).
  31. Relevance of Interface Region in Supported Nanocluster Catalysts
    M. Ehara
    The 5th Modeling of Chemical and Biological Reactivity (MCBR-5), Chennai, India, February 18-21, 2017 (Invited Talk).
  32. Electronic Resonance States Studied by CAP/SAC-CI and ACCC SAC-CI
    M. Ehara and T. Sommerfeld
    Recent Advances in Many-Electron Theory (RAMET) 2017, Goa, India, February 9-12, 2017 (Invited Talk).
  33. Recent Progress in PCM SAC-CI and CAP/SAC-CI
    M. Ehara
    The 15th Theoretical Chemistry Symposium (TCS), Hyderabad, India, December 14-17, 2016 (Invited Talk).
  34. Charge Transfer Excitations Studied by the SAC-CI Method
    M. Ehara
    Excited States in Complex Systems, Paris, France, November 21-23, 2016 (Plenary Talk).
  35. Element Strategy for Catalysts and Batteries
    M. Ehara
    Southeastern Louisiana Univ., USA,
    October 14, 2016 (Invited Lecture).
  36. Relevance of Interface Region in Supported Nanocluster Catalysts
    M. Ehara
    EMN Meeting on Computation and Theory Energy Materials Nanotechnology, Las Vegas, NV USA, October 10-14, 2016 (Invited Talk).
  37. Recent Progress in PCM SAC-CI and CAP/SAC-CI
    M. Ehara
    Theory and Applications of Computational Chemistry (TACC2016), Seattle, USA, August 28-September 2, 2016 (Invited Talk).
  38. Recent Progress in CAP/SAC-CI Method for Locating Resonance StatesI
    M. Ehara and T. Sommerfeld
    ISTCP IX 2016 Conference, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA, July 17-22, 2016 (Invited Talk).
  39. DFT Study on Nanocluster and Heterogeneous Catalysts
    M. Ehara
    International Symposium on Novel Chemistry and Engineering, VISTEC, Rayong, Thailand, June 30, 2016 (Invited Talk).
  40. Photocatalysis on Metal Oxides: DFT study
    M. Ehara
    Ninth International Congress for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC Congress IX), Pattaya, Thailand, June 26-29, 2016 (Invited Talk).
  41. Theoretical Studies on the Bond Activation in Heterogeneous Catalysis
    M. Ehara,
    Pacifichem 2015, Interplay between Theory and Experiment in Catalytic Research (#277), Honolulu, U.S.A., December 16-17, 2015 (Introductory Talk).
  42. Solvent Effects in Excited States: PCM SAC-CI Study
    M. Ehara, R. Fukuda,
    Pacifichem 2015, Recent Progress in Molecular Theory for Excited-state Electronic Structure and Dynamics (#142), Honolulu, U.S.A.,
    December 15-17, 2015 (Invited Talk).
  43. Elements Strategy for Catalysts and Batteries
    M. Ehara,
    Sokendai Asian Winter School (AWS2015), Toki, Japan,
    December 2-5, 2015 (Lecture).
  44. Unique Bond Activations and Reactions on Heterogeneous Catalysts
    M. Ehara,
    ICIQ-FIFC Joint Symposium on “Theory and Computations of Complex Chemical Systems”, Taragona, Spain,
    November 25-27, 2015 (Invited Talk).
  45. High throughput computations of solvent effects using PCM SAC-CI approach.
    M. Ehara
    Joint Spanish-Japanese Symposium: Computational Approaches for the Study of Chemical and Biological Systems, Madrid, Spain,
    November 23, 2015 (Invited Talk).
  46. Recent Developments and Applications of SAC-CI
    M. Ehara
    Kwansei Gakuin International Symposium: "Frontiers of Quantum Chemistry", Hyogo, Japan,
    November 11, 2015 (Invited Talk).
  47. Recent Developments and Applications of SAC-CI
    M. Ehara
    The 6th Japan-Czech-Slovakia International Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry (JCS-2015)
    Bratislava, Slovakia, October 11-15, 2015 (Invited Talk).
