Japanese Association of Inorganic Phosphorus Chemistry
Phosphorus Letter
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Editor
Editorial Advisor
Hiroyuki NARIAI (Professor Emeritus at Kobe University)
Makoto SAKURAI (Chubu University)
Editor‐in‐Chief
Takahiro KAWAI (Yamagata University)
Associate Editor‐in‐Chief
Hideko MAEDA (Kobe Pharmaceutical University)
Editor
Hiroaki ONODA (Kyoto Prefectural University)
Akiko OBATA (Nagoya Institute of Technology)
Takahiro TAKEI (Yamanashi University)
Hirokazu MUNAKATA (Osaka Metropolitan University)
Takeshi MORIGUCHI (Saitama Medical University)
Takeshi YABUTSUKA (Kyoto University)
PHOSPHORUS LETTER
Vol. 114 Jul. 2026
- Marking the 40th Anniversary of the Japanese Society of Inorganic Phosphorus Chemistry: A Journey Chronicled in *PHOSPHORUS LETTER* and *PRB*
Toshinori OKURA - Development of Functional Calcium Phosphate Materials Utilizing “Dissolution” Behavior
Sungho LEE, Fukue NAGATA - Proteomic Analysis of Protein Interactions with Hydroxyapatite: Focus on Crystallographic Anisotropy
Erika ONUMA
Vol. 113 Jan. 2026
- Phosphorus, Japanese Association of Inorganic Phosphorus Chemistry, and Me
Mamoru AIZAWA - Anode Properties of Tin Phosphide/Metal Composite Electrodes for Na-Ion Batteries
Hiroyuki USUI, Yasuhiro DOMI, Hiroki SAKAGUCHI - Hybridization of Cellulose and Hydroxyapatite for the Development of High-Toughness Biomass Structural Materials Inspired by Cortical Bone
Yui OKUDA - Development of a new phosphorus allotrope, orange phosphorus
Hiroshi SAKAGUCHI
Vol. 112 Jul. 2025
- Medical students, phosphorus, and research
Takeshi MORIGUCHI - Recent Advances in β-Tricalcium Phosphate and Whitlockite Research
Toshiisa KONISHI - Fine structure analysis of calcium phosphate
Kouichi NAKASHIMA
Vol. 111 Jan. 2025
- Message from New President of JAIPC
Kazuaki HASHIMOTO - Surface Functionalization of Apatite and Its Nanomedicine Applicationh
Daichi NODA, Wanyu SHI, Zizhen LIU, Motohiro TAGAYA - Recent progress and challenges in the research on organically-modified octacalcium phosphate
Taishi YOKOI
Vol. 110 Jun. 2024
- The Future of Academic Societies after the Coronavirus pandemic
Makoto SAKURAI - Development of Olivine-Structured Phosphate Cathode Materials for Secondary Batteries
Hirokazu MUNAKATA - Diffusion of Ions in Silicophosphate Glasses: Insight based on First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Tomoyuki TAMURA, Kazuya TAKADA, Hirotaka MAEDA, Toshihiro KASUGA
Vol. 109 Feb. 2024
- Thinking about Inorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and the Development of Novel Functionality of Inorganic Phosphorus Compounds
Shu YIN - Rare Earth Recovery as Phosphate from Waste Magnets
Hiroaki ONODA
Vol. 108 Oct. 2023
- Contribution to Global Environmental Conservation and SDGs Achievement
Toshiyuki AKAZAWA - Nature-inspired Morphological and Compositional Control of Transition Metal Phosphate Materials via Aqueous Solution Routes
Hiroaki UCHIYAMA - Nutritional Aspects of Phosphorus-Dietary Management of Prevent Onset and Progression of Diseases-
Ichiro KANEKO, Sarasa TANAKA - Development of Biocompatible and Environmentally Compatible Apatite Microcapsules by ordinary Temperature and Pressure Processes
