Kazuya KUBO
Contract Researcher


March 1998 Bachelor of Science and Engineering, Ryukoku University
March 2000 Master of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
March 2003 Doctor of Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Doctor thesis "Study on Construction and Electrical Conductivity of Inorganic-Organic Composites in Sulfur-rich Dithiolate Metal Complexes"


2003-2004 Postdoctral Researcher, Condensed Molecular Materials Laboratory, RIKEN
2004-2006 Special Postdoctoral Researcher, Condensed Molecular Materials Laboratory, RIKEN
2006.4-8 Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
2006-2009 Postdoctral Researcher, Condensed Molecular Materials Laboratory, RIKEN


- Development of molecular conductors based on binuclear metal complexes
- Study on structural and physical properties of molecular conductors based on asymmetric metal complexes


  1. K. Kubo, A. Nakao, Y. Ishii, T. Yamamoto, M. Tamura, R. Kato, K. Yakushi, and G. Matsubayashi
    "Electrical Properties and Electronic States of Molecular Conductors Based on Unsymmetrical Organometallic-Dithiolene Gold(III) Complexes"
    Inorg. Chem., 47(12), 5495-5502 (2008).

  2. K. Kubo, A. Nakao, Y. Ishii, M. Tamura, R. Kato, and G. Matsubayashi
    "Two Electrically Different Molecular Conductors Based on Unsymmetrical Au(III)-Dithiolene Complexes with Similar Crystal Structures"
    J. Low Temperature Physics, 142(3/4), 413-416 (2006).

  3. K. Kubo, A. Nakao, H. M. Yamamoto, and R. Kato
    "Preparation and Characterization of Conducting Trimetallic Nickel-Dithiolene Complexes with Bridging Tetrathiooxalate Ligands"
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128(38), 12358-12359 (2006).

  4. K. Kubo, A. Nakao, Y. Ishii, R. Kato, and G. Matsubayashi
    "Structures and electrical conductivities of cation radical salts based on unsymmetrical [Au(III)(C-N)(S-S)] type dithiolate complexes"
    Synth. Met., 153, 425-428 (2005).

  5. K. Kubo, M. Nakano, H. Tamura, and G. Matsubayashi
    "X-Ray crystal structure and electrical conductivity of [Au(ppy)(C8H4S8)]2[PF6] [ppy-=C-deprotonated-2-phenylpyridine(1-); C8H4S82-=2-{(4,5-ethylenedithio)-1,3-dithiole-2- ylidene}-1,3-dithiole-4,5-dithionate(2-)]"
    European J. Inorg. Chem.,2003, 4093-4098 (2003).

  6. K. Kubo, M. Nakano, H. Tamura, G. Matsubayashi, and M. Nakamoto
    "Preparation and oxidation of polarized Au(III) complexes having both the C-deprotonated-2-phenylpyridine (ppy) and a sulfur-rich dithiolate ligand and X-ray crystal structure of [Au-(η2-C,N-ppy)(η2-S,S-C8H4S8)] 0.5DMF"
    J. Organometallic Chemistry, 669, 141-148 (2003).

  7. K. Kubo, M. Nakano, S. Hamaguchi, and G. Matsubayashi
    "Oxidation of cobalt(III)-sulfur-rich dithiolate complexes and spectroscopic and electrical properties of the oxidized species"
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, 346, 43-48 (2003).

  8. K. Kubo, M. Nakano, H. Tamura, and G. Matsubayashi
    "X-ray Crystal structure and electrical conductivity of one-electron oxidized species [Pt(2,2'- bipyridine)(C8H4S8)][BF4] [C8H4S82-=2-{(4,5- ethylendithio)-1,3-dithiole-2-ylidene}-1,3-dithiole-4,5-dithiolate(2-)]"
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, 336, 120-124 (2000).

  9. K. Kubo, M. Nakano, H. Tamura, and G. Matsubayashi
    "Preparation of Pt(II) and Pd(II) complexes coordinated with both a diimine ligand and a sulfur- rich dithiolate ligand and electrical conductivities of their oxidized species and X-ray crystal structure of Pd(N-butyl-pyridine- 2-carbaldimine)(C3S5)"
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, 311, 6-14 (2000).





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