2009

Kaori Nishizawa, Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, Micropatterning of Titanium Oxide via Phototactic Motions, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19(39), 7191-7194 (2009).

Masanao Sato, Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, Photoresponsive Liquid Crystal Based on (1-Cyclohexenyl)phenyldiazene) as a Close Analogue of Azobenzene, Chemical Communications, 3792-3794 (2009).

Wenhan Li, Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, Photo-crosslinkable liquid-crystalline azo-polymer for surface relief gratings and persistent fixation, New Journal of Chemistry, 33, 1343-1348 (2009) (Top cover page featured).

Mohammad Harun-Ur-Rashid, Abu Bin Imran, Takahiro Seki, Hiroshi Nakamura, Yukikazu Takeoka, Template Synthesis of Stimuli-Responsive Angle Independent Structural Colored Smart Materials, Transaction of the Materials Research Society of Japan, 34, 333-337 (2009).

Yukikazu Takeoka, Masaki Honda, Takahiro Seki, Masahiko Ishii, Hiroshi Nakamura, Structural Colored Liquid Membrane without Angle Dependence”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 1(5), 982-986 (2009).

Masaki Honda, Kazunori Kataoka, Takahiro Seki, Yukikazu Takeoka, Confined Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Gel in Inverse Opal Polymer Membrane for Colorimetric Glucose sensor ” Langmuir, 25(14), 8349-8356 (2009).

Kazuhide Ueno, Junji Sakamoto, Yukikazu Takeoka, Masayoshi Watanabe, Electrochromism based on structural colour changes in a polyelectrolyte gel, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19, 4778-4783 (2009).

Shusaku Nagano, Yu Matsushita, Satoshi Shinma, Takashi Ishizone, Takahiro Seki, Nano-dot pattern Engineering of Block Copolymer Surface Micelles on Water Surface, Thin Solid Films, 518, 724-728 (2009).

Akio Toda, Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, Ideal Spread Monolayer Formation and Surface Pressure Induced Orientation in Poly(9,9’-di-n-octylfluorene-alt-benzothiadiazole) via Hybridization with Liquid Crystal Molecule on Water, Synthetic Metals, 159(9), 835-838 (2009).

Kaori Nishizawa, Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, Novel Liquid Crystalline Organic-Inorganic Hybrid for Highly Sensitive Photoinscriptions, Chemistry of Materials, 21(13), 2624-2631 (2009).

  2008

Shu-ichi Shinohara, Takahiro Seki, Takamasa Sakai, Ryo Yoshida, Yukikazu Takeoka, Photoregulated Worm-like Motion of Gel, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 47, 9039-9043 (2008).

Takahiro Seki, Mitsuo Hara, Haruhiko Fukumoto, Shusaku Nagano, Photoalignment and Patterning of Nanostructures in Liquid Crystalline Thin Films, Proceedings of SPIE (Liquid Crystals XII), 7050, 70500Y1-11 (2008).

Abu Bin Imran, Takahiro Seki, Takamasa Kataoka, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Kohzo Ito, Yukikazu Takeoka, Fabrication of Mechanically Improved Hydrogels Using Movable Cross-linker Based on Vinyl Modified Polyrotaxane, Chemical Communications, 5227-5229 (2008).

Shu-ichi Shinohara, Takahiro Seki, Takamasa Sakai, Ryo Yoshida, Yukikazu Takeoka, Chemical and optical control of peristaltic actuator based on self-oscillating porous gel. Chemical Communications, 5227-5229 (2008) (Nature Chemistry Featured).

Shusaku Nagano, Seiichiro Kodama, Takahiro Seki, Ideal Spread Monolayers and Multilayers Formation of Fully Hydrophobic Polythiophenes via Liquid Crystal Hybridization on Water, Langmuir, 24(18), 10498-10504 (2008).

Takahiro Seki, Shusaku Nagano, Light-Directed Dynamic Structure Formation and Alignment in Photoresponsive Thin Films, Chemistry Letters (Highlight Review),37(5), 484-489 (2008).

Mitsuo Hara, Shusaku Nagano, Nobuhiro Kawatsuki, Takahiro Seki, Photoalignment and Patterning of Chromonic/Silica Nanohybrid on Photocrosslinkable Polymer Thin Film, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18(27), 3259-3263 (2008).

