Tomoya Higashihara

Prof. Tomoya Higashihara

Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan

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Academic Career Length

16Years (2011-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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5 September 2017 in Journal of the American Chemical Society
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JLJimmy Lawrence
Jimmy Lawrence
EGEisuke Goto
Eisuke Goto
JRJing M. Ren
Jing M. Ren
BMBrenden McDearmon
Brenden McDearmon
DKDong Sub Kim
Dong Sub Kim
CHCraig J. Hawker
Craig J. Hawker

22 May 2019 in Macromolecules
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YCYun-Chi Chiang
Yun-Chi Chiang
HWHung-Chin Wu
Hung-Chin Wu
HWHan-Fang Wen
Han-Fang Wen
CHChih-Chien Hung
Chih-Chien Hung
CHChian-Wen Hong
Chian-Wen Hong
WCWen-Chang Chen
Wen-Chang Chen

4 November 2016 in Macromolecules
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HWHung-Chin Wu
Hung-Chin Wu
CHChih-Chien Hung
Chih-Chien Hung
CHChian-Wen Hong
Chian-Wen Hong
HSHan-Sheng Sun
Han-Sheng Sun
JWJau-Tzeng Wang
Jau-Tzeng Wang
WCWen-Chang Chen
Wen-Chang Chen

4 June 2018 in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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YHYun-Ting Hsieh
Yun-Ting Hsieh
JCJung-Yao Chen
Jung-Yao Chen
SFSeijiro Fukuta
Seijiro Fukuta
PLPo-Chen Lin
Po-Chen Lin
Tomoya HigashiharaTomoya Higashihara
Tomoya Higashihara
WCWen-Chang Chen
Wen-Chang Chen

3 September 2013 in Polymer Chemistry
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Jin WangJin Wang
Jin Wang
Tomoya HigashiharaTomoya Higashihara
Tomoya Higashihara
Electron donor–acceptor triblock and diblock copolymers have attracted considerable interest due to their potential applications in all-polymer solar cells as single-active components or surfactants. However, the number of donor–acceptor block copolymers has lagged behind that of the rod–coil and rod–rod block copolymers due to their synthetic difficulties. This minireview highlights the recent advances in the synthetic strategies for the all-conjugated donor–acceptor block copolymers and their application in all-polymer solar cells.

22 January 2022 in Advanced Science
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WYWei‐Chen Yang
Wei‐Chen Yang
YLYan‐Cheng Lin
Yan‐Cheng Lin
SIShin Inagaki
Shin Inagaki
HSHiroya Shimizu
Hiroya Shimizu
EEEnder Ercan
Ender Ercan
WCWen-Chang Chen
Wen-Chang Chen
Neuromorphic computation possesses the advantages of self‐learning, highly parallel computation, and low energy consumption, and is of great promise to overcome the bottleneck of von Neumann computation. In this work, a series of poly(3‐hexylthiophene) (P3HT)‐based block copolymers (BCPs) with different coil segments, including polystyrene, poly(2‐vinylpyridine) (P2VP), poly(2‐vinylnaphthalene), and poly(butyl acrylate), are utilized in photosynaptic transistor to emulate paired‐pulse facilitation, spike time/rate‐dependent plasticity, short/long‐term neuroplasticity, and learning−forgetting−relearning processes. P3HT serves as a carrier transport channel and a photogate, while the insulating coils with electrophilic groups are for charge trapping and preservation. Three main factors are unveiled to govern the properties of these P3HT‐based BCPs: i) rigidity of the insulating coil, ii) energy levels between the constituent polymers, and iii) electrophilicity of the insulating coil. Accordingly, P3HT‐b‐P2VP‐based photosynaptic transistor with a sought‐after BCP combination demonstrates long‐term memory behavior with current contrast up to 105, short‐term memory behavior with high paired‐pulse facilitation ratio of 1.38, and an ultralow energy consumption of 0.56 fJ at an operating voltage of −0.0003 V. As far as it is known, this is the first work to utilize conjugated BCPs in an electret‐free photosynaptic transistor showing great potential to the artificial intelligence technology.