Achivement

Papers・Reviews

1. A Fluorescent Self-Assembled Chemosensor Array on Paper for Saccharides and Carboxylic Acids in Fermented Rice Mash during a Sake Brewing Process
   Lyu, X.; Sasaki, Y.; Minami, T., ACS Food Sci. Technol., 2025 ,5 ,3054–3060.
   
2. Image-based measurements of Tafel slopes in aqueous MV/4-HO-TEMPO Flow Batteries
   Chevalier, S.; Sasaki, Y.; Minami, T., J. Power Sources, 2025 ,655 ,237928.
   
3. Accurate determination of enantiomeric excess of an amino acid using an extended-gate-type organic transistor
   Zhang, Y.; Sasaki, Y.; Lyu, X.; Ogawa J.; Itoh H.; Minami, T., Chem. Commun., 2025 ,61 ,9872-9875.
   Invited Paper for Special Issue “Chemistry for a Sustainable World – Celebrating Our Community Tackling Global Challenges”
   
4. Organic Field-Effect Transistors for Interfacial Chemistry: Monitoring Reactions on SAMs at the Solid–Liquid Interface
   Sasaki, Y.; Minami, T.*, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025 ,17 ,31165–31173.
   Invited Perspective
   

5. Extended-Gate-Type Organic Transistor-based Chemical Sensors with Artificial Receptors toward Selective Detection in Aqueous Media
   Sasaki, Y.; Minami, T., Bunseki Kagaku, 2025 ,74 ,235−241.
   Special Issue “Cross-scale Analysis from Cells to Environmental Water”
6. Biosensing approaches in body fluids using extended-gate-type organic field-effect transistor enzymatic sensors
   Sasaki, Y.; Minami, T., Anal. Sci., 2025 ,41 ,523–530.
   Invited Paper for Special Issue “Progress and Prospect in Analytical Science and Technology”
7. Colorimetric quantitative detection of steroid hormones using an indicator displacement assay-based chemosensor array
   Sasaki, Y.; Yamanashi, Y.; Ohshiro, K.; Lyu, X.; Minami, T., Chem. Commun., 2025 ,61 ,476-479.
   Invited Paper for Special Issue “ChemComm 60th Anniversary Collection”
   
8. An extended-gate-type organic transistor for monitoring the Menschutkin reaction of tetrazole at a solid-liquid interface
   Sasaki, Y.; Ohshiro, K.; Lyu, X.; Kawashima, T.; Kamiko, M.; Tanaka, H.; Yamagami, A.; Ueno, Y.; Minami T., Chem. Commun., 2024 ,60 ,9930-9933.
   Invited Paper for Special Issue “ChemComm Pioneering Investigators collection 2024”
   
9. Detection of Micromolar Glucose Levels in Human Sweat Using an Organic Transistor-based Enzymatic Sensor
   Sasaki, Y.; Ohshiro, K.; Kato, M.; Haba, D.; Nakagami, G.; Minami, T., ChemElectroChem, 2024 ,11 ,e202400292.
   (Invited Paper)
   
10. Quantitative Spermidine Detection in Cosmetics using an Organic Transistor-based Chemical Sensor
    Sasaki, Y.; Ohshiro, K.; Kato, M.; Tanaka, H.; Yamagami, A.; Hagiya, K.; Minami, T., ChemistryOpen, 2024 ,13 ,e202400098.
    (Invited Paper)
    
11. Strategy for pattern recognition-driven optical chemosensing based on polythiophene
    Mohan, B.; Sasaki, Y.; Minami, T., Smart Mol., 2024 ,2 ,e20240001.
    (Invited Review)
    
