Academic Staff and Fellows

IMAI Yoshitane: Professor Doctor of Engineering; Department/Applied Chemistry　 Graduate school/Molecular and Material Engineering

This laboratory is engaged in research based on structural organic chemistry (electronic structures, conjugate electron systems, unique molecular structures, molecular self-assemblies, etc.), and is focused on creating circularly polarized luminescent (CPL) materials through the ingenious use and design of molecular mechanisms, structures, and reactivity.

Creation of Circularly Polarized Luminescent (CPL) Materials

Research Area	Circularly polarized luminescence, CPL, Magnetic circularly polarized luminescence, MCPL, Supramolecular chemistry, Chiral photochemistry, Circularly polarized electroluminescence, CPEL, Circularly polarized organic light emitting diode, CP-OLED
Research Interests	(1)Creation of the optimal integration of chiral material and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) (2)Development of CP-OLED (3) Creation of chiral supramolecular organic fluorophore
Selected Publications	1. External magnetic field-induced circularly polarized luminescence and electroluminescence from optically inactive thermally activated delayed fluorescence material 4CzIPN. Kuroda, T.; Kitahara, M.; Yagi, S.; Imai, Y. Front. Chem. Nanoscience. 2023,DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1281168. 2. Red–Green–Blue–Yellow (RGBY) Magnetic Circularly Polarized Electroluminescence from Iridium(III)-Magnetic Circularly Polarized Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. Kitahara, M.; Hara, K.; Suzuki, S.; Iwasaki, H.; Yagi, S.; Imai, Y., Org Electron., 2023, 119, 106814. DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2023.106814. 3. Circularly Polarized Luminescence (CPL) induced by External Magnetic Field: Magnetic CPL (MCPL), Imai, Y., ChemPhotoChem., 2021, 5, 969-973. (Mini-Review) DOI:10.1002/cptc.202100142.
Research and Achievements	05_imai_yoshitane.pdf
Education (Undergraduate Course)	Osaka University

Organic Structural Chemistry Laboratory

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Laboratory URL	https://www.apch.kindai.ac.jp/laboratory/imai/