About the Research
Research Theme
Molecular Rotors in Solid State with Photo-Functions
Keyword
Molecular rotor, Metal-complex, Photo-luminescene in solid-state
Research History
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Representative Research Achievements
- A Steric-Repulsion-Driven Clutch Stack of Triaryltriazines: Correlated Molecular Rotations and a Thermo-Responsive Gearshift in the Crystalline Solid
Jin, M.*; Kitsu, R.; Hammyo, M.; Sato-Tomita, A.; Mizuno, M.; Mikherdov, A.S.; Tsitsvero, M.; Lyalin, A.; Taketsugu, T.; Ito, H.* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, in press.
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c08909 - Giant Crystalline Molecular Rotors that Operate in the Solid State
Ando, R.; Sato-Tomita, A.; Ito, H.*; Jin, M.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202309694.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202309694 - Encapsulating N-Heterocyclic Carbene Binuclear Transition-Metal Complexes as a New Platform for Molecular Rotation in Crystalline Solid-State
Jin, M.*; Ando, R.; Jellen, M.J.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A.; Ito, H.* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 1144–1153.
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c11981 - Solid-State Luminescence of Au(I) Complexes with External Stimuli-Responsive Properties
Jin, M.* and Ito, H.* J. Photochem. Photobio. C: Photochem., 20122, 51, 100478. (Review paper)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2021.100478
Related Research
- Press Release Making elbow room: Giant molecular rotors operate in solid crystal
- Real-time, macro-scale visualization of molecular-scale mechanochemical damage in double-network hydrogels
- Development of a Simple Method for Preparing Luminescent Polymers
Publications
2023
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Single Crystal Growth of Cyclopenta-Fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon by the Naphthalene Flux Method: 2D Ambipolar Charge Transport Properties and NIR Absorption
, Yuki, T., Yokokura, S., Yanase, T., Jin, M., Ito, H., Nagahama, T., Shimada, T., Acs Applied Electronic Materials, 2023, 5, 11, 6266–6274
DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.3c01148
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Giant Crystalline Molecular Rotors that Operate in the Solid State
, A. Sato-Tomita, H. Ito, M. G. Jin, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2023, , e202309694
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202309694
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Solid-State Mechanochemical Cross-Coupling of Insoluble Substrates into Insoluble Products by Removable Solubilizing Silyl Groups: Uniform Synthesis of Nonsubstituted Linear Oligothiophenes
, K. Kondo, T. Seo, M. G. Jin, H. Ito, RSC Advances, 2023, 13, 28652-28657
DOI: 10.1039/d3ra05571j
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Construction of a Helical Structure with a Parallel Alignment of Molecular Dipoles in Crystals by Utilizing a Halogen-3 Synthon and a Bulky Silyl Spacer
, M. G. Jin, H. Ito, Crystal Growth & Design, 2023, 23, 4514-4521
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.3c00282
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Exploring Au(i) Involving Halogen Bonding with N-Heterocyclic Carbene Au(i) Aryl Complexes in Crystalline Media
, M. G. Jin, H. Ito, Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 4485-4494
DOI: 10.1039/d3sc00373f
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In Situ and Real-Time Visualization of Mechanochemical Damage in Double-Network Hydrogels by Prefluorescent Probe via Oxygen- Relayed Radical Trapping
, J. L. Jiang, M. Jin, D. Miura, F. X. Lu, K. Kubota, T. Nakajima, S. Maeda, H. Ito, J. P. Gong, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 7376-7389
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c13764
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Multidynamic Crystalline Molecular Rotors Comprising an N-Heterocyclic Carbene Binuclear Au(I) Complex Bearing Multiple Rotators
, S. Matsuura, H. Yamamoto, M. Mizuno, H. Ito, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023, 26, 12,
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202201468
2022
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Solid-State Luminescence of Au(I) Complexes with External Stimuli-Responsive Properties
, H. Ito, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews, 2022, 51,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2021.100478
2021
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Distinct Fold-Mode Formation of Crystalline Cu(I) Helical Coordination Polymers with Alternation of the Solid-State Emission Using Shape of the Counter Anions
, R. Ando, H. Ito, Inorg. Chem., 2021, 61, 3-9
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02725
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Charge-Transfer Crystal with Segregated Packing Structure Constructed with Hexaarylbenzene and Tetracyanoquinodimethane
, M. Jin, H. Ito, Crystengcomm, 2021, 23, 5564-5568
DOI: 10.1039/d1ce00726b
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Introduction of a Luminophore into Generic Polymers via Mechanoradical Coupling with a Prefluorescent Reagent
, N. Toyoshima, D. Miura, J. L. Jiang, S. Maeda, M. Jin, H. Ito, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 16003-16008
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202105381
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Encapsulating N-Heterocyclic Carbene Binuclear Transition-Metal Complexes as a New Platform for Molecular Rotation in Crystalline Solid-State
, R. Ando, M. J. Jellen, M. A. Garcia-Garibay, H. Ito, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 1144-1153
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c11981
2019
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Anisotropic Thermal Expansion as the Source of Macroscopic and Molecular Scale Motion in Phosphorescent Amphidynamic Crystals
, S. Yamamoto, T. Seki, H. Ito, MA. Garcia-Garibay, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 18003-18010
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201909048