2024.10.08 Updated Japanese Version
Masakazu MORIMOTO, Dr.
Professor / Department of Chemistry, Rikkyo University, Japan
Contact
3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
E-mail: m-morimoto=at=rikkyo.ac.jp (Please replace =at= with @.)
Research Interests
Development of photoresponsive molecular systems based on photochromic diarylethenes
Publications
98. R. Nishimura, N. Kaisho, M. Morimoto
A visible-light-responsive fluorescent diarylethene having a betaine structure
Chem. Eur. J., in press
97. R. Shiromae, Y. Nakagawa, S. Watanabe, R. Nishimura, M. Morimoto, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
Reversible change of luster color from pale yellow to wine red in microcrystalline film by photochromic diarylethene having a naphthyl group
CrystEngComm, 26(36), 5090-5098 (2024)
96. T. Maeda, Y. Nakagawa, R. Nishimura, M. Morimoto, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
Molecular design of pyrene and its derivatives to make microcrystalline films with silver luster effect using drop-casting method
Cryst. Growth Des., 24(11), 4563-4571 (2024)
95. H. Sotome, T. Nagasaka, T. Konishi, K. Kamada, M. Morimoto, M. Irie, H. Miyasaka
Near-infrared two-photon absorption and excited state dynamics of a fluorescent diarylethene derivative
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 23(6), 1041-1050 (2024)
94. R. Nishimura, Y. Kobayashi, H. Sotome, H. Miyasaka, M. Morimoto
Mechanically induced transient fluorescence of photochromic diarylethene crystals for sensing and security material
Adv Opt. Mater., 12(24), 2400143 (2024)
93. R. Nishimura, A. Fujimoto, T. Kamitanaka, H. Sugiyama, A. Sekine, N. Yasuda, Y. Hattori, M. Morimoto, H. Mayama, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
Self-assembly of chiral diarylethene microcrystals by the sublimation process to form foliage scroll pattern
Cryst. Growth Des., 24(7), 2791-2798 (2024)
92. Y. Hashimoto, A. Hase, R. Shiromae, R. Nishimura, M. Morimoto, Y. Hattori, H. Mayama, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
Straightforward fabrication of double roughness structures on a microcrystalline film of a diarylethene derivative
Langmuir, 40(14), 7661-7668 (2024)
91. M. Kitagawa, Y. Nakagawa, T. Ii, R. Nishimura, M. Morimoto, K. Kirito, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
Photoinduced multi-step bending of 7-acetoxy-4-methylcoumarin crystal
Cryst. Growth Des., 24(3), 913-922 (2024)
90. S. Takaku, R. Nishimura, M. Morimoto
A turn-on mode fluorescent diarylethene having an azacrown ether receptor: Metal-ion-gated enhancement of the photoreactivity and fluorescence
Dyes Pigm., 216, 111354 (2023)
89. J.-W. Dai, Y.-Q. Li, Z.-Y. Li, H.-T. Zhang, C. Herrmann, S. Kumagai, M. Damjanović, M. Enders, H. Nojiri, M. Morimoto, N. Hoshino, T. Akutagawa, M. Yamashita
Dual-radical-based molecular anisotropy and synergy effect of semi-conductivity and valence tautomerization in a photoswitchable coordination polymer
Nat. Sci Rev., 10(6), nwad047 (2023)
88. Y. Nakagawa, M. Morimoto, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
Efficient surface peeling, a photoinduced result of photochromic diarylethene crystal by multistep light irradiation
Cryst. Growth Des., 23(3), 1581-1591 (2023)
87. W. Larsson, M. Morimoto, M. Irie, J. Andréasson, B. Albinsson
Diarylethene isomerization by using triplet-triplet annihilation photon upconversion
Chem. Eur. J., 29(13), e202203651 (2023)
86. R. Nishimura, Y. Nagakawa, M. Morimoto
Multicolor Photochromism of Two-Component Diarylethene Crystals Containing Oxidized and Unoxidized Benzothiophene Groups
Crystals, 12(12), 1730 (2022)
85. Y. Nakagawa, R. Nishimura, M. Morimoto, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
Phototunable golden luster microcrystalline film of photochromic diarylethene
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 95(10), 1438-1444 (2022)
84. Y. Nakagawa, K. Kinoshita, M. Kasuno, R. Nishimura, M. Morimoto, S. Yokojima, M. Hatakeyama, Y. Sakamoto, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
