last update April 11, 2025

Recent publications (2020-now)

23) Tetra-n-butylammonium Tricarboxylate Semiclathrate Hydrates as Phase Change Materials: Phase Equilibrium Relations and Memory Effect in Reformation
K. Minamikawa, J. Shimada, T. Sugahara, T. Hirai
Energy & Fuels, 39(14), 7104-7109 (2025). [DOI]

22) Transmission Electron Microscopy Imaging of Cluster Unit Dissolution from a Single Crystal of Tetra-n-butylammonium Fluoride Semiclathrate Hydrate for Latent-Heat Storage Material
H. Machida, T. Sugahara, H. Hata, T. Ueda, T. Yamazaki, Y. Kimura
ACS Applied Nano Materials, 8(12), 5919-5925 (2025). [DOI]

21) Effect of Anions on the Memory Effect in the Tetra-n-butylammonium Dicarboxylate Semiclathrate Hydrate Reformation
K. Minamikawa, J. Shimada, T. Sugahara, T. Hirai
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 63(43), 18435-18440 (2024). [DOI]

20) Isothermal Phase Equilibria of CH4+CO2 Mixed-Gas Hydrate System for CO2 Capture and Storage in a Reservoir after CH4 Hydrate Exploitation
R. Miyatake, T. Sugahara, T. Ishikawa, M. Oshima, Y. Jin, T. Hirai
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 69, 3210-3216 (2024). [DOI]

19) Effects of Halide Anions on the Electrical Conductivity in Single-Crystalline Tetra-n-butylammonium Salt Semiclathrate Hydrates
J. Shimada, T. Sugahara, A. Tani, T. Ueda, R. Tsugaya, K. Tsunashima, T. Hirai
Energy & Fuels, 38, 6471-6477 (2024). [DOI]

18) Phase Behavior of Clathrate Hydrates Including Carbon Dioxide (written in Japanese)
T. Sugahara
Journal of the Japan Institute of Energy "Enermix", 103, 152-158 (2024).

17) Potential of Clathrate Hydrate as a Cold Storage Material (written in Japanese)
H. Machida, T. Sugahara
Journal of the Japan Institute of Energy "Enermix", 103, 173-178 (2024).

16) Dynamics of Water Molecules around Ions in the Crystalline Solids (written in Japanese)
J. Shimada, T. Sugahara, T. Hirai
Chemistry, 79(1), 33-36 (2024).

15) Giant Adiabatic Temperature Change and Its Direct Measurement of a Barocaloric Effect in a Charge-Transfer Solid
S. Ohkoshi, K. Nakagawa, M. Yoshikiyo, A. Namai, K. Imoto, Y. Nagane, F. Jia, O. Stefanczyk, H. Tokoro, J. Wang, T. Sugahara, K. Chiba, K. Motodohi, K. Isogai, K. Nishioka, T. Momiki, R. Hatano
Nature Communications, 14, 8466 (2023). [DOI]

14) Separation of Propane and Propylene by Urea Clathrate Formation
R. Kobatake, T. Sugahara, T. Hirai
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 62, 21380-21384 (2023). [DOI]

13) Thermodynamic Properties of Tetra-n-butylammonium and Tetra-n-butylphosphonium Hydroxycarboxylate Semiclathrate Hydrates
K. Minamikawa, J. Shimada, T. Sugahara, T. Hirai
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 68, 3492-3498 (2023). [DOI]

12) Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering Studies on Fast Dynamics of Water Molecules in Tetra-n-butylammonium Bromide Semiclathrate Hydrate
J. Shimada, A. Tani, T. Yamada, T. Sugahara, T. Hirai, T. Okuchi
Applied Physics Letters, 123(4), 044104-1-6 (2023). [DOI]

11) Proton Conduction in Tetra-n-butylammonium Bromide Semiclathrate Hydrate
J. Shimada, Y. Takaoka, T. Ueda, A. Tani, T. Sugahara, K. Tsunashima, H. Yamada, T. Hirai
Solid State Ionics, 393, 116188-1-8 (2023). [DOI]

10) Peritectic Phase Behavior of Tetra-n-butylphosphonium Trifluoroacetate Semiclathrate Hydrate
J. Shimada, M. Shimada, S. Azuma, T. Sugahara, K. Tsunashima, T. Hirai
Fluid Phase Equilibria, 567, 113727-1-5 (2023). [DOI]

9) Effect of Introducing a Cyclobutylmethyl Group to an Onium Cation on the Thermodynamic Properties of Ionic Clathrate Hydrate
S. Azuma, J. Shimada, K. Tsunashima, T. Sugahara, T. Hirai
New Journal of Chemistry, 47(1), 231-237 (2023). [DOI]

8) Supercooling Suppression in the Tetrahydrofuran Clathrate Hydrate Formation
H. Machida, T. Sugahara, I. Hirasawa
CrystEngComm, 24, 6730-6738 (2022) [DOI]

7) Equilibrium Phase Relations and Dissociation Enthalpies of Tri-n-butylalkenylphosphonium Bromide Semiclathrate Hydrates
S. Azuma, J. Shimada, K. Tsunashima, T. Sugahara, A. Tani, T. Hirai
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 67(6), 1415-1420 (2022) [DOI]

6) Pressure-Induced Evolution in Durability of Nickel-Metal Hydride Battery under High-Current Charge
K. Maeda, M. Moritoki, S. Yae, K. Fukui, N. Fukumoto, T. Sugahara
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24, 14085-14091 (2022) [DOI]

5) Thermodynamic Properties of Tetra-n-butylphosphonium Dicarboxylate Semiclathrate Hydrates
J. Shimada, M. Yamada, A. Tani, T. Sugahara, K. Tsunashima, Y. Tsuchida, T. Hirai
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 67, 67-73 (2022). [DOI]

4) Hysteresis of Crystallization Derived from Residual Solution Structures after Semiclathrate Hydrate Decomposition(written in Japanese)
T. Sugahara, H. Machida
Japanese J. Multiphase Flow, 35(4), 516-524 (2021). [DOI]

3) The moment of initial crystallization captured on functionalized nanoparticles
H. Machida, T. Sugahara, I. Hirasawa
Communications Materials, 2, 66-1-7 (2021). [DOI]

2) Phase Equilibrium Temperature and Dissociation Enthalpy in the tri-n-Butylalkylphosphonium Bromide Semiclathrate Hydrate Systems
J. Shimada, M. Shimada, T. Sugahara, K. Tsunashima, Y. Takaoka, A. Tani
Chemical Engineering Science, 236, 116514-1-8 (2021). [DOI]

1) Calorimetric and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Studies on the Memory Effect in the Tetra-n-Butylammonium Bromide Semiclathrate Hydrate System
H. Machida, T. Sugahara, H. Masunaga, I. Hirasawa
Journal of Crystal Growth, 533, 125476-1-6 (2020). [DOI]

The publications before 2020 are listed here.

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