12. Excitonic organic materials for photochemical and optoelectronic applications: general discussion
    Aitchison, C.; Albrecht, K.; Awaga, Kunio.; Bergmann, K.; Calbo, J.; Cameron, J.; Clark, J.; Collins, M.; Data, P.; Santos, P.; Fujigaya, T.; Fujino, T.; Fukazawa, A.; Glöcklhofer, F.; Guo, X.; Heeney, M.; Hudson, Z.; Ie, Y.; Ishii, W.; Luscombe, C.; Marcilla, R.; Matsuo, T.; Miyazaki, S.; Nakagawa, S.; Nakanishi, T.; Nakatsuka, N.; Nishide, H.; Sasaki, Y.; Schroeder, B.; Singh, M.; Skabara, P.; Takeda, Y.; Tanaka, Y.; Tani, Y.; Tsuchiya, Y.; Tsutsui, Y.; Uematsu, T.; Xie, G.; Yanai, N., Faraday Discuss., 2024 ,250 ,298-334.
13. Organic neuromorphics and bioelectronics: general discussion
    Aitchison, C.; Albrecht, K.; Awaga, K.; Cameron, J.; Data, P.; Glöcklhofer, F.; Guo, X.; Heeney, M.; Hudson, Z.; Ie, Y.; Luscombe, C.; Matsuo, T.; Nakanishi, T.; Nakatsuka, N.; Nishide, H.; Sasaki, Y.; Schroeder, B.; Singh, M.; Skabara, P.; Takeda, Y.; Tani, Y.; Torsi, L.; Tsuchiya, Y.; Uematsu, T.; Yadav, D.; Yanai, N., Faraday Discuss., 2024 ,250 ,83-95.
14. An organic transistor for detecting the oxidation of an organic sulfur compound at a solid–liquid interface and its chemical sensing applications
    Sasaki, Y.; Zhang, Y; Ohshiro, K.; Tsuchiya, K.; Lyu, X.; Kamiko, M.; Ueno, Y.; Tanaka, H.; Minami, T., Faraday Discuss, 2024 ,250 ,60-73.
    
15. Nanoarchitectonics of highly dispersed polythiophene on paper for accurate quantitative detection of metal ions
    Sasaki, Y.; Lyu, X.; Kawashima, T.; Zhang, Y.; Ohshiro, K.; Okabe, K.; Tsuchiya, K.; Minami, T., RSC Adv., 2024 ,14 ,5159-5166.
    Invited Paper for Special Issue “Nanoarchitectonics Advances: Bridge over Nanotechnology and Materials Science”
    
16. Leaf-Inspired Host-Guest Complexation-Dictating Supramolecular Gas Sensors
    Park, J.; Sasaki, Y.; Ishii, Y.; Murayama, S.; Ohshiro, K.; Nishiura, K.; Ikura, R.; Yamaguchi, H.; Harada, A.; Matsuba, G.; Washizu, H.; Minami, T.; Takashima, Y., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023 ,15 ,39777 – 39785.
    
17. Zn(II)-Dipicolylamine-Attached Amphiphilic Polythiophene for Quantitative Pattern Recognition of Oxyanions in Mixtures
    Sasaki, Y.; Ohshiro, K.; Okabe, K.; Lyu, X.; Tsuchiya, K.; Matsumoto, A.; Takizawa, S.; Minami T., Chem. Asian J., 2023 ,18 ,e202300372.
    (This article was selected as a Front Cover and  “Chem. Asian J. VIP”.)
    
18. Spontaneous preparation of a fluorescent ratiometric chemosensor using off-the-shelf materials for metal ions
    Sasaki, Y.; Ohshiro, K.; Zhou, Q.; Lyu, X.; Tang, W.; Okabe, K.; Takizawa, S.; Minami T., Chem. Commun., 2023 ,59 ,7747 – 7750.
    
19. Accurate cortisol detection in human saliva by an extended-gate-type organic transistor functionalized with a molecularly imprinted polymer
    Sasaki, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Fan, H.; Ohshiro, K.; Zhou, Q.; Tang, W.; Lyu, X.; Minami T., Sens. Actuators B Chem., 2023 ,382 ,133458.
    
