Rapid and Topotactic Transformation from Octacalcium Phosphate to Hydroxyapatite (HAP): A New Approach to Self-Organization of Free-Standing Thin-Film HAP-Based Nanohybrids
Satoshi Kajiyama, Takeshi Sakamoto, Moe Inoue, Tatsuya Nishimura, Taishi Yokoi, Chikara Ohtsuki, and Takashi Kato
CrystEngComm, 18, 8388-8395 (2016) (Back Cover).
Liquid-Crystalline Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Design of Two-Dimensional Molecular Assemblies for Efficient Ion Transport and Thermal Stability
Daniel Högberg, Bartolome Soberats, Ryo Yatagai, Satoshi Uchida,
Masafumi Yoshio, Lars Kloo, Hiroshi Segawa, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Mater., 28, 6493-6500 (2016) (Front Cover).
Columnar Liquid-Crystalline Assembies of X-shaped Pyrene-Oligothiophene Conjugates: Photoconductivities and Mechanochromic Functions
Kian Ping Gan, Masafumi Yoshio, and Takashi Kato
J. Mater. Chem. C, 4, 5073-5080 (2016).
Heterogeneous Growth of Calcite at Aragonite {001}- and Vaterite {001}-Melt Interfaces: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study
Hiroki Nada, Tatsuya Nishimura, Takeshi Sakamoto, and Takashi Kato
J. Cryst. Growth, 450, 148-159 (2016).
Induction of Bicontinuous Cubic Liquid-Crystalline Assemblies for Polymerizable Amphiphiles via Tailor-Made Design of Ionic Liquids
Hiroaki Takeuchi, Takahiro Ichikawa, Masafumi Yoshio, Takashi Kato, and Hiroyuki Ohno
Chem. Commum., 52, 13861-13864 (2016).
Induction of an Infinite Periodic Minimal Surface by Endowing An Amphiphilic Zwitterion with Halogen‐Bond Ability
Takahiro Ichikawa, Akiyoshi Okafuji, Takashi Kato, and Hiroyuki Ohno
ChemistryOPEN, 5, 439-444 (2016) (Back Cover).
Construction of Gyroid-Structured Matrices through the Design of Geminized Amphiphilic Zwitterions and Their Self-Organization
Takuro Matsumoto, Ayaka Ono, Takahiro Ichikawa, Takashi Kato, Hiroyuki Ohno
Chem. Commun., 52, 12167-12170 (2016).
Redox-Active Supramolecular Fibers of a Nitronyl Nitroxide-Based Gelator
Daisuke Yamaguchi, Hiroki Eimura, Masafumi Yoshio and Takashi Kato
Chem. Lett., 45, 863-865 (2016) (Editor's Choice).
Self-Assembled Fibers
Containing Stable Organic Radical Moieties: Alignment and Magnetic Properties in Liquid Crystals
Hiroki Eimura, Yoshikazu Umeta, Hiroko Tokoro, Masafumi Yoshio, Shin-ichi Ohkoshi and Takashi Kato
Chem. Eur. J., 22, 8872-
8878 (2016).
Self-Assembly of Bioconjugated Amphiphilic Mesogens Having Specific Binding Moieties at Aqueous-Liquid Crystal Interfaces
Hiroki Eimura, Daniel S. Miller, Xiaoguang Wang, Nicholas L. Abbott, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Mater., 28, 1170-1178 (2016).
Biomineralization-Inspired Preparation of Zinc Hydroxide Carbonate/Polymer Hybrids and Their Conversion to Zinc Oxide Thin-Film Photocatalysts
Shunichi Matsumura, Yoshimasa Horiguchi, Tatsuya Nishimura, Hideki Sakai, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Eur. J., 22, 7094-7101 (2016) (Hot Paper) (Frontispiece).
Mechanoresponsive Liquid Crystals Exhibiting Reversible Luminescent Color Changes at Ambient Temperature
Masato Mitani, Shuhei Ogata, Shogo Yamane, Masafumi Yoshio, Miki Hasegawa, and Takashi Kato
J. Mater. Chem. C, 4, 2752-2760 (2016) (Front Cover) (Special Issue: Shape-responsive fluorophores).
Mechanoresponsive Luminescent Molecular Assemblies: An Emerging Class of Materials
Yoshimitsu Sagara, Shogo Yamane, Masato Mitani, Christoph Weder, and Takashi Kato
Adv. Mater., 28, 1073-1095 (2016) (Front Cover).
A Comprehensive Study on Lyotropic Liquid-Crystalline Behavior of an Amphiphile in 20 Kinds of Amino Acid Ionic Liquids
Kanae Fujimura, Takahiro Ichikawa, Masafumi Yoshio, Takashi Kato, and Hiroyuki Ohno
Chem. Asian J., 11, 520-526 (2016).
Published Papers in 2015
Ionic Switch Induced by a Rectangular-Hexagonal Phase Transition in Benzenammonium Columnar Liquid Crystals
Bartolome Soberats, Masafumi Yoshio, Takahiro Ichikawa, Xiangbing Zeng, Hiroyuki Ohno, Goran Ungar, and Takashi Kato
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 13212-13215 (2015).
