Itaru Osaka

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Best Publications

• Thienoacene‐Based Organic Semiconductors

  Kazuo Takimiya;Shoji Shinamura;Itaru Osaka;Eigo Miyazaki

  1058
  Citations

• Advances in molecular design and synthesis of regioregular polythiophenes.

  Itaru Osaka;Richard D. McCullough

  923
  Citations

• Efficient inverted polymer solar cells employing favourable molecular orientation

  Varun Vohra;Varun Vohra;Kazuaki Kawashima;Kazuaki Kawashima;Takeshi Kakara;Tomoyuki Koganezawa

  892
  Citations

• Organic semiconductors based on [1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene substructure.

  Kazuo Takimiya;Itaru Osaka;Takamichi Mori;Takamichi Mori;Masahiro Nakano

  540
  Citations

• Stretchable and waterproof elastomer-coated organic photovoltaics for washable electronic textile applications

  Hiroaki Jinno;Hiroaki Jinno;Kenjiro Fukuda;Kenjiro Fukuda;Xiaomin Xu;Sungjun Park

  465
  Citations

• High-efficiency polymer solar cells with small photon energy loss.

  Kazuaki Kawashima;Yasunari Tamai;Hideo Ohkita;Hideo Ohkita;Itaru Osaka

  423
  Citations

• Synthesis, Characterization, and Transistor and Solar Cell Applications of a Naphthobisthiadiazole-Based Semiconducting Polymer

  Itaru Osaka;Masafumi Shimawaki;Hiroki Mori;Iori Doi

  383
  Citations

• Consecutive thiophene-annulation approach to π-extended thienoacene-based organic semiconductors with [1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene (BTBT) substructure.

  Takamichi Mori;Takeshi Nishimura;Tatsuya Yamamoto;Iori Doi

  368
  Citations

• Implication of Fluorine Atom on Electronic Properties, Ordering Structures, and Photovoltaic Performance in Naphthobisthiadiazole-Based Semiconducting Polymers

  Kazuaki Kawashima;Kazuaki Kawashima;Tomohiro Fukuhara;Yousuke Suda;Yasuhito Suzuki

  357
  Citations

• Novel Thiophene‐Thiazolothiazole Copolymers for Organic Field‐Effect Transistors

  Itaru Osaka;Geneviève Sauve;Rui Zhang;Tomasz Kowalewski

  339
  Citations

• Naphthodithiophene–Naphthobisthiadiazole Copolymers for Solar Cells: Alkylation Drives the Polymer Backbone Flat and Promotes Efficiency

  Itaru Osaka;Takeshi Kakara;Noriko Takemura;Tomoyuki Koganezawa

  327
  Citations

• Linear- and Angular-Shaped Naphthodithiophenes: Selective Synthesis, Properties, and Application to Organic Field-Effect Transistors

  Shoji Shinamura;Itaru Osaka;Eigo Miyazaki;Akiko Nakao

  317
  Citations

• High-Lamellar Ordering and Amorphous-Like π-Network in Short-Chain Thiazolothiazole−Thiophene Copolymers Lead to High Mobilities

  Itaru Osaka;Rui Zhang;Geneviève Sauvé;Detlef-M. Smilgies

  316
  Citations

• Thiophene–Thiazolothiazole Copolymers: Significant Impact of Side Chain Composition on Backbone Orientation and Solar Cell Performances

  Itaru Osaka;Itaru Osaka;Masahiko Saito;Tomoyuki Koganezawa;Kazuo Takimiya;Kazuo Takimiya

  315
  Citations

• Dianthra[2,3-b:2′,3′-f]thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (DATT): Synthesis, Characterization, and FET Characteristics of New π-Extended Heteroarene with Eight Fused Aromatic Rings

  Kazuki Niimi;Shoji Shinamura;Itaru Osaka;Eigo Miyazaki

  289
  Citations

• π-building blocks for organic electronics: Revaluation of "inductive" and "resonance" Effects of π-electron deficient units

  Kazuo Takimiya;Kazuo Takimiya;Itaru Osaka;Itaru Osaka;Masahiro Nakano

  260
  Citations

• Naphthodithiophenediimide (NDTI): Synthesis, Structure, and Applications

  Yuta Fukutomi;Masahiro Nakano;Masahiro Nakano;Jian Yong Hu;Itaru Osaka;Itaru Osaka

  252
  Citations

• Backbone orientation in semiconducting polymers

  Itaru Osaka;Kazuo Takimiya

  245
  Citations

• Helically π-Stacked Thiophene-Based Copolymers with Circularly Polarized Fluorescence: High Dissymmetry Factors Enhanced by Self-Ordering in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal Phase

  Kazuyoshi Watanabe;Itaru Osaka;Shinichi Yorozuya;Kazuo Akagi

  234
  Citations

• Drastic Change of Molecular Orientation in a Thiazolothiazole Copolymer by Molecular-Weight Control and Blending with PC61BM Leads to High Efficiencies in Solar Cells

  Itaru Osaka;Itaru Osaka;Masahiko Saito;Hiroki Mori;Tomoyuki Koganezawa

  233
  Citations

• Impact of Isomeric Structures on Transistor Performances in Naphthodithiophene Semiconducting Polymers

  Itaru Osaka;Toru Abe;Shoji Shinamura;Kazuo Takimiya

  228
  Citations

• Erratum: Synthesis, characterization, and transistor and solar cell applications of a naphthobisthiadiazole-based semiconducting polymer (Journals American Chemical Society (2012) 134 (3498-3507) DOI: 10.1021/ja210687r)

  Itaru Osaka;Masafumi Shimawaki;Hiroki Mori;Iori Doi

  10
  Citations