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Atsushi KIMOTO, Ph. D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry of Functional Molecules, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University

8-9-1 Okamoto, Higashinada, Kobe, Hyogo 658-8501, Japan

Research Areas: Macromolecular complex, organic electronics, and physical organic chemistry

Education
2000: Bachelor
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Keio University (Prof. Kimihisa Yamamoto)
2002: Master
School of Fundamental Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University (Prof. Kimihisa Yamamoto)
2005: Ph. D.
School of Fundamental Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University (Prof. Kimihisa Yamamoto)

Work experience:
2004/04-2005/03
JSPS Research Fellow for Young Scientist
2005/04-2006/04
Researcher, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
2006/04-2007/09
Researcher, Aida Nanospace Project, ERATO-SORST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (Prof. Takuzo Aida)
2007/10-2010/07
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University (Prof. Jiro Abe)
2010/08-2012/06
Researcher, Center for Intellectual Property Strategies, RIKEN (Dr. Yusuke Tajima)
2012/07-2012/08
Researcher, Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Prof. Kimihisa Yamamoto)
2012/09-2016/03
Lecturer, Department of Chemistry of Functional Molecules, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University
2016/04-present
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry of Functional Molecules, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University

List of publications

[Original Papers]
1. "Selective Synthesis of Novel Cyclic Phenylazomethine Trimers"
Higuchi, M.; Kimoto, A.; Shiki, S.; Yamamoto, K. J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65, 5680-5684.
10.1021/jo000509c



2. "Synthesis of Novel Carbazole Dendrimers Having a Metal Coordination Site"
Kimoto, A.; Cho, J-S.; Higuchi, M.; Yamamoto, K. Chem. Lett. 2003, 32, 674-675.
10.1246/cl.2003.674

3. "Electroluminescence Device with Novel Hole-Transporting Materials Having Metal Collecting Sites 1"
Kimoto, A.; Cho, J-S.; Yamamoto, K. J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol. 2003, 16, 293-294.
10.2494/photopolymer.16.293

4. "Electroluminescence Device with Novel Hole-Transporting Materials Having Metal Collecting Sites 2"
Cho, J-S.; Kimoto, A.; Nishiumi, T.; Yamamoto, K. J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol. 2003, 16, 295-296.
10.2494/photopolymer.16.295

5. "Novel Poly(p-phenylene Vinylene)s with a Phenylazomethine Dendron as a Metal-Collecting Site"
Kimoto, A.; Masachika, K.; Cho, J-S.; Higuchi, M.; Yamamoto, K. Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 1179-1182.
10.1021/ol0497741



6. "Novel Carbazole Dendrimers Having a Metal Coordination Site as a Unique Hole-Transport Material"
Kimoto, A.; Cho, J-S.; Higuchi, M.; Yamamoto, K. Macromol. Symp. 2004, 209, 51-65.
10.1002/masy.200450504

7. "Synthesis of Asymmetrically Arranged Dendrimers with a Carbazole Dendron and a Phenylazomethine Dendron"
Kimoto, A.; Cho, J-S.; Higuchi, M.; Yamamoto, K. Macromolecules 2004, 37, 5531-5537.
10.1021/ma0499674



8. "Synthesis and Electroluminescence Properties of Novel Main Chain Poly (p-phenylenevinylene)s Possessing Pendant Phenylazomethine Dendrons as Metal Ligation Sites"
Kimoto, A.; Masachika, K.; Cho, J-S.; Higuchi, M.; Yamamoto, K. Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 5706-5712.
10.1021/cm049241m



9. "Novel Functional Groups with Fine-Controlled Metal Assembling Function"
Yamamoto, K.; Higuchi, M.; Kimoto, A.; Imaoka, T.; Masachika, K. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2005, 78, 349-355. (Selected Article)
10.1246/bcsj.78.349

10. "Synthesis of Diphenylamine-Substituted Phenylazomethine Dendrimers and the Performance of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes"
Cho, J-S.; Kimoto, A.; Higuchi, M.; Yamamoto, K. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2005, 206, 635-641. (Most downloaded articles published in year 2005)
10.1002/macp.200400381

11. "Novel Hole-Transport Material for Efficient Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes by Photoreaction"
Kimoto, A.; Cho, J-S.; Ito, K.; Aoki, D.; Miyake, T.; Yamamoto, K. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2005, 26, 597-601.
10.1002/marc.200400657

