Doctor of Engineering

Green sustainable chemistry and environmental chemistry

Environmental materials and recycle technology, recycling of natural fibers

Organic functional materials

Photocatalyst

Functional Textiles

1992, Nagoya University, Graduate School, Division of Engineering

1987, Nagoya University, Faculty of Engineering

2025 - 2027
東海支部副支部長, 日本油化学会

Photocatalytic properties of poly 1,2,4,5-tetrahydroxybenzene for H2O2 production from water and oxygen
Hisanao Usami; Honoka Shima; Toru Horiuchi
Research on Chemical Intermediates, 52(3), 1897-1919, Feb. 2026, Refereed, Invited
Lead, Corresponding

Transient luminescence spectroscopy of dialkylRu(bpy)32+-citratoperoxotitanatedialykylviologen triad LB film deposited on quartz slab waveguide
Hisanao Usami, Suguru Konishi
Molecular Crystals an Liquid Crystals, 727, 65-76, 2021

Strategy of optical path of dailight signal into tissues in cold-season turfgrasses using small, concave silica bodies
Shigeru Yamanaka; Hisanao Usami; Keiko Kakegawa; Satoshi Yoneda; Kenichi Fukuda; Katsumi Yoshino; Nobuaki Hayashida; Yasushi Murakami; Hideaki Morikawa
Sci. Rep., 10260, 2018

Photodegradation of environmental pollutants using perylene adsorbed on silica gel as a visible-light photocatalyst
Hiroshi Moriwaki; Yasutaka Akaishi; Michiya Akamine; Hisanao Usami
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL, 204, 456-464, May 2017

Electrochemical extraction of gold from wastes as nanoparticles stabilized by phospholipids
Hiroshi Moriwaki; Kotaro Yamada; Hisanao Usami
WASTE MANAGEMENT, 60, 591-595, Feb. 2017

Photoinduced electron transfer in layer-by-layer thin solid films containing cobalt oxide nanosheets, porphyrin, and methyl viologen
R. Sasai; Y. Kato; W. Soontornchaiyakul; H. Usami; A. Masumori; W. Norimatsu; T. Fujimura; S. Takagi
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 19(7), 5611-5616, Feb. 2017

Photocatalytic degradation of 4-chlorophenol in a photochemical reactor with an interconnected microchannel and a light guide network
Hisanao Usami; Kazuhide Ohta; Shinobu Inagawa
JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY, 332, 595-601, Jan. 2017

Effects of Rh-doping on the photooxidative degradation activity of titanate nanosheets
Wasusate Soontornchaiyakul; Takuya Fujimura; Hisanao Usami; Ryo Sasai
RSC ADVANCES, 7(35), 21790-21795, 2017

Optical properties of nanoporous silica frustules of a diatom determined using a 10 mu m microfiber probe
Satoshi Yoneda; Fuyu Ito; Shigeru Yamanaka; Hisanao Usami
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 55(7), 72001, Jul. 2016

Nanotubes of Biomimetic Supramolecules Constructed by Synthetic Metal Chlorophyll Derivatives
Sunao Shoji; Tetsuya Ogawa; Takeshi Hashishin; Shin Ogasawara; Hiroaki Watanabe; Hisanao Usami; Hitoshi Tamiaki
NANO LETTERS, 16(6), 3650-3654, Jun. 2016

Collimated microfiber spectroscopy for optical characterization of disordered porous anodic alumina
Satoshi Yoneda; Saho Kimura; Akira Yamaguchi; Daiki Kimura; Yutaka Ohkoshi; Shigeru Yamanaka; Hisanao Usami
APPLIED PHYSICS EXPRESS, 9(2), 22503, Feb. 2016

Decomposition of methyl orange using C-60 fullerene adsorbed on silica gel as a photocatalyst via visible-light induced electron transfer
Ryo Wakimoto; Tamako Kitamura; Fuyu Ito; Hisanao Usami; Hiroshi Moriwaki
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL, 166, 544-550, May 2015

Decomposition of methyl orange using C-60 fullerene adsorbed on silica gel as a photocatalyst via visible-light induced electron transfer
Ryo Wakimoto; Tamako Kitamura; Fuyu Ito; Hisanao Usami; Hiroshi Moriwaki
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL, 166, 544-550, May 2015