20. A Printed Colorimetric Chemosensor Array on A 96-microwell Paper Substrate for Metal Ions in River Water
    Sasaki, Y.; Lyu, X.; Minami T., Front. Chem., 2023 ,11 ,1134752.
    
21. An extended-gate-type organic transistor-based enzymatic sensor for dopamine detection in human urine
    Ohshiro, K.; Sasaki, Y.; Minami T., Talanta Open, 2023 ,7 ,100190.
    
22. Non-enzymatic detection of glucose levels in human blood plasma by a graphene oxide-modified organic transistor sensor
    Fan, H.; Sasaki, Y.; Zhou, Q.; Tang, W.; Nishina, Y.; Minami T., Chem. Commun., 2023 ,59 ,2505-2506.
     (This article was selected as a Back Cover.)
    
23. Highly Accurate pH Detection for Sweat Analysis by Printed 96-Microwell Colorimetric Sensor Array
    Sasaki, Y.; Lyu, X.; Minami T., Anal. Sens, ,in press.
    
24. An organic transistor for the selective detection of a tropane alkaloid utilizing a molecularly imprinted polymer
    Zhou, Q.; Sasaki, Y.; Ohshiro, K.; Fan, H.; Montagna, V.; Gonzato, C.; Haupt, K.; Minami, T., J. Mater. Chem., 2022 ,10 ,6808-6815.
    
25. Printed 384-Well Microtiter Plate on Paper for Fluorescent Chemosensor Array in Food Analysis
    Lyu, X.; Sasaki, Y.; Ohshiro, K.; Tang, W.; Yuan, Y.; Minami, T.O, Chem. Asian J., 2022 ,17 ,e202200597.
    
26. A microfluidic organic transistor for reversible and real-time monitoring of H2O2 at ppb/ppt levels in ultrapure water
    Ohshiro, K.; Sasaki, Y.; Zhou, Q; Didier, P.; Nezaki, T.; Yasuike, T.; Kamiko, M.; Minami, T., Chem. Commun., 2022 ,58 ,5721-5724.
    
27. Multi-Oxyanion Detection by an Organic Field-Effect Transistor with Pattern RecognitionTechniques and Its Application to Quantitative Phosphate Sensing in Human Blood Serum
    Mitobe, R.; Sasaki, Y.; Tang, W.; Zhou, Q.; Lyu, X.; Ohshiro, K.; Kamiko, M.; Minami, T., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2022 ,14 ,22903-22911.
    (This article was selected as a Front Cover .)
    
28. Oxytocin detection at ppt level in human saliva by an extended-gate-type organic field-effect transistor
    Ohshiro, K.; Sasaki, Y.; Zhou, Q; Lyu, X.; Yamanashi, Y.; Nakahara, K.; Nagaoka, H.; Minami, T., Analyst, 2022 ,147 ,1055-1059.
     (This article was selected as Hot Article 2022 .)
    
29. Freshness monitoring of a raw fish by detecting biogenic amines using a gold nanoparticle-based colorimetric sensor array
    Du, L.; Lao, Y.; Sasaki, Y.; Lyu, X.;Zhang, Z.; Minami, T., RSC Adv., 2022 ,12 ,6803.
    
30. A minimized fluorescent chemosensor array utilizing carboxylate-attached polythiophenes on a chip for metal ions detection
    Sasaki, Y.; Lyu, X.;Zhang, Z.; Minami, T., Front. Chem. Sci. Eng., 2022 ,16 ,72.
     (This article was selected as Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering Featured Article .)
    
31.  Toward Food Freshness Monitoring: Coordination Binding–Based Colorimetric Sensor Array for Sulfur-Containing Amino Acids
    Lyu, X.; Tang, W.; Sasaki, Y.; Zhao, J.; Zheng, T.; Tian Y.; Minami, T., Front. Chem. , 2021 ,9 ,685783.
    
