Publication

Original papers

 

234. Gram-Scale Diversity-Oriented Synthesis of Dinaphthothiepine Bisimides as Soluble Precursors for Perylene Bisimides

Y. Tanaka, K. Matsuo, H. Yamada, N. Fukui, H. Sinokubo, H. Yamada; Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2022, , .

 

233. Exploration of alkyl-group effects on the molecular packing of 5,15-disubstituted tetrabenzoporphyrins toward efficient charge-carrier transport

E. Jeong, T. Ito, K. Takahashi, T. Koganezawa, H. Hayashi, N. Aratani, M. Suzuki, H. Yamada; ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, , .

 

232. A Porphyrin(2.1.2.1) Bis-boron Complex as Deep-red AIE

N. Liu, X. Lv, B. Xiao, D. Kuzuhara, P. Mei, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, F. Qiu, J. Pan, S. Xue; Dalton Trans 2022, 51, 9606-9610.

 

231. Synthesis of Porphyrin(2.1.2.1) with Embedded Naphthalene

X. Lv, N. Liu, B. Xiao, H. Morimoto, D. Kuzuhara, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, F. Qiu, S. Xue; Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 2022, , .

 

230. Facile Post-synthesis and Redox Behavior of π-Expanded Ferrocene and ansa-Ferrocene

H. Morimoto, K. Matsuo, H. Hayashi, H. Yamada, N. Aratani; Chem. Lett. 2022, 51, 428-430.

 

229. Effect of aromatic solvents residuals on electron mobility of organic single crystals

G. Xue, B. Peng, T. Ye, K. Takahashi, J. Wu, Y. Liu, H. Yamada, H. Chen, H. Li; Adv. Electron. Mater. 2022, , 2200158/1-7.

 

228. Cross-conjugated isothianaphthene quinoids: a versatile strategy for controlling electronic structures

K. Yamamoto, S. M. Quintero, S. Jinnai, E. Jeong, K. Matsuo, M. Suzuki, H. Yamada, J. Casado, Y. Ie; J. Mater. Chem. C. 2022, 10, 4424-4433.

 

227. Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrochemistry of Copper Dibenzoporphyrin(2.1.2.1) Complexes

N. Liu, W. R. Osterloh, H. Huang, X. Tang, P. Mei, D. Kuzuhara, Y. Fang, J. Pan, H. Yamada, F. Qiu, K. M. Kadish, S. Xue; Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 3563-3572.

 

226. Reversible Photoluminescence Control of Azobenzene Crystals by Light and Heat Stimulation

M. Yamauchi, M. Okaji, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, S. Masuo; ChemPhotoChem. 2022, , .

 

225. On-Surface Synthesis and Characterization of Nitrogen-Substituted Undecacenes

K. Eimre, José I. Urgel, H. Hayashi, M. Di Giovannantonio, P. Ruffieux, S. Sato, S. Otomo, Y. S. Chan, N. Aratani, D. Passerone, O. Gröning, H. Yamada, R. Fasel, C. A. Pignedoli; Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 511.

 

224. Porphyrin(2.1.2.1) as a novel binucleating ligand: synthesis and molecular structures of mono- and di-rhodium(i) complexes

S. Xue, N. Liu, P. Mei, D. Kuzuhara, M. Zhou, Jianming Pan, H. Yamada, F. Qiu; J. Inorganic Chemistry 2021, 60, 16070-16073.

 

223. Binuclear Rhodium(I) Complex of a Dimethylvinylene-Bridged Distorted Hexaphyrin(2.1.2.1.2.1)

S. Xue, N. Liu, P. Mei, D. Kuzuhara, N. Aratani, F. Qiu, H. Yamada; J. Inorganic Chemistry 2021, 60, 16070-16073.

 

222. Single crystal field-effect transistor of tetrabenzoporphyrin with one-dimensionally extended columnar packing motif exhibiting efficient charge transport property

J. Zhu, H. Hayashi, M. Chen, C. Xiao, K. Matsuo, N. Aratani, L. Zhang, H. Yamada; J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 10, 2527-2531.

 

221. Mirror-Image Cofacial Coronene Dimers Characterized by CD and CPL Spectroscopy: A Molecular-scale Twisted Bilayer Graphene

K. Uehara, H. Kano, K. Matsuo, H. Hayashi, M. Fujiki, H. Yamada, N. Aratani; ChemPhotoChem, 2021, 5, 974-978.

 

220. Synthesis of 10,20-substituted tetrabenzo-5,15-diazaporphyrin copper complexes from soluble precursors

Y. Sugano, K. Matsuo, H. Hayashi, N. Aratani, H. Yamada; J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 2021, 25, 1186-1192.

 

219. Nature of Local Charge Carrier Motions in Porphyrin-Based Bulk Heterojunction Films Revealed by Time-Resolved Optical Pump-Terahertz Probe Spectroscopy

K. Ohta, Y. Hiramatsu, M. Suzuki, H. Yamada, K. Tominaga; Chemistry Letters, 2021, 50, 1859-1862.

 

218. Efficient photogeneration of nonacene on nanostructured graphene

C. Ayani, M. Pisarra, J. Urgel, J. Navarro, C. Díaz, H. Hayashi, H. Yamada, F. Calleja, R. Miranda, R. Fasel, F. Martín, A. Vázquez de Parga; Nanoscale Horizons, 2021, 6, 744-750.

 

217. Deep-red circularly polarised luminescent C70 derivatives

H. Kano, H. Hayashi, K. Matsuo, M. Fujiki, H. Yamada, N. Aratani; Sci. Rep., 2021, 11, 12072.

 

216. Buckyball as an Electron Donor in a Dyad of C60 and Xanthene Dye

H. Kano, K. Matsuo, H. Hayashi, K. Kato, A. Yamakata, H. Yamada, N. Aratani; Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2021, 23, 3377-3381.

 

215. Synthesis and Properties of the Doubly Oxonium-Embedded Picenes as Electron-Deficient Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

K. Matsuo, N. Toda, N. Aratani, H. Yamada; Organic Letters, 2021, 23, 3986-3990.

 

214. Acridino[2,1,9,8‐klmna]acridine Bisimides: An Electron‐Deficient π‐System for Robust Radical Anions and n‐Type Organic Semiconductors

K. Tajima, K. Matsuo, H. Yamada, S. Seki, N. Fukui, H. Shinokubo; Angewandte Chemie, 2021, 60, 14060-14067.

 

213. Synthesis and Evaluation of Charge Transport Property of Ethynylene-Bridged Anthracene Oligomers

J. Zhu, H. Hayashi, M. Chen, C. Xiao, K. Matsuo, N. Aratani, L. Zhang, H. Yamada; Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2021, 222, 2100024.

 

212. One-Pot Synthesis of a Cyclic Pyrene Octamer from Two Bifunctionalized

P. Mei, R. Kurosaki, A. Matsumoto, H. Yamada, N. Aratani; Synthesis, 2021, 53, 344-347.

 

211. Porphyrinoids with Vinylene Bridges

D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada; Synlett, 2020, 32, 1072-1084.

 

210. Vinylene-Bridged Cyclic Dipyrrin and BODIPY Trimers

S. Xue, D. Kuzuhara, N. Aratani, H. Yamada; Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2020, 21, 8041.

 

209. Facilitated Interfacial Electronic Processes by the π−π Stacked Edgeon Tetrabenzoporphyrin/Graphene Layer Enables Broadband Ultrasensitive Photodetecting with Prompt Response

M. Shao, M. Yu, M. Suzuki, H. Yamada, Y. Wang, Y. Chen, C. Lu, D. Wang, Z. Yang; ACS Appl. Electron. Mater., 2020, 2, 3459-3467.

 

208. Synthesis and Morphological Control of Organic Semiconducting Materials Using the Precursor Approach

H. Yamada, D. Kuzuhara, M. Suzuki, H. Hayashi, N. Aratani; Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2020, 93, 1234-1267.

 

207. Molecular organized isoindigo based small molecules with terminal thermally cleavable protecting group

M. Shaker, H. Hayashi, H. Yamada; Dyes and Pigments, 2021, 184, 108806.

 

206. Small bandgap features achieved in atomically precise 17-atom-wide armchair-edged graphene nanoribbons

J. Yamaguchi, H. Hayashi, H. Jippo, A. Shiotari, M. Ohtomo, M. Sakakura, N. Hieda, N. Aratani, M. Ohfuchi, Y. Sugimoto, H. Yamada, S. Sato, Commun. Mater., 2020, 1, 36.

