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List of Publications

Original Papers

1986

1) Photochemical Reaction of 2,3-Dichloro-1,4-Naphthoquinone with Enol Silyl Ethers, K. Maruyama, S. Tai, and H. Imahori, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 59, 1777-1780 (1986).

2) Photoallylation of Quinones with Allylstannane, K. Maruyama, H. Imahori, A. Osuka, A. Takuwa, and H. Tagawa, Chem. Lett., 1986, 1719-1722

1988

3) A Novel [2+4] Photocyclization Reaction between Quinone and Allene, K. Maruyama and H. Imahori, Chem. Lett., 1988, 725-726.

1989

4) Strongly Deformed TCNQ Derivatives: Syntheses and Properties of 7,12-Bis(dicyanomethylene)-7,12-dihydrobenz[a]anthracene (BDCNBA) Derivatives, K. Maruyama, H. Imahori, K. Nakagawa, and N. Tanaka, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 62, 1626-1634 (1989).

5) Allylation of Quinones via Photoinduced Electron-Transfer Reactions from Allylstannanes, K. Maruyama and H. Imahori, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 62, 816-825 (1989).

6) [2+4] Photocyclization between Quinones and Allenes via Photoinduced Electron Transfer, K. Maruyama and H. Imahori, J. Org. Chem., 54, 2692-2702 (1989).

7) Novel Photocyclization between Quinone and 1,1-Diphenylcyclopropane, K. Maruyama, H. Imahori, and Y. Ozawa, Chem. Lett., 1989, 2117-2118.

1990

8) Photoreactions of Halogeno-1,4-Naphthoquinones with Electron-Rich Alkenes, K. Maruyama and H. Imahori, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans 2, 1990, 257-265.

1993

9) Porphyrin-Quinone Compounds with a Spacer of Diacetylene Unit, H. Imahori, Y. Tanaka, T. Okada, and Y. Sakata, Chem. Lett., 1993, 1215-1218.

1994

10) Selection of Novel Forms of a Functional Domain within the Tetrahymena Ribozyme, K. P. Williams, H. Imahori, D. Fujimoto, and T. Inoue, Nucleic Acids Research, 22, 2003-2009 (1994).

11) Synthesis and Properties of Conjugated Porphyrins with a Diacethylene Spacer, H. Imahori, H. Higuchi, Y. Matsuda, A. Itagaki, Y. Sakai, J. Ojima, and Y. Sakata, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 67, 2500-2506 (1994).

12) Preparation of Molecular Assemblies of Porphyrin-Linked Alkanethiol on Gold Surface and Their Redox Properties, T. Akiyama, H. Imahori, and Y. Sakata, Chem. Lett., 1994, 1447-1450.

1995

13) Synthesis and Photophysical Property of Porphyrin-linked Fullerene, H. Imahori, K. Hagiwara, T. Akiyama, S. Taniguchi, T. Okada, and Y. Sakata, Chem. Lett., 1995, 265-266.

14) Porphyrin-Quinone Supramolecule with Two Coordination Bonds, H. Imahori, E. Yoshizawa, K. Yamada, K. Hagiwara, T. Okada, and Y. Sakata, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1995, 1133-1134.

15) Menschtkin-Type Reaction of Substituted Benzyl Arenesulfonates with Substituted N,N-Dimethylanilines, S. H. Kim, S. -D. Yoh, M. Fujio, H. Imahori, M. Mishima, and Y. Tsuno, Bull. Korean Chem. Soc., 16, 760-764 (1995).

16) Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Carotenobuckminsterfullerene Dyad, H. Imahori, S. Cardoso, D. Tatman, S. Lin, L. Noss, G. R. Seely, L. Sereno, J. C. de Silber, T. A. Moore, A. L. Moore, and D. Gust, Photochem. Photobiol., 62, 1009-1014 (1995).

1996

17) Synthesis of Closely Spaced Porphyrin-Fullerene, H. Imahori and Y. Sakata, Chem. Lett., 1996, 199-200.

18) Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Porphyrin-linked Fullerene on Gold Surface Using S-Au Linkage, T. Akiyama, H. Imahori, A. Ajavakom, and Y. Sakata, Chem. Lett., 1996, 907-908.

19) Ultraviolet Resonance Raman Spectra and ab initio Vibrational Analyses of 1,4-Benzoquinone: Reassignments of the n2 and n3 bands, X. Zhang, H. Imahori, C. -G. Zhan, Y. Mizutani, Y. Sakata, and T. Kitagawa, Chem. Phys. Lett., 262, 643-648 (1996).

20) Linkage and Solvent Dependence of Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Zincporphyrin-C60 Dyads, H. Imahori, K. Hagiwara, M. Aoki, T. Akiyama, S. Taniguchi, T. Okada, M. Shirakawa, and Y. Sakata, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 118, 11771-11782 (1996).

21) The Small Reorganization Energy of C60 in Electron Transfer, H. Imahori, K. Hagiwara, T. Akiyama, M. Aoki, S. Taniguchi, T. Okada, M. Shirakawa, and Y. Sakata, Chem. Phys. Lett., 263, 545-550 (1996).

1997

22) Supramolecular Complexation of Porphyrin and Quinone with Two Coordination Bonds and Intramolecular Electron Transfer, H. Imahori, K. Yamada, E. Yoshizawa, K. Hagiwara, T. Okada, and Y. Sakata, J. Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 1, 55-66 (1997).

23) Resonance Raman and FTIR Spectra of Isotope-Labeled Reduced 1,4-Benzoquinone and Its Protonated Forms in Solutions, X. Zhao, H. Imahori, C.-G. Zhan, Y. Sakata, and T. Kitagawa, J. Phys. Chem. A, 101, 622-631 (1997).

24) Identification of the Nucleotides in the A-Rich Bulge of the Tetrahymena Ribozyme Responsible for an Efficient Self-Splicing, Y. Ikawa, A. Okada, H. Imahori, H. Shiraishi, and T. Inoue, J. Biochem., 122, 878-882 (1997).

25) A Sequential Photoinduced Electron Relay Accelerated by Fullerene in Porphyrin-Pyromellitimide-C60 Triads, H. Imahori, K. Yamada, M. Hasegawa, S. Taniguchi, T. Okada, and Y. Sakata, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 36, 2626-2629 (1997).

1998

26) Synthesis of Copolymers Containing C60, Cyclododecyl, and Sulfonate Groups: Photophysical Behavior of C60 in Highly Constrained Microenvironments, S. Higashida, K. Nishiyama, S. Yusa, Y. Morishima, J. -M. Janot, P. Seta, H. Imahori, T. Kaneda, and Y. Sakata, Chem. Lett., 1998, 381-382.

27) Synthesis and Photophysical Behavior of Porphyrins with Two C60 Units, S. Higashida, H. Imahori, T. Kaneda, and Y. Sakata, Chem. Lett., 1998, 605-606.

28) Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Porphyrin-Tetracyanoanthraquinodimethane- Porphyrin Triad: Photon-Dependent Molecular Switching, H. Imahori, M. Hasegawa, S. Taniguchi, M. Aoki, T. Okada, and Y. Sakata, Chem. Lett., 1998, 805-806.

29) 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, 14, 5335-5338 (1998).

1999

30) Synthesis and Photoinduced Electron Transfer of Pyromellitimide-Linked Porphyrin in Constrained Hydrophobic Environment of Unimer Micelle, S. Higashida, K. Nishiyama, S.-i. Yusa, Y. Morishima, H. Imahori, T. Kaneda, and Y. Sakata, Chem. Lett., 1999, 191-192.

31) Acceleration of Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Porphyrin-linked C70, K. Tamaki, H. Imahori, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, A. Shimomura, T. Okada, and Y. Sakata, Chem. Lett., 1999, 227-228.

32) Self-Assembly of Zincporphyrin Dimer and Pyromellitimide Using Two Coordination Bonds and Photoinduced Intramolecular Electron Transfer, K. Yamada, H. Imahori, E. Yoshizawa, D. Gosztola, M. R. Wasielewski, and Y. Sakata, Chem. Lett., 1999, 235-236.

33) Organic Photoelectrochemical Cell Mimicking Photoinduced Multistep Electron Transfer in Photosynthesis: Interfacial Structure and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Porphyrin-Linked Fullerenes on Gold Electrode, H. Imahori, S. Ozawa, K. Ushida, M. Takahashi, T. Azuma, A. Ajavakom, T. Akiyama, M. Hasegawa, S. Taniguchi, T. Okada, and Y. Sakata, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 72, 485-502 (1999).

34) Photoinduced Electron Transfer at the Gold Electrode Modified with a Self-Assembled Monolayer of Fullerene, H. Imahori, T. Azuma, S. Ozawa, H. Yamada, K. Ushida, A. Ajavakom, H. Norieda, and Y. Sakata, Chem. Commun., 1999, 557-558.

35) Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of a Diporphyrin-Fullerene Triad, K. Tamaki, H. Imahori, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, and Y. Sakata, Chem. Commun., 1999, 625-626.

36) Long-Lived Charge Separation with High Quantum Yield in a Ferrocene-Porphyrin-Fullerene Triad, M. Fujitsuka, O. Ito, H. Imahori, K. Yamada, H. Yamada, and Y. Sakata, Chem. Lett., 1999, 721-722.

37) 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.

38) Acceleration of Photoinduced Charge Separation in Porphyrin-C60 Dyad with an Acetylene Spacer, K. Yamada, H. Imahori, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, and Y. Sakata, Chem. Lett., 1999, 895-896.

39) 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, and Y. Sakata, J. Phys. Chem. B, 103, 7233-7237 (1999).

2000

40) 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, and Y. Sakata, J. Phys. Chem. B, 104, 1253-1260 (2000).

41) Large Acceleration Effect of Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Porphyrin-Quinone Dyads with a Rigid Spacer Involving a Dihalosubstituted Three-Membered Ring, H. Tsue, H. Imahori, T. Kaneda, Y. Tanaka, T. Okada, K. Tamaki, and Y. Sakata, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122, 2279-2288 (2000).

42) 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, 104, 2099-2108 (2000).

43) Photophysical and Photochemical Behavior of Triplet Excited states of C60 in Unimer Micelle, H. Onodera, A. Masuhara, M. Fujitsuka, O. Ito, S. Higashida, H. Imahori, and Y. Sakata, Chem. Lett., 2000, 426-427.

44) Photoinduced Energy Transfer in Mixed Self-Assembled Monolayers of Pyrene and Porphyrin, H. Imahori, Y. Nishimura, H. Norieda, H. Karita, I. Yamazaki, Y. Sakata, and S. Fukuzumi, Chem. Commun., 2000, 661-662.

45) Preparation and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Gold Electrodes Modified with [60]Fullerene-Linked Oligothiophenes, D. Hirayama, T. Yamashiro, K. Takimiya, Y. Aso, T. Otsubo, H. Norieda, H. Imahori, and Y. Sakata, Chem. Lett., 2000, 570-571.

46) Sequential Energy and Electron Transfer in an Artificial Reaction Center; Formation of a Long-Lived Charge-Separated State, C. Luo, D. M. Guldi, H. Imahori, K. Tamaki, and Y. Sakata, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122, 6535-6551 (2000).

47) Near Infra-Red Emission of Charge-Transfer Complexes of Porphyrin-Fullerene Films, N. V. Tkachenko, C. Guenther, H. Imahori, K. Tamaki, Y. Sakata, H. Lemmetyinen, and S. Fukuzumi, Chem. Phys. Lett., 326, 344-350 (2000).

48) Remarkable Enhancement of Photocurrent Generation by ITO Electrodes Modified with Self-Assembled Monolayer of Porphyrin, H. Yamada, H. Imahori, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, and S. Fukuzumi, Chem. Commun., 2000, 1921-1922.

49) Effects of Lowering Symmetry on the ESR Spectra of Radical Anions of Fullerene Derivatives and the Reduction Potentials, S. Fukuzumi, H. Mori, T. Suenobu, H. Imahori, X. Gao, and K. M. Kadish, J. Phys. Chem. A, 104, 10688-10694 (2000).

2001

50) 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, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 100-110 (2001).

51) Photoactive Three-Dimensional Monolayers: Porphyrin Alkanethiolate-Stabilized Gold Clusters, H. Imahori, M. Arimura, T. Hanada, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, Y. Sakata, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 335-336 (2001).

52) Solvent Dependence of Charge Separation and Charge Recombination Rates in Porphyrin-Fullerene Dyad, H. Imahori, M. E. El-Khouly, M. Fujitsuka, O. Ito, Y. Sakata, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Phys. Chem. A, 105, 325-332 (2001).

53) An Extremely Small Reorganization Energy of Electron Transfer in Porphyrin-Fullerene Dyad, H. Imahori, N. V. Tkachenko, V. Vehmanen, K. Tamaki, H. Lemmetyinen, Y. Sakata, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Phys. Chem. A, 105, 1750-1756 (2001).

54) 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, and D. M. Guldi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 2571-2575 (2001).

55) Modulating Charge Separation and Charge Recombination Dynamics in Porphyrin-Fullerene Linked Dyad and Triads; Marcus-Normal versus Inverted Region, H. Imahori, K. Tamaki, D. M. Guldi, C. Luo, M. Fujitsuka, O. Ito, Y. Sakata, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 2607-2617 (2001).

56) Charge Separation in a Novel Artificial Photosynthetic Reaction Center Lives 380 Milliseconds, H. Imahori, D. M. Guldi, K. Tamaki, Y. Yoshida, C. Luo, Y. Sakata, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 6617-6628 (2001).

57) 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, and S. Fukuzumi, Langmuir, 17, 4925-4931 (2001).

58) Spectroscopy and Photocurrent Generation in Nanostructured Thin Films of Porphyrin-Fullerene Dyad Clusters, H. Imahori, T. Hasobe, H. Yamada, P. V. Kamat, S. Barazzouk, M. Fujitsuka, O. Ito, and S. Fukuzumi, Chem. Lett., 2001, 784-785.

59) Charge-Transfer Emission of Compact Porphyrin-Fullerene Dyad Analyzed by Marcus Electron-Transfer Theory, V. Vehmanen, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Imahori, S. Fukuzumi, and H. Lemmetyinen, Spectrochimica Acta, Part A, 57, 2229-2244 (2001).

60) Quantitative Evaluation of Lewis Acidity of Organotin Compounds and the Catalytic Reactivity in Electron Transfer, K. Ohkubo, T. Suenobu, H. Imahori, A. Orita, J. Otera, and S. Fukuzumi, Chem. Lett., 2001, 978-979.

61) Photochemical and Electrochemical Properties of Zinc Chlorin-C60 Dyad as Compared to Corresponding Free-Base Chlorin-C60, Free-Base Porphyrin-C60, and Zinc Porphyrin-C60 Dyads, S. Fukuzumi, K. Ohkubo, H. Imahori, J. Shao, Z. Ou, G. Zheng, Y. Chen, R. K. Pandey, M. Fujitsuka, O. Ito, and K. M. Kadish, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 10676-10683 (2001).