Nobuyuki Zettsu, Toshinobu Ogasawara, Norihiro Mizoshita, Susaku Nagano, Takashi Ubukata, Takahiro Seki, Photo-triggered Surface Relief Gratings in Supramolecular Liquid Crystalline Polymer System with Detachable Azobenzene unit, Adv. Mater., 20(3), 516-531 (2008).

Harumi Murayama, Abu Bin Imran, Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Kohzo Ito, Yukikazu Takeoka, Chromonic Slide-Ring Gel Based on Reflection from Photonic Bandgap, Macromolecules, 41(5), 1808-1814 (2008).

Takahiro Seki, Haruhiko Fukumoto, Mitsuo Hara, Nobuhiro Kawatsuki and Shusaku Nagano, Surface-Mediated Photoalignment of Organic/Inorganic Nanohybrids, J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn., 116(3), 361-368 (2008).

Akira Igarashi, Koji Arimitsu, Takahiro Seki, Kunihiro Ichimura, Novel Base-sensitive Polymers Generating Amino Groups from Their Side Chains in a Nonlinear Manner and Their Application to Photoimaging Materials, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18(5), 560-566 (2008).

Chikaomi Ohe, Hiromichi Kamijyo, Masaya Arai, Mitsuhiro Adachi, Hideo Miyazawa, Koichi Ito, Takahiro Seki, Interaction Between a Liquid Crystalline Molecule (5CB) and a Poly(vinyl alcohol) Derivative Containing Azobenzene Group at the Air-Water Interface Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopic Study, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112(16), 6359-6365 (2008).

Chikaomi Ohe, Hiromichi Kamijyo, Masaya Arai, Mitsuhiro Adachi, Hideo Miyazawa, Koichi Ito, T. Seki, Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopic Study on Photoinduced Isomerization of a Poly(vinyl alcohol) Containing Azobenene Side Chain at the Air Water Interface, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112(1), 172-178 (2008).

  2007

Mitsuo Hara, Shusaku Nagano, Norihiro Mizoshita, Takahiro Seki, Chromonic/Silica Nanohybrids. Synthesis and Macroscopic Alignment, Langmuir, 23(24), 12350-12355 (2007).

Yukikazu Takeoka, Takahiro Seki, Biform Structural Colored Hydrogel for Observation of Subchain Conformations, Macromolecules, 40(15), 5513-5518 (2007).

Yoshihisa, Inui, Tatsuto Yui, Toshio Itoh, Kimitaka Higuchi, Takahiro Seki, Katsuhiko Takagi, Reversible Redox Processes of Poly(anilines) in Semiconductor Layered Niobate Films Under Light Illumination, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111(42), 12162-12169 (2007).

Takahiro Seki, Photoresponsive Self-Assembly Motions in Polymer Thin Films, Current Opinion in Solid  State and Materials Science, 10, 241-248 (2007).

Takamasa Sakai, Yukikazu Takeoka, Takahiro Seki, Ryo Yoshida, Organized Monolayer of Thermosensitive Microgel Beads Prepared by Double Template Polymerization, Langmuir, 23(17), 8651-8654 (2007).

Takahiro Seki, Smart Photoresponsive Polymer Systems Organized in Two Dimensions, Bulletin of the Chemical Society Japan (Award Account), 80(11), 2084-2109 (2007).

Nobuyuki Zettsu, Toshinobu Ogasawara, Ryusuke Arakawa, Susaku Nagano, Takashi Ubukata, Takahiro Seki, Highly Photosensitive Surface Relief Gratings Formation in a Liquid Crystalline Azobenzene Polymer: New Implications for the Migration Process, Macromolecules, 40(13), 4607-4613 (2007).

Yukikazu Takeoka, Takahiro Seki, Biform Structural Colored Hydrogel for Observation of Subchain Conformations, Macromolecules, 40(15), 5513-5518 (2007).

Yuichi Morikawa, Takeshi Kondo, Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, Optical Control of Microphase Separated Nanostructures in Polystyrene-Based Liquid Crystalline Diblock Copolymer Thin Films, Transactions of the Materials Research Society Japan, 32(2), 363-366 (2007).

Taiga Sakai, Harumi Murayama, Shusaku Nagano, Yukikazu Takeoka, Masatoshi Kidowaki, Kohzo Ito and Takahiro Seki, Photoresponsive Ring-Slide Gel, Advanced Materials, 19(15), 2023-2025 (2007).

