List of works by Naomi Sakai

A Chalcogen-Bonding Cascade Switch for Planarizable Push-Pull Probes

scientific article published on 20 September 2019

A Collection of Fullerenes for Synthetic Access Toward Oriented Charge-Transfer Cascades in Triple-Channel Photosystems

scholarly article by Altan Bolag et al published 1 April 2014 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

A quantitative model for the transcription of 2D patterns into functional 3D architectures.

scientific article published on 19 August 2012

A rivet model for channel formation by aerolysin-like pore-forming toxins

scientific article

Adhesive π-Clamping within Synthetic Multifunctional Pores

scientific article published in 2006

Amphiphilic dynamic NDI and PDI probes: imaging microdomains in giant unilamellar vesicles

Anion hopping of (and on) functional oligoarginines: from chloroform to cells

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Anion-mediated transfer of polyarginine across liquid and bilayer membranes

scientific article published in November 2003

Anion-π Catalysis of Diels-Alder Reactions

Anion-π Catalysis of Diels-Alder Reactions.

scientific article

Anion-π and Cation-π Interactions on the Same Surface

Anion-π and cation-π interactions on the same surface

scientific article published on 28 August 2014

Anionic fullerenes, calixarenes, coronenes, and pyrenes as activators of oligo/polyarginines in model membranes and live cells

scientific article published in February 2005

Anion−π Catalysis

scientific article published on 23 January 2014

Antiparallel three-component gradients in double-channel surface architectures

article by Hironobu Hayashi et al published 2014 in Chemical Science

Arginine magic with new counterions up the sleeve

scientific article published on 7 April 2005

Artificial beta-barrels

scientific article

Artificial tongues and leaves

Asymmetric Anion-π Catalysis: Enamine Addition to Nitroolefins on π-Acidic Surfaces

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Big, Strong, Neutral, Twisted, and Chiral π Acids

Binding of organic anions by synthetic supramolecular metallopores with internal Mg2+-aspartate complexes

scientific article

Bioactive substances from L.G. Don and their biological activities

Bioorganic Chemistry of Rigid-Rod Molecules: Adventures with p-Oligophenyls

CD Methods Development at the Bio-Nano Interface

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Catalysis with Anion-π Interactions

Catalysis with anion-π interactions

scientific article published on 15 August 2013

Cell-penetrating poly(disulfide)s: focus on substrate-initiated co-polymerization

article published in 2014

Cell-penetrating poly(disulfide)s: the dependence of activity, depolymerization kinetics and intracellular localization on their length

article

Cellular Uptake of Substrate-Initiated Cell-Penetrating Poly(disulfide)s

scientific article published on 15 April 2014

Chromophore Orientation in Bacteriorhodopsin Determined from the Angular Dependence of Deuterium Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra of Oriented Purple Membranes†

scientific article published in 1998

Colorful surface architectures with three different types of dynamic covalent bonds: integration of anthocyanins, tritylium ions and flavins

scientific article published on 16 July 2015

Comparison of Charge-Transfer Dynamics of Naphthalenediimide Triads in Solution and π-Stack Architectures on Solid Surfaces

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Comparison of Lipoic and Asparagusic Acid for Surface-Initiated Disulfide-Exchange Polymerization

Complementary characteristics of homologous p-octiphenyl beta-barrels with ion channel and esterase activity

scientific article

Conceptually new entries into cells

scientific article

Coumarin synthesis on π-acidic surfaces

Counterion-activated polyions as soft sensing systems in lipid bilayer membranes: from cell-penetrating peptides to DNA.

scientific article published in January 2009

Cyclamenoside, a Potent Inhibitor of Hydrogen Peroxide Release

Dendritic folate rosettes as ion channels in lipid bilayers

scientific article published in February 2006

Design and Synthesis of Mixed Oligomers with Thiophenes, Dithienothiophene S,S-Dioxides, Thieno[3,4]pyrazines and 2,1,3-Benzothiadiazoles: Flipper Screening for Mechanosensitive Systems

scientific article published on 5 February 2015

Direct and rapid cytosolic delivery using cell-penetrating peptides mediated by pyrenebutyrate

scientific article published in June 2006

Direct observation of anion-mediated translocation of fluorescent oligoarginine carriers into and across bulk liquid and anionic bilayer membranes

scientific article published in January 2005

Directional stack exchange along oriented oligothiophene stacks

Double-channel photosystems with antiparallel redox gradients: templated stack exchange with porphyrins and phthalocyanines

Electron-deficient fullerenes in triple-channel photosystems

Electrostatics of cell membrane recognition: structure and activity of neutral and cationic rigid push-pull rods in isoelectric, anionic, and polarized lipid bilayer membranes.

scientific article published in March 2001

Enantioselective self-sorting on planar, π-acidic surfaces of chiral anion-π transporters

