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Kenta Kokado
 
Organization
Graduate School of Engineering Department of Advanced Science and Technology Materials Science and Engineering Polymer Chemistry Laboratory Professor   
Degree
博士(工学) ( 2010.3   京都大学 )
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Research Areas

  • Nanotechnology/Materials / Polymer materials

  • Nanotechnology/Materials / Polymer chemistry

  • Life Science / Bioorganic chemistry

  • Nanotechnology/Materials / Functional solid state chemistry

  • Nanotechnology/Materials / Structural organic chemistry and physical organic chemistry

  • Nanotechnology/Materials / Organic functional materials

  • Nanotechnology/Materials / Synthetic organic chemistry

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Research History

  • Toyota Technological Institute   School of Engineering   Professor

    2022.4

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    Country:Japan

  • Hokkaido University   Research Institute for Electronic Science   Associate Professor

    2020.4 - 2022.3

  • Hokkaido University   Faculty of Science   Assistant Professor

    2010.10 - 2020.3

  • Kyoto University   Graduate School of Engineering

    2010.4 - 2010.10

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Education

  • 京都大学大学院   工学研究科   高分子化学専攻

    2007.4 - 2010.3

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    Country: Japan

  • 京都大学大学院   工学研究科   高分子化学専攻

    2005.4 - 2007.3

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  • Kyoto University   Faculty of Engineering   School of Industrial Chemistry

    2001.4 - 2005.3

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    Country: Japan

Professional Memberships

  • 高分子学会ゲル研究会

  • 高分子学会

  • JAPAN SOCIETY OF COORDINATION CHEMISTRY

  • 複合系の光機能研究会

  • 日本化学会有機結晶部会

  • 日本化学会

  • 光化学協会

  • ホスト-ゲスト・超分子化学研究会

  • アメリカ化学会

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Committee Memberships

  • 日本化学会有機結晶部会   幹事  

    2023.4   

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  • 第71回高分子討論会実行委員会   実行委員  

    2021.9 - 2022.9   

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  • 日本化学会有機結晶部会   広報委員  

    2021.4   

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  • 第15回分子科学討論会2021実行委員会   実行委員  

    2020.9 - 2021.9   

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  • 高分子学会北海道支部   支部会計  

    2020.6 - 2022.3   

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  • 高分子学会北海道支部   若手会幹事  

    2017.6 - 2019.5   

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  • 第67回錯体化学討論会   実行委員  

    2017.3 - 2017.9   

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  • 第22回有機結晶シンポジウム実行委員会   実行委員  

    2013.6 - 2013.11   

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  • 第9回ホスト・ゲスト化学シンポジウム実行委員会   実行委員  

    2012.1 - 2012.5   

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  • 第5回分子科学討論会2011札幌実行委員会   実行委員  

    2011.5 - 2011.9   

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Research theme

  • Combination of Metal-Organic Frameworks and Soft Materials

    阿南 静佳, 小門 憲太

    2023

  • Development of new synthetic methods of macromolecules based on precise arrangement of atoms and molecules and exploration of their functions

    小門 憲太

    2022

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    Based on the knowledge of organic chemistry and supramolecular chemistry, we aim to create polymers with precisely controlled chain and network structures, by precisely arranging or aligning atoms and molecules. Such new polymers will have completely new electronic, optical, and mechanical materials, that utilize the properties of organic elements to the utmost limit.

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    2023
    By using the method for polymer synthesis in which components of porous crystal were linked with each other was applied for network polymer synthesis. THe percolation process was revealed.

    2022
    A new method for polymer synthesis was developed, in which components of porous crystal were linked with each other. Additionally, the mechanism of controlled polymerization was revealed.

Papers

  • Predictable Synthesis of 3D Polymer Networks Using Crystal Component-Linking Reviewed

    Shizuka Anan, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada*

    Macromolecular Rapid Communications   2024.3 (   ISSN:1022-1336   eISSN:1521-3927 )

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    Controlled synthesis of 3D polymer networks presents a significant challenge because of the complexity of the polymerization reaction in solution. In this study, a polymerization system that facilitates the prediction of a polymer network structure via percolation simulations is realized. The most significant difference between general percolation simulations and experimental polymerization systems is the mobility of the molecules during the reaction. A crystal component-linking method that connects the precisely arranged monomer as a supramolecular crystalline state to imitate the simple percolation theory is adopted. The percolation simulation based on the crystal structure of the arranged monomers is used to accurately calculate the gelation point, gel fraction, degree of swelling, and atomic formula, which correspond with the experimental results. This suggests that the network structures polymerized via the crystal component-linking method can be predicted precisely by a simple percolation simulation. Further, the percolation simulation predicts the structures of the loop, branched polymer, and crosslinking point, which are difficult to measure experimentally. The polymerization of precisely-arranged immobilized monomers in supramolecular structures is promising in synthesizing precisely controlled polymer networks.

    DOI: 10.1002/marc.202400058

  • Enhanced Orientation of Liquid Crystals Inside Micropores of Metal–Organic Frameworks Having Thermoresponsivity Reviewed

    Shizuka Anan, Takuya Kurihara*, Masaki Yamaguchi*, Hirotsugu Kikuchi*, Kenta Kokado

    Chemistry – A European Journal   30 ( 13 )   e202303277   2024.1 (   ISSN:0947-6539   eISSN:1521-3765 )

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    With the aim of controlling the orientation of liquid crystals (LCs) toward realizing external stimuli–responsive materials with tunable functionalities, we synthesized a composite of LCs and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) by filling LCs into the pores of MOFs (LC@MOFs) for the first time. The included LCs interact with the MOFs through coordination bonds between the cyano groups of the LCs and the metal ions of the MOFs, enabling the orientation of the LC molecules inside the pores of the MOFs and the realization of birefringence of LC@MOFs. The three-dimensional nanometer interstice frameworks maintained the LC orientation even at temperatures much higher than the isotropic phase transition temperature of bulk LCs. Furthermore, the orientational state changed upon heating or cooling, inducing temperature-dependent birefringence. This study provides a new approach to the development of stimuli–responsive optical materials and stimuli–responsive MOFs.

    DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303277

  • 多孔性結晶から創り出す機能性高分子材料 Invited Reviewed

    小門憲太, 阿南静佳, 佐田和己*

    科学と工業   97 ( 9 )   279 - 286   2023.9

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  • 結晶の構成要素を繋ぐ高分子材料合成法の開発 Invited Reviewed

    小門 憲太, 阿南 静佳, 佐田 和己*

    熱測定   50 ( 3 )   110 - 115   2023.7

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    DOI: 10.11311/jscta.50.3_110

  • Multifunctional Triggering by Solid-Phase Molecular Motion: Relaxor Ferroelectricity, Modulation of Magnetic Exchange Interactions, and Enhancement of Negative Thermal Expansion Reviewed

    Simin Li, Kiyonori Takahashi, Rui-Kang Huang, Chen Xue, Kenta Kokado, Norihisa Hoshino, Tomoyuki Akutagawa, Sadafumi Nishihara, Takayoshi Nakamura

    Chemistry of Materials   35 ( 6 )   2421 - 2428   2023.3 (   ISSN:0897-4756   eISSN:1520-5002 )

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    DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c03552

  • Swelling Behavior of Lipophilic Polyelectrolyte Gels in Organic Solvents-Water or Sea Water Binary Mixtures Reviewed

    Xinmeng Wang, Sokuro Sunaga, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics   223 ( 14 )   2100505   2022.5

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  • Swelling Behavior of Lipophilic Polyelectrolyte Gels in Organic Solvents−Water or Sea Water Binary Mixtures Reviewed

    Xinmeng Wang, Sokuro Sunaga, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics   223 ( 14 )   2022.5 (   ISSN:1022-1352   eISSN:1521-3935 )

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    Abstract

    The recovery of crude oil and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) spilt in the environment is an intractable problem for environmental scientists. In this paper, a new lipophilic polyelectrolyte gel as an absorbent for various volatile chemical compounds is demonstrated. It is prepared by radical copolymerization of an acrylate monomer with an ionic group, tetraalkylammonium tetraarylborate, octadecyl acrylate, and a crosslinker, dipropylene glycol diacrylate, in the presence of a radial initiator. Investigation of the swelling behavior for the mixtures of water or aqueous salts reveals that the gel shows similar swelling behavior to those for pure organic solvents. On the other hand, the swelling degree in THF‐water mixture is lower than that of pure THF, because THF and water are miscible to each other, and the presence of a small amount of water in THF reduces the compatibility of the gel and THF. The salting‐out effect can separate the THF‐water mixture to form a biphasic system and recover the high swelling ability of the gel. The swelling behavior in the mixture of water‐organic solvents systems provides a new insight for designing VOC and oil absorbents in various environmental conditions, especially in hydrosphere such as seas and lakes.

    DOI: 10.1002/macp.202100505

    Other Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/macp.202100505

  • Homogeneous Systems to Induce Emission of AIEgens Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    Handbook of Aggregation-Induced Emission: Tutorial Lectures and Mechanism Studies   1   251 - 271   2022.3 ( ISBN:9781119643098 )

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  • 1,2-Disubstituted 1,2-Dihydro-1,2,4,5-tetrazine-3,6-dione as a Dynamic Covalent Bonding Unit at Room Temperature Reviewed

    Kentaro Kawai, Kazuki Ikeda, Akane Sato, Akira Kabasawa, Masahiro Kojima, Kenta Kokado, Akira Kakugo, Kazuki Sada, Tatsuhiko Yoshino, Shigeki Matsunaga

    Journal of the American Chemical Society   2022.1 (   ISSN:0002-7863   eISSN:1520-5126 )

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    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c11665

  • Bridging the interfacial gap in mixed-matrix membranes by nature-inspired design: precise molecular sieving with polymer-grafted metal–organic frameworks Reviewed

    Levente Cseri, Rifan Hardian, Shizuka Anan, Hakkim Vovusha, Udo Schwingenschlögl, Peter M. Budd, Kazuki Sada, Kenta Kokado, Gyorgy Szekely

    Journal of Materials Chemistry A   2021.9 (   ISSN:2050-7488   eISSN:2050-7496 )

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    Porous nanoparticles with interfacial adhesiveness boost the selectivity of separation membranes to achieve size-selective nanofiltration.

    DOI: 10.1039/d1ta06205k

  • A Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework Based on Pyrazinopyrazine Reviewed

    Qin Ji, Kiyonori Takahashi, Shin-ichiro Noro, Yusuke Ishigaki, Kenta Kokado, Takayoshi Nakamura, Ichiro Hisaki

    Crystal Growth & Design   21 ( 8 )   4656 - 4664   2021.8 (   ISSN:1528-7483   eISSN:1528-7505 )

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    DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.1c00506

  • A proton conductive hydrogen-bonded framework incorporating 18-crown-6-ether and dicarboxy-o-terphenyl moieties Reviewed

    Xin Chen, Kiyonori Takahashi, Kenta Kokado, Takayoshi Nakamura, Ichiro Hisaki

    Materials Advances   2 ( 17 )   5639 - 5644   2021.6 (     eISSN:2633-5409 )

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    To date, proton-conducting organic crystalline materials based on crown ethers have rarely been investigated.

    DOI: 10.1039/d1ma00411e

  • Molecular motion of halogenated ethylammonium/[18]crown-6 supramolecular ions in nickel dithiolate magnetic crystals Reviewed

    Naohiro Hasuo, Kiyonori Takahashi, Ichiro Hisaki, Kenta Kokado, Takayoshi Nakamura

    CrystEngComm   23 ( 14 )   2756 - 2763   2021.3 (     eISSN:1466-8033 )

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    <p>Supramolecular cations, consisting of ethylammonium derivatives (X–CH2CH2–NH3+) complexed with [18]crown-6, were incorporated into [Ni(dmit)2] crystals in order to promote molecular motion.</p>

    DOI: 10.1039/d1ce00253h

  • 結晶の構成要素を連結するポリマー合成の新手法 Invited Reviewed

    小門憲太, 佐田和己

    日本結晶学会誌   63 ( 1 )   16 - 23   2021.1

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  • One-dimensional DABCO hydrogen-bonding chain in a hexagonal channel of magnetic [Ni(dmit)(2)] Reviewed

    Simin Li, Kiyonori Takahashi, Ichiro Hisaki, Kenta Kokado, Takayoshi Nakamura

    DALTON TRANSACTIONS   49 ( 46 )   16772 - 16777   2020.12 (   ISSN:1477-9226   eISSN:1477-9234 )

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    Crystals of (HDABCO(+))(9)(DABCO)[Ni(dmit)(2)](9)center dot 6CH(3)CN were shown to have a space group of R3, a hexapetal flower-like channel of [Ni(dmit)(2)] anions, and a one-dimensional hydrogen bonding chain composed of protonated DABCO and CH3CN molecules. The crystals display antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic interactions within and between hexamers, respectively, whereas the flexible DABCO-CH3CN array shows dielectric relaxation.

    DOI: 10.1039/d0dt03386c

  • Triple Thermoresponsiveness of a TADDOL-Based Homopolymer through the Formation of Supramolecular Complexes with Chiral Guest Molecules at Variable Ratios Reviewed

    Masami Naya, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS   2 ( 11 )   4415 - 4424   2020.11 (   ISSN:2637-6105 )

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    Multi-thermoresponsiveness which exhibits more than triple phase transitions has not been achieved yet. Current research studies have reported double thermoresponsive copolymers having two kinds of polymer chains. However, the molecular design strategy of triple thermoresponsiveness remains unclear. Herein, we report a triple thermoresponsive chiral homopolymer which exhibits UCST- LCST-UCST-type phase transitions. The polymer contains the alpha,alpha,alpha',alpha'-tetraaryl-2,2-disubstituted 1,3-dioxolane-4,5-dimethanol moiety in the side chains, where multiple supramolecular complexes between the host polymer and guest molecules are formed. The formations and dynamic changes in the multiple complexes of model compounds were monitored by H-1 NMR spectroscopy. We concluded that the key factor of the triple thermoresponsive behavior is the stoichiometric change in the multiple complexes. This work can extend the molecular design of the thermoresponsive polymer and lead to the next stage of functional polymer materials.

    DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.0c00491

  • Emissive tetraphenylethylene (TPE) derivatives in a dissolved state tightly fastened by a short oligo(ethylene glycol) chain Reviewed

    Yuma Tanaka, Takashi Machida, Toshiaki Noumi, Kazuki Sada, Kenta Kokado

    ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS   7 ( 18 )   2649 - 2656   2020.9 (   ISSN:2052-4129 )

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    The structural change in the excited state evidently plays a crucial role in the quenching process of organic molecules exhibiting aggregation-induced emission (AIE, thus AIEgens) in the solution state. In this report, we synthesized a series of tetraphenylethylene (TPE) macrocycles having a covalent oligoethylene glycol (OEG) linkage between vicinal phenyl rings with various chain lengths and substituting positions. As a result, the obtained TPE macrocycles which are tightly fastened by short OEG chains showed strong emission even in the solution state. The tight fastener efficiently restricted the pi twist around the central C-C bond in TPE macrocycles, which was also supported by theoretical computations. These results provide very important information about the origin of the AIE properties of TPE derivatives, which will lead to the rational design of new AIEgens.

    DOI: 10.1039/d0qo00839g

  • Photoinduced Pyramidal Inversion Behavior of Phosphanes Involved with Aggregation-Induced Emission Behavior Reviewed

    Takashi Machida, Takeshi Iwasa, Tetsuya Taketsugu, Kazuki Sada, Kenta Kokado

    CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL   26 ( 36 )   7965 - 7965   2020.6 (   ISSN:0947-6539   eISSN:1521-3765 )

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    Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) is a fascinating phenomenon because of the applications of luminescent materials in the aggregated state, which exploit the large structural changes of the molecules in the excited state. Recently, it was reported that triphenylphosphane derivatives show AIE behavior in which they undergo potentially large structural changes in the excited state. Inspired by this report, photoinduced pyramidal inversion behavior of phosphanes was investigated. In photochemical experiments, the prepared P-stereogenic phosphanes exhibited photoracemization in dilute solution, and a negative correlation was observed between the photoracemization and the AIE phenomenon. Theoretical computations revealed that the inversion barrier in the excited state was much smaller than that in the ground state. This is the first report on the photoinduced pyramidal inversion behavior of phosphanes, which will provide new and unexplored applications.

    DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002358

  • Photoinduced Pyramidal Inversion Behavior of Phosphanes Involved with Aggregation-Induced Emission Behavior Reviewed

    Takashi Machida, Takeshi Iwasa, Tetsuya Taketsugu, Kazuki Sada, Kenta Kokado

    CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL   26 ( 36 )   8028 - 8034   2020.6 (   ISSN:0947-6539   eISSN:1521-3765 )

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    Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) is a fascinating phenomenon because of the applications of luminescent materials in the aggregated state, which exploit the large structural changes of the molecules in the excited state. Recently, it was reported that triphenylphosphane derivatives show AIE behavior in which they undergo potentially large structural changes in the excited state. Inspired by this report, photoinduced pyramidal inversion behavior of phosphanes was investigated. In photochemical experiments, the prepared P-stereogenic phosphanes exhibited photoracemization in dilute solution, and a negative correlation was observed between the photoracemization and the AIE phenomenon. Theoretical computations revealed that the inversion barrier in the excited state was much smaller than that in the ground state. This is the first report on the photoinduced pyramidal inversion behavior of phosphanes, which will provide new and unexplored applications.

    DOI: 10.1002/chem.202000264

  • Supramolecularly Designed Thermoresponsive Polymers in Different Polymer Backbones Reviewed

    Masami Naya, Kenta Kokado, Kira Beth Landenberger, Shokyoku Kanaoka, Sadahito Aoshima, Kazuki Sada

    MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS   221 ( 5 )   2020.3 (   ISSN:1022-1352   eISSN:1521-3935 )

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    Thermoresponsive polymers in water, for example, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) are investigated extensively, due to a wide range of biomedical applications. However, the attempts to control thermoresponsiveness are still rare in less or nonpolar media. Herein, the three thermoresponsive homopolymers tethering an N-butylurea group in the side chain with a different polymer backbone are reported. They exhibit lower critical solution temperature (LCST)-type and upper critical solution temperature (UCST)-type thermoresponsiveness depending on association of the urea group in the polymer chain and hydrogen bonding small molecules (effectors) in ternary systems (polymer/effector/organic solvent). The difference of polymer backbone appears as their change of solvophobicity in organic solvents. Poly(methacrylate) backbone needs more amount of the effector in nonpolar organic solvents, and poly(vinyl ether) backbone needs more amount in polar organic solvents. However, the influence of polymer backbone is too little to change the phase transition behavior, and the thermoresponsiveness is dominated by association and dissociation of hydrogen bondings between polymers and effectors. The supramolecular design of the thermoresponsive polymers is strong and extensible for the design of their phase transitions.

    DOI: 10.1002/macp.201900455

  • Metal-organic framework tethering pH- and thermo-responsive polymer for ON-OFF controlled release of guest molecules Reviewed

    Shunjiro Nagata, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    CRYSTENGCOMM   22 ( 6 )   1106 - 1111   2020.2 (   ISSN:1466-8033 )

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    The controlled release of small molecules from carrier materials by manipulating the environmental conditions has potential for use in drug delivery. In the present study, we demonstrate the controlled release of a guest molecule (procainamide) from a metal-organic framework (MOF). The MOF is covered with a copolymer of N-isopropyl acrylamide (NIPAM) and acrylic acid (AA) by post-synthetic modification. The polymer exhibits a rapid and reversible coil-globule transition that is both pH- and thermoresponsive, thereby allowing the guest molecules to be released from the MOF in an "on-off" manner. At high pH (6.86) or low temperatures (<25 degrees C)-when the polymer adopts a coil conformation-the guest molecules are rapidly released from the MOF, whereas at low pH (4.01) or high temperatures (>40 degrees C)-when the polymer adopts a globule conformation-the release of the guest molecules is suppressed. The release can be halted by applying external stimuli even after starting the release. The MOF-derived controllable container introduced here will facilitate targeted drug delivery and controlled release of therapeutic agents.

    DOI: 10.1039/c9ce01731c

  • Click Chemistry to Metal-Organic Frameworks as a Synthetic Tool for MOF and Applications for Functional Materials Reviewed

    Kazuki Sada, Kenta Kokado

    Advances in Organic Crystal Chemistry: Comprehensive Reviews 2020   523 - 538   2020.1 ( ISBN:9789811550850 )

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    Metal-organic Frameworks (MOF) are a new class of functional crystalline materials with the large nanopores and open frame structures. The controlled nanoporous structures attract for various applications such as gas sorption, catalysis, biomedical applications, and transport materials for electronic and photophysical devices. For the large demands on preparing the advanced functional materials based on theMOF, the functionalization of the MOF has been attracted significant attention for controlling the environments of the nanopores in the past decade. Among them, the most fruitful approach is post-synthetic modification (PSM) of the MOF.The PSM is defined as the modification of the organic ligands in the frameworks of the MOF by chemical reactions, especially organic reactions, after the formation of the MOF as crystalline materials. In this review, we focus the PSM of the MOF by copper(I)-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) and the related reactions that have many advantages such as diverse substrates, mild conditions, high yields, high 1,4-regio-selectivity, and high orthogonality for other organic reactions, and wide availability of the media. Furthermore, we discuss the control of the functions of the MOF and the preparation of the functional composites based on the MOF by the CuAAC of the MOF. Therefore, this review includes the following four topics: The exploration of CuAAC reaction for PSM in MOF, the development of other click reactions for PSM, the function-oriented PSM by CuAAC reaction, and networking and biocongujation of MOF.

    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-5085-0_25

  • Synthesis of pyramidal tetraarylborate pentads Reviewed

    Nobuhito Sakamoto, Masahiko Ohta, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY   43 ( 37 )   14853 - 14858   2019.10 (   ISSN:1144-0546   eISSN:1369-9261 )

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    In the present study, we designed tetrahedral tetraarylborate pentads which were synthesized by a typical click reaction, copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cyclization. The synthesis of the borate pentads was confirmed by FT-IR and NMR spectroscopies, and NMR measurements indicated a rapid exchange of bound and unbound counter cations. The obtained borate pentads exhibited a representative behavior of weak electrolytes, and thus a decrease of their concentration caused a rapid increase of their molar conductivity, especially at the limit of dilution. Additionally, the observed association constant did not correspond to the theoretical association constant, probably because of the multivalent ionic dissociation dependent on the dielectric constant of the media.

    DOI: 10.1039/c9nj01772k

  • Fundamental theory and molecular design of thermoresponsive polymers expandable to sustainable and smart materials Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Masami Naya, Kazuki Sada

    Sustainable Nanoscale Engineering: From Materials Design to Chemical Processing   351 - 372   2019.9

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    DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-814681-1.00013-8

  • Consideration of Molecular Structure in the Excited State to Design New Luminogens with Aggregation-Induced Emission Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION   58 ( 26 )   8632 - 8639   2019.6 (   ISSN:1433-7851   eISSN:1521-3773 )

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    Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) is a photoluminescence phenomenon in which an AIE luminogen (AIEgen) exhibits intense emission in the aggregated or solid state but only weak or no emission in the solution state. Understanding the mechanism of AIE requires consideration of excited state molecular geometry (for example, a pi twist). This Minireview examines the history of AIEgens with a focus on the representative AIEgen, tetraphenylethylene (TPE). The mechanisms of solution-state quenching are reviewed and the crucial role of excited-state molecular transformations for AIE is discussed. Finally, recent progress in understanding the relationship between excited state molecular transformations and AIE is overviewed for a range of different AIEgens.

    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201814462

  • Step-Growth Copolymerization Between an Immobilized Monomer and a Mobile Monomer in Metal-Organic Frameworks Reviewed

    Anan, S, Mochizuki, Y, Kokado, K, Sada, K

    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.   58 ( 24 )   8018 - 8023   2019 (   ISSN:1433-7851   eISSN:1521-3773 )

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    The A-A/B-B step-growth copolymerization between a monomer immobilized in the crystalline state and a monomer mobile in the solution state is demonstrated. One of the two monomers was immobilized as organic ligands of the metal-organic framework (MOF) and polymerized with the mobile guest monomer, resulting in the formation of linear polymers. The polymerization behavior was completely different from that of the solution polymerizations. In particular, the degrees of polymerization (DP) converged to a specific value depending on the MOF structures. The inevitable termination is caused not by imperfectness of the polymerization reaction, but by the selection of the two polymerization partners among the several adjacent immobilized monomers. This is fully supported by the Monte Carlo simulation on the basis of the polymerization mechanism. Precise immobilization of monomers in the supramolecular assemblies is a promising way for the controlled A-A/B-B step-growth polymerization.

    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201901308

  • Post-synthetic Modification of Metal-Organic Framework through Urethane Formation Reviewed

    Anan, S, Kokado, K, Sada, K

    Chem. Lett.   48 ( 3 )   285 - 287   2019 (   ISSN:0366-7022   eISSN:1348-0715 )

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    An octahedral metal-organic framework (MOF), UiO-68, with two hydroxymethyl groups (UiO68-hyd) was synthesized for the first time and the hydroxy groups were post-synthetically modified with iso(thio)cyanates to form (thio)urethanes. Several organotins and tertiary amines were used as catalysts for the modification of UiO68-hyd with butyl isocyanate (BuNCO), and 70% of hydroxy groups reacted after 7 days. Moreover, various isocyanate and isothiocyanate compounds were successfully modified on UiO68-hyd.

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  • Front-line polymer science: Molecular design of sorbents for organic solvents Reviewed

    Kazuki Sada, Kenta Kokado, Sokuro Sunaga

    Kobunshi   67 ( 5 )   257 - 261   2018.5 (   ISSN:0454-1138 )

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    © 2018 the Society of Polymer Science, Japan. After the disaster in Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, the development of sorbents for organic solvents including oil has been attracting considerable interest among material scientists, due to increase of social interest against the large-scale pollution to natural environment. In this account we summarize recent advances in designing such sorbents with high efficiency by the two different approaches. One is super-absorbent polymers for organic solvents with high swelling ability. The other is highly porous and hydrophobic materials with large surface areas such as sponges and carbon aerogels. Both of them have high sorption efficiency for organic solvents, and most of the latter have good performances for separation of oil from oil-water mixture.

  • Direct Detection of the Ion Pair to Free Ions Transformation upon Complexation with an Ion Receptor in Non-Polar Solvents by using Conductometry Reviewed

    Kazuya Iseda, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    ChemistryOpen   7 ( 3 )   269 - 274   2018.3 (   ISSN:2191-1363   eISSN:2191-1363 )

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    In this study, we performed conductometry in various organic solvents to directly detect the transformation from tetrabutylammonium chloride (TBACl) ion-pair salt to the free ions through complexation with meso-octamethylcalix[4]pyrrole (CP), which is a well-known receptor for chloride anions. In the presence of CP, the conductivity of TBACl increases in various non-polar solvents, indicating that complexation with CP enhances the ionic dissociation of TBACl in such non-polar solvents. In other words, CP recognizes chloride as an ion-paired salt as well as a free anion in non-polar solvents. Additionally, the TBA(CP–Cl) complex exhibited a considerably lower ion-pairing constant (Kip) than TBACl in non-polar solvents, resulting in enhanced conductivity. Based on these findings, we can conclude that complexation of an anion with a hydrophobic anion receptor will be useful for creating functional and stimuli-responsive soft materials in organic solvents using coulombic forces.

