Publications

[51]
Malatong, R., Yoshioka, R., Kovalevskiy, D., Takaji, K., Shigemitsu, H., Kawaguchi, K., Narayana, Y. S. L. V., Kida, T., Kabe, R.
Circularly polarized long-persistent and photostimulated luminescence enabled through förster resonance energy transfer and upconversion strategies.
Adv. Sci., e23415, (2026). https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202523415
 
[50]
Zhang, J., Liu, X., Wang, H., Ji, P., Yuan, S., Wang, H., Guo, T., Mariotti, S., Rabehi, I. N., Huo, X., Wu, T., Zhang, C., Ding, C., Moshniaha, L., Mitrofanov, K., Madea, D., Kabe, R., Song, D., Xu, Z., Wu, Z., Li, Y., Zhao, Y., Bu, T., Tong, G., Ono, L. K.*, Qi, Y.* 
Synergistic versatile bistriflimide salts in light-accelerated spiro-ometad oxidation and perovskite module photovoltaics engineering.
Nat. Commun., 17, 89, (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-66752-2

[49]
Chang, Y., Li, J., Lv, X., Yue, Y., Xie, Y., Yang, J., Xie, X., Zhou, C., Liu, L., Li, Z., Ono, L. K., Kabe, R., Tong, G.
Recent advances in enhancing the stability of CsPbI3 perovskite quantum dots for light-emitting diodes.
Rare Metals, 45, e70099 (2026) https://doi.org/10.1002/rar2.70099
 
[48]
Oyama, R., Kawaguchi, K., Moshniaha, L., Narayana, Y. S. L. V., Madea, D., Mitrofanov, K., Suchiang, H., Jose, A., Kabe, R.*
Investigating charge accumulation mechanisms in organic materials via slow transient emission spectroscopy.
Sci. Adv., 11, eadx9806, (2025). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adx9806
 
[47]
Lin, Z.*, Ye, J., Shinohara, S., Tanaka, Y., Yoshioka, R., Chan, C.-Y., Lee, Y.-T., Tang, X., Mitrofanov, K., Wang, K., Ouchi, H., Moshniaha, L., Narayana, Y. S. L. V., Ishii, H., Zhang, X.-H., Adachi, C., Chen, X.-K.*, Kabe, R.*
Blue organic long-persistent luminescence via upconversion from charge-transfer to locally excited singlet state.
Nat. Commun., 16, 2686, (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58048-2
 
[46]
Yang, Q., Failla, A. V., Turunen, P., Mateos-Maroto, A., Gai, M., Zuschratter, W., Westendorf, S., Gelléri, M., Chen, Q., Goudappagouda, Zhao, H., Zhu, X., Morsbach, S., Scheele, M., Yan, W., Landfester, K., Kabe, R.*, Bonn, M.*, Narita, A.*, Liu, X.*
Reactivatable stimulated emission depletion microscopy using fluorescence-recoverable nanographene.
Nat. Commun., 16, 1341, (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56401-z
 
[45]
Xu, X., Moshniaha, L., Vasylevskyi, S., Kabe, R., Ohto, T., Narita, A.* 
Synthesis and characterizations of dibenzo-fused perioctacene.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 137, e202418334, (2025). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202418334
 
[44]
Rabehi, I. N., Mariotti, S., Fukuda, K., Lee, S. Y., Zhao, D., Ji, P., Yuan, S., Zhang, J., Ding, C., Mitrofanov, K., Madea, D., Kabe, R., Yokota, T., Ono, L. K., Someya, T., Qi, Y.* 
Dual hole transport layer for ultra-flexible perovskite solar cells with unprecedented stability.
Joule, 9, 102209, (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2025.102209
 
[43]
Marae, I. S., Tan, J., Yoshioka, R., Ziadi, Z., Khaskin, E., Vasylevskyi, S., Kabe, R., Xu, X., Narita, A.*
Synthesis and characterizations of highly luminescent 5-isopropoxybenzo[rst]pentaphene.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 21, 270–276, (2025). https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.21.19
 
[42]
Zheng, Y., Zhang, Q., Yang, X., Chen, Y., Zhao, B., Zheng, H., Li, X., Kabe, R., Chen, L.
Performance improvement of blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence organic light emitting diodes via in-situ fabricated honeycomb porous polystyrene pattern.
Opt. Lasers Eng., 177, 108137, (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2024.108137
 
