Publications (without TOC)

Original Papers:

1. "TBA"
   Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Masaya Kobayashi, Masahiro Sakamoto, Eita Fujishima, Go Watanabe,* Satoshi Suzuki,* Wanying Zhang, Haruyuki Nakano, Masaki Shimizu
   in preparation.

2. "TBA"
   Masaki Shimizu,* Kenta Nishimura, Mizuki Mineyama, Rin Terao, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Hiroshi Sakaguchi
   submitted.

3. "TBA"
   Riki Iwai, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Yuki Arakawa, Shunsuke Sasaki, Kazunobu Igawa, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Yoshimichi Shimomura, Satoshi Suzuki, Masatoshi Tokita, Junji Watanabe, Gen-ichi Konishi
   submitted.

4. "TBA"
   Kazuki Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Yamada*, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Motohiro Yasui, Tsutomu Konno
   submitted.

5. "Efficient Solid-State Ultraviolet Emission of 2´,5´-Dioxy-p-terphenyls"
   Masaki Shimizu,* Kenta Nishimura, Aoi Okusa, Tsuneaki Sakurai
   ChemPhotoChem 2024, in press.

6. "Amplified spontaneous emission from liquid crystalline phase: anisotropic property and active modulation"
   Yusuke Tsutsui,* Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki*
   Faraday Discuss. 2024, 250, 271–280.  [Link]

7. "Side-chain Labeling Strategy for Forming Self-Sorted Columnar Liquid Crystals from Binary Discotic Systems"
   Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Kenichi Kato, Masaki Shimizu
   Crystals 2023, 13, 1473.  [Link]   Special Issue "State-of-the-Art Liquid Crystals Research in Japan"

8. "Development of photoluminescent liquid-crystalline dimers bearing two fluorinated tolane-based luminous mesogens"
   Shigeyuki Yamada,* Eiji Uto, Keigo Yoshida, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Tsutomu Konno
   J. Mol. Liq. 2022, 363, 119884.  [Link]  

9. "Development of thermoresponsive near-ultraviolet photoluminescent liquid crystals using hexyloxy-terminated fluorinated tolane dimers connected with an alkylene spacer"
   Shigeyuki Yamada,* Eiji Uto, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Tsutomu Konno
   J. Mol. Liq. 2022, 362, 119755.  [Link] 

10. "Effect of fluorine atoms in flexible chains on the phase transitions and photophysical behavior of D-π-A-type 4-alkoxy-4ʹ-cyanodiphenylacetylene"
    Shigeyuki Yamada,* Keigo Yoshida, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Mitsuo Hara, Tsutomu Konno
    Mol. Syst. Des. Eng. 2022, 7, 720–724.  [Link]

11. "Charge Carrier Mobility of 1,6-Dibromopyrene Single Crystal Grown by Solution Method on Substrate"
    Kojiro Naito,* Yuhi Inada,* Tsuneaki Sakurai, Masaki Shimizu, Takeshi Yamao
    J. Electron. Mater. 2022, 51, 813–821.  [Link]

12. "Remarkable Increase of Fluorescence Quantum Efficiency by Cyano Substitution on An ESIPT Molecule 2-(2-Hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazole: Highly Luminescent Liquid Crystal Dopant"
    Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Masaya Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Masaki Shimizu
    Crystals 2021, 11, 1105.  [Link]   Special Issue "Synthesis and Properties of Light-Emitting Liquid Crystals (Volume II)"

13. "Ultra-fast single-crystal polymerization of large-sized covalent organic frameworks"
    Lan Peng, Qianying Guo, Chaoyu Song, Samrat Ghosh, Huoshu Xu, Liqian Wang, Dongdong Hu, Lei Zhao, Qiaowei Li, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Hugen Yan, Shu Seki, Yunqi Liu, Dacheng Wei*
    Nature Commun. 2021, 12, 5077.  [Link]

14. "Oriented Nanowire Arrays with Phthalocyanine–C60 Multi-Heterojunctions"
    Nobuoka Masaki, Koshi Kamiya, Shugo Sakaguchi, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki*
    J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol. 2021, 34, 167–174.  [Link]

15. "Ubiquitous organic molecule-based free-standing nanowires with ultra-high aspect ratios"
    Koshi Kamiya, Kazuto Kayama, Masaki Nobuoka, Shugo Sakaguchi, Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Minori Kawata, Yusuke Tsutsui, Masayuki Suda, Akira Idesaki, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Masaki Sugimoto, Lakshmi B. V. S. Garimella, D. K. Avasthi, Shu Seki*
    Nature Commun. 2021, 12, 4025.  [Link]
    Highlighted in Newspaper (Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun, Jun. 26th, 2021)

16. "A Structural Parameter to Link Molecular Geometry to Macroscopic Orientation in Discotic Liquid Crystals: Study of Metalloporphyrin Tapes"
    Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Atsuya Muranaka, Kenichi Kato, Akinori Saeki, Takayuki Tanaka, Masanobu Uchiyama, Atsuhiro Osuka, Takuzo Aida,* Tsuneaki Sakurai*
    Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 1206–1209.  [Link]

17. "Towards Macroscopically Anisotropic Functionality: Oriented Metallo-supramolecular Polymeric Materials Induced by Magnetic Fields"
    Tsung-Han Tu, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki, Yasuhiro Ishida,* Yi-Tsu Chan*
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 1923–1928.  [Link]

