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Molecular Design & Function Group

Toward Molecular Technology and Nanomaterials

Publications

2017

“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

“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

“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

“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

"Carrier generation and electronic properties of a single-component pure organic metal"
Y. Kobayashi,* T. Terauchi, S. Sumi, Y. Matsushita, Nature Mater., 2017, 16, 109-114.
DOI:10.1038/nmat4768

“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

2016

"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. in press.
DOI:10.1002/chem.201602759

“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. in press.
DOI:10.1038/pj.2016.66

“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

“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

“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. Electron. Mater. 2016, 2, 1500300.
DOI: 10.1002/aelm.201500300Open Access!!
Highlighted in Materials Views China!

2015

“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 Highlighted as Frontispiece of the issue!

“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

“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

“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
Highlighted as back cover of the issue!

2014

“Strapped porphyrin-based polymeric systems"
K. Sugiyasu,* S. Ogi, M. Takeuchi, Polymer J. 2014, 46, 674-681.
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2014.58

“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

“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

“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 Highlighted as back cover of the issue!

“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

“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

“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

“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 Highlighted as a cover picture of the issue! and in JACS Spotlight!

“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 Highlighted as a back cover of the issue

“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

“Fullerene assemblies toward photo-energy conversions"
Y. Shen, T. Nakanishi,* Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 7199-7204.
DOI: 10.1039/C4CP00221K

“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

“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

“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

"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

2013

“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

“Nonvolatile functional molecular liquids"
S. S. Babu, T. Nakanishi,* Chem. Commun. 2013, 49 (82),-9382. (Feature Article)
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC45192E
Hilighted as Front Cover Image of the issue

“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

“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

“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

Chapter 8 “Two-Dimensional Alignment of Conjugated Polymers"
M. Takeuchi,* Metal-Molecular Assembly for Functional Materials (SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science), Yutaka Matsuo et al., Ed, Springer, 69-77. ISBN 978-4-431-54369-5

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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: 10.1016/j.ssc.2013.04.014
Hilighted as Back Cover Image of the issue

“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

“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

“Synthetic Molecular Gear Based on Double-Decker Porphyrin Complexes” S. Ogi, T. Ikeda, M. Takeuchi,* Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Material, 2013, 23, 193-199. DOI: 10.1007/s10904-012-9749-x

2012

“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
Highlighted in SYNFACTS (DOI:10.1055/s-0032-1317580)

“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

“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

“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

“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. DOI: 10.1246/cl.2012.1210 Open Access

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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.2012.01.026

“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
Highlighted in Chemistry Views and Nature

“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

“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

2011

"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

"Supramolecular Soft Matter Applications in Materials and Organic Electronics"
Edited by Takashi Nakanishi ISBN: 978-0-470-55974-1 (John Wiley & Sons)

“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.)”

“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

“Multifunctional, Polymorphic, Ionic Fullerene Supramolecular Materials: Self-Assembly and Thermotropic Properties”
H. Li, M. J. Hollamby, T. Seki, S. Yagai, H. Mohwald, T. Nakanishi,* Langmuir, 27 (12), 7493-7501. DOI: 10.1021/la2015176

“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

“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

“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

“Millimeter-sized Flat Crystalline Sheet Architectures of Fullerene Assemblies with Anisotropic Photoconductivity”
S. S. Babu, A. Saeki, S. Seki, H. Moehwald, T. Nakanishi,* Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13 (11), 4830-4834. DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02265A

“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, Selected Paper of the issue

“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

“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 (1), 291-294. DOI:10.1039/C0SC00343C

2010

“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

“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. 2010, 132 (42), 14754-14756. DOI: 10.1021/ja107444m Highlighted in C&E news (Oct 18 issue), Noteworthy Chemistry (Oct 25), Kagaku Kogyo Nippou, SYNFACS (DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259157), and Nature Asia materials.

“Recent progress in morphology control of supramolecular fullerene assemblies and its applications”
S. Santhosh Babu, H. Mohwald and T. Nakanishi,* Chem. Soc. Rev. 2010, 39, 4021-4035. DOI: 10.1039/C000680G Journal Cover, Download top 10 in Oct 2010

“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)

“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

“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

“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

“Molecular Arrangement of Alkylated Fullerenes in the Liquid Crystalline Phase Studied with X-ray Diffraction”
P. A. L. Fernandes, S. Yagai, H. Mohwald, T. Nakanishi,* Langmuir, 26, 4339-4345 (2010). DOI: 10.1021/la903429j

“Supramolecular soft and hard materials based on self-assembly algorithms of alkyl-conjugated fullerenes” T. Nakanishi,* Chem. Commun., 46, 3425-3436 (2010). DOI: 10.1039/C001723J Future Article, Download top 10 in May 2010