[41]
Zheng, Y., Li, C., Zhao, B., Zhang, S., Yang, X., Zhang, Q., Kabe, R., Li, X.
In-situ fabricated hexagonal pdms microsphere arrays for substrate-mode light extraction in blue fluorescent organic light emitting diodes.
Polymer, 315, 127796, (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2024.127796
 
[40]
Zhao, H., Muñoz-Mármol, R., Moshniaha, L., Yang, Q., Bonn, M., Liu, X., Kabe, R., Maria Paternò, G., Narita, A.
Acid-induced fluorescence enhancement of piperazinylphenyl-substituted nanographene.
Chem. Commun., 60, 14645–14648, (2024). https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC04926H
 
[39]
Zhao, H., Guillaud, L., Emily, M. F., Xu, X., Moshniaha, L., Hanayama, H., Kabe, R., Terenzio, M., Narita, A.
Nanographene-based polymeric nanoparticles as near-infrared emissive neuronal tracers.
ACS Nano, 18, 34730–34740, (2024). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c10754
 
[38]
Tang, X., Xie, M., Lin, Z., Mitrofanov, K., Tsagaantsooj, T., Lee, Y.-T., Kabe, R., Sandanayaka, A. S. D., Matsushima, T., Hatakeyama, T., Adachi, C.
A rigid multiple resonance thermally activated delayed fluorescence core toward stable electroluminescence and lasing.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 63, e202315210, (2024). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202315210
 
[37]
Lin, Z., Li, M., Yoshioka, R., Oyama, R., Kabe, R.*
Oxygen-tolerant near-infrared organic long-persistent luminescent copolymers.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 63, e202314500, (2024). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202314500
 
[36]
Hu, Y., Yang, X., Huang, Z., Xie, Q., Chen, Y., Zheng, Y., Kabe, R., Zhang, D., Huang, J., Qu, Y., Zhang, Z.
D-A-D-type bipolar hosts incorporating n-phenylcarbazole and quinoline at various connection sites with high electron mobility for red electrophosphorescence.
Synth. Met., 308, 117712, (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117712
 
[35]
Zhang, C., Mariotti, S., Ono, L. K., Ding, C., Mitrofanov, K., Zhang, C., Yuan, S., Ji, P., Zhang, J., Wu, T., Kabe, R., Qi, Y.*
A hole injection monolayer enables cost-effective perovskite light-emitting diodes.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 11, 2851–2862, (2023). https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TC05491D
 
[34]
Wu, T., Xu, X., Ono, L. K., Guo, T., Mariotti, S., Ding, C., Yuan, S., Zhang, C., Zhang, J., Mitrofanov, K., Zhang, Q., Raj, S., Liu, X., Segawa, H., Ji, P., Li, T., Kabe, R., Han, L., Narita, A., Qi, Y.
Graphene-like conjugated molecule as hole-selective contact for operationally stable inverted perovskite solar cells and modules.
Adv. Mater., 35, 2300169, (2023). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202300169
 
[33]
Tan, J., Xu, X., Liu, J., Vasylevskyi, S., Lin, Z., Kabe, R., Zou, Y., Müllen, K., Narita, A., Hu, Y.
Synthesis of a π‐extended double [9]helicene.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 135, e202218494, (2023). https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202218494
 
[32]
Xu, X., Serra, G., Villa, A., Muñoz-Mármol, R., Vasylevskyi, S., Gadea, M., Lucotti, A., Lin, Z., G. Boj, P., Kabe, R., Tommasini, M., Á. Díaz-García, M., Scotognella, F., Maria Paternò, G., Narita, A.*
Synthesis of zigzag- and fjord-edged nanographene with dual amplified spontaneous emission.
Chem. Sci., 13, 13040–13045, (2022). https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SC04208H
 
[31]
Wu, T., K. Ono, L., Yoshioka, R., Ding, C., Zhang, C., Mariotti, S., Zhang, J., Mitrofanov, K., Liu, X., Segawa, H., Kabe, R., Han, L., Qi, Y.
Elimination of light-induced degradation at the nickel oxide-perovskite heterojunction by aprotic sulfonium layers towards long-term operationally stable inverted perovskite solar cells.
Energy Environ. Sci., 15, 4612–4624, (2022). https://doi.org/10.1039/D2EE01801B
 
