Original Paper

• Reaction of Blatter and Verdazyl Radicals with Arynes: Synthesis and Investigation of N-Chiral, Antiaromatic Triazines, and Tetrazinones
  Lena Lezius, Elena S. Horst, Dr. Maximilian Scherübl, Jessika Lammert, Dr. Constantin G. Daniliuc, Dr. Tatsuya Mori, Prof. Dr. Shigehiro Yamaguchi*, Prof. Dr. Armido Studer*
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., in press (2025). 10.1002/anie.202520021
• Single-Cell Fluorescence Analysis of Lipid Droplet Compositional Dynamics during Triacylglycerol Catabolism
  Junwei Wang, Keiji Kajiwara, Manish Kesherwani, Florence Tama, Yuki Ohsaki, Shigehiro Yamaguchi*, Masayasu Taki*
  J. Am. Chem. Soc., in press (2025). 10.1021/jacs.5c11742
• Seeded control of symmetry-directed diverse chiral π-stacked benzothiadiazole assemblies with leucine-based diamide units
  Saeko Yamada, Naoto Inai, Soichiro Ogi*, Takeshi Yanai*, Shigehiro Yamaguchi*
  Chem. Commun., in press (2025). 10.1039/D5CC05008A
• Conformational Constraints in [Ni(P^R₂N^R′₂)₂] Complexes for Tuning H₂ Production and Oxidation: A DFT-Based Ligand Design Study
  S. Hadsadee, M. Ratanasak, P. Naweephattana, S. Morita, R. Miyazaki, K. Iida, A. Nakayama, S. Jungsuttiwong*, J. Hasegawa*
  RSC Adv., 15, 35961-35970 (2025). 10.1039/D5RA05545H
• Substrate-Independent and Antisolvent-Free Fabrication Method for Tin Perovskite Films via Imidazole-Complexed Intermediates
  Fuyuki Harata, Ryuji Kaneko, Shuaifeng Hu, Noboru Ohashi, Tomoya Nakamura*, Minh Anh Truong, Richard Murdey, Atsushi Wakamiya*
  ACS Energy Lett., 10, 5047-5056 (2025). 10.1021/acsenergylett.5c02366
• The reactivity of a bis(methylene)phosphane anion
  Akihiro Nomoto, Koh Sugamata*, Takahiro Sasamori
  Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 98, uoaf083 (2025). 10.1093/bulcsj/uoaf083
• Making non-emissive [6]cycloparaphenylene fluorescent by simple multiple methyl substitution
  Tomoki Kato, Daiki Imoto, Akiko Yagi*, Kenichiro Itami*
  Chem. Sci., 16, 18952–18958 (2025). 10.1039/D5SC04694G
• Dual-State Mechano- and Electrochromic Responses Enabled by Sterically Strained Diazaanthraquinodimethanes
  Karin Noro, Ayano Tani, Tomoki Tadokoro, Takashi Harimoto, Kazuma Sugawara, Takanori Suzuki, Toshikazu Ono, Yusuke Ishigaki*
  J. Org. Chem., 90, 12727-12733 (2025). 10.1021/acs.joc.5c01545
• Donor–Acceptor–Acceptor-Type Near-Infrared Fluorophores Featuring Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene S,S-Dioxide and Diarylboryl Units as Dual Acceptors
  Masahito Murai*, Asuka Tamaki, Shigehiro Yamaguchi*
  Org. Lett., 27, 9436-9441 (2025). 10.1021/acs.orglett.5c02830
• Unsymmetric thieno-phospha-rhodamines: a new class of near-infrared fluorescent probes for stimuli-responsive organelle imaging
  Sibo Ma, Yuichi Asada, Shigehiro Yamaguchi*, Masayasu Taki*
  Chem. Commun., in press (2025). 10.1039/D5CC03133H
• Isolation of a Transition-State Geometry via Intermolecular Stabilization in the Solid State
