Publications

2025

• Sustainable Synthesis, Characterization, Cellular Effects of Gold Nanoparticles and Their Applications as Therapeutics in Cancer Therapy
  Youfeng Yue, Akihiro Moriyama, Marie Mita, Yue Yu
  ChemPlusChem, 2025, 90, e202400783-e202400803.
• Biomimetic Adhesion/Detachment Using Layered Polymers with Light-Induced Rapid Shape Changes
  Youfeng Yue, Yasuo Norikane, Eiji Nishibori
  Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 64, e202503748- e202503758.
• Durable superhydrophobic surfaces on 3D-Printed structures inspired by beehive architecture
  Kengo Manabe, Makoto Saikawa, Tetsuhiro Iwai, Yasuo Norikane
  Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 2025, 26, 2481824.
• Stability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on graphite: resistance to horizontal displacement
  Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Seiji Tsuzuki
  Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2025, 27, 7421 - 7428.
• Boundaries and cross-linking densities modulate domain sizes of polydomain nematic elastomers
  Takuya Ohzono, Kaoru Katoh, Nariya Uchida
  Soft Mater, 2025, 21, 1233 - 1240.
• Diffracted X-ray blinking reveals signature crystal polymorph dynamics in 1,2,3,5-Tetrabromobenzene
  Keegan McGehee, Koichiro Saito, Ryo Fukaya, Rie Haruki, Shunsuke Nozawa, Minghao Gao, Yuji C. Sasaki, Kazuhiro Mio, Yasuo Norikane
  Scientific Reports, 2025, 15, 10166.
• Anion-Responsive π-Conjugated Macrocycles That Form Ordered Structures
  Hiroki Horita, Hiroki Okano, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Yohei Haketa, Hiromitsu Maeda
  Chemistry-An Asian Journal, 2025, 20, e202401461.

2024

• Circularly Polarized Light-Induced Chiral Growth of Achiral Plasmonic Nanoparticles Dispersed in a Solution
  Koichiro Saito, Yoshihiro Nemoto, Yoshie Ishikawa
  Nano Letters, 2024, 24, 12840 - 12848.
• Biomimetic 3D-Printed Armored Structures for Durable Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Integrating Macroprotection and Nanofunctionality
  Kengo Manabe, Makoto Saikawa, Itsuka Sato, Chuan Shen Loo, Kazunori Takashima, Yasuo Norikane
  ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2024, 6, 13701 - 13709.
• Visible-light-switchable glass transition temperatures and optical actuation in crosslinked fluoroazopolymers
  Youfeng Yue
  European Polymer Journal, 2024, 221, 113563 - 113570.
• Photostimuli Reach a Selective Intermediate in a Microflow: One-Shot Transformation from a Supramolecular Co-Polymer to a Micro-Disk Structure
  Akira Kaneyoshi, Shota Nomura, Takato Maeda, Takahiro Kusukawa, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Munenori Numata
  ChemSystemsChem, 2024, 6, e202400031.
• Multimode crawling motions of azobenzene crystal induced by light intensities for application as a shape-changeable microcleaner
  Makoto Saikawa, Kengo Manabe, Koichiro Saito, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Yasuo Norikane
  CrystEngComm, 2024, 26, 6274 - 6281.
• Thermally Generated Isometric Stress Performances of Polydomain and Monodomain Nematic Elastomers
  Takuya Ohzono, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Hirohmi Watanabe
  ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2024, 6, 9335 - 9342.
• Photo-controllable microcleaner: photo-induced crawling motion and particle transport of azobenzene crystals on a liquid-like surface
  Makoto Saikawa, Mio Ohnuma, Kengo Manabe, Koichiro Saito, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Yasuo Norikane
  Materials Horizons, 2024, 11, 4819 - 4827.
• Stability of n-alkanes and n-perfluoroalkanes against horizontal displacement on a graphite surface
  Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Seiji Tsuzuki
  Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2024, 26, 24314 - 24321.