12. "Synthesis and the Hole-Transporting Property of a Novel Poly(N-vinylcarbazole) Copolymer with Metal-Coordination Site"
Kimoto, A.; Cho, J-S.; Matsuura, Y.; Yamamoto, K. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2005, 206, 1928-1933.
10.1002/macp.200500145

13. "The Synthesis and Properties of Carbazole-Phenylazomethine Double Layer-Type Dendrimers"
Albrecht, K.; Kasai, Y.; Kimoto, A.; Yamamoto, K. Macromolecules 2008, 41, 3793-3800.
10.1021/ma800265h



14. "Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with Hole-Transporting Material Having Metal Collecting Sites"
Albrecht, K.; Kimoto, A.; Cho, J-S.; Matsuura, Y.; Yamamoto, K. J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol. 2008, 21, 181-182.
10.2494/photopolymer.21.181

15. "Unusual Side Chain Effects on Charge-Carrier Lifetime in Discotic Liquid Crystals"
Motoyanagi, J.; Yamamoto, Y.; Saeki, A.; Alam, M. A.; Kimoto, A.; Kosaka, A.; Fukushima, T.; Seki, S.; Tagawa, S.; Aida, T. Chem. Asia. J. 2009, 4, 876-880.
10.1002/asia.200800481



16. "Synthesis and Properties of Optically Functionalized Polythiophene Having Porphyrin Side-Chain"
Iwasaki, K.; Kimoto, A.; Naya, S.; Iwahori, F.; Abe J. Synth. Met. 2009, 159, 880-884.
10.1016/j.synthmet.2009.01.045

17. "Formation of Hexaarylbiimidazole Heterodimers via Cross Recombination of Two Lophyl Radicals"
Kimoto, A.; Niitsu, S.; Iwahori, F.; Abe, J. New J. Chem. 2009, 33, 1339-1342.
10.1039/b823277f



18. "Synthesis of Novel Poly(tetramethyl-2,7-silpyrenylenesiloxane) and Its Thermal and Optical Properties"
Imai, K.; Sasaki, T.; Abe, J.; Kimoto, A.; Tamai, Y.; Nemoto, N. Polym. J. 2009, 41, 584-585.
10.1295/polymj.PJ2009045

19. "Optical and Electronic Properties of Siloxane-Bridged Cyclic Dimers with Naphthylene or Pyrenylene Moieties"
Imai, K.; Hatano, S.; Kimoto, A.; Abe, J.; Tamai, Y.; Nemoto, N. Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 8012-8017.
10.1016/j.tet.2010.08.010

20. "Formation of Photoresponsible Gold Nanoparticle Networks via Click Chemistry"
Kimoto, A.; Iwasaki, K.; Abe, J. Photochem. Photobiol. 2010, 9, 152-156. (Top ten for February and March 2010)
10.1039/B9PP00108E



21. "Remarkable Acceleration for Back-Reaction of Fast Photochromic Molecule"
Harada, Y.; Hatano, S.; Kimoto, A.; Abe, J. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 1112-1115.
10.1021/jz100228w



22. "Fast Photochromic Polymers Carrying [2.2]Paracyclophane-Bridged Imidazole Dimer"
Kimoto, A.; Tokita, A.; Horino, T.; Oshima, T.; Abe, J. Macromolecules 2010, 43, 3764-3769.
10.1021/ma100197z



23. "Electron Spin Resonance Observation of Field-Induced Charge Carriers in Ultrathin-Film Transistors of Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) with Controlled In-Plane Chain Orientation"
Watanabe, S.; Tanaka, H.; Kuroda, S.; Toda, A.; Nagano, S.; Seki, T.; Kimoto, A.; Abe, J. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2010, 96, 173302.
10.1063/1.3421538

24. "Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(tetramethylsilarylenesiloxane) Derivatives Bearing Diphenylfluorene or Diphenyldibenzosilole Moiety"
Imai, K.; Kihara, Y.; Kimoto, A.; Abe, J.; Tamai, Y. Nemoto, N. Polym. J. 2011, 43, 58-65.
10.1038/pj.2010.104

