Research achievements by Professor Hiromitsu Maeda and others have been published in Chemical Science

A research team led by Professor Hiromitsu Maeda (RARA Fellow) and Associate Professor Yohei Haketa (Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization), in collaboration with Kyoto University, Kitasato University, Tohoku University, National Institute for Materials Science, Ehime University, and Shinshu University, has successfully synthesized new ion pairs with benzoporphyrin Au^III complex, an expanded π-electronic cation. They were combined with bulky counteranions to form pseudo-polymorphic assemblies and exhibit electric conductivity properties.

The research achievements were published in Chemical Science, a journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry, U.K., on February 19, 2025 (local time).

Paper title: Electrically conductive charge-segregated pseudo-polymorphs comprising highly planar expanded π-electronic cations

Authors: Yohei Haketa, Ryoya Nakajima, Yuto Maruyama, Hiroki Tanaka, Wookjin Choi, Shu Seki, Shunsuke Sato, Hitomi Baba, Yoshiki Ishii, Go Watanabe, Kirill Bulgarevich, Kazuo Takimiya, Kenzo Deguchi, Shinobu Ohki, Kenjiro Hashi, Takashi Nakanishi, Yukihide Ishibashi, Tsuyoshi Asahi, Kazuchika Ohta, and Hiromitsu Maeda

Publication journal: Chemical Science

Publication date: February 19, 2025 (local time)
URL: https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sc07576e
Press release: Japanese, English