18. "Efficient Emission of Ultraviolet Light by Solid State Organic Fluorophores: Synthesis and Characterization of 1,4‐Dialkeny‐2,5‐dioxybenzenes"
    Masaki Shimizu,* Kenta Nishimura, Rika Hirakawa, Tsuneaki Sakurai
    Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 26, 1626–1637  [Link]

19. "Extended Conjugation of ESIPT-Type Dopants in Nematic Liquid Crystalline Phase for Enhancing Fluorescence Efficiency and Anisotropy"
    Wanying Zhang, Satoshi Suzuki, Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Hiroyuki Yoshida, Yusuke Tsutsui, Masanori Ozaki, Shu Seki*
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2020, 22, 28393–28400.  [Link]

20. "Frustrated Layered Self-Assembly Induced Superlattice from Two-Dimensional Nanosheets"
    Huanjun Lu, Xiaoyan Zhang, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Xiaohong Li, Yingfeng Tu,* Jun Guo, Shu Seki, Christopher Y. Li, Goran Ungar*
    Nano Lett. 2020, 20, 8647–8653.  [Link]

21. "Ultrathin Two Dimensional (2D) Supramolecular Assembly and Anisotropic Conductivity of an Amphiphilic Naphthalene-Diimide"
    Anurag Mukherjee, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki,* Suhrit Ghosh*
    Langmuir 2020, 36, 13096–13103.  [Link]

22. "Porphyrin Nanowire Bundles for Efficient Photoconductivity, Photoemission, and Generation of Singlet Oxygens toward Photodynamic Therapy"
    Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shugo Sakaguchi,† Yuki Takeshita,† Kazuto Kayama, Akifumi Horio, Masaki Sugimoto, Tetsuya Yamaki, Atsuya Chiba, Yuichi Saitoh, Lakshmi B. V. S. Garimella, Devesh Kumar Avasthi, Shu Seki*
    ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2020, 3, 6043–6053.  [Link]

23. "Highly Efficient Solid-State Intra-Track Polymerization of Ethynyl-Substituted Spirobifluorenes Triggered by Swift Heavy Ion Irradiations"
    Shugo Sakaguchi, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Akira Idesaki, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Masaki Sugimoto, Shu Seki*
    J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol. 2020, 33, 91–96.  [Link]

24. "Electrically Switchable Amplified Spontaneous Emission from Liquid Crystalline Phase of an AIEE-Active ESIPT Molecule"
    Yusuke Tsutsui,* Wanying Zhang, Samrat Ghosh, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Masanori Ozaki, Tomoyuki Akutagawa, Shu Seki*
    Adv. Opt. Mater. 2020, 8, 1902158.  [Link]
    Selected as Inside Front Picture
    Selected as Article in "Hot Topic: Liquid Crystals" by Wiley-VCH

25. "Synthesis and crystal packing structures of 2,7-diazapyrenes with various alkyl groups at 1,3,6,8-positions"
    Takumi Nakazato, Wakana Matsuda, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki, Hiroshi Shinokubo, Yoshihiro Miyake*
    Chem. Lett. 2020, 49, 465–468.  [Link]

26. "Protein-directed crystalline 2D fullerene assemblies"
    Mantas Liutkus, Alicia López-Andarias, Sara Mejias, Javier López-Andarias, David Gil-Carton, Ferran Feixas, Silvia Osuna, Wakana Matsuda, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki, Carmen Atienza,* Nazario Martín,* Aitziber L. Cortajarena*
    Nanoscale 2020, 12, 3614–3622.  [Link]

27. "Systematic Synthesis of Tetrathia[8]circulenes: The Influence of Peripheral Substituents on the Structures and Properties in Solution and Solid States"
    Shohei Kato, Shuhei Akahori, Yuma Serizawa, Xu Lin, Mitsuaki Yamauchi, Shiki Yagai, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Wakana Matsuda, Shu Seki, Hiroshi Shinokubo, Yoshihiro Miyake*
    J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 62–69.  [Link]
    Selected as Supplementary Cover Picture

28. "Rod-like transition first or chain aggregation first? ordered aggregation of rod-like poly(p-phenyleneethynylene) chains in solution"
    Yusuke Hattori, Nozomi Nishimura, Yusuke Tsutsui, Samrat Ghosh, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Kazunori Sugiyasu, Masayuki Takeuchi, Shu Seki*
    Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 13342–13345.  [Link]
    Selected as Front Cover

29. "Highly Miscible Hybrid Liquid Crystal Systems Containing Fluorescent Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer Molecules"
    Wanying Zhang, Satoshi Suzuki, SeongYong Cho, Go Watanabe, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Mika Aotani, Yusuke Tsutsui, Masanori Ozaki, Shu Seki
    Langmuir 2019, 35, 14031–14041.  [Link]
    Selected as Supplementary Cover Picture

30. "Cold Crystallization of Ferrocene-Hinged π-Conjugated Molecule Induced by Limited Conformational Freedom of Ferrocene"
    Yuki Tsujimoto, Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Yuichiro Ono, Shusaku Nagano, Shu Seki*
    J. Phys. Chem. B 2019, 123, 8325–8332. [Link]
    Selected as Supplementary Cover Picture

