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Long-term homeostasis and wound healing in an in vitro epithelial stem cell niche model by Miyashita, Hideyuki, Niwano, Hiroko, Yoshida, Satoru, Hatou, Shin, Inagaki, Emi, Tsubota, Kazuo, Shimmura, Shigeto

“…Cultures of epithelial cells are limited by the proliferative capacity of primary cells and cell senescence. Herein we show that primary human epithelial cell…”
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Enhancement of Twisting Power in the Chiral Nematic Phase by Introducing Achiral Banana-Shaped Molecules by Thisayukta, Jirakorn, Niwano, Hiroko, Takezoe, Hideo, Watanabe, Junji

“…Achiral banana-shaped molecules with dodecyloxy tail groups, P-12-O-PIMB, N-12-O-PIMB, and S-12-O-PIMB, have exhibited unusual smectic phases which possess…”
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Elongation Behavior of a Main-Chain Smectic Liquid Crystalline Elastomer by Ishige, Ryohei, Osada, Kensuke, Tagawa, Hirotaka, Niwano, Hiroko, Tokita, Masatoshi, Watanabe, Junji

“…We have prepared a polydomain smectic liquid crystalline (LC) elastomer by introducing 2 mol % 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid as a cross-linker into a…”
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Chiral Memory on Transition between the B2 and B4 Phases in an Achiral Banana-Shaped Molecular System by Niwano, Hiroko, Nakata, Michi, Thisayukta, Jirakorn, Link, Darren R, Takezoe, Hideo, Watanabe, Junji

“…The correlation between chirality of the B2 and B4 phases was examined by measuring the circular dichroism (CD) in the classic bent-core molecule, P-12-O-PIMB,…”
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Temperature-Induced Reversible Distortion along Director Axis Observed for Monodomain Nematic Elastomer of Cross-Linked Main-Chain Polyester by Tokita, Masatoshi, Tagawa, Hirotaka, Niwano, Hiroko, Osada, Kensuke, Watanabe, Junji

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Thermotropic Liquid Crystals of Main-Chain Polyesters Having a Mesogenic 4,4‘-Biphenyldicarboxylate Unit. 13. Characteristic Deformation of Smectic Layer Structure Induced by Elongation of Uniaxially Oriented Fiber Composed of Smectic CA Glass by Osada, Kensuke, Niwano, Hiroko, Tokita, Masatoshi, Kawauchi, Susumu, Watanabe, Junji

“…Elongation deformation of the smectic layer structure was examined by mechanical and X-ray measurements for the oriented fiber of the main-chain BB-5…”
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Electric-field-induced transition between the polarization-modulated and ferroelectric smectic- C(S) P(F) liquid crystalline states studied using microbeam x-ray diffraction by Nakata, Michi, Link, Darren R, Takanishi, Yoichi, Takahasi, Yumiko, Thisayukta, Jirakorn, Niwano, Hiroko, Coleman, David A, Watanabe, Junji, Iida, Atsuo, Clark, Noel A, Takezoe, Hideo

“…We report x-ray microbeam studies of a bent-core liquid crystalline material with chiral citronellyl tails. This material has an equilibrium…”
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Electric-field-induced transition between the polarization-modulated and ferroelectric smectic- C S P F liquid crystalline states studied using microbeam x-ray diffraction by Nakata, Michi, Link, Darren R., Takanishi, Yoichi, Takahasi, Yumiko, Thisayukta, Jirakorn, Niwano, Hiroko, Coleman, David A., Watanabe, Junji, Iida, Atsuo, Clark, Noel A., Takezoe, Hideo

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