Use of a Protic Salt for the Formation of Liquid-Crystalline Proton-Conductive Complexes with Mesomorphic Diols
Akihiro Yamashita, Masafumi Yoshio, Bartolome Soberats, Hiroyuki Ohno, and Takashi Kato
J. Mater. Chem. A, 3, 22656-22662 (2015).
Liquid-Crystalline Calcium Carbonate: Biomimetic Synthesis and Alignment of Nanorod Calcite
Masanari Nakayama, Satoshi Kajiyama, Tatsuya Nishimura, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Sci., 6, 6230-6234 (2015).
Formation of Helically Structured Chitin/CaCO3 Hybrids through an Approach Inspired by the Biomineralization Processes of Crustacean Cuticles
Shunichi Matsumura, Satoshi Kajiyama, Tatsuya Nishimura, and Takashi Kato
Small, 11, 5127-5133 (2015).
Liquid-Crystalline Biomacromolecular Templates for the Formation of Oriented Thin-Film Hybrids Composed of Ordered Chitin and Alkaline-Earth Carbonate
Tatsuya Nishimura, Ken Toyoda, Takahiro Ito, Yuya Oaki, Yukiko Namatame, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Asian J., 10, 2356-2360 (2015).
Design of Liquid Crystals: from a Nematogen to Thiophene-Based π-Conjugated Mesogens
Masahiro Funahashi, and Takashi Kato
Liq. Cryst., 42, 909-917 (2015). (Special Issue for Professor George Gray)
Tuning of Morphology and Polymorphs of Carbonate/Polymer Hybrids Using Photoreactive Polymer Templates
Takeshi Sakamoto, Yosuke Nishimura, and Takashi Kato
CrystEngComm, 17, 6947-6954 (2015).
A Planarized Triphenylborane Mesogen: Discotic Liquid Crystals with Ambipolar Charge-Carrier Transport Properties
Tomokatsu Kushida, Ayumi Shuto, Masafumi Yoshio, Takashi Kato, and Shigehiro Yamaguchi
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54, 6922-6925 (2015).
Zwitterionic Liquid Crystals as 1D and 3D Lithium Ion Transport Media
Bartolome Soberats, Masafumi Yoshio, Takahiro Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Ohno, and Takashi Kato
J. Mater. Chem. A, 3, 11232-11238 (2015).
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2D Assemblies of Ionic Liquid Crystals Based on Imidazolium Moieties: Formation of Ion-Conductive Layers
Junji Sakuda, Masafumi Yoshio, Takahiro Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Ohno, and Takashi Kato
New J. Chem., 39, 4471-4477 (2015).
Liquid-Crystalline Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Ordered Assemblies of a Mesogen-Containing Carbonate and a Lithium Salt
Junji Sakuda, Eiji Hosono, Masafumi Yoshio, Takahiro Ichikawa, Takuro Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Ohno, Haoshen Zhou, and Takashi Kato
Adv. Funct. Mater., 25, 1206-1212 (2015).
Organic/Inorganic Fusion Materials: Cyclodextrin-Based Polymer/CaCO3 Hybrids Incorporating Dye Molecules through Host-Guest Interactions
Fangjie Zhu, Tatsuya Nishimura, and Takashi Kato
Polym. J., 47, 122-127 (2015). (Special Issue: Fusion Materials)
Hydroxyapatite Formation on Oxidized Cellulose Nanofibers in a Solution Mimicking Body Fluid
Seira Morimune-Moriya, Sakina Kondo, Ayae Sugawara-Narutaki, Tatsuya Nishimura, Takashi Kato and Chikara Ohtsuki
Polym. J., 47, 158-163 (2015). (Special Issue: Fusion Materials)
Macromolecular Templates for the Development of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials
Tatsuya Nishimura
Polym. J., 47, 235-243 (2015). (Focus Review, Open Access)
Columnar Nanostructured Polymer Films Containing Ionic Liquids in Supramolecular One-Dimensional Nanochannels
Akihiro Yamashita, Masafumi Yoshio, Seiya Shimizu, Takahiro Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Ohno, and Takashi Kato
J. Polym. Sci. Polym. Chem., 53, 366-371 (2015). (Special Issue : Prof Fréchet's 70th Birthday)
Biomineralization-Inspired Synthesis of Functional Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials: Organic Molecular Control of Self-Organization of Hybrids
Atsushi Arakaki, Katsuhiko Shimizu, Mayumi Oda, Takeshi Sakamoto, Tatsuya Nishimura, and Takashi Kato
Org. Biomol. Chem., 13, 974-989 (2015).
[Cover]
[Table of Contents]
Published Papers in 2014
Nanostructured Two-Component Liquid-Crystalline Electrolytes for High Temperature Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Daniel Högberg, Bartolome Soberats, Satoshi Uchida, Masafumi Yoshio, Lars Kloo, Hiroshi Segawa, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Mater., 24, 6496-6502 (2014).
[Table of Contents]
Mechanochromic Photoluminescent Liquid Crystals Containing 5,5'-Bis(2-phenylethynyl)-2,2'-bithiophene
Masato Mitani, Shogo Yamane, Masafumi Yoshio, Masahiro Funahashi, and Takashi Kato
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 594, 112-121 (2014). (Special Issue: Optics of Liquid Crystals)
Thermal or Mechanical Stimuli-Induced Photoluminescence Color Change of a Molecular Assembly Composed of an Amphiphilic Anthracene Derivative in Water
Yoshimitsu Sagara, Toru Komatsu, Takuya Terai, Tasuku Ueno, Kenjiro Hanaoka, Takasi Kato, and Tetsuo Nagano
Chem. Eur. J., 20(33), 10397-10403 (2014).
