Organic Materials Group (Formerly MacroMolecules Group)

March 24, 2017

Mr. Fukui graduated from University of Tsukuba and earned Ph.D!
Addtinally, Dr. Fukui earned the Dean Award of Graduate School of Pure and Applied Science and the president award of Universty of Tsukuba! Congratulations!!

March 16, 2017

The collaboration paper by Dr. Takai, Dylan, Mr. Suzuki, Dr. Labuta with Prof. Sugimoto (Kumamoto U), Prof. Adachi's group (KEK)、Prof. Hasobe's G (Keio U) was accepted for publication in Organic Chemistry Frontiers and now on the web!
“Effect of highly twisted C=C double bond on the electronic structures of 9,9'-bifluorenylidene derivatives in the ground and excited states"
A. Takai,* D. J. Freas, T. Suzuki, M. Sugimoto, J. Labuta, R. Haruki, R. Kumai, S.-i. Adachi, H. Sakai, T. Hasobe, Y. Matsushita, M. Takeuchi,* Org. Chem. Front., 2017, in press.
DOI:10.1039/C7QO00125H

February 23, 2017

Prof. Zhibin Guan（UC Irvine, USA）delivers lecture as Pi-Figuration Colloquium (alo as the 23rd Macromolecules Seminar, the 581st MANA Seminar).

February 20, 2017

Mr. Fukui was awarded a prize "Award for Encouragenment of Research" on the occasion of MRS-J held in Dec. 2016. Congratulations!!

February 14, 2017

We had ferewell party for Inoue san. She has been helping us as a Lab manager; thank you so much.

February, 2017

The paper by Dr. Aimi collaborating with Prof. Huang was published in Macromol. Rapid. Commun.and now on the web.
“Synthesis of Novel μ-Star Copolymers with Poly(N-Octyl Benzamide) and Poly(e-Caprolactone) Miktoarms through Chain-Growth Condensation Polymerization, Styrenics-Assisted Atom Transfer Radical Coupling, and Ring-Opening Polymerization"
C.-F. Huang,* J. Aimi, K.-Y. Lai, Macromol. Rapid. Commun., 2017, 38, 1600607.
DOI:10.1002/marc.201600607

January 21, 2017

Mr. Fukui was awarded Poster Presentation Award on the occasion of 5th international Symposium on "Dynamical Ordering of Biomolecular Systems for Creation of Integrated Functions" (Doutekititsujyo). Congratulations!!

January 1, 2017

Dr. Atsuro TAKAI joined our group as a tenured researcher.

December 31, 2016

There are a lot of things to think about this year, and it was the toughest year for me. I have been appreciating the warm and kind support from group members, friends, and mentors. Takeuchi, M.

December 21, 2016

We have congratulation party for Drs Zhao and Xu, welcome party for Mr. Tan and Ms. Kishida, and end-year party for the subgropup. Ms. Endo and Mr. Suzuki who are alumnae and alumni visited us and joined the party.

December 19, 2016

The paper on differentiation of a metastable supramolecular assembly by Mr. Fukui and Dr. Sugiyasu was accepted for publication in Nature Chemistry; we have collaborated with Prof. Kawai (Shizuoka Univ), Profs. Seki & Sakurai (Kyoto Univ).
“Control over differentiation of a metastable supramolecular assembly in one and two dimensions"
T. Fukui, S. Kawai, S. Fujinuma, Y. Matsushita, T. Yasuda, T. Sakurai, S. Seki, M. Takeuchi* and K. Sugiyasu,* Nature Chem., 2017, in press.
DOI:10.1038/nchem.2684

Please take a look atPRfrom NIMS.

December 16, 2016

Mr. Kentaro Sato (Science Writefrom NIMS.sited with us for Grant‐in‐Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas "Pi-System Figuration", MEXT Japan.

December 14, 2016

The paper by Mr. Fukui and Dr. Sugiyasu was accepted for publication and Now on the web.
“Impact of a subtle structural difference on the kinetic behavior of metastable supramolecular assemblies"
T. Fukui, M. Takeuchi,* K. Sugiyasu,* Polymer, 2017, in press. DOI:10.1016/j.polymer.2016.12.027

December 11, 2016

Takeuchi made comments on Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 on a TV program of NHK named Science ZERO.

November 7, 2016

Ms. Kishida joined our group as a Reaserch Assistant.

October 31, 2016

We had a farewell party for Alisa-san.

October 12, 2016

The collaboration paper by Ms. Endo and Dr. Sugiyasu with Prof. Yagai (Chiba U) was accepted for publication in JSCS and now on the web!
"Photo-regulated living supramolecular polymerization established by combining energy landscapes of photoisomerization and nucleation-elongation processes"
M. Endo, T. Fukui, S.-H. Jung, S. Yagai, M. Takeuchi,* K. Sugiyasu,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 11347-11353.
DOI:10.1021/jacs.6b08145

October 10 & 12, 2016

The paper by Dr. Kobayashi was accepted for publication in Nature Materials and is now on the web!
"Carrier generation and electronic properties of a single-component pure organic metal"
Y. Kobayashi,* T. Terauchi, S. Sumi, Y. Matsushita, Nature Mater., 2016, in press.
DOI:10.1038/nmat4768
This ahievement was press-released by NIMS on Oct 12, 2016 (in Japanese).

October 3, 2016

Ms. Alisa Bannaron from Kyushu University joined our group as an internship student.

September 30, 2016

Mr. Minghan TAN joined our group as a master program student in University of Tsukuba.

September 23, 2016

Mr. Zhao and Ms. Xu graduated from University of Tsukuba and earned Ph.D! Congratulations!!!

September 19, 2016

Mr. Fukui was awarded a prize (Best poster award）at Tsukuba Global Science Week 2016!

September 5, 2016

The paper by Ms. XU was accepted for publication in RSC Advances and is now on the web！
"Multiple emissions from indenofluorenedione in solution and polymer films"
J. Xu, A. Takai, M. Takeuchi,* RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 80867-80871.
DOI:10.1039/c6ra17765d

September 1, 2016

Debbie finished the internship program in NIMS.

August 29, 2016

Prof. Shiao-Wei Kuo（National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan）delivers lecture as Pi-Figuration Colloquium (22nd Macromolecules Seminar).

August 26, 2016

The collaboration paper by Dr. Takai with Profs. Fukushima's (TITECH) and Kishikawa's G (Chiba U) was accepted for publication in JSCS and now on the web!
"Supramolecular Assemblies of Ferrocene-Hinged Naphthalenediimides: Multiple Conformational Changes in Film States"
A. Takai,* T. Kajitani, T. Fukushima, K. Kishikawa, T. Yasuda, M. Takeuchi,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 11245-11253.
DOI:10.1021/jacs.6b05824

August 19, 2016

Zhao-kun's paper in CAJ (Chem. Asian J. 2016, 11, 2284-2290) was highlighted as a cover of the issue!!!

August 18, 2016

We had a farewell party for Dr. Kartha who left for Germany.

August 9, 2016

The collaboration work of Mr. Zhao and Dr. Sugiyasu with Profs. Seki's (Kyoto U) and Sugimoto's (Kumamoto U) Groups was accepted for publication in Chem. Asian J. and is now on the web.
"Stabilization of Charge Carriers in Picket-Fence Polythiophenes Using Dielectric Side Chains"
C. Zhao, T. Sakurai, S. Yoneda, S. Seki, M. Sugimoto, C. Oki, M. Takeuchi,* K. Sugiyasu,* Chem. Asian J. 2016, 11, 2284-2290.
DOI:10.1002/asia.201600738

August 3, 2016

The paper by Ms. Xu was accepted for publication in Chem. Eur. J. and now on the web！
"Red-Green-Blue Trichromophoric Nanoparticles with Dual Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer: Highly Sensitive Fluorogenic Response Toward Polyanions"
J. Xu, A. Takai, M. Takeuchi,* Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 13014-13018.
DOI:10.1002/chem.201602759

August 2, 2016

The paper by Mr. Zhao and Dr. Sugiyasu was accepted for publication in Chemistry Letters.
"Synthesis of Unsheathed Insulated Molecular Wires"
C. Zhao, M. Takeuchi,* K. Sugiyasu,* Chem. Lett., 2016, 45 (10), 1216-1218.
DOI:10.1246/cl.160658

August 1, 2016

Ms. Mochizuki, Mr. Bera, and Mr. Yamamoto leave soon (Debbie will leave in Sep). We had a subgroup meeting for their final presentation and had farewell party.

July 27, 2016

The paper by Mr. Zhao and Dr. Sugiyasu was accepted for publication in Polymer Journal and it is now on the web！
“Twisting poly(3-substituted thiophene)s: cyclopolymerization of gemini thiophene monomers through catalyst-transfer polycondensation"
C. Zhao, K. Nagura, M. Takeuchi* and K. Sugiyasu,* Polymer J. 2017, 49, 133-139.
DOI:10.1038/pj.2016.66

July 6, 2016

We had BBQ party with subgroup members, internship students, alumni, and Prof. George!

