39.

Ring-Size Effect on Molecular Assembly Structures and Optical Properties of C3-Symmetrical Dehydrobenzoannulene Derivatives

Yotaro Kasahara; Takashi Takeda*; Shun Dekura; Hayato Anetai; Atsuro Takai; Ichiro Hisaki; Masayuki Takeuchi; Tomoyuki Akutagawa*

J. Phys. Chem. B 2025, 129, 8603. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5c04027)

38.

Accessing a Hidden Pathway to Supramolecular Toroid through Vibrational Strong Coupling

Shunsuke Imai†; Takumi Hamada†; Misa Nozaki; Takatoshi Fujita; Mariko Takahashi; Yasuhiko Fujita; Koji Harano; Hiroshi Uji-i; Atsuro Takai*; Kenji Hirai*
(† contributed equally)

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 23528. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c02960)

  Open Access  

  Selected as a "Supplementary Cover" 

  Highlighted in Sceince  (DOI: 10.1126/science.aea8042)

37.

Supramolecular Polymorph of Dynamic Hydrogen-Bonded C₃-Symmetrical Hexadehydrotribenzo[12]annulene Derivative

Yotaro Kasahara; Takashi Takeda*; Shun Dekura; Yoshiki Ishii; Hayato Anetai; Atsuro Takai; Ichiro Hisaki; Masayuki Takeuchi; Tomoyuki Akutagawa*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 18783. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c02529)

  Open Access  

36.

Self-Assembly of Silver Nanoclusters by Cooperative Acetylene Bonding with Mutual Pyridyl Coordination

Tasuki Tsurumi;† Takahiro Nakagawa;† Takashi Kikuchi; Kiyohiro Adachi; Hironobu Hayashi; Atsuro Takai; Takuma Kaneko; Tomoya Uruga; Daisuke Hashizume; Yosuke Nakamura; Makoto Fujita; Yuya Domoto*
(† contributed equally)

ChemistryEurope 2025, 3, e202500069. (DOI: 10.1002/ceur.202500069)

  Open Access  

  Selected as an "Inside Cover" 

35.

Molecular Insights into the Motion of Oil Droplets in Aqueous Solutions of Ester- and Amide-Containing Cationic Surfactants

Kazuki Ueno; Yuuki Ishiwatari; Ken Sasaki; Tomoya Kojima; Atsuro Takai; Kouichi Asakura; Noriyoshi Arai; Taisuke Banno*

J. Mol. Liq. 2025, 426, 127352. (DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2025.127352)

  Open Access  

34.

Reduction-Induced Self-Propelled Oscillatory Motion of Perylenediimides on Water

Lara Rae Holstein; Nobuhiko J. Suematsu*; Masayuki Takeuchi; Koji Harano; Taisuke Banno; Atsuro Takai*

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202410671. (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202410671)

  Open Access  

33.

Amino-Ene Click Reaction of Electron-Deficient π-Conjugated Molecules with Negative Activation Enthalpies

Haruki Sanematsu; Yuuya Nagata; Masayuki Takeuchi; Atsuro Takai*

Chem. - Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202301019. (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301019)

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32.

One-step synthesis of perylenediimides exhibiting near-infrared absorption and emission by amino-yne click reaction

Haruki Sanematsu; Masayuki Takeuchi; Atsuro Takai*

Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 4903–4906. (DOI: 10.1039/D3CC00886J)

31.

Cooperative self-assembling process of core-substituted naphthalenediimide induced by amino-yne click reaction

Minghan Tan; Masayuki Takeuchi*; Atsuro Takai*

Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 7196–7199. (DOI: 10.1039/D2CC02331H)

30.

Spatiotemporal dynamics of supramolecular polymers by in situ quantitative catalyst-free hydroamination

Minghan Tan; Masayuki Takeuchi*; Atsuro Takai*

Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 4413–4423. (DOI: 10.1039/D2SC00035K)

  Open Access  

29.

Post-Synthetic Defect Formation in Three-Dimensional Hofmann-Type Coordination Polymers and Its Impact on Catalytic Activity

Daiki Umeyama*; Atsuro Takai; Kazutaka Sonobe

Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 1697–1703. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03560)

28.

Self-Assembled Organic Cations Assisted Band-Edge Tailoring in Bismuth-Based Perovskites for Enhanced Visible Light Absorption and Photoconductivity

Johnpaul K. Pious; Manasa G. Basavarajappa; Chinnadurai Muthu; Ryosuke Nishikubo; Akinori Saeki; Sudip Chakraborty*; Atsuro Takai; Masayuki Takeuchi; Chakkooth Vijayakumar*

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12, 5758–5764. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01321)

27.

Dynamics of meso-Chiral Interconversion in Butterfly-shape Overcrowded Alkene Rotor Tunable by Solvent Properties

Kalathil K. Kartha; Atsuro Takai; Zdeněk Futera; Jan Labuta*; Masayuki Takeuchi*

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 16466–16471. (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202102719)

26.

Catalyst-Free π-Extended Conjugate Addition of Amines to Various Electron-Deficient π-Systems

Minghan Tan; Robert Chrostowski; Haruki Sanematsu; Masayuki Takeuchi*; Atsuro Takai*

Asian J. Org. Chem. 2021, 10, 918–925. (DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202100046)

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  Invited Paper in a Special Collection for Early Career Researchers   

25.

Ultraviolet Light Densified Oxide-Organic Self-Assembled Dielectrics. Processing Thin Film Transistors at Room Temperature

Wei Huang; Xinge Yu; Li Zeng; Binghao Wang; Atsuro Takai; Gabriele Di Carlo; Michael Bedzyk; Tobin J. Marks*; Antonio Facchetti*

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 3445–3453. (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c20345)

 

24.

Amino-Functionalization of Vinyl-Substituted Aromatic Diimides by Quantitative and Catalyst-Free Hydroamination

Haruki Sanematsu; Yoshitaka Matsushita; Masayuki Takeuchi*; Atsuro Takai*

Chem. - Eur. J. 2021, 27, 934–938. (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202003628)

  Selected as a "Hot Paper" 

 

* A submitted version was deposited in ChemRxiv (DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.12496736)

 

23.

Immobilization of Ethynyl-π-Extended Electron Acceptors with Amino-Terminated SAMs by Catalyst-Free Click Reaction

Kyohei Nakano; Haruki Sanematsu; Yumiko Kaji; Atsuro Takai*; Keisuke Tajima*

Chem. - Eur. J. 2020, 26, 15931–15937. (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001750)

22.

Discrete π-Stack of a Tweezer-Shaped Naphthalenediimide-Anthracene Conjugate

Sudhir Kumar Keshri; Waka Nakanishi; Atsuro Takai; Tomoya Ishizuka; Takahiko Kojima; Masayuki Takeuchi*

Chem. - Eur. J. 2020, 26, 13288–13294. (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002477)

21.

Conformational Dynamics of Monomer- versus Dimer-like Features in a Naphthalenediimide-Based Conjugated Cyclophane

Sudhir Kumar Keshri; Atsuro Takai; Tomoya Ishizuka; Takahiko Kojima; Masayuki Takeuchi*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 5254–5258. (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201914414)

  Chosen as an "Inside Back Cover" 

20.

A Spin-Active, Electrochromic, Solvent-Free Molecular Liquid Based on Double-Decker Lutetium Phthalocyanine Bearing Long Branched Alkyl Chains

Agnieszka Zielinska; Atsuro Takai; Hiroya Sakurai; Akinori Saeki; Marcin Leonowicz; Takashi Nakanishi*
Chem. - Asian J. 2018, 13, 770–774. (DOI: 10.1002/asia.201800175)