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2023

Inducing Motions of Polymers in Liquid Nitrogen with Light
T. Ube, I. Suka, S. Ogikubo, G. Hashimoto, M. Suda, H. M. Yamamoto and T. Ikeda
Adv. Mater., 35, 2306402 (2023). doi:10.1002/adma.202306402 [link]

Shape Programming and Photoactuation of Interpenetrating Polymer Networks Containing Azobenzene Moieties
T. Ube, K. Naito and T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem. C, 11, 8100-8106 (2023). doi:10.1039/d2tc04067k [link]
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2022

Photoinduced Motions of Thermoplastic Polyurethanes Containing Azobenzene Moieties in Main Chains
T. Ube, R. Nakayama and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 55, 413-420 (2022). doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01827 [link]

Sunlight-Driven Smart Windows with Polymer/Liquid Crystal Composites for Autonomous Control of Optical Properties
T. Ube, J. Imai, M. Yoshida, T. Fujisawa, H. Hasebe, H. Takatsu and T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem. C, 10, 12789-12794 (2022). doi:10.1039/d2tc02754b [link]
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2021

Photoalignment in Polysiloxane Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers with Rearrangeable Networks
T. Ube, H. Tsunoda, K. Kawasaki and T. Ikeda
Adv. Opt. Mater., 9, 2100053 (2021). doi:10.1002/adom.202100053 [link]
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2020

Photomechanical Effects in Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Polymers with Photosynergetic Processes
T. Ube and T. Ikeda
In "Photosynergetic Responses in Molecules and Molecular Aggregates", H. Miyasaka, K. Matsuda, J. Abe, T. Kawai, eds., Springer, Chapter 28 (2020).

Cross-Linked Liquid-Crystalline Polymers as Photomobile Materials
T. Ube and T. Ikeda
In "Mechanically Responsive Materials for Soft Robotics", H. Koshima, ed., Wiley, Chapter 8 (2020).
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2019

A UV-Responsive Multifunctional Photoelectric Device Based on Discotic Columner Nanostructures and Molecular Motors
C. Zou, J. Sun, M. Wang, J. Wang, Y. Wu, L. Zhang, Z. Zhu, G. Xiong, L. Jiang, T. Ikeda and H. Yang
Adv. Mater., 31, 1806016 (2019). doi:10.1002/adma.201806016 [link]

Patterning Smectic Liquid Crystals for OFETs at Low Temperature
C. Zou, N. Yanahashi, Y. Wu, J. Wang, C. Zhang, G. Xiong, H. Yang, L. Jiang and T. Ikeda
Adv. Funct. Mater., 29, 1804838 (2019). doi:10.1002/adfm.201804838 [link]

Photomobile Polymer Materials with Complex 3D Deformation, Continuous Motions, Self‐Regulation, and Enhanced Processability
T. Ube and T. Ikeda
Adv. Opt. Mater., 7, 1900380 (2019). doi:10.1002/adom.201900380 [link]

Bio-inspired Liquid Crystal Actuator Materials
YY. Shang, J. Wang, T. Ikeda, and L. Jiang
J. Mater. Chem. C, 7, 3413-3428 (2019). doi:10.1039/c9tc00107g [link]

Development of Novel Network Structures in Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Polymers
T. Ube
Polym. J., 51, 983-988 (2019). doi:10.1038/s41428-019-0224-1 [link]

Remolding of Photoresponsive Polymer Materials by Means of Dynamic Covalent Bonds in a Main Chain
M. Matsushita, K. Kawasaki, T. Ube and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 676, 17-23 (2019). doi:10.1080/15421406.2019.1595482 [link]

Supramolecular Assemblies Composed of Polymer Brushes and Conjugated Molecules for Organic Photovoltaics
R. Nakayama, T. Ube, K. Katayama, M. Haga and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 676, 24-29 (2019). doi:10.1080/15421406.2019.1595484 [link]

Photoinduced Deformation and Isomerization of Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Films at Cryogenic Temperature
S. Ogikubo, G. Hashimoto, T. Ube, M. Suda, H. Yamamoto and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 676, 30-35 (2019). doi:10.1080/15421406.2019.1595490 [link]

光応答性液晶高分子アクチュエーター
宇部 達・池田 富樹
市村國宏監修「光機能性有機・高分子材料における新たな息吹」,シーエムシー出版,第3編第1章 (2019).
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2018

A Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Janus Inverse-Opal Actuator via Gradient Infiltration
D. Zhang, J. Liu, B. Chen, Y. Zhao, J. Wang, T. Ikeda and L. Jiang
ACS Nano., 12, 12149-12158 (2018). doi:10.1021/acsnano.8b05758 [link]

Patterning of Discotic Liquid Crystals with Tunable Molecular Orientation for Electronic Applications
C. Zou, J. Wang, M. Wang, Y. Wu, G. Xiong, H. Yang, L. Jiang and T. Ikeda
Small, 14, 1800557 (2018). doi:10.1002/smll.201800557 [link]

Lyophilic but Nonwettable Organosilane-Polymerized Carbon Dots Inverse Opals with Close-Cell Structure
J. Liu, Z. Xie, Y. Shang, J. Ren, R.-X. Hu, B. Guan, J. Wang, T. Ikeda and L. Jiang
ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces, 10, 6701-6710 (2018). doi:10.1021/acsami.7b17936 [link]

Multi-Functional Organosilane-Polymerized Carbon Dots Inverse Opals
J. Liu, J. Ren, Z. Xie, B. Guan, J. Wang, T. Ikeda and L. Jiang
Nanoscale, 10, 4642-4649 (2018). doi:10.1039/c7nr09387j [link]

Reversible Solvent-Sensitive Actuator with Continuous Bending/Debending Process from Liquid Crystal Elastomer-Colloidal Material
Y. Shang, J. Liu, M. Zhang, W. He, X. Cao, J. Wang, T. Ikeda and L. Jiang
Soft Matter, 14, 5547-5553 (2018). doi:10.1039/c8sm00927a [link]

Hydrogen-Bonded Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers Based on Ruthenium or Iron Complexes for the Selective Extraction of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
S. Oka, H. Ozawa, K. Yoshikawa, T. Ikeda, M. Haga
Dalton Trans., 47, 14195-14203 (2018). doi:10.1039/c8dt01573b [link]

Fabrication of Photomobile Polymer Materials with Phase-Separated Structures of Crosslinked Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Polymer and Poly(dimethylsiloxane)
T. Ube, T. Yoda and T. Ikeda
Liq. Cryst., 45, 2269-2273 (2018). doi:10.1080/02678292.2018.1516822 [link]

Two-Photon Actuation of Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Polymers Utilizing Energy Transfer System
S. Sasaki, T. Ube, K. Katayama, M. Muramatsu, H. Miyasaka and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 662, 53-60 (2018). doi:10.1080/15421406.2018.1466241 [link]

Liquid-Crystalline Elastomer Photoactuator with Photorearrangeable Network Structures
H. Tsunoda, K. Kawasaki, T. Ube and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 662, 61-67 (2018). doi:10.1080/15421406.2018.1466242 [link]

Formation of Ordered Nanostructures in Liquid-Crystalline Block Copolymers with Side-Chain Semiconductor Materials
N. Yanahashi, T. Ube and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 662, 68-74 (2018). doi:10.1080/15421406.2018.1466243 [link]

Control of Network Structures in Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Polymers
T. Ube
EKISHO, 22, 54-59 (2018). [link]

Photoresponsive Polymer Actuators
T. Ube and T. Ikeda
Kagaku Kogyo, 69, 397-402 (2018).
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2017

A Block Copolymer of Crosslinkable Polythiophene and Removable Poly(ethylene oxide) for Preparing Heterostructures of Organic Semiconductors
T. Ube, T. Kosaka, H. Okazaki, K. Nakae and T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem. C, 5, 1414-1419 (2017). doi:10.1039/c6tc04409c [link]

Interpenetrating Polymer Network of Liquid-Crystalline Azobenzene Polymer and Poly(dimethylsiloxane) as Photomobile Materials
T. Ube, K. Minagawa and T. Ikeda
Soft Matter, 13, 5820-5823 (2017). doi:10.1039/c7sm01412k [link]

Control of Structures in Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Polymers with Photomechanical Effects
T. Ube
EKISHO, 21, 355-357 (2018). [link]
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2016

Photomobile Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers with Rearrangeable Networks
T. Ube, K. Kawasaki and T. Ikeda
Adv. Mater., 28, 8212-8217 (2016). doi:10.1002/adma.201602745 [link]

A Historical Overview of Photomechanical Effects in Materials, Composites, and Systems
T. Ube and T. Ikeda
In "Photomechanical Materials, Composites, and Systems: Wireless Transduction of Light into Work", Timothy J. White, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, Chapter 1 (2016).
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2015

Photomobile Materials with Interpenetrating Polymer Network Composed of Liquid-Crystalline and Amorphous Polymers
T. Ube, K. Takado and T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem. C, 3, 8006-8009 (2015). (Front Cover, Hot Paper) doi:10.1039/C5TC01489A [link]

Photomobile Polymer Materials: Photoresponsive Behavior of Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Polymers with Mesomorphic Diarylethenes
J. Mamiya, A. Kuriyama, N. Yokota, M. Yamada and T. Ikeda
Chem. Eur. J., 21, 3174-3177 (2015). doi:10.1002/chem.201406299 [link]

Remoldable Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Polysiloxane with Side Chain Mesogens Based on Exchangeable Crosslinks
K. Kawasaki, T. Ube and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 614, 62-66 (2015). doi:10.1080/15421406.2015.1049910 [link]

Nano Structures of Thin Films of Block Copolymers with Oligothiophene Side Chains
M. Kaneko, N. Takayanagi, T. Ube, M. Haga, T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 617, 58-66 (2015). doi:10.1080/15421406.2015.1075823 [link]

Synthesis of Polythiophene with a Photo-Crosslinkable Side Chain
T. Kosaka, T. Ube, M. Haga, T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 617, 67-72 (2015). doi:10.1080/15421406.2015.1075826 [link]

光で動くプラスチック —高分子光運動材料の最前線
宇部 達,池田 富樹
化学,70 (3), 66-67 (2015).
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2014

A Superelastic Organic Crystal
T. Ikeda and T. Ube
Nature, 511, 300-301 (2014). doi:10.1038/511300a [link]

Photomobile Polymer Materials with Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Structures: Molecular Design, Fabrication and Functions
T. Ube and T. Ikeda
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 53, 10290-10299 (2014). doi:10.1002/anie.201400513 [link]

Enhancement of Mechanical Stability in Hydrogen-bonded Photomobile Materials with Chemically Modified Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes
T. Ozawa, M. Kondo, J. Mamiya and T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2, 2313-2315 (2014). doi:10.1039/C3TC32585G [link]

Depth-selective Microscopic Observation of Photomobile Liquid Crystal Polymer under UV Illumination
K. Katayama, Y. Choi, J. W. Kang, Z. Yaqoob, P. T. C. So, T. Fujii, S. Kuwahara, K. Takado and T. Ikeda
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16, 27074-27077 (2014). doi:10.1039/C4CP04602A [link]

Molecular Dynamics in Azobenzene Liquid Crystal Polymer Films Measured by Time-Resolved Techniques
T. Fujii, S. Kuwahara, K. Katayama, K. Takado, T. Ube and T. Ikeda
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16, 10485-10490 (2014). doi:10.1039/C4CP00457D [link]

Photoinduced Bending Behavior of Crosslinked Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Films with a Poly(oxyethylene) Backbone
J. -A. Lv, W. Wang, J. Xu, T. Ikeda and Y. Yu
Macromol. Rapid Commun., 35, 1266-1272 (2014). doi:10.1002/marc.201400112 [link]

Photomobile Properties of Interpenetrating Polymer Network Films Composed of Azobenzene Liquid Crystalline Polymer and Polymethacrylates
T. Ube, K. Takado and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 594, 86-91 (2014). doi:10.1080/15421406.2014.917479 [link]

Photomobile Polymer Materials with Double Network Structures: Crosslinked Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Polymer/Methacrylate Composites
K. Takado, T. Ube and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 601, 43-48 (2014). doi:10.1080/15421406.2014.940491 [link]

光で形を変える(フォトメカニカル)材料
池田 富樹
光化学協会 光化学の事典編集委員会編「光化学の事典」第5章光機能材料,234-235 (2014).

