Part I Molecules1 Synthesis and Properties of CPL Active Molecules based on Binaphthyl Skeleton2 How to Design Chiral Fluorophores Aiming at Enhanced Circularly Polarized Luminescence Phenomena: Translation Theoretical Formula into Molecule Structure3 Optical Resolution and Chiroptical Properties of Partially Overlapping Carbazolophanes4 Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Stereogenic Pi-Conjugated Macrocycles5 Recent Developments in Circularly Polarized Luminescence Research Using Cyclodextrins6 Circularly Polarized Luminescence based on Chiral AIEgens7 Planar Chiral [2.2]Paracyclophane: Excellent Circularly Polarized Luminescence Emitters8 Nanometrical Helical Structures as Platform to Induce Chiroptical Properties to Achiral ComponentsPart II Oligomers and Polymers9 Synthesis and Chiroptical Properties of Helically Stacked Conjugated Polymers10 Synthesis and Chiroptical Properties of Helical, Conjugated Polymers and Twisted Molecules11 Chiroptical and Magneto- optical Properties of Porphyrin Compounds12 CPL Emission from The Photo- Excited Parallel-Oriented Aryl/Aryl Dimer13 Synthesis, control of higher-order structures, and optical properties of platinum-containing poly(aryleneethynylene)s and related compounds14 Chiroptical Supramolecular Assemblies15 Circularly Polarized Luminescence (CPL) in Helically Assembled Pyrene Pi-Stacks on RNA Duplex16 Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Helical Network Polymers Synthesized in Chiral Liquid Crystals17 Ultraweak Intermolecular Interactions in Chirogenesis from Non-Charged CPL-/CD- Silent Molecules, Oligomers, and Polymers Endowed with Non-Charged Chiral Terpenes, Mono-/Polysaccharides, and Helical PolysilanesPart III Coordination Compounds18 Circularly polarized luminescence induced by an external magnetic field: Magnetic circularly polarized luminescence19 Phosphorescent Organometallic Complexes Aimed at Fabrication of Electroluminescent Devices20 Enhancement of Circularly Polarized Luminescence in the Condensed Molecules and Coordination Complexes21 Control of the Emission and Chiroptical Properties of Helicene Derivatives22 Recent Advances on CP-OLEDs and CPL-active Materials of Chiral Metal- containing Complexes23 Evolving Fluorophores into Circularly Polarized Luminophores with Chiral Naphthalene Dimers and Tetramers24 Polarized Luminescence of Lanthanide Coordination Compounds25 CPL in Chiral Metal Nanoclusters26 Circularly Polarized Luminescence Chromophores Based on Metal ComplexesPart IV Theory and Spectroscopy27 Recent Advancement of Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Helicenes28 Systematic Investigation on CPL Properties of Various Chiral Motifs through Theoretical Calculation29 Principles of CPL Measurement Systems and Advances in Measurement Methods30 Solid-state Chiroptical Spectroscopy - rich Information Provided but Attention Needed31 Circularly Polarized Luminescence for Molecular Systems of Increasing Complexity32 Luminescence and CPL Spectra of d10 Metal ComplexesPart V Devices for Application33 Development of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes using Aggregation-Induced Enhanced Circularly Polarized Luminescent Perylene Diimides34 Chiroptical Properties Enhancement of Chiral Eu(III) Complex in Association with Ionic Materials such as DNA toward Device Application35 Circularly Polarized Luminescence Materials and Their Organic Light- emitting Device Performances36 Intense and Sign-Invertible Circularly Polarized Luminescence37 Direct Emission of Circularly Polarized Light from Twisted Structure of Mesogenic Luminophores andImprovement of OLEDs38 Binding Constants as Fundamental Physical Properties for Quantitative Treatments of Sensing Processes in Supramolecular Systems
Kazuo Akagi is an Eminent Research Professor, Research Organization of Science and Technology at Ritsumeikan University in Shiga, Japan, and a Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University and University of Tsukuba, Japan. Having obtained his academic degrees from Kyoto University, he spent most of his career working for University of Tsukuba and Kyoto University before taking up his present appointment at Ritsumeikan University. Professor Akagi has authored over 300 scientific publications, 48 co-authored books, and 50 review articles. He has received numerous scientific awards, including The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Award, The Award of The Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ), The Award of the Japanese Liquid Crystal Society for Scientific Achievements, and The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan. He is also a Fellow of CSJ and SPSJ, and a Research Director of CREST (2020-2026) of JST Project, Japan.