1. Preface

   • Katsumi Tokumaru

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 3

2. Investigation of the stability of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells

   • Xin -Tong Zhang
   • Taketo Taguchi
   • Akira Fujishima

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 11

3. Visible-light-driven photocatalytic behavior of tantalum-oxynitride and nitride

   • T. Takata
   • G. Hitoki
   • K. Domen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 25

4. Characterization of transient species and products in photochemical reactions of Re(dmb) (CO)₃ Et with and without CO₂

   • Kazuteru Shinozaki
   • Yukiko Hayashi
   • Etsuko Fujita

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 36

5. Photocatalytic reduction of CO₂ using cis,trans-[Re(dmbpy)(CO)₂(PR₃)(PR’₃)]⁺ (dmbpy=4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine)

   • Hideaki Tsubaki
   • Atsushi Sugawara
   • Osamu Ishitani

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 48

6. The photophysical properties of short, linear arrays of ruthenium(II) tris(2,2′-bipyridine) complexes

   • Anthony Harriman
   • Abderrahim Khatyr
   • Raymond Ziessel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 62

7. Photophysical behavior of Ru(II) and Os(II) terpyridyl phenylene vinylene complexes: perturbation of MLCT state by intra-ligand charge-transfer state

   • Xian -Yong Wang
   • Andre Del Guerzo
   • Russell H. Schmehl

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 77

8. Amplified fluorescence quenching and biosensor application of a poly (para-phenylene) cationic polyelectrolyte

   • Mauricio R. Pinto
   • Chunyan Tan
   • Kirk S. Schanze

   OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 90

9. Photophysical and electrochemical behavior of thin solid films based on a three-dimensional ruthenium complex network

   • Katsuhiko Kanaizuka
   • Shinji Kato
   • Chyongjin Pac

   OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 100

10. Fabrication of dialkyldimethylammonium/vanadium oxide gel hybrid Langmuir-Blodgett membranes

    • Hisanao Usami
    • Yukiyasu Iijima
    • Haruo Inoue

    OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 110

11. Synthesis and characterization of tin telluride inorganic/organic composite materials with nanoscale periodicity through solution-phase self-assembly: a new class of composite materials based on Zintl cluster self-oligomerization

    • Andrew E. Riley
    • Sarah H. Tolbert

    OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 124

12. Ionic strength and solvent control over the physical structure, electronic properties and superquenching of conjugated polyelectrolytes

    • Alex D. Smith
    • Clifton Kwang-Fu Shen
    • Benjamin J. Schwartz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 142

13. Preparation and photochromism of diarylethene covalently bonded onto layered sodium-magadiite surfaces

    • Itsuki Shindachi
    • Hiroshi Hanaki
    • Katsuhiko Takagi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 153

14. Synthesis of a new PET/layered niobate hybrid material

    • Zhang Guozhen
    • Tetsuya Shichi
    • Katsuhiko Takagi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 160

15. Self-aggregation of synthetic zinc 3¹-hydroxy-13¹-oxo-17,18-cis-chlorin in a non-polar organic solvent

    • Hitoshi Tamiaki
    • Takuya Watanabe
    • Michio Kunieda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 168

16. Effects of axial ligands on the intercalation of tetraphenylporphyrinatoantimony(V) into smectite clay layers

    • Tsutomu Shiragami
    • Keiko Nabeshima
    • Haruo Inoue

    OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 175

17. Energy transfer reaction of cationic porphyrin complexes on the clay surface: effect of sample preparation method

    • Shinsuke Takagi
    • Miharu Eguchi
    • Haruo Inoue

    OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 189

18. Microscopic structures of adsorbed cationic porphyrins on clay surfaces: molecular alignment in artificial light-harvesting systems

    • Miharu Eguchi
    • Hiroshi Tachibana
    • Haruo Inoue

    OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 200