Design of Amphiphilic Zwitterions Forming Liquid-Crystalline Phases and Effects of Lithium Salt Addition on Their Phase Behavior
Takuro Matsumoto, Takahiro Ichikawa, Junji Sakuda, Takashi Kato, and Hiroyuki Ohno
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 87(7), 792-796 (2014).
Biomineralization-Inspired Approach to the Development of Hybrid Materials: Preparation of Patterned Polymer/Strontium Carbonate Thin Films Using Thermoresponsive Polymer Brush Matrices
Yulai Han, Tatsuya Nishimura, and Takashi Kato
Polym. J., 46, 499-504 (2014). (Special Issue: Biorelated Polymers and Materials)
Morphology Tuning in the Formation of Vaterite Crystal Thin Films with Thermoresponsive Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Brush Matrices
Yulai Han, Tatsuya Nishimura, and Takashi Kato
CrystEngComm, 16, 3540-3547 (2014).
Macroscopic Photocontrol of Ion-Transporting Pathways of a Nanostructured Imidazolium-Based Photoresponsive Liquid Crystal
Bartolome Soberats, Emi Uchida, Masafumi Yoshio, Junko Kagimoto, Hiroyuki Ohno, and Takashi Kato
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136, 9552-9555 (2014).
Bioinspired Stiff and Flexible Composites of Nanocellulose-Reinforced Amorphous CaCO3
Tsuguyuki Saito, Yuya Oaki, Tatsuya Nishimura, Akira Isogai, and Takashi Kato
Materials Horizons, 1, 321-325 (2014).
Covalent Attachment of Mechanoresponsive Luminescent Micelles to Glasses and Polymers in Aqueous Conditions
Yoshimitsu Sagara, Toru Komatsu, Tasuku Ueno, Kenjiro Hanaoka, Takashi Kato, and Tetsuo Nagano
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136, 4273-4280 (2014).
Aragonite Nanorods in Calcium Carbonate/Polymer Hybrids Formed through Self-Organization Processes from Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Solution
Satoshi Kajiyama, Tatsuya Nishimura, Takeshi Sakamoto, and Takashi Kato
Small, 10, 1634-1641 (2014).
Supramolecular Effects on Formation of CaCO3 Thin Films on a Polymer Matrix
Fangjie Zhu, Tatsuya Nishimura, Hiroki Eimura, and Takashi Kato
CrystEngComm, 16, 1496-1501 (2014).
Aggregation-Induced Emission of a Liquid-Crystalline Quinolinium Salt Molecule in Aqueous Solution
Kana Tanabe, Daisuke Kodama, Miki Hasegawa, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Lett., 43, 184-186 (2014).
Hydrogen-Bonded Systems: Discrete Defined Aggregates by Intermolecular H-Bonding, Amides, Carboxylic Acids, and Heterocycles (Chapter 10)
Takashi Kato and Yuko Kamikawa
Handbook of Liquid Crystals 2nd Edition (Eds. John W. Goodby, Peter J. Collings, Takashi Kato, Carsten Tschierske, Helen Gleeson, and Peter Raynes)
Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Vol. 5, p. 513-540 (2014)
Liquid-Crystalline Catenanes and Rotaxanes (Chapter 11)
Junji Sakuda, Takuma Yasuda, and Takashi Kato
Handbook of Liquid Crystals 2nd Edition (Eds. John W. Goodby, Peter J. Collings, Takashi Kato, Carsten Tschierske, Helen Gleeson, and Peter Raynes)
Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Vol. 5, p. 541-555 (2014).
Liquid-Crystalline Gels (Chapter 1)
Kazuhiro Yabuuchi and Takashi Kato
Handbook of Liquid Crystals 2nd Edition, (Eds. John W. Goodby, Peter J. Collings, Takashi Kato, Carsten Tschierske, Helen Gleeson, and Peter Raynes)
Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Vol. 6, p. 1-25 (2014).
Design and Synthesis of Side-Chain Liquid Crystal Polymers (Chapter 11)
Seiji Ujiie and Takashi Kato
Handbook of Liquid Crystals 2nd Edition, (Eds. John W. Goodby, Peter J. Collings, Takashi Kato, Carsten Tschierske, Helen Gleeson, and Peter Raynes)
Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Vol. 7, p. 381-414 (2014).
Liquid Crystal Semiconductors: Oligothiophene and Related Materials (Chapter 21)
Masahiro Funahashi, Takuma Yasuda, and Takashi Kato
Handbook of Liquid Crystals 2nd Edition (Eds. John W. Goodby, Peter J. Collings, Takashi Kato, Carsten Tschierske, Helen Gleeson, and Peter Raynes)
Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Vol. 8, p. 675-708 (2014).
Redox-Active (Electrochromic) Liquid Crystals (Chapter 22)
Kyosuke Isoda, Takuma Yasuda, Masahiro Funahashi, and Takashi Kato
Handbook of Liquid Crystals 2nd Edition (Eds. John W. Goodby, Peter J. Collings, Takashi Kato, Carsten Tschierske, Helen Gleeson, and Peter Raynes)
Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Vol. 8, p. 709-725 (2014).
