!!!Kenta Kokado
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 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|http://www.schubert-group.de/index.html])
*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)|http://www.chemistry.or.jp/sangaku/88nenkaijyusyo.html]

!FIELD of STUDIES and RESEARCH INTERESTS 

*Polymer Synthesis 
*Organic Synthesis 

!MEMBERS
*[Society of Polymer Science, Japan|http://www.spsj.or.jp/english-index.htm]
*[The Japanese Sol-Gel Society|http://unit.aist.go.jp/amri/group/talint/Jsgs/]
*[Chemical Society of Japan|http://www.chemistry.or.jp/index-e.html]

!PAPERS
+Energy Transfer from Aggregation-Induced Emissive ''o''-Carborane
**__Kokado, K.__; Nagai, A.; Chujo, Y. ''submitted''.
+A Luminescent Coordination Polymer Based on Bisterpyridyl Ligand Containing ''o''-Carborane: Two Tunable Emission Modes
**__Kokado, K.__; Chujo, Y. ''submitted''.
+Reversibly Thermoswitchable Luminescent Gold Nanoparticle Stabilized by BODIPY-Terminated Water-Soluble Polymer
**Nagai, A.; Yoshii, R.; Otsuka, T.; __Kokado, K.__; Chujo, Y. ''Langmuir'', [ASAP|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1021/la102597y].
+Poly(¦Ã-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|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1021/ma100792z].
+Aromatic Ring-Fused Carborane-Based Luminescent ¦Ð-Conjugated Polymers
**__Kokado, K.__; Tominaga, M.; Chujo, Y. ''Macromol. Rapid Commun.''¡¡'''2010''', ''31(15)'', [1389-1394|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1002/marc.201000160].
+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|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1039/b924729g].
+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|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1038/pj.2010.13].(FEATURED ARTICLES)
+Metal-free synthesis of responsive polymers: Cloud point tuning by controlled ¡Èclick¡É 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|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1002/pola.23872].
+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|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1002/pola.23813].
+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|http://www.nature.com/pj/journal/v42/n1/abs/pj2009302a.html].(FEATURED ARTICLES)
+Luminescent and Axially Chiral ¦Ð-Conjugated Polymers Linked by Carboranes in the Main Chain
**__Kokado, K.__;  Tokoro, Y.; Chujo, Y. ''Macromolecules'' '''2009''', ''42(23)'',  [9238-9242|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1021/ma902094u].
+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|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1021/ma901001b].
+Amphiphilic Hybrid ¦Ð-Conjugated Polymers Containing Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes 
**Miyake, J.; Sawamura, T.; __Kokado, K.__; Chujo, Y. ''Macromol. Rapid Commun.'' '''2009''', ''30(18)'', [1559-1563|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1002/marc.200900152].
+Highly Luminescent Nanoparticles: Self-Assembly of Well-Defined Block Copolymers by Strong ¦Ð-¦Ð Stacked BODIPY Dyes as only a Driving Force
**Nagai, A.; __Kokado, K.__; Miyake, J.; Chujo, Y. ''Macromolecules'' '''2009''', ''42(8)'', [5446-5452|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1021/ma900840y].
+Synthesis of Organoboron Quinoline-8-thiolate and -selenolate Complexes and Incorporation of them into ¦Ð-Conjugated Polymer Main-Chain
**Tokoro, Y.; Nagai, A.; __Kokado, K.__; Chujo, Y. ''Macromolecules'' '''2009''', ''42(8)'', [2988-2993|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1021/ma900008m].
+Luminescent ''m''-Carborane-based ¦Ð-Conjugated polymer
**__Kokado, K.__; Tokoro, Y.; Chujo, Y. ''Macromolecules'' '''2009''', ''42(8)'', [2925-2930|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1021/ma900174j].
+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|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1021/ma802257k].
+Emission via Aggregation of Alternating Polymers with ''o''-Carborane and ''p''-Phenylene-ethynylene Sequences
**__Kokado, K.__; Chujo, Y. ''Macromolecules'' '''2009''', ''42(5)'', [1418-1420|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1021/ma8027358]. ([Noteworthy Chemistry|http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=840&content_id=WPCP_012675&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=ebd78b62-9545-48bf-b7f0-2169fbd6d971#P31_5471])
+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|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1021/ma801690d]. (SYNFACT of the month)
+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|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1021/ja806939w].
+Highly Intense Fluorescent Diarylboron Diketonate
**Nagai, A.; __Kokado, K.__; Nagata, Y.; Arita, M.; Chujo, Y. ''J. Org. Chem.'' '''2008''', ''73(21)'', [8605-8607|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1021/jo8017582].
+PPE-Silica Gel Hybrids without Any Compatibilizer
**__Kokado, K.__; Chujo, Y. ''Chem. Lett.'' '''2008''', ''37(7)'', [732-733|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1246/cl.2008.732].
+Homogeneous Anionic PPE Hybrids with Silica Gel
**__Kokado, K.__; Chujo, Y. ''J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem.'' '''2008''', ''46(11)'', [3749-3755|http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1002/pola.22719].
+Synthesis and Photoluminescence Properties of Pyrene-Incorporated Organic-Inorganic Polymer Hybrids
**__Kokado, K.__; Iwamura, T.; Chujo, Y. ''Polym. J.'' '''2008''', ''40(5)'', [402-408|http://www.nature.com/pj/journal/v40/n5/abs/pj200864a.html].

!REVIEWS
+Synthesis of organic-inorganic polymer hybrids based on sol-gel reaction
**__Kokado, K.__¡¤Chujo, Y.¡¤''Koubunshi'', '''2007''', ''56 (3)'', 117.