  Yusuke Ishigaki*, Saki Kikuchi, Tomoki Tadokoro, Kazuma Sugawara, Takanori Suzuki*
  Org. Lett., 27, 9002-9006 (2025). 10.1021/acs.orglett.5c02689
• Synthesis, characterization, and magnetic interactions of carbazole-9-oxyl and its derivatives
  Yuka Kuno, Akihiro Shimizu*, Daisuke Shiomi*, Kazunobu Sato, Takeji Takui, Ryohei Kishi, Yasutaka Kitagawa, Ryo Shintani*
  Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 98, uoaf072 (2025). 10.1093/bulcsj/uoaf072
• A redox reaction triggered by hydrostatic pressure in dicationic cyclophanes
  Moto Kikuchi, Tomoya Kuwabara, Gaku Fukuhara*, Takanori Suzuki, Yusuke Ishigaki*
  Mater. Chem. Front., 9, 2863-2870 (2025). 10.1039/D5QM00426H
• Ring Cleavage for Ring Construction: Oxidative Heterocyclic Segregation toward Tribenzophenanthrolines
  Takanori Suzuki*, Kota Asai, Takeru Saito, Johnny Hu, Takuya Shimajiri, Yusuke Ishigaki*
  Chem. Eur. J., 31, e202501974 (2025). 10.1002/chem.202501974
• Mechanism for Expansion or Contraction of Extremely Elongated C–C Single Bond by Substituents: “Seesaw” Principle in Bis(dibenzocycloheptatriene)s
  Soki Kawaguchi, Takuya Shimajiri*, Yuta Kawakami, Yusuke Ishigaki*, Takanori Suzuki*
  Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 98, uoaf054 (2025). 10.1093/bulcsj/uoaf054
• Merging π-molecular functions achieved through homogeneous liquid-liquid blending of solvent-free alkyl-π liquids
  Zhenfeng Guo, Chengjun Pan*, Akira Shinohara, Takashi Nakanishi*
  Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater., Vol. 26, 2515007 (2025). 10.1080/14686996.2025.2515007
• Diverse redox-mediated transformations to realize the para-quinoid, σ-bond, and ortho-diphenoquinoid forms
  Takashi Harimoto*, Moto Kikuchi, Takanori Suzuki, Yusuke Ishigaki*
  Nat. Commun., 16, 4088 (2025). 10.1038/s41467-025-59317-w
• Alkyl-π Liquids as Condensed-State Singlet Oxygen Photosensitizers
  Ravindra Kumar Gupta, Takashi Nakanishi*, Daniel T. Payne*
  Chem. Eur. J., 31, e202500739 (2025). 10.1002/chem.202500739
• Oxygen Quantification Based on the Persistent Phosphorescence Lifetime of Host–Guest Nanocrystals
  Riku Shimura, Kikuya Hayashi, Sakuya Ueda, Rana Tsuru, Shuzo Hirata*
  ACS Materials Lett., 7, 2049-2055 (2025). 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.5c00306
• Selective Lower-Occupied Through-Bond Interactions for Efficient Organic Phosphorescence Enabling High-Resolution Long-Wavelength Afterglow
  Rajashekhar K. Mulimani, Sakuya Ueda, Ryo Miyashita, Rana Tsuru, Kikuya Hayashi, Riku Shimura, Bahadur Sk, Shinji Matsuda, Shuzo Hirata*
  Adv. Mater. 37, 2502611 (2025). 10.1002/adma.202502611
• Synchronizing the nπ* Transition Dipole in a Benzoyl-Linked N-Fused Ring for Highly Efficient Yellow Afterglow
  Bahadur Sk, Riku Shimura, Kazuki Fujita, Shuzo Hirata*
  J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 16, 3904-3910 (2025). 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c00429