Takeshi YABUTSUKA
Vol. 107 Jun. 2023
- Expectations for Inorganic Phosphorus Chemistry -Diverse Applications and Sustainable Resource Issue
Yoshiyuki YOKOGAWA - Assessment for Hard Tissues Using FTIR and Raman Imaging
Hiromi KIMURA-SUDA - Thermodynamics of Calcium Phosphate in Steelmaking Slags
Masakatsu HASEGAWA, Keijiro SAITO, Yu-ichi UCHIDA - Development of Phosphoric Acid/ionic Liquid Mixed Electrolytes for Non-humidified Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cells
Hirokazu MUNAKATA, Kiyoshi KANAMURA
Vol. 106 Feb. 2023
- Toward Various “Turning Points”
Hidekazu TANAKA - Preparation of Spherical Porous Granules of Calcium Phosphate and Its Medical Application
Masanobu KAMITAKAHARA, Masaki UMETSU - Developing the Phosphorus Recovery Process from Sewage Ash and Using as Phosphorus-Fertilizer － Build Up a Resource-Recycling Society
Hee-Joon KIM, Norikuni OHTAKE - Hydoxyapatite Tailored Novel Catalyst for Environmental Cleaning
Takashi SHIRAI, Yunzi XIN
Vol. 105 Oct. 2022
- Message from New President of JAIPC
Toshihiro KASUGA - Influence of Phosphorus on Steel Corrosion
Hidekazu TANAKA
Vol. 104 Jun. 2022
- Potential of “Expectations for Development of Biomaterials using Phosphate Compounds”
Chikara OHTSUKI - Catalytic Hydrolysis of ATP by Polyoxomolybdates
Eri ISHIKAWA - Development of a Safe All-Solid-State Battery Using NASICON-type LiZr2(PO4)3
Hayami TAKEDA
Vol. 103 Feb. 2022
- Potential of “Look Back on My Research Life”
Kazuhiko KANDORI - Preparation of Functional Hybrid by Ion Exchange Reaction Utilizing Interlayer Space of Layered Metal Phosphate
Takahiro TAKEI - Morphological Control of Various Phosphates by Carbon Dioxide Injection Method
Takeshi TOYAMA
Vol. 102 Oct. 2021
- Potential of “What Brings Light: Phosphorus”
Masakazu KAWASHITA - Adsorption properties of Morphologically Controlled Hydroxyapatite and Its Application to Catalyst Carrier
Tomoyo GOTO, Tohru SEKINO - Recovery of Industrial Phosphorus Resources from Incineration Ash of Chicken Manure and Dephosphorization Slag
Shigeru SUGIYAMA
Vol. 101 Jun. 2021
- Activate Research on the Structure and Function of Phosphate Glass
Toshihiro KASUGA - Design of Highly Functionalized Biomaterials Using Layered Phosphate Compounds
Jin NAKAMURA, Chikara OTSUKI - 15N NMR Insights into Lactam-Lactim Tautomerism Activity Using Cyclo-μ-Imidopolyphosphate
Hideshi MAKI, Daisuke KATAOKA, Minoru MIZUHATA - Cationic Substitution in Hydroxyapatite Particles and Their Ultraviolet Absorption Ability
Akemi YASUKAWA
Vol. 100 Feb. 2021
- Consider the Future of Inorganic Phosphorus Chemistry
Hirotaka MAEDA - Inorganic Phosphate Compounds having Negative Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
Toshihiro ISOBE - Calcium Phosphate as Artificial Bone
Kouichi NAKASHIMA - Polarized Biomaterials for Bone Regeneratione
Miho NAKAMURA - Synthesis and Application of Ultrafine Hydroxyapatite Using Ultrasonication
Hirogo MINAMISAWA, Yoshiyuki KOJIMA
Vol. 99 Oct. 2020
- Research Activities on Phosphate in KOSEN
Masamoto TAFU - Screening of Salt-tolerance Phosphorus Accumulating Organism (PAOs) for Phosphorus Recovery from Salt-containing Wastewater
