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  1. Chain Conformation of Polymers Densely Grafted onto Plate-Shaped Particles

    Article • Macromolecules, November 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  2. Syndiotactic Poly(Substituted Methylene)s with Alkyloxycarbonyl Side Chains: Effects of Side Chain Chirality on the Main Chain Helix and Crystallinity

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, November 2023, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  3. Fluorinated Poly(pentylene 4,4′-bibenzoate)s with Low Isotropization Temperatures and Unique Phase Transition Behavior

    Article • Macromolecules, June 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  4. Effects of Smectic Layer Deformation on Mechanical Properties of Glassy Liquid Crystal Polymer Fibers

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, April 2023, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  5. Thermal Conductivity Enhancement of Liquid Crystal Polymer–Solid Particle Composites by Grafting a Main-Chain-Type Liquid Crystal Polymer onto Particle Surfaces

    Article • ACS Applied Polymer Materials, September 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  6. Effect of Smectic Layers on Thermal Diffusivity of Side-Chain Polymer Liquid Crystals

    Article • Macromolecules, February 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  7. Stress Response and Deformation of Block Copolymer Lamellae on Stretching in Normal Direction: Effects of Lateral Size of Lamellae

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, January 2022, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  8. Alkylthio-based asymmetric liquid crystals: unravelling the substituent effects and intercalated cybotactic nematic and smectic phases

    Article • Materials Advances, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  9. Mechanochromic cyclodextrins

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  10. Persistent Water Repellency of Syndiotactic Polymethylene with Perfluoroethyl Hexyloxycarbonyl Side Chains

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Hidetoshi Matsumoto, Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  11. Changing the structural and physical properties of 3-arm star poly(δ-valerolactone)s by a branch-point design

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  12. Nonspherical Uniaxial Azobenzene Polymer Particles and Their Shape Changes under UV- or White-Light Irradiation for Stimuli-Response Applications

    Article • ACS Applied Polymer Materials, May 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  13. Azimuthal anchoring coefficients of nematic liquid crystals on polystyrene brushes formed at the air surface of block copolymer monolayers

    Article • Liquid Crystals, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  14. Birefringence and photoluminescence properties of diphenylacetylene-based liquid crystal dimers

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  15. A Correlation between Thermal Diffusivity and Long Period in Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polyesters

    Article • Macromolecules, December 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  16. Lamellar structures in blends of amorphous–block–main-chain liquid crystal–block–amorphous copolymers and amorphous homopolymers: Effects of the amorphous homopolymer molecular weight

    Article • Polymer, September 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  17. Novel in-plane switching liquid crystal display with an extremely high transmittance using a well-designed bottlebrush as a zero-azimuth anchoring material

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, May 2019, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  18. Polar anchoring strengths of nematic liquid crystal on high-density polymer brush surfaces

    Article • Liquid Crystals, May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  19. Synthesis of fluorescent polycarbonates with highly twisted N,N-bis(dialkylamino)anthracene AIE luminogens in the main chain

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  20. Uniaxial alignment of nematic liquid crystals filling vacant spaces in surface-treated nanofibre nonwoven

    Article • Liquid Crystals, December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Hidetoshi Matsumoto, Professor Masatoshi Tokita, keisuke azuma

  21. Terminal Functionalization with a Triptycene Motif That Dramatically Changes the Structural and Physical Properties of an Amorphous Polymer

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, October 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  22. Twist bend nematic liquid crystals prepared by one-step condensation of 4-(4-Pentylcyclohexyl) benzoic acid and alkyl diol

    Article • Liquid Crystals, February 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  23. Self-Assembly of Hierarchical Structures Using Cyclotriphosphazene-Containing Poly(substituted methylene) Block Copolymers

    Article • ACS Macro Letters, December 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  24. Microphase‐Separated Morphology and Liquid Crystal Orientation in Block Copolymers Comprising a Main‐Chain Liquid Crystalline Central Segment Connected to Side‐Chain Liquid Crystalline Segments at Both Ends

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, November 2017, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  25. Zero percolation threshold in electric conductivity of aluminum nanowire network fabricated by chemical etching using an electrospun nanofiber mask