Reviews

• Synthesis and purification of materials for scalable perovskite solar cells
  Atsushi Wakamiya*, Nam-Gyu Park*
  Nat. Synth. 4, 1033–1035 (2025). 10.1038/s44160-025-00873-w
• High-performance polymers for perovskite photovoltaics
  Atsushi Wakamiya*, Richard Murdey
  Nat. Mater. 24, 1331–1332 (2025). 10.1038/s41563-025-02235-5

Awards

• Ryusei Hamano（University of Tsukuba, M2, A01 Sasamori Group）
  YIA Poster Award
  "Insertion Reaction of a Silylene into a Selenium-Carbon Bond"
  The Joint Meeting of the 8th Japanese Selenium Research Society and the 13th International Symposium on Selenium in Biology and Medicine (Se2025), Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan, November 2, 2025.
• Sibo Ma（Nagoya University, M2, A02 Yamaguchi Group）
  Best Poster Award
  "Unsymmetric Thieno-phospha-rhodamines for Near-infrared Stimuli-responsive Organelle Imaging"
  The 5th Asian Conference on Chemosensors and Imaging Probes (Asian-ChIP 2025), Shenzhen, China, October 19, 2025.
• 安藤慶太（名古屋大学, D1, A02 山口グループ）
  若手口頭発表賞 Chemical Science Award
  "リンを中心とする7員環スピロ骨格における特異な軌道相互作用"
  第35回基礎有機化学討論会 (The 35 th symposium on physical organic chemistry), 名古屋（日本）, 2025年9月11日.
• 川口聡貴（北海道大学, M1, A02 石垣グループ）
  学生ポスター賞 BCSJ Award
  "“Seesaw Principle”の提案と実証：極度に伸長したCsp3–Csp3単結合の伸縮メカニズムの解明"
  第35回基礎有機化学討論会 (The 35 th symposium on physical organic chemistry), 名古屋（日本）, 2025年9月11日.
• 石垣侑祐（北海道大学, A02 石垣グループ）
  2025年度（第21回）野副記念奨励賞
  "特異な共有結合をもつ高歪分子に関する研究"
  基礎有機化学会, 2025年9月10日.
• 志村理玖 (電気通信大学, M2, A02 平田グループ)
  優秀学生発表賞（ポスター）
  "Long-Lived Phosphorescence Analysis Visualizes Ultraslow Oxygen Diffusion Capability in Individual Nanocrystals"
  2025年光化学討論会, 東京（日本）, 2025年9月6日.
• Rajashekhar K. Mulimani (電気通信大学, D2, A02 平田グループ)
  優秀学生発表賞（口頭）
  "Selective Through-Bond Interactions in the Lower Occupied Orbitals for Efficient Organic Phosphorescence to Enable High-Resolution Red Afterglow"
  2025年光化学討論会, 東京（日本）, 2025年9月6日.
• Soki Kawaguchi（Hokkaido University, M1, A02 Ishigaki Group）
  The Student Poster Award
  "Exploring a Unique Carbon–Carbon Covalent Bond in Strained Organic Molecules"
  The 2nd International Symposium on Molecular Materials for Future (ISMMF–2), Sendai (Japan), September 05, 2025.
• 菊池モト（北海道大学, D2, A02 石垣グループ）
  Best Poster賞
  "静水圧印加により駆動するシクロファン型ジカチオンの還元反応"
  第37回万有札幌シンポジウム, 札幌 (日本), 2025年7月5日.
• Rajashekhar K. Mulimani (The University of Electro-Communications, D2, A02 平田グループ)
  Poster Award
  "Through bond interactions specific to lower occupied orbitals for enabling efficient long-wavelength organic phosphorescence"
  第49回有機電子移動化学討論会, 東京 (日本), 2025年6月28日.
• Manami Hayashi (Nagoya University, D1, A04 Yanai Group)
  Poster Award
  "Development and application of an accurate excited state theory for large-scale complex systems: PNO-QD-NEVPT2 Method"
  Current Trends in Electronic-Structure Theory (CTEST-2025), Carlsberg Academy, Copenhagen (Denmark), June 20, 2025.
• 志村理玖 (電気通信大学, M2, A02 平田グループ)
  最優秀口頭発表賞(Chemical Science Presentation Award)
  "固体微粒子からの長寿命室温りん光の酸素応答性と酸素拡散過程の考察"
  第46回光化学若手の会, 札幌 (日本), 2025年6月15日.
• Miku Naruse (Nagoya University, D3, A02 Yamaguchi Group)
  RSC Materials Horizons Poster Award
  "Thermodynamic and kinetic insights into the hydrogen-bond-based supramolecular polymerization in low-polarity biological media"
  The 19th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC2025), Kyoto (Japan), May 30, 2025.
• Daiki Imoto (Nagoya University, D2, A01 Yagi Group)
  ISMSC 2025 Poster Award
  "Assembly of fluorocycloparaphenylenes and aromatic nanobelts" (P2A-89)
  The 19th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC2025), Kyoto (Japan), May 30, 2025.

Invited Talks

• High-resolution afterglow imaging using enhanced organic phosphorescence nanoparticles
  Shuzo Hirata
  1st DGU Conference of Advanced Energy and Materials Technology, November 18, 2025, Seoul, South Korea.
  