Nanocomposite of silk fibroin nanofiber and montmorillonite: Fabrication and morphology
Yuki Kishimoto; Fuyu Ito; Hisanao Usami; Eiji Togawa; Masuhiro Tsukada; Hideaki Morikawa; Shigeru Yamanaka
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES, 57, 124-128, Jun. 2013

Fabrication and Photochemical Characterization of Organic Dye-Metal Oxide Hybrid Langmuir Blodgett Film
Hisanao Usami; Satoshi Sasaki
JOURNAL OF PHOTOPOLYMER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 26(2), 207-211, 2013

Preparation of fully hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol electrospun nanofibers with diameters of sub-200 nm by viscosity control
Fan Liu; Tomohiro Nishikawa; Wataru Shimizu; Takaaki Sato; Hisanao Usami; Shigetoshi Amiya; Qing-Qing Ni; Yasushi Murakami
Text. Res. J., 82, 1635-1644, 2012

Effect of the perfluoroalkyl groups on the preparation of carbon-based transparent and conductive thin films from silylated graphite oxides
Yoshiaki Matsuo; Kenshiro Iwasa; Yosohiro Sugie; Hisanao Usami; Masayuki Kawaguchi
JOURNAL OF FLUORINE CHEMISTRY, 132(10), 669-672, Oct. 2011

Microstructure Investigation on Micropore Formation in Microporous Silica Materials Prepared via a Catalytic Sol-Gel Process by Small Angle X-Ray Scattering
Wataru Shimizu; Junsuke Hokka; Takaaki Sato; Hisanao Usami; Yasushi Murakamit
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 115(30), 9369-9378, Aug. 2011

植物工場の可能性を拓く「信州大学先進植物工場研究センター(SU-PLAF)」の発足
宇佐美久尚; 高橋伸英; 野末はつみ; 塚田益裕; 野末雅之
WEB Journal, 121, 12-16, 2011

Structure and role of silica in plants
Katsumi Yoshino; Satoshi Komatsubara; Yoshiaki Nagata; Hiroshi Ohata; Hiroyuki Takeda; Fuyu Ito; Kanna Sato; Hisanao Usami; Shigeru Yamanaka
J.Soc. Elect. Mat. Eng, 20, 89/227-94/232, 2011

Preparation of carbon-based transparent and conductive thin films by pyrolysis of silylated graphite oxides
Matsuo, Yoshiaki; Iwasa, Kenshiro; Sugie, Yosohiro; Mineshige, Atsushi; Usami, Hisanao
Carbon, 48(14), 4009-4014, 2010

Structures and physiological functions of silica bodies in the epidermis of rice plants
Shigeru Yamanaka; Hiroyuki Takeda; Satoshi Komatsubara; Fuyu Ito; Hisanao Usami; Eiji Togawa; Katsumi Yoshino
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 95(12), Sep. 2009, Refereed

有機・無機複合LB膜の作製と光・電気化学材料特性
宇佐美久尚
材料の科学と工学, 46, 123-128, 2009

粘土鉱物アロフェンの塊状焼成物の焼成条件と触媒能
滝沢辰洋、花岡拓也、山口博行、宇佐美久尚、錦織広昌、藤井恒男、藤松仁
信州大学環境科学論文集, 31, 5-10, 2009

Optical properties of diatom silica frustule with special reference to blue light
Shigeru Yamanaka; Rei Yano; Hisanao Usami; Nobuaki Hayashida; Masakatsu Ohguchi; Hiroyuki Takeda; Katsumi Yoshino
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 103(7), Apr. 2008, Refereed

Syntheses of NiO nanoporousfilms using nonionic triblock co-polymer templates and their application to photo-cathodes of p-type dye-sensitized solar cells
S. Sumikura, S. Mori, S. Shimizu, H. Usami, *E. Suzuki
J. Photochem. Photobiol., A: Chem, 199(1), 1-7, 2008

Photoelectrochemical characteristics of cells with dyed and undyed nanoporous p-type semiconductor CuO electrodes
S. Sumikura, S. Mori, S. Shimizu, H. Usami, *E. Suzuki
J. Photochem. Photobiol., A: Chem, 194, 143-147, 2008