62) Extremely Slow Long-Range Electron Transfer Reactions across Zeolite-Solution Interface, S. Fukuzumi, Y. Yoshida, T. Urano, T. Suenobu, and H. Imahori, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 11331-11332 (2001).

63) Scandium Ion-Promoted Photoinduced Electron Transfer Oxidation of Fullerenes and Derivatives by p-Chloranil and p-Benzoquinones, S. Fukuzumi, H. Mori, H. Imahori, T. Suenobu, Y. Araki, O. Ito, and K. M. Kadish, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 12458-12465 (2001).

2002

64) Large Photocurrent Generation of Gold Electrodes Modified with [60]Fullerene-liked Oligothiophenes Bearing a Tripodal Rigid Anchor, D. Hirayama, K. Takimiya, Y. Aso, T. Otsubo, T. Hasobe, H. Yamada, H. Imahori, S. Fukuzumi, and Y. Sakata, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 532-533 (2002).

65) Linkage Dependent Charge Separation and Charge Recombination in Porphyrin-Pyromellitimide-Fullerene Triads, H. Imahori, K. Tamaki, Y. Araki, T. Hasobe, O. Ito, A. Shimomura, S. Kundu, T. Okada, Y. Sakata, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Phys. Chem. A, 106, 2803-2814 (2002).

66) Electron Transfer Properties of Singlet Oxygen and Promoting Effects of Scandium Ion, S. Fukuzumi, S. Fujita, T. Suenobu, H. Yamada, H. Imahori, Y. Araki, and O. Ito, J. Phys. Chem. A, 106, 1241-1247 (2002).

67) Dehydrogenation vs Oxygenation in Photosensitized Oxidation of 9-Substituted 10-Methyl-9,10-dihydroacridine in the Presence of Scandium Ion, S. Fukuzumi, S. Fujita, T. Suenobu, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. A, 106, 1465-1472 (2002).

68) 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, and D. M. Guldi, J. Phys. Chem. A, 106, 1903-1908 (2002).

69) Optical Properties of Fullerene and Non-Fullerene Peapods, H. Kataura, Y. Maniwa, M. Abe, A. Fujiwara, T. Kodama, K. Kikuchi, H. Imahori, Y. Misaki, S. Suzuki, and Y. Achiba, Appl. Phys. A, 74, 349-354 (2002).

70) Stepwise Charge Separation and Charge Recombination in Ferrocene-meso, meso-Linked Porphyrin Dimer-Fullerene Tetrad, H. Imahori, K. Tamaki, Y. Araki, Y. Sekiguchi, O. Ito, Y. Sakata, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 5165-5174 (2002).

71) Hydrogen-Bonding Dynamics in Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Ferrocene-Quinone Linked Dyad with a Rigid Amide Spacer, S. Fukuzumi, Y. Yoshida, H. Imahori, Y. Araki, and O. Ito, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 6794-6995 (2002).

72) Thermal Intramolecular Electron Transfer in a Ferrocene-Naphthoquinone Linked Dyad Promoted by Metal Ions, S. Fukuzumi, K. Okamoto, and H. Imahori, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 41, 620-622 (2002).

73) 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, and S. Fukuzumi, Adv. Mater., 14, 892-895 (2002).

74) Photocurrent Generation Using Gold Electrodes Modified with Self-Assembled Monolayers of Fullerene-Porphyrin Dyad, H. Yamada, H. Imahori, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Mater. Chem., 12, 2034-2040 (2002).

75) Comparison of Reorganization Energies for Intra- and Inter-molecular Electron Transfer, H. Imahori, H. Yamada, D. M. Guldi, Y. Endo, A. Shimomura, S. Kundu, K. Yamada, T. Okada, Y. Sakata, and S. Fukuzumi, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 41, 2344-2347 (2002).

76) Exciplex-Like Intermediate States in Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Porphyrin-Fullerene Dyads, T. J. Kesti, N. V. Tkachenko, V. Vehmanen, H. Yamada, H. Imahori, S. Fukuzumi, and H. Lemmetyinen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 8067-8077 (2002).

77) Significant Enhancement of Electron Transfer Reduction of NAD+ Analogs by Complexation with Scandium Ion and the Detection of the Radical Intermediate-Scandium Ion Complex, S. Fukuzumi, O. Inada, N. Satoh, T. Suenobu, and H. Imahori, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 9181-9188 (2002).

78) A Negative Temperature Dependence of the Electron Self-Exchange Rates of Zinc Porphyrin p Radical Cations, S. Fukuzumi, Y. Endo, and H. Imahori, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 10974-10975 (2002).

79) Direct Observation of Intramolecular Electron Transfer from Excess Electrons in a s-Conjugated Main Chain to a Porphyrin Side Chain in Polysilanes Having a Tetraphenylporphyrin Side Chain by the Pulse Radiolysis Technique, Y. Matsui, K. Nishida, S. Seki, Y. Yoshida, S. Tagawa, K. Yamada, H. Imahori, and Y. Sakata, Organometallics, 21, 5144-5147 (2002).

80) Small Reorganization Energy of Intramolecular Electron Transfer in Fullerene-Based Dyads with Short Linkage, K. Ohkubo, H. Imahori, J. Shao, Z. Ou, K. M. Kadish, Y. Chen, G. Zheng, R. K. Pandey, M. Fujitsuka, O. Ito, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Phys. Chem. A, 106, 10991-10998 (2002).

81) Porphyrin-Fullerene Dyad with a Long Linker: Formation of Charge Transfer Conformer in LB Film, N. V. Tkachenko, V. Vehmanen, J.-P. Nikkanen, H. Yamada, H. Imahori, S. Fukuzumi, and H. Lemmetyinen, Chem. Phys. Lett., 366, 245-252 (2002).

2003

82) Acceleration and Deceleration of Photoinduced Electron Transfer Rates by an Electric Field in Porphyrin-Fullerene Dyads, N. Ohta, S. Mikami, Y. Iwaki, M. Tsushima, H. Imahori, K. Tamaki, Y. Sakata, and S. Fukuzumi, Chem. Phys. Lett., 368, 230-235 (2003).

83) Effects of Hydrogen Bonding on Metal Ion-Promoted Intramolecular Electron Transfer and Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Ferrocene-Quinone Dyad with a Rigid Amide Spacer, S. Fukuzumi, K. Okamoto, Y. Yoshida, H. Imahori, Y. Araki, and O. Ito, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 1007-1013 (2003).

84) Formation of a Supramolecular Porphyrin-Spacer-Acceptor Ternary Complex and Intra-Complex Electron Transfer, J. Otsuki, M. Takatsuki, M. Kaneko, H. Miwa, T. Takido, M. Seno, K. Okamoto, H. Imahori, M. Fujitsuka, Y. Araki, O. Ito, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Phys. Chem. A., 107, 379-385 (2003).

85) 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. V. Tkachenko, H. Yamada, H. Imahori, S. Fukuzumi, and H. Lemmetyinen, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2, 251-258 (2003).

86) 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, and S. Fukuzumi, Nano Lett., 3, 409-412 (2003).

87) Driving Force Dependence of Intermolecular Electron-Transfer Reactions of Fullerenes, S. Fukuzumi, K. Ohkubo, H. Imahori, and D. M. Dirk, Chem. Eur. J., 9, 1585-1593 (2003).

88) Long-Lived Charge-Separated State Produced by Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Zinc Imidazoporphyrin-C60 Dyad, Y. Kashiwagi, K. Ohkubo, J. A. McDonald, I. M. Blake, M. J. Crossley, Y. Araki, O. Ito, H. Imahori, and S. Fukuzumi, Org. Lett., 5, 2719-2721 (2003).

89) Strong Inhibition of Singlet Oxygen Sensitization in Pyridylferrocene-Perfluorinated Zinc Porphyrin Supramolecular Complexes, Y. Kashiwagi, H. Imahori, Y. Araki, O. Ito, K. Yamada, Y. Sakata, and S. Fukuzumi, J.Phys. Chem. A, 107, 5515-5522 (2003).

90) Metal Ion-Promoted Intramolecular Electron Transfer in a Ferrocene-Naphthoquinone Linked Dyad. Continuous Change in Driving Force and Reorganization Energy with Metal Ion Concentration, K. Okamoto, H. Imahori, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 7014-7021 (2003).

91) 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, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 9129-9139 (2003).

92) Nanostructured Assembly of Porphyrin Clusters for Light Energy Conversion, T. Hasobe, S. Fukuzumi, H. Imahori, and P. V. Kamat, J. Mater. Chem., 13, 2515-2520 (2003).

93) Ultrafast Photodynamics of Exciplex Formation and Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Porphyrin-Fullerene Dyads Linked at Close Proximity, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, J. Sonoda, K. Ohkubo, T. Sato, H. Imahori, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Phys. Chem. A, 107, 8834-8844 (2003).

94) Novel Photocatalytic Function of Porphyrin-Modified Gold Nanoclusters in Comparison with the Reference Porphyrin Compound, S. Fukuzumi, Y. Endo, Y. Kashiwagi, Y. Araki, O. Ito, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. B, 107, 11979-11986 (2003).

95) Light Energy Conversion Using Mixed Molecular Nanoclusters. Porphyrin and C60 Cluster Films for Efficient Photocurrent Generation, T. Hasobe, H. Imahori, S. Fukuzumi, and P. V. Kamat, J. Phys. Chem. B, 107, 12105-12112 (2003).

96) Metal and Size Effects on Structures and Photophysical Properties of Porphyrin-Modified Metal Nanoclusters, H. Imahori, Y. Kashiwagi, T. Hanada, Y. Endo, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Mater. Chem., 13, 2890-2898 (2003).

97) Fast Self-Exchange Electron Transfer and Delocalization of Unpaired Electron between Zinc Porphyrin Radical Cations and Zinc Porphyrins, S. Fukuzumi, T. Hasobe, Y. Endo, K. Ohkubo, and H. Imahori, J. Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines, 7, 328-336 (2003).

98) Structure and Photoelectrochemical Properties of ITO Electrodes Modified with Self-Assembled Monolayers of meso, meso-Linked Porphyrin Oligomers, T. Hasobe, H. Imahori, H. Yamada, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines, 7, 296-312 (2003).

99) Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Porphyrin-Fullerene Dyads, I. Zilbermann, G. A. Anderson, D. M. Guldi, H. Yamada, H. Imahori, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines, 7, 357-364 (2003).

100) Quaternary Self-Organization of Porphyrin and Fullerene Units by Clusterization with Gold Nanoparticles on SnO2 Electrodes for Organic Solar Cells, T. Hasobe, H. Imahori, S. Fukuzumi, and P. V. Kamat, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,125, 14962-14963 (2003).

2004

101) 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.,10, 474-483 (2004).

102) Structure and Photophysical Properties of Porphyrin-Modified Metal Nanoclusters with Different Chain Length, H. Imahori, Y. Kashiwagi, Y. Endo, T. Hanada, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, Y. Araki, O. Ito, and S. Fukuzumi, Langmuir, 20, 73-81 (2004).

103) Production of an Ultra-Long-Lived Charge-Separated State in a Zinc Chlorin–C60 Dyad by One-Step Photoinduced Electron Transfer, K. Ohkubo, H. Kotani, J. Shao, Z. Ou, Karl M. Kadish, G. Li, R. K. Pandey, M. Fujitsuka, O. Ito, H. Imahori, and S. Fukuzumi, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 43, 853-856 (2004).

104) 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, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 541-548 (2004).

105) Substituent Effects of Porphyrin Monolayers on the Structure and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Porphyrin on Indium-Tin Oxide Electrode, H. Imahori, K. Hosomizu, Y. Mori, T. Sato, T.K. Ahn, S. K. Kim, D. Kim, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, H. Ishii, H. Hotta, and Y. Matano. J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 5018-5025 (2004).

106) Long-Lived Charge-Separated State Generated in Ferrocene-meso, meso-Linked Porphyrin Trimer-Fullerene Pentad with a High Quantum Yield, H. Imahori, Y. Sekiguchi, Y. Kashiwagi, T. Sato, Y. Araki, O. Ito, H. Yamada, and S. Fukuzumi, Chem. Eur. J., 10, 3184-3196 (2004).

107) Supramolecular Photovoltaic Cells Using Porphyrin Dendrimers and Fullerenes, T. Hasobe, Y. Kashiwagi, M. Absalom, K. Hosomizu, M. J. Crossley, H. Imahori, P. V. Kamat, and S. Fukuzumi, Adv. Mater., 16, 975-979 (2004).

108) Supramolecular Photovoltaic Cells Based on Composite Molecular Nanoclusters: Dendritic Porphyrin and C60, Porphyrin Dimer and C60, and Porphyrin-C60 Dyad, T. Hasobe, P. V. Kamat, M. A. Absalom, Y. Kashiwagi, J. Sly, M. J. Crossley, K. Hosomizu, H. Imahori, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 12865-12872 (2004).

109) A New Efficient Method for Direct a-Alkenylation of b-Dicarbonyl Compounds and Phenols Using Alkenyltriarylbismuthonium Salts, Y. Matano and H. Imahori, J. Org. Chem., 69, 5505-5508 (2004).

110) Porphyrin and Fullerene-Based Photovoltaic Devices, H. Imahori, M. Kimura, K. Hosomizu, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A, 166, 57-62 (2004).

111) Photoelectrochemical Properties of Supramolecular Composite of Fullerene Nanoclusters and 9-Mesityl-10-carboxymethylacridinium Ion on SnO2, T. Hasobe, S. Hattori, H. Kotani, K. Ohkubo, K. Hosomizu, H. Imahori, P. V. Kamat, and S. Fukuzumi, Org. Lett., 6, 3103-3106 (2004).

112) Hydrogen Bonding Effect on Photocurrent Generation in Porphyrin-Fullerene Photoelectrochemical Devices, H. Imahori, J.-C. Liu, K. Hosomizu, T. Sato, Y. Mori, H. Hotta, Y. Matano, Y. Araki, O. Ito, N. Maruyama, and S. Fujita, Chem. Commun.,2004, 2066-2067.

113) Supramolecular Porphyrin/Fullerene Interactions Studied by Spectral Methods, A. Laninski, A. Graja, I. Olejniczak, A. Bogucki, and H. Imahori, Chem. Phys., 305, 277-284 (2004).

114) Vectorial Electron Relay at ITO Electrodes Modified with Self-Assembled Monolayers of Ferrocene-Porphyrin-Fullerene Triads and Porphyrin-Fullerene Dyads for Molecular Photovoltaic Devices, H. Imahori, M. Kimura, K. Hosomizu, T. Sato, T. K. Ahn, S. K. Kim, D. Kim, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, Y. Araki, O. Ito, and S. Fukuzumi, Chem. Eur. J., 10, 5111-5122 (2004).