  48. Recent Developments and Applications of SAC-CI
    M. Ehara,
    CECAM Workshop, Charge Transfer Modeling in Chemistry: New Methods and Solutions for a Long-standing Problem, Paris, France,
    April 7-10, 2015 (Invited Talk).
  49. Bond Activation on Supported Nanocluster Catalysts
    M. Ehara,
    Asian Academic Seminar 2015, Kolkata, India,
    March 6-10, 2015 (Invited Talk).
  50. Bond Activation Mechanism on Heterogeneous Nanocluster Catalysts
    M. Ehara ,
    The 4th Thailand International Nanotechnology Conference(NanoThailand2014), Bangkok, Thailand, November 26-28, 2014 (Invited Talk).
  51. Heterogeneous Nanocluster Catalysts
    M. Ehara ,
    The 19th International Workshop Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics (QSCP-XIX), Tamsui, Taipei, November 11-17, 2014 (Invited Talk).
  52. Au and Au/Pd Nanocluster Catalysts
    M. Ehara,
    The 10th Congress of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists, Santiago, Chile, October 5-10, 2014 (Invited Talk).
  53. Unique Heterogeneous Catalysis with Metal Nanoclusters
    M.Ehara,
    University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany,
    June 18, 2014 (Seminar).
  54. Solvent Effects in Excited States: PCM-SAC-CI Study
    M. Ehara, R. Fukuda,
    The 14th conference BioInformatics in Torun, Poland,
    June 14-16,2014. (Invited Talk)
  55. Quantum Chemistry for Excited States I, Quantum Chemistry for Excited States II, Au and Au/Pd Nanocluster Catalysts
    M. Ehara,
    Winter School on Modeling Chemical and Biological Reactivity (MCBR), Indian Institute for Technology, Hyderabad, India,
    January 2-22, 2014 (Invited Three Lectures)
  56. Chemically Intuitive Indexes for Charge-Transfer Excitation
    M. Ehara,
    Pure and Applied Chemistry International Conference (PACCON) 2014, Khon Kaen,Thailand,
    January 8-10, 2014 (Invited Talk).
  57. Au and Au/Pd Nanocluster Catalysts
    M. Ehara,
    The 1st IMS-KU Workshop on Molecular Sciences towards Green Sustainability, Bangkok, Thailand,
    January 6-7, 2014 (Invited Talk).
  58. Some Recent Works on Excited States and Nanocluster Catalysts
    M. Ehara,
    Recent Advances in Correlation Problems, Kolkata, India,
    December 19-23, 2013 (Invited Talk).
  59. Quantum Chemistry for Excited States
    M. Ehara,
    SOKENDAI Asian Winter School Innovations and Challenges in Molecular Science From Basics to Cutting-edge Researches, Okazaki, Japan,
    December 11-13, 2013 (Invited Lecture).
  60. Au and Au/Pd Catalysis
    M. Ehara,
    Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand,
    November 22, 2013 (Lecture).
  61. Catalytic Reactions on Au and Au/Pd Nanoclusters
    M. Ehara,
    The 6th Asian Pacific Conference of Theoretical & Computational Chemistry, Gyeongju, Korea,
    July 10-13, 2013 (Invited Talk).
  62. Theoretical and Computational Chemistry for Photofunctional Molecules
    M. Ehara,
    International Congress for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC Congress VIII), Pattaya, Thailand,
    May 5-8, 2013 (Invited Talk)
  63. Photochemistry by SAC-CI and TDDFT
    M. Ehara and R. Fukuda,
    TD-DFT Conference, Nantes,
    April 23-26, 2013(Plenary Talk).
  64. Theoretical and Computational Chemistry for Photofunctional Molecules and Nanocluster Catalysis
    M. Ehara,
    The 3rd ENSCP-IMS joint symposium, Okazaki, Japan,
    February 12-13, 2013 (Invited Talk).
