Original paper:
1. Optical Control of Neuronal Firing via Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Donor–Acceptor Conjugates (Open access)
Y. Takano, T. Numata, K. Fujishima, K. Miyake, K. Nakao, W. D. Grove, R. Inoue, M. Kengaku, S. Sakaki, Y. Mori, T. Murakami, and H. Imahori, Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 3331-3337.
2. Molecular Location Sensing Approach by Anisotropic Magnetism of an Endohedral Metallofullerene*
Y. Takano, R. Tashita, M. Suzuki, S. Nagase, H. Imahori and T. Akasaka, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 8000-8006.
*Highlighted by “Chem-Station” http://www.chem-station.com/blog/2016/11/fullereneradar.html
3. The Unanticipated Dimerization of Ce@C2v(9)-C82 upon Co-crystallization with Ni(octaethylporphyrin) and Comparison with Monomeric M@C2v(9)-C82 (M = La, Sc, and Y)
M. Suzuki, M. Yamada, Y. Maeda, S. Sato, Y. Takano, F. Uhlik, Z. Slanina, Y. F. Lian, X. Lu, S. Nagase, M. M. Olmstead, A. L. Balch and T. Akasaka, Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 18115-18122.
4. Unprecedented Chemical Reactivity of a Paramagnetic Endohedral Metallofullerene La@Cs-C82 that Leads Hydrogen Addition in the 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reaction
Y. Takano, Z. Slanina, J. Mateos, T. Tsuchiya, H. Kurihara, F. Uhlik, M. A. Herranz, N. Martin, S. Nagase and T. Akasaka, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 17537-17546.
5. Thermodynamically Stable [4+2] Cycloadducts of Lanthanum-encapsulated Endohedral Metallofullerenes (Open access)
Y. Takano, Y. Nagashima, M. A. Herranz, N. Martin and T. Akasaka, Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 2014, 10, 714-721.
6. Slow Charge Recombination and Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Properties of Diazaporphyrin-Fullerene Linked Dyad
M. Yamamoto, Y. Takano, Y. Matano, K. Stranius, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 1808-1820.
7. Intramolecular versus Intermolecular Electronic Interactions between [5,6]-Open and [6,6]-Closed C60 Adducts with exTTF
Y. Takano, C. Schubert, N. Mizorogi, L. Feng, A. Iwano, M. Katayama, M. A. Herranz, D. M. Guldi, N. Martin, S. Nagase and T. Akasaka, Chem. Sci., 2013, 4, 3166-3171.
8. Electrochemical and Magnetic Properties of a Surface-Grafted Novel Endohedral Metallofullerene Derivative (Open access)
N. Crivillers, Y. Takano, Y. Matsumoto, J. Casado-Montenegro, M. Mas-Torrent, C. Rovira, T. Akasaka and J. Veciana, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 8145-8147.
9. An Endohedral Metallofullerene as a Pure Electron Donor: Intramolecular Electron Transfer in Donor Acceptor Conjugates of La2@C80 and 11,11,12,12-Tetracyano-9,10-anthra-p-quinodimethane (TCAQ)
Y. Takano, S. Obuchi, N. Mizorogi, R. Garcia, M. A. Herranz, M. Rudolf, D. M. Guldi, N. Martin, S. Nagase and T. Akasaka, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 19401-19408.
10. Stabilizing Ion and Radical Ion Pair States in a Paramagnetic Endohedral Metallofullerene/pi-Extended Tetrathiafulvalene Conjugate
Y. Takano, S. Obuchi, N. Mizorogi, R. Garcia, M. A. Herranz, M. Rudolf, S. Wolfrum, D. M. Guldi, N. Martin, S. Nagase and T. Akasaka, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 16103-16106.
11. Utilization of Photoinduced Charge-Separated State of Donor-Acceptor-Linked Molecules for Regulation of Cell Membrane Potential and Ion Transport
T. Numata, T. Murakami, F. Kawashima, N. Morone, J. E. Heuser, Y. Takano, K. Ohkubo, S. Fukuzumi, Y. Mori and H. Imahori, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 6092-6095.
12. Effects of Dihydronaphthyl-based [60]Fullerene Bisadduct Regioisomers on Polymer Solar Cell Performance
S. Kitaura, K. Kurotobi, M. Sato, Y. Takano, T. Umeyama and H. Imahori, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 8550-8552.
13. Enantioselective Synthesis of Endohedral Metallofullerenes
K. Sawai, Y. Takano, M. Izquierdo, S. Filippone, N. Martin, Z. Slanina, N. Mizorogi, M. Waelchli, T. Tsuchiya, T. Akasaka and S. Nagase, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 17746-17752.
14. Introduction of Azetidinimine Skeleton on C60
Ueda, H. Nikawa, Y. Takano, M. O. Ishitsuka, T. Tsuchiya and T. Akasaka, Heteroat. Chem., 2011, 22, 426-431.
15. Donor-Acceptor Conjugates of Lanthanum Endohedral Metallofullerene and pi-Extended Tetrathiafulvalene
Y. Takano, M. A. Herranz, N. Martin, S. G. Radhakrishnan, D. M. Guldi, T. Tsuchiya, S. Nagase and T. Akasaka, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 8048.
