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  1. Synthesis of Quaterthiophene-Type Photoconductive Chiral Dopants for Photorefractive Liquid Crystal Blends and Effect of Chiral Structure on Photorefractive Effect

    Article • ACS Applied Optical Materials, June 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  2. Investigating the dust mitigation abilities of dissociative degradation

    Article • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films, October 2025, American Vacuum Society

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  3. Synthesis of Poly(olefin sulfone)s That Release Low-Molecular-Weight Bases by Light Absorption and Investigation of Their Photoinduced Depolymerization

    Article • ACS Omega, June 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  4. Photorefractive Effects in Ferro- and Flexoelectric Liquid Crystal Blends Containing Photoconductive Chiral Dopants with Lactate and Hydroxybutyrate Structures

    Article • ACS Applied Optical Materials, January 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  5. Development of high-sensitivity photorefractive liquid crystals and their application to laser ultrasonics: achieving noise-free measurements

    Article • Liquid Crystals, November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  6. Photodegradation of self-immolating polymers as a potential solution to particulate contamination

    Article • Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, August 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  7. Photorefractive liquid crystals and their application to laser ultrasonics

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, June 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  8. Photorefractive Flexoelectric Liquid Crystal Mixtures and Their Application to Laser Ultrasonics

    Article • Optical Materials Express, February 2023, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  9. Effect of the concentration of chiral compound on the photorefractive effect of flexoelectric smectic liquid crystal blends

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, January 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  10. Role of each part of cyanobiphenyl-containing polymers in porous-film preparation by using the breath-figure method

    Article • Liquid Crystals, September 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  11. Simultaneous formation behaviour of surface structures and molecular alignment by patterned photopolymerisation

    Article • Liquid Crystals, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  12. The Photorefractive Effect in Liquid Crystals

    Article • January 2019, IntechOpen

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  13. Photorefractive effect in smectic c liquid crystal blends containing small amount of chiral dopant

    Article • September 2018, SPIE

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  14. Poly(olefin sulfone)s

    Article • February 2018, IntechOpen

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  15. Enhancement of Photosensitivity of Photorefractive Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Blends to Green and Red Wavelength Regions Using Oligothiophene Photoconductive Dopants

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, August 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  16. Dismantlable Thermosetting Adhesives Composed of a Cross-Linkable Poly(olefin sulfone) with a Photobase Generator

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, February 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  17. Laser irradiation durability of photorefractive ferroelectric liquid crystal blends containing terthiophene photoconductive chiral dopants

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  18. Dynamic Amplification of Optical Signals by Photorefractive Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

    Article • July 2015, IntechOpen

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  19. Synthesis of Liquid-Crystalline Star Polymers with Sulfonyl Groups in the Central Core and Selective Degradation of their Cores by Base

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

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  20. Photorefractive effect in ferroelectric liquid crystals

    Article • Optical Review, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  21. Dynamic amplification of light signals in photorefractive ferroelectric liquid crystalline mixtures

    Article • Faraday Discussions, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  22. Photoinduced depolymerization of poly(olefin sulfone)s possessing photobase generator side‐chains: Effect of spacer‐chain length

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, June 2013, Wiley

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  23. Real-time dynamic hologram in photorefractive ferroelectric liquid crystal with two-beam coupling gain coefficient of over 800 cm–1 and response time of 8 ms

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, February 2013, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  24. Photorefractive Effect in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

    Article • November 2012, IntechOpen

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  25. Photoinduced depolymerization in poly(olefin sulfone) films comprised of volatile monomers doped with a photobase generator

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, January 2012, Wiley

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  26. Influence of Photoconductivity on the Photorefractive Effect of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Mixtures

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

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  27. Photorefractive Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

    Article • August 2011, IntechOpen

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  28. Photorefractive effect of photoconductive ferroelectric liquid crystalline mixtures composed of photoconductive chiral compounds and liquid crystal

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

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  29. Influence of the Physical Properties of Ferroelectric Liquid-Crystal Mixtures on the Photorefractive Effect

