Kenichiro Itami

Diversity‐Oriented Two‐Step Annulative π‐Extension Enables Access to Structurally Complex Nanographenes

ABSTRACT The development of a general strategy for accessing structurally diverse nanographenes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) remains a central challenge in synthetic chemistry. Although annulative π‐extension (APEX) enables the direct construction of fused aromatic...

Atomic-precision π-driven peptide hydrogel nanofibers with ordered water channels

Aromatic interactions organize molecules into ordered supramolecular architectures, while peptides form functional soft materials through hydrogen bonding and water-mediated assembly. In peptide-based systems, strong aromatic stacking is typically achieved by terminal capping, wh...