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  • Crystal Crosslinked Gels for the Deposition of Inorganic Salts with Polyhedral Shapes Reviewed

    Yumi Mochizuki, Chihiro Oka, Takumi Ishiwata, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    GELS   4 ( 1 )   1 - 8   2018.3 (     eISSN:2310-2861 )

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    Biomineralization has been given a great deal of attention by materials chemists because of its low environmental load and sustainability. With the goal of synthesizing such processes, various methods have been developed, especially for inorganic salts of calcium. In this report, we focused on the deposition of inorganic salts, such as calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate using crystal crosslinked gels (CCG), which are prepared by crystal crosslinking of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Due to the crystalline nature of MOFs, CCGs intrinsically possess polyhedral shapes derived from the original MOF crystals. As the result of deposition, the obtained inorganic salts also exhibited a polyhedral shape derived from the CCG. The deposition mainly occurred near the surface of the CCG, and the amorphous nature of the deposited inorganic salts was also confirmed.

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  • Twist of C=C Bond Plays a Crucial Role in the Quenching of AIE-Active Tetraphenylethene Derivatives in Solution Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Takashi Machida, Takeshi Iwasa, Tetsuya Taketsugu, Kazuki Sada

    Journal of Physical Chemistry C   122 ( 1 )   245 - 251   2018.1 (   ISSN:1932-7455   eISSN:1932-7455 )

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    Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) has emerged as a new class of attractive photoluminescence behavior. Understanding the precise mechanism of the AIE phenomenon will lead to the rational molecular design of novel molecules with AIE properties (AIEgens). In this work, we selected disubstituted derivatives of tetraphenylethene (TPE), a well-known archetypal AIEgen, as the model compounds to elucidate the AIE mechanism. As the result of photochemical experiments and quantum chemical computations, π-bond twist (π twist), including E-Z isomerization (EZI), was found to be the major factor for quenching the photoexcited state of TPE derivatives in the solution state, differently from the well-accepted propeller-like rotation of the side phenyl groups in earlier research. In photochemical experiments, the prepared TPE derivatives exhibited EZI in the solution state upon photoirradiation, and a negative correlation was observed between this isomerization and the AIE phenomenon. The theoretical computations verified the crucial role of π twist triggered by photoirradiation in the solution state, rather than intramolecular rotation. In the crystal state, π twist was efficiently suppressed by the surrounding molecules. Our results will support the realization of novel smart AIEgens that can respond to various external stimuli.

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b11248

  • Lipophilic polyelectrolyte gel derived from phosphonium borate can absorb a wide range of organic solvents Reviewed

    Sokuro Sunaga, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    SOFT MATTER   14 ( 4 )   581 - 585   2018.1 (   ISSN:1744-683X   eISSN:1744-6848 )

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    Herein, we demonstrate a polyelectrolyte gel which can absorb a wide range of organic solvents from dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO, permittivity: epsilon = 47.0) to tetrahydrofuran (epsilon = 5.6). The gel consists of polystyrene chains with small amounts (similar to 5 mol%) of lipophilic electrolytes derived from triphenylphosphonium tetraaryl borate. The swelling ability of the polyelectrolyte gel was higher than that of the alkyl ammonium tetraaryl borate previously reported by us, and this is attributed to the higher compatibility with organic solvents, as well as the higher dissociating ability, of the triphenyl phosphonium salt. The role of the ionic moieties was additionally confirmed by post modification of the polyelectrolyte gel via a conventional Wittig reaction, resulting in a nonionic gel. Our findings introduced here will lead to a clear-cut molecular design for polyelectrolyte gels which absorb all solvents.

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  • Control of Aggregation-Induced Emission from a Tetraphenylethene Derivative through the Components in the Co-crystal Reviewed

    Jimbo, T, Tsuji, M, Taniguchi, R, Sada, K, Kokado, K

    Crtst. Growth Des.   18 ( 7 )   3863 - 3869   2018 (   ISSN:1528-7483   eISSN:1528-7505 )

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    We aim to control the photoluminescence property of co-crystals derived from an aggregation-induced emission luminogen (AIEgen) through other components in the co-crystal. For this purpose, we prepared co-crystals of a typical AIEgen, tetraphenylethene having four hydroxy groups (THPE), and hydrogen-bond acceptors (HBAs) containing nitrogen atoms. The crystallographic study showed that the HO hydrogen-bonding pattern and inclusion of crystallization solvents are significantly influenced by the employed HBA, depending on the size, position of nitrogen atoms, and basicity of the HBA, thanks to the moderate hydrogen-bonding ability of THPE. The photoluminescence properties of the co-crystals are governed by the employed HBA, and thus, co-crystals derived from imidazole derivatives or 1,4-diazabicydo[2.2.2]octane exhibit intense photoluminescence, while those from pyridine derivatives and an electron-deficient imidazole derivative do not show any photoluminescence. The involvement of photoinduced electron transfer causes quenching of the co-crystals derived from pyridine derivatives, which is confirmed by theoretical computations. These observations imply that the photoluminescence properties of co-crystals derived from AlEgens can be tuned through other components in the co-crystal.

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00141

  • Box-like gel capsules from heterostructures based on a core-shell MOF as a template of crystal crosslinking Reviewed

    Takumi Ishiwata, Ayano Michibata, Kenta Kokado, Sylvie Ferlay, Mir Wais Hosseini, Kazuki Sada

    Chemical Communications   54 ( 12 )   1437 - 1440   2018 (   ISSN:1364-548X   eISSN:1364-548X )

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    New polymer capsules (PCs) were obtained using a crystal crosslinking (CC) method on core-shell MOF crystals. The latter are based on the epitaxial growth of two isostructural coordination polymers which are then selectively crosslinked. Decomposition of the non-reticulated phase leads to new PCs, possessing a well-defined hollow cubic shape reflecting the heterostructure of the template.

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  • 結晶架橋法による規則構造ゲル開発 Reviewed

    Kokado, K

    Kagaku to Kogyo   71 ( 11 )   954 - 955   2018

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  • 有機溶媒高吸収性材料の分子デザイン Reviewed

    Sada, K, Kokado, K, Sunaga, S

    Kobunshi   67 ( 5 )   257 - 261   2018

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  • Motility of Microtubules on the Inner Surface of Water-in-Oil Emulsion Droplets Reviewed

    Mikako Tsuji, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Masaki Ito, Daisuke Inoue, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo

    LANGMUIR   33 ( 43 )   12108 - 12113   2017.10 (   ISSN:0743-7463 )

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    Water-in-oil emulsion systems have recently attracted much attention in various fields. However, functionalization of water-in-oil emulsion systems, which is required for expanding their applications in industries and research, has been challenging. We now demonstrate the functionalization of a water-in-oil emulsion system by anchoring a target protein molecule. A microtubule (MT) associated motor protein kinesin-1 was successfully anchored to the inner surface of water-in-oil emulsion droplets by employing the specific interaction of nickel nitrilotriacetic acid histidine tag. The MTs exhibited a gliding motion on the kinesin-functionalized inner surface of the emulsion droplets, which confirmed the success of the functionalization of the water in-oil emulsion system. This result would be beneficial in exploring the roles of biomolecular motor systems in the cellular events that take place at the cell membrane and might also contribute to expanding the nanotechnological applications of biomolecular motors and water-in-oil emulsion systems in the future.

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01550

  • Organic Reaction as a Stimulus for Polymer Phase Separation Reviewed

    Masami Naya, Yoshimi Hamano, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    ACS MACRO LETTERS   6 ( 9 )   898 - 902   2017.9 (   ISSN:2161-1653 )

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    Molecular design of stimuli-sensitive polymers has been attracting considerable interest of chemists because of their latent ability to achieve smart materials. Heat, light, pH, and chemicals have been often utilized as a stimuli inducing polymer phase transition from solution to aggregation and vice versa. In this report, as a new trigger for lower critical solution temperature (LCST)-type polymer phase transition, we introduce organic reaction of small organic molecules, not to the polymer chain itself. The addition of the reactant for the "effector", which can interact with the polymer chain for increasing the compatibility of the polymer chain with the media, caused a polymer phase separation, due to reduction of the solvation ability of the effector to the polymer chain. In other words, decrease of the "effector" concentration induced the polymer phase separation. Within our knowledge, this is the first report to connect a polymer phase separation with organic reaction dynamics. This process will be the first step for the development of artificial allosteric enzyme mimics from a combination of a simple synthetic polymer and a product or reactant in organic reactions.

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  • Unidirectional compression and expansion of a crosslinked MOF crystal prepared via axis-dependent crosslinking and ligand exchange Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Takumi Ishiwata, Shizuka Anan, Kazuki Sada

    POLYMER JOURNAL   49 ( 9 )   685 - 689   2017.9 (   ISSN:0032-3896   eISSN:1349-0540 )

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    The artificial construction of anisotropic deforming materials is one of the great challenges in materials and polymer chemistry. In this paper, we demonstrate a unidirectionally deformable material with reversibility. First, crystal crosslinking of a pillared-layer metal-organic framework (PLMOF) was accomplished, followed by the exchange of the pillar ligand with the monotopic ligand. The obtained crosslinked MOF crystal showed reversible unidirectional compression and expansion during cycles of drying and immersion in good solvents. The macroscopic unidirectional deformation was derived from microscopic variations in the layer distance in the MOF crystal. The polymerization between the organic ligand and the crosslinker effectively reinforced the MOF crystal, which had enough durability for reversible unidirectional deformation. Our strategy is a promising general method for the construction of anisotropic deforming materials, which are often seen in biological systems and mechanical devices.

    DOI: 10.1038/pj.2017.32

  • Thermoresponsivity of polymer solution derived from a self-attractive urea unit and a self-repulsive lipophilic ion unit Reviewed

    Shogo Amemori, Kazuya Iseda, Shizuka Anan, Toshikazu Ono, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    POLYMER CHEMISTRY   8 ( 26 )   3921 - 3925   2017.7 (   ISSN:1759-9954   eISSN:1759-9962 )

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    The preparation of the polymers having a self-attractive urea unit via hydrogen bonding and a selfrepulsive lipophilic ion unit via electrostatic interaction was carried out to achieve the thermoresponsivity of polymer solution. The solubility of the obtained copolymers depended on the balance between the attractive force induced by hydrogen bonding among the urea units and the repulsive force attributed to the dissociation of the ionic units. In aprotic and nonpolar solvents, the solubility of the polymers was changed from insoluble to soluble with the increasing content of the ionic units. Moreover, in acetonitrile and 1,2-dichloroethane, the UCST-type thermoresponsivity was observed. This result indicated that the UCST-type thermoresponsivity was induced by cleavage of the hydrogen bonds among urea units upon heating, and at the cloud point, the repulsive force among the ionic units overwhelmed the attractive force. From the result of this research, we would like to emphasize that the combination of a lipophilic ion pair and other self-attractive units can be a simple principle for the molecular design of UCST-type thermoresponsive polymers in any media.

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  • Network polymers derived from the integration of flexible organic polymers and rigid metal-organic frameworks Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado

    POLYMER JOURNAL   49 ( 4 )   345 - 353   2017.4 (   ISSN:0032-3896   eISSN:1349-0540 )

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    Polymer gels, a representative state of network polymers, are a valuable and well-known class of materials with various functional and attractive properties and are thus commonly used in daily life. The properties of a polymer gel depend not only on the chemical structure of the network but also on the physical structure, including crosslinking points, polymer chains or network compositions, as demonstrated by recent studies on polymer gels with elaborate physical structures. By using a new type of porous crystal, a metal-organic framework (MOF) consisting of organic ligands and metal ions, as the key material, several research groups have developed a synthetic procedure for the formation of network polymers with highly controlled structures. This review focuses on the integration of MOFs and organic network polymers to form shaped network polymers or organic-inorganic hybrid networks through the following three methods: (1) polymerization of the organic ligands in a MOF using the guest molecules, (2) polymerization of homopolymerizable organic ligands in a MOF in the absence of guest molecules, and (3) formation of MOFs from polymeric organic ligands.

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  • Disassembly Control of Saccharide-Based Amphiphiles Driven by Electrostatic Repulsion Reviewed

    Taihei Yamada, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    LANGMUIR   33 ( 10 )   2610 - 2616   2017.3 (   ISSN:0743-7463 )

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    According to the design of disassembly using electrostatic repulsion, novel amphiphiles consisting of a lipophilic ion part and a hydrophilic saccharide part were synthesized via the facile copper-catalyzed click reaction, and their molecular assemblies in water and chloroform were studied. The amphiphiles exhibited a molecular orientation opposite to that of the conventional amphiphiles in each case. zeta Potential measurements indicated that the lipophilic ion part is exposed outside in chloroform. The size of a solvophobic part in the amphiphiles dominates the size of an assembling structure; that is, in water, these amphiphiles tethering different lengths of the saccharide part exhibited almost identical assembling size, whereas in chloroform, the size depends on the length of the saccharide part in the amphiphiles.

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  • Anisotropically Swelling Gels Attained through Axis-Dependent Crosslinking of MOF Crystals Reviewed

    Takumi Ishiwata, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION   56 ( 10 )   2608 - 2612   2017.3 (   ISSN:1433-7851   eISSN:1521-3773 )

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    Anisotropically deforming objects have attracted considerable interest for use in molecular machines and artificial muscles. Herein, we focus on a new approach based on the crystal crosslinking of organic ligands in a pillared-layer metal-organic framework (PLMOF). The approach involves the transformation from crosslinked PLMOF to polymer gels through hydrolysis of the coordination bonds between the organic ligands and metal ions, giving a network polymer that exhibits anisotropic swelling. The anisotropic monomer arrangement in the PLMOF underwent axis-dependent crosslinking to yield anisotropically swelling gels. Therefore, the crystal crosslinking of MOFs should be a useful method for creating actuators with designable deformation properties.

