Publications in 2011-2019
64. Masaki Horie*, Chi-Hsien Wang, “Stimuli-Responsive Dynamic Pseudorotaxane Crystals”, Review article in Mechanical Bond and Dynamic Covalent Bond themed collection,
Mater. Chem. Front. 2019, 3, 2258–2269.
63. Ryohei Nemoto, Peter Krüger, Ayu Novita Putri Hartini, Takuya Hosokai, Masaki Horie, Satoshi Kera, Toyo Kazu Yamada*, “Well-Ordered Monolayer Growth of Crown-Ether Ring Molecules on Cu(111) in Ultra-High Vacuum: A STM, UPS, and DFT Study”,
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123, 18939–18950.
62. Yen-Jen Lin, Hsin-Yu Chiang, Osamu Oki, Soh Kushida, Shu-Wei Chang, Shih-Ting Chiu, Yohei Yamamoto,* Takuya Hosokai, Masaki Horie*, “Conjugated Copolymers of Poly(arylenevinylene)s: Synthesis by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization, Film Morphology, and Resonant Luminescence from Microspheres”,
ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2019, 1, 2240–2248.
61. Kai-Jen Chen, Ann Chen Tan, Chi-Hsien Wang, Ting-Shen Kuo, Pei-Lin Chen, Masaki Horie*, “Photoinduced Mechanical Motions of Biferrocene-Containing Pseudorotaxane Crystals”,
Cryst. Growth Des. 2019, 19, 17–22.
60. Shih-Ting Chiu, Hsin-Yu Chiang, Yen-Jen Lin, Yun-Yung Lu, Hirofumi Tanaka,* Takuya Hosokai, Masaki Horie*, “Self-Assembly and Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Cyclic Conjugated Molecules on Highly Ordered Pyrolytic Graphite”,
Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 5546–5549.
59. Priyanka Tyagi, Sun-Chen Hua, Daniel Roger Amorim, R.M. Faria, Jeff Kettle*, Masaki Horie*, “All-conjugated block copolymers for efficient and stable organic solar cells with low temperature processing”,
Org. Electron. 2018, 55, 146–156.
58. Shao-Chi Cheng, Kai-Jen Chen, Yuji Suzaki, Yoshitaka Tsuchido, Ting-Shen Kuo, Kohtaro Osakada, Masaki Horie*, “Reversible Laser-Induced Bending of Pseudorotaxane Crystals”,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 90–93. Link for the supporting movie (37 MB). (Erratum)
57. Kai-Jen Chen, Pei-Lin Chen, Masaki Horie*, “Dynamic Pseudorotaxane Crystals Containing Metallocene Complexes”,
Sci. Rep. 2017, 7, 14195. Link for the supporting movie (64 MB)
56. Chun-Feng Yao, Kuo-Lung Wang, Hsin-Kai Huang, Yen-Jen Lin, Yun-Yang Lee, Chun-Wei Yu, Cho-Jen Tsai, Masaki Horie*, “Cyclopentadithiophene-terephthalic acid copolymers; synthesis via direct arylation and saponification and applications in Si-based lithium-ion batteries”,
Macromolecules 2017, 50, 6924–6934.
55. Kuo-Lung Wang, Tzu-Husan Kuo, Chun-Feng Yao, Shu-Wei Chang, Yu-Shuo Yang, Cho-Jen Tsai*, Masaki Horie*, “Cyclopentadithiophene-Benzoic Acid Copolymers as Conductive Binders for Silicon Nanoparticles in Anode Electrode of Lithium Ion Batteries”,
Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 1856–1859.
54. Shu-Wei Chang, Tsuyoshi Muto, Takeshi Kondo, Ming-Jhih Liao, Masaki Horie*, “Double acceptor donor–acceptor alternating conjugated polymers containing cyclopentadithiophene, benzothiadiazole, and thienopyrroledione: toward subtractive color organic photovoltaics”,
Polym. J. 2017, 49, 113–122 (invitation for special issue).
