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Stimuli-responsive self-regulating assembly of chiral colloids for robust size and shape control
Shuxu Wang, Louis Kang, Péter Salamon, Xiang Wang, Noriyuki Uchida, Fumito Araoka, Takuzo Aida, Zvonimir Dogic, Yasuhiro Ishida
Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 9891.
Intrinsically stretchable organic photovoltaics by redistributing strain to PEDOT:PSS with enhanced stretchability and interfacial adhesion
Jeachen Wang, Yuto Ochiai, Niannian Wu, Kiyohiro Adachi, Daishi Inoue, Daisuke Hashizume, Desheng Kong, Naoji Matsuhisa, Tomoyuki Yokota, Qiang Wu, Wei Ma, Lulu Sun, Sixing Xiong, Baocai Du, Wengqing Wang, Chih-Jen Shih, Keisuke Tajima, Takuzo Aida, Kenjiro Fukuda, Takao Someya
Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 4902.
Self-assembled soft alloy with Frank–Kasper phases beyond metals
Xian-You Liu, Xiao-Yun Yan, Yuchu Liu, Hang Qu, Yicong Wang, Jing Wang, Qing,Yun Guo, Huanyu Lei, Xing-Han Li, Fenggang Bian, Xiao-Yu Cao, Rui Zhang, Yu Wang, Mingjun Huang, Zhiwei Lin, E. W. Meijer, Takuzo Aida, Xian Kong & Stephen Z. D. Cheng
Nat. Mater. 2024, 23, 570–576.
Ultrafast Water Permeation through Nanochannels with A Densely Fluorous Interior Surface
Yoshimitsu Itoh, Shuo Chen, Ryota Hirahara, Takeshi Konda, Tsubasa Aoki, Takumi Ueda, Ichio Shimada, James J. Cannon, Cheng Shao, Junichiro Shiomi, Kazuhito V. Tabata, Hiroyuki Noji, Kohei Sato, and Takuzo Aida
Science 2022, 376, 738–743.
Expanding Quasiperiodicity in Soft Matter: Supramolecular Decagonal Quasicrystals by Binary Giant Molecule Blends
Yuchu Liu, Tong Liu, Xiao-Yun Yan, Qing-Yun Guo, Huanyu Lei, Zongwu Huang, Rui Zhang, Jing Wang, Wang Yu, Feng Liu, Fenggang Bian, E. W. Meijer, Takuzo Aida, Mingjun Huang, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2022, 19, e21153041119.
Tuning the Donor–Acceptor Interactions in Phase-Segregated Block Molecules
Brigitte Lamers, Martin van Son, Freek V. de Graaf, Bart Bersselaar, Bas de Waal, Kazuki Komatsu, Hiroshi Sato, Takuzo Aida, Jose Berrocal, Anja Palmans, Ghislaine Vantomme, Stefan Meskers, and Egbert W. Meijer
Mater. Horizons 2022, 9, 294–302.
A Structural Parameter to Link Molecular Geometry to Macroscopic Orientation in Discotic Liquid Crystals: Study of Metalloporphyrin Tapes
Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Atsuya Muranaka, Kenichi Kato, Akinori Saeki, Takayuki Tanaka, Masanobu Uchiyama, Atsuhiro Osuka, Takuzo Aida, and Tsuneaki Sakurai
Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 1206.
Mesoatom Alloys via Self-Sorting Approach of Giant Molecules Blends
Yuchu Liu, Tong Liu, Xiao-Yun Yan, Qing-Yun Guo, Jian Wang, Rongchun Zhang, Shuailin Zhang, Zebin Su, Jiahao Huang, Geng-Xin Liu, Wei Zhang, Wei Zhang, Takuzo Aida, Kan Yue, Mingjun Huang, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng
Giant 2020, 4, 100031.
