TAKEHIRO HIRAO

Last Updated :2024/04/05

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Associate Professor
Web Site
E-mail
thiraohiroshima-u.ac.jp
Other Contact Details
1–3–1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, Japan
TEL : (+81)82-424-7138 FAX : (+81)
Self-introduction
My research currently focuses on the development of non-covalently linked supramolecular polymeric ensembles.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2013/04, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS research fellow (DC1)
  • 2016/04, University of Texas at Austin, postdoctoral fellow
  • 2018/04, 2020/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Science, Assistant Professor
  • 2020/04, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Assistant Professor
  • 2024/04/01, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Associate Professor

Educational Backgrounds

  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Science , Chemistry Ph.D., Japan, 2013/04, 2016/03
  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Science , Japan, 2011/04, 2013/03

Academic Degrees

  • Hiroshima University
  • Hiroshima University

Research Fields

  • Chemistry;Basic chemistry;Organic chemistry

Research Keywords

  • Supramolecular chemistry
  • Noncovalent polymer
  • Organic Chemistry

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • The chemical society of Japan
  • The society of polymer science, Japan
  • The society of synthetic organic chemistry, Japan

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Special Study for Graduation
  2. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Special Study for Graduation
  3. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Exercises in Organic Chemistry
  4. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Basic Chemistry B
  5. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Exercises in Chemistry A
  6. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Exercises in Chemistry B
  7. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Master's Thesis in Chemistry
  8. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Doctoral Thesis in Chemistry

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Spectrally Selectuve Leakage of Light from Self-Assembled Supramolecular Nanofiber Waveguides Induced by Surface Plasmon Polaritons, J. Phys. Chem. C, 128, 4295-4302, 2024
  2. Supramolecular polymerization behavior of a ditopic self-folding biscavitand, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 97, uoad016, 2024
  3. Nanoarchitectonics of supramolecular porphyrins based on a bis(porphyrin) cleft molecule, JOURNAL OF PORPHYRINS AND PHTHALOCYANINES, 27(07N10), 966-979, 202310
  4. Supramolecular chiral sensing by supramolecular helical polymers, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 59(17), 2421-2424, 20230223
  5. Macromolecular architectures constructed by biscalix[5]arene-[60]fullerene host-guest interactions, POLYMER JOURNAL, 55(2), 95-104, 202302
  6. Development of Supramolecular Polymers with Unique Chain Structures, Supramolecular Nanotechnology: Advanced Design of Self-Assembled Functional Materials, ISBN-10: 3527349480, 2023
  7. Lanthanide and Actinide Ion Complexes Containing Organic Ligands Investigated by Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy, Inorg. Chem., 62, 474-496, 2023
  8. Improved synthesis of tetrakis(porphyrin) molecular cleft via palladium-mediated cross-coupling between a bis(porphyrin) boronic ester and bis(iodophenyl)butadiyne, J. Porphyr. Phthalocyanines, 2022
  9. Nonporous Adaptive Crystals for Separations, Kagaku, 77(8), 64-65, 2022
  10. Self-assembly of neutral platinum complexes controlled by thermal inputs, Chem. Commun., 58, 8356-8359, 2022
  11. Supramolecular Ensembles Formed via Calix[5]arene-Fullerene Host-Guest Interactions, Chem. Asian J., 17, e202200344, 2022
  12. Chiral Supramolecular Polymer Formed via Host-Guest Complexation of an Octaphosphonate Biscavitand and a Chiral Diammonium Guest, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 95, 621-627, 2022
  13. Non-Racemically Twisted Supramolecular Fullerene Polymers, KOBUNSHI, 71(1), 6-6, 2022
  14. ★, Self-Sorting Behavior in Supramolecular Fullerene Polymerization Directed by Host-Guest Complexation between Calix[5]arene and C60, Chem. Commun., 57, 11831-11834, 2021
  15. Solvent-Directed Formation of Helically Twisted Stacking Constructs via Self-Assembly of Tris(phenylisoxazolyl)benzene Dimers, Org. Biomol. Chem., 19, 7165-7171, 2021
  16. Gas-Phase UV Spectroscopy of Chemical Intermediates Produced in Solution: Oxidation Reactions of Phenylhydrazines by DDQ, J. Phys. Chem. A, 125, 6697-6702, 2021
  17. Self-Complementary Structure of Bisporphyrin Dimer, Chem. Lett., 50, 1844-1847, 2021
  18. Negative Cooperativity in Guest Binding of a Ditopic Self-Folding Biscavitand, Org. Lett., 23, 6217-6221, 2021
  19. SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY OF FULLERENES, Handbook of Fullerene Science and Technology, in Press, 2021
  20. ★, Polymerization of a biscalix[5]arene derivative, RSC Adv., 11, 17587-17594, 2021
  21. Self-assembly of neutral platinum complexes possessing chiral hydrophilic TEG chains, Org. Bio. Chem., 19, 5303-5311, 2021
  22. Self-Assembling Behavior and Chiroptical Properties of Carbazole-Cored Phenyl Isoxazolyl Benzenes, J. Org. Chem., 86(8), 5499-5505, 2021
  23. ★, Helically Organized Fullerene Array in a Supramolecular Polymer Main Chain, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143, 4339-4345, 2021
  24. Stereoselectivity in Dehydrative Cyclic Trimerization of Substituted 4-Alkylaminobenzoic Acids, New J. Chem., 45, 1187-1193, 2021
  25. A Light Harvesting/Charge Separation Model with Energy Gradient Made of Assemblies of meta-pyridyl Zinc Porphyrins, Chem. Eur. J., 27, 4053-4063, 2021
  26. Supramolecular fluorescent sensors: An historical overview and update, Coord. Chem. Rev., 15(427), Article number 213560, 2021
  27. Self-Healing Supramolecular Materials Constructed by Copolymerization via Molecular Recognition of Cavitand-based Coordination Capsules, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 59, 16690-16697, 2020
  28. A dual redox-responsive supramolecular polymer driven by molecular recognition between bisporphyrin and trinitrofluorenone, Chemical Communications, 56, 7553-7556, 2020
  29. Helicity of a polyacetylene directed by molecular recognition of biscalixarene and fullerene, Chemical Communications, 56, 6672-6675, 2020
  30. Columnar Organization of Carbo[5]helicene Directed by Peripheral Steric Perturbation, Organic Letter, 22, 5294-5298, 2020
  31. ★, Supramolecular Approach to Polymer-Shape Transformation via Calixarene–Fullerene Complexation, Macromolecules, 53(9), 3563-3570, 2020
  32. Supramolecular Polymerization and Functions of Isoxazole Ring Monomers, Chem. Lett., 49, 574-584, 2020
  33. AIE-active micelles formed by self-assembly of an amphiphilic platinum complex possessing isoxazole moieties, Chem. Commun., 56, 1137-1140, 2020
  34. Helical assembly of a dithienogermole exhibiting switchable circularly polarized luminescence, Chemical Communications, 55, 10607-10610, 2019
  35. Ring–Chain Competition in Supramolecular Polymerization Directed by Molecular Recognition of the Bisporphyrin Cleft, Macromolecules, 52(16), 6160-6168, 2019
  36. Supramolecular Properties of a Monocarboxylic Acid-Functionalized Texas-Sized Molecular Box, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 6823-6831, 2018
  37. ★, Control over multiple molecular states with directional changes driven by molecular recognition, Nat. Commun., 823, 2018
  38. ★, Sequence-controlled supramolecular terpolymerization directed by specific molecular recognitions, Nat. Commun., 634, 2017
  39. Slow Intermolecular Complexation–Decomplexation Exchanges of Cyclodextrins in Fullerene and Its Derivative Complexes, ChemistrySelect, 11322-11327, 2017
  40. Synthesis of Optically Active Conjugated Polymers Containing Platinum in the Main Chain: Control of the Higher-Order Structures by Substituents and Solvents, J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem., 2452-2461, 2015
  41. Synthesis and Properties of Novel Optically Active Platinum-containing Poly(phenyleneethynylene)s, Chem. Lett., 937-939, 2016
  42. Supramoelcular Porphyrin Copolymer Assembled through Host-Guest Interactions and Metal-Ligand Coordination, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 14830-14834, 2015
  43. Liposome collapse resulting from an allosteric interaction between 2,6-dimethyl-b-cyclodextrins and lipids, RSC Adv., 77746-77754, 2015
  44. ★, Supramolecular Fullerene Polymers and Networks Directed by Molecular Recognition between Calix[5]arene and C60, Chem. –Eur. J., 16136-16146, 2014
  45. Self-Assembly of Oligo(phenylisoxazolyl)benzenes Induced by Multiple Dipole-Dipole Interactions, Chem. Lett., 414-416, 2013
  46. Synthesis of Optically Active Poly(m-phenyleneethynylene-aryleneethynylene)s Bearing Hydroxy Groups and Examination of the Higher Order Structures, Macromolecules, 8161-8170, 2013
  47. Circular Dichroism and Circularly Polarized Luminescence Triggered by Self-Assembly of Tris(phenylisoxazolyl)benzene Possessing Perylenebisimide, Chem. Commun., 6025-6027, 2012
  48. Supramolecular Polymerization Triggered by Molecular Recognitioin between Bisporphyrin and Trinitrofluorenone, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 1473-1476, 2012

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Development of supramolecular fullerene constructs via host-guest interaction between calix[5]arene and fullerene, Takehiro Hirao, 2023/11, With Invitation, Japanese
  2. Synthesis and chiroptical properties of supramolecular porphyrin polymers, Takehiro Hirao, Sei Kishino, Takeharu Haino, 72nd Symposium on Macromolecules, 2023/09/27, With Invitation, Japanese, kagawa
  3. Development of supramolecular fullerene assemblies via host-guest interactions, Takehiro Hirao, 2023/09/05, With Invitation, Japanese
  4. Pathway complexity in the self-assembly process of platinum complexes possessing TEG chains, Takehiro Hirao, Masaya Yoshida, Takeharu Haino, The 103rd CSJ Annual Meeting, 2023/03/24, Without Invitation, English, Chiba
  5. Takehiro, Hirao, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST), Invited Lecture, 2022/12/22, With Invitation, English
  6. Takehiro, Hirao, Naoka Fujii, Yoshiki Iwabe, Takeharu Haino, 2022/12/16, Without Invitation, Japanese
  7. Takehiro, Hirao, 2022 International Conference on Modern Challenges in Polymer Science and Technology (2022 MCPST), 2022/01/18, With Invitation, English, Taiwan (online)
  8. Takehiro, Hirao, 2021/11/04, With Invitation, Japanese

Awards

  1. 2022/05/31, the Matsuura Award, 広島化学同窓会

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. KAKENHI (Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists), 2022, 2025
  2. KAKENHI (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)) (collaborator), 2021, 2025
  3. 2021, 2022
  4. KAKENHI (Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists), 2020, 2022
  5. KAKENHI (Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up), 2018, 2020
  6. KAKENHI (Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows), 2013, 2016