[30]
Jinnai, K., Kabe, R.*, Lin, Z., Adachi, C.*
Organic long-persistent luminescence stimulated by visible light in p-type systems based on organic photoredox catalyst dopants.
Nat. Mater., 21, 338–344, (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-01150-9
 
[29]
Tan, S., Jinnai, K., Kabe, R.*, Adachi, C.*
Long-persistent luminescence from an exciplex-based organic light-emitting diode.
Adv. Mater., 33, 2008844, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202008844
 
[28]
Sakurai, M., Kabe, R.*, Fuki, M., Lin, Z., Jinnai, K., Kobori, Y., Adachi, C., Tachikawa, T.*
Organic photostimulated luminescence associated with persistent spin-correlated radical pairs.
Commun. Mater., 2, 74, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-021-00178-3
 
[27]
Jinnai, K., Nishimura, N., Adachi, C.*, Kabe, R.*
Thermally activated processes in an organic long-persistent luminescence system.
Nanoscale, 13, 8412–8417, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NR09227D
[Nanoscale Emerging Investigators 2021]
 
[26]
Nishimura, N., Lin, Z., Jinnai, K., Kabe, R.*, Adachi, C.*
Many exciplex systems exhibit organic long‐persistent luminescence.
Adv. Funct. Mater., 30, 2000795, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202000795
[Inside front cover]
 
[25]
Lin, Z., Kabe, R.*, Wang, K., Adachi, C.*
Influence of energy gap between charge-transfer and locally excited states on organic long persistence luminescence.
Nat. Commun., 11, 191, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14035-y
 
[24]
Lin, Z., Kabe, R.*, Adachi, C.*
Orange organic long-persistent luminescence from an electron donor/acceptor binary system.
Chem. Lett., 49, 203–206, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.190823
 
[23]
Li, W., Li, Z., Si, C., Wong, M. Y., Jinnai, K., Gupta, A. K., Kabe, R., Adachi, C., Huang, W., Zysman‐Colman, E.*, Samuel, I. D. W.* Organic long‐persistent luminescence from a thermally activated delayed fluorescence compound.
Adv. Mater., 32, 2003911, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202003911
 
[22]
Jinnai, K., Nishimura, N., Kabe, R.*, Adachi, C.*
Fabrication-method independence of organic long-persistent luminescence performance.
Chem. Lett., 48, 270–273, (2019). https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.180949
 
[21]
Xia, Z., Kabe, R., Liscio, A., Kovtun, A., Treossi, E., Feng, X., Palermo, V.
Graphene-pyrene nanocomposites obtained using azide chemistry.
J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 18, 1290–1295, (2018). https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2018.15254
 
[20]
Mieno, H., Kabe, R.*, Adachi, C.*
Reversible control of triplet dynamics in metal-organic framework-entrapped organic emitters via external gases.
Commun. Chem., 1, 27, (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-018-0027-x
 
[19]
Mieno, H., Kabe, R.*, Allendorf, M. D., Adachi, C.*
Thermally activated delayed fluorescence of a Zr-based metal–organic framework.
Chem. Commun., 54, 631–634, (2018). https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC08595H
 
[18]
Lin, Z., Kabe, R.*, Nishimura, N., Jinnai, K., Adachi, C.*
Organic long‐persistent luminescence from a flexible and transparent doped polymer.
Adv. Mater., 30, 1803713, (2018). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201803713
[Frontispiece]
 
[17]
Jinnai, K., Kabe, R.*, Adachi, C.*
Wide-range tuning and enhancement of organic long‐persistent luminescence using emitter dopants.
Adv. Mater., 30, 1800365, (2018). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201800365
[Frontispiece]
 
[16]
Notsuka, N., Kabe, R.*, Goushi, K., Adachi, C.*
Confinement of long-lived triplet excitons in organic semiconducting host–guest systems.
Adv. Funct. Mater., 27, 1703902, (2017). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201703902
[Back Cover]
 
[15]
Kabe, R.*, Adachi, C.*
Organic long persistent luminescence.
Nature, 550, 384–387, (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24010
 