White light emission generated by two stacking patterns of a single organic molecular crystal
Mater. Adv., 3(16), 6466-6473 (2022)
83. R. Nishimura, E. Fujisawa, I. Ban, R. Iwai, S. Takasu, M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Turn-on mode fluorescent diarylethene containing neopentyl substituents that undergoes all-visible-light switching
Chem. Commun., 58(30), 4715-4718 (2022)
82. Y. Nakagawa, T. Hishida, E. Hatano, K. Sumaru, K. Morishita, M. Morimoto, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
Photoinduced cytotoxicity of photochromic symmetric diarylethene derivatives: the relation of structure and cytotoxicity
Org. Biomol. Chem., 20(15), 3211-3217 (2022)
81. S. Ito, M. Funaoka, I. Hanasaki, S. Takei, M. Morimoto, M. Irie, H. Miyasaka
Visualization of the microstructure and the position-dependent diffusion coefficient in a blended polymer solid using photo-activation localization microscopy combined with single-molecule tracking based on one-color fluorescence-switching of diarylethene
Polym. Chem., 13(6), 736-740 (2022)
80. A. Nagai, R. Nishimura, Y. Hattori, E. Hatano, A. Fujimoto, M. Morimoto, N. Yasuda, K. Kamada, H. Sotome, H. Miyasaka, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
Molecular crystalline capsules that release their contents by light
Chem. Sci., 12(34), 11585-11592 (2021)
79. K. Yano, R. Nishimura, Y. Hattori, M. Morimoto, H. Sugiyama, T. Kamitanaka, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
Photoinduced topographical surface changes and photoresponse of the crystals of 7-methoxycoumarin
CrystEngComm, 23(34), 5780-5787 (2021)
78. Hendra, A. Takeuchi, H. Yamagishi, O. Oki, M. Morimoto, M. Irie, Y. Yamamoto
Photochemically switchable interconnected microcavities for all-organic optical logic gate
Adv. Funct. Mater., 31(34), 2103685 (2021)
77. H. Yamagishi, T. Matsui, Y. Kitayama, Y. Aikyo, L. Tong, J. Kuwabara, T. Kanbara, M. Morimoto, M. Irie, Y. Yamamoto
Fluorescence switchable conjugated polymer microdisk arrays by cosolvent vapor annealing
Polymers, 13(2), 269 (2021)
76. H. Chiba, M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Stepwise assembly of ultrathin poly(vinyl alcohol) films on photoresponsive diarylethene crystals
Chem. Lett., 50(1), 84-86 (2021)
75. A. Fujimoto, N. Fujinaga, R. Nishimura, E. Hatano, L. Kono, A. Nagai, A. Sekine, Y. Hattori, Y. Kojima, N. Yasuda, M. Morimoto, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, B. L. Feringa, K. Uchida
Photoinduced swing of a diarylethene thin broad sword shaped crystal: a study on the detailed mechanism
Chem. Sci., 11(45), 12307-12315 (2020)
74. K. Numasawa, K. Hanaoka, T. Ikeno, H. Echizen, T. Ishikawa, M. Morimoto, T. Komatsu, T. Ueno, Y. Ikegaya, T. Nagano, Y. Urano
A cytosolically localized far-red to near-infrared rhodamine-based fluorescent probe for calcium ions
Analyst, 145(23), 7736-7740 (2020)
73. R. Iwai, M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Turn-on mode fluorescent diarylethenes: Effect of electron-donating and electron-withdrawing substituents on photoswitching performance
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 19(6), 783-789 (2020)
72. Y. Hattori, T. Maejima, Y. Sawae, J. Kitai, M. Morimoto, R. Toyoda, H. Nishihara, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
Cyclization from higher excited states of diarylethenes having a substituted azulene ring
Chem. Eur. J., 26(50), 11441-11450 (2020)
71. D. Okada, Z.-H. Lin, J.-S. Huang, O. Oki, M. Morimoto, X. Liu, T. Minari, S. Ishii, T. Nagao, M. Irie, Y. Yamamoto
Optical microresonator arrays of fluorescence-switchable diarylethenes with unreplicable spectral fingerprints
Mater. Horiz., 7(7), 1801-1808 (2020)
70. R. Nishimura, A. Fujimoto, N. Yasuda, M. Morimoto, T. Nagasaka, H. Sotome, S. Ito, H. Miyasaka, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, B. L. Feringa, K. Uchida