色素と無機酸化物ナノシートを組み合わせたハイブリッド単分子膜－「墨流し」から複合ラングミュア－ブロジェット膜へ－
宇佐美久尚
化学と教育, 55(11), 560-561, 2007

Fabrication of dialkyldimethylammonium/vanadium oxide gel hybrid Langmuir-Blodgett membranes
H.. Usami, Y. Iijima, Y. Moriizumi, H. Fujimatsu, E. Suzuki, H. Inoue
Res. Chem. Intermed., 33, 101-110, 2007

ファイバーやビーズネットワークを導光路とする光触媒反応器の開発
宇佐美久尚
加工技術, 52(8), 423-426 - 426, 2017

イネの葉表面に存在するシリカ粒子の構造と物性
伊藤吹夕; 山中茂; 宇佐美久尚; 戸川英二; 武田寛之; 小松原聡; 吉野勝美
固体・表面光化学討論会講演要旨集, 30th, 2011

信州大学植物工場プロジェクト, コンテナ植物工場の開発
野末雅之,宇佐美久尚,高橋伸英,野末はつみ
計測と制御, 50, 1047-1052, 2011

ＬＥＤと有機ＥＬを利用するコンテナ植物工場
宇佐美久尚、島田葵、谷口彬雄、高橋伸英、野末雅之
化学工学, 75(12), 807-810, 2011

光化学の事典
宇佐美久尚, フロンティア軌道と光化学反応
朝倉書店, 60-61 2014

革新機能材料の開発と応用展開
宇佐美久尚, ミクロ導光路を備えた水質浄化システムの開発
シーエムシー出版, 224-235 2012

革新機能材料の開発と応用展開
宇佐美久尚, 有機－無機複合LB法による金属酸化物薄膜の作製と光機能
シーエムシー出版, 184-191 2012

初年次教育でなぜ学生が成長するのか－全国大学調査から見えてきたこと－
平林公男、宇佐美久尚, Joint work, 大学事例報告③ 前教員出動で初年次教育を推進：信州大学繊維学部 化学・材料系
河合塾, 128-136 2010

機能性繊維の最新技術
谷口彬雄, 宇佐美久尚, Joint work, オプトエレクトロニクス繊維
シーエムシー出版, 186-193 2009

プラスチックエージ産業年鑑 進歩編
谷口彬雄,宇佐美久尚, Joint work, 有機エレクトロニクス材料
技術情報協会, 156-164 2009

機能性繊維の最新技術
谷口彬雄,宇佐美久尚, Joint work, 漏光型光触媒ファイバー
シーエムシー出版, 第4章 3.3 2009

1,2,4,5-テトラメトキシベンゼンを架橋したポリマー光触媒の合成と過酸化水素生成　2A16
宇佐美久尚、嶋穂乃香、堀内透
第43回　固体・表面光化学討論会, 30 Nov. 2025

リン酸ジルコニウムに担持した酸化チタンナノ粒子によるカチオン色素の光触媒分解 P28
宇佐美久尚，藤田大輔
第68回粘土科学討論会, 11 Sep. 2025

シリカゲルに包埋した[Ru(bpy)2(bpy-CH2OH)]の消光挙動と選択的酸素センサーへの応用　3D08
後藤 智也、宇佐美 久尚
2025年　光化学討論会, 06 Sep. 2025

1,2,4,5-テトラメトキシベンゼンを架橋したポリマー光触媒の合成と過酸化水素生成 3P44
宇佐美久尚、早田理久
2025年　光化学討論会, 06 Sep. 2025, JPA

Surface modification of Polyester Textiles with Clay Nanosheets for Adsorption of Waste Models 3P32
Mitsutaka Watanabe, Hisanao Usami, Moto Suzuki
6th International Conference on nanospace Materials, 01 Aug. 2025

クレイ吸着層によるPET繊維の表面改質と汚れの吸着 2C04
渡邊光敬，宇佐美久尚，鈴木素
2025年　繊維学会年次大会, 12 Jun. 2025, 繊維学会

Preparation and photocatalytic characteristics of crosslinked naphthalene polymer film deposited on glass surface
Hisanao Usami, Koya Katase
International Conference onPhotochemistry 2023, Jul. 2023