July 6, 2016

Prof. Subi Jacob George（Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), India） delivers lecture as the 542nd MANA Special Seminar (Pi-Figuration Colloquium, 21st Macromolecules Seminar).

July 5, 2016

Mr. Daisuke Yamamoto (Kyoto University) joined our group as an internship student.

June 24-25, 2016

Dr. Aimi successfully organized Japan-Taiwan Joint Seminar on Energy and Environment for Young Chemists on June 24-25, 2016 under generous support from JSPS. Talented young chemists from NIMS attended this interesting seminar.

June 13, 2016

Collaboration work between Dr. Pan, Dr. Sugiyasu of NIMS and Prof. Adachi of Kyushu University was published in ACS Macro Lett. and it is now on the web！
“Enhanced Electroluminescence from a Thiophene-Based Insulated Molecular Wire"
G. Mehes, C. Pan, F. Bencheikh, L. Zhao, K. Sugiyasu,* M. Takeuchi, J.-C. Ribierre,* C. Adachi,* ACS Macro Lett. 2016,5, 781-785.
DOI:10.1002/chem.201600196

June 10, 2016

Prof. Subi Jacob George（Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), India）has visited our group under the program named "the JSPS Invitation Fellowshiop for Research in Japan". He will stay here until July 24.

June 6, 2016

Ms. Debbie Le (Prof. MacLachlan group, UBC, Canada) joined our group as an internship student.

May 20, 2016

Prof. FEIHE HUANG (Zhejiang University, China) delivered lecture as the 532nd MANA Special Seminar (Pi-Figuration Colloquium, 20th Macromolecules Seminar).

May 13, 2016

Mr. Fukui was awarded CSJ Student Presentation Awardon the occasion of CSJ Annual Meeting (2016). Congratulations!!

May 9, 2016

Ms. Chihiro Mochizuki (Yamanashi University) and Mr. Manas Kumar BERA（Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India）joined our group as internship students.

April 27, 2016

The paper by Dr. Aimi (DOI: 10.1002/aelm.201500300) was highlighted in Wiley Materials Views China!

April 26, 2016

The paper by Dr. Takai was published in Chem. Eur. J. and now is on the web！
“Ferrocene-substituted naphthalenediimide with broad absorption and electron-transport properties in the segregated-stack structure"
A. Takai,* D. Sakamaki, S. Seki, Y. Matsushita, M. Takeuchi,* Chem.-Eur. J. 2016, 22[22], 7385-7388.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201600196

April 20, 2016

Dr. Sugiyasu was awarded a prize "The Young Scientists’Prize" from MEXT, Japan. Congratulations!

March 25, 2016

Me. Mizuki Endo, Mr. Toshikane Suzuki, and Dr. Takaharu Okada graduated from University of Tsukuba; now we are missing you.

March 2016

Dr. Aimi organizes Japan-Taiwan Joint Seminar on Energy and Environment for Young Chemists on June 24-25, 2016 under generous support from JSPS. Talented young chemists from NIMS will attend this interesting seminar.

Jan. 12, 2016

Prof. Gwénaël Rapenne (Université Paul Sabatier, France) delivers lecture as the 512nd MANA Special Seminar (Pi-Figuration Colloquium, 19th Macromolecules Seminar).

Nov. 27, 2015

We had welcome party for new reseachers & internship students and end-of-the-year party.

Nov. 4, 2015

Dr. Aneesh PERUMATTATH SIVADAS joined our group as a Visitiing Reseracher.

Nov. 4, 2015

Dr. Sung-Ho JUNG joined our group as a Visitiing Reseracher.

Nov. 1, 2015

Dr. Ryota INOUE joined our group as a NIMS PostDoc researcher.

Oct. 30, 2015

Ms. Mizuki Endo earned "Excellent Poster Award". Congratulations!!

Oct. 27, 2015

Mr. Tomoya Fukui earned "Excellent Poster Prize". Congratulations!!

Oct. 20, 2015

The paper by Dr. Aimi was accepeted for publication in Adv. Electron. Mater.
“Phthalocyanine-Cored Star-Shaped Polystyrene for Nano Floating Gate in Nonvolatile Organic Transistor Memory Device"
J. Aimi,* C.‐T. Lo, H.‐C. Wu, C.‐F. Huang, T. Nakanishi, M. Takeuchi, W.‐C. Chen,*
Adv. Electro. Mater. 2016, 2, 1500300.

OPEN ACCESS!! DOI: 10.1002/aelm.201500300

Oct. 16, 2015

Mr. Tomoya Fukui was made an offer of JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Reseacher (DC2)!

Oct. 13, 2015

Mr. Sawada from Nagaoka University of Technology joined our group as an internship student.

Sep, 2015

The review on living supramolecular polymerization by Sugiyasu-san was published in the Sep issue of Gendaikagaku (Chemistry Today, Japanese journal).

Sep 7, 2015

Ms. Naruse from Ochanomizu University joined our group as an internship student.

Aug 25, 2015

Subgroup members had ferewell-party for Pan-kun.

Aug 24, 2015

Ms. Fukumoto from Ochanomizu University joined our group as an internship student.

July 31, 2015

Dylan finished the final presentation of his internship research in OMG, NIMS and left group on Aug 7.

July 14, 2015

Focus Review by Sugiyasu-san, Pan-kun, Zhao-kun was published in Chem. Asian J.; this was highlighted as Frontispiece of the isuue!!
“Conjugated Oligomers and Polymers Sheathed with Designer Side Chains"
C. Pan, C. Zhao, M. Takeuchi,* K. Sugiyasu,* Chem. Asian J. 2015, 10 (9), 1820-1835. DOI: 10.1002/asia.201500452

June 19, 2015

Dr. Ogi was selected as a JSPS fellow to attend 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting!! I hope he enjoys discussion with Nobel Laureates, the next generation of leading scientists, and researchers at Lindau.

June 15, 2015

The collaboration work with Prof. Yamamoto of Univ of Tsukuba was accepted for publication in Macromolecules and now on the web.
“Whispering Gallery Resonance from Self-Assembled Microspheres of Highly Fluorescent Isolated Conjugated Polymers"
S.Kushida, D. Braam, C. Pan, T.D. Dao, L. Tabata, K. Sugiyasu, M. Takeuchi, S. Ishii, T. Nagao, A. Lorkem Y. Yamamoto,* Macromoledules 2015, 48, 3928-3933.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00707

June 1, 2015

Mr. Dylan FREAS joined our group as NNIN internship student.

May 29, 2015

Prof. Mark S. Tylor (Univ. Tronto, Canada) delivers lecture as the 469th MANA Special Seminar (Pi-Figuration Colloquium, 18th Macromolecules Seminar).

May 1, 2015

Mr. Fukui and Dr. Takai were awarded CSJ Student Presentation Award and CSJ Presentation Award, respectively on the occasion of CSJ Annual Meeting (2015). Congratulations!!

April 1, 2015

Dr. Nagura joined our group as a ICYS researcher.

March 25, 2015

Dr. Pan earned the Dean Award of Graduate School of Pure and Applied Science, Universty of Tsukuba! Congratulations!!!

March 5, 2015

The paper by Dr. Aimi (See News on Jan 29) was highlighted as Back Cover of the issue in JMC C!

Feb 20, 2015

Ms. Endo earned "Excellent Presentation Award" in the Student Seminar of Department of Materials Science and Technology. Congratulations!!

Feb 17, 2015

The collaboration work with Prof. Würthner and Dr. Ogi of Universität Würzburg was accepted for publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc. and now on the web as "just accepted paper".
“Mechanism of Self-Assembly Process and Seeded Supramolecular Polymerization of Perylene Bisimide Organogelator"
S. Ogi, V. Stepanenko, K. Sugiyasu, M. Takeuchi, F. Würthner,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 3300-3307.
DOI: 10.1021/ja511952c

Jan 29, 2015

The paper by Dr. Aimi was accepted for publication in J. Mater. Chem. C and now on the web.
“Synthesis and self-assembly of phthalocyanine-tethered block copolymers"
J. Aimi,* M. Komura, T. Iyoda, A. Saeki, S. Seki, M. Takeuchi, T. Nakanishi,* J. Mater. Chem. C. 2015, 3, 2484-2490.
DOI: 10.1039/C4TC02778G

Jan 22, 2015

The collaboration work with Prof. Tanaka of TITECH was accepted for publication in Eur. J. Org. Chem. and now on the web.
“Enantioselective Synthesis, Crystal Structure, andPhotophysical Properties of a 1,1''-Bitriphenylene-Based Sila[7]helicene"
K. Murayama, Y. Oike, S. Furumi, M. Takeuchi, K. Noguchi, K. Tanaka,* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 1409-1414.
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201403565

Dec 5, 2014

Mr. Fukui was awarded a prize (IPC2014 Young Scientist Poster Award）at 10th SPSJ International Polymer Conference. Congratulations!!

