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Toshiya Sakata

Bio: Toshiya Sakata is an academic researcher from University of Tokyo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Field-effect transistor & Biosensor. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 146 publications receiving 2772 citations. Previous affiliations of Toshiya Sakata include National Institute for Materials Science & Osaka University.


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TL;DR: In this article, the photocatalytic oxidations of several aliphatic and aromatic compounds with water were investigated with powdered Pt/TiO/sub 2/ catalyst suspended in solution.
Abstract: Photocatalytic H/sub 2/ production from several aliphatic and aromatic compounds with water was investigated with powdered Pt/TiO/sub 2/ catalyst suspended in solution. Various fossil fuels such as coal, tar sand, and pitch also reacted with water, producing both H/sub 2/ and CO/sub 2/ from an early stage of irradiation. The photocatalytic oxidations of their model compounds, especially a linear hydrocarbon and benzene, were studied in the presence of silver ion as an electron acceptor. For aliphatic hydrocarbons, they are oxidized to alcohols, aldehydes, and carboxylic acids, successively. CO/sub 2/ was found to be formed through the photo-Kolbe type of reaction of carboxylic acids produced, which explained well the result of the complete decomposition of n-hexadecane. For benzene, we could detect phenol, catechol, hydroquinone, and muconic acid. On the basis of these results, the possibility of the direct oxidation of benzene by photogenerated holes and its ring-opening process peculiar to the photocatalytic reaction are discussed. The main reaction path for CO/sub 2/ production was suggested in which the benzene ring opens not by way of phenol and catechol, but by way of the intermediates whose reactivities are much larger than that of benzene. 41 references, 5 figures, 4 tables.

186 citations

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TL;DR: The detection of charge density change as a result of hybridization and intercalation using genetic FETs is demonstrated using the Si3N4 gate insulator.
Abstract: We have been developing a genetic field-effect transistor (FET) based on the potentiometric detection of hybridization and intercalation on the Si3N4 gate insulator. In this study, we demonstrated the detection of charge density change as a result of hybridization and intercalation using genetic FETs. Since the electrical output signal is obtained with the genetic FET without any labeling reagent, as compared with the conventional fluorescence-based DNA chips, the genetic FET platform is suitable for a simple and inexpensive system for genetic analysis in clinical diagnostics.

183 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the surface characteristics of DNA-immobilized Si 3 N 4 film were investigated using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) and a GA transistor.

155 citations

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TL;DR: Potentiometric measurement of allele‐specific oligonucleotide hybridization based on the principle of detection of charge‐density change at the surface of a gate insulator by using of a genetic field‐effect transistor has been demonstrated.
Abstract: Potentiometric measurement of allele-specific oligonucleotide hybridization based on the principle of detection of charge-density change at the surface of a gate insulator by using of a genetic field-effect transistor has been demonstrated. Since DNA molecules are negatively charged in aqueous solution, a hybridization event at the gate surface leads to a charge-density change in the channel of the FET and can be directly transduced into an electrical signal without any labeling of target DNA molecules. One of the unique features of our method is to utilize DNA binders such as intercalators as charged species for double-stranded DNA after hybridization, since these are ionized and carry positive charges in aqueous solution. Single-base mismatch of the target DNA could be successfully detected both with the wild-type and with the mutant genetic FETs by controlling the hybridization temperatures and introducing Hoechst 33258 as DNA binder. The genetic FET platform is suitable as a simple, accurate, and inexpensive system for SNP typing in clinical diagnostics.

