Faculty Members

Professor
ITO, Akitaka

Ph.D., Hokkaido University, Japan, 2010

Year of birth: 1982
Gender: Male
Affiliation:

- School of Engineering Science
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering
- Chemistry, Department of Engineering, Graduate School of Enginering
- Research Center for Molecular Design, Research Institute
Personal web site: http://www.scsci.kochi-tech.ac.jp/akito/
researchmap： https://researchmap.jp/AkitakaIto
Article from the "Cutting-edge Research and Social Contribution"：
https://www.kochi-tech.ac.jp/english/power/research/laying-the-groundwork-for-realizing-new-photofunctionality-by-combining-nano-ion-carriers-and-molecu.html

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

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

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Research activities

Research papers	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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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	CSJ Presentation Award 2015, Chemical Society of Japan, 2015 CSJ Student Presentation Award 2009, Chemical Society of Japan, 2009
Patents	COMPOSITION CONTAINING BORANE COMPOUND AND CONJUGATED POLYMER COMPOUND, AND ELEMENT, Application number PCT/JP2012/071317, Publication number WO/2013/031638 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	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: 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: 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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Committee roles	Local Organizing Committee Member, The 27th International SPACC Symposium Committee, Host-Guest Chemistry Symposium 2016 Committee/Program Committee, Annual Meeting on Photochemistry 2015

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