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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88. Impact of Degradation of Polyethylene Particles on their Cytotoxicity

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

Microplastics, 2023, 2, 192–201. (DOI: 10.3390/microplastics2020015)

87. Chlorine-radical-mediated C–H oxygenation reaction under light irradiation

Yuki Itabashi, Haruyasu Asahara, Kei Ohkubo

Chemical Communications, 2023, 59, 7506–7517. (DOI: 10.1039/D3CC01057K)

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86. Epoxidized graphene grid for highly efficient high-resolution cryoEM structural analysis

Junso Fujita, Fumiaki Makino, Haruyasu Asahara, Maiko Moriguchi, Shota Kumano, Itsuki Anzai, Jun‑ichi Kishikawa, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Takayuki Kato, Keiichi Namba, Tsuyoshi Inoue

Scientific Reports, 2023, 13, 2279 (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-29396-0).