31. "Anomalous Photo-Induced Hole Transport in Type-I Core/Mesoporous-Shell Nanocrystals for Efficient Photocatalytic H2 Evolution"
    Zichao Lian, Masanori Sakamoto,* Yoichi Kobayashi, Naoto Tamai, Jun Ma, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki, Tatsuo Nakagawa, Mingwei Lai, Mitsutaka Haruta, Hiroki Kurata, Toshiharu Teranishi*
    ACS Nano 2019, 13, 8356–8363.  [Link]

32. "Impact of Unsymmetrical Alkyl–Fluoroalkyl Side Chains over Coil-to-Rod Transition of Soluble Polyacetylenes: Modulation of Electronic Conjugation of Isolated Chains and their Self-Assembly"
    Yoshihiro Motomura, Yusuke Hattori, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Samrat Ghosh, Shu Seki*
    Macromolecules 2019, 52, 4916–4925.  [Link]

33. "Assembly effect on the charge carrier mobility in quaterthiophene-based n/p-materials"
    Alicia Lopez-Andarias, Carmen Atienza, Javier Lopez-Andarias, Wakana Matsuda, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki, Nazario Martin*
    J. Mater. Chem. C 2019, 7, 6649–6655.  [Link]

34. "Pluripotent Features of Doubly Thiophene-fused Benzodiphospholes as Organic Functional Materials"
    Tomohiro Higashino,* Keiichi Ishida, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki, Tatsuki Konishi, Kenji Kamada, Hiroshi Imahori*
    Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 6425–6438.  [Link]

35. "Observation of Dissociative Quasi-Free Electron Attachment to Nucleoside via Excited Anion Radical in Solution"
    Jun Ma,* Anil Kumar, Yusa Muroya, Shinichi Yamashita, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Segey A. Denisov, Michael D. Sevilla, Amitava Adhikary, Shu Seki,* Mehran Mostafavi*
    Nature Commun. 2019, 10, 102.  [Link]
    Featured in Editors' Highlights [Link]

36. "Highly Fluorescent Liquid Crystals from Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer Molecules"
    Wanying Zhang, Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Mika Aotani, Go Watanabe, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Vikas S. Padalkar, Yusuke Tsutsui, Daisuke Sakamaki, Masanori Ozaki, Shu Seki*
    Adv. Opt. Mater. 2019, 7, 1801349.  [Link]
    Selected as Back Cover
    Selected as Article in "Hot Topic: Liquid Crystals" by Wiley-VCH

37. "Conjugated Nanowire Sensors via High-Energy Single-Particle-Induced Linear Polymerization of 9,9'-Spirobi[9H-Fluorene] Derivatives"
    Shugo Sakaguchi, Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Jun Ma, Masaki Sugimoto, Tetsuya Yamaki, Atsuya Chiba, Yuichi Saito, Shu Seki*
    J. Phys. Chem. B 2018, 122, 8614–8623.  [Link]
    Selected as Supplementary Cover Picture

38. "Electron delocalization and charge mobility as a function of reduction in a metal–organic framework"
    Michael L. Aubrey, Brian M. Wiers, Sean C. Andrews, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Sebastian E. Reyes-Lillo, Samia M. Hamed, Chung-Jui Yu, Lucy E. Darago, Jarad A. Mason, Jin-Ook Baeg, Fernande Grandjean, Gary J. Long,* Shu Seki, Jeffery B. Neaton, Peidong Yang,* Jeffrey R. Long*
    Nature Mater. 2018, 17, 625–632.  [Link]
    Highlighted in News & Views  [Link]

39. "Naphthalenediimide (NDI)‐Conjugated Polyurethanes: Impact of Chromophoric Location on Hierarchical Supramolecular Assembly and Conductivity"
    Anurag Mukherjee, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki,* Suhrit Ghosh*
    ChemNanoMat 2018, 4, 860–866.  [Link]
    Selected as Cover Feature

40. "Transient Optical–Microwave Spectroscopy for Electron Mobility Assessment in Solids and Gels: A Comprehensive Approach"
    Wakana Matsuda, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Goutam Ghosh, Suhrit Ghosh,* Shu Seki*
    J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol. 2018, 31, 91–99.  [Link]

41. "Relaxation of Plasma Carriers in Graphene: An Approach by Frequency-Dependent Optical Conductivity Measurement"
    Wookjin Choi, Hayate Nishiyama, Yui Ogawa, Yuko Ueno, Kazuaki Furukawa, Tomohiro Takeuchi, Yusuke Tsutsui, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki*
    Adv. Opt. Mater. 2018, 6, 1701402.  [Link]
    Selected as Front Cover 

42. "Durian-Shaped CdS@ZnSe Core@Mesoporous-Shell Nanocrystals for Enhanced and Sustainable Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution"
    Zichao Lian, Masanori Sakamoto,* Yoichi Kobayashi, Naoto Tamai, Jun Ma, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki, Tatsuo Nakagawa, Mingwei Lai, Mitsutaka Haruta, Hiroki Kurata, Toshiharu Teranishi*
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9, 2212–2217.  [Link]

43. "The Reductive Aromatization of Naphthalene Diimide: A Versatile Platform for 2,7-Diazapyrene"
    Takumi Nakazato, Takuto Kamatsuka, Junichi Inoue, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki, Hiroshi Shinokubo, Yoshihiro Miyake*
    Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 5177–5180.  [Link]
    Selected as Front Cover