• Insights into the mechanism of modification by self-assembling starch-based fatty acid esters that cause a pronounced time-dependent effect on asphalt hardness
  Rika Iwaura, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Yoko Kawashima, S. Komba, M. Kumano-Kuramochi, Mio Ohnuma, Iwao Sasaki
  Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2024, 41, e01025.
• Effects of Operating Mechanical Conditions and Polymer Networks of Nematic Elastomers on Photo-Induced Mechanical Performances
  Takuya Ohzono, Emiko Koyama
  Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2024, 45, 2300709.
• Singlet Fission in Diphenylhexatriene Amide Derivatives: Effects of Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonds in Crystals
  Yoriko Sonoda, Ryuzi Katoh, Norimitsu Tohnai, Yasuo Norikane
  Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2024, 128, 8277 - 8287.
• Designing ultrahigh-water-content, tough, and crack-resistant hydrogels by balancing chemical cross-linking and physical entanglement
  Youfeng Yue
  ACS Applied Engineering Materials, 2024, 2, 638 - 648.
• Improvement in upconversion efficiency of an alternating multi-layered structure based on 9,10-bis(4-methylphenyl) anthracene and platinum octaethylporphyrin vacuum deposited on in-plane oriented polythiophene films
  Toshiko Mizokuro, Yoahihiro Kikkawa, Hirokazu Ohsawa, Kenji Kobayashi, Kenji Kamada
  THIN SOLID FILMS, 2024, 791, 431 - 437.
• Synthesis of platinum-containing polymers utilizing ADMET polymerization and polycondensation of bisimide with α,ω-dibromoalkanes: examination of triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion
  Taichi Sotani, Naoki Shimada, Toshiko Mizokuro, Hiromitsu Sogawa, Kenneth B. Wagener, Fumio Sanda
  Polymer Chemistry, 2024, 15, 140228-1 - 140228-12.
• Releasing a Bound Molecular Spring with Light: A Visible Light-Triggered Photosalient Effect Tied to Polymorphism
  Keegan McGehee, Koichiro Saito, Dennis Kwaria, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Yasuo Norikane
  PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2024, 26, 6834 - 6843.
• Photo-controllable Azobenzene Microdroplets on an Open Surface and their Application as Transporters
  Yasuo Norikane, Mio Ohnuma, Dennis Kwaria, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Takuya Ohzono, Toshiko Mizokuro, Koji Abe, Kengo Manabe, Koichiro Saito
  Materials Horizons, 2024, 11, 1495 - 1501.

2023

• Visualization of the Dynamics of Photoinduced Crawling Motion of 4-(Methylamino)Azobenzene Crystals via Diffracted X-ray Tracking
  Koichiro Saito, Kouhei Ichiyanagi, Ryo Fukaya, Rie Haruki, Shunsuke Nozawa, Daisuke Sasaki, Tatsuya Arai, Yuji C. Sasaki, Keegan McGehee, Makoto Saikawa, Minghao Gao, Zhichao Wei, Dennis Kwaria, Yasuo Norikane
  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 2023, 24(24), 17462.
• Mechanism of CaO particle gelation by laser ablation of CaO powder dispersed in alcohol
  Haruki Takamori, Takahiro Itamochi, Takeshi Tsuji, Daiki Atarashi, Yoshie Ishikawa, Yasushi Okumura, Hirotsugu Kikuchi
  COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS, 2023, 679, 132573.
• Enhancing NIR-to-visible photon upconversion in cast solid by introducing bulky substituents in rubrene and minimizing back energy transfer
  Akane Sawa, Shota Shimada, Neeti Tripathi, Claire Heck, Hiroaki Tachibana, Emiko Koyama, Toshiko Mizokuro, Yasukazu Hirao, Takashi Kubo, Naoto Tamai, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada, Kenji Kamada
  Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2023, 11, 8502 - 8513.