Liquid Crystals as Ion Conductors
Masafumi Yoshio and Takashi Kato
Handbook of Liquid Crystals 2nd Edition (Eds. John W. Goodby, Peter J. Collings, Takashi Kato, Carsten Tschierske, Helen Gleeson, and Peter Raynes)
Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Vol. 8, p. 727-749 (2014).
Design and Synthesis of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials Inspired by Biomineralization: Morphology Control of Calcium Carbonate Thin Films using Polymers and Mg2+ Ions,
Tatsuya Nishimura, Fangjie Zhu, Hidekazu Tomono, Hiroki Nada, Takashi Kato,
Oleoscience, 14, 417-423 (2014). (in Japanese)
Published Papers in 2013
3D Anhydrous Proton-Transporting Nanochannels Formed by Self-Assembly of Liquid Crystals Composed of a Sulfobetaine and a Sulfonic Acid
Bartolome Soberats, Masafumi Yoshio, Takahiro Ichikawa, Satomi Taguchi, Hiroyuki Ohno, and Takashi Kato
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 15286-15289 (2013).
Effects of Magnesium Ions and Water Molecules on the Structure of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate: A Molecular Dynamics Study
Hidekazu Tomono, Hiroki Nada, Fangjie Zhu, Takeshi Sakamoto, Tatsuya Nishimura, and Takashi Kato
J. Phys. Chem. B, 117, 14849-14856 (2013).
Tuning the Stability of CaCO3 Crystals with Magnesium Ions for Formation of Aragonite Thin Films on Organic Polymer Templates
Fangjie Zhu, Tatsuya Nishimura, Takeshi Sakamoto, Hidekazu Tomono, Hiroki Nada, Yasushi Okumura, Hirotsugu Kikuchi, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Asian J., 8, 3002-3009 (2013).
Design and Evaluation of Nano-biphasic Ionic Liquid Systems Having Highly Polar and Low Polar Domains
Satomi Taguchi, Takahiro Ichikawa, Takashi Kato, and Hiroyuki Ohno
RSC Advance., 3, 23222-23227 (2013).
A Water-Soluble Mechanochromic Luminescent Pyrene Derivative Exhibiting Recovery of the Initial Photoluminescence Color in a High-Humidity Environment
Yoshimitsu Sagara, Toru Komatsu, Tasuku Ueno, Kenjiro Hanaoka, Takashi Kato, and Tetsuo Nagano
Adv. Funct. Mater., 23, 5277-5284 (2013).
Steric Effects on Excimer Formation for Photoluminescent Smectic Liquid-Crystalline Materials
Shogo Yamane, Yoshimitsu Sagara, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Commun., 49, 3839-3841 (2013).
Mechanochromic Luminescent Liquid Crystals Based on a Bianthryl Moiety
Shogo Yamane, Yoshimitsu Sagara, Toshiki Mutai, Koji Araki, and Takashi Kato
J. Mater. Chem. C, 1, 2648-2656 (2013). [Inside Front Cover]
Formation of Rectangular Plate-like α-MnOOH and Sheet-like γ-MnOOH by Slow Diffusion of Ammonia Vapor
Satoshi Kajiyama, Hiromu Kumagai, Tatsuya Nishimura, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Lett., 42, 341-343 (2013).
Bisphenylsulfone-based Molecular Assemblies: Polar Columnar Liquid Crystals Aligned in Electric Fields and Fibrous Aggregates in Organic Solvents
Masafumi Yoshio , Reiku Konishi , Takeshi Sakamoto, and Takashi Kato
New J. Chem., 37, 143-147 (2013). [Themed issue:"All Aboard"- contributions from NJC Broad Members]
Published Papers in 2012
Self-Organized Liquid-Crystalline Nanostructured Membranes for Water Treatment: Selective Permeation of Ions
Masahiro Henmi, Koji Nakatsuji, Takahiro Ichikawa, Hiroki Tomioka, Takeshi Sakamoto, Masafumi Yoshio, and
Takashi Kato
Adv. Mater., 24, 2238-2241 (2012).
3D Continuous Water Nanosheet as a Gyroid Minimal Surface Formed by Bicontinuous Cubic Liquid-Crystalline Zwitterions
Takahiro Ichikawa, Takashi Kato, and Hiroyuki Ohno
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134, 11354-11357 (2012).
Full-Color Tunable Photoluminescent Ionic Liquid Crystals Based on Tripodal Pyridinium, Pyrimidinium, and Quinolinium Salts
Kana Tanabe, Yuko Suzui, Miki Hasegawa, and Takashi Kato
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134, 5652-5661 (2012).
Takahiro Ichikawa, Masafumi Yoshio, Atsushi Hamasaki, Satomi Taguchi, Feng Liu, Xiang-bing Zeng, Goran Ungar, Hiroyuki Ohno, and Takashi Kato
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134, 2634-2643 (2012).
Co-Organisation of Ionic Liquids with Amphiphilic Diethanolamines: Construction of 3D Continuous Ionic Nanochannels through the Induction of Liquid-Crystalline Bicontinuous Cubic Phases
Takahiro Ichikawa, Masafumi Yoshio, Satomi Taguchi, Junko Kagimoto, Hiroyuki Ohno, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Sci., 3, 2001-2008 (2012).