• Tailored Emissive π-Systems for Advanced Fluorescence Imaging
  Shigehiro Yamaguchi
  The 5th Asian Conference on Chemosensors and Imaging Probes (Asian-ChIP), October 18, 2025, Shenzhen, China.
  https://asian-chip2025.scimeeting.cn
• ナノ相分離液晶構造を活用した物質輸送・分離・動的機能の創出
  吉尾 正史
  高分子学会 25-1無機高分子研究会, 2025年10月17日, 積水化学工業（株）京都研究所・研修センター.
  https://member.spsj.or.jp/event/index.php?id=717
• Multiple NIR Chromisms of Donor–Acceptor Zwitterionic Dyes
  Akihiro Shimizu
  Japan-Italy Workshop on Sustainable Chemistry (JIWSC), VIII Workshop on Radical and Electron Transfer Reactions (RETR-8), September 11, 2025, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
  https://eventi.unibo.it/jiwsc
• レドックス活性なπ共役有機分子の多彩な近赤外クロミズム
  清水 章弘
  2025電気化学秋季大会, 2025年9月5日, 鳥取大学.
  https://pub.confit.atlas.jp/ja/event/ecsj2025f
• Unlocking the Ortho–Diphenoquinoid Form through Redox–Mediated Transformations
  Yusuke Ishigaki
  The 2nd International Symposium on Molecular Materials for Future (ISMMF–2), September 05, 2025, Sendai, Japan.
  https://www.tfc.tohoku.ac.jp/junior-research-program/event/9035.html
• Creation of uniquely modified nanocarbons
  Akiko Yagi
  The 2nd International Symposium on Molecular Materials for Future (ISMMF–2), September 05, 2025, Sendai, Japan.
  https://www.tfc.tohoku.ac.jp/junior-research-program/event/9035.html
• Soft Electrets based on π-Liquids and π-Gels
  Takashi Nakanishi
  20th International Symposium on Electrets (ISE20), September 02, 2025, Kunibiki Messe, Matsue, Shimane, Japan.
  http://www.ieeeise2025.org/
• Electronic structure origin of mechanochemically induced selectivity in acid catalyzed chitin hydrolysis
  Jun-ya Hasegawa
  ACS Fall 2025, August 17, 2025, On-line.
  https://acs.digitellinc.com/live/35/session/564244
• Alkyl-π Liquids Toward Deformable Vibration Sensors
  Takashi Nakanishi
  International Conference on Nanospace Materials 2025 (ICNM6), August 01, 2025, The Saihokukan Hotel, Nagano, Japan.
  https://pub.confit.atlas.jp/en/event/icnm6
• Stable and Isolable Diradicals with Oligo(9,10-anthrylene)s
  Yusuke Ishigaki
  IUPAC2025, 50th World Chemistry Congress (50WCC), July 16, 2025, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  https://iupac2025.org/wcc-programme-detailed
• Controlling the Singlet–Triplet Energy Gap of m-Quinodimethane-Based Polycyclic Diradicals
  Akihiro Shimizu, Shinobu Arikawa, Tetsuya Morikoshi, Ryo Shintani
  IUPAC2025, 50th World Chemistry Congress (50WCC), July 16, 2025, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  https://iupac2025.org/wcc-programme-detailed
• Towards Analytic Nuclear Gradient Methods for DMRG-Based Multireference Calculations
  Takeshi Yanai
  Current Trends in Electronic-Structure Theory (CTEST-2025), June 20, 2025, Carlsberg Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  https://www.ctest2025.com/
• Creation of Nobel Nanocarbons Enabled by Rational Design for Modification of Arenes
  Akiko Yagi
  第32回光学活性化合物シンポジウム, June 20, 2025, 東京大学薬学部講堂.
  https://www.chem-station.com/blog/2025/05/32oacs.html

Press Release

• 2025年10月9日 プレスリリース
  細胞内の脂質代謝を可視化する蛍光プローブを開発～脂肪滴の動態解析により疾患理解、診断・治療法開発に貢献～（名古屋大学）
  山口茂弘
• 2025年8月8日 プレスリリース
  有機分子の還元反応が"加圧"により進行することを発見！～圧力応答性材料開発に向けた新たな設計指針を提供～（北海道大学）
  石垣侑祐
• 2025年6月19日 プレスリリース
  ソフトエレクトロニクスには機能のブレンド / New method to blend functions for soft electronics（Kyodo News PR Wire / Asia Research News）
  中西尚志
• 2025年5月9日 プレスリリース
  レドックス刺激により多様な分子骨格の構築を実現～機能性分子を構築する新規アプローチとして科学技術分野での応用性にも期待～（北海道大学）
  石垣侑祐

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