  65. Recent Developments of SAC-CI and Its Applications to Molecular Spectroscopy
    M. Ehara,
    The 31st European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy (EUCMOS), 
    August 26-31, 2012 (Plenary Talk).
  66. Recent Developments and Applications of SAC-CI
    M. Ehara,
    The 1st International Workshop on "Computer Simulations of Thermally Excited Molecules and Materials by First Principles", Nagoya, Japan,
    March 10-11, 2012 (Invited Talk).
  67. Recent Progress and Applications of SAC-CI
    M. Ehara,
    The 5th Asian Pacific Conference of Theoretical & Computational Chemistry, Rotorua, New Zealand,
    December 9-13, 2011 (Invited Talk).
  68. Theoretical Spectroscopy and Photophysical Chemistry by SAC-CI
    M. Ehara,
    Recent Advances in Many-electron Theory II - 2011, India
    December 1-4, 2011 (Invited Talk).
  69. Theoretical Spectroscopy and Photophysical Chemistry Based on Electronic Structure Theory
    M. Ehara,
    The 2nd ENSCP-IMS joint symposium, Paris, France,
    November 7-8, 2011 (Invited Talk).
  70. The SAC-CI Method: Theory and Applications
    M. Ehara,
    The 8th Thai Summer School of Computational Chemistry, Chiang Mai,
    September 24-27, 2011 (Lecturer).
  71. Theoertical Spectroscopy on Photo-functional Molecules with SAC-CI
    M. Ehara,
    The 4th Japan-Czech-Slovak Symposium, Prague, Czech
    May 18-20, 2011 (Invited Talk).
  72. Photophysical Chemistry and Theoretical Spectroscopy: Recent Progress in SAC-CI Approach
    M. Ehara,
    Southeastern Luisiana Univ., USA
    March 11, 2011 (Invited Lecture).
  73. Theoretical Fine Spectroscopy and Photophysical Chemistry with the SAC-CI Method
    M. Ehara,
    Pacifichem 2010 Congress; Symposium for "Computational Quantum Chemistry: Theory and Interactions with Experiment", Hawaii, USA
    December 15-20, 2010 (Invited Talk).
  74. Photochemistry of Functional Molecules Studied by the SAC-CI Method
    M. Ehara,
    Pacifichem 2010 Congress; Symposium for "Molecular Theory for Real Systems and Chemical Reactions", Hawaii, USA
    December 15-20, 2010 (Invited Talk).
  75. Photophisical Chemistry based on the SAC-CI Method
    M. Ehara,
    The 1st Chlalongkorn - Institute for Molecular Science Joint Symposium, Bangkok, Thailand,
    October 20-21, 2010 (Lecture).
  76. Theoretical Spectroscopy of Core-Electron Processes and Solvent Effect in Excited States
    M. Ehara,
    The 15th International Workshop Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics (QSCP-XV), Cambridge, England,
    August 31- September 5, 2010 (Invited Talk).
  77. Photochemistry of Functional Conjugated Molecules Studied by the SAC-CI Method
    M. Ehara,
    Kolkata Univ., India,
    April 9, 2010 (Invited Lecture).
  78. Photochemistry of Functional Conjugated Molecules Studied by the SAC-CI Method
    M. Ehara,
    Pure and Applied Chemistry International Conference 2010, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand,
    January 21-23, 2010 (Invited Talk).
  79. Theoretical Fine Spectroscopy and Photo-physical Chemistry
    M. Ehara,
    International Symposium on "Molecular Theory for Real Systems", Kyoto, Japan,
    January 7-9, 2010 (Invited Talk).
  80. Theoretical Spectroscopy for Single and Double Core-Hole Ionization
    M. Ehara,
    International Meeting on Recent Advances in Many-Electron Theories, Shankarpur, India,
    January 5-7, 2010 (Invited Talk).