 

205. Dinaphthothiepine Bisimide and Its Sulfoxide: Soluble Precursors for Perylene Bisimide

S. Hayakawa, K. Matsuo, H. Yamada, N. Fukui, H. Shinokubo, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 11663-11668.

 

204. Visible‐light‐induced Heptacene Generation under Ambient Conditions: Utilization of Single‐crystal Interior as an Isolated Reaction Site

H. Hayashi, N. Hieda, M. Yamauchi, Y. Chan, N. Aratani, S. Masuo, H. Yamada, Chem.–Eur. J., 2020, , .

 

203. A Directly-linked Cyclic Pyrene Tetramer as a Back-to-back Receptor for Two Fullerenes

R. Kurosaki, K. Matsuo, H. Hayashi, H. Yamada, N. Aratani, Chem. Lett., 2020, 49, 892-895.

 

202. A Windmill-Shaped Molecule with Anthryl Blades to Form Smooth Hole-Transport Layers via a Photoprecursor Approach

A. Maeda, A. Nakauchi, Y. Shimizu, K. Terai, S. Sugii, H. Hayashi, N. Aratani, M. Suzuki, H. Yamada, Materials, 2020, 13, 2316.

 

201. Robust Unipolar Electron Conduction using an Ambipolar Polymer Semiconductor with Solution-Processable Blends

M. Ford, M. Suzuki, C. Bridges, K. Bustillo, M. Seifrid, M. Wang, H. Yamada, T. Nguyen, G. Bazan , Chem. Mater., 2020, 32, 6831-6837.

 

200. Retro-Diels–Alder Reaction on Surface: Generating Energy-Prohibited Structures in Bulk Film Condition through Surface-Adsorbing Neutralization Effect

M. Shao, M. Yu, Z. Yang, M. Suzuki, H. Yamada, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2020, 124, 5723-5733.

 

199. Cyclic butadiyne-linked porphyrin(2.1.2.1) oligomers

D. Kuzuhara, W. Furukawa, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 2020, 24, 489-497.

 

198. Open-circuit-voltage shift of over 0.5 V in organic photovoltaic cells induced by a minor structural difference in alkyl substituents

M. Suzuki, K. Terai, C. Quinton, H. Hayashi, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Chem Sci., 2020, 11, 1825-1831.

 

197. Orbital-Energy Modulation of Tetrabenzoporphyrin-Derived Non-Fullerene Acceptors for Improved Open-Circuit Voltage in Organic Solar Cells

E. Jeong, K. Takahashi, S. K Rajagopal, T. Koganezawa, H. Hayashi, N. Aratani, M. Suzuki, T. Nguyen, H. Yamada, J. Org. Chem., 2020, 85, 168-178.

 

196. Synthesis of Anthracene Derivatives with Azaacene‐containing Iptycene Wings and the Utilization as a Dopant for Solution‐processed Organic Light‐emitting Diodes

H. Hayashi, Y. Kato, A. Matsumoto, S. Shikita, N. Aizawa, M. Suzuki, N. Aratani, T. Yasuda, H. Yamada, Chem.–Eur. J., 2019, 25, 15565-15571.

 

195. Torsional chirality generation based on cyclic oligomers constructed from an odd number of pyrenes

R. Kurosaki, M. Suzuki, H. Hayashi, M. Fujiki, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 9618-9621.

 

194. Control of Aromaticity and cis‐/trans‐Isomeric Structure of Non‐Planar Hexaphyrin(2.1.2.1.2.1) and Metal Complexes

S. Xue, D. Kuzuhara, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 12524-12528.

 

193. A remarkably strained cyclopyrenylene trimer that undergoes metal-free direct oxygen insertion into the biaryl C–C σ-bond

R. Kurosaki, H. Hayashi, M. Suzuki, J. Jiang, M. Hatanaka, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 6785-6790.

 

192. Overcoming steric hindrance in aryl‐aryl homocoupling via on‐surface copolymerization

M. D. Giovannantonio, J. I. Urgel, G. Gandus, Q. Chen, X. Liu, H. Hayashi, P. Ruffieux, S. Decurtins, A. Narita, D. Passerone, H. Yamada, S. Liu, K. Müllen, C. A. Pignedoli, R. Fasel, ChemPhysChem, 2019, 20, 2360-2366.

 

191. Solid-State, Near-Infrared to Visible Photon Upconversion via Triplet–Triplet Annihilation of a Binary System Fabricated by Solution Casting

A. Abulikemu, Y. Sakagami, C. Heck, K. Kamada, H. Sotome, H. Miyasaka, D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11, 20812-20819.

 

190. Synthesis of a Porphyrin(2.1.2.1) Nanobelt and Its Ability To Bind Fullerene

S. Xue, D. Kuzuhara , N. Aratani , H. Yamada, Organic Letters, 2019, 21, 2069-2072.

 

189. On-surface light-induced generation of higher acenes and elucidation of their open-shell character

J. I. Urgel, S. Mishra, H. Hayashi, J. Wilhelm, C. A. Pignedoli, M. D. Giovannantonio, R. Widmer, M. Yamashita, N. Hieda, P. Ruffieux, H. Yamada, R. Fasel, Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 861.

 

188. Improvement in interlayer structure of p–i–n-type organic solar cells with the use of fullerene-linked tetrabenzoporphyrin as additive

Y. Tamura, M. Suzuki, T. Nakagawa, T. Koganezawa, S. Masuo, H. Hayashi, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, RSC Advances, 2018, 8, 35237-35245.

 

187. Inter-Polymer Self-Assembly of Bottom-up Graphene Nanoribbons Fabricated from Fluorinated Precursors

M. Ohtomo, H. Jippo, H. Hayashi, J. Yamaguchi, M. Ohfuchi, H. Yamada, S. Sato, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 31623-31630.

 

186. An ethynylene-Bridged Pentacene Dimer: Two-Step Synthesis and Charge Transport Property

K. Kawano, H. Hayashi, S. Yoshimoto, N. Aratani, M. Suzuki, J. Yoshinobu, H. Yamada,Chemistry - A European Journal, 2018, 24, 14916-14920.

 

185. Semiconducting pi‐Extended Tetrathiafulvalene Derivatives

H. Yamada, M. Yamashita, H. Hayashi, M. Suzuki, N. Aratani,Chemistry - A European Journal, 2018, 24, 18601-18612.

 

184. Photochemical layer-by-layer solution process for preparing organic semiconducting thin films having right materials at right places

M. Suzuki, Y. Yamaguchi, K. Uchinaga, K. Takahira, C. Quinton, S. Yamamoto, N. Nagami, M. Furukawa, K. Nakayama, H. Yamada, Chemical Science, 2018, 9, 6614-6621.

 

183. An Anomalous Antiaromaticity that Arises from the Cycloheptatrienyl Anion Equivalent

K. Uehara, P. Mei, T. Murayama, F. Tani, H. Hayashi, M. Suzuki, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2018, 33, 4508-4511.

 

182. Macrocyclic Polyradicaloids with Unusual Super-ring Structure and Global Aromaticity

C. Liu, M. E. Sandoval-Salinas, Y. Hong, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, H. Phan, N. Aratani, T. S. Herng, J. Ding, H. Yamada, D. Kim, D. Casanova, J. Wu, Chem, 2018, 4, 1586-1595.

 

181. Universality of Giant Seebeck Effect in Organic Small Molecules

H. Kojima, R. Abe, F. Fujiwara, M. Nakagawa, K. Takahashi, D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada, Y. Yakiyama, H. Sakurai, T. Yamamoto, H. Yakushiji, M. Ikeda, M. Nakamura, Mater. Chem. Frontiers, 2018, 2, 1276-1283.

 

180. Synthesis of [14]Oxatriphyrins(2.1.1) and Their Transformation into Ethane-Bridged Oxatripyrrins by Boron Complexation

D. Kuzuhara, S. Kawatsu, W. Furukawa, H. Hayashi, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2018, 18, 2122-2129.

 

179. Transient Photocurrent Elucidating Carrier Dynamics and Potential of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Fabricated by Thermal Precursor Approach

N. Kudo, K. Uchida, T. Ikoma, K. Takahashi, D. Kuzuhara, M. Suzuki, H. Yamada, D. Kumagai, Y. Yamaguchi, K. Nakayama , Solar RRL, 2018, 2, 1700234.

 

178. Photophysical properties and structural analysis of modified methylene blues as near infrared dyes

A. Tamoto, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2018, 358, 441-446.

 

177. Structure Engineering: Extending the Length of Azaacene Derivatives through Quinone Bridge

Z. Wang, Z. Wang, Y. Zhou, P. Gu, G. Liu, K. Zhao, L. Nie, Q. Zeng, J. Zhang, Y. Li, R. Gangly, N. Aratani, L. Huang, Z. Liu, H. Yamada, W. Hu, Q. Zhang, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018, 6, 3628-3633.

