PUBLICATIONS

[91] Bowl-Shaped Kekulene Analogues: Cycloarenes with Two Five-Membered Rings

Hideyuki Murakami, Hiroki Iwabuchi, Miki Asari, Hiroko Yamada, Daiki Kuzuhara

Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202401828.

[90] Conflicting Aromaticity in Trirhodium(I) Rosarin

Songlin Xue, Nikolay V. Tkachenko, Fan Wu, Xiaojuan Lv, Ningchao Liu, Alvaro Muñoz-Castro, So Ueno, Kyohei Matsuo, Daiki Kuzuhara, Naoki Aratani, Zhen Shen, Hiroko Yamada, Alexander I. Boldyrev, Fengxian Qiu

Inorg. Chem. 2024, 62, 11494-11500.

[89] Enhancing NIR-to-visible photon upconversion in cast solid by introducing bulky substituents in rubrene and by suppressing back energy transfer

Akane Sawa, Shota Shimada, Neeti Tripathi, Claire Heck, Hiroaki Tachibana, Emiko Koyama, Toshiko Mizokuro, Yasukazu Hirao, Takashi Kubo, N. Tamai, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada and Kenji Kamada

J. Mater. Chem. C. 2023, 11, 8502-8513.

[88] Bent Dithienoporphyrin(2.1.2.1): Synthesis, Structure, Optical and Electronic Properties, and Metal Complexation

Xiaojuan Lv, Hirofumi Morimoto, Ningchao Liu, Daiki Kuzuhara, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada, Fengxian Qiu, Songlin Xue

J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 3466-3473.

[87] Enhanced Four-Electron Oxygen Reduction Selectivity of Clamp-Shaped Cobalt(II) Porphyrin(2.1.2.1) Complexes

Songlin Xue, W. Ryan Osterloh, Xiaojuan Lv, Ningchao Liu, Yimei Gao, Haitao Lei, Yuanyuan Fang, Zhongti Sun, Peifeng Mei, Daiki Kuzuhara, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada, Rui Cao, Karl M. Kadish, Fengxian Qiu

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 62, e202218567.

[86] Porphyrin(2.1.2.1) rhenium(I) complexes: Synthesis, structures, properties, and dipyrrin act as bipyridyl-like ligand

Songlin Xue, Xiaojuan Lv, Ningchao Liu, Hirofumi Morimoto, Bentian Xiao, Naoki Aratani, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada, Fengxian Qiu

J. Coord. Chem. 2022, 75, 2677-2691.

[85] Unified Understandings of Molecular Weight Dependence of Electron Transport in Naphthalene Diimide-Based n‐Type Semiconducting Polymers

Duyen K. Tran, Amélie Robitaille, I. Jo Hai, Chia-Chun Lin, Daiki Kuzuhara, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Yu-Cheng Chiu, Mario Leclerc, and Samson A. Jenekhe

Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 9644-9655.

[84] A Porphyrin(2.1.2.1) Bis-boron Complex as Deep-red AIE Luminophore Induced by Intermolecular F-π Interaction

Ningchao Liu, Xiaojuan Lv, Bentian Xiao, Daiki Kuzuhara, Peifeng Mei, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada, Fengxian Qiu, Jianming Pan, Songlin Xue

Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 9606-9610.

[83] Synthesis of Porphyrin(2.1.2.1) with Embedded Naphthalene

Xiaojuan Lv, Ningchao Liu, Bentian Xiao,Hirofumi Morimoto, Daiki Kuzuhara, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada, Fengxian Qiu, Songlin Xue

J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines. 2022, 25, 510-516.

[82] Synthesis of Planar meso-Aryl Rosarins: A Reversible Antiaromatic/Aromatic Interconversion

Ningchao Liu, Hirofumi Morimoto, Fan Wu, Xiaojuan Lv, Bentian Xiao, Daiki Kuzuhara, Jianming Pan, Fengxian Qiu, Naoki Aratani, Zhen Shen, Hiroko Yamada, Songlin Xue

Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 3609-3613.