32. Detection of polyamines by an extended gate-type organic transistor functionalized with a carboxylate attached 1,3,4-thiadiazole derivative
    Asano, K.; Sasaki, Y.; Zhou, Q.; Mitobe, R.; Tang, W.; Lyu, X.; Kamiko, M.; Tanaka, H.; Yamagami, K.; Hagiya, K.; Minami, T., J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021 ,9 ,11690.
    (This article was selected as a Front Cover and highlighted by Journal of Materials Chemistry C HOT Papers.)
    
33. A Printed Paper-Based Anion Sensor Array for Multi-Analyte Classification: Application to On-Site Quantification of Glyphosate
    Zhang, Z.; Hamedpour, V.;Lyu, X.;Sasaki, Y.; Minami, T., ChemPlusChem., 2021 ,86 ,798.
    
34. 96-well Microtiter Plate Made of Paper: A Printed Chemosensor Array for Quantitative Detection of Saccharides
    Lyu, X.; Hamedpour, V.;Sasaki, Y.;Zhang, Z.; Minami, T., Anal. Chem., 2021 ,93 ,1179.
    
35. Easy-to-Prepare Mini-Chemosensor Array for Simultaneous Detection of Cysteine and Glutathione Derivatives
    Sasaki, Y.; Lyu, X.; Kubota, R.; Takizawa, S; Minami, T., ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2021 ,4 ,2113.
    
36. A Water‐Gated Organic Thin‐Film Transistor for Glyphosate Detection: A Comparative Study with Fluorescence Sensing
    Sasaki, Y.;Asano, K.; Minamiki, T.; Zhang, Z.; Takizawa, S.; Kubota, R.; Minami, T., Chem. – Eur. J., 2020 ,26 ,14525.
     (This article was selected as Very Important Paper and a Front Cover article.)
    

    
    
    

37. Supramolecular Sensor for Astringent Procyanidin C1: Fluorescent Artificial Tongue for Wine Components
    Sasaki, Y.; Ito, S.; Zhang, Z.; Lyu, X.; Takizawa, S; Kubota, R.; Minami, T. , Chem. – Eur. J., 2020 ,26 ,16236-16240.
    
38. Accurate chiral pattern recognition for amines, albeit a single chemosensor
    Sasaki, Y.; Kojima, S.; Hamedpour, V.; Kubota, R.; Takizawa, S; Yoshikawa, I.; Houjou, H.; Kubo, Y.; Minami, T., Chem. Sci., 2020 ,11 ,3790-3796.
    (This article was selected as 2020 Chemical Science HOT Article and an Inside Front Cover article.)
    
39. Porous microneedles on a paper for screening test of prediabetes
    Lee, H.; Bonfante, G.; Sasaki, Y.; Takama, N.; Minami, T.; Kim, B., Med. Devices Sens., 2020 ,3 ,e10109.
    (This article was selected as  a Front Cover article.)
    
40.  Fluorescence Anion Chemosensor Array Based on Pyrenylboronic Acid
    Cao, Z.; Cao, Y.; Kubota, R.; Sasaki, Y.; Asano, K.; Lyu, X.; Zhoujie, Z.; Zhou, Q.; Zhao, X.; Xu, X.; Wu, S.; Minami, T.; Liu, Y., Front. Chem., 2020 ,4 ,414.
    
41. Microfluidic system with extended-gate type organic transistor for real-time glucose monitoring
    Didier, P.; Lobato-Dauzier, N.; Clément, N.; Genot, A. J.; Sasaki, Y.; Leclerc, É.; Minamiki, T.; Sakai, Y.; Fujii, T.; Minami, T., ChemElectroChem , 2020 ,7 ,1332-1336.
    
42. An Extended-Gate Type Organic Transistor with a Solution Processable Small-Molecule Semiconductor Capable of Detecting Glutathione in Water
    Asano, K.; Aiko, M.; Yamanashi, Y.; Sasaki, Y.; Nakahara, K.; Minamiki, T.; Koike, T.; Minami, T., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. , 2020 ,59 ,SGGG07.
    