Nov 10, 2014

Dr. Aimi is going to leave for Taiwan as a visiting scientist.

Oct 29, 2014

The paper by Dr. OGi, Mr. Fukui, Dr. Sugiyasu et al. was accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie and is now on the web.
“Kinetic Control over Pathway Complexity in Supramolecular Polymerization through Modulating the Energy Landscape by Rational Molecular Design"
S. Ogi, T. Fukui, M. L. Jue, M. Takeuchi,* K. Sugiyasu,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 14363-14367. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201407302

Oct 28, 2014

Mr. Fukui was awarded a prize (Best poster award）at 29th SPSJ Kanto-Ibaraki conference for young scientist. Congratulations!!

Oct 16, 2014

Prof. Takenobu (Waseda University) deliverd lecture as the 17th Macromolecules Seminar (3rd Pi-Figuration Colloquium).

Oct 14, 2014

Ms. Fujinuma from Tsukiji Lab (Nagaoka University of Technology) joined our group as an internship student.

Sep 17, 2014

The collaborative project with Dr. Ikeda, Prof. Iino, and Prof. Noji (News on July 2) was selected as Back Cover of the issue of Angewandte Chemie!

Sep 16, 2014

Subgroup members had ferewell- (Narasaki kun) and welcome-dinner (Mizuno san).

Sep 16, 2014

Mr. Kentaro Sato (Science Writer) visited with us for newly-started Grant‐in‐Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas "Pi-System Figuration", MEXT Japan.

Sep 11, 2014

The paper by Dr. Pan and Dr. Sugiyasu (See News on June 17) was highlighted as Back Cover of the issue in Chem Commun!

Sep 4, 2014

Ms. Mizuno from Ochanomizu University joined our group as an internship student.

Sep 1, 2014

Dr. Takai is back to NIMS as a ICYS researcher.

Aug 28, 2014

Subgroup members had ferewell- (Sato san) and welcome-lunch (Dr. KK and Narasaki kun).

Aug 21, 2014

Mr. Narasaki from Kyushu University joined our group as an internship student.

Aug 18, 2014

The paper by Mr. Pan and Dr. Sugiyasu (See News on June 11) was highlighted as Frontispiece of the issue in Angewandte Chemie!

Aug 17, 2014

Dr. Krishnan Kartha joined our group as a Postdoc researcher.

Aug 6, 2014

Sugiyasu san's Focus Review was accepted for publication in Polymer J. and is now on the web.
“Strapped porphyrin-based polymeric systems"
K. Sugiyasu,* S. Ogi, Masayuki Takeuchi, Polymer J. 2014, 46, 674-681. DOI: 10.1038/pj.2014.58

July 30, 2014

The collaboration work with Prof. Scheblykin (Lund University, Sweden) was accepted for publication in Chem. Mater. and is now on the web.
“Effect of Conjugated Backbone Protection on Intrinsic and Light-Induced Fluorescence Quenching in Polythiophenes"
D. Sahoo, K. Sugiyasu, Y. Tian, M. Takeuchi, I. G. Scheblykin,* Chem. Mater. 2014, 26, 4867-4875. DOI: 10.1021/cm5021959

July 25, 2014

Mr. Pan graduated from University of Tsukuba and earned Ph.D! Congratulations!!!

July 24, 2014

Mr. Sanematsu from Sasebo Natinal College of Technology joined Aimi's team as an internship student.

July 23, 2014

The collaboration work with Prof. Ajayaghosh (NIIST, India) was accepted for publication in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. and is now on the web.
““A carbazole-fluorene molecular hybrid for quantitative detection of TNT using a combined fluorescence and quartz crystal microbalance method"
K. K. Kartha, A. Sandeep, Vijayakumar C. Nair, M. Takeuchi,* A. Ajayaghosh,* Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 18896-18901. DOI: 10.1039/C4CP03050H

July 2, 2014

The collaboration work with Dr.Ikeda (U of Tokyo), Prof. Iino (IMS), Prof. Noji (U of Tokyo) was accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie and is now on the web.
“Motion Capture and Manipulation of a Single Synthetic Molecular Rotor by Optical Microscopy"
T. Ikeda, T. Tsukahara, R. Iino, M. Takeuchi, H. Noji,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 10082-10085. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201403091

July 1-3, 2014

We organized NIMS Conference 2014 entitled "A Strong Future from Soft Materials".

June 24, 2014

Mr. PAN finished Ph.D. defense, now he became Dr. PAN. Congratulations!

June 22, 2014

The paper by Dr. Hollamby and Dr. Nakanishi was accepted for publication in Nature Chem. and is now on the web.
“Directed assembly of optoelectronically active alkyl-Pi-conjugated molecules by adding n-alkanes or Pi-conjugated species"
M. J. Hollamby,* M. Karny, P. H. H. Bomans, N. A. J. M. Sommerdjik, A. Saeki, S. Seki, H. Minamikawa, I. Grillo, B. R. Pauw, P. Brown, J. Eastoe, H. Mohwald, T. Nakanishi,* Nature Chem. 2014, 6, 690-696. DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1977
Martin on BBC News
Highlighted in News and Views of the issue By Prof. A.P.J. Shenning and S.J. George

June 17, 2014

The paper by Mr. Pan and Dr. Sugiyasu was accepted for publication in Chem. Commun. and is now on the web.
"Blending conjugated polymers without phase separation for fluorescent colour tuning of polymeric materials through FRET"
C. Pan, K. Sugiyasu,* M. Takeuchi,* Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 11814-11817. DOI: 10.1039/C4CC03594A

June 15, 2014

We had subgroup BBQ!.

June 11, 2014

The paper by Mr. Pan and Dr. Sugiyasu was accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie and is now on the web.
“Picket-Fence Polythiophene and its Diblock Copolymers that Afford Microphase Separations Comprising a Stacked and an Isolated Polythiophene Ensemble"
C. Pan, K. Sugiyasu,* J. Aimi, A. Sato, M. Takeuchi,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 8870-8875. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201402813

June 10, 2014

The paper by Dr. Kobayashi was highlighted as the back cover of a issue in Chem. Commun. (please see March 27)!

June 2, 2014

Ms. Sato from KPU (Prof. M.Numata's Group) joined our group as an internship student.

May 21, 2014

The collaboration paper by Dr. Sugiyasu was highlighted as the cover picture of a issue in JACS (please see March 27) and in JACS Spotlight!

May 16, 2014

The paper by Dr. Kobayashi and Dr. Terauchi was accepted for publication in Eur J. Inorg. Chem. and now on the web.
Isotope Effect of Thermopower in the TTFCOONH3Ph Single Crystal"
Y. Kobayashi,* S. Sumi, T. Terauchi, H. Iwai, A. Tanaka, Y. Matsushita, A. Sato, Eur J. Inorg. Chem. 2014, accepted. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201402055

April 4, 2014

The collaboration work with Prof. Tanaka (TITEC) and Dr. Furumi was accepted for publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc.and is now on the web.
“Enantioselective Synthesis and Enhanced Circularly Polarized Luminescence of S-Shaped Double Azahelicenes"
K. Nakamura, S. Furumi, M. Takeuchi, T. Shibuya, K. Tanaka,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 5555-5558. DOI: 10.1021/ja500841f

April 1, 2014

We got started FY2014!

Dr. Nakanishi and his team moved to MANA in NIMS.
Graduate Stuidents, Mr. Fukui, Ms. Endo, Mr. Suzuki joined our group and Dr. Lu joined Nakanishi's team as a Postdoc.

