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Yoichi Takanishi

Yoichi Takanishi

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Materials Science

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56
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11332
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8254
National Ranking
470

Chemistry

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56
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Overview

Yoichi Takanishi is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and specializes in research intersecting materials science and chemistry. Their work predominantly focuses on liquid crystal research advancements and related interdisciplinary topics. Their research outputs include studies in electronic, optical, and magnetic materials, as well as organic chemistry, molecular biology, spectroscopy, and mechanical engineering.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics in liquid crystal science and materials properties. Notable papers include:

  • Chiroptical Performances in Self-Assembled Hierarchical Nanosegregated Chiral Intermediate Phases Composed of Two Different Achiral Bent-Core Molecules, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Structural transformations in tetravalent nematic shells induced by a magnetic field, 2020, Soft Matter
  • Conformation-Changeable π-Electronic Systems with Metastable Bent-Core Conformations and Liquid-Crystalline-State Electric-Field-Responsive Properties, 2020, Organic Letters
  • Chiral Symmetry Breaking in Liquid Crystals: Appearance of Ferroelectricity and Antiferroelectricity, 2020, Symmetry
  • The effect of the structure of a helical nanofilament of the B4 phase of bent-core liquid crystals on the nano-phase separation mixed with a rod-like cholesteric liquid crystal mixture, 2022, RSC Advances

Takanishi's frequent coauthors include Fumito Araoka, Hiroshi Iwayama, Yoko Ishii, Ye Zhou, and Kunyun He, indicating a collaborative approach to research in this field.

Their work has been disseminated primarily through several well-established scientific venues. They have multiple publications in Soft Matter, arXiv (Cornell University), Annals of the ICRP, as well as individual papers in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Organic Letters.

The main research topics explored by Takanishi encompass the following:

  • Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Chirality
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Nuclear Reactor Physics and Engineering
  • Numerical Methods in Inverse Problems

In terms of academic disciplines, their work is primarily situated within materials science and chemistry, contributing to a deeper understanding of the physical and chemical behavior of complex molecular and nanoscale systems.

Best Publications

  • Bent-Core Liquid Crystals: Their Mysterious and Attractive World

    Hideo Takezoe;Yoichi Takanishi

  • Antiferroelectric chiral smectic liquid crystals

    Atsuo Fukuda;Yoichi Takanishi;Tadaaki Isozaki;Ken Ishikawa

  • Thresholdless antiferroelectricity in liquid crystals and its application to displays

    Shiroh Inui;Noriko Iimura;Tsuyoshi Suzuki;Hiroshi Iwane

  • Electro-tunable optical diode based on photonic bandgap liquid-crystal heterojunctions.

    Jisoo Hwang;Myoung Hoon Song;Byoungchoo Park;Byoungchoo Park;Suzushi Nishimura

  • Polarization-modulated smectic liquid crystal phases.

    D. A. Coleman;J. Fernsler;N. Chattham;M. Nakata

  • Origin of Helix in Achiral Banana-Shaped Molecular Systems

    Tomoko Sekine;Teruki Niori;Masato Sone;Junji Watanabe

  • Stability of Antiferroelectricity and Causes for its Appearance in SmCα* and SmCA* Phases of a Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystal, MHPOBC

    Yoichi Takanishi;Kazuyuki Hiraoka;Vijay K. Agrawal;Hideo Takezoe

  • Fabrication of a simultaneous red-green-blue reflector using single-pitched cholesteric liquid crystals.

    Na Young Ha;Youko Ohtsuka;Soon Moon Jeong;Suzushi Nishimura

  • Effect of Phase Retardation on Defect‐Mode Lasing in Polymeric Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

    Myoung Hoon Song;Byoungchoo Park;Byoungchoo Park;Ki-Chul Shin;Takashi Ohta

  • Blue phases induced by doping chiral nematic liquid crystals with nonchiral molecules

    Michi Nakata;Yoichi Takanishi;Junji Watanabe;Hideo Takezoe

  • How doping a cholesteric liquid crystal with polymeric dye improves an order parameter and makes possible low threshold lasing

    Fumito Araoka;Ki-Chul Shin;Yoichi Takanishi;Ken Ishikawa

  • Ferroelectric Properties in Banana-Shaped Achiral Liquid Crystalline Molecular Systems

    Tomoko Sekine;Yoichi Takanishi;Teruki Niori;Junji Watanabe

  • A binaphthyl derivative with a wide temperature range of a blue phase

    Atsushi Yoshizawa;Yutaro Kogawa;Keiko Kobayashi;Yoichi Takanishi

  • Defect-mode lasing with lowered threshold in a three-layered hetero-cholesteric liquid-crystal structure

    Myoung Hoon Song;Na Young Ha;Kazuhiro Amemiya;Byoungchoo Park

  • Controlled Fabrication and Photonic Structure of Cholesteric Liquid Crystalline Shells

    Yoshiaki Uchida;Yoichi Takanishi;Jun Yamamoto

  • A racemic layer structure in a chiral bent-core ferroelectric liquid crystal

    M. Nakata;D. R. Link;F. Araoka;J. Thisayukta

  • Electric-field-induced polar biaxial order in a nontilted smectic phase of an asymmetric bent-core liquid crystal.

    Yoshio Shimbo;Ewa Gorecka;Damian Pociecha;Fumito Araoka

  • Simple method for confirming the antiferroelectric structure of smectic liquid crystals

    Yoichi Takanishi;Hideo Takezoe;Atsuo Fukuda;Hidehiro Komura

  • Spontaneous polarization parallel to the tilt plane in the antiferroelectric chiral smectic- C A phase of liquid crystals as observed by polarized infrared spectroscopy

    Kouichi Miyachi;Jin Matsushima;Yoichi Takanishi;Ken Ishikawa

  • Low-birefringent, chiral banana phase below calamitic nematic and/or smectic C phases in oxadiazole derivatives.

    Sungmin Kang;Yuki Saito;Nobuhiro Watanabe;Masatoshi Tokita

  • Electric-field-induced apparent tilt angle and devil’s staircase in smcα& Of an antiferroelectric chiral smectic liquid crystal

    Kazuyuki Hiraoka;Yoichi Takanishi;Kent Skarp;Hideo Takezoe

  • Circular‐Polarization‐Induced Enantiomeric Excess in Liquid Crystals of an Achiral, Bent‐Shaped Mesogen

    Suk-Won Choi;Tatsuya Izumi;Yusuke Hoshino;Yoichi Takanishi

Frequent Co-Authors

Hideo Takezoe
Hideo Takezoe Tokyo Institute of Technology
Ken Ishikawa
Ken Ishikawa Tokyo Institute of Technology
Atsuo Fukuda
Atsuo Fukuda Trinity College Dublin
Junji Watanabe
Junji Watanabe Tokyo Institute of Technology
Yukio Ouchi
Yukio Ouchi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tamejiro Hiyama
Tamejiro Hiyama Chuo University
Myoung Hoon Song
Myoung Hoon Song Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Hiroshi Yokoyama
Hiroshi Yokoyama Kent State University
Damian Pociecha
Damian Pociecha University of Warsaw
Masahiro Terada
Masahiro Terada Tohoku University

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