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  1. Continuum modeling and simulation of a ferroelectric smectic- A liquid crystal

    Article • Physical Review E, August 2025, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  2. Realization of Topological Phase in a Chiral Honeycomb Lattice Model

    Article • Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, February 2025, Physical Society of Japan

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  3. Direct simulation and machine learning structure identification unravel soft martensitic transformation and twinning dynamics

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  4. Oscillating edge current in polar active fluid

    Article • Physical Review E, May 2024, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  5. Formation of topological defects at liquid/liquid crystal interfaces in micro-wells controlled by surfactants and light

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Kenji Katayama, Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  6. Simulation of a cholesteric blue phase cell with large but finite thickness

    Article • Frontiers in Soft Matter, October 2022, Frontiers

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  7. Exotic structures of a thin film of chiral liquid crystals: a numerical study based on the Landau–de Gennes theory

    Article • Liquid Crystals Reviews, June 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  8. Structure of twin boundaries of cholesteric blue phase I

    Article • Physical Review E, April 2022, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  9. Liquid Crystalline Half‐Skyrmions and Their Optical Properties

    Article • Annalen der Physik, January 2022, Wiley

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  10. Publisher Correction: Multistep nucleation of anisotropic molecules

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  11. Multistep nucleation of anisotropic molecules

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  12. Molecular architecture dependence of mesogen rotation during uniaxial elongation of liquid crystal elastomers

    Article • Polymer, August 2021, Elsevier

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  13. Directed self-assembly of soft 3D photonic crystals for holograms with omnidirectional circular-polarization selectivity

    Article • Communications Materials, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  14. Lattice orientation of cholesteric blue phases in contact with surfaces enforcing unidirectional planar anchoring

    Article • Physical Review Research, September 2020, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  15. Liquid-crystalline half-Skyrmion lattice spotted by Kossel diagrams

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  16. Orientation of liquid crystalline blue phases on unidirectionally orienting surfaces

    Article • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, February 2018, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  17. Reflection spectra and near-field images of a liquid crystalline half-Skyrmion lattice

    Article • Optics Express, January 2018, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  18. Uncovering different states of topological defects in schlieren textures of a nematic liquid crystal

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  19. Spontaneous formation and dynamics of half-skyrmions in a chiral liquid-crystal film

    Article • Nature Nanotechnology, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  20. Do small molecules assemble at topological defects of a liquid crystal?

    Article • February 2017, SPIE

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  21. Fluorescence microscopy reveals molecular localisation at line defects in nematic liquid crystals

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  22. Bragg reflection band width and optical rotatory dispersion of cubic blue-phase liquid crystals

    Article • Physical Review E, October 2016, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  23. Calculation of confocal microscope images of cholesteric blue phases

    Article • March 2016, SPIE

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  24. Three-dimensional positioning and control of colloidal objects utilizing engineered liquid crystalline defect networks

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  25. Templated blue phases

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  26. Exotic Defect Structures and Their Optical Properties in a Strongly Confined Chiral Liquid Crystal

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, May 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  27. A liquid crystalline chirality balance for vapours

    Article • Nature Communications, April 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  28. Twist transition of nematic hyperbolic hedgehogs

    Article • Physical Review E, April 2014, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  29. Photonic band structure and transmission analysis of cholesteric blue phase II: electrostriction in the [100] direction

    Article • Optics Express, February 2014, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  30. Interaction of small spherical particles in confined cholesteric liquid crystals

    Article • Physical Review E, January 2014, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  31. Simulation of the switching dynamics of a cholesteric blue phase cell by an inhomogeneous in-plane field

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, December 2013, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  32. Peculiarity of the interaction of small particles in smectic liquid crystals

    Article • Physical Review E, November 2013, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  33. Finite-difference time-domain analysis of cholesteric blue phase II using the Landau–de Gennes tensor order parameter model

    Article • Optics Letters, August 2013, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  34. Effect of anchoring energy and elastic anisotropy on spherical inclusions in a nematic liquid crystal

    Article • Physical Review E, July 2013, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  35. Field-induced dynamics and structures in a cholesteric-blue-phase cell

    Article • Physical Review E, April 2013, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  36. Theory and simulation of cholesteric blue phases: effect of the elastic constants on the stability of blue phases and the response of a blue phase cell to an electric field

    Article • October 2012, SPIE

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  37. Stability of cholesteric blue phases in the presence of a guest component

    Article • Physical Review E, October 2012, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  38. ±1/2 wedge disclinations stabilized by a sinusoidal boundary in a thin hybrid nematic liquid-crystal film

    Article • Physical Review E, September 2012, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  39. Confined Colloidal Blue Phases with Potential for Photonics

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, August 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  40. Zigzag line defects and manipulation of colloids in a nematic liquid crystal in microwrinkle grooves

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  41. Publisher’s Note: Stabilization of blue phases by the variation of elastic constants [Phys. Rev. E85, 020701(R) (2012)]

    Article • Physical Review E, February 2012, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  42. Simulation of a cholesteric blue phase in a thin cell: exotic defect structures and their response to an electric field

    Article • February 2012, SPIE

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  43. Stabilization of blue phases by the variation of elastic constants

    Article • Physical Review E, February 2012, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  44. Focal conics in a smectic-A liquid crystal in microwrinkle grooves

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  45. Transition of frustrated nematic order and fluctuation of topological defects in microwrinkle grooves

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  46. Structural forces in liquid crystalline blue phases

