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Versatility of photoalignment techniques: From nematics to a wide range of functional materials by Seki, Takahiro, Nagano, Shusaku, Hara, Mitsuo

“…Alignment methods of nematic liquid crystals (LCs) by surface photoreactions on substrate surfaces were initially proposed around 1990, and the photoalignment…”
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Band-like Transport of Charge Carriers in Oriented Two-Dimensional Conjugated Covalent Organic Frameworks by Ghosh, Samrat, Tsutsui, Yusuke, Kawaguchi, Takahiro, Matsuda, Wakana, Nagano, Shusaku, Suzuki, Katsuaki, Kaji, Hironori, Seki, Shu

“…A tunable topology and a porous network make π-conjugated covalent organic frameworks (COFs) a new class of organic semiconductors for optoelectronic, smart…”
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Simple linear ionic polysiloxane showing unexpected nanostructure and mechanical properties by Hara, Mitsuo, Iijima, Yuta, Nagano, Shusaku, Seki, Takahiro

“…Polysiloxanes are ubiquitous materials in industry and daily life derived from silicates, an abundant resource. They exhibit various properties, which depend…”
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Induced Smectic E Phase in a Binary Blend of Side‐Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers by Hida, Naoki, Nakajima, Tatsunaga, Hara, Mitsuo, Seki, Takahiro, Nagano, Shusaku

“…Two liquid crystalline polymers containing an azobenzene or cyanobiphenyl mesogenic side chain that adopt smectic A phases are mechanically mixed at 1:1…”
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Induction of Highly Ordered Smectic Phases in Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers by Means of Random Copolymerization by Imanishi, Ryota, Nagashima, Yuki, Takishima, Keisuke, Hara, Mitsuo, Nagano, Shusaku, Seki, Takahiro

“…The glass transition and melting temperatures of binary random copolymers are mostly observed as nearly the average of each homopolymer with moderate…”
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Photoinitiated Marangoni flow morphing in a liquid crystalline polymer film directed by super-inkjet printing patterns by Kitamura, Issei, Oishi, Kazuaki, Hara, Mitsuo, Nagano, Shusaku, Seki, Takahiro

“…Slight contaminations existing in a material lead to substantial defects in applied paint. Herein, we propose a strategy to convert this nuisance to a…”
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Photo-triggered large mass transport driven only by a photoresponsive surface skin layer by Kitamura, Issei, Kato, Keisuke, Berk, Rafael Benjamin, Nakai, Takashi, Hara, Mitsuo, Nagano, Shusaku, Seki, Takahiro

“…Since the discovery 25 years ago, many investigations have reported light-induced macroscopic mass migration of azobenzene-containing polymer films. Various…”
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Reversible “On/Off” Chiral Amplification of Pillar[5]arene Assemblies by Dual External Stimuli by Fa, Shixin, Mizobata, Masayuki, Nagano, Shusaku, Suetsugu, Kota, Kakuta, Takahiro, Yamagishi, Tada-aki, Ogoshi, Tomoki

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Metal–Organic Coordination Network Thin Film by Surface-Induced Assembly by Laokroekkiat, Salinthip, Hara, Mitsuo, Nagano, Shusaku, Nagao, Yuki

“…The growth of metal–organic coordination network thin films on surfaces has been pursued extensively and intensively to manipulate the molecular arrangement…”
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High-Density Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Brushes Formed by Surface Segregation and Self-Assembly by Mukai, Koji, Hara, Mitsuo, Nagano, Shusaku, Seki, Takahiro

“…High‐density polymer brushes on substrates exhibit unique properties and functions stemming from the extended conformations due to the surface constraint. To…”
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Free Surface Command Layer for Photoswitchable Out-of-Plane Alignment Control in Liquid Crystalline Polymer Films by Nakai, Takashi, Tanaka, Daisuke, Hara, Mitsuo, Nagano, Shusaku, Seki, Takahiro

“…To date, reversible alignment controls of liquid crystalline materials have widely been achieved by photoreactive layers on solid substrates. In contrast, this…”
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High Contrast Fluorescence Patterning in Cyanostilbene-Based Crystalline Thin Films: Crystallization-Induced Mass Flow Via a Photo-Triggered Phase Transition by Park, Jin Wook, Nagano, Shusaku, Yoon, Seong-Jun, Dohi, Tomoki, Seo, Jangwon, Seki, Takahiro, Park, Soo Young

“…A facile and innovative method for the fabrication of highly fluorescent micro‐patterns is presented, which operates on the principle of phototriggered phase…”
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Crystallization-Induced Uniform Nanodot Formation of Titanium Dioxide Films by Hara, Mitsuo, Oguri, Ryota, Sarkar, Shingo, Nagano, Shusaku, Seki, Takahiro

“…We propose a simple technique to fabricate a uniform nanodot array of titanium dioxide via two-dimensional shrinkage in the amorphous-to-crystalline (anatase)…”
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Photo-triggered surface relief formation of polystyrene films based on the Marangoni flow driven by a surface photoresponsive skin layer by Kitamura, Issei, Hara, Mitsuo, Nagano, Shusaku, Seki, Takahiro

“…Surface relief gratings (SRGs) are widely investigated in azobenzene-containing polymer films. We have recently demonstrated that a photoresponsive azobenzene…”
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Liquid-Crystalline Polymer and Block Copolymer Domain Alignment Controlled by Free-Surface Segregation by Fukuhara, Kei, Fujii, Yasuyoshi, Nagashima, Yuki, Hara, Mitsuo, Nagano, Shusaku, Seki, Takahiro

“…An orientational change from homeotropic to planar of liquid crystal (LC) mesogens and the microphase separation (MPS) domains is attained by the segregated…”
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Photo‐Responsive Soft Ionic Crystals: Ion‐Pairing Assemblies of Azobenzene Carboxylates by Yamakado, Ryohei, Hara, Mitsuo, Nagano, Shusaku, Seki, Takahiro, Maeda, Hiromitsu

“…This report delineates the design and synthesis of negatively charged azobenzene derivatives that form photo‐responsive ion‐pairing assemblies. The azobenzene…”
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Formation of unusual microphase-separated ultrathin films of poly(vinyl catechol-block-styrene) (PVCa-b-PSt) at the air–water interface by solution casting onto water by Yabu, Hiroshi, Nagano, Shusaku

“…This report describes the preparation of ultrathin films possessing unusual fingerprint-like morphologies for poly(vinyl catechol- block -styrene) (PVCa- b…”
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Effect of Surface Silanol Density on the Proton Conductivity of Polymer-Surface-Functionalized Silica Nanoparticles by Koseki, Kazuki, Arita, Toshihiko, Tabata, Keisuke, Nohara, Tomohiro, Sato, Ryota, Nagano, Shusaku, Masuhara, Akito

“…We have developed a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) material using polymer-coated silica nanoparticles (NPs) by the reversible addition-fragmentation…”
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Photoalignment and Photofixation of Chromonic Mesophase in Ionic Linear Polysiloxanes Using a Dual Irradiation System by Hara, Mitsuo, Masuda, Ayaka, Nagano, Shusaku, Seki, Takahiro

“…Photoalignment technology enables macroscopic alignment of liquid crystalline molecules and their aggregates in a non-contact process by irradiating…”
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Photoinduced 3D Ordering and Patterning of Microphase-Separated Nanostructure in Polystyrene-Based Block Copolymer by Morikawa, Yuichi, Kondo, Takeshi, Nagano, Shusaku, Seki, Takahiro

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