Object transportation system mimicking the cilia of Paramecium aurelia making use of the light-controllable crystal bending behavior of a photochromic diarylethene
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 58(38), 13308-13312 (2019)
69. G. Naren, C. W. Hsu, S. M. Li, M. Morimoto, S. C. Tang, J. Hernando, G. Guirado, M. Irie, F. M. Raymo, H. Sunden, J. Andreasson
An all-photonic full color RGB system based on molecular photoswitches
Nat. Commun., 10, 3996 (2019)
68. K. Inaba, R. Iwai, M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Thermally reversible photochromism of dipyrrolylethenes
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 18(9), 2136-2141 (2019)
67. Y. Nakagawa, M. Morimoto, N. Yasuda, K. Hyodo, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
Photosalient effect of diarylethene crystals of thiazoyl and thienyl derivatives
Chem. Eur. J., 25(33), 7874-7880 (2019)
66. A. Fetoh, G. Cosquer, M. Morimoto, M. Irie, O. El-Gammal, G. M. A. El-Reash, B. K. Breedlove, M. Yamashita
Synthesis, structures, and magnetic properties of two coordination assemblies of Mn(III) single molecule magnets bridged via photochromic diarylethene ligands
Inorg. Chem., 58(4), 2307-2314 (2019)
65. J. Kida, K. Imato, R. Goseki, D. Aoki, M. Morimoto, H. Otsuka
The photoregulation of a mechanochemical polymer scission
Nat. Commun., 9, 3504 (2018)
64. T. Nagasaka, T. Kunishi, H. Sotome, M. Koga, M. Morimoto, M. Irie, H. Miyasaka
Multiphoton-gated cycloreversion reaction of a fluorescent diarylethene derivative as revealed by transient absorption spectroscopy
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 20(30), 19776-19783 (2018)
63. S. Ito, M. Mitsuishi, K. Setoura, M. Tamura, T. Iida, M. Morimoto, M. Irie, H. Miyasaka
Mesoscopic motion of optically trapped particle synchronized with photochromic reactions of diarylethene derivatives
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 9(10), 2659-2664 (2018)
62. M. Morimoto, Y. Takagi, K. Hioki, T. Nagasaka, H. Sotome, S. Ito, H. Miyasaka, M. Irie
A turn-on mode fluorescent diarylethene: Solvatochromism of fluorescence
Dyes Pigm., 153, 144-149 (2018)
61. M. Irie, M. Morimoto
Photoswitchable turn-on mode fluorescent diarylethenes: Strategies for controlling the switching response
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 91(2), 237-250 (2018)
60. R. Kashihara, M. Morimoto, S. Ito, H. Miyasaka, M. Irie
Fluorescence photoswitching of a diarylethene by irradiation with single-wavelength visible light
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139(46), 16498-16501 (2017)
59. T. Yamaguchi, T. Nakagawa, T. Ozeki, M. Fukuda, M. Morimoto, S. Takami
Thermal decomposition product of 1,2-bis(2-methyl-1-benzofuran-3-yl)perfluorocyclopentene
Tetrahedron Lett., 58(47), 4447-4449 (2017)
58. E. Hatano, M. Morimoto, T. Imai, K. Hyodo, A. Fujimoto, R. Nishimura, A. Sekine, N. Yasuda, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
Photosalient phenomena that mimic Impatiens are observed in hollow crystals of diarylethene with a perfluorocyclohexene ring
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 56(41), 12576-12580 (2017)
57. M. Morimoto, T. Sumi, M. Irie
Photoswitchable fluorescent diarylethene derivatives with thiophene 1,1-dioxide groups: Effect of alkyl substituents at the reactive carbons
Materials, 10(9), 1021 (2017)
56. J. Kida, K. Imato, R. Goseki, M. Morimoto, H. Otsuka
Photoregulation of retro-Diels-Alder reaction at the center of polymer chains
Chem. Lett., 46(7), 992-994 (2017)
55. Y. Takagi, M. Morimoto, R. Kashihara, S. Fujinami, S. Ito, H. Miyasaka, M. Irie
Turn-on mode fluorescent diarylethenes: Control of the cycloreversion quantum yield
Tetrahedron, 73(33), 4918-4924 (2017)
54. Y. Arai, S. Ito, H. Fujita, Y. Yoneda, T. Kaji, S. Takei, R. Kashihara, M. Morimoto, M. Irie, H. Miyasaka
One-colour control of activation, excitation and deactivation of a fluorescent diarylethene derivative in super-resolution microscopy
Chem. Commun., 53(29), 4066-4069 (2017)