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  • Liquefaction-induced emission enhancement of tetraphenylethene derivatives Reviewed

    Takashi Machida, Ryosuke Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Oura, Kazuki Sada, Kenta Kokado

    CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS   53 ( 15 )   2378 - 2381   2017.2 (   ISSN:1359-7345   eISSN:1364-548X )

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    A typical AIE dye, TPE, was liquefied by attaching long and branched alkyl chains. The obtained liquid dye showed intense emission compared to the solid dye or TPE. The linkage between TPE and the alkyl chain led to significant difference in their photoluminescent and thermal properties.

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  • Crystal Crosslinked Gels with Aggregation-Induced Emissive Crosslinker Exhibiting Swelling Degree-Dependent Photoluminescence Reviewed

    Tsuyoshi Oura, Ryosuke Taniguchi, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    POLYMERS   9 ( 1 )   1 - 9   2017.1 (   ISSN:2073-4360 )

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    The synthesis and photoluminescence properties of crystal crosslinked gels (CCGs) with an aggregation-induced emission (AIE) active crosslinker derived from tetraphenylethene (TPE) is discussed in this article. The CCG was prepared from a metal organic framework (MOF) with large pore aperture to allow the penetration of TPE crosslinker. The obtained CCG possessed a rectangular shape originated from the parent MOF, KUMOF. The CCG showed stimuli-responsive photoluminescence behavior depending on the swelling degree, thus the photoluminescence intensity was higher at higher swelling degree. By changing the solvent, water content, or ionic strength, the photoluminescence intensity was controllable, accompanying the change of swelling degree. Moreover, emission color tuning was also achieved by the introduction of luminescent rare earth ions to form a coordination bonding with residual carboxylate inside the CCG.

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  • Quantum size effect and catalytic activity of nanosized single-crystalline spherical beta-Ga2O3 particles by thermal annealing of liquid metal nanoparticles Reviewed

    Shinya Sudo, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    RSC ADVANCES   7 ( 2 )   678 - 683   2017 (   ISSN:2046-2069   eISSN:2046-2069 )

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    We report on the synthesis of nanosized single-crystalline spherical beta-Ga2O3 particles (GONP) by thermal annealing of gallium nanoparticles (GaNP), which previously has been prepared under ultrasonication. GONP displayed a spherical morphology and the particle size reflected that of GaNP. The nanoparticles have been confirmed crystalline beta-Ga2O3 by powder X-ray diffraction. The selected area electron diffraction patterns obtained from a whole particle of one GONP represented production of single-crystalline nanoparticle. Furthermore, the dispersibility and stability of GONP in solvent dramatically improved through silica coating (GO@SiO2 NP). Photoluminescence spectroscopy indicated that the GO@SiO2 NP exhibited a light blue emission at 445 nm under excitation at 240 nm. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy demonstrated that the band gap of GO@SiO2 NP (E-g = 4.89 eV) was hypsochromically shifted compared to that of bulk Ga2O3 (E-g(bulk) = 4.56 eV) due to the quantum size effect of beta-Ga2O3. Additionally, silica particle-supported GONP (GONP/MCM-41) showed catalytic activity for the benzylation of benzene with benzyl chloride. Thus, the GONP presented here will have potential applications in LED phosphors, optoelectronic devices, and supported catalysts.

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  • Construction and Gilding of Metal-Organic Frameworks and Microtubule Conjugates Reviewed

    Masaki Ito, Takumi Ishiwata, Shizuka Anan, Kenta Kokado, Daisuke Inoue, Arif M. R. Kabir, Akira Kakugo, Kazuki Sada

    CHEMISTRYSELECT   1 ( 16 )   5358 - 5362   2016.10 (   ISSN:2365-6549 )

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    Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are well-ordered microporous crystalline materials synthesized from metal cluster nodes and organic ligands. Using organic ligands with functional and reactive moieties enables post-synthetic modification (PSM) for further functionalization of MOFs. In this study, bioconjugation of MOFs with functional motor proteins, such as kinesin microtubule (MT) system was investigated by employing PSM. Kinesin-MT system, energy diffusive gliding motion of MT was performed by consuming chemical energy of adenosine-triphosphate (ATP) in vitro. Thus, we attempted establishment of gliding of MOF by applying bio-motor system, in which reconstituted MT filaments are propelled over a kinesin-coated substrate in the presence of ATP.

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  • Mesogenic Polyelectrolyte Gels Absorb Organic Solvents and Liquid Crystalline Molecules Reviewed

    Yusuke Nishikori, Kazuya Iseda, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    POLYMERS   8 ( 4 )   1 - 10   2016.4 (   ISSN:2073-4360   eISSN:2073-4360 )

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    In this paper, mesogenic polyelectrolyte gels (MPEgels) tethering mesogenic groups on the side chains were synthesized from a mesogenic monomer and ionic monomer via a conventional radical polymerization process. The obtained MPEgels absorbed various organic solvents in a wide range of dielectric constants from chloroform (epsilon = 7.6) to DMSO (epsilon = 46.5). The electrostatic repulsion among the polymer chains and the osmotic pressure between the interior and exterior of the MPEgel is responsible for the high swelling ability, revealed by the common ion effect using tetra(n-hexyl) ammonium tetra(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl) phenylborate (THATFPB). The obtained MPEgels could also absorb liquid crystalline molecules such as 4-cyano-4'-pentylbiphenyl (5CB), analogously caused by the above-mentioned polyelectrolyte characteristic. The MPEgels exhibited liquid crystal transition temperature (T-NI) on differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurement, and the increase of the ionic group content lowered T-NI. The MPEgels absorbing liquid crystalline molecules exhibited differing T-NI, dependent on the compatibility of the mesogenic group on the side chain to the liquid crystalline molecule.

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  • Lipophilic Ionomers with Bulky Ion-Pairs and Effect of Counterion on Miscibility of the Ionomer Blends Reviewed

    Masahiko Ohta, Toshikazu Ono, Kenta Kokado, Akira Kakugo, Kazuki Sada

    MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS   217 ( 3 )   433 - 444   2016.2 (   ISSN:1022-1352   eISSN:1521-3935 )

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    In this study, polystyrene (PS) ionomers having tetraalkylammonium with a series of counterions are prepared with various feed ratio of the ionic units and blended with nonionic poly(n-butyl methacrylate) (PBMA) which is originally immiscible with PS. According to differential scanning calorimetry analysis, in the blends of ionomers with tetraarylborate and PBMA, the ionomers with more than 1 mol% of the ionic units are completely miscible with PBMA. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction measurements reveal that the bulky and lipophilic ion-pair inhibits the association of ions and instead induces the attractive interaction to alkyl groups of PBMA. Tensile tests of the miscible specimen exhibit both characteristic behavior, that is, high tensile strength as PS and high elongation property of PBMA.

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  • MOFと有機高分子を融合した新しいネットワーク高分子 Reviewed

    Kokado, K, Sada, K

    Network Polymer   37 ( 2 )   88 - 99   2016

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  • Topochemical polymerizations and crystal Cross-Linking of metal organic frameworks Reviewed

    Kazuki Sada, Takumi Ishiwata, Kenta Kokado

    Advances in Organic Crystal Chemistry: Comprehensive Reviews 2015   517 - 530   2015.8

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    Topochemical polymerizations have been attracting continuous interest as one of the precise polymerizations in a confined space. However, it is still not easy for designing new monomers due to difficulty in designing and controlling the arrangement suitable for topochemical polymerization. In this chapter, we shortly review polymerization in a confined space and demonstrate recent advances in topochemical polymerizations, providing the molecular orientations for various topochemical polymerization monomers. Then, we propose a new type of topochemical polymerization by use of metal organic framework (MOF). MOF is nano-porous crystalline materials constructed by metal ions and rigid organic ligands equipped with two or more ligation sites to form robust 3D host framework with nano-pores. The void space between them is wide and stable, which prompted us to investigate cross-linking of the organic ligands as the host monomers by the external guest monomers by means of two chemical reactions: (1) azide-tagged MOF (AzMOF) cross-linked by multi-alkyne cross-linkers via click reaction and (2) cyclodextrinMOF (CDMOF) cross-linked by diglycidyl ethers. They should be new crystalline-state polymerization, because the cross-linking took place without any movement of the host monomers in the open-host framework.

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  • Structural Analysis of Lipophilic Polyelectrolyte Solutions and Gels in Low-Polar Solvents Reviewed

    Kengo Nishi, Saki Tochioka, Takashi Hiroi, Taihei Yamada, Kenta Kokado, Tae-Hwan Kim, Elliot Paul Gilbert, Kazuki Sada, Mitsuhiro Shibayama

    MACROMOLECULES   48 ( 11 )   3613 - 3621   2015.6 (   ISSN:0024-9297   eISSN:1520-5835 )

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    Lipophilic polyelectrolyte gels capable of large swelling in low-polar solvents (3 <= epsilon <= 10) were developed by Ono et al. ( Nature Mater. 2007), where e is the dielectric constant. These gels were prepared by introducing tetraphenylborate as a lipophilic anion (tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate; TFPB) and tetraalkylammonium with long alkyl chains as a lipophilic cation (tetra(n-butyl)ammonium; TBA(+)) into a poly(octadecyl acrylate) (pODA) backbone chain. Here, we investigated the structure of the lipophilic polyelectrolyte gels and corresponding polymer solutions in CH2Cl2 with small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) and dynamic light scattering (DLS). From SANS, it was revealed that individual pODA chain is regarded as a rod with the cross-section radius of 15 angstrom and the length of ca. 160 angstrom and is little changed by introduction of charges or cross-linking. In addition to this, it was revealed from SANS measurements that the second virial coefficient of pODA in CH2Cl2 was positive. In combination with DLS measurements, we observed several characteristic features similar to polyelectrolyte aqueous systems such as (i) the clear appearance of slow diffusional motion in polymer solutions, (ii) an increase of diffusion coefficient in gels, and (iii) an increase of osmotic modulus in solutions and gels when ionic groups are incorporated in pODA. These experimental findings clearly show that [TBA(+)][TFPB-] dissociates enough and pODA, accompanying these ionic groups, acts as a polyelectrolyte even in a low-polar solvent such as CH2Cl2 (epsilon = 8.9). It is concluded that the good compatibility of pODA with CH2Cl2 and the introduction of dissociable ionic groups into pODA result in high-swelling capability of the lipophilic polyelectrolyte gels.

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  • Rigidity-induced emission enhancement of network polymers crosslinked by tetraphenylethene derivatives Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Ryosuke Taniguchi, Kazuki Sada

    JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C   3 ( 33 )   8504 - 8509   2015 (   ISSN:2050-7526   eISSN:2050-7534 )

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    In this paper, we prepared various network polymers with crosslinkers having two or four acryloyl groups derived from an AIE luminogen, and investigated the relationship between the rigidity of network polymers and emission behaviour. The crosslinkers showed representative AIE properties. A conventional radical polymerization with various vinyl monomers produced corresponding network polymers. The variation of vinyl monomers or the crosslinkers allowed us to obtain network polymers with different rigidities. Fluorescence spectroscopy of the network polymers revealed rigidity dependent emission enhancement accompanying the hypsochromic shift. In addition, the network polymer showed temperature and solvent dependent emission behaviour. The crosslinker with less crosslinkable substituents showed higher susceptibility toward the environmental conditions such as rigidity, temperature, and solvent.

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  • Gel thermoresponsiveness driven by switching of the charge-transfer interaction Reviewed

    Desi H. Gharib, Shogo Amemori, Masami Naya, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    RSC ADVANCES   5 ( 108 )   89319 - 89322   2015 (   ISSN:2046-2069   eISSN:2046-2069 )

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    A novel gel LCST system consisting of a pyrene containing acrylate network polymer and external effectors is demonstrated. The LCST behaviour was conducted by switching of the CT interaction between the gel and effector, which was readily tuned by effector concentration or molecular structure of the effector.

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  • Metal-organic framework tethering PNIPAM for ON-OFF controlled release in solution Reviewed

    Shunjiro Nagata, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS   51 ( 41 )   8614 - 8617   2015 (   ISSN:1359-7345   eISSN:1364-548X )

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    A smart metal-organic framework (MOF) exhibiting controlled release was achieved by modification with a thermoresponsive polymer (PNIPAM) via a surface-selective post-synthetic modification technique. Simple temperature variation readily switches "open'' (lower temperature) and "closed'' (higher temperature) states of the polymer-modified MOF through conformational change of PNIPAM grafted onto the MOF, resulting in controlled release of the included guest molecules such as resorufin, caffeine, and procainamide.

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  • 結晶架橋法:網目や形状を自在に設計可能な網目状高分子合成法 Reviewed

    Kokado, K, Sada, K

    Kino Zairyo   35 ( 3 )   45 - 51   2015 (   ISSN:0286-4835 )

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  • 刺激に応じて何度でもゲストを放出できるスマート多孔性結晶 Reviewed

    Kokado, K

    Kagaku to Kogyo   68 ( 10 )   938 - 938   2015

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  • 構造に工夫を凝らしたネットワーク高分子 Reviewed

    Kokado, K

    Kagaku to Kyoiku   63 ( 10 )   490 - 491   2015

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  • Stimuli-Responsive Fluorescence of AIE Elastomer Based on PDMS and Tetraphenylethene Reviewed

    Ryosuke Taniguchi, Taihei Yamada, Kazuki Sada, Kenta Kokado

    MACROMOLECULES   47 ( 18 )   6382 - 6388   2014.9 (   ISSN:0024-9297   eISSN:1520-5835 )

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    We synthesized a tetravinyl ME luminogen based on tetraphenylethene (TPE-CL), followed by its reaction with H-terminated PDMS via hydrosilylation to construct ME elastomers. NMR and IR spectroscopy studies showed facile progress of the preparative reaction. The obtained sample strips represented typical elastomeric behavior revealed by tensile test, while the mechanical properties were varied by the chain length of employed PDMS. The homogeneous distribution of TPE-CL in an elastomer was confirmed by UV-vis absorption spectra variation upon increase of TPE-CL content. The elastomers exhibited stimuli-sensitive fluorescence against organic solvents and temperature, and the responsiveness was found to be reversible. These characteristics are clearly derived from ATE property of TPE-CL, which is sensitive to intramolecular rotation.