53. Ziqian Ding, Vasil Stoichkov, Masaki Horie, Emanuel B. Brousseau, Jeff Kettle,* “XPS Analysis of the chemical degradation of PTB7 polymers for organic photovoltaics Organic Electronics”,
Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells. 2016, 157, 305–311.
52. Hou-Yuan Chen, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Sune-Chen Hua, Kai-Jen Chen, Chi-Wei Chen, I-Hong Lin, Chung-Chang Lin, Masaki Horie*, “Catalytic Cu(II)–polymer complexes as recyclable catalysts for the synthesis of poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide)s in water”,
J. Polym. Res. 2016, 23, 248/1–248/10.
51. Jeff Kettle,* Ziqian Ding, Masaki Horie, Graham C. Smith, “XPS Analysis of the chemical degradation of PTB7 polymers for organic photovoltaics Organic Electronics”,
Org. Electron. 2016, 39, 222–228.
50. Kai-Jen Chen, Ya-Ching Tsai, Yuji Suzaki, Kohtaro Osakada, Atsushi Miura, Masaki Horie*, “Rapid and reversible photoinduced switching of a rotaxane crystal”,
Nat. Commun. 2016, 7, 13321. Link for the supporting movie (38 MB)
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49. Jeff Kettle*, Ziqian Ding, Masaki Horie, Shu-Wei Chang, Graham C. Smith, Alexander I Shames, Eugene Katz, “Efficient solar cells are more stable: The impact of polymer molecular weight on performance of organic photovoltaics”,
J. Mater. Chem. A 2016, 4, 7274–7280.
48. Jeff Kettle*, Huw Waters, Masaki Horie, Graham C. Smith, “Alternative selection of processing additives to enhance the lifetime of OPVs”,
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 2016, 49, 085601/1–085601/6.
47. Shu-Wei Chang, Jeff Kettle, Huw Waters, Masaki Horie*, “Cyclopentadithiophene-Benzothiadiazole Copolymers with Permutations of Repeating Unit Length and Ratios; Synthesis, Optical and Electrochemical Properties and Photovoltaic Characteristics”,
RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 107276–107284.
46. Jeff Kettle,* Huw Waters, Ziqian Ding, Masaki Horie, Graham C. Smith, “Chemical changes in PCPDTBT:PCBM solar cells using XPS and TOF-SIMS and use of inverted device structure for improving lifetime performance”,
Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells. 2015, 141, 139–147.
45. Jeff Kettle,* Shu-Wei Chang, Masaki Horie, “Fabrication and characterisation of hybrid photodiodes based on PCPDTBT–ZnO active layers”,
Microelectron. Eng. 2015, 146, 105–108.
44. Shu-Wei Chang, Masaki Horie*, “Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Block Copolymer of Poly(arylenevinylene)s by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization”,
Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 9113–9116.
43. Jeff Kettle,* Shu-Wei Chang, Masaki Horie, “IR Sensor Based on Low Bandgap Organic Photodiode With Up-Converting Phosphor”,
IEEE Sensors J. 2015, 15, 3221–3224.
42. Jeff Kettle*, Omar Moudam, Noel Bristow, Shu-Wei Chang, Masaki Horie, “Application of UV-absorbing Silver(I) Luminescent Down Shifter for PTB7 Organic Solar Cells for Enhanced Efficiency and Stability”,
RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 12397–12402.
41. Huw Waters, Noel Bristow, Omar Moudam, Shu-Wei Chang, Chun-Jen Su, Wei-Ru Wu, U-Ser Jeng, Masaki Horie, Jeff Kettle, “Effect of processing additive 1,8-octanedithiol on the lifetime of PCPDTBT based Organic Photovoltaics”,
Org. Electron. 2014, 15, 2433–2438.