高分子液晶
宇部 達,池田 富樹
化学便覧 応用化学編 第7版,丸善,IV有機高分子化学品/材料 15章有機化学品9.2,1244-1245 (2014).
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2013

Liquid-Crystalline Nano-optomechanical Actuator
S. Tsoi, J. Zhou, C. Spillmann, J. Naciri, T. Ikeda and B. Ratna
Macromol. Chem. Phys., 214, 734-741 (2013). doi:10.1002/macp.201200581 [link]

光運動材料:ナノからマクロへ
池田 富樹,宇部 達
日本学術振興会情報科学用有機材料第142委員会編「液晶ディスプレイ物語 —50年の液晶開発と未来に託す夢」第2部第3章,456-467 (2013).
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2012

Photomobile Polymer Materials: From Nano to Macro
T. Ikeda, T. Ube
Kogaku (Japanese Journal of Optics),41,71-77 (2012).
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2011

Photomobile Polymer Materials: from Nano to Macro
T. Ikeda and T. Ube
Mater. Today, 14, 480-487 (2011). doi:10.1016/S1369-7021(11)70212-7 [link]

Solvent Induced Amplification of the Photoresponsive Properties of α,ω-Di-[4-Cyanophenyl-4’-(6-Hexyloxy)-Azobenzene]-Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in Aqueous Media
N. Ishii, J. Mamiya, T. Ikeda and F. Winnik
Chem. Commun., 47, 1267-1269 (2011). doi:10.1039/C0CC04009F [link]

Direct Fabrication of Photomobile Polymer Materials with an Adhesive-free Bilayer Structure by Electron-Beam Irradiation
Y. Naka, J. Mamiya, A. Shishido, M. Washio and T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem., 21, 1681-1683 (2011). doi:10.1039/C0JM03901B [link]

Analysis of Photoinduced Change in Properties on Macroscopic Motion of Crosslinked Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Polymers
A. Shimamura, J. Mamiya, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 550, 57-65 (2011). doi:10.1080/15421406.2011.600213 [link]

Synthesis of Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Brushes on Flexible Polymer Films Toward Photomobile Materials
Y. Naka, J. Mamiya, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 547, 142-151 (2011). doi:10.1080/15421406.2011.572809 [link]
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2010

Three-Dimensional Photomobility of Crosslinked Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Fibers
T. Yoshino, M. Kondo, J. Mamiya, M. Kinoshita, Y. Yu and T. Ikeda
Adv. Mater., 22, 1361-1363(2010).

Effect of Concentration of Photoactive Chromophores on Photomechanical Properties of Crosslinked Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Polymers
M. Kondo, M. Sugimoto, M. Yamada, Y. Naka, J. Mamiya, M. Kinoshita, A. Shishido, Y.Yu and T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem., 20, 117-122 (2010).

Photoresponsive Behavior of Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Films with a Different Content of an Azobenzene Moiety
A. Shimamura, T. Hiraoka, M. Kondo, S. Kubo, J. Mamiya, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 529, 53-59 (2010).

Synthesis and Association Behavior of Telechelic Poly(N-isopropylacrylamides) with Azobenzene End Groups
N. Ishii, R. Obeid, X. Qiu, J. Mamiya, T. Ikeda and F. Winnik
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 529, 60-70 (2010).

Preparation of Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Polymers by Electron-Beam Irradiation and Their Photoinduced Bending Behavior
Y. Naka, J. Mamiya, A. Shishido, M. Washio and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 529, 71-79 (2010).
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2009

Photomobile Polymer Materials — Various Three-Dimensional Movements (Cover page)
M. Yamada, M. Kondo, R. Miyasato, Y. Naka, J. Mamiya, M. Kinoshita, A. Shishido, Y. Yu, C. J. Barrett and T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem., 19, 60-62 (2009).

Can Sunlight Drive the Photoinduced Bending of Polymer Films?
R. Yin, W. Xu, M. Kondo, C.-C. Yen, J. Mamiya, T. Ikeda and Y. Yu
J. Mater. Chem., 19, 3141-3143 (2009).

Photomechanical Properties of Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers
M. Kondo, R. Miyasato, Y. Naka, J. Mamiya, M. Kinoshita, Y. Yu, C. J. Barrett, and T. Ikeda
Liq. Cryst., 36, 1289-1293 (2009).

Photoalignment and Holographic Properties of Azobenzene-Containing Block Copolymers with Oxyethylene and Alkyl Spacers
Y. Naka, H. Yu, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 513, 131-141 (2009).

Phosphorescent PLEDs Using Donor-Acceptor Liquid-Crystalline Polymers Containing Oxadiazole and Carbazole
Y. Nam, Y. Matsuura, M. Kinoshita and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 513, 142-152 (2009).

Polarized Emission from Donor-Acceptor Liquid-Crystalline Polymers Containing Oxadiazole and Carbazole Moieties
Y. Matsuura, Y. Nam, M. Kinoshita and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 511, 153- 162 (2009).

Fabarication of a Liquid Crystal Microlens Array Film with Oligothiophene-Doped Polymerizable Liquid Crystals
M. Kinoshita, T. Kobayashi, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 511, 1768-1788 (2009).

Effect of Recording Time on Grating Formation and Enhancement in an Amphiphilic Diblock Liquid-Crystalline Copolymer
H. Yu, Y. Naka, A. Shishido, T. Iyoda and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 498, 29-39 (2009).

Photoresponsive Behavior of Laminated Films Composed of a Flexible Plastic Sheet and a Crosslinked Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Layer with Different Initial Alignment of Mesogens
M. Yamada, M. Kondo, R. Miyasato, J. Mamiya, M. Kinoshita, Y. Yu, C. J. Barrett and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 498, 65-73 (2009).

Photoresponsive and Holographic Behavior of an Azobenzene-Containing Block Copolymer and a Random copolymer
Y. Naka, H. Yu, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 498, 118-130 (2009).

Photomobile Polymer Materials
J. Mamiya, M. Yamada, Y. Naka, M. Kondo, and T. Ikeda
Kobunshi Ronbunshu, 66, 79-87 (2009).

Smart Light-Responsive Materials -Azobenzene-Containing Polymers and Liquid Crystals-
Yue Zhao and Tomiki Ikeda, Eds.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, 2009
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2008

Photomobile Polymer Materials - Towards Light-Driven Plastic Motors
M. Yamada, M. Kondo, J. Mamiya, Y. Yu, M. Kinoshita, C. J. Barrett and T. Ikeda
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 47, 4986-4988 (2008).

Is Chemical Crosslinking Necessary for the Photoinduced Bending of Polymer Films?
J. Mamiya, A. Yoshitake, M. Kondo, Y. Yu and T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem., 18, 63-65 (2008).

Subwavelength Modulation of Surface Relief and Refractive Index in Pre-Irradiated Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Films
H. Yu, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Appl. Phys. Lett., 92, 103117/1-103117/3 (2008).

Well-Defined Liquid-Crystalline Diblock Copolymers with an Azobenzene Moiety: Synthesis, Photoinduced Alignment and their Holographic Properties
H. Yu, Y. Naka, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 41, 7959-7966 (2008).

Controlled Homeotropic and Homogeneous Orientations for Nanoscale Phase Separated Domain of Light Emitting Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Bearing a 2,5-Diarylthiazole Moiety
A. Mori, J. Shikuma, M. Kinoshita, T. Ikeda, M. Misaki, Y. Ueda, M. Komura, S. Asaoka and T. Iyoda
Chem. Lett., 37, 272-273 (2008).
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2007

Photomechanical Effects of Ferroelectric Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers Containing Azobenzene Chromophores
Y. Yu, T. Maeda, J. Mamiya and T. Ikeda
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 46, 881-883 (2007).

Photomechanics of Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers and Other Polymers (Review article)
T. Ikeda, J. Mamiya and Y. Yu
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 46, 506-528 (2007).

Direct Fabrication of Microlens Arrays with Polarization Selectivity
M. Yaegashi, M. Kinoshita, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Adv. Mater., 19, 801-804 (2007).

Stable Macroscopic Nanocylinder Arrays in an Amphiphilic Diblock Liquid-Crystalline Copolymer with Successive Hydrogen Bonds(Cover page)
H. Yu, A. Shishido, J. Li, K. Kamata, T. Iyoda and T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem., 17, 3485-3488 (2007).

Photoinduced Nanoscale Cooperative Motion in a Novel Well-Defined Triblock Copolymer
H. Yu, S. Asaoka, A. Shishido, T. Iyoda and T. Ikeda
Small, 3, 768-771 (2007).

Photo-Mechanical Effects in Azobenzene-Containing Soft Materials
C. J. Barrett, J. Mamiya, K. G. Yager and T. Ikeda
Soft Matter, 3, 1249-1261 (2007). (Inner Cover page)

Formation of Bragg Gratings with Large Angular Multiplicity by Means of Photoinduced Reorientation of Azobenzene Copolymers (Cover page)
A. Saishoji, D. Sato, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Langmuir, 23, 320-326 (2007).

Bragg-type Polarization Gratings Formed in Thick Polymer Films Containing Azobenzene and Tolane Moieties
M. Ishiguro, D. Sato, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Langmuir, 23, 332-338 (2007).

Synthesis and Properties of Photo-Cross-Linkable Hyperbranched Poly(urethane)s Containing Both Terminal Methacryloyl Groups and Carboxyl Groups.
K. Maruyama, H. Kudo, T. Ikehara, T. Nishikubo, I. Nishimura, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 40, 4895-4900 (2007).

Homo- and Copolymerization of Norbornene Derivatives with Ethene by ansa-Fluorenylamidodimethyltitanium Activated with Methylaluminoxane
T. Hasan, T. Ikeda and T. Shiono
J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 45, 4581-4587 (2007).

Novel Wormlike Nanostructure Self-Assembled in a Well-Defined Liquid-Crystalline Diblock Copolymer with Azobenzene Moieties (Cover page; Most accessed article in 04/2007)
H. Yu, A. Shishido, T. Iyoda and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Rapid Commun., 28, 927-931 (2007).

Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Polymer for Optical Switching of Grating Waveguide Couplers with a Flat Surface
C. -U. Bang, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Rapid Commun., 28, 1040-1044 (2007).

Photoluminescent and Liquid-Crystalline Properties of Donor-Acceptor-Type 2,5-Diarylthiazoles
J. Shikuma, A. Mori, K. Masui, R. Matsuura, A. Sekiguchi, H. Ikegami, M. Kawamoto and T. Ikeda
Chem. Asian J., 2, 301-305 (2007).

Circular Arrangement of Mesogens Induced in Bragg-type Polarization Holograms of Thick Azobenzene Copolymer Films with a Tolane Moiety
A. Shishido, M. Ishiguro and T. Ikeda
Chem. Lett., 36, 1146-1147 (2007).

Photoinduced Alignment and Multiprocesses of Refractive-Index Gratings in Pre-Irradiated Films of an Azobenzene-Containing Liquid-Crystalline Polymer
H. Yu, A. Shishido, T. Iyoda and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 470, 71-81 (2007).

Preparation and Characterization of Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Films with a Long Spacer
J. Xu, W. Wang, R. Yin, Y. Yu and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 470, 83-91 (2007).

Preparation and Photoresponsive Behavior of Plastic Films Coated with Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Layers
M. Yamada, R. Okutsu, J. Mamiya, M. Kinoshita, Y. Yu and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 470, 93-100 (2007).

Photoinduced Deformation Behavior of Crosslinked Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Films with Unimorph and Bimorph Structure
M. Kondo, Y. Yu, J. Mamiya, M. Kinoshita and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 478, 245-257 (2007).

Synthesis and Photoresponsive Behavior of a Liquid-Crystalline Polymer with a 4-Ring Azotolane Moiety with Huge Birefringence
K. Okano, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst.,478, 259-269 (2007).

Control of Regular Nanostructures Self-Assembled in an Amphiphilic Diblock Liquid-Crystalline Copolymer
H. Yu, J. Li, A. Shishido, T. Iyoda and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 478, 271-281 (2007).

Preparation and Characterization of Crosslinked Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Fibers T. Yoshino, J. Mamiya, M. Kinoshita, Y. Yu and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 478, 989-999 (2007).

High-Performance Rewritable Bragg Hologram with High Multiplicities
A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Proc. SPIE, 6587, 658701 (2007).
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2006

Macro- and Micro- Soft Actuators Based on Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers (Highlight article)
Y. Yu and T. Ikeda
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 45, 5416-5418 (2006).

How Does the Initial Alignment of Mesogens Affect the Photoinduced Bending Behavior of the Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers? (Frontispiece page)
M. Kondo, Y. Yu and T. Ikeda
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 45, 1378-1382 (2006).

Macroscopic Parallel Nanocylinder Array Fabrication Using a Simple Rubbing Technique (Inner Cover page)
H. Yu, J. Li, T. Ikeda and T. Iyoda
Adv. Mater., 18, 2213-2215 (2006).

An Azotolane Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Exhibiting Extremely Large Birefringence and Its Photoresponsive Behavior
K. Okano, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Adv. Mater., 18, 523-527 (2006).

Azotolane Liquid-Crystalline Polymers: Huge Change in Birefringence by Photoinduced Alignment Change
K. Okano, O. Tsutsumi, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128,15368-15369 (2006).

Photoinduced Alignment of Nanocylinders by Supramolecular Cooperative Motions
H. Yu, T. Iyoda and T. Ikeda
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 11010-11011 (2006).

White Emission from Liquid-Crystalline Copolymers Containing Oxadiazole Moieties in the Side Chain
M. Kawamoto, T. Tsukamoto, M. Kinoshita and T. Ikeda
Appl. Phys. Lett., 89, 121920/1-121920/3 (2006).

Photochemical Phase Transition Behavior of Highly Birefringent Azo-Tolane Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Films: Effects of the Position of the Tolane Group and the Donor-Acceptor Substituent in the Mesogen
K. Okano, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 39, 145-152 (2006).

One- and Two-Photon Induced Phase Transition Behavior of Nematic Liquid Crystals Containing Bis-Styryl Benzene as a Photoresponsive Chromophore
O. Tsutsumi, A. Ohashi, T. Ikeda, S. R. Marder and J. W. Perry
Thin Solid Films, 509 (1-2), 118-122 (2006).

Emission Behavior of Electroluminescent Device Using a Liquid Crystal and an Electrolyte
H. Mochizuki and T. Ikeda
Thin Solid Films, 499 (1-2), 147-152 (2006).

Surface Relief Grating Couplers Using Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Film
C. -U. Bang, H. Kurihara, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 458, 149-159 (2006).

A Simple Formulation for Rewritable Bragg Holograms with Angle and Polarization Multiplicity
T. Ikeda and A. Shishido
Proc. SPIE, 6332, 63320S/1-63320S/5 (2006).
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2005

Enhancement of Surface-Relief Gratings Recorded on Amphiphilic Liquid-Crystalline Diblock Copolymer by Nano-Scaled Phase Separation
H. F. Yu, K. Okano, A. Shishido, T. Ikeda, K. Kamata, M. Komura and T. Iyoda
Adv. Mater., 17, 2184-2188 (2005).

Effect of Ester Moieties in Dye Structures on Photoinduced Reorientation of Dye-Doped Liquid Crystals
M. Yaegashi, A. Shishido, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Chem. Mater., 17, 4304-4309 (2005).

Highly Birefringent Liquid-Crystalline Polymers for Photonic Applications: Synthesis of Liquid-Crystalline Polymers with Side-Chain Azo-Tolane Mesogens and Their Holographic Properties.
K. Okano, A. Shishido, O. Tsutsumi, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem., 15, 3395-3401 (2005).

Charge Carrier Transport Properties in Polymer Liquid Crystals Containing Oxadiazole and Amine Moieties in the Same Side Chain
M. Kawamoto, H. Mochizuki, T. Ikeda, H. Iino and J. Hanna
J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 9226-9230 (2005).

Random Copolymerization of Propene and Norbornene with ansa-Fluorenylamidodimethyltitanium-MAO Catalyst
T. Hasan, T. Ikeda and T. Shiono
Macromolecules, 38, 1071-1074 (2005).

Novel Amphiphilic Diblock and Triblock Liquid-Crystalline Copolymers with Well-Defined Structures Prepared by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization(Cover page)
H. Yu, A. Shishido, T. Ikeda and T. Iyoda
Macromol. Rapid Commun., 26, 1594-1598 (2005).

Evaluation of Photoinduced Change in Refractive Index of a Polymer Film Doped with an Azobenzene Liquid Crystal by Means of a Prism Coupling Method
H. Kurihara, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
J. Appl. Phys., 98, 083510/1-083510/5 (2005).

Photodeformable Polymers: A New kind of Promising Smart Material for Micro- and Nano-Applications (Highlight article)
Y. Yu and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Chem. Phys., 206, 1705-1708 (2005).

Precisely Direction-Controllable Bending of Cross-Linked Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Films by Light
Y. Yu, M. Nakano, T. Maeda, M. Kondo and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 436, 1235-1244 (2005).

Preparation and Characterization of Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Elastomer Films with Homeotropic Alignment
M. Kondo, Y. Yu, M. Nakano, T. Maeda, A. Shishido, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 441, 297-305 (2005).

Photoinduced Change in Birefringence and Optical Switching at Near-Infrared Region Based on Photochemical Phase Transition of Azobenzene Liquid Crystals
H. Kurihara, A. Shishido, O. Tsutsumi, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 441, 173-184 (2005).

Synthesis and Properties of Highly Birefringent Azo-Tolane Liquid-Crystalline Polymers: Effect of the Position of the Tolane Moiety in the Side Chain
K. Okano, A. Shishido, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 441, 275-285 (2005).

Novel Liquid-Crystalline Phenylene-Thienylene Co-Oligomers for Photoinduced Reorientation of Liquid Crystals
M. Yaegashi, A. Shishido, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 441, 201-210 (2005).

Photoinduced Alignment Behavior of Poly(alkyl methacrylates) Containing Azobenzene Moiety in the Side Chain
H.-B. Cha, A. Shishido, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 443, 201-209 (2005).

Synthesis and Electroluminescent Properties of Liquid-Crystalline Polymers Containing Oxazole and Carbazole Moieties in the Same Side Chain
Y.-M. Nam, M. Kawamoto, M. Kinoshita, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 443, 95-104 (2005).

Effect of Intensity of Actinic Light and Temperature on Photochemical Phase Transition of Azobenzene Liquid Crystals Probed by a Near-Infrared Laser Beam
H. Kurihara, A. Shishido, O. Tsutsumi, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 443, 229-238 (2005).

Photoresponsive Behavior and Photochemical Phase Transition of Amphiphilic Diblock Liquid-Crystalline Copolymer
H. Yu, K. Okano, A. Shishido, T. Ikeda, K. Watanabe and T. Iyoda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 443, 191-199 (2005).
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2004

Optically Switchable Bragg Reflectors
A. Urbas, J. Klosterman, V. Tondiglia, L. Natarajan, R. Sutherland, O. Tsutsumi, T. Ikeda and T. Bunning
Adv. Mater., 16, 1453-1456 (2004).

Alignment Modulation of Azobenzene-Containing Liquid Crystal Systems by Photochemical Reactions
Y. Yu and T. Ikeda
J. Photochem. Photobio. C: Photochem. Rev., 5, 247-265 (2004).

Effect of Cross-Linking Density on Photoinduced Bending Behavior of Oriented Liquid-Crystalline Network Films Containing Azobenzene
Y. Yu, M. Nakano, A. Shishido, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Chem. Mater., 16, 1637-1643 (2004).

Syntheses and Properties of Donor-Acceptor-Type 2,5-Diarylthiophene and 2,5-Diarylthiazole
K. Masui, A. Mori, K. Okano, K. Takamura, M. Kinoshita and T. Ikeda
Org. Lett., 6, 2011-2014 (2004).

Synthesis and Investigation of Photophysical and Photochemical Properties of New Side-Group Liquid Crystalline Polymers Containing Coumarin Moieties
Y. Tian, E. Akiyama, Y. Nagase, A. Kanazawa, O. Tsutsumi and T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem., 14, 3524-3531 (2004).

Highly Efficient Ti-based Catalyst Systems for Vinyl Addition Polymerization of Norbornene
T. Hasan, T. Ikeda and T. Shiono
Macromolecules, 37, 7432-7436 (2004).

Ethene-Norbornene Copolymer with High Norbornene Content Produced by ansa-Fluorenylamidodimethyltitanium Complex Using a Suitable Activator
T. Hasan, T. Ikeda and T. Shiono
Macromolecules, 37, 8503-8509 (2004).

A Novel Synthetic Procedure for Stereoblock Polypropylene with a Living Polymerization System
K. Nishii, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Rapid Commun., 25, 1029-1032 (2004).