115) Diverse Structures and Remarkable Oxidizing Ability of Triarylbismuthane Oxides. A Comparative Study on the Structure and Reactivity of a Series of Triarylpnictogen Oxides, Y. Matano, H. Nomura, T. Hisanaga, H. Nakano, M. Shiro, and H. Imahori, Organometallics, 23, 5471-5480 (2004).

2005

116) Photovoltaic Cells Using Composite Nanoclusters of Porphyrins and Fullerenes with Gold Nanoparticles, T. Hasobe, H. Imahori, P. V. Kamat, T. K. Ahn, S. K. Kim, D. Kim, A. Fujimoto, T. Hirakawa, and S. Fukuzumi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 1216-1228 (2005).
(ACS, Heartcut, March 21, 2005: http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=heartcut%5carchive%5c032105_heartcut.html)
Selected as 100 current “Hot Papers” in National Chemistry Week 2006

117) Effects of Fullerene Substituents on Structure and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Fullerene Nanoclusters Electrophoretically Deposited on Nanostructured SnO2 Electrodes, H. Hotta, S. Kang, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, K. Yoshida, S. Isoda, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 5700-5706 (2005).

118) Molecular Photoelectrochemical Devices: Supramolecular Incorporation of C60 Molecules into Tailored Holes on Porphyrin-Modified Gold Nanoclusters, H. Imahori, A. Fujimoto, S. Kang, H. Hotta, K. Yoshida, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, and S. Isoda, Adv. Mater., 17, 1727-1730 (2005).

119) Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayers of Porphyrin-Fullerene Dyads, T. Vuorinen, K. Kaunisto, N. V. Tkachenko, A. Efimov, A. S. Alekseev, K. Hosomizu, H. Imahori, and H. Lemmetyinen, Langmuir, 21, 5383-5390 (2005).

120) Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Self-Assembled Monolayers of Porphyrin-Fullerene Dyads on ITO, V. Chukharev, T. Vuorinen, A. Efimov, N. V. Tkachenko, M. Kimura, S. Fukuzumi, H. Imahori, and H. Lemmetyinen, Langmuir, 21, 6385-6391 (2005).

121) Primary Charge-Recombination in an Artificial Photosynthetic Reaction Center, Y. Kobori, S. Yamauchi, K. Akiyama, S. Tero-Kubota, H. Imahori, S. Fukuzumi, and J. R. Norris, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 102, 10017-10022 (2005).

122) Hydrogen Bonding Effects on the Surface Structure and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Nanostructured SnO2 Electrodes Modified with Porphyrin and Fullerene Composites, H. Imahori, J.-C. Liu, H. Hotta, A. Kira, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, G. Li, S. Ye, M. Isosomppi, N. V. Tkachenko, and H. Lemmetyinen, J Phys. Chem. B., 109, 18465-18474 (2005).

123) Morphological and Spectroscopic Properties of Thin Films of Self-Assembling Amphiphilic Porphyrins on Hydrophilic Surface as Revealed by Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy, T. Nagahara, K. Imura, H. Okamoto, A. Oguro, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 19839-19844 (2005).

124) Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Multilayer Self-Assembled Structures of Porphyrins and Porphyrin–Fullerene Dyads on ITO, M. Isosomppi, N. V. Tkachenko, A. Efimov, K. Kaunisto, K. Hosomizu, H. Imahori, and H. Lemmetyinen, J. Mater. Chem., 15, 4546-4554 (2005).

125) Host-Guest Interactions in the Supramolecular Incorporation of Fullerenes into Tailored Holes on Porphyrin-Modified Gold Nanoparticles in Molecular Photovoltaics, H. Imahori, A. Fujimoto, S. Kang, H. Hotta, K. Yoshida, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, S. Isoda, M. Isosomppi, N. V. Tkachenko, and H. Lemmetyinen, Chem. Eur. J., 11, 7265-7275 (2005).

2006

126) Synthesis of Dendritic Branches with Peripheral Fullerene Subunits, U. Hahn, K. Hosomizu, H. Imahori, and J-F. Nierengarten, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2006, 85-91.

127) Efficient Photocurrent Generation by SnO2 Electrode Modified Electrophoretically with Composite Clusters of Porphyrin-Modified Silica Microparticle and Fullerene, H. Imahori, K. Mitamura, T. Umeyama, K. Hosomizu, Y. Matano, K. Yoshida, and S. Isoda, Chem. Commun., 2006, 406-408.

128) Structure and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Nanostructured SnO2 Electrodes Deposited Electrophoretically with the Composite Clusters of Porphyrin-Modified Gold Nanoparticle with a Long Spacer and Fullerene, H. Imahori, A. Fujimoto, S. Kang, H. Hotta, K. Yoshida, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, and S. Isoda, Tetrahedron, 62, 1955-1966 (2006).

129) Structure and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Phthalocyanine and Perylene Diimide Composite Clusters Deposited Electrophoretically on Nanostructured SnO2 Electrodes, A. Kira, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, K. Yoshida, S. Isoda, M. Isosomppi, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, and H. Imahori, Langmuir, 22, 5497-5503 (2006).

130) A Photoelectrochemical Device with a Nanostructured SnO2 Electrode Modified with Composite Clusters of Porphyrin-Modified Silica Nanoparticle and Fullerene, H. Imahori, K. Mitamura, Y. Shibano, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, K. Yoshida, S. Isoda, Y. Araki, and O. Ito, J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, 11399-11405 (2006).

131) Ordered Supramolecular Assembly of Porphyrin-Fullerene Composites on Nanostructured SnO2 Electrodes, S. Kang, T. Umeyama, M. Ueda, Y. Matano, H. Hotta, K. Yoshida, S, Isoda, M. Shiro, and H. Imahori, Adv. Mater., 18, 2549-2552 (2006).

132) A Convenient Method for the Synthesis of 2,5-Difunctionalized Phospholes Bearing Ester Groups, Y. Matano, T. Miyajima, T. Nakabuchi, Y. Matsutani, and H. Imahori, J. Org. Chem., 71, 5792-5795 (2006).

133) Phosphole-Containing Hybrid Calixpyrroles: A New Multifunctional Macrocyclic Ligand for Platinum(II) Ions, Y. Matano, T. Nakabuchi, T. Miyajima, and H. Imahori, Organometallics, 25, 3105-3107 (2006).

134) Electrospray Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Dendritic Branches Bearing Peripheral Fullerene Subunits, H. Herschbach, K. Hosomizu, U. Hahn, E. Leize, A. V. Dorsselaer, H. Imahori, and J.-F. Nierengarten, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 386, 46-51 (2006).

135) Phosphorus-Containing Hybrid Calixphyrins: Promising Mixed-Donor Ligands for Visible and Efficient Palladium Catalysts, Y. Matano, T. Miyajima, T. Nakabuchi, H. Imahori, N. Ochi, and S. Sakaki, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 11760-11761 (2006).

136) Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Electron-Rich Perylenediimide-Fullerene Dyad, Y. Shibano, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, and H. Imahori, Org. Lett., 8, 4425-4428 (2006).

137) Coherent Nuclear Dynamics in Ultrafast Electron Transfer in a Porphyrin-Ferrocene Dyad, M. Kubo, Y. Mori, M. Otani, M. Murakami, Y. Ishibashi, M. Yasuda, K. Hosomizu, H. Miyasaka, H. Imahori, and S. Nakashima, Chem. Phys. Lett., 429, 91-96 (2006).

138) External Electric Field Effects on Absorption and Fluorescence Spectra of a Fullerene Derivative and Its Mixture with Zinc-tetraphenylporphyrin Doped in a PMMA Film, M. Wahadoszamen, T. Nakabayashi, S. Kang, H. Imahori, and N. Ohta, J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, 20354-20361 (2006). 

139) Synthesis of a Phosphorus-Containing Hybrid Porphyrin, Y. Matano, T. Nakabuchi, T. Miyajima, H. Imahori, and H. Nakano, Org. Lett., 8, 5713-5716 (2006).

140) Comparison of Electrode Structures and Photovoltaic Properties of Porphyrin-Sensitized Solar Cells with TiO2 and Nb, Ge, Zr-added TiO2 Composite Electrodes, H. Imahori, S. Hayashi, T. Umeyama, S. Eu, A. Oguro, S. Kang, Y. Matano, T. Shishido, S. Ngamsinlapasathian, and S. Yoshikawa, Langmuir, 22, 11405-11411 (2006).

2007

141) Synthesis, Structures, and Properties of meso-Phosphorylporphyrins: Self-Organization through P-Oxo-Zinc Coordination, Y. Matano, K. Matsumoto, Y. Terasaka, H. Hotta, Y. Araki, O. Ito, M. Shiro, T. Saasamori, N. Tokitoh, and H. Imahori, Chem. Eur. J., 13, 891-901 (2007).

142) Dendritic Effects on Structure and Photophysical and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Fullerene Dendrimers and Their Nanoclusters, K. Hosomizu, H. Imahori, U. Hahn, J.-F. Nierengarten, A. Listorti , N. Armaroli, T. Nemoto, and S. Isoda, J. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 2777-2786 (2007).

143) Effects of 5-Membered Heteroaromatic Spacers on Structures of Porphyrin Films and Photovoltaic Properties of Porphyrin-Sensitized TiO2 Cells, S. Eu, S. Hayashi, T. Umeyama, A. Oguro, M. Kawasaki, N. Kadota, Y. Matano, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 3528-3537 (2007).

144) Mesityltriphenylbismuthonium Tetrafluoroborate as an Efficient Bismuth(V) Oxidant: Remarkable Steric Effects on Reaction Rates and Chemoselectivities in Alcohol Oxidation, Y. Matano, T. Suzuki, T. Shinokura, and H. Imahori, Tetrahedron Lett., 48, 2885-2888 (2007).

145) Large Reorganization Energy of Pyrrolidine-Substituted Perylenediimide in Electron Transfer, Y. Shibano, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, Y. Araki, O. Ito, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 6133-6142 (2007).

146) Electron-Donating Perylene Tetracarboxylic Acid for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Y. Shibano, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, and H. Imahori, Org. Lett., 9, 1971-1974 (2007).

147) Novel Unsymmetrical p-Elongated Porphyrins for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, M. Tanaka, S. Hayashi, S. Eu, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, and H. Imahori, Chem. Commun., 2069-2071 (2007).

148) Ultrafast Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Directly-Linked Porphyrin-Ferrocene Dyads, M. Kubo, Y. Mori, M. Otani, M. Murakami, Y. Ishibashi, M. Yasuda, K. Hosomizu, H. Miyasaka, H. Imahori, and S. Nakashima, J. Phys. Chem. A, 111, 5136-5143 (2007).

149) Retention of Intrinsic Electronic Properties of Soluble Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes after Significant Degree of Sidewall Functionalization by Bingel Reaction, T. Umeyama, N. Tezuka, M. Fujita,Y. Matano, N. Takeda,, K. Murakoshi, K. Yoshida, S. Isoda, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 9734-9741 (2007).

150) Synthesis of 2-Aryl-5-styrylphospholes: Promising Candidates for the Phosphole-based NLO Chromophores, Y. Matano, T. Miyajima, H. Imahori, and Y. Kimura, J. Org. Chem. 72, 6200-6205 (2007).

151) Electrophoretic Deposition of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Covalently Modified with Bulky Porphyrins on Nanostructured SnO2 Electrodes for Photoelectrochemical Devices, T. Umeyama, M. Fujita, N. Tezuka, N. Kadota, Y. Matano, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 11484-11493 (2007).

152) Symmetry of the Electronic Structure and geometric Structures of metallofullerene M`C74 (M=Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba) in terms of vibronic Coupling, T. Sato, Y. Kuzumoto, K. Tokunaga, H. Imahori, and K. Tanaka, Chem. Phys. Lett., 442, 47-52 (2007).

153) Photoinduced Energy Transfer in Composites of Poly[(p-phenylene-1,2-vinylene)-co-(p-phenylene-1,1-vinylidene)] and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, T. Umeyama, N. Kadota , N. Tezuka, Y. Matano , and H. Imahori, Chem. Phys. Lett., 444, 263-267 (2007).

154) Hydrogen Bonding Effects on Film Structure and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Nanostructured TiO2 Electrodes Modified with Porphyrin and Fullerene Composites, A. Kira, M. Tanaka, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, G. Li, S. Ye, M. Isosomppi, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 13618-13626 (2007).

155) Synthesis and Aggregation Behaviors of meso-Sulfinylporphyrins: Evaluation of the S-Chirality Effects on the Self-Organization to S–Oxo-tethered Cofacial Porphyrin Dimers, Y. Matano, T. Shinokura, K. Matsumoto, H. Imahori, and H. Nakano, Chem. Asian. J., 2, 1417-11429 (2007).

156) Effects of Porphyrin Substituents on Film Structure and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Porphyrin/Fullerene Composite Clusters Electrophoretically Deposited on Nanostructured SnO2 Electrodes, H. Imahori, M. Ueda, S. Kang, H. Hayashi, H. Kaji, S. Seki, A. Saeki, S. Tagawa, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, K. Yoshida, S. Isoda, M. Shiro, N. V. Tkachenko, and H. Lemmetyinen, Chem. Eur. J., 13, 10182-10193 (2007).

157) Gold Nanoparticle Enhanced Charge Transfer in the Thin Film Assemblies of Porphyrin-Fullerene Dyads, A. Kotiaho, R. M. Lahtinen, N. V. Tkachenko, A. Efimov, A. Kira, H. Imahori, and H. Lemmetyinen, Langmuir, 23, 13117-13125 (2007).

2008

158) Bithiophene-Fused Benzo[c]phospholes: Novel P,S-Containing Hybrid p-Conjugated Systems with Small HOMO–LUMO Energy Gaps, T. Miyajima, Y. Matano, and H. Imahori, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 255-259 (2008).

159) Syntheses, Structures, and Coordination Chemistry of Phosphole-Containing Hybrid Calixphyrins: Promising Macrocyclic P,N2,X-Mixed Donor Ligands for Designing Reactive Transition-Metal Complexes, Y. Matano, T. Miyajima, N. Ochi, T. Nakabuchi, M. Shiro, Y. Nakao, S. Sakaki, and H. Imahori, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 990-1002 (2008).

160) Carboxyquinoxaline-Fused Porphyrins for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, S. Eu, S. Hayashi, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, Y. Araki, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 4396-4405 (2008).

161) Light-Harvesting and Energy Transfer in Multiporphyrin-Modified CdSe Nanoparticles, S. Kang, M. Yasuda, H. Miyasaka, H. Hayashi, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, K. Yoshida, S. Isoda, and H. Imahori, ChemSusChem, 1, 254-261 (2008).