  81. Theoretical Fine Spectroscopy for Valence to Core-electron Chemsitry and Dynamics
    M. Ehara,
    The 4th Asian Pacific Conference of Theoretical & Computational Chemistry, Port Dickson, Malaysia,
    December 21-23, 2009 (Plenary Talk, 2009 Pople Medal).
  82. Core-excitation Induced Isomerization: Theoretical Consideration
    M. Ehara,
    Mini-symposium on Ultrafast Electron Dynamics, Sendai, Japan,
    October 15, 2009 (Invited Talk).
  83. Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Conjugated Molecules: SAC-CI Study
    M. Ehara,
    International Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering 2009, Rhodes, Greece,
    September 29-October 4, 2009 (Keynote Lecture).
  84. High-precision Theoretical Spectroscopy for Biological Chemosensor, Organic Light-Emitting Diodes, and Inner-shell Electronic Processes
    M. Ehara,
    The 14th International Workshop Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics (QSCP-XVI), Madrid, Spain, 
    September 13-19, 2009 (Invited Talk).
  85. Core-level Theoretical Fine Spectroscopy
    M. Ehara,
    The 3-rd Japan-Czech-Slovakia Joint Symposium for Theoretical/Computational Chemistry, Bratislava, Slovakia, 
    September 9-12, 2009 (Invited Talk).
  86. High-precision Ab initio Core-level Spectroscopy
    M. Ehara,
    XXVI ICPEAC International Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan,
    July 22-28, 2009 (Invited Talk).
  87. Photochemistry of Biological Chemosensor, Organic Light-Emitting Diodes, and Inner-shell Electronic Processes
    M. Ehara,
    13th Annual Symposium on Computational Science and Engineering, (ANSCSE13), Bangkok, Thailand, March 25-27, 2009 (Invited Talk).
  88. Photochemistry of Biological Chemosensor, Organic Light-Emitting Diodes, and Inner-shell Electronic Processes
    M. Ehara,
    The 13th International Workshop Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics (QSCP-XIII), Lansing, Michigan, 
    July 6-12, 2008 (Invited Talk).
  89. Theoretical spectroscopy of the inner-shell electronic processes: SAC-CI study
    M. Ehara,
    The International Workshop on Photoionization (IWP) 2008, Uppsala, Sweden, 
    June 15-19, 2008 (Invited Talk).

Invited Talks (Domestic, in Japanese)

  1. "Chemistry of Luminescence based on Theory and Computations"
    M. Ehara,
    BCSJ 93th Annual Meeting, "64-Luminescence Chemistry Ensemble", Shiga,
    March 22-25, 2013 (Invited Talk).
  2. "Mechanism of Varieties of Catalytic Reactions on Au and Au/Pd clusters"
    M. Ehara,
    Symposium: New Frontier of Exploring Chemical Reaction Path, Tokyo,
    September 22-23, 2012 (Invited Talk).
  3. "Element Strategy by Theoretical and Comutational Science"
    M. Ehara,
    Molecular Science Society Symposium
    June 9, 2012 (Invited Talk).
  4. "Photo-Physical Chemistry and Molecular Spectroscopy by Accurate Electronic Structure Theory"
    M. Ehara,
    Intensive Lecture Course "Material Science Engineering"
    October 24, 2011 (Invited Talk).
  5. "Exploring Next-generation Theoretical Molecular Spectroscopy"
    M. Ehara,
    Symposium - Toward Future of Molecular Science -
    March 7, 2009 (Invited Talk).
  6. "Development and Applications of Highly Accurate Electronic Structure Theory - Theoretical Fine Spectroscopy and Photo-Electronic Processes",
    M. Ehara,
    The 6th Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry Symposium, Kyoto, 
    December 2, 2008 (Invited Talk).
  7. "Theoretical Fine Spectroscopy: from Photo-functional Molecules to Inner-shell Electronic Processes",
    M. Ehara,
    "Lecture of Theoretical Chemistry", Kanazawa, 
    January 29, 2008 (Invited Lecture).

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