98. Surface Modification of Polylactic Acid using Photo-activated Chlorine Dioxide Process: Surface Properties and Dissimilar Adhesion

Haruyasu Asahara,* Weiting Wu, Taka-Aki Asoh, Yu-I Hsu, Tsuyoshi Inoue, Hiroshi Uyama*

Materials Advances, 2025, 6, 1608–1312. (DOI: 10.1039/D4MA01275E)

   

97. Exploring Nile Red staining as an analytical tool for surface-oxidized microplastics

Wakaba Idehara, Yuya Haga,* Hirofumi Tsujino, Yudai Ikuno, Sota Manabe, Mii Hokaku, Haruyasu Asahara, Kazuma Higashisaka, Yasuo Tsutsumi*

Environmental Research, 2025, 269, 120934. (DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.120934)

96. Tetrabutylammonium Chlorite as an Efficient Oxidant for Controlled Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides

Yuki Itabashi, Shuto Ogata, Yusuke Shimada, Minato Kondo, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Tsuyoshi Inoue, Haruyasu Asahara,* Kei Ohkubo*

Chemistry - A European Journal, 2025, 31, e202404279. (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202404279)

95. Treatment of polyethylene microplastics degraded by ultraviolet light irradiation causes lysosome-deregulated cell death

Sota Manabe, Yuya Haga,* Hirofumi Tsujino, Yudai Ikuno, Haruyasu Asahara, Kazuma Higashisaka, Yasuo Tsutsumi*

Scientific Reports, 2024, 14, 24008. (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-74800-y)

94. Synthesis of Zwitterionic Phospholipid-Connected Silane Coupling Agents and Their Hybridization with Graphene Oxide

Kanato Arita, Seina Yarimizu, Maiko Moriguchi, Tsuyoshi Inoue, and Haruyasu Asahara

Journal of Oleo Science, 2024, 73, 857–863. (DOI: 10.5650/jos.ess24044) Invited Paper.

93. Polyethylene, whose surface has been modified by UV irradiation, induces cytotoxicity: A comparison with microplastics found in beaches

Yudai Ikuno, Hirofumi Tsujino, Yuya Haga, Sota Manabe, Wakaba Idehara, Mii Hokaku, Haruyasu Asahara, Kazuma Higashisaka, Yasuo Tsutsumi

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2024, 277, 116346. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116346)

92. 9-(4-Halo-2,6-xylyl)-10-methylacridinium Ion as an Effective Photoredox Catalyst for Oxygenation and Trifluoromethylation of Toluene Derivatives

Kei Ohkubo, Soichiro Matsumoto, Haruyasu Asahara, Shunichi Fukuzumi

ACS Catalysis 2024, 14, 2671–2684. (DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c06111)

91. First Synthesis of Acylated Nitrocyclopropanes

Kento Iwai, Rikiya Kamidate, Khimiya Wada, Haruyasu Asahara, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki

Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 2023, 19, 892–900. (DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.19.67)

90. 2-Azafluorenone derivatives: Photocatalyst for oxygenation of toluene via electron transfer and hydrogen-atom transfer

Haruyasu Asahara, Yurie Horikawa, Kento Iwai, Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Kei Ohkubo

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2023, 15, 100184. (DOI: 10.1016/j.jpap.2023.100184)

89. One-step antibacterial modification of polypropylene nonwoven fabrics via oxidation using photo-activated chlorine dioxide radical

Keita Yamamoto, Haruyasu Asahara, Kazuo Harada, Yuki Itabashi, Kei Ohkubo, Tsuyoshi Inoue

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2023, 11, 5101–5107. (DOI: 10.1039/D3TB00586K).

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