Nara Institute of Science and Technology

CV_Aratani

 



Contact

E-mail: aratani[@]ms.naist.jp

tel: 0743-72-6030

Professional Career

2012.8-present Associate Professor, Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

2003.4-2012.7 Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

2009.10-2013.3 PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency

2006.5-2007.2 Visiting Scientist, University of California, Los Angels, Omar M. Yaghi group

Education

Ph.D., Kyoto University (2005)

B.S., Kyoto University (1999)

Awards

2014 The Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association Prize for Young Scientist

2014 Nozoe Memorial Award for Young Organic Chemists

2013 The Maruyama Memorial Research Award

2013 Chemical Conversion of Light Energy Prize (JST PRESTO)

2012 The Young Scientists' Prize, The Commendation for Science and Technology by MEXT

2011 The Chemical Society of Japan Award For Young Chemists

2009 The Japanese Photochemistry Association Award for Young Chemists

2008 The PCCP Award for Young Chemists, Royal Society of Chemistry

2005 Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists

Academic Societies

The Chemical Society of Japan

The Japanese Photochemisty Association

The Japan Society of Applied Physics

The Society of Physical Organic Chemistry, Japan

Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines

Research Field

Organic Chemistry

Physical organic chemistry

Selected Papers

1. Contraction of π-Conjugated Rings upon Oxidation from Cyclooctatetraene to Benzene via Tropylium Cation

    A. Tamoto, N. Aratani, H. Yamada

    Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 11488. (Highlighted in Synfacts 2018, 14, 0027)

2. Rearrangement of an aniline linked perylene bisimide under acidic conditions and visible to near-infrared emission from intramolecular charge-transfer state of its fused derivatives

    M. Kojima, A. Tamoto, N. Aratani, H. Yamada

    Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 5698. (selected as Back Cover Picture)

3. Aromaticity Relocation in Perylene Derivatives upon Two-electron Oxidation to Form Anthracene and Phenanthrene

    A. Matsumoto, M. Suzuki, H. Hayashi, D. Kuzuhara, J. Yuasa, T. Kawai, N. Aratani, H. Yamada

    Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 14462. (selected as Frontispiece)

4. Tetrabenzoperipentacene: Stable Five-Electron Donating Ability and a Discrete Triple-Layered β-Graphite Form in the Solid State

    A. Matsumoto, M. Suzuki, D. Kuzuhara, H. Hayashi, N. Aratani, H. Yamada

    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 8175. (selected as HOP paper)

5. η⁵-Cyclopentadienyliron(II)–[14]Triphyrin(2.1.1) Sandwich Compounds: Synthesis, Characterization, and Stable Redox Interconversion

    Z. Xue, D. Kuzuhara, S. Ikeda, Y. Sakakibara, K. Ohkubo, N. Aratani, T. Okujima, H. Uno, S. Fukuzumi, H. Yamada

    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 7306. (selected as Inside Cover Picture)

6. Hexaphyrin Fused to Two Anthracenes

    K. Naoda, H. Mori, N. Aratani, B. S. Lee, D. Kim, A. Osuka

    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 9856. (selected as Inside Cover Picture)

    (Highlighted in Synfacts: 2012, 1318)

7. A β-to-β 2,5-thienylene-bridged cyclic porphyrin tetramer: its rational synthesis and 1 : 2 binding mode with C₆₀

    J. Song, N. Aratani, H. Shinokubo, A. Osuka

    Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 748.

8. A Porphyrin Nanobarrel That Encapsulates C₆₀

    J. Song, N. Aratani, H. Shinokubo, A. Osuka

    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 16356.

9. Directly Pd(II)-Bridged Porphyrin Belts with Remarkable Curvatures

    J. Song, N. Aratani, J. H. Heo, D. Kim, H. Shinokubo, A. Osuka

    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 11868.

10. Ultrahigh Porosity in Metal-Organic Frameworks

    H. Furukawa, N. Ko, Y. B. Go, N. Aratani, S. B. Choi, E. Choi, A. Ö. Yazaydin, R. Q. Snurr, M. O’Keeffe, J. Kim, O. M. Yaghi

    Science, 2010, 329, 424.

11. Porphyrin "Lego Block" Strategy To Construct Directly meso-β Doubly Linked Porphyrin Rings

    J. Song, N. Aratani, P. Kim, D. Kim, H. Shinokubo, A. Osuka

    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 3617. (Highlighted in Synfacts: 2010, 776)