| Self‐healing of chemical gels cross‐linked by diarylbibenzofuranone‐based trigger‐free dynamic covalent bonds at room temperature K Imato, M Nishihara, T Kanehara, Y Amamoto, A Takahara, H Otsuka Angewandte Chemie 5 (124), 1164-1168, 2012 | 576 | 2012 |
| Mechanophores with a reversible radical system and freezing‐induced mechanochemistry in polymer solutions and gels K Imato, A Irie, T Kosuge, T Ohishi, M Nishihara, A Takahara, H Otsuka Angewandte Chemie 127 (21), 6266-6270, 2015 | 255 | 2015 |
| Mechanochromic dynamic covalent elastomers: quantitative stress evaluation and autonomous recovery K Imato, T Kanehara, T Ohishi, M Nishihara, H Yajima, M Ito, A Takahara, ... ACS Macro Letters 4 (11), 1307-1311, 2015 | 181 | 2015 |
| Self-healing of a cross-linked polymer with dynamic covalent linkages at mild temperature and evaluation at macroscopic and molecular levels K Imato, A Takahara, H Otsuka Macromolecules 48 (16), 5632-5639, 2015 | 139 | 2015 |
| Enhancing mechanochemical activation in the bulk state by designing polymer architectures H Oka, K Imato, T Sato, T Ohishi, R Goseki, H Otsuka ACS Macro Letters 5 (10), 1124-1127, 2016 | 106 | 2016 |
| Network reorganization of dynamic covalent polymer gels with exchangeable diarylbibenzofuranone at ambient temperature K Imato, T Ohishi, M Nishihara, A Takahara, H Otsuka Journal of the American Chemical Society 136 (33), 11839-11845, 2014 | 101 | 2014 |
| Polymer–inorganic composites with dynamic covalent mechanochromophore T Kosuge, K Imato, R Goseki, H Otsuka Macromolecules 49 (16), 5903-5911, 2016 | 97 | 2016 |
| Repeatable mechanochemical activation of dynamic covalent bonds in thermoplastic elastomers K Imato, T Kanehara, S Nojima, T Ohishi, Y Higaki, A Takahara, H Otsuka Chemical Communications 52 (69), 10482-10485, 2016 | 93 | 2016 |
| Dynamic covalent diarylbibenzofuranone-modified nanocellulose: mechanochromic behaviour and application in self-healing polymer composites K Imato, JC Natterodt, J Sapkota, R Goseki, C Weder, A Takahara, ... Polymer Chemistry 8 (13), 2115-2122, 2017 | 89 | 2017 |
| The photoregulation of a mechanochemical polymer scission J Kida, K Imato, R Goseki, D Aoki, M Morimoto, H Otsuka Nature Communications 9 (1), 3504, 2018 | 75 | 2018 |
| Reorganizable and stimuli-responsive polymers based on dynamic carbon–carbon linkages in diarylbibenzofuranones K Imato, H Otsuka Polymer 137, 395-413, 2018 | 47 | 2018 |
| Photoswitchable adhesives of spiropyran polymers K Imato, K Momota, N Kaneda, I Imae, Y Ooyama Chemistry of Materials 34 (18), 8289-8296, 2022 | 46 | 2022 |
| Fluorescent supramolecular mechanophores based on charge-transfer interactions K Imato, R Yamanaka, H Nakajima, N Takeda Chemical Communications 56 (57), 7937-7940, 2020 | 44 | 2020 |
| Metathesis-driven scrambling reactions between polybutadiene or naturally occurring polyisoprene and olefin-containing polyurethane T Ohishi, K Suyama, S Kamimura, M Sakada, K Imato, S Kawahara, ... Polymer 78, 145-153, 2015 | 44 | 2015 |
| Insertion metathesis depolymerization of aromatic disulfide-containing dynamic covalent polymers under weak intensity photoirradiation T Ohishi, Y Iki, K Imato, Y Higaki, A Takahara, H Otsuka Chemistry Letters 42 (11), 1346-1348, 2013 | 39 | 2013 |
| Phenazine-based photosensitizers for singlet oxygen generation K Imato, K Ohira, M Yamaguchi, T Enoki, Y Ooyama Materials Chemistry Frontiers 4 (2), 589-596, 2020 | 38 | 2020 |
| Mechanochemically gated photoswitching: Expanding the scope of polymer mechanochromism RW Barber, ME McFadden, X Hu, MJ Robb Synlett 30 (15), 1725-1732, 2019 | 30 | 2019 |
| Fluorescence sensors for detection of water based on tetraphenylethene–anthracene possessing both solvatofluorochromic properties and aggregation-induced emission (AIE … Y Mise, K Imato, T Ogi, N Tsunoji, Y Ooyama New Journal of Chemistry 45 (9), 4164-4173, 2021 | 29 | 2021 |
| Development of fluorescent sensors based on a combination of PET (photo-induced electron transfer) and FRET (Förster resonance energy transfer) for detection of water D Jinbo, K Ohira, K Imato, Y Ooyama Materials Advances 1 (3), 354-362, 2020 | 29 | 2020 |
| Development of an intramolecular charge transfer-type colorimetric and fluorescence sensor for water by fusion with a juloidine structure and complexation with boron trifluoride K Imato, T Enoki, Y Ooyama RSC advances 9 (54), 31466-31473, 2019 | 27 | 2019 |