Effect of Solvents on Living Polymerization of Propylene with [t-BuNSiMe2Flu]TiMe2-MMAO Catalysis System
K. Nishii, T. Matsumae, E. O. Dare, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Chem. Phys., 205, 363-370 (2004).

Supporting Effects of Methylaluminoxane on the Living Polymerization of Propylene with a Chelating (Diamide)dimethyltitanium Complex
H. Hagimoto, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Chem. Phys., 205, 19-26 (2004).

Photoinduced Bending and Unbending Behavior of Liquid-Crystalline Gels and Elastomers
Y. Yu, M. Nakano and T. Ikeda
Pure Appl. Chem., 76, 1467-1477 (2004).

Living Random Copolymerization of Ethene and Norbornene Using ansa-Fluorenylamidodimethyltitanium Complex
T. Hasan, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Symp., 213, 123-129 (2004).

Effect of Aluminoxanes on Kinetic Feature of 1-Hexene Polymerization with ansa-(Fluorenylamido)dimetnyltitanium
T. Shiono, T. Matsumae, K. Nishii and T. Ikeda
Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on "Heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta Polymerization", M. Terano ed., Sankeisha Co. Ltd., p.65-70 (2004).

Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers with Photomechanical Properties
Y. Yu, M. Nakano and T. Ikeda
Proc. SPIE, 5518, 1-10 (2004).

Photoinduced Reorientation of Liquid Crystals Doped with Thiophene Having Ester Moieties
M. Yaegashi, A. Shishido, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Trans. Mater. Res. Soc. Jpn., 29, 955-958 (2004).

Preparation of Monodispersed Polymer Particles Containing Azobenzene Moieties
A. Shishido, E. Miyamoto and T. Ikeda
Trans. Mater. Res. Soc. Jpn., 29, 903-905 (2004).
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2003

Directed Bending of A Polymer Film by Light (Nature Top Ten, No. 2)
Y. Yu, M. Nakano and T. Ikeda
Nature, 425, 145 (2003).

Anisotropic Bending and Unbending Behavior of Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Gels by Light (Inner Cover page)
T. Ikeda, M. Nakano, Y. Yu, O. Tsutsumi and A. Kanazawa
Adv. Mater., 15, 201-205 (2003).

Facile Synthesis of 2,5-Diarylthiazoles via Palladium-Catalyzed Tandem C-H Substitutions. Design of Tunable Light Emission and Liquid Crystalline Characteristics
A. Mori, A. Sekiguchi, K. Masui, T. Shimada, M. Horie, K. Osakada, M. Kawamoto and T. Ikeda
J. Am. Chem. Soc.,125, 1700-1701 (2003).

Photomodulation of Liquid Crystal Orientations for Photonic Applications (Review article)
T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem., 13, 2037-2057 (2003).

Photo-Induced Alignment of Liquid Crystals on Polyimide Parallel to Polarization of Linearly Polarized Light
C. Xu, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda, Y. Wang and Y. Takeuchi
J. Mater. Chem., 13, 669-671 (2003).

A Liquid Crystalline Polyketone Prepared from Allene Having an Azobenzene Substituent and Carbon Monoxide
Y. Takenaka, K. Osakada, M. Nakano and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 36, 1414-1416 (2003).

Polymerization of 1,3-Butadiene by Cobalt Dichloride Activated with Various Aluminoxanes D. C. Nath, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Appl. Catal. A, 238, 193-199 (2003).

Polarized Emission from Self-Organized Low-Molecular-Weight Liquid Crystals with the Aid of Hole-Injecting Materials
M. Kawamoto, H. Mochizuki, T. Ikeda, B. Lee and Y. Shirota
J. Appl. Phys., 94, 6442-6446 (2003).

Functional Materials and Electro-Optic Properties for Polymer Stabilized Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal
J. H. Song, L. S. Park, E. T. Seon, Y. B. Kim and T. Ikeda
Synth. Met., 137, 1411-1412 (2003).

Highly Efficient Holographic Materials Based on Polymer Liquid Crystals
K. Okano, A. Shishido, O. Tsutsumi, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys., 12, 1-8 (2003).

Photochemical Modulation of Alignment of Liquid Crystals and Photonic Applications
O. Tsutsumi and T. Ikeda
Cur. Opin. Solid State & Mater., 6, 563-568 (2003).

Holographic Image Storage in Polymer Azobenzene Liquid Crystals
T. Ikeda, S. Yoneyama, T. Yamamoto and M. Hasegawa
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 400, 149-159 (2003).

Photoresponsive Behavior of Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Gels
M. Nakano, Y. Yu, A. Shishido, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 398, 1-9 (2003).
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2002

Dynamics of Photochemical Phase Transition of Guest/Host Liquid Crystals with an Azobenzene Derivative as a Photosensitive Chromophore
J.-H. Sung, S. Hirano, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Chem. Mater., 14, 385-391 (2002).

A Rodlike Organogelator: Fibrous Aggregation of Azobenzene Derivatives with a syn-Chiral Carbonate Moiety
J. Mamiya, K. Kanie, T. Hiyama, T. Ikeda and T. Kato
Chem. Commun., 1870-1871 (2002).

Living Polymerization of Norbornene via Vinyl Addition with ansa-Fluorenylamidodimethyltitanium Complex
T. Hasan, K. Nishii, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 35, 8933-8935 (2002).

High-Performance Material for Holographic Gratings by Means of a Photoresponsive Polymer Liquid Crystal Containing a Tolane Moiety with High Birefringence
S. Yoneyama, T. Yamamoto, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 35, 8751-8758 (2002).

Propene Polymerization with Stereospecific Metallocene-[Ph3C][B(C6F5)4] Using w-Alkenylaluminum as an Alkylation Reagent and as a Functional Comonomer
Y. G. Nam, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 35, 6760-6762 (2002).

Living Polymerization of Propene with a Chelating (Diamide)dimethyltitanium Using Silica-Supported Methylaluminoxane
H. Hagimoto, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 35, 5744-5745 (2002).

Copolymerization of 1,3-Butadiene and Isoprene with Cobalt Dichloride/Methylaluminoxane in the Presence of Triphenylphosphine
D. C. Nath, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. Ed., 40, 3086-3092 (2002).

Living Polymerization of Propene with a Chelating Diamide Complex of Titanium Using Dried Methylaluminoxane
H. Hagimoto, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Rapid Commun., 23, 73-76 (2002).

Supporting Effect of Methylaluminoxane with Monocylcopentadienylalkyltitanium Derivatives on Propene Polymerization
A. Ioku, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Appl. Catal. A: General, 226, 15-22 (2002).

Photoinduced Reorientation and Thermal Effects in an Oligothiophene-doped Liquid Crystal System
H. Zhang, S. Shiino, A. Kanazawa, O. Tsutsumi, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
J. Appl. Phys., 91, 5558-5563 (2002).

Control of Regiospecificity in Propene Polymerization with SiO2-Supported Cp*TiMe3 Catalysts
A. Ioku, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
J. Macromol. Sci., Pure Appl. Chem., A39, 397-404 (2002).

Effect of Halogen Ligands on 1,3-Butadiene Polymerization with Cobalt Dihalides and Methylaluminoxane
D. C. Nath, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Chem. Phys., 203, 1171-1177 (2002).

Effect of Cocatalyst on Propene Polymerization with [t-BuNSiMe2(C5Me4)]TiMe2
A. Ioku, T. Hasan, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Chem. Phys., 203, 748-755 (2002).

cis-Specific Living Polymerization of 1,3-Butadiene with CoCl2 and Methylaluminoxane
D. C. Nath, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Chem. Phys., 203, 756-760 (2002).

X-ray Measurements of an Oligothiophene Containing Acetylene Linkage
H. Zhang, S. Shiino, A. Kanazawa, O. Tsutsumi, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and Y. Nagase
Synth. Met., 126, 11-18 (2002).

Chemospecificity in Arylations of d- and g-Hemospecificity in Arylations of d- and g-Ketocarboxylic Acids with P2O5-MsOH, TfOH, and Related Acidic Media
N. Yonezawa, M. Koike, A. Kameda, S. Naito, T. Hino, K. Maeyama and T. Ikeda
Synth. Commun., 32, 3169-3180 (2002).

Living Nature of Propene Polymerization with ansa-(Cyclopentadienylamido)dimethyltitanium Derivatives Using MAO as Cocatalyst
T. Shiono, M. T. Hasan, A. Ioku, K. Nishii and T. Ikeda
"Future Technologies for Polyolefin and Olefin Polymerization Catalysis", M. Terano and T. Shiono ed., Technology and Education Publishers, Tokyo, 280-285 (2002).

Propene Polymerization with Silica-supported (h5-Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)trimethyltitanium Catalyst
A. Ioku, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
"Future Technologies for Polyolefin and Olefin Polymerization Catalysis", M. Terano and T. Shiono ed., Technology and Education Publishers, Tokyo, p.333-338 (2002).

Functionalization of Isotactic Polypropene Using 1,2,4-Trivinylcyclohexane as a Comonomer
Y. G. Nam, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
"Future Technologies for Polyolefin and Olefin Polymerization Catalysis", M. Terano and T. Shiono ed., Technology and Education Publishers, Tokyo, p.339-344 (2002).

Refractive-Index Modulation by Means of Photosensitive Liquid Crystals
T. Ikeda, S. Yoneyama, T. Yamamoto and M. Hasegawa
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 375, 45-60 (2002).

Propagation Mechanism for Living Polymerization of Olefins Using [h1: h3-tert-butyl(dimethylfluorenylsilyl)amido]dimethyl-titanium-based catalyst
K. Nishii, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Kobunshi Ronbunshu, 59, 371-376 (2002). (Japanese)
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2001

Novel Cross-Linked Organic Materials with Pronounced Spontaneous Polarization Based on Bis-Dipolar Molecules.
C.-D. Keum, A. Kanazawa and T. Ikeda
Adv. Mater., 13, 321-323 (2001).

Supramolecular Polar Thin Films Built by Surfactant Liquid Crystals: Polarization-Tunable Multilayer Self-Assemblies with In-Plane Ferroelectric Ordering of Ion-Based Dipoles
A. Kanazawa, T. Ikeda and J. Abe
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 1748-1754 (2001).

Distinct Thermodynamic Behaviour of A Mesomorphic Gold Nanoparticle Covered With A Liquid-Crystalline Compound
N. Kanayama, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa and T. Ikeda
Chem. Commun., 2640-2641 (2001).

Formation of Intensity Grating in a Polymer Liquid Crystals with a Side-Chain Azobenzene Moiety by Photoinduced Alignment Change of Mesogens
S. Yoneyama, T. Yamamoto, M. Hasegawa, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem., 11, 3008-3013 (2001).

Phase-Type Gratings Formed by Photochemical Phase Transition of Polymer Azobenzene Liquid Crystals: 2. Rapid Switching of Diffraction Beams in Thin Films
T. Yamamoto, A. Ohashi, S. Yoneyama, M. Hasegawa, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
J. Phys. Chem. B, 105, 2308-2331 (2001).

Copolymerization of Propene and 1,2,4-Trivinylcyclohexane by a MgCl2-Supported TiCl4 Catalyst
Y.-G. Nam, S. Murayama, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 34, 6533-6535 (2001).

