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, Chiral photochemistry, Circularly polarized electroluminescence, CPEL, Circularly polarized organic light emitting diode, CP-OLED, Chiral liquid crystal
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. Contrasting Mechanochromic Luminescence of Enantiopure and Racemic Pyrenylprolinamides: Elucidating Solid-State Excimer Orientation by Circularly Polarized Luminescence. Ito, S; Wakiyama, S; Chen, H; Abekura, M; Uekusa, H; Ikemura, R; Imai, Y. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, e202422913. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202422913. 2. Magnetically Induced Switching of Circularly Polarized Luminescence using Electromagnets, Yoshitane Imai, Kota Fukuchi, Yoshihiko Yanagihashi, Satoko Suzuki, Molecules, 2025, 30(11), 2426. DOI: 10.3390/molecules30112426. 3. Chiroptically Active Host-Guest Composites Using a Terpene-based Micellar Capsule. Hashimoto, Y.; Tanaka, Y.; Suzuki, D.; Imai, Y.; Yoshizawa, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 23669-23673. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c07193.
Research and Achievements	05_imai_yoshitane.pdf
Education (Undergraduate Course)	Osaka University

Organic Structural Chemistry Laboratory

E-mail	y-imai（at）apch.kindai.ac.jp Note that this e-mail address has replaced the "@" with "(at)" to prevent spam. When e-mailing, replace the "(at)" with "@".
Laboratory URL	https://www.apch.kindai.ac.jp/laboratory/imai/