Tsuyoshi IMAI - Adsorption of Oil on Hydroxyapatite and Application of Cosmetics
Hiroaki OKANO - Diopside as Phosphorus Adsorption Material
Toru NONAMI, Sho YAMAMOTO
Vol. 98 Jun. 2020
- To Launch New Products
Sohei NAKAGAWA - Organically Surface Modification of Inorganic Nanostructured Materials Using Phosphorus Coupling Agents
Naokazu IDOTA, Yoshiyuki SUGAHARA, Takehiko TSUKAHARA - Ionic Conductivity of Phosphate Glasses and Their Potentials as Solid State Electrolytes
Yusuke DAIKO - Simulated Body Fluid and the Mechanism of the Apatite Formation on the Surface of Bone-bonding Materials Revealed by it
Hiroaki TAKADAMA
Vol. 97 Feb. 2020
- Phosphorus Resources and Sustainable Phosphorus Recycling
Kazuaki HASHIMOTO - Preparation of Nobel Metal Phosphide Catalysts and Its Performance for Some Reactions
Yasuharu KANDA - Ammonia Synthesis from Nitrogen and Water by Electricity Using Electrochemical Cells with Phosphate Electrolytes
Jun KUBOTA - Synthesis and Application of Nano- and Micro-structured Titanium Phosphate Thin Films on Titanium Metal Surfaces
Mitsunori YADA
Vol. 96 Oct. 2019
- An Encounter with Inorganic Phosphates
Hirokazu NAKAYAMA - Study on Fractional Determination of Inorganic Phosphorus in Lacustrine Sediments
Michiko EGAWA - Utilization of Exfoliated Zirconium Phosphate Hydrogel as a pH-responsive Drug Carrier
Hiroki UEOKA, Osamu SHIMOMURA
Vol. 95 Jun. 2019
- Role of JAIPIC for the Stable Supply of Phosphorus
Kiyoshi ITATANI - Current Topics in Oxoacid Salt Photocatalysts and Its Applications
Masahide HAGIRI - Fabrication of Bioactive Functional Materials by Apatite Nuclei Precipitation Method
Takeshi YABUTSUKA - Development of Calcium Phosphates Powder and Thin Film as Photocatalyst
Naoya YOSHIDA, Toshinori OKURA
Vol. 94 Feb. 2019
- Product Development by a Researcher
Masahiro HIRANO - What Are the Phosphorus Resource Issues?
Hisao OHTAKE, Satoshi TSUNEDA - Sustainable Use of Phosphorus in Japanese Phosphoric Acid Industry
Tokumi MOCHIYAMA
Vol. 93 Oct. 2018
- Synthesis of Novel White Pigment by Phosphoric Acid Treatment of Titanium Dioxide
Hiroaki ONODA, Aki MATSUKURA
Vol. 92 Jun. 2018
- Dose “Kotsu” exist in “Monozukuri”?
Hiroyuki NARIAI - Layer Compounds and Phosphate Materials
Shinnosuke KAMEI - Recovery of Phosphorus from Sewage Sludge Incineration Ash and Reuse of the Recovered Phosphorus
Saori TAKAMATSU - Phosphate Invert Glasses for Biomedical Application
Sungo LEE, Takayoshi NAKANO - Octacalcium Phosphate with Incorporated Dicarboxylate Ions
Taishi YOKOI
Vol. 91 Feb. 2018
- To Get Understanding of Depleted Resource Phosphorus
Shigeru SUGIYAMA - Design for Artificial Bone Consisted of Apatite with Disease Responsive Drug Release
Makoto OTSUKA - Advance in the Synthetic Strategy of Mesoporous Aluminum Phosphonates
Tatsuo KIMURA - Effect of Encapsulation of Phosphate Phosphor on Luminescence Properties of Sintered Li₂O-ZnO-B₂O₃-P₂O₅-CaF₂ Glass Body
Nanako AKIYAMA, Hideki KUWAHARA, Haruhiko KUROE, Kiyoshi ITATANI, Hubertus T. Hintzen - Preparation of Hydroxyapatite/Dye Hybrid Structures and Their Physicochemical Properties
Takuya KATAOKA, Motohiro TAGAYA - Dissolution Behavior of Phosphate Glasses Containing Six-coordinated Silicon
Atsuhiro MIURA - Octacalcium Phosphate with Incorporated Dicarboxylate Ions