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  • Direct Synthesis of Liquid Metal Colloids and Their Transmetalation into Noble Metal Nanoparticles Reviewed

    Shinya Sudo, Shunjiro Nagata, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    CHEMISTRY LETTERS   43 ( 8 )   1207 - 1209   2014.8 (   ISSN:0366-7022   eISSN:1348-0715 )

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    Facile mixing of a liquid metal, organic medium, and surfactant by sonication provided well-dispersed and uniformly sized gallium nanoparticles (GaNP). Furthermore, transformation to other noble metal nanoparticles having a similar size distribution was achieved via metal exchanging redox process utilizing the GaNP as the precursor.

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  • Preparation and Morphology Variation of Lipophilic Polyelectrolyte Brush Functioning in Nonpolar Solvents Reviewed

    Taihei Yamada, Kenta Kokado, Yuji Higaki, Atsushi Takahara, Kazuki Sada

    CHEMISTRY LETTERS   43 ( 8 )   1300 - 1302   2014.8 (   ISSN:0366-7022   eISSN:1348-0715 )

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    Herein, we describe the preparation of lipophilic polyelectrolyte brush (LPB) and its morphology variation induced by immersing in various organic solvents. In particular, the use of 1,2-dichloroethane resulted in twining of large fibers due to the extension of polymer chains, caused by both good compatibility of nonionic moiety and dissociation of ionic moiety. To our best knowledge, this is the first example for PE brush functioning in nonpolar organic media.

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  • Novel crystalline-state polymerization of metal organic frameworks (MOF) Reviewed

    Kazuki Sada, Kenta Kokado

    Kobunshi   63 ( 4 )   225 - 226   2014.4 (   ISSN:0454-1138 )

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    Polymerization in confined space has been attracting considerable interest. In this short review, we propose a new kind of crystalline-state polymerization by using metal organic framework (MOF) crystals. MOF is nano-porous crystalline materials constructed by metal ions and rigid organic linkers equipped with two or more ligation sites to form robust 3D host framework with nano-pores. The void space between them is wide and stable, which prompted us to investigate cross-linking of the organic linkers by two chemical reactions; (1) azide-tagged MOF (AzM) cross-linked by multi-alkyne cross-linkers via click reaction and (2) cyclodextrin MOF (CD-MOF) cross-linked by glycidyl ethers. They represent new crystalline-state polymerization techniques, because the cross-linking takes place between the host components fixed at the wall of the host framework and the guest monomers included in the host framework. Moreover, they provide polyhedral gels with well-defined edges and faces. The shape and size of the starting MOF crystals are retained after cross-linking and decomposition of coordination bonds. © 2014 The Society of Polymer Science, Japan.

  • Novel molecular design for thermo-sensitive polymers on the basis of supramolecular interaction

    Kazuki Sada, Kenta Kokado

    Kobunshi   63   844 - 846   2014.1

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  • Chemosensitive Soft Materials Based on Thermosensitive Polymers Reviewed

    Shogo Amemori, Kazuya Iseda, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    Synergy in Supramolecular Chemistry   75 - 90   2014.1 ( ISBN:9781466595040 )

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    Generally, such conformational changes directly induce changes in solubility, e.g., from insoluble to soluble or vice versa. When polymers are cross-linked chemically, they exhibit volume changes dependent on temperature that may be accompanied by swelling or collapsing of the polymer gels. These drastic macroscopic changes in thermosensitive materials are attributed to cooperative associations among the repeating units in the exible polymer chains and prompted the development of intelligent or smart materials triggered by various stimuli.

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  • MOFを用いた新しい結晶重合 Reviewed

    Sada, K, Kokado, K

    Kobunshi   63 ( 4 )   225 - 226   2014

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  • 超分子相互作用を駆使した新しい温度応答性高分子の開発 Reviewed

    Sada, K, Kokado, K

    Kobunshi   63 ( 12 )   844 - 846   2014 (   ISSN:0454-1138 )

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  • 結晶のようなゲルをつくる Reviewed

    Kokado, K, Sada, K

    Gendai Kagaku   524 ( 524 )   42 - 46   2014 (   ISSN:0386-961X )

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  • Design and function of smart polymer gels based on ion recognition Reviewed

    Kazuya Iseda, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    REACTIVE & FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS   73 ( 7 )   951 - 957   2013.7 (   ISSN:1381-5148   eISSN:1873-166X )

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    Stimuli-responsive polymer gels can drastically change their volume in response to various external physical and chemical stimuli. The smart polymer gels for specific chemical substances have been extensively studied as applications for molecular recognition or supramolecular chemistry in the material sciences toward intelligent materials. This review article highlights recent advances in the molecular design of stimuli-responsive polymer gels triggered by molecular recognition, especially by the recognition of ionic species. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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  • Stable and Functional Gold Nanorod Composites with a Metal-Organic Framework Crystalline Shell Reviewed

    Kouta Sugikawa, Shunjiro Nagata, Yuki Furukawa, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS   25 ( 13 )   2565 - 2570   2013.7 (   ISSN:0897-4756   eISSN:1520-5002 )

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    Practical and functional surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-active nanomaterials working in solution require a protecting shell. In this study, we demonstrate the fabrication of gold nanorods coated by metal organic frameworks of several hundred nanometers in size, which is one kind of crystalline porous materials, as s suspension-based SERS sensor. The composites also showed enough stability and reproducibility for detection of the guest molecules.

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  • Polymer phase-transition behavior driven by a charge-transfer interaction Reviewed

    Shogo Amemori, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    Angewandte Chemie - International Edition   52 ( 15 )   4174 - 4178   2013.4 (   ISSN:1433-7851 )

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    Cool down and get it together! The lower critical solution temperature (LCST) behavior of a polymer containing pyrene units was controlled by a charge-transfer (CT) interaction with an electron-accepting effector (see picture). The appearance of CT bands enabled quantitative evaluation of the thermodynamics of the association. Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH &amp
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  • Transformation of Metal-Organic Framework to Polymer Gel by Cross-Linking the Organic Ligands Preorganized in Metal-Organic Framework Reviewed

    Takumi Ishiwata, Yuki Furukawa, Kouta Sugikawa, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY   135 ( 14 )   5427 - 5432   2013.4 (   ISSN:0002-7863 )

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    Until now, seamless fusion of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalently cross-linked polymer gels (PG) at molecular level has been extremely rare, since these two matters have been regarded as opposite, that is, hard versus soft. In this report, we demonstrate transformation of cubic MOF crystals to PG via inner cross-linking of the organic linkers in the void space of MOF, followed by decomposition of the metal coordination. The obtained PG behaved as a polyelectrolyte gel, indicating the high content of ionic groups inside. Metal ions were well adsorbed in the PG due to its densely packed carboxylate groups. A chimera-type hybrid material consisting of MOF and PG was obtained by partial hydrolysis of resulting cross-linked MOF. The shape of resulting PG network well reflected the crystal structure of MOF employed as a template. Our results will connect the two different network materials that have been ever studied in the two different fields to provide new soft and hard hybrid materials, and the unique copolymerization in the large void space of the MOF will open a new horizon toward "ideal network polymers" never prepared before now.

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  • Explore Chemistry! Reviewed

    Kokado, K

    Kobunshi   62 ( 5 )   250 - 250   2013

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  • 理想的な高分子網目構造に向けて Reviewed

    Kokado, K, Sada, K

    Kagaku   68 ( 9 )   68 - 69   2013

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  • Preparation of Lipophilic Anionic Polymer Networks Based on Tetraphenylborates Reviewed

    Yuki Furukawa, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    CHEMISTRY LETTERS   41 ( 7 )   667 - 668   2012.7 (   ISSN:0366-7022   eISSN:1348-0715 )

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    Novel anionic and lipophilic polymer networks have been successfully synthesized by imine formation between tetraphenylborates and 1,4-phenylenediamine. The obtained polymer networks showed various morphologies depending on the dielectric constant of media used in the synthesis. Moreover, the addition of water led to polymer networks with spherical structure presumably due to suppression of imine formation.

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  • Fundamental Molecular Design for Precise Control of Thermoresponsiveness of Organic Polymers by Using Ternary Systems Reviewed

    Shogo Amemori, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY   134 ( 20 )   8344 - 8347   2012.5 (   ISSN:0002-7863 )

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    The de novo design of thermosensitive polymers in solution has been achieved by using the addition of small organic molecules (or "effectors"). Hydrogen bonding as an attractive polymer-polymer or polymer-effector interaction substantially dominates the responsivity, causing facile switching between LCST-type and UCST-type phase transitions, control of the transition temperature, and further coincidence of the two transitions. Small molecules having a high affinity for the polymer induce UCST-type phase behavior, whereas those having a low affinity for the polymer showed LCST-type phase behavior.

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  • Conversion of azide to primary amine via Staudinger reaction in metal-organic frameworks Reviewed

    Shunjiro Nagata, Hiroki Sato, Kouta Sugikawa, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    CRYSTENGCOMM   14 ( 12 )   4137 - 4141   2012 (   ISSN:1466-8033 )

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    Facile conversion of azide to primary amine in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) was accomplished by Staudinger reduction. After the reaction, MOFs retained high crystallinity confirmed by X-ray diffraction patterns, meaning a high usability of this method for post-synthetic modification of MOFs. Bulky phosphine groups provided surface-selective modification of MOFs via a reaction between resulting amine groups of MOF and activated ester with fluorescein, illustrated by confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) observation. This method opens up new possibilities for the preparation of MOFs having core-shell structures.

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  • Nano- and Microsized Cubic Gel Particles from Cyclodextrin Metal-Organic Frameworks Reviewed

    Yuki Furukawa, Takumi Ishiwata, Kouta Sugikawa, Kenta Kokado, Kazuki Sada

    ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION   51 ( 42 )   10566 - 10569   2012 (   ISSN:1433-7851 )

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  • 低分子化合物をトリガーとした高分子の温度応答性精密制御 Reviewed

    Kokado, K

    Kagaku to Kogyo   65 ( 9 )   682 - 683   2012

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  • Visualization of the complexation between chloride and anion receptors using volume change of ionomer gels in organic solvents Reviewed

    Kazuya Iseda, Yohei Haketa, Kenta Kokado, Hiromitsu Maeda, Hiroyuki Furuta, Kazuki Sada

    SOFT MATTER   8 ( 28 )   7490 - 7494   2012 (   ISSN:1744-683X )

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    Stimuli-responsive gels that can change their volumes drastically in response to various external physical and chemical stimuli have been of much interest due to their various applications. Herein, novel stimuli-responsive gels were achieved through the complexation between anion receptors and the chloride anion of polystyrene ionomer gels in aprotic organic solvents. The volume expansions induced by the addition of the receptors originated from breaking the aggregation of ionic groups and enhancing the dissociation of the ion-pairs, accompanied by their colour changes.

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  • Energy transfer from aggregation-induced emissive o-carborane Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Atsushi Nagai, Yoshiki Chujo

    TETRAHEDRON LETTERS   52 ( 2 )   293 - 296   2011.1 (   ISSN:0040-4039 )

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    pi-Conjugated systems connected to o-carborane undergo enhancement of luminescence from boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dyes via encapsulation and energy transfer in aqueous media. The inhibition of H-aggregation formation in aqueous media effectively regains the emission from luminophores. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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  • Multicolor Tuning of Aggregation-Induced Emission through Substituent Variation of Diphenyl-o-carborane Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Yoshiki Chujo

    JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   76 ( 1 )   316 - 319   2011.1 (   ISSN:0022-3263 )

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    We demonstrate multicolor tuning of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) derived from o-carborane. Both electron-donating and electron-accepting arylacetylenes underwent efficient palladium coupling reaction with bis(4-bromophenyl)-o-carborane, resulting in moderate yields. The emission spectra of these compounds span almost the entire visible spectrum (lambda(max) = 452-662 nm). Study on AIE mechanism indicated that CT-based emission of o-carborane derivatives was enhanced by the restriction of molecular motions. The computational study also suggests the possibility of precise color-control of AIE through substituent variation.

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  • A luminescent coordination polymer based on bisterpyridyl ligand containing o-carborane: two tunable emission modes Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Yoshiki Chujo

    DALTON TRANSACTIONS   40 ( 9 )   1919 - 1923   2011 (   ISSN:1477-9226 )

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    We designed a novel ditopic bisterpyridyl ligand containing o-carborane that can construct a coordination polymer by complexation with metal ions. Through the use of Sonogashira-Hagihara coupling, the desired ligand molecule was successfully synthesized. Addition of Zn(II) ions rapidly underwent the generation of a fluorescent coordination polymer, which was confirmed by H-1 NMR, UV-vis, and fluorescent titration experiments. Furthermore, the electronic structure of the bisterpyridyl ligand molecules was drastically changed upon the complexation with metal ions. The obtained coordination polymer showed light blue emission derived from the intraligand charge transfer (ILCT) state, whereas a bare ligand molecule exhibited yellowish-green aggregation-induced emission (AIE) in a poor solvent such as water, because of the variable C C bond in o-carborane.