 

176. Probing Charge Carrier Dynamics in Porphyrin-Based Organic Semiconductor Thin Films by Time-Resolved THz Spectroscopy

K. Ohta, S. Tokonami, L. Takahashi, Y. Tamura, H. Yamada, K. Tominaga, J. Phys, Chem. B, 2017, 121, 10157-10165.

 

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

A. Tamoto, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Chemistry A European Journal, 2017, 23, 16388-16392.

 

174. On-Surface Synthesis of Heptacene Organometallic Complexes

J. I. Urgel, H. Hayashi, M. D. Giovannantonio, C. A. Pignedoli, S. Mishra, O. Deniz, M. Yamashita, T. Dienel, P. Ruffieux, H. Yamada, R. Fasel, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 11658-11661.

 

173.Dinaphthotetrathiafulvalene Bisimides: A New Member of the Family of π-Extended TTF Stable p-Type Semiconductors

M. Yamashita, K. Kawano, A. Matsumoto, N. Aratani, H. Hayashi, M. Suzuki, L. Zhang, A. L. Briseno, H. Yamada, Chemistry A European Journal, 2017, , in press.

 

172.Side-chain engineering in a thermal precursor approach for efficient photocurrent generation with insoluble tetrabenzoporphyrin–diketopyrrolopyrrole conjugates

K. Takahashi, D. Kumagai, N. Yamada, D. Kuzuhara, Y. Yamaguchi, N. Aratani, T. Koganezawa, S. Koshika, N. Yoshimoto, S. Masuo, M. Suzuki, K. Nakayama, H. Yamada, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, , in press.

 

171.Synthesis, Characterization and Protonation Behavior of Quinoxaline-Fused Porphycenes

D. Kuzuhara, M. Sakaguchi, W. Furukawa, T. Okabe, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Molecules, 2017, 22, 908.

 

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

M. Kojima, A. Tamoto, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Chemical Communications, 2017, 53, 5698-5701.

 

169.Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Surface-Assisted Graphene Nanoribbon Synthesis Featuring Carbon–Fluorine Bond Cleavage

H. Hayashi, J. Yamaguchi, H. Jippo, R. Hayashi, N. Aratani, M. Ohfuchi, S. Sato, H. Yamada, ACS NANO, 2017, , .

 

168.Semiconducting Self-assembled Nanofibers Prepared from Photostable Octafluorinated Bisanthene Derivative

H. Hayashi, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Chemistry A European Journal, 2017, , in press.

 

167.Studies on Pyrene and Perylene Derivatives upon Oxidation and Application to a Higher Analogue

A. Matsumoto, M. Suzuki, H. Hayashi, D. Kuzuhara, J. Yuasa, T. Kawai, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2017, , in press.

 

166.High-Fidelity Self-Assembly Pathways for Hydrogen-Bonding Molecular Semiconductors

X. Lin, M. Suzuki, M. Gushiken, M. Yamauchi, T. Karatsu, T. Kizaki, Y. Tani, K. Nakayama, M, Suzuki, H. Yamada,, T. Kajitani, T. Fukushima, Y. Kikkawa, S. Yagai Sci. Rep., 2017, 7, 43098.

 

165.Engineering Thin Films of a Tetrabenzoporphyrin toward Efficient Charge-Carrier Transport: Selective Formation of a Brickwork Motif

K. Takahashi, B. Shan, X. Xu, S. Yang, T. Koganezawa, D. Kuzuhara, N. Aratani, M. Suzuki, Q. Miao, H. Yamada, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 2017, 9, 8211-8218.

 

164.Fullerene-Based n-Type Materials That Can Be Processed by a Photoprecursor Approach for Photovoltaic Applications

K. Kawajiri, T. Kawanoue, M. Yamato, K. Terai, M. Yamashita, M. Furukawa, N. Aratani, M. Suzuki, K. Nakayama,H. Yamada, ECS J. Solid State Sci. Tech., 2017, 6, 6.

 

163. Rylene Ribbons with Unusual Diradical Character

W. Zeng, H. Phan, T. S. Herng, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, N. Aratani, Z. Zeng, H. Yamada, J. Ding, J. Wu, Chem, 2017, 2, 81-92.

 

162. Applicability of Density Functional Tight Binding Method with Dispersion Correction to Investigate the Adsorption of Porphyrin/Porphycene Metal Complexes on Graphene

Y. Kanematsu, K. Gohara, H. Yamada, Y. Takano, Chemistry Letters, 2017, 46, 51-52.

 

161. Synthesis and Characterization of an Iridium Triphyrin Complex

S. Xue, D. Kuzuhara, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55, 10106-10109.

 

160. Fullerene-linked tetrabenzoporphyrins for solution-processed organic photovoltaics: flexible vs. rigid linkers

Y. Tamura, D. Kuzuhara, M. Suzuki, H. Hayashi, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, J. Mater. Chem. A., 2016, 4 , 15333-15342.

 

159. Synthesis, Characterization and Electronic Structures of Porphyrins Fused with Polycyclic Aromatic Ring Systems

T. Okujima, J. Mack, J. Nakamura, G. Kubheka, T. Nyokong, H. Zhu, N. Komobuchi, N. Ono, H. Yamada , H. Uno, N. Kobayashi, Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 14730-14738.

 

158. Porphycene Dimer–Based Non-Fullerene Acceptor for Organic Solar Cell

T. Okabe, D. Kuzuhara, N. Aratani, H. Yamada , J. Porphyrin Phthalocyanine, 2016, 20, 1350-1360.

 

157. Switching charge-transfer characteristics from p-type to n-type through molecular “doping” (cocrystallization)

J. Zhang, P. Gu, G. Long, R. Ganguly, Y. Li, N. Aratani, H. Yamada , Q. Zhang Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 3851-3856.

 

156. Benzo[4,5]cyclohepta[1,2-b]fluorene: an isomeric motif for pentacene containing linearly fused five-, six- and seven-membered rings

X. Yang, X. Shi, N. Aratani, T. P. Gonçalves, K. Huang, H. Yamada, C. Chi, Q. Miao , Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 6176-6181.

 

155. An Azulene-Fused Tetracene Diimide with a Small HOMO-LUMO Gap

T. Koide, M. Takesue, T. Murafuji, K. Satomi, Y. Suzuki, J. Kawamata, K. Terai, M. Suzuki, H. Yamada, Y. Shiota, K. Yoshizawa, F. Tani, CHEMPLUSCHEM, 2016, , in press.

 

154. Bisanthra-thianthrene: synthesis, structure and oxidation propertie

M. Yamashita, H. Hayashi, M. Suzuki, D. Kuzuhara, J. Yuasa, T. Kawai, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, RSC Advances 2016, 6 , 70700-70703.

 

153. 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, Chemistry - A European Journal 2016, 22 , 14462-14466.

 

152. Synthesis and Metalation of Doubly o-Phenylene-Bridged Cyclic Bis(dipyrrin)s with Highly Bent Skeleton of Dibenzoporphyrin(2.1.2.1)

D. Kuzuhara, W. Furukawa, A. Kitashiro, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Chemistry - A European Journal 2016, 22 , 10671-10678.

 

151. Photoprecursor Approach Enables Preparation of Well-Performing Bulk-Heterojunction Layers Comprising a Highly Aggregating Molecular Semiconductor

M. Suzuki, Y. Yamaguchi, K. Takahashi, K. Takahira, T. Koganezawa, S. Masuo, K. Nakayama, H. Yamada, Appl. Mater. Interface 2016, 8, 8644-8651.

 

150. A Diradical Approach towards BODIPY-Based Dyes with Intense Near-Infrared Absorption around λ =1100 nm

Y. Ni, S. Lee, M. Son, N. Aratani, M. Ishida, A. Samanta, H. Yamada, Y. Chang, H. Furuta, D. Kim, J. Wu, Angew, Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 2815-2819.

 

149. Towards Tetraradicaloid: The Effect of Fusion Mode on Radical Character and Chemical Reactivity

P. Hu, S. Lee, T. Herng, N. Aratani, T. Gonçalves, Q. Qi, X. Shi, H. Yamada, K. Huang, J. Ding, D. Kim, J. Wu, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 1065-1077.

 

148. Z-Shaped Pentaleno- Acene Dimers with High Stability and Low Band Gap

G. Dai, J. Chang, J. Luo, S. Dong, N. Aratani, B. Zheng, K. Huang, H. Yamada, C. Chi, Angew, Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 2693-2696.

