Invited Lectures at International Meetings
109 Diarylethene Molecular Photoswitches: Recent Progress and Future Prospects (Plenary Lecture)
International Symposium on Photochromism (ISOP)
Paris, France, September 23-27 (2019)
108 Photochromism and Photomechanical Response of Diarylethene Single Crystals
The 2nd International Conference on Photoalignment & Photopatterning in Soft Materials
Nagoya, Japan, November 24-27 (2016)
107 Making and Breaking Bonds with Light: Diarylethene Crystals that Convert Light into Mechanical Work
25. Lecture Conference on Photochemistry
Jena, Germany, September 26-28 (2016)
106 Making and Breaking Bonds with Light: Photochromism of Diarylethenes
Towards an International laboratory between France and Japan on Photochemistry
Tokyo, Japan, April 1 (2016)
105 Diarylethene crystals that convert light into mechanical work: An approach to molecular machinery
International Workshop for Photo- and Electro-Molecular Machines
Toulouse, France, October 6-7 (2015)
104 New Frontiers in Photochromism
“Photochromism School”
Dourdan, France, December 7-10 (2014)
103 Photochromism of Diarylethene Molecules and Crystals
“Le Giornate di Chimica Organica a Pavia” (Plenary)
Pavia, Italy, October 15 (2014)
102 Making and Breaking Bonds with Light: Discovery and Development of Photochromic Diarylethenes
“XXVth IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry” (Porter Medal Lecture)
Palais des Congrès in Bordeaux, France, July 13-18 (2014)
101 Diarylethene Crystals that Convert Light into Mechanical Work: An Approach to Molecular Machinery
“NIMS Conference 2014”
Tsukuba International Congress Center, Japan, July 1-3 (2014)
100 Photochromicm of Diarylethene Single Molecules and Single Crystals
“Light-Harvesting Processes 2013”
Kloster Banz, Germany, April 7-11 (2013)

99

Photochromism of Diarylethene Single Molecules and Single Crystals
“6th International Meeting on Molecular Electronics”
Grenoble, France, December 3-7 (2012)
98 Photochromism of Diarylethene Single Molecules and Single Crystals
“Phenics International Network Symposium”
Nantes, France, November 28-December 1 (2012)
97 Photochromism of Diarylethene Molecules and Crystals
“7th Asian Photochemistry Conference 2012”
Osaka, Japan, November 12-15 (2012)

96

Photochromism of Diarylethene Molecules and Crystals: Application to Molecular Machinery
"International Symposium on Molecular Nanotechnology" (Plenary)
Nara, Japan, December 1-2 (2010)
 
95Photochromic Diarylethene Crystals: Application to Molecular Machinery
"Japan-French Joint Seminar on Photochromism" (Plenary)
Yokohama, Japan, October 21-22 (2010)
 
94Photochromic Diarylethene Crystals: Application to Molecular Machinery
"Ciamician-Paterno Heritage Meeting" (Plenary)
Ferrara, Italy, July16-17 (2010)
93Photochromic Diarylethene Molecules and Crystals
"The 11th International Kyoto Conference on New Aspects of Organic Chemistry
(IKCOC-11)" (Plenary)
Kyoto, Japan, November 9-13 (2009)
92Photochromic Diarylethene Molecules and Crystals
"The Forth East Asia Symposium on Functional Dyes and Advanced Materials" (Plenary)
Osaka, Japan, June 2-5 (2009)
91Photochromism of Diarylethenes
"21. Lecture Conference - Theodor - Förster Preis Lecture" (Plenary)
Biefeld, Germany, October 6-8 (2008) 
90Photochromism of Diarylethene Single Crystals - Reversible Color and Shape Changes on
Photoirradiation
"IUCr 2008" (Plenary)
Osaka, Japan, August 24-30 (2008) 
89Photochromic Diarylethene Molecules and Crystals
"IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry" (Plenary)
Gothenburg, Sweden, July 28-August 1 (2008) 
88Photochromism of Diarylethene Single Crystals
"Organic Chemistry for Functional Materials" (Plenary)
Uppsala, Sweden, April 28 (2008) 
87Diarylethene Single Crystals and Single Molecules
“Russian-French Bilateral Seminar on Molecular Switching” (Plenary)
Saissac, France, October 22-25 (2007)
86Rapid and Reversible Contraction, Expansion and Bending of Diarylethene Single
Crystals on Photoirradiation
“ISOP-07”
Vancouver, Canada, October 7-10 (2007) 
85Photoresponsive Diarylethene Single Crystals
“ACS 234th Boston National Meeting”
Boston, U. S. A., August 19-23 (2007) 
84Photochromism of Diarylethene Derivatives
“Lecture Tour in Switzerland”
Switzerland, October 29 - November 6 (2006)
 