• Graphene Composite Self-Healing Antifog/Frost-Resist Transparent Coatings with Zwitter-Wettability
  Kengo Manabe, Yasuo Norikane
  Surfaces and Interfaces, 2023, 42 103363.
• Optimal Conditions for Efficient Photomechanical Response in Nematic Elastomers
  Takuya Ohzono, Emiko Koyama
  MACROMOLECULES, 2023, 56(14), 5346 - 5355
• Co-self-assembly of amphiphiles into nanocomposite hydrogels with tailored morphological and mechanical properties
  Youfeng Yue, Rika Hayashi, Yoshiko Yokota
  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, 15(17) 21507 - 21516.
• Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Strain Sensing Based on Optical and Electrical Signals: A Review
  Youfeng Yue
  CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 2023, 59 8894 - 8910.
• Effect of metal coordination on two-dimensional assemblies in curcumin derivatives
  Suyi Liu, Yasuo Norikane, Seiji Tsuzuki, Shotaro Ito, Yoshihiro Kikkawa
  CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 2023, 52, 564 - 568.
• Two-dimensional molecular networks at the solid/liquid interface and the role of alkyl chains in their building blocks
  Suyi Liu, Yasuo Norikane, Yoshihiro Kikkawa
  Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2023, 14, 872 - 892.
• Two-dimensional assemblies of saccharide-derived molecules on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite revealed by scanning tunneling microscopy
  Yoshihioro Kikkawa, Mio Ohnuma, Seiji Tsuzuki, Takahito Kajiki, Shiro Komba, Rika Iwaura
  COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS, 2023, 674, 131900-1 - 131900-7.
• Analysis of intermolecular interactions of n-perfluoroalkanes with circumcoronene using dispersion-corrected DFT calculations: comparison with those of n-alkanes
  Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Seiji Tsuzuki
  PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2023, 25, 11331 - 11337.
• Tuning the odd-even effect on two-dimensional assemblies of curcumin derivatives by alkyl chain substitution: A scanning tunneling microscopy study
  Suyi Liu, Yasuo Norikane, Seiji Tsuzuki, Shotaro Ito, Yoshihiro Kikkawa
  PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2023, 25, 10917 - 10924.
• Transportation of nano/microparticles via photoinduced crawling of azobenzene crystals
  Koichiro Saito, Kouhei Ichiyanagi, Shunsuke Nozawa, Rie Haruki, Dongxiao Fan, Tomoki Kanazawa, Yasuo Norikane
  Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2023, 10(13), 2202525.
• Visible-Light Photomeltable Azobenzenes as Solar Thermal Fuels
  Dennis Kwaria, Keegan McGehee, Suyi Liu, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Shotaro Ito, Yasuo Norikane
  ACS Applied Optical Materials, 2023, 1(2), 633 - 639.
• Molecular Weight-Dependent Oxidation and Optoelectronic Properties of Defect-Free Macrocyclic Poly(3-hexylthiophene)
  Ryohei Sato, Atsuo Utagawa, Koji Fushimi, Feng Li, Takuya Isono, Kenji Tajima, Toshifumi Satoh, Shin-ichiro Sato, Hiroshi Hirata, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Takuya Yamamoto
  Polymers, 2023, 15, 666-1 - 666-18.
• Pulsed laser melting in liquid for crystalline spherical submicrometer particle fabrication - Mechanism, process control, and applications
  Yoshie Ishikawa, Takeshi Tsuji, Shota Sakaki, Naoto Koshizaki
  PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE, 2023, 131, 101004.

2022

• Transportation of nano/microparticles via photoinduced crawling of azobenzene crystals
  Koichiro Saito, Kouhei Ichiyanagi, Shunsuke Nozawa, Rie Haruki, Dongxiao Fan, Tomoki Kanazawa, Yasuo Norikane
  Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2022, 10(13), 2202525.