44. "Peripherally Cyanated Subphthalocyanines as Potential n-Type Organic Semiconductors"
    Germán Zango, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Beatriz Urones, Hidenori Saeki, Wakana Matsuda, M. Victoria Martínez-Díaz,* Shu Seki,* Tomás Torres*
    Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 8331–8342.  [Link]
    Selected as Front Cover [Cover Profile]

45. "Toward Bioelectronic Materials: Photoconductivity in Protein–Porphyrin Hybrids Wrapped around SWCNT"
    Javier López-Andarias, Sara H. Mejías, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Wakana Matsuda, Shu Seki, Ferran Feixas, Sílvia Osuna, Carmen Atienza,* Nazario Martín,* Aitziber L. Cortajarena*
    Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1704031.  [Link]

46. "Electron-Transporting Foldable Alternating Copolymers of Perylenediimide and Flexible Macromolecular Chains"
    Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Naomi Orito, Shusaku Nagano, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, Shu Seki*
    Mater. Chem. Front. 2018, 2, 718–729.  [Link]
    Selected as Materials Chemistry Frontiers HOT Articles for 2018 [Link]
    Included in the special issue “Pi conjugated system bricolage (figuration) toward organic molecular systems"

47. "Solvent Switchable Nanostructures and Function of a π-Amphiphile"
    Amrita Sikder, Jayita Sarkar, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki,* Suhrit Ghosh*
    Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 3272–3280.  [Link]

48. "Supramolecular Chirality Issues in Unorthodox Naphthalene Diimide Gelators"
    Goutam Ghosh, Mithun Pal, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Wakana Matsuda, Parthasarathi Dastidar, Shu Seki,* Suhrit Ghosh*
    Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 1938–1946.  [Link]

49. "Remarkable Effect of Halogenation of Aromatic Compounds on Efficiency of Nanowire Formation through Polymerization/Crosslinking by High-Energy Single Particle Irradiation"
    Akifumi Horio, Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Kazuto Kayama, G.B.V.S. Lakshmi, Devesh Kumar Avasthi, Masaki Sugimoto, Tetsuya Yamaki, Atsuya Chiba, Yuichi Saito, Shu Seki*
    Radiat. Phys. Chem. 2018, 142, 100–106.  [Link]

50. "Topologically Directed Assemblies of Semiconducting Sphere-Rod Conjugates"
    Zhiwei Lin, Xing Yang, Hui Xu, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Wakana Matsuda, Shu Seki, Yangbin Zhou, Jian Sun, Kuan-Yi Wu, Xiaoyun Yan, Ruimeng Zhang, Jialin Mao, Takuzo Aida, Wei Zhang, Stephen Z. D. Cheng*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139. 18616–18622.  [Link]

51. "Donor/Acceptor Segregated π-Stacking Arrays by Use of Shish-Kebab-Type Polymeric Backbones: Highly Conductive Discotic Blends of Phthalocyaninato-Polysiloxanes and Perylenediimides"
    Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Satoru Yoneda, Shugo Sakaguchi, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, Shu Seki*
    Macromolecules 2017, 50, 9265–9275.  [Link]

52. "Cooperative Supramolecular Polymerization of a Perylene Diimide Derivative and its Impact on Electron-transporting Property"
    Dipankar Basak,* Deep Sankar Pal, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Satoru Yoneda, Shu Seki,* Suhrit Ghosh*
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 31024–31029.  [Link]
    Selected in 2017 PCCP Hot Articles

53. "In-situ Analysis of Microwave Conductivity and Impedance Spectroscopy for Evaluation of Charge Carrier Dynamics at Interfaces"
    Wookjin Choi, Junichi Inoue, Yusuke Tsutsui, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki*
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 2017, 111, 203302.  [Link]

54. "Optical and Structural Properties of ESIPT Inspired HBT-Fluorene Molecular Aggregates and Liquid Crystals"
    Vikas S. Padalkar, Yusuke Tsutsui, Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Daisuke Sakamaki, Norimitsu Tohnai, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, Tomoyuki Akutagawa,* Ken-ichi Sakai, Shu Seki*
    J. Phys. Chem. B 2017, 121, 10407–10416.  [Link]

55. "Quantitative evaluation of spatial scale of carrier trapping at grain boundary by GHz-microwave dielectric loss spectroscopy"
    Wookjin Choi, Yusuke Tsutsui, Tomoyo Miyakai, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki*
    J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 2017, 924, 012002.  [Link]  (Open Access)

56. "Complex Permittivity Analysis Revisited: Microwave Spectroscopy of Organic Semiconductors with Resonant Cavity"
    Wookjin Choi, Yusuke Tsutsui, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki*
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 2017, 110, 153303.  [Link]

57. "AIE Active Carbazole-Benzothiazole Based ESIPT Motifs: Positional Isomers Directing the Optical and Electronic Properties"
    Vikas S. Padalkar,* Kenji Kuwada, Daisuke Sakamaki,* Norimitsu Tohnai, Tomoyuki Akutagawa, Ken-ichi Sakai, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki*
    Chem. Select 2017, 2, 1959–1966.  [Link]

58. "Rapid Evaluation of Electron Mobilities at Semiconductor–Insulator Interfaces in Ambient Atmosphere by Contactless Microwave-Based Technique."
    Junichi Inoue, Yusuke Tsutsui, Wookjin Choi, Kai Kubota, Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Shu Seki*
    ACS Omega 2017, 2, 164–170. [Link]  (Open Access)