Identification of a Frank–Kasper Z Phase from Shape Amphiphile Self-Assembly
Zebin Su, Chih-Hao Hsu, Zihao Gong, Xueyan Feng, Jiahao Huang, Ruimeng Zhang, Yu Wang, Jialin Mao, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Tao Li, Soenke Seifert, Wei Zhang, Takuzo Aida, Mingjun Huang, and Stephen Cheng
Nature Chem. 2019, 11, 899–905.
Supramolecular Polymerization in Liquid Crystalline Media: Toward Modular Synthesis of Multifunctional Core–Shell Columnar Liquid Crystals
Keiichi Yano, Takahiro Hanebuchi, Xu-Jie Zhang, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Yoshiaki Uchida, Takuro Sato, Keisuke Matsuura, Fumitaka Kagawa, Fumito Araoka, and Takuzo Aida
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 10033–10038.
Reversible Switching of the Magnetic Orientation of Titanate Nanosheets by Photochemical Reduction and Autoxidation
Xiang Wang, Xiaoyu Li, Satoshi Aya, Fumito Araoka, Yasuhiro Ishida, Akiko Kikkawa, Markus Kriener, Yasujiro Taguchi, Yasuo Ebina, Takayoshi Sasaki, Shogo Koshiya, Koji Kimoto, and Takuzo Aida
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 16396–16401.
Topologically Directed Assemblies of Semiconducting Sphere–Rod Conjugates
Zhiwei Lin, Xing Yang, Hui Xu, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Wakana Matsuda, Shu Seki, Yangbin Zhou, Jian Sun, Kuan-Yi Wu, Xiaoyun Yan, Ruimeng Zhang, Mingjun Huang, Jialin Mao, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Takuzo Aida, Wei Zhang, and Stephen Cheng
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 18616–18622.
Revisiting Thiol-yne Chemistry: Selective and Efficient Monoaddition for Block and Graft Copolymer Formation
Johannes K. Sprafke, Jason M. Spruell, Kaila M. Mattson, Damien Montarnal, Alaina J. McGrath, Robert Pötzsch, Daigo Miyajima, Jerry Hu, Allegra A. Latimer, Brigitte I. Voit, Takuzo Aida, and Craig J. Hawker
J. Polym. Sci. A Polym. Chem. (for Prof. Frechet's 70th birthday) 2015, 53, 319–326.
C5-Symmetric Chiral Corannulenes: Desymmetrization of Bowl Inversion Equilibrium via “Intramolecular” Hydrogen-Bonding Network
Jiheong Kang, Daigo Miyajima, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Tadashi Mori, Hiroki Tanaka, Masahito Yamauchi, Yoshihisa Inoue, Soichiro Harada, and Takuzo Aida
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 10640–10644.
Propeller-Shaped Fused Oligothiophenes: A Remarkable Effect of the Topology of Sulfur Atoms on Columnar Stacking
Qi Xiao, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Takahiro Fukino, Kouki Akaike, Yoshihito Honsho, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, and Takuzo Aida
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 18268–18271.
Linear versus Dendritic Molecular Binders for Hydrogel Network Formation with Clay Nanosheets: Studies with ABA Triblock Copolyethers Carrying Guanidinium Ion Pendants
Shingo Tamesue, Masataka Ohtani, Kuniyo Yamada, Yasuhiro Ishida, Jason M. Spruell, Nathaniel A. Lynd, Craig J. Hawker, and Takuzo Aida
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 15650–15655.
Metal-Ion Permeation in Congested Nanochannels: The Exposure Effect of Ag+ Ions on the Phosphorescent Properties of a Gold(I)–Pyrazolate Complex that is Confined in the Nanoscopic Channels of Mesoporous Silica
Hendrik O. Lintang, Kazushi Kinbara, Takashi Yamashita, and Takuzo Aida
Chem. Asian J. 2012, 7, 2068–2072.
Discotic Ionic Liquid Crystals of Triphenylene as Excellent Dispersants for Orienting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Jeongho Jay Lee, Akihisa Yamaguchi, Md. Akhtarul Alam, Yohei Yamamoto, Takanori Fukushima, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, Norifumi Fujita, and Takuzo Aida
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 8490–8494.
