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Associate Professor
ITO, Akitaka

Ph.D., Hokkaido University, Japan, 2010

Areas of specialization Photochemistry
Coordination Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Laboratory/research office Laboratory for Photofunctional Chemistry
This laboratory focuses on the development and detailed characterization of light-absorbing and emitting materials, toward a variety of photochemical applications such as sensors, light-emitting diodes, dye-sensitized solar cells and artificial-photosynthesis systems.
Current research topics
Educational background 2010: Doctor, Hokkaido University, Japan
2007: Master, Hokkaido University, Japan
2005: Bachelor, Hokkaido University, Japan
Professional background 2013-2016: Assistant Professor, Osaka City University
2011-2013: Postdoctoral Research Associate, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2011: Postdoctoral Fellow, Hokkaido University
2010-2011: Research Fellow, Hokkaido University
Licenses
Academic societies American Chemical Society
The Chemical Society of Japan
The Chemical Society of Kochi
The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry
Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry
The Society of Polymer Science, Japan
The Japan Photochemistry Association
The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
The Photofunctional Complexes Research Association Japan
Forum on Low-dimensional Photo-functional Materials
Association of Research for Host-Guest and Supramolecular Chemistry
The Society of Pure & Applied Coordination Chemistry
Chemical Frontier Workshop

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Courses

* Courses provided in English are shown with (E) mark

Undergraduate school
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Functional Chemistry
  • Chemical Experiments
  • Chemical Exercise
  • Graduation Thesis
  • Seminar 2
  • Seminar 3
  • Inorganic Chemistry 2
Graduate school
  • Seminar 1
  • Seminar 2
  • Seminar 3
  • Seminar 4
  • Individual Work for Graduate
  • Advanced Seminar 1
  • Advanced Seminar 2
  • Advanced Analytical Chemistry

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Research activities

Research papers
  1. Authors: Takeshi Kato, Ikuho Akiyama, Fumika Mori, Ayumu Shinohara, Yudai Ogura, Akitaka Ito, Masataka OHTANI
    Title: Boron-imidazolate coordination networks with 3d transition metals for enhanced CO2 adsorption capability
    Journal: Materials Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry
    Year: 2024
  2. Authors: Hiroyuki Takeda, Kohei Takahashi, Yui Namiki, Akitaka Ito, Masao Kurosu, Takako Muraoka, Motoko S. Asano
    Title: Heteroleptic Cu(I) Bipyridine Complexes as Redox Photosensitizers for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction
    Journal: Bulletin of The Chemical Society of Japan, Vol. 96, No. 6, pp. 519-528, The Chemical Society of Japan
    Year: 2023
  3. Authors: Daisuke Kozaki, Kazumichi Yanagisawa, Shuji Oishi, Yoshinori Nishiwaki, Hibiki Komatsu, Kazuya Kobiro, Akitaka Ito, Ayano Taniguchi, Takuya Matsuzaki
    Title: Influence of Cr2O3 Concentration on the Green Color of Flux Synthesized Emeralds Using the CIE1976 Color System
    Journal: Cryst. Res. Technol., p. 2300052, Wiley
    Year: 2023
  4. Authors: Ze-Xing Cai, Yanjie Xia, Yoshikazu Ito, Masataka Ohtani, Hikaru Sakamoto, Akitaka Ito, Yijia Bai, Zhong-Li Wang, Yusuke Yamauchi, Takeshi Fujita
    Title: General Synthesis of MOF Nanotubes via Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks toward Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysts
    Journal: ACS Nano, Vol. 16, pp. 20851-20864, ACS
    Year: 2022
  5. Authors: Naoki Tsutsumi, Akitaka Ito, Yosuke Niko, Yui Bando, Kiyonori Takahashi, Masato Ikeda, Kaori Yoneyama, Takayoshi Nakamura, Masayuki Izumi, Rika Ochi
    Title: Glycolipid-Type Amphiphiles with A Small Anilinochloromaleimide-Based Luminogen Exhibiting Aggregation-Induced Emission