Synthesis of a polymer photocatalysts polymerized with tetrahydroxybenzene and its activity for hydrogen peroxide generation
Honoka Shima, Hisanao Usami
International Conference onPhotochemistry 2023, Jul. 2023

Preparation of Hydrophylic Coating of Montmorillonite Clay on PET Fibers
Hisanao Usami, Riku Hayata, Kotaku Ozaki, Moto Suzuki
KJFP-ICOMEP2022, Sep. 2022

Photochemical Characterization of Transparent Titanium Oxide Nanofilm prepared from Alkylammonium Peroxocitratotitanate Hybrid Langmuir-Blodgett Film
Aug. 2021

Photocatalytic Reactor with Microchannel Networks Applied to Photooxidation of Aromatic Compounds
Hisanao Usami
International Conference on Photocatalysis and Photoenergy 2019, May 2019

Fabrication and Photoelectrochemical Characterization of Titanium Oxide Nanofilm
Hisanao Usami
Asian Photochemical Conference 2018, Dec. 2018

Photocatalytic PET Textile Modifies with TiO2 Nanoparticles on Zirconium Phosphate Protection Layer
Hisanao Usami; Norikazu Kodama; Yasuhito Kondo
The 6th International Symposium on Dyeing and Functionalization of Textiles and Polymers - 70th Anniversary Symposium -, Nov. 2018

Development of Anti-Yellowing Silk with Titania Layer Deposited on Zirconium Phosphate Binding Layer
Taiki Chujo; Tatsuma Kunimitsu; Kazumi Koike; Yutaka Ohkoshi; Hisanao Usami
The 6th International Symposium on Dyeing and Functionalization of Textiles and Polymers - 70th Anniversary Symposium -, Nov. 2018

Fabrication and Characterization of Anti-yellowing Silk with TiO2 Coating on Zirconium Phosphate UndercoatFabrication and Characterization of Anti-yellowing Silk with TiO2 Coating on Zirconium Phosphate UndercoatFabrication and characterization of anti-yellowing silk with TiO2 coating on zirconium phosphate undercoat
Hisanao Usami, Yokoyama Meguru
The Fiber Society's Spring 2018 Conference, Jun. 2018

Fabrication and Characterization of Anti-yellowing Silk with TiO2 Coating on Zirconium Phosphate Undercoat Fabrication and Characterization of Anti-yellowing Silk with TiO2 Coating on Zirconium Phosphate Undercoat Fabrication and characterization of …
Hisanao Usami; Yokoyama Meguru
The Fiber Society's Spring 2018 Conference, Jun. 2018

Photochemical flow reactor with porous glass networks of microchannel and waveguied
Hisanao Usami
BIT's 5th Annual Conference of AnalytiX-2017, 2017

Development of a coaxial microchannel reactor for controled photocatalytic oxidation of toluene tobenzaldehyde
Fumiya Yoshida; Hisanao Usami
Artificial Photosynthesis: Faraday Discussion, 2017

Effect of oxygen gas bubbling on hydroxyl radical production and photocatalytic decomposition of 4-chlorophenol in porous glass reactor
Hisanao Usami; Kai Okumura
ICARP2017, 2017

Effect of tungsten oxide grafting on photocatalytic oxygenation of benzene on titanium oxide in a fixed bed flow reactor
Shuhei Egashira; Shunsuke Nozawa; Hisanao Usami
ICARP2017, 2017

Scaled up microchannel reactor for photo [2+2] dimerization of isophorone as an antenna to introduce excitation light to reaction site
Hisanao Usami; Naoya Takano; Kazuhide Ohta
2014 International Conference on Artificial Photosynthesis, Nov. 2014

Photocatalytic Degradation of 4-Chlorophenol in a Novel hotochemical Flow Reactor with Porous Glass Waveguide
Hisanao Usami
Korea-Japan Symposium on Frontier Photoscience 2014, Jun. 2014

Photocatalytic Degradation of 4-Chlorophenol in a Novel hotochemical Flow Reactor with Porous Glass Waveguide
Hisanao Usami
Korea-Japan Symposium on Frontier Photoscience, Jun. 2014