59. "Control over Differentiation of a Metastable Supramolecular Assembly in One and Two Dimensions"
    Tomoya Fukui, Shinnosuke Kawai, Atsuro Takai, Yoshitaka Matsushita, Satoko Fujinuma, Takeshi Yasuda, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki, Masayuki Takeuchi,* Kazunori Sugiyasu*
    Nature Chem. 2017, 9, 493–499.  [Link]

60. "Functional Sulfur-Doped Buckybowls and Their Concave–Convex Supramolecular Assembly with Fullerenes"
    Yu-Min Liu, Dan Xia, Bo-Wei Li, Qian-Yan Zhang, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Yuan-Zhi Tan,* Shu Seki, Su-Yuan Xie,* Lan-Sun Zheng
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 13047–13051.  [Link]

61. "Fusing Porphyrins and Phospholes: Synthesis and Analysis of a Phosphorus-Containing Porphyrin"
    Tomohiro Higashino,* Tomoki Yamada, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki, Hiroshi Imahori*
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 12311–12315.  [Link]

62. "Cyclobuteno[60]fullerenes as Efficient n-Type Organic Semiconductors"
    Silvia Reboredo, Rosa M. Girón, Salvatore Filippone, Tsubasa Mikie, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki, Nazario Martín*
    Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 13627–13631.  [Link]

63. "A new class of epitaxial porphyrin metal-organic framework thin films with extremely high photocarrier generation efficiency: promising materials for all-solid-state solar cell"
    Jinxuan Liu,* Wencai Zhou, Jianxi Liu, Yamato Fujimori, Tomohiro Higashino, Hiroshi Imahori,* Xue Jiang, Jijiun Zhao,* Yusuke Hattori, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Wakana Matsuda, Shu Seki, Suresh Kumar Garlapati, Engelbert Redel, Licheng Sun, Christof Wöll*
    J. Mater. Chem. A 2016, 4, 12739–12747.  [Link]
    Selected as Inside Front Cover

64. "Control of optical and electrical properties of nanosheets by chemical structure of turning point in foldable polymer"
    Taichi Ikeda,* Hiroyuki Tamura, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki
    Nanoscale 2016, 8, 14673–14681.  [Link]

65. "Stabilization of Charge Carriers in Picket-Fence Polythiophenes Using Dielectric Side Chains"
    Chunhui Zhao, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Satoru Yoneda, Shu Seki,* Shaojie Li, Manabu Sugimoto, Choji Oki, Masayuki Takeuchi,* Kazunori Sugiyasu*
    Chem. Asian J. 2016, 11, 2284–2290.  [Link]
    Selected as Front Cover

66. "Formation of Nanowires by Single Particle-Triggered Linear Polymerization of Solid-State Aromatic Molecules"
    Akifumi Horio, Tsuneaki Sakurai,* G.B.V.S. Lakshmi, Devesh Kumar Avasthi, Masaki Sugimoto, Tetsuya Yamaki, Shu Seki*
    Nanoscale 2016, 8, 14925–14931.  [Link]  (Open Access)
    Selected as Front Cover

67. "Ion-Free and Ion-Pairing Assemblies of Anion-Responsive π-Electronic Systems Possessing Directly Linked Alkyl Chains"
    Yohei Haketa, Daisuke Katayama, Shinya Fukunaga, Yuya Bando, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Wakana Matsuda, Shu Seki, Hiromitsu Maeda*
    Chem. Asian J. 2016, 11, 2025–2029.  [Link]

68. "Repeat Proteins scaffolds: ordering photo and electroactive molecules in solution and solid state"
    Sara H. Mejías, Javier López-Andarias, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Satoru Yoneda, Shu Seki, Carmen Atienza,* Nazario Martín,* Aitziber L. Cortajarena*
    Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 4842–4847.  [Link]
    Selected as Back Cover

69. "Fabrication of Fluorescent Nanowires via High-Energy Particles-Triggered Polymerization Reactions"
    Akifumi Horio, Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Vikas S. Padalkar, Daisuke Sakamaki, Tetsuya Yamaki, Masaki Sugimoto, Shu Seki*
    J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol. 2016, 29, 373–377.  [Link]

70. "Fabrication of 'Clickable' Polyfluorene Nanowires with High Aspect Ratio as Biological Sensing Platforms"
    Wasin Tuchinda, Kazuyuki Enomoto, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Vikas S. Padalkar, Hoi Lok Cheng, Michael T. Tang, Akifumi Horio, Daisuke Sakamaki, Masaaki Omichi, Akinori Saeki, Kazuya Kikuchi, Yuichiro Hori, Atsuya Chiba, Yuichi Saito, Tomohiro Kamiya, Masaki Sugimoto, Shu Seki*
    ACS Sensors 2016, 1, 766–774.  [Link]

71. "Unraveling Unprecedented Charge Carrier Mobility through Structure Property Relationship of Four Isomers of Didodecyl[1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene"
    Yusuke Tsutsui, Guillaume Schweicher, Basab Chattopadhyay, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Jean-Baptiste Arlin, Christian Ruzié, Almaz Aliev, Artur Ciesielski, Silvia Colella, Alan R. Kennedy, Vincent Lemaur, Yoann Olivier, Rachid Hadji, Lionel Sanguinet, Frédéric Castet, David Beljonne, Jérôme Cornil, Paolo Samorì, Shu Seki,* Yves H. Geerts*
    Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 7106–7114.  [Link]
    Selected as Inside Back Cover