 

147. Fusing N-heteroacene Analogues into One “Kinked” Molecule with Slipped Two-dimensional Ladder-like Packing

J. Zhang, C. Wang, G. Long, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Q. Zhang, Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 1309-1313.

 

146. Full Characterization and photoelectrochemical behaviors of Pyrene-fused Octaazadecacene and Tetraazaoctacene

Z. Wang, J. Miao, G. Long, P. Gu, J. Li, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, B. Liu, Q. Zhang, Chem. Asian J., 2016, 11, 482-485.

 

145. Charge-Carrier Dynamics in Benzoporphyrin Films Investigated by Time-Resolved THz Spectroscopy

K. Ohta, S. Hiraoka, Y. Tamura, H. Yamada, K. Tominaga, Applied Physics Letters , 2015, 107, 183302/1-5.

 

144. Facile synthesis of indolizino[3,4,5-ab]isoindoles by an acid-induced cyclization of 1,2-di(1H-pyrrol-2-yl)benzenes

D. Kuzuhara, S. Miyake, H. Moriyama, Y. Tamura, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Tetrahedron Lett., 2015, 56, 5564-5567.

 

143. Catalytic two-electron reduction of dioxygen catalysed by metal-free [14]triphyrin(2.1.1)

K. Mase, K. Ohkubo, Z. Xue, H. Yamada, S. Fukuzumi, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 6496-6504.

 

142. Indolizino[5,6-b]quinoxaline Derivatives: Intramolecular Charge Transfer Characters and NIR Fluorescence

M. Kojima, H. Hayashi, T. Aotake, S. Ikeda, M. Suzuki, N. Aratani, D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada, J.Asian Chem., 2015, 10, 2337-2341.

 

141. A Novel D-π-A Small Molecule with N-heteroacene as Acceptor Moiety for Photovoltaic Application

C. Wang, T. Okabe, G. Long, D. Kuzuhara, Y. Zhao, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Q. Zhang, Dyes and Pigments, 2015, 122, 231-237.

 

140. Evaluation of semiconducting molecular thin films solution-processed via the photoprecursor approach: the case of hexyl-substituted thinoanthracenes

C. Quinton, M. Suzuki, Y. Kaneshige, Y. Tatenaka, C. Katagiri, Y. Yamaguchi, D. Kuzuhara, N. Aratani, K. Nakayama, H. Yamada, J. Mater. Chem.C, 2015, 3, 5995-6005.

 

139. 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, 8175-8178.

 

138. An electron-deficient tetrathiafulvalene-conjugated bistetracene

M. Yamashita, H. Hayashi, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 3804-3808.

 

137. Synthesis, Structure, and Air-stable N-type Field-Effect Transistor Behaviors of Functionalized Octaazanonacene-8,19-dione

C. Wang, J. Zhang, G. Long, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Y. Zhao, Q. Zhang, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 6292-6296.

 

136. Evaluation of Charge Transfer Efficiency of Organic Thin-Film Photovoltaic Devices Fabricated Using Fluorescence Microspectroscopy

S. Masuo, W. Sato, Y. Yamaguchi, M. Suzuki, K. Nakayama, H. Yamada, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2015, 14, 883-890.

 

135. Effect of alkyl substituents: 5,15-bis(trimethylsilylethynyl)- vs 5,15-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)-tetrabenzoporphyrins and their metal complexes

K. Takahashi, N. Yamada, D. Kumagai, D. Kuzuhara, M. Suzuki, Y. Yamaguchi, N. Aratani, K. Nakayama, H. Yamada, J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2015, 19, 477-488.

 

134. An Optically- and Thermally-Switchable Electronic Structure Based on Anthracene–BODIPY Conjugate

T. Aotake, M. Suzuki, K. Tahara, D. Kuzuhara, N. Aratani, N. Tamai, H. Yamada, Chem.-Eur. J., 2015, 21, 4966-4974.

 

133. 9,9’-Anthryl-Anthroxyl Radicals: Strategic Stabilization of Highly Reactive Phenoxyl Radicals

T. Aotake, M. Suzuki, N. Aratani, J. Yuasa, D. Kuzuhara, H. Hayashi, H. Nakano, T. Kawai, J. Wu, H. Yamada, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 6734-6737.

 

132. Synthesis, Properties and Crystal Structures of 2,7,12,17-Tetraarylporphycenes

D. Kuzuhara, H. Nakaoka, T. Okabe, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Heterocycles, 2015, 90, 1214-1227.

 

131. Rewritable Multilevel Memory Performance of a Tetraazatetracene Donor-Acceptor Derivative with Good Endurance

C. Wang, B. Hu, J. Wang, J. Gao, G. Li, W.-W. Xiong, B.-h. Zou, M. Yamashita, A. Matsumoto, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, F. Huo, P. S. Lee, Q. Zhang, Chem. Asian. J., 2015, 10, 116-119.

 

130. Photoprecursor approach as an effective means for preparing multilayer organic semiconducting thin films by solution processes

Y. Yamaguchi, M. Suzuki, T. Motoyama, S. Sugii, C. Katagiri, K. Takahira, S. Ikeda, H. Yamada, K. Nakayama, Sci. Rep., 2014, 4, DOI: 10.1038/srep07151

 

129. Synthesis and electronic properties of acetylene- and butadiyne-linked 3,3'-porphycene dimers

T. Okabe, D. Kuzuhara, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 2014, 18, 849-855.

 

128. Tautomerism in Porphycenes: Analysis of Rate-Affecting Factors

P. Ciąćka, P. Fita, A. Listkowski, M. Kijak, S. Nonell, D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada, C. Radzewicz, J. Waluk, J. Phys. Chem. B 2015, 119,2292-2301.

 

127. A kinetically protected pyrene: molecular design, bright blue emission in the crystalline state and aromaticity relocation in its dicationic species

A. Matsumoto, M. Suzuki, D. Kuzuhara, J. Yuasa, T. Kawai, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 10899-11064.

 

126. Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Porphycene–Diketopyrrolopyrrole Conjugates

T. Okabe, D. Kuzuhara, M. Suzuki, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Org. Lett., 2014, 16, 3508-3511.

 

125. Direct comparison of covalently-linked dyad and a 1:1 mixture of tetrabenzoporphyrin and fullerene as organic photovoltaic materials

Y. Tamura, H. Saeki, J. Hashizume, Y. Okazaki, D. Kuzuhara, M. Suzuki, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 10379-10381.

 

124. Amphiphilic Dipolar π-Systems for Complex Stimuli-Responsive Luminescent Materials Designed Using Metastable States

S. Yagai, S. Okamura, Y. Nakano, M. Yamauchi, K. Kishikawa, T. Karatsu, A. Kitamura, A. Ueno, D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada, Nat. Commun., 2014, 5, DOI:10.1038/ncomms5013

 

123. Photoconversion of 6, 13-α-Diketopentacene in the Crystalline Phase

S. Masuo, K. Tanaka, M. Oe, Hiroko Yamada, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 13483-13488.

 

122. Synthesis of opp-Dibenzohexaphyrins(1.1.1.1.1.1) by Retro-Diels-Alder Reaction

S.-i. Ishida, D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada, A. Osuka, Asia. J. Org. Chem., 2014, 3 716–722.

 

121. Effect of Crystallinity in Small Molecular Weight Organic Heterojunction Solar Cells

H. Saeki, O. Kurimoto, H. Nakaoka, M. Misaki, D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada, K. Ishida, Y. Ueda, J. Mater. Chem. C 2014, 2, 5357-5364.

 

120. Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy Study of Excited State Dynamics of Alkyl- and Benzo-Substituted Triphyrin(2.1.1)

Y. Iima, D. Kuzuhara, Z.-L. Xue, S. Akimoto, H. Yamada, K. Tominaga, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 13129-13135.