    Journal: ChemistrySelect, Vol. 7, No. 42, p. e202202559, Wiley-VCH
    Year: 2022
  6. Authors: Takashi Yoshimura, Hayato Nishizawa, Kojiro Nagata, Akitaka Ito, Eri Sakuda, Shoji Ishizaka, Noboru Kitamura, Atsushi Shinohara
    Title: Ground- and Excited-State Redox Potentials of Octahedral Hexanuclear Rhenium(III) Complexes by the Combination of Terminal Halide and N-Heteroaromatic Ligands
    Journal: ACS Omega, Vol. 7, No. 30, pp. 26965-26982, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2022
  7. Authors: Mahiro Nakabayashi, NISHIWAKI Nagatoshi, Akitaka Ito, HAYASHI Shotaro, IWAI Kento
    Title: Efficient Synthetic Method for α-Nitro-β-Dialdimine Ligands Bearing Electron-Deficient Aryl Groups
    Journal: Tetrahedron Letters, Vol. 102, pp. 153948-4 pages
    Year: 2022
  8. Authors: ASAHARA Haruyasu, BONKOHARA Atsushi, TAKAGI Masaya, IWAI Kento, Akitaka Ito, YOSHIOKA Kotaro, TANI Shinki, UMEZU Kazuto, NISHIWAKI Nagatoshi
    Title: Development of Synthetic Equivalent of α,α-Dicationic Acetic Acid Leading to Unnatural Amino Acid Derivatives via Tetrafunctionalized Methanes
    Journal: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry , Vol. 20, pp. 2282-2292, Royal Society of Chemistry
    Year: 2022
  9. Authors: Hikaru Sakamoto, Akitaka Ito, Masataka Ohtani
    Title: Unusual ligand substitution of a metal-organic framework with distorted metal–ligand coordination
    Journal: CrystEngComm, Royal Society of Chemistry
    Year: 2022
  10. Authors: Hikaru Sakamoto, Akitaka Ito, Masataka Ohtani
    Title: Impact of nanosizing a host matrix based on a metal–organic framework on solid-state fluorescence emission and energy transfer
    Journal: Materials Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry
    Year: 2021
  11. Authors: ASAHARA Haruyasu, Yusuke Mukaijo, Kengo Muragishi, IWAI Kento, Akitaka Ito, NISHIWAKI Nagatoshi
    Title: Metal-Free and syn-Selective Hydrohalogenation of Alkynes through the Pseudo-Intramolecular Process
    Journal: European Journal of Organic Chemistry, pp. 5747-5755
    Year: 2021
  12. Authors: Shinnosuke Horiuchi, Sangjoon Moon, Akitaka Ito, Jacopo Tessarolo, Eri Sakuda, Yasuhiro Arikawa, Guido H. Clever, Keisuke Umakoshi
    Title: Multinuclear Ag Clusters Sandwiched by Pt Complex Units: Fluxional Behavior and Chiral-at-Cluster Photoluminescence
    Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 60, No. 19, pp. 10654-10660, Wiley-VCH
    Year: 2021
  13. Authors: Naoki Tsutsumi, Akitaka Ito, Azumi Ishigamori, Masato Ikeda, Masayuki Izumi, Rika Ochi
    Title: Synthesis and Self-assembly Properties of Bola-amphiphilic Glycosylated Lipopeptide-type Supramolecular Hydrogels Showing Colour Changes Along with Gel–Sol Transition
    Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol. 22, No. 4, p. 1860, MDPI
    Year: 2021
  14. Authors: Koyo Takaki, Eri Sakuda, Akitaka Ito, Shinnosuke Horiuchi, Yasuhiro Arikawa, Keisuke Umakoshi
    Title: Bridging-Arylene Effects on Spectroscopic and Photophysical Properties of Arylborane–Dipyrrinato Zinc(II) Complexes
    Journal: RSC Advances, Vol. 11, No. 11, pp. 6259-6267, Royal Society of Chemistry
    Year: 2021
  15. Authors: Shinnosuke Horiuchi, Seiya Tanaka, Sangjoon Moon, Eri Sakuda, Akitaka Ito, Yasuhiro Arikawa, Keisuke Umakoshi
    Title: A Heteropolynuclear Pt–Ag System Having Cycloplatinated Rollover Bipyridyl Units
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 1513-1522, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2021
  16. Authors: Yumi Nakaike, Yusuke Yoshida, Soichi Yokoyama, Akitaka Ito, NISHIWAKI Nagatoshi
    Title: Synthesis and Intramolecular Ring Transformation of N,N’-Dialkylated 2,6,9-Triazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonadienes
    Journal: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Vol. 18, pp. 9109-9116
    Year: 2020
  17. Authors: Hayata Yamamoto, Mayuka Taomoto, Akitaka Ito, Daisuke Kosumi