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, August 2017, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr. Hidetoshi Matsumoto, Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  26. Smart Network Polymers with Bis(piperidyl)naphthalene Cross-Linkers: Selective Fluorescence Quenching and Photodegradation in the Presence of Trichloromethyl-Containing Chloroalkanes

    Article • Macromolecules, April 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Osamu Ishitani, Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  27. An in-plane switching liquid crystal cell with weakly anchored liquid crystals on the electrode substrate

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  28. Thermal diffusivity of side-chain-polymer smectic liquid crystals

    Article • Polymer, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  29. Transparent and high permittivity films of poly(methyl methacrylate)-grafted 7 nm barium titanate particles prepared by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization

    Article • Polymer, December 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  30. Odd–even effect on viscoelastic properties of twin-dimer nematic liquid crystals

    Article • Liquid Crystals, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  31. Benzobisthiadiazole-based conjugated donor–acceptor polymers for organic thin film transistors: effects of π-conjugated bridges on ambipolar transport

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Tsuyoshi Michinobu, Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  32. Smectic A–hexagonal columnar–B7 phase transition of acute-angle bent-core molecules

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  33. Cholesteric films exhibiting expanded or split reflection bands prepared by atmospheric photopolymerisation of diacrylic nematic monomer doped with a photoresponsive chiral dopant

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  34. Phase separation and self-assembly of cyclic amphiphilic block copolymers with a main-chain liquid crystalline segment

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  35. Alkylated Cage Silsesquioxane Forming a Long-Range Straight Ordered Hierarchical Lamellar Nanostructure

    Article • Langmuir, August 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  36. Self-Assembly of Flexible–Semiflexible–Flexible Triblock Copolymers

    Article • Macromolecules, July 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  37. Bent Molecules with a 60° Central Core Angle that Form B7 and B2 Phases

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, June 2014, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  38. Bent Molecules with a 60° Central Core Angle that Form B7 and B2 Phases

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, June 2014, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  39. Decrease in the isotropization temperature and enthalpy of main-chain polymer smectic liquid crystals as a result of the inclusion of chain ends

    Article • Polymer, May 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  40. Highly birefringent side-chain LC polymethacrylate with a dinaphthyl-acetylene mesogenic unit

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  41. Alkylated cage silsesquioxanes: a comprehensive study of thermal properties and self-assembled structure

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  42. Facile fabrication of transparent and conductive nanowire networks by wet chemical etching with an electrospun nanofiber mask template

    Article • Materials Letters, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita, keisuke azuma, Dr. Hidetoshi Matsumoto

  43. Helical structures of N-methylated aromatic oligoamides: A density functional study

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  44. ”Face-On” Oriented ^|^pi;-Conjugated Polymers Containing 1,3,4-Thiadiazole Moiety Investigated with Synchrotron GIXS Measurements: Relationship between Morphology and PSC Performance

    Article • Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, January 2014, Technical Association of Photopolymers, Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita, Seijiro Fukuta

  45. 半屈曲性液晶ポリエステルを一成分とするブロック共重合体のミクロ相分離構造

    Article • KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU, January 2014, Society of Polymer Science, Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  46. Cholesteric induction power of β-galactose derivatives

    Article • Liquid Crystals, October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  47. Main‐chain smectic liquid crystalline polymer exhibiting unusually high thermal conductivity in an isotropic composite

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, September 2013, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  48. Influence of molecular orientation direction on the in-plane thermal conductivity of polymer/hexagonal boron nitride composites

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, August 2013, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  49. Influence of Smectic Liquid Crystallinity on Lamellar Microdomain Structure in a Main-Chain Liquid Crystal Block Copolymer Fiber

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, August 2013, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  50. Macrocyclised pheynyl cinnamate dimer utilisable as photoresponsive chiral dopant for nematic liquid crystals

    Article • Liquid Crystals, July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  51. Biaxial and antiferroelectric structure of the orthogonal smectic phase of a bent-shaped molecule and helical structure in a chiral mixture system

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

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  52. Thermal Diffusivity of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Composites Based on Cross-Linked Liquid Crystalline Polyimides

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, April 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  53. Lamellar Morphology of an ABA Triblock Copolymer with a Main-Chain Nematic Polyester Central Block