 

119. Synthesis and Solid State Structures of a Tetrathiafulvalene-conjugated Bistetracene

M. Yamashita, D. Kuzuhara, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 6309-6314

 

118. Synthesis and optical reactivity of 6,13-a-diketoprecursors of 2,3,9,10-tetraalkylpentacenes in solution, film and crystals

S. Katsuta, H. Saeki, K. Tanaka, Y. Murai, D. Kuzuhara, M. Misaki, N. Aratani, S. Masuo, Y. Ueda, H. Yamada, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2, 986-993

 

117. Synthesis and Molecular Structure of Cyclo[8](9,10-Dihydro-9,10-Anthraceno)Pyrrole

T. Okujima, C. Ando, S. Mori, T. Nakae, H. Yamada, H. Uno, Heterocycles., 2013, 88, 417-424

 

116. Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaic Devices Fabricated Using Asymmetric Soluble Anthracene Core Photoprecursors

T. Motoyama, S. Sugii, S. Ikeda, Y. Yamaguchi, H. Yamada, K. Nakayama, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 2014, 53, 01AB02-1-4

 

115. New 2,6-Distyryl-Substituted BODIPY Isomers: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Theoretical Calculations

L. Gai, J. Mack, H. Lu, H. Yamada, D. Kuzuhara, G. Lai, Z. Li, Z. Shen, Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 1091-1102

 

114. Yellow NIR dye: π-Fused bisbenzoBODIPYs with electron-withdrawing groups

M. Nakamura, M. Kitatsuka, K. Takahashi, T. Nagata, S. Mori, D. Kuzuhara, T. Okujima, H. Yamada, T. Nakae, H. Uno, Org. Biol. Chem., 2014, 12, 1309-1317

 

113. Solution-processed anthradithiophene–PCBM p–n junction photovoltaic cells fabricated by using the photoprecursor method

H. Yamada, Y. Yamaguchi, R. Katoh, T. Motoyama, T. Aotake, D. Kuzuhara M. Suzuki, T. Okujima, H. Uno, N. Aratani, K. Nakayama, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 11638-11640

 

112. Fabrication of Phase-Separated Benzoporphycene/[6,6]-Phenyl-C61-Butyric Acid Methyl Ester Films for Use in Organic Photovoltaic Cells

H. Saeki, M. Misaki, D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada, Y. Ueda, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 2013, 53, 111601-111606

 

111. Synthesis and Crystal Structures of 5,15-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)-tetrabenzoporphyrins

K. Takahashi, D. Kuzuhara, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, J. Photopol. Sci. Tech., 2013, 26, 213-216

 

110. Photo-conversion and structural properties of the drop-cast films of 6,13-pentacene diketone

C. Ohashi, H. Yamada, K. Nakayama, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2013, 580, 103-109

 

109. Characterization and Field-Effect Transistor Performance of Printed Pentacene Films Prepared by Photoconversion of the Soluble Precursor

K. Nakayama, C. Ohashi, Y. Oikawa, T. Motoyama, H. Yamada, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013, 1, 6244-6251

 

108. Synthesis and Properties of Boron Complexes of [14]Triphyrins(2.1.1)

D. Kuzuhara, Z. Xue, S. Mori, T. Okujima, H. Uno, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 8955-8957

 

107. Synthesis and Molecular Structure of Cyclo[8](9,10-dihydro-9,10-anthraceno)pyrrole

T. Okujima, C. Ando, S. Mori, T. Nakae, H. Yamada, H. Uno, Heterocycles, 2013, 19, 13970-13978

 

106. MCD spectroscopy and TD-DFT calculations of low-symmetry acenaphthoporphyrins with dual fluorescence

J. Mack, J. Nakamura, T. Okujima, H. Yamada, H. Uno, N. Kobayashi J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 2013, 17, 996-1007

 

105. Acenaphthylene-fused cyclo[8]pyrroles with intense NIR region absorption bands

T. Okujima, C. Ando, J. Mack,S. M.,I. Hisaki, T. Nakae, H. Yamada, K. Ohara, N. Kobayashi, H. Uno, Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 13970–13978

 

104. A soluble bispentacenequinone precursor for creation of directly 6,6′-linked bispentacenes and a tetracyanobipentacenequinodimethane

K. Tanaka, N. Aratani, D. Kuzuhara, S. Sakamoto, T. Okujima, N. Ono, H. Uno, H. Yamada, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 15310-15315

 

103. Effect of the orthoquinone moiety in 9,10-phenanthrenequinone on its ability to induce apoptosis in HCT-116 and HL-60 cells

N. Hatae, J. Nakamura. T. Okujima, M. Ishikura, T. Abe, S. Hibino, T. Choshi, C. Okada, H. Yamada, H. Uno, E. Toyota, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2013, 23, 4637-4640

 

102. η5-Cyclopentadienyl-Iron(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, 7306-7309

 

101. In Situ Preparation of Highly Fluorescent Pyrene-Dyes from Non-luminous Precursors Upon Photoirradiation

T. Aotake, H. Tanimoto, H. Hotta, D. Kuzuhara T. Okujima, H. Uno, H. Yamada, Chem. Commun, 2013, 49, 3661-3663

 

100. Covalent Modular Approach for Dimension-Controlled Self-Organization of Perylene Bisimide Dyes

X. Lin, H. Misaki, T. Karatsu, A. Kitamura, D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada, A. Saeki, S. Seki, S. Yagai, Chem. Eur. J, 2013, 19, 6561-6565

 

99. Hetero-Layered Organic Photovoltaic Devices Fabricated Using Soluble Pentacene Photoprecursors

T. Motoyama, T. Kiyota, H. Yamada, K. Nakayama, Solar Energy Materials Solar Cells, 2013, 114, 138-160

 

98. Thermal Conversion Behavior and Morphology Control of Benzoporphycene from a Novel Soluble Precursor

H. Saeki, O. Kurimoto, M. Misaki, D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada, Y. Ueda, Appl. Phys. Express, 2013, 6, 035601-3

 

97. Thiatriphyrin(2.1.1): A Core-Modified Contracted Porphyrin

D. Kuzuhara, Y. Sakakibara, S. Mori, T. Okujima, H. Uno, H. Yamada, Angew. Chem. Inter. Ed., 2013, 52, 3360-3363

 

96. Photochemical synthesis of naphthacene and its derivatives for irreversible photo-responsive fluorescent molecules

T. Aotake, Y. Yamashita, T. Okujima,, N. Shirasawa, Y. Jo, S. Fujimori, H. Uno, N. Ono, H. Yamada, Tetrahedron Lett, 2013, 54, 1790-1793

 

95. Synthesis and Characterization of New Platinum(II) and Platinum(IV) Triphyrin Complexes

Z.-L. Xue, D. Kuzuhara, S. Ikeda, T. Okujima, S. Mori, H. Uno, H. Yamada, Inorg. Chem, 2013, 52, 1688-1690

 

94. FET performance and substitution effect on 2,6-dithienylanthracence devices prepared by photoirradiation of their diketone precursors

H. Yamada, C. Ohashi, T. Aotake, S. Katsuta, Y. Honsho, H. Kawano, T. Okujima, H. Uno, N. Ono, S. Seki and K. Nakayama, Chem Commun, 2012, 48, 11136-11138

 

93. π-Fused bis-BODIPY as a candidate for NIR dyes

M. Nakamura, H. Tahara, K. Takahashi, T. Nagata, H. Uoyama, D. Kuzuhara, S. Mori, T. Okujima, H. Yamada, H. Uno, Org. Biomol. Chem, 2012, 10, 6840-6849. [selected as the front cover page]

 

92. Synthesis and properties of azulene-substituted thiophenes, terthiophenes and dithienothiophenes

T. Okujima, A. Toda, Y. Miyashita, A. Nonoshita, H. Yamada, N. Ono and H. Uno, Heterocycles, 2012, 86, 637-648

 

91. Synthesis of bis-naphthoporphyrins

H. Uoyama, H. Yamada, T. Okujima, H. Uno Heterocycles, 2012, 86, 515-534

 

90. Retro-Diels-Alder approach to the synthesis of π-expanded azuliporphyrins and their porphyrinoid aromaticity

T. Okujima, T. Kikkawa, H. Nakano, H. Kubota, N. Fukugami, N. Ono, H. Yamada, H. Uno, Chem. Eur. J., 2012, 18, 12854-12863

 

89. Self-Organization of Hydrogen-Bonding Naphthalene Chromophores into J-type Nanorings and H-type Nanorods: Impact of Regloisomerism

S. Yagai, Y. Goto, X. Lin, T. Karatsu, A. Kitamura, D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada, Y. Kikkawa, A. Saeki, S. Seki, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 6643-6647

 

88. Synthesis and spectroscopic properties of ring-fused thiophene bridged push–pull dyes and their application in dye-sensitized solar cells

Q. Liu, F-T. Kong, T. Okujima, H. Yamada, S-Y. Dai, H. Uno, N. Ono, X-Z. You, Z. Shen, Tetrahedron Lett., 2012, 53, 3264-3267

 

87. Solution-processed zinc tetrabenzoporphyrin thin-finls and transistors

P. B. Shea, H. Yamada, N. Ono, J. Kanicki, Thin. Solid. Film., 2012, 520, 4031-4035

 

