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2022

Bando, M.; Zhu, W.; Shimoda, S.; Hamanishi, E.; Sano, N.; Trombini, C.; Naga, N.; Haraguchi, N.; Itsuno, S.; Nishida, M., Amorphous Porous Polyurethanes as Macromolecular Ligands for Palladium Catalysts. Chem. Lett. 2022, 51 (X).
Wu, P.; Pietropaolo, A.; Fortino, M.; Shimoda, S.; Maeda, K.; Nishimura, T.; Bando, M.; Naga, N.; Nakano, T., Non-uniform Self-folding of Helical Poly(fluorenevinylene) Derivatives in the Solid State Leading to Amplified Circular Dichroism and Circularly Polarized Light Emission. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2022, 61 (43), e202210556.
Wu, P.; Nishimura, T.; Maeda, K.; Fujii, K.; Hayano, S.; Nageh, H.; Naga, N.; Nakano, T., Raspberry-like Aggregate Formation of π-Stacked Block Copolymer of Dibenzofulvene and Methyl Methacrylate Synthesized by Atom-transfer Radical Polymerization. Chem. Lett. 2022, 51 (11), 1058-1061.
Wang, Q. Y.; Song, Z. Y.; Bando, M.; Harada, T.; Imai, Y.; Toda, H.; Naga, N.; Nakano, T., Optically Active Poly(benzene-1,4-diyl)s with Random and Alternating Copolymer Sequences Composed of Chiral and Achiral, Bulky Monomeric Units: A Systematic Study on Side-Chain Bulkiness Effects on Ground-State and Excited-State Chiroptical Properties and Chiral Recognition Ability. Macromolecules 2022.
Wang, Q.; Pietropaolo, A.; Fortino, M.; Song, Z.; Bando, M.; Naga, N.; Nakano, T., Photo racemization of 2,2'-dihydroxy-1,1'-binaphthyl derivatives. Chirality 2022, 34 (2), 317-324.
Song, Z.; Sato, H.; Pietropaolo, A.; Wang, Q.; Shimoda, S.; Dai, H.; Imai, Y.; Toda, H.; Harada, T.; Shichibu, Y.; Konishi, K.; Bando, M.; Naga, N.; Nakano, T., Aggregation-induced Chirality Amplification of Optically Active Fluorescent Polyurethane and Cyclic Dimer in the Ground and Excited States. Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 1029 - 1032.
Naga, N.; Takenouchi, T.; Nakano, T., Ring-Opening Polymerization of Triaziridine Compounds in Water: An Extremely Facile Method to Synthesize a Porous Polymer through Polymerization-Induced Phase Separation. ACS Macro Letters 2022, 603-607.
Naga, N.; Satoh, M.; Magara, T.; Ahmed, K.; Nakano, T., Synthesis of porous polymers by means of Michael addition reaction of multifunctional acetoacetate and poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate. Eur. Polym. J. 2022, 162.
Naga, N.; Jinno, M.; Wang, Y.; Nakano, T., The first space-filling polyhedrons of polymer cubic cells originated from Weaire-Phelan structure created by polymerization induced phase separation. Scientific Reports 2022, 12 (1).
Naga, N.; Arai, R.; Naruse, Y.; Ahmed, K.; Nageh, H.; Nakano, T., Synthesis of porous polymers by polymerization‐induced phase separation in the addition reaction of multifunctional isocyanates and dithiol compounds. Journal of Polymer Science 2022, n/a (n/a).