43. Simplest Chemosensor Array for Phosphorylated Saccharides
    Sasaki, Y.; Leclerc, É.; Hamedpour, V.; Kubota, R.; Takizawa, S.; Sakai, Y.; Minami, T., Anal. Chem. , 2019 ,91 ,15570-15576.
    
44. Simple Colorimetric Chemosensor Array for Oxyanions: Quantitative Assay for Herbicide Glyphosate
    Hamedpour, V.*; Sasaki, Y.*; Zhang, Z.*; Kubota, R.; Minami, T., Anal. Chem. , 2019 ,91 ,13627-13632.
    (*These authors equally contributed to this paper.)
    
45. Facile Indicator Displacement Assay-based Supramolecular Chemosensor: Quantitative Colorimetric Determination of Xylose and Glucose in the Presence of Ascorbic Acid
    Sasaki, Y.; Hamedpour, V.; Kubota, R.; He, Y.; Torii, Y.;Minami, T., Chem. Lett., 2019 ,48 ,1368-1370.
    
46. A Saccharide Chemosensor Array Developed Based on an Indicator Displacement Assay Using a Combination of Commercially Available Reagents
    Sasaki, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Minami, T., Front. Chem., 2019 ,7 ,49.
    
47. An electrolyte-gated polythiophene transistor for the detection of biogenic amines in water
    Minamiki, T.; Hashima, Y.; Sasaki, Y.; Minami, T., Chem. Commun., 2018 ,54 ,6907-6910.
     (This article was advertised in  a ChemComm Twitter account .)
    
48. An organic transistor-based electrical assay for copper(II) in water
    Sasaki, Y.; Minami, T.; Minamiki, T.; Tokito, S., Electrochemistry, 2017 ,85 ,775–778.
    
49. A molecular self-assembled colourimetric chemosensor array for simultaneous detection of metal ions in water
    Sasaki, Y.; Minamiki, T.; Tokito, S.; Minami, T., Chem. Commun. , 2017 ,53 ,6561-6564.
    (This article was selected as an Inside Front Cover article.)
    
50. Label-Free Direct Electrical Detection of a Histidine-Rich Protein with Sub-Femtomolar Sensitivity using an Organic Field-Effect Transistor
    Minamiki, T*.; Sasaki, Y*.; Tokito, S.; Minami, T., ChemistryOpen , 2017 ,6, ,472-475.
    (*These authors equally contributed to this paper.)
    (This article was selected as a Front Cover article.)
    
51. Label-Free Detection of Human Glycoprotein (CgA) Using an Extended-Gated Organic Transistor-Based Immunosenso
    Minamiki, T.; Minami, T.; Sasaki, Y.; Wakida, S.; Kurita, R.; Niwa, O.; Tokito, S., Sensors , 2016 ,16 ,2033.
    
52. Selective nitrate detection by an enzymatic sensor based on an extended-gate type organic field-effect transistor
    Minami, T.; Sasaki, Y.; Minamiki, T.; Wakida, S.; Kurita, R.; Niwa, O.; Tokito, S., Biosens. Bioelectron., 2016 ,81 ,87.
    
53. A mercury (II) ion sensor device based on an organic field effect transistor with an extended-gate modified by dipicolylamine
    Minami, T.; Sasaki, Y.; Minamiki, T.; Koutnik, P.; Anzenbacher Jr., P.; Tokito, S., Chem. Commun., 2015 ,51 ,17666.
    
54. An Organic Field-Effect Transistor with an Extended-Gate Electrode Capable of Detecting Human Immunoglobulin A
    Minamiki, T.; Minami, T.; Sasaki, Y.; Kurita, R.; Niwa, O.; Wakida, S.; Tokito, S, Anal. Sci., 2015 ,31 ,725.
    (This article was selected asThe TOP 3 papers most cited during 2016 in Analytical Sciences.)
    

