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Chemistry
Japan
2023

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Chemistry D-index 110 Citations 46,213 601 World Ranking 431 National Ranking 17

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2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Molecule
  • Photochemistry

His primary areas of investigation include Photochromism, Photochemistry, Diarylethene, Molecule and Quantum yield. His Photochromism research is within the category of Nanotechnology. His Photochemistry study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Thiophene, Phase, Fluorescence, Intramolecular force and Absorption spectroscopy.

His Diarylethene study also includes

  • Polymer and related Aqueous solution,
  • Aryl which is related to area like Moiety. His research in Molecule intersects with topics in Isomerization and Chromophore. His Quantum yield study incorporates themes from Trimer, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Conformational isomerism, Reversible reaction and Bicyclic molecule.

His most cited work include:

  • Diarylethenes for Memories and Switches (3182 citations)
  • Photochromism of Diarylethene Molecules and Crystals: Memories, Switches, and Actuators (1147 citations)
  • Organic chemistry: a digital fluorescent molecular photoswitch. (879 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Photochromism, Photochemistry, Diarylethene, Molecule and Polymer chemistry. His research on Photochromism also deals with topics like

  • Optoelectronics which connect with Optics,
  • Crystal which is related to area like Single crystal. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Quantum yield, Fluorescence, Phase, Intramolecular force and Absorption spectroscopy.

His studies in Diarylethene integrate themes in fields like Medicinal chemistry, Reactivity, Aryl, Alkyl and Derivative. His Molecule research includes elements of Crystallography and Crystal structure. His study in Polymer chemistry is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Polymerization and Polymer.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Photochromism (63.98%)
  • Photochemistry (58.25%)
  • Diarylethene (42.70%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2007-2021)?

  • Photochromism (63.98%)
  • Photochemistry (58.25%)
  • Diarylethene (42.70%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary scientific interests are in Photochromism, Photochemistry, Diarylethene, Fluorescence and Molecule. His Photochromism study is concerned with Nanotechnology in general. His work deals with themes such as Ultrafast laser spectroscopy, Excited state, Visible spectrum, Derivative and Quantum yield, which intersect with Photochemistry.

His study on Diarylethene also encompasses disciplines like

  • Crystal which is related to area like Light driven,
  • Ground state that intertwine with fields like Conformational isomerism. His research investigates the connection between Fluorescence and topics such as Microscopy that intersect with problems in RESOLFT. His work in Molecule covers topics such as Photoisomerization which are related to areas like Single crystal.

Between 2007 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Photochromism of Diarylethene Molecules and Crystals: Memories, Switches, and Actuators (1147 citations)
  • A Diarylethene Cocrystal that Converts Light into Mechanical Work (312 citations)
  • Single-Molecule Fluorescence Photoswitching of a Diarylethene−Perylenebisimide Dyad: Non-destructive Fluorescence Readout (219 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Molecule
  • Optics

His primary areas of study are Photochromism, Diarylethene, Photochemistry, Molecule and Fluorescence. His Photochromism study improves the overall literature in Nanotechnology. His work carried out in the field of Diarylethene brings together such families of science as Ultrafast laser spectroscopy, Phase, Microsecond, Ground state and Crystal.

His Photochemistry research incorporates themes from Absorption, Excited state, Visible spectrum, Derivative and Quantum yield. Masahiro Irie has researched Molecule in several fields, including Nanoparticle and Isomerization, Photoisomerization. His research integrates issues of Polymer, Aqueous solution, Sulfone and Microscopy in his study of Fluorescence.

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Best Publications

Diarylethenes for Memories and Switches

Masahiro Irie.
Chemical Reviews (2000)

5913 Citations

Photochromism of Diarylethene Molecules and Crystals: Memories, Switches, and Actuators

Masahiro Irie;Tuyoshi Fukaminato;Kenji Matsuda;Seiya Kobatake.
Chemical Reviews (2014)

1925 Citations

Organic chemistry: a digital fluorescent molecular photoswitch.

Masahiro Irie;Tuyoshi Fukaminato;Takatoshi Sasaki;Naoto Tamai.
Nature (2002)

1572 Citations

Rapid and reversible shape changes of molecular crystals on photoirradiation

Seiya Kobatake;Shizuka Takami;Hiroaki Muto;Tomoyuki Ishikawa.
Nature (2007)

1079 Citations

Thermally irreversible photochromic systems. Reversible photocyclization of diarylethene derivatives

Masahiro Irie;Masaaki Mohri.
Journal of Organic Chemistry (1988)

979 Citations

Reversible Surface Morphology Changes of a Photochromic Diarylethene Single Crystal by Photoirradiation

Masahiro Irie;Seiya Kobatake;Masashi Horichi.
Science (2001)

619 Citations

A Diarylethene Cocrystal that Converts Light into Mechanical Work

Masakazu Morimoto;Masahiro Irie.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2010)

546 Citations

Diheteroarylethenes as thermally stable photoswitchable acceptors in photochromic fluorescence resonance energy transfer (pcFRET).

Luciana Giordano;Thomas M. Jovin;Masahiro Irie;Elizabeth A. Jares-Erijman.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2002)

511 Citations

Photochromism of 1,2-Bis(2-methyl-5-phenyl-3-thienyl)perfluorocyclopentene in a Single-Crystalline Phase

Masahiro Irie;Thorsten Lifka;and Seiya Kobatake;Nobuo Kato.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2000)

511 Citations

PHOTOCHROMISM OF DITHIENYLETHENES WITH ELECTRON-DONATING SUBSTITUENTS

Masahiro Irie;Kazuyuki Sakemura;Masakazu Okinaka;Kingo Uchida.
Journal of Organic Chemistry (1995)

510 Citations

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