• End Functionalization of Polynorbornene with Platinum-Acetylide Complexes Utilizing a Cross Metathesis Reaction
  Shoichiro Uchiyama, Taichi Sotani, Toshiko Mizokuro, Hiromitsu Sogawa, Kenneth B. Wagener, Fumio Sanda
  MACROMOLECULES, 2022, 56, 281 - 291.
• Two-dimensional self-assemblies of azobenzene derivatives: effects of methyl substitution of azobenzene core and alkyl chain length
  Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Mayumi Nagasaki, Yasuo Norikane
  PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2022, 24, 29757 - 29764.
• Optical Control of Aggregation-Induced Emission Shift by Photoisomerizable Precipitant in a Liquid Droplet Microresonator
  Shuai Zhao, Hiroshi Yamagishi, Yasuo Norikane, Shotaro Hayashi, Yohei Yamamoto
  Advanced Optical Materials, 2022, 2202134.
• Biosynthesis of highly branched gold nanoparticles through structural engineering of fatty acids
  Youfeng Yue, Yoshiko Yokota, Takayuki Uchihashi
  iScience, 2022, 26 10864 - 10876.
• Visible-Light-Induced Reversible Self-Assembly of Gold Nanorattles using Anionic ortho-Fluoroazobenzene
  Koichiro Saito, Keegan McGehee, Yasuo Norikane
  PARTICLE & PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION, 2022, 39(11), 2200123.
• Polyglycerol Functionalized 10B Enriched Boron Carbide Nanoparticle as an Effective Bimodal Anticancer Nanosensitizer for Boron Neutron Capture and Photothermal Therapies
  Yuquan Wang, Giacomo Reina, Heon Gyu Kang, Xiaoxiao Chen, Yajuan Zou, Yoshie Ishikawa, Minoru Suzuki, Naoki Komatsu
  Small, 2022, 2204044.
• Enhanced photocontrollable dynamic adhesion of nematic elastomers on rough surfaces
  Takuya Ohzono, Emiko Koyama
  Polymer, 2022, 260, 125377.
• Visible‐light‐switchable azobenzenes: Molecular design, supramolecular systems, and applications
  Minghao Gao, Dennis Kwaria, Yasuo Norikane, Youfeng Yue
  Natural Sciences, 2022.
• Light-Driven Liquid Conveyors: Manipulating Liquid Mobility and Transporting Solids on Demand
  Kengo Manabe, Koichiro Saito, Miki Nakano, Takuya Ohzono, Yasuo Norikane
  ACS Nano, 2022, 16(10) 16353 - 16362.
• A review on control of droplet motion based on wettability modulation: principles, design strategies, recent progress, and applications
  Mizuki Tenjimbayashi, Kengo Manabe
  SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS, 2022, 23(1), 473 - 497.
• Synchronous assembly of chiral skeletal single-crystalline microvessels
  Osamu Oki, Hiroshi Yamagishi, Yasuhiro Morisaki, Ryo Inoue, Kana Ogawa, Nanami Miki, Yasuo Norikane, Hiroyasu Sato, Yohei Yamamoto
  Science, 2022, 337, 673 - 678.
• Photo-rewritable glaring patterns composed of stripe domains in nematic elastomers
  Takuya Ohzono, Emiko Koyama
  MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS, 2022, 2200599
• Halogen bond-directed self-assembly in bicomponent blends at the solid/liquid interface: Effect of the alkyl chain substitution position
  Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Mayumi Nagasaki, Emiko Koyama, Shotaro Ito, Seiji Tsuzuki
  PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2022, 24, 17088 - 17097.
• Size distribution evolution and viscosity effect on spherical submicrometer particle generation process by pulsed laser melting in liquid
  Hiroki Yoshihara, Naoto Koshizaki, Yuji Yamauchi, Yoshie Ishikawa
  POWDER TECHNOLOGY, 2022, 404, 117445.
• Solid-State Photophysical Properties of Chiral Perylene Diimide Derivatives: AIEnh-Circularly Polarized Luminescence from Vacuum-Deposited Thin Films
  Aoba Kanesaka, Yuki Nishimura, Akira Yamaguchi, Yoshitane Imai, Toshiko Mizokuro, Hiroyuki Nishikawa
  BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 2022, 95, 751 - 758.