72. "Ion-Pairing Assemblies Based on Pentacyano-Substituted Cyclopentadienide as a π-Electronic Anion"
    Yuya Bando, Yohei Haketa, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Wakana Matsuda, Shu Seki, Hikaru Takaya, Hiromitsu Maeda*
    Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 7843–7850.  [Link]

73. "Preferential Formation of Columnar Mesophases via Peripheral Modification of Discotic π-Systems with Immiscible Side Chain Pairs"
    Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Yusuke Tsutsui, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, Shu Seki*
    J. Mater. Chem. C 2016, 4, 1490–1496.  [Link]  (Open Access)

74. "π-Electronic Systems That Form Planar and Interlocked Anion Complexes and Their Ion-Pairing Assemblies"
    Ryohei Yamakado, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Wakana Matsuda, Shu Seki, Nobuhiro Yasuda, Shigehisa Akine, Hiromitsu Maeda*
    Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 626–638.  [Link]

75. "Intrinsic Charge Carrier Mobilities at Insulator–Semiconductor Interfaces Probed by Microwave-Based Techniques: Studies with Liquid Crystalline Organic Semiconductors"
    Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Yusuke Tsutsui, Wookjin Choi, Shu Seki*
    Chem. Lett. 2015, 44, 1401–1403. [Link]

76. "Rational design of crystalline supermicroporous covalent organic frameworks with triangular topologies"
    Sasanka Dalapti, Matthew Addicoat, Shangbin Jin, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Jia Gao, Hong Xu, Stephan Irle, Shu Seki, Donglin Jiang*
    Nature Commun. 2015, 6, 7786. [Link]

77. "Side Chain-Directed Assembly of Large Discotic π-Conjugated Molecules: Toward Tuning and Stabilization of Mesophases"
    Yusuke Tsutsui, Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, Shu Seki*
    J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol. 2015, 28, 583–587. [Link]

78. "Carboxylate-Driven Supramolecular Assemblies of Protonated meso-Aryl-Substituted Dipyrrolylpyrazoles"
    Hiromitsu Maeda,* Kengo Chigusa, Ryohei Yamakado, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki
    Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 9520–9527. [Link]

79. "Photoinduced Charge Carrier Generation in Epitaxial MOF Thin Films: High Efficiency as a Result of an Indirect Band Gap?"
    Jinxuan Liu,* Wencai Zhou, Jianxi Liu, Ian Howard, Goran Kilibarda, Sabine Schlabach, Damien Coupry, Matthew Addicoat, Satoru Yoneda, Yusuke Tsutsui, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki, Zhengbang Wang, Peter Lindemann, Engelbert Redel, Thomas Heine, Christof Wöll*
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 7441–7445. [Link]
    Selected as Front Cover

80. "Evaluation of Intrinsic Charge Carrier Transporting Properties of Linear- and Bent-Shaped π-Extended Benzo-Fused Thieno[3,2-b]thiophenes"
    Yusuke Tsutsui, Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Sojiro Minami, Koji Hirano, Tetsuya Satoh, Wakana Matsuda, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, Masahiro Miura,* Shu Seki*
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 9624–9628. [Link]

81. "Semiconducting Nanotubes by Intrachain Folding Following Macroscopic Assembly of a Naphthalene-Diimide (NDI) Appended Polyurethane"
    Tathagata Mondal, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Satoru Yoneda, Shu Seki,* Suhrit Ghosh*
    Macromolecules 2015, 48, 879–888. [Link]
    Most Read Articles in February 2015 (Top 20) 

82. "Pressure Modulation of Backbone Conformation and Intermolecular Distance of Conjugated Polymer Toward Understanding of π-Figuration of Their Conjugated System"
    Yuki Noguchi, Akinori Saeki, Takenori Fujiwara, Sho Yamanaka, Masataka Kumano, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Naoto Matsuyama, Motohiro Nakano, Naohisa Hirao, Yasuo Ohishi, Shu Seki*
    J. Phys. Chem. B. 2015, 119, 7219–7230. [Link]

83. "Formation of Nanowires from Pentacene Derivatives by Single-Particle Triggered Linear Polymerization"
    Yuki Takeshita, Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Atsushi Asano, Katsuyoshi Takano, Masaaki Omichi, Masaki Sugimoto, Shu Seki*
    Adv. Mater. Lett. 2015, 6, 99–103. [Link]

84. "Systematic Studies on Side-Chain Structures of Phthalocyaninato-Polysiloxanes: Polymerization and Self-Assembling Behaviors"
    Satoru Yoneda, Tsuneaki Sakurai,* Toru Nakayama, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, Shu Seki*
    J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2015, 19, 160–170. [Link]

85. "Reversible Control of Radius and Morphology of Fluorene-Azobenzene Copolymer Nanowires by Light Exposure"
    Hoi Lok Cheng, Michael T. Tang, Wasin Tuchinda, Kazuyuki Enomoto,* Atsuya Chiba, Yuichi Saito, Tomohiro Kamiya, Masaki Sugimoto, Akinori Saeki, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Masaaki Omichi, Daisuke Sakamaki, Shu Seki*
    Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 2, 1400450/1–9. [Link]

