Research interests focus on exploring the fundamental principles for controlling various chemical processes, including chemical reactions, by accelerating molecular excited-state and vibrational relaxation dynamics through tailored optical fields.

2004         JSPS Research Fellow, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

2006         Research Assoc., Hokkaido University, Japan

2007         Assist. Prof., Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

2008         Assoc. Prof., Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

2019         Prof., Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

1999          Bachelor of Science, Hokkaido Univ., Japan

2001          Master of Science, Hokkaido Univ., Japan

2004         Doctor of Science, Hokkaido Univ., Japan

2024  The Japanese Photochemistry Association Award for 2024, Japan Photochemistry Association

2011         The Japan Chemical Society Award for Young Chemist, The Chemical Society of Japan

2010         The Japanese Photochemistry Association Prize for Young Scientist, Japan Photochemistry Association

2007         Yong Scientist Prize, Japan Soc. Analytical Chemistry

1. Plasmon-Enhanced Photoluminescence of Interlayer Excitons Induced on WSe₂/MoS₂ Heterobilayers
   K. Imaeda, Y. Takahashi, S. Ushikoshi, T. Endo, Y. Miyata, K. Nagashio, S. Ryuzaki, K. Ueno, J. Phys. Chem. Lett, 17, 6, 1670-1676 (2026).
2. Gap-Controlled Plasmon Dephasing and Near-Field Confinement in Metal-Insulator-Metal Nanostructures
   H. Takeuchi, X. Qian, X.-T. Pan, K. Imaeda, S. Ryuzaki, K. Ueno, J. Phys. Chem. C, 129, 49, 21704-21714 (2025).
3. High-Q Plasmonic Nanocavities Enabled by Integration of Au Nanogap Dimers with a Distributed Bragg Reflector
4. K. Imaeda, R. Miyazaki, S. Ryuzaki, K. Ueno, J. Phys. Chem. C, 129, 10, 5095-5104 (2025).
5. Coherent acoustic vibrations of Au nanoblocks and their modulation by Al₂O₃ layer
   K. Imaeda, Y. Shikama, S. Ushikoshi, S. Sakai, S. Ryuzaki, K. Ueno, J. Chem. Phys., 160, 144702 (2024).
6. Plasmon dephasing and near-field enhancement of periodical arrays of Au nanogap dimers
   K. Imaeda, J. Yue, H. Takeuchi, K. Ueno, J. Phys. Chem. C, 128, 13, 5659-5666 (2024).
7. Exploring hybrid states and their ultrafast dynamics in exciton-plasmon strong coupling systems
   H. Takeuchi, K. Imaeda, S. Ryuzaki, K. Ueno, J. Phys. Chem. C, 128, 6, 2567-2576 (2024).
8. Coupled plasmonic systems: controlling the plasmon dynamics and spectral modulations for molecular detections
   Y. Kitajima, H. Sakamoto, K. Ueno, Nanoscale, 13, 5187-5201 (2021).
9. Further enhancement of the near-field on Au nanogap dimers using quasi-dark plasmon modes
   K. Shibata, S. Fujii, Q. Sun, A. Miura, K. Ueno, J. Chem. Phys., 152, 10, 104706-1-10 (2020).
10. Control of plasmon dephasing time using stacked nanogap gold structures for strong near-field enhancement

K. Ueno, J. Yang, Q. Sun, D. Aoyo, H. Yu, T. Oshikiri, A. Kubo, Y. Matsuo, Q. Gong, H. Misawa, Appl. Mater. Today, 14, 159-165 (2019).

8. Homogeneous nano-patterning using plasmon assisted photolithography

K. Ueno, S. Takabatake, K. Onishi, H. Itoh, Y. Nishijima, H. Misawa, Appl. Phys. Lett., 99, 011107 (2011).      

9. Nanogap-assisted surface plasmon nanolithography

K. Ueno, S. Takabatake, H. Misawa, et al. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 1, 657-662 (2010).

10. Nanoparticle plasmon-assisted two-photon polymerization induced by incoherent excitation source

K. Ueno, S. Juodkazis, T. Shibuya, Y. Yokota, V. Mizeikis, K. Sasaki, H. Misawa, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 6928-6929 (2008).

11. Spectrally-resolved atomic-scale length variations of gold nanorods

K. Ueno, S. Juodkazis, V. Mizeikis, K. Sasaki, H. Misawa, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 14226-14227 (2006).