Wide-Range 2D Lattice Correlation Unveiled for Columnarly Assembled Triphenylene Hexacarboxylic Esters
Terutsune Osawa, Takashi Kajitani, Daisuke Hashizume, Hiroyuki Ohsumi, Sono Sasaki, Masaki Takata, Yoshiko Koizumi, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Takanori Fukushima, and Takuzo Aida
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7990–7993.
Toward Ultralow-Bandgap Liquid Crystalline Semiconductors: Use of Triply Fused Metalloporphyrin Trimer–Pentamer as Extra-large π-Extended Mesogenic Motifs
Seiya Tanaka, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Yoshihito Honsho, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, Atsuhiro Osuka, and Takuzo Aida
Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 10554–10561.
Segregated and Alternately Stacked Donor/Acceptor Nanodomains in Tubular Morphology Tailored with Zinc Porphyrin–C60 Amphiphilic Dyads: Clear Geometrical Effects on Photoconduction
Richard Charvet, Yohei Yamamoto, Takayuki Sasaki, Jungeun Kim, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, and Takuzo Aida
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 2524–2527.
Ferromagnetic Spin Coupling between Endohedral Metallofullerene La@C82 and a Cyclodimeric Copper Porphyrin upon Inclusion
Fatin Hajjaj, Kentaro Tashiro, Hidefumi Nikawa, Naomi Mizorogi, Takeshi Akasaka, Shigeru Nagase, Ko Furukawa, Tatsuhisa Kato, and Takuzo Aida
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 9290–9292.
Electron- or Hole-Transporting Nature Selected by Side Chain-Directed π-Stacking Geometry: Liquid Crystalline Fused Metalloporphyrin Dimers
Tsuneaki Sakurai, Kentaro Tashiro, Yoshihito Honsho, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Atsuhiro Osuka, Atsuya Muranaka, Masanobu Uchiyama, Jungeum Kim, Sunyeo Ha, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, and Takuzo Aida
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 6537–6540.
Use of Side-Chain Incompatibility for Tailoring Long-Range p/n Heterojunction: Photoconductive Nanofibers by Self-Assembly of an Amphiphilic Donor–Acceptor Dyad Consisting of Oligothiophene and Perylenediimide
Wei-shi Li, Akinori Saeki, Yohei Yamamoto, Takanori Fukushima, Shu Seki, Noriyuki Ishii, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, and Takuzo Aida
Chem. Asian J. 2010, 5, 1566–1572.
Shape-Directed Assembly of a “Macromolecular Barb” into Nanofibers: Stereospecific Cyclopolymerization of Isopropylidene Diallylmalonate
Yasunao Miyamura, Kazushi Kinbara, Yohei Yamamoto, Vakayil K. Praveen, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, Atsushi Takano, Yushu Matsushita, Eunji Lee, Myongsoo Lee and Takuzo Aida
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 3292–3294.
Ambipolar-Transporting Coaxial Nanotubes with a Tailored Molecular Graphene–Fullerene Heterojunction
Yohei Yamamoto, Guanxin Zhang, Wusong Jin, Takanori Fukushima, Noriyuki Ishii, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Seiichi Tagawa, Takeo Minari, Kazuhito Tsukagoshi, and Takuzo Aida
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 2009, 106, 21051–21056.
“Bicontinuous Cubic” Liquid Crystalline Materials from Discotic Molecules: A Special Effect of Paraffinic Side Chains with Ionic Liquid Pendants
Md. Akhtarul Alam, Jin Motoyanagi, Yohei Yamamoto, Takanori Fukushima, Jungeum Kim, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Seiichi Tagawa, and Takuzo Aida
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 17722–17723.