March 27, 2014

The collaboration work with Prof. Kiguchi (TITEC) and Prof. Nakamura (AIST) was accepted for publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc.and is now on the web as a ASAP paper.
“Single Molecular Resistive Switch Obtained via Sliding Multiple Anchoring Points and Varying Effective Wire Length"
M. Kiguchi,* T. Ohto, S. Fujii, K. Sugiyasu,* S. Nakajima, M. Takeuchi, H. Nakamura,*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 7327-7332. DOI: 10.1021/ja413104g

March 27, 2014

The paper by Dr. Kobayashi and Dr. Terauchi was accepted for publication in Chem. Commun. and now on the web.
“Stable metallic state of (TTPCOO)2NH4 with mobile dopant" T. Terauchi, S. Sumi, Y. Kobayashi,* T. Nakamura, K. Furukawa, Y. Misaki, Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 7111-7113. DOI:10.1039/C4CC00678J

March 18, 2014

The paper by Aga and Dr. Nakanishi was accepted for publication in Curr. Opin. in Colloid and Interf. Sci. and is now on the web.
“Controlled self-assembly of alkylated-π compounds for soft materials -Towards optical and optoelectronic applications"
A. Zielinskaa, M. Leonowiczb, H. Li,*　T. Nakanishi,* Curr. Opin. in Colloid and Interf. Sci. 2014, 13, 131-139. DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2014.03.007

Feb 24, 2014

The paper by Dr. Shen and Dr. Nakanishi was accepted for publication in PCCP and is now on the web.
“Fullerene assemblies toward photo-energy conversions"
Y. Shen, T. Nakanishi,* Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 7199-7204. DOI: 10.1039/C4CP00221K

Feb 24, 2014

The paper by Dr. Kobayashi was accepted for publication in Crystal Growth & Des and is now on the web.
“Two-dimensional Brickblock Arrangement in Bis-fused Tetrathiafulvalene Semiconductors" T. Terauchi, S. Sumi, Y. Kobayashi,* Y. Matsushita, A. Sato, Cryst. Growth Des. 2014, 14, 1412-1418. DOI: 10.1021/cg401883g

Feb 7, 2014

Nakanishi san organized The 391th MANA Special Seminar (1st Nakanishi colloquium). We enjoed fascinating lectures by young talented reserachers.

Feb 2, 2014

The paper by Dr. Ogi and Dr. Sugiyasu was accepted for publication in Nature Chemistry and is now on the web.
“Living supramolecular polymerization realized through a biomimetic approach"
S. Ogi, K. Sugiyasu,* S. Manna, S. Samitsu, M. Takeuchi,* Nature Chemistry 2014, 6, 188-195. DOI: 10.1038/NCHEM.1849
Highlighted in News and Views of the issue By Prof. Frank Würthner

Jan 3, 2014

The paer by Mr. Mangos and Dr. Nakanishi was accepted for publication in Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater and now on the web.
"A simple method for the quantification of molecular decorations on silica particles"
D. N Mangos, T. Nakanishi, D. A Lewis, Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater., 2014, 15, 015002. DOI: 10.1088/1468-6996/15/1/015002

Dec 25, 2013

Dr. Ogi is going to leave for Germany to Join Prof. Frank Würthner's group.

Dec 19, 2013

Dr. Ogi was awarded a prize "CEMS Rising Star Award" at the CEMS International Symposium on Supramolecular Chemistry and Functional Materials 2013. Congratulations!

Dec 3, 2013

We had a year-end party for members!

Oct 31, 2013

Group secretary, Akiyama san lefta job. Thank you for your countinuous support.

Oct 17, 2013

Dr. Ajayaghosh (NIIST, India) and Prof. MacLachlan (UBC, Canada) deliverd lectures as The 368th MANA Special Seminar (16th Macromolecules Seminar).

Oct 2, 2013

Dr. Keumhee JANG joins Dr. Nakanishi's team.

Sep 29, 2013

Prof. Mark J. MacLachlan（University of British Columbia, Canada）has visited our group under the program named "the JSPS Invitation Fellowshiop for Research in Japan". He will stay here until Nov 15.

Sep 2, 2013

Mr. XU finished Ph.D. defense. Congratulations!

Sep 1, 2013

Ms. Nojiri joined our group as a group secretary.

Aug 29, 2013

Olga and Kinga finished the final presentation of their research in OMG (Nakanishi & Aimi team), NIMS.

Aug 22, 2013

The paper by Mr. Pan and Dr. Sugiyasu was accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie and is now on the web.
“Thermoplastic Fluorescent Conjugated Polymers: Benefits of Preventing π-π Stacking"
C. Pan, K. Sugiyasu,* Y. Wakayama, A. Sato, M. Takeuchi,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 10775-10779.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201305728

Aug 22, 2013

The highlight paper by Dr. Hollomby and Dr. Nakanishi was accepted for publication in J. Mater. Chem. C and is now on the web.
“The power of branched chains: optimising functional molecular materials"
M. J. Hollamby, T. Nakanishi,* J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013, 1, 6178-6183. (Highlight)
DOI: 10.1039/C3TC31381F Selected as a hot paper of JMCC

Aug 20, 2013

Prof. Chih-Feng Huang（National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan) visits Nakanishi/Aimi team.

Aug 20, 2013

The collaboration work with Dr. Ariga's Group was accepted for publication in Dalton Trans and is now on the web.
“Cross-Linked Conjugated Polymer Assemblies at Air-Water Interface through Supramoleculer Bundling"
R. Wakabayashi, H. Endo, S. Shinkai, K. Ariga, M. Takeuchi,* Dalton Trans. 2013, 15911-15914. DOI: 10.1039/C3DT51468D

Aug 19, 2013

Mr. Kimura from TUAT (Prof. K.Tanaka's Group) joined our group as an internship student.

Aug 13, 2013

The feature article by Dr. Nakanishi and Dr. Babu was accepted for publication in Chem. Commun. and is now on the web.
“Nonvolatile functional molecular liquids"
S. S. Babu, T. Nakanishi,* Chem. Commun. 2013, 49 (82), 9373-9382. (Feature Article) DOI: 10.1039/C3CC45192E
Hilighted as Front Cover Image of the issue

Aug 2, 2013

Melinda finished the final presentation of her research in OMG, NIMS.

Aug 1, 2013

Ms. Iistuka joined Dr. Aimi's team.

July 23, 2013

The paper by Dr. Takai was accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie and is now on the web.
“Directly-Linked Ferrocene-Naphthalenediimide Conjugate: Precise Control of Stacking Structures of π-Systems by Redox Stimuli"
A. Takai, T. Yasuda, T. Ishizuka, T. Kojima, M. Takeuchi,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 9167-9171. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201302587

July 18, 2013

The paper by Jinjia san was accepted for publication in Chem. Commun. and is now on the web.
“Phosphorescence from pure organic fluorene derivative in solution at room temperature"
J. Xu, A. Takai, Y. Kobayashi, M. Takeuchi,* Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 8447-8449. DOI: 10.1039/C3CC44809F
Hilighted as Inside Front Cover of the issue

July 9, 2013

Prof. Jinsang Kim (University of Michigan, USA) deliverd a lecture as The 349th MANA Special Seminar (15th Macromolecules Seminar). Welcome back, Jinsang!

July 2, 2013

Agnieszka and PAN won the prize for "Best Poster Award" in NIMS Conference 2013!
In NIMS Conference, Dr. Kobayashi and Sugiyasu organized OS-5 and Dr. Nakanishi organized Satellite Symposium named "WUT-NIMS-HHT".

July, 2013

The paper by Dr. Kobayashi was accepted for publication in Solid State Commun. and is now on the web.
“Negative magnetoresistance in organic ionic semiconductor:TTFCOONH3Ph"
Y. Kobayashi,* S. Sumi, T. Terauchi, H. Iwai, Solid State Comm. 2013, 165, 27-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2013.04.014

June 30 and July 1, 2013

Ms. Olga URBANEK and Ms. Kinga LUDWICHOWSKA from Warsaw University of Technology, Poland joined our group (Dr. Nakanishi's team) as Summer Internship Students.

June 19, 2013

Prof. Marcel Mayor (University of Basel, Switzerland) deliverd a lecture as The 343rd MANA Special Seminar (14th Macromolecules Seminar).

June 18, 2013

The paper by Dr. Asanuma and Dr. Nakanishi was accepted for publication in Langmuir and is now on the web.
"Nanoplasmonic Modification of the Local Morphology, Shape, and Wetting Properties of Nanoflake Microparticles"
H. Asanuma, P. Subedi, J. Hartmann, Y. Shen, H. Moehwald, T. Nakanishi*, A. Skirtach,* Langmuir, 2013, 29, 7464-7471. DOI: 10.1021/la304550n
Partly Contributed in Front Cover Image of the issue

June 17, 2013

Dr. Takai was selected as a JSPS fellow to attend 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting from 30 June to 5 July 2013!! I hope he enjoys discussion with 35 Nobel Laureates, the next generation of leading scientists, and researchers at Lindau.

June 5, 2013

The paper by Dr. Nakanishi and Dr. Babu was accepted for publication in Nature Commun. and is now on the web.
“Nonvolatile liquid anthracenes for facile full-colour luminescence tuning at single blue-light excitation"
S. S. Babu, M. J. Hollamby, J. Aimi, H. Ozawa, A. Saeki, S. Seki, K. Kobayashi, K. Hagiwara, M. Yoshizawa, H. Moehwald, T. Nakanishi,* Nature Commun. 2013, 4; 1969. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2969
Highlighted in Nature Japan

June 1, 2013

Ms. Kato joined Dr. Kobayashi's team.

June, 2013

The paper by Mr. Xu was accepted for publication in J. Nanosci. Nanotech.
“Conductive Poly(2,5-substituted aniline)s Highly Soluble both in Water and Organic Solvents"
S. Xu, S. Ogi, K. Sugiyasu, S. Sumi, Y. Kobayashi, M. Takeuchi,* J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2014, 14, 4449-4454. DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2013.8280

May 27, 2013

Ms. Melinda JUE joined our group as NNIN internship student.