“Superstructures and Superhydrophobic Property in Hierarchical Organized Architectures of Fullerenes Bearing Long Tails”
T. Nakanishi,* Y. Shen, J. Wang, H. Li, P. Fernandes, K. Yoshida, S. Yagai, M. Takeuchi, K. Ariga, D. G. Kurth, H. Mohwald, J. Mater. Chem. 2010, 20, 1253-1260. DOI: 10.1039/B916612B Highlighting Emerging Investigators

“Detection of explosive vapors with a charge transfer molecule: Self-assembly assisted morphology tuning and enhancement in sensing efficiency”
C. Vujayakumar, G. Tobin, W. Schmitt, M.-J. Kim, M. Takeuchi,* Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 874-676. DOI: 10.1039/B921520D. Highlighted in Chemistry World

“Network of Tris(porphyrinato)cerium(III) Arranged on the Herringbone Structure of an Au(111) Surface”,
H. Tanaka, T. Ikeda, K. Yamashita, M. Takeuchi, S. Shinkai, T. Kawai, Langmuir, 2010, 26 (1), 210-214. DOI: 10.1021/la902019s.

2009

Controlled Fabrication of Fullerene C60 into Microsphere of Nanoplates through Porphyrin Polymer Assisted Self-Assembly, X. Zhang and M. Takeuchi,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 9646-9651. Frontispiece and Highlighted in Nature Mater.

Supramolecular Assemblies of Polyaniline through Cooperative Bundling by a Palladium Complex-appended Synthetic Cross-linker. T. Kaseyama, S. Takebayashi, R. Wakabayashi, S. Shinkai, K. Kaneko, M. Takeuchi,* Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 12627-12635. Inside Cover

Unexpected Effects of Terminal Olefins on Cooperative Recognition System Implicate Olefin-Olefin Interaction, R. Wakabayashi, T. Ikeda, Y. Kubo, S. Shinkai, M. Takeuchi,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48 (36), 6667-6670.

Self-Assembly Made Durable: Water-Repellent Materials Formed by Cross-Linking Fullerene Derivatives, J. Wang, Y. Shen, S. Kessel, P. Fernandes, K. Yoshida, S. Yagai, D. G. Kurth, H. Moehwald, T. Nakanishi,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48 (12), 2166-2170.

Supramolecular Templates for Nanoflake-Metal Surfaces, Y. Shen, J. Wang, U. Kuhlmann, P. Hildebrandt, K. Ariga, H. Moehwald, D. G. Kurth, T. Nakanishi,* Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15 (12), 2763-2767. Jounal Cover

Conducting Polymer Network Cross-Linked by “Isolated” Functional Dyes: Design, Synthesis and Electrochemical Polymerization of Doubly-Strapped Light-Harvesting Porphyrin/Oligothiophene Monomers, K. Sugiyasu* and M. Takeuchi,* Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 6350-6362. Frontispiece

A Preliminary step toward molecular spring driven by cooperative guest binding, T. Ikeda, S. Shinkai, K. Sada, M. Takeuchi,* Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 2006-2009.

Supramolecular Shape Shifter: Polymorphs of Self-Organized Fullerene Assemblies, T. Nakanishi,* J. Wang, H. Moehwald, D. Kurth T. Michinobu, M. Takeuchi, K. Ariga, J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 2009, 9(1), 550-556.

2008

“Self-Sorting Organogels with p-n Hetero-Junction-Points” K. Sugiyasu, S.-i. Kawano, N. Fujita, S. Shinkai, Chem. Mater. 2008, 20, 2863.

“Electron Transport and Electrochemistry of Mesomorphic Fullerenes with Long-Range Ordered Lamellae” T. Nakanishi,* Y. Shen, J. Wang, S. Yagai, M. Funahashi, T. Kato, P. Fernandes, H. Moehwald, D. G. Kurth, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130 (29), 9236-9237.

“Nano-Carbon Superhydrophobic Surfaces Created from Fullerene Based Hierarchical Supramolecular Assemblies” T. Nakanishi,* T. Michinobu, K. Yoshida, N. Shirahata, K. Ariga, H. Moehwald, D. G. Kurth, Adv. Mater. 2008, 20 (3), 443-446.

“Fullerenenanowiresongraphite: Epitaxial self-organizations of a fullerene bearing double long-aliphatic chains”, T. Nakanishi,* H. Takahashi, T. Michinobu, M. Takeuchi, T. Teranishi, K. Ariga, , Colloids and Surfaces A., 321, 99-105 (2008).

“Metal ion induced allosteric transition in the catalytic activity of an artificial phosphodiesterase”, S. Takebayashi, M. Ikeda, S. Shinkai, M. Takeuchi*, Org. Biomol. Chem., 6, 493-499 (2008).

