Kazuo Akagi is an Eminent Research Professor, Research Organization of Science and Technology at Ritsumeikan University in Shiga, Japan, and a Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University and University of Tsukuba, Japan. After graduating from Kyoto University, he spent most of his career working for University of Tsukuba and Kyoto University before taking up his present appointment at Ritsumeikan University. Professor Akagi has received numerous scientific awards, including The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Award.

• VOLUME 1:Section I Molecules01 Synthesis and Properties of Circularly Polarized Luminescence-Active Molecules based on Binaphthyl Skeleton02 An Approach for the Qualitative Understanding of Electronic and Magnetic Transition Moments Aiming at the Design of CPL Chromophore Having Enhanced Chiroptical Properties03 Optical Resolution and Chiroptical Properties of Partially-Overlapped Carbazolophanes04 Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Stereogenic Pi-Conjugated Macrocycles05 Developments in Circularly Polarized Luminescence Research Employing Cyclodextrins06 Circularly Polarized Luminescence based on Chiral AIEgens07 Planar Chiral [2.2]Paracyclophane: Excellent Circularly Polarized Luminescence Emitters08 Nanometrical Helical Structures as Platform to Induce Chiroptical Properties to Achiral Components  Section II Oligomers and Polymers09 Synthesis and Chiroptical Properties of Helically Stacked Conjugated Polymers10 Synthesis and Chiroptical Properties of Helical, Conjugated Polymers, and Twisted Molecules11 Chiroptical and Magneto-optical Properties of Porphyrin Compounds12 CPL Emission from The Photo-Excited Parallel-Oriented Aryl/Aryl Dimer13 Synthesis, Control of Higher-Order Structures, and Optical Properties of Platinum-Containing Poly(aryleneethynylene)s and Related Compounds14 Chiroptical Supramolecular Assemblies15 Circularly Polarized Luminescence (CPL) in Helically Assembled Pyrene Pi-Stacks on RNA Duplex16 Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Helical Network Polymers Synthesized in Chiral Liquid Crystals17 Ultraweak Intermolecular Interactions in Chirogenesis from Non-Charged CPL-/CD- Silent Molecules, Oligomers, and Polymers Endowed with Noncharged Chiral Terpenes, Mono-/Polysaccharides, and Helical Polysilanes  Section III Coordination Compounds18 Circularly Polarized Luminescence Induced by an External Magnetic Field: Magnetic Circularly Polarized Luminescence19 Phosphorescent Organometallic Complexes Aimed at Fabrication of Electroluminescent Devices  VOLUME 2:  20 Enhancement of Circularly Polarized Luminescence in the Condensed Molecules and Coordination Complexes21 Control of the Emission and Chiroptical Properties of Helicene Derivatives22 Recent Advances on CP-OLEDs and CPL-Active Materials of Chiral Metal-Containing Complexes23 Evolving Fluorophores into Circularly Polarized Luminophores with Chiral Naphthalene Dimers and Tetramers24 Polarized Luminescence of Lanthanide Coordination Compounds25 CPL in Chiral Metal Nanoclusters26 Circularly Polarized Luminescence Chromophores Based on Metal Complexes  Section IV Theory and Spectroscopy27 Recent Advancement of Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Helicenes28 Systematic Investigation on CPL Properties of Various Chiral Motifs through Theoretical Calculation29 Principles of CPL Measurement Systems and Advances in Measurement Methods30 Using Chiroptical Spectroscopy to Gain Unique Information about the Solid-State31 Circularly Polarized Luminescence for Molecular Systems of Increasing Complexity32 Luminescence and CPL Spectra of d10 Metal Complexes  Section V Devices for Application33 Development of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes using Aggregation-Induced Enhanced Circularly Polarized Luminescent Perylene Diimides34 Chiroptical Properties Enhancement of Chiral Eu(III) Complex in Association with Ionic Materials such as DNA Toward Device Application35 Circularly Polarized Luminescence Materials and Their Organic Light-emitting Device Performances36 Intense and Sign-Invertible Circularly Polarized Luminescence37 Direct Emission of Circularly Polarized Light from Twisted Structure of Mesogenic Luminophores andImprovement of OLEDs38 Binding Constants as Fundamental Physical Properties for Quantitative Treatments of Sensing Processes in Supramolecular Systems

Kazuo Akagi is an Eminent Research Professor, Research Organization of Science and Technology at Ritsumeikan University in Shiga, Japan, and a Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University and University of Tsukuba, Japan. After graduating from Kyoto University, he spent most of his career working for University of Tsukuba and Kyoto University before taking up his present appointment at Ritsumeikan University. Professor Akagi has received numerous scientific awards, including The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Award.