Taishi YOKOI
Vol. 90 Oct. 2017
- Research Field of Inorganic Phosphorus Chemistry
Takeshi TOYAMA - Behavior of Phosphorus in Brackish Lake and Establishment of Simple Removal Technology of Phosphorus for Small-scaled Sewage
Shogo SUGAHARA, Michiko EGAWA, Yasushi SEIKE - Adsorption of Rare Earth Cation into Metal Phosphate
Takahiro TAKEI, Sayaka YANAGITA, Nobuhiro KUMADA - Development and Application of Titanium-doped Hydroxyapatite Photocatalyst
Masato WAKAMURA
Vol. 89 Jun. 2017
- Japanese Association of Inorganic Phosphorus Chemistry Efficient for Fusion and Harmony of Different Industries
Toshiyuki AKAZAWA - Development of Next-generation Paste-like Artficial Bone with Non-fragmentation Property
Kohei NAGATA, Mamoru AIZAWA - Intercalation of Melamine into Layered Zirconium Phosphates and its Adsorption Property of Formaldehyde －Characterization of Solid-state NMR－
Aki HAYASHI
Vol. 88 Special Edition, 2017
Vol. 87 Oct. 2016 30th Anniversary Commemorative Issue
Vol. 86 Jun. 2016
- An Impression on the 30th Anniversary of JAIPC
Makoto WATANABE - Immobilization of High Level Nuclear Wastes with Phosphate Glasses (No. 2)
Toshinori OKURA - Proton-conducting Phosphate Materials for Application to Electrolytes in Fuel Cells
Toshihiro KASUGA, Hirotaka MAEDA, Masanobu NAKAYAMA - Recovery of Phosphorus from Sewage Sludge and Reuse of the Recovered Phosphorus
Shigeru SUGIYAMA - Application of Calcium Phosphates for Water and Soil Environments
Masamoto TAFU - Recovery of Phosphorous from Slags
Tokuro NANBA, Shin-ichi SAKITA, Yasuhiko BENINO - Air Pollution Control Using Calcium Phosphate
Takuya HASEGAWA, Yoshiaki KIN, Kenji TODA, Mineo SATO - Trend of Research and Development in Novel Phosphate Phosphor
Toshinori OKURA - Current State and Future of the Phosphate Products
Nobuyuki MATSUDA - Development of Inorganic Phosphate Materials for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries
Yuichi MUNAKATA, Kiyoshi KANAMURA
Vol. 85 Feb. 2016
- Global Environment and Phosphates
Hideshi MAKI - Reaction and Synthesis of Calcium Phosphates-related Materials
Toshiyuki AKAZAWA - Sintering of Phosphate Materials
Kiyoshi ITATANI - Phosphate Containing Food Additives
Kodai KANEKO, kazuyoshi NISIKAWA, Masato SAKAI - Development Trend of Phosphate Phosphors
Yoshiyuki KOJIMA - Examination of Recrystallization Enhancement in Early-stage Caries by Phosphoryl Oligosaccharides of Calcium (POs-Ca)
Takashi KOBAYASHI, Tomoko TANAKA, Hiroshi KAMASAKA - Phosphorus-containing Inorganic Substances as Industrial Materials
Sohei NAKAGAWA - Thermal Properties of Phosphates; Dehydration and Condensation, Hydrolysis, and Thermal Decomposition
Hiroyuki NARIAI, Makoto SAKURAI - Inorganic Phosphate Pigment
Kazuaki HASHIMOTO
Vol. 84 Oct. 2015
- Close Encounters of the Phosphorus Species
Akiko NAGAI - Thermal Behavior of Rare Earth Phosphates
Hiroaki ONODA - Zeta Potential of Apatite Particles and Their Adsorption Behaviors of Proteins and Dyes
Kazuhiko KANDORI, Takeshi MORIGUCHI - Optical Properties of Calcium Phosphate and Their Application
Harumitsu NISHIKAWA - Electrical Properties of Inorganic Phosphorus
Naohiro HORIUCHI, Kimihiro YAMASHITA, Keiichi KATAYAMA - Optical Properties of Phosphate Glasses