162) Monophosphaporphyrins: Oxidative p-Extension at the Peripherally Fused Carbocycle of the Phosphaporphyrin Ring, Y. Matano, M. Nakashima, T. Nakabuchi, H. Imahori, S. Fujishige, and H. Nakano, Org. Lett., 10, 553-556 (2008).

163) Regioselective b-Metalation of meso-Phosphanylporphyrins. Structure and Optical Properties of Porphyrin Dimers Linked by Peripherally Fused Phosphametallacycles, Y. Matano, K. Matsumoto, Y. Nakao, H. Uno, S. Sakaki, and H. Imahori, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 4588-4589 (2008).

164) Triaryl(1-pyrenyl)bismuthonium Salts: Efficient Photoinitiators for Cationic Polymerization of Oxiranes and a Vinyl Ether, Y. Matano, T. Shinokura, O. Yoshikawa, and H. Imahori, Org. Lett., 10, 2167-2170 (2008).

165) Clusterization, Electrophoretic Deposition, and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Fullerene-Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Composites, T. Umeyama, N. Tezuka, M. Fujita, S. Hayashi, N. Kadota, Y. Matano, and H. Imahori, Chem. Eur. J., 14, 4875-4885 (2008).

166) Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayers of Double-Linked Phthalocyanine-Fullerene Dyad, H. Lehtivuori, T. Kumpulainen, A. Efimov, H. Lemmetyinen, A. Kira, H. Imahori, and N. Tkachenko, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 9896-9902 (2008).

167) Synthesis of Thiophene-Containing Hybrid Calixphyrins of the 5,10-Porphodimethene Type, Y. Matano, T. Miyajima, N. Ochi, Y. Nakao, S. Sakaki, and H. Imahori, J. Org. Chem., 73, 5139-5142 (2008).

168) Synthesis, Structures, and Coordinating Properties of Phosphole-Containing Hybrid Calixpyrroles, T. Nakabuchi, Y. Matano, and H. Imahori, Organometallics 2008, 27, 3142-3152.

169) Tunable Soret band Splitting of Amphiphilic Porphyrin by Surface Pressure, G. Miguel, K. Hosomizu, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, H. Imahori, M. T. Martín-Romero, and L. Camacho, ChemPhysChem, 9, 1511-1513 (2008).

170) Fused Five-Membered Porphyrin for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, S. Hayashi, Y. Matsubara, S. Eu, H. Hayashi, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, and H. Imahori, Chem. Lett., 37, 846-847 (2008).

171) Comparative Study on the Structural, Optical, and Electrochemical Properties of Bithiophene-Fused Benzo[c]phospholes, Y. Matano, T. Miyajima, T. Fukushima, H. Kaji, Y. Kimura, and H. Imahori, Chem. Eur. J., 14, 8102-8115 (2008).

172) Naphthyl-Fused p-Elongated Porphyrins for Dye-Sensitized TiO2 Cells, S. Hayashi, M. Tanaka, H. Hayashi, S. Eu, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, Y. Araki, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 15576-15585 (2008).

173) Synthesis of Sterically Hindered Phthalocyanines and Their Applications to Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, S. Eu, T. Katoh, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, and H. Imahori, Dalton Trans., 5476-5483 (2008).

174) Remarkable Substituent Effects on the Oxidizing Ability of Tetraarylbismuthonium Tetrafluoroborates in Alcohol Oxidation, Y. Matano, T. Suzuki, T. Iwata, T. Shinokura, and H. Imahori, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 81, 1621-1628 (2008).

175) meso-3,5-Bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl Substituted Expanded Porphyrins: Synthesis, Characterization, and Optical, Electrochemical, and Photophysical Properties, S. Kang, H. Hayashi, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, and H. Imahori, Chem. Asian. J., 3, 2065-2074 (2008).

176) Redox-Coupled Complexation of 23-Phospha-21-thiaporphyrin with Group 10 Metals: A Convenient Access to Stable Core-Modified Isophlorin-Metal Complexes, Y. Matano, T. Nakabuchi, S. Fujishije, H. Nakano, and H. Imahori, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 16446-16447 (2008).

177) Substituent Effects of Porphyrins on Structures and Photophysical Properties of Amphiphilic Porphyrin Aggregates, K. Hosomizu, M. Oodoi, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, K. Yoshida, S. Isoda, M. Isosomppi, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. B, 112, 16517-16524 (2008).

2009

178) Photodynamics of Charge Separation and Recombination in Solid Alternating Films of Phthalocyanine or Phthalocyanine–Fullerene Dyad and Perylene Dicarboximide, H. Lehtivuori, T. Kumpulainen, M. Hietala, A. Efimov, H. Lemmetyinen, A. Kira, H. Imahori, and N. V. Tkachenko, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 1984-1992 (2009).

179) Supramolecular Donor-Acceptor Heterojunctions by Vectorial Stepwise Assembly of Porphyrins and Coordination-Bonded Fullerene Arrays for Photocurrent Generation, A. Kira, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, K. Yoshida, S. Isoda, J.-K. Park, D. Kim, and H. Imahori, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 3198-3200 (2009).

180) A Convenient Method for the Synthesis of a-Ethynylphospholes and Modulation of Their p-Conjugated Systems, Y. Matano, M. Nakashima, and H. Imahori, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48, 4002-4005 (2009).

181) Synthesis and Photophysical and Photovoltaic Properties of Porphyrin–Furan and –Thiophene Alternating Copolymers, T. Umeyama, T. Takamatsu, N. Tezuka, Y. Matano, Y. Araki, O. Yoshikawa, T. Sagawa, S. Yoshikawa, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 10819-10828 (2009).

182) Effects of Electrode Structures on Photoelectrochemical Properties of ZnO Electrodes Modified with Porphyrin-Fullerene Composite Layers with Intervening Fullerene Monolayer, H. Hayashi, A. Kira, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, P. Charoensirithavorn, T. Sagawa, S. Yoshikawa, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 10798-10806 (2009).

183) New Palladium(II) Complex of P,S-Containing Hybrid Calixphyrin.  Theoretical Study of Electronic Structure and Reactivity for Oxidative Addition, N. Ochi, Y. Nakao, H. Sato, Y. Matano, H. Imahori, and S. Sakaki, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 10955-10963 (2009).

184) Phosphole–Triazole Hybrids: A Facile Synthesis and Complexation with Pd(II) and Pt(II) Salts, Y. Matano, M. Nakashima, A. Saito, and H. Imahori, Org. Lett., 11, 3338-3341 (2009).

185) Organic Thin-Film Solar Cell Using Electron-Donating Perylene Tetracarboxylic Acid Derivatives, Y. Shibano, H. Imahori, and C. Adachi, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 15454-15466 (2009).

186) Acenaphtho[1,2-c]phosphole P–Oxide: Phosphole–Naphthalene p-Conjugated System with High Electron Mobility, A. Saito, T. Miyajima, M. Nakashima, T. Fukushima, H. Kaji, Y. Matano, and H. Imahori, Chem. Eur. J., 15, 10000-10004 (2009).

187) Effects of Porphyrin Substituents and Adsorption Conditions on Photovoltaic Properties of Porphyrin-Sensitized TiO2 Cells, H. Imahori, S. Hayashi, H. Hayashi, A. Oguro, S. Eu, T. Umeyama, and Y. Matano, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 18406-18413 (2009).

188) Meso-Substituent Effects on Redox Properties of the 5,10-Porphodimethene-Type P,S,N2-Hybrid Calixphyrins and Their Metal Complexes, Y. Matano, M. Fujita, T. Miyajima, and H. Imahori, Organometallics, 28, 6213-6217 (2009).

2010

189) Synthesis and Reactions of Phosphaporphyrins: Reconstruction of p-Skeleton Triggered by Oxygenation of a Core-Phosphorus Atom, T. Nakabuchi, M. Nakashima, S. Fujishige, H. Nakano, Y. Matano, and H. Imahori, J. Org. Chem., 75, 375-389 (2010).

190) Remarkable Effects of P-Perfluorophenyl Group on the Synthesis of Core-Modified Phosphaporphyrinoids and Phosphadithiasapphyrin, Y. Matano, T.  Nakabuchi, and H. Imahori, Org. Lett., 12, 1112-1115 (2010).

191) Comparison of Cluster Formation, Film Structure, Microwave Conductivity, and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Composites Consisting of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with C60, C70, and C84, N. Tezuka, T. Umeyama, S. Seki, Y. Matano, M. Nishi, K. Hirao, H. Lehtivuori, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, Y. Nakao, S. Sakaki, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 3235-3247 (2010).

192) Oligothiophene Bearing 1-Oxo-1-hydroxydithieno[2,3-b:3′,2′-d]phosphole as Novel Anchoring Group for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, A. Kira, Y. Shibano, S. Kang, H. Hayashi, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, and H. Imahori, Chem. Lett., 39, 448-450 (2010).

193) Selective Formation and Efficient Photocurrent Generation of [70]Fullerene-Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Composites, T. Umeyama, N. Tezuka, S. Seki, Y. Matano, M. Nishi, K. Hirao, H. Lehtivuori, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, Y. Nakao, S. Sakaki, and H. Imahori, Adv. Mater., 22, 1767-1770 (2010).

194) A Size Control of a Lipid-Based Drug Carrier by Drug Loading, T. Murakami, K. Tsuchida, M. Hashida, and H. Imahori, Mol. BioSyst., 6, 789-791 (2010).

195) Fast Electron and Faster Exciton Transport in Oligofluorenes, n=4-16, having C60 End Traps, Y. Shibano, H. Imahori, P. Sreearunothai, A. R.Cook, and J. R. Miller, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 1, 1492-1496 (2010).

196) Synthesis of α,α’-Linked Oligophospholes and Polyphospholes by Using Pd–CuI-Promoted Stille-Type Coupling, Y. Matano, A. Saito, and H. Imahori, Org. Lett., 12, 2675-2677 (2010).

197) Effects of meso-Diarylamino Group of Porphyrins as Sensitizers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells on Optical, Electrochemical, and Photovoltaic Properties, H. Imahori, Y. Matsubara, H. Iijima, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, S. Ito, M. Niemi, N. V. Tkachenko, and H. Lemmetyinen, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 10656-10665 (2010).

198) Zinc-Induced Fluorescence Enhancement of the 5,10-Porphodimethene-Type Thiophene-Containing Calixphyrins, Y. Matano, M. Fujita, T. Miyajima, and H. Imahori, Phosphorus Sulfur Silicon Relat. Elem., 185, 1098-1107 (2010).

199) Effects of π-Elongation and Fused Position of Quinoxaline-Fused Porphyrins as Sensitizers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells on Optical, Electrochemical, and Photovoltaic Properties, A. Kira, Y. Matsubara, H. Iijima, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, S. Ito, M. Niemi, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 11293-11304 (2010).

200) Fabrication of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Natural Dye for Food Pigment: Monascus Yellow, S. Ito, T. Saitou, H. Imahori, H. Uehara, and N. Hasegawa, Energy Environ. Sci., 3, 905-909 (2010).

201) Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes by Photo- and Thermal-Responsive Polymers Containing Azobenzene Unit in the Backbone, T. Umeyama, K. Kawabata, N. Tezuka, Y. Matano, Y. Miyato, K. Matsushige, and H. Imahori, Chem. Commun., 46, 5969-5971 (2010).

202) Good Solvent Effects of C70 Cluster Formations and Their Electron-Transporting and Photoelectrochemical Properties, N. Tezuka, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, T. Shishido, M. Kawasaki, M. Nishi, K. Hirao, H. Lehtivuori, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, Y. Honsho, S. Seki, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. B, 114, 14287-14297 (2010).

203) Synthesis, Structures, Optical and Electrochemical Properties, and Complexation of 2,5-Bis(pyrrol-2-yl)phospholes, Y. Matano, M. Fujita, A. Saito, and H. Imahori, Compt. Rend. Chim., 13, 1035-1047 (2010).

2011

204) Photophysics and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Nanohybrids Consisting of Fullerene-Encapsulated Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Poly-(3-hexylthiophene), N. Tezuka, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, T. Shishido, K. Yoshida, T. Ogawa, S. Isoda, K. Stranius, V. Chukharev, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, and H. Imahori, Energy Environ. Sci., 4, 741-750 (2011).

205) J-Aggregation of a Sulfonated Amphiphilic Porphyrin at the Air-Water Interface as a Function of pH, G. de Miguel, K. Hosomizu, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, H. Imahori, M. Perez-Morales, M. Martin-Romero, and L. Camacho, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 356, 775-782 (2011).

206) Stoichiometric Complexation of Supramolecular Composites for Organic Solar Cells Revealed by Solid-State NMR, H. Kaji, H. Hayashi, T. Yamada, M. Ueda, S. Kang, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, and H. Imahori, Appl. Phys. Lett., 98, 113301 (2011).

207) Enhanced Photocurrent Generation by Semiconducting Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Enriched Thin Film, L. Wei, N. Tezuka, T. Umeyama, H. Imahori, and Y. Chen, Nanoscale, 3, 1845-1849 (2011).

208) Carbon Nanotube Wiring of Donor-Acceptor Nanograins by Self-Assembly and Efficient Charge Transport, T. Umeyama, N. Tezuka, F. Kawashima, S. Seki, Y. Matano, Y. Nakao, T. Shishido, M. Nishi, K. Hirao, H. Lehtivuori, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, and H. Imahori, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 50, 4615-4619 (2011).

209) Tunable, Strongly-Donating Perylene Photosensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, S. Mathew and H. Imahori, J. Mater. Chem., 21, 7166-7174 (2011).

210) Photoinduced Charge Carrier Dynamics of Zn-Porphyrin-TiO2 Electrodes – the Key Role of Charge Recombination for Solar Cell Performance, H. Imahori, S. Kang,  H. Hayashi, M. Haruta, H. Kurata, S. Isoda, S. E. Canton, Y. Infahsaeng, A. Kathiravan, T. Pascher, P. Chabera, A. P. Yartsev, and V. Sundström, J. Phys. Chem. A, 115, 3679-3690 (2011).

211) Electron Transfer Cascade by Organic/Inorganic Ternary Composites of Porphyrin, Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle, and Reduced Graphene Oxide on Tin Oxide Electrode that Exhibits Efficient Photocurrent Generation, H. Hayashi, I. V. Lightcap, M. Tsujimoto, M. Takano, T. Umeyama, P. V. Kamat, and H. Imahori, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 7684-7687 (2011).

212) Bisquinoxaline-Fused Porphyrins for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, H. Imahori, H. Iijima, H. Hayashi, Y. Toude, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, and S. Ito, ChemSusChem, 2011, 4, 797-805.

213) Effects of Heterole Spacers on the Structure, Optical, and Electrochemical Properties of 2,5-Bis(1,5-diphenylphosphol-2-yl)heteroles, Y. Matano, A. Saito, M. Fujita, and H. Imahori, Heteroatom Chem. 22, 457-470 (2011).

