Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University

Email: thirao < at > hiroshima-u.ac.jp

 

Research Field:

Supramolecular Chemistry and Supramolecular Polymer

 

Education

2011 B. Sc.; Department of Chemistry, Hiroshima University (Prof. Takeharu Haino)

2013 Ms. D.; Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University (Prof. Takeharu Haino)

2016 Ph. D.; Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University (Prof. Takeharu Haino)

 

Professional Career

2013-2016 JSPS Fellow (DC1)

2016-2018 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin (Prof. Jonathan L. Sessler)

2018-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University (Prof. Takeharu Haino)

 

Five Representative Articles

Ring-Chain Competition in Supramolecular Polymerization Directed by Molecular Recognition of Bisporphyrin Cleft

Macromolecules,2019,52, 6160-6168

Takehiro Hirao, Naouki Hisano,Shigehisa Akine,Shin-ichiKihara, Takeharu Haino

Control over multiple molecular states with directional changes driven by molecular recognition

Nat. Commun.,2018, 9(823).

Takehiro Hirao, Dong Sub Kim, Xiaodong Chi, Vincent M. Lynch, Kazuaki Ohara, Jung Su Park, Kentaro Yamaguchi and Jonathan L. Sessler

Sequence-controlled supramolecular terpolymerization directed by specific molecular recognitions

Nat. Commun.,2017, 8(634).

Takehiro Hirao, Hiroaki Kudo, Tomoko Amimoto and Takeharu Haino

Supramoelcular Porphyrin Copolymer Assembled through Host-Guest Interactions and Metal-Ligand Coordination

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,2015,54, 14830-14834.

Kanashi Kinjo, Takehiro Hirao, Shin-ichi Kihara, Yukiteru Katsumoto, and Takeharu Haino

Supramolecular Fullerene Polymers and Networks Directed by Molecular Recognition between Calix[5]arene and C60

Chem. -Eur. J.,2014,20, 16138-16146.

Takehiro Hirao, Masatoshi Tosaka, Shigeru Yamago, and Takeharu Haino