86. Synthesis, Structure and Photochemistry of 5,14-Diketopentacene

T. Aotake, S. Ikeda, D. Kuzuhara, S. Mori, T. Okujima, H. Uno, H. YamadaEur. J. Org. Chem., 2012, 9, 1723-1729

 

85. Tuning the spectroscopic, electrochemical and photovoltaic properties of triarylamine-based sensitizers through ring-fused thiophene bridge

Q. Liu, Q.-Y. Feng. H. Yamada, Z.-S. Wang, N. Ono,.X.-Z. You, Z. Shen, Chem. Asian J, 2012, 7, 1312-1319

 

84. Synthesis of p-expanded O-chelated boronedipyrromethene as an NIR dye

Y. Tomimori, T. Okujima, T. Yano, S. Mori, N. Ono, H. Yamada, H. Uno, Tetrahedron, 2011, 67, 3187-3193.

 

83. Synthesis of pentacene-, tetracene- and anthracene bisimides using double-cyclization reaction mediated by bismuth(III) triflate

S. Katsuta, K. Tanaka, Y. Maruya, S. Mori, S. Masuo, T. Okujima, H. Uno, K. Nakayama, H. Yamada, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 10112-10114

 

82. Photophysical properties of triphyrin(2.1.1) investigated by time-resolved fluorescence measurements

Y. Iima, D. Kuzuhara, Z. Xue, H. Uno, S. Akimoto, H. Yamada, K. Tominaga, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2011, 513, 67-71

 

81. Porphyrin Molecular Tweezers for Fullerenes

H. Uno, M. Furukawa, A. Fujimoto, H. Uoyama, H. Watanabe, T. Okujima, H. Yamada, S. Mori, M. Kuramoto, T. Iwamura, N. Hatae, F. Tani, N. Komatsu, J. Porphyrins Phrhalocyaniens, 2011, 951-963.

 

80. Synthesis, Structures and Properties of Benzoporphycenes and Naphthoporphycenes

D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada, S. Mori, T. Okujima, H. Uno, J. Porphyrins Phrhalocyaniens, 2011, 930-942.

 

79. Tetrabenzodiazaporphyrin: The semiconducting hybrid of tetrabenzoporphyrin and phthalocyanine

T. Okujima, G. Jin, S. Ohtsubo, S. Aramaki, N. Ono, H. Yamada, H. Uno, J. Porphyrins Phrhalocyaniens, 2011, 697-703.

 

78. Cyclo[8]isoindoles: Ring-Expanded and Annelated Porphyrinoids

T. Okujima, G. Jin, N. Matsumoto, J. Mack, S. Mori, K. Ohara, D. Kuzuhara, C. Ando, N. Ono, H. Yamada, H. Uno, N. Kobayashi, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 5699-5703 [Selected as Hot Paper]

 

77. The Synthesis and Properties of Free-Base [14]Triphyrin(2.1.1) Compounds and the Formation of Subporphyrinoid Metal Complexes

Z.-L. Xue, J. Mack, H. Lu,. L. Zhang, X.-Z. You,. D. Kuzuhara, M. Stillman, H. Yamada,. S. Yamauchi, N. Kobayashi, Z. Shen, Chem. Eur. J., 2011, 17, 4396-4407 [Selected as inside cover]

 

76. First Synthesis of Dodeca-substituted Porphycenes

D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada, K. Yano, T. Okujima, S. Mori, H. Uno, Chem. Eur. J., 2011, 17, 3376-3383

 

75. Synthesis, Properties and Ambipolar Organic Field-Effect Transistor Performances of Symmetrically Cyanated Pentacene and Naphthacene as Air-Stable Acene Derivatives

S. Katsuta, D. Miyagi, H. Yamada, T. Okujima, S. Mori, K. Nakayama, H. Uno, Org. Lett., 2011, 13, 1454-1457

 

74. New Synthesis of meso-free-[14]triphyrin(2.1.1) by McMurry coupling and its derivatization to Mn(I) and Re(I) complexes

D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada, Z. Xue, T. Okujima, S. Mori, Z. Shen, H. Uno, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 722-724 [Selected as hot-article]

 

73. Vitamin K analogue as a new fluorescence probe for quantitative antioxidant assay

K. Ohara, R. Mitsuimori, M. Takebe, D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada, S. Nagaoka, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A., 2010, 215, 52-58

 

72. Synthesis, crystal structure, and photodynamics of π-expanded porphyrin-fullrene dyads synthesized by Diels-Alder reaction.

H, Yamada, K. Ohkubo, D. Kuzuhara, T. Takahashi, A. S. D. Sandanayaka, T. Okujima, K. Ohara, O. Ito, H. Uno, N. Ono, S. Fukuzumi, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2010, 114, 14717-14728

 

71. Synthesis and photochemical properties of a-diketoporphyrins as precursors for π-expanded porphyrins.

H. Yamada, D. Kuzuhara, K. Ohkubo, T. Takahashi, T. Okujima, H. Uno, N. Ono, S. Fukuzumi, J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 3011-3024

 

70. Photochemical synthesis of tetraaryl-substituted pentacenes

S. Katsuta, H. Yamada, T. Okujima, H. Uno, Tetrahedron lett., 2010, 51, 1397-1400

 

69. Synthesis and properties of BCOD-fused trithiasapphyrin and trithiabenzosapphyrins.

T. Okujima, T. Kikkawa, S. Kawakami, Y. Shimizu, H. Yamada, N. Ono, H. Uno, Tetrahedron, 2010, 66, 7213-7218

 

68. Synthesis of π-expanded BODIPYs and their fluorescent properties in the visible-near-infrared region.

T. Okujima, Y. Tomimori, J. Nakamura, H. Yamada, H. Uno, N. Ono, Tetrahedron, 2010, 66, 6895-6900

 

67. Pentacene precursors for solution-processed OFETs.

H. Uoyama, H. Yamada, T. Okujima, H. Uno,, Tetrahedron, 2010, 66, 6889-6894

 

66. Synthesis of tetrabenzoporphyrins fused with fluoranthenes.

J. Nakamura, T. Okujima, Y. Tomimori, N. Komobuchi, H. Yamada, H. Uno, N. Ono, Heterocycles, 2010, 80, 1165-1175

 

65. Thermal behavior of bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene-installed precursors for 2H-anthra[2,3-c]pyrroles and anthra[2,3-c]thiophene.

H. Uoyama, C. Chenxin, H. Tahara, Y. Shimizu, H. Hagiwara, Y. Hanasaki, H. Yamada, T. Okujima, H. Uno, Heterocycles, 2010, 80, 1187-1196

 

64. Synthesis of 2,3-dihydrobenzo[1,4]dithiin-fused porphyrins,

G. Jin, T. Okujima, Y. Hashimoto, H. Yamada, H. Uno, N. Ono, Phosphorus, Sulfur Silicon Relat. Elem., 2010, 185, 1108-1116

 

63. Highly pure synthesis, spectral assignments, and two-photon properties of cruciform porphyrin pentamers fused with benzene units.

H. Uoyama, K. S. Kim, K. Kuroki, J.-Y. Shin, T. Nagata, T. Okujima, H. Yamada, N. Ono, Kim, D. Kim, H. Uno., Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16, 4063-4074

 

62. Preparation of highly conjugated oligoaza-pahs based on the oxidative intramolecular coupling of bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene-huzed pyrrole.

H. Uno, T. Takiue, H. Uoyama, T. Okujima, H. Yamada, G. Masuda, Heterocycles, 2010, 80, 791-802.

 

61. Absorption and Emission Properties of Acenaphthoporphyrins.

J. Nakamura, N. Ono, H. Yamada, T. Okujima , Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2009, 505, 349-355.

 

60. Synthesis, structures, and optical and electrochemical properties of benzoporphycenes

D. Kuzuhara, J. Mack, H. Yamada, T. Okujima, N. Ono, N. Kobayashi, Chem. Eur. J., 2009, 15, 10060-10069

 

59. Organic thin-film transistor from a pentacene photo precursor

A. Masumoto, Y. Yamashita, S. Go, T. Kikuchi, H. Yamada, T. Okujima, N. Ono, H. Uno, Jpn J. Appl. Phys, 2009, 48, 051505/1-5

 

58. Synthesis of mono-, di- and tribenzoporphyrins from their soluble precursors

T. Okujima, Y. Hashimoto, G. Jin, H. Yamada, N. Ono, Heterocycles, 2009, 77, 1235-1248

 

57. First Synthesis of Porphyrin-Fused 1,10-Phenanthroline-Ruthenium(II) Complexes

T. Okujima, A. Mifuji, J. Nakamura, H. Yamada, H. Uno, N. Ono, Org. Lett., 2009, 11, 4088-4091

 

56. Aminoisoindole as a useful π-system elongation unit.

T. Akiyama, H. Uoyama, T. Okujima, H. Yamada, N. Ono, H. Uno, Tetahedron, 2009, 65, 4345-4350

 

55. Soluble precursors of 2,3-naphthalocyanine and phthalocyanine for use in thin film transistors

A. Hirao, T. Akiyama, T. Okujima, H. Yamada, H. Uno, Y. Sakai, S. Aramaki, N. Ono, Chem. Commun., 2008, 4714-4716

 

54. A facile one pot synthesis of meso-aryl-substituted [14]triphyrin(2.1.1).

Z.-L. Xue, Z. Shen, J. Mack, D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada, T. Okujima, N. Ono, X.-Z. You, N. Kobayashi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 16478-16479, [Highlighted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.]

