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[Yoshida-South Library/Katsura Library]Exhibition Celebrating Professor Susumu Kitagawa’s 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Now Open（Oct. 10-）

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To commemorate the awarding of the Nobel Prize to Susumu Kitagawa, executive vice-president for research promotion at Kyoto University and distinguished professor at the Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS), we will hold a special exhibition at Katsura Library and Yoshida-South Library.

Exhibition Period: Starting October 10, 2025 (Friday)

Venue:
Yoshida-South Library, near the 1st Floor Counter
Katsura Library, 1st Floor

Contents:
Yoshida-South Library
Biography, key publications, and related books.

Katsura Library
Professor Kitagawa’s books, key publications, related field materials, and newspaper clippings regarding the award.

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The Kyoto University Library Network website now features a compilation of links to Professor Kitagawa's related papers and research.Key publications, including the award-winning research, and other specialized papers are accessible online via the Kyoto University Research Information Repository (KURENAI).Please note that the list of publications will be updated regularly!

Lists the articles by the Nobel Prize winner, Susumu Kitagawa, EVP and Distinguished Professor, are open
https://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/bulletin/1405577?lang=en

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【RIMS Library】We have launched a service to place holds on materials not on loan.

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Lists of the articles by the Nobel Prize winner, Susumu Kitagawa, EVP and Distinguished Professor, are open

On 2025-10-09 (2865 reads)

EVP/Distinguished Professor
Susumu Kitagawa
(Photo is cited from Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study [KUIAS])

In October 8th, 2025, Susumu Kitagawa, EVP and Distinguished Professor, who developed metal–organic frameworks (MOF), has been announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to EVP and Distinguished Professor Susumu Kitagawa (NEWS | Kyoto University)
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to the press following Nobel announcement (NEWS | Kyoto University)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 - Press Release (The Official Web Site of the Nobel Prize)

To commemorate the win of the Nobel Prize, we introduce his key publications, which led to the award. As well, Prof. Kitagawa's articles which published on the Kyoto University Research Information Repository (KURENAI) are listed below.

◆Key Publications

Susumu Kitagawa, Mitsuru Kondo.
Functional Micropore Chemistry of Crystalline Metal Complex-Assembled Compounds.
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 71 (1998), 1739–1753.
View at journal publisher: https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.71.1739 (Free Access)

Mitsuru Kondo, Tomomichi Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki Matsuzaka, Susumu Kitagawa, Kenji Seki.
Three-Dimensional Framework with Channeling Cavities for Small Molecules: {[M₂(4, 4′-bpy)₃(NO₃)₄]·xH₂O}ₙ (M = Co, Ni, Zn).
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 36 (1997), 1725–1727.
View at journal publisher: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.199717251

◆Related Articls

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Hirotoshi Sakamoto, Ken-ichi Otake, Susumu Kitagawa
Progressive gas adsorption squeezing through the narrow channel of a soft porous crystal of [Co₂(4,4′-bipyridine)₃(NO₃)₄].
communications materials, 5 (2024), 171.

Pioneering gas-adsorbing materials reveal hidden softness [Press Release]

Stuart R. Batten, Neil R. Champness, Xiao-Ming Chen, Javier Garcia-Martinez, Susumu Kitagawa, Lars Öhrström, Michael O’Keeffe, Myunghyun Paik Suh, Jan Reedijk
Terminology of metal–organic frameworks and coordination polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2013).
Pure and Applied Chemistry, 85 (2013), 1715–1724.
View at journal publisher: https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-12-11-20 (Free Access)

Stuart R. Batten, Neil R. Champness, XiaoMing Chen, Javier Garcia-Martinez, Susumu Kitagawa, Lars Öhrström, Michael O’Keeffe, Myunghyun Paik Suhh, Jan Reedijk
Coordination polymers, metal–organic frameworks and the need for terminology guidelines.
CrystEngComm, 14 (2012), 3001–3004.
View at journal publisher: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CE06488J (Free Access)

Daiki Umeyama, Satoshi Horike, Munehiro Inukai, Tomoya Itakura, Susumu Kitagawa.
Inherent Proton Conduction in a 2D Coordination Framework.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134 (2012), 12780–12785.
View at journal publisher: https://doi.org/10.1021/ja304693r (Free Access)