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  • BODIPY-Based Chain Transfer Agent: Reversibly Thermoswitchable Luminescent Gold Nanoparticle Stabilized by BODIPY-Terminated Water-Soluble Polymer Reviewed

    Atsushi Nagai, Ryousuke Yoshii, Takeshi Otsuka, Kenta Kokado, Yoshiki Chujo

    LANGMUIR   26 ( 19 )   15644 - 15649   2010.10 (   ISSN:0743-7463 )

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    Well-defined poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)s (PNIPAMs) with boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) in the terminal end were prepared by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization of NIPAM with BODIPY-chain transfer agent (CTA), which was synthesized by the reaction of pyrrole and BODIPY derivative having benzyl chloride in the meso position. The controlled character of the polymerization of NIPAM was confirmed by the formation of the narrow molecular weight distribution products and linear increase of molecular weight with the feed ratios of [NIPAM)/[CTA]. The RAFT-prepared PNIPAM exhibited strong green luminescence with emission maxima at 558 nm upon excitation with the absorption maxima at 526 nm and was used for the aqueous synthesis of stabilized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). The in situ reduction of the RAFT-prepared polymers and HAuCl4 resulted in the formation of stable modified AuNPs with size distributions of similar to 10 nm in water solution. Temperature-dependent change in photoluminescence (PL) spectra (excited at 526 nm) of the RAFT-prepared polymers measured in water showed an increase in emission intensity with the rise at temperature (20 -> 40 degrees C). On the contrary, AuNPs exhibited a decrease in emission intensity with increasing of temperature, resulting that shrinking of the distance between BODIPY units and Au core in the AuNP across border LCST gives rise to both quenching of emission of BODIPY unit by Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET) and dye quenching of aggregated BODIPY units. The emission/quenching of AuNP occurs reversibly and efficiently, regardless of the heating and cooling cycle.

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  • Aromatic Ring-Fused Carborane-Based Luminescent pi-Conjugated Polymers Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Masato Tominaga, Yoshiki Chujo

    MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS   31 ( 15 )   1389 - 1394   2010.8 (   ISSN:1022-1336 )

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    A series of pi-conjugated polymers linked by benzocarborane (1,2-(buta-1&apos;,3&apos;-diene-1&apos;,4&apos;-diyl)-1,2-dicarbadodecaborane) were synthesized via Sonogashira-Hagihara polycondensation reaction. The opened molecular structure of diiodo monomer containing benzocarborane resulted in fast polymerization and high molecular weights. The obtained polymers were fully characterized by (1)H, (13)C, and (11)B NMR spectroscopies. UV-vis absorption and photoluminescence studies revealed the acceptor-profile of benzocarborane. Unlike the polymers linked by o-carborane, these polymers exhibited strong luminescence in the solution state, presumably because the inductive effect of carborane is dominant, rather than cage-pi interactions.

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  • Poly(gamma-glutamic acid) Hydrogels with Water-Sensitive Luminescence Derived from Aggregation-Induced Emission of o-Carborane Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Atsushi Nagai, Yoshiki Chujo

    MACROMOLECULES   43 ( 15 )   6463 - 6468   2010.8 (   ISSN:0024-9297 )

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    We demonstrate the synthesis cola novel diglycidyl compound exhibiting aggregation-induced emission (AI E) derived from o-carborane, and employed it as a cross-linking reagent to prepare translucent hydrogels consisting of poly(gamma-glutamic acid). Swelling ratio of the obtained hydrogels depended on the cross-linking density. Higher cross-linking density of the obtained hydrogels led to stronger emission in the swollen state, and finally the absolute quantum yield reached 0.10, which is directed to that of cross-linker with AI E in water dispersion (Phi(F) = 0.19). The luminescence character of lower cross-linked hydrogels was drastically influenced by the gel-shrinkage from the change of ionic strength. Furthermore, these hydrogels showed effective reversible fluorescence switching between the swollen and dried states.

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  • Polymer reaction of poly(p-phenylene-ethynylene) by addition of decaborane: modulation of luminescence and heat resistance Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Yoshiki Chujo

    POLYMER JOURNAL   42 ( 5 )   363 - 367   2010.5 (   ISSN:0032-3896 )

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    Polymer reactions of poly(p-phenylene ethynylene) (PPE) based on the addition reaction of decaborane to the carbon-carbon triple bond were successfully carried out. The platform polymer was synthesized through Sonogashira-Hagihara coupling polymerization. The effective introduction of the boron cluster, and thus the subsequent formation of o-carborane, was supported by (1)H and (11)B nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies. The introduction rate of decaborane to the polymer main chain was proportional to the feed ratio of decaborane. Ultraviolet-visible absorption and photoluminescence studies illustrate the shortening of the effective pi-conjugation length caused by the introduction of carborane clusters. Furthermore, the introduction of the boron cluster by the polymer reaction efficiently enhanced the heat resistance of PPE. Polymer Journal (2010) 42, 363-367; doi:10.1038/pj.2010.13; published online 17 March 2010

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  • Metal-Free Synthesis of Responsive Polymers: Cloud Point Tuning by Controlled "Click" Reaction Reviewed

    C. Remzi Becer, Kenta Kokado, Christine Weber, Aydin Can, Yoshiki Chujo, Ulrich S. Schubert

    JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY   48 ( 6 )   1278 - 1286   2010.3 (   ISSN:0887-624X )

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    Nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization has been used for the preparation of pentafluorostyrene (PFS) homopolymers and random copolymers of PFS and oligo(ethyleneglycol) methacrylate (OEGMA(8.5)). The poly(pentafluorostyrene) homopolymers were reacted with thiophenol at different ratios at room temperature in the presence of triethylamine. The "clicked" polymers were characterized by (1)H and (19)F NMR spectroscopy and size exclusion chromatography. Moreover, the copolymerization kinetics of the PFS and OEGMA(8.5) copolymers was followed, and the phase transition behavior of random copolymers with different compositions was discussed. Furthermore, copolymers of PFS and 2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) were prepared at various mole ratios, and the copolymer with a 10:90 ratio, respectively, was soluble in water at room temperature. Turbidimetry measurements were performed for PFS and OEGMA(8.5) or DMAEMA copolymers to determine their cloud points. Finally, the PFS and OEGMA(8.5) copolymer with a mole ratio of 60:40 was reacted further with thiophenol to increase the hydrophobic part in the copolymer. The cloud points of the obtained copolymers could be tuned from 87 to 33 degrees C by using not only the controlled radical polymerization but also the "click" reaction in a controlled fashion. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 48: 1278-1286, 2010

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  • Thermoresponsive Fluorescent Water-Soluble Copolymers Containing BODIPY Dye: Inhibition of H-Aggregation of the BODIPY Units in Their Copolymers by LCST Reviewed

    Atsushi Nagai, Kenta Kokado, Junpei Miyake, Yoshiki Cyujo

    JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY   48 ( 3 )   627 - 634   2010.2 (   ISSN:0887-624X   eISSN:1099-0518 )

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    Novel water-soluble copolymers containing 4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene (BODIPY) dyes were synthesized by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. The copolymers with both number-average molecular weight between 5.0 x 10(3) and 5.8 x 10(3) and narrow molecular weight distribution (M-w/M-n < 1.19) were obtained by the copolymerization of (2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) and BODIPY-based methyl methacrylate (1) with 2,2'-azobis(isobutyronitrile) (AIBN) as an initiator in the presence of cumyl dithiobenzoate (CDB) as a chain transfer agent (CTA). The structures of the resulting copolymers were characterized by H-1, C-13, and B-11 NMR spectroscopies, and the comonomer compositions were good consistent with the feed ratio. Characteristic optical properties of the obtained copolymers were investigated by UV-vis and PL spectroscopic methods. The copolymers composed of [DMAEMA]: [1] = 98.0:2.0 and 99.4:1.4 led to thermoresponsive polymers having phase separation temperatures at 32 degrees C and 40 degrees C, respectively, depending on the compositions of hydrophilic/hydrophobic balances. Further, the effective reversible decrease/increase of the emission intensity of the copolymers led to the reversible formation/inhibition of the H-aggregation between two BODIPY planes in the copolymers on heating and cooling across the border of LCST. (C) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 48: 627-634, 2010

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  • Quantum yield and morphology control of BODIPY-based supramolecular self-assembly with a chiral polymer inhibitor Reviewed

    Atsushi Nagai, Kenta Kokado, Junpei Miyake, Yoshiki Chujo

    POLYMER JOURNAL   42 ( 1 )   37 - 42   2010.1 (   ISSN:0032-3896   eISSN:1349-0540 )

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    Chiral rod-coil-type organoboron polymers S-poly and R-poly were prepared from the palladium-catalyzed Sonogashira-Hagihara coupling reaction of boron dipyrromethene-based monomer 1, which has bisiodophenyl and decyl groups with S- or R-6,6'-diethynyl-2,2'-dioctyloxy-1,1'-binaphthyls (S-2 and R-2), in a solvent mixture (tetrahydrofuran (THF)/triethylamine=2/1 (v/v)) at 40 degrees C for 24h. The obtained polymers were characterized by hydrogen-1 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), carbon-13 NMR (C-13 NMR), boron-11 NMR (B-11 NMR) and infrared spectroscopy. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis of each chiral polymer clearly revealed micrometer-sized fiber-like structures formed by the aggregation of each particle, as we expected. Next, we examined the relationship between the ratio of photoluminescence (PL) intensity (I/I-o=R-poly/S-poly) and particle diameter, measured by dynamic light scattering analysis, versus the R-poly content of the mixed polymer of S-poly and R-poly in THF, which varied from 0 to 100%. As a result, the PL intensity and diameter showed maximum and minimum (about 32 nm) values, respectively, at 70% content, depending on the differences between both the molecular weights and absolute values of the chiral characters. These findings indicate that the PL intensity of S-poly influences morphology change by adding R-poly; that is, R-poly acts as an inhibitor toward the aggregation of S-poly. Furthermore, the SEM image of the mixed polymer (S-poly/R-poly=30/70) showed complete particle structures from nano- to micrometer sizes, which were roughly 480 nm to 1.19 mu m in diameter, and the Phi(F) of the mixed polymer was significantly high (0.98). Polymer Journal (2010) 42, 37-42; doi:10.1038/pj.2009.302

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  • Luminescent alternating boron quinolate-fluorene copolymers exhibiting high electron mobility Reviewed

    Atsushi Nagai, Shigeo Kobayashi, Yuuya Nagata, Kenta Kokado, Hideo Taka, Hiroshi Kita, Yoshiyuki Suzuri, Yoshiki Chujo

    JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY   20 ( 25 )   5196 - 5201   2010 (   ISSN:0959-9428   eISSN:1364-5501 )

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    pi p-Conjugated copolymers composed of 9,9-didodecylfluorene and boron quinolate were synthesized by an efficient chelating reaction of quinolinol-based polyfluorene derivative, as a polymeric ligand, with arylborane compounds such as triphenylborane (BPh3) or fluorobis(pentafluorophenyl) borane diethyl etherate ((C6F5)BF center dot OEt2). The polymeric ligand was prepared from the deprotection reaction of boron tribromide and benzyloxyquinoline-based polyfluorene, which was produced via the efficient Suzuki cross-coupling reaction of 5,7-dibromo-8-benzylquinoline and 9,9-didodecylfluorene-2,7-diboronic acid in the presence of 2-(2',6'-dimethoxybiphenyl)dicyclohexylphosphine (S-Phos) and palladium(II) acetate. Their optical properties were studied by UV-vis absorption and photoluminescence spectroscopies. The absorption and PL spectra of the obtained polymers were red-shifted in comparison with those of the polymeric ligand due to the decrease of the LUMO level by the formation of boron complexes, explained by theoretical calculations of the model compounds using the density-functional theory (DFT) method. The molar extinction coefficients and emission maxima of boron-chelating polymers were analogous values to those of (kappa(2)-(N,O)-5,7-bis(9,9-dihexylfluoren-2-yl)-8-quinolinolate)diphenylborane (BFluorene(2)q). Furthermore, the electron mobilities of the polymers were determined from the space-charge limited current (SCLC) with electron-only device structure of ITO/Ca/polymer/LiF/Al. As a result, the mobilities for the polymers (3.9 or 2.0 x 10(-5) cm(2)V(-1)s(-1)) were reasonably close to the value (7.9 x 10(-5) cm(2)V(-1)s(-1)) calculated from the Alq(3)-fabricated device.

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  • Luminescent and Axially Chiral pi-Conjugated Polymers Linked by Carboranes in the Main Chain Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Yuichiro Tokoro, Yoshiki Chujo

    MACROMOLECULES   42 ( 23 )   9238 - 9242   2009.12 (   ISSN:0024-9297 )

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    Sonogashira-Hagihara polycondensations of two bis(4-iodophenyl)carborane compounds with axially chiral diyne monomers having binaphthyl unit were carried Out to obtain the corresponding chiral pi-conjugated polymers having o- or m-carborane segment in the main chain. The polymer structures and their optical properties were characterized by (1)H, (13)C, and (11)B NMR, FT-IR, UV-vis absorption, photoluminescence, and circular dichroism spectroscopies. Photoluminescence study revealed that the polymer having m-carborane exhibited intense blue emission in Solution state, whereas polymers having o-carborane exhibited aggregation-induced emission (AIE). All polymers showed strong CD signals, indicating the construction of highly ordered conformation.