83Single-molecule Photochromism in Polymer Matrices
“10th Japan-Belgium Symposium on Polymer Science”
Li
ége, Belgium, September 3-6 (2006) 
82Photochromism of Diarylethenes
“Kyushu University-University Bordeaux I Jioint Seminar on New Materials”
Bordeaux, France, June 27-29 (2006) 
81Photochromism of Diarylethene Single Crystals
“PACIFICHEM 2005”
Honolulu, U.S.A, December 15-20 (2005) 
80Photochromism - Fundamentals and Applications
“ICMR Summer School on Stereo Chemical Aspects of Novel Materials”
Santa Barbara, U.S.A., August 25 (2005)
79Photochromism of Diarylethenes at the Single-Molecule Level
“ICP 2005”
Cairns, Australia, July 24-29 (2005) 
78Photochromism of Diarylethenes : From Single Crystals to Single Molecules
“Bürgenstock Conference” (Plenary)
Bürgenstock, Switzerland, April 16-22 (2005) 
77Photochromism of Diarylethene Single Crystals and Single Molecules
“APC-2005”
Taipei, Taiwan, January 5-9 (2005)
76Photochromism of Diarylethene - Single Crystals and Single Molecules
“2004 Korea-Japan Symposium on Frontier Photosciecne” (Plenary)
Daejeon, Korea, November 20-23 (2004)
75Photochromism of Diarylethene Single Molecules and Single Crystals
“ISOP' 04 International Symposium on Photochromism” (Plenary)
Arcachon, France, September 12-15 (2004)
 