Syndiospecific Living Polymerization of Propene with [t-BuNSiMe2Flu]TiMe2 Using MAO as Cocatalyst
T. Hasan, A. Ioku, K. Nishii, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 34, 3142-3145 (2001).

Optical Switching and Optical Storage Using a Photochromic Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal
L. Komitov, O. Tsutsumi, C. Ruslim, T. Ikeda, K. Ichimura and K. Yoshino
J. Appl. Phys., 89, 7745-7749 (2001).

Application of Photosensitive Polyimides as Alignment Layer to Optical Switching Devices of Nematic Liquid Crystal
G.-H. Kim, S. Enomoto, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and L.-S. Park
Liq. Cryst., 28, 271-277 (2001).

Thermal Stability of Alignment of a Nematic Liquid Crystal Induced by Polyimide Exposed to Linearly Polarized Light
Y. Wang, C. Xu, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda, Y. Matsuki and Y. Takeuchi
Liq. Cryst., 28, 473-475 (2001).

Ethyl Cellulose Layers as Alignment for Liquid Crystals
L. Yan, Q. Zhu and T. Ikeda
J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 82, 2770-2774 (2001).

Rapid Photochemical Control of Phase Structure of Polymer Liquid Crystals with Hydroxyazobenzene as a Photosensitive Chromophore
O. Tsutsumi and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 368, 411-422 (2001).

Photoinduced Reorientation of Liquid Crystals Doped with a Mesogenic Oligothiophene
H. Zhang, S. Shiino, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 368, 369-376 (2001).

Formation of Grating by Means of Photoinduced Alignment Change of Polymer Liquid Crystals with Azobenzene Moieties
S. Yoneyama, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 368, 335-343 (2001).

Spontaneous Formation of Two-dimensional Self-assembled Polar Atomic Layers with Ferroelectric Ordering of Ion Pairs in Liquid- Crystalline Surfactant Complexes
A. Kanazawa and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 366, 473-482 (2001).

Electroluminescent Behavior of Oxadiazole Derivatives in Liquid-crystalline Media
H. Mochizuki, T. Hasui, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda, C. Adachi, Y. Taniguchi and Y. Shirota
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 365, 1085-1094 (2001).

Photochemical Modulation of Refractive Index by Means of Photosensitive Liquid Crystals
T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 364, 187-197 (2001).

Liquid Crystal Photonics: Opto-photochemical Effects in Photoresponsive Liquid Crystals
T. Ikeda and A. Kanazawa
In "Molecular Switches", B. L. Feringa, ed., Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, Chapter 12, p363-398 (2001).

Holographic Grating by Means of Polymer Liquid Crystals
T. Ikeda, S. Yoneyama, T. Yamamoto and M. Hasegawa
J. Inform. Disp., 2, 6-12 (2001).

Copolymerization of ethene and 1,3-butadiene over a SiO2-supported CpTiCl3 catalyst
T. Shiono, O. Yoshino and T. Ikeda
In "Micro-Kinetics and Dynamics of Individual Active Sites in Catalytic Reactions", T. Sano, T. Uozumi, H. Nakatani M. Terano and N. Otsuka ed., Technology and Education Publishers, Tokyo, p131-137 (2001).
Liquid Crystal Photonics: Opto-photochemical Effects in Photoresponsive Liquid Crystals
T. Ikeda and A. Kanazawa
Molecular Switches (Chapter 12), B. L. Feringa, ed., Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 363-398 (2001).
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2000

Polar Thin Films Produced by Phosphonium Liquid Crystals: Two-Dimensional Self-Assembled Ionic Layers with Spontaneous Polarization
A. Kanazawa, T. Ikeda and J. Abe
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 39, 612-615 (2000).

A Thiophene Liquid Crystal as a Novel p-Conjugated Dye for Photo-Manipulation of Molecular Alignment
H. Zhang, S. Shiino, A. Shishido, A. Kanazawa, O. Tsutsumi,T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Adv. Mater., 12, 1336-1339 (2000).

A Novel Class of Ionic Metallomesogens without Organic Ligands: Thermotropic Liquid-Crystalline Behavior of Tetrachlorometalate Salts and Distinct Polymorphic Transition in Smectic A Phases
A. Kanazawa, T. Ikeda and Y. Nagase
Chem. Mater., 12, 3776-3782 (2000) .

Novel Liquid-Crystalline and Amorphous Materials Containing Oxadiazole and Amine Moieties for Electroluminescent Devices
H. Mochizuki, T. Hasui, M. Kawamoto, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda, C. Adachi, Y. Taniguchi and Y. Shirota
Chem. Commun., 1923-1924 (2000).

Holographic Gratings and Holographic Image Storage by Photochemical Phase Transition of Polymer Azobenzene Liquid-Crystal Films
T. Yamamoto, M. Hasegawa, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem., 10, 337-342 (2000).

Photochemical Modulation of Color and Transmittance in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals Containing an Azobenzene as a Photosensitive Chromophore
H.-K. Lee, K. Doi, H. Harada, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
J. Phys. Chem. B, 104, 7023-7028 (2000).

Emission Behavior of Molecularly-Doped Electroluminescent Device Using Liquid-Crystalline Matrix
H. Mochizuki, T. Hasui, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda, C. Adachi, Y. Taniguchi and Y. Shirota
Appl. Phys. Lett., 77, 1587-1589 (2000).

Specific and Chemoselective Multi-a-Arylation Reaction of Benzoylformic Acid with/without Decarbonylation in P2O5-MsOH and Related Acidic Media
N. Yonezawa, T. Hino, M. Shimizu, K. Matsuda, T. Matsuki, D. Narushima, M. Kobayashi and T. Ikeda
J. Org. Chem., 65, 941-944 (2000).

Synthesis and Oxidative Degradation of Poly(ethene-ran-1,3- butadiene)
T. Shiono, O. Yoshino and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Rapid Commun., 21, 1297-1301 (2000).

Liquid crystalline coumarin polymers, I: Synthesis and properties of side-group liquid crystalline polymers with coumarin moieties
Y.Q. Tian, E. Akiyama, Y. Nagase, A. Kanazawa, O. Tsutsumi and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Chem. Phys., 201, 1640-1652 (2000).

Copolymerization of Ethylene and Styrence with a MgCl2-Supported CpTiCl3 Catalyst K.K. Kang, J.K. Oh, Y.-T. Jeong, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Chem. Phys., 201, 846-850 (2000).

Light-Scattering-Mode Optical Switching and Image Storage in Polymer/Liquid Crystal Composite Films by Means of Photochemical Phase Transition
H.-K. Lee, K. Doi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda, T. Fujisawa, M. Aizawa and B. Lee
Polymer, 41, 1757-1763 (2000).

Holographic Gratings in the Optically Isotropic State of Polymer Azobenzene Liquid-Crystal Films
T. Yamamoto, S. Yoneyama, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
J. Appl. Phys., 88, 2215-2220 (2000).

Specific and Chemoselective Multi-a-Arylation Reaction of Benzoylformic Acid with/without Decarbonylation in P2O5-MsOH and Related Acidic Media
N. Yonezawa, T. Hino, M. Shimizu, K. Matsuda, T. Matsuki, D. Narushima, M. Kobayashi and T. Ikeda
J. Org. Chem., 65, 941-944 (2000).

Light-Scattering-Mode Optical Switching and Image Storage in Polymer/Liquid Crystal Composite Films by Means of Photochemical Phase Transition
H.-K. Lee, K. Doi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda, T. Fujisawa, M. Aizawa and B. Lee Polymer, 41, 1757-1763 (2000).

Photoinduced Alignment of Polymer Liquid Crystals Containing Azobenzene Moieties in the Side Chain. 7. On Irradiation by a He-Ne Laser Beam
Y. Wu, J. Mamiya, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Liq. Cryst., 27, 749-753 (2000).

Optical Switching and Alignment of Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals Containing an Azo Group
K. Shirota, I. Yamaguchi, K. Kanie, T. Ikeda, T. Hiyama, I. Kobayashi and Y. Suzuki
Liq. Cryst., 27, 555-558 (2000).

Photochemical Modulation of Alignment in Liquid Crystals
T. Ikeda and A. Kanazawa
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 73, 1715-1733 (2000).

Optical Switching and Alignment of Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals Containing an Azo Group
K. Shirota, I. Yamaguchi, K. Kanie, T. Ikeda, T. Hiyama, I. Kobayashi and Y. Suzuki
Liq. Cryst., 27, 555-558 (2000).

Multifunctional Tetracoordinate Phosphorus Species with High Self-Organizing Ability
A. Kanazawa and T. Ikeda
Coord. Chem. Rev., 198, 117-131 (2000).

Optical Switching and Image Storage by Means of Photochromic Liquid Crystals
T. Ikeda, O. Tsutsumi and Y. Wu
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 347, 1-13 (2000).

Additive effects of trialkylaluminum on propene polymerization with (t-BuNSiMe2Flu)TiMe2 catalysts
T. Shiono, S. Yoshida, H. Hagihara and T. Ikeda
Appl. Catal.A, 200, 145-152 (2000).

Liquid Crystalline Coumarin Polymers. II: Photo-Chemistry of Side-Group Liquid Crystalline Polymers with Coumarin Moieties.
Y.Q. Tian, E. Akiyama, Y. Nagase, A. Kanazawa, O. Tsutsumi and T. Ikeda
Trans. Mater. Res. Soc. Jpn., 25, 1091-1094 (2000).
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1999

Dynamic Grating Using Photochemical Phase Transition of Polymer Liquid Crystals Containing Azobenzene Derivatives
M. Hasegawa, T. Yamamoto, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Adv. Mater., 11, 675-677 (1999).

Three-Dimensional Manipulation of Azo Polymer Liquid Crystal by Unpolarized Light
Y. Wu, Q. Zhang and T. Ikeda
Adv. Mater., 11, 300-302 (1999).

Photochemically-Induced Dynamic Grating by Means of Side-Chain Polymer Liquid Crystals
M. Hasegawa, T. Yamamoto, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Chem. Mater., 11, 2764-2769 (1999).

Optical Switching of Nematic Liquid Crystal by Means of Photoresponsive Polyimides as an Alignment Layer
G.-H. Kim, S. Enomoto, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and L.-S. Park
Appl. Phys. Lett., 75, 3458-3460 (1999).

Real-Time Holographic Grating by Means of Photoresponsive Polymer Liquid Crystals with Flexible Siloxane Spacer in the Side Chain
M. Hasegawa, T. Yamamoto, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda, Y. Nagase, E. Akiyama and Y. Takamura
J. Mater. Chem., 9, 2765-2772 (1999).

Enhancement of Stability in Optical Switching of Photosensitive Liquid Crystal by Means of Reflection-Mode Analysis
A. Shishido, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and N. Tamai
J. Mater. Chem., 9, 2211-2214 (1999).

Reaction Routes of Specific Decarbonylative a,a-Diarylation of 2-Methoxypropanoic Acid Analogues in P2O5-MsOH and the Related Reagents
N. Yonezawa, T. Hino, M. Shimizu, K. Matsuda and T. Ikeda
J. Org. Chem., 64, 4179-4182 (1999).

