Assistant Professor Shunichiro Ito

Assistant Professor Shunichiro ITO

Japanese: 伊藤峻一郎のプロフィール

Shunichiro ITO
Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
A3-404, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
Phone: +81-75-383-2609 Fax: +81-75-383-2607
E-mail: ito at poly.synchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Personal

• Date of Birth 　December 17, 1992
• Birthplace　　　Kyoto, Japan

Education

• Jan. 2020　　　 Ph.D., Tanaka Lab., Dept. of Polymer Chemistry, Grad. Sch. Eng., Kyoto University.
• Mar. 2017 　　　M.S., Chujo Lab., Dept. of Polymer Chemistry, Grad. Sch. Eng., Kyoto University.
• Mar. 2015 　　　B.S., Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Feb. 2020-　　　Assistant Professor, Dept. of Polymer Chemistry, Grad. Sch. Eng., Kyoto University.
• Jun.-Sep. 2017　Visiting Researcher, Georgia Institute of Technology (Prof. John R. Reynolds)
• Apr. 2017-Jan. 2020　　　Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, DC1

AWARDS

• Aug. 2018　　　JSCC Student Presentation Award 2018 from Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry
• Apr. 2018　　　CSJ Student Presentation Award 2018 from the Chemical Society of Japan
• Jul. 2017　　　 Mazume Research Encouragement Award, Grad. Sch. Eng., Kyoto Univ.
• Mar. 2017　　　 Best Presentation Prize in the 5th Workshop for Master Course Students in the MEXT project, “New Polymeric Materials Based on Element-Blocks”
• Dec. 2016　　　 CSJ Poster Presentation Award 2016 for Excellent Research
• Sep. 2015　　　 SPSJ Symposium on Macromolecules Poster Award 2015

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Polymer Synthesis
• Organic Synthesis
• Photochemistry
• Material Science

MEMBERS

• The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ)
• The Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ)
• Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (JSCC)
• The Japanese Photochemistry Association (JPA)

PUBLICATIONS

1. Characterization and Photophysical Properties of a Luminescent Aluminum Hydride Complex Supported by a β-Diketiminate Ligand
   • Ito, S.; Tanaka, K.; Chujo, Y. Inorganics, 2019, 7, 100. (DOI:10.3390/inorganics7080100).

1. Randomly Distributed Conjugated Polymer Repeat Units for High-efficiency Photovoltaic Materials with Enhanced Solubility and Processability
   • Xu, B.; Pelse, I.; Agarkar, S.; Ito, S.; Zhang, J.; Yi, X.; Chujo, Y.; Marder, S.; So, F.; Reynolds, J. R. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10, 44583-44588. (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b15522).

1. Luminescent Color Tuning with Polymer Films Composed of Boron Diiminate Conjugated Copolymers by Changing Connection Points to Comonomers
   • Yamaguchi, M.; Ito, S.; Hirose, A.; Tanaka, K.; Chujo, Y. Polym. Chem. 2018, 9, 1942-1946. (DOI: 10.1039/C8PY00283E). Selected as the Best Paper of the Month.

1. Synthesis, properties and structure of borafluorene-based conjugated polymers with kinetically and thermodynamically stabilized tetracoordinated boron atoms
   • Matsumoto, T.; Ito, S.; Tanaka, K.; Chujo, Y. Polym. J. 2018, 50, 197-202. (DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s41428-017-0002-x).

1. Arene-inserted Extended Germa[N]pericyclynes: Synthesis, Structure, and Phosphorescence Properties
   • Tanimoto, H.; Mori, J.; Ito, S.; Nishiyama, Y.; Morimoto, T.; Tanaka, K.; Chujo, Y.; Kakiuchi, K. Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 10080-10086. (DOI: 10.1002/chem.201701359). [Inside Back Cover] [Hot Paper]

1. Control of aggregation-induced emission versus fluorescence aggregation-caused quenching by the bond existence at the single site in boron pyridinoiminate complexes.
   • Yamaguchi, M.; Ito, S.; Hirose, A.; Tanaka, K.; Chujo, Y. Mater. Chem. Front. 2017, 1, 1573-1579. (DOI: 10.1039/C7QM00076F).

1. Y. Synthesis of aggregation-induced emission-active conjugated polymers composed of group 13 diiminate complexes with tunable energy levels via alteration of central element.
   • Ito, S.; Hirose, A.; Yamaguchi, M.; Tanaka, K.; Chujo, Y. Polymers 2017, 9, 68-78. (DOI: 10.3390/polym9020068).

1. Extended germa[N]pericyclynes: synthesis and characterization.
   • Tanimoto, H.; Fujiwara, T.; Mori, J.; Nagao, T.; Nishiyama, Y.; Morimoto, T.; Ito, S.; Tanaka, K.; Chujo, Y.; Kakiuchi, K. Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 2281-2288. (DOI: 10.1039/C6DT04633A).

1. Development of the solid-state emissive o-carborane and theoretical investigation for mechanism of aggregation-induced emission behaviors of organoboron “element-blocks”.
   • Tanaka, K.; Nishino, K.; Ito, S.; Yamane, H.; Suenaga, K.; Hashimoto, K.; Chujo, Y. Faraday Discuss. 2017, 196, 31-42. (DOI: 10.1039/C6FD00155F).

1. Size-discrimination for volatile organic compounds utilizing gallium diiminate by luminescent chromism of crystallization-induced emission via encapsulation-triggered crystal-crystal transition.
   • Ito, S.; Hirose, A.; Yamaguchi, M.; Tanaka, K.; Chujo, Y. J. Mater. Chem. C 2016, 3, 5564-5571. (DOI: 10.1039/c6tc01819j). [Inside Front Cover] [Hot Article]

1. Modulation of sensitivity to mechanical stimulus in mechanofluorochromic properties by altering substituent positions in solid-state emissive diiodo boron diiminates.
   • Yamaguchi, M.; Ito, S.; Hirose, A.; Tanaka, K.; Chujo, Y. J. Mater. Chem. C 2016, 3, 5314-5319. (DOI: 10.1039/c6tc01111j).

1. Preservation of main-chain conjugation through BODIPY-containing alternating polymers from electronic interactions with side-chain substituents by cardo boron structures.
   • Yamane, H.; Ito, S.; Tanaka, K.; Chujo, Y. Polym. Chem. 2016, 7, 2799-2807. (DOI: 10.1039/c6py00377j). [Back Cover]

Books

1. Recent Progress in the Development of Optoelectronic Materials Based on Group 13 Element-Containing Conjugated Polymers.
   • Ito, S.; Gon, M.; Tanaka, K.; Chujo, Y. In Handbook of Conducting Polymers. Conjugated Polymers: Perspective, Theory, and New Materials, 4th ed.; Reynolds, J. R.; Thompson, B. C.; Skotheim, T. A., Eds.; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, 2019; 489-516. (ISBN: 9781138065512).

Invited Lectures

1. Jun. 2019 The 60th Regional Seminar of the Young Coordination Chemists' Association Japan
   • Synthetic and Theoretical Approaches to Solid-State Luminescent Diketiminate Complexes Composed of the Typical Elements

Others

1. Engineering Bulletin (KOGAKU KOHO) No.71, Apr. 2019.