• VOLUME 1:Section I Molecules01 Synthesis and Properties of Circularly Polarized Luminescence-Active Molecules based on Binaphthyl Skeleton02 An Approach for the Qualitative Understanding of Electronic and Magnetic Transition Moments Aiming at the Design of CPL Chromophore Having Enhanced Chiroptical Properties03 Optical Resolution and Chiroptical Properties of Partially-Overlapped Carbazolophanes04 Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Stereogenic Pi-Conjugated Macrocycles05 Developments in Circularly Polarized Luminescence Research Employing Cyclodextrins06 Circularly Polarized Luminescence based on Chiral AIEgens07 Planar Chiral [2.2]Paracyclophane: Excellent Circularly Polarized Luminescence Emitters08 Nanometrical Helical Structures as Platform to Induce Chiroptical Properties to Achiral Components  Section II Oligomers and Polymers09 Synthesis and Chiroptical Properties of Helically Stacked Conjugated Polymers10 Synthesis and Chiroptical Properties of Helical, Conjugated Polymers, and Twisted Molecules11 Chiroptical and Magneto-optical Properties of Porphyrin Compounds12 CPL Emission from The Photo-Excited Parallel-Oriented Aryl/Aryl Dimer13 Synthesis, Control of Higher-Order Structures, and Optical Properties of Platinum-Containing Poly(aryleneethynylene)s and Related Compounds14 Chiroptical Supramolecular Assemblies15 Circularly Polarized Luminescence (CPL) in Helically Assembled Pyrene Pi-Stacks on RNA Duplex16 Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Helical Network Polymers Synthesized in Chiral Liquid Crystals17 Ultraweak Intermolecular Interactions in Chirogenesis from Non-Charged CPL-/CD- Silent Molecules, Oligomers, and Polymers Endowed with Noncharged Chiral Terpenes, Mono-/Polysaccharides, and Helical Polysilanes  Section III Coordination Compounds18 Circularly Polarized Luminescence Induced by an External Magnetic Field: Magnetic Circularly Polarized Luminescence19 Phosphorescent Organometallic Complexes Aimed at Fabrication of Electroluminescent Devices  VOLUME 2:  20 Enhancement of Circularly Polarized Luminescence in the Condensed Molecules and Coordination Complexes21 Control of the Emission and Chiroptical Properties of Helicene Derivatives22 Recent Advances on CP-OLEDs and CPL-Active Materials of Chiral Metal-Containing Complexes23 Evolving Fluorophores into Circularly Polarized Luminophores with Chiral Naphthalene Dimers and Tetramers24 Polarized Luminescence of Lanthanide Coordination Compounds25 CPL in Chiral Metal Nanoclusters26 Circularly Polarized Luminescence Chromophores Based on Metal Complexes  Section IV Theory and Spectroscopy27 Recent Advancement of Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Helicenes28 Systematic Investigation on CPL Properties of Various Chiral Motifs through Theoretical Calculation29 Principles of CPL Measurement Systems and Advances in Measurement Methods30 Using Chiroptical Spectroscopy to Gain Unique Information about the Solid-State31 Circularly Polarized Luminescence for Molecular Systems of Increasing Complexity32 Luminescence and CPL Spectra of d10 Metal Complexes  Section V Devices for Application33 Development of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes using Aggregation-Induced Enhanced Circularly Polarized Luminescent Perylene Diimides34 Chiroptical Properties Enhancement of Chiral Eu(III) Complex in Association with Ionic Materials such as DNA Toward Device Application35 Circularly Polarized Luminescence Materials and Their Organic Light-emitting Device Performances36 Intense and Sign-Invertible Circularly Polarized Luminescence37 Direct Emission of Circularly Polarized Light from Twisted Structure of Mesogenic Luminophores andImprovement of OLEDs38 Binding Constants as Fundamental Physical Properties for Quantitative Treatments of Sensing Processes in Supramolecular Systems