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  1. Dual Photoisomerization on Distinct Potential Energy Surfaces in a UV-Absorbing Rhodopsin

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, May 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Yusaku Hontani

  2. Multi-color Three-photon Fluorescence Imaging Deep in Mouse Brain with Enhanced Cross Section

    Article • January 2020, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Yusaku Hontani

  3. Membrane matters: The impact of a nanodisc-bilayer or a detergent microenvironment on the properties of two eubacterial rhodopsins

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, October 2019, Elsevier

    Yusaku Hontani

  4. Photoreaction Dynamics of Red-Shifting Retinal Analogues Reconstituted in Proteorhodopsin

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, May 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Yusaku Hontani

  5. Strong pH-Dependent Near-Infrared Fluorescence in a Microbial Rhodopsin Reconstituted with a Red-Shifting Retinal Analogue

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, November 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Yusaku Hontani

  6. Molecular Origin of Photoprotection in Cyanobacteria Probed by Watermarked Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, March 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Yusaku Hontani

  7. Reaction dynamics of the chimeric channelrhodopsin C1C2

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yusaku Hontani

  8. The femtosecond-to-second photochemistry of red-shifted fast-closing anion channelrhodopsin PsACR1

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yusaku Hontani

  9. Turning on the red phosphorescence of a [Ru(tpy)(bpy)(Cl)]Cl complex by amide substitution: self-aggregation, toxicity, and cellular localization of an emissive ruthenium-based amphiphile

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yusaku Hontani, Dr Sylvestre Bonnet

  10. Bright blue-shifted fluorescent proteins with Cys in the GAF domain engineered from bacterial phytochromes: fluorescence mechanisms and excited-state dynamics

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2016, Nature

    Yusaku Hontani

  11. Photoadduct Formation from the FMN Singlet Excited State in the LOV2 Domain of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Phototropin

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, October 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Yusaku Hontani

  12. The photochemistry of sodium ion pump rhodopsin observed by watermarked femto- to submillisecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yusaku Hontani

  13. The terminal phycobilisome emitter, L CM : A light-harvesting pigment with a phytochrome chromophore

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Yusaku Hontani

  14. Ultrafast excited-state dynamics and fluorescence deactivation of near-infrared fluorescent proteins engineered from bacteriophytochromes

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2015, Nature

    Yusaku Hontani

  15. Ultrafast Hot Electron Induced Phase Transitions in Vanadium Dioxide

    Article • EPJ Web of Conferences, January 2013, EDP Sciences

    Yusaku Hontani

  16. Hot electron injection driven phase transitions

    Article • Physical Review B, October 2012, American Physical Society (APS)

    Yusaku Hontani

  17. Low-damage milling of an amino acid thin film with cluster ion beam

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, November 2011, American Institute of Physics

    Yusaku Hontani

  18. Evaluation of Surface Damage of Organic Films due to Irradiation with Energetic Ion Beams

    Article • January 2011, American Institute of Physics

    Yusaku Hontani

  19. Dual Photoisomerization on Distinct Potential Energy Surfaces in a UV-Absorbing Rhodopsin

    Article • American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Yusaku Hontani