Photoinduced Alignment of Polymer Liquid Crystals Containing Azobenzene Moieties in the Side Chain. 6. Biaxiality and Three- Dimensional Reorientation
Y. Wu, J. Mamiya, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and Q. Zhang
Macromolecules, 32, 8829-8835 (1999).

Copolymerization of Atactic Polypropene Macromonomers with Propene by an Isospecific Metallocene Catalyst
T. Shiono, S. Mahmud Azad and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 32, 5723-5727 (1999).

In Situ Photopolymerization Behavior of Chiral Liquid-Crystalline Monomers and Image Storage Using Ferroelectric Properties
S. Ogiri, H. Nakamura, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and I. Nishiyama
Macromolecules, 32, 4806-4813 (1999).

Photoinduced Alignment of Polymer Liquid Crystals Containing Azobenzene Moieties in the Side Chain. 5. Effect of the Azo Contents on Alignment Behavior and Enhanced Response
Y. Wu, Q. Zhang, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and Y. Nagase
Macromolecules, 32, 3951-3956 (1999).

In Situ Photopolymerization Behavior of Chiral Liquid-Crystalline Monomers and Image Storage Using Ferroelectric Properties
S. Ogiri, H. Nakamura, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and I. Nishiyama
Macromolecules, 32, 4806-4813 (1999).

Copolymerization of Propene and Nonconjugated Diene Involving Intramolecular Cyclization with Metallocene / Methylaluminoxane
N. Naga, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 32, 1348-1355 (1999).

Photoinduced Phase Transition of Nematic Liquid Crystals with Donor-Acceptor Azobenzenes: Mechanism of the Thermal Recovery of the Nematic Phase
O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and L.-S. Park
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 1, 4219-4224 (1999).

The Synthesis and Polymerization Behavior of Bimetallic Pyridine Diamide Complexes Containing Transition Metal (Ti, Zr)
K.K. Kang, S.-P. Hong, Y.-T. Jeong, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem., 37, 3756-3762 (1999).

Phase-Type Gratings Formed by Photochemical Phase Transition of Polymer Azobenzene Liquid Crystals: Enhancement of Diffraction Efficiency by Spatial Modulation of Molecular Alignment
T. Yamamoto, M. Hasegawa, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
J. Phys. Chem. B, 103, 9873-9878 (1999).

Reversible Optical Control of Transmittance in Polymer/Liquid Crystal Composite Films by Photoinduced Phase Transition
H.-K. Lee, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda, T. Fujisawa, M. Aizawa and B. Lee
J. Appl. Phys., 86, 5927-5934 (1999).

Highly Active MgCl2-supported CpMCl3 (M = Ti, Zr) Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization
K. K. Kang, J. K. Oh, Y.-T. Jeong, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda
Macromol. Rapid Commun., 20, 308-311 (1999).

A Direct Evidence of Second-Order Dependence of Propagation Rate on Monomer Concentration in Propene Polymerization with the (t- BuNSiMe2Flu)TiMe2/B(C6F5)3 Catalyst
H. Hagihara, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Rapid Commun., 20, 200-202 (1999).

Photoinduced Alignment of Polymer Liquid Crystals Containing Azobenzene Moieties in the Side Chain. 4. Dynamic Study of the Alignment Process
Y. Wu, Q. Zhang, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Polymer, 40, 4787-4793 (1999).

Polymerization of Liquid-Crystalline Monomers Having Schiff-Base Structure
S. Ogiri, M. Ikeda, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Polymer, 40, 2145-2150 (1999).

Orientational Dynamics in the Crystalline and Amorphous States of Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polysiloxanes Probed by Second Harmonic Generation
M. Hasegawa, N. Nemoto, Y. Nagase, Y. Shirai T. Ikeda and J. Abe
Polymer, 40, 219-225 (1999).

Cyclopolymerization of 1,7-Octadiene with Metallocene / Methylaluminoxane
N. Naga, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Chem. Phys., 200, 1466-1472 (1999).

Polymerization Behaviour of a-Olefins with Rac- and Meso-Type Ansa-Metallocene Catalysts: Effect of Cocatalyst and Metallocene Ligand
N. Naga, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Chem. Phys., 200, 1587-1594 (1999).

Photoinduced Alignment Behavior of Polymer Liquid Crystals Containing Azobenzene Moieties in the Side Chain
T. Ikeda and Y. Wu
Pure Appl. Chem., 71, 2131-2136 (1999).

Profiles of Ethylene Polymerization with Zirconocene- Trialkylaluminum/Borane Compound
N. Naga, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 150, 155-162 (1999).

Acid-Mediated Specific a,a-Diarylation and a-Monoarylation Reactions of Pyruvic Acid with/without Decarbonylation
N. Yonezawa, T. Hino, T. Kinuno, T. Matsuki and T. Ikeda
Synth. Commun., 29, 1687-1695 (1999).

Two-Dimensional Superlattice Self-Formed by Novel Ionic Liquid Crystals and Its Photofunctional Property
A. Kanazawa and T. Ikeda
Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 559, 201-210 (1999).

Holographic Grating Formed by Photochemical Phase Transition of Polymer Azobenzene Liquid Crystal
T. Yamamoto, S. Yoneyama, M. Hasegawa, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 559, 153-158 (1999).

Reological Properties of Ionomer-Based Propylene Terpolymer
K. K. Kang, Y.-T. Jeong, D.-H. Lee, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
J. Macromol. Sci.-Phys., B38, 227-236 (1999).

Stereospecific Polymerization of Methacrylates with Dimethylsilylene-Bridged Zirconocene Catalysts
N. Saegusa, T. Saito, T. Shiono, H. Hagihara, T. Ikeda, H. Deng and K. Soga
Metalorganic Catalysts for Synthesis and Polymerization, W. Kaminsky ed., Spinger-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 583-589(1999).

Kinetic Features of Living Polymerization of Propene with the (t-BuNSiMe2Flu)TiMe2/ B(C6F5)3 Catalyst
T. Shiono, H. Hagihara and T. Ikeda
Metalorganic Catalysts for Synthesis and Polymerization, W. Kaminsky ed., Spinger-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 264-273(1999).
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1998

Photochemical Phase Transition Behavior of Polymer Liquid Crystals Induced by Photochemical Reaction of Azobenzenes with Strong Donor-Acceptor Pairs
O. Tsutsumi, Y. Demachi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and Y. Nagase
J. Phys. Chem. B, 102, 2869-2874 (1998).

Homogeneous Alignment of Nematic Liquid Crystal Induced by Polyimide Exposed to Linearly Polarized Light
Y. Wang, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda, Y. Matsuki and Y. Takeuchi
Appl. Phys. Lett., 72, 545-547 (1998).

All-Optically Controllable Polymer/Liquid-Crystal Composite Films Containing Azobenzene Liquid Crystal
H.-K. Lee, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda, T. Fujisawa, M. Aizawa and B. Lee
Chem. Mater., 10, 1402-1407 (1998).

Photoinduced Alignment of Polymer Liquid Crystals Containing Azobenzene Moieties in the Side Chain. 3. Effect of Structure of Photochromic Moieties on Alignment Behavior
Y. Wu, Y. Demachi, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 31, 4457-4463 (1998).

Living Polymerization of Propene with (t-BuNSiMe2Flu)TiMe2/B(C6F5)3 Catalyst
H. Hagihara, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 31, 3184-3188 (1998).

In-Situ Photopolymerization Behavior of a Chiral Liquid-Crystalline Monomer Showing a Ferroelectric Phase
S. Ogiri, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda, I. Nishiyama and J.W. Goodby
Macromolecules, 31, 1728-1734 (1998).

Photoinduced Alignment of Polymer Liquid Crystals Containing Azobenzene Moieties in the Side Chain. 2. Effect of Spacer Length of Azobenzene Unit on Alignment Behavior
Y. Wu, Y. Demachi, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 31, 1104-1108 (1998).

Photochemical Phase Transition Behavior of Polymer Azobenzene Liquid Crystals with Electron-Donating and Accepting Substituents at 4,4'-Positions
O. Tsutsumi, T. Kitsunai, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 31, 355-359 (1998).

Photoinduced Alignment of Polymer Liquid Crystals Containing Azobenzene Moieties in the Side Chain. 1. Effect of Light Intensity on Alignment Behavior
Y. Wu, Y. Demachi, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 31, 349-354 (1998).

Alignment of a Nematic Liquid Crystal Induced by Anisotropic Photooxidation of Photosensitive Polyimide Films
Y. Wang, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda, Y. Matsuki and Y. Takeuchi
J. Appl. Phys., 84, 4573-4578 (1998).

Generation of Nematic Liquid Crystal Alignment with Polyimides Exposed to Linearly Polarized Light of Long Wavelength
Y. Wang, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda, Y. Matsuki and Y. Takeuchi
J. Appl. Phys., 84, 181-188 (1998).

Orientational Dynamics in the Crystalline and Amorphous States of Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polysiloxanes Probed by Second Harmonic Generation
M. Hasegawa, N. Nemoto, Y. Nagase, Y. Shirai, T. Ikeda and J. Abe
Polymer, 40, 219-225 (1998).

Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate with Non-bridged Zirconocene Catalysts
T. Shiono, T. Saito, N. Saegusa, H. Hagihara, T. Ikeda, H. Deng and K. Soga
Macromol. Chem. Phys., 199, 1573-1579 (1998).

Femtosecond Dynamics and Stimulated Emission from the S2 State of a Liquid Crystalline trans-Azobenzene
J. Azuma, N. Tamai, A. Shishido and T. Ikeda
Chem. Phys. Lett., 288, 77-81 (1998).

Photopolymerization Behavior of Ferroelectric Liquid-Crystalline Monomers
S. Ogiri, H. Nakamura, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol., 11, 193-198 (1998).

Polymerization of Liquid-Crystalline Monomers with Biphenyl Moiety
S. Ogiri, M. Ikeda, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and H. Takatsu
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 319, 159-171 (1998).

Spacer Length Dependence of Tilt Angle of Mesogenic Chromophores of Side-Chain Liquid- Crystalline Polysiloxanes
M. Hasegawa, T. Ikeda, N. Nemoto, Y. Nagase, Y. Shirai and J. Abe
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 318, 71-86 (1998).

Reflection-Mode Optical Switching of Polymer Azobenzene Liquid Crystal
A. Shishido, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 318, 59-70 (1998).

Time-Resolved Study on Unconventional Fluorescence of an Azobenzene Liquid Crystal and Its Phase Transition
J. Azuma, A. Shishido, T. Ikeda and N. Tamai
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 314, 83-88 (1998).

Photochemical Phase Transition Behavior of Polymer Azobenzene Liquid Crystals with a Rigid Core Introduced at a Different Position in a Flexible Side Chain
O. Tsutsumi, Y. Miyashita, S. Hirano, A. Shishido, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 312, 33-44 (1998).
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1997

Rapid Optical Switching by Means of Photoinduced Change in Refractive Index of Azobenzene Liquid Crystals Detected by Reflection-Mode Analysis
A. Shishido, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and N. Tamai
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 119, 7791-7796 (1997).