CaCO3/Chitin Hybrids: Effects of Recombinant Acidic Peptides Designed Based on a Peptide Extracted from an Exoskeleton of a
Crayfish on Morphologies of the Hybrids
Hiromu Kumagai, Ryou Matsunaga, Tatsuya Nishimura, Yuya Yamamoto, Satoshi Kajiyama, Yuya Oaki, Kei Akaiwa, Hirotaka Inoue, Hiromichi Nagasawa, Kohei Tsumoto, and Takashi Kato
Faraday Discuss., 159, 483-494 (2012).
Supramolecular Approach to the Formation of Magneto-Active Physical Gels
Yong Wu, Yuki Hirai, Yoshihide Tsunobuchi, Hiroko Tokoro, Hiroki Eimura, Masafumi Yoshio, Shin-ichi Ohkoshi, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Sci., 3, 3007-3010 (2012).
Hiroki Eimura, Masafumi Yoshio, Yoshiko Shoji, Kenji Hanabusa, and Takashi Kato
Polym. J., 44, 594-599 (2012). (Special Issue)
Nano-Biphasic Ionic Liquid Systems Composed of Hydrophobic Phosphonium Salts and a Hydrophic Ammonium Salt
Satomi Taguchi, Takahiro Ichikawa, Takashi Kato, and Hiroyuki Ohno
Chem. Commun., 43, 5271-5273 (2012).
Shogo Yamane, Kana Tanabe, Yoshimitsu Sagara, and Takashi Kato
Top. Curr. Chem., 318, 395-406 (2012).
Editorial: Special Issue: Functional Liquid Crystals
Takashi Kato and Sandeep Kumar
Isr. J. Chem., 52, 799 (2012).
Liquid-Crystalline Catenanes and Rotaxanes (Review)
Junji Sakuda, Takuma Yasuda, and Takashi Kato
Isr. J. Chem., 52, 854-862 (2012).
Anisotropic Crystal Growth and Construction of Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Structure by Controlling of Organic Molecules, (in Japanese)
Takeshi Sakamoto, Atsushi Arakaki, Katsuhiko Shimizu, Tatsuya Nishimura, and Takashi Kato,
Bull. Ceram. Soc. Jpn. 47, 285-290 (2012). (In Japanese)
Published Papers in 2011
Takuma Yasuda, Tomohiro Shimizu, Feng Liu, Goran Ungar, and Takashi Kato
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133, 13437 (2011).
Brightly Tricolored Mechanochromic Luminescence from a Single-Luminophore Liquid Crystal: Reversible Writing and Erasing of Images
Yoshimitsu Sagara and Takashi Kato
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 50, 9128 (2011).
Photoimaging of Self-Organized CaCO3/Polymer Hybrid Films by Formation of Regular Relief and Flat Surface Morphologies
Takeshi Sakamoto, Yosuke Nishimura, Tatsuya Nishimura, and Takashi Kato
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 50, 5856 (2011).
Gelation of Amino Acid Ioninc Liquid by the Addition of a Phosphonium-Type Zwitterion
Satomi Taguchi, Takuro Matsumoto, Takahiro Ichikawa, Takashi Kato, and Hiroyuki Ohno
Chem. Commun., 47, 11342 (2011).
Anisotropic Proton-Conductive Materials Formed by the Self-Organization of Phosphonium-Type Zwitterions
Saori Ueda, Junko Kagimoto, Takahiro Ichikawa, Takashi Kato, and Hiroyuki Ohno
Adv. Mater., 23, 3071 (2011).
3D Interconnected Ionic Nano-Channels Formed in Polymer Films: Self-Organization and Polymerization of Thermotropic Bicontinuous Cubic Liquid Crystals
Takahiro Ichikawa, Masafumi Yoshio, Atsushi Hamasaki, Junko Kagimoto, Hiroyuki Ohno, and Takashi Kato
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133, 2163 (2011).
Hole Transport of a Liquid-Crystalline Phenylterthiophene Derivative Exhibiting the Nematic Phase at Ambient Temperature
Midori Nuita, Junji Sakuda, Yuki Hirai, Masahiro Funahashi, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Lett., 40, 412 (2011).
Preparation of Thin-Film Hydroxyapatite/Polymer Hybrids
Tatsuya Nishimura, Hirotaka Imai, Yuya Oaki, Takeshi Sakamoto, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Lett., 40, 458 (2011). [selected as Editor's Choice]
A Mechanical and Thermal Responsive Luminescent Liquid Crystal Forming a Colourless Film Under Room Light
Yoshimitsu Sagara, and Takashi Kato
Supramol. Chem., 23, 310 (2011).
(Special Issue: V International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry, Nara, Japan, 2010)
Advanced Systems of Supramolecular Liquid Crystals (Chapter 14)
Takuma Yasuda and Takashi Kato
Supramolecular Soft Matter, T. Nakanishi Ed.,
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., p.283 (2011).
Liquid Crystalline Ionic Liquids (Chapter 26)
Takashi Kato and Masafumi Yoshio
Electrochemical Aspects of Ionic Liquids Second Edition, H. Ohno Ed.,
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., p.375 (2011).