• Effects of photo-isomerizable side groups on the phase and mechanical properties of main-chain nematic elastomers
  Takuya Ohzono, Emiko Koyama
  Polymer Chemistry, 2022, 13, 2694 - 2704.
• Triplet-triplet annihilation photon upconversion from diphenylhexatriene and ring-substituted derivatives in solution
  Toshiko Mizokuro, Kenji Kamada, Yoriko Sonoda
  PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2022, 24, 11520 - 11526.
• Stabilized director buckling patterns in nematic elastomers and their dynamic optical effects
  Takuya Ohzono, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, E. M. Terentjev
  COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS, 2022, 3, 29.
• Well-organised two-dimensional self-assembly controlled by in-situ formation of a Cu(II)-coordinated rufigallol derivative: a scanning tunnelling microscopy study
  Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Mayumi Nagasaki, Seiji Tsuzuki, Thierry N. J. Fouquet, Sayaka Nakamura, Yasumasa Takenaka, Yasuo Norikane, Kazuhisa Hiratania
  CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 2022, 58, 1752 - 1755.
• Polyelectrolyte-Layered Hydrogels with Electrically Tunable Toughness, Viscoelasticity, Hysteresis, and Crack Resistance
  Youfeng Yue, Yoshiko Yokota, Go Matsuba
  MACROMOLECULES, 2022, 55(4) 1230 - 1238.

2021

• Preparation of binder-free spherical submicron-sized platinum particles using laser melting in liquids
  Takeshi Tsuji, Yuuta Suzuki, Shota Sakaki, Yoshie Ishikawa, Naoto Koshizaki
  Electronics and Communications in Japan, 2021, 104(4), e12330.
• Fracture and Embedment Behavior of Brittle Submicrometer Spherical Particles Fabricated by Pulsed Laser Melting in Liquid Using a Scanning Electron Microscope Nanoindenter
  Daizen Nakamura, Naoto Koshizaki, Nobuyuki Shishido, Shoji Kamiya, Yoshie Ishikawa
  Nanomaterials, 2021, 11(9), 2201.
• Green Superlubricity Enabled by Only One Water Droplet on Plant Oil-Infused Surfaces
  Kengo Manabe, Miki Nakano, Yasuo Norikane
  Langmuir, 2021, 37(51), 14878 - 14888.
• Photo-induced Crawling Motion of Azobenzene Crystals on Modified Gold Surfaces
  Yasuo Norikane, Masaru Hayashino, Mio Ohnuma, Koji Abe, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Koichiro Saito, Kengo Manabe, Koji Miyake, Miki Nakano, Naoki Takada
  LANGMUIR, 2021, 37, 14177 - 14185.
• Oriented Thin Films of Insoluble Polythiophene Prepared by the Friction Transfer Technique
  Nobutaka Tanigaki, Chikayo Takechi, Shuichi Nagamatsu,Toshiko Mizokuro, Yuji Yoshida
  Polymers, 2021, 13, 2393-.
• Highly photoluminescent poly(norbornene)s carrying platinum-acetylide complex moieties in their side chains: evaluation of oxygen sensing and TTA-UC
  Taichi Sotani, Toshiko Mizokuro, Tatsuo Yajima, Hiromitsu Sogawa, Fumio Sanda
  Polymer Chemistry, 2021, 12, 4829 - 4837.
• Molecular arrangement in diphenylanthracene derivative films deposited under vacuum on in-plane oriented polythiophene films
  Toshiko Mizokuro, Aoba Kanesaka, Tetsuhiko Miyadera, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Hirokazu Ohsawa, Kenji Kobayashi, Kenji Kamada, Hiroyuki Nishikawa, Reiko Azumi
  JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 2021, 60, 085504-1 - 085504-4.