[81] Synthesis, Characterization and Electrochemistry of Copper Dibenzoporphyrin(2.1.2.1) Complexes

Ningchao Liu, W. Ryan Osterloh, Hongliang Huang, Xinyue Tang, Peifeng Mei, Daiki Kuzuhara, Yuanyuan Fang, Jianming Pan, Hiroko Yamada, Fengxian Qiu, Karl Kadish, Songlin Xue

Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 3563-3572.

[80] Porphyrin(2.1.2.1) as a Novel Binucleating Ligand: Synthesis and Molecular Structures of Mono- and Di-rhodium(I) Complexes
Songlin Xue, Ningchao Liu, Peifeng Mei, Daiki Kuzuhara, Mingbo Zhou, Jianming Pan, Hiroko Yamada, Fengxian Qiu  
Chem. Commun. 202157, 12808-12811.

[79] Binuclear Rhodium(I) Complex of a Dimethylvinylene-Bridged Distorted Hexaphyrin(2.1.2.1.2.1)
Songlin Xue, Ningchao Liu, Peifeng Mei, Daiki Kuzuhara, Naoki Aratani, Fengxian Qiu, Hiroko Yamada
Inrog. Chem. 202160, 16070–16073.  

[78] Controlled Fabrication and Characterization of Coronene Diimide Based Insoluble Thin Films Produced by Photoinduced Cyclization
Tomoya Ogawa, Daiki Kuzuhara
ChemPlusChem 202186, 852-857.

[77] Layer-by-Layer Growth Control of Metal–Organic Framework Thin Films Assembled on Polymer Films
Hiroaki Ohara, Shunsuke Yamamoto, Daiki Kuzuhara, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Hidetoshi Oikawa, and Masaya Mitsuishi
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 202012, 50784–50792.

[76] Vinylene-Bridged Cyclic Dipyrrin and BODIPY Trimers
Songlin Xue, Daiki Kuzuhara, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 202021, 8041.

[75] Elucidating the Impact of Molecular Weight on Morphology, Charge Transport, Photophysics and Performance of All-Polymer Solar Cells
Duyen K. Tran, Amélie Robitaille, I. Jo Hai, Xiaomei Ding, Daiki Kuzuhara, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Yu-Cheng Chiu, Mario Leclerc, Samson A. Jenekhe
J. Mater. Chem. A 20208, 21070-21083.

[74] Comparative Study of Selenophene- and Thiophene-Containing n-Type Semiconducting Polymers for High Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells
Xiaomei Ding, Duyen K. Tran, Daiki Kuzuhara, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Samson A. Jenekhe
ACS Appl. Poly. Mater. 20203, 49-59.

[73] Direct correlation of nanoscale morphology and device performance to study photocurrent generation in donor enriched phases of polymer solar cells
Sadok Ben Dkhil, Pavlo Perkhun, Chieh Luo, David Müller, Riva Alkarsifi, Elena Barulina, Yatzil Alejandra Avalos-Quiroz, Olivier Margeat, Stephan Thierry Dubas, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Daiki Kuzuhara, Noriyuki Yoshimoto, Claudia Caddeo, Alessandro Mattoni, Birger Zimmermann, Uli Würfel, Martin Pfannmöller, Sara Bals, Jorg Ackermann, Christine Videlot-Ackermann
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 202012, 28404-28415.

[72] Effects of a Fluorinated Donor Polymer on the Morphology, Photophysics, and Performance of All-Polymer Solar Cells Based on Naphthalene Diimide–Arylene Copolymer Acceptors
Duyen K. Tran, Nagesh B. Kolhe, Ye-jin Hwang, Daiki Kuzuhara, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Samson A. Jenekhe*
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 202012, 16490-46502.

[71] Cyclic butadiyne-linked porphyrin(2.1.2.1) oligomers 
Daiki Kuzuhara, Wataru Furukawa, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada 
J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 202024, 489-497.

[70] Designing High Performance Nonfullerene Electron Acceptors with Rylene Imides for Efficient Organic Photovoltaics 
Nagesh B. Kolhe, Sarah M. West, Duyen K. Tran, Xiaomei Ding, Daiki Kuzuhara, Noriyuki Yoshimoto, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Samson A. Jenekhe  
Chem. Mater. 201932, 195-204.