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, April 2013, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  54. Enlarged helical twisting power in chiral cyclic dimers based on conventional chiral alkyl diols

    Article • Liquid Crystals, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  55. Thermotropic behavior of syndiotactic polymethylenes with alkyloxycarbonyl side chains

    Article • Polymer, February 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  56. High-density poly(hexyl methacrylate) brushes offering a surface for near-zero azimuthal anchoring of liquid crystals at room temperature

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  57. Synthesis and Postfunctionalization of Rod–Coil Diblock and Coil–Rod–Coil Triblock Copolymers Composed of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and Poly(4-(4′- N , N -dihexylaminophenylethynyl)styrene) Segments

    Article • Macromolecules, December 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  58. Well-Ordered Lamellar Microphase-Separated Morphology of an ABA Triblock Copolymer Containing a Main-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polyester as the Middle Segment 2: Influence of Amorphous Segment Molecular Weight

    Article • Macromolecules, December 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  59. Identifying smectic I phase of main-chain PB-10 polyester consisting of 4,4′-biphenol and 1,10-dodecanoic acid by fibre X-ray diffraction

    Article • Polymer, November 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  60. Viscoelastic PS brush surface offering strong anchoring at low temperature and near-zero anchoring at high temperature for LC molecules

    Article • Liquid Crystals, October 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  61. Formation of Regularly Spaced Wetting Ridges at 1 μm Intervals on the Surface of a Liquid-Crystalline Polymer

    Article • Langmuir, October 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  62. Novel Behavior in Shear Flow Orientation of Side-Chain Polymethacrylate Nematic Liquid Crystals

    Article • Macromolecules, June 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  63. Structural and mechanical properties of Laponite–PEG hybrid films

    Article • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, March 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita, Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  64. Notable formation of a cubic phase from small bent-angle molecules based on the 1,7-naphthalene central core and alkylthio tails

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

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  65. Banana-shaped molecular architecture: Formation of large columns composed of two concentrically enclosed layers

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  66. A Report of Lecture Meeting of Strategic Research Committee for Nanofiber Technology, 2011

    Article • Sen i Gakkaishi, January 2012, Society of Fiber Science and Technology Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  67. Unusual chain configuration of main-chain liquid crystal polyesters having Y-shaped mesogens in nematic phase

    Article • Polymer, November 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  68. Switchable Columnar Phase Formed from Bent-Shaped Molecules with Low Bent-Angle Naphthalene Central Core and Alkylthio Tail

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, October 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  69. Helix–helix transition of poly(β-phenylpropyl l-aspartate) embedded in stable helical poly(γ-phenylethyl glutamate) matrix

    Article • Polymer, October 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  70. Calamitic Smectic A–Polar Smectic AP A Transition Observed in Bent Molecules with Large Bent-Angle Central Core of 4,6-Dichlorobenzene and Alkylthio Terminal Tail

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, July 2011, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  71. High-Density Poly(methyl methacrylate) Brushes as Anchoring Surfaces of Nematic Liquid Crystals

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, July 2011, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  72. Calamitic Smectic A–Polar Smectic AP A Transition Observed in Bent Molecules with Large Bent-Angle Central Core of 4,6-Dichlorobenzene and Alkylthio Terminal Tail

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, July 2011, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  73. High-Density Poly(methyl methacrylate) Brushes as Anchoring Surfaces of Nematic Liquid Crystals

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, July 2011, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  74. Well-Ordered Lamellar Microphase-Separated Morphology of an ABA Triblock Copolymer Containing a Main-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polyester as the Middle Segment

    Article • Macromolecules, June 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  75. Synthesis and self-assembly of thermotropic block copolymer with long alkyl tethered cage silsesquioxane in the side chain

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, April 2011, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  76. Regular undulation and polarization modulation on the film surface of a planarly aligned SmC* polymer

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

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  77. Nematic–nematic phase separation from uniform nematic domain in polymer LC and low-molecular-weight LC mixture showing network lattice formation in pinning stage

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

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  78. Enhancement of the cholesteric induction power by macrocyclization in liquid crystal dimers with a chiral spacer