Atsushi Hozumi, Satoshi Kojima, Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, Naoto Shirahata, Tetsuya Kameyama, Surface Design for Precise Control of Spatial Growth of a Mesostructured Inorganic/Organic Film on a Large-Scale Area, Langmuir, 23(6), 3265-3272 (2007).

Yuichi Morikawa, Takeshi, Kondo, Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, 3D Photoalignment and Patterning of Microphase Separated Nanostructure in Polystyrene-Based Block Copolymer, Chemistry of Materials, 19(7), 1540-1542 (2007).

Takayuki Uekusa, Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, Unique Molecular Orientation in a Smectic Liquid Crystalline Film Attained by Surface-Initiated Graft Polymerization, Langmuir, 23(8), 4642-4645 (2007).

Akira Igarashi, Koji Arimitsu, Takahiro Seki, Kunihiro Ichimura, Polymers with Base-amplifying Side Chains. Synthesis and Properties, Mater. Technol., 25, 285-293 (2007).

五十嵐　亮, 有光　晃二, 関　隆広, 市村　國宏, 塩基増殖高分子の化学修飾によるカラーパターニング, 高分子論文集, 64(11), 805-811 (2007).

K. Ueno, K. Matsubara, M. Watanabe, Y. Takeoka, Electro- and Thermo- chromic Hydrogel as Full-color Indicator,” Adv. Mater., 19, 2807-2812 (2007).

Kazuki Matsubara, Masayoshi Watanabe, Yukikazu Takeoka, A Thermally Adjustable Multicolor Photochromic Hydrogel, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 46(10), 1688-1692 (2007).

酒井崇匡, 竹岡敬和, 関 隆広, 吉 田亮, 二段階鋳型重合法を用いた温度応答性ゲル微粒子単層組織化膜の作製, 高分子論文集, 64(1), 45-49 （2007）.

  2006

Yukikazu Takeoka, Takahiro Seki, Visualizing Conformations of Subchains by Creating Optical Wavelength-Sized Periodically Ordered Structure in Hydrogel, Langmuir, 22, 10223-10232 (2006).

Yuichi Morikawa, Shusaku Nagano, Kazuhito Watanabe, Kaori Kamata, Tomokazu Iyoda, Takahiro Seki, Liquid Crystal-Assisted Photo-triggered Mass Migration in Liquid Crystalline Diblock Copolymer, Transactions of the Materials Research Society Japan, 31(2), 269-272 (2006).

Takayuki Uekusa, Satoshi Shinma, Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, Temperature Dependenct Aggregation Behavior of Polystyrene-based Amphiphilic Block Copolymers at the Air-water Interface, Transactions of the Materials Research Society Japan, 31(2), 265-268 (2006).

Sohei Kadota, Kenji Aoki, Shusaku Nagano Takahiro Seki, Morphological conversions of nanostructures in monolayers of an ABA triblock copolymer having azobenzene moiety, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 284-285, 535-541 (2006).

Haruhiko Fukumoto, Shusaku Nagano, Nobuhiro Kawatsuki, Takahiro Seki, Role of liquid crystallinity of the photo-crosslinkable polymer film in the photo-alignment of mesoporous silica, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 284-285, 309-314 (2006).

Takayuki Uekusa, Shusaku Nagano Takahiro Seki, Sharp temperature dependency of 2D spreading behavior in amphiphilic block copolymer at the air-water interface, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 284-285, 207-211 (2006).

Shusaku Nagano, Yu Matsushita, Yuki Ohnuma, Satoshi Shinma, Takahiro Seki, Formation of a Highly Ordered Dot Array of Surface Micelles of a Block Copolymer via Liquid Crystal-Hybridized Self-Assembly, Langmuir, 22(12), 5233-5236 (2006).

Kazuyuki Maeda, Takashi Nishiyama, Tsutmu Yamazaki, Takeyuki Suzuki, Takahiro Seki, Reversible Photoswitching of Liquid Phase Adsorption on Azobenzene Derivative-grafted Mesoporous Silica, Chemistry Letters, 35(7), 736-737 (2006).

Masafumi Kumoda,Masayoshi Watanabe, Yukikazu Takeoka, Preparations and Optical Properties of Ordered Arrays of Submicron Gel Particles: Interconnected State and Trapped State, Langmuir , 22(9), 4403-4407 (2006).