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

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  30. Photorefractive Effect of Photoconductive-Polymer-Stabilized Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, May 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  31. Photorefractive Effect of Polymer-Stabilized Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, March 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  32. Photoinduced unzipping depolymerization of poly(olefin sulfone)s possessing photobase generator and base amplifier

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, January 2009, Wiley

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  33. Photorefractive Effect of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals with Application of a Biased Alternating Electric Field

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, March 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  34. Photoinduced Depolymerization of Poly(olefin sulfone)s Possessing Photobase Generating Groups in the Side Chain

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

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  35. Photorefractive Effect of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals with an Applied Alternating Electric Field

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, November 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  36. Photosolubilization of Polyolefinsulfone Containing Side-chain Oxime Ester Groups

    Article • Chemistry Letters, July 2006, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  37. Photorefractive effect in composites of ferroelectric liquid crystal and photoconductive polymer

    Article • Liquid Crystals, February 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  38. Photorefractive effect of ferroelectric liquid crystals

    Article • The Chemical Record, January 2006, Wiley

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  39. Photorefractive Effect of Liquid Crystalline Materials

    Article • Polymer Journal, November 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  40. Photorefractive Effect in Liquid-Crystalline Polymers Containing Hydrogen-Bonding Moiety

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, June 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  41. Influence of the Laser Incidence Conditions on the Spontaneous Polarization Reorientation Photorefractive Effect of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, October 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  42. Formation of dynamic holograms based on spatial modulation of molecular motions of ferroelectric liquid crystals

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, August 2004, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  43. Photorefractivity of Mixtures of a Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal and Photoconductive Polymers

    Article • Chemistry Letters, March 2004, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  44. Influence of the Properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals on the Spontaneous Polarization Reorientation Photorefractive Effect

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, July 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  45. Spontaneous Polarization Vector Reorientation Photorefractivity in Mixtures of Photoconductive Polymer and Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal

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

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  46. Photorefractive Properties of the Isotropic Phase of Cyanobiphenyl Side-chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers

    Article • Chemistry Letters, March 2002, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  47. Spontaneous Polarization Vector Reorientation Photorefractive Effect in Dye-Doped Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, February 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  48. Photorefractive Effect of Liquid Crystalline Polymers Possessing Azobenzene Chromophores

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

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  49. Spontaneous polarization-vector-reorientation photorefractive effect in ferroelectric liquid crystals

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, June 2001, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  50. Enhancement of Photorefractivity in the Isotropic Phase of Polymer Liquid Crystals

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, February 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  51. Photorefractive Effect of Liquid Crystal Polymer Poly 4-methacryloyloxyhexyloxy(4′-nitrobenzylidene)aniline

    Article • Chemistry Letters, November 1997, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  52. Photochemical Control of Properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals. 1. Effect of Structure of Host Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals on the Photochemical Switching of Polarization

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, August 1995, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  53. Photochemical Control of Properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals. 2. Effect of the Structure of Guest Photoresponsive Molecules on the Photochemical Switching of Polarization

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, August 1995, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  54. Photochemical Control of Properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals. 3. Photochemically Induced Reversible Change in Spontaneous Polarization and Electrooptic Property

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, August 1995, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  55. Photochemical control of properties of ferroelectric liquid crystals. Photochemical flip of polarization

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 1994, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  56. Photochemical switching of polarization in ferroelectric liquid-crystal films

    Article • Nature, February 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  57. Photoisomerization and thermal isomerization behavior of azobenzene derivatives in liquid-crystalline polymer matrixes

    Article • Macromolecules, January 1993, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  58. Time-resolved observation of photochemical phase transition in polymer liquid crystals

    Article • Macromolecules, July 1992, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  59. "Intrinsic" response of polymer liquid crystals in photochemical phase transition

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, January 1991, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki

  60. Excimer formation in main-chain polymer liquid crystals with mesogenic p-phenylenediacrylic acids

    Article • Macromolecules, March 1990, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Takeo Sasaki