MEMBER

Apr. 2018 – Present
Assistant Professor: The University of Tokyo, Japan
Apr. 2017 – Apr. 2018
Postdoctoral Fellow: Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
Apr. 2016 – Mar. 2017
JSPS Research Fellow (DC2): Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
Supervisor: Prof. Susumu Kitagawa

Ph. D. in Polymer chemistry (Mar. 2017)
Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
Thesis: Controlled assemblies of conjugated polymers in coordination nanospaces
Advisor: Prof. Susumu Kitagawa

B. Sc. in Polymer chemistry (Mar. 2012)
Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
Advisor: Prof. Susumu Kitagawa

The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists for 2023　(2024)
PCCP Prize (2022)
Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science　(2021)
1st Glowing Polymer Symposium in KANTO　Best Presentation Award　(2018)
Lectureship Award, The 98th Spring Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (2018)

Electric-field assisted spatioselective deposition of MIL-101(Cr)PEDOT to enhance electrical conductivity and humidity sensing performance
Youven Benseghir, Min Ying Tsang, Flora Schöfbeck, Daniel Hetey, Takashi Kitao, Takashi Uemura, Hidetsugu Shiozawa, Michael R. Reithofer, Jia Min Chin
J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2025, 678, 979-986.

Precise synthesis and assembly of π-conjugated polymers enabled by metal–organic frameworks
Takashi Kitao
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 2024, 97, uoae103.

Synthesis of polyacene by using a Metal–Organic Framework
Takashi Kitao, Takumi Miura, Ryo Nakayama, Yusuke Tsutsui, Yee Seng Chan, Hironobu Hayashi, Hiroko Yamada, Shu Seki, Taro Hitosugi, Takashi Uemura
Nat. Synth., 2023, 2, 848-854.

Thermal Transformation of Polyacrylonitrile Accelerated by the Formation of Ultrathin Nanosheets in a Metal–Organic Framework
Xiyuan Zhang, Takashi Kitao, Ami Nishijima, Takashi Uemura
ACS Macro Lett., 2023, 12, 415-420.

Preferential orientation of anisotropic polythiophene rods toward macroscopic chain ordering
Takashi Kitao, Alexandre Legrand, Taizo Mori, Katsuhiko Ariga, Takashi Uemura
Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2023, 8, 316-322.

Nanoconfined synthesis of conjugated ladder polymers
Takashi Kitao, Xiyuan Zhang, Takashi Uemura
Polym. Chem., 2022, 13, 5003-5018.

Controlled assemblies of conjugated polymers in metal−organic frameworks
Takashi Kitao
Polym. J., 2022, 54, 1045-1053.

Nanoconfinement of an Otherwise Useless Fluorophore in Metal–Organic Frameworks to Elicit and Tune Emission
Takumi Miura, Takashi Kitao, Takashi Uemura
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2022, 126, 6628–6636.

Basicity of isostructural porous ionic crystals composed of Nb/Ta-substituted Keggin-type polyoxotungstates
Zhewei Weng, Naoki Ogiwara, Daisuke Yokogawa, Takashi Kitao, Yuji Kikukawa, Sayaka Uchida
Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 8186–8191.

Hybridization of Synthetic Humins with Metal-Organic Framework for Precious Metal Recovery and Reuse
Vikram V. Karve, Till Schertenleib, Jordi Espín, Olga Trukhina, Xiyuan Zhang, Marta Ximenis Campins, Takashi Kitao, Claudia E. Avalos, Takashi Uemura, Wendy L. Queen
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 60027-60034.

Incorporating highly basic polyoxometalate anions comprising Nb or Ta into nanoscale reaction fields of porous ionic crystals
Zhewei Weng, Naoki Ogiwara, Takashi Kitao, Yuji Kikukawa, Yu Gao, Likai Yan, Sayaka Uchida
Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 18451-18457.

Chiral Induction in Buckminsterfullerene Using a Metal–Organic Framework
Shao-Wei Lo, Takashi Kitao, Yusuke Nada, Kei Murata, Kazuyuki Ishii, Takashi Uemura
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 17947-17951.

Synthesis of a metal–organic framework by plasma in liquid to increase reduced metal ions and enhance water stability
Moriyuki Kanno, Takashi Kitao, Tsuyohito Ito, Kazuo Terashima
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 22756-22760.

Bio-adhesive Nanoporous Module: Toward Autonomous Gating
Hyuna Jo, Takashi Kitao, Ayumi Kimura, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Takuzo Aida, Kou Okuro
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 8932-8937.

Isostructural mesoporous ionic crystals as a tunable platform for acid catalysis
Yuto Shimoyama, Zhewei Weng, Naoki Ogiwara, Takashi Kitao, Yuji Kikukawa, Sayaka Uchida
Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 10328-10333.

Carbonization of Single Polyacrylonitrile Chains in Coordination Nanospaces
Xiyuan Zhang, Takashi Kitao, Daniele Piga, Ryoto Hongu, Silvia Bracco, Angiolina Comotti, Pierro Sozzani, Takashi Uemura
Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 10844-10849.

Polymers in Metal–Organic Frameworks: From Nanostructured Chain Assemblies to New Functional Materials
Takashi Kitao, Takashi Uemura
Chem. Lett., 2020, 49, 624-632.

Supramolecular Chiral Nanoarchitectonics
Katsuhiko Ariga, Taizo Mori, Takashi Kitao, Takashi Uemura
Adv. Mater., 2020, 2020, 1905657.