214) Density Functional Theory Studies on Chemical Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Bingel Reaction, T. Umeyama, H. Fueno, E. Kawabata, Y. Kobayashi, K. Tanaka, N. Tezuka, Y. Matano, and H. Imahori, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 84, 748-753 (2011).

215) Optical, Electrochemical, and Photovoltaic Effects of an Electron-Withdrawing Tetrafluorophenylene Bridge in a Push-Pull Porphyrin Sensitizer used for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, M. Simon, H. Iijima, Y. Toude, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, S. Ito, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 115, 14415-14424 (2011).

216) Segregated Donor-Acceptor Columns in Liquid Crystals that Exhibit Highly Efficient Ambipolar Charge Transport, H. Hayashi, W. Nihashi, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, S. Seki, Y. Shimizu, and H. Imahori, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133, 10736-10739 (2011).

217) Fusion of Phosphole and 1,1′-Biacenaphthene: Phosphorus(V)-Containing Extended p-Systems with High Electron Affinity and Electron Mobility, Y. Matano, A. Saito, T. Fukushima, Y. Tokudome, F. Suzuki, D. Sakamaki, H. Kaji, A. Ito, K. Tanaka, and H. Imahori, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 50, 8016-8020 (2011).

218) Synthesis and Photovoltaic Properties of Thiophene–Imide-Fused Thiophene Alternating Copolymers with Different Alkyl Side Chains, Umeyama, M. Oodoi, O. Yoshikawa, T. Sagawa, S. Yoshikawa, D. Evgenia, N. Tezuka, Y. Matano, K. Stranius, N. V. Tkachencko, H. Lemmetyinen, and H. Imahori, J. Mater. Chem., 21, 12454-12461 (2011).

219) Divergent Synthesis of 2,5-Diarylphospholes Based on Cross-coupling Reactions: Substituent Effects on the Optical and Redox Properties of Benzene-Phosphole-Benzene p-Systems, Y. Matano, Y. Kon, A. Saito, Y. Kimura, T. Murafuji, and H. Imahori, Chem. Lett., 40, 919-921 (2011).

220) Effects of Fullerene Encapsulation on Structure and Photophysical Properties of Porphyrin-Linked Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, T. Umeyama, J. Mihara, H. Hayashi, N. Kadota, V. Chukharev, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, K. Yoshida, S. Isoda, and H. Imahori, Chem. Commun., 47, 11781-11783 (2011).

221) Porphyrin-Appended Phosphapalladacycle Precatalysts: Effects of Central Metals on the Catalytic Activity in a High-Temperature Heck Reaction, Y. Matano, K. Matsumoto, T. Shibano, and H. Imahori, J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 15, 1172-1182 (2011).

2012

222) Thermal Conversion of Precursor Soluble Polymer to Insoluble Low Bandgap Conjugated Polymers Containing Isothianaphthene Dimer Subunits, T. Umeyama, K. Hirose, K. Noda, K. Matsushige, T. Shishido, Y. Matano, N. Ono, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 116, 1256-1264 (2012).

223) Effects of Carbon–Metal–Carbon Linkages on the Optical, Photophysical, and Electrochemical Properties of Phosphametallacycle-Linked Coplanar Porphyrin Dimers, Y. Matano, K. Matsumoto, H. Hayashi, Y. Nakao, T. Kumpulainen, V. Chukharev, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, S. Shimizu, N. Kobayashi, D. Sakamaki, A. Ito, K. Tanaka, and H. Imahori, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134, 1825-1839 (2012).

224) Self-Assembled Porphyrins on Modified Zinc Oxide Nanorods: Development of Model Systems for Inorganic-Organic Semiconductor Interface Studies, H. Saarenpää, E. Sariola-Leikas, A. Pyymaki-Perros, J. Kontio, A. Efimov, H. Hayashi, H. Lipsanen, H. Imahori, H. Lemmetyinen, and N. V. Tkachenko, J. Phys. Chem. C, 116, 2336-2343 (2012).

225) A Photoconductive, Thiophene-Fullerene Double-Cable Polymer, Nanorod Device, H. Imahori, S. Kitaura, A. Kira, H. Hayashi, M. Nishi, K. Hirao, S. Isoda, M. Tsujimoto, M. Takano, Z. Zhe, Y. Miyato, K. Noda, K. Matsushige, K. Stranius, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, L. Qin, S. J. Hurst and C. A. Mirkin, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 3, 478-481 (2012).

226) Synthesis and Photovoltaic Properties of Conjugated Polymer Based on 1,3,4-Thiadiazole Unit, T. Umeyama, E. Douvogianni, Y. Matano, and H. Imahori, Chem. Lett., 41, 354-356 (2012).

227) Covalently Fixed Porphyrin-Chemically Converted Graphene that Restores Intrinsic Electronic Properties of Graphene, T. Umeyama, J. Mihara, N. Tezuka, Y. Matano, K. Stranius, V. Chukharev, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, Z. Liu, K. Hirose-Takai, K. Suenaga, and H. Imahori, Chem. Eur. J., 18, 4250-4257 (2012).

228) Utilization of Photoinduced Charge-Separated State of Donor-Acceptor Linked Molecules for Regulation of Cell Membrane Potential and Ion Transport, T. Numata, T. Murakami, F. Kawashima, N. Morone, J. E. Heuser, Y. Takano, K. Ohkubo, S. Fukuzumi, Y. Mori, and H. Imahori, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134, 6092-6095 (2012).

229) Nickel(II) and Copper(II) Complexes of b-Unsubstituted 5,15-Diazaporphyrins and Pyridazine-Fused Diazacorrinoids: Metal-Template Syntheses and Peripheral Functionalizations, Y. Matano, T. Shibano, H. Nakano, and H. Imahori, Chem. Eur. J., 18, 6208-6216 (2012).

230) Development of a Novel Composite Material with Carbon Nanotubes Assisted by Self-Assembled Peptides Designed in Conjunction with b-Sheet Formation, Y. Hashida, T. Umeyama, J. Mihara, H. Imahori, M. Tsujimoto, S. Isoda, M. Takano, and M. Hashida, J. Pharm. Sci., 101, 3398-3412 (2012).

231) Effects of Dihydronaphthyl-based [60]Fullerene Bisadduct Isomers on Polymer Solar Cell Performance, H. Imahori, S. Kitaura, K. Kurotobi, Y. Takano, and T. Umeyama, Chem. Commun., 48, 8550-8552 (2012).

232) Donor–Acceptor Alternating Copolymer Based on Thermally-Converted Isothianaphthene Dimer and Thiazolothiazole Subunits, T. Umeyama, K. Hirose, K. Noda, K. Matsushige, T. Shishido,. H. Saarenpää, N. V. Tkachenko,. H. Lemmetyinen,. N. Ono, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 116, 17414-17423 (2012).

233) Co-grafting of Porphyrins and Fullerenes on ZnO Nanorods: Towards Supramolecular Donor-acceptor Assembly, S. M. Shah, A. Kira, H. Imahori, D. Ferry, H. Brisset, F. Fages, and J. Ackermann, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 386, 268-276 (2012).

234) a,a’-Diarylacenaphtho[1,2-c]phosphole P–Oxides: Divergent Synthesis and Application to Cathode Buffer Layers in Organic Photovoltaics, Y. Matano, A. Saito, Y. Suzuki, T. Miyajima, S. Akiyama, S. Ootsubo, E. Nakamoto, S. Aramaki, and H. Imahori, Chem. Asian. J. 7, 2305-2312 (2012).

235) Creation of Pure Nanodrugs and Their Anticancer Properties, H. Kasai, T. Murakami, Y. Ikuta, Y. Koseki, K. Baba, H. Oikawa, H. Nakanishi, M. Okada, M. Shoji, M. Ueda, H. Imahori, and M. Hashida, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51, 10315-10318 (2012).

236) Photodynamic and Photothermal Effects of Semiconducting and Metallic Enriched Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Cancer Cell Killing, T. Murakami, H. Nakatsuji, M. Inada, Y. Matoba, N. Tezuka T. Umeyama, M. Hashida, and H. Imahori, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134, 17862-17865 (2012).

237) Synthesis of Low Bandgap Polymers Based on Thienoquinodimethane Units and Applications for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, T. Umeyama, Y. Watanabe, M. Oodoi, D. Evgenia, T. Shishido, and H. Imahori, J. Mater. Chem., 22, 24394-24402 (2012).

238) Metal Complexes and Free-Base of 5,15-Diaza-10,20-dimesitylporphyrins: Synthesis, Structures, Optical and Electrochemical Properties, and Aromaticity, Y. Matano, T. Shibano, H. Nakano, Y. Kimura, and H. Imahori, Inorg. Chem., 51, 12879-12890 (2012).

239) Synthesis and Structure–Property Relationship of 2,2’-Bis(benzo[b]phosphole) and 2,2’-Benzo[b]phosphole–Benzo[b]heterole Hybrid p-Systems, Y. Hayashi, Y. Matano, K. Suda, Y. Kimura, Y. Nakao, and H. Imahori, Chem. Eur. J., 18, 15792-15983 (2012).

2013

240) Synthesis and Charge-Carrier Transport Properties of Poly(phosphole P-alkanesulfonylimide)s, Y. Matano, H. Ohkubo, Y. Honsho, A. Saito, S. Seki, and H. Imahori, Org. Lett., 15, 932-935 (2013).

241) Triarylamine-Substituted Imidazole- and Quinoxaline-Fused Push-Pull Porphyrin for High Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell, H. Hayashi, A. S. Touchy, Y. Kinjo, Y. Toude, K. Kurotobi, T. Umeyama, Y. Matano, and H. Imahori, ChemSusChem, 6, 508-517 (2013).

242) Role of Binding Structures of Zn-Porphyrin on TiO2 in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Studied by Sum Frequency Generation (SFG) Vibrational Spectroscopy and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, S. Ye, A. Kathiravan, H. Hayashi, Y. Tong, Y. Infahsaeng, P. Chabera, T. Pascher, A. P. Yartsev, S. Isoda, H. Imahori, and V. Sundström, J. Phys. Chem. C, 117, 6066-6080 (2013).

243) Mechanism of Cellular Interactions with Water-Dispersed Carbon Nanohorns, T. Murakami,. M. Nakatani,. M. Kokubo,. H. Nakatsuji,. M. Inada,. H. Imahori,. M. Yudasaka,. S. Iijima, and K. Tsuchida, Nanosci. Nanotech. Lett., 5, 402-407 (2013).

244) Conjugated Donor-Acceptor (D-A) Copolymers in Inverted Organic Solar Cells – A Combined Experimental and Modelling Study, V. Manninen, M. Niskanen, T. I. Hukka, F. Pasker, S. Claus, S. Höger, J. Baek, T. Umeyama, H. Imahori, and H. Lemmetyinen, J. Mater. Chem. A, 1, 7451-7462 (2013).

245) Incorporation of Graphene to Fullerene Clusters and Fullerene-Nanotube Composites and Its Effect on Photoelectrochemical Properties, T. Umeyama, B. Jinsoek, N. Tezuka, K. Morita, and H. Imahori, ECS J. Solid State Sci. Technol., 2, M3001-M3007 (2013).

246) Synthesis and Photovoltaic Properties of Phenylethynyl-Substituted Diazaporphyrin, K. Kurotobi, K. Kawamoto, Y. Toude, Y. Fujimori, Y. Kinjo, S. Ito, Y. Matano, and H. Imahori, Chem. Lett., 42, 725-726 (2013).

247) Synthesis of 2-Alkenyl- and 2-Alkynyl-benzo[b]phospholes by Using Palladium-Catalyzed Cross Coupling Reactions, Y. Matano, Y. Hayashi, K. Suda, Y. Kimura, and H. Imahori, Org. Lett., 15, 4458-4461 (2013).

248) Effect of Fluorine Substitution on Photovoltaic Properties of Benzothiadiazole−Carbazole Alternating Copolymers, T. Umeyama, Y. Watanabe, E. Douvogianni, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 117, 21148-21157 (2013).

249) Photothermal Ability of Lanthanide Bis(naphthalocyanine) Dye and Inclusion into Modified High Density Lipoprotein Nanocarriers for Therapeutic Applications, S. Mathew, T. Murakami, H. Nakatsuji, H. Okamoto, N. Morone, J. E. Heuser, M. Hashida, and H. Imahori, ACS Nano, 7, 8908-8916 (2013).

250) Highly Asymmetrical Porphyrins with Enhanced Push-Pull Character for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, K. Kurotobi, Y. Toude, K. Kawamoto, Y. Fujimori, S. Ito, P. Chabera, V. Sundström, and H. Imahori, Chem. Eur. J., 19, 17075-17081 (2013).
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2014

251) Photo-induced Electron Transfer at Nanostructured Semiconductor- Zinc Porphyrin Interface, H. Saarenpää, A. P. Perros, P. Myllyperkiö, K. Kurotobi, H. Lipsanen, H. Imahori, H. Lemmetyinen, and N. V. Tkachenko, Chem. Phys. Lett., 592, 47-51 (2014).

252) Photothermal Ablation of Tumor Cells Using a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Peptide Composite, Y. Hashida, H. Tanaka, S. Zhou, S. Kawakami, F. Yamashita, T. Murakami, T. Umeyama, H. Imahori, and M. Hashida, J. Control. Release, 173, 59-66 (2014).

253) Photophysical and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Diazaporphyrin-Fullerene Dyad, M. Yamamoto, Y. Takano, Y. Matano, K. Stranius, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 118, 1808-1820 (2014).

254) Covalently Linked 5,15-Diazaporphyrin Dimers: Promising Scaffolds for a Highly Conjugated Azaporphyrin π-System, Y. Matano, D. Fujii, T. Shibano, K. Furukawa, T. Higashino, H. Nakano, and H. Imahori, Chem. Eur. J., 20, 3342-3349 (2014).

255) Phosphole and Benzodithiophene-Based Copolymers: Synthesis and Application to Organic Photovoltaics, Y. Matano, H. Ohkubo, T. Miyata, Y. Watanabe, T. Umeyama, and H. Imahori, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 1620-1624 (2014).

256) Mobility of Holes in Oligo- and Polyfluorenes of Defined Lengths, M. J. Bird, O. G. Reid, A. R. Cook, S. Asaoka, Y. Shibano, H. Imahori, G. Rumbles, and J. R. Miller, J. Phys. Chem. C, 118, 6100-6109 (2014).

257) Preparation of Immunostimulatory Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube/cpG DNA Complexes and Evaluation of Their Potential in Cancer Immunotherapy, S. Zhou, Y. Hashida, S. Kawakami, J. Mihara, T. Umeyama, H. Imahori, T. Murakami, F. Yamashita, and M. Hashida, Inter. J. Pharm., 471, 214-223 (2014).

