Hiroshi Nishihara

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Hiroshi Nishihara on his 60th birthday (2015)

Hiroshi Nishihara ( Japanese 西 原 寛 , Nishihara Hiroshi ; born March 21, 1955 ) is a Japanese chemist and professor of chemistry at the University of Tokyo . He heads the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory and is known for his research on the synthesis and electrochemistry of conductive coordination polymers.

He is concerned with the development of new electro- and photo-functional materials based on transition metals and chain-like π systems as well as with electron transfer systems using molecular interfaces. His research areas include coordination chemistry , organometallic chemistry , electrochemistry , photochemistry, and nanomaterials . Nishihara is currently the Vice President of the Electrochemical Society of Japan and the Japanese representative of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE).

Education and academic career

  • 1977 B.Sc. (Chemistry), University of Tokyo
  • 1982 M.Sc. (Chemistry), University of Tokyo (with Yukiyoshi Sasaki )
  • 1982–1990 Research Associate, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keiō University (with Kunitsugu Aramaki )
  • 1987–1989 research stay, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (with Royce W. Murray )
  • 1990 Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keiō University
  • 1992 Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keiō University (Interface Chemistry)
  • 1993–1996 Scientist, PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (Research Supervisor: K. Honda)
  • 1996 – today Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, University of Tokyo (inorganic chemistry)

Honors and memberships

Publications (selection)

  • M. Kurihara, H. Nishihara: Azo- and quinone-conjugated redox complexes — photo- and proton-coupled intramolecular reactions based on d – π interaction. In: Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 226, 2002, p. 125, doi : 10.1016 / S0010-8545 (01) 00421-0 .
  • H. Nishihara: Combination of redox and photochemistry of azo-conjugated metal complexes. In: Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 249, 2005, p. 1468, doi : 10.1016 / j.ccr.2004.11.009 .
  • H. Nishihara, K. Kanaizuka, Y. Nishimori, Y Yamanoi: Construction of redox and photo-functional molecular systems on electrode surface for application to molecular devices. In: Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 251, 2007, p. 2674, doi : 10.1016 / j.ccr.2007.04.002 .
  • SI Allakhverdiev, VD Kreslavski, V. Thavasi, SK Zharmukhamedov, VV Klimov, T. Nagata, H. Nishihara, S. Ramakrishna: Hydrogen photoproduction by use of photosynthetic organisms and biomimetic systems. In: Photochemical & photobiological sciences: Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology. Volume 8, Number 2, February 2009, ISSN  1474-905X , pp. 148-156, doi : 10.1039 / b814932a , PMID 19247505 (review).
  • Ryota Sakamoto, Koya Prabhakara Rao, Hiroshi Nishihara: Arylethynylanthraquinone and Bis (arylethynyl) anthraquinone: Strong Donor – Acceptor Interaction and Proton-induced Cyclization to Form Pyrylium and Dipyrylium Salts. In: Chemistry Letters. 40, 2011, p. 1316, doi : 10.1246 / cl.2011.1316 .
  • Ryota Sakamoto, Shunsuke Katagiri, Hiroaki Maeda, Hiroshi Nishihara: Bis (terpyridine) metal complex wires: Excellent long-range electron transfer ability and controllable intrawire redox conduction on silicon electrode. In: Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 257, 2013, p. 1493, doi : 10.1016 / j.ccr.2012.08.025 .
  • Hiroshi Nishihara: Coordination Programming: A New Concept for the Creation of Multifunctional Molecular Systems. In: Chemistry Letters. 43, 2014, p. 388, doi : 10.1246 / cl.140010 .
  • Ryota Sakamoto, Kuo-Hui Wu, Ryota Matsuoka, Hiroaki Maeda, Hiroshi Nishihara: π-Conjugated bis (terpyridine) metal complex molecular wires. In: Chem. Soc. Rev .. 2015, doi : 10.1039 / C5CS00081E .
  • Dirk M. Guldi, Hiroshi Nishihara, Latha Venkataraman: Molecular wires. In: Chem. Soc. Rev .. 44, 2015, p. 842, doi : 10.1039 / C5CS90010G .

literature

  • Kimihisa Yamamoto: Biography of Professor Hiroshi Nishihara. In: Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials. 23, 2013, p. 1, doi : 10.1007 / s10904-012-9768-7 .
  • Meet the Editorial Board of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. In: Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 1, 2014, p. 10, doi : 10.1039 / c4qi90002b

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personal data
SURNAME Nishihara, Hiroshi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 西 原 寛 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese chemist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1955