Conjugated Objects

Atsushi Nagai obtained his PhD in polymerization mechanisms and polymerizable monomer structure design from Yamagata University, Japan, in 2005. The activities pursued during his postdoctoral fellowship at Kyoto University, Japan, gave him the idea of teaching how fundamental scientific discoveries can translate into actual functional materials such as conjugated polymers. In 2010, Dr. Nagai joined the Institute For Molecular Science (IMS), Japan, as assistant professor and co-taught many international students and postdoctors at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies. He was also responsible for the design and concept of the project "Chemical, Optical Chemical, and Polymer Synthetic." Since 2014, he is a visiting assistant professor at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, USA. Since 2015, he is the editor of International Journal of Global Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology and SM Journal of Biomedical Engineering. Koji Takagi is an associate professor at the Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan. He received his PhD in 1998 from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. He developed a novel living coordination polymerization of allene derivatives by the -allylnickel catalyst and developed many experimental skills, not only for polymerization but also for organic synthesis. He started his academic career at the Nagoya Institute of Technology and launched several research themes, including controlled radical polymerization by utilizing chalcogen compounds, the synthesis of hyperbranched polymers based on triazine chemistry, and the development of -conjugated oligomeric and polymeric materials. Dr. Takagi’s research focuses on the precision spatial arrangement of chromophores using well-defined scaffolds, the controlled synthesis of 2D polythiophene derivatives, and the manipulation of electron donor–acceptor interaction in fused -conjugated imidazolium compounds.

Unique Electronic and Stereochemical Properties of Salen Complexes. Fused Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds: [n]acenes, [n]helicenes, and Their Heterocyclic Analogs. Poly(ortho-phenylene)s and their derivatives: synthesis, conformation, and physical properties. Electrochemistry of Conjugated Polymers: Synthesis, Properties and Reactions. Chain-Growth Polymerization for the Synthesis of π-Conjugated Polymers. Synthesis of Polythiophene-based Architectural Macromolecules: Recent Progress in Controlled Polymerization. Through-space conjugated compounds. Synthesis, Structures, and Functions of Helical π-Conjugated Polymers. Control of Self-Assembling Behavior of Organic Polymers via Charge-Transfer (CT) Interaction of π-Conjugated Planes. Liquid-Crystalline Materials in Mesoscopic Scale. Bulk Supramolecular Assemblies Constructed from Macrocyclic Compounds. Precision Spatial Arrangement of Chromophores using Cyclic Aromatic Triamide Scaffold. Supramolecular Assemblies of π-Electronic Charged Species. Theoretical Studies and Emerging Trends of Organic Charge Transfer (CT) Complexes. Construction of Conjugation System with Heteroatoms in Polymer Main Chains. Nanoscale Carbon Materials: Carbon Nanotubes. Conjugated Polymers Nanostructures: Synthesis and Applications.