258) A Unique Architecture Based on 1D Semiconductor, Reduced Graphene Oxide, and Chalcogenide with Multifunctional Properties, B. Mukherjee, S. Gupta, A. Peterson, H. Imahori, A. Manivannan, and V. Subramanian, Chem. Eur. J., 20, 10456-10465 (2014).

259) Mesoscopic Metal Nanoparticles Doubly Functionalized with Natural and Engineered Lipidic Dispersants for Therapeutics, T. Murakami, H. Nakatsuji, N. Morone, J. E. Heuser, F. Ishidate, M. Hashida, and H. Imahori, ACS Nano, 8, 7370-7376 (2014).

260) Double Functions of Porous TiO2 Electrodes on CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells: Enhancement of Perovskite Crystal Transformation and Prohibition of Short Circuiting, G. Murugadoss, G. Mizuta, S. Tanaka, H. Nishino, T. Umeyama, H. Imahori, and S. Ito, APL Mater., 2, 181511-1-181511-6 (2014).

261) Effects of Alkyl Chain Length and Substituent Pattern of Fullerene Bis-adducts on Film Structures and Photovoltaic Properties of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, R. Tao, T. Umeyama, K. Kurotobi, and H. Imahori, ACS Appl. Mater. Interface, 6, 17313-17322 (2014).

262) N,S,P-Hybrid Donor–π–Acceptor Organic Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell: Synthesis, Optical Properties, and Photovoltaic Performances, Y. Matano, Y. Hayashi, H. Nakano, and H. Imahori, Heteroatom Chem., 25, 533-547 (2014).

263) Synthesis of Thienothiadiazole–Benzothiadiazole Alternating Copolymers and Their Application to Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, T. Umeyama, Y. Watanabe, T. Miyata, and H. Imahori, Chem. Lett., 43, 1876-1878 (2014).

2015

264) Synthesis of Push-Pull Type Porphyrin with Two Electron-Donating and Two Electron-Withdrawing Groups and Its Application to Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell, T. Higashino, Y. Fujimori, K. Sugiura, Y. Tsuji, S. Ito, and H. Imahori, J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 18, 1-10 (2014).

265) Electron-Rich Five Membered Ring of Azulene as a Donor Unit in Donor–Acceptor Alternating Copolymers for Polymer Solar Cell Applications, T. Umeyama, Y. Watanabe, T. Miyata, and H. Imahori, Chem. Lett., 44, 47-49 (2015).

266) Nature-Inspired Tree-Like TiO2 Architecture: A 3D Platform for the Assembly of CdS and Reduced Graphene Oxide for Photoelectrochemical Processes, P. Pathak, S. Gupta, K. Grosulak, H. Imahori, and V. Subramanian, J. Phys. Chem. C, 119, 7543-7553 (2015).

267) Single cis-2 Regioisomer of Ethylene-Tethered Indene-Fullerene Adduct as an Electron-Acceptor in Polymer Solar Cells, R. Tao, T. Umeyama, T. Higashino, T. Koganezawa, and H. Imahori, Chem. Commun., 51, 8199-8388 (2015).
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268) Molecular Interactions on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Revealed by High-Resolution Transmission Microscopy, T. Umeyama, J. Baek, Y. Sato, K. Suenaga, F. Abou-Chahine, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, and H. Imahori, Nat. Commun., 6, 7732 (2015).

269) Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Two-Diazaporphyrin-Porphyrin Hetero Dimers in Polar and Nonpolar Solutions, F. Abou-Chahine, D. Fujii, H. Imahori, H. Nakano, N. V. Tkachenko, Y. Matano, and H. Lemmetyinen, J. Phys. Chem. B, 119, 7328-7337 (2015).

270) Tropolone as High-Performance Robust Anchoring Group for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell, T. Higashino, Y. Fujimori, K. Sugiura, Y. Tsuji, S. Ito, and H. Imahori, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54, 9052-9056 (2015).

271) Synthesis and Isolation of cis-2 Regiospecific Ethylene-Tethered Indene Dimer–Fullerene C60 and C70 Adducts for Polymer Solar Cell Applications, R. Tao, T. Umeyama, T. Higashino, T. Koganezawa and H. Imahori, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 7, 16676-16685 (2015).

272) Hybrid [5]Radialenes with Bispyrroloheteroles: New Electron-Donating Units, T. Higashino and H. Imahori, Chem. Eur. J., 21, 13375-13381 (2015).

273) Effects of Immersion Solvent on Photovoltaic and Photophysical Properties of Porphyrin-Sensitized Solar Cells, H. Hayashi, T. Higashino, Y. Kinjo, Y. Fujimori, K. Kurotobi, P. Chabera, V. Sundström, S. Isoda, and H. Imahori, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 7, 18689-18696 (2015).

274) Thermosensitive Ion Channel Activation in Single Neuronal Cells by Using Surface-Engineered Plasmonic Nanoparticles, H. Nakatsuji, T. Numata, N. Morone, S. Kaneko, Y. Mori, H. Imahori, and T. Murakami, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 127, 11891-11895 (2015).

275) Push-Pull Bacteriochlorin: Panchromatic Sensitizer for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell, T. Higashino, Y. Tsuji, Y. Fujimori, K. Sugiura, S. Ito, and H. Imahori, Chem. Lett., 44, 1396-1397 (2015).

276) Material Exchange Property of Organo Lead Halide Perovskite with Hole-Transporting Materials, S. Ito, S. Kanaya, H. Nishino, T. Umeyama, and H. Imahori, Photonics, 2, 1043-1053 (2015).

277) Light Stability Tests of Methylammonium and Formamidinium Pb-Halide Perovskites for Solar Cell Applications, G. Murugadoss, S. Tanaka, G. Mizuta, S. Kanaya, H. Nishino, T. Umeyama, H. Imahori, and S. Ito, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 54, 08KF08-1-08KF08-5 (2015).

278) Boosting of the Performance of Organic Perovskite Solar Cells through Systematic Introduction of Reduced Graphene Oxide in TiO2 Layers, T. Umeyama, D. Matano, J. Baek, S. Gupta, S. Ito, V. Subramanian, and H. Imahori, Chem. Lett., 44, 1410-1412 (2015).

279) Polymer-Assisted Construction of Mesoporous TiO2 Layer for Improving Perovskite Solar Cell Performance, Y. Yue, T. Umeyama, Y. Kohara, H. Kashio, M. Itoh, S. Ito, E. Sivaniah, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 119, 22847-22854 (2015).

2016

280) Remarkable Dependence of the Final Charge Separation Efficiency on the Donor–Acceptor Interaction in Photoinduced Electron Transfer, T. Higashino, T. Yamada, M. Yamamoto, A. Furube, N. V. Tkachenko, T. Miura, Y. Kobori, R. Jono, K. Yamashita, and H. Imahori, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 55, 629-633 (2016).

281) Visible Light-Driven Water Oxidation Using a Covalently-Linked Molecular Catalyst-Sensitizer Dyad Assembled on a TiO2 Electrode, M. Yamamoto, L. Wang, F. Li, T. Fukushima, K. Tanaka, L. Sun and H. Imahori, Chem. Sci., 7, 1430-1439 (2016).

282) Probing the Dipolar Coupling in a Hetero-spin Endohedral Fullerene–Phthalocyanine Dyad, S. Zhou, M. Yamamoto, G. Briggs, H. Imahori, and K. Porfyrakis, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 1313-1319 (2016).

283) Optical Control of Neuronal Firing via Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Donor-Acceptor Conjugates, Y. Takano, T. Numata, K. Fujishima, K. Miyake, K. Nakao, W. D. Grove, R. Inoue, M. Kengaku, S. Sakaki, Y. Mori, T. Murakami, and H. Imahori, Chem. Sci., 7, 3331-3337 (2016).

284) Geometries, Electronic Couplings and Hole Dissociation Dynamics of Photoinduced Electron-Hole Pairs in Polyhexylthiophene-Fullerene Dyads Rigidly Linked by Oligophenylenes, T. Miura, R. Tao, S. Shibata, T. Umeyama, T. Tachikawa, H. Imahori, and Y. Kobori, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 5879-5885 (2016).

285) Effect of Bulky Substituents of Push-Pull Porphyrins on Photovoltaic Properties of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, T. Higashino, K. Kawamoto, K. Sugiura, Y. Fujimori, Y. Tsuji, K. Kurotobi, S. Ito, and H. Imahori, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 8, 15379-15390 (2016).

286) Molecular Location Sensing Approach by Anisotropic Magnetism of an Endohedral Metallofullerene, Y. Takano, R. Tashita, M. Suzuki, S. Nagase, H. Imahori, and T. Akasaka, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 8000-8006 (2016).

287) A New Class of Epitaxial Porphyrin Metal-Organic Framework Thin Films with Extremely High Photocarrier Generation Efficiency: Promising Materials for All-Solid-State Solar Cell, J. Liu, W. Zhou, J. Liu, Y. Fujimori, T. Higashino, H. Imahori, X. Jiang, J. Zhao, T. Sakurai, Y. Hattori, W. Matsuda, S. Seki, S. K. Garlapati, S. Dasgupta, E. Redel, L. Sun, and C. Wöll, J. Mater. Chem. A, 4, 12739-12747 (2016).

288) A Push-Pull Porphyrin Dimer with Multiple Electron-Donating Groups for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Excellent Light-Harvesting in Near-Infrared Region, T. Higashino, K. Sugiura, Y. Tsuji, S. Nimura, S. Ito, and H. Imahori, Chem. Lett., 45, 1126-1128 (2016).

289) Blend Films of Amorphous Conjugated Polymer and Thermal Precursor Fullerene: Effects of Annealing Temperatures on Film Structures and Photovoltaic Properties, T. Umeyama, S. Shibata, and H. Imahori, RSC Adv., 6, 83758-83766 (2016).

290) Fusing Porphyrins and Phospholes: Synthesis and Analysis of a Phosphorus-Containing Porphyrin, T. Higashino, T. Yamada, T. Sakurai, S. Seki, and H. Imahori, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 55, 12311-12315 (2016).
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291) Visible Light-Driven Water Oxidation with a Subporphyrin Sensitizer and a Water Oxidation Catalyst, M. Yamamoto, Y. Nishizawa, P. Chábera, F. Li, T. Pascher, V. Sundström, L. Sun, and H. Imahori, Chem. Commun. 52, 13702-13705 (2016).

292) Interface Optoelectronics Engineering for Mechanical-Stacked Tandem Solar Cells Based on Perovskite and Silicon, H. Kanda, A. Uzum, H. Nishino, T. Umeyama, H. Imahori, Y. Ishikawa, Y. Uraoka, and S. Ito, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 8, 33553-33561 (2016).

293) Remarkable Dependence of Exciplex Decay Rate on Through-Space Separation Distance Between Porphyrin and Chemically Converted Graphene, T. Umeyama, T. Hanaoka, J. Baek, T. Higashino, F. Abou-Chahine, N. V. Tkachenko, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 120, 28337-28344 (2016).

294) Analysis of Sputtering Damage on I–V Curves for Perovskite Solar Cells and Simulation with Reversed Diode Model, H. Kanda, A. Uzum, A. K. Baranwal, T. A. Nirmal Peiris, T. Umeyama, H. Imahori, H. Segawa, T. Miyasaka, and S. Ito, J. Phys. Chem. C, 120, 28441-28447 (2016).

2017

295) Regioisomer Effects of [70]Fullerene Mono-adduct Acceptors in Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells, T. Umeyama, T. Miyata, A. C. Jakowetz, S. Shibata, K. Kurotobi, T. Higashino, T. Koganezawa, M. Tsujimoto, S. Gélinas, W. Matsuda, S. Seki, R. H. Friend, and H. Imahori, Chem. Sci., 8, 181-188 (2017).

296) Occurrence of Photoinduced Charge Separation by the Modulation of Electronic Coupling between Pyrene Dimer and Chemically Converted Graphene, T. Umeyama, J. Baek, J. Mihara, N. V. Tkachenko, and H. Imahori, Chem. Commun., 53, 1025-1028 (2017).
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297) Structural Effects on Incident Photon-to-Current Conversion Efficiency of Zn Porphyrin Dyes on the Low Index Planes of TO2, R. Ide, Y. Fujimori, Y. Tsuji, T. Higashino, H. Imahori, H. Ishikawa, A. Imanishi, K. Fukui, M. Nakamura, and N. Hoshi, ACS Omega, 2, 128-135 (2017).

298) Thermal Precursor Approach to Pristine Fullerene Film as Electron Selective layer in Perovskite Solar Cells, T. Umeyama, D. Matano, S. Shibata, J. Baek, S. Ito, and H. Imahori, ESC J. Sold State Sci. Tech., 6, M3078-M3083 (2017).

299) Surface Functionalization of High Free-Volume Polymers as a Route to Efficient Hydorgen Separation Membranes, B. Ghalei, Y. Kinoshita, K. Wakimoto, K. Sakurai, S. Mathew, Y. Yue, H. Kusuda, H. Imahori, and E. Sivaniah, J. Mater. Chem. A, 5, 4686-4694 (2017).

300) A Ruthenium Complex−Porphyrin−Fullerene-Linked Molecular Pentad as an Integrative Photosynthetic Model, M. Yamamoto, J. Föhlinger, J. Petersson, L. Hammarström, and H. Imahori, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 56, 3329-3333 (2017).

301) Thiophene-fused Dithiaoctaphyrins: π-System Switching between Cross-Conjugated and Macrocyclic π-Networks, T. Higashino, A. Kugamai and H. Imahori, Chem. Commun., 37, 5073-5240 (2017).
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302) Unsymmetrically Substituted Donor–π–Acceptor-Type 5,15-Diazaporphyrin Sensitizers: Synthesis, Optical and Photovoltaic Properties, S. Omomo, Y. Tsuji, K. Sugiura, T. Higashino, H. Nakano, H. Imahori, and Y. Matano, ChemPlusChem, 82, 695-704 (2017).

303) Hexaphyrin as a Potential Theranostic Dye for Photothermal Therapy and 19F Magnetic Resonance Imaging, T. Higashino, H. Nakatsuji, R. Fukuda, H. Okamoto, H. Imai, T. Matsuda, H. Tochio, M. Shirakawa, N. V. Tkachenko, M. Hashida, T. Murakami, and H. Imahori, ChemBioChem, 18, 951-959 (2017).
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304) Synthesis of Partially meso-Free 2,3-Di(arylethynyl)porphyrins, T. Higashino, Y. Ohashi, and H. Imahori, Chem. Lett., 46, 976-978 (2017).

305) Enantiomerically Separated a-[70]PCBM for Organic Photovoltaics, T. Umeyama, S. Shibata, K. Igarashi, S. Takahara, T. Higashino, S. Seki, and H. Imahori, Chem. Lett., 46, 1001-1003 (2017).