74Digital Fluorescence Photoswitching of Single Molecules Based on Photochromism
“XX IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry”
Granada, Spain, July 17-22 (2004)
73Light and Organic Molecules
“Ceremony on Docteur Honoris Causa”
Bordeaux, France, December 10 (2003)
72Photochromism of Diarylethene in Crystals and Polymers
“9th Japanese-Belgian Seminar on Polymer Science”
Osaka, Japan, November 10-12 (2003)
71Photochromism of Diarylethene Single Crystals and Single Molecules - Nano-Photochemistry
“Japan-France Conference on Molecular Photonics and Biophotonics at Macro and Nano-Scale”
Awaji, Japan, October 26-29 (2003)
70Photochromism of Diarylethene Single Crystals and Single Molecules
“International Symposium on Nanophotonics”
Osaka, Japan, July 24-26 (2003)
69Diarylethenes for Memories and Switches - Introduction
“International Symposium on Photochromic Diarylethenes” (Plenary)
Miesbach, Germany, September 18-20 (2002)
68Photochromism of Diarylethenes: Photoswitching and Photomechanical Effects
“14th International Symposium on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy”
Sapporo, Japan, August 4-9 (2002)
67Photochromic Diarylethenes for Photoresponsive Liquid Crystals - New Photochromic Dopants
“The International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology”
Seattle, U. S. A., July 7-11 (2002)
66Photochromic Diarylethenes for 3D and Near-Field Optical Memory
“The 8th IUMRS International Conference on Electronic Materials” (Plenary)
Xi'an, China, June 10-14 (2002)
65Organic Memory Media for 3D Storage
“International Symposium 3DM 2002”
Tokyo, Japan (2002)
64New Aspects of Single-Crystalline Photochromism of Diarylethenes
“13th Winter Conference of Inter-American Photochemical Society”
Tempe, U.S.A., January 2-5 (2002)
63New Aspects of Single-Crystalline Photochromism
“International Conference on Photoinduced Phase Transitions, Their Dynamics and Precursor Phenomena”
Tsukuba, Japan, November 14-16 (2001)
62Photochromism of Single-Crystalline Diarylethenes
“Kyushu International Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry”
Fukuoka, Japan, November 27-30 (2001)
61Photochromism of Diarylethenes: Photoswitching and Photomechanical Effects
“Euresco Conference on Chemistry and Physics of Multifunctional Materials”
Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy, September 22-27 (2001)
60Diastereoselective Photocyclization of Diarylethenes in Single-Crystalline and Amorphous Glassy State
“First International Symposium on Asymmetric Photochemistry”
Osaka, Japan, September 4-6 (2001)
59Photochromism of Diarylethene Single Crystals
“The 10th International Symposium on Novel Aromatics”
San Diego, U.S.A., August 4-8 (2001)
58New Aspects of Single-Crystalline Photochromism of Diarylethenes
“XX International Conference on Photochemistry”
Moscow, Russia, July 31- August 3 (2001) 
57Photochromism of Dithienylethene Oligomers: Highly Efficient Photocoloration Systems
“International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies”
Honolulu, U.S.A., December 14-19 (2000) 
56Mechanism of Single-crystalline Photochromism of Diarylethenes
“International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies”
Honolulu, U.S.A., December 14-19 (2000) 
55Photochromism of Diarylethene Oligomers
“VIII Japan-Belgium Polymer Symposium”
Ghent, Belgium, November 5-8 (2000) 
54Photochromism of Single-crystalline Diarylethenes
“XVIII IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry”
Dresden, Germany, July 22-27 (2000)
53Photochromism of Diarylethenes in Confined Reaction Spaces
“The Nagoya COE-RCCMS Conference on Materials Science and Organic Synthesis - Frontier of Chemistry in the 21st Century -”
Nagoya, Japan, January 6-7 (2000) 
52Photochromism of Single Crystalline Diarylethenes
“US - Japan Workshop on Supramolecular Photochemistry”
New Orleans, U.S.A., December 10-14 (1999) 
51Photochromism of Diarylethenes in Polymer and Crystals
“Fourth International Conference on Materials Chemistry”
Dublin, Ireland, June 13-16 (1999) 
50Near Field Optical Memory Using Photochromic Materials