86. "2,6-Diphenyl- and -Distyryl-Capped 3,7-Dialkoxybenzo[1,2-b:4,5-b’]dithiophenes and Their Dithieno-Annulated Higher Homologs: Structural Phase Transition with Enhanced Charge Carrier Mobility"
    Sojiro Minami, Marina Ide, Koji Hirano, Tetsuya Satoh, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, Shu Seki,* Masahiro Miura*
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 18805–18812. [Link]

87. "Ion-Based Assemblies of Planar Anion Complexes and Cationic Pt(II) Complexes"
    Ryo Sekiya, Yusuke Tsutsui, Wookjin Choi, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki,* Yuya Bando, Hiromitsu Maeda*
    Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 10615–10618. [Link]

88. "Non-Contact, Non-Destructive, and Quantitative Probing of Interfacial Trap Sites for Charge Carrier Transport at Semiconductor-Insulator Boundary"
    Wookjin Choi, Tomoyo Miyakai, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki*
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 2014, 105, 033302. [Link]

89. "Two-Dimensional Tetrathiafulvalene Covalent Organic Frameworks: Towards Latticed Conductive Organic Salts"
    Shangbin Jin, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Tim Kowalczyk, Sasanka Dalapati, Fei Xu, Hao Wei, Xiong Chen, Jia Gao, Shu Seki, Stephan Irle, Donglin Jiang*
    Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 14608–14613. [Link]
    Selected as Back Cover

90. "Propeller-Shaped Fused Oligothiophenes: A Remarkable Effect of the Topology of Sulfur Atoms on Columnar Stacking"
    Qi Xiao, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Takahiro Fukino, Kouki Akaike, Yoshihito Honsho, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, Takuzo Aida*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 18268–18271. [Link]

91. "Evaluation of Intrinsic Charge Carrier Transport at Insulator-Semiconductor Interfaces Probed by a Non-Contact Microwave-Based Technique"
    Yoshihito Honsho, Tomoyo Miyakai, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki*
    Sci. Rep. 2013, 3, 3182/1–6. [Link]
    Highlighted in Newspapers (Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun, Nov. 12th, 2013; Nikkei Sangyo Shinbun, Nov. 14th, 2013)

92. "Ion-Based Materials Derived from Positively and Negatively Charged Chloride Complexes of π-Conjugated Molecules"
    Bing Dong, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki,* Kazuto Takaishi, Masanobu Uchiyama, Atsuya Muranaka, Hiromitsu Maeda*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 14797–14805. [Link]

93. "Corannulene-Fused Anion-Responsive π-Conjugated Molecules That Form Self-Assemblies with Unique Electronic Properties"
    Yuya Bando, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki,* Hiromitsu Maeda*
    Chem. Asian J. 2013, 8, 2088–2095. [Link]

94. "Assembled Structures of Anion-Responsive π-Systems Tunable by Alkyl/Perfluoroalkyl Segments in Peripheral Side Chains"
    Yoshitaka Terashima, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Yuya Bando, Shu Seki,* Hiromitsu Maeda*
    Chem. Mater. 2013, 25, 2656–2662. [Link]

95. "Ion-Pair-Based Assemblies Comprising Pyrrole–Pyrazole Hybrids"
    Hiromitsu Maeda,* Kengo Chigusa, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Kazuchika Ohta, Shinobu Uemura, Shu Seki
    Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 9224–9233. [Link]

96. "Cation Modules as Building Blocks Forming Supramolecular Assemblies with Planar Receptor–Anion Complexes"
    Bing Dong, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Yoshihito Honsho, Shu Seki, Hiromitsu Maeda*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 1284–1287. [Link]

97. "Toward Ultralow-Bandgap Liquid Crystalline Semiconductors: Use of Triply Fused Metalloporphyrin Trimer–Pentamer as Extra-large π-Extended Mesogenic Motifs"
    Seiya Tanaka, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Yoshihito Honsho, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, Atsuhiro Osuka, Takuzo Aida*
    Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 10554–10561. [Link]

98. "Electron or Hole-Transporting Nature Selected by Side Chain-Directed π-Stacking Geometry: Liquid Crystalline Fused Metalloporphyrin Dimers"
    Tsuneaki Sakurai, Kentaro Tashiro, Yoshihito Honsho, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Atsuhiro Osuka, Atsuya Muranaka, Masanobu Uchiyama, Jungeun Kim, Sunyeo Ha, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, Takuzo Aida*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 6537–6540. [Link]

99. "Prominent Electron Transport Property Observed for Triply Fused Metalloporphyrin Dimer: Directed Columnar Liquid Crystalline Assembly by Amphiphilic Molecular Design"
    Tsuneaki Sakurai, Keyu Shi, Hiroshi Sato, Kentaro Tashiro,* Atsuhiro Osuka, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Seiichi Tagawa, Sono Sasaki, Hiroyasu Masunaga, Keiichi Osaka, Masaki Takata, Takuzo Aida*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 13812–13813. [Link]
    
    
    Review Articles:

1. "Formation of nanowires via radiation-triggered polymerization of organic small molecules in confined nanospaces"
   Tsuneaki Sakurai*
   in preparation.