Books

1. Design of chemical sensors based on organic transistors for monitoring food safety and quality
   Sasaki, Y.; Minami, T.
   Sensor Technologies for Food Safety and Quality, 2025, Chapter 2, pp. 22-47. (Invited Book Chapter)
2. Polymer Transistors for Chemical Sensing
   Sasaki, Y.; Minami, T.
   Kobunshi (High Polymers, Japan), 2024, 73, 73-74. (Invited Commentary)
3. Fluorescent Chemosensor Arrays and Their Devices
   Mohan, B.; Sasaki, Y.; Minami, T.
   Fluorescent Chemosensing and Bioimaging, 2024, Chapter 12, pp. 438-478. (Invited Book Chapter)
4. Design of Supramolecular Chemosensor Arrays and Their Applications to Optical Chips
   Sasaki, Y.; Minami, T.
   Materials Nanoarchitectonics, 2023, Chapter 19, pp. 561-586. (Invited Book Chapter)
5. Methodologies for Spontaneous Preparation of Chemosensors and Their Arrays Using Off-the-Shelf Reagents
   Sasaki, Y.; Minami, T.
   ChemNanoMat, 2024, 10, e202300335. (Invited Review)
6. Organic Transistor-based Chemical Sensors for Real-Sample Analysis
   Sasaki, Y.; Minami, T.
   Phys. Status Solidi A, 2023, 220, 2300469.
7. Polymer Transistor-based Chemical Sensors Utilizing Organic Thin Films
   Sasaki, Y.; Mitobe, R.; Minami, T.
   J. Adhes. Soc. Jpn. , 2022, 58, 191–198.
8. Supramolecular optical sensor arrays for on-site analytical devices
   Sasaki, Y.; Lyu, X.; Tang, W.; Wu, H.; Minami, T.
   J. Photochem. Photobiol. C, 2022, 51, 100475. (Invited Review)
9. Polythiophene-based Chemical Sensors: Toward On-site Supramolecular Analytical Devices
   Sasaki, Y.; Lyu, X.; Tang, W.; Wu, H.; Minami, T.
   Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. , 2021, 94, 2613. (Invited Review)
10.  Indicator Displacement Assay-based Chemosensor Arrays for Saccharides using Off-the-Shelf Materials toward Simultaneous On-site Detection on Paper
    Sasaki, Y.; Lyu, X.; Zhou, Q.; Minami, T.
    Chem. Lett. , 2021, 50, 987. (Invited Review)

    (This article was selected as an Inside Cover.)

11. Molecular self-assembled chemosensors and their arrays
    Sasaki, Y.; Kubota, R.; Minami, T.
    Coord. Chem. Rev. , 2021, 429, 213607. (Invited Review)
12.  Extended-gate type Organic Field-effect Transistors for the Detection of Potential Psychological Stress Markers
    Didier, P.; Blomenkamp H.; Kubota, R.; Sasaki, Y.; Minami, T.
    Sens. Mater. , 2021, 33, 211. (Special Issue)
13. Protein Assays on Organic Electronics: Rational Device and Material Designs for Organic Transistor-Based Sensors
    Minamiki, T.; Kubota, R.; Sasaki, Y.; Asano, K.; Minami, T.
    ChemistryOpen , 2020, 9, 573. (Invited Paper)

14. Chemical Sensing Platforms Based on Organic Thin-Film Transistors Functionalized with Artificial Receptors
    Kubota, R.; Sasaki, Y.; Minamiki, T.; Minami, T.
    ACS Sens. , 2019,, 4, , 2571.. (Invited Paper)

    (This article was selected as a Supplementary Cover.)

15.  Development of polymer field-effect transistor-based immunoassays
    Minamiki, T.; Sasaki, Y.; Su, S.; Minami, T.
    Polym. J. , 2019, 51, 1-9. (Invited and Highlighted Paper)
16. Development of enzymatic sensors based on extended-gate type organic field-effect transistors
    Minami, T.; Minamiki, T.; Sasaki, Y.
    Electrochemistry , 2018, 86, 303. (Invited and Featured Article)