May 17, 2013

Mr. Zhao earned "Excellent Presentation Award" in the Student Seminar of Department of Materials Science and Technology. Congratulations!!

May 7, 2013

The paper by Dr. Nakanishi was accepted for publication in Langmuir and is now on the web.
“Optoelectronic Functional Materials Based on Alkylated-π Molecules: Self-Assembled Architectures and Nonassembled Liquids"
H. Li, J. Choi, T. Nakanishi,* Langmuir, 2013, 29, 5394-5406. (Feature Article)
DOI: 10.1021/la400202r
Hilighted as Front Cover Image of the issue

May 2013

Dr. Sugiyasu was awarded a prize (Award for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science; The Society of Polymer Science, Japan). Congratulations!

April 8, 2013

Dr. Kobayashi was awarded a prize "The Young Scientists’ Prize" from MEXT, Japan. Congratulations!

April 3, 2013

The paper by Dr. Nakanishi was accepted for publication in Langmuir and is now on the web.
“Structural Requirements for Producing Solvent-Free Room Temperature Liquid Fullerenes"
T. Michinobu,* K. Okoshi, Y. Murakami, K. Shigehara, K. Ariga, T. Nakanishi,* Langmuir, 2013, 29, 5337-5344. DOI: 10.1021/la400969f

April 1, 2013

We got started FY2013! Ms. Akasaka joined Dr. Nakanishi's team.

March, 2013

Dr. Kobayashi was awarded a prize (The Chemical Society of Japan Award For Outstanding Woman Chemists）at 93th CSJ annual meeting. Congratulations!!

March 20, 2013

The paper by Mr. Xu was accepted for publication in Chem. Eur. J. and is now on the web.
“Synthesis of Polyaniline with low Polydispersity using Supramolecular Ionic Assembly as Reaction Media"
S. Xu, S. Das, S. Ogi, K. Sugiyasu, H. Okazaki, Y. Takano, T. Yasuda, K. Deguchi, S. Ohki, T. Shimizu, M. Takeuchi,* Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 5824-5829. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201204134

March 7, 2013

We had a subgroup encourage party for Takai-kun.

Feb 20, 2013

The paper by Dr. Kobayashi was accepted for publication in J. Mater. Chem. A and is now on the web. “Room-temperature proton transport and its effect on thermopower in a solid ionic semiconductor, TTFCOONH4"
Y. Kobayashi,* T. Fujii, I. Terasaki, H. Kino, Y. Jin, T. Hibino, T. Kobayashi, E. Nishibori, H. Sawa, H. Yoshikawa, T. Terauchi, S. Sumi, J. Mater. Chem. A 2013, 1, 5089-5096. DOI: 10.1039/C3TA00011G

Jan 29, 2013

The paper by Dr. Nakanishi collaborated with Dr. Ariga's group was accepted for publication in Small and is now on the web.
“Electrochemical Synthesis of Transparent, Amorphous C60-Rich Photoactive Low Doped Film with Interconnected Structure"
M. Li, S. Ishihara, K. Ohkubo, M. Liao, Q. Ji, C. Gu, X. Jiang, Y. Pan, M. Akada, J. P. Hill, T. Nakanishi, Y. Ma, Y. Yamauchi, S. Fukuzumi, K. Ariga,* Small 2013, 9, 2064-2068. DOI: 10.1002/smll.201202680

Jan 18, 2013

The paper by Dr. Nakanishi was accepted for publication in J. Mater. Chem. C and is now on the web. “Alkylated-C60 based soft materials: regulation of self-assembly and optoelectronic properties by chain branching"
H. Li, S. S. Babu, S. T. Turner, D. Neher, M. J. Hollamby, T. Seki, S. Yagai, Y. Deguchi, H. Moehwald, T. Nakanishi,*
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013, 1, 1943-1951. DOI: DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2013.04.014 Hilighted as Back Cover Image of the issue

Jan 2, 2013

The paper was accepted for publication in Angewndte Chemie and is now on the web.

“Stimuli-responsive Folding and Unfolding of a Polymer Bearing Cerium(IV)Bis(porohyrinate)s Multiple Joints: Mechano-imitation of an Action of a Folding Ruler"
M. Shibata, S. Tanaka, T. Ikeda, S. Shinkai, S. Ogi, M. Takeuchi,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 397-400. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201205584

Dec 17, 2012

We had a year-end party for members.

Dec 11, 2012

The paper by Dr. Kobayashi was accepted for publication in Dalton Trans and is now on the web.

“Ionic semiconductor: DC and AC conductivity of anilinium tetrathiafulvalene-2-carboxylate"
Y. Kobayashi,* S. Sumi, T. Terauchi, D. Hashizume, Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 3821-3826. DOI: 10.1039/C2DT32464D

Dec 11, 2012

Mr. PAN and Ms. Jinjia earned "Excellent Presentation Award" in the Student Seminar of Department of Materials Science and Technology. Congratulations!!

Nov 22, 2012

Mr. Chengjun PAN was awarded a poster prize of International Workshop on Soft Interface Sciences for Young Scientists 2012 (SISYS 2012). Congratulations!!.

Nov 20, 2012

The paper by Dr. Ogi in ACS MACRO LETT was highlighted in SYNFACTS (DOI:DOI:10.1055/s-0032-1317580).

Oct 29, 2012

Dr. Sugiyasu earned the prize for Award for Encouragement of Research in Materials Science (Symposium Award) in IUMRS-ICEM 2012.

Oct 29, 2012

Subgroup members enjoyed BBQ party!

Oct 24, 2012

Dr. Ajayaghosh (NIIST, India) deliverd a lecture as The 293rd MANA Special Seminar (13th Macromolecules Seminar).

Oct 19, 2012

Dr. Shen and Dr. Nakanshi's paper was published in Nanotechnology.

“Photoconductivity and enhanced memory effects in hybrid C60-graphene transistors”
E.-K. Jeon, C.-S. Yang, Y. Shen, T. Nakanishi, D.-s. Jeong, J.-J. Kim, K.-s. Ahn, K.-j. Kong, J-O Lee,* Nanotechnology, 2012, 23, 455202.
DOI:10.1088/0957-4484/23/45/455202

Oct 14, 2012

Mr. OKI from Nagaoka University of Technology joined our group as an internship student.

Oct 6, 2012

The paper by Simon and Nakanishi san was accepted for publication in Chemistry Letters.

“Nanostructured Co-crystals of a Borazine with [60]Fullerene”
S. Kervyn, T. Nakanishi,* J. Aimi, A. Saeki, S. Seki, B. Champagne, D. Bonifazi,* Chem. Lett. 2012, 41, 1210-1212.
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2012.1210 Open Access

Sep 28, 2012

The paper by Dr. Ogi and Dr. Sugiyasu was accepted for publication in ACS Macro Letters and published.

“Synthesis and FRET Properties of Alternating Donor−Acceptor Copolymer Featuring Orthogonally Arrayed Transition Dipoles along Polymer Backbone"
S. Ogi, K. Sugiyasu,* M. Takeuchi,* ACS Macro lett., 2012, 1, 1199–1203. DOI: 10.1021/mz300363j

Sep 11, 2012

The paper by Dr. Theodoreand Dr. Nakanishi was accepted for publication in J. Mater. Chem. and is now on the web.

“CdSe Nanocrystal/C60-Liquid Composite Material with Enhanced Photo-electrochemical Performance”
T. J. Kramer, S. S. Babu, A. Saeki, S. Seki, J. Aimi, T. Nakanishi,* J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 22370. DOI: 10.1039/C2JM35294j
Highlighted as Hot paper in Journal of Materials Chemistry Blog

Sep 8, 2012

The paper by Dr. Ogi was accepted for publication in JOURNAL OF INORGANIC AND ORGANOMETALLIC POLYMERS AND MATERIALS and is now on the web as Online First.

“Synthetic Molecular Gear Based on Double-Decker Porphyrin Complexes”
S. Ogi, T. Ikeda, M. Takeuchi,* Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Material, Online First.DOI: 10.1007/s10904-012-9749-x

Sep 6, 2012

Prof. Shane G. Telfer (Massey University, NZ) delivered 12th Macromolecules seminar.

Aug 30, 2012

We had a welcome and ferewell party for members. I feel our group became more internatinal than before.

Aug 29, 2012

The Collaboration work with Dr. Ajayaghosh Group of NIIST was accepted for publication in ACIE and is now on the web.

““Thermally Assisted Photonic Inversion of Supramolecular Handedness”
A. Gopal, M. Hifsudheen, S. Furumi, M. Takeuchi, A. Ajayaghosh,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 42, 10505-10509. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201205332
Inside Cover

Aug 20, 2012

Miss Endo and Miss Waragai from Ochanomizu University joind our group as Internship Students.