Highly Conductive Sheets from Millimeter-Long Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Ionic Liquids: Application to Fast-Moving, Low-Voltage Electromechanical Actuators Operable in Air
Ken Mukai, Kinji Asaka, Takushi Sugino, Kenji Kiyohara, Ichiroh Takeuchi, Naohiro Terasawa, Don N. Futaba, Kenji Hata, Takanori Fukushima, and Takuzo Aida
Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 1582–1585.
Prominent Electron Transport Property Observed for Triply Fused Metalloporphyrin Dimer: Directed Columnar Liquid Crystalline Assembly by Amphiphilic Molecular Design
Tsuneaki Sakurai, Keyu Shi, Hiroshi Sato, Kentaro Tashiro, Atsuhiro Osuka, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Seiichi Tagawa, Sono Sasaki, Hiroyasu Masunaga, Keiichi Osaka, Masaki Takata, and Takuzo Aida
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 13812–13813.
Amphiphilic Molecular Design as a Rational Strategy for Tailoring Bicontinuous Electron Donor and Acceptor Arrays: Photoconductive Liquid Crystalline Oligothiophene–C60 Dyads
Wei-Shi Li, Yohei Yamamoto, Takanori Fukushima, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Seiichi Tagawa, Hiroyasu Masunaga, Sono Sasaki, Masaki Takata, and Takuzo Aida
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 8886–8887.
Control of Molecular Structures and Photophysical Properties of Zinc(II) Porphyrin Dendrimers Using Bidentate Guests: Utilization of Flexible Structures of Dendrimer as a Controllable Mold
Jaesung Yang, Sung Cho, Hyejin Yoo, Jaehong Park, Dongho Kim, Wei-Shi Li, and Takuzo Aida
J. Phys. Chem. PA 2008, 112, 6869–6876.
Dendrimer Generation Effects on Photodynamic Efficacy of Dendrimer Porphyrins and Dendrimer-Loaded Supramolecular Nanocarriers
Yuan Li, Woo-Dong Jang, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Akihiro Kishimura, Satoko Kawauchi, Yuji Morimoto, Sayaka Miake, Takashi Yamashita, Makoto Kikuchi, Takuzo Aida, and Kazunori Kataoka
Chem. Mater. 2007, 19, 5557–5562.
Molecular Engineering of Coaxial Donor–Acceptor Heterojunction by Coassembly of Two Different Hexabezocoronenes: Graphitic Nanotubes with Enhanced Photoconducting Properties
Yohei Yamamoto, Takanori Fukushima, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Seiichi Tagawa, Noriyuki Ishii, and Takuzo Aida
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 9276–9277.
Stabilization of a Kinetically Favored Nanostructure: Surface ROMP of Self-Assembled Conductive Nanocoils from a Norbornene-Appended Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene
Takuya Yamamoto, Takanori Fukushima, Yohei Yamamoto, Atsuko Kosaka, Wusong Jin, Noriyuki Ishii, and Takuzo Aida
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 14337–14340.
Sensing of Chiral Fullerenes by a Cyclic Host with an Asymmetrically Distorted π-Electronic Component
Yoshiaki Shoji, Kentaro Tashiro, and Takuzo Aida
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 10690–10691.
Construction of Segregated Arrays of Multiple Donor and Acceptor Units Using a Dendritic Scaffold: Remarkable Dendrimer Effects on Photoinduced Charge Separation
Wei-Shi Li, Kil Suk Kim, Dong-Lin Jiang, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Tomoji Kawai, Jung Ho Kwon, Dongho Kim, and Takuzo Aida
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 10527–10532.
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Hermaphroditic Chirality of a D2-Symmetric Saddle-Shaped Porphyrin in Multicomponent Spontaneous Optical Resolution: Inclusion Cocrystals with Double-Helical Porphyrin Arrays
Yukitami Mizuno, Md. Akhtarul Alam, Akihiko Tsuda, Kazushi Kinbara, Kentaro Yamaguchi, and Takuzo Aida
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 3786–3790.
