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SATO, Naoki

Division of Multidisciplinary Chemistry - Molecular Aggregation Analysis -
（Laboratory in the Graduate School of Science）
Professor
Doctor of Science
URL:http://www.kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp/labos/is2/scope.html
E-mail: naokis at e dot kuicr dot kyoto-u dot ac dot jp
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Academic career
    1976.3 Graduated from MSc Course, University of Tokyo
    1976.4-1984.3 Technical Associate, Institute for Molecular Science
    1983.3 DSc, University of Tokyo
    1984.4-1987.3 Assistant Professor, Kumamoto University
    1987.4-1992.4 Associate Professor, University of Tokyo
    1992.5 - Professor, Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research
Research field
    Organic solid-state chemistry, Physical Chemistry
Current research
  1. Electronic structural analyses of organic solids and thin films and their interfaces
  2. Fabrication of molecular systems with novel electronic properties
  3. Organic solid-state reactions to be followed by dynamic electronic functions
Selected publications
  1. R. Murdey and N. Sato, In situ conductance measurements of copper phthalocyanine thin film growth on sapphire [0001] J. Chem. Phys. 134, 234702 [5 pages] (2011).
  2. H. Yoshida and N. Sato, The depth profile of core energy levels: Electronic structure of buried organic/metal interfaces examined by X-ray photoemission and target factor analysis Chem. Phys. Lett. 511, 146-150 (2011).
  3. J. Tsutsumi, H. Yoshida, R. Murdey and N. Sato, Decay mechanism of spontaneously built-up surface potential in a thin film of a zwitterionic molecule having noncentrosymmetric crystal structure J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 2356–2359 (2011).
  4. J. Tsutsumi, H. Yoshida, R. Murdey and N. Sato, Spontaneous buildup of surface potential with a thin film of a zwitterionic molecule giving non-centrosymmetric crystal structure Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 182901 [3 pages] (2009).
  5. J. Tsutsumi, H. Yoshida, R. Murdey, S. Kato and N. Sato, An accurate calculation of electronic contribution to static permittivity tensor for organic molecular crystals on the basis of the charge response kernel theory J. Phys. Chem. A 113, 9207-9212 (2009).
  6. T. Hiramatsu, H. Yoshida and N. Sato, Solvent-dependent structural and electronic behaviors of a push-pull molecule: {4-[4,5-bis(methylsulfanyl)-1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene]cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ylidene}malononitrile J. Phys. Chem. A 113, 9174-9179 (2009).
  7. R. Murdey, M. Bouvet, M. Sumimoto, S. Sakaki and N. Sato, Direct observation of the energy gap in lutetium bisphthalocyanine thin films Synth. Met. 159, 1677-1681 (2009).
  8. T. Hiramatsu, T. Sasamori, H. Yoshida, N. Tokitoh and N. Sato, Reversible polymorphic crystalline transition of a push–pull-type molecule: {4-[4,5-bis(methylsulfanyl)-1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene]cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ylidene}malononitrile (BMDCM) J. Mol. Struct. 922, 30-34 (2009).
  9. H. Yoshida, Y. Watazu, N. Sato, T. Okamoto and S. Yamaguchi, Electronic structure of bis(benzo)pentathienoacene in the gas and solid phase: ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy and energy band calculation Appl. Phys. A 95, 185-191 (2009).
  10. H. Yoshida and N. Sato, The crystallographic and electronic structures of three different polymorphs of pentacene Phys. Rev. B 77, 235205 [11 pages] (2008).
  11. H. Yoshida, N. Sato, Aluminum diffusion and reaction in thin films of perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride: depth profiles and time-dependent diffusion coefficients Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 141915 (2007).
  12. K. Katoh, T. Sasamori, N. Tokitoh, N. Sato, Synthesis of a donor molecule with metal coordination sites toward multifunctional complexes Chem. Lett. 36, 1122-1123 (2007).
  13. H. Yoshida, K. Inaba, N. Sato, X-ray diffraction reciprocal space mapping study of the thin film phase of pentacene Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 181930 (2007).
  14. R. Murdey, N. Sato, M. Bouvet, Frontier electronic structures in fluorinated copper phthalocyanine thin films studied using ultraviolet and inverse photoemission spectroscopies Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 455, 211-218 (2006).
  15. N. Sato, Y. Harada, T. Terashima, R. Kanda, M. Takano, Study of thin films of carrier-doped strontium titanate with emphasis on their interfaces with organic thin films Appl. Surf. Sci. 244, 588-592 (2005).
  16. N. Sato, H. Yoshida, K. Tsutsumi, M. Sumimoto, H. Fujimoto, S. Sakaki, Electronic structures of unoccupied states in lithium phthalocyanine thin films of different polymorphs studied by IPES Appl. Surf. Sci. 212-213, 438-440 (2003)
  17. H. Yoshida, K. Tsutsumi, N. Sato, Unoccupied electronic states of 3d-transition metal phthalocyanines (MPc: M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn) studied by inverse photoemission spectroscopy J. Elect. Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 121, 83-91 (2001).
  18. N. Sato, H. Yoshida, K. Tsutsumi, Unoccupied electronic structure in organic thin films studied by inverse photoemission spectroscopy J. Mater. Chem. 10, 85-89 (2000).
  19. N. Sato, M. Yoshikawa, Valence electronic structure at the interface of organic thin films J. Elect. Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 78, 387-390 (1996).
  20. N. Sato, Y. Mazaki, K. Kobayashi, T. Kobayashi, Linearly condensed polythiophenes: Characteristic molecular aggregation of thieno[2",3": 4',5']thieno[2',3'-d]thieno[3,2-b]thienophene crystals revealed by ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 , 765-770 (1992).
  21. N. Sato, H. Inokuchi, E. A. Silinsh, Reevaluation of electronic polarization energies in organic molecular crystals Chem. Phys. 115, 269-277 (1987).
  22. N. Sato, K. Seki, H. Inokuchi, Polarization energies of organic solids determined by ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 2 77, 1621-1633 (1981).

Update: Apr 02,2012