Aug 1, 2012

Mr. Chunfui ZHAO joined joined our group.

July 10, 2012

Miss Agnieszka Zielinska joined Dr. Nakanishi's team as a Ph.D student under NIMS-WUT Joint Graduate Program.

June 28 and 30, 2012

Mr. Maciej Karny and Miss Monika Wyszomirska from Warsaw University of Technology, Poland joined our group (Dr. Nakanishi's team) as Summer Internship Students.

May 31, 2012

Dr. Debdas RAY joined Dr. Nakanishi's team.

April 25, 2012

Mr. Krishnan Kalathili Kartha again joined our group for the collaborative research between our group and Dr. Ajayaghosh group under the JSPS-DST program.

April 25, 2012

The paper by Dr. Terauchi and Dr. Kobayashi was accepted for publication in Tetrahedron Letters and is now on the web.

“Synthesis of bis-fused tetrathiafulvalene with mono- and dicaroboxylic acids”
T. Terauchi, Y. Kobayashi,* Y. Misaki, Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53,3277-3280. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.04.064

April 24, 2012

The paper by Dr. Shomura and Dr. Sugiyasu was accepted for publication in Macromolecules and is now on the web as Article ASAP.

“Electrochemical Generation and Spectroscopic Characterization of Charge Carriers within Isolated Planar Polythiophene”
R. Shomura, K. Sugiyasu,* T. Yasuda, A. Sato, M. Takeuchi,* Macromolecules 2012, 45, 3759-3771. DOI: 10.1021/ma300373n

April 22, 2012

The paper by Dr. Balan and Dr. Vijayakumar was accepted for publication in J. Mater. Chem.

“Oligofluorene-based nanoparticles in aqueous medium: hydrogen bond assisted modulation of functional properties and color tunable FRET emission”
B. Balan, C. Vijayakumar, S. Ogi, M. Takeuchi,* J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 11224-11234. DOI: 10.1039/C2JM30315A

April 16, 2012

We had a farewell party and a welcome party for new members.

April 9, 2012

Dr. Nakanishi was awarded a prize "The Young Scientists’ Prize" from MEXT, Japan. Congratulations!

April 5, 2012

Dr. Santhosh and Dr. Nakanishi's paper was highlighted in Nature.
Solvent-free ‘ink’ glows white

April 1, 2012

Dr. Choi joined Nakanishi/Aimi team.

March 30, 2012

Dr. Ozawa and Dr. Shen are leaving group soon. We miss you guys.

March 23, 2012

Shomura san graduated from University of Tsukuba and earned Ph.D! Congratulations!!!

March 16, 2012

The paper by Dr. Santhosh Babu and Dr. Nakanishi was highlighted in Chemistry Views

Solvent-Free Luminescent Organic Liquids

March 13, 2012

Mr. Daniel Mangos from Flinders Univrsity (Australia) joined our group (Dr. Nakanishi's team) as a student under Joint Graduate Program.

March 12, 2012

Ms. Matsuda joined our group (Dr. Nakanishi's team).

March 7, 2012

The collaboration work Dr. Nakanishi was accepted for publication in Chem. Sci. and is now on the web.
Microstructured objects produced by the supramolecular hierarchical assembly of an organic free radical gathering hydrophobic-amphiphilic characteristics
F. Vera, M. M.-Torrent, J. Esquena, C. Rovira, Y. Shen, T. Nakanishi, J. Veciana, Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 1958-1962.
DOI: 10.1039/C2SC00945E

Feb 28, 2012

The paper by Dr. Santhosh Babu and Dr. Nakanishi was accepted for publication in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. and is now on the web as Early View.

Solvent-Free Luminescent Organic Liquids
S. S. Babu, J. Aimi, H. Ozawa, N. Shirahata, A. Saeki, S. Seki, A. Ajayaghosh, H. Mohwald, T. Nakanishi,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 3391-3395.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201108853

Feb 25, 2012

The paper by Dr. Terauchi and Dr. Kobayashi was accepted for publication in Sythetic Metals and is now on the web.

Protonic defect induced carrier doping in TTFCOO−NH4+: Tunable doping level by solvent
T. Terauchi, Y. Kobayashi,* H. Iwai, A. Tanaka, Synth. Met. 2012, 162, 531-535. DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet

Feb 20, 2012

Mr. Keita Hagiwara from Aita/Yoshizawa Lab of TITEC joined our group (Dr. Nakanishi's team) as an internship student.

Feb 16, 2012

The collaboration work with Prof. Tanaka of TUAT was accepted for publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc.and is now on the web as a ASAP paper.

Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Photophysical Properties of Helically Chiral 1,1'-Bitriphenylenes
Y. Sawada, S. Furumi, A. Takai, M. Takeuchi, K. Noguchi, K. Tanaka,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 4080-4083. DOI: 10.1021/ja300278e

Feb 15, 2012

Mr. Shomura finished Ph.D. defense. Congratulations!

Feb 1, 6, 7, 2012

Dr. Sumi, Mrs Takahashi, and Mrs Kurosawa joined our group (Dr. Kobayashi's team).

Jan 18, 2012

Mr. Watanabe, internship student, left our group; he finished the synthesis of his target compound. We look forward to seeing him in CSJ annual meeting.

Jan 4, 2012

Mr. Simon Kervyn De Meerendre joined our group (Dr. Nakanishi' team) as an internship student.

Dec 22, 2011

We have year-end party. Dr. Asanuma joined our group (Dr. Nakanishi's team) as a JSPS PostDoc.

Dec 12, 2011

Mrs. Ishitsuka joined our group (Dr. Nakanishi's team) as a secretary.

Dec 1, 2011

Miss. Jang Keumhee from Takata Lab of TITEC joined our group (Dr. Nakanishi's team) as an internship student.

Nov 16, 2011

Dr. Sugiyasu and Mr. Ouchi's paper was accepted for publication in Chem Asian J. and now on the web as Early View.
Synthesis of Self-Threading Bithiophenes and their Structure-Property Relationships Regarding Cyclic Sidechains with Atomic Precision
Y. Ouchi, K. Sugiyasu,* S. Ogi, A. Sato, M. Takeuchi,* Chem. Asian. J., 2012, 7, 75-84. DOI: 10.1002/asia.201100524

Nov 10, 2011

The paper by Dr. Ikeda, Dr. Tanaka of Osaka Univ was accepted for publication in ACS NANO and now on the web as Article ASAP.
Molecular Rotation in Self-Assembled Multidecker Porphyrin Complexes
H. Tanaka,* T. Ikeda, M. Takeuchi,* K. Sada, S. Shinkai, T. Kawai, ACS Nano, 2011, 5, 9575-9582. DOI: 10.1021/nn203773p

Oct 11, 2011

Mr. Watanabe from Nagaoka University of Technology joined our group as an internship student.

Sep 20, 2011

Dr. Nakanishi edited a book entitled "Supramolecular Soft Matter Applications in Materials and Organic Electronics" that is available in store now!
ISBN: 978-0-470-55974-1 (John Wiley & Sons)

Sep 14, 2011

Mr. Krishnan Kalathili Kartha again joined our group for the collaborative research between our group and Dr. Ajayaghosh group under the JSPS-DST program.

Sep 1, 2011

Dr. Nakanishi's paper was accepted for publication in Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science and is now on the web.
Versatile self-assembled hybrid systems with exotic structures and unique functions,
T. Nakanishi,* M. Naito, Y. Takeoka, K. Matsuura, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2011, 16, 482-490. DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2011.08.003
(This study was evenly contributed by all authors.)

August 26, 2011

Dr. Ajayaghosh (NIIST, India) delivered 217 th MANA Special lecture as 11th Macromolecules seminar.

August 25, 2011

Dr. Shen and Dr. Nakanishi's paper was accepted for publication in Chem. Sci. and is now on the web.
Assembly of carbon nanotubes and alkylated fullerenes: nanocarbon hybrid towards photovoltaic applications
Y. Shen, J. S. Reparaz, M. R. Wagner, A. Hoffmann, C. Thomsen, J.-O Lee, S. Heeg, B. Hatting, S. Reich, A. Saeki, S. Seki, K. Yoshida, S. Santhosh Babu, H. Mohwald, T. Nakanishi,* Chem, Sci, 2011, 2, 2243-2250. DOI: 10.1039/C1SC00360G

August 1 & 2, 2011

Mr. Chengjun PAN and Miss Jinjia XU joined our group.

June 22, 2011

We had a farewell party for Mike and a welcome party for new members. We miss you, Mike.

June 21, 2011

Mr. Theodore J. Kramer joined Dr. Nakanishi's team as a NSF-JSPS student.

June 6, 2011

Mrs. Nakanishi joined our group as a secretary of Dr. Nakanishi's team.