Published Papers in 2010
Yuya Oaki, Hiroyuki Ohno, and Takashi Kato
Nanoscale, 2, 2362 (2010).
Motif-Programmed Artificial Proteins Mediated Nucleation of Octacalcium Phosphate on Titanium Substrates
Toru Tsuji, Yuya Oaki, Masao Yoshinari,Takashi Kato, and Kiyotaka Shiba
Chem. Commun., 46, 6675 (2010).
Ion Channels and Anisotropic Ion Mobility in a Liquid-Crystalline Columnar Phase as Observed by Multinuclear NMR Diffusometry
Anton E. Frise, Sergey V. Dvinskikh, Hiroyuki Ohno, Takashi Kato, and Istvan Furo
J. Phys. Chem. B, 114, 15477 (2010).
Functional Soft Materials: Nanostructured Liquid Crystals and Soft-Assembled Fibrous Aggregates
Takashi Kato, Yoshiko Shoji, Masafumi Yoshio, Shogo Yamane, and Takuma Yasuda
J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn., 68, 1169 (2010).
From Nanostructured Liquid Crystals to Polymer-Based Electrolytes
Takashi Kato
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 49, 7847 (2010).
Europium(III)-Doped Liquid-Crystalline Physical Gels
Thomas Cardinaels, Yuki Hirai, Kenji Hanabusa, Koen Binnemans, and Takashi Kato
J. Mater. Chem., 20, 8571 (2010).
Nanostructured Liquid Crystals Combining Ionic and Electronic Functions
Sanami Yazaki, Masahiro Funahashi, Junko Kagimoto, Hiroyuki Ohno, and Takashi Kato
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132, 7702 (2010).
High Hole Mobility for a Side-Chain Liquid-Crystalline Smectic Polysiloxane Exhibiting a Nanosegregated Structure with a Terthiophene Moiety
Aya Matsui, Masahiro Funahashi, Toru Tsuji, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Eur. J., 16, 13465 (2010).
m x n Stacks of Discrete Aromatic Stacks in Solution
Yoshihiro Yamauchi, Yuya Hanaoka, Michito Yoshizawa, Munetaka Akira, Takahiro Ichikawa, Masafumi Yoshio, Takashi Kato, and Makoto Fujita
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132, 9555 (2010).
Design of Biomolecular Interfaces Using Liquid Crystals Containing Oligomeric Ethylene Glycol
Zhongqiang Yang, Jugal K. Gupta, Kenji Kishimoto, Yoshiko Shoji, Takashi Kato, and Nicholas L. Abbott
Adv. Funct. Mater., 20, 2098 (2010).
A Redox-Switchable [2]Rotaxane in a Liquid-Crystalline State
Takuma Yasuda, Kana Tanabe, Toru Tsuji, Karla K. Coti, Ivan Aprahamian, J. Fraser Stoddart, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Commun., 46, 1224 (2010).
Ion Conductive Behaviour in a Confined Nanostructure: NMR Observation of Self-Diffusion in a Liquid-Crystalline Bicontinuous Cubic Phase
Anton E. Frise, Takahiro Ichikawa, Masafumi Yoshio, Hiroyuki Ohno, Sergey V. Dvinskikh, Takashi Kato and Istvan Furo
Chem. Commun., 46, 728 (2010).
Alignment of Photoconductive Self-Assembled Fibers Composed of π-Conjugated Molecules under Electric Fields
Yoshiko Shoji, Masafumi Yoshio, Takuma Yasuda, Masahiro Funahashi and Takashi Kato
J. Mater. Chem., 20, 173 (2010).
Crystallization of Unidirectionally Oriented Fibrous Calcium Carbonate on Thermo-Responsive Polymer Brush Matrices
Surjith Kumar, Takahiro Ito, Yuki Yanagihara, Yuya Oaki, Tatsuya Nishimura, and Takashi Kato
CrystEngComm, 12, 2021 (2010).
CaCO3/Chitin-Whisker Hybrids: Formation of CaCO3 Crystals in Chitin-Based Liquid-Crystalline Suspension
Yuya Yamamoto, Tatsuya Nishimura, Tsuguyuki Saito, and Takashi Kato
Polym. J., 42, 583 (2010).
Macromolecular Templating for the Formation of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Structures
Takashi Kato, Takeshi Sakamoto and Tatsuya Nishimura
MRS Bulletin, 35, 127 (2010).
Published Papers in 2009
Yoshimitsu Sagara and Takashi Kato
Nature Chem., 1, 605 (2009).
Anisotropic Self-Assembly of Photoluminescent Oligo(p-Phenylenevinylene) Derivatives in Liquid Crystals: An Effective Strategy for the Macroscopic Alignment of π-Gels
Yuki Hirai, S. Santhosh Babu, Vakayil K. Praveen, Takuma Yasuda, Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh, and Takashi Kato
Adv. Mater., 21, 4029 (2009).
A Columnar Liquid-Crystalline Shape-Persistent Macrocycle Having a Nanosegregated Structure
Harutoki Shimura, Masafumi Yoshio, and Takashi Kato
Org. Biomol. Chem., 7, 3205 (2009).