2. "Organic Fluorophores That Emit Ultraviolet Light in the Aggregated States"
   Masaki Shimizu,* Tsuneaki Sakurai
   Aggregate 2022, 3, e144.  [Link]

3. "Metal-Free Organic Luminophores That Exhibit Dual Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Emission at Room Temperature"
   Masaki Shimizu*, Tsuneaki Sakurai
   ChemPlusChem 2021, 86, 446–459.  [Link]

4. "Interactions of Single Particle with Organic Matters:  A Facile Bottom-up Approach to Low Dimensional Nanostructures"
   Shugo Sakaguchi, Koshi Kamiya, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki,*
   Quantum Beam Sci. 2020, 4, 7.  [Link]

5. "Charge Carrier Mobility in Organic Molecular Materials Probed by Electromagnetic Waves"
   Shu Seki,* Akinori Saeki, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Daisuke Sakamaki
   Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 11093–11113. [Link]
   
   
   Review Articles (Japanese), Commentary, Essay:

1. "液晶や高分子に高濃度で分散し高効率で発光する有機蛍光体の設計開発"
   櫻井 庸明
   超分子研究会アニュアルレビュー 2023, 44, 12–13.

2. "コロナ禍でのIAEA/CRPミーティング参加記"
   櫻井 庸明
   放射線化学会誌 2023, 115, 65–66.

3. "Development of Standing Ultrafine Nanowire Arrays via Solid-state Polymerization of Organic Molecules in Confined Nanospace"（Hot Topics）
   Tsuneaki SAKURAI
   高分子 2023, 72(5), 186.  高分子研究奨励賞解説

4. "励起状態分子内プロトン移動を示す高効率蛍光体の設計追究と液晶場における発光特性"
   櫻井 庸明
   液晶 2022, 26(1), 61–71.  [Link]  奨励賞解説

5. "日本化学会第101春季年会（2021）報告"
   櫻井 庸明
   液晶 2021, 25(3), 198.  [Link]

6. "液晶性を有する励起状態分子内プロトン移動型発光体の設計と応用"
   櫻井 庸明
   液晶 2021, 25(2), 93–104.  [Link]  表紙に採用

7. "転機と自分のものさし"（「若手研究者」紹介記事）
   櫻井 庸明
   液晶 2019, 23(2), 122.  [Link] [File]

8. "分子集合体スケールの電気伝導度を非接触で評価する ––マイクロ波で視る有機材料バルク・界面の電荷輸送現象––"
   櫻井 庸明
   化学と工業 2018, 73(10), 867–868.  [Link] [File]

9. "高エネルギー荷電粒子照射が誘起する固相重合反応を用いた垂直配向有機ナノワイヤの形成"（「討論会の話題から」）
   香山 一登、櫻井 庸明、関 修平
   放射線化学 2018, 105(1), 63–66.  [Link]

10. "Design of Polyuretanes and Related Hydrogen-Bonding Supramolecular Materials with Charge Carrier Transporting Properties"
    Tsuneaki Sakurai, Shu Seki, Suhrit Ghosh, Kazunori Sugiyasu, Masayuki Takeuchi
    ポリウレタンが拓く未来（ポリウレタン国際技術振興財団研究助成報告書） 2018, 1, 1–14. [Link]

11. ""Rays"から"Ray"へ: イオンビームを用いた微細機能性材料開発"
    関 修平、櫻井 庸明、堀尾 明史
    Radioisotopes 2017, 66(11), 579–585.  [Link] [File]

12. "マイクロ波を利用して材料界面での電気伝導度を"触らずに"評価する"
    櫻井 庸明
    ELCAS Journal 2017, 2, 10–12.  [Link]
    京都大学グローバルサイエンスキャンパス高大接続科学教育ユニット

13. "電磁波を用いた非接触・非破壊電荷移動度評価技術"
    関 修平、櫻井 庸明、酒巻 大輔、崔 旭鎮、筒井 祐介
    2015光技術動向調査書 2016.

14. "等方性液体相で生じる自発的な光学分割"（「注目の論文」紹介記事）
    櫻井 庸明
    月刊「化学」 2016, 71(3), 64–65.  [Link]

15. "触らず・壊さずに電荷移動度を測る"
    筒井 祐介、崔 旭鎮、櫻井 庸明、関 修平
    日本写真学会誌 2015, 78(4), 251–261.  [Link]

16. "半導体・絶縁体界面における電荷輸送の非接触定量測定技術"
    関 修平、櫻井 庸明、崔 旭鎮
    機能材料 2014, 34(5), 48–56.  [Link, Link]

17. "有機半導体材料中の並進・非並進電荷移動度の多角的な評価と解釈"
    櫻井 庸明、関 修平
    液晶 2013, 17(1), 67–77.  [Link] [File]
    
    
    Book and Book Chapters:

1. "1D Nanomaterials -Organic Nanomaterials-" in “Nanomaterial synthesis and modification by ionizing radiation”
   Tsuneaki Sakurai, XXX XXX, XXX XXX
   International Atomic Energy Agency, 2025, in preparation.

2. "Liquid Crystals with Orientational and Positional Orders" in "Functional Soft Matter － Electronic and Optical Functions"
   Tsuneaki Sakurai
   Springer-Nature, 2024, in prepration.

3. High Energy Charged Particles: Their Chemistry and Use as Versatile Tools for Nanofabrication
   Shu Seki, Tsuneaki Sakurai, Masaaki Omichi, Akinori Saeki, Daisuke Sakamaki
   Springer, 2015, 09. [Link]
   (ISBN-10: 4431556834, ISBN-13: 978-4-431-55683-1)