Kenta Kokado

Kenta Kokado

Kenta Kokado
Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
Phone: +81-75-383-2611 Fax: +81-75-383-2607
e-mail: kokado@chujo.synchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp
 

PERSONAL

• Date of Birth: May 19, 1982
• Birthplace: Osaka, Japan
• Blood Type: O

EDUCATION

• 2005.3 B.S., Dept. of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University
• 2007.3 M.S., Dept. of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University
• 2010.3 Ph.D., Dept. of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

• 2008.6-2008.9 Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany (Prof. Ulrich S. Schubert)
• 2009.4-2010.3 Research Fellow (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists) Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University (Prof. Yoshiki Chujo)
• 2010.4- Postdoctoral Fellow (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists) Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University (Prof. Yoshiki Chujo)

AWARD

• 2008 CSJ Presentation Award 2008 (Industrial Research)

FIELD of STUDIES and RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Polymer Synthesis
• Organic Synthesis

MEMBERS

• Society of Polymer Science, Japan
• The Japanese Sol-Gel Society
• Chemical Society of Japan

PAPERS

1. Energy Transfer from Aggregation-Induced Emissive o-Carborane
   • Kokado, K.; Nagai, A.; Chujo, Y. submitted.

1. A Luminescent Coordination Polymer Based on Bisterpyridyl Ligand Containing o-Carborane: Two Tunable Emission Modes
   • Kokado, K.; Chujo, Y. submitted.

1. Reversibly Thermoswitchable Luminescent Gold Nanoparticle Stabilized by BODIPY-Terminated Water-Soluble Polymer
   • Nagai, A.; Yoshii, R.; Otsuka, T.; Kokado, K.; Chujo, Y. Langmuir, ASAP.

1. Poly(γ-glutamic acid) Hydrogels with Water-Sensitive Luminescence Derived from Aggregation-Induced Emission of o-Carborane
   • Kokado, K.; Nagai, A.; Chujo, Y. Macromolecules 2010, 43(15), 6463-6468.

1. Aromatic Ring-Fused Carborane-Based Luminescent π-Conjugated Polymers
   • Kokado, K.; Tominaga, M.; Chujo, Y. Macromol. Rapid Commun.　2010, 31(15), 1389-1394.

1. Luminescent Alternating Boron Quinolate-Fluorene Copolymers Exhibiting High Electron Mobility
   • Nagai, A.; Kobayashi, S.; Nagata, Y.; Kokado, K.; Taka, H.; Kita, H.; Suzuri, Y.; Chujo, Y. J. Mater. Chem. 2010, 20(15), 5196-5201.

1. Polymer Reaction of Poly(p-phenylene-ethynylene) by Addition of Decaborane: Modulation of Luminescence and Heat Resistance
   • Kokado, K.; Chujo, Y. Polym. J. 2010, 42(5), 363-367.(FEATURED ARTICLES)

1. Metal-free synthesis of responsive polymers: Cloud point tuning by controlled “click” reaction
   • Becer, C. R.; Kokado, K.; Weber, C.; Can, A.; Chujo, Y.; Schubert, U. S. J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2010, 48(6), 1278-1286.

1. Thermoresposive Fluorescent Water-Soluble Copolymers Containing BODIPY Dye: Inhibition of H-Aggregation of the BODIPY Units in their Copolymers by LCST
   • Nagai, A.; Kokado, K.; Miyake, J.; Chujo, Y. J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2010, 48(3), 627-634.

1. Emission and Morphology Control of BODIPY-Based Supramolecular Self-Assembly with Enantiomeric Polymer Inhibitor
   • Nagai, A.; Kokado, K.; Miyake, J.; Chujo, Y. Polym. J. 2010, 42(1), 37-42.(FEATURED ARTICLES)

1. Luminescent and Axially Chiral π-Conjugated Polymers Linked by Carboranes in the Main Chain
   • Kokado, K.; Tokoro, Y.; Chujo, Y. Macromolecules 2009, 42(23), 9238-9242.

1. Synthesis and Photostability of Poly(p-phenylenevinylene-borane)s
   • Nagai, A.; Murakami, T.; Nagata, Y.; Kokado, K.; Chujo, Y. Macromolecules 2009, 42(18), 7217-7220.

1. Amphiphilic Hybrid π-Conjugated Polymers Containing Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes
   • Miyake, J.; Sawamura, T.; Kokado, K.; Chujo, Y. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2009, 30(18), 1559-1563.

1. Highly Luminescent Nanoparticles: Self-Assembly of Well-Defined Block Copolymers by Strong π-π Stacked BODIPY Dyes as only a Driving Force
   • Nagai, A.; Kokado, K.; Miyake, J.; Chujo, Y. Macromolecules 2009, 42(8), 5446-5452.

1. Synthesis of Organoboron Quinoline-8-thiolate and -selenolate Complexes and Incorporation of them into π-Conjugated Polymer Main-Chain
   • Tokoro, Y.; Nagai, A.; Kokado, K.; Chujo, Y. Macromolecules 2009, 42(8), 2988-2993.

1. Luminescent m-Carborane-based π-Conjugated polymer
   • Kokado, K.; Tokoro, Y.; Chujo, Y. Macromolecules 2009, 42(8), 2925-2930.

1. A Facile Synthesis of Chiral Luminescent Organoboron Polymers by Hydroboration Polymerization Utilizing Chiral Borane
   • Nagai, A.; Miyake, J.; Kokado, K.; Nagata, Y.; Chujo, Y. Macromolecules 2009, 42(5), 1560-1564.

1. Emission via Aggregation of Alternating Polymers with o-Carborane and p-Phenylene-ethynylene Sequences
   • Kokado, K.; Chujo, Y. Macromolecules 2009, 42(5), 1418-1420. (Noteworthy Chemistry)

1. 1,3-Diketone-Based Organoboron Polymers: Emission by Extending Conjugation along a Polymeric Ligand
   • Nagai, A.; Kokado, K.; Nagata, Y.; Chujo, Y. Macromolecules 2008, 41(22), 8295-8298. (SYNFACT of the month)

1. Highly Luminescent BODIPY-Based Organoboron Polymer Exhibiting Supramolecular Self-Assemble Structure
   • Nagai, A.; Miyake, J.; Kokado, K.; Nagata, Y.; Chujo, Y. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130(46), 15276-15276.

1. Highly Intense Fluorescent Diarylboron Diketonate
   • Nagai, A.; Kokado, K.; Nagata, Y.; Arita, M.; Chujo, Y. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73(21), 8605-8607.

1. PPE-Silica Gel Hybrids without Any Compatibilizer
   • Kokado, K.; Chujo, Y. Chem. Lett. 2008, 37(7), 732-733.

1. Homogeneous Anionic PPE Hybrids with Silica Gel
   • Kokado, K.; Chujo, Y. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2008, 46(11), 3749-3755.

1. Synthesis and Photoluminescence Properties of Pyrene-Incorporated Organic-Inorganic Polymer Hybrids
   • Kokado, K.; Iwamura, T.; Chujo, Y. Polym. J. 2008, 40(5), 402-408.

REVIEWS

1. Synthesis of organic-inorganic polymer hybrids based on sol-gel reaction
   • Kokado, K.，Chujo, Y.，Koubunshi, 2007, 56 (3), 117.