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  • Amphiphilic Hybrid pi-Conjugated Polymers Containing Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes Reviewed

    Junpei Miyake, Toshiyuki Sawamura, Kenta Kokado, Yoshiki Chujo

    MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS   30 ( 18 )   1559 - 1563   2009.9 (   ISSN:1022-1336   eISSN:1521-3927 )

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    Amphiphilic hybrid pi-conjugated polymers that have polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes on their side chains have been successfully synthesized by the Sonogashira-Hagihara poly-condensation reaction. The obtained polymers were studied with ultraviolet-visible absorption and photoluminescence spectra. In these polymers, the pi-conjugation length was extended along the poly(p-phenylene-ethynylene) backbone. Furthermore, the content of the POSS substituents can influence the aggregation behavior of the polymers and subsequent luminescent properties.

    DOI: 10.1002/marc.200900152

  • Synthesis and Photostability of Poly(p-phenylenevinylene-borane)s Reviewed

    Atsushi Nagai, Takuya Murakami, Yuuya Nagata, Kenta Kokado, Yoshiki Chujo

    MACROMOLECULES   42 ( 18 )   7217 - 7220   2009.9 (   ISSN:0024-9297   eISSN:1520-5835 )

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  • Highly Luminescent Nanoparticles: Self-Assembly of Well-Defined Block Copolymers by pi-pi Stacked BODIPY Dyes as Only a Driving Force Reviewed

    Atsushi Nagai, Kenta Kokado, Junpei Miyake, Yoshiki Chujo

    MACROMOLECULES   42 ( 15 )   5446 - 5452   2009.8 (   ISSN:0024-9297   eISSN:1520-5835 )

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    Well-defined polymers incorporated BODIPY dyes into the PMMA side chain, and the block copolymers were synthesized by the RAFT process. The controlled/living character of the polymerization of MMA monomers with pendant BODIPY dyes was confirmed by the formation of the narrow molecular weight distribution products, the linear first-order kinetic plot, linear increase of molecular weight with the conversion, and block extension with styrene. The SEM images of the obtained homopolymers showed micrometer-sized blubber particle- or chain-like structures, which come from the aggregated particles by strong intermolecular pi-pi stacking of BODIPY dyes. In contrast, the designed block copolymers formed nanoparticles with enhanced luminescence (Phi(F) > 0.70) by preventing higher molecular weight polystyrene segment from aggregation by the strong pi-pi stacking.

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  • Synthesis of Organoboron Quinoline-8-thiolate and Quinoline-8-selenolate Complexes and Their Incorporation into the pi-Conjugated Polymer Main-Chain Reviewed

    Yuichiro Tokoro, Atsushi Nagai, Kenta Kokado, Yoshiki Chujo

    MACROMOLECULES   42 ( 8 )   2988 - 2993   2009.4 (   ISSN:0024-9297   eISSN:1520-5835 )

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    Low-molecular-mass organoboron quinoline-8-thiolate and -selenolate complexes as model compounds, and organoboron polymers incorporated their complex structures into the poly(p-phenylene-ethynylene) main chain were prepared. Tetracoordination states of boron atoms in the obtained compounds were confirmed by B-11 NMR spectroscopy, and the detailed structures of the model compounds were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The polymers were synthesized by Sonogashira-Hagihara coupling reaction of organoboron quinolate-based monomers having diiodo groups with 1,4-diethynylbenzene derivatives bearing electron-donating or -withdrawing groups in moderate yields. Their optical properties were studied by UV-vis absorption and photoluminescence spectroscopies. Increasing atomic number of the 16 Group atom adjacent to the boron atom caused emission shift to longer wavelength and decreasing of absolute quantum yields for both the model compounds and the polymers. There are no differences between the polymers with the donating pi-conjugated linker and with the accepting one in the photoluminescence property, resulting from efficient energy transfer from pi-conjugated main chain to Q ligand. Furthermore, the obtained polymers showed high refractive indices (n(d) > 1.66).

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  • Luminescent m-Carborane-Based pi-Conjugated Polymer Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Yuichiro Tokoro, Yoshiki Chujo

    MACROMOLECULES   42 ( 8 )   2925 - 2930   2009.4 (   ISSN:0024-9297 )

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    A series of in-carborane-based T-conjugated polymers were successfully synthesized via Sonogashira-Hagihara polycondensation reaction. Diiodo-in-carborane monomer underwent efficient polycondensation reaction with both electron-donating and electron-accepting diyne comonomers. The wide-angle structure of in-carborane monomer allowed the preparation of polymers with high molecular weights (M(n) = 26 600-36 400 g mol(-1)) and good polymerization degrees (DP = 31-56). UV-vis absorption study in dilute CHCl(3) solution revealed. pi-conjugation extension of a p-phenylene-ethynylene segment by introducing in-carborane moieties into the polymer backbone. Further, the lack of C-C bond in the carborane cluster leads to polymers exhibiting intense blue emission in Solution state (Phi(F) = 0.11-0.26).

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  • Emission via Aggregation of Alternating Polymers with o-Carborane and p-Phenylene-Ethynylene Sequences Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Yoshiki Chujo

    MACROMOLECULES   42 ( 5 )   1418 - 1420   2009.3 (   ISSN:0024-9297 )

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  • A Facile Synthesis of Chiral Luminescent Organoboron Polymers by Hydroboration Polymerization Utilizing Chiral Borane Reviewed

    Atsushi Nagai, Junpei Miyake, Kenta Kokado, Yuuya Nagata, Yoshiki Chujo

    MACROMOLECULES   42 ( 5 )   1560 - 1564   2009.3 (   ISSN:0024-9297   eISSN:1520-5835 )

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    Hydroboration polycondensations of three aromatic dicyano compounds 1, 1,4-dicyanobenzene (1a), 1,3-dicyanobenzene (1b), and 1,4-didodecyloxy-2,5-dicyanobenzene (1c), with N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine-bis(monoisopinocampheylborane) (S-IpcBH(2)center dot TMED) were carried out to obtain optically active poly(cyclodiborazane)s (2a, 2b, and 2c) with M s in the range from 2400 to 6800 in 61-76% yields. The hydroboration polycondensation efficiently proceeded through the complete formation of boron-nitrogen four-membered ring. The polymer structures were characterized by H-1 and B-11 NMR, UV-vis, photoluminescence (PL), and CD spectroscopies. Only 2c exhibited intense blue-green light emission from charge-transfer interaction by incorporation of donor and acceptor system into the polymer backbone. The emission behavior of model compounds (A and B), corresponding to polymer units of 2a and 2c, was effectively examined by theoretical calculations using the DFT method. As a result, the intense blue-green emission of 2c was observed by the bathochromic shift to a visible region. All the polymers showed intense CD signals, indicating that they formed chiral boron-nitrogen four-membered ring structure. Further, 3b and 3c were prepared by hydroboration polycondensation of 1b or 1c with R-IpcBH(2)center dot TMED. The specific rotations of 2a, 2b, and 2c showed positive values in contrast to those of 3b and 3c. The Cotton effects of the cyanobenzene moieties in 2a, 2b, and 2c at around 300-350 nm were positive, whereas the Cotton effects of the cyanobenzene moieties in 3b and 3c were negative, as were the specific rotations as well.

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  • 1,3-Diketone-Based Organoboron Polymers: Emission by Extending pi-Conjugation along a Polymeric Ligand Reviewed

    Atsushi Nagai, Kenta Kokado, Yuuya Nagata, Yoshiki Chujo

    MACROMOLECULES   41 ( 22 )   8295 - 8298   2008.11 (   ISSN:0024-9297   eISSN:1520-5835 )

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  • Highly Intense Fluorescent Diarylboron Diketonate Reviewed

    Atsushi Nagai, Kenta Kokado, Yunya Nagata, Manabu Arita, Yoshiki Chujo

    JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   73 ( 21 )   8605 - 8607   2008.11 (   ISSN:0022-3263 )

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    Diarylboron diketonates were successfully prepared by the reaction of 1,3-diketone derivatives and arylboron compounds Such as triphenylborane [BPh3] and fluorobis(pentafluorophenyl)borane diethyl etherate [(C6F5)(2)BF center dot OEt2]. The fluorescent emission of their complexes took place depending on the substituent of the arylboron moiety. In particular, a boron 1,3-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,3-diketonate chelated by a strong electron-withdrawing C6F5 group exhibited the most intense fluorescence.

    DOI: 10.1021/jo8017582

  • Highly Luminescent BODIPY-Based Organoboron Polymer Exhibiting Supramolecular Self-Assemble Structure Reviewed

    Atsushi Nagai, Junpei Miyake, Kenta Kokado, Yuuya Nagata, Yoshiki Chujo

    JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY   130 ( 46 )   15276 - +   2008.11 (   ISSN:0002-7863 )

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    A novel class of rod-coil type-organoboron polymers with p-phenylene-ethynylene as the rod segment and long alkyl chain (decyl group) as coil segment has been prepared from a Sonogashira-Hagihara coupling reaction of a BODIPY-based monomer having bis-iodophenyl and decyl groups with diyne monomers, 1,4-diethynylbenzene (a), 1,4-diethynyl-2,5bis(trifluoromethyl)benzene (b), and 2,7-diethynyl-9,9-dihexyl-9H-fluorene (c). The characterization by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed the strong tendency of the obtained polymers, 2a, 2b, and 2c, to self-assemble into particles in solution and as-casted films on a mu m-nm scale. Especially, 2a showed the presence of nm-sized particles and mu m-sized fiber-like structures formed by aggregation of each particle. Further, in CHCl3, the gelation of 2a by three-dimensional aggregation of each fiber was observed at room temperature after 24 h. Their luminescent properties showed high energy transfer efficiency from pi-conjugated polymer linkers to BODIPY moieties (Phi(F) > 71%).

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  • Poly(p-phenyleneethynylene)-silica gel hybrids without any compatibilizer Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Yoshiki Chujo

    CHEMISTRY LETTERS   37 ( 7 )   732 - 733   2008.7 (   ISSN:0366-7022   eISSN:1348-0715 )

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    Poly(p-phenyleneethynylene) (PPE) and silica gel polymer hybrids were synthesized from the PPE together with tetramethoxysilane (TMOS) via a sol-gel method by utilizing cationic groups on the side chain of PPEs. Up to 10 wt % of the cationic PPE was able to disperse homogeneously into a silica matrix without any compatibilizer. Compared to amino and ammonium groups, PPE having imidazolium groups exhibited high dispersity in silica gel. The photoluminescence of the cationic PPE was reinforced against the thermal irradiation by the surrounding polymer hybrid matrix.

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  • Homogeneous anionic PPE hybrids with silica gel Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Yoshiki Chujo

    JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY   46 ( 11 )   3749 - 3755   2008.6 (   ISSN:0887-624X )

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    Anionic poly(p-phenylene-ethynylene) (PPE) incorporated polymer hybrids were synthesized from the PPE and tetramethoxysilane together with the organic polymers such as poly(vinylpyrrolidone) via a sol-gel method. Up to 10 wt % of the anionic PPE could be dispersed homogeneously in the resulting polymer hybrid matrix. The obtained polymer hybrids exhibited controllable photoluminescence properties by the modification of the internal environment of organic-inorganic polymer hybrids by changing the organic/inorganic ratios. The photoluminescence of the anionic PPE surrounded by the polymer hybrid matrix was reinforced against the thermal irradiation. Moreover, the photoluminescence of the obtained organic-inorganic polymer hybrids was also tuned by utilizing ionic interactions between the anionic PPE and the inorganic matrix. (C) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

    DOI: 10.1002/pola.22719

  • Synthesis and photoluminescence properties of pyrene-incorporated organic-inorganic polymer hybrids Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Takeru Iwamura, Yoshiki Chujo

    POLYMER JOURNAL   40 ( 5 )   402 - 408   2008 (   ISSN:0032-3896 )

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    Pyrene-incorporated organic-inorganic polymer hybrids were synthesized from methacryloyl monomers, tetramethoxysilane (TMOS) and pyrene via the in situ polymerization method. The photoluminescence properties of the incorporated pyrene chromophore were studied by using hybrids those were obtained by changing the ratio of inorganic moieties. As compared with organic polymers or a silica glass, the excimer emission of pyrene chromophore increased in the polymer hybrids. The excimer emission can be affected by changing the organic/inorganic ratio or the species of organic polymers. In the case of employing hydrophilic polymers, the excimer emission intensity of pyrene increased. Also, the excimer emission intensity of pyrene increased in the polymer hybrids having low organic polymer content. Furthermore, the sensitivity against oxygen of these excimer emissions in the polymer hybrids was found to be tuned by the organic/inorganic ratio in the polymer hybrids or the oxygen permeability of the organic polymers employed for hybridization.

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  • ゾル-ゲル法を用いた有機−無機ポリマーハイブリッド材料の創製 Reviewed

    Kokado, K, Chujo, Y

    Kobunshi   56 ( 3 )   117 - 121   2007 (   ISSN:0454-1138 )

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  • Synthesis of functional dye-incorporated organic-inorganic polymer hybrids Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Takeru Iwamura, Yoshiki Chujo

    Polymer Preprints, Japan   55 ( 2 )   5130 - 5131   2006

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    We report the synthesis and photoluminescence properties of pyrene-incorporated organicinorganic polymer hybrids. Methyl methacrylate, as an organic monomer, AIBN as an initiator of radical polymerization, and pyrene molecules were dissolved in ethanol with tetramethoxysilane and 10 equivalents of aqueous HCl solution as a sol-gel reaction catalyst. Consequently, the transparent and homogeneous polymer hybrid was obtained after removal of the solvent. We also report the photoluminescence properties of the obtained organic-inorganic polymer hybrids. The obtained PMMA-silica polymer hybrids exhibited pyrene excimer photoluminescence effectively due to the internal environment of organic-inorganic polymer hybrids.

