Synthesis of Anthracene‐Based Cyclic π‐Clusters and Elucidation of their Properties Originating from Congested Aromatic Planes

Flexible C−C Bonds: Reversible Expansion, Contraction, Formation, and Scission of Extremely Elongated Single Bonds

(2020) Takuya Shimajiri et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Polyaromatic nanocapsules as photoresponsive hosts in water

(2019) Lorenzo Catti et al.   Nature Communications

Control of Photomechanical Crystal Twisting by Illumination Direction

(2018) Daichi Kitagawa et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Longest C–C Single Bond among Neutral Hydrocarbons with a Bond Length beyond 1.8 Å

(2018) Yusuke Ishigaki et al.   Chem

Synthesis and Properties of a Highly Congested Tri(9-anthryl)methyl Radical

(2018) Tomohiko Nishiuchi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Exceptionally Long C−C Single Bonds in Diamino-o -carborane as Induced by Negative Hyperconjugation

(2018) Junxia Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Hydrostatic Pressure on Toroidal Interaction and Propeller Chirality of Hexaarylbenzenes: Explicit Solvent Effects on Differential Volumes in Methylcyclohexane and Hexane

(2018) Tomoyo Kosaka et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Rapid Room-Temperature, Chemoselective Csp2 −Csp2 Coupling of Poly(pseudo)halogenated Arenes Enabled by Palladium(I) Catalysis in Air

(2016) Indrek Kalvet et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photoinduced Ratchet-Like Rotational Motion of Branched Molecular Crystals

(2016) Lingyan Zhu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Crystal structure of the meta-stable intermediate in the photomechanical, crystal-to-crystal reaction of 9-tert-butyl anthracene ester

(2016) Chen Yang et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Intramolecular Interaction, Photoisomerization, and Mechanical C–C Bond Dissociation of 1,2-Di(9-anthryl)benzene and Its Photoisomer: A Fundamental Moiety of Anthracene-Based π-Cluster Molecules

(2016) Tomohiko Nishiuchi et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Photochromic metal–organic frameworks for inkless and erasable printing

(2016) Bikash Garai et al.   Chemical Science

Mechanically Responsive Molecular Crystals

(2015) Panče Naumov et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Photoinduced single-crystal-to-single-crystal phase transition and photosalient effect of a gold(i) isocyanide complex with shortening of intermolecular aurophilic bonds

(2015) Tomohiro Seki et al.   Chemical Science

Tunable solid-state fluorescent materials for supramolecular encryption

(2015) Xisen Hou et al.   Nature Communications

Organic Photomechanical Materials

(2014) Taehyung Kim et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Mechanism of Photoinduced Bending and Twisting in Crystalline Microneedles and Microribbons Composed of 9-Methylanthracene

(2014) Taehyung Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Hydrochromic molecular switches for water-jet rewritable paper

(2014) Lan Sheng et al.   Nature Communications

Photocatalytic colour switching of redox dyes for ink-free light-printable rewritable paper

(2014) Wenshou Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Dynamic Single Crystals: Kinematic Analysis of Photoinduced Crystal Jumping (The Photosalient Effect)

(2013) Panče Naumov et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Thermally induced and photoinduced mechanical effects in molecular single crystals—a revival

(2013) Naba K. Nath et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Volume Change during Thermal [4 + 4] Cycloaddition of [2.2] (9,10)Anthracenophane

(2013) Brad Slepetz et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Distinct Responses to Mechanical Grinding and Hydrostatic Pressure in Luminescent Chromism of Tetrathiazolylthiophene

(2013) Kazuhiko Nagura et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Piezochromic Luminescence Based on the Molecular Aggregation of 9,10-Bis((E)-2-(pyrid-2-yl)vinyl)anthracene

(2012) Yujie Dong et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

π-Electron-System-Layered Polymer: Through-Space Conjugation and Properties as a Single Molecular Wire

(2012) Yasuhiro Morisaki et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Pressure Catalyzed Bond Dissociation in an Anthracene Cyclophane Photodimer

(2012) Sebastian R. Jezowski et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Stable Alkanes Containing Very Long Carbon–Carbon Bonds

(2012) Andrey A. Fokin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Selective photocatalytic reactions with organic photocatalysts

(2012) Shunichi Fukuzumi et al.   Chemical Science

Photochromic polymers bearing various diarylethene chromophores as the pendant: synthesis, optical properties, and multicolor photochromism

(2011) Hiroyasu Nishi et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Imprinting Chemical and Responsive Micropatterns into Metal-Organic Frameworks

(2010) Shuangbing Han et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

DFT Study of Cycloparaphenylenes and Heteroatom-Substituted Nanohoops

(2010) Steven M. Bachrach et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Theoretical Studies on the Structures and Strain Energies of Cycloparaphenylenes

(2010) Yasutomo Segawa et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Synthesis of Anthracene-Stacked Oligomers and Polymer

(2010) Yasuhiro Morisaki et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Highly Coplanar Polythiophenes with –C≡CR Side Chains: Self-Assembly, Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties, and Piezochromism

(2009) Takakazu Yamamoto et al.   BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Negligible diradical character for the ultralong C–C bond in 1,1,2,2-tetraarylpyracene derivatives at room temperature

(2009) Takashi Takeda et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Ultralong Carbon–Carbon Bonds in Dispirobis(10‐methylacridan) Derivatives with an Acenaphthene, Pyracene, or Dihydropyracylene Skeleton

(2008) Hidetoshi Kawai et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Synthesis, Structure, and Transannular π−π Interaction of Three- and Four-Layered [3.3]Paracyclophanes(1)

(2008) Masahiko Shibahara et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY