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Masayoshi Nakano

Masayoshi Nakano

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Chemistry

D-Index
69
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15948
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6237
National Ranking
402

Overview

Masayoshi Nakano is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of materials science and chemistry. Their publication record covers a broad range of topics, mainly focusing on materials chemistry and organic chemistry, with interdisciplinary work touching on electrical and electronic engineering as well as atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist's research prominently addresses crystallization and solubility studies and uses X-ray diffraction in crystallography. They have also worked on the synthesis and properties of aromatic compounds, fullerene chemistry and applications, organic electronics and photovoltaics, advanced chemical physics studies, and spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies.

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies

Some of the recent papers in which Nakano's work has been featured include:

  • "Bis-periazulene (Cycloheptadeffluorene) as a Nonalternant Isomer of Pyrene: Synthesis and Characterization of Its Triaryl Derivatives," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Monoradicals and Diradicals of Dibenzofluoreno[3,2-b]fluorene Isomers: Mechanisms of Electronic Delocalization," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Diindenoanthracene Diradicaloids Enable Rational, Incremental Tuning of Their Singlet-Triplet Energy Gaps," 2020, Chem
  • "Phase 1 Trials of PNPLA3 siRNA in I148M Homozygous Patients with MAFLD," 2024, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "A Tale of Two Isomers: Enhanced Antiaromaticity/Diradical Character versus Deleterious Ring-Opening of Benzofuran-fused s-Indacenes and Dicyclopenta[b,g]naphthalenes," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Nakano has published frequently in venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, and The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

The scientist has collaborated often with other researchers including Ryohei Kishi, Carlos J. Gómez-García, Michael M. Haley, Joshua E. Barker, and Samantha N. MacMillan.

  • Ryohei Kishi
  • Carlos J. Gómez-García
  • Michael M. Haley
  • Joshua E. Barker
  • Samantha N. MacMillan

Best Publications

  • Theoretical Study on Second Hyperpolarizabilities of Phenylacetylene Dendrimer: Toward an Understanding of Structure−Property Relation in NLO Responses of Fractal Antenna Dendrimers

    Masayoshi Nakano;Harunori Fujita;Masahiro Takahata;Kizashi Yamaguchi

  • Second Hyperpolarizability (γ) of Singlet Diradical System: Dependence of γ on the Diradical Character

    Masayoshi Nakano;Ryohei Kishi;Tomoshige Nitta;Takashi Kubo

  • Synthesis, intermolecular interaction, and semiconductive behavior of a delocalized singlet biradical hydrocarbon.

    Takashi Kubo;Akihiro Shimizu;Maki Sakamoto;Mikio Uruichi

  • Diindeno-fusion of an anthracene as a design strategy for stable organic biradicals

    Gabriel E. Rudebusch;José L. Zafra;Kjell Jorner;Kotaro Fukuda

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Teranthene: A Singlet Biradical Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Having Kekulé Structures

    Akihito Konishi;Yasukazu Hirao;Masayoshi Nakano;Akihiro Shimizu

  • Strong two-photon absorption of singlet diradical hydrocarbons.

    Kenji Kamada;Koji Ohta;Takashi Kubo;Akihiro Shimizu

  • Diradical Character View of Singlet Fission

    Takuya Minami;Masayoshi Nakano

  • Relationship between third-order nonlinear optical properties and magnetic interactions in open-shell systems: a new paradigm for nonlinear optics.

    Masayoshi Nakano;Ryohei Kishi;Suguru Ohta;Hideaki Takahashi

  • Size-consistent approach and density analysis of hyperpolarizability: Second hyperpolarizabilities of polymeric systems with and without defects

    Masayoshi Nakano;Isamu Shigemoto;Satoru Yamada;Kizashi Yamaguchi

  • Indeno[2,1‐b]fluorene: A 20‐π‐Electron Hydrocarbon with Very Low‐Energy Light Absorption

    Akihiro Shimizu;Ryohei Kishi;Masayoshi Nakano;Daisuke Shiomi

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Quarteranthene: Elucidating the Characteristics of the Edge State of Graphene Nanoribbons at the Molecular Level

    Akihito Konishi;Yasukazu Hirao;Kouzou Matsumoto;Hiroyuki Kurata

  • Singlet Diradical Character from Experiment

    Kenji Kamada;Koji Ohta;Akihiro Shimizu;Takashi Kubo

  • EHF theory of chemical reactions Part 4. UNO CASSCF, UNO CASPT2 and R(U)HF coupled-cluster (CC) wavefunctions

    S. Yamanaka;M. Okumura;M. Nakano;K. Yamaguchi

  • Basis set and electron correlation effects on the polarizability and second hyperpolarizability of model open-shell π-conjugated systems

    Benoît Champagne;Edith Botek;Masayoshi Nakano;Tomoshige Nitta

  • Open-Shell-Character-Based Molecular Design Principles: Applications to Nonlinear Optics and Singlet Fission.

    Masayoshi Nakano

  • Alternating covalent bonding interactions in a one-dimensional chain of a phenalenyl-based singlet biradical molecule having Kekulé structures.

    Akihiro Shimizu;Takashi Kubo;Mikio Uruichi;Kyuya Yakushi

  • Theoretical Design of Open-Shell Singlet Molecular Systems for Nonlinear Optics

    Masayoshi Nakano;Benoît Champagne

  • Singlet Biradical Character of Phenalenyl-Based Kekulé Hydrocarbon with Naphthoquinoid Structure

    Takashi Kubo;Akihiro Shimizu;Mikio Uruichi;Kyuya Yakushi

  • Second hyperpolarizabilities of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons involving phenalenyl radical units

    Masayoshi Nakano;Takashi Kubo;Kenji Kamada;Koji Ohta

  • Resonance Balance Shift in Stacks of Delocalized Singlet Biradicals

    Akihiro Shimizu;Mikio Uruichi;Kyuya Yakushi;Hiroyuki Matsuzaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Kizashi Yamaguchi
Kizashi Yamaguchi Osaka University
Benoît Champagne
Benoît Champagne University of Namur
Takashi Kubo
Takashi Kubo Osaka University
Kenji Kamada
Kenji Kamada National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Koji Ohta
Koji Ohta National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Akihiro Shimizu
Akihiro Shimizu Osaka University
Shabbir Muhammad
Shabbir Muhammad King Khalid University
Kazuhiro Nakasuji
Kazuhiro Nakasuji Osaka University
Yasushi Morita
Yasushi Morita Aichi Institute of Technology
Kazuya Yamaguchi
Kazuya Yamaguchi University of Tokyo

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