    Title: Electron-Transfer Behaviors between Photoexcited Metal Complex and Methyl Viologen Codoped in Ionic Nanospheres
    Journal: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, Vol. 401, p. 112771, Elsevier
    Year: 2020
  18. Authors: Ryoya Oosumi, Masato Ikeda, Akitaka Ito, Masayuki Izumi, Rika Ochi
    Title: Structural Diversification of Bola-Amphiphilic Glycolipid-Type Supramolecular Hydrogelators Exhibiting Colour Changes Along with the Gel–Sol Transition
    Journal: Soft Matter, Vol. 16, No. 31, pp. 7274-7278, Royal Society of Chemistry
    Year: 2020
  19. Authors: Koyo Takaki, Eri Sakuda, Akitaka Ito, Shinnosuke Horiuchi, Yasuhiro Arikawa, Keisuke Umakoshi
    Title: Stereoisomers of Homoleptic Dipyrrinatoplatinum(II) Complexes Having Arylborane Charge-Transfer Substituents: Synthesis, Characterization and Spectroscopic Properties
    Journal: Chemistry Letters, Vol. 49, No. 8, pp. 905-908, The Chemical Society of Japan
    Year: 2020
  20. Authors: Yasuo Matsubara, Akitaka Ito
    Title: A Small All-in-One Photon-Counting Device for Measuring Luminescence Decays to Determine the Lifetimes of Photoexcited Materials
    Journal: Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 97, No. 1, pp. 300-304, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2020
  21. Authors: Moe Seike, Kojiro Nagata, Hayato Ikeda, Akitaka Ito, Eri Sakuda, Noboru Kitamura, Atsushi Shinohara, Takashi Yoshimura
    Title: Synthesis and Photoluminescence of Tetracyanidonitridorhenium(V) Complexes with Five-Membered N-Heteroaromatic Ligands and Photoluminescence-Intensity Change
    Journal: ACS Omega, Vol. 4, No. 25, pp. 21251-21259, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2019
  22. Authors: Koyo Takaki, Eri Sakuda, Akitaka Ito, Shinnosuke Horiuchi, Yasuhiro Arikawa, Keisuke Umakoshi
    Title: Controlling the Electronic Structures and Excited-State Characteristics of Dipyrrinatoiridium(III) Complexes by an Arylborane or an Arylamino Unit
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 58, No. 21, pp. 14542-14550, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2019
  23. Authors: Soichi Yokoyama, Akitaka Ito, ASAHARA Haruyasu, NISHIWAKI Nagatoshi
    Title: Anion-Capture-Induced Fluorescence Enhancement of Bis(cyanostyryl)pyrrole Based on a Concept of Restricted Access to Conical Intersection
    Journal: Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, Vol. 92, pp. 1807-1815
    Year: 2019
  24. Authors: Akitaka Ito, Yushi Matsui
    Title: Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Behaviors of a Novel Ruthenium(II) Complex with a Six-Membered Chelate Structure
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 58, No. 16, pp. 10436-10443, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2019
  25. Authors: Sangjoon Moon, Shinnosuke Horiuchi, Eri Sakuda, Akitaka Ito, Yasuhiro Arikawa, Keisuke Umakoshi
    Title: Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Butterfly-Shaped Dinuclear Pt(II) Complex Having NHC-Based Chelate Ligands
    Journal: Inorganica Chimica Acta, Vol. 493, pp. 43-48, Elsevier
    Year: 2019
  26. Authors: Masato Ohsumi, Akitaka Ito, NISHIWAKI Nagatoshi
    Title: Substrate Switchable Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling for Benzyl Ester vs. Benzyl Halide
    Journal: RSC Advances, Vol. 8, pp. 35056-35061
    Year: 2018
  27. Authors: Atsushi Nakagawa, Akitaka Ito, Eri Sakuda, Sho Fujii, Noboru Kitamura
    Title: Emission Tuning of Heteroleptic Arylborane–Ruthenium(II) Complexes by Ancillary Ligands: Observation of Strickler–Berg-Type Relation
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 57, No. 15, pp. 9055-9066, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2018
  28. Authors: Shinnosuke Horiuchi, Sangjoon Moon, Eri Sakuda, Akitaka Ito, Yasuhiro Arikawa, Keisuke Umakoshi
    Title: U- to Z-Shape Isomerization in Pt2Ag2 Framework Containing Pyridyl-NHC Ligands
    Journal: Dalton Transactions, Vol. 47, No. 21, pp. 7113-7117, Royal Society of Chemistry
    Year: 2018
