Bioinorganic Chemistry Lab.

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science

The University of Tokyo

7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

Phone/Fax: +81-3-5841-8061, E-mail: shionoya(a)chem.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Educational and Professional Experiences

1982-1986The University of Tokyo (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

1986-1988Assistant Professor, Hiroshima University

1988-1990Assistant Professor, Institute for Molecular Science

1990-1991Assistant Professor, Hiroshima University

1991-1994Lecturer, Hiroshima University

1991          Visiting Researcher, University of Texas at Austin, USA

1994-1995Associate Professor, Hiroshima University

1995-1999Professor, Institute for Molecular Science

1995-1999Professor, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies

1999-present Professor, The University of Tokyo (Department of Chemistry)

Awards, etc.

2003 Guest Professor, University of Louis Pasteur

2007Guest Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich

2007Inoue Prize for Science

2007The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work

2008University of Louis Pasteur Medal

Research Interests and Subjects

Bio-Inorganic/Organic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry

(1) Nano-Array: Programming Metal Arrays in Artificial Bio-Inspired Molecules

(2) Nano-Space: Specific Molecular Recognition and Reactions

(3) Nano-Motion: Supramolecular Nano-Machines

Selected Publications

1. A Molecular Double Ball Bearing: An AgI-PtII Dodecanuclear Quadruple-Decker Complex with Three Rotors, S. Hiraoka, Y. Hisanaga, M. Shiro, M. Shionoya, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49,1669.

2. Site-Selective Internally-Cross-Linking between Hg(II)-Centered Apexes of an Octahedral Hexanuclear Hg(II) Capsule by a Rod-Shaped Ditopic Ligand, S. Hiraoka, M. Kiyokawa, M. Shionoya, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 138.

3. Template-Directed Synthesis of a Covalent Organic Capsule based on a 3 nm-Sized Metallo-Capsule, S. Hiraoka, Y. Yamauchi, R. Arakane, M. Shionoya, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 11646.

4. Inclusion of Anionic Guests in a Molecular Cage with Pd-Centers as Electrostatic Anchors, G. H. Clever, S. Tashiro, M. Shionoya, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 7010.

5. Induced-Fit Formation of a Tetrameric Organic Capsule consisting of Hexagram-Shaped Amphiphile Molecules, S. Hiraoka, K. Harano, T. Nakamura, M. Shiro, M. Shionoya, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 7006.

6. Discrete Self-Assembly of Iron Ions inside Triple-Stranded Artificial DNA, Y. Takezawa, W. Maeda, K. Tanaka, M. Shionoya, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 1081.

7. Alternate Arrangements of Two Different Metals at Chemically-Equivalent Binding Sites on a Circle, S. Hiraoka, M. Goda, M. Shionoya, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 4592.

8. A Self-Assembled Organic Capsule Formed from the Union of Six Haxagon-Shaped Amphiphile Molecules, S. Hiraoka, K. Harano, M. Shiro, M. Shionoya, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14368.

9. Ti(IV)-Centered Dynamic Inerconversion between Pd(II), Ti(IV)-Containing Ring and Cage Molecules by Acid-Base Regulation, S. Hiraoka, Y. Sakata, M. Shionoya, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 10058.

10.Ranging Correlated Motion (1.5 nm) of Two Coaxially Arranged Rotors Mediated by Helix Inversion of A Supramolecular Transmitter, S. Hiraoka, E. Okuno, T. Tanaka, M. Shiro, M. Shionoya, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 9089.

11. Ni(II)-Mediated Self-Assembly of Artificial -Dipeptides Forming a Macrocyclic Tetranuclear Complex with Interior Spaces for In-Line Molecular Arrangement, R. Miyake, S. Tashiro, M. Shiro, K. Tanaka, M. Shionoya, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 5646.

12. 3 nm-Scale Molecular Switching between Fluorescent Coordination Capsule and Nonfluorescent Cage, K. Harano, S. Hiraoka, M. Shionoya, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 5300.

13. Programmable Self-Assembly of Metal Ions in Artificial DNA, K. Tanaka, G. H. Clever, Y. Takezawa, Y. Yamada, C. Kaul, M. Shionoya, T. Carell, Nat. Nanotechnol. 2006, 1, 190.

14.Electrostatically Controlled Hierarchical Arrangement of Monocationic Silver(I) and Dicationic Merucury(II) Ions between Disk-Shaped Template Ligands, S. Hiraoka, T. Tanaka, M. Shionoya, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 13038.

15. Isostructural Coordination Capsules for a Series of 10 Different d5 to d10 Transition-Metal Ions, S. Hiraoka, K. Harano, M. Shiro, Y. Ozawa, N. Yasuda, K. Toriumi, M. Shionoya, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 6488.

16. Quantitative Dynamic Interconversion between Ag(I)-Mediated Capsule and Cage Complexes Accompanying Guest Encapsulation/Release, S. Hiraoka, K. Harano, M. Shiro, M. Shionoya, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 2727.

18. A Molecular Ball Bearing Mediated by Multi-Ligand Exchange in Concert, S. Hiraoka, K. Hirata, M. Shionoya, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 3814.

19. Heterotopic Assemblage of Two Different Disk-Shaped Ligands through Trinuclear Silver(I) Complexation: Ligand Exchange-Driven Molecular Motion. S. Hiraoka, M. Shiro, M. Shionoya, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 1214.

20. A Discrete Self-Assembled Metal Array in Artificial DNA, K. Tanaka, A. Tengeiji, T. Kato, N. Toyama, M. Shionoya, Science, 2003, 299, 1212.