Scalable and Precise Synthesis of Armchair-Edge Graphene Nanoribbon in Metal-Organic Framework
Takashi Kitao, Michael W. A. MacLean, Kazuki Nakata, Masayoshi Takayanagi, Masataka Nagaoka, Takashi Uemura
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 5509-5514.

Recognition of Polymer Terminus by Metal–Organic Frameworks Enabling Chromatographic Separation of Polymers
Nagi Mizutani, Nobuhiko Hosono, Benjamin Le Ouay, Takashi Kitao, Ryoichirou Matsuura, Takuya Kubo, Takashi Uemura
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 3701-3705.

Transcription of Chirality from Metal-Organic Framework to Polythiophene
Takashi Kitao, Yujiro Nagasaka, Masanobu Karasawa, Toshiki Eguchi, Nobuo Kimizuka, Kazuyuki Ishii, Teppei Yamada, Takashi Uemura
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 19565-19569.

Fluorinated Porous Molecular Crystals: Vapor-Triggered On-Off Switching of Luminescence and Porosity
Hiroshi Sasaki, Hiroaki Imoto, Takashi Kitao, Takashi Uemura, Takashi Yumura, Kensuke Naka
Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 6487-6490.

Confinement of poly(allylamine) in Preyssler-type polyoxometalate and potassium ion framework for enhanced proton conductivity
Tsukasa Iwano, Satoru Miyazawa, Ryota Osuga, Junko N. Kondo, Kayako Honjo, Takashi Kitao, Takashi Uemura, Sayaka Uchida
Commun. Chem., 2019, 2, 9.

Selective Formation of End-On Orientation between Polythiophene and Fullerene Mediated by Coordination Nanospaces
Takashi Kitao,  Yotaro Sasaki, Susumu Kitagawa, Yutaka Imamura, Masahiko Tsujimoto, Shu Seki, Takashi Uemura
J. Phys. Chem. C., 2018, 122, 24182-24189.

Oxidative Polymerization of Terthiophene and Substituted Thiophene Monomer in Metal-Organic Framework Thin Films
Ritesh Haldar, Beren Sen, Silvana Hurrle, Takashi Kitao, Ritesh Sankhla, Boris Kühl, Alexander Welle, Stefan Heissler, Gerald Brenner-Weiß, Peter Thissen, Takashi Uemura, Hartmut Gliemann, Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Christof Wöll
Eur. Polym. J., 2018, 109, 162-168.

Controlled polymerizations using metal–organic frameworks
Shuto Mochizuki, Takashi Kitao, Takashi Uemura
Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 11843-11856.

Selective sorting of polymers with different terminal groups using metal-organic frameworks
Benjamin Le Ouay, Chikara Watanabe, Shuto Mochizuki, Masayoshi Takayanagi, Masataka Nagaoka, Takashi Kitao, Takashi Uemura
Nature Commun., 2018, 9, 3635.

A phase transformable ultrastable titanium-carboxylate framework for photoconduction
Sujing Wang, Takashi Kitao, Nathalie Guillou, Mohammad Wahiduzzaman, Charlotte Martineau-Corcos, Farid Nouar, Antoine Tissot, Laurent Binet, Naseem Ramsahye, Sabine Devautour-Vinot, Susumu Kitagawa, Shu Seki, Yusuke Tsutsui, Valérie Briois, Nathalie Steunou, Guillaume Maurin, Takashi Uemura, Christian Serre
Nature. Commun., 2018, 9, 1660.

A fluorescent microporous crystalline dendrimer discriminates vapour molecules
Sae Nakajima, Ken Albrecht, Soh Kushida, Eiji Nishibori, Takashi Kitao, Takashi Uemura, Kimihisa Yamamoto, Uwe H. F. Bunz, Yohei Yamamoto
Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 2534-2537.

Controlled Organization of Anthracene in Porous Coordination Polymers
Takashi Kitao, Ryoto Hongu, Susumu Kitagawa, Takashi Uemura
Chem. Lett., 2017, 46, 1705-1707.

Hybridization of MOFs and polymers
Takashi Kitao, Yuanyuan Zhang, Susumu Kitagawa, Bo Wang, Takashi Uemura
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017, 46, 3108-3133.

Preparation of polythiophene microrods with ordered chain alignment using nanoporous coordination template
Takashi Kitao, Michael W. A. MacLean, Benjamin Le Ouay, Yotaro Sasaki, Masahiko Tsujimoto, Susumu Kitagawa, Takashi Uemura
Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 5077-5081.

Nanostructuration of PEDOT in Porous Coordination Polymers for Tunable Porosity and Conductivity
Benjamin Le Ouay, Mickael Boudot, Takashi Kitao, Takeshi Yanagida, Susumu Kitagawa, Takashi Uemura
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 10088-10091.

Unraveling Inter- and Intra-chain Electronics in Polythiophene Assemblies Mediated by Coordination Nanospaces
Michael W. A. MacLean, Takashi Kitao, Takeo Suga, Motohiro Mizuno, Shu Seki, Takashi Uemura, Susumu Kitagawa
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 708-713.

Confinement of Single Polysilane Chains in Coordination Nanospaces
Takashi Kitao, Silvia Bracco, Angiolina Comotti, Piero Sozzani, Masanobu Naito, Shu Seki, Takashi Uemura, Susumu Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 5231-5238.

Synthesis of chiral porous coordination polymer that shows structural transformation induced by guest molecules
Takashi Kitao, Yuta Tokunaga, Daiki Umeyama, Cho Rong Kim, Takashi Uemura, Susumu Kitagawa
Inorg. Chim. Acta., 2015, 424, 221-225.225.