2021

Yuan, Y.; Song, Z.; Bando, M.; Nakano, T., Unexpected structural defects in a main-chain conjugated polymer synthesized through Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling polymerization. Polymer 2021, 226, 123769.
Wang, Y.; Yazawa, K.; Wang, Q.; Harada, T.; Shimoda, S.; Song, Z.; Bando, M.; Naga, N.; Nakano, T., Optically active covalent organic frameworks and hyperbranched polymers with chirality induced by circularly polarized light. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021, 57 (62), 7681-7684.
Wang, Y.; Maity, N.; Zhao, L.; Krämer, M.; Hasegawa, J.-y.; Shichibu, Y.; Konishi, K.; Wang, X.; Song, Z.; Bando, M., A Triad Fluorenone Derivative Bearing Two Imidazole Groups That Switches between Three States by Base and Acid Stimuli. Chem. Lett. 2021, 50, 1363-1367.
Vishwakarma, S.; Kumari, A.; Mitra, K.; Singh, S.; Song, Z.; Bando, M.; Nakano, T.; Gupta, S. K. S.; Ray, B., Effect of L-menthol chain-end on the optical rotation, chirality, tacticity and thermal properties of polystyrene prepared by ATRP and polyvinylacetates prepared by RAFT polymerization: A molecular weight dependence study. Materials Today Communications 2021, 26, 101705.
Naga, N.; Satoh, M.; Magara, T.; Ahmed, K.; Nakano, T., Synthesis of gels by means of Michael addition reaction of multi‐functional acetoacetate and diacrylate compounds and their application to ionic conductive gels. Journal of Polymer Science 2021, 59 (19), 2129-2139.
Elbayoumy, E.; El-Ghamaz, N. A.; Mohamed, F. S.; Diab, M. A.; Nakano, T., Dielectric Permittivity, AC Electrical Conductivity and Conduction Mechanism of High Crosslinked-Vinyl Polymers and Their Pd(OAc)₂ Composites. Polymers-Basel 2021, 13 (17).
Z. Zhang, T. Harada, A. Pietropaolo, Y. Wang, Y. Wang, X. Hu, X. He, H. Chen, Z. Song, M. Bando and T. Nakano, Blue circularly polarized luminescent amorphous molecules with single-handed propeller chirality induced by circularly polarized light irradiation, Chem Commun, 2021, 57, 1794-1797.
N. Naga, K. Yamada, K. Moriyama, S. Kudoh, Y. Nagami, H. Nageh and T. Nakano, Synthesis of network polymers by photo-initiated thiol–ene reaction between multi-functional thiol and poly (ethylene glycol) diacrylate, Polym. Bull., 2021, 1-17.
E. Elbayoumy, Y. Wang, J. Rahman, C. Trombini, M. Bando, Z. Song, M. A. Diab, F. S. Mohamed, N. Naga and T. Nakano, Pd Nanoparticles-Loaded Vinyl Polymer Gels: Preparation, Structure and Catalysis, Catalysts, 2021, 11, 137.

2020

M. Vert, J. Chen, K.-H. Hellwich, P. Hodge, T. Nakano, C. Scholz, S. Slomkowski and J. Vohlidal, " Nomenclature and terminology for linear lactic acid-based polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2019) ", Pure Appl. Chem., Vol. 92, pp. 193-211, (2020).
N. Naga, S. Fujioka, D. Inose, K. Ahmed, H. Nageh and T. Nakano, " Synthesis and properties of porous polymers synthesized by Michael addition reactions of multi-functional acrylate, diamine, and dithiol compounds ", RSC Advances, Vol. 10, pp. 60-69, (2020).
H. Dai, Y. Shichibu, Y. Imai, N. Hara, K. Konishi, Y. Wang, Z. Song and T. Nakano, " Synthesis and stereochemistry of helical polyurethanes based on 2,2′-dihydroxy-1,1′-binaphthyl and diisocyanatobenzenes ", Polym. Chem., DOI: 10.1039/c9py01348b, (2020).
V. Abetz, C. H. Chan, C. K. Luscombe, J. B. Matson, J. Merna, T. Nakano, G. Raos and G. T. Russell, " Quo Vadis, Macromolecular Science? Reflections by the IUPAC Polymer Division on the Occasion of the Staudinger Centenary ", Isr. J. Chem., Vol. 60, pp. 1-12, (2020).
A. Pietropaolo and T. Nakano, "Learning how planarization can affect dichroic patterns in polyfluorenes", Chirality, 2020, 1-6.
N. Naga, T. Miyanaga, Y. Wang and T. Nakano, "Synthesis and properties of σ‐π conjugated porous polymers obtained with Mizoroki–Heck reaction of tetra vinyl cyclic siloxane with dibromo fluorene", J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem.k, 2020, 58, 2301-2309.
Y. Wang, N. Zavradashvili, Y. Wang, A. Pietropaolo, Z. Song, M. Bando, R. Katsarava and T. Nakano, Optically Active Polymers with Cationic Units Connected through Neutral Spacers: Helical Conformation and Chirality Transfer to External Molecules, Macromolecules, 2020, 53, 9916-9928.
S. Vishwakarma, A. Kumari, K. Mitra, S. Singh, Z. Song, M. Bando, T. Nakano, S. K. S. Gupta and B. Ray, Effect of L-Menthol Chain-end on the Optical Rotation, Chirality, Tacticity and Thermal Properties of Polystyrene Prepared by ATRP and Polyvinylacetates Prepared by RAFT Polymerization: A Molecular Weight Dependence Study, Materials Today Communications, 2020, 101705.
S. Stanislaw, M. F. Christopher, C. H. Roger, G. J. Richard, K. Przemyslaw, K. L. Christine, N. Tamaki, T. R. Gregory, G. d. S. Claudio, S. Carmen, S. Natalie and G. W. Michael, List of keywords for polymer science (IUPAC Technical Report), Pure Appl. Chem., 2020, 91, 997-1027.
T. Nakano, A. Pietropaolo and M. Kamata, Chirality analysis of helical polymers, Chemistry Teacher International, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cti-2020-0009.
C. M. Fellows, K.-H. Hellwich, S. V. Meille, G. Moad, T. Nakano and M. Vert, Definitions and notations relating to tactic polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2020), Pure Appl. Chem., 2020, 92, 1769-1779.