Yuichi Morikawa, Shusaku Nagano, Kazuhiko Watanabe, Kaori Kamata, Tomokazu Iyoda, Takahiro Seki, Optical alignment and patterning of nanoscale microdomains in a block copolymer thin film, Advanced Materials, 18(7), 883-886 (2006).

Norihiro Mizoshita, Takahiro Seki, Organised structures of flexible bolaamphiphiles with trisiloxane spacers: three- and two-dimensional molecular assemblies with different molecular conformation, Soft Matter, 2(2), 157-165 (2006).

Haruhiko Fukumoto, Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, In situ polymerization of liquid crystalline monomers within photoaligned mesoporous silica thin film, Chemistry Letters, 35(2), 180-181 (2006).

Haruhiko Fukumoto, Shusaku Nagano, Nobuhiro Kawatsuki, Takahiro Seki, Photo-Alignment Behavior of Mesoporous Silica Thin Films Synthesized on a Photo-Cross-Linkable Polymer Film, Chemistry of Materials, 18(5), 1226-1234 (2006).

  2005

Norihiro Mizoshita, Takahiro Seki, Flat Orientation of Hydrophobic Cores Induced by Two-Dimensional Confinement of Flexible Bolaamphiphiles at the Air-Water Interface, Langmuir, 21(23), 10324-10327 (2005).

Sohei Kadota, Kenji Aoki, Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, Photocontrolled Microphase Separation of Block Copolymer in Two Dimensions, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127(23), 8266-8267 (2005).

Shigenori Mitsushima, Ryoji Sakamoto, Kenji Kudo, Yukikazu Takeoka, Nobuyuki Kamiya, Kenichiro Ota, Ionic Conductivity and Thermal Stability of Room Temperature Molten Salts/Perfluorosulfonic Acid Membranes for Fuel Cell Application, Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems, 8(1), 77-84 (2005).

Haruhiko Fukumoto, Shusaku Nagano, Nobuhiro Kawatsuki, Takahiro Seki, Photo-orientation of mesoporous silica thin films on photocrosslinkable polymer films, Advanced Materials, 17(8), 1035-1039 (2005).

Takahiro Seki, Shusaku Nagano, Yasuhiro Kawashima, Nobuyuki Zettsu, Takashi Ubukata, Light-Driven Organized Layer Materials, Molecular Crystals, Liquid Crystals, 430, 107-114 (2005).

Haruhiko Fukumoto, Shusaku Nagano, Nobuhiro Kawatsuki, and Takahiro Seki, Synthesis of Photo-aligned Mesoporous Silica Thin Films on Photo-crosslinkable Polymer Film, Transactions of the Materials Research Society Japan, 30(2), 361-364 (2005).

Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, Ideal Spread Monolayer of Fully Hydrophobic Polysilane, Poly(methyloctylsilane), with the Assist of Liquid Crystal Monolayer, Transactions of the Materials Research Society Japan, 30(3), 663-666, (2005).

Sohei Kadota, Shusaku Nagano, and Takahiro Seki, 2D Nanophase Separation in Monolayers of Triblock Copolymer Having Azobenzene Moiety, Transactions of the Materials Research Society Japan, 30(3) 659-662 (2005).

Masaru Nakagawa, Daisuke Ishii, Ken’ichi Aoki, Takahiro Seki, Tomokazu Iyoda, Tubular and Twisted Ni-P Fibers Molded from Recyclable Organic Templates of Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Assemblages, Advanced Materials, 17(2), 200-205 (2005).

Takashi Ubukata, Takeshi Higuchi, Nobuyuki Zettsu, Takahiro Seki, Masahiko Hara, Spontaneous motion observed in highly sensitive surface relief formation system, Colloids and Surfaces, A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 257-258, 123-126 (2005).

  2004

Nozomi Nawa, Masaru Nakagawa, Takahiro Seki, Tomokazu Iyoda, Photopattern shapes of a photodegradable polyelectrolyte monolayer affected by an ionic strength of aqueous developer solutions, Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan, 29(3), 881-884 (2004).

Mohamed Abu Bin Susan, Akira Ishibashi, Yukikazu Takeoka, Masayoshi Watanabe, Surface Activity and Redox Behavior of a Non-ionicSurfactant Containing a Phenothiazine Group, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 38, 167-173 (2004).