Novel Thermotropic Liquid Crystals without a Rigid Core Formed by Amphiphiles Having Phosphonium Ions
A. Kanazawa, O. Tsutsumi, T. Ikeda and Y. Nagase
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 119, 7670-7675 (1997).

Novelty of Vinyldene-terminated Polypropylene by a MgCl2-supported TiCl4 Catalyst Combined with AlEt3 as Cocatalyst
K. Kang, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 30, 5597-6000 (1997).

Photo-induced Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization of 2-Alkenyl- 4-methylene-1,3-dioxanes by Benzylsulfonium Salts
J. Park, N. Kihara, T. Ikeda and T. Endo
Macromolecules, 30, 3414-3416 (1997).

Syndiospecific Polymerization of Propene with (t-BuNSiMe2Flu)TiMe2 Catalysts by Chain-end Controlled Mechanism
H. Hagihara, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 30, 4783-4785 (1997).

Synthesis of Aluminum-terminated Polypropylene by a MgCl2-supported TiCl4 Catalyst Combined with Al(i-Bu)3 as Cocatalyst
K. Kang, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 30, 1231-1232 (1997).

Synthesis of Novel Liquid-Crystalline Thiophene Drivatives and Evaluation of Their Photoresponsive Behavior
Y. Nabeshima, A. Shishido, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and T. Hiyama
Chem. Mater., 9, 1480-1487 (1997).

Structural Requirements for Decarbonylative a,a-Diarylation Reaction of 2-Methoxyalkanoic Acids in Phosphorus Pentoxide-Methanesulfonic Acid Mixture Yielding 1,1-Diarylalkane Homologs
N. Yonezawa, T. Hino, Y. Tokita, K. Matsuda and T. Ikeda
Tetrahedron, 53, 14287-14296 (1997)

Copolymerization of Ethylene with Polypropylene Macromonomer by (t-Butylamid)-Dimethyl(tetramethyl-h5-cyclopentadienyl)silanetitanium Dichloride-Methylalminoxane Catalyst
T. Shiono, Y. Moriki, T. Ikeda and K. Soga
Macromol. Chem. Phys., 198, 3229-3237 (1997).

Control of Molecular Weight Distribution of Isotactic Polypropylene Obtained by a MgCl2-supported TiCl4 Catalyst
T. Shiono, H. Hagihara, T. Ikeda and K. Soga
Polymer, 38, 6409-6411 (1997).

Distinct Photochemical Phase Transition Behavior of Azobenzene Liquid Crystals Evaluated by Reflection-Mode Analysis
A. Shishido, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and N. Tamai J. Phys. Chem. B, 101, 2806-2810 (1997).

Photochemical Phase Transition Behavior of Nematic Liquid Crystals with Azobenzene Moieties as Both Mesogens and Photosensitive Chromophores
O. Tsutsumi, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and G. Galli
J. Phys. Chem. B, 101, 1332-1337 (1997).

Photochemical Phase Transition Behavior of Polymer Azobenzene Liquid Crystals with Flexible Siloxane Units as a Side-Chain Spacer
A. Kanazawa, S. Hirano, A. Shishido, M. Hasegawa, O. Tsutsumi, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda, Y. Nagase, E. Akiyama and Y. Takamura
Liq. Cryst., 23, 293-298 (1997).

Additive Effects of Lewis Bases on Propene Polymerization over MgCl2-supported TiCl4 Catalysts Combined with Cp2TiMe2
H. Hagihara, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and K. Soga
Polym. J., 29, 224-229 (1997).

Effect of Siloxane Spacer on Photochemical Phase Transition Behavior of Polymer Liquid Crystals with Azobenzene Moieties in the Side Chain
A. Kanazawa, A. Shishido, M. Hasegawa, O. Tsutsumi, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda, Y. Nagase, E. Akiyama and Y. Takamura
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 300, 201-218 (1997).

Charge-Transfer Interaction in Liquid-Crystalline Materials and Their Application to Photonics
O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Symp., 116, 117-126 (1997).

Liquid Crystal Photonics: Optical Switching and Image Storage by Means of Nematic Liquid Crystals and Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals
A. Shishido, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Proc. SPIE, 3143, 81-91 (1997).
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1996

Photochemical Switching of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals Using a Photoswitchable Chiral Dopant
M. Negishi, O. Tsutsumi, T. Ikeda, T. Hiyama, J. Kawamura, M. Aizawa and S. Takehara
Chem. Lett., 319-320 (1996).

Synthesis and Photochemical Switching of the Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals Containing a Diazenediyl Group
M. Negishi, K. Kanie, T. Ikeda and T. Hiyama
Chem. Lett., 583-584 (1996).

Liquid-Crystal Photonics: Optical Switching and Image Storage by Means of Nematic Liquid Crystals and Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals
T. Ikeda, O. Tsutsumi and T. Sasaki
Synth. Met., 81, 289-296 (1996).

Liquid-Crystal Photonics: Optical Switching and Image Storage by Means of Azobenzene Liquid-Crystal Films
A. Shishido, O. Tsutsumi and T. Ikeda
Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 425, 213-224 (1996).
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1995

Optical Switching and Image Storage by Means of Azobenzene Liquid-Crystal Films
T. Ikeda and O. Tsutsumi
Science, 268, 1873-1875 (1995).

Photochemical Behaviour of Tethered Dianthryl Compounds in Sol-Gel Glass
M. Ueda, H.-B. Kim, T. Ikeda and K. Ichimura
J. Mater. Chem., 5, 889-894 (1995).

Photochemical Control of Properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals (3): Photochemically Induced Reversible Change in Spontaneous Polarization and Electrooptic Property
T. Sasaki and T. Ikeda
J. Phys. Chem., 99, 13013-13018 (1995).

Photochemical Control of Properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals (2): Effect of the Structure of Guest Photoresponsive Molecules on the Photochemical Switching of Polarization
T. Sasaki and T. Ikeda
J. Phys. Chem., 99, 13008-13012 (1995).

Photochemical Control of Properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals (1): Effect of Structure of Host Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals on the Photochemical Switching of Polarization
T. Sasaki and T. Ikeda
J. Phys. Chem., 99, 13002-13007 (1995).

A Novel Approach to Mode of Action of Cationic Biocides: Morphological Effect on Antibacterial Activity
A. Kanazawa, T. Ikeda and T. Endo
J. Appl. Bacteriol., 78, 55-60 (1995).
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1994

p-Conjugated Poly(pyridine-2,5-diyl), Poly(2,2'-bipyridine-5,5-diyl), and Their Alkyl Derivatives. Preparation, Linear Structure, Function as Ligand to Form Their Transition Metal Complex, Catalytic Reactions, n-Type Electrically Conducting Properties, Optical Properties and Alignment on Substrates
T. Yamamoto, T. Maruyama, Z.-H. Zhou, T. Ito, T. Fukuda, Y. Yoneda, F. Berum, T. Ikeda, S. Sasaki, H. Takezoe, A. Fukuda and K. Kubota
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 116, 4832-4845 (1994).

Photochemical Control of Properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals: Photochemical Flip of Polarization
T. Sasaki, T. Ikeda and K. Ichimura
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 116, 625-628 (1994).

Polymeric Phosphonium Salts as a Novel Class of Cationic Biocides. IX. Effect of Side-Chain Length between Main-Chain and Activie Group on Antibacterial Activity
A. Kanazawa, T. Ikeda and T. Endo
J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 32, 1997-2001 (1994).

Molecular Arrangements and Polycondensation of Long-Chain Esters of Amino Acids Containing an Aromatic Ring in Langmuir-Blodgett Films
H. Nakahara, K. Hayashi, Y. Shibasaki, K. Fukuda, T. Ikeda and M. Sisido
Thin Solid Films, 244, 1055-1060 (1994).

Polymeric Phosphonium Salts as a Novel Class of Cationic Biocides. X. Antibacterial Activity of Filters Incorporating Phosphonium Biocides
A. Kanazawa, T. Ikeda and T. Endo
J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 54, 1305-1310 (1994).

Polymeric Phosphonium Salts as a Novel Class of Cationic Biocides. VIII. Synergistic Effect on Antibacterial Activity of Polymeric Phosphonium Salts
A. Kanazawa, T. Ikeda and T. Endo
J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 53, 1245-1249 (1994).

Polymeric Phosphonium Salts as a Novel Class of Cationic Biocides. VII. Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of Polymeric Phosphonium Salts and Model Compounds Containing Long Alkyl Chain
A. Kanazawa, T. Ikeda and T. Endo
J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 53, 1237-1244 (1994).

Polymeric Phosphonium Salts as a Novel Class of Cationic Biocides. VI. Antibacterial Activity of Fibers Surface-Treated with Phosphonium Salts Containing Trimethoxysilane Groups
A. Kanazawa, T. Ikeda and T. Endo
J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 52, 641-647 (1994).

Photochemical Switching of Polarization in 3-Ring Ferroelectric Liquid Crystalline Display Materials
T. Sasaki and T. Ikeda
Display and Imaging, 2, 305-308 (1994).

Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of Dimethyl- and Trimethyl- Substituted Phosphonium Salts with Long Alkyl Chains
A. Kanazawa, T. Ikeda and T. Endo
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 38, 945-952 (1994).
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Most cited papers (as of 2023.12.21)

Times Cited
1949 Directed Bending of A Polymer Film by Light
Y. Yu, M. Nakano and T. Ikeda
Nature, 425, 145 (2003).

1575 Optical Switching and Image Storage by Means of Azobenzene Liquid-Crystal Films
T. Ikeda and O. Tsutsumi
Science, 268, 1873-1875 (1995).

930 Photomobile Polymer Materials: Towards Light-Driven Plastic Motors
M. Yamada, M. Kondo, J. Mamiya, Y. Yu, M. Kinoshita, C. J. Barrett and T. Ikeda
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 47, 4986-4988 (2008).

880 Photomechanics of Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers and Other Polymers
T. Ikeda, J. Mamiya and Y. Yu
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 46, 506-528 (2007).

709 Photomodulation of Liquid Crystal Orientations for Photonic Applications
T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem., 13, 2037-2057 (2003).

536 Photocontrollable Liquid-Crystalline Actuators
H. Yu and T. Ikeda
Adv. Mater., 23, 2149-2180 (2011).

529 π-Conjugated Poly(pyridine-2,5-diyl), Poly(2,2'-bipyridine-5,5-diyl), and Their Alkyl Derivatives. Preparation, Linear Structure, Function as a Ligand to Form Their Transition Metal Complexes, Catalytic Reactions, n-Type Electrically Conducting Properties, Optical Properties and Alignment on Substrates
T. Yamamoto, T. Maruyama, Z.-H. Zhou, T. Ito, T. Fukuda, Y. Yoneda, F. Berum, T. Ikeda,
S. Sasaki, H. Takezoe, A. Fukuda, and K. Kubota
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 116, 4832-4845 (1994).

528 Anisotropic Bending and Unbending Behavior of Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Gels by Light Exposure
T. Ikeda, M. Nakano, Y. Yu, O. Tsutsumi and A. Kanazawa
Adv. Mater., 15, 201-205 (2003).