May 20, 2011

Dr. Nakanishi's paper was accepted for publication in Langmuir.
Multifunctional, Polymorphic, Ionic Fullerene Supramolecular Materials: Self-Assembly and Thermotropic Properties,
H. Li, M. J. Hollamby, T. Seki, S. Yagai, H. Mohwald, and T. Nakanishi,* Langmuir, 27 (12), 7493–7501 (2011). DOI: 10.1021/la2015176

April 28, 2011

We had a welcome party for new members.

April 1, 2011

We got started FY2011 with new members (please see PEOPLE) and new group name (Organic Materials Group). Dr. Yuka Kobayashi joined our group.

March 25, 2011

Kaseyama (PhD), Ogi (PhD), and Ouchi (Ms Sci) graduated from University of Tsukuba, Congratulations!!!
They are now "Dr.Kaseyama", "Dr. Ogi", and Master Ouchi, and are also the First PhDs and Master students from MacroMolecules Group.

March 3-4, 2011

Dr. Sugiyasu organized "Third International Symposium for Young Organic Chemists (3rd ISYOC)" at Namiki site.

February 23-26, 2011

Takeuchi visited Dr. Ajayaghosh Group, NIIST. I really enjoyed stay at Trivandrum and discussion with his colleagues.

February 18, 2011

We had a farewell party for Zhang. He joined our group in April 2008. He did great job in NIMS!

February 15, 17, 2011

Kaseyama and Ogi finished PhD defence and Ouchi also did! They did very well. Congratulations! After PhD defence, we enjoyed dinner with Prof. Shinkai.

February 4, 2011

Dr. Vijayakumar's paper was accepted in J. Phys. Chem.
Noncovalent Functionalization of SWNTs with Azobenzene Containing Polymers: Solubility, Stability and Enhancement of Photoresponsive Properties,
C. Vijayakumar, B. Balan, M.-J. Kim, M. Takeuchi,* J. Phys.Chem. C, 2011, 115, 4533-4539. DOI:10.1021/jp111248r

February 2, 2011

Mr. Ogi's paper was accepted in Eur. J. Org. Chem., Mechanically Interlocked Porphyrin Gear Propagating Two Different Rotational Frequencies,
S. Ogi, T. Ikeda, R. Wakabayashi, S. Shinkai, M. Takeuchi*
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 1831-1836 (2011). DOI:10.1002/ejoc.201001656

January 20, 2011

Dr. Martin J. Hollamby joined Dr. Nakanishi's team as a JSPS fellow.

January 18, 2011

Dr. Santhosh and Dr. Nakanishi's paper was accepted in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
Millimeter-sized Flat Crystalline Sheet Architectures of Fullerene Assemblies with Anisotropic Photoconductivity,
S. Santhosh Babu, A. Saeki, S. Seki, H. Moehwald, T. Nakanishi,* Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 4830-4834. DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02265A

January 17, 2011

Mr. Kaseyama's paper was accepted in Angew. Chemie.
Hierarchical Assembly of a Phthalhydrazide-Functionalized Helicene,
T. Kaseyama, S. Furumi, X. Zhang, K. Tanaka, M. Takeuchi*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 3084-3087. DOI:10.1002/anie.201007849

January 17, 2011

Dr. Sugiyasu's JACS paper was highlighted in Nature Asia Materials(doi:10.1038/asiamat.2011.9): Molecular wires: In-built insulation

January 10, 2011

Poster prize winners of Pacifichem 2010 were introduced in C&E News (Jan 10 issue). You can find Mr. Ogi's name on the list.

January 1, 2011

Images of Dr. Zhang's fullerene nanosphere were used for the top page of NIMS website during Jan 1-3.

Dec 27, 2010

We had a farewell party for Vijay and Bijitha. He joined our group in Jan 2008. They did great job in NIMS!
Vijay will join Prof. Seki's group of Osaka University from next Jan. We miss them.
Mr. Krishnan Kalathili Kartha will leave here for India in early Jan 2011....

Dec 21, 2010

Dr. Sugiyasu's JACS was highlighted in SYNFACTS.

Dec 19, 2010

Mr. Ogi was awarded a poster prize of Pacifichem. Congratulations!!

Nov 17, 2010

Mr. Ogi and Dr. Sugiyasu's BCSJ paper was selcted as "Selected Papers" of the issue of 2011.

Nov 8, 2010

Mr. Krishnan Kalathili Kartha joined our group again for the collaboration research between our group and Dr. Ajayaghosh group.

Nov 1, 2010

Dr. Dr. Santhosh Babu Sukumaran started new research as a postdoc under supervison of Dr. Nakanishi. Mrs. Inoue joined our group as a research assistant.

Oct 25, 2010

Dr. Sugiyasu's JACSwas highlighted in ACS Noteworthy Chemistry and KAGAKU KOGYO NIPPOU (Japanese news paper for chemical industry).
Noteworty Chemistry "Needle sharp: Here’s a self-threading polythiophene"

Oct 19, 2010

Dr. Nakanishi's Chem. Soc. Rev. was selected as a front cover of the issue.

Oct 18, 2010

Dr. Sugiyasu's JACS was highlighted in C&E news (Oct 18 issue).

Oct 6, 2010

Dr. Nakanishi's comment was published in Highlights in Chemical Science.
Mimicking nature's solar cell

Oct 6, 2010

Dr. Vijayakumar's paper was accepted in Chem. Sci and piblished on the web (Oct 27).
Oligofluorene-based electrophoretic nanoparticles in aqueous medium as a donor scaffold for fluorescence resonance energy transfer and white light emission,
C. Vijayakumar, K. Sugiyasu, M. Takeuchi*,
Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 291-294.
DOI:10.1039/C0SC00343C

Oct 5, 2010

Mr. Kaseyama's paper was accepted in Chem. Eur. J.
Alternating Arrays of Different Conjugated Polymers Utilizing a Synthetic Cross-linker,
T. Kaseyama, R. Wakabayashi, S. Shinkai, K. Kaneko, M. Takeuchi*, Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 1793-1797.
DOI:10.1002/chem.201002675

Oct 5, 2010

Dr. Zhang's paper was accepted in Chem. Commun.
Flowerlike supramolecular architectures assembled from C₆₀ equipped with a pyridine substituent,
X. Zhang, T. Nakanishi,* T. Ogawa, A. Saeki, S. Seki, Y. Shen, Y. Yamauchi, M. Takeuchi,* Chem. Commun, 2010, 46, 8752-8754.
DOI:10.1039/C0CC03331F

Sep 30, 2010

Dr. Sugiyasu's paper was accepted in J. Am. Chem. Soc. and was published in ASAP on the web.
A Self-Threading Polythiophene: Defect-Free Insulated Molecular Wires Endowed with Long Effective Conjugation Length,
K. Sugiyasu,* Y. Honsho, R. Harrison, A. Sato, T. Yasuda, S. Seki, M. Takeuchi,*
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132 (42), 14754-14756 (2010). DOI: 10.1021/ja107444m

Sep 24, 2010

Mr. Ogi' paper was accepted in Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn.
Synthesis of a Doubly Strapped Light-Harvesting Porphyrin Bearing Energy Donor Molecules Hanging on to the Straps: An Attempt toward Macroscopic Control over Molecular Conformation that Affects the Efficiency of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer,
S. Ogi, K. Sugiyasu* and M. Takeuchi,* Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn, 2011, 84 (1), 40-48. doi:10.1246/bcsj.20100232, OPEN ACCESS

Sep 24, 2010

Dr. Nakanishi and Dr. Santhosh's review was accepted in Chem. Soc. Rev. and is now on the web.
Recent progress in morphology control of supramolecular fullerene assemblies and its applications,
S. Santhosh Babu, H. Mohwald and T. Nakanishi,* Chem. Soc. Rev. 39, 4021-4035 (2010). DOI: 10.1039/C000680G

Sep 1, 2010

We had a farewell party for three Internship Students, Mark, Ms. Okuda, and Ms. Sasaki. They left Tsukuba on Sep 3rd.

August 31, 2010

Dr. T. Ikeda's article is publised in Supramol. Chem.
Enantioselective recognition of dicarboxylic-acid guests based on an allosteric effect of a chiral double decker porphyrin which changes the stoichiometry upon the guest-binding
T. Ikeda, K. Sada, S. Shinkai, M. Takeuchi,* Supramol. Chem. 2010, DOI: 10.1080/10610278.2010.510191. (iFirst Articles) DOI: 10.1080/10610278.2010.510191

August 10, 2010

Ms. Okuda and Ms. Sasaki from Ochanomizu University joined our group as internship students from Aug 10, 2008. Mr. Kaseyama and Mr. Ogi are their mentors.

August 6, 2010

We had farewell lunch for Santhosh. He will join Dr. Nakanishi's team as a postdoc from this Nov.

July 26, 2010

Dr. Bijitha BALAN joined our group as Research Associate and works with Vijay.