2019

N. Naga, R. Michida, S. Kudo, Y. Nagami, K. Moriyama, H. Nageh, H. Furukawa and T. Nakano, " Synthesis of joint-linker type gels and porous polymers by addition reactions of multi-functional thiol and alkyl diacrylate, diisocyanate compounds ", Materials Today Communications, Vol. 19, pp. 153-162, (2019).
N. Naga, K. Hasegawa, H. Nageh and T. Nakano, " Synthesis and properties of degradable gels and porous polymers including acetal group in the network structure by addition reaction of multi-functional phenols and divinyl ether compounds ", Polym. Bull., DOI: 10.1007/s00289-019-03033-1, pp. 1-15, (2019).
M. Merlani, Z. Song, Y. Wang, Y. Yuan, J. Luo, V. Barbakadze, B. Chankvetadze and T. Nakano, " Polymerization of Bulky of Oxirane Monomers Leading to Polyethers Exhibiting Intramolecular Charge Transfer Interactions ", Macromol. Chem. Phys., Vol. 220, pp. 1900331 (1900331-1900336), (2019).
X. Ma, H. Huang, J. Su, Z. Song, T. Nakano and Q. Song, " Synthesis of CF2H‐containing Oxime Ethers Derivatives from ClCF2H, tert‐Butyl Nitrile and Indoles ", Chin. J. Chem . (2019).
J. Luo, Y. Wang, Z. Song and T. Nakano, " Synthesis and photo-induced stereomutation of helical, π-stacked copolymers of dibenzofulvene and menthyl methacrylate ", Eur. Polym. J., Vol. 118, pp. 71-77, (2019).
S. Stanislaw, M. F. Christopher, C. H. Roger, G. J. Richard, K. Przemyslaw, K. L. Christine, N. Tamaki, T. R. Gregory, G. d. S. Claudio, S. Carmen, S. Natalie and G. W. Michael, "List of keywords for polymer science ", Pure Appl. Chem., 2019, 91, 997-1027.

2018

Y. Wang, R. Wang, Y. Imai, N. Hara, X. Wan and T. Nakano, " π-Stacked and unstacked aggregate formation of 3,3′-diethylthiatricarbocyanine iodide, a near-infrared dye ", New J. Chem., Vol. 42, pp. 14713-14716, (2018).
Y. Wang, T. Harada, L. Q. Phuong, Y. Kanemitsu and T. Nakano, " Helix Induction to Polyfluorenes Using Circularly Polarized Light: Chirality Amplification, Phase-Selective Induction, and Anisotropic Emission ", Macromolecules, Vol. 51, pp. 6865-6877, (2018).
A. Pietropaolo, C. Cozza, Z. Zhang and T. Nakano, " Temperature-dependent UV absorption of biphenyl based on intra-molecular rotation investigated within a combined experimental and TD-DFT approach ", Liq. Cryst., pp. 1-6, (2018).
H. Nageh, Y. Wang and T. Nakano, " Cationic polymerization of dibenzofulvene leading to a π-stacked polymer ", Polymer, Vol. 144, pp. 51-56, (2018).
J. Luo, Y. Wang and T. Nakano, " Free-Radical Copolymerization of Dibenzofulvene with (Meth) acrylates Leading to π-Stacked Copolymers ", Polymers (20734360), Vol. 10, pp. 1-14, (2018).