514 Photo-Mechanical Effects in Azobenzene-Containing Soft Materials
C. Barrett, J. Mamiya, K. Yager and T. Ikeda
Soft Matter, 3, 1249-1261 (2007).

351 Photomobile Polymer Materials — Various Three-Dimensional Movements
M. Yamada, M. Kondo, R. Miyasato, Y. Naka, J. Mamiya, M. Kinoshita, A. Shishido, Y. Yu, C. J. Barrett and T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem., 19, 60-62 (2009).

293 Photochemical Switching of Polarization in Ferroelectric Liquid-Crystal Films
T. Ikeda, T. Sasaki and K. Ichimura
Nature, 361, 428-430 (1993).

276 Facile Synthesis of 2,5-Diarylthiazoles via Palladium-Catalyzed Tandem C-H Substitutions. Design of Tunable Light Emission and Liquid Crystalline Characteristics
A. Mori, A. Sekiguchi, K. Masui, T. Shimada, M. Horie, K. Osakada, M. Kawamoto and T. Ikeda
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 1700-1701 (2003).

263 Photoinduced Alignment of Nanocylinders by Supramolecular Cooperative Motions
H. Yu, T. Iyoda and T. Ikeda
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 11010-11011 (2006).

262 How Does the Alignment of Mesogens Affect the Photoinduced Bending Behavior in Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers?
M. Kondo, Y. Yu and T. Ikeda
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 45, 1378-1382 (2006).

222 Photochemically Induced Isothermal Phase Transition in Polymer Liquid Crystals with Mesogenic Phenyl Benzoate Side-Chains. II. Photochemically Induced Isothermal Phase Transition Behaviors
T. Ikeda, S. Horiuchi, D.B. Karanjit, S. Kurihara and S. Tazuke
Macromolecules, 23, 42-48 (1990).

222 Effect of Cross-Linking Density on Photoinduced Bending Behavior of Oriented Liquid-Crystalline Network Films Containing Azobenzene
Y. Yu, M. Nakano, A. Shishido, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Chem. Mater., 16, 1637-1643 (2004).

217 Soft Actuators Based on Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers
Y. Yu and T. Ikeda
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 45, 5416-5418 (2006).

207 Novel Polycationic Biocides: Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of Polymeric Phosphonium Salts
A. Kanazawa, T. Ikeda and T. Endo
J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 31, 335-343 (1993).

203 Photomobile Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers with Rearrangeable Networks
T. Ube, K. Kawasaki and T. Ikeda
Adv. Mater., 28, 8212-8217 (2016).

201 New Polymeric Biocides: Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of Polycations with Pendant Biguanide Groups
T. Ikeda, H. Yamaguchi and S. Tazuke
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 26, 139-144 (1984).

193 Polycationic Biocides with Pendant Active Groups: Molecular Weight Dependence of Antibacterial Activity in High Molecular Weight Region
T. Ikeda, H. Hirayama, H. Yamaguchi, S. Tazuke and M. Watanabe
Antimicrob. Agents. Chemother., 30, 132-136 (1986)

190 Interaction of a Polymeric Biguanide Biocide with Phospholipid Membranes
T. Ikeda, A. Ledwith, C.H. Bamford and R.A. Hann
Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 769, 57-66 (1984).

188 Three-Dimensional Photomobility of Crosslinked Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Fibers
T. Yoshino, M. Kondo, J. Mamiya, M. Kinoshita, Y. Yu and T. Ikeda
Adv. Mater., 22, 1361-1363 (2010).

187 Photochemically Induced Isothermal Phase Transition in Polymer Liquid Crystals with Mesogenic Phenyl Benzoate Side-Chains. I. Calorimetric Studies and Order Parameters
T. Ikeda, S. Horiuchi, D.B. Karanjit, S. Kurihara and S. Tazuke
Macromolecules, 23, 36-42 (1990).

182 Amplified Image Recording in Liquid Crystal Media by Means of Photochemically Triggered Phase Transition
S. Tazuke, S. Kurihara and T. Ikeda
Chem. Lett., 911-914 (1987).

172 Photomobile Polymer Materials with Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Structures: Molecular Design, Fabrication and Functions
T. Ube and T. Ikeda
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 53, 10290-10299 (2014).

172 Biologically Active Polycations: Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of Poly (trialkyl vinyl benzyl ammonium chloride)s
T. Ikeda, S. Tazuke and Y. Suzuki
Makromol. Chem., 185, 869-876 (1984).

160 Photomechanical Effects of Ferroelectric Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers Containing Azobenzene Chromophores
Y. Yu, T. Maeda, J. Mamiya and T. Ikeda
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 46, 881-883 (2007).

160 Polymeric Phosphonium Salts as a Novel Class of Cationic Biocides. III. Immobilization of Phosphonium Salts by Surface Photografting and Antibacterial Activity of the Surface-Treated Polymer Films
A. Kanazawa, T. Ikeda and T. Endo
J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 31, 1467-1472 (1993).

158 Rapid Optical Switching by Means of Photoinduced Change in Refractive Index of Azobenzene Liquid Crystals Detected by Reflection-Mode Analysis
A. Shishido, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and N. Tamai
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 119, 7791-7796 (1997).

154 Photoinduced Alignment of Polymer Liquid Crystals Containing Azobenzene Moieties in the Side Chain. 1. Effect of Light Intensity on Alignment Behavior
Y. Wu, Y. Demachi, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 31, 349-354 (1998).

151 Alignment Modulation of Azobenzene-Containing Liquid Crystal Systems by Photochemical Reactions
Y. Yu and T. Ikeda
J. Photochem. Photobiol: Photochem. Rev., 5, 247-265 (2004).

148 Living Polymerization of Propene and 1-Hexene with the [t-BuNSiMe2Flu]TiMe2B(C6F5)3 Catalyst
H. Hagiwara, T. Shiono, and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 31, 3184-3188 (1998).

142 Photochemical Phase Transition Behavior of Nematic Liquid Crystals with Azobenzene Moieties as Both Mesogens and Photosensitive Chromophores
O. Tsutsumi, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and G. Galli
J. Phys. Chem. B, 101, 1332-1337 (1997).

136 Photochemical Modulation of Color and Transmittance in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal Containing an Azobenzene as a Photosensitive Chromophore
H. -K. Lee, K. Doi, H. Harada, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
J. Phys. Chem. B, 104, 7023-7028 (2000).

136 Syntheses and Properties of Donor-Acceptor-Type 2,5-Diarylthiophene and 2,5-Diarylthiazole
K. Masui, A. Mori, K. Okano, K. Takamura, M. Kinoshita and T. Ikeda
Org. Lett., 6, 2011-2014 (2004).

133 Polymeric Phosphonium Salts as a Novel Class of Cationic Biocides. II. Effects of Counter Anion and Molecular Weight on Antibacterial Activity of Polymeric Phosphonium Salts
A. Kanazawa, T. Ikeda and T. Endo
J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 31, 1441-1447 (1993).

132 Syndiospecific Living Polymerization of Propene with [t-BuNSiMe2Flu]TiMe2 Using MAO as Cocatalyst
T. Hasan, A. Ioku, K. Nishii, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 34, 3142-3145 (2001).

131 Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of Dimethyl-Substituted and Trimethyl-Substituted Phosphonium Salts with Alkyl Chains of Various Lengths
A. Kanazawa, T. Ikeda and T. Endo
Antimicrob. Agents. Chemother., 38, 945-952 (1994).

126 Photoinduced Alignment of Polymer Liquid Crystals Containing Azobenzene Moieties in the Side Chain. 2. Effect of Spacer Length of the Azobenzene Unit on Alignment Behavior
Y. Wu, Y. Demachi, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Macromolecules, 31, 1104-1108 (1998).

123 Interaction of Biologically Active Molecules with Phospholipid Membranes. 1. Fluorescence Depolarization Studies on the Effects of Polymeric Biocide Bearing Biguanide Groups in the Main Chain
T. Ikeda, S. Tazuke and M. Watanabe
Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 735, 380-386 (1983).

110 Effect of Concentration of Photoactive Chromophores on Photomechanical Properties of Crosslinked Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Polymers
M. Kondo, M. Sugimoto, M. Yamada, Y. Naka, J. Mamiya, M. Kinoshita, A. Shishido, Y. Yu and T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem., 20, 117-122 (2010).

110 Photoinduced Alignment of Polymer Liquid Crystals Containing Azobenzene Moieties in the Side Chain. 5. Effect of the Azo Contents on Alignment Behavior and Enhanced Response
Y. Wu, Q. Zhang, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda and Y. Nagase
Macromolecules, 32, 3951-3956 (1999).

107 Can Sunlight Drive the Photoinduced Bending of Polymer Films?
R. Yin, W. Xu, M. Kondo, C-C. Yen, J. Mamiya, T. Ikeda and Y. Yu
J. Mater. Chem., 19, 3141-3143 (2009).

107 Is Chemical Crosslinking Necessary for the Photoinduced Bending of Polymer Films?
J. Mamiya, A. Yoshitake, M. Kondo, Y. Yu and T. Ikeda
J. Mater. Chem., 18, 63-65 (2008).

106 Macroscopic Parallel Nanocylinder Array Fabrication Using a Simple Rubbing Technique
H. Yu, J. Li, T. Ikeda and T. Iyoda
Adv. Mater., 18, 2213-2215 (2006).

105 Three-Dimensional Manipulation of an Azo Polymer Liquid Crystal with Unpolarized Light
Y. Wu, T. Ikeda and Q. Zhang
Adv. Mater., 11, 300-302 (1999).

104 Photodeformable Polymers: A New Kind of Promising Smart Material for Micro- and Nano- Applications
Y. Yu and T. Ikeda
Macromol. Chem. Phys., 206, 1705-1708 (2005).

103 Photo-Optical Liquid Crystal Cells Driven by Molecular Rotors
K. Ichimura, Y. Hayashi, H. Akiyama, T. Ikeda and N. Ishizuki
Appl. Phys. Lett., 63, 449-451 (1993).

101 Dynamics of Photochemical Phase Transition of Guest/Host Liquid Crystals with an Azobenzene Derivative as a Photosensitive Chromophore
J-H. Sung, S. Hirano, O. Tsutsumi, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Chem. Mater., 14, 385-391 (2002).

101 A Thiophene Liquid Crystal as a Novel π-Conjugated Dye for Photo-Manipulation of Molecular Alignment
H. Zhang, S. Shiino, A. Shishido, A. Kanazawa, O. Tsutsumi, T. Shiono and T. Ikeda
Adv. Mater., 12, 1336-1339 (2000).

101 All-Optically Controllable Polymer/Liquid Crystal Composite Films Containing the Azobenzene Liquid Crystal
H-K. Lee, A. Kanazawa, T. Shiono, T. Ikeda, T. Fujisawa, M. Aizawa and B. Lee
Chem. Mater., 10, 1402-1407 (1998).

100 Photochemical Control of Properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals: Photochemical Flip of Polarization
T. Sasaki, T. Ikeda and K. Ichimura
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 116, 625-628 (1994).

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