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  79. Unusual Formation of Switchable Hexagonal Columnar Phase by Bent-Shaped Molecules with Low Bent-Angle Naphthalene Central Core and Alkylthio Tail

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, December 2010, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  80. Two-Step Smectic CA Phase Formation from Isotropic Liquid upon Supercooling in Main-Chain Liquid-Crystalline BB-5(1-Me) Polyester

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, November 2010, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  81. Control over Internal Structure of Liquid Crystal Polymer Nanofibers by Electrospinning

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, September 2010, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita, Dr. Hidetoshi Matsumoto

  82. Antiferroelectric Switching between Optically Isotropic and Birefringent B2 Phases of Bent-Shaped Molecules with High Tilt Angle of 45°

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, August 2010, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  83. Flexible, Transparent Nanocomposite Film with a Large Clay Component and Ordered Structure Obtained by a Simple Solution-Casting Method

    Article • Langmuir, August 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita, Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  84. Formation of a homochiral antiferroelectric ground state in asymmetric bent-shaped molecules

    Article • Liquid Crystals, May 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  85. Unique Reflection Property Due to Bumpy Multilayer Structure in Elytra of Rhomborrhina unicolor

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, April 2010, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  86. Spontaneous Formation of Polar Liquid Crystal in Lyotropic Solution of Helical Poly(γ-Benzyl Glutamate)

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

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  87. Unusual Swelling of HPC in Toluene Forming a Microspherical Domain Structure that Causes Christiansen Scattering Coloration

    Article • Langmuir, February 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  88. Impregnation of Ni–P metal into polymer substrate via catalyzation in Sc-CO2 and electroless plating in Sc-CO2 emulsion

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, February 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  89. Electric-field-induced transition between ferro- and antiferroelectric ground states observed in the B7 phase of a bent-shaped molecule with alkylthio tails

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  90. Hyperpolarizability of an Aromatic Polyester

    Article • KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU, January 2010, Society of Polymer Science, Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  91. 27.4L: Late-News Paper: A New Mode LCD with Intrinsic Continuous Grayscale Memory Using Ferroelectric Liquid Crystalline Polymer

    Article • SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, January 2010, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  92. Influence of DC Electric Field on Soft Mode of Main-Chain Ferroelectric Liquid-Crystalline Polyesters: Polymeric Effect on Collective Fluctuation

    Article • Applied Physics Express, December 2009, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  93. Synthesis of macrocyclised dimetric compounds and their liquid crystal transition behaviours

    Article • Liquid Crystals, December 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  94. Parallel-Layer Orientation and Its Instability in Side-Chain Polymer Smectic Liquid Crystals under Shear Flow

    Article • Macromolecules, November 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  95. Structural characteristics of the B6 phase for a bent-core molecular system observed through the B1-B6 transition

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

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  96. Regular Network Pattern Evolution Observed in Phase Separation in Low-Molecular-Weight LC and LC Block Copolymer Mixture

    Article • Macromolecules, August 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  97. Double liquid crystalline side-chain type block copolymers for hierarchically ordered nanostructures: Synthesis and morphologies in the bulk and thin film

    Article • Reactive and Functional Polymers, July 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  98. Entropically-Driven Formation of Smectic A1, A2, and A3 phases in Binary Mixtures of Rigid-Rod Helical Polysilanes with Different Molecular Weights

    Article • Macromolecules, May 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  99. Difference in Steady Shear Flow Viscosity between Polar and Nonpolar Nematic Liquid Crystals in Aromatic Polyesters Derived from VECTRA

    Article • Macromolecules, April 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  100. Unusual Transformation of the Mechanically Induced Monodomain State to the Polydomain One in Polar Nematic Liquid Crystals of Aromatic Polyesters

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, April 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  101. Regular Formation of Chain Folding in Smectic Phase of Main-Chain BB-3(2-Ph) Polymer Followed by Columnar Association of Phenyl Side Group in Propane Spacer

    Article • Macromolecules, April 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  102. Spontaneous deformation of main-chain liquid-crystalline elastomers composed of smectic polyesters

    Article • Liquid Crystals, March 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  103. Synthesis and chemical properties of dielectric polyphenylenes with nitro group

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, March 2009, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  104. Atomic Force Microscope Observation of Nano-Ordered Undulation Structure Formed by Bent-Shaped Molecules