Fabrication and photoelectrochemical characteristics ofIron oxide Langumuir-Blodget film
E. Okuno, H. Usami
9th International Workshop on Supramolecular Nanoscience of Chemically Programmed Pigments (SNCPP13), 2013

Fabrication and photoelectrochemical characteristics of Iron oxide Langumuir-Blodget film
E. Okuno; H. Usami
9th International Workshop on Supramolecular Nanoscience of Chemically Programmed Pigments (SNCPP13), 2013

Fabrication and photoelectrochemical characteristics on permanganate-Alkyl ammonium hybrid LB film
R. Nishizawa; H. Usami
9th International Workshop on Supramolecular Nanoscience of Chemically Programmed Pigments (SNCPP13), 2013

Fabrication and photoelectrochemical characteristics of organic dye-metal oxide hybrid Langumuir Blodget film
H. Usami
30th International Conference of Photopolymer Science and Technology (ICPST-30), 2013, Invited

Fabrication and photoelectrochemical characteristics of titanium oxide nanofilm fabricated by organic-inorganic hybrid Langmuir-Blodgett method
Hisanao Usami; Yuuki Torii
14thInternational Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists, 2012

Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Tetraalkoxyphthalocyanine-Molybdate-Viologen Hybrid LB Films
H. Usami
2nd International Forum on Photoenergy Future, Dec. 2010, Invited

Fabrication and Characterization of Tetraalkoxyphthalocyanine-molybdate Hybride Langmuir-Blodgett Film for Photoinduced Electron Transfer System
Hisanao Usami, Satoshi Sasaki
2010 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Inorganic, Dec. 2010

Light leakage type photocatalytic fiber bundle reactor for water treatment
H. Usami, N. Kubo, M. Miyauchi
2010 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Materials&Nanotechnology, Dec. 2010

Photocatalytic fibers and textiles fabricated by sustainable layer-by-layer processing
H. Usami, K. Akaiwa, E. Suzuki, K. Ohoshima, C. Egusa
P-30, Jul. 2010

Photocatalytic Fiber Bundle Rector for Water Purification
Hisanao Usami
1st International Forum on Photoenergy Future (IFPF), Dec. 2009, Invited

Fabrication and Characterization of Organi-Inorganic Hybrid Langmuir-Blodgett Film for Cascade Photoinduced Electron Transfer
Hisanao Usami, Tatsuya Ohno, Hideyuki Sumita, Eiji Suzuki
6th Korea-Japan Symposium on Frontier Photoscience, Oct. 2009, Invited

Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Phthalocyanine-Oxide Semiconductor Hybrid Langmuir-Blodgett Film
Hisanao Usami, Tatsuya Ohno, Kentaro Kojima
ISPPCC 2009International Symposium on Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coo, Jul. 2009

Degradation of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Thin Films by UV Irradiation
Y. Okada; T. Takizawa; H. Usami; T. Hirai; H. Fujimatsu
7th East Asian Symposium on Polymers for Advanced Technologies (EASPAT 2009), 2009

Dye-Semiconductor hybrid nanofilm for cascade photoinduced electron transfer
H. Usami, T. Ohno, E. Suzuki
IL21, Sep. 2008, Invited

Construction and Photoelectrochemical Characterization of Dye-Semiconductor Nano-hybrid Multilayers
H. Usami, M. Tokumaru, T. Ohno, E. Suzuki
SSIL04, 46-47, Nov. 2007, Invited

ポリアクリル酸による反毛綿の表面処理　1C16
長瀬峻，平田尚，宇佐美久尚
2025年　繊維学会年次大会

繊維化学
信州大学

繊維科学の基礎
信州大学

基礎化学実験Ⅰ
Shinshu University

Advanced Functional Chemistry Ⅰ
2024 - 2026
Shinshu University

Analytical Chemistry
2021 - 2026
Shinshu University

Photocatalytic Degradation of Phenoles
Grant-in-Aid for Creative Scientific Research
2005 - 2016

Layered Nanofilm

Fabrication and Characterization of Organic-Inorgani Hybrid Nanofilm

Design and Characterization of Photochemical Reactor with Micro Lightguide

Functional Textiles

Synthesis and Characterization of Polymer Photocatalyst