[69] 2,7,12,17-Tetra(2,5-thienylene)-substituted porphycenes
Daiki Kuzuhara, Haruka Nakaoka, Kyohei Matsuo, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada
J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 201923, 898-907.

[68] Control of Aromaticity and cis‐/trans‐Isomeric Structure of Non‐Planar Hexaphyrin(2.1.2.1.2.1) and Metal Complexes
Songlin Xue, Daiki Kuzuhara, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 201958, 12524-12528.

[67] Solid-State, Near-Infrared to Visible Photon Upconversion via Triplet−Triplet Annihilation of a Binary System Fabricated by Solution Casting
Aizitiaili Abulikemu*, Yusuke Sakagami, Claire Heck, Kenji Kamada*, Hikaru Sotome, Hiroshi Miyasaka, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada*
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 201911, 20812-20819.

[66] New Random Copolymer Acceptors Enable Additive-Free Processing of 10.1% Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells with Near Unity Internal Quantum Efficiency
Nagesh B. Kolhe, Duyen Ky Tran, Hyunjong Lee, Daiki Kuzuhara, Noriyuki Yoshimoto, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Samson A. Jenekhe*
ACS Energy Lett. 20194, 1162-1170.

[65] Synthesis of a Porphyrin(2.1.2.1) Nanobelt and Its Ability To Bind Fullerene
Songlin Xue, Daiki Kuzuhara*, Naoki Aratani, and Hiroko Yamada*
Org. Lett.201921, 2069-2072.

[64]All-Polymer Solar Cells with 9.4% Efficiency from Naphthalene Diimide-Biselenophene Copolymer Acceptor
Nagesh B. Kolhe, Hyunjong Lee, Daiki Kuzuhara, Noriyuki Yoshimoto, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Samson A. Jenekhe
Chem. Mater. 201830, 6540-6548.

[63] [30]Hexaphyrin(2.1.2.1.2.1) as Aromatic Planar Ligand and Its Trinuclear Rhodium(I) Complex
Songlin Xue, Daiki Kuzuhara,*, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada
Inorg. Chem. 201857, 9902-9906.

[62] Synthesis of [14]Oxatriphyrins(2.1.1) and Their Transformation into Ethane-bridged Oxatripyrrins by Boron Complexization
Daiki Kuzuhara, Shinsuke Kawatsu, Wataru Furukawa, Hironobu Hayashi, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 20182, 2122-2129.

[61]Transient Photocurrent Elucidating Carrier Dynamics and Potential of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Fabricated by Thermal Precursor Approach
Naoki Kudo, Ken Uchida, Tadaaki Ikoma, Kohtaro Takahashi, Daiki Kuzuhara, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Hiroko Yamada, Daichi Kumagai, Yuji Yamaguchi, Ken-Ichi Nakayama
Sol. RRL 20182, 1700234.

[60] Universality of Giant Seebeck Effect in Organic Small Molecules

Hirotaka Kojima, Ryo Abe, Fumiya Fujiwara, Mario Nakagawa, Kohtaro Takahashi, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai, Tatsuya Yamamoto, Hidenori Yakushiji, Masaaki Ikeda, Masakazu Nakamura

Mater. Chem. Front. 20172, 1276-1283.

[59] Side-chain engineering in a thermal precursor approach for efficient photocurrent generation with insoluble tetrabenzoporphyrin–diketopyrrolopyrrole conjugates

Kohtaro Takahashi, Daichi Kumagai, Naoya Yamada, Daiki Kuzuhara, Yuji Yamaguchi, Naoki Aratani, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Sota Koshika, Noriyuki Yoshimoto, Sadahiro Masuo, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Ken-ichi Nakayama, Hiroko Yamada

J. Mater. Chem. A 20175, 14003-14011.

[58] Improved performance of organic photovoltaic cells with PTB7-Th:PC71 BM by optimized solvent evaporation time in electrospray deposition

Takeshi Fukuda, Asuki Toda, Kazuya Takahira, Daiki Kuzuhara, Noriyuki Yoshimoto

Org. Electron.201748, 96-105.