• Impact of Crystallites in Nematic Elastomers on Dynamic Mechanical Properties and Adhesion
  Takuya Ohzono, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Emiko Koyama, Yasuo Norikane
  MACROMOLECULES, 2021, 54, 8987 - 8995.
• Effect of Surface Properties on the Photo-induced Crawling Motion of Azobenzene Crystals on Glass Surfaces
  Yasuo Norikane, Masaru Hayashino, Mio Ohnuma, Koji Abe, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Koichiro Saito, Kengo Manabe, Koji Miyake, Miki Nakano, Naoki Takada
  Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021, 9, 684767.
• Structure and unique functions of anisotropic hydrogels comprised of uniaxially aligned lamellar bilayers
  Youfeng Yue, Jian Ping Gong
  Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 2021, 94, 2221 - 2234.
• Behavior of Thermally Induced Nanobubbles during Instantaneous Particle Heating by Pulsed Laser Melting in Liquid
  Yasunori Tabayashi, Shota Sakaki, Naoto Koshizaki, Yuji Yamauchi, Yoshie Ishikawa
  LANGMUIR, 2021, 37, 7167 - 7175.
• Unlocking entropic elasticity of nematic elastomers by light and dynamic adhesion
  Takuya Ohzono, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Emiko Koyama, Yasuo Norikane
  Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2021 424, 130568.
• Cephalopods-Inspired Rapid Self-Healing Nanoclay Composite Coatings with Oxygen Barrier and Super-Bubble-Phobic Properties
  Kengo Manabe, Emiko Koyama, Yasuo Norikane
  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 36341 - 36349.
• Facile fabrication of self-assembled nanostructures of vertically aligned gold nanorods by using inkjet printing
  Koichiro Saito, McGehee Keegan, Kengo Manabe, Yasuo Norikane
  RSC Advances, 2021, 11, 22376 - 22380.
• Size-controlled synthesis of cyclodextrin-capped gold nanoparticles for molecular Recognition using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering
  Koichiro Saito, McGehee Keegan, Yasuo Norikane
  NANOSCALE ADVANCES, 2021, 3, 3272 - 3278.
• Microscopy of diffuse nematic-isotropic transition in main-chain nematic liquid crystal elastomers
  Takuya Ohzono, Kaoru Katoh, Eugene M. Terentjev
  MACROMOLECULES, 2021, 54, 3678-3688.
• Construction of stable biological albumin/heparin multilayers for elastic coatings on hydrophobic antithrombogenic artificial blood vessels
  Kengo Manabe, Hidefumi Nara
  Tribology International, 2021, 210051.
• A Review on Encapsulation Technology from Organic Light Emitting Diodes to Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells
  Qian Lu, Zhichun Yang, Xin Meng, Youfeng Yue, Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmad, Wenjun Zhang, Shasha Zhang, Yiqiang Zhang, Zonghao Liu, Wei Chen
  ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 2021, 31, 2100151 - 2100191.
• Effects of thermal expansion and degeneracy on ambipolar carrier mobility of non-peripherally hexyl-substituted phthalocyanine
  Masataka Fujisaki, Akihiko Fujii, Makoto Yoneya, Norimitsu Tohnai, Masanori Ozaki
  Applied Physics Express, 2021, 14, 041001-1 - 041001-5.
• Bioinspired Extremely Rapid Self-Repairing Coatings for Long-Life Repeated Features
  Kengo Manabe, Miki Nakano, Koji Miyake, Yasuo Norikane
  CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 2021, 424, 130568.
• Ultrahigh-water-content photonic hydrogels with large electro-optic responses in visible to near-infrared region
  Youfeng Yue, Yasuo Norikane, Jian Ping Gong
  Advanced Optical Materials, 2021, 2002198 - 2002206.
• Electropolymerization of V-shape D-A-D type monomers for efficient and tunable electrochromics
  Wenyuan Wang, Hongjin Chen, Youfeng Yue, Rui Zhang, Jian Liu
  DYES AND PIGMENTS, 2021, 194, 109615-.