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, March 2009, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  105. Formation of banana phases in bent-shaped molecules with unusual bent angles as low as 60°

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  106. Mesomorphic Properties in Asymmetric Bent-shaped Molecules with Different Linkage Moieties as Side Wings

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 2009, Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  107. Effect of Alkylthio Tail on Phase Behaviors of Bent-shaped Molecules Based on Naphthalene Core

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 2009, Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  108. 液晶場を利用したブロック共重合体の相分離ナノ構造制御

    Article • Sen i Gakkaishi, January 2009, Society of Fiber Science and Technology Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  109. Two-fold Helical Inversion in the Chiral SmC Phase of Optically Active Materials Derived from ( R )-(+)-1-(1-Phenyl)ethylamine

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, December 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  110. High Chiral Induction in Cholesteric Liquid Crystal of Aromatic Polyesters with Chiral Naphthyl Ethylamine Groups at Their Polymer Ends

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, November 2008, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  111. Structural Characteristics of Thermotropic SmA Layer Phase Formed from Rigid-Rod Polysilanes

    Article • Macromolecules, November 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  112. Elongation Behavior of a Main-Chain Smectic Liquid Crystalline Elastomer

    Article • Macromolecules, October 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  113. Thermoreversible Contraction and Extension of Layer Spacing in Smectic Phase of Side Chain Liquid Crystal Poly(fumarate)s

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, October 2008, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  114. Side chain liquid crystal poly(fumarate)s bearing tolane‐based mesogens

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, August 2008, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  115. Regular Undulation Morphology Observed on Fracture and Film Surfaces of Chiral S C * Polymer

    Article • Macromolecules, July 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  116. Chiral Correlation between Low-Birefringent Phases with Twist Grain Boundary-like Helix and Highly Birefringent Phases with Layer Chirality as Elucidated from Circular Dichroism Observations

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, June 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  117. Effect of Molecular Structure on Smectic Phase Structures in Two Homologues Series of Bent-Shaped Molecules with Asymmetric Central Naphthalene Core

    Article • Ferroelectrics, May 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  118. Phase Diagram for Solutions of α-Helical Poly( l -glutamate)s in m -Cresol Including Isotropic, Cholesteric, and Columnar Phases

    Article • Macromolecules, May 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  119. Unusual Formation of Smectic A Structure in Cross-Linked Monodomain Elastomer of Main-Chain LC Polyester with 3-Methylpentane Spacer

    Article • Macromolecules, April 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  120. Polar Nematic Phase in Lyotropic Solutions of Poly(γ-benzyl glutamate) and Its Temperature Instability As Detected by SHG Measurement

    Article • Macromolecules, April 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  121. Smectic A Formation by Twin Dimers Assuming U-shaped Conformation

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 2008, Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  122. Anti-ferroelectric Banana Phase in a Bent-shaped Molecule with a Low Bend Angle of 60°

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 2008, Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  123. Double Ordered Layers within Microphase-separated Lamellar Structure of Double Liquid Crystalline Side-chain Type Block Copolymer

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 2008, Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  124. Unexpected Phase Behaviors of Poly(fumarate)s Carrying Tolane-based Mesogenic Side Chains

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 2008, Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  125. Mesomorphic Behavior of Bent-shaped Molecules with Non-aromatic Central Core Based on Bis(p-hydroxyphenyl)methane

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 2008, Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  126. Sequential Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions on Solid-Phase

    Article • Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry, January 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  127. New optically active imine dopants derived from (R)-(+)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine: Relation between their large helical twisting power and internal rotation potential profiles

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure THEOCHEM, November 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  128. Structure of aB6-like phase formed from bent-core liquid crystals determined by microbeam x-ray diffraction

    Article • Physical Review E, October 2007, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  129. Characteristic Shear-Flow Orientation in LC Block Copolymer Resulting from Compromise between Orientations of Microcylinder and LC Mesogen

    Article • Macromolecules, October 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  130. Relationship between Chemical Structure and Helical Twisting Power in Optically Active Imine Dopants Derived from ( R )-(+)-1-(1-Naphthyl)ethylamine