  29. Authors: Kassio P. S. Zanoni, Akitaka Ito, Malte Grüner, Neyde Y. Murakami Iha, Andrea de Camargo
    Title: Photophysical Dynamics of the Efficient Emission and Photosensitization of [Ir(pqi)2(NN)]+ Complexes
    Journal: Dalton Transactions, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 1179-1188, Royal Society of Chemistry
    Year: 2018
  30. Authors: Soichiro Akagi, Eri Sakuda, Akitaka Ito, Noboru Kitamura
    Title: Zero-Magnetic-Field Splitting in the Excited Triplet States of Octahedral Hexanuclear Molybdenum(II) Clusters: [{Mo6X8}(n-C3F7COO)6]2− (X = Cl, Br, or I)
    Journal: The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 121, No. 38, pp. 7148-7156, American Chemcal Society
    Year: 2017
  31. Authors: Atsushi Nakagawa, Akitaka Ito, Eri Sakuda, Sho Fujii, Noboru Kitamura
    Title: Bright and Long-Lived Emission from A Starburst-Type Arylborane-Appended Polypyridyl Ruthenium(II) Complex
    Journal: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 2017, No. 32, pp. 3794-3798, Wiley-VCH
    Year: 2017
  32. Authors: Yuanyuan Kang, Akitaka Ito, Eri Sakuda, Noboru Kitamura
    Title: Characteristic Spectroscopic and Photophysical Properties of Tricarbonyl Rhenium(I) Complexes Having Multiple Arylborane Charge Transfer Units
    Journal: Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, Vol. 90, No. 5, pp. 574-585, The Chemical Society of Japan
    Year: 2017
  33. Authors: Akitaka Ito, Nozomi Kobayashi, Yoshio Teki
    Title: Low-Energy and Long-Lived Emission from Polypyridyl Ruthenium(II) Complexes Having A Stable-Radical Substituent
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 56, No. 7, pp. 3794-3808, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2017
  34. Authors: Akitaka Ito, Masumi Hinoshita, Ken Kato, Yoshio Teki
    Title: Excited-State Dynamics and Spin-Exchange Coupling of Anthracene–Verdazyl Radical in Frozen Glass Matrix Investigated by Transient Absorption Spectroscopy
    Journal: Chemistry Letters, Vol. 45, No. 11, pp. 1324-1326, The Chemical Society of Japan
    Year: 2016
  35. Authors: Maxim A. Mikhailov, Konstantin A. Brylev, Pavel A. Abramov, Eri Sakuda, Soichiro Akagi, Akitaka Ito, Noboru Kitamura, Maxim N. Sokolov
    Title: Synthetic Tuning of Redox, Spectroscopic, and Photophysical Properties of {Mo6I8}4+ Core Cluster Complexes by Terminal Carboxylate Ligands
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 55, No. 17, pp. 8437-8445, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2016
  36. Authors: Koichi Katayama, Masakazu Hirotsu, Akitaka Ito, Yoshio Teki
    Title: Fluorescence Behaviour of An Anthracene–BODIPY System Affected by Spin States of a Dioxolene–Cobalt Centre
    Journal: Dalton Transactions, Vol. 45, No. 25, pp. 10165-10172, Royal Society of Chemistry
    Year: 2016
  37. Authors: Akihiro Shimizu, Akitaka Ito, Yoshio Teki
    Title: Photostability Enhancement of The Pentacene Derivative Having Two Nitronyl Nitroxide Radical Substituents
    Journal: Chemical Communications, Vol. 52, No. 14, pp. 2889-2892, Royal Society of Chemistry
    Year: 2016
  38. Authors: Atsushi Nakagawa, Eri Sakuda, Akitaka Ito, Noboru Kitamura
    Title: Remarkably Intense Emission from Ruthenium(II) Complexes Having with Multi-Borane Centers
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 54, No. 21, pp. 10287-10295, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2015
  39. Authors: Yuanyuan Kang, Akitaka Ito, Eri Sakuda, Noboru Kitamura
    Title: Diimine Ligand Structure Effects on Photophysical Properties of Tricarbonyl Rhenium(I) Complexes Having Arylborane Charge Transfer Units
    Journal: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, Vol. 313, pp. 107-116, Elsevier
    Year: 2015
  40. Authors: Kassio P. S. Zanoni, Akitaka Ito, Neyde Y. Murakami Iha
    Title: Molecular-Engineered [Ir(Fppy)2(Mepic)] towards Efficient Blue-Emission
    Journal: New Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 39, No. 8, pp. 6367-6376, Royal Society of Chemistry