53. T. Ichikawa, M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Diastereoselective photocyclization of a photochromic diarylethene having a benzo[b]phosphole P-oxide group
Dyes Pigm., 137, 214-220 (2017)
52. M. Morimoto, R. Kashihara, K. Mutoh, Y. Kobayashi, J. Abe, H. Sotome, S. Ito, H. Miyasaka, M. Irie
Turn-on mode fluorescence photoswitching of diarylethene single crystals
CrystEngComm, 18(38), 7241-7248 (2016)
51. N. Fujinaga, N. Nishikawa, R. Nishimura, K. Hyodo, S. Yamazoe, Y. Kojima, K. Yamamoto, T. Tsujioka, M. Morimoto, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
Photoinduced topographical changes on microcrystalline surfaces of diarylethenes
CrystEngComm, 18(38), 7229-7235 (2016)
50. E. Hatano, M. Morimoto, K. Hyodo, N. Yasuda, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
Photosalient effect of a diarylethene with a perfluorocyclohexene ring
Chem. Eur. J., 22(36), 12680-12683 (2016)
49. M. Balter, S. Li, M. Morimoto, S. Tang, J. Hernando, G. Guirado, M. Irie, F. M. Raymo, J. Andreasson
Emission color tuning and white-light generation based on photochromic control of energy transfer reactions in polymer micelles
Chem. Sci., 7(9), 5867-5871 (2016)
48. K. Takase, K. Hyodo, M. Morimoto, Y. Kojima, H. Mayama, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
Photoinduced reversible formation of a superhydrophilic surface by crystal growth of diarylethene
Chem. Commun., 52(42), 6885-6887 (2016)
47. M. A. Yatoo, G. Cosquer, M. Morimoto, M. Irie, B. K. Breedlove, M. Yamashita
1D chains of lanthanoid ions and a dithienylethene ligand showing slow relaxation of the magnetization
Magnetochemistry, 2(2), 21 (2016)
46. A. Fetoh, G. Cosquer, M. Morimoto, M. Irie, O. El-Gammal, G. A. El-Reash, B. K. Breedlove, M. Yamashita
Photo-activation of single molecule magnet behavior in a manganese-based complex
Sci. Rep., 6, 23785; doi: 10.1038/srep23785 (2016)
45. T. Ichikawa, M. Morimoto, H. Sotome, S. Ito, H. Miyasaka, M. Irie
Photochromism of diarylethene derivatives having benzophosphole and benzothiophene groups
Dyes Pigm., 126, 186-193 (2016)
44. T. Sumi, T. Kaburagi, M. Morimoto, K. Une, H. Sotome, S. Ito, H. Miyasaka, M. Irie
Fluorescent photochromic diarylethene that turns on with visible light
Org. Lett., 17(19), 4802-4805 (2015)
43. S. Ohshima, M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Light-driven bending of diarylethene mixed crystals
Chem. Sci., 6(10), 5746-5752 (2015)
42. T. Wu, B. Johnsen, Z. Qin, M. Morimoto, D. Baillie, M. Irie, N. R. Branda
Two-colour fluorescent imaging in organisms using self-assembled nano-systems of upconverting nanoparticles and molecular switches
Nanoscale, 7(26), 11263-11266 (2015)
41. G. Cosquer, M. Morimoto, M. Irie, A. Fetoh, B. K. Breedlove, M. Yamashita
Photo-control of the magnetic properties of Dy(III) and Ho(III) homometal coordination polymers bridged by a diarylethene ligand
Dalton Trans., 44(13), 5996-6002 (2015)
40. R. Kodama, K. Sumaru, K. Morishita, T. Kanamori, K. Hyodo, T. Kamitanaka, M. Morimoto, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
A diarylethene as the SO2 gas generator upon UV irradiation
Chem. Commun., 51(9), 1736-1738 (2015)
39. D. Pinkowicz, M. Ren, L.-M. Zheng, S. Sato, M. Hasegawa, M. Morimoto, M. Irie, B. K. Breedlove, G. Cosquer, K. Katoh, M. Yamashita
Control of the single-molecule magnet behavior of lanthanide-diarylethene photochromic assemblies by irradiation with light
Chem. Eur. J., 20(39), 12502-12513 (2014)
38. Y. Tatsumi, N. Fujinaga, M. Kasuno, M. Morimoto, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
A photo- and halochromic multicolor switching system consisting of diarylethene and malachite green moieties
New J. Chem., 38(12), 5706-5714 (2014)
37. T. Yamaguchi, M. Hosaka, K. Shinohara, T. Ozeki, M. Fukuda, S. Takami, Y. Ishibashi, T. Asahi, M. Morimoto
Photochromism and fluorescence properties of 1,2-bis(2-alkyl-1-benzothiophene-3-yl)perhydrocyclopentenes
J. Photochem. Photobiol. A, 285, 44-51 (2014)
36.