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, August 2007, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  131. Mesomorphic behaviour in bent‐shaped molecules with side wings at different positions of a central naphthalene core

    Article • Liquid Crystals, August 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  132. Chirality Transfer between Weakly Birefringent and Electric-Field-Induced Highly Birefringent B2 Phases in a Bent-Core Mesogen

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, August 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  133. Transmission Electron Microscope Observation by Surface Replica Method for Layer Undulation in Solid X 1 Phase of Banana Molecule

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, June 2007, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  134. Unusual Nematic Liquid Crystal with Polar C s Symmetry Formed from Aromatic Polyesters with Head−Tail Character

    Article • Macromolecules, April 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  135. Thermally Reversible Distortion Observed for Monodomain Nematic Elastomer of Cross-Linked Main-Chain Polyester

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

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  136. Collective fluctuation in chiral smectic phases of main‐chain liquid crystalline polymers

    Article • Liquid Crystals, March 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  137. Magnetic Potassium Clusters in a Nanographite Host System

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

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  138. Synthesis and Self-assembling of Wholly Aromatic Block Co-oligomers: Oligo(ether sulfone)-b-oligo(ether ketone with Sulfonic Acid Terminal Groups)

    Article • Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, January 2007, Technical Association of Photopolymers, Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  139. Magnetic Orientation of Microcylinders in Liquid Crystalline Diblock Copolymer and Clarification of Its Orientation Mechanism

    Article • Polymer Journal, December 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  140. Shear Flow Orientation of Cylindrical Microdomain in Liquid Crystalline Diblock Copolymer and its Potentiality as Anchoring Substrate for Nematic Mesogens

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, December 2006, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  141. Self-Assembled Lamellar Nanostructures of Wholly Aromatic Rod−Rod-Type Block Molecules

    Article • Organic Letters, November 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  142. Synthesis and Characterization of Self-Assembling Amphiphilic Aromatic Amide Dendrons

    Article • High Performance Polymers, October 2006, SAGE Publications

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  143. Several Interesting Fields Exploited through Understanding of Polymeric Effects on Liquid Crystals of Main-Chain Polyesters

    Article • Polymer Journal, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  144. Fabrication of Hierarchically Ordered Hybrid Structures over Multiple Length Scales via Direct Etching of Self-Organized Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) Functionalized Block Copolymer Films

    Article • Polymer Journal, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  145. Frustrated Smectic Phase Appearing as Transitional State between Single-Layer and Antiferroelectric Bilayer Smectic Phases in Binary Mixtures of Dimeric Compounds

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, June 2006, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  146. Aromatic Polyesters with Flexible Side Chains. 10. Studies on Biaxiality in Nematic Liquid Crystal of BC-n Polyester

    Article • Polymer Journal, May 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  147. Temperature-Induced Reversible Distortion along Director Axis Observed for Monodomain Nematic Elastomer of Cross-Linked Main-Chain Polyester

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, March 2006, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  148. Low-Birefringent, Chiral Banana Phase below Calamitic Nematic and/or Smectic C Phases in Oxadiazole Derivatives

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, March 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  149. Polarized Light Scattering and Synchrotron Radiation Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction Studies on Smectic Liquid Crystal Formation of Main-Chain Polyester

    Article • Macromolecules, February 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  150. Spontaneous Organization of Helical Polypeptide Molecules into Polar Packing Structure

    Article • Macromolecules, February 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  151. Distinct layered structure with density modulation in solid phase formed from B 2 phase of banana molecules

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

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  152. Distinct Behavior of Main-Chain Polymers in Liquid Crystalline Field

    Article • Kobunshi, January 2006, Society of Polymer Science, Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  153. Development of co-continuous structure in liquid crystalline polyester

    Article • Polymer, September 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Hiromu Saito, Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  154. Two Distinct Types of Orientation Process Observed in Uniaxially Elongated Smectic LC Melt

    Article • Macromolecules, August 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  155. Orientation of Microphase-Segregated Cylinders in Liquid Crystalline Diblock Copolymer by Magnetic Field

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, May 2005, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  156. Internal rotations of aromatic polyamides: a density functional theory study

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure, May 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  157. Synthesis of new type of dendritic molecule and its columnar self-assembly having a potential as molecular cavity