40. Chun-Han Li, Jeff Kettle, Masaki Horie*, “Cyclopentadithiophene-naphthalenediimide polymers; synthesis, characterisation, and n-type semiconducting properties in field-effect transistors and photovoltaic devices”,
Mater. Chem. Phys. 2014, 144, 519–528.
39. Yaching Tsai, Kai-Jen Chen, Chun-Jen Su, Wei-Ru Wu, U-Ser Jeng, Masaki Horie*, “Self-assembly of Pseudorotaxane Films with Thermally Reversible Crystal Phases and Optical Properties”,
J. Mater. Chem. C 2014, 2, 2061–2068.
38. Chi-Wei Chu, Masaki Horie*, “Synthesis and Characterization of Cyclic Conjugated Architectures Composed of Thiophene and Benzothiadiazole Units”,
Asian J. Org. Chem. 2013, 2, 838–842.
37. Chi-Wei Chen, I-Hong Lin, Chung-Chang Lin, Jen-Lien Lin, Masaki Horie*, “Synthesis of poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) derivatives in water using water-soluble copper complex catalyst with natural ligands”,
36. Huw Waters, Jeff Kettle,* Shu-Wei Chang, Chun-Jen Su, Wei-Ru Wu, U-Ser Jeng, Ya-Ching Tsai, Masaki Horie*, “Organic photovoltaics based on a cross-linkable PCPDTBT analogue; synthesis, morphological studies, solar cell performance and enhanced lifetime”,
J. Mater. Chem. A 2013, 1, 7370–7378.
35. Jeff Kettle,* Andrew Rees, Emanuel B. Brousseau, Masaki Horie, “Low-temperature thermal nanoimprint lithography of anti-reflective structures for flexible low band gap organic solar cells”,
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 2013, 46, 105102/1–105102/6.
34. Masaki Horie,* Yuji Suzaki, Daisuke Hashizume, Tomoko Abe, Tiendi Wu, Takafumi Sassa, Takuya Hosokai, Kohtaro Osakada, “Thermally-Induced Phase Transition of Pseudorotaxane Crystals: Changes in Conformation and Interaction of the Molecules and Optical Properties of the Crystals”,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 17932–17944.
33. Shu-Wei Chang, Huw Waters, Jeff Kettle,* Masaki Horie*, “Cyclopentadithiophene- Benzothiadiazole Oligomers; Synthesis via Direct Arylation, X-ray Crystallography, Optical Properties, Solution Casted Field-Effect Transistor and Photovoltaic Characteristics”,
Org. Electron. 2012, 13, 2967–2974.
32. Shu-Wei Chang, Huw Waters, Jeff Kettle, Zi-Rui Kuo, Chun-Han Li, Chin-Yang Yu, Masaki Horie*, “Pd-Catalysed Direct Arylation Polymerisation for Synthesis of Low-Bandgap Conjugated Polymers and Photovoltaic Performance”,
Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2012, 33, 1927–1932.
31. Masaki Horie,* Jeff Kettle, Chin-Yang Yu, Leszek A. Majewski, Shu-Wei Chang, James Kirkpatrick, Sachetan M. Tuladhar, Jenny Nelson, Brian R. Saunders, Michael L. Turner*, “Cyclopentadithiophene-benzothiadiazole oligomers and polymers; synthesis, characterisation, field-effect transistor and photovoltaic characteristics”,
J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 381–389.
30. Jeff Kettle,* Huw Waters, Masaki Horie, Shu-Wei Chang, “Effect of hole transporting layers on the performance of PCPDTBT:PCBM organic solar cells”,
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 2012, 45, 125102/1–125102/7.
29. Jeff Kettle,* Masaki Horie, Leszek A. Majewski, Brian R. Saunders, Sachetan M. Tuladhar, Jenny Nelson, Michael L. Turner, “Optimisation of PCPDTBT solar cells using polymer synthesis with Suzuki coupling”,
Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells. 2011, 95, 2186–2193.
