- Address
- 305-0047 1-2-1 Sengen Tsukuba Ibaraki JAPAN [Access]
Accepting Students
External affiliations
- 中央大学兼任講師
Research
- Keywords
Functional Polymers, Supramolecular Polymers, Organic Memory Device
PublicationsNIMS affiliated publications since 2004.
Research papers
- Xinhao Zhong, Debdatta Panigrahi, Ryoma Hayakawa, Yutaka Wakayama, Koji Harano, Masayuki Takeuchi, Junko Aimi. Ambipolar charge-trapping in self-assembled nanostructures of a supramolecular miktoarm star-shaped copolymer with a zinc phthalocyanine core. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12 [26] (2024) 9642-9651 10.1039/d4tc01265h Open Access
- Debdatta Panigrahi, Ryoma Hayakawa, Xinhao Zhong, Junko Aimi, Yutaka Wakayama. Optically Controllable Organic Logic-in-Memory: An Innovative Approach toward Ternary Data Processing and Storage. Nano Letters. 23 [1] (2023) 319-325 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04415
- Junko Aimi, Takeshi Yasuda, Chih-Feng Huang, Masafumi Yoshio, Wen-Chang Chen. Fabrication of solution-processable OFET memory using a nano-floating gate based on a phthalocyanine-cored star-shaped polymer. Materials Advances. 3 [7] (2022) 3128-3134 10.1039/d1ma01081f Open Access
Books
- SHEN, Yanfei, AIMI, Junko, NAKANISHI, Takashi. Fullerene Based Self-assembled Morphological Materials. HANDBOOK OF CARBON NANOMATERIALS. , 2011, 189-216.
Presentations
- 許 盈培, Shiao-Wei Kuo, AIMI, Junko. Construction of Cobalt(II) Phthalocyanine-Containing Polymer Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Dye Degradation. 第75回高分子討論会. 2026
- 相見 順子, シュウ キンコウ, 竹内 正之. フタロシアニンコア分岐高分子の超分子集合体形成. 第75回高分子討論会. 2026
- AIMI, Junko. Star-Shaped Polymers with a Phthalocyanine Core for Organic Memory Devices. International Conference on Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines (ICPP 14). 2026 Invited
Published patent applications
- 電子装置、及びトランジスタの駆動方法 (2025)
- スターポリマーを含む電荷蓄積材料 (2017)
- ポリスチレン含有アームを備えた金属フタロシアニン・コア型スターポリマー及びその製造方法 (2016)
Society memberships
日本化学会, 高分子学会
Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials
Polymer Nanostructure Control for Organic Electronics
Precision Polymer Synthesis, Organic Memory Device, Organic Semiconductor
Overview
There is a growing demand for memory devices that can meet emerging societal needs, such as wearable and disposable memory technologies. Organic nonvolatile memories based on flexible organic materials are promising candidates; however, challenges remain in terms of device performance and durability. We have developed organic field-effect transistor (OFET) memories using precisely designed polymer materials as the memory layer (floating gate), which plays a key role in charge storage. By taking advantage of the structural versatility of organic materials, we aim to tune device performance through molecular and nanostructural design and to develop new materials suitable for wearable electronics.
Novelty and originality
● Precision Synthesis of Polymers with Controlled Three-Dimensional Structures
● Novel Nanofloating-Gate Materials Based on Functional Polymers
● Solution-Processable Memory Materials for Facile Device Fabrication
● Tuning Device Performance through Molecular Design of Polymers
● Multivalued Logic-in-Memory Applications
Details

We have developed OFET memory devices using star-shaped polymers with a metal phthalocyanine core as the memory material. In these polymers, the metal phthalocyanine molecules that serve as charge-storage sites are surrounded by polymer chains, enabling the facile formation of thin films containing nanofloating-gate structures through solution processing. Moreover, molecular design allows the charge-storage sites to be arranged at high density in three dimensions, enabling control of the memory window and charge-retention time while achieving high device endurance.
Summary
● Development of Organic Transistor Memory Using Functional Molecule-Cored Star Polymers as Nanofloating-Gate Materials
● Memory performance can be tuned through molecular design.
Thin films can be readily fabricated by solution processing.
● We aim to extend this approach toward the development of high-performance organic memories, logic-in-memory devices, and neuromorphic devices.

