Researchers at Kanazawa University are engaged in a variety of research projects. More than 100 research papers are published every month. The "papers of the month" award is an honor bestowed upon the best academic papers, which will contribute to the development of human intelligence.

Papers of the Month Aug 2019

• Development of three-state switchable chiral stationary phase for HPLC

  Katsuhiro Maeda (WPI Nano Life Science Institute), et al.

  "Three-state switchable chiral stationary phase based on helicity control of an optically active poly(phenylacetylene) derivative by using metal cations in the solid state"

  J. Am. Chem. Soc.

• Sequential changes of airborne bacteria communities transported from Eurasia continent to Korea and Japan

  Teruya Maki (Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Science and Engineering), et al.

  "Aeolian dispersal of bacteria associated with desert dust and anthropogenic particles over continental and oceanic surfaces"

  J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos.

• Generation of active alkynes using visible light-responsive photocatalyst

  Kenji Mishiro (Institute for Frontier Science Initiative), Munetaka Kunishima (Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences), et al.

  "Phototriggered active alkyne generation from cyclopropenones with visible light-responsive photocatalysts"

  Org. Lett.