Stepwise two-photon-gated photochemical reaction in photochromic [2.2]paracyclophane-bridged bis(imidazole dimer)
Katsuya Mutoh, Yuki Nakagawa, Akira Sakamoto, Yoichi Kobayashi and Jiro Abe
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137(17), 5674-5677.
Photochromic phenoxyl-imidazolyl radical complexes with decoloration rates from tens of nanoseconds to seconds
Hiroaki Yamashita, Takahiro Ikezawa, Yoichi Kobayashi and Jiro Abe
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137(15), 4952-4955.
Pentaarylbiimidazole, PABI: An easily synthesized fast photohromic molecules with superior durability
Hiroaki Yamashita and Jiro Abe
Chem. Commun., 2014, 50(62), 8468-8471.
Unusual negative photochromism via a short-lived imidazolyl radical of
1,1'-binaphthyl-bridged imidazole dimer
Sayaka Hatano, Takeru Horino, Atsuhiro Tokita, Toyoji Oshima and Jiro Abe
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135(8), 3164-3172.
Optical motion control of maglev graphite
Masayuki Kobayashi and Jiro Abe
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134(51), 20593-20596.
A real-time dynamic holographic material using a fast photochromic molecule
Norihito Ishii, Tetsuya Kato and Jiro Abe
Sci. Rep., 2012, 2, 819.
A fast photochromic molecule that colors only under UV light
Yuta Kishimoto and Jiro Abe
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131(12), 4227-4229.
Photochromism of a radical diffusion-inhibited hexaarylbiimidazole derivative with intense coloration and fast decoloration performance
Kana Fujita, Sayaka Hatano, Daisuke Kato and Jiro Abe
Org. Lett., 2008, 10(14), 3105-3108.
Definitive evidence for the contribution of biradical character in a closed-shell
molecule, derivative of 1,4-bis-(4,5- diphenylimidazol-2-ylidene)cyclohexa-2,5-diene
Azusa Kikuchi, Fumiyasu Iwahori and Jiro Abe
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126(21), 6526-6527.
EPR and density functional studies of light-induced radical pairs in a
crystal of a hexaarylbiimidazolyl derivative
Jiro Abe, Tomokazu Sano, Masaki Kawano, Yuji Ohashi, Michio M. Matsushita
and Tomokazu Iyoda
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2001, 40(3), 580-582.
The first in situ direct observation of the light-induced radical pair from a hexaarylbiimidazolyl derivative by X-ray crystallography
Masaki Kawano, Tomoaki Sano, Jiro Abe and Yuji Ohashi
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121(35), 8106-8107.
Heterocyclic betaines exhibiting extremely large first hyperpolarizability:
Ab initio and INDO/S calculations
Jiro Abe and Yasuo Shirai
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118(19), 4705-4706.