Engineering antiparallel charge-transfer cascades into supramolecular n/p-heterojunction photosystems: toward directional self-sorting on surfaces

scientific article published in January 2012

Enolate chemistry with anion–π interactions

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Excited-state dynamics of hybrid multichromophoric systems: toward an excitation wavelength control of the charge separation pathways.

scientific article published in July 2009

Fluorescent flippers for mechanosensitive membrane probes

scientific article

G-quartet self-assembly under osmotic pressure: remote control by vesicle shrinking rather than stress

scientific article published in November 2003

Interface engineering of synthetic pores: towards hypersensitive biosensors

scientific article published in January 2008

Ion Pair-π Interactions

scientific article published on 20 August 2015

Ion channels and pores, made from scratch

scientific article published on 31 May 2007

Ion-Gated Synthetic Photosystems

scientific article published in 2014

Lateral Self-Sorting on Surfaces: A Practical Approach to Double-Channel Photosystems

scientific article published in 2011

Ligand-Gated Synthetic Ion Channels

article

Metal-Organic Scaffolds: Heavy-Metal Approaches to Synthetic Ion Channels and Pores

article

Mg2+-Imidazole-Catalyzed Self-Condensation of Malonyl Thioesters: Getting Tuned for Biomimetic Polyketide Synthesis?

Mini-zippers: Determination of oligomer effects for the assembly of photoactive supramolecular rod/stack architectures on gold nanoparticles and gold electrodes

article by Marco Lista et al published April 2009 in Supramolecular Chemistry

Modeling the Selectivity of Potassium Channels with Synthetic, Ligand-Assembled π Slides

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Multistep organic synthesis of modular photosystems

scientific article

Naphthalene- and perylenediimides with hydroquinones, catechols, boronic esters and imines in the core

scientific article published on 30 August 2011

Ocular Age Pigment “A2-E”: An Unprecedented Pyridinium Bisretinoid

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Oligothiophene Amphiphiles as Planarizable and Polarizable Fluorescent Membrane Probes

scientific article published on 04 November 2012

Oligothiophene Amphiphiles as Planarizable and Polarizable Fluorescent Membrane Probes

On the Electrostatics of Cell-Membrane Recognition: From Natural Antibiotics to Rigid Push-Pull Rods

scientific article published on 01 May 2000

Optoelectronically mismatched oligophenylethynyl-naphthalenediimide SHJ architectures

scientific article published on 18 January 2010

Ordered and oriented supramolecular n/p-heterojunction surface architectures: completion of the primary color collection

scientific article published in August 2009

Photophysical Studies of A2-E, Putative Precursor of Lipofuscin, in Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

Pnictogen-Centered Cascade Exchangers for Thiol-Mediated Uptake: As(III)-, Sb(III)-, and Bi(III)-Expanded Cyclic Disulfides as Inhibitors of Cytosolic Delivery and Viral Entry

scientific article published on 24 March 2022

Polarized Vesicles in Molecular Recognition and Catalysis

Portuloside A, a monoterpene glucoside, from Portulaca oleracea

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Probing for Thiol-Mediated Uptake into Bacteria

scientific article published on 11 October 2019

Programmed assembly of rigid-rod beta-barrel pores: thermal inversion of chirality

scientific article

Rapid Access to Synthetic Lysobisphosphatidic Acids Using PIIIChemistry

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Rapid and mild synthesis of functionalized naphthalenediimides

scientific article published on 13 December 2007

Recent Progress with Functional Biosupramolecular Systems

article published in 2011

Recognition of Polarized Lipid Bilayers byp-Oligophenyl Ion Channels: From Push−Pull Rods to Push−Pull Barrels

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Rigid-Rod Molecules in Biomembrane Models: From Hydrogen-Bonded Chains to Synthetic Multifunctional Pores

Rigid-rod molecules in biomembrane models: from hydrogen-bonded chains to synthetic multifunctional pores

scientific article

Rigid-rod push–pull naphthalenediimide photosystems

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Ring Tension Applied to Thiol-Mediated Cellular Uptake

scientific article published on 29 April 2015

Self-organizing surface-initiated polymerization of multicomponent photosystems: stack exchange with fullerenes

scientific article published on 19 March 2013

Self-organizing surface-initiated polymerization of perylenediimides on indium tin oxides

scholarly article by Pierre Charbonnaz et al published 2012 in Chemical Science

Self-organizing surface-initiated polymerization: facile access to complex functional systems

scientific article

Solubilising groups: a conceptual equivalent of protecting groups in organic synthesis