Hirotaka MAEDA, Toshihiro KASUGA - Classification of Phosphorus-Containing Inorganic compounds and Their Production
Nobuyuki MATSUDA, Mamoru AIZAWA - Powder Interface Chemistry of Phosphate Salts
Yoshiyuki YOKOGAWA - Structure of Phosphate Glass and Its Singularity
Toshinori OKURA, Naoya YOSHIDA - Application of Hydroxyapatites as Catalysts in Chemical Reactions
Takeshi MORIGUCHI - Photocatalytic Apatites
Takeshi MORIGUCHI, Kazuhiko KANDORI
Vol. 83 Jun. 2015
- Seeing both the Whole and the Detail
Takahiro TAKEI - Cytocompatibility Evaluation of Biomaterials
Akiko OBATA - Phosphorus Resources and Elements Strategy
Shigeru SUGIYAMA - In Vivo Methods for Evaluation of Materials Containing Inorganic Phosphorus
Akiko NAGAI - Nanoscale Structures and Properties of Calcium Phosphates - Theoretical Approach from First Principles -
Katsushi MATSUNAGA, Kazuaki TOYOURA, Atsutomo NAKAMURA - NMR for Inorganic Phosphorus Chemistry
Hideshi MAKI
Vol. 82 Feb. 2015
- Those I Wonder Recently
Kazuhiko KANDORI - Introduction to X-ray Structural Analysis
Takahiro TAKEI - Infrared Spectra of Calcium Hydroxyapatite
Hidekazu TANAKA - X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Akiko NAGAI - Solid State 31P NMR
Hirokazu NAKAYAMA - Analysis of Phosphate by High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Hideko MAEDA - Analysis and Evaluation of Phosphates by TG-DTA
Hiroyuki NARIAI
Vol. 81 Oct. 2014
- Consideration of Future Development in Nagoya Area
Makoto SAKURAI - Dental Application of Bioceramics -Outcome of Bone-regenerative Therapy
Toshiyuki AKAZAWA, Masaru MURATA - Porous Calcium Phosphates for Bioceramics
Koji IOKU, Masanobu KAMITAKAHARA - Foundations of Bioceramics
Takeshi TOYAMA - Development of the Bioceramics in Japan
Miho NAKAMURA, Kimihiro YAMASHITA - High Functionality of Bioceramics by Composition Control
Kazuaki HASHIMOTO - High Functionalization of Bioceramics by Polarization
Masahiro HIRANO - Development of Composites Utilizing Bioceramics
Taishi YOKOI, Masanobu KAMITAKAHARA - Composite of Bioceramics: Approach via Coating Process Route
Mamoru AIZAWA
Vol. 80 Jun. 2014
- Encouragement of self-satisfaction
Koji IOKU - Urine Derived Phosphate Precipitates under Water Free Condition
Norifumi ISU - Comparison of Sustained-Release for Antibiotics from Ceramic Artificial Bone -Part 1 Influence of Form, Material, and Porosity-
Ken SUGAO, Daisuke SHOJI, Masahiro HIRANO - Comparison of Sustained-Release for Antibiotics from Ceramic Artificial Bone -Part 2 Which Paste-Type Artificial Bone Shows Good Sustained-Release-
Ken SUGAO, Takehiko NAKAJIMA - Materials Properties on Olivine-type LiMPO4 as Li Ion Battery Using First-principles Density Functional Theory
Masanobu NAKAYAMA, Toshihiro KASUGA
Vol. 79 Feb. 2014
- Phosphorus, One of the Mysterious Elements
Akiyoshi OSAKA - Development of Bone Graft Substitutes Consisting of Calcium Phosphate
Takenori SAWAMURA, Masahiko OKUYAMA - Synthses of Single-crystal Apatite Particles with Well-controlled Anisotropy and Their Protein Adsorption Properties
Mamoru AIZAWA, Shi SHO - Cytocompatibility of Phosphate Glass Biomaterials
Akiko OBATA, Hirotaka MAEDA, Toshihiro KASUGA