Photoluminescent Liquid Crystals Based on Trithienylphosphine Oxides
Masaomi Kimura, Tsukasa Hatano, Takuma Yasuda, Jun Morita, Yusuke Akama, Kiyoshi Minoura, Takeshi Shimomura, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Lett., 38, 800 (2009).
Macrocycle-Based Liquid Crystals: A Study of Topological Effects on Mesomorphism
Etienne D. Baranoff, Julie Voignier, Takuma Yasuda, Valérie Heitz, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, and Takashi Kato
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 509, 165 (2009).
An Acidic Matrix Protein, Pif, Is a Key Macromolecule for Nacre Formation
Michio Suzuki, Kazuko Saruwatari, Toshihiro Kogure, Yuya Yamamoto, Tatsuya Nishimura, Takashi Kato, Hiromichi Nagasawa
Science , 325, 1388 (2009).
Electric Field-Assisted Alignment of Self-Assembled Fibers Composed of Hydrogen-Bonded Molecules Having Laterally Fluorinated Mesogens
Masafumi Yoshio, Yoshiko Shoji, Yusuke Tochigi, Yohei Nishikawa, and Takashi Kato
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 6763 (2009).
Electric-Field-Responsive Lithium-Ion Conductors of Propylenecarbonate-Based Columnar Liquid Crystals
Harutoki Shimura, Masafumi Yoshio, Atsushi Hamasaki, Tomohiro Mukai, Hiroyuki Ohno, and Takashi Kato
Adv. Mater., 21, 1591 (2009).
π-Conjugated Oligothiophene-Based Polycatenar Liquid Crystals: Self-Organization and Photoconductive, Luminescent, and Redox Properties
Takuma Yasuda, Hirotaka Ooi, Jun Morita, Yusuke Akama, Kiyoshi Minoura, Masahiro Funahashi, Takeshi Shimomura, and Takashi Kato
Adv. Funct. Mater., 19, 411 (2009).
A Stimuli-Responsive, Photoluminescent, Anthracene-Based Liquid Crystal: Emission Color Determined by Thermal and Mechanical Process
Yoshimitsu Sagara, Shogo Yamane, Toshiki Mutai, Koji Araki, and Takashi Kato
Adv. Funct. Mater., 19, 1869 (2009).
Self-Assembly of Functional Columnar Liquid Crystals
Takashi Kato, Takuma Yasuda, Yuko Kamikawa, and Masafumi Yoshio
Chem. Commun., 2009, 729.
Self-Assembly of Cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene)s
Kana Tanabe and Takashi Kato
Chem. Commun., 2009, 1864.
A Thermoresponsive Photoluminescent Smectic Liquid Crystal: Change of Photoluminescent Color on the Smectic-Smectic Phase Transition
Shogo Yamane, Yoshimitsu Sagara, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Commun., 2009, 3597.
Truxene-Based Columnar Liquid Crystals: Self-Assembled Structures and Electro-Active Properties
Kyosuke Isoda, Takuma Yasuda, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Asian J., 4, 1619-1625 (2009). [COVER IMAGE]
Electro- and Photo-Active Molecular Assemblies of Liquid Crystals and Physical Gels
Takashi Kato and Kana Tanabe
Chem. Lett., 38, 634 (2009). [PDF]
Self-Assembled Fibers Photopolymerized in Nematic Liquid Crystals: Stable Electrooptical Switching in Light-Scattering Mode
Yuki Hirai, Norihiro Mizoshita, Masaya Moriyama, and Takashi Kato
Langmuir, 25, 8423 (2009).
(Special issue on Molecular and Polymer Gels: Materials with Self-Assembled Fibrillar Networks)
Three-Dimensinal Relief Structures of CaCO3 Crystal Assemblies Formed by Spontaneous Two-Step Crystal Growth on a Polymer Thin Film
Takeshi Sakamoto, Akira Oichi, Yuya Oaki, Tatsuya Nishimura, Ayae Sugawara, and Takashi Kato
Cryst. Growth Des., 9, 622 (2009).
Calcium Carbonate/Polymer Thin-Film Hybrids: Induction of the Formation of Patterned Aragonite Crystals by Thermal Treatment of a Polymer Matrix
Takeshi Sakamoto, Akira Oichi, Tatsuya Nishimura, Ayae Sugawara, and Takashi Kato
Polym. J., 41, 522 (2009).
A Layered Liquid Crystalline Droplet
Yan-Li Zhao, Natalia Erina, Takuma Yasuda, Takashi Kato, and J. Fraser Stoddart
J. Mater. Chem., 19, 3469 (2009).
Novel Thermotropic Gels Composed of Only Ions
Junko Kagimoto, Nobuhumi Nakamura, Takashi Kato, and Hiroyuki Ohno
Chem. Commun., 2009, 2405.
Development of Liquid-Crystalline Semiconductors with High Carrier Mobility and Their Application to Thin-Film Transistors
Masahiro Funahashi
Polym. J., 41, 459 (2009).
Liquid-Crystalline Semiconductors with Tetrafluorophenyl Group: Thin Film Structure and Carrier Transport
Fapei Zhang, Masahiro Funahashi, and Nobuyuki Tamaoki
Org. Electronics, 10, 73 (2009).
