Fumito Araoka

Splayed polarization in the ferroelectric phase of a bent-core liquid crystal as studied by optical second-harmonic generation.

Polar structure in a ferroelectric bent-core mesogen as studied by second-harmonic generation.

Coexistence of polar and nonpolar domains and their photocontrol in the B7 phase of a bent-core liquid crystal containing azo dyes.

Twist-grain-boundary structure in the B4 phase of a bent-core molecular system identified by second harmonic generation circular dichroism measurement.

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

Electro-optic Kerr effect in the isotropic phase above the columnar phase of a urea derivative.

Polar structures in binary mixtures of bent-core liquid crystals showing ferroelectric and antiferroelectric B2 phases.

Three relaxation processes from an electric-field-induced polar structure in a columnar liquid crystalline urea derivative.

Alternating twist structures formed by electroconvection in the nematic phase of an achiral bent-core molecule.

Kerr constant and third-order nonlinear optic susceptibility measurements in a liquid crystal composed of bent-shaped molecules.

Liquid crystalline corannulene responsive to electric field.

Enhanced optical activity by achiral rod-like molecules nanosegregated in the B4 structure of achiral bent-core molecules.

Anchoring transitions of transversely polar liquid-crystal molecules on perfluoropolymer surfaces.

Spontaneous chirality induction and enantiomer separation in liquid crystals composed of achiral rod-shaped 4-arylbenzoate esters.

Spontaneous deracemization of disc-like molecules in the columnar phase.

Perfluoropolymer surface for shock-free homeotropic alignment of smectic liquid crystals.

Polar switching in the smectic- A(d)P(A) phase composed of asymmetric bent-core molecules.

Broadband cavity-mode lasing from dye-doped nematic liquid crystals sandwiched by broadband cholesteric liquid crystal bragg reflectors.

Columnar liquid crystal with a spontaneous polarization along the columnar axis.

Development of laser dyes to realize low threshold in dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystal lasers.

Oriented salts: dimension-controlled charge-by-charge assemblies from planar receptor-anion complexes.

Spectral blue shift via intermolecular interactions in the B2 and B4 phases of a bent-shaped molecule.

Polarization conversion in surface-plasmon-coupled emission from organic light-emitting diodes using spontaneously formed buckles.

Observation of two isotropic-nematic phase transitions near a surface.

Electric-field-responsive handle for large-area orientation of discotic liquid-crystalline molecules in millimeter-thick films.

Isotropic-nematic transition at the surface of a liquid crystal embedded in an aerosil network.

Ferroelectric behavior of orthogonal smectic phase made of bent-core molecules.

Two transitions between isotropic and nematic phases in confined liquid crystals.

Ferroelectric columnar liquid crystal featuring confined polar groups within core-shell architecture.

Critical behavior in an electric-field-induced anchoring transition in a liquid crystal.

Pattern-stabilized decorated polar liquid-crystal fibers.

Amplification of the stereochemistry of biomolecular adsorbates by deracemization of chiral domains in bent-core liquid crystals.

Evolution of the discontinuous anchoring transition under an electric field.

A general method for the enantioselective formation of helical nanofilaments.

High-optical-quality ferroelectric film wet-processed from a ferroelectric columnar liquid crystal as observed by non-linear-optical microscopy.

Highly elastic liquid crystals with a sub-nanonewton bending elastic constant mediated by the resident molecular assemblies.

Labyrinthine instability in freely suspended films of a polarization-modulated smectic phase.

Discontinuous thermal diffusivity change due to the anchoring transition of a liquid crystal on a perfluoropolymer surface.

Homochiral columns constructed by chiral self-sorting during supramolecular helical organization of hat-shaped molecules.

Photoresponsive stripe pattern in achiral azobenzene liquid crystals.

Stepwise heat-capacity change at an orientation transition in liquid crystals.

Structure-sensitive bend elastic constants between piconewton and subnanonewton in diphenylacetylene-core-based liquid crystals.

Photomodulated Supramolecular Chirality in Achiral Photoresponsive Rodlike Compounds Nanosegregated from the Helical Nanofilaments of Achiral Bent-Core Molecules.

Macroscopic ordering of helical pores for arraying guest molecules noncentrosymmetrically.

Corrigendum: macroscopic ordering of helical pores for arraying guest molecules noncentrosymmetrically.

A supramolecular helix that disregards chirality.

Unusual Electro-Optic Kerr Response in a Self-Stabilized Amorphous Blue Phase with Nanoscale Smectic Clusters.

Electrophoretic Deposition for Cholesteric Liquid-Crystalline Devices with Memory and Modulation of Reflection Colors.

An autonomous actuator driven by fluctuations in ambient humidity.

Lasing properties of polymerized chiral nematic Bragg onion microlasers.

Thermodynamically Anchoring-Frustrated Surface to Trigger Bulk Discontinuous Orientational Transition.

Large-scale self-organization of reconfigurable topological defect networks in nematic liquid crystals.

Chiral Superstructure Mesophases of Achiral Bent-Shaped Molecules - Hierarchical Chirality Amplification and Physical Properties.

Polymer Stabilization of Liquid-Crystal Blue Phase II toward Photonic Crystals.

Photomanipulation of the anchoring strength using a spontaneously adsorbed layer of azo dendrimers.

Polymer-Stabilized Micropixelated Liquid Crystals with Tunable Optical Properties Fabricated by Double Templating.

Nanosegregated Chiral Materials with Self-Assembled Hierarchical Mesophases: Effect of Thermotropic and Photoinduced Polymorphism in Rodlike Molecules.

Topology-dependent self-structure mediation and efficient energy conversion in heat-flux-driven rotors of cholesteric droplets.

Redox-Responsive Chiral Dopant for Quick Electrochemical Color Modulation of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal.

An Anisotropic Hydrogel Actuator Enabling Earthworm-Like Directed Peristaltic Crawling.

Reversible Switching of the Magnetic Orientation of Titanate Nanosheets by Photochemical Reduction and Autoxidation.

Nematic-to-columnar mesophase transition by in situ supramolecular polymerization.

Spherical-cap droplets of a photo-responsive bent liquid crystal dimer.