Prof. Nakai was awarded 2024 Fukui Medal by APATCC

Prof. Nakai recieved 2024 Fukui medal by Asia-Pacific Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (APATCC). The Fukui Medal is awarded to outstanding theoretical/computational chemists in the Asia-Pacific region.

2024 Fukui Medal
Hiromi Nakai for his innovative advancements in electronic structure theory for large complex systems.

Paper on Nanoscale and Real-Time Nuclear–Electronic Dynamics Simulation in Organic Photovoltaics was adopted as the cover image of JPCL

Paper on Nanoscale and Real-Time Nuclear–Electronic Dynamics Simulation in Organic Photovoltaics was adopted as the cover image of JPCL.

“Nanoscale and Real-Time Nuclear–Electronic Dynamics Simulation Study of Charge Transfer at the Donor–Acceptor Interface in Organic Photovoltaics”
Hiroki Uratani and Hiromi Nakai, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 14, 2292-2300 (2023).

Co-authored paper on “SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease” with Dr. Yoshifumi Fukunishi (AIST) was published in Chem. Phys. Lett.

Co-authored paper on “SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease” with Dr. Yoshifumi Fukunishi (AIST) was published in Chem. Phys. Lett.

“Multiple protonation states in ligand-free SARS-CoV-2 main protease revealed by large-scale quantum molecular dynamics simulations”
J. Ono, U. Koshimizu, Y. Fukunishi, H. Nakai, Chem. Phys. Lett., 794, 139489 (2022).

Prof. Nakai’s Award Account for the Chemical Society of Japan for Creative Work (2015) was published in BCSJ

Professor Nakai’s Award Account for the Chemical Society of Japan for Creative Work ”Linear-Scaling Relativistic Quantum Chemistry for Encompassing the Periodic Table” (2015) was published in BCSJ

“Development of linear-scaling relativistic quantum chemistry covering the periodic table”
H. Nakai, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 94 (6), 1664-1681 (2021). (Award Account)

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Co-authored paper on Blue-Phosphorescent Heteroatom Compound with Prof. T. Fukushima was selected as VIP of ACIE

Co-authored paper on “Element-substituted cyclobutadiene exhibiting high-energy blue phosphorescence” with Assoc. Prof. Y. Shoji (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Assoc. Prof. Y. Ikabata (Toyohashi University of Technology), Prof. C. Adachi (Kyushu University), Henrik Ottoson (Uppsala University), Prof. T. Ikoma (Niigata University), Prof. T. Fukushima (Tokyo Institute of Technology) was selected as VIP (Very Important Paper) of VIP of Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.

“Element-substituted cyclobutadiene exhibiting high-energy blue phosphorescence”
Y. Shoji, Y. Ikabata, I. Rhyzhii, R. Ayub, O. El Bakouri, T. Sato, Q. Wang, T. Miura, B. S. B. Karunathilaka, Y. Tsuchiya, C. Adachi, H. Ottosson, H. Nakai, T. Ikoma, T. Fukushima, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 60, 2-9 (2021).