Toru Kobayashi, Takahiro Seki, Odd-even effects of multilayers in azobenzene-containing urea amphiphiles, Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan, 29(7), 3159-3162 (2004).

Nobuyuki Zettsu, Takashi Ubukata, Masahiko Hara, Takahiro Seki, Two-dimensional manipulation of p-conjugated polymer by means of instant mass migration, Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan, 29(7), 3139-3142 (2004).

Nobuyuki Zettsu, Takashi Ubukata, Takahiro Seki, Two-dimensional manipulation of poly(3-dodecylthiophene) using light-driven instant mass migration as a molecular conveyer, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2, 43(9AB), L1169-L1171 (2004).

Nobuyuki Zettsu, Takahiro Seki, Highly Efficient Photogeneration of Surface Relief Structure and Its Immobilization in Cross-Linkable Liquid Crystalline Azobenzene Polymers, Macromolecules, 37(23), 8692-8698 (2004).

Kunihiro Ichimura, Akira Igarashi, Koji Arimitsu, Takahiro Seki, Polymers with base-amplifying side chains. Synthesis and properties, Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, 17(3), 433-434 (2004).

Daisuke Ishii, Masaru Nakagawa, Ken-ichi Aoki, Takahiro Seki, Tomokazu Iyoda, Fabrication of Ni tubes using amphoteric azopyridine carboxylic acids, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 97-99 (2004).

Takashi Ubukata, Masahiko Hara, Kunihiro Ichimura, Takahiro Seki, Phototactic mass transport in polymer films for micropatterning and alignment of functional materials, Advanced Materials, 16(3), 220-223 (2004).

Yasuhiro Kawashima, Masaru Nakagawa, Kunihiro Ichimura, Takahiro Seki, Photoorientation of mesoporous silica materials via transfer from an azobenzene-containing polymer monolayer, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 14(3), 328-335 (2004) (selected as a hot article and cover picture).

  2003

Yasuhiro Kawashima, Masaru Nakagawa, Takahiro Seki, Kunihiro Ichimura, Photoorientation of Mesostructured Silica via Hierachical Multiple Transfer, Chemistry of Materials, 14, 2842-2844 (2002).

Takashi Ubukata, Masahiro Hara, Takahiro Seki, Photogeneration of Surface Relief Gratings in Azobenzene Polymer/Liquid Crystal Hybrid Films, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 377, 173-176 (2002).

Yasuhiro Kawashima, Masaru Nakagawa, Takahiro Seki, Kunihiro Ichimura, Photo-Orientation of a Mesostructured Surfactant/Silica Hybrid by an Azobenzene Monolayer, Transactions of the Materials Research Society, 27, 509-512 (2002).

Daisuke Ishii, Kenichi Aoki, Masaru Nakagawa and Takahiro Seki, Preparation of Hollow Nickel Microtubes by Electroless Plating, Transactions of the Materials Research Society, 27, 517-520 (2002).

Toru Kobayashi, Masaru Nakagawa, Takahiro Seki, Periodic Change in the Deposition Behavior with Increase in the Spacer Length of Azobenzene-Containing Urea Amphiphiles, Transactions of the Materials Research Society Japan, 27, 513-516 (2002).

Nozomi Nawa, Masaru Nakagawa, Tomokazu Iyoda, Takahiro Seki, Relationship of Zeta Potential to Molecular Structure of Multivalent Cationic Adsorbates on Silica and PET Substrate, Transactions of the Materials Research Society Japan, 28(3), 573-576 (2003).

Daisuke Ishii, Masaru Nakagawa, Takarhiro Seki, Tomokazu Iyoda, Preparation of Copper Tubes with a Submicron Pore, Transactions of the Materials Research Society Japan, 28(3), 577-580 (2003).

小林 徹, 関 隆広, 尿素頭部を有したアゾベンゼン誘導体単分子膜の充填状態の湿度応答性, 高分子論文集, 60, 569-574 (2003).

Toru Kobayashi, Takahiro Seki, Odd-Even Effects in Azobenzene-Urea Amphihpiles, Langmuir, 19(22), 9297-9304 (2003).

Takashi Ubukata, Kunihiro Ichimura, Takahiro Seki, Photocontrollable Phase Separation in Two-Dimensional Molecular Films, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 107, 13831-13837 (2003).

