Research Summary

Selected Publications

• 1. Wang, X., Li, Z., Wang, S., Sano, K., Sun, Z., Shao, Z., Takeishi, A., Matsubara, S., Okumura, D., Sakai, N., Sasaki, T., Aida, and Ishida, Y.
  "Mechanical non-reciprocity in a uniform composite material"
  Science 380, 192-198 (2023).
• 2. Zhan, Y.-Y., Ogawa, D., Sano, K., Wang, X., Araoka, F., Sakai, N., Sasaki, T., and Ishida, Y.
  "Reconfigurable photonic crystal reversibly exhibiting single and double structural colors"
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62, e202311451 (2023).
• 3. Sano, K., Wang, X., Sun, Z., Aya, S., Araoka, F., Ebina, Y., Sasaki, T., Ishida, Y., and Aida, T.
  "Propagating wave in a fluid by coherent motion of 2D colloids"
  Nat. Commun. 12, 6771 (2021).
• 4. Yamauchi, Y., Horimoto, N. N., Yamada, K., Matsushita, Y., Takeuchi, M., and Ishida, Y.
  "Two‐step divergent synthesis of monodisperse and ultra‐long bottlebrush polymers from an easily purifiable ROMP monomer"
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 60, 1528-1534 (2021).
• 5. Salikolimi, K., Praveen, V. K., Sudhakar, A. A., Yamada, K., Horimoto, N. N., and Ishida, Y.
  "Helical supramolecular polymers with rationally designed binding sites for chiral guest recognition"
  Nat. Commun. 11, 2311 (2020).
• 6. Sano, K., Igarashi, N., Ebina, Y., Sasaki, T., Hikima, T., Aida, T., and Y. Ishida.
  "A mechanically adaptive hydrogel with a reconfigurable network consisting entirely of inorganic nanosheets and water"
  Nat. Commun. 11, 6026 (2020).
• 7. Cho, J. and Ishida, Y.
  "Macroscopically oriented porous materials with periodic ordered structures: from zeolites and metal-organic frameworks to liquid crystal-templated mesoporous materials"
  Adv. Mater. 29, 1605974 (2017).
• 8. Li, C., Cho, J., Yamada, K., Hashizume, D., Araoka, F., Takezoe, H., Aida, T., and Ishida, Y.
  "Macroscopic ordering of helical pores for arraying guest molecules noncentrosymmetrically"
  Nat. Commun. 6, 8418 (2015).
• 9. Kim, Y. S., Liu, M., Ishida, Y., Ebina, Y., Osada, M., Sasaki, T., Hikima, T., Takata, M., and Aida, T.
  "Thermoresponsive actuation enabled by permittivity switching in an electrostatically anisotropic hydrogel"
  Nat. Mater. 14, 1002-1007 (2015).
• 10. Liu, M., Ishida, Y., Ebina, Y., Sasaki, T., Hikima, T., Takata, M. and Aida, T.
  "An anisotropic hydrogel with electrostatic repulsion between cofacially aligned nanosheets"
  Nature 517, 68-72 (2015).

Recent Research Results

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  May 10, 2023
  Channeling mechanical energy in a preferred direction

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  Dec. 27, 2021
  Gelatin foams show unexpected ultralong organic phosphorescence for optical applications

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  Nov. 25, 2021
  Creating coherent motion based on coordinated microscopic movements

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  Dec. 1, 2020
  A shapeshifting material based on inorganic matter

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  Jan. 18, 2019
  Photoreactions activate magnetic nanoswitches

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  Dec. 2, 2016
  Photonic water shows nanosheets’ true colors

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  Dec. 18, 2015
  Helical pores make perfect hosts

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  Dec. 4, 2015
  Building better bilayers

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  Oct. 16, 2015
  A hydrogel flexes its muscles

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  Aug. 11, 2015
  New hydrogel stretches and contracts like a heat-driven muscle

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  Mar. 6, 2015
  Nanosheets line up to mimic nature

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  Dec. 30, 2014
  A repulsive material

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