[57] Synthesis, Characterization and Protonation Behavior of Quinoxaline-Fused Porphycenes

Daiki Kuzuhara*, Mika Sakaguchi, Wataru Furukawa, Takuya Okabe, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada*

Molecules 201722, 908.

[56] Studies on Pyrene and Perylene Derivatives upon Oxidation and Application to a Higher Analogue

Akinobu Matsumoto, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Hironobu Hayashi, Daiki Kuzuhara, Junpei Yuasa, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Naoki Aratani,* and Hiroko Yamada*

Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 201790, 667-677.

[55] Engineering Thin Films of a Tetrabenzoporphyrin toward Efficient Charge-Carrier Transport: Selective Formation of a Brickwork Motif

Kohtaro Takahashi, Bowen Shan, Xiaomin Xu, Shuaijun Yang, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Daiki Kuzuhara, Naoki Aratani, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Qian Miao Hiroko Yamada

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 20179, 8211-8218. 

[54] Porphycene dimer-based non-fullerene acceptor for organic solar cell

Takuya Okabe, Daiki Kuzuhara, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada

J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 201620, 1350-1360. 

[53] Fullerene-linked tetrabenzoporphyrins for solution processed organic photovoltaics: flexible vs. rigid linkers

Yuto Tamura, Daiki Kuzuhara, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Hironobu Hayashi, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada

J. Mater. Chem. A 20164, 15333-15342. 

[52] Synthesis and Characterization of an Iridium Triphyrin Complex

Songlin Xue, Daiki Kuzuhara, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada

Inorg. Chem. 201655, 10106-10109. 

[51] Bisanthra-thianthrene: synthesis, structure and oxidation properties

Masataka Yamashita, Hironobu Hayashi, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Daiki Kuzuhara, Junpei Yuasa, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada

RSC Adv.20164, 70700-70703. 

[50] Aromaticity Relocation in Perylene Derivatives upon Two-electron Oxidation to Form Anthracene and Phenanthrene

Akinobu Matsumoto, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Hironobu Hayashi, Daiki Kuzuhara, Junpei Yuasa, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada 

Chem. Eur. J. 201622, 14462-14466. 

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

Daiki Kuzuhara, Wataru Furukawa, Aya Kitashiro, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada

Chem. Eur. J. 201622, 10671–10678.

[48] A laterally π-expanded fluorone dye as an efficient near infrared fluorophore

Kyohei Sezukuri, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Hironobu Hayashi, Daiki Kuzuhara, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada

Chem. Commun. 201652, 4872-4875. 

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

Daiki Kuzuhara, Satoshi Miyake, Hirotake Moriyama, Yuto Tamura, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada

Tetrahedron Lett. 201556, 5564-5567. 

[46] A Novel D-π-A Small Molecule with N-heteroacene as Acceptor Moiety for Photovoltaic Application

Chengyuan Wang, Takuya Okabe, Guankui Long, Daiki Kuzuhara, Yang Zhao, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada, Qichun Zhang

Dyes. Pig. 2015122, 231-237.

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

Mitsuru Kojima, Hironobu Hayashi, Tatsuya Aotake, Shinya Ikeda, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Naoki Aratani, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada

Chem. Asia. J. 201510, 2337-2341. 

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

Akinobu Matsumoto, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hironobu Hayashi, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 201554, 8175-8178. 

[43] Evaluation of semiconducting molecular thin films solution-processed via the photoprecursor approach: The case of hexyl-substituted thienoanthracenes

Cassandre Quinton, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Yoshitaka Kaneshige, Yuki Tatenaka, Chiho Katagiri, uji Yamaguchi, Daiki Kuzuhara, Naoki Aratani, Ken-ichi Nakayama, Hiroko Yamada

J. Mater. Chem. C 20153, 5995-6005. 

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

Kohtaro Takahashi, Naoya Yamada, Daichi Kumagai, Daiki Kuzuhara, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Yuji Yamaguchi, Naoki Aratani, Ken-ichi Nakayama, Hiroko Yamada

J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 201519, 465-478. 

