Yukikazu TAKEOKA,
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Design & Engineering, Nagoya University
Contact Information
Address: Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603
E-mail: ytakeoka“at”apchem.nagoya-u.ac.jp (but replace "at" with "@")
Personal Homepage: http://www.apchem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/06-BS-2/ytakeoka/
E-mail: ytakeoka“at”apchem.nagoya-u.ac.jp (but replace "at" with "@")
Personal Homepage: http://www.apchem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/06-BS-2/ytakeoka/
Fields of Interest
Polymer Gel, Colloid Science
Professional Experience
1991-1996 | Undergraduate & Graduate Research, Sophia University (N. Ogata) |
1996-1998 | Postdoctoral Fellow, CMSE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA (T. Tanaka) |
1998-2004 | Research Associate, Yokohama National University |
2004-present | Associate Professor, Nagoya University |
Education
Dr. 1996, Sophia University
Membership of Academic Societies
The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, The Chemical Society of Japan, The Materials Research Society of Japan, American Chemical Society
Awards & Honors
- The 1995 JORGE HELLER Journal of Controlled Release/CRS Outstanding Paper Award (1995)
- The Uehara Memorial Foundation; Postdoctoral Fellowships (1996)
- Award for Encouragement of Research in Materials Science; The Materials Research Society of Japan (2000)
- Award for Encouragement of Research in Materials Science; The Materials Research Society of Japan (2001)
- Tejima Memorial Award; Tejima Commemorative Foundation (2001)
- Konica Minolta Award 2007 for Encouragement of Image Science Konica Minolta Imaging Science Foundation (2007)
- Award for Encouragement of Research in The Kao Foundation for Arts and Sciences (2009)
Research Project
Exploration of Dynamic Functions of Fusion Materials using Organic Hydrogels and Polymers
Selected Publications
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Takeoka, Y.
“Stimuli-Responsive Opals: Colloidal Crystals and Colloidal Amorphous Arrays for Use in Functional Structurally Colored Materials”,
J. Mater. Chem. C, in press
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Takeoka, Y., Yoshioka, S., Takano, A., Arai, S., Khanin, N., Nishihara, H., Teshima, M., Ohtsuka, Y., Seki, T.
“Producing Coloured Pigments with Amorphous Arrays of Black and White Colloidal Particles”,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 52, 7261-7265 (2013).
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Takeoka, Y.
“Angle-Independent Structural Coloured Amorphous Arrays”,
J. Mater. Chem., 22, 23299-23309 (2012). [Invited Review, published as a back cover picture]
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Kumano, N., Seki, T., Ishii, M., Nakamura, H., Takeoka, Y.
“Tunable Angle-Independent Structural Colour from Phase Separated Porous Gel”,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 50, 4012-4015 (2011).
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Kumano, N., Seki, T., Ishii, M., Nakamura, H., Umemura, T., Takeoka, Y.
“Multi-Colour Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal”,
Adv. Mater., 23, 884-888 (2011). [published as a Frontispiece]