306) Long-Range Observation of Exciplex Formation and Decay Mediated by One-Dimensional Bridges, J. Baek, T. Umeyama, K. Stranius, H. Yamada, N. V. Tkachenko, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 121, 13952-13961 (2017).

307) Surface Chemistry for Cytosolic Gene Delivery and Photothermal Transgene Expression by Gold Nanorods, H. Nakatsuji, K. K. Galbraith, J. Kurisu, H. Imahori, T. Murakami, and M. Kengaku, Sci. Rep., 7, 4694 (2017).

308) Strategy to Attain Remarkably High Photoinduced Charge-Separation Yield of Donor-Acceptor Linked Molecules in Biological Environment via Modulating Their Cationic Moieties, N. Cai, Y. Takano, T. Numata, R. Inoue, Y. Mori, T. Murakami, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 121, 17457-17465 (2017).

309) DNA Nanotechnology-Based Composite-type Gold Nanoparticle-Immunostimulatory DNA Hydrogel for Tumor Photothermal Immunotherapy, T. Yata, Y. Takahashi, M. Tan, H. Nakatsuji, S. Ohtsuki, T. Murakami, H. Imahori, Y. Umeki, T. Shiomi, Y. Takakura, and M. Nishikawa, Biomaterials, 146, 136-145 (2017).

310) A Hydroxamic Acid Anchoring Group for Durable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Incorporating a Cobalt Redox Shuttle, T. Higashino, Y. Kurumisawa, N. Cai, Y. Fujimori, Y. Tsuji, S. Nimura, D. Packwood, J. Park, and H. Imahori, ChemSusChem, 10, 3347-3351 (2017).

311) Regioisomer Effects of [70]PCBM on Film Structures and Photovoltaic Properties of Composite Films with a Crystalline Conjugated Polymer P3HT, T. Umeyama, S. Shibata, T. Miyata, K. Igarashi, T. Koganezawa, and H. Imahori, RSC Advance, 7, 45697-45704 (2017).

312) Photovoltaic Properties and Long-Term Durability of Porphyrin-Sensitized Solar Cells with Silicon-Based Anchoring Groups, T. Higashino, S. Nimura, K. Sugiura, Y. Kurumisawa, Y. Tsuji, and H. Imahori, ACS Omega, 2, 6958-6967 (2017).

313) Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reaction in Mitochondria for Spatiotemporal Selective Photo-Oxidation of Lipids by Donor/Acceptor Linked Molecules, Y. Takano, E. Hanai, and H. Imahori, Nanoscale, 9, 17909-17913 (2017).

314) Optical Control of Mitochondrial Reductive Reactions in Living Cells using an Electron Donor-Acceptor Linked Molecule, Y. Takano, R. Munechika, V. P. Biju, H. Harashima, H. Imahori, and Y. Yamada, Nanoscale, 9, 18690-18698 (2017).

2018

315) Unique Cohesive Nature of the b1-Isomer of [70]PCBM Fullerene on Structures and Photovoltaic Performances of Bulk Heterojunction Films with PffBT4T-2OD Polymers, T. Umeyama, K. Igarashi, D. Sakamaki, S. Seki, and H. Imahori, Chem. Commun., 54, 405-408 (2018).

316) Formation and Photodynamic Behavior of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanosheet–Fullerene Inorganic-Organic Nanohybrids on Semiconducting Electrodes, J. Baek, T. Umeyama, W. Choi, Y. Tsutsui, H. Yamada, S. Seki, and H. Imahori, Chem. Eur. J., 24, 1561-1572 (2018).
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317) Phosphole-Thiophene Hybrid: a Dual Role of Dithieno[3,4-b:3’,4’-d]phosphole as Electron Acceptor and Electron Donor, T. Higashino, K. Ishida, T. Satoh, Y. Matano, and H. Imahori, J. Org. Chem., 83, 3397-3402 (2018).

318) Facile Fabrication Method of Small-Sized Crystal Silicon Solar Cells for Ubiquitous Applications and Tandem Device with Perovskite Solar Cells, H. Kanda, N. Shibayama, T. Umeyama, H. Imahori, Y.-H. Chiang, P. Chen, M. K. Nazeeruddin, and S. Ito, Mater. Today Energy, 7, 190-198 (2018).

319) cis-1 Isomers of Tethered Bismethano[70]fullerene as Electron Acceptors in Organic Photovoltaics, T. Umeyama, S. Takahara, S. Shibata, K. Igarashi, T. Higashino, K. Mishima, K. Yamashita, and H. Imahori, RSC Adv., 8, 18316-18326 (2018).

320) Enhanced Donor-π-Acceptor Character of A Porphyrin Dye Incorporating Naphthobisthiadiazole for Efficient Near Infrared Light Absorption, T. Higashino, Y. Kurumisawa, S. Nimura, H. Iiyama, and H. Imahori, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2537-2547 (2018).

321) Photophysical Properties of Porphyrin Dimer–Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Linked Systems, J. Baek, T. Umeyama, S. Mizuno, N. V. Tkachenko, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 122, 13285-13293 (2018).

322) Unique Tube-Ring Interactions: Complexation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Cycloparaphenyleneacetylenes, K. Miki, K. Saiki, T. Umeyama, J. Baek, T. Noda, H. Imahori, Y. Sato, K. Suenaga, and K. Ohe, Small, 14, 1800720 (2018).

323) Calix[5]phyrin for Fluoride Ion Sensing with Visible and Near Infrared Optical Responses, T. Higashino, A. Kumagai, and H. Imahori, Chem. Asian J., 13, 2019-2022 (2018).

324) Reversible π-System Switching of Thiophene-fused Thiahexaphyrins by Solvent and Oxidation/Reduction, T. Higashino, A. Kumagai, S. Sakaki, and H. Imahori, Chem. Sci., 9, 7528-7539 (2018).

325) Effect of Silicon Surface for Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells: Flat or Textured?, H. Kanda, N. Shibayama, A. Uzum, T. Umeyama, H. Imahori, K. Ibi, and S. Ito, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 10, 35016-35024 (2018).

2019

326) Cleaner Synthesis and Systematical Characterization of Sustainable Poly(isosorbide-co-ethylene terephthalate) by Environ-Benign and Highly Active Catalysts, X.-G. Ki, G. Song, M.-R. Huang, T. Ohara, H. Yamada, T. Umeyama, T. Higashino, and H. Imahori, J. Clean. Prod., 206, 483-497 (2019).

327) ABC-ABC-Type meso–meso Directly Linked Porphyrin Dimers, T. Higashino, Y. Kurumisawa, H. Iiyama, and H. Imahori, Chem. Eur. J., 25, 538-547 (2019).

328) Synthesis of Phosphole-bridged Porphyrin Dimers, T. Higashino, I. Nishimura, and H. Imahori, Chem. Lett., 48, 257-259 (2019).

329) Pluripotent Features of Doubly Thiophene-Fused Benzodiphospholes as Organic Functional Materials, T. Higashino, K. Ishida, T. Sakurai, S. Seki, T. Konishi, K. Kamada, K. Kamada, and H. Imahori, Chem. Eur. J., 25, 6425-6438 (2019).

330) Renaissance of Fused Porphyrins: Substituted Methylene-bridged Thiophene-Fused Strategy for High-Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Y. Kurumisawa, T. Higashino, S. Nimura, Y. Tsuji, H. Iiyama, and H. Imahori, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 141, 9910-9919 (2019).

331) Exclusive Occurrence of Photoinduced Energy Transfer and Switching Its Direction by Rectangular π-Extension of Nanographenes, T. Umeyama, T. Hanaoka, H. Yamada, Y. Namura, S. Mizuno, T. Ohara, J. Baek, J. Park, Y. Takano, K. Stranius, N. V. Tkachenko, and H. Imahori, Chem. Sci., 10, 6642-6650 (2019).

332) Photoconductivity in Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Thin Films, X. Liu, M. Kozlowska, T. Okkali, D. Wagner, T. Higashino, G. Brenner-Weiß, S. Marschner, Z. Fu, Q. Zhang, H. Imahori, S. Bräse, W. Wenzel, C. Wöll, and L. Heinke, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 58, 9590-9595 (2019).

333) Thiazolocatechol: Electron-withdrawing Catechol Anchoring Group for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, T. Higashino, H. Iiyama, Y. Kurumisawa, and H. Imahori, ChemPhysChem, 20, 2689-2695 (2019).

334) Effective Role of Eco-Friendly Acetyl Tributyl Citrate in Large-Scale Catalyst-Free Synthesis of Waterborne Polyurethanes Without Volatile Organic Compounds, X.-G. Li, Y.-B. Xie, M.-R. Huang, T. Umeyama, T. Ohara and H. Imahori, J. Clean. Prod., 237, 117543-1-16 (2019).

335) Spontaneous Complexation of Fullerenes on Nanodiamond Aggregates and Their Enhanced Photocurrent Generation, T. Umeyama, Y. Okawada, T. Ohara, and H. Imahori, Chem. Asian J., 14, 4042-4047 (2019).

336) Phosphole-Fused Dehydropurpurins via Titanium-Mediated [2+2+1] Cyclization Strategy, T. Higashino, I. Nishimura, and H. Imahori, Chem. Eur. J., 25, 13816-13823 (2019).

2020

337) Effect of Ligand Structures of Copper Redox Shuttles on Photovoltaic Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, T. Higashino, H. Iiyama, S. Nimura, Y. Kurumisawa, and H. Imahori, Inorg. Chem., 59, 452-459 (2020).

338) Modulation of Frontier Molecular Orbitals on Dithieno[3,4-b:3’,4’-d]phosphole Derivatives by Donor-π-Acceptor Interaction, T. Higashino, K. Ishida, and H. Imahori, Chem. Lett., 49, 272-275 (2020).

339) Sustained Photodynamic Effect of Single Chirality-Enriched Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, R. Fukuda, T. Umeyama, M. Tsujimoto, F. Ishidate, T. Tanaka, H. Kataura, H. Imahori, and T. Murakami, Carbon, 161, 718-725 (2020).

340) Effects of meso-Diarylamino Group of Porphyrins on Optical and Electrochemical Properties, T. Higashino, Y. Fujimori, I. Nishimura, and H. Imahori, J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 24, 67-74 (2020).

341) Efficient Light-Harvesting, Energy Migration, and Charge Transfer by Nanographene-Based Nonfullerene Acceptor Small-Molecule Exhibiting Unusually Long Excited-State Lifetime in Film State, T. Umeyama, K. Igarashi, D. Sasada, Y. Tamai, K. Ishida, T. Koganezawa, S. Ohtani, K. Tanaka, H. Ohkita, and H. Imahori, Chem. Sci., 11, 3250-3257 (2020).

342) Simple Processing Addition-Driven 20% Efficiency for Inverted Planar Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells, S. Masi, N. Sestu, V. Valenzano, T. Higashino, H. Imahori, M. Saba, G. Bongiovanni, V. Armenise, A. Milella, G. Gigli, A. Rizzo, S. Colella, and A. Listori, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 12, 18431-18436 (2020).

343) Noncovalent Functionalization of Few-Layered Antimonene with Fullerene Clusters and Photoinduced Charge Separation in the Composite, T. Umeyama, T. Ohara, Y. Tsutsui, S. Nakano, S. Seki, and H. Imahori, Chem. Eur. J., 26, 6726-6735 (2020).

344) Highly Cost-efficient Sorption and Desorption of Mercury Ions onto Regenerable Poly(m-phenylenediamine) Microspheres with Many Active Group, X.-G. Li., M.-R. Huang, T. Tao, Z. Ren, J. Zeng, J. Yu, T. Umeyama, T. Ohara, H. Imahori, Chem. Eng. J. 391, 123515-1-21 (2020).

345) Exploration on the Combination of Push-Pull Porphyrin Dyes and Copper(I/II) Redox Shuttles toward High-Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, T. Higashino, H. Iiyama, I. Nishimura, and H. Imahori, Chem. Lett., 49, 936-939 (2020).

346) Efficient Exciton Diffusion in Micrometer-Sized Domains of Nanographene-Based Non-Fullerene Acceptors with Long Exciton Lifetimes in Blend Films with Conjugated Polymer, T. Umeyama, K. Igarashi, D. Sasada, K. Ishida, T. Koganezawa, S. Ohtani, K. Tanaka, and H. Imahori, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 12, 39236-39244 (2020).

347) Elucidation of Mechanisms Underlying Depolarization and Reversibility by Photoactive Molecule, T. Numata, R. Fukuda, K. Sato-Numata, M. Hirano, K. Yamaguchi, H. Imahori, T. Murakami, Cell. Physiol. Biochem., 54, 899-916 (2020).

348) Unique Role of Heterole-fused Structures in Aromaticity and Physicochemical Properties of 7,8-Dehydropurpurins, T. Higashino, I. Nishimura, and H. Imahori, Chem. Eur. J., 52, 12043-12049 (2020).

349) Near-Infrared Light Control of Membrane Potential by an Electron Donor-Acceptor Linked Molecule, Y. Takano, K. Miyake, J. Sobhanan, V. Biju, N. V. Tkachenko, and H. Imahori, Chem. Commun., 56, 12562-12565 (2020).

350) Glassy Porphyrin/C60 Composites: Morphological Engineering of C60 Fullerene with Liquefied Porphyrins, M. Morisue, G. Saito, D. Sasada, T. Umeyama, H. Imahori, K. Mitamura, H. Masunaga, T. Hoshino, S. Sakurai, S. Sasaki, Langmuir, 36, 13583-13590 (2020).

351) Effects of a Heavy Metal Atom of Metallocorroles on the Photovoltaic Properties of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, T. Higashino, Y. Kurumisawa, A. B. Alemayehu, R. F. Einrem, D. Sahu, D. M. Packwood, K. Kato, A. Yamakata, A. Ghosh, and H. Imahori, ACS Adv. Energy Mater., 3, 12460-12467 (2020).

2021

352) Thiophene-Fused Naphthodiphospholes: Modulation of the Structural and Electronic Properties of Polycyclic Aromatics by Precise Fusion of Heteroles, K. Ishida, T. Higashino, Y. Wada, H. Kaji, A. Saeki, and H. Imahori, ChemPlusChem, 86, 130-136 (2021).

353) Development of Clean Performance-Tunable Waterborne Polyurethane Using Acetyl Tributyl Citrate for Transferable Holographic Films, X.-G. Li, Y.-B. Xie, M.-R. Huang, T. Umeyama, and H. Imahori, J. Clean. Prod., 279, 123496-1-22 (2021).

354) Prolongation of the Singlet Exciton Lifetime of Nonfullerene Acceptor Films by the Replacement of the Central Benzene Core with Naphthalene, T. Umeyama, K. Igarashi, Y. Tamai, T. Wada, T. Takeyama, D. Sasada, K. Ishida, T. Koganezawa, S. Ohtani, K. Tanaka, H. Ohkita, and H. Imahori, Sus. Energy Fuels, 5, 2028-2035 (2021).