 

53. Synthesis and characterization of tetraanthroporphyrins

H. Yamada, D. Kuzuhara, T. Takahashi, Y. Shimizu, K. Uota, T. Okujima, H. Uno, N. Ono, Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 2947-2950

 

52. Selective synthesis of 5-alkenyl-15-alkynyl-porphyrin and 5,15-dialkynyl-porphyrin by 2+2 acid-catalyzed condensation of dipyrrylmethane and TMS propynal

H. Yamada, K. Kushibe, S. Mitsuogi, T. Okujima, H. Uno, N. Ono, Tetrahedron Lett., 2008, 49, 4731-4733

 

51. Synthesis of extremely soluble precursors of tetrabenzoporphyrins.

T. Okujima, Y. Hashimoto, G. Jin, H. Yamada, H. Uno, and N. Ono

Tetrahedron, 2008, 64, 2405-2411

 

50. Synthesis of phthalocyanine fused with bicycle[2.2.2]octadienes and thermal conversion into naphthalocyanine.

T. Akiyama, A. Hirao, T. Okujima, H. Yamada, H. Uno, and N. Ono, Heterocycles, 2007, 74, 835-843

 

49. Solution-processed polycrystalline copper tetrabenzoporphyrins thin-film transistors.

P. B. Shea, L.R. Pattison, M. Kawano, C. Chen, J. Chen, P. Petroff, D. C. Martin, H. Yamada, N. Ono, J. Kanicki., Synth. Metals, 2007

157, 190-197

 

48. Polycrystalline tetrabenzoporphyrin organic field-effect transistors with nanostructuired channels.

P. B. Shea, C. Chen, J. Kanicki, L.R. Pattison, P. Petroff, H. Yamada, N. Ono, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2007, 90, 233107/0-3

 

47. Photocurrent generation of benzoporphyrin films prepared by solution process.

H. Yamada, N. Kamio, A. Ohishi, M. Kawano, T. Okujima, N. Ono

J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 2007, 11, 383-389

 

46. A new synthesis of tetra(quinoxalino)tetraazaporphyrin by retro Diels-Alder reaction of a soluble precursor.

T. Okujima, M. Kikuchi, H. Yamada, H. Uno, N. Ono, J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 2006, 10, 1197-1201

 

45. Effective photochemical synthesis of an air-stable anthracene-based organic semiconductor from its diketone precursor.

H. Yamada, E. Kawamura, S. Sakamoto, Y. Yamashita, T. Okujima, H. Uno, N. Ono, Tetrahedron Lett., 2006, 47, 7501-7504

 

44. Solution-processed nickel tetrabenzoporphyrin thin-film transistors.

P. B. Shea, J. Kanicki, L.R. Pattison, P. Petroff, M. Kawano, H. Yamada, N. Ono., J. Appl. Phys., 2006, 100, 034502/0-7

 

43. Novel one-pot synthesis of 5-alkenyl-15-alkynylporphyrins and their derivatisation to a butadiyne-linked benzoporphyrin dimer.

H. Yamada, K. Kushibe, T. Okujima, H. Uno, and N. Ono, Chem. Commun., 2006, 383-385

 

42. Synthesis of 4,7-dihydro-2H-isoindole derivatives via Diels-Alder reaction of tosylacetylene.

T. Okujima, G. Jin, Y. Hashimoto, H. Yamada, H. Uno, N. Ono. 

Heterocycles, 2006, 70, 619-626

 

41. Photo precursor for pentacene

H. Uno, Y. Yamashita, M. Kikuchi, H. Watanabe, H. Yamada, T. Okujima, T. Ogawa, N. Ono., Tetrahedron Lett., 2005, 46, 1981-1983

 

40. Photochemical synthesis of pentacene and its derivatives.

H. Yamada, Y. Yamashita, M. Kikuchi, H. Watanabe, T. Okujima, H. Uno, T. Ogawa, K. Ohara, N. Ono, Chem. Eur. J., 2005, 11, 6212-6221

 

39. A molecular tetrad allowing efficient energy storage for 1.6 s at 163 K

D. M. Guldi, H. Imahori, K. Tamaki, Y. Kashiwagi, H. Yamada, Y. Sakata, S. Fukuzumi, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2004, 108, 541-548

 

38 Effects of metal ions on photoinduced electron transfer in zinc porphyrin-naphthalenediimide linked systems

K. Okamoto, Y. Mori, H. Yamada, H. Imahori, and S. Fukuzumi, Chem. Eur. J., 2004, 10, 474-483

T. Kesti, N. Tkachenko, H. Yamada, H. Imahori, S. Fukuzumi, and H. Lemmetyinen, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2003, 2, 251-258

 

37 C70 vs. C60 in zinc porphyrin–fullerene dyads: prolonged charge separation and ultrafast energy transfer from the second excited singlet state of porphyrin

T. Kesti, N. Tkachenko, H. Yamada, H. Imahori, S. Fukuzumi, and H. Lemmetyinen, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2003, 2, 251-258

 

36. Layer-by-layer assembly of porphyrin-fullerene dyads

I. Zilbermann, G. Anderson, D. M. Guldi, H. Yamada, H. Imahori, S. Fukuzumi, J. Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 2003, 7, 357-364

 

35. Structure and photoelectrochemical properties of ITO electrodes modified with self-assembled monolayers of meso,meso-linked porphyrin oligomers.

T. Hasobe, H. Imahori, K. Ohkubo, H. Yamada, T. Sato, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, S. Fukuzumi, J. Porphyrins, Phthalocyanines, 2003, 7, 296-312

 

34. Photovoltaic properties of self-assembled monolayers of porphyrins and porphyrin-fullerene dyads on ITO and gold surfaces.

H. Yamada, H. Imahori, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, T. K. Ahn, S. K. Kim, D. Kim, S. Fukuzumi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 9129-9139

 

33. Enhancement of light harvesting and photocurrent generation by ITO electrodes modified with meso, meso-linked porphyrin oligomers.

T. Hasobe, H. Imahori, H. Yamada, T. Sato, K. Ohkubo, S. Fukuzumi, Nano Lett., 2003, 3, 409-412

 

32. Porphyrin-fullerene dyad with a long linker:  formation of charge transfer conformer in Langmuir-Blodgett film.

N. V. Tkachenko, V. Vehmanen, J.-P. Nikkanen, H. Yamada, H. Imahori, S. Fukuzumi, H. Lemmetyinen, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2002, 366, 245-252

 

31. Electron transfer properties of singlet oxygen and promoting effects of scandium ion.

S. Fukuzumi, S. Fujita, T. Suenobu, H. Yamada, H. Imahori, Y. Araki, O. Ito, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2002, 106, 1241-1247

 

30. Exciplex intermediates in photoinduced electron transfer of porphyrin-fullerene dyads.

T. J. Kesti, N. V. Tkachenko, V. Vehmanen, H. Yamada, H. Imahori, S. Fukuzumi, and H. Lemmetyinen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 8067-8077

 

29. Comparison of reorganization energies for intra- and intermolecular electron transfer.

H. Imahori, H. Yamada, D. M. Guldi, Y. Endo, A. Shimomura, S. Kundu, K. Yamada, T. Okada, Y. Sakata, S. Fukuzumi, Angew. Chem., 2002, 114, 2450-2453

 

28. Photocurrent generation using gold electrodes modified with self-assembled monolayers of a fullerene-porphyrin dyad.

H. Yamada, H. Imahori, S. Fukuzumi, J. Mater. Chem., 2002, 12, 2034-2040

 

27. Enhancement of photocurrent generation by ITO electrodes modified chemically with self-assembled monolayers of porphyrin-fullerene dyads.

