Osamu Ito

TL;DR: In this article, the dependence of photoinduced electron transfer reaction rates on the molecular structures of the donor and acceptor entities results in improving the capture and storage of solar energy, and the relation between structures and photochemical reactivities of these novel supramolecular systems are discussed in relation to the efficiency of charge separation and charge recombination.

TL;DR: A series of physical double-network hydrogels is synthesized based on an amphiphilic triblock copolymer, which contains strong hydrophobic domains and sacrificial dynamic bonds of hydrogen bonds and features improved self-healing and self-recovery abilities.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review describes light induced energy or electron transfer reactions in self-assembled supramolecular zinc porphyrin/zinc phthalocyanine and fullerene bearing donor-acceptor systems.

TL;DR: The first example of a working model of the photosynthetic antenna-reaction center complex, constructed via self-assembled supramolecular methodology, is reported, and it is reported that the important feature of the present model system is its relative "simplicity".

TL;DR: Gallium phthalocyanines are also among the most promising materials that have been investigated as limiters of intense light and the current series presents a selection of structural modifications useful for varying their nonlinear optical properties.