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Kenji HIGASHIGUCHI,
Assistant Professor
Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Contact Information
Address: Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510
E-mail: higashi“at”sbchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp (but replace "at" with "@")
Personal Homepage:http://www.sbchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp/matsuda-lab/
Fields of Interest
Organic Photochemistry, Organic Radicals, Structural Colors
Professional Experience
1998-2004 Undergraduate & Graduate Research, Kyushu University (M. Irie)
2004-2006 Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo
2006-2008 Postdoctoral Fellow, Kyushu University
2008- present Assistant Professor, Kyoto University
2012-present PRESTO Research Project
Education
Ph. D., Kyushu University, 2004
Membership of Academic Societies
The Japanese Photochemistry Association, The Society of Physical Organic Chemistry Japan, The Chemical Society of Japan
Awards & Honors
none
Research Project
Functionalization of Structural Colored Balloons having Ionomer Shell Film
Selected Publications
  1. Inoue, M., Higashiguchi, K., Matsuda, K.
    “Photocontrol of Solvent Responsiveness of Structural Colored Balloons”,
    Langmuir, 29, 7047-7051 (2013).

  2. Hayakawa, R., Higashiguchi, K., Matsuda, K., Chikyow, T., Wakayama, Y.
    “Optically-and Electrically-Driven Organic Thin Film Transistors with Diarylethene Photochromic Channel Layers”,
    ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 5, 3625-3630 (2013).

  3. Higashiguchi, K., Yasui, K., Ozawa, M., Odoi, K., Kikuchi, H.
    “Spatial Distribution Control of Polymer Nanoparticles by Liquid Crystal Disclinations”,
    Polym. J., 44, 632-638 (2012)

  4. Higashiguchi, K., Inoue, M., Oda, T., Matsuda, K.
    “Solvent-Responsive Structural Colored Balloons”,
    Langmuir, 28, 5432-5437 (2012).

  5. Higashiguchi, K., Yasui, K., Kikuchi, H.
    “Direct Observation of Polymer-Stabilized Blue Phase I Structure with Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope”,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 6326-6327 (2008).

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