• Molecular engineering of head-tail terpyridine-Fe(II) coordination polymers employing alkyl chain linkers toward enhanced electrochromic performance
  Jieni Xing, Youfeng Yue, Rui Zhang, Jian Liu
  DYES AND PIGMENTS, 2021, 189, 109233 - 109240.
• Internal constraints and arrested relaxation in main-chain nematic elastomers
  Takuya Ohzono, Kaoru Katoh, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
  Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 787.
• Enhanced thin-film transistor driven high-aperture in-plane switching liquid crystal displays without common line and black matrix
  Masahiko Ando, Makoto Yoneya
  Scientific Reports, 2021, 11, 11518.
• Simulation of crystallization of pentacene and its derivatives from solution
  Makoto Yoneya
  Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021, 125(4), 2257 - 2263.

2020

• Fatigue-resistant crosslinked azopolymers with inhibited H-aggregation for efficient photopatterning
  Youfeng Yue, Reiko Azumi, Yasuo Norikane
  ChemPhotoChem, 2020, 4(12), 5383 - 5391.
• Dynamic host-guest behavior in halogen-bonded two-dimensional molecular networks investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy at the solid/liquid interface
  Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Mayumi Nagasaki, Emiko Koyama, Tsuzuki Seiji, Fouquet Nicolas Jean Thierry, Kazuhisa Hiratani
  NANOSCALE ADVANCES, 2020, 2, 4895 - 4901.
• Monolayer crystal structure of the organic semiconductor 7-decyl-2-phenyl[1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene, revisited
  Makoto Yoneya
  Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2020, 59, 090909-1 - 090909-4.
• Triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion through triplet energy transfer at a nanoporous solid-liquid interface
  Toshiko Mizokuro, Aizitiaili Abulikemu, Kengo Suzuki, Yusuke Sakagami, Ritsuki Nishii, Tetsuro Jin, Kenji Kamada
  Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys., 2020, 22(32), 17807 - 17813.
• Light-Driven Dynamic Adhesion on Photosensitized Nematic Liquid Crystalline Elastomers
  Takuya Ohzono, Yasuo Norikane, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 31992 - 31997.
• Stable Single-Molecular Bridging in Static Metal Nanogap Electrodes Using Migrations of Metal Atoms
  Yasuhisa Naitoh, Yosuke Tani, Emiko Koyama, Tohru Nakamura, Touru Sumiya, Takuji Ogawa, Guento Misawa, Hisashi Shima, Kota Sugawara, Hiroshi Suga, Hiroyuki Akinaga
  Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020, 124, 14007 - 14015.
• Gold clay from self-assembly of 2D microscale nanosheets
  Youfeng Yue, Yasuo Norikane
  Nature Communications, 2020, 11, 568 - 576.
• Dynamic manipulation of friction in smart textile composites of liquid-crystal elastomers
  Takuya Ohzono, Mohand O. Saed, Youfeng Yue, Yasuo Norikane, Eugene M. Terentjev
  Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2020, 7, 1901996.
• Base-catalyzed C-alkylation of potassium enolates with styrenes via a metal-ene reaction: a mechanistic study
  Joshua P. Barham, Fouquet Nicolas Jean Thierry, Yasuo Norikane
  ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY, 2020, 18, 2063 - 2075.
• meso-Free dipyrrins: Formation of assembled structures including a 2D ordered pattern
  Atsuko Kuno, Kazuto Nakamura, Yoshihiro Kikkawa and Hiromitsu Maeda
  JOURNAL OF PORPHYRINS AND PHTHALOCYANINES, 2020, 24, 75 - 83.
• Supramolecular Organization of Model Polycyclic Aromatic Molecules: Comparison of 2D and 3D Assemblies
  Gijo Raj, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Luca Catalano, Renu Pasricha, Yasuo Norikane, Pan?e Naumov
  Chem Nano Mat, 2020, 6, 68 - 72.