2007

“Toward the alignment of conjugated polymers into anisotropically ordered structure”, R. Wakabayashi, K. Kaneko, M. Takeuchi*, S. Shinkai, New J. Chem., 31, 790-799 (2007).Journal Cover

“Post-polymerization of preorganized assemblies for creating shape-controlled functional materials”, K. Sada, M. Takeuchi, N. Fujita, M. Numata, S. Shinkai, Chem. Soc. Rev., 36, 415-436 (2007).

“Dynamic Rotational Oscillation of Cerium(IV) Bis(porphyrinate) and its Control by Diamine Guest Binding with Positive Homotropic Allosterism”, M. Ikeda, Y. Kubo, K. Yamashita, T. Ikeda, M. Takeuchi, S. Shinkai, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 1883-1886 (2007). Journal Cover

“Flower-Shaped Supramolecular Assemblies: Hierarchical Organization of a Fullerene Bearing Long Aliphatic Chains” T. Nakanishi,* K. Ariga, T. Michinobu, K. Yoshida, H. Takahashi, T. Teranishi, H. Moehwald, D. G. Kurth, Small 2007, 3 (12), 2019-2023. (Cover Page)

“Aryl-Substituted C3-Bridged Oligopyrroles as Anion Receptors for Formation of Supramolecular Organogels” H. Maeda, Y. Haketa, T. Nakanishi, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129 (44), 13661-13674.

“Diversification of Self-Organized Dye Architectures by Hydrogen-Bonding” S. Yagai, T. Kinishita, M. Higashi, K. Kishikawa, T. Nakanishi, T. Karatsu, A. Kitamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129 (43), 13277-13287.

“Micro- and Nanometer-scale Prous, Fibrous, and Sheet Architectures Fabricated by Supramolecular Assemblies of Dipyrrolyldiketones” H. Maeda, Y. Kusunose, M. Terasaki, Y. Ito, C. Fujimoto, R. Fujii, T. Nakanishi, Chem. Asian J. 2007, 2 (3), 350-357. (Inside Cover Page)

“Conducting Polymer-Based Chemical Sensors: Transduction Mechanism”, K. Sugiyasu and T. M. Swager, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn, 80, 2074 (2007)

2006

“Highly Enantioselective Recognition of Dicarboxylic-acid Substrates by the Control of Non-linear Responses”, T. Ikeda, O. Hirata, M. Takeuchi, S. Shinkai, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 16008-16009 (2006).

“Conjugated Polymers Complexed with Helical Porphyrin Oligomers Create Micron-Sized Ordered Structures”, M. Takeuchi, C. Fujikoshi, Y. Kubo, K. Kneko, S. Shinkai, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 45, 5494-5499 (2006).

“Olefin Metathesis of the Aligned Assemblies of Conjugated Polymers Constructed through Supramolecular Bundling”, R. Wakabayashi, Y. Kubo, K. Kaneko, M. Takeuchi, S. Shinkai, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 8744-8745 (2006).

“A supramolecular bundling approach toward the alignment of conjugated polymers, Y. Kubo, Y. Kitada, R. Wakabayashi, T. Kishida, M. Ayabe, M. Takeuchi, S. Shinkai, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 45, 1548-1553 (2006). Journal Cover

“Aromaticity in Tropone-Containing Polythiophene”, K. Sugiyasu, C. Song, T. M. Swager, Macromolecules, 39, 5598 (2006)

“Perfectly Straight Nanowires of Fullerenes Bearing Long Alkyl-Chains on Graphite” T. Nakanishi,* N. Miyashita, T. Michinobu, Y. Wakayama, T. Tsuruoka, K. Ariga, D. G. Kurth, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128 (19), 6328-6329.

“Room Temperature Liquid Fullerenes: An Uncommon Morphology of C60 Derivatives” T. Michinobu, T. Nakanishi,* J. P. Hill, M. Funahashi, K. Ariga, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128 (32), 10384-10385.

“Nanoscale Spherical Architectures Fabricated by Metal Coordination of Multiple Dipyrrin Moieties” H. Maeda, M. Hasegawa, T. Hashimoto, T. Kakimoto, S. Nishio, T. Nakanishi, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128 (31), 10024-10025.

“Mechanical Control of Enantioselectivity of Amino Acid Recognition by Cholesterol-Armed Cyclen Monolayer at the Air-Water Interface” T. Michinobu, S. Shinoda, T. Nakanishi, J. P. Hill, K. Fujii, T. N. Player, H. Tsukube, K. Ariga, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128 (45), 14478-14479.

“Control of Morphilogy and Helicity of Chiral Mesoporous Silica” H. Jin, Z. Liu, T. Ohsuna, O. Terasaki, Y. Inoue, K. Sakamoto, T. Nakanishi, K. Ariga, S. Che, Adv. Mater. 2006, 18 (5), 593-596.

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National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
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