  • Synthesis and photoluminescence properties of pyrene-introduced organic-inorganic polymer hybrids Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Takeru Iwamura, Yoshiki Chujo

    Polymer Preprints, Japan   55 ( 1 )   249   2006

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    We report the synthesis and photoluminescence properties of pyrene-introduced organicinorganic polymer hybrids. Methyl methacrylate as an organic monomer, AIBN as an initiator of radical polymerization, and the prescribed amounts of pyrene or 1-methacryloxymethylpyrene as a fluorescence probe were dissolved in ethanol with tetramethoxysilane, and 10 equivalents of aqueous HCl solution as a sol-gel reaction catalyst. Consequently, the transparent and homogenous polymer hybrid was obtained after removal of solvent. We report the unique photoluminescence properties of the obtained organic-inorganic polymer hybrids.

  • Synthesis and properties of water-soluble conjugated polymers and silica hybrids Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Yoshiki Chujo

    Polymer Preprints, Japan   55 ( 2 )   2877   2006

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    We report the synthesis and properties of water-soluble conjugated polymers and silica hybrids. Water-soluble poly(p-phenyleneethynylene) was dissolved in methanol and water with tetramethoxysilane and 10 equivalents of aqueous HCl solution as a sol-gel reaction catalyst. Consequently, the transparent and homogeneous polymer hybrid was obtained after removal of the solvent. We report the properties of the obtained organic-inorganic polymer hybrids.

  • Synthesis of novel π-conjugated polymers containing [3.3]paracyclophane units in the main chain Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Naoki Wada, Yasuhiro Morisaki, Yoshiki Chujo

    Polymer Preprints, Japan   54 ( 1 )   352   2005

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    We synthesized novel through-space π-conjugated polymers containing [3.3]paracyclophane units in the main chain by the Sonogashira-Hagihara coupling reaction. Recently, we reported the syntheses and physical properties of various polymers having [2.2]paracyclophane moieties as aryl units. [3.3]Paracyclophane has strain-free benzene rings compared to [2.2]paracyclophane due to three bridge-methylene carbons. Therefore, [3.3]paracyclophane has the stronger electron-donor feature and forms complexes with transition-metals or tetracyanoethylene. In this presentation, we report the first synthesis and properties of the novel π-conjugated polymers containing [3.3]paracyclophane units in the main chain.

  • Synthesis and characteristic properties of novel π-conjugated polymers containing [3.3]paracyclophane units in the main chain Reviewed

    Kenta Kokado, Naoki Wada, Yasuhiro Morisaki, Yoshiki Chujo

    Polymer Preprints, Japan   54 ( 2 )   2580   2005

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    We synthesized novel through-space π-conjugated polymers containing [3.3]paracyclophane units in the main chain by the Sonogashira-Hagihara coupling reaction. Recently, we reported the syntheses and physical properties of various polymers having [2.2]paracyclophane moieties as aryl units. [3.3]Paracyclophane has strain-free benzene rings compared to [2.2]paracyclophane due to three bridge-methylene carbons. The absorption and emission maxima of the titled polymer were found at 380 nm and 435 nm, respectively. This polymer showed extremely strong blue light emission with high quantum efficiency of 0.80, which was calculated from 9-anthracenecarboxylic acid in CH2Cl2 as a standard. In this presentation, we report the first synthesis and properties of novel π-conjugated polymers containing [3.3]paracyclophane units in the main chain.

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  • Structure and physical properties of [Ni(dmit)2] salts with branched-chain alkylammonium/dibenzo[18]crown-6 supramolecular cations

    金丸和矢, 高橋仁徳, 高橋仁徳, 小門憲太, 小門憲太, HUANG Rui-kang, HUANG Rui-kang, XUE Chen, XUE Chen, 中村貴義, 中村貴義

    日本化学会春季年会講演予稿集(Web)   102nd   2022

  • Peculiar magnetic behavior and negative thermal expansion promoted by solid-state motion of supramolecular cations in [Ni(dmit)2]- salt

    高橋仁徳, 高橋仁徳, 白川祐基, 小門憲太, 小門憲太, HUANG Rui-kang, HUANG Rui-kang, XUE Chen, XUE Chen, 中村貴義, 中村貴義

    分子科学討論会講演プログラム&要旨(Web)   15th   2021

  • Dielectric response arising from solid-state molecular motion of five-membered heteroaromatic cations in supramolecular channel structure of dibenzo[24]crown-8

    堺博紀, 高橋仁徳, 高橋仁徳, HUANG Ruikang, HUANG Ruikang, XUE Chen, XUE Chen, 小門憲太, 小門憲太, 中村貴義, 中村貴義

    分子科学討論会講演プログラム&要旨(Web)   15th   2021

  • Synthesis of metal-organic frameworks containing dibenzo[24]crown-8 moiety

    羽田将人, 高橋仁徳, 高橋仁徳, HUANG Ruikang, HUANG Ruikang, XUE Chen, XUE Chen, 小門憲太, 小門憲太, 中村貴義, 中村貴義

    分子科学討論会講演プログラム&要旨(Web)   15th   2021

  • Synthesis of metal-organic frameworks by using tetraarylterphenyl dicarboxylic acid derivatives as an organic ligand

    小門憲太, 小門憲太, 小門憲太, 高橋仁徳, 高橋仁徳, XUE Chen, XUE Chen, HUANG Rui-kang, HUANG Rui-kang, 中村貴義, 中村貴義

    分子科学討論会講演プログラム&要旨(Web)   15th   2021

  • Solid-state Molecular Rotation of Supramolecular Cation Formed by Branched alkylammonium/Dibenzo[18]crown-6

    金丸和矢, 高橋仁徳, 高橋仁徳, 小門憲太, 小門憲太, HUANG Rui-kang, HUANG Rui-kang, XUE Chen, XUE Chen, 中村貴義, 中村貴義

    分子科学討論会講演プログラム&要旨(Web)   15th   2021

  • In-crystal molecular motions and dielectric responses of pseudo-rotaxane-type supramolecular cations

    広瀬昂生, 高橋仁徳, 高橋仁徳, 小門憲太, 小門憲太, HUANG Rui-kang, HUANG Rui-kang, XUE Chen, XUE Chen, 中村貴義, 中村貴義

    分子科学討論会講演プログラム&要旨(Web)   15th   2021

  • Exploration of Aggregation-Induced Emitting Phenomena Driven by Formation of Supramolecular Complex

    1 - 13   2017 (   ISSN:1882-0069 )

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  • 生体分子モーターにより駆動されるMOF‐微小管複合体の構築と運動性評価

    伊藤正樹, 石渡拓己, 小門憲太, 角五彰, 佐田和己

    高分子学会予稿集(CD-ROM)   64 ( 2 )   ROMBUNNO.1U19   2015.8

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  • 親油性イオン対を疎水部とする両親媒性糖誘導体の合成と分子集合体形成

    山田泰平, 小門憲太, 村田和義, 佐田和己

    高分子学会予稿集(CD-ROM)   64 ( 1 )   ROMBUNNO.2PE007   2015.5

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  • Double network構造を有する強靭エラストマーの創製

    米田有希, 中島祐, 黒川孝幸, 佐田和己, 小門憲太, ぐん剣萍

    化学系学協会北海道支部冬季研究発表会講演要旨集(CD-ROM)   2014   ROMBUNNO.P39   2014.1

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  • Polymer science and I: A personal account: Explore chemistry!

    Kenia Kokado

    Kobunshi   62 ( 5 )   250   2013.5 (   ISSN:0454-1138 )

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  • Thermoresponsive Fluorescent Water-Soluble Copolymers Containing BODIPY Dye: Inhibition of H-Aggregation of the BODIPY Units in Their Copolymers by LCST (vol 48, pg 627, 2010)

    Atsushi Nagai, Kenta Kokado, Junpei Miyake, Yoshiki Chujo

    JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY   48 ( 8 )   1849 - 1849   2010.4 (   ISSN:0887-624X   eISSN:1099-0518 )

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    DOI: 10.1002/pola.23936

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Books

  • Handbook of Aggregation‐Induced Emission

    Kokado, K, Sada, K( Role: Joint author ,  Homogeneous Systems to Induce Emission of AIEgens)

    John Wiley & Sons Inc  2022  ( ISBN:9781119643050

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  • 重合開始剤,硬化剤,架橋剤の選び方、使い方とその事例

    小門憲太、佐田和己( Role: Joint author ,  MOFを基材とした架橋の化学)

    技術情報協会  2021  ( ISBN:9784861049859

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  • ラジカル重合を中心としたポリマー・微粒子・コーティング材の合成

    佐田和己、小門憲太、宮田幹二( Role: Joint author ,  結晶反応場を利用した空間依存的なラジカル重合)

    技術情報協会  2020  ( ISBN:9784861047763

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  • Sustainable Nanoscale Engineering: From Materials Design to Chemical Processing

    Kenta Kokado( Role: Joint author ,  Fundamental theory and molecular design of thermoresponsive polymers expandable to sustainable and smart materials)

    ELSEVIER  2019  ( ISBN:9780128146811

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  • 刺激応答性高分子ハンドブック

    Kenta Kokado( Role: Joint author ,  高分子水溶液でのLCST型相転移)

    エヌ・ティー・エス  2018  ( ISBN:9784860435356

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  • Conjugated Objects: Development, Synthesis, and Application

    Kenta Kokado( Role: Joint author ,  Control of Self-Assembling Behavior of Organic Polymers via Charge Transfer (CT) Interaction of π-Conjugated Planes)

    Pan Stanford Publishing  2017  ( ISBN:9789814774031

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  • Advances in Organic Crystal Chemistry: Comprehensive Reviews 2015

    Kenta Kokado( Role: Joint author ,  Topochemical Polymerizations & Crystal Cross-linking of Metal Organic Frameworks)

    Springer  2015  ( ISBN:9784431562191

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  • Synergy in Supramolecular Chemistry

    Kenta Kokado( Role: Joint author ,  Chemo-Sensitive Soft Matters)

    Taylor&Francis  2015  ( ISBN:9781466595026

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  • Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials

    Kenta Kokado( Role: Joint author ,  Polyacrylonitrile)

    Springer  2015 

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  • ゲルテクノロジーハンドブック

    Kenta Kokado( Role: Joint author ,  第1編第3章第5節 有機溶媒高吸収性親油性高分子電解質ゲル)

    エヌ・ティー・エス  2014.10 

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  • 多孔性配位高分子のクリックケミストリー

    Kenta Kokado( Role: Joint author ,  第17章 多孔性配位高分子のクリックケミストリー)

    シーエムシー出版  2014.8 

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  • ゲルの安定化と機能性付与・次世代への応用開発

    Kenta Kokado( Role: Joint author ,  第1章第10節 親油性高分子電解質ゲルの設計)

    技術情報協会  2013.12 

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  • ヘテロ元素の特性を活かした新機能材料

    Kenta Kokado( Role: Joint author ,  第I編第7章 カルボランを用いた機能性材料)

    シーエムシー出版  2010.8 

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Presentations

  • Improving Mechanical Properties of Metal-Organic Frameworks by Composition with Polyurethane

    2024.3 

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  • 結晶の構成要素を繋ぐ高分子合成法の開発 Invited

    小門 憲太

    CREST/さきがけ「トポロジー」領域 連携公開シンポジウム  ( オンライン )   2023.10 

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  • Crystal Component Linking of Porous Crystals for Controlled Polymerization and Network Formation Invited International conference

    Kenta Kokado

    2023.9 

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  • キラルなシンジオタクティックスチレン3量体の合成と伸長 International conference

    小門 憲太

    第71回高分子討論会  ( 北海道大学 )   2022.9 

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  • 多置換配位子を用いた金属有機構造体の合成と結晶内での反応 International conference

    小門 憲太

    第71回高分子討論会  ( 北海道大学 )   2022.9 

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  • シアノスチルベン系アモルファス分子材料の創製と発光特性の解明 International conference

    小門 憲太

    第71回高分子討論会  ( 北海道大学 )   2022.9 

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  • キラルなシンジオタクティックスチレントリマーの合成 International conference

    小門 憲太

    第71回高分子学会年次大会  ( オンライン )   2022.5 

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Awards

  • Publons Top Peer Reviewer 2019

    2019.10   Publons  

    Kenta Kokado

  • ヤングサイエンティスト講演賞

    2019.7   Society of Polymer Science Japan   多孔性結晶の規則性に基づく結晶精密重合系の開発

    Kenta Kokado

  • MDPI Molecules, MDPI Polymers and ACS Omega Prizes for Best Oral Presentation of Young Scientists

    2019.1   AIE-4 Organizing Comittee  

    Kenta Kokado

  • 日本化学会第32回若い世代の特別講演証

    2018.3   The Chemical Society of Japan.   変形を設計する材料化学の開拓

    Kenta Kokado

  • 平成28年度日本化学会北海道支部奨励賞

    2017.1   CSJ Hokkaido Branch   多孔性結晶から創り出す新しい機能性高分子材料

    Kenta Kokado

  • 平成27年度高分子研究奨励賞

    2016.5   Society of Polymer Science Japan   超分子自己組織化を駆使したポリマーネットワーク構築法の開発

    Kenta Kokado

  • 結晶架橋法を用いた異方伸縮材料の開発

    2016.4   The Chemical Society of Japan.  

    Kenta Kokado

  • Young Talents in Polymer Science

    2016.1   Wiley-VCH  

    Kenta Kokado

  • 2015 RSC Soft Matter Presentation Award

    2015.1   SPSJ Polymer Gel Research Group   AIE骨格で架橋されたゲルの機械的性質と発光特性

    Kenta Kokado

  • 日本化学会第90春季年会学生講演賞

    2010.4   The Chemical Society of Japan.   o-カルボランを主鎖に有するポリフェニレンエチニレンの合成

    Kenta Kokado

  • 日本化学会第88春季年会優秀講演賞(産業)

    2008.4   The Chemical Society of Japan   カルボランを基盤とする新規発光性高分子の開発

    Kenta Kokado

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Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

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