Conjugated polymers for organic opto-electronics
Our research interests are synthesis of new semiconducting polymers using organometallic catalysts, characterization, and fabrication of organic electronic devices which involve organic solar cells, organic thin film transistors and lithium ion batteries.
Conjugated polymers for OPVs, OFETs, LIBs, and Photorefractive materials
Direct arylation polymerization
ROMP for synthesis of poly(arylenevinylene)s
Conjugated polymers for use in lithium ion batteries
Molecular Machines and Switches
We have also focused on supramolecules such as rotaxanes which can control molecular structure by external stimuli e.g photo-irradiation and thermal stimulation in single crystal state. The single crystal should have a completely aligned structure, and will therefore lead to new type of optical, switching, and memory devices with nano-scale order of resolution.
Schematic images of rotaxanes
Photoinduced structure change of pseudorotaxane in the crystal state