    Year: 2015
  41. Authors: Zhen Fang, Akitaka Ito, Hanlin Luo, Dennis L. Ashford, Javier J. Concepcion, Leila Alibabaei, Thomas J. Meyer
    Title: Polypyridyl Ru(II)-Derivatized Polypropylacrylate Polymer with a Terminal Water Oxidation Catalyst. Application of Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization
    Journal: Dalton Transactions, Vol. 44, No. 18, pp. 8640-8648, Royal Society of Chemistry
    Year: 2015
  42. Authors: Eri Sakuda, Chiaki Matsumoto, Yuki Ando, Akitaka Ito, Kousuke Mochida, Atsushi Nakagawa, Noboru Kitamura
    Title: Dual Emissions from Ruthenium(II) Complexes Having 4-Arylethynyl-1,10-phenanthroline at Low Temperature
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 54, No. 7, pp. 3245-3252, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2015
  43. Authors: Akitaka Ito, Troy E. Knight, David J. Stewart, M. Kyle Brennaman, Thomas J. Meyer
    Title: Rigid Medium Effects on Photophysical Properties of MLCT Excited States of Polypyridyl Os(II) Complexes in Polymerized Poly(ethylene glycol)dimethacrylate Monoliths
    Journal: The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 118, No. 45, pp. 10326-10332, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2014
  44. Authors: Akitaka Ito, Akihiro Shimizu, Noriaki Kishida, Yusuke Kawanaka, Daisuke Kosumi, Hideki Hashimoto, Yoshio Teki
    Title: Excited-State Dynamics of Pentacene Derivatives with Stable Radical Substituents
    Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 53, No. 26, pp. 6715-6719, Wiley-VCH
    Year: 2014
  45. Authors: Zhen Fang, Shahar Keinan, Leila Alibabaei, Hanlin Luo, Akitaka Ito, Thomas J. Meyer
    Title: Controlled Electropolymerization of Ruthenium(II) Vinylbipyridyl Complexes in Mesoporous Nanoparticle Films of TiO2
    Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 53, No. 19, pp. 4872-4876, Wiley-VCH
    Year: 2014
  46. Authors: Akitaka Ito, Kazuyoshi Kawanishi, Eri Sakuda, Noboru Kitamura
    Title: Synthetic Control of Spectroscopic and Photophysical Properties of Triarylborane Derivatives Having Peripheral Electron-Donating Groups
    Journal: Chemistry – A European Journal, Vol. 20, No. 14, pp. 3940-3953, Wiley-VCH
    Year: 2014
  47. Authors: Kassio P. S. Zanoni, Bruna K. Kariyazaki, Akitaka Ito, M. Kyle Brennaman, Thomas J. Meyer, Neyde Y. Murakami Iha
    Title: Blue-Green Iridium(III) Emitter and Comprehensive Photophysical Elucidation of Heteroleptic Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 53, No. 8, pp. 4089-4099, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2014
  48. Authors: Akitaka Ito, Zhen Fang, M. Kyle Brennaman, Thomas J. Meyer
    Title: Long-Range Photoinduced Electron Transfer Dynamics in Rigid Media
    Journal: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 16, No. 10, pp. 4880-4891, Royal Society of Chemistry
    Year: 2014
  49. Authors: Caleb A. Kent, Demin Liu, Akitaka Ito, Teng Zheng, M. Kyle Brennaman, Thomas J. Meyer, Wenbin Lin
    Title: Rapid Energy Transfer in Non-Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks with Caged Ru(bpy)32+ Chromophores: Oxygen Trapping and Luminescence Quenching
    Journal: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 1, No. 47, pp. 14982-14989, Royal Society of Chemistry
    Year: 2013
  50. Authors: Zhen Fang, Akitaka Ito, Andrew Stuart, Hanlin Luo, Zuofeng Chen, Kizhanipuram Vinodgopal, Wei You, Thomas J. Meyer, Darlene K. Taylor
    Title: Soluble Reduced Graphene Oxide Sheets Grafted with Polypyridylruthenium Derivatized Polystyrene Brushes as Light Harvesting Antenna for Photovoltaic Applications
    Journal: ACS Nano, Vol. 7, No. 9, pp. 7992-8002, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2013
  51. Authors: Wenjing Song, Akitaka Ito, Robert A. Binstead, Kenneth Hanson, Hanlin Luo, M. Kyle Brennaman, Javier J. Concepcion, Thomas J. Meyer
    Title: Accumulation of Multiple Catalytic Equivalents at a Single Site by Cross-Surface Electron Transfer on TiO2
    Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 135, No. 31, pp. 11587-11594, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2013
  52. Authors: Zhen Fang, Akitaka Ito, Shahar Keinan, Zuofeng Chen, Zoe Watson, Jason Rochette, Yosuke Kanai, Darlene Taylor, Kirk S. Schanze, Thomas J. Meyer
    Title: Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Preparation and Photophysical Properties of Polypyridylruthenium Derivatized Polystyrenes
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 52, No. 15, pp. 8511-8520, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2013
  53. Authors: Hayato Ikeda, Akitaka Ito, Eri Sakuda, Noboru Kitamura, Tsutomu Takayama, Tsutomu Sekine, Atsushi Shinohara, Takashi Yoshimura
    Title: Excited-State Characteristics of Tetracyanidonitridorhenium(V) and -technetium(V) Complexes with N-heteroaromatic Ligands
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 52, No. 11, pp. 6319-6327, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2013
  54. Authors: Akitaka Ito, David J. Stewart, Troy E. Knight, Zhen Fang, M. Kyle Brennaman, Thomas J. Meyer
    Title: Excited-State Dynamics in Rigid Media: Evidence for Long-Range Energy Transfer
    Journal: The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 117, No. 12, pp. 3428-3438, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2013
  55. Authors: Hayato Ikeda, Takashi Yoshimura, Akitaka Ito, Eri Sakuda, Noboru Kitamura, Tsutomu Takayama, Tsutomu Sekine, Atsushi Shinohara
    Title: Photoluminescence Switching with Changes in Coordination Number and Coordinating Volatile Organic Compounds in Tetracyanidonitrido Rhenium(V) and Technetium(V) Complexes
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 51, No. 22, pp. 12065-12074, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2012
  56. Authors: Akitaka Ito, Thomas J. Meyer
    Title: The Golden Rule. Application for Fun and Profit in Electron Transfer, Energy Transfer, and Excited-State Decay
    Journal: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 14, No. 40, pp. 13731-13745, Royal Society of Chemistry
    Year: 2012
  57. Authors: Akitaka Ito, David J. Stewart, Zhen Fang, M. Kyle Brennaman, Thomas J. Meyer
    Title: Sensitization of Ultra-Long-Range Excited-State Electron Transfer by Energy Transfer in a Polymerized Film
    Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 109, No. 38, pp. 15132-15135, United States National Academy of Sciences
    Year: 2012
  58. Authors: Kenneth Hanson, M. Kyle Brennaman, Akitaka Ito, Hanlin Luo, Kelsey Parker, Rudresh Ghosh, Wenjing Song, Michael R. Norris, Christopher R. K. Glasson, Javier J. Concepcion, Rene Lopez, Thomas J. Meyer
    Title: Structure–Property Relationships of Phosphonate-Derivatized, RuII Polypyridyl Dyes on Metal Oxide Surfaces in an Aqueous Environment
    Journal: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 116, No. 28, pp. 14837-14847, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2012
  59. Authors: Akitaka Ito, Yuanyuan Kang, Shota Saito, Eri Sakuda, Noboru Kitamura
    Title: Photophysical and Photoredox Characteristics of a Novel Tricarbonyl Rhenium(I) Complex Having an Arylborane-Appended Aromatic Diimine Ligand
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 51, No. 14, pp. 7722-7732, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2012
  60. Authors: Eri Sakuda, Mai Tanaka, Akitaka Ito, Noboru Kitamura
    Title: Dynamic Emission Quenching of a Novel Ruthenium(II) Complex by Carbon Dioxide in Solution
    Journal: RSC Advances, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 1296-1298, Royal Society of Chemistry
    Year: 2012
  61. Authors: Takashi Yoshimura, Shoji Ishizaka, Tatsuya Kashiwa, Akitaka Ito, Eri Sakuda, Atsushi Shinohara, Noboru Kitamura
    Title: Direct Observaion of {Re6(μ3-S)8} Core-to-ligand Charge Transfer Excited State in Octahedral Hexarhenium Complex