Takahiro Seki, Takashi Fukuchi, Toru Kobayashi, Kunihiro Ichimura, Role of Hydrogen Bonding in Azobensene-Urea Assemblies. Structural Evaluations of Multilayered Films on Solid Substrate, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 76, 2217-2223 (2003).

Masaru Nakagawa, Nozomi Nawa, Takahiro Seki, Tomokazu Iyoda, Photoinduced Polar Transition of Substrate Surfaces by Photodegradable Cationic Adsorbate Monolayers, Langmuir, 19(21), 8769-8776 (2003).

Nobuyuki Zettsu, Takashi Fukuda, Hiroo Matsuda, Takahiro Seki, Unconventional Polarization Character in Rapid Photoinduced Material Motion of Liquid Crystalline Azobenzene Polymer Films, Applied Physics Letters, 83(24), 4960-4962 (2003).

  2002

Ken'ichi Aoki, Masaru Nakagawa, Takahiro Seki, Kunihiro Ichimura, Self-assembly of amphoteric azopyridine carboxylic acids II: aspect ratio control of anisotropic self-assembled fibers by tuning the p-p stacking interaction, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 75, 2533-2539 (2002).

Daisuke Ishii, Ken'ichi Aoki, Masaru Nakagawa, Takahiro Seki, Preparation of hollow nickel microtubes by electroless plating, Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan , 27, 517-520 (2002).

Toru Kobayashi, Masaru Nakagawa, Takahiro Seki, Periodic change in the deposition behavior with increase in the spacer length of azobenzene-containing urea amphiphiles, Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan, 27, 513-516 (2002).

Yasuhiro Kawashima, Masaru Nakagawa, Takahiro Seki, Kunihiro Ichimura, Photo-orientation of a mesostructured surfactant/silica hybrid by an azobenzene monolayer, Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan, 27, 509-512 (2002).

Takshi Ubukata, Masahiko Hara, Takahiro Seki, Photogeneration of surface relief gratings in azobenzene polymer/liquid crystal hybrid films, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology, Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 377, 173-176 (2002).

Keitaro Kago, Takahiro Seki, Randolf R. Schuecke, Emiko Mouri, Hideki Matsuoka, Hitoshi Yamaoka, Nanostructure of a Photochromic Polymer/Liquid Crystal Hybrid Monolayer on a Water Surface Observed by in Situ X-ray Reflectometry, Langmuir, 18, 3875-3879 (2002).

Takashi Ubukata, Takahiro Seki, Kunihiro Ichimura, Surface relief grating in hybrid films composed of azobenzene polymer and liquid crystal molecule, Colloids and Surfaces, A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 198-200, 113-117 (2002).

Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, Abrupt Interfacial Transitions of Hydrophobic Polysilanes As Probed via Liquid Crystal-Assisted Stepwise Deposition, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 124, 2074-2075 (2002).

Kazuyuki Fukuda, Takahiro Seki, Kunihiro Ichimura, Photoalignment of Poly(di-n-hexylsilane) by Azobenzene Monolayer. 1. Preparative Conditions of Poly(di-n-hexylsilane) Spincast Film, Macromolecules, 35, 2177-2183 (2002).

Kazuyuki Fukuda, Takahiro Seki, Kunihiro Ichimura, Photoalignment of Poly(di-n-hexylsilane) by Azobenzene Monolayer. 2. Structural Optimization of the Surface Azobenzene Monolayer, Macromolecules, 35, 1951-1957 (2002).

Ken'ichi Aoki, Masaru Nakagawa, Takahiro Seki, Kunihiro Ichimura, Solvent effect on morphology of self-assembled fibrous materials derived from an azopyridine carboxylic acid, Chem. Lett., 378-379 (2002).

Takahiro Seki, Takashi Fukuchi, Kunihiro Ichimura, Role of Hydrogen Bonding in Azobenzene-Urea Assemblies. The Packing State and Photoresponse Behavior in Langmuir Monolayers, Langmuir, 18, 5462 (2002).

Yasuhiro Kawashima, Masaru Nakagawa, Takahiro Seki, Kunihiro Ichimura, Photo-orientation of Mesostructured Silica via Hierarchical Multiple Transfer, Chem. Mater., 14, 2842 (2002).