H. Yamada, H. Imahori, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, S. Fukuzumi, Adv. Mater., 2002, 14, 892-895

 

26. Large photocurrent generation of gold electrodes modified with [60]fullerene-linked oligothiophenes bearing a tripodal rigid anchor.

D. Hirayama, K. Takimiya, Y. Aso, T. Ohtubo, T. Hasobe, H. Yamada, H. Imahori, S. Fukuzumi, Y. Sakata, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 532-533

 

25. Uphill photooxidation of NADH analogues by hexyl viologen catalyzed by zinc porphyrin-linked fullerenes.

S. Fukuzumi, H. Imahori, K. Okamoto, H. Yamada, M. Fujitsuka, O. Ito, D. M. Guldi, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2002, 106, 1903-1908

 

24. Concentration effects of porphyrin monolayers on the structure and photoelectrochemical properties of mixed self-assembled monolayers of porphyrin and alkanethiol on gold electrodes

H. Imahori, T. Hasobe, H. Yamada, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, S. Fukuzumi, Langmuir, 2001, 17, 4925-4931

 

23. Spectroscopy and photocurrent generation in nanostructured thin films of porphyrin-fullerene dyad clusters. 

H. Imahori, T. Hasobe, H. Yamada, P. V. Kamat, S. Barazzoulk, M. Fujitsuka, O. Ito, S. Fukuzumi, Chem. Lett., 2001, 784-785

 

22. Catalytic effects of dioxygen on intramolecular electron transfer in radical ion pairs of zinc porphyrin-linked fullerenes.

S. Fukuzumi, H. Imahori, H. Yamada, M. E. El-Khouly, M. Fujitsuka, O. Ito, D. M. Guldi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 2571-2575

 

21. Light-harvesting and photocurrent generation by gold electrodes modified with mixed self-assembled monolayers of boron-dipyrrin and ferrocene-porphyrin-fullerene triad. 

H. Imahori, H. Norieda, H. Yamada, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, Y. Sakata, S. Fukuzumi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 100-110

 

20. Remarkable enhancement of photocurrent generation by ITO electrodes modified with a self-assembled monolayer of porphyrin. 

H. Yamada, H. Imahori, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, S. Fukuzumi,

Chem. Commun., 2000, 1921-1922

 

19. Photosynthetic electron transfer using fullerenes as novel acceptors

H. Imahori, K. Tamaki, H. Yamada, K. Yamada, Y. Sakata, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, M. Fujitsuka, O. Ito., Carbon, 2000, 38, 1599-1605

 

18. Vectorial multistep electron transfer at the gold electrodes modified with self-assembled monolayers of ferrocene-porphyrin-fullerene triads

H. Imahori, H. Yamada, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, and Y. Sakata

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2000, 104, 2099-2108

 

17. Chain length effect on the structure and photoelectrochemical properties of self-assembled monolayers of porphyrins on gold electrodes

H. Imahori, H. Norieda, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, K. Higuchi, N. Kato, T. Motohiro, H. Yamada, K. Tamaki, M. Arimura, Y. Sakata, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2000, 104, 1253-1260

 

16. An investigation of photocurrent generation by gold electrodes modified with self-assembled monolayers of C60

H. Imahori, T. Azuma, A. Ajavakom, H. Norieda, H. Yamada, Y. Sakata, J. Phys. Chem. B, 1999, 103, 7233-7237

 

15. Long-lived charge separation with high quantum yield in a ferrocene-porphyrin-fullerene triad.

M. Fujitsuka, O. Ito, H. Imahori, K. Yamada, H. Yamada, Y. Sakata

Chem. Lett., 1999, 721-722

 

14. Synthesis and photoelectrochemical properties of a self-assembled monolayer of a ferrocene-porphyrin-fullerene triad on a gold electrode.

H. Imahori, H. Yamada, S. Ozawa, K. Ushida, and Y. Sakata, Chem. Commun, 1999, 1165-1166

 

13. Photoinduced electron transfer at a gold electrode modified with a self-assembled monolayer of fullerene

H. Imahori, T. Azuma, S. Ozawa, H. Yamada, K. Ushida, A. Ajavakom, H. Norieda, Y. Sakata, Chem. Commun., 1999, 557-558

 

12. Chain length effect on photocurrent from polymethylene-linked porphyrins in self-assembled monolayers.

H. Imahori, H. Norieda, S. Ozawa, K. Ushida, H. Yamada, T. Azuma, K. Tamaki, and Y. Sakata, Langmuir, 1998, 14, 5335-5338

 

11. Fucoxanthin-pyropheophorbide and zeaxanthin-pyropheophorbide dyads as new models for study on carotenoid-chlorophyll excited state interactions.

A. Osuka, S. Shinoda, S. Marumo, H. Yamada, T. Katoh, I. Yamazaki, Y. Nishimura, Y. Tanaka, S. Taniguchi, T. Okada, K. Nozaki, T. Ohno, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1995, 68, 3255-3268

 

10. Electric field effects of photogenerated ion pairs on nearby molecules: a model for the carotenoid band shift in photosynthesis.

D. Gosztola, H. Yamada, M. R. Wasielewski, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1995, 117, 2041-2048

 

9. Charge separation in zinc diporphyrin-zinc porphyrin-pyromellitimide-quinone tetrads.

A. Osuka, H. Yamada, K. Maruyama, T. Ohno, K. Nozaki, T. Okada, Y. Tanaka, N. Mataga, Chem. Lett, 1995, 591-592

 

8. Intramolecular charge recombination in carotenoid-porphyrin-pyromellitimide triads.

A. Osuka, H. Yamada, S. Shinoda, K. Nozaki, T. Ohno, Chem. Phys. Lett.,1995, 238, 37-41

 

7. Direct observation of a consecutive two step electron transfer in some zinc porphyrin-pyromellitimide-quinone triads which undergo the same mode of electron transfers as in the bacterial photosynthetic reaction center.

M. Ohkohchi, A. Takahashi, N. Mataga, T. Okada, A. Osuka, H. Yamada, K. Maruyama, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1993, 115, 12137-12143

 

6. Synthesis and photoexcited-state dynamics of aromatic group-bridged carotenoid-porphyrin dyads and carotenoid-porphyrin-pyromellitimide triads.

A. Osuka, H. Yamada, K. Maruyama, N. Mataga, T. Asahi, M. Ohkouchi, T. Okada, I. Yamazaki, Y. Nishimura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1993, 115, 9439-9452

 

5. Covalently linked tyrosine-pyropheophorbide a and tryptophan-pyropheophorbide a compounds: synthesis and photo-induced cross coupling with 1,4-benzoquinone

K. Maruyama, H. Yamada, A. Osuka, Photochem. Photobiol., 1991, 53, 617-626

 

4. Picosecond dynamics of intramolecular singlet excitation energy transfer and photoinduced electron transfer in covalently-linked carotenoid-porphyrin and carotenoid-porphyrin-pyromellitimide molecules. 

A. Osuka, H. Yamada, K. Maruyama, N. Mataga, T. Asahi, I. Yamazaki, Y. Nishimura, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1991, 181, 419-426

 

3. Synthesis of conformationally restricted carotenoid-linked porphyrins.

A. Osuka, H. Yamada, K. Maruyama, Chem. Lett., 1990, 1905-1908

 

2. The anion radicals of pheophytin a and its derivatives studied by means of CIDNP technique.

K. Maruyama, H. Yamada, A. Osuka, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn.

1990, 63, 3462-3466

 

1. Photoinduced cross coupling reaction of covalently linked tyrosine-pyropheophorbide a and tyrosine-9-desoxopyropheophorbide a to 1,4-benzoquinone.

K. Maruyama, H. Yamada, A. Osuka, Chem. Lett., 1989, 833-836

 

Reviews

 

3. Synthesis and photoreactivity of a-diketone-type precursors of acenes and their use in organic-device fabrication

M. Suzuki, T. Aotake, Y. Yamaguchi, N. Noguchi, H. Nakano, K. Nakayama, H. Yamada, J. Photochem. Photobiol. C: Photochem. Reviews, 2014, 18, 50-70

 

2. Synthesis and characterization of [14]triphyrin(2.1.1) and its metal complexes

D. Kuzuhara and H. Yamada, Heterocycles, 2013, 87, 1209-1240

 

1. Organic semiconductors based on small molecules with thermally or photochemically removable groups

H. Yamada, T. Okujima, and N. Ono, Chem. Commun, 2008, 1957-2974

 

 

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