“Israel-Japan Workshop on Near Field Optics and Related Technologies”
Kiryat Anavim, Israel, June 21-22 (1999) 
49Single Crystalline Photochromism of Diarylethenes.
“1st Japan-Netherland Joint Workshop on Chemotransfiguration”
Kurume, Japan, January 8 (1999) 
48Photochromism of Single Crystalline Dithienylethenes.
“A Symposium on Molecular and Supramolecular Photochemistry”
Boston, U.S.A., August 23-26 (1998) 
47Photochromism of Diarylethenes in Organized Systems.
“The 26th Annual Katzir-Katchalsky Conference - 8th International Conference on
Polymer Based Technology”
Ma'ale Hachamisha, Israel, June 28 July 3 (1998)
46Near Field Optical Recording on Photochromic Thin Films.
“Japan-US Information Exchange Seminar on Photophysics and Photoconversion in Small
Domains by Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy”
Napa Valley, U.S.A., January 10-13 (1998)
45Photochromic Diarylethenes for Molecular Photonics.
“International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Science”
Sendai, Japan, January 8-9 (1998) 
44Photochromic Diarylethenes for Photonic Devices.
“Rad’Tech Asia’07”
Yokohama, Japan, November 4-7 (1997)
43Photochromism of Diarylethenes in Organized Systems.
“Seventh Japanese - Belgian Seminar on Polymer Science”
Hayama Japan, November 2-5 (l997) 
42Photochromism of Single Crystalline Diarylethenes.
“The 4th Sino-Japan Binational Symposium on Photochemistry” (Plenary)
Huangshan, China, October 5-9 (1997) 
41Photochromic Diarylethenes - Fundamentals and Applications.
“Invited Lecture Series in ENS de Cachan”
Cachan, France, June 10-29 (1997) 
40New Photochromic Compounds for Ultrahigh Density Molecular Memory.
“8th Molecular Electronics & Devices Symposium” (Plenary)
Pusan, Korea, May 2-3 (1997)
39Diarylthenes - A New Class of Photochromic Compounds for Molecular Photonics.
“Workshop on Photophysical Processes and Molecular Design of 3-D Memory”
IAMS, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, March 21 (1997) 
38Photochromism of Single Crystalline Diarylethenes.
“Workshop on Photoresponsive Materials”
Cataline Island. U.S.A., November 3-7 (1996) 
37Photochromic Dithienylethenes for Molecular Photonics.
“Gordon Research Conference on Organic Structure and Properties”
Fukuoka, Japan, September 24-28 (1996) 
36Photochromism of Single Crystalline Diarylethenes.
“The 2nd International Symposium on Photochromism” (Plenary)
Florida, U.S.A., September 8-14 (1996) 
35Photochromic Dithienylethenes for Molecular Photonics.
“The International Symposium on the Organic Chemistry of Sulfur” (Plenary)
Tsukuba, Japan, July 7-12 (1996) 
34Femtosecond Dynamics of Photoreactive Materials.
“Workshop on Femtosecond Technology”
Tsukuba, Japan, February 21-23 (1996)
33Photochromic Diarylethenes for Erasable Optical Memory.
“International Symposium on Organic Thin Films for Photonics Applications”
Portland, U. S. A., September 11-14 (1995) 
32Exploration of Novel Photochromic Memory Media for Photon-mode Near Field Optical Recording.
“International Symposium on Optical Memory 1995” (Invited)
Kanazawa, Japan, August 30- September 1 (1995)
31Photochromic Diarylethenes for Photonic Devices.
“The 3rd International Symposium on Functiona Dyes” (Plenary)
Santa Cruze, U.S.A., July 16-21 (1995)
30Photochromic Molecules with Controlled Functionality.
“Japan-U.S. Binational Workshop on Future Prospects of Solar Energy Conversion”
Kailua-Kona, U.S.A., January 5-9 (l995)
29Photochromic Molecules with Controlled Functionality.
“The Taniguchi Conference. Working Molecular Systems - Design and Synthesis”
Ohtsu, Japan, November 6-9 (1994)
28Photochromic Diarylethenes for Molecular Photonics.
“Second European Conference on Molecular Electronics”
Kloster Banz, Germany, September 4-9 (1994) 
27Photochromic Memory Media for Photon-Mode Optical Recording.
“Spectral Hole-Burning and Related Spectroscopies: Science and Applications (SHB'94)”
Tokyo, Japan, August 24-26 (1994) 
26Photochromic Diarylethenes for Optical Memory Media.
“International Meeting on Development for Intelligent Molecular Systems”
Okazaki, Japan, November 9-12 (1993) 
25Molecular Design of Photochromic Diarylethenes for Photonics.