Processing with Mortar and Pestle: Dramatic Effects of Dispersed Carbon Nanotubes on Mechanical and Electroconductive Properties of Polymers Derived from Ionic Liquids
Takanori Fukushima, Atsuko Kosaka, Yohei Yamamoto, Takuji Aimiya, Shunsuke Notazawa, Toshikazu Takigawa, Tamotsu Inabe, and Takuzo Aida
Small 2006, 2, 554–560.
A Glass Hook Allows Fishing of Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene Graphitic Nanotubes: Fabrication of a Macroscopic Fiber with an Anisotropic Electrical Conduction
Yohei Yamamoto, Takanori Fukushima, Wusong Jin, Atsuko Kosaka, Toshifumi Hara, Toshikazu Nakamura, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Seiichi Tagawa, and Takuzo Aida
Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 1297–1300.
Nanotechnology-based Photodynamic Therapy for Neovascular Disease Using a Supramolecular Nanocarrier Loaded with a Dendritic Photosensitizer
Tyuichi Ideta, Fumitaka Tasaka, Woo-Dong Jang, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Guo-Dong Xhang, Atsushi Harada, Yasuo Yanagi, Yasuhiro Tamaki, Takuzo Aida, and Kazunori Kataoka
Nano Lett. 2005, 5, 2426–2431.
Energy Funneling of IR Photons Captured by Dendritic Antennae and Acceptor Mode Specificity: Anti-Stokes Resonance Raman Studies on Iron(III) Porphyrin Complexes with a Poly(aryl ether) Dendrimer Framework
Yu-Jun Mo, Dong-Lin Jiang, Makoto Uyemura, Takuzo Aida, and Teizo Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 10020–10027.
Supramolecular Nanocarrier of Anionic Dendrimer Porphyrins with PEGylated Cationic Block Copolymer to Enhance Intracellular Photodynamic Efficacy
Woo-Dong Jang, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Guo-Dong Zhang, Atsushi Harada, Dong-Lin Jiang, Satoko Kawauchi, Yuji Morimoto, Makoto Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Koyama, Takuzo Aida, and Kazunori Kataoka
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 419–423.
pH-Sensitive Assembly of Light-Harvesting Dendrimer Zinc Porphyrin Bearing Peripheral Groups of Primary Amine with Poly(ethylene glycol)-b-Poly(aspartic acid) in Aqueous Solution
Guo-Dong Zhang, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Atsushi Harada, Dong-Lin Jiang, Takuzo Aida, and Kazunori Kataoka
Macromolecules 2003, 36, 1304–1309.
Repetitive Contraction and Swelling Behavior of Gel-Like Wire-Type Dendrimer Assemblies in Solution Layer by Photon Pressure of a Focused Near-Infrared Laser Beam
Sadahiro Masuo, Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, Tsuyoshi Asahi, Hiroshi Masuhara, Takafumi Sato, Dong-Lin Jiang, and Takuzo Aida
J. Phys. Chem. B 2002, 106, 905–909.
Morphological Dependence of Radiative and Non-Radiative Relaxation Energy Balance in Photoexcited Aryl Ether Dendrimers as Observed by Fluorescence and Thermal Lens Spectroscopies
Yuki Wakabayashi, Manabu Tokeshi, Akihide Hibara, Dong–Lin Jiang, Takuzo Aida, and Takehiko Kitamori
J. Phys. Chem. B 2001, 105, 4441–4445.
Asymmetric Epoxidation of Olefins Catalyzed by Manganese Complexes of Chiral “Strapped” Porphyrins with Diastereotopic Faces. A Novel Strategy for Stereochemical Modeling of the Active Site of Cytochrome P-450
Katsuaki Konishi, Kenichiro Oda, Kei Nishida, Takuzo Aida, and Shohei Inoue
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 1313–1317.
Steric Separation of Nucleophile and Lewis Acid Providing Dramatically Accelerated Reaction: High-Speed Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate with Enolate-Aluminum Porphyrin/Sterically Crowded Organoaluminum Systems
Masakatsu Kuroki, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Takuzo Aida, and Shohei Inoue
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 5903–5904.
