Part I Extension of planar pi-electron systems.- Dibenzopentalenes.- Synthesis of dibenzopentalenes using nickel catalysts.- Extension of dipenzopentalenes.- Dinaphthopentalenes.- Benzodifurans.- Synthesis of benzodifurans.- Application of benzodifurans for organic electro-luminescence.- Crystal engineering of substituted acenes.- Photoluminescence of organic crystals.- Part II Bowl-shaped pi-electron systems.- Sumanenes.- Chiral sumanenes.- Heterosumanenes.- Triazasumanenes.- Trithiasumanenes.- Trisilasumanenes.- Triphosphasumanenes.- Part III Open-shell pi-electron systems.- Singlet 1,3-diradicals.- Twisted 1,4-diradicals.- Stabilized high-spin systems.- Part IV Boron-containing pi-electron systems.- pi-Extended boroles.- Boron-doped nanographenes.- Part V Silicon-containing pi-electron systems.- Silenes.- Disilenes.- Tetrasilacyclobutadienes.- Disilynes.- Part VI Porphyrinoids.- N-confused porphyrinoids.- N-confused porphyrins.- N-fused porphyrins.- Neo-confused corroles.- N-confused hexaphyrins.- Heteroatom-containing porphyrinoids.- Sulfur-substituted porphyrins.- Phosphorus-substituted porphyrins.- Phosphorus and sulfur-containing porphyrinoids.- Diazaporphyrins.- Synthesis of novel porphyrinoids from dipyrins.- Anti-aromatic dipyrin-based annulenes.- Azacorroles.- Diazaporphyrins.- Thiacorroles.- Dithiaporphyrins.- Norcorroles.- Oxacorroles.- Porphyrin arrays.- Linear porphyrin arrays.- Cyclic porphyrin arrays.- Soluble porphyrinoid precursors for solution processing.- Self-assembly of porphyrins for energy conversion.- Formation of porphyrin/fullerene nanorods.- Optoelectronic properties of porphyin/fullerene nanorods.- Porphyrin-based nanotubes.- Formation of porphyrin nanotubes by self-assembly.- Supramolecular peapods.- Sequence control of porphyins.- Control of heterojunction structures.- Porphyrin/metallofullerene complexes.- Patterning of porphyrins on metal surfaces.- Porphyrin-based liquid crystals.- Solid-phase synthesis of metal complex arrays.- Phthalocyanines.- MCD spectroscopy of phthalocyanines.- Subphthtalocyanines.- Superphthalocyanines.- NIR-absorbable phthalocyanines.- Sandwich complexes of phthalocyanines.- Phosphorus-containing phthalocyanines.- Metal nano-particle/porphyrinoid hybrids.- Part VII Molecular electronics.- Thiophene-based molecular wires.- Polymer nanotubes.- Carrier transport properties of pi-conjugated molecular nanowires.- Part VIII Fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and nanographenes.- Fullerene derivatives for organic solar cells.- Design and synthesis of fullerene derivatives bearing high LUMO levels.- Morphology control of the active layers for achieving high efficiencies.- Molecular surgery of fullerenes.- Encapsulation of hydrogen molecules into fullerenes.- Encapsulation of helium atoms into fullerenes.- Encapsulation of water molecules into fullerenes.- Endohedral metallofullerenes.- Electron donor-acceptor systems containing endohedral metallofullerenes.- Carrier transport properties of endohedral metallofullerenes.- Assemblies of carbon nanotubes.- Functionalization of carbon nanotubes.- Organic chemistry of nanographenes.- Part IX STM microscopy for characterization of pi-electron systems.- STM microscopy for characterization of pi-electron systems.- Part X pi-Electron systems in biosystems and biomimetics.- Artificial photosynthesis based on pi-electron systems.- Artificial cell membranes containing pi-electron systems.- Electron transfer in photosynthetic reaction center.- Artificial nucleic acids.- DNA as molecular wires.- Spectroscopic analysis of Rhodopsin.- Mechanism of photoluminescence in Luciferase.- Heme-proteins.- Computational calculations of photo-induced energy transfer.