25. "Photochromic Organogel Based on [2.2]Paracyclophane-Bridged Imidazole Dimer with Tetrapodal Urea Moieties"
Takizawa, M.; Kimoto, A.; Abe, J. Dyes and Pigments 2011, 89, 254-259.
10.1016/j.dyepig.2010.03.019

26. "Donor-acceptor-Type Polymers Based on Dithieno[2,3-b;7,6-b]carbazole Unit for Photovoltaic Applications"
Kimoto, A.; Tajima, Y. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 2282-2285.
10.1021/ol300709u



27. "Donor-Acceptor-Type Low Bandgap Polymer Carrying Phenylazomethine Moiety as a Metal-Collecting Pendant Unit: Open-Circuit Voltage Modulation of Solution-Processed Organic Photovoltaic Devices Induced by Metal Complexation"
Kimoto, A.; Tajima, Y. ACS Macro Lett. 2012, 1, 667-671.
10.1021/mz3001379



28. "Oxidation Induced Fluctuation in Photovoltaic Characteristics of Inverted Organic Solar Cells Using Low-Bandgap Polymer PCDTBT" (in Japanese)
Fukuchi, E.; Kimoto, A.; Fukushima, M.; Morikawa, Y.; Tajima, Y.; Domon, T. Taiyo Enerugi 2012, 38, 53-58.
J-Global

29. "Excited-State Dynamics of Thiophene Substituted Betaine Pyridinium Compounds"
Aloise, S.; Poizat, O.; Buntinx, G.; Pawlowska, Z.; Perrier, A.; Maurel, F.; Abe, J.; Kimoto, A.; Ohkawa, K. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 1460-1468.
10.1039/c3cp53614a



30. "In Situ KPFM Imaging of Local Photovoltaic Characteristics on Structured Organic Photovoltaic Devices"
Watanabe, S.; Fukuchi, Y.; Fukasawa, M.; Sassa, T.; Kimoto, A.; Tajima, Y.; Uchiyama, M.; Yamashita, T.; Matsumoto, M.; Aoyama, T. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6, 1481-1487.
10.1021/am4038992



31. "A Resistive Switching Memory Based on Size-Controlled Gold 1nm-Particles"
Imaoka, T.; Fushimi, M.; Kimoto, A.; Okamoto, Y.; Takanashi, K.; Yamamoto, K. Chem. Lett. 2014, 43, 1269-1271.
10.1246/cl.140254



32. "Dimple Morphology Formation on Non-Woven Fabric by Fluorinated Polymers for Tunable Surface Wettability"
Sakae, D.; Kimoto, A.; Watanabe, J.; Ikeda, Y. Trans. Mat. Res. Soc. Japan 2014, 39, 251-254.

33. "Donor-Acceptor Type π-Conjugated Copolymers Based on Soluble Benzodifuranone"
Kimoto, A.; Tajima, Y. Macromol. Symp. 2014, 346, 36-42.
10.1002/masy.201400058



34. "Amphiphilic Graft Copolymers: Effect of Graft Chain Length and Content on Colloid Gel"
Nitta, K.; Kimoto, A.; Watanabe, J.; Ikeda, Y. Biomater. Biomed. Eng. 2015, 2, 97-109.
10.12989/bme.2015.2.2.097

35. "Characterization of Temperature-Responsive Graft Copolymer with Polycarbonate Oligo Segment"
Nitta, K.; Kimoto, A.; Watanabe, J.; Ikeda, Y. Trans. Mat. Res. Soc. Japan 2015, 40, 271-274.
10.14723/tmrsj.40.2719

[Proceedings (in Japanese)]
1. "Effect of Halogenated Alkane Additive on the Morphology of Polymer/Fullerence Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cell"
Tajima, Y.; Kimoto, A.; Senna, M.; Arai, S.; Fukuchi, E.; Domon, T. Proceedings of JSES/JWEA Joint Conference 2011, 383-386.

2. "Effect of Oligothiophene Interlayer on the Photovoltaic Properties of the p/n Double-Layer-Type Organic Photovoltaic Devices"
Kimoto, A.; Koseki, M.; Takaku, H.; Hayakawa, H.; Aoyama, T.; Watanabe, J.; Ikeda, Y.; Tajima, Y. Proceedings of JSES/JWEA Joint Conference 2013, 99-100.