[41] An Optically- and Thermally-Switchable Electronic Structure Based on Anthracene–BODIPY Conjugate

Tatsuya Aotake, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Kazuaki Tahara, Daiki Kuzuhara, Naoki Aratani, Naoto Tamai, Hiroko Yamada

Chem. Eur. J. 201521, 4966-4974. 

[40] 9,9′-Anthryl-Anthroxyl Radicals: Strategic Stabilization of Highly Reactive Phenoxyl Radicals

Tatsuya Aotake, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Naoki Aratani, Junpei Yuasa, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hironobu Hayashi, Haruyuki Nakano, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Jishan Wu, Hiroko Yamada

Chem. Commun. 201551, 6734-6737. 

[39] Tautomerism in Porphycenes: Analysis of Rate-Affecting Factors

Piotr Ciąćka, Piotr Fita, Arkadiusz Listkowski, Michał Kijak, Santi Nonell, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada, Czesław Radzewicz, Jacek Waluk

J. Phys. Chem. B 2015119, 2292–2301. 

[38] Synthesis, Properties and Crystal Structures of 2,7,12,17-Tetraarylporphycenes

Daiki Kuzuhara, Haruka Nakaoka, Takuya Okabe, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada

Heterocycles 201490, 1214-1227. 

[37] Synthesis and electronic properties of acetylene- and butadiyne-linked 3,3′-porphycene dimers

Takuya Okabe, Daiki Kuzuhara, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada

J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 201418, 849-855. 

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

Akinobu Matsumoto, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Daiki Kuzuhara, Junpei Yuasa, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada

Chem. Commun. 201450, 10956-10958. 

[35] Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Porphycene–Diketopyrrolopyrrole Conjugates

Takuya Okabe, Daiki Kuzuhara, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada

Org. Lett. 201416, 3508-3511. 

[34] Direct comparison of covalently-linked dyad and a 1:1 mixture of tetrabenzoporphyrin and fullerene as organic photovoltaic materials

Yuto Tamura, Hiroyuki Saeki, Junpei Hashizume, Yukinori Okazaki, Daiki Kuzuhara, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Naoki Aratania. Hiroko Yamada

Chem. Commun. 201450, 10379-10381. 

[33] Amphiphilic Dipolar π-Systems for Complex Stimuli-Responsive Luminescent Materials Designed Using Metastable States

Shiki Yagai, Satoru Okamura, Yujiro Nakano, Mitsuaki Yamauchi, Keiki Kishikawa, Takashi Karatsu, Akihide Kitamura,Akira Ueno, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada, Tomohiro Seki Hajime Ito

Nat. Chommun. 20145, 4013. 

[32] Effect of Crystallinity in Small Molecular Weight Organic Heterojunction Solar Cells

Hiroyuki Saeki, Omi Kurimoto, Haruka Nakaoka, Masahiro Misaki, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada, Kenji Ishida, Yasukiyo Ueda

J. Mater. Chem. C 20142, 5357-5364.

 [31] Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy Study of Excited State Dynamics of Alkyl- and Benzo-Substituted Triphyrin(2.1.1)

Yusuke Iima, Daiki Kuzuhara, Zhao-Li Xue, Seiji Akimoto, Hiroko Yamada, Keisuke Tominaga

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 201416, 13129-13135.

[30] Synthesis and Solid State Structures of a Tetrathiafulvalene-conjugated Bistetracene

Masataka Yamashita, Daiki Kuzuhara, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada

Chem. Eur. J. 201420, 6309-6314. 

[29] Synthesis of opp-Dibenzohexaphyrins(1.1.1.1.1.1) by Retro-Diels-Alder Reaction

Shin-ichiro Ishida, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada, Atsuhiro Osuka

Asia. J. Org. Chem.20143, 716-722. 