Mio Kondo, Shuhei Furukawa, Kenji Hirai, Susumu Kitagawa.
Coordinatively Immobilized Monolayers on Porous Coordination Polymer Crystals.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 49 (2010), 5327–5330.
View at journal publisher: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201001063

Satoshi Horike, Satoru Shimomura, Susumu Kitagawa.
Soft porous crystals.
Nature Chemistry, 1 (2009), 695–704.
View at journal publisher: https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.444

Takaaki Tsuruoka, Shuhei Furukawa, Yohei Takashima, Kaname Yoshida, Seiji Isoda, Susumu Kitagawa.
Nanoporous Nanorods Fabricated by Coordination Modulation and Oriented Attachment Growth.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 48 (2009), 4739–4743.
View at journal publisher: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200901177

Shuhei Furukawa, Kenji Hirai, Keiji Nakagawa, Yohei Takashima, Ryotaro Matsuda, Takaaki Tsuruoka, Mio Kondo, Rie Haruki, Daisuke Tanaka, Hirotoshi Sakamoto, Satoru Shimomura, Osami Sakata, Susumu Kitagawa.
Heterogeneously Hybridized Porous Coordination Polymer Crystals: Fabrication of Heterometallic Core–Shell Single Crystals with an In-Plane Rotational Epitaxial Relationship.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 48 (2009), 1766–1770.
View at journal publisher: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200804836

Takashi Uemura, Kana Kitagawa, Satoshi Horike, Takashi Kawamura, Susumu Kitagawa, Motohiro Mizunob, Kazunaka Endo.
Radical polymerisation of styrene in porous coordination polymers.
Chemical Communications, 48 (2005), 5968–5970.
View at journal publisher: https://doi.org/10.1039/B508588H

Susumu Kitagawa, Ryo Kitaura, Shin-ichiro Noro.
Functional Porous Coordination Polymers.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 43 (2004), 2334–2375.
View at journal publisher: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200300610 (Free Access)

Ryo Kitaura, Kenji Seki, George Akiyama, Susumu Kitagawa.
Porous Coordination-Polymer Crystals with Gated Channels Specific for Supercritical Gases.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 42 (2003), 428–431.
View at journal publisher: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200390130

Ryo Kitaura, Kentaro Fujimoto, Shin-ichiro Noro, Mitsuru Kondo, Susumu Kitagawa.
A Pillared-Layer Coordination Polymer Network Displaying Hysteretic Sorption: [Cu₂(pzdc)₂(dpyg)]ₙ (pzdc= Pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylate; dpyg=1,2-Di(4-pyridyl)glycol).
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 41 (2002), 133–135.
View at journal publisher: https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-3773(20020104)41:1<133::AID-ANIE133>3.0.CO;2-R

Mitsuru Kondo, Takashi Okubo, Akiko Asami, Shin-ichiro Noro, Tomomichi Yoshitomi, Susumu Kitagawa, Tomohiko Ishii, Hiroyuki Matsuzaka, Kenji Seki.
Rational Synthesis of Stable Channel-Like Cavities with Methane Gas Adsorption Properties: [{Cu₂(pzdc)₂(L)}ₙ] (pzdc=pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylate; L=a Pillar Ligand).
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 38 (1999), 140–143.
View at journal publisher: https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990115)38:1/2<140::AID-ANIE140>3.0.CO;2-9

Susumu Kitagawa, Megumu Munakata, Tadashi Tanimura.
Synthesis of the novel infinite-sheet and -chain copper(I) complex polymers {[Cu(C₄H₄N2)₃/₂(CH₃CN)](PF)₆).cntdot.0.5C₃H₆O}.infin. and {[Cu₂(C₈H₁₂N₂)₃](ClO₄)₂}.infin. and their x-ray crystal structures.
Inorganic Chemistry, 31 (1992), 1714–1717.
View at journal publisher: https://doi.org/10.1021/ic00035a036 (Free Access)

◆Articles published in KURENAI (Extracted)

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Yoshino Haruka, Saigo Masaki, Ehara Takumi, Miyata Kiyoshi, Onda Ken, Pirillo Jenny, Hijikata Yuh, Takaishi Shinya, Kosaka Wataru, Otake Keni-ichi, Susumu Kitagawa, Miyasaka Hitoshi
Ultrafast Luminescence Detection with Selective Adsorption of Carbon Disulfide in a Gold(I) Metal−Organic Framework.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64, 5 (2025), e202413830.