2017

Y. Wang, T. Harada, Y. Shiota, K. Yoshizawa, H. Wang, S. Wang, X. Ye, M. Ogasawara and T. Nakano, " Isolation and phototransformation of enantiomerically pure iridium (iii) bis [(4, 6-difluorophenyl) pyridinato-N, C 2] picolinate ", RSC advances, Vol. 7, pp. 29550-29553, (2017).
H. Wang, Y. Wang, X. Ye, H. Hayama, H. Sugino, H. Nakano and T. Nakano, " π-Stacked poly (vinyl ketone) s with accumulated push–pull triphenylamine moieties in the side chain ", Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 8, pp. 708–714, (2017).
H. Nageh, L. Zhao, A. Nakayama, J. Y. Hasegawa, Y. Wang and T. Nakano, " Photo-induced beta-elimination of 9-fluorenylmethanol leading to dibenzofulvene ", Chem Commun (Camb), Vol. 53, pp. 8431-8434, (2017).
A. Kimura, H. Hayama, J.-y. Hasegawa, H. Nageh, Y. Wang, N. Naga, M. Nishida and T. Nakano, " Recyclable and efficient polyurethane-Ir catalysts for direct borylation of aromatic compounds ", Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 8, pp. 7406-7415, (2017).

2016

Z. Zhang, Y. Wang and T. Nakano, " Photo Racemization and Polymerization of (R)-1, 1′-Bi (2-naphthol) ", Molecules, Vol. 21, pp. 1541, (2016).
Y. Wang, A. L. Kanibolotsky, P. J. Skabara and T. Nakano, " Chirality induction using circularly polarized light into a branched oligofluorene derivative in the presence of an achiral aid molecule ", Chem. Commun., Vol. 52, pp. 1919-1922, (2016).
S. S. Shetty, Y. Koyama and T. Nakano, " Ionic Polymerization of a Sugar-based Cyclic Sulfite: Synthesis of (1→ 2)-d-Glucopyranan via Cationic Polymerization ", Chem. Lett., Vol. 45, pp. 1021-1023, (2016).

2015

W. Yang and T. Nakano, " Synthesis of poly (1, 10-phenanthroline-5, 6-diyl) s having a π-stacked, helical conformation ", Chem. Commun., Vol. 51, pp. 17269-17272, (2015).
H. Wang, A. Pietropaolo, W. Wang, C.-Y. Chou, I. Hisaki, N. Tohnai, M. Miyata and T. Nakano, " Right-handed 2/1 helical arrangement of benzene molecules in cholic acid crystal established by experimental and theoretical circular dichroism spectroscopy ", RSC Advances, Vol. 5, pp. 101110-101114, (2015).
H. Sugino, Y. Koyama and T. Nakano, " A high triplet-energy polymer: synthesis and photo-physical properties of a π-stacked vinyl polymer having a xanthone moiety in the side chain ", RSC Advances, Vol. 5, pp. 21310-21315, (2015).
A. Pietropaolo, Y. Wang and T. Nakano, " Predicting the Switchable Screw Sense in Fluorene‐Based Polymers ", Angew. Chem., Vol. 127, pp. 2726-2730, (2015).
T. Nakano, "Polymer Education in Japan", Macromolecular Symposia, Vol. 355, pp. 61-67 (2015).
T. Nakano, " Asymmetric polymerization ", Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials, pp. 75-83, (2015).
M. Merlani, Y. Koyama, H. Sato, G. Li, V. Barbakadze, B. Chankvetadze and T. Nakano, " Correction: Ring-opening polymerization of a 2, 3-disubstituted oxirane leading to a polyether having a carbonyl–aromatic π-stacked structure ", Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 6, pp. 2356-2356, (2015).
M. Merlani, Y. Koyama, H. Sato, L. Geng, V. Barbakadze, B. Chankvetadze and T. Nakano, " Ring-opening polymerization of a 2, 3-disubstituted oxirane leading to a polyether having a carbonyl–aromatic π-stacked structure ", Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 6, pp. 1932-1936, (2015).
P. G. Gudeangadi, T. Sakamoto, Y. Shichibu, K. Konishi and T. Nakano, " Chiral Polyurethane Synthesis Leading to π-Stacked 2/1-Helical Polymer and Cyclic Compounds ", ACS Macro Letters, Vol. 4, pp. 901-906, (2015).

2014

K. Watanabe, Y. Koyama, N. Suzuki, M. Fujiki and T. Nakano, " Gigantic chiroptical enhancements in polyfluorene copolymers bearing bulky neomenthyl groups: importance of alternating sequences of chiral and achiral fluorene units ", Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 5, pp. 712-717, (2014).
Y. Wang, T. Sakamoto, Y. Koyama, Y. Takanashi, J. Kumaki, J. Cui, X. Wan and T. Nakano, " Photo-induced helix-helix transition of a polystyrene derivative ", Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 5, pp. 718-721, (2014).
T. Nakano, Pi-stacked Polymers and Molecules, Springer, 2014.
T. Nakano, " Tricks of Light on Helices: Transformation of Helical Polymers by Photoirradiation ", The Chemical Record, Vol. 14, pp. 369-385, (2014).