“The 3rd International Conference on Advanced Materials”
Tokyo, Japan, September 1-3 (1993) 
24Stimuli-responsive Polymer Gels: An Approach to Micro Actuators.
“International Conference on Micro-domain Chemistry”
Brussels, Belgium, August 11-13 (1993) 
23New Aspects of Photochromism - Photoresponsive Polymers and Supramolecular Systems.
“XVlth International Conference on Photochemistry” (Plenary)
Vancouver, Canada, August 1-6 (1993)
22Photochromism of Diarylethenes with Heterocyclic Rings. Thermally lrreversible and
Fatigue Resistant Photoreaction.
“Gordon Research Conference on Organic Photochemistry”
Newport, U.S.A., July 25-30 (1993)
21Photochromic Diarylethenes for Optical Memory Media.
“Anglo-Japanese Meeting on Materials Chemistry”
Okazaki, Japan, January 25-27 (1993) 
20Properties and Applications of Photochromic Polymers.
“4th SPSJ International Polymer Conference”
Yokohama, Japan, November 29- December 3 (l992) 
19Photochromic Polymers for Optical Data Storage.
“l992 Royal Society Autumn Meeting”
Dublin, Ireland, September 16-18(1992)
18Photochromic Diarylethenes for Optical Memory Media.
“2nd International Symposium on Chemistry of Functional Dyes”
Kobe, Japan, August 23-28 (1992) 
17Stimuli-Responsive Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide).
“AIChe Symposium on Active. Smart and Responsive Materials”
Los Angeles, U.S.A., November 20 (1991) 
16Photoresponsive Polymers: Photostimulated Volume Change of Polymer Gels.
“Gordon Research Conference on Polymers”
Wolfeboro, U.S.A., June 23-28 (1991) 
15New Photochromic Compounds for Optical Data Storage Media
“MRS Symposium on Polymeric Materials for Integrated Optics and Information Storage”
Anaheim, U.S.A., April 29- May 3 (1991) 
14Properties and Applications of Photoresponsive Polymers.
“XⅢ
th IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry”
Coventry. U K, July 22-28 (1990) 
13Recent Advances of Photoresponsive Polymers.
“33rd IUPAC International Symposium on Macromolecules”
Montreal, Canada, July 8-13 (1990) 
12Recent Advances of Photoresponsive Polymers.
“Polymer Society Meeting of Korea”
Seoul, Korea, April 27-28 (l990) 
11Photochromism of Diarylethenes Having Heterocyclic Rings.
“The 1989 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies”
Honolulu, U S A, December 17-22 (1989) 
10Molecular Design of Photochromic Compounds for Optical Data Storage Media.
“First International Symposium on Chemistry of Functional Dyes”
Osaka, Japan, June 5-9 (1989)
9
Advances in Photochromic Materials for Optical Data Storage Media.
“International Symposium on Optical Memory”
Kobe, Japan, June 5-9 (1989)
8Molecular Design for Thermally lrreversible Photochromic Compounds: Diarylethene Derivatives.
“French-Japan Seminor on Photochemistry”
Tsukuba, Japan,October 24-26 (1988)
7Thermally Irreversible Photochromic Materials for Erasable Optical Data Storage Media.
“ACS Symposium on Polymers in Information Storage Technology”
Los Angeles, U S A, September 25-30 (1988)
6Molecular Design for Thermally Irreversible Photochromic Compounds.
“MRS International Meeting on Advanced Materials”
Tokyo, Japan, May 30- June 3 (l988)
5Photochromic Compounds as a Tool for Analyzing and Controlling Synthetic Polymer Characteristics.
“XII International Meeting of the Society for Analytical Cytology”
Cambridge, England, August 9-15 (1987)
4Light-Induced Conformational Changes of Polymers in Solution and Gel Phase.
“ACS Symposium on Photophysics of Polymer Systems”
Anaheim, U S A, September 8-12 (1986)
3Light-Induced Conformational Changes of Synthetic Polymers.
“NATO Advanced Science Institute on Photophysical and Photochemical Tools in Polymer Science”
San Miniato, Italy, October 13-24 (1985)
2Photoresponsive Synthetic Polymers.
“NATO Advanced Science Institute on the Molecular Models of Photoresponsiveness”
San Miniato, Italy, August 29- September 8 (1982)
1Recent Advances in Photoinduced Ionic Polymerizations.
“Second IUPAC Symposium on Photochemical Processes in Polymer Chemistry”
Leuven, Belgium, June 2-4 (1976)


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