Yifan Gu, Jia-Jia Zheng, Ken-ichi Otake, Shigeyoshi Sakaki, Hirotaka Ashitani, Yoshiki Kubota, Shogo Kawaguchi, Ming-Shui Yao, Ping Wang, Ying Wang, Fengting Li, Susumu Kitagawa.
Soft corrugated channel with synergistic exclusive discrimination gating for CO₂ recognition in gas mixture.
Nature Communications, 14 (2023), 4245.

Interactive networks for capturing gas with high selectivity [Press Release]

Mohana Shivanna, Jia-Jia Zheng, G. Ray Keith, Sho lto, Hirotaka Ashitani, Yoshiki Kubota, Shogo Kawaguchi, Vitalie Stavila, Ming-Shui Yao, Takao Fujikawa, Ken-ichi Otake, Susumu Kitagawa.
Selective sorption of oxygen and nitrous oxide by an electron donor-incorporated flexible coordination network.
Communications Chemistry, 6 (2023), 62.

Tomoaki Ichii, Takashi Arikawa, Kenichiro Omoto, Nobuhiko Hosono, Hiroshi Sato, Susumu Kitagawa, Koichiro Tanaka.
Observation of an exotic state of water in the hydrophilic nanospace of porous coordination polymers.
Communications Chemistry, 3 (2020), 16.

Sujing Wang, Takashi Kitao, Nathalie Guillou, Mohammad Wahiduzzaman, Charlotte Martineau-Corcos, Farid Nouar, Antoine Tissot, Laurent Binet, Naseem Ramsahye, Sabine Devautour-Vinot, Susumu Kitagawa, Shu Seki, Yusuke Tsutsui, Valérie Briois, Nathalie Steunou, Guillaume Maurin, Takashi Uemura, Christian Serre.
A phase transformable ultrastable titanium-carboxylate framework for photoconduction.
Nature Communications, 9 (2018), 1660.

Maryam Nurhuda, Ken-ichi Otake, Susumu Kitagawa, Daniel M. Packwood.
Density of States and Binding Energy Informatics for Exploring Early Disease Detection in MOF-Metal Oxide Chemiresistive Sensors.
Advanced Theory and Simulations, 8 (2025), 2401404.

Zhiwei Wang, Zeying Yang, Ken-ichi Otake, Jiahui Guo, Xuetong Yang, Ziqian Xue, Ming-Shui Yao, Susumu Kitagawa.
Metal-Organic Frameworks for Advanced Electrochemical Ammonia Production in Water.
ChemElectroChem, 12 (2025), e202400525.

Yan Su, Ken-ichi Otake, Jia-Jia Zheng, Hong Xu, Qing Wang, Haiming Liu, Fei Huang, Ping Wang, Susumu Kitagawa, Cheng Gu.
Switching molecular recognition selectivities by temperature in a diffusion-regulatory porous material.
Nature Communications, 15 (2024), 144.

Mickaele Bonneau, Kunihisa Sugimoto, Ken-ichi Otake, Yukiko Tsuji, Nanae Shimanaka, Christophe Lavenn, Susumu Kitagawa.
Guest-selective gate-opening by pore engineering of two-dimensional Kagomè lattice porous coordination polymers.
Natural Sciences, 1 (2021), e10020.

Mohana Shivanna, Ken-ichi Otake, Bai-Qiao Song, Lisa M. van Wyk, Qing-Yuan Yang, Naveen Kumar, Wesley K. Feldmann, Tony Pham, Shanelle Suepaul, Brian Space, Leonard J. Barbour, Susumu Kitagawa, Michael J. Zaworotko.
Benchmark Acetylene Binding Affinity and Separation through Induced Fit in a Flexible Hybrid Ultramicroporous Material.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60 (2021), 20383-20390.

Ping Wang, Takashi Kajiwara, Ken-ichi Otake, Ming-Shui Yao, Hirotaka Ashitani, Yoshiki Kubota, Susumu Kitagawa.
Xylene Recognition in Flexible Porous Coordination Polymer by Guest-Dependent Structural Transition.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13 (2021), 52144-52151.