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure, April 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  158. Molecular Weight Dependence of Phase Behavior in Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymer Which Exhibits Reentrant Nematic Phase

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, March 2005, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  159. 主鎖型液晶性高分子のガラス状態―スメクチック液晶ガラスと液体ガラス

    Article • KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU, January 2005, Society of Polymer Science, Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  160. Study on Smectic Liquid Crystal Glass and Isotropic Liquid Glass Formed by Thermotropic Main-Chain Liquid Crystal Polyester

    Article • Macromolecules, December 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  161. Polar nematic liquid crystal formed from aromatic polyesters with head-tail character

    Article • October 2004, SPIE

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  162. Hyperpolarizability Components for α- and ω-Helical Polypeptides in Polar Crystals Determined from Second-Harmonic Generation Measurements

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, October 2004, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  163. Solid-State 13C NMR Analysis of the Crystalline–Noncrystalline Structure and Chain Conformation of Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polyester

    Article • Polymer Journal, October 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  164. Thermotropic Liquid Crystals of Main-Chain Polyesters having a Mesogenic 4,4′-Biphenyldicarboxylate Unit, 14

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, May 2004, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  165. Parallel and Perpendicular Orientations Observed in Shear Aligned S CA Liquid Crystal of Main-Chain Polyester

    Article • Macromolecules, April 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  166. First observation of a smectic A–cholesteric phase transition in a thermotropic liquid crystal consisting of a rigid-rod helical polysilane

    Article • Liquid Crystals, February 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  167. Small-Angle X-Ray Analysis of Smectic a Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Phase Transition in Rigid-Rod Helical Polysilane

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

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  168. 若手交流委員会について

    Article • Sen i Gakkaishi, January 2004, Society of Fiber Science and Technology Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  169. Smectic Liquid Crystal Observed in Thermotropic System of Rigid-Rod Poly(γ-octadecyl L-glutamate)

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, June 2002, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  170. Well-Defined Phase Sequence Including Cholesteric, Smectic A, and Columnar Phases Observed in a Thermotropic LC System of Simple Rigid-Rod Helical Polysilane

    Article • Macromolecules, June 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  171. Rigid-Rod Polyesters with Flexible Side Chains IX. Phase Behavior Including Nematic, Layered, and Hexagonal Columnar Phases in Poly(p-biphenylene terephthalate) with Alkoxy Side Chains

    Article • Polymer Journal, April 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  172. Transition Phenomenon in Salt-Doped Organic Electroluminescent Devices at High Bias Voltage

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, January 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  173. Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers with Well Defined Structures Prepared by Living Anionic Polymerization IV. Microphase Morphology in Blends with Coil Homopolystyrenes

    Article • Polymer Journal, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  174. Thermotropic Liquid Crystals of Main-Chain Polyesters Having a Mesogenic 4,4‘-Biphenyldicarboxylate Unit. 13. Characteristic Deformation of Smectic Layer Structure Induced by Elongation of Uniaxially Oriented Fiber Composed of Smectic CA Glass

    Article • Macromolecules, October 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  175. Aromatic Polyesters with Flexible Side Chains. 8. Studies on Long Periodical Structure Observed in Layered Crystalline Phase

    Article • Macromolecules, October 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  176. The full-width at half-maximum of emission narrowing in electroluminescent device

    Article • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, July 2000, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  177. Dielectric Relaxation and Molecular Motion in the Chiral Main-Chain Liquid Crystalline Copolyester, BB-4*(2-Me)/BB-6

    Article • Polymer Journal, February 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  178. Characterization for Melt-Spun Fiber of Fluorocarbon Polymer. 1. Copolymer of Tetrafluoroethylene and Hexafluoropropylene.

    Article • Sen i Gakkaishi, January 2000, Society of Fiber Science and Technology Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  179. A Novel Blue Light Emitting Diode Using Tris(2,3-methyl-8-hydroxyquinoline) Aluminum(III) as Emitter

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, December 1999, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  180. Fluorescence study on intermolecular complex formation between mesogenic biphenyl moieties of main-chain thermotropic liquid–crystalline polyesters with 7–18 methylene units

    Article • Polymer, May 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  181. Chain Folding of Main-Chain Polyesters in the Smectic A and CA Phases with a Liquid-Like Association of Biphenyl Mesogens within a Layer.