149 citations


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01 Jan 2014
TL;DR: These standards of care are intended to provide clinicians, patients, researchers, payors, and other interested individuals with the components of diabetes care, treatment goals, and tools to evaluate the quality of care.
Abstract: XI. STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING DIABETES CARE D iabetes is a chronic illness that requires continuing medical care and patient self-management education to prevent acute complications and to reduce the risk of long-term complications. Diabetes care is complex and requires that many issues, beyond glycemic control, be addressed. A large body of evidence exists that supports a range of interventions to improve diabetes outcomes. These standards of care are intended to provide clinicians, patients, researchers, payors, and other interested individuals with the components of diabetes care, treatment goals, and tools to evaluate the quality of care. While individual preferences, comorbidities, and other patient factors may require modification of goals, targets that are desirable for most patients with diabetes are provided. These standards are not intended to preclude more extensive evaluation and management of the patient by other specialists as needed. For more detailed information, refer to Bode (Ed.): Medical Management of Type 1 Diabetes (1), Burant (Ed): Medical Management of Type 2 Diabetes (2), and Klingensmith (Ed): Intensive Diabetes Management (3). The recommendations included are diagnostic and therapeutic actions that are known or believed to favorably affect health outcomes of patients with diabetes. A grading system (Table 1), developed by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and modeled after existing methods, was utilized to clarify and codify the evidence that forms the basis for the recommendations. The level of evidence that supports each recommendation is listed after each recommendation using the letters A, B, C, or E.

9,618 citations

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TL;DR: Approaches to Modifying the Electronic Band Structure for Visible-Light Harvesting and its Applications d0 Metal Oxide Photocatalysts 6518 4.4.1.
Abstract: 2.3. Evaluation of Photocatalytic Water Splitting 6507 2.3.1. Photocatalytic Activity 6507 2.3.2. Photocatalytic Stability 6507 3. UV-Active Photocatalysts for Water Splitting 6507 3.1. d0 Metal Oxide Photocatalyts 6507 3.1.1. Ti-, Zr-Based Oxides 6507 3.1.2. Nb-, Ta-Based Oxides 6514 3.1.3. W-, Mo-Based Oxides 6517 3.1.4. Other d0 Metal Oxides 6518 3.2. d10 Metal Oxide Photocatalyts 6518 3.3. f0 Metal Oxide Photocatalysts 6518 3.4. Nonoxide Photocatalysts 6518 4. Approaches to Modifying the Electronic Band Structure for Visible-Light Harvesting 6519

6,332 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, photo-induced superhydrophilicity was used on the surface of a wide-band gap semiconductor like titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) for photocatalytic activity towards environmentally hazardous compounds.

4,241 citations

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21 Jul 2011-Nature
TL;DR: A DNA sequencing technology in which scalable, low-cost semiconductor manufacturing techniques are used to make an integrated circuit able to directly perform non-optical DNA sequencing of genomes, showing its robustness and scalability by producing ion chips with up to 10 times as many sensors and sequencing a human genome.
Abstract: The seminal importance of DNA sequencing to the life sciences, biotechnology and medicine has driven the search for more scalable and lower-cost solutions. Here we describe a DNA sequencing technology in which scalable, low-cost semiconductor manufacturing techniques are used to make an integrated circuit able to directly perform non-optical DNA sequencing of genomes. Sequence data are obtained by directly sensing the ions produced by template-directed DNA polymerase synthesis using all-natural nucleotides on this massively parallel semiconductor-sensing device or ion chip. The ion chip contains ion-sensitive, field-effect transistor-based sensors in perfect register with 1.2 million wells, which provide confinement and allow parallel, simultaneous detection of independent sequencing reactions. Use of the most widely used technology for constructing integrated circuits, the complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process, allows for low-cost, large-scale production and scaling of the device to higher densities and larger array sizes. We show the performance of the system by sequencing three bacterial genomes, its robustness and scalability by producing ion chips with up to 10 times as many sensors and sequencing a human genome.

2,246 citations

Patent
01 Aug 2008
TL;DR: In this article, the oxide semiconductor film has at least a crystallized region in a channel region, which is defined as a region of interest (ROI) for a semiconductor device.
Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device of which a manufacturing process is not complicated and by which cost can be suppressed, by forming a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor film typified by zinc oxide, and a manufacturing method thereof. For the semiconductor device, a gate electrode is formed over a substrate; a gate insulating film is formed covering the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor film is formed over the gate insulating film; and a first conductive film and a second conductive film are formed over the oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film has at least a crystallized region in a channel region.

1,501 citations