355) Photodynamic and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Few-layered Bismuthene Film on SnO2 Electrode and Its Hybridization with C60, T. Umeyama, H. Xu, T. Ohara, Y. Tsutsui, S. Seki, H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 125, 13954-13962 (2021).

356) Long-Range Interfacial Charge Carrier Trapping in Halide Perovskite-C60 and Halide Perovskite-TiO2 Donor-Acceptor Films, B. M. Sachith, T. Okamoto, S. Ghimire, T. Umeyama, Y. Takano, H. Imahori, and V. Biju, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 12, 8644-8651 (2021).

357) Synthesis of Thiophene-Fused Porphyrin Dimers as Effective p-Extended Helical Chromophores, I. Nishimura, T. Higashino, and H. Imahori, Chem. Commun., 57, 9606-9609 (2021).

358) Effect of Terminal-Group Halogenation of Naphthalene-Based Nonfullerene Acceptors on Their Film Structure and Photophysical and Photovoltaic Properties, T. Umeyama, T. Wada, K. Igarashi, K. Kato, A. Yamakata, T. Takeyama, Y. Sakamoto, Y. Tamai, H. Ohkita, K. Ishida, T. Koganezawa, S. Ohtani, K. Tanaka, and H. Imahori, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 4, 14022-14033 (2021).

2022

359) Facile Synthesis of Ambient Stable Pyreno[4,5-b]pyrrole Monoanion and Pyreno[4,5-b: 9,10-b’]dipyrrole Dianion: From Serendipity to Design, S. Kumar, Y. Hattori, K. Yoshida, T. Higashino, H. Imahori, and S. Seki, Chem. Sci., 13, 1594-1599 (2022).

360) Donor-π-Acceptor Type Porphyrin-Fullerene Dyad with Acetylene Bridge for p-Type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell, Q. Guo, T. Higashino, K. Kato, A. Yamakata, and H. Imahori, Chem. Lett., 51, 260-263 (2022).

361) Truxenone Triimide: Two-Dimensional Molecular Arrangements of Triangular Molecules for Air Stable n-Type Semiconductors, S. Kumar,, Y. H. Koo, T. Higashino, W. Matsuda, S. Ghosh, Y. Tsutsui, M. Suda, H. Imahori, K. Suzuki, H. Kaji, and S. Seki, Adv. Electron. Mater., 2101390 (1-8) (2022).

362) Rational Synthesis of Benzoheterole-fused Porphyrins and π-System Switching by Central Metal Ion, T. Higashino, R. Iizumi, and H. Imahori, Lett., 51, 932-935 (2022).

2023

363)Unravelling Complex Performance-Limiting Factors of Brominated ITIC-Derivatives: PM6 Organic Solar Cells by Using Time-Resolved Measurements, S. Li, R. Nishikubo, T. Wada, T. Umeyama, H. Imahori, and A. Saeki, Polymer J., in press.

Reviews

1) Synthesis of Polycyclic Quinones by Using Photo-Excited Electron Transfer, K. Maruyama and H. Imahori, Dyestuffs & Chemicals, 33, 15-30 (1988).

2) Dynamic Behavior of Electron Transfer in Photosynthetic Systems, H. Imahori and Y. Sakata, Mem. Inst. Sci. Ind. Res., Osaka Univ., 52, 69-76 (1995).

3) Control of Electron Transfer and Its Utilization, Y. Sakata, H. Imahori, H. Tsue, S. Higashida, T. Akiyama, E. Yoshizawa, M. Aoki, K. Yamada, K. Hagiwara, S. Taniguchi, and T. Okada, Pure Appl. Chem., 69, 1951-1956 (1997).

4) Model Systems for Observing Photoredox Reactions of Carotenoids, A. L. Moore, T. A. Moore, D. Gust, J. J. Silber, L. Sereno, F. Fungo, L. Otero, G.Steinberg-Yfrach, P. A. Liddell, S.-C. Hung, H. Imahori, S. Cardoso, D. Tatman, and A. N. Macpherson, Pure Appl. Chem., 69, 2111-2116 (1997).

5) Donor-Linked Fullerenes: Photoinduced Electron Transfer and Its Potential Application, H. Imahori and Y. Sakata, Adv. Mater. (Review Article), 9, 537-546 (1997).

6) Fullerenes as Novel Acceptors in Photosynthetic Electron Transfer, H. Imahori and Y. Sakata, Eur. J. Org. Chem. (Microreview), 1999, 2445-2457.

7) Photosynthetic Electron Transfer Using Fullerenes as Novel Acceptors, H. Imahori, K. Tamaki, H. Yamada, K. Yamada, Y. Sakata, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, M. Fujitsuka, and O. Ito, Carbon, 38, 1599-1605 (2000).

8) Porphyrin Monolayer-Modified Gold Clusters as Photoactive Materials, H. Imahori and S. Fukuzumi, Adv. Mater.(Research News), 13, 1197-1199 (2001).

9) Molecular-Based Artificial Photosynthesis, Y. Sakata, H. Imahori, and K. Sugiura, J. Inclu. Pheno. Macro. Chem., 41, 31-36 (2001).

10) Formation of Superoxide-Metal Ion Complexes and the Electron Transfer Catalysis, S. Fukuzumi, H. Ohtsu, K. Ohkubo, S. Itoh, and H. Imahori, Coord. Chem. Rev., 226, 71-80 (2002).

11) Nanostructured Artificial Photosynthesis, H. Imahori, Y. Mori, and Y. Matano, J. Photochem. Photobiol., C: Photochem. Rev., 4, 51-83 (2003).

12) π-Complex Formation in Electron-Transfer reactions of Porphyrins, S. Fukuzumi, T. Hasobe, K. Ohkubo, M. J. Crossley, P. V. Kamat, and H. Imahori, J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 8, 191-200 (2004).

13) Supramolecular Assemblies for Electron Transfer, D. M. Guldi and H. Imahori, J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 8, 976-983 (2004).

14) Porphyrin and Fullerene-Based Artificial Photosynthetic Materials for Photovoltaics, H. Imahori, Y. Kashiwagi, T. Hasobe, M. Kimura, T. Hanada, Y. Nishimura, I. Yamazaki, Y. Araki, O. Ito, and S. Fukuzumi, Thin Solid Films, 451–452, 580-588 (2004).

15) Porphyrin-Fullerene Linked Systems as Artificial Photosynthetic Mimics, H. Imahori, Org. Biomol. Chem. (Perspective), 2, 1425-1433 (2004).

16) Giant Multiporphyrin Arrays as Artificial Light-Harvesting Antennas, H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. B (Feature Article), 108, 6130-6143 (2004).
Selected as 100 current “Hot Papers” in National Chemistry Week 2006

17) Porphyrin and Fullerene-Based Molecular Photovoltaic Devices, H. Imahori and S. Fukuzumi, Adv. Funct. Mater. (Feature Article), 14, 525-536 (2004).

18) Creation of Fullerene-Based Artificial Photosynthetic Systems, H. Imahori, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. (Award Accounts), 80, 621-636 (2007).

19) Electrophoretic Deposition of Donor-Acceptor Nanostructures on Electrodes for Molecular Photovoltaics, H. Imahori, J. Mater. Chem. (Future Article), 17, 31-41 (2007).
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20) Carbon Nanotube-Modified Electrodes for Solar Energy Conversion, T. Umeyama and H. Imahori, Energy Environ. Sci. (Perspective), 1, 120-133 (2008).

21) Design and Synthesis of Phosphole-Based  p Systems for Novel Organic Materials, Y. Matano and H. Imahori, Org. Biomol. Chem. (Perspective), 7, 1258-1271 (2009).

22) Donor-Acceptor Nanoarchitecture on Semiconducting Electrodes for Solar Energy Conversion, H. Imahori and T. Umeyama, J. Phys. Chem. C (Feature Article), 113, 9029-9039 (2009).

23) Phosphole-Containing Calixpyrroles, Calilxphyrins, and Porphyrins: Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry, Y. Matano and H. Imahori, Acc. Chem. Res. 42, 1193-1204 (2009).

24) Large p Aromatic Molecules as Potential Sensitizers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, H. Imahori, T. Umeyama, and S. Ito, Acc. Chem. Res. 42, 1809-1818 (2009).

25) Porphyrin-Modified Electrodes for Solar Energy Conversion, H. Imahori and T. Umeyama, J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines (Minireview), 13, 1063-1068 (2009).

26) One-Dimensional Nanostructured Semiconducting Materials for Organic Photovoltaics, T. Sagawa, S. Yoshikawa, and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (Perspective), 1, 1020-1025 (2010).

27) Synthesis, Structures, and Aromaticity of Phosphole-Containing Porphyrins and Their Metal Complexes, Y. Matano, T. Nakabuchi, and H. Imahori, Pure Appl. Chem., 82, 583-593 (2010).

28) Self-Assembling Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines for Photoinduced Charge Separation and Charge Transport, H. Imahori, T. Umeyama, K. Kurotobi, and Y. Takano, Chem. Commun. (Feature Article), 48, 4032-4045 (2012).

29) Photofunctional Hybrid Nanocarbon Materials, T. Umeyama and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C (Feature Article), 117, 3195-3209 (2013).

30) Design and Control of Organic Semiconductors and Their Nanostructures for Polymer−Fullerene-Based Photovoltaic Devices, T. Umeyama and H. Imahori, J. Mater. Chem. A (Feature Article), 2, 11545-11560 (2014).

31) Porphyrins as Excellent Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Recent Developments and Insights, T. Higashino and H. Imahori, Dalton Trans. (Perspectives), 44, 448-463 (2015).

32) How to Achieve Efficient, Multi-electron Extraction from Water Photochemically? H. Imahori, ChemSusChem (Viewpoint), 8, 426-427 (2015).

33) A Chemical Approach to Perovskite Solar Cells: Control of Electron-Transporting Mesoporous TiO2 and Utilization of Nanocarbon Materials, T. Umeyama and H. Imahori, Dalton Trans. (Perspectives), 46, 15615-15627 (2017).

34) Electron Transfer and Exciplex Chemistry of Functionalized Nanocarbons: Effects of Electronic Coupling and Donor Dimerization, T. Umeyama and H. Imahori, Nanoscale Horiz. (Invited Review), 3, 352-366 (2018).

35) Isomer Effects of Fullerene Derivatives on Organic Photovoltaics and Perovskite Solar Cells, T. Umeyama and H. Imahori, Acc. Chem. Res., 52, 2046-2055 (2019).

36) Manipulation of Charge-Transfer States by Molecular Design: Perspective from “Dynamic Exciton”, H. Imahori, Y. Kobori, and H. Kaji, Acc. Mater. Res., 2, 501-514 (2021).

37) Emergence of Copper(I/II) Complexes as the Third-Generation Redox Shuttles for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, T. Higashino and H. Imahori, ACS Energy Lett. (Perspective), 7, 1926-1938 (2022).

38) Citric Acid-Based Carbon Dots and Their Application in Energy Conversion, L. Vallan and H. Imahori, ACS Appl. Electronic Mater., 4, 4231-4257 (2022).

Books

1) Biomimetic Electron-Transfer Chemistry of Porphyrins and Metalloporphyrins, S. Fukuzumi and H. Imahori, “Electron Transfer in Chemistry,” ed by V. Balzani, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany (2001), Vol. 2., Organic, Oraganometallic, and Inorganic Molecules, Chapter 8, pp. 927-997.

2) Design and Fine Control of Photoinduced Electron Transfer, S. Fukuzumi and H. Imahori, “Photochemistry of Organic Molecules in Isotropic and Anisotropic Media,” ed by V. Ramamurthy, K. S. Schanze, Marcel-Dekker, New York (2003), Chapter 5, pp. 227-274.

3) Fullerene Modified Electrodes and Solar Cells, Hiroshi Imahori and Tomokazu Umeyama, “Fullerenes,” ed by F. Langa and J.-F. Nierengarten, RSC Publishing, Cambridge (2007), Chapter 9, pp. 266-300.

4) Self-Assembly for Photoinduced Energy and Electron Transfer, H. Imahori and T. Umeyama, Bottom-up Nanofabrication, ed by K. Ariga and H. S. Nalwa, American Scientific Publishers, Chapter 13, pp347-373. (2009).

5) Photoinduced Energy Transfer in Artificial Photosynthesis, H. Imahori and T. Umeyama, Progress in Nano-Electro-Optics VII, ed by M. Ohtsu, Springer, Berlin, pp 37-72 (2010).

6) Novel Electron Donor Acceptor Nanocomposites, H. Imahori, D. M. Guldi, and S. Fukuzumi, “Chemistry of Nanocarbons,” ed by T. Akasaka, F. Wudl, and S. Nagase, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, Chapter 4, pp 93-127 (2010).

7) Solar Energy Conversion-Natural to Artificial, H. Nêmec, E. Galoppini, H. Imahori, and V. Sundstrom, “Comprehensive Nanoscience and Technology,” ed by D. L. Andrews, G. D. Scholes, and G. P. Wiederrecht, Academic Press, Oxford (2011), Vol. 2, Chapter, 12, pp 325-359.

8) Fullerene for Photoelectrochemical and Photovoltaic Devices, H. Imahori and T. Umeyama, “Handbook of Carbon Nano Materials,” ed by F. D’Souza and K. M. Kadish, World Scientific, Singapore (2012), Vol. 2, Chapter 18, pp. 593-636.

9) Fullerene Modified Electrodes and Solar Cells, H. Imahori and T. Umeyama, “Fullerenes,” ed by F. Langa and J.-F. Nierengarten, RSC Publishing, Cambridge (2012), Chapter 13, pp. 462-506.

10) Application of Multiporphyrin Arrays to Solar Energy Conversion, S. Mathew and H. Imahori, “Multiporphyrin Arrays,” ed by D. Kim, Pan Stanford Publishing, Singapore (2012), Chapter 9, pp. 439-498.

11) Application of Supramolecular Ensembles with Fullerenes and CNTs: Solar Cells and Transistors, H. Imahori and T. Umeyama, “Supramolecular Chemistry of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes,” ed by N. Martín and J.-F. Nierengarten, Wiley-VCH, Weunheim (2012), Chapter 13, pp. 349-374.

12) Porphyrin- and Phthalocyanine-Based Solar Cells, H. Imahori, K. Kurotobi, M. G. Walter, A. B. Rudin, and C. C. Wamser, “Handbook of Porphyrin Science,” ed by K. M. Kadish, K. M. Smith, and R. Guilard, World Scientific (2012), Chapter 13, pp. 349-374.

Imahori Laboratory

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Dept. of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering,　Kyoto University, Kyoto-daigaku Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, 615-8510 Kyoto, Japan