June 28, 2010

Dr.Santhosh Babu Sukumaran joined Dr. Nakanishi's team as a visiting scientist from MPI, Germany.

June 25, 2010

We had a farewell party for Swarup. He found really interesting phenomena. Swaru left Japan on July 3and will start new research as a PI in India.

June 25, 2010

Dr. Nakanishi's concept article was accepted in CEJ and is now on the web. Fullerene Derivatives That Bear Aliphatic Chains as Unusual Surfactants: Hierarchical Self-Organization, Diverse Morphologies, and Functions, H. Asanuma, H. Li, T. Nakanishi,* H. Moehwald, Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 9330-9338. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201000835

June 22, 2010

Mr. Ogi's paper was accepted in CEJ and is now on the web. Bevel Gear-shaped Rotor Bearing a Double-decker Porphyrin Complex, S. Ogi, T. Ikeda, R. Wakabayashi, S. Shinkai, M. Takeuchi,* Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 8285-8290. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201000276
Highlighted in Chemistry World (RSC)

June 13, 2010

Mr. Mark Borisiak (The Ohio State University) joined our group as a internship student of NNIN from June 13.

June 13, 2010

Mr. Mark Borisiak (The Ohio State University) joined our group as a internship student of NNIN from June 13.

June 7, 2010

Dr. Shen and Dr. Nakanishi's paper was published in JACS and is now on the web. Assembly of Fullerene-Carbon Nanotubes: Temperature Indicator for Photothermal Conversion, Y. Shen, A. G. Skirtach, T. Seki, S. Yagai, H. Li, H. Moehwald, T. Nakanishi,* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 8566-8568. DOI: 10.1021/ja1026024

May 11, 2010

Dr. Nakanishi's Future Article is now on the Web. Supramolecular soft and hard materials based on self-assembly algorithms of alkyl-conjugated fullerenes, T. Nakanishi, Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 3425-3436. DOI: 10.1039/c001723j

April 20, 2010

We had welcome perty for new members.

April 1, 2010

Dr. Yanfei SHEN started new research as a JSPS fellowship under supervison of Dr. Nakanishi. New Students, Mr. Shomura and Mr. Xu and new postdoc Dr. Ikeda joined our group.

March 26, 2010

Dr. Junko AIMI joined MacroMolecules group.

March 23, 2010

We had a farewell party for Sanjib. He did good job. Sanjib left Japan on March 29 and will start new research as a postdoc at Wizmann Institute, Israel.

March 18, 2010

Dr. Nakanishi came back to Japan with his family from Germany.

Feb 4, 2010

Prof. Tien-Yau LUH (National Taiwan University) delivered 126 th MANA Special lecture as 10th Macromolecules seminar.

Jan 25, 2010

Takeuchi went to Osaka University to discuss recent our results and further collaboration with Prof. Seki and then with Prof. Noji. I had nice time having dinner with Prof. Noji, Dr. Iino, Dr. Tabata, and senior reseachers of Noji lab.

Jan 22, 2010

Dr. Takashi Nakanishi will be awarded a prize (The Chemical Society of Japan Award For Young Chemists）at 90th CSJ annual meeting. Congratulations!!

Jan 13, 2010

We had a farewell party for Mr. Krishnan Kalathili Kartha. He did really good job with Vijay.

Jan 8, 2010

Our manuscript was published in Chem. Chem.
Detection of explosive vapors with a charge transfer molecule: Self-assembly assisted morphology tuning and enhancement in sensing efficiency, Chakkooth Vijayakumar, Gerard Tobin, Wolfgang Schmitt, Mi-Jeong Kim and Masayuki Takeuchi
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 874-876 DOI: DOI: 10.1039/B921520D
Highlighted in Chemical Science of Chemistry World (RSC)

December 13, 2009

We had a BYOB/potluck party at Ninomiya House and invited all of members. We had a really great time.

December 8, 2009

Our manuscript was published in Angew. Chem. In. Ed. with frontispiece
Controlled Fabrication of Fullerene C60 into Microspheres of Nanoplates through Porphyrin-Polymer-Assisted Self-Assembly, Xuan Zhang and Masayuki Takeuchi
Angew. Chem. In. Ed., 48, 0646-9651 (2009) DOI: 10.1002/anie.200904985
Highlighted in Nature Materials

November 2, 2009

Our manuscript was publised in Chem. Eur. J. with infront cover.
Supramolecular Assemblies of Polyaniline through Cooperative Bundling by a Palladium-Complex-Appended Synthetic Cross-Linker
Takahiro Kaseyama, Shinji Takebayashi, Rie Wakabayashi, Seiji Shinkai, Kenji Kaneko, and Masayuki Takeuchi
Chem. Eur. J., 15, 12627-12635 (2009) DOI: 10.1002/chem.200902305

October 29, 2009

Mr. Soichiro Ogi was awarded a prize (Best poster award）at 24th SPSJ Kanto-Ibaraki conference for young scientist. Congratulations!!

October 19, 2009

Mr. Krishnan Kalathili Kartha joined our group as a internship student from NIST (Dr. Ajayaghosh Froup) and has been working with Vijay.

October 15, 2009

We had a wellcome party for Mike and Swarup.

August 18, 2009

Dr. Swarup MANNA joined our group as a postdoc and has been working with Kazu.

August 1, 2009

Mr. Michael Frank joined our group as a graduate student.

July 31, 2009

Our manuscript was published in Angew. Chem. In. Ed. Unexpected Effects of Terminal Olefins on a Cooperative Recognition System that Implicate Olefin-Olefin Interactions,
Rie Wakabayashi, Tomohiro Ikeda, Yohei Kubo, Seiji Shinkai, Masayuki Takeuchi DOI: 10.1002/anie.200901970

July 23, 2009

Mr. Takahiro Kaseyama was awarded a prize at 13th International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds (ISNA-13) (Angewandte Chemie award). Congratulations!!

July 6, 2009

Prof. John D.Tovar (The Johns Hopkins University, USA) and Prof. Hiromitsu Maeda (Ritsumeikan University) delivered MANASpecial lectures as 9th Macromolecules seminar

June 12, 2009

Our manuscript was published in Chemistry Eur. J with frontispiece. Conducting Polymer Networks Cross-Linked by Isolated Functional Dyes: Design, Synthesis, and Electrochemical Polymerization of Doubly Strapped Light-Harvesting Porphyrin/Oligothiophene Monomers
Kazunori Sugiyasu, Masayuki Takeuchi, Chem. Eur. J., 15 (26), 6350-6362 (2009) DOI: 10.1002/chem.200900576

April 13, 2009

Mr. Soichiro Ogi was awarded a prize (CSJ Stusdent Presentation Award 2009）at Chemical Society of Japan annual meeting. Congratulations!!

April 8, 2009

Mr. Yuki Ouchi joined our group as a graduate student and we had a welcome party.

February 12, 2009

Dr. Kentaro Nakahara delivered a NIMS special seminar on Organic Rdical Battery as 8th Macromolecules seminar.

February 6, 2009

Prof. Neil Branda (Simon Fraser University, Canada) delivered a MANA-ICYS Joint lecture as 7th Macromolecules seminar.

January 27, 2009

Prof. Shu Seki (Osaka University) delivered a ICYS Special lecture as 6th Macromolecules Seminar.

January 23, 2009

We had a farewell party for Dr. Kim. We hope you've been well, Kim-san.

December 17, 2008

Prof. Ajayaghosh (NIST, India) delivered a ICYS-Sengen lecture as 5th Macromolecules seminar.

December 2, 2008

Prof. Myongsoo Lee (Yonsei University, Korea) and Dr. Bruce YU (RIKEN, Japan) delivered MANA Special Seminar as 4th Macromolecules seminar.

September 24, 2009

Dr. Takeshi YASUDA delivered a lecture on organic semiconductors and their application for orhganic electronics as 3rd Macromolecules seminar.

September 9, 2008

Mr. Gerard Tobin from Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) joined our group as internship students from Sep 9, 2008. He has been doing well.

September 9. 2008

Prof. J.P. Sauvage (University of Strasbourg) delivered a MANA Special lecture as 2nd Macromolecules Seminar.

August 4, 2008

Ms. Azuma and Ms. Kanai from Ochanomizu University joined our group as internship students from Aug 04, 2008. They left NIMS on Aug 29th. They did good jobs at NIMS. (photo: Farewell party for Ryan). We are looking to seeing them at domestic conferences.

July 24, 2008

We enjoyed NIMS summer party. At that time, Dr. Nakanishi of MPI was here to do research.

May 27, 2008

Prof. Jinsang KIM delivered a lecture as 1st Macromolecules Seminar (pdf).

May 26, 2008

Mr. Ryan HARRISON (The Johns Hopkins University) joined our group as a internship student of NNIN from May 26, 2008. He left for USA on August 10th. He did good jobs at NIMS.