16. Retro-Reaction of Singly Bonded La@C82 Derivatives
Y. Takano, M. O. Ishitsuka, T. Tsuchiya, T. Akasaka, T. Kato and S. Nagase, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 8035-8036.
17. Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions in Regioselectively Synthesized exTTF2-C70(CF3)10 Dyads
Y. Takano, M. A. Herranz, N. Martin, G. D. Rojas, D. M. Guldi, I. E. Kareev, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina, T. Tsuchiya and T. Akasaka, Chem. -Eur J., 2010, 16, 5343-5353.
18. Anisotropic Magnetic Behavior of Anionic Ce@C82 Carbene Adducts
Y. Takano, M. Aoyagi, M. Yamada, H. Nikawa, Z. Slanina, N. Mizorogi, M. O. Ishitsuka, T. Tsuchiya, Y. Maeda, T. Akasaka, T. Kato and S. Nagase, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 9340-9346.
19. Efficient Regioselective [4+2] Cycloaddition of o-Quinodimethane to C70(CF3)10
Y. Takano, M. A. Herranz, I. E. Kareev, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina, T. Akasaka and N. Martin, J. Org. Chem., 2009, 74, 6902-6905.
20. Radical Coupling Reaction of Paramagnetic Endohedral Metallofullerene La@C82
Y. Takano, A. Yomogida, H. Nikawa, M. Yamada, T. Wakahara, T. Tsuchiya, M. O. Ishitsuka, Y. Maeda, T. Akasaka, T. Kato, Z. Slanina, N. Mizorogi and S. Nagase, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 16224-16230.
21. Nanorods of Endohedral Metallofullerene Derivative
T. Tsuchiya, R. Kumashiro, K. Tanigaki, Y. Matsunaga, M. O. Ishitsuka, T. Wakahara, Y. Maeda, Y. Takano, M. Aoyagi, T. Akasaka, M. T. H. Liu, T. Kato, K. Suenaga, J. S. Jeong, S. Iijima, F. Kimura, T. Kimura and S. Nagase, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 450-451.
22. Simple Purification and Selective Enrichment of Metallic SWCNTs Produced using the Arc-Discharge Method
Y. Maeda, Y. Takano, A. Sagara, M. Hashimoto, M. Kanda, S. I. Kimura, Y. Lian, T. Nakahodo, T. Tsuchiya, T. Wakahara, T. Akasaka, T. Hasegawa, S. Kazaoui, N. Minami, J. Lu and S. Nagase, Carbon, 2008, 46, 1563-1569.
Review paper:
1. Intramolecular Electron Transfers in Donor/Acceptor Linked Molecules Based on Endohedral Lanthanide Metallofullerenes
Y. Takano, Fuller. Nanotub. Car. N., 2014, 22, 243-249.
2. Rates and energetics of intramolecular electron transfer processes in conjugated metallofullerenes
Schubert, M. Rudolf, D. M. Guldi, Y. Takano, N. Mizorogi, M. A. Herranz, N. Martin, S. Nagase and T. Akasaka, Philos. T. R. Soc. A, 2013, 371, 20120490 .
3. New Vistas in fullerene Chemistry: Organosulfur Compounds expand the Performance of Carbon Nanomaterials
T. Akasaka, T. Tsuchiya, L. Feng, Y. Takano and S. Nagase, Phosphorus Sulfur, 2013, 188, 317-321.
4. Self-assembling porphyrins and phthalocyanines for photoinduced charge separation and charge transport
H. Imahori, T. Umeyama, K. Kurotobi and Y. Takano, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 4032-4045.
5. Current Progress on the Chemical Functionalization and Supramolecular Chemistry of M@C82
Y. Maeda, T. Tsuchiya, X. Lu, Y. Takano, T. Akasaka and S. Nagase, Nanoscale, 2011, 3, 2421-2429.
6. Organosulfur-Based Fullerene Materials
T. Nakahodo, M. O. Ishitsuka, Y. Takano, T. Tsuchiya, T. Akasaka, M. A. Herranz, N. Martin, D. M. Guldi and S. Nagase, Phosphorus Sulfur, 2011, 186, 1308-1311.
Book chapter:
1. Endohedral Metallofullerenes: From Chemical Reactivity to Material Performance
M. Yamada, S. Sato, Y. Takano, L. Feng, S. Nagase and T. Akasaka, Chemical Science of pi-Electron Systems Part II. Curved pi-Electron Systems, ed. T. Akasaka, A. Osuka, S. Fukuzumi, H. Kandori and Y. Aso, Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2015, ch. 10.
2. Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Endohedral Metallofullerenes as Promising Carbon Nanomaterials
M. Yamada, X. Lu, L. Feng, S. Sato, Y. Takano, S. Nagase and T. Akasaka, Organic Nanomaterials -Synthesis, Characterization, and Device Applications-, ed. T. Torres and G. Bottari, Wiley, London, U.K., 2013, ch. 12, pp. 241-258.