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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/
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
  1. The 1995 JORGE HELLER Journal of Controlled Release/CRS Outstanding Paper Award (1995)
  2. The Uehara Memorial Foundation; Postdoctoral Fellowships (1996)
  3. Award for Encouragement of Research in Materials Science; The Materials Research Society of Japan (2000)
  4. Award for Encouragement of Research in Materials Science; The Materials Research Society of Japan (2001)
  5. Tejima Memorial Award; Tejima Commemorative Foundation (2001)
  6. Konica Minolta Award 2007 for Encouragement of Image Science Konica Minolta Imaging Science Foundation (2007)
  7. 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
  1. Takeoka, Y.
    “Stimuli-Responsive Opals: Colloidal Crystals and Colloidal Amorphous Arrays for Use in Functional Structurally Colored Materials”,
    J. Mater. Chem. C, in press

  2. 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).

  3. Takeoka, Y.
    “Angle-Independent Structural Coloured Amorphous Arrays”,
    J. Mater. Chem., 22, 23299-23309 (2012). [Invited Review, published as a back cover picture]

  4. 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).

  5. 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]

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