[28] Synthesis and optical reactivity of 6,13-α-diketoprecursors of 2,3,9,10-tetraalkylpentacenes in solution, film and crystals

Shuhei Katsuta, Hiroyuki Saeki, Katsuki Tanaka, Yuki Murai, Daiki Kuzuhara, Masahiro Misaki, Naoki Aratani, Sadahiro Masuo, Yasukiyo Ueda, Hiroko Yamada

J. Mater. Chem. C 20142, 986-993. 

[27] Yellow NIR dye: π-Fused bisbenzoBODIPYs with electron-withdrawing groups

Mitsunori Nakamura, Manami Kitatsuka, Kohtaro Takahashi, Toshi Nagata, Shigeki Mori, Daiki Kuzuhara, Tetsuo Okujima, Hiroko Yamada, Takahiro Nakae, Hidemitsu Uno

Org. Biomol. Chem.201412, 1309-1317. 

[26] New 2,6-Distyryl-Substituted BODIPY Isomers: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Theoretical Calculations

Lizhi Gai, John Mack, Hua Lu, Hiroko Yamada, Daiki Kuzuhara, Guoqiao Lai, Zhifang Li, Zhen Shen

Chem. Eur. J. 201420, 1091-1102. 

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

Hiroyuki Saeki, Masahiro Misaki, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada, Yasukiyo Ueda

Jan. J. Appl. Phys. 201352, 111601-111606. 

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

Daiki Kuzuhara, ZhaoLi Xue, Shigeki Mori, Tetsuo Okujima, Hidemitsu Uno, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko YamadaChem. Commun. 201349, 8955-8957. 

[23] A soluble bispentacenequinone precursor for creation of directly 6,6′-linked bispentacenes and a tetracyanobipentacenequinodimethane

Kazuki Tanaka, Naoki Aratani, Daiki Kuzuhara, Sadaaki Sakamoto, Tetsuo Okujima, Noboru Ono, Hidemitsu Uno, Hiroko Yamada

RSC Adv. 20133, 15310-15315. 

[22] Synthesis and Crystal Structures of 5,15-Bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)-tetrabenzoporphyrins

Kohtaro Takahashi, Daiki Kuzuhara, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada

J. Photopolym. Sci. Tech .201326, 213-216. 

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

Zhaoli Xue, Daiki Kuzuhara, Shinya Ikeda, Yuka Sakakibara, Kei Ohkubo, Naoki Aratani, Tetsuo Okujima, Hidemitsu Uno, Shunichi Fukuzumi, Hiroko Yamada

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 201352, 7306-7309. 

[20] In Situ Preparation of Highly Fluorescent Pyrene-Dyes from Non-luminous Precursors Upon Photoirradiation

Tatsuya Aotake, Hiroshi Tanimoto, Hidekatsu Hotta, Daiki Kuzuhara, Tetsuo Okujima, Hidemitsu Uno, Hiroko Yamada

Chem. Commun.201349, 3661-3663. 

[19] Covalent Modular Approach for Dimension-Controlled Self-Organization of Perylene Bisimide Dyes

Xu Lin, Misaki Hirono, Tomohiro Seki, Hiroki Kurata, Takashi Karatsu, Akihide Kitamura, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada, Tomonori Ohba, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Shiki Yagai

Chem. Eur. J. 201319, 6561-6565. 

[18] Thermal Conversion Behavior and Morphology Control of Benzoporphycene from a Novel Soluble Precursor

Hiroyuki Saeki, Omi Kurimoto, Masahiro Misaki, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada, Yasukiyo Ueda

Appl. Phys. Express 20136, 035601-3. 

[17] Thiatriphyrin(2.1.1): A Core-Modified Contracted Porphyrin

Daiki Kuzuhara, Yuka Sakakibara, Shigeki Mori, Tetsuo Okujima, Hidemitsu Uno, Hiroko Yamada

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 201352, 3360-3363. 

[16] Synthesis and Characterization of New Platinum (II) and Platinum (IV) Triphyrin Complexes

Zhaoli Xue, Daiki Kuzuhara, Shinya Ikeda, Tetsuo Okujima, Shigeki Mori, Hidemitsu Uno, Hiroko Yamada

Inorg. Chem. 201352, 1688-1690. 

[15] π-Fused bis-BODIPY as a candidate for NIR dyes

Mitsunori Nakamura, Hiroyuki Tahara, Kohtaro Takahashi, Toshi Nagata, Hiroki Uoyama, Daiki Kuzuhara, Shigeki Mori, Tetsuo Okujima, Hiroko Yamada, Hidemitsu Uno

Org. Biomol. Chem.201210, 6840-6849.

