Publications related to this thesis
(1) Ikemoto, S.; Huang, X.; Muratsugu, S.; Nagase, S.; Koitaya, T.; Matsui, H.; Yokota,
G.; Sudoh, T.; Hashimoto, A.; Tan, Y.; Yamamoto, S.; Tang, J.; Matsuda, I.;
Yoshinobu, J.; Yokoyama, T.; Kusaka, S.; Matsuda, R.; Tada, M. Reversible LowTemperature Redox Activity and Selective Oxidation Catalysis Derived from the
Concerted Activation of Multiple Metal Species on Cr and Rh-Incorporated Ceria
Catalysts. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2019, 21, 20868–20877. DOI:
10.1039/C9CP04625A.
(2) Ikemoto, S.; Muratsugu, S.; Koitaya, T.; Tada, M. Chromium Oxides as Structural
Modulators of Rhodium Dispersion on Ceria to Generate Active Sites for NO
Reduction. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 431–441. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c03807.
(3) Ikemoto, S.; Muratsugu, S.; Koitaya, T.; Tsuji, Y.; Das, M.; Yoshizawa, K.; Glorius,
F.; Tada, M. Coordination Induced Trigger for Activity: N-Heterocyclic CarbeneDecorated Ceria Catalysts Incorporating Cr and Rh with Activity Induction by
Surface Adsorption Site Control. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 1497–1504. DOI:
10.1021/jacs.2c07290.
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Other publications
(1) Muratsugu, S.; Baba, H.; Tanimoto, T.; Sawaguchi, K.; Ikemoto, S.; Tasaki, M.; Terao,
Y.; Tada M. Chemoselective Epoxidation of Cholesterol Derivatives on a SurfaceDesigned Molecularly Imprinted Ru-Porphyrin Catalyst. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54,
5114–5117. DOI: 10.1039/C8CC00896E.
(2) Morisako, S.; Watanabe, S.; Ikemoto, S.; Muratsugu, S.; Tada, M.; Yamashita, M.
Synthesis of A Pincer‐Ir(V) Complex with A Base‐Free Alumanyl Ligand and Its
Application toward Dehydrogenation of Alkanes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58,
15031–15035. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201909009.
(3) Akiyama, S.; Ikemoto, S.; Muratsugu, S.; Tada, M.; Yamashita, M. Copper
Complexes Bearing a Dianionic Diborane(4) Ligand: Synthesis and Evaluation of
the Donor Property. Organometallics 2020, 39, 500–504. DOI:
10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00027.
(4) Moock, D.; Wiesenhfeldt, M. P.; Freitag, M.; Muratsugu, S.; Ikemoto, S.; Knitsch,
R.; Schneidewind, J.; Bauman, W.; Shafer, A. H.; Timmer, A.; Tada, M.; Hansen, M.
R.; Glorius, F. Mechanistic Understanding of the Heterogeneous, RhodiumCyclic(Alkyl)(Amino)Carbene-Catalyzed (Fluoro-)Arene Hydrogenation. ACS
Catal. 2020, 10, 6309–6317. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01074
(5) Iwano, T.; Shitamatsu, K.; Ogiwara, N.; Okuno, M.; Kikukawa, Y.; Ikemoto, S.;
Shirai, S.; Muratsugu, S.; Waddell, P. G.; Errington, R. J.; Sadakane, M.; Uchida, S.
Ultrahigh Proton Conduction via Extended Hydrogen-Bonding Network in a
Preyssler-Type Polyoxometalate-Based Framework Functionalized with a
Lanthanide Ion. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 19138–19147. DOI:
10.1021/acsami.1c01752.
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Acknowledgements
This research was carried out under the supervision of Professor Dr. Mizuki Tada
(Nagoya University). I would like to present my sincere gratitude to for giving me not
only an opportunity of this attractive and challenging research but also her profitable
discussion, valuable suggestion, and continuous encouragement. I would like to express
my faithful gratitude to Associate Professor Dr. Satoshi Muratsugu (Nagoya University),
my direct supervisor, for his numerous invaluable suggestions, meaningful discussions,
and enthusiastic encouragement. He has also guided me in research planning,
experimental operation, and presentations.
The current interdisciplinary research was promoted by many co-researchers in
various research fields. I would like to express my deep gratitude to Associate Professor
Dr. Takanori Koitaya (Kyoto University) for supporting XPS and in situ AP-XPS
measurements and giving me his many suggestions on surface characterization. I would
like to express my appreciation to Professor Dr. Frank Glorius (Westfälische WilhelmsUniversität Münster) and Dr. Mowpriya Das (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
Münster) for their constructive discussions and suggestions on organic chemistry and
providing NHC precursors. I would like to appreciate to Professor Dr. Kazunari
Yoshizawa (Kyushu University) and Associate Professor Dr. Yuta Tsuji (Kyushu
University) for the DFT calculations and their worthful suggestions in the computational
chemistry.
The professors in our laboratory gave me a lot of helpful suggestions. I am deeply
grateful to Associate Professor/Lecturer Dr. Hirosuke Matsui (Nagoya University) for his
valuable suggestions, discussions, and kind supports. I would like to express my deep
gratitude to Professor Dr. Gabor Samjeske (Nagoya University), Professor Dr. Yasuhiro
Ohki (Kyoto University), Associate Professor Dr. Hirotoshi Sakamoto (Kyoto University),
Assistant Professor Dr. Caterina Suzanna Wondergem (Nagoya University) for giving me
a lot of suggestions.
The characterization in this research was supported by many co-researchers and
technical staffs. I would like to deeply acknowledge Professor Dr. Ryotaro Matsuda
(Nagoya University) and Assistant Professor Dr. Shinpei Kusaka (Nagoya University) for
their help with low-temperature TPO measurements. I would like to thank Mr. Kimitaka
Higuchi (Nagoya University) for HAADF-STEM measurements. I would like to thank
Dr. Ayako Hashimoto (National Institute for Materials Science) for her useful suggestions
on HAADF-STEM-EELS analysis. I am particularly grateful to a former technical staff
of our laboratory Ms. Ayu Kodaira (Nagoya University) for her help with HAADF-
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STEM-EELS/EDS measurements and preparation of oxide catalysts. I would like to thank
Dr. Kin-ichi Oyama (Nagoya University) for kind suggestions on ESI-MS measurement.
I am deeply grateful to the beamline staff at KFK-PF and the Aichi Synchrotron Radiation
Center for their many suggestions on XAFS and in situ experiments.
I would like to thank all the members of our laboratory for having a nice daily life
in the lab together.
I would like to acknowledge a JSPS fellowship and GTR program for financial
supports of this work.
Finally, I would like to greatly thank my family for supporting my research life.
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