Yasuo Norikane

Photofunctional Material Chemistry

Associate Professor (Cooperative Graduate School System) F Ph.D

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Photofunctional organic molecules especially showing photo-induced solid-liquid phase transitions and light-driven mechanical motions.

Negative Phototactic Behaviour of Crystals on a Glass Surface, Koichiro Saito, Mio Ohnuma, Yasuo Norikane, Chem. Commun., 55, 9303-9306 (2019).
Light-induced Mechanical Response in Crosslinked Liquid-crystalline Polymers with Photoswitchable Glass Transition Temperatures, Youfeng Yue, Yasuo Norikane, Reiko Azumi, Emiko Koyama, Nat. Commun., 9, 3234 (2018).
Light-Induced Crawling of Crystals on a Glass Surface, Emi Uchida, Reiko Azumi, Yasuo Norikane, Nat. Commun. 6, 7310 (2015).