T. Yamaguchi, Y. Kamihashi, T. Ozeki, A. Uyama, J. Kitai, M. Kasuno, K. Sumaru,
Y. Kimura, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura, M. Morimoto, K. Uchida
Photochromic reaction of diarylethenes having phenol moiety as an aryl ring
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 87(4), 528-538 (2014)
35. T. Sumi, Y. Takagi, A. Yagi, M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Photoirradiation wavelength dependence of cycloreversion quantum yields of diarylethenes
Chem. Commun., 50(30), 3928-3930 (2014)
34. S. Yagai, K. Iwai, M. Yamauchi, T. Karatsu, A. Kitamura, S. Uemura, M. Morimoto, H. Wang, F. Wurthner
Photocontrol over self-assembled nanostructures of pi-pi stacked dyes supported by the parallel conformer of diarylethene
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 53(10), 2602-2606 (2014)
33. T. Ichikawa, M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Asymmetric photoreaction of a diarylethene in hydrogen-bonded cocrystals with chiral molecules
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 13(2), 199-204 (2014)
32. Y. Shoji, A. Yagi, M. Horiuchi, M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Photochromic diarylethene derivatives having hydrophilic substituents
Israel J. Chem., 53(5), 303-311 (2013)
31. Y. Takagi, T. Kunishi, T. Katayama, Y. Ishibashi, H. Miyasaka, M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Photoswitchable fluorescent diarylethene derivatives with short alkyl chain substituents
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 11(11), 1661-1665 (2012)
30. M. Morimoto, N, Takashio, M. Irie
Crystal structures
and dielectric properties of 2-imidazoline derivatives having intermolecular hydrogen-bonded
networks
Chem. Lett., 41(5), 525-527 (2012)
29. S. Sakiyama, S. Yamazoe, A. Uyama, M. Morimoto, S. Yokojima, Y. Kojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
Photoinduced reversible heteroepitaxial microcrystal growth of a photochromic diarylethene on (110) surface of SrTiO3
Cryst. Growth Des., 12(3), 1464-1468 (2012)
28. S. Yagai, K. Ohta, M. Gushiken, K. Iwai, A. Asano, S. Seki, Y. Kikkawa, M. Morimoto, A. Kitamura, T. Karatsu
Photoreversible supramolecular polymerisation and hierarchical organization of hydrogen-bonded supramolecular co-polymers composed of diarylethenes and oligothiophenes
Chem. Eur. J., 18(8), 2244-2253 (2012)
27. F. Terao, M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Light-driven molecular-crystal actuators: rapid and reversible bending of rodlike mixed crystals of diarylethene derivatives
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51(4), 901-904 (2012)
Hot paper, Inside cover
26. T. Yamaguchi, M. Hosaka, T. Ozeki, M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Photochromism of diarylethene derivatives bearing a benzo[b]silole unit
Tetrahedron Lett., 52(43), 5601-5604 (2011)
25. K. Uno, H. Niikura, M. Morimoto, Y. Ishibashi, H. Miyasaka, M. Irie
In
situ preparation of highly fluorescent dyes upon photoirradiation
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133(34), 13558-13564 (2011)
24. M. Morimoto, K. Murata, T. Michinobu
Photochemical
control of a highly efficient addition reaction between electron-rich alkynes
and tetracyanoethylene
Chem. Commun., 47(35), 9819-9821 (2011)
23. T. Yamaguchi, W. Taniguchi, T. Kagawa, Y. Kamihashi, T. Ozeki, M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Photochromism of 1,2-bis(5-n-alkyl-2-phenyloxazol-4-yl)perfluorocyclopentene derivatives in single-crystalline phase
Chem. Lett., 40(6), 635-637 (2011)
22. A. Uyama, S. Yamazoe, S. Shigematsu, M. Morimoto, S. Yokojima, H. Mayama, Y. Kojima, S. Nakamura, K. Uchida
Reversible photocontrol of surface wettability between hydrophilic and superhydrophobic surfaces on an asymmetric diarylthene solid surface
Langmuir, 27(10), 6395-6400 (2011)
21. M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Photochemical control of dielectric properties based on intermolecular proton transfer in a hydrogen-bonded diarylethene crystal