Stack Exchange Strategies for the Synthesis of Covalent Double-Channel Photosystems by Self-Organizing Surface-Initiated Polymerization

scientific article published on 31 October 2011

Stereoselective self-sorting on surfaces: transcription of chiral information

scientific article published on 10 December 2012

Substrate-initiated synthesis of cell-penetrating poly(disulfide)s

scientific article

Supramolecular n/p-heterojunction photosystems with antiparallel redox gradients in electron- and hole-transporting pathways

scientific article published in May 2010

Supramolecular n/p-heterojunction photosystems with oriented multicolored antiparallel redox gradients (OMARG-SHJs).

scientific article published on 07 September 2009

Surface Architectures Built around Perylenediimide Stacks

article by Pierre Charbonnaz et al published 21 October 2014 in Chemistry—A European Journal

Synthesis of Multiply Substituted, Ion Channel Forming Octi(p-phenylene)s:  Theme and Variations

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Synthesis of an enlarged library of dynamic DNA activators with oxime, disulfide and hydrazone bridges

scientific article

Synthetic Ion Channels with Rigid-Rod π-Stack Architecture that Open in Response to Charge-Transfer Complex Formation

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Synthetic functional π-stack architecture in lipid bilayers

article by Sheshanath Bhosale et al published 2006 in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry

Synthetic ion channels

scientific article published on 30 April 2013

Synthetic multifunctional pores that open and close in response to chemical stimulation

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Synthetic multifunctional pores with external and internal active sites for ligand gating and noncompetitive blockage

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Synthetic multifunctional pores: deletion and inversion of anion/cation selectivity using pM and pH.

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Synthetic multifunctional pores: lessons from rigid-rod beta-barrels

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Synthetic pores with sticky π-clamps

article published in 2007

The Characterization of Synthetic Ion Channels and Pores

The depth of molecular recognition: voltage-sensitive blockage of synthetic multifunctional pores with refined architecture

scientific article

The determination of the ion selectivity of synthetic ion channels and pores in vesicles

The third orthogonal dynamic covalent bond

Thermodynamic and kinetic stability of synthetic multifunctional rigid-rod beta-barrel pores: evidence for supramolecular catalysis

scientific article

Three-component zipper assembly of photoactive cascade architectures with blue, red and colorless naphthalenediimide donors and acceptors

scientific article published on 10 September 2008

Topologically Matching Supramolecular n/p-Heterojunction Architectures

Total synthesis of galantin I. Acid-catalyzed cyclization of galantinic acid

scientific article

Total synthesis of galantin I. Revision of the original structure

Toward Biomimetic Ion Channels Formed by Rigid-Rod Molecules: Length-Dependent Ion-Transport Activity of Substituted Oligo(p-Phenylene)s

scientific article published in 1997

Toward Oriented Surface Architectures with Three Coaxial Charge-Transporting Pathways

scientific article published on 01 August 2013

Toward catalytic rigid-rod beta-barrels: a hexamer with multiple histidines

scientific article

Toward supramolecular ion channels formed by oligonucleotide analogs: Hydrophobic guanine dimers

article published in 1998

Transmembrane B-DNA

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

Transmembrane anion transport mediated by halogen-bond donors

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Transmembrane ion transport mediated by amphiphilic polyamine dendrimers

Turn-On Sulfide π Donors: An Ultrafast Push for Twisted Mechanophores

scientific article published on 14 December 2015

Ultrafast Intersystem-Crossing Dynamics and Breakdown of the Kasha-Vavilov's Rule of Naphthalenediimides

scientific article published on 21 May 2015

Ultrafast photoinduced charge separation in naphthalene diimide based multichromophoric systems in liquid solutions and in a lipid membrane

scientific article published on 3 July 2008

Use of the exciton chirality method in the investigation of ligand-gated synthetic ion channels

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Vesicles head in white direction

article by Naomi Sakai & Stefan Matile published November 2009 in Nature Chemistry

Voltage-dependent formation of anion channels by synthetic rigid-rod push-pull beta-barrels

scientific article

Voltage-dependent ion channel formation by rigid rod-shaped polyols in planar lipid bilayers.

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White-Fluorescent Dual-Emission Mechanosensitive Membrane Probes that Function by Bending Rather than Twisting

White-Fluorescent Dual-Emission Mechanosensitive Membrane Probes that Function by Bending Rather than Twisting

scientific article published on 20 June 2018

Zipper and Layer-by-Layer Assemblies of Artificial Photosystems Analyzed by Combining Optical and Piezoelectric Surface Techniques

Zipper assembly of SHJ photosystems: focus on red naphthalenediimides, optoelectronic finetuning and topological matching

article by Rajesh Bhosale et al published 2010 in Chemical Science

Zipper assembly of photoactive rigid-rod naphthalenediimide pi-stack architectures on gold nanoparticles and gold electrodes

scientific article published on 30 November 2007

Zipper assembly of vectorial rigid-rod pi-stack architectures with red and blue naphthalenediimides: toward supramolecular cascade n/p-heterojunctions

scientific article published in January 2008