    Article • Physical Review E, October 2011, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  47. Confined blue phases: trapping of colloidal particles in disclination superstructures

    Article • September 2011, SPIE

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  48. Interparticle force in nematic colloids: Comparison between experiment and theory

    Article • Physical Review E, August 2011, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  49. Report on the 9th Soft Matter Forum Conference of the Japanese Liquid Crystal Society

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, April 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  50. Quasi-two-dimensional Skyrmion lattices in a chiral nematic liquid crystal

    Article • Nature Communications, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  51. Ring Defects in a Strongly Confined Chiral Liquid Crystal

    Article • Physical Review Letters, March 2011, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  52. Interaction of spherical colloidal particles in nematic media with degenerate planar anchoring

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  53. Confining blue phase colloids to thin layers

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  54. Stabilization of a blue phase by a guest component: An approach based on a Landau–de Gennes theory

    Article • Physical Review E, December 2010, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  55. Cholesteric blue phases: effect of strong confinement

    Article • Liquid Crystals, July 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  56. Continuous transformation of a−1/2wedge disclination line to a

    Article • Physical Review E, April 2010, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  57. Critical Reexamination of Berreman's Theory on Surface Anchoring

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, February 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  58. Arrangement dependence of interparticle force in nematic colloids

    Article • Physical Review E, January 2010, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  59. Novel Defect Structures in a Strongly Confined Liquid-Crystalline Blue Phase

    Article • Physical Review Letters, January 2010, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  60. Simulation of cholesteric blue phases using a Landau–de Gennes theory: Effect of an applied electric field

    Article • Physical Review E, September 2009, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  61. Confinement effect on the interaction between colloidal particles in a nematic liquid crystal: An analytical study

    Article • Physical Review E, April 2009, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  62. Liquid Crystal Colloids: A Novel Composite Material Based on Liquid Crystals

    Article • Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, April 2009, Physical Society of Japan

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  63. Consistent numerical evaluation of the anchoring energy of a grooved surface

    Article • Physical Review E, January 2009, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  64. Anchoring of a nematic liquid crystal induced by surface grooves: A numerical study

    Article • Physical Review E, March 2008, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  65. Theory of anchoring on a two-dimensionally grooved surface

    Article • Physical Review E, January 2008, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  66. Effect of an External Field on the Director Profile of a Nematic Liquid Crystal Around a Spherical Particle

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, December 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  67. Erratum: Surface-Groove-Induced Azimuthal Anchoring of a Nematic Liquid Crystal: Berreman’s Model Reexamined [Phys. Rev. Lett.98, 187803 (2007)]

    Article • Physical Review Letters, September 2007, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  68. Configuration of a chiral smectic-C film with a circular inclusion

    Article • The European Physical Journal E, August 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  69. In-plane bistable nematic liquid crystal devices based on nanoimprinted surface relief

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, August 2007, American Institute of Physics

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  70. Surface-Groove-Induced Azimuthal Anchoring of a Nematic Liquid Crystal: Berreman’s Model Reexamined

    Article • Physical Review Letters, May 2007, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  71. Stability of the director profile of a nematic liquid crystal around a spherical particle under an external field

    Article • The European Physical Journal E, December 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  72. Numerical treatment of the dynamics of a conserved order parameter in the presence of walls

    Article • Physical Review E, June 2006, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  73. Friction drag of a spherical particle in a liquid crystal above the isotropic-nematic transition

    Article • Physical Review E, August 2005, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  74. Effect of a Hydrodynamic Flow on the Orientation Profiles of a Nematic Liquid Crystal Around a Spherical Particle

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, June 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  75. Interaction between Particles in a Nematic Liquid Crystal: Numerical Study Using the Landau-de Gennes Continuum Theory

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, June 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  76. Separation-Independent Attractive Force between Like Particles Mediated by Nematic-Liquid-Crystal Distortions

    Article • Physical Review Letters, April 2005, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  77. Numerical investigation of liquid crystal colloids using a continuum description

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces, November 2004, Elsevier

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  78. Capillary Condensation in Liquid-Crystal Colloids

    Article • Physical Review Letters, May 2004, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  79. Dynamics of a nematic liquid crystal around a spherical particle

    Article • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, April 2004, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  80. DIRECTOR CONFIGURATION OF A NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL AROUND A SPHERICAL PARTICLE: NUMERICAL ANALYSIS USING ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, January 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  81. INTERACTION BETWEEN SPHERICAL PARTICLES IN A DEFORMED LIQUID CRYSTAL

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, January 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  82. Nematic liquid crystal around a spherical particle: Investigation of the defect structure and its stability using adaptive mesh refinement

    Article • The European Physical Journal E, January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  83. Effect of confining walls on the interaction between particles in a nematic liquid crystal

    Article • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, May 2003, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  84. Stability of a hyperbolic disclination ring in a nematic liquid crystal

    Article • Physical Review E, July 2002, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  85. Defect structure of a nematic liquid crystal around a spherical particle: Adaptive mesh refinement approach

    Article • Physical Review E, April 2002, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  86. Interaction of foreign macroparticles in a cholesteric liquid crystal

    Article • Physical Review E, February 2002, American Physical Society (APS)

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  87. Director configuration and dynamics of a nematic liquid crystal around a two-dimensional spherical particle: Numerical analysis using adaptive grids

    Article • The European Physical Journal E, March 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA

  88. Scattering function of the disordered phase of block copolymers under shear flow

    Article • Physics Letters A, November 1995, Elsevier

    Jun-ichi FUKUDA