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Research Management Team

Application of Cooperative-Excitation into Innovative Molecular Systems with High-Order Photofunctions
Hiroshi Miyasaka (Osaka University) Review Group Hiroshi Masuhara (National Chiao Tung University) Masahiro Irie (Rikkyo University) Tadashi Itoh (Osaka University) Yoshito Tobe (Osaka University) Prashant V. Kamat (University of Notre Dame) Johan Hofkens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) Albert M. Brouwer (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

[A01] Exploration of the Cooperative Excitation into Special Electronic States and Direct Detection of their Dynamics

Planned Research

Advanced Control of Photochemical Reactions by Multiple-Photon Processes
Leader Hiroshi Miyasaka (Osaka University) Co-Investigator Yutaka Nagasawa (Ritsumeikan University) Tomoyuki Yatsuhashi (Osaka City University)

Advanced Function Control of Photochemical Reactions Using Mesoscopic Structures
Leader Kohei Imura (Waseda University)

Control of multiple spin exciton states by synergetic studies of theory and experiment
Leader Yasuteru Shigeta (Tsukuba University) Co-Investigator Kenji Kamada (AIST) Ryohei Kishi (Osaka University) *2014-2015 fiscal year Yasutaka Kitagawa (Osaka University) *from 2016 fiscal year

Multiexciton Dynamics in Semiconductor Nanoparticles and their Application to Photoresponsive Systems
Leader Naoto Tamai (Kwansei Gakuin University) Co-Investigator Sadahiro Masuo (Kwansei Gakuin University)

Publicly Invited Research

One and multiple photon induced generation and stabilization of multi-excitons in quantum dot superlattices
Leader Biju V. Pillai (Hokkaido University)

Plasmon-associated control of chemical reaction at nanometer scale
Leader Hiroshi Ujii (Hokkaido University)

Modulations of electronic states in plasmonic strong coupling systems and their application to photochemical reaction fields
Leader Kosei Ueno (Hokkaido University)

Two-photon excitation of optically-forbidden transition using nanostructure and entangled photons
Leader Hisaki Oka (Niigata University)

'Development of Novel Electrochemical Reactions with Non-linear Photoresponse of Quantum Dots
Leader Tsukasa Torimoto (Nagoya University)

Highly efficient up-conversion nanocrystals driven by cooperative IR-excitation
Leader Masanori Sakamoto (Kyoto University)

Advancing electronic structure theory for high accuracy prediction of higher excited states and its application to photochromic molecules
Leader Takeshi Yanai (Nagoya University)

[A02] Development of High-Order Photofunctions Based on Synergetic Action of Photoresponsive Molecules

Planned Research

Development of High Order Photosynergetic Systems based on of Interfacial Molecular

Leader Tsuyoshi Kawai (Nara Institute of Science and Technology) Co-Investigator Hideyuki Nakano (Muroran Institute of Technology) Shizuka Takami (National Institute of Technology, Niihama College) *from 2015 fiscal year Suguru Higashida (Osaka Prefecture University College of Technology) *from 2016 fiscal year Naoki Tanifuji (National Institute of Technology, Yonago College) *from 2016 fiscal year

Photoswitching Materials Comprising Designed Ionic Species
Leader Hiromitsu Maeda (Ritsumeikan University) Co-Investigator Ryohei Yamakado (Yamagata University) *from 2017 fiscal year

Multifunctional Photoresponsive System Focused on Molecular Orbital Topology and Molecular Alignment
Leader Kenji Matsuda (Kyoto University)

Creation of Molecularly Integrated Multi-responsive Photochromic Materials
Leader Yasushi Yokoyama (Yokohama National University) Co-Investigator Takashi Ubukata (Yokohama National University) Izuru Kawamura (Yokohama National University)

Publicly Invited Research

Cooperative molecular alignment process enabled by spatio-temporally dynamic lighting
Leader Atsushi Shishido (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Functional Photoactive Materials Based on Flexible π Molecules
Leader Shohei Saito (Kyoto University)

Molecular design for aggregation induced emission enhancement from view of vibronic couplings
Leader Tohru Sato (Kyoto University)

Effectual Photon Upconversion through the Toroidal Interaction
Leader Tadashi Mori (Osaka University)

Development of highly sensitive fluorescence photoswitching systems by the giant amplification of nonlinear fluorescence quenching efficiency
Leader Tsuyoshi Fukaminato (Kumamoto University)

Development of Novel Excited-State Dynamics Based on Synergistic Functionalities of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Molecular Assemblies
Leader Taku Hasobe (Keio University)

Leader Yasuo Norikane (AIST)

[A03] Creative Development of Meso- and Macroscopic Cooperative Photoresponsive Molecular Assemblies

Planned Research

Development of Photoresponsive Molecular Assemblies
Leader Jiro Abe (Aoyama Gakuin University) Co-Investigator Akira Sakamoto (Aoyama Gakuin University)

Dynamics and Mechanism of Cooperative Photochemmical Reactions in Organic Nanocrystals
Leader Tsuyoshi Asahi (Ehime University) Co-Investigator Yukihide Ishibashi (Ehime University)

Construction of Photoresponsive Supramolecular Composite Systems
Leader Kingo Uchida (Ryukoku University) Co-Investigator Tsuyoshi Tsujioka (Osaka Kyoiku University) Satoshi Yokojima (Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences) Shinichiro Nakamura (RIKEN) *2014 fiscal year Koji Ogata (RIKEN) *2015.4-2016.10 Katsuya Kanda (RIKEN) *2016.11-

Development of novel photomechanical phenomena of photoresponsive molecular crystals by high-order photoexcitation
Leader Seiya Kobatake (Osaka City University)

Single-molecule level study and control of cooperative photoresponse in molecular complexes
Leader Martin Vacha (Tokyo Institute of Technology) Co-Investigator Shuzo Hirata (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Publicly Invited Research

Investigation into Interplay of Reversible Photoisomerization and Structural Phase Transition in the Self-Oscillatory Flipping of Molecular Assemblies
Leader Yoshiyuki Kageyama (Hokkaido University)

Elucidation of photoinduced phase transition in charge-transfer complex nanocrystals
Leader Tsunenobu ONODERA (Tohoku University)

Construction of hierarchical and cooperative fluorescence modulation molecular systems based on the meso-macro structural formation
Leader Fuyuki Ito (Shinshu University)

Ultrafast Energy Transfer of Biohybrid Photosynthetic Antenna Complexes in Molecular Assembly Systems
Leader Takehisa Dewa (Nagoya Institute of Technology)

Precise control of polymer actuators by two-photon processes
Leader Tomiki Ikeda (Chuo University)

Development of Advanced Photoresponsive Molecular Systems for Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy
Leader Masakazu Morimoto (Rikkyo University)

Crystallization control of the photoresponsible diarylethene film with a plasmonic chip
Leader Keiko Tawa (Kwansei Gakuin University)