[14] Self-Organization of Hydrogen-Bonding Naphthalene Chromophores into J-type Nanorings and H-type Nanorods: Impact of Regloisomerism

Shiki Yagai, Yusaku Goto, Xu Lin, Takashi Karatsu, Akihide Kitamura, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.201251, 6643-6647. 

[13] Synthesis, Structure, and Photochemistry of 5,14-Diketopentacene

Tatsuya Aotake, Shinya Ikeda, Daiki Kuzuhara, Shigeki Mori, Tetsuo Okujima, Hidemitsu Uno, Hiroko Yamada

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 20129, 1723-1729. 

[12] Synthesis, structures and properties of benzoporphycenes and naphthoporphycenes

Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada, Shigeki Mori, Tetsuo Okujima, Hidemitsu Uno

J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 201115, 930-940. 

[11] Photophysical properties of triphyrin(2.1.1) investigated by time-resolved fluorescence measurements

Yusuke Iima, Daiki Kuzuhara, Zhao-Li Xue, Hidemitsu Uno, Seiji Akimoto, Hiroko Yamada, Keisuke Tominaga

Chem. Phys. Lett. 2011513, 67-71. 

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

Tetsuo Okujima, Guangnan Jin, Naoki Matsumoto, John Mack, Shigeki Mori, Keishi Ohara, Daiki Kuzuhara, Chie Ando, Noboru Ono, Hiroko Yamada, Hidemitsu Uno, Nagao Kobayashi

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 201150, 5699-5703. 

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

Zhao Li Xue, John Mack, Hua Lu, Lei Zhang, Xiao Zeng You, Daiki Kuzuhara, Martin Stillman, Hiroko Yamada, Seigo Yamauchi, Nagao Kobayashi, Zhen Shen

Chem. Eur. J.201117, 4396-4407. 

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

Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada, Keiko Yano, Tetsuo Okujima, Shigeki Mori, Hidemitsu Uno

Chem. Eur. J. 201117, 3376-3383. 

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

Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada, ZhaoLi Xue, Tetsuo Okujima, Shigeki Mori, Zhen Shen, Hidemitsu Uno

Chem. Commun. 201147, 722-724. 

[6] Vitamin K analogue as a new fluorescence probe for quantitative antioxidant assay

Keishi Ohara, Ryotaro Mitsumori, Mitsuharu Takebe, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada, Shin-ichi Nagaoka

J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 2010215, 52-58. 

[5] Synthesis, crystal structure, and photodynamics of π-expanded porphyrin-fullerene dyads synthesized by Diels-Alder reaction

Hiroko Yamada, Kei Ohkubo, Daiki Kuzuhara, Tetsuro Takahashi, Atula S. D. Sandanayaka, Tetsuo Okujima, Keishi Ohara, Osamu Ito, Hidemitsu Uno, Noboru Ono, Shunichi Fukuzumi

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[4] Synthesis and photochemical properties of α-diketoporphyrins as precursors for π-expanded porphyrins

Hiroko Yamada, Daiki Kuzuhara, Kei Ohkubo, Tetsuro Takahashi, Tetsuo Okujima, Hidemitsu Uno, Noboru Ono and Shunichi Fukuzumi

J. Mater. Chem.201020, 3011-3024.

[3] Synthesis, structures, and optical and electrochemical properties of benzoporphycenes

Daiki Kuzuhara, John Mack, Hiroko Yamada, Tetsuo Okujima, Noboru Ono, Nagao Kobayashi

Chem. Eur. J. 200915, 10060-10069. 

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

Zhao-Li Xue, Zhen Shen, John Mack, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada, Tetsuo Okujima, Noboru Ono, Xiao-Zeng You, Nagao Kobayashi

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008130, 16478-16479.

[1] Synthesis and characterization of tetraanthroporphyrins

Hiroko Yamada, Daiki Kuzuhara, Tetsuro Takahashi, Yusuke Shimizu, Keisuke Uota, Tetsuo Okujima, Hidemitsu Uno, Noboru Ono

Org. Lett. 200810, 2947-2950.