Xiang Wang featured at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Polymer Science Japan.

Dr. Xiang Wang, an ex member of our group, gave an invited talk at the International Young-Scientist Lecture of the 73rd Annual Meeting of of the Society of Polymer Science Japan.
Congrats, Xiang!

Xiang Wang won the 11th RIKEN CEMS Award.

Dr. Xiang Wang, an ex member of our group, received the 11th RIKEN CEMS Award for his studies on functional soft materials based on reversibly modulable nanosheets.
Congrats, Xiang!

Xiang Wang won the RIKEN Eiho Award 2023.

Dr. Xiang Wang, an ex member of our group, received the RIKEN Eiho Award 2023 for his studies on the development of mechanically polar gel materials.
Congrats, Xiang!

Ishida gave a plenary talk at Peking University “Boya M-Talents” National Doctoral Academic Forum of Materials Science.

“Boya M-Talents”
National Doctoral Academic Forum of Materials Science was successfully organized at Peking University Shenzhen Campus, and Ishida gave a plenary talk.

Reconfigurable Photonic Crystal Showing Single and Double Structural Colors

Our study on a photonic crystal showing single and double structural colors was published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., highlighted as a cover picture, and highlighted by RIKEN press release.
Congrats, Koki!

The first uniform material with mechanical asymmetry

Our study on a composite hydrogel with mechanical nonreciprocity was published in Science (open access) and highlighted by RIKEN press release.
Congrats, Xiang!

Ishida gave a plenary talk at 5th Stockholm-Tokyo Workshop.

As part of the activity of the strategic partnership between the University of Tokyo and the “Stockholm Trio” (Stockholm University, The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), and Karolinska Institute), 5th Stockholm-Tokyo Workshop was held, and Ishida gave a plenary talk.

Ishida’s proposal was selected for JST CREST.

The proposal by Ishida concerning mechanically polar gels was selected as a project for JST CREST “Precise Molecular Arrangement” (supervisor: Prof. Nobuo Kimizuka).
This project is collaborated with Prof. Okumura (Nagoya Univ.), Prof. Sakai (NIMS), Prof. Kidoaki (Kyusyu Univ.), and Prof. Takeishi (RIKEN).

Yoshihiro Yamauchi got a position as JST PRESTO (Sakigake) Researcher.

Dr. Yoshihiro Yamauchi was selected as a JST PRESTO researcher for “Precise Molecular Arrangement” (supervisor: Prof. Hiroshi Nishihara). The competition was so tough that the acceptance rate was only 9.1%.
Congrats, Yoshihiro!

Shuxu Wang won the CSJ Student Presentation Award at the 101st Annual Meeting.

Shuxu Wang received the CSJ Student Presentation Award at the 101st Annual Meeting for his talk entitled “Magnetically Controllable Phage Assembly with Centimeter Sizescale”.
Congrats, Shuxu!

Zhifang Sun won the RIKEN Industry Partnerships Incentive Award (Ohbu Awards) 2021.

Dr. Zhifang Sun received the RIKEN Industry Partnerships Incentive Award (Ohbu Award) 2021 for his studies on the development and application of functional aerogels.
Congrats, Zhifang!

Koki Sano won the RIKEN Researcher Incentive Award (Ohbu Award) 2021.

Dr. Koki Sano, an ex member of our group, received the RIKEN Researcher Incentive Award (Ohbu Award) 2021 for his studies on functional soft materials based on the electrostatic repulsion between inorganic nanosheets.
Congrats, Koki!

Koki Sano won the Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists.

Dr. Koki Sano, an ex member of our group, received the Inoue Research Award for
Young Scientists for his studies on the spatiotemporally controlled assembly of anisotropic colloids.
Congrats, Koki!

Coherent motion of ~109 pieces of colloids generates a unidirectionally propagating wave.

Our study on the assembly of billions of nano-machines that generates macroscopic
controlled motion was published in Nat. Commun. and highlighted by by Riken press release.
Congrats, Koki!

Koki Sano transferred to Shinshu Univ as an assistant professor.

Dr. Koki Sano, who joined us in 2014 and contributed to our projects on colloid-based
soft materials, transferred to to Shinshu Univ. as an assistant professor.
Best wishes for his future success!

Gelatin as ultimately bio/eco-friendly ultralong phosphorescent material.

Our study on unexpectedly ultralong organic phosphorescence by gelatin foams was published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. and highlighted by by Riken press release.
Congrats, Suzhi!

Annamalai Prathap transferred to Isha Vidhya Metric Higher Secondary School, Erode.

Dr. Annamalai Prathap, who joined us in 2019 and contributed to our projects on
inorganic nanosheets, transferred to Isha Vidhya Metric Higher Secondary School,
Erode.
Best wishes for his future success!

Yoshihiro Yamauchi featured at the Society of Polymer Science, Kansai Regional Chapter Meeting.

Dr. Yoshihiro Yamauchi, an ex member of our group, gave at talk as a special young
lecturer at the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Kansai Regional Chapter Meeting.
Congrats, Yoshihiro!

Ishida gave a plenary talk at Biomaterials International 2021.

After one-year hiatus due to COVID-19, Biomaterials International 2021 was successfully organized by Prof. Shin-Jung Liu (Chang Gung Univ.), and Ishida gave a plenary talk.

Ishida gave an invited talk at “Q Colloquium”.

Q Colloquium is an online meeting organized by a community of young researchers in Kyushu University. Ishida gave an invited talk at the meeting, and the recorded video is uploaded to YouTube.

World-longest bottlebrush polymers by two-step synthesis.

Our study on the synthesis and visualization of world-longest bottlebrush polymers was published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., highlighted as a cover picture, and highlighted by RIKEN press release.
Congrats, Yoshihiro!

A lifelike soft material consisting entirely of inorganic plates and water.

Our study on a mechanically adoptive hydrogel made of inorganic nanosheets and water was published in Nat. Commun. and highlighted by RIKEN press release.
Congrats, Koki!

Koki Sano got a position as JST PRESTO (Sakigake) Researcher.

Dr. Koki Sano was selected as a JST PRESTO researcher for “Precise Molecular Arrangement” (supervisor: Prof. Hiroshi Nishihara). The competition was so tough that the acceptance rate was only 5.9%.
Congrats, Koki!

Review of functional ionic liquid crystals.

Our review article featuring functional ionic liquid crystals was published in Langmuir and highlighted as a cover picture.
Congrats, Krishna!

Renovation of the laboratories and offices.

The renovation of our laboratories and offices was completed, which took almost one year in total.
Many thanks for those who contributed to this renovation!

RIKEN CEMS Topical Meeting Online launched.

RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) launched a series of meetings “Topical Meeting Online”. The first meeting entitled “Evolution of Supramolecular Polymers” was organized by our group,where more than 370 participants attended.
Many thanks for all the speakers and participants!

Noriyuki Uchida transferred to TUAT as an assistant professor.

Dr. Noriyuki Uchida, who joined us in 2014 and contributed to our projects on biorelated nanomaterials, transferred to Muraoka group at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology as an assistant professor.
Best wishes for his future success!

A helical supramolecular polymer with a practically useful function.

Our study on a helical supramolecular polymer that can recognize and separate chiral guest molecules was published in Nat. Commun. and highlighted by RIKEN press release.
Congrats, Krishna!

Naoto Iwata transferred to Tokyo Univ. Sci. as an assistant professor.

Dr. Naoto Iwata, who joined us in 2019 and contributed to our projects on bottlebrush polymers, transferred to Frumi group at Tokyo University of Science as an assistant professor.
Best wishes for his future success!