Yifan Gu, Jia-Jia Zheng, Ken-ichi Otake, Kunihisa Sugimoto, Nobuhiko Hosono, Shigeyoshi Sakaki, Fengting Li, Susumu Kitagawa.
Structural-Deformation-Energy-Modulation Strategy in a Soft Porous Coordination Polymer with an Interpenetrated Framework.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59 (2020), 15517-15521.

Wataru Kosaka, Zhaoyuan Liu, Jun Zhang, Yohei Sato, Akihiro Hori, Ryotaro Matsuda, Susumu Kitagawa, Hitoshi Miyasaka.
Gas-responsive porous magnet distinguishes the electron spin of molecular oxygen.
Nature Communications, 9 (2018), 5420.

Arnau Carné-Sánchez, Gavin A. Craig, Patrick Larpent, Takashi Hirose, Masakazu Higuchi, Susumu Kitagawa, Kenji Matsuda, Kenji Urayama, Shuhei Furukawa.
Self-assembly of metal–organic polyhedra into supramolecular polymers with intrinsic microporosity.
Nature Communications, 9 (2018), 2506.

Yongtai Zheng, Hiroshi Sato, Pengyan Wu, Joon Jeon Hyung, Ryotaro Matsuda, Susumu Kitagawa.
Flexible interlocked porous frameworks allow quantitative photoisomerization in a crystalline solid.
Nature Communications, 8 (2017), 100.

Kanokwan Kongpatpanich, Satoshi Horike, Yu-ichi Fujiwara, Naoki Ogiwara, Hirotomo Nishihara, Susumu Kitagawa.
Formation of Foam-like Microstructural Carbon Material by Carbonization of Porous Coordination Polymers through a Ligand-Assisted Foaming Process.
Chemistry - A European Journal, 21 (2015), 13278-13283.

Sareeya Bureekaew, Satoshi Horike, Masakazu Higuchi, Motohiro Mizuno, Takashi Kawamura, Daisuke Tanaka, Nobuhiro Yanai, Susumu Kitagawa.
One-dimensional imidazole aggregate in aluminium porous coordination polymers with high proton conductivity.
Nature Materials, 8 (2009), 831-836.

Tapas Kumar Maji, Susumu Kitagawa.
Chemistry of porous coordination polymers.
Pure and Applied Chemistry, 79 (2007), 2155-2177.

- Other publications by Prof. Kitagawa are available on KURENAI: https://u.kyoto-u.jp/kitagawanobel

◆Ph.D. Dissertation

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Kitagawa, Susumu.
Studies on the Nature of Metal-Ligand Binding and the Oxidation-Reduction Properties of Some Organometallic Complexes.
京都大学工学博士工博第625号 (1979) [Japanese abstract only].

Relative websites:

◆Susumu Kitagawa's Website: https://www.kitagawa.icems.kyoto-u.ac.jp/

◆Profile：Susumu Kitagawa (KUIAS): https://kuias.kyoto-u.ac.jp/j/profile/kitagawa/

◆[Yoshida-South Library/Katsura Library]Exhibition Celebrating Professor Susumu Kitagawa’s 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Now Open（Oct. 10-）: https://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/bulletin/1405597?lang=en

◆[Katsura Library] Exhibition Celebrating Professor Susumu Kitagawa’s 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Now Open: https://www.t.kyoto-u.ac.jp/lib/en/news-events/news/20251010?set_language=en

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【Medical Library】Nobel Prize Commemorative Exhibition: Research Papers by Professor Emeritus Shimon Sakaguchi

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【Medical Library】2025/10/20：Added a “Relative websites” link.

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Dr Shimon Sakaguchi, professor emeritus of Kyoto University and former director of the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences (now the Institute for Life and Medical Sciences) has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
To celebrate this achievement, the Medical Library is holding a special exhibition.
The exhibition features research papers authored by Dr Sakaguchi alongside books on immunology. We invite you to discover Dr Sakaguchi's work for yourself.

Period: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - End date to be determined
Location: Medical Library, 1st Floor, Information Corner
Contents: Related materials (books, journal articles, etc.)

Relative websites:

Lists of the articles by the Nobel Prize winner, Shimon Sakaguchi, Professor Emeritus, are open(NEWS | Kyoto University Library Network)
2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Professor Emeritus Shimon Sakaguchi (NEWS | Kyoto University)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 - Press Release (The Official Web Site of the Nobel Prize)