    Article • Sen i Gakkaishi, January 1999, Society of Fiber Science and Technology Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  182. Chain Folding in the Smectic Phase of Main-Chain Polyesters.

    Article • KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU, January 1999, Society of Polymer Science, Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  183. Chain-Folded Lamellar Structure in the Smectic H Phase of a Main-Chain Polyester

    Article • Macromolecules, December 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  184. Fluorescence study on intermolecular complex formation between mesogenic 4,4'-biphenyldicarboxylate moieties of thermotropic liquid-crystalline polyesters with 5 and 6 methylene units

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, September 1998, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  185. Fluorescence study on intermolecular complex formation between mesogenic 4,4'-biphenyldicarboxylate moieties of thermotropic liquid-crystalline polyesters with 5 and 6 methylene units

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, September 1998, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  186. Fluorescence study on intermolecular complex formation between mesogenic 4,4′-biphenyldicarboxylate moieties of thermotropic liquid-crystalline polyesters with 5 and 6 methylene units

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, September 1998, Wiley

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  187. Polar Structure in Polypeptide Cholesteric Liquid Crystals Evidenced from Observation of Second-Harmonic Generation Due To the Helicoidal Cavity Effect

    Article • Macromolecules, August 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  188. Thermotropic Liquid Crystals of Main-Chain Polyesters with a Mesogenic 4,4′-Biphenyldicarboxylate Unit XII. Unusual Molecular Orientation in Fibers Drawn from Smectic Melt

    Article • Polymer Journal, August 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  189. Thermotropic Liquid Crystals of Main-Chain Polyesters Having a Mesogenic 4,4′-Biphenyldicarboxylate Unit XI. Smectic Liquid Crystalline Glass

    Article • Polymer Journal, July 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  190. Self-Assembly of Liquid-Crystalline Polyamide Complexes through the Formation of Double Hydrogen Bonds between a 2,6-Bis(amino)pyridine Moiety and Benzoic Acids

    Article • Macromolecules, June 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  191. High resolution 13C NMR studies for crystalline and liquid crystalline phases of PB-18 polyester composed of 4,4'-dihydroxybiphenyl and octadecanedioic acid

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure, May 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  192. Preliminary communication Thermotropic liquid crystals of polyesters having a mesogenic p,p' -bibenzoate unit X. Distinct orientation of molecules in a thin SmCA film stretched from isotropic melt, providing evidence for the biaxiallity of the SmCA p

    Article • Liquid Crystals, March 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  193. Preliminary communication Thermotropic liquid crystals in main chain polyesters having a mesogenic 4,4-biphenyldicarboxylate unit. 9. Chain folding in solid polyesters crystallized from smectic A

    Article • Liquid Crystals, September 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  194. Smectic liquid crystals in main-chain polymers

    Article • Progress in Polymer Science, January 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  195. Thermotropic liquid crystals of main-chain polyesters having a mesogenic 4,4′-biphenyldicarboxylate unit. 8. X-ray analyses of structural change on SA to SC transition

    Article • Reactive and Functional Polymers, June 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  196. Thermotropic Liquid Crystals of Polyesters Having a Mesogenic p , p ‘-Bibenzoate Unit. 7. Chain Folding in the Smectic Phase of BB-6

    Article • Macromolecules, January 1996, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  197. Fluorescence Study on Intermolecular Interactions between Mesogenic Biphenyl Moieties of a Thermotropic Liquid-Crystalline Polyester (PB-10)

    Article • Macromolecules, January 1996, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  198. Thermotropic Liquid Crystals of Main-Chain Polyesters Having a Mesogenic 4,4'-Biphenyldicarboxylate Unit. 6. Chiral Mesophases of Polyesters with a (S)-2-Methylbutylene Spacer

    Article • Macromolecules, November 1995, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  199. Force control of a robotic manipulator by application of a neural network

    Article • Advanced Robotics, January 1990, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita

  200. Force control of robot manipulator by neural network. (Control of one degree-of-freedom manipulator).

    Article • Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, January 1989, The Robotics Society of Japan

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita