Ichiro Imae
Last Updated :2024/12/03
- Affiliations, Positions
- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Associate Professor
- Web Site
- E-mail
- imaehiroshima-u.ac.jp
- Self-introduction
- I am working on the development of energy-related materials based on organic compounds.
See the following page for more details;
http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/imae/index.html
Basic Information
Major Professional Backgrounds
- 2020/04/01, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Associate Professor
- 2019/06/14, Hiroshima Prefectural Saijo Agricultural High School, Super-Science High-School (SSH) Collaborator
- 2018/12/10, 2018/12/21, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Visiting Professor
- 2018/09/26, 2018/09/27, Muroran Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, Adjunct Lecturer
- 2007/04/01, 2020/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor
- 2006/04/01, 2007/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor
- 1997/04/01, 2006/03/31, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Research Associate (Assistant Professor)
- 1994/04/01, 1997/03/31, Japan Society for the Promotion Science (JSPS), Research Fellow
Educational Backgrounds
- Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry, Japan, 1994/04, 1997/03
- Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry, Japan, 1992/04, 1994/03
- Osaka University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry, Japan, 1988/04, 1992/03
Academic Degrees
- Doctor (Engineering), Osaka University
- Master (Engineering), Osaka University
- Bachelor (Engineering), Osaka University
Educational Activity
- [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Engineering : Cluster 3(Applied Chemistry, Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering) : Program of Applied Chemistry
- [Master's Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Applied Chemistry Program
- [Master's Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Smart Innovation Program
- [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Applied Chemistry Program
- [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Smart Innovation Program
Research Fields
- Chemistry;Applied chemistry;Polymer chemistry
- Chemistry;Materials chemistry;Polymer / Textile materials
Research Keywords
- Thermal Battery (Thermoelectric Device)
- Smart Window
- Oprganic Photovoltaic (OPV)
- Graphene
- Lithium Ion Battery
- Organic Field-Effect Transistor (OFET)
- Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC)
- Well-Defined Structure
- Photo- and Electroactive Material
- Optoelectronic Device
- Organic-Inorganic Hybrid
Affiliated Academic Societies
- American Chemical Society, 1997
- Chemical Society of Japan, 1993
- Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 1993
- Japan Society of Applied Physics, 1999
- International Thermoelectric Society, 2017
- Thermoelectrics Society of Japan, 2017
- The Ceramic Society of Japan, 2018
- Japanese Research Association for Organic Electronics Materials, 1997
- Society of Silicon Chemistry, Japan, 1996
Educational Activity
Course in Charge
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introduction to Physics for First-Year Students
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Basic Experiments in Chemistry
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Introduction to Applied Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Introduction to Fundamental Industry
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Quantum Chemistry II
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Engineering and ethics
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, Year, Graduation Thesis
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry A
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry A
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry A
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry A
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry A
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry A
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry A
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry A
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry B
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry B
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry B
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry B
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry B
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry B
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry B
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Special Exercises on Applied Chemistry B
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Study on Applied Chemistry
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Study on Applied Chemistry
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Study on Applied Chemistry
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Study on Applied Chemistry
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Physical Properties of Organic Compounds
- 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Special Study on Applied Chemistry
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Sustainability Materials Science
Award of Education
- 2015/11/12, Hiroshima University, Education Award, Hiroshima University, Invention in the Lectures of
eQuantum Chemistry II' and ePhysical Properties of Organic Compounds
Research Activities
Academic Papers
- ★, Electrosynthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of Conductive Polymers with Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) Composites, ENERGY MATERIAL ADVANCES, 5, 119, 20240923
- ★, Enhanced Performance and Stability of PEDOT:PSS Thin-Film Thermoelectrics by De-doping with Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 6(8), 6313-6321, 20240814
- ★, Synthesis of liquid crystalline compounds containing thiol groups at both ends as reactive substituents and their immobilization on a gold substrate, MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS, 768(12), 520-531, 20240530
- ★, Impact of Nitroxyl Radicals on Photovoltaic Conversion Properties of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, MATERIALS, 17(1), 202401
- ★, Thermoelectric Properties of Conductive Freestanding Films Prepared from PEDOT:PSS Aqueous Dispersion and Ionic Liquids, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 14(51), 57064-57069, 20221228
- ★, Facile silicon/graphene composite synthesis method for application in lithium-ion batteries, CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL, 48(17), 25439-25444, 20220901
- ★, Self-doped conducting polymers in biomedical engineering: Synthesis, characterization, current applications and perspectives, BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY, 146, 202208
- ★, Material design for the development of color-tunable smart windows, Function & Materials, 42(2), 25-35, 202202
- ★, Thermoelectric properties of PEDOT:PSS/SWCNT composite films with controlled carrier density, Composites Communications, 27, 100897, 20210812
- ★, Tuning of electronic properties of novel donor-acceptor polymers containing oligothiophenes with electron-withdrawing ester groups, Polymer Bulletin, 78(5), 2341-2355, 20210501
- ★, Reduction of graphene oxide using an environmentally friendly method and its application to energy-related materials, Coatings, 11(3), 20210304
- ★, Investigation of organic thermoelectric materials using potential-step chronocoulometry: Effect of polymerization methods on thermoelectric properties of poly(3-hexylthiophene), Journal of Polymer Science, 58(21), 3004-3008, 20200909
- ★, Thermoelectric properties of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) with fluorine-containing polyanion as dopant, Polymer, 199, 20200611
- ★, Synthesis and properties of alkoxy-substituted oligothiophene derivatives, Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, 33(4), 373-380, 202004
- NIR-shielding films based on PEDOT-PSS/polysiloxane and polysilsesquioxane hybrid, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 137(7), 20200215
- ★, Molecular properties of thiophene-based donor-acceptor-donor small molecules with well-defined structures, Science of Advanced Materials, 11(6), 792-799, 201906
- ★, Molecular Properties of Thiophene-Based Donor-Acceptor-Donor Small Molecules with Well-Defined Structures, Science of Advanced Materials, 11(6), 792-799, 201906
- ★, Flexible thermoelectric materials based on conducting polymers doped with silicone polymer electrolyte, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 685(1), 100-106, 20190524
- ★, Synthesis and Properties of Donor-acceptor-type Polymers Comprising Alkoxy-substituted Bithiophene Units, Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, 32(4), 585-592, 2019
- ★, Seebeck Coefficients of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):Poly(styrene sulfonate) Correlated with Oxidation Levels, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123(7), 4002-4006, 20190221
- ★, Thermoelectric properties of polythiophenes partially substituted by ethylenedioxy groups, Polymer, 144, 43-50, 20180523
- ★, Fine-tuning of electronic properties in donor-acceptor conjugated polymers based on oligothiophenes, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 57(3), 201803
- ★, Seebeck coefficients of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) correlated with doping levels, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, 20(2), 738-741, 20180114
- ★, Highly improved thermoelectric performances of PEDOT:PSS/SWCNT composites by solvent treatment, Organic Electronics, 51, 304-307, 201712
- ★, Electrosynthesis of a multilayer film stacked alternately by poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) and reduced graphene oxide from aqueous solution, Electrochemistry Communications, 81, 65-69, 201708
- ★, Orientation control of anchored molecules on metal-oxide substrates, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 82, 44-47, 201708
- ★, Thermoelectric Properties of PEDOT Films Prepared by Electrochemical Polymerization, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 55(6), 524-531, 20170315
- ★, Facile fabrication of transparent conductive graphene/silica composite films with high mechanical strength, Synthetic Metals, 224, 33-35, 201702
- Electrical Characteristics of Pentacene Films on Cross-Linked Polymeric Insulators of Varying Thicknesses, ACS Omega, 1(5), 784-788, 201611
- ★, Panchromatic dyes having diketopyrrolopyrrole and ethylenedioxythiophene applied to dye-sensitized solar cells, Organic Electronics, 37, 465-473, 201610
- ★, Panchromatic dyes having diketopyrrolopyrrole and ethylenedioxythiophene applied to dye-sensitized solar cells, Organic Electronics, 37, 465-473, 20160728
- ★, Enhanced photovoltaic performances of panchromatic EDOT-containing dye by introducing bulky dialkylfluorene units in donor moiety, Dyes and Pigments, 132, 262-269, 20160510
- ★, Thermoelectric performances of graphene/polyaniline composites prepared by one-step electrosynthesis, RSC Advances, 5(106), 86855-86860, 20151008
- ★, Synthesis of EDOT-containing polythiophenes and their properties in relation to the composition ratio of EDOT, RSC Advances, 5(103), 84694-84702, 20151006
- ★, Synthesis of EDOT-containing polythiophenes and their properties in relation to the composition ratio of EDOT, RSC Advances, 5(103), 84694-84702, 20150924
- ★, Photoinduced electron injection from an organic dye having a pyridyl anchor to Lewis acid site of TiO2 surface, RSC Advances, 5(87), 71387-71392, 20150810
- ★, Synthesis of novel dyes having EDOT-containing oligothiophenes as pi-linker for panchromatic dye-sensitized solar cells, Synthetic Metals, 207, 65-71, 20150623
- ★, In situ conductivity measurements of polythiophene partially containing 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene and 3-hexylthiophene, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 19(1), 71-76, 20140802
- ★, Synthesis of soluble polythiophene partially containing 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene and 3-hexylthiophene by polycondensation, Open Journal of Polymer Chemistry, 4(3), 83-93, 20140801
- ★, Effects of pi-conjugated side chains on properties and performances of photovoltaic copolymers, Synthetic Metals, 187, 30-36, 20131113
- ★, Synthesis and electrical properties of novel oligothiophenes partially containing 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophenes, RSC Advances, 4(5), 2501-2508, 20131029
- An easy one-step electrosynthesis of graphene/polyaniline composites and electrochemical capacitor., Carbon, 67, 662-672, 201402
- Lewis-Acid Sites of TiO2 Surface for Adsorption of Organic Dye Having Pyridyl Group as Anchoring Unit, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117(32), 16364-16370, 2013
- ★, Low bandgap polymers with benzodithiophene and bisthienylacrylonitrile units for photovoltaic applications, European Polymer Journal, 49(6), 1634-1641, 2013
- Dye-sensitized solar cells based on D-π-A fluorescent dyes with two pyridyl groups as an electron-withdrawing-injecting anchoring group, Chemical Communications, 49(25), 2548-2550, 2013
- Synthesis of a Novel Family of Polysilsesquioxanes Having Oligothiophenes with Well-Defined Structures, International Journal of Polymer Science, 2012, 484523, 2012
- ★, Oligothiophenes incorporated in a polysilsesquioxane network: application to tunable transparent conductive films, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22(32), 16407-16415, 2012
- ★, Development of a simple method for fabrication of transparent conductive films with high mechanical strength, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 13(4), 45005, 2012
- ★, Electrosynthesis and charge-transport properties of poly(3 ',4 '-ethylenedioxy-2,2 ':5 ',2 ''-terthiophene), Materials Chemistry and Physics, 131(3), 752-756, 2012
- Mechanofluorochromism of carbazole-type D-π-A fluorescent dyes, Tetrahedron, 68(2), 529-533, 2012
- Dye-sensitized solar cells based on donor-acceptor π-Conjugated fluorescent dyes with a pyridine ring as an electron-withdrawing anchoring group, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 50(32), 7429-7433, 2011
- Electrochemical reduction of graphene oxide in organic solvents, Electrochimica Acta, 56(15), 5363-5368, 2011
- ★, Charge transport properties of polymer films comprising oligothiophene in silsesquioxane network, Polymer Chemistry, 2(4), 868-872, 2011
- New molecular design of donor-π-acceptor dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: control of molecular orientation and arrangement on TiO2 surface, New Journal of Chemistry, 35(1), 111-118, 2011
- Dye-sensitized solar cells based on D-π-A fluorescent dyes with pyridine ring forming strong interaction with nanocrystalline TiO2, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 83(9), 1113-1121, 2010
- Synthesis and fluorescence and electrochemical properties of D-π-A structural isomers of benzofuro[2,3-c]oxazolo[4,5-a] carbazole-type and benzofuro[2,3-c]oxazolo[5,4-a]carbazole-type fluorescent dyes, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 8(12), 2756-2770, 2010
- ★, Conjugated polymer poly(2-methoxy-5-(3',7'- dimethyloctyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene) modification on carbon nanotubes with assistance of supercritical carbon dioxide: Chemical interaction, solubility, and light emission, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114(22), 10119-10125, 2010
- Dye-sensitized solar cells based on a novel fluorescent dye with a pyridine ring and a pyridinium dye with the pyridinium ring forming strong interactions with nanocrystalline TiO2 films, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2010(1), 92-100, 2010
- ★, Development of anchored oligothiophenes on substrates for the application to the tunable transparent conductive films, Polymer, 50(26), 6198-6201, 2009
- ★, Drastic Enhancement of Cycle Lifetime of Electrochromic Devices Using Polysilsesquioxane as an Anchoring Agent, Chemistry Letters, 37(9), 964-965, 2008
- Synthesis of new-type donor-acceptor π-conjugated benzofuro[2,3-c]oxazolo[4,5-a]carbazole fluorescent dyes and their photovoltaic performances of dye-sensitized solar cells, Tetrahedron Letters, 48(52), 9167-9170, 2007
- Dye-sensitized solar cells based on novel donor-acceptor π-conjugated benzofuro[2,3-c]oxazolo[4,5-a]carbazole-type fluorescent dyes exhibiting solid-state fluorescence, New Journal of Chemistry, 31(12), 2076-2082, 2007
- Photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells based on donor acceptor pi-conjugated benzofuro[2,3-c]oxazolo[4,5-a] carbazole-type fluorescent dyes with a carboxyl group at different positions of the chromophore skeleton, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 5(13), 2046-2054, 2007
- ★, Solid state photoluminescence property of a novel POSS-based material having carbazole, Macromolecular Symposia, 249(1), 50-55, 2007
- Functionalized periodic mesoporous organosilica fibers with longitudinal pore architectures under basic conditions, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 92(1-3), 201-211, 2006
- ★, Unique photoluminescence property of a novel perfectly carbazole-substituted POSS, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 15(43), 4581-4583, 2005
- Development of a novel POSS-based material having carbazole moiety, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5937, 59371N/1-59371N/8, 2005
- Even-odd effect of chain length on glass-forming property of oligosilylenes, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 443, 219-228, 2005
- Modification of thermal property and LUMO level of disilane by phenyl-substitution, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 6(5), 443-446, 2005
- Anionic ring-opening polymerization of optically pure 1-methyl-1-(1-naphthyl)-2,3-benzo- silacyclobut-2-ene, Macromolecules, 38(15), 6321-6326, 2005
- Periodic mesoporous organosilica materials incorporating various organic functional groups: synthesis, structural characterization, and morphology, Chemistry of Materials, 17(8), 2165-2174, 2005
- ★, Novel family of molecular glasses based on silicon-containing compounds, Chemistry Letters, 34(3), 290-291, 2005
- Novel thermally resistant polysilphenylenesiloxanes with a high content of vinyl substituents, Polymer International, 53(9), 1259-1265, 2004
- Electrochemical properties and estimation of HOMO and LUMO levels of permethylated oligosilanes with well-defined structures, Designed Monomers and Polymers, 7(1-2), 127-134, 2004
- High Performance Siloxane-Containing Polymers, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 415, 75-92, 2004
- Control of molecular weight, stereochemistry and higher order structure of siloxane-containing polymers and their functional design, Macromolecular Research, 12(2), 156-171, 2004
- Synthesis, stereochemistry and chiroptical properties of naphthylphenyl-substituted optically active oligosilanes with alpha,omega-chiral silicon centers, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 685(1-2), 35-43, 2003
- Synthesis and electrochromic properties of a new family of methacrylate polymers containing pendant oligothiophenes, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 41(21), 2471-2484, 2003
- Controlled synthesis of silicon-containing polymers by metal catalysts, Polymer International, 52(10), 1619-1624, 2003
- Synthesis and characterization of poly(silphenylenesiloxane)s containing functional side groups, a study to high-temperature elastomer, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 4(1), 27-34, 2003
- Evaluation of absolute configuration of naphthylphenyl-substituted by CD exciton chirality method, Chirality, 15(3), 231-237, 2003
- ★, Catalytic cross-dehydrocoupling polymerization of phenylsilane with water. A new approach to poly(phenylsilsesquioxane), Polymer Journal, 35(2), 197-202, 2003
- Synthesis and thermal properties of disiloxane-arylene polymers by dehydrocoupling polymerization of bis(dimethylsilyl)arylene with water, Silicon Chemistry, 1(2), 139-143, 2002
- Synthesis and characterization of optically active hyperbranched poly(carbosiloxane)s, Macromolecules, 35(13), 4938-4945, 2002
- Synthesis of stereoregular and optically active poly[{methyl(1-naphthyl)silylene}(o-phenylene)methylene] by platinum-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization, Macromolecules, 35(7), 2455-2460, 2002
- Formation of poly(silsesquioxane) gel containing optically active 1,3-dimethyl-1,3-diphenyldisiloxane as a connecting unit, Polymer Journal, 34(1), 43-47, 2002
- Regioselective ring opening of 1-methyl-1-(1-naphthyl)-2,3-benzosilacyclobut-2-ene by carbanion and silyl anion, Chemistry Letters, 30(10), 986-987, 2001
- Synthesis, characterization and thermal properties of phenylene-disiloxane polymers obtained from catalytic cross-dehydrocoupling polymerization of bis(dimethylsilyl)benzene isomers and water, Polymer International, 50(12), 1346-1351, 2001
- Silacyclobutane as "carbanion pump" in anionic polymerization. 2. Effective trapping of the initially formed carbanion by diphenylethylene, Macromolecules, 34(13), 4384-4389, 2001
- Analysis of terminal group and stereochemistry of silicon-containing compounds and polymers by NMR, International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization, 5(4-6), 437-455, 2000
- Stereospecific formation of optically active trialkylsilyllithiums and their configurational stability, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 611(1-2), 20-25, 2000
- Silacyclobutanes as "carbanion pump" in anionic polymerization I. Anionic polymerization of styrene by potassium t-butoxide in the presence of silacyclobutanes, Polymer Journal, 32(6), 527-530, 2000
- Electrochromic properties of new methacrylate copolymers containing pendant oligothiophene and oligo(ethyleneoxide) moieties in the presence of a polymer-gel electrolyte, Electrochimica Acta, 45(8-9), 1543-1547, 2000
- Optically active oligo- and polyamides from optically active spiro[3.3]heptane-2,6-dicarboxylic acid, Polymer Journal, 31(11-2), 1041-1044, 1999
- Functionality and stereochemical design of silicon-containing polymers, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 200(6), 1245-1256, 1999
- Synthesis and polyaddition reaction of optically active methylphenylpropargylsilane, Macromolecules, 32(20), 6874-6876, 1999
- Synthesis and electrochromic properties of methacrylate copolymers containing pendant terthiophene and oligo(ethyleneoxide) moieties, Synthetic Metals, 102(1-3), 969-970, 1999
- Structure and electrical conductivity of a solid salt obtained by electrochemical oxidation of a thiophene dodecamer, Synthetic Metals, 101(1-3), 600-601, 1999
- Synthesis and optical activity of polyamides derived from optically active spiro[3.3]heptane-2,6-dicarboxylic acid, Polymer Journal, 31(3), 313-315, 1999
- Elucidation of the stereochemical pathway to isotactic poly[(methylphenylsilylene)trimethylene] from allylmethylphenylsilane, Polymer Journal, 30(12), 1001-1003, 1998
- ★, Electrochromic properties of a vinyl polymer containing pendant 1,4-di(2-thienyl)benzene, Synthetic Metals, 85(1-3), 1385-1386, 1997
- ★, 5,5’’-Bis{4-[bis(4-methylphenyl)amino]phenyl}-2,2’:5’,2’’-terthiophene and 5,5’’’-bis{4-[bis(4-methylphenyl)amino]phenyl}-2,2’:5’,2’’:5’’,2’’’-quaterthiophene as a novel family of amorphous molecular materials, Advanced Materials, 9(3), 239-241, 1997
- Preparation and electrical conductivities of oligothiophene radical-cation salts, Synthetic Metals, 84(1-3), 597-598, 1997
- ★, Synthesis of a novel family of electrochemically-doped vinyl polymers containing pendant oligothiophenes and their electrical and electrochromic properties, Macromolecules, 30(3), 380-386, 1997
- Synthesis and electrochromic properties of a methacrylate polymer containing pendant terthiophene, Synthetic Metals, 81(2-3), 157-162, 1996
- Electrochemical doping of a-ethyl-disubstituted oligothiophenes and electrical conductivities of the resulting radical-cation salts, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 6(1), 117-118, 1996
- Synthesis and electrical properties of novel electrochemically-doped vinyl polymers containing ’end-capped’ quaterthiophene and quinquethiophene as pendant groups, Synthetic Metals, 69(1-3), 285-286, 1995
- Synthesis of a novel type of electrochemically doped vinyl polymer containing pendant terthiophene and its electrical and electrochromic properties, Macromolecules, 28(3), 723-729, 1995
- Electrochromic and photoelectrical properties of electrochemically doped vinyl polymers containing pendant pi-electron systems, Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan, 15A, 309-314, 1994
- A novel type of semiconducting polymers: synthesis and properties of electrochemically doped polymers containing pendant oligothiophenes, Synthetic Metals, 55(2-3), 1176-1181, 1993
- Polymers containing pendant oligothiophenes as a novel class of electrochromic materials, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 3(1), 113-114, 1993
Publications such as books
- 2023/08/17, Development Trends of Smart Windows, 2023, 8, Scholarly Book, Joint work, 日本語, 12
- 2021/07/15, Surfaces, Interfaces and Coatings Technology, The book Surfaces, Interfaces, and Coatings Technology is a compilation of recent research advances covering fundamental aspects of chemistry and physics occurring at surfaces and interfaces., The book Surfaces, Interfaces, and Coatings Technology is a compilation of recent research advances covering fundamental aspects of chemistry and physics occurring at surfaces and interfaces., Synthesis of Reduced Graphene Oxide Using an Environmentally Friendly Method and its Application to Energy Materials, Vide Leaf, 2021, 202107, Scholarly Book, Contributor, English, Imae, Ichiro, 978-81-953047-3-8, 32
- 2007, ACS Symposium Series, Formation and functionalization of aryl-substituted silsesquioxanes, Silsesquioxane, Oxford University Press, 2007, Scholarly Book, Joint work, 英語, Kawakami, Yusuke; Lee, Dong Woo; Pakjamsai, Chitsakon; Seino, Makoto; Takano, Akiko; Miyasato, Akio; Imae, Ichiro, 301-312, vol.964
- 2004, ACS Symposium Series, Synthesis, properties, and applications of photochromic amorphous molecular materials and electrochromic polymers, Electrochromism, Oxford University Press, 2004, Scholarly Book, Joint work, 英語, Shirota, Yasuhiko; Nakano, Hideyuki; Imae, Ichiro; Ohsedo, Yutaka; Yasuda, Yoshiaki; Utsumi, Hisayuki; Ujike, Toshiki; Takahashi, Toru, 173-186, vol.888
- 2003, ACS Symposium Series, Synthesis and characterization of siloxane-containing polymers obtained by dehydrocoupling polymerization, Siloxane, Oxford University Press, 2003, Scholarly Book, Joint work, 英語, Kawakami, Yusuke; Imae, Ichiro, 61-71, vol.838
Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation
- Side-Chain-Driven Control of Solubility and Physical Properties in pi-Conjugated Polymers for Advanced Applications, Imae, Ichiro, International Conference on Advanced Functional Materials, 2024/11/18, With Invitation, English, Dubai
- Electrochemical control and quantification of carrier density of pi-conjugated polymers, Imae, Ichiro, Global Event on Material Science and Engineering & World Congress on Nanotechnology, 2024/10/31, With Invitation, English, Online
- Properties and applications of element block materials using pi-conjugated compounds and siloxane-network polymers, Imae, Ichiro, 73rd Symposium on Macromolecules; the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2024/09/25, With Invitation, Japanese, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Niigata
- Synthesis and application of graphene oxide/silica composites by an environmentally friendly method, Imae, Ichiro, 22nd Meeting; the Japanese Sol-Gel Society, 2024/07/25, Without Invitation, Japanese, The Japanese Sol-Gel Society, Hiroshima, Higashi-Hiroshima
- Development of an Environmentally Friendly Synthesis Method for Composite Materials Using Abundant Silica and Low-Cost Graphene Oxide, Imae, Ichiro, Global Meet on Graphene and Carbon Nanostructures (GMGCN2024), 2024/07/18, With Invitation, English, Online
- Modulating thermoelectric properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes through chemical doping methods, Imae, Ichiro; Morimoto, Miki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke; Saito, Daichi; Maeda, Ryota; Goto, Yuka, Morimoto, Miki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke; Saito, Daichi; Maeda, Ryota; Goto, Yuka, 40th International and 20th European Thermoelectric Conference (ICT/ECT 2024), 2024/07/01, Without Invitation, English, International Thermoelectric Society, Krakow
- Electrochemical control and quantification of carrier density and side-chain engineering of pi-conjugated polymers, Imae, Ichiro, Silesian University of Technology Seminar, 2024/06/28, With Invitation, Japanese, Gliwice
- Green Synthesis of Graphene/Silicon Composite and Its Application to Lithium-ion Battery, Imae, Ichiro, 4th Edition of International Conference on Green Chemistry and Renewable Energy (Green Chemistry 2024), 2024/06/18, With Invitation, English, Paris
- Thermoelectric properties of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) having polyhedral oligomeric
silsesquioxane as a side chain, Imae, Ichiro; Hara, Yasuto Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, Hara, Yasuto; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, 73rd Annual Meeting; the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2024/06, Without Invitation, Japanese, the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Miyagi, Sendai
- Development of environmentally friendly method for synthesis of graphene oxide/silica composites, Imae, Ichiro, 267th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition (ACS Spring 2024), 2023/03/21, Without Invitation, English, American Chemical Society, New Orleans
- Estimation of Charge-carrier Density of Conducting Polymers Using Potential-step Chronocoulometry, and Its Application to Researches on Organic Thermoelectric Materials, Imae, Ichiro, MRM 2023 / IUMRS-ICA 2023, 2023/12/15, With Invitation, English, The Materials Research Society of Japan (MRS-Japan), Kyoto
- Control and quantification of carrier density of pi–conjugated polymers using electrochemical methods and its application to the analysis of electrical properties, Imae, Ichiro, GoGE/SDG Workshop 2023, 2023/10/24, With Invitation, Japanese, Seoul
- Synthesis of a liquid crystalline compound containing thiol groups at both ends as reactive substituents and its immobilization on a gold substrate, Imae, Ichiro; Tsukiyama, Kazuki, KJF International Conference on Organic Materials for Electronics and Photonics 2023 (KJF-ICOMEP 2023), 2023/08/31, Without Invitation, English, Fukuoka
- Investigation of mechanical and thermoelectric properties of PEDOT:PSS with the addition of ionic compounds, Imae, Ichiro; Uehara, Hiroki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, 39th Annual International Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT 2023), 2023/06/15, Without Invitation, English, Seatle
- Electrochemical Analysis of Correlation between Doping Level and Electrical Properties of Conducting Polymers, Imae, Ichiro, 8th Annual Conference of Analytix-2023, 2023/05/19, With Invitation, Japanese, Osaka
- Development of Novel Conducting Polymers for the Application to the Thermoelectric Devices, Imae, Ichiro, Smart Devices Symposium 2023 (SDS2023), 2023/05/17, With Invitation, English, Osaka
- Development of photo- and electro-active element-block materials using sol-gel method, Imae, Ichiro, 36th Fall Meeting; the Ceramic Society of Japan, 2023/09/06, With Invitation, Japanese, the Ceramic Society of Japan, Kyoto
- Thermoelectric properties of freestanding PEDOT films with excellent mechanical strength, Imae, Ichiro; Uehara, Hiroki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, Uehara, Hiroki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, 70th JSAP Spring Meeting, 2023/03, Without Invitation, Japanese, the Japan Society of Applied Physics, Tokyo
- Color control of smart windows using organic pi-conjugated compounds, Imae, Ichiro, India-International Forum, 2023/03, With Invitation, English, India
- Side-chain engineering of pi-conjugated polymers for the application to energy materials, Imae, Ichiro, 6th Global Webinar on Materials Sience and Engineering, 2023/02, With Invitation, English
- Application of ion-exchanged PEDOT:PSS with ionic liquids to organic thermoelectric materials, Imae, Ichiro; Uehara, Hiroki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, Uehara, Hiroki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, 7th International Conference on Advances in Functional Materials (AFM2023), 2023/01, Without Invitation, English, Fukuoka
- Electrolytic synthesis and properties of polythiophenes containing POSS, Imae, Ichiro; Wakita, Tsuyoshi; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, Wakita, Tsuyoshi; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, 41st Symposium on Inorganic Polymers, 2022/11, Without Invitation, Japanese, the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Tokyo
- Thermoelectric properties of free-standing conductive films prepared from PEDOT:PSS and EMIM:TCB, Imae, Ichiro; Uehara, Hiroki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, Uehara, Hiroki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, International Conference on Organic and Hybrid Thermoelectrics (ICOT2022), 2022/10, Without Invitation, English, Fukuoka
- Side-chain engineering to balance processability and thermoelectric properties in alkoxy-substituted polythiophenes, Morimoto, Miki; Takaki, Toru; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, Morimoto, Miki; Takaki, Toru; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, International Conference on Organic and Hybrid Thermoelectrics (ICOT2022), 2022/10, Without Invitation, English, Fukuoka
- Optimization of thermoelectric properties of PEDOT:PSS by ion exchange with ionic liquids, Imae, Ichiro; Uehara, Hiroki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, Uehara, Hiroki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, 71st Symposium on Macromolecules, 2022/09, Without Invitation, Japanese, the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Sapporo, Hokkaido
- Relationship between the side-chain density and thermoelectric properties of polythiophenes, Morimoto, Miki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, Morimoto, Miki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, 71st Symposium on Macromolecules, 2022/09, Without Invitation, Japanese, the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Sapporo, Hokkaido
- Facile synthesis of reduced graphene oxide/silicon composites and their application to lithium-ion batteries, Imae, Ichiro; Yukinaga, Kohei; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, Yukinaga, Kohei; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, 35th Fall Meeting; the Ceramic Society of Japan, 2022/09, Without Invitation, Japanese, the Ceramic Society of Japan, Tokushima
- Effects of adding ionic liquids to organic thermoelectric material PEDOT:PSS, Imae, Ichiro; Uehara, Hiroki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, Uehara, Hiroki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, 19th Annual Meeting of the Thermoelectrics Society of Japan, 2022/08, Without Invitation, Japanese, the Thermoelectrics Society of Japan, Niigata
- Thermoelectric properties of PEDOT:PSS modified with ionic liquids, Imae, Ichiro; Uehara, Hiroki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, Uehara, Hiroki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, 12th International Symposium on Organic Molecular Electronics (ISOME2022), 2022/05, Without Invitation, English, Tokyo
- Thermoelectric properties of PEDOT:PSS with ionic liquids as additives, Imae, Ichiro, 2nd Online International Conference on Functional Materials and Chemical Engineering, 2022/04, With Invitation, Japanese
- Thermoelectric Properties of Conducting Polymers and Their Composites with Controlled Carrier Density, Imae, Ichiro, 2nd Global Webinar on Materials Science and Engineering (GWMSE-2021), 2021/11, With Invitation, English
- Graphene/Silicon Composite Synthesized by Facile, Inexpensive, and Environmentally-Friendly Method and Its Application to Lithium-ion Battery, Imae, Ichiro, The 3rd International Conference on Graphene and Novel Nanomaterials (GNN 2021), 2021/08, With Invitation, English
- Side-chain Engineering in Polythiophenes and Their Application to Smart Windows and Thermoelectric Devices, Imae, Ichiro, 3rd Global Virtual Summit on "Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry Science", 2021/07, With Invitation, English
- Charge Transport Properties of Conducting Polymers with Controlled Molecular Structure and Carrier Density, and Their Application to Thermoelectric Devices, Imae, Ichiro; Takaki, Toru; Morimoto, Miki; Imato, keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, 5th International Symposium on Fuels and Energy (ISFE2021), 2021/07, Without Invitation, English
- Effect of ionic liquid addition on thermoelectric properties of PEDOT:PSS, Uehara, Hiroki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, 45th Symposium on Organic Electron Transfer Chemistry (EOC-45), 2021/06, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of long-chain alkoxy-substituted polythiophenes, Morimoto, Miki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, 45th Symposium on Organic Electron Transfer Chemistry (EOC-45), 2021/06, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Thermoelectric properties of PEDOT:PSS doped with ionic liquid, Uehara, Hiroki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, 70th Annual Meeting; the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2021/05, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Synthesis and properties of a polythiophene with octyloxy group in the side chain, Morimoto, Miki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, 70th Annual Meeting; the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2021/05, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Thermoelectric properties of a mixture of PEDOT:PSS and ionic liquid, Uehara, Hiroki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, 101st Spring Meeting; the Chemical Society of Japan, 2021/03, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Synthesis and properties of a novel regioregular polythiophene with octyloxy group in the side chain, Morimoto, Miki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, 101st Spring Meeting; the Chemical Society of Japan, 2021/03, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Donor-acceptor-type Polymers Having Oligothiophenes with Well-defined Structures, Imae, Ichiro, Materials Science Virtual 2020, 2020/09, With Invitation, English
- Carbon/Silicon-related Composites Synthesized by Simple and Environmentally Friendly Method, Imae, Ichiro; Yukinaga, Kohei, 31st Fall Meeting; the Ceramic Society of Japan, 2020/09, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Synthesis and Properties of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) Having Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS), Imae, Ichiro; Wakita, Tsuyoshi; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, 69th Annual Meeting; the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2020/05, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Synthesis and Properties of Polythiophenes with Controlled Number and Position of Alkoxy Groups, Imae, Ichiro; Takaki, Toru; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, 69th Annual Meeting; the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2020/05, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Thermoelectric Properties of a Conducting Polymer Doped with Ionic Liquid Introduced by Anion Exchange, Uehara, Hiroki; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, 69th Annual Meeting; the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2020/05, Without Invitation, Japanese, Fukuoka
- Synthesis and Properties of Polythiophenes Having Alkoxy Groups in the Side Chain at Various Ratios, Imae, Ichiro; Takaki, Toru; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, The 100th CSJ Annual Meeting, 2020/03, Without Invitation, Japanese, the Chemical Society of Japan, Noda, Chiba
- Synthesis and Properties of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Containing Octahedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane as a Pendant Group, Imae, Ichiro; Wakita, Tsuyoshi; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke, The 100th CSJ Annual Meeting, 2020/03, Without Invitation, Japanese, the Chemical Society of Japan, Noda, Chiba
- Synthesis and Properties of Polythiophene Containing Disiloxane Unit in the Side Chain, Ueki, Nao; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuk; Imae, Ichiro, The 100th CSJ Annual Meeting, 2020/03, Without Invitation, Japanese, the Chemical Society of Japan, Noda, Chiba
- Organic Photovoltaic Cells Using Reduced Graphene Oxide as a Hole-transport Layer, Sasaki, Ayane; Imato, Keiichi; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, The National Central University-Hiroshima University Joint Symposium 2019, 2019/10, Without Invitation, English, Excellent Poster Award
- Correlation between Seebeck Coefficients of Organic Thermoelectric Materials and Their Oxidation Levels, Imae, Ichiro, 20th International Union of Materials Research Societies - International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA), 2019/09, With Invitation, English, IUMRS, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Control of Thermoelectric Properties of Polythiophenes, Imae, Ichiro, International Congress on Advanced Materials Science and Engineering (AMSE-2019), 2019/07, With Invitation, English, Osaka
- Tuning of Electronic Properties of Novel Donor-Acceptor Polymers Having Oligothiophenes with Electron-withdrawing Ester Groups, Imae, Ichiro; Tada, Naofumi; Harima, Yutaka, 10th International Conference on Molecular Electronics and Bioelectronics (M&BE10), 2019/06, Without Invitation, English, The Japan Society of Applied Physics, Nara
- Synthesis and Properties of Donor-acceptor-type Polymers Having Alkoxy-substituted Bithiophenes, Imae, Ichiro; Tada, Naofumi; Harima, Yutaka, 36th International Conference of Photopolymer Science and Technology (ICPST-36), 2019/06, Without Invitation, English, The Society of Photopolymer Science and Technology, Chiba
- Tuning of Thermoelectric Properties of Alkoxy-substituted Polythiophenes, Takaki, Toru; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, 68th Annual Meeting; the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2019/05, Without Invitation, Japanese, the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Osaka
- Thermoelectric Properties of PEDOT:PSS/SWCNT Composites with Controlled Oxidation Levels, Imae, Ichiro; Yamane, Haruka; Ooyama, Yousuke, 68th Annual Meeting; the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2019/05, Without Invitation, Japanese, the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Osaka
- Synthesis and Properties of Novel Polythiophenes Containing Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane as a Side Chain, Wakita, Tsuyoshi; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, 68th Annual Meeting; the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2019/05, Without Invitation, Japanese, the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Osaka
- Thermoelectric Properties of Conducting Polymers Doped with Silicone-Based Polymer Electrolyte, Imae, Ichiro; Ueki, Nao; Ooyama, Yousuke, 50th Silicon Symposium, 2019/05, Without Invitation, English, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
- Thermoelectric Properties of Composite Films of PEDOT:PSS/Carbon Nanotube Controlled by Their Oxidation Levels, Yamane, Haruka; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, 99th Spring Meeting; the Chemical Society of Japan, 2019/03, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Thermoelectric Properties of Polythiophenes Containing Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane, Wakita, Tsuyoshi; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, 99th Spring Meeting; the Chemical Society of Japan, 2019/03, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Thermoelectric Properties of Conducting Polymers Doped with a Siloxane-based Polymer Electrolyte, Ueki, Nao; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, 99th Spring Meeting; the Chemical Society of Japan, 2019/03, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Organic Photovoltaic Cells Using Reduced Graphene Oxide as a Hole-transport Layer, Sasaki, Ayane; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, 99th Spring Meeting; the Chemical Society of Japan, 2019/03, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Charge/Discharge Characteristics of Lithium-Ion Secondary Batteries Using Reduced Graphene Oxide/Silicon Composites, Yukinaga, Kohei; Imae, Ichiro, The 66th JSAP Spring Meeting, 2019; the Japan Society of Applied Physics, 2019/03, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Thermoelectric Properties of Conducting Polymers and Their Composites with Carbon Nanotube, Imae, Ichiro, International Workshop for Organic-Hybrid Semiconductor Materials and Devices, 2018/12, With Invitation, English
- Thermoelectric Properties of Conducting Polymers with Controlled Doping Levels, Imae, Ichiro; Akazawa, Ryosuke; Shi, Mengyan; Harima, Yutaka, 12th SPSJ International Polymer Conference (IPC2018), 2018/12, Without Invitation, English
- Thermoelectric Properties of Polythiophenes Having Polyhedral Oligosilsesquioxanes (POSS), Wakita, Tsuyoshi; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, 12th SPSJ International Polymer Conference (IPC2018), 2018/12, Without Invitation, English
- Tuning of Thermoelectric Properties of Alkoxy-Substituted Polythiophenes, Takaki, Toru; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, 12th SPSJ International Polymer Conference (IPC2018), 2018/12, Without Invitation, English
- Facile Fabrication of Graphene/Silicon Composites and Their Application to Lithium-Ion Battery, Yukinaga, Kohei; Imae, Ichiro, 12th SPSJ International Polymer Conference (IPC2018), 2018/12, Without Invitation, English
- Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of Polythiophenes Having Polyhedral Oligosilsesquioxanes (POSS), Wakita, Tsuyoshi; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, CSJ Chugoku-Shikoku Branch Meeting 2018; the Chemical Society of Japan, 2018/11, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Synthesis and Properties of Polythiophene Having Alkoxy Side Chains, Takaki, Toru; Ooyama, Yousuke; Imae, Ichiro, CSJ Chugoku-Shikoku Branch Meeting 2018; the Chemical Society of Japan, 2018/11, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Structure and Charge/Discharge Characteristics of Graphene/Silicon Composites Prepared by Simple Fabrication Method, Yukinaga, Kohei; Imae, Ichiro, CSJ Chugoku-Shikoku Branch Meeting 2018; the Chemical Society of Japan, 2018/11, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Graphene/Silicon Composites Prepared by Simple Fabrication Method, Yukinaga, Kohei; Imae, Ichiro, 37th Symposium on Inorganic Polymers; the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2018/11, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Thermoelectric Properties of Conducting Polymers Correlated with Their Oxidation Levels, Imae, Ichiro, 14th IUPAC International Conference on Novel Materials and their Synthesis (NMS-XIV), 2018/10, With Invitation, English
- Charge/Discharge Characteristics of Lithium-Ion Secondary Battery Using Graphene/Silicon Composites Synthesized by Simple Fabrication for Anode Materials, Yukinaga, Kohei; Imae, Ichiro, 79th JSAP Autumn Meeting; the Japan Society of Applied Physics, 2018/09, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Thermoelectric Properties of PEDOT:PSS with Controlled Oxidation Levels, Imae, Ichiro; Shi, Mengyan; Ooyama, Yousuke; Harima, Yutaka, 79th JSAP Autumn Meeting; the Japan Society of Applied Physics, 2018/09, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Environmentally Friendly Method to Prepare Graphene Oxide/Silica Composites, Imae, Ichiro; Yukinaga, Kohei; Sasaki, Ayane, 31st Fall Meeting; the Ceramic Society of Japan, 2018/09, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Flexible Thermoelectric Materials Based on Conducting Polymers Doped with Silicone Polymer Electrolyte, Imae, Ichiro; Kataoka, Hiroki; Harima, Yutaka, 2018 KJF International Conference on Organic Materials for Electronics and Photonics (KJF-ICOMEP 2018), 2018/09, Without Invitation, English
- Seebeck Coefficients of Conducting Polymers Correlated with Doping Levels, Imae, Ichiro; Akazawa, Ryosuke; Shi, Mengyan; Harima, Yutaka, 2018 International Conference on Thermoelectrics (2018ICT), 2018/07, Without Invitation, English
- Effect of Doping Levels on Thermoelectric Properties of Alkyl-substituted Polythiophene, Imae, Ichiro; Akazawa, Ryosuke; Harima, Yutaka, 67th Annual Meeting; the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2018/05, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Thermoelectric Properties of Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Correlated with Doping Level, Imae, Ichiro, 2018 5th Global Conference on Polymer and Composite Materials (PCM 2018), 2018/04, With Invitation, English
- Thermoelectric Properties of PEDOT:PSS Controlled by Doping Level, Imae, Ichiro; Shi, Mengyan; Ooyama, Yousuke; Harima, Yutaka, 98th Spring Meeting; the Chemical Society of Japan, 2018/03, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Facile Method to Prepare PEDOT/SWCNT Composite Films and Their Thermoelectric Properties, Imae, Ichiro; Zhang, Lu; Harima, Yutaka, 98th Spring Meeting; the Chemical Society of Japan, 2018/03, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Facile Fabrication of PEDOT:PSS/SWCNT Composite Film with High Thermoelectric Properties, Imae, Ichiro; Zhang, Lu; Harima, Yutaka, International Conference on Organic and Hybrid Thermoelectrics (ICOT2018), 2018/02, Without Invitation, English
- Thermoelectric Properties of Conducting Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Composite Films Prepared by Facile Method, Imae, Ichiro; Zhang, Lu; Harima, Yutaka, 36th Symposium on Inorganic Polymers; the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2017/11, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Thermoelectric Composites Based on Conducting Polymers and Carbon Materials, Imae, Ichiro, 7th Annual World Congress of Nano Science and Technology-2017 (Nano S&T-2017), 2017/10, With Invitation, English
- Electrochemical Estimation of Doping Level of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and Its Thermoelectric Properties, Imae, Ichiro; Akazawa, Ryosuke; Harima, Yutaka, 66nd Symposium on Macromolecules; the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2017/09, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Facile Synthesis of Composite Films of PEDOT and Carbon Nanotube and Their Thermoelectric Properties, Imae, Ichiro; Zhang, Lu; Harima, Yutaka, 66nd Symposium on Macromolecules; the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2017/09, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Facile Method to Prepare Multilayered Film of PEDOT and Graphene, Imae, Ichiro; Fujimoto, Daiki; Harima, Yutaka, 66nd Symposium on Macromolecules; the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2017/09, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Thermoelectric Properties of Polyhexylthiophene with Electrochemically Controlled Doping Levels, Imae, Ichiro; Akazawa, Ryosuke; Harima, Yutaka, 14th Annual Meeting of the Thermoelectrics Society of Japan; the Thermoelectrics Society of Japan, 2017/09, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Development of Facile Method to Prepare Composite Films of PEDOT/SWCNT with High Thermoelectric Performance, Imae, Ichiro; Zhang, Lu; Harima, Yutaka, 14th Annual Meeting of the Thermoelectrics Society of Japan; the Thermoelectrics Society of Japan, 2017/09, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of Polythiophenes Having Alkoxy and Alkyl Substituents, Imae, Ichiro; Koumoto, Takashi; Akazawa, Ryosuke; Harima, Yutaka, The 15th International Conference on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICAM2017), 2017/08, Without Invitation, English
- Tuning of Thermoelectric Properties of Polythiophenes by Their Chemical Structures and Doping Levels, Imae, Ichiro; Koumoto, Takashi; Akazawa, Ryosuke; Harima, Yutaka, 2017 International Conference on Thermoelectrics (2017ICT), 2017/07, Without Invitation, English
- Synthesis and Photovoltaic Performances of Novel D-A Copolymers Having Oligothiophenes Partially Containing 3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene, Imae, Ichiro; Sagawa, Hitoshi; Harima, Yutaka, 9th International Conference on Molecular Electronics and Bioelectronics (M&BE9), 2017/06, Without Invitation, English
- Development of Novel D-A Copolymers and Their Electronic Properties Tuned by Polymer Structures, Imae, Ichiro; Sagawa, Hitoshi; Tada, Naofumi; Harima, Yutaka, 66th Annual Meeting; the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2017/05, Without Invitation, Japanese
- Facile Method to Prepare Graphene-Silica Composite Films, Imae, Ichiro, New Technology Presentation Meetings 2016, 2016/11, With Invitation, Japanese, Chugoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, Hiroshima
- Development of Graphene-based Composite Films, Imae, Ichiro; ISAAK, Izzah Syazwani; Komaguchi, Kenji; Harima, Yutaka, 96th Spring Meeting; the Chemical Society of Japan, 2016/03, Without Invitation, Japanese, the Chemical Society of Japan, Kyoto, Kyotanabe
- Synthesis and Properties of Soluble EDOT-containing Polythiophenes, Imae, Ichiro; Ogino, Ryo; Komaguchi, Kenji; Harima, Yutaka, 96th Spring Meeting; the Chemical Society of Japan, 2016/03, Without Invitation, Japanese, the Chemical Society of Japan, Kyoto, Kyotanabe
- Development of Transparent Conductive Films Using Network-type Siloxane Materials, Imae, Ichiro, New Developments of Silicon-based Materials; Center for Research on Environmentally Friendly Smart Materials, 2016/02, With Invitation, Japanese, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Higashi-Hiroshima
- Synthesis and Properties of Polythiophenes Composed of 3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene and 3-Hexylthiophene, Imae, Ichiro; Goto, Tatsunari; Ogino, Ryo; Harima, Yutaka, International Conference on Organic and Hybrid Thermoelectrics (ICOT2016), 2016/01, Without Invitation, English, Kyoto, Kyoto
- Synthesis of Composite Films of Graphene/Silica and Their Mechanical and Electrical Properties, Imae, Ichiro; Onishi, Tomoya; Komaguchi, Kenji; Harima, Yutaka, 64th Annual Meeting; the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2015/05, Without Invitation, Japanese, the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Hokkaido
- Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Utilizing Coadsorption at Different Acid Sites of Titania, Fujita, Takuya; Imae, Ichiro; Ooyama, Yousuke; Komaguchi, Kenji; Harima, Yutaka, 95th Spring Meeting; the Chemical Society of Japan, 2015/03, Without Invitation, Japanese, the Chemical Society of Japan, Chiba, Funabashi
- Poly/Oligothiophene-based Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials, Imae, Ichiro, South-Central University of Nationalities Seminar, 2012/09, With Invitation, English
- Synthesis of Lengthy Oligothiophenes Comprised in Polysilsesquioxane Network, Ichiro Imae, 2011/11, With Invitation, English
- Synthesis and Properties of Polysilsesquioxanes Having Oligothiophenes, Imae, Ichiro, The 7th International Symposium on Advanced Materials in Asia-Pacific Rim (ISAMAP-7), 2010/09, With Invitation, English
- Anchoring of Photo- and Electroactive Chromophores Using Polysilsesquioxane, Ichiro Imae, Shotaro Takayama, Daisuke Tokita, Yousuke Ooyama, Kenji Komaguchi, Yutaka Harima, Joji Ohshita, The 13th International Symposium on Advanced Display Materials and Devices (ADMD 2009), 2009/07, With Invitation, English
- Improved Properties of Electrochromic Materials Using Polysilesquioxanes as an Anchoring Agent, Ichiro Imae, The 5th International Symposium on Advanced Materials in Asia-Pcific Rim (ISAMAP-5), 2008/08, With Invitation, English
- Silicon-containing Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Photo- and Electroactive Materials, Ichiro Imae, IFW Seminar, 2008/07, With Invitation, English
- Synthesis of A Novel POSS-based Material Having Carbazole, and Its Thermal, Electrochemical and Optical Properties, Ichiro Imae, The 4th International Symposium on Advanced Materials in Asia-Pcific Rim (ISAMAP-4), 2007/07, With Invitation, English
- Synthesis and Photoluminescence Properties of A Novel Cubic Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) Having Carbazole, Ichiro Imae, 20th Japan-Korea Joint Symposium on Advanced Soft Materials, 2007/01, With Invitation, English
- Optical and Electrochemical Properties of Oligosilanes with Well-defined Structures, Ichiro Imae, Chulalongkorn University Seminar, 2004/02, With Invitation, English
- Synthesis and Properties of Triphenylamine-containing Polymer, Ichiro Imae, Yusuke Kawakami, The 3rd POSTECH-JAIST Joint Symposium on Macromolecular Science, 2003/03, With Invitation, English
- Oligosilanes with Well-defined Structures, Ichiro Imae, Yusuke Kawakami, 2002 International Symposium on Functional Materials, 2002/11, With Invitation, English
- Electrochemical Properties of Oligosilanes with Well-defined Structures, Ichiro Imae, Yusuke Kawakami, The 1st POSTECH-JAIST Joint Symposium on Macromolecular Science, 2001/03, With Invitation, English
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Awards
- 2021/08/26, Best Presentation Award, the 3rd International Conference on Graphene and Novel Nanomaterials (GNN2021), Graphene/Silicon Composite Synthesized by Facile, Inexpensive, and Environmentally-Friendly Method and Its Application to Lithium-ion Battery
- 2019/05, 14th Murakawa/Namba Award for Technology Encouragement, Sanyo Association for Advancement of Science & Technology, Development of Synthetic Method of Graphene/Silicon Composite for the Application to High-Performance Lithium-Ion Secondary Battery
- 2019/05, Publicity Award, Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Thernoelectric Properties of PEDOT:PSS/SWCNT Composites with Controlled Oxidation Levels
- 2015/11/12, Hiroshima University, Education Award, Hiroshima University, Invention in the Lectures of
eQuantum Chemistry II' and ePhysical Properties of Organic Compounds
- 2013/03/28, MMS Award, TANAKA Holdings, Development of Effective Synthetic Method with Low Environmental Impact of
Novel p-Conjugated Polymers for the Application to Organic Polymer Solar Cells
- 2012/03, Academic Research Award, Hiroshima Bank, Development of Effective Synthetic Method of Novel Oligothiophenes
for the Application to High-Performance Field-Effect Transistors
- 2005/05, Award for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science, the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Synthesis of Conjugated Oligomers with Well-defined Structures and
Their Application to Photo- and Electroactive Materials
- 2005/05, Outstanding Presentation Award, the Chemical Society of Japan, Even-odd Effect of Chain Length on Glass-forming Property of Oligosilylenes
Patented
- Patent, 7142278, 2022/09/15, Thermoelectric conversion material manufacturing method, thermoelectric conversion element manufacturing method, and thermoelectric conversion material modification method
- Patent, 7061361, 2022/04/20, Manufacturing method for thermoelectric conversion material and thermoelectric conversion material
- Patent, 6437825, 2018/11/22, Method for producing graphene/silica composite
- Patent, 6329828, 2018/04/27, Thermoelectric materials and manufacture of thermoelectric materials thereof provided for excellent thermoelectric properties with economical carbonaceous reactant materials
External Funds
Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds
- 2020/12, 2021/11
- 2020/10, 2022/09
- 2020/04, 2021/03
- 2020/04, 2021/03
- 2019/04, 2020/03
- 2019/04, 2020/03
- 2017/10, 2018/09
- KAKENHI, 2016/04, 2018/03
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Reserach (C), Development of Novel Polythiophenes with Well-defined Structures and Their Application to High-Performance Thermoelectric Devices, 2016/04, 2017/03
- Research Grant (Basic Research), Development of Novel Oligo-/Polythiophenes Partially Containing Alkoxythiophene and Their Application to the Organic Thermoelectrics, 2016/04, 2017/03
- Research Grant, Development of Silicone Polymer Electrolytes for the Application to the Organic Thermoelectrics, 2016/04, 2017/03
- Grant for University Research, Preparation of Composite Films of Graphene/Silica and Application to Transparent Conductive Films, 2015/04, 2016/03
- Grant of International Exchange Project, Synthesis of Novel Polysilsesquioxanes Having Oligothiophenes and Their Application to High-Performance Charge-Transport Materials, 2014/04, 2015/03
- Research Grant Related with Rare Metals, Development of Effective Synthetic Method with Low Environmental Impact of Novel pi-Conjugated Polymers for the Application to Organic Polymer Solar Cells, 2013/04, 2014/03
- Research Encouragement Grant, Development of Novel π-Conjugated Polymers for the Application to High-Performance Organic Photovoltaics, 2013, 2014
- Mazda Research Grant, Development of Novel Donor-Acceptor Type Polymers Having Light-Hervesting Ability in Wide Wavelength Region, 2012, 2014
- Academic Research Grant, Development of Effective Synthetic Method of Novel Oligothiophenes for the Application to High-Performance Field-Effect Transistors, 2012, 2013
- Materials Science Research Grant, Development of Novel π-electron Systems with High Charge Mobility, 2012, 2013
- A-STEP: Feasible Study (FS) stage (Exploratory Research type), Development of Highly Effective Synthetic Method of Highly Conuductive Organic Materials with Excellent Chemical Stability, 2011, 2012
- Research Grant for Technological Advancement, Development of Novel Oligothiophenes for the Application to Various Electronic Devices, 2011, 2012
- KAKENHI, Development of Novel Silicon Polymers Containing Oligothiophenes for the Innovative Organic Devices, 2010, 2013
- Research Grant, Preparation of Silica-Titania Mixed Film Using Sol-Gel Method and Application to Electrode Materials for High Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, 2008, 2009
- Research Grant, Synthesis of Novel Polysilsesquioxanes Having Pendant Oligothiophenes and Their Application to Electrochromic Materials, 2008, 2009
- Research Grant, Development of Carbon Materials with A Micro-Void Structure for High-Density Electric Double Layer Capacitors, 2008, 2009
- Grant for Basic Scientific Research, Development of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid p-Type Semiconductors Based on Polysilsesquioxanes and Their Application to Solar Cells, 2007, 2008
- KAKENHI, Development of Photorefractive Materials Based on Siloxane Compounds and Application to Holography, 2005, 2006
- Support for Participation in International Conferences, Even-odd Effect of Chain Length on Morphology of α,ω-Dimethyloligo(diphenylsilylene)s, 2005, 2005
- Grant for Basic Science Research Projects, Charge Transport Property of Oligosilanes with Well-defined Structures, 2003, 2004
- Grant for FS Sponsored Research, Development of Silicon-containing Polymers with Highly Thermal Stability, 2001, 2002
- JAIST Grant for Encouragement of Research Associates, Photo- and Electroactivities of Oligosilanes with Well-defined Structures, 2001, 2002
- KAKENHI, Novel Photo- and Electroactive Silicon-containing Polymers, 2000, 2001
- KAKENHI, Surveys of functionalities of π-conjugated molecules aiming at the development of innovative molecular-based devices, 2007, 2009
- KAKENHI, Establishment of the principle of the design of new opto-electro-fiinctional mataials by the control of the properties of silicon-containing compounds, 2004, 2007
Social Activities
History as Committee Members
- Committee Member, Elemental Block Research Group, 2024/04, 2025/03, the Ceramic Society of Japan
- Director of General Affairs, 2024/03, 2025/02, the Chemical Society of Japan; Chugoku-Shikoku Branch
- Committee Member, Elemental Block Research Group, 2023/04, 2024/03, the Ceramic Society of Japan
- Committee Member, Elemental Block Research Group, 2022/04, 2023/03, the Ceramic Society of Japan
- Committee Member of the Chemical Education Council, 2021/04, 2022/03, the Chemical Society of Japan; Chugoku-Shikoku Branch
- Committee Member, Elemental Block Research Group, 2021/04, 2022/03, the Ceramic Society of Japan
- Regional Affairs, 2021/04, 2022/03, the Chemical Society of Japan; Chugoku-Shikoku Branch
- Regional Affairs, 2020/04, 2021/03, the Chemical Society of Japan; Chugoku-Shikoku Branch
- Chief Editor of "International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry", 2015/04, 2016/03, SCIENCEDOMAIN International
- Editorial Board of "Open Journal of Polymer Chemistry", 2015/04, 2016/03, Scientific Research Publishing
- Editorial Board of "World Journal of Nano Science and Engineering", 2015/04, 2016/03, Scientific Research Publishing
- Director of Finance, 2009/03, 2010/02, the Chemical Society of Japan; Chugoku-Shikoku Branch
- Director of General Affairs, 2008/03, 2009/02, the Chemical Society of Japan; Chugoku-Shikoku Branch
- Regional Editor of "Kobunshi (Polymer)", 2004/06, 2006/05, the Society of Polymer Science, Japan
Organizing Academic Conferences, etc.
- ACS meeting 2025, ENVR Division Organizer, 2025/03, 2025/03
- The 20th International Symposium on Silicon Chemistry, Local Executive Committee, 2024/05, 2024/05
- ACS meeting 2024, ENVR Division Organizer, 2024/03, 2024/03
- ACS meeting 2023, ENVR Division Organizer, 2023/03, 2023/03
- The 12th SPSJ International Polymer Conference (IPC2018), 2018/12, 2018/12
- The 2nd Int'l Conference on Polymer Physics and Chemistry (ICPPC 2016), Technical Program Committee, 2015/11, 2016/12
- 2015 Spring International Conference on Chemical Engineering, Technical Program Committee, 2014/10, 2014/10
- 2014 Spring International Conference on Chemical Engineering, Technical Program Committee, 2014/04, 2014/04
- The 3rd Global Conference on Materials Science and Engineering, Technical Program Committee, 2013/11, 2013/11
- CSJ Chugoku-Shikoku Branch Meeting 2013, Executive Committee, 2013/11, 2013/11
- The 2nd Global Conference on Materials Science and Engineering, Technical Program Committee, 2012/, 2013/
- Dream Chemistry 21 - Invitation to Chemistry, Organizing Chairman, 2009/08, 2009/08
- Dream Chemistry 21 - Invitation to Chemistry, Organizing Chairman, 2008/08, 2008/08
- 2006 Young Scientist Meeting, Organizing Chairman, 2006/11, 2006/11
- The 9th Japan Sea Polymer Workshop, Organizing Committee, 2005/11, 2005/11
- 2005 Annual Meeting in Hokuriku, Organizing Committee, 2005/11, 2005/11
- The 1st International Symposium on Advanced Materials in Asia-Pacific Rim, General Secretary, 2004/03, 2004/03
- Polymer Scientist Mixer in Kanazawa, Organizing Committee, 2003/12, 2003/12
- 2003 Young Scientist Meeting, Organizing Chairman, 2003/10, 2003/10
- 2nd International Symposium on Organic-Inorganic Advanced Hybrid Materials and Devices, General Secretary, 2003/02, 2003/02
- The 6th Japan Sea Polymer Workshop, Organizing Committee, 2002/12, 2002/12
- The 49th Summer College, Organizing Committee, 2001/07, 2001/07
- International Minisymposium on Silicon-related Advanced Materials, General Secretary, 2001/01, 2001/01
- The 48th Summer College, Discussion Leader, 2000/07, 2000/07
- International Workshop on Silicon Chemistry-Polymers [ISPO ‘99], General Secretary, 1999/05, 1999/05
- The 1st Japan Sea Polymer Workshop, Organizing Committee, 1997/10, 1997/10
Other Social Contributions
- Global Science Campus (GSC) Hiroshima, 2022/10/22, 2022/10/22, Demonstrator, Seminar or workshop, High school students
- Global Science Campus (GSC) Hiroshima, 2022/11/03, 2022/11/03, Interviewer, Research advise, High school students
- Enhance knowledge -Hiroshima University 100 special lectures-, Fantastic plastics that generate electricity from unused and discarded heat, Hiroshima University, You Tube, 2021/04/06, TV or radio appearance, Internet, General
- Hiroshima University, Extension Course, Advanced Chemistry for Daily Life, Hiroshima University, 2016/08/20, 2016/08/20, Hiroshima University, Lecturer, Seminar or workshop, General
History as Peer Reviews of Academic Papers
- 2022, Chem. Commun., Others, reviewer, 2
- 2022, Chem. Eng. J., Others, reviewer, 3
- 2022, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Others, reviewer, 1
- 2022, Nanomaterials, Others, reviewer, 1
- 2022, Nano. Micro. Lett., Others, reviewer, 1
- 2022, Polymer, Others, reviewer, 1
- 2022, Polymers, Others, reviewer, 1
- 2022, Polymer Journal, Others, reviewer, 1
- 2022, Soft Science, Others, reviewer, 1
- 2022, Synthtic Metals, Others, reviewer, 3
- 2021, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater., Others, reviewer, 1
- 2021, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, Others, reviewer, 3
- 2021, Chem. Commun., Others, reviewer, 1
- 2021, Chem. Eng. J., Others, reviewer, 4
- 2021, J. Polym. Sci., Others, reviewer, 1
- 2021, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., Others, reviewer, 1
- 2021, Nanomaterials, Others, reviewer, 1
- 2021, Polymer, Others, reviewer, 3
- 2021, Synthtic Metals, Others, reviewer, 2
- 2020, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 1
- 2020, Composites Science and Technology, 1
- 2020, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2
- 2020, Polymer, 2
- 2020, Applied Materials Today, 1
- 2020, Synthetic Metals, 1
- 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 3
- 2020, New Journal of Chemistry, 2