Chem. Commun., 47(14), 4186-4188 (2011)
20. T, Shiga, H. Miyasaka, M. Yamashita, M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Copper(II)-terbium(III) single-molecule magnets linked by photochromic ligands
Dalton Trans., 40(10), 2275-2282 (2011)
19. M. Morimoto, M. Irie
A diarylethene cocrystal that converts light into mechanical work
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132(40), 14172-14178 (2010)
RSC Chemistry World, PHYSORG.COM, Chem-Station, JACS Select
18. H. Ohara, M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Photochromism of dithienylethene single crystals having anthracene substituents
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 9(8), 1079-1081 (2010)
Front cover
17. L. Kuroki, S. Takami, K. Yoza, M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Photoinduced shape changes of diarylethene single crystals: correlation between shape changes and molecular packing
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 9(2), 221-225 (2010)
16. M. Irie, M. Morimoto
Photochromic diarylethene molecules and crystals
Pure Appl. Chem., 81(9), 1655-1665 (2009)
15. M. Morimoto, H. Miyasaka, M. Yamashita, M. Irie
Coordination assemblies of [Mn4] single-molecule magnets linked by photochromic ligands: photochemical control of the magnetic properties
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131(28), 9823-9835 (2009)
14. M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Photochromism of diarylethene derivatives having cyclohexyl and cyclohexenyl groups in single-component crystals and a two-component mixed crystal
Tetrahedron Lett., 50(26), 3404-3407 (2009)
13. M. Morimoto, S. Kobatake, M. Irie
Absolute asymmetric photocyclization in chiral diarylethene co-crystals with octafluoronaphthalene
Chem. Commun., 44(3), 335-337 (2008)
12. M. Morimoto, S. Kobatake, M. Irie
Photochromism of a diarylethene charge-transfer complex: photochemical control of intermolecular charge-transfer interaction
Chem. Commun., 42(25), 2656-2658 (2006)
11. M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Photochromic reactions of diarylethenes in single crystals with intermolecular O-H...N hydrogen-bonding networks
Chem. Eur. J., 12(16), 4275-4282 (2006)
10. M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Photochromism of diarylethene single crystals: crystal structures and photochromic performance (Feature Article)
Chem. Commun., 41(31), 3895-3905 (2005)
9. M. Morimoto, S. Kobatake, M. Irie
Crystal engineering of photochromic diarylethene derivatives by aryl-perfluoroaryl interaction
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 431(1), 229-234 (2005)
8. S. Kobatake, M. Morimoto, M. Irie
Nanolayered structures in photochromic crystal of 1,2-bis-(2-methyl-5-p-methoxyphenyl-3-thienyl)perfluorocyclopentene
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 431(1), 223-227 (2005)
7. M. Morimoto, S. Kobatake, M. Irie
Crystal engineering of photochromic diarylethene single crystals
Chem. Rec., 4(1), 23-38 (2004)
6. M. Morimoto, S. Kobatake, M. Irie
Photochromism of diarylethenes in nanolayers of a single crystal
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2(11), 1088-1094 (2003)
5. M. Morimoto, S. Kobatake, M. Irie
Aryl-perfluoroaryl interaction in photochromic diarylethene crystals
Cryst. Growth Des., 3(5), 847-854 (2003)
4. M. Morimoto, S. Kobatake, M. Irie
Multicolor photochromism of two- and three-component diarylethene crystals
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125(36), 11080-11087 (2003)
3. M. Morimoto, S. Kobatake, M. Irie
Polymorphism of 1,2-bis(2-methyl-5-p-methoxyphenyl-3-thienyl)perfluorocyclopentene and photochromic reactivity of the single crystals
Chem. Eur. J., 9(3), 621-627 (2003)
2. S. Kobatake, M. Morimoto, Y. Asano, A. Murakami, S. Nakamura, M. Irie
Absorption spectra of colored isomer of diarylethene in single crystals
Chem. Lett., 31(12), 1224-1225 (2002)
1. M. Morimoto, S. Kobatake, M. Irie
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