Supramolecular structure of columnar liquid crystalline π-Conjugated oligothiophenes with highly polarized photoluminescence properties
Kiyoshi Minoura, Yusuke Akama, Jun Morita, Takuma Yasuda, Takashi Kato, Takeshi Shimomura
J. Appl. Phys., 105, 113513-1 (2009).
Alignment Properties of Hydrogen-Bonded Mesogens of Supramolecular Liquid-Crystalline Network Films Coated on an Alignment Layer
Motohiro Yamahara, Masaya Moriyama and Takashi Kato
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 510, 96 (2009).
Published Papers in 2008
Original Papers
Sanami Yazaki, Masahiro Funahashi, and Takashi Kato
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 13206 (2008).
Luminescent Ionic Liquid Crystals Based on Tripodal Pyridinium Salts
Kana Tanabe, Takuma Yasuda, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Lett., 37, 1208 (2008). [PDF]
Nanosegregated Amorphous Composites of Calcium Carbonate and an Organic Polymer
Yuya Oaki, Satoshi Kajiyama, Tatsuya Nishimura, Hiroaki Imai, and Takashi Kato
Adv. Mater., 20, 3633 (2008).
Selective Synthesis and Thin-Film Formation of α-Cobalt Hydroxide through an Approach Inspired by Biomineralization
Yuya Oaki, Satoshi Kajiyama, Tatsuya Nishimura and Takashi Kato
J. Mater. Chem., 18, 4140 (2008).
Stimuli-Responsive Luminescent Liquid Crystals: Change of Photoluminescent Colors Triggered by a Shear-Induced Phase Transition
Yoshimitsu Sagara and Takashi Kato
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 47, 5175 (2008).
Macroscopically Ordered Polymer/CaCO3 Hybrids Prepared by Using a Liquid-Crystalline Template
Tatsuya Nishimura, Takahiro Ito, Yuya Yamamoto, Masafumi Yoshio, and Takashi Kato
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 47, 2800 (2008).
Noncovalent Approach to One-Dimensional Ion Conductors: Enhancement of Ionic Conductivities in Nanostructured Columnar Liquid Crystals
Harutoki Shimura, Masafumi Yoshio, Koji Hoshino, Tomohiro Mukai, Hiroyuki Ohno, and Takashi Kato
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 1759 (2008).
Dipole-Driven Self-Assembly of Redox-Active Mesogenic Tetracyanoanthraquinodimethane
Kyosuke Isoda, Takuma Yasuda, and Takashi Kato
J. Mater. Chem., 18, 4522 (2008).
Effects of Peptides on CaCO3 Crystallization: Mineralization Properties of an Acidic Peptide Isolated from Exoskeleton of a Crayfish and Its Derivatives
Yuya Yamamoto, Tatsuya Nishimura, Ayae Sugawara, Hirotaka Inoue, Hiromichi Nagasawa, and Takashi Kato
Cryst. Growth Des., 8, 4062 (2008).
Enhanced Hole Transporting Behavior of Discotic Liquid-Crystalline Physical Gels
Yuki Hirai, Hirosato Monobe, Norihiro Mizoshita, Masaya Moriyama, Kenji Hanabusa, Yo Shimizu, and Takashi Kato
Adv. Funct. Mater., 18, 1668 (2008).
Ionic Liquid Crystals: Self-Assembly of Imidazolium Salts Containing an
L-Glutamic Acid Moiety
Sanami Yazaki, Yuko Kamikawa, Masafumi Yoshio, Atsushi Hamasaki, Tomohiro
Mukai, Hiroyuki Ohno, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Lett., 37, 538 (2008). [PDF]
Nanostructured Columnar and Cubic Liquid-Crystalline Assemblies Consisting of Unconventional Rigid Mesogens Based on Triphenylmethanes
Tsukasa Hatano and Takashi Kato
Tetrahedron, 64, 8368 (2008).
(Special issue on Synthetic NanoSystems and NanoMachinery: Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart-Tetrahedron Prize and Symposium-in-Print)
Induction of Columnar and Smectic Phases for Spiropyran Derivatives: Effects of Acidichromism and Photochromism
Boon-Hooi Tan, Masafumi Yoshio, and Takashi Kato
Chem. Asian J., 3, 534 (2008).
Columnar Liquid-Crystalline Assemblies Composed of Spiropyran Derivatives and
Sulfonic Acids
Boon-Hooi Tan, Masafumi Yoshio, Kazuki Watanabe, Atsushi Hamasaki, Hiroyuki Ohno, and Takashi Kato
Polym. Adv. Technol., 19, 1362 (2008).
Electron Transport and Electrochemistry of Mesomorphic Fullerenes with Long-Range Ordered Lamellae
Takashi Nakanishi, Yanfei Shen, Jiaobing Wang, Shiki Yagai, Masahiro Funahashi, Takashi Kato, Paulo Fernandes, Helmuth Möhwald, and Dirk G. Kurth
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 9236 (2008).
Review Papers
Development of Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Thin-Films Inspired by Biominerallization Takashi Kato, Tatsuya Nishimura, Takeshi SakamotoJ. Jpn. Assoc. Cryst. Growth, 35, 145 (2008).
Functional Liquid-Crystalline Polymers for Ionic and Electronic
Conduction
Masahiro Funahashi, Harutoki Shimura, Masafumi Yoshio, and Takashi Kato
Struct. Bond., 128, 151 (2008).
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