2013

A. Pietropaolo and T. Nakano, " Molecular mechanism of polyacrylate helix sense switching across its free energy landscape ", J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol. 135, pp. 5509-5512, (2013).

2012

Y. Wang, T. Sakamoto and T. Nakano, " Molecular chirality induction to an achiral π-conjugated polymer by circularly polarized light ", Chem. Commun., Vol. 48, pp. 1871-1873, (2012).

2011

中野環, 渡辺顕士 and 坂本猛, " 高効率な円偏光発光を示すキラルハイパーブランチ型ポリマー ", ファインケミカル, Vol. 40, pp. 40-46, (2011).
J.-M. Yu, T. Sakamoto, K. Watanabe, S. Furumi, N. Tamaoki, Y. Chen and T. Nakano, " Synthesis and efficient circularly polarized light emission of an optically active hyperbranched poly (fluorenevinylene) derivative ", Chem. Commun., Vol. 47, pp. 3799-3801, (2011).
J.-M. Yu, T. Sakamoto, K. Watanabe, S. Furumi, N. Tamaoki, Y. Chen and T. Nakano, " Synthesis and efficient circularly polarized light emission of an optically active hyperbranched poly (fluorenevinylene) derivative ", Chem. Commun., Vol. 47, pp. 3799-3801, (2011).
K. Watanabe, T. Sakamoto, M. Taguchi, M. Fujiki and T. Nakano, " A chiral π-stacked vinyl polymer emitting white circularly polarized light ", Chem. Commun., Vol. 47, pp. 10996-10998, (2011).
T. Sakamoto, K. Watanabe, Y. Shichibu, K. Konishi, S. I. Sato and T. Nakano, " A photo‐degradable helix: Synthesis, structure, and photolysis of optically active poly [2, 7‐bis (4‐t‐butylphenyl)‐9‐methylfluoren‐9‐yl acrylate] ", J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem., Vol. 49, pp. 945-956, (2011).

2010

T. Sakamoto, T. Nishikawa, Y. Fukuda, S.-i. Sato and T. Nakano, " A Reactive Helix: Synthesis, Chemical Modification, and Polymerization of an Optically Active Polymethacrylate ", Macromolecules, Vol. 43, pp. 5956-5963, (2010).
T. Nakano, " Synthesis, structure and function of π-stacked polymers ", Polym. J., Vol. 42, pp. 103-123, (2010).

2009

T. Sakamoto, Y. Fukuda, S. i. Sato and T. Nakano, " Photoinduced Racemization of an Optically Active Helical Polymer Formed by the Asymmetric Polymerization of 2, 7‐Bis (4‐tert‐butylphenyl) fluoren‐9‐yl Acrylate ", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Vol. 48, pp. 9308-9311, (2009).
T. Sakamoto, Y. Fukuda, S. I. Sato and T. Nakano, " Photoinduced Racemization of an Optically Active Helical Polymer Formed by the Asymmetric Polymerization 2,7-Bis(4-tert-butylphenyl)fluoren-9-yl Acrylate ", Angew Chem Int Edit, Vol. 48, pp. 9308-9311, (2009).
T. Nakano, M. Tanikawa, O. Nakagawa, T. Yade and T. Sakamoto, " Synthesis and structure of an optically active π‐stacked poly (dibenzofulvene) bearing chiral terminal group ", J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem., Vol. 47, pp. 239-246, (2009).

2007

T. Nakano, T. Yade, Y. Fukuda and K. Takewaki, " Nanoparticle Formation by Irreversible In situ Aggregation of Rigid π-Stacked Segments of a Flexible–Rigid Block Copolymer ", Chem. Lett., Vol. 36, pp. 320-321, (2007).

2006

T. Yade and T. Nakano, " Anionic polymerization of 2, 7‐di‐t‐butyldibenzofulvene: Synthesis, structure, and photophysical properties of the oligomers with a π‐stacked conformation ", J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem., Vol. 44, pp. 561-572, (2006).
V. Coropceanu, T. Nakano, N. E. Gruhn, O. Kwon, T. Yade, K. Katsukawa and J. L. Bredas, " Probing charge transport in pi-stacked fluorene-based systems ", J. Phys. Chem. B, Vol. 110, pp. 9482-9487, (2006).

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