[14]
Yanai, N., Kozue, M., Amemori, S., Kabe, R., Adachi, C., Kimizuka, N.
Increased vis-to-uv upconversion performance by energy level matching between a tadf donor and high triplet energy acceptors.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 4, 6447–6451, (2016). https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TC01816E
[Front Cover]
 
[13]
Noda, H., Kabe, R., Adachi, C.* 
Blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence molecule having acridane and cyanobenzene units.
Chem. Lett., 45, 1463–1466, (2016). https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.160814
 
[12]
Mieno, H., Kabe, R.*, Notsuka, N., Allendorf, M. D., Adachi, C.*
Long-lived room-temperature phosphorescence of coronene in zeolitic imidazolate framework ZIF-8.
Adv. Opt. Mater., 4, 1015–1021, (2016). https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201600103
 
[11]
Kabe, R., Notsuka, N., Yoshida, K., Adachi, C.
Afterglow organic light-emitting diode.
Adv. Mater., 28, 655–660, (2016). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201504321
 
[10]
T. Nguyen, N., Mori, Y., Matsumoto, T., Yatabe, T., Kabe, R., Nakai, H., Yoon, K.-S., Ogo, S.
A [NiFe]hydrogenase model that catalyses the release of hydrogen from formic acid.
Chem. Commun., 50, 13385–13387, (2014). https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC05911E
 
[9]
Kabe, R., Feng, X., Adachi, C., Müllen, K.
Exfoliation of graphite into graphene in polar solvents mediated by amphiphilic hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene.
Chem. Asian. J, 9, 3125–3129, (2014). https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.201402535
 
[8]
Matsumoto, T., Kabe, R., Nonaka, K., Ando, T., Yoon, K.-S., Nakai, H., Ogo, S.
Model study of CO inhibition of [NiFe]hydrogenase.
Inorg. Chem., 50, 8902–8906, (2011). https://doi.org/10.1021/ic200965t
 
[7]
Lee, J.-H., Kim, H.-M., Kim, K.-B., Kabe, R., Anzenbacher, P., Jr., Kim, J.-J.
Homogeneous dispersion of organic p-dopants in an organic semiconductor as an origin of high charge generation efficiency.
Appl. Phys. Lett., 98, 173303, (2011). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3569144
 
[6]
Kabe, R., M. Lynch, V., Anzenbacher Jr, P.
Enhanced phosphorescence in dibenzophosphole chalcogenide mixed crystal.
CrystEngComm, 13, 5423–5427, (2011). https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CE05388D
 
[5]
Kabe, R., Nakanotani, H., Sakanoue, T., Yahiro, M., Adachi, C.
Effect of molecular morphology on amplified spontaneous emission of bis-styrylbenzene derivatives.
Adv. Mater., 21, 4034–4038, (2009). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200803588
 
[4]
Nakanotani, H., Kabe, R., Yahiro, M., Takenobu, T., Iwasa, Y., Adachi, C.
Blue-light-emitting ambipolar field-effect transistors using an organic single crystal of 1,4-bis(4-methylstyryl)benzene.
Appl. Phys. Express, 1, 091801, (2008). https://doi.org/10.1143/APEX.1.091801
 
[3]
Shimazaki, Y., Kabe, R., Huth, S., Tani, F., Naruta, Y., Yamauchi, O.
Formation and characterization of co(iii)−semiquinonate phenoxyl radical species.
Inorg. Chem., 46, 6083–6090, (2007). https://doi.org/10.1021/ic700596g
 
[2]
Ogo, S.*, Kabe, R., Uehara, K., Kure, B., Nishimura, T., Menon, S. C., Harada, R., Fukuzumi, S., Higuchi, Y., Ohhara, T., Tamada, T., Kuroki, R.
A dinuclear Ni (µ-H) Ru complex derived from H2
Science, 316, 585–587, (2007). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1138751
 
[1]
Ogo, S.*, Kabe, R., Hayashi, H., Harada, R., Fukuzumi, S.* 
Mechanistic investigation of CO2 hydrogenation by Ru(II) and Ir(III) aqua complexes under acidic conditions: two catalytic systems differing in the nature of the rate determining step.
Dalton Trans., 4657–4663, (2006). https://doi.org/10.1039/B607993H
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