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 50, No. 20, pp. 9918-9920, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2011
  62. Authors: Eri Sakuda, Yuki Ando, Akitaka Ito, Noboru Kitamura
    Title: Long-lived and Temperature-independent Emission from a Ruthenium(II) Complex Having an Arylborane Charge Transfer Unit
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 1603-1613, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2011
  63. Authors: Akitaka Ito, Takeo Hirokawa, Eri Sakuda, Noboru Kitamura
    Title: Bright Green-Phosphorescence from Metal-to-Boron Charge Transfer Excited State of a Novel Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complex
    Journal: Chemistry Letters, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 34-36, Chemical Society of Japan
    Year: 2011
  64. Authors: Eri Sakuda, Yuki Ando, Akitaka Ito, Noboru Kitamura
    Title: Extremely Large Dipole Moment in the Excited Singlet State of Tris{[p-(N,N-dimethylamino)phenylethynyl]duryl}borane
    Journal: The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 114, No. 34, pp. 9144-9150, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2010
  65. Authors: Konstantin A. Brylev, Yuri V. Mironov, Vladimir E. Fedorov, Sung-Jin Kim, Hans-Jürgen Pietzsch, Holger Stephan, Akitaka Ito, Noboru Kitamura
    Title: A New Hexanuclear Rhenium Cluster Complex with Six Terminal Acetate Ligands: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of K4[Re6S8(CH3COO)6]∙8H2O
    Journal: Inorganica Chimica Acta, Vol. 363, No. 11, pp. 2686-2691, Elsevier
    Year: 2010
  66. Authors: Akitaka Ito, Shoji Ishizaka, Noboru Kitamura
    Title: A Ratiometric TICT-type Dual Fluorescent Sensor for an Amino Acid
    Journal: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 12, No. 25, pp. 6641-6649, Royal Society of Chemistry
    Year: 2010
  67. Authors: Konstantin A. Brylev, Yuri V. Mironov, Svetlana G. Kozlova, Vladimir E. Fedorov, Sung-Jin Kim, Hans-Jürgen Pietzsch, Holger Stephan, Akitaka Ito, Shoji Ishizaka, Noboru Kitamura
    Title: The First Octahedral Cluster Complexes With Terminal Formate Ligands: Synthesis, and Properties of K4[Re6S8(HCOO)6] and Cs4[Re6S8(HCOO)6]
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 48, No. 5, pp. 2309-2315, American Chemical Society
    Year: 2009
Awards
  1. CSJ Presentation Award 2015, Chemical Society of Japan, 2015
  2. CSJ Student Presentation Award 2009, Chemical Society of Japan, 2009
Patents
  1. COMPOSITION CONTAINING BORANE COMPOUND AND CONJUGATED POLYMER COMPOUND, AND ELEMENT, Application number PCT/JP2012/071317, Publication number WO/2013/031638
  2. METAL COMPLEX AND ELEMENT USING SAME, Application number PCT/JP2011/070722, Publication number WO/2012/036119
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japanese government
  1. Project title: Surrounding Medium Effects on Photophysical Properties and Photoinduced Reaction Behaviors of Emissive Transition Metal Complexes
    Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
    Project number: 26810040
    Project period: 2014-2016
    Total budget amount: 4,160,000 yen
    Keywords:
  2. Project title: Development of Novel Luminescence Systems by Hybridizing Transition-Metal Species and Ionic Nanosphere
    Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
    Project number: 19K05506
    Project period: 2019-2021
    Total budget amount: 4,290,000 yen
    Keywords:
  3. Project title: Efficient Photoinduced-Reaction System by Incorporating into a Microscopic Space
    Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
    Project number: 20H05112
    Project period: 2020-2021
    Total budget amount: 3,900,000 yen
    Keywords:

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Social activities

Committee roles
  1. Local Organizing Committee Member, The 27th International SPACC Symposium
  2. Committee, Host-Guest Chemistry Symposium 2016
  3. Committee/Program Committee, Annual Meeting on Photochemistry 2015

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