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Yousuke Ooyama

Yousuke Ooyama

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Chemistry

D-Index
44
Citations
8719
World Ranking
16709
National Ranking
1311

Overview

Yousuke Ooyama is affiliated with Hiroshima University in Japan, with a research focus spanning Materials Science and Chemistry. Their work predominantly addresses subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Biomedical Engineering, Organic Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research covers a range of topics including Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection, Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry, Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry, Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies, Conducting Polymers and Applications, as well as Crystallization and Solubility Studies.

Yousuke Ooyama has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • New Journal of Chemistry
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • RSC Advances
  • Materials Advances
  • Polymer Journal

Frequent collaborators in Yousuke Ooyama's research output consist of:

  • Keiichi Imato
  • Ichiro Imae
  • Kazuki Ohira
  • Takuma Fumoto
  • Seiji Akiyama

Representative recent papers illustrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • Photoswitchable Adhesives of Spiropyran Polymers, 2022, Chemistry of Materials
  • Fluorescence sensors for detection of water based on tetraphenylethene-anthracene possessing both solvatofluorochromic properties and aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics, 2021, New Journal of Chemistry
  • Development of fluorescent sensors based on a combination of PET (photo-induced electron transfer) and FRET (Förster resonance energy transfer) for detection of water, 2020, Materials Advances
  • Highly Efficient Singlet Oxygen Generation and High Oxidation Resistance Enhanced by Arsole-Polymer-Based Photosensitizer: Application as a Recyclable Photooxidation Catalyst, 2020, Macromolecules
  • Sterically Hindered Stiff-Stilbene Photoswitch Offers Large Motions, 90% Two-Way Photoisomerization, and High Thermal Stability, 2022, The Journal of Organic Chemistry

The research addresses chemical sensing technologies, photo-responsive polymers, and advanced materials for photodynamic applications. The work also reflects a significant emphasis on fluorescence-based detection methods and photochromic materials with applications in molecular sensing and materials engineering.

Best Publications

  • Molecular Designs and Syntheses of Organic Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Yousuke Ooyama;Yutaka Harima

  • Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties, and Molecular Structures of Organic Dyes for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells

    Yousuke Ooyama;Yutaka Harima

  • Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based On Donor–Acceptor π-Conjugated Fluorescent Dyes with a Pyridine Ring as an Electron-Withdrawing Anchoring Group

    Yousuke Ooyama;Shogo Inoue;Tomoya Nagano;Kohei Kushimoto

  • Reversible Near-Infrared/Blue Mechanofluorochromism of Aminobenzopyranoxanthene

    Masaru Tanioka;Shinichiro Kamino;Atsuya Muranaka;Yousuke Ooyama

  • Molecular design of mechanofluorochromic dyes and their solid-state fluorescence properties

    Yousuke Ooyama;Yutaka Harima

  • Electron-Transfer Reaction of Oxygen Species on TiO2 Nanoparticles Induced by Sub-band-gap Illumination

    Kenji Komaguchi;Takanori Maruoka;Haruka Nakano;Ichiro Imae

  • Fluorescence PET (photo-induced electron transfer) sensors for water based on anthracene–boronic acid ester

    Yousuke Ooyama;Ai Matsugasako;Kazuyuki Oka;Tomoya Nagano

  • Dye-sensitized solar cells based on donor-π-acceptor fluorescent dyes with a pyridine ring as an electron-withdrawing-injecting anchoring group.

    Yousuke Ooyama;Tomoya Nagano;Shogo Inoue;Ichiro Imae

  • Heterocyclic quinol-type fluorophores: synthesis, X-ray crystal structures, and solid-state photophysical properties of novel 5-hydroxy-5-substituent-benzo[b]naphtho[1,2-d]furan-6-one and 3-hydroxy-3-substituent-benzo[kl]xanthen-2-one derivatives.

    Yousuke Ooyama;Tomohiro Okamoto;Takahiro Yamaguchi;Toshihisa Suzuki

  • Electrochemical reduction of graphene oxide in organic solvents

    Yutaka Harima;Sunao Setodoi;Ichiro Imae;Kenji Komaguchi

  • Detection of water in organic solvents by photo-induced electron transfer method

    Yousuke Ooyama;Minako Sumomogi;Tomoya Nagano;Kohei Kushimoto

  • Dye-sensitized solar cells based on D–π–A fluorescent dyes with two pyridyl groups as an electron-withdrawing–injecting anchoring group

    Yousuke Ooyama;Naoya Yamaguchi;Ichiro Imae;Kenji Komaguchi

  • Mechanofluorochromism of a Series of Benzofuro[2,3-c]oxazolo[4,5-a]carbazole-Type Fluorescent Dyes

    Yousuke Ooyama;Yusuke Kagawa;Hiroshi Fukuoka;Genta Ito

  • Photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells based on D–π–A type BODIPY dye with two pyridyl groups

    Yousuke Ooyama;Yuta Hagiwara;Tomonobu Mizumo;Yutaka Harima

  • Synthesis of Dithienogermole-Containing π-Conjugated Polymers and Applications to Photovoltaic Cells

    Joji Ohshita;Yong-Mook Hwang;Tomonobu Mizumo;Hiroto Yoshida

  • Lewis-Acid Sites of TiO2 Surface for Adsorption of Organic Dye Having Pyridyl Group as Anchoring Unit

    Yutaka Harima;Takuya Fujita;Yuta Kano;Ichiro Imae

  • Molecular design of novel non-planar heteropolycyclic fluorophores with bulky substituents: convenient synthesis and solid-state fluorescence characterization.

    Yousuke Ooyama;Shintaro Yoshikawa;Shigeru Watanabe;Katsuhira Yoshida

  • Heterocyclic quinol-type fluorophores. Dramatic solid-state fluorescence enhancement behaviour of imidazoanthraquinol-type clathrate hosts upon inclusion of various kinds of organic solvent molecules

    Yousuke Ooyama;Katsuhira Yoshida

  • Molecular design and synthesis of fluorescence PET (photo-induced electron transfer) sensors for detection of water in organic solvents

    Yousuke Ooyama;Koji Uenaka;Ai Matsugasako;Yutaka Harima

  • Heterocyclic quinol-type fluorophores. Synthesis of novel imidazoanthraquinol derivatives and their photophysical properties in benzene and in the crystalline state

    Yousuke Ooyama;Takato Nakamura;Katsuhira Yoshida

  • New molecular design of donor-π-acceptor dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: control of molecular orientation and arrangement on TiO2 surface

    Yousuke Ooyama;Yoshihito Shimada;Shogo Inoue;Tomoya Nagano

Frequent Co-Authors

Joji Ohshita
Joji Ohshita Hiroshima University
Hiroto Yoshida
Hiroto Yoshida Hiroshima University
Yasuchika Hasegawa
Yasuchika Hasegawa Hokkaido University
Mitsuo Ishikawa
Mitsuo Ishikawa Hiroshima University
Masanobu Uchiyama
Masanobu Uchiyama University of Tokyo
Ken Takaki
Ken Takaki Kyushu University
Fumito Tani
Fumito Tani Kyushu University
Tetsuo Otsubo
Tetsuo Otsubo Hiroshima University
Itaru Osaka
Itaru Osaka Hiroshima University
Kazuo Takimiya
Kazuo Takimiya Tohoku University

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