Review/Account Articles (12/13/2023)

  1. Kazuya SAITO,
    "Mechanism of Cubic Superstructures Formation by Rodlike Molecules" (in Japanese)
    C & I Commun., 48  (4), 32-35 (2023).
  2. Kazuya SAITO,
    "Personal Draft of Studying Macroscopic Physical Properties as a Molecular Science: Molecular Dynamics and Internal Motional/Conformational Degrees of Freedom" (in Japanese)
    Mol. Sci., 17 , A0128 (2023). 
  3. Kazuya SAITO,
    "Structural Thermodynamics of Real Liquid Crystals
    | Cause of Stability and The Beyond" (in Japanese)
    Maku (Membrane), 45 (5), 200-205 (2020). 
  4. Kazuya SAITO,
    "Formation Mechanism and Aggregation Structure of Liquid Crystals 
    | An Example of Material Studies through Entropy Analyses" (in Japanese)
    Nihon no Kagakusha (J. Jpn. Scientists), 54 (3), 142-147 (2019).
  5. Kazuya SAITO,
    "Structural Thermodynamics of Liquid Crystals: From Perfect Crystal toward Isotropic Liquid" (Review in recognition of JLCS Excellent Achievement Award 2016, in Japanese)
    Ekisho (Liquid Crystals), 21 (1), 25-36 (2017).
  6. Yasuhisa YAMAMURA and Kazuya SAITO,
    "What Are the Alkyl Chains Doing in Thermotropic Liquid Crystals?" (in Japanese)
    Ekisho (Liquid Crystals), 19 (3), 126-134 (2015).
  7. Kazuya SAITO,
    "Toward Fruitful Future of Calorimetry – On Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of JSCTA Meeting –" (in Japanese)
    Netsu Sokutei (Calorim. Therm. Anal.), 41 (4), 141-147 (2014).
  8. Satoaki IKEUCHI and Kazuya SAITO,
    "Calorimetric Studies on Quasi-One-Dimensional MMX Complexes, M2(RCS2)4I"
    Curr. Inorg. Chem., 4 (2) 74-84 (2014).
  9. Kazuya SAITO, Yasuhisa YAMAMURA and Shoichi KUTSUMIZU,
    "Molecular Arrangement and Reentrant Behavior of Thermotropic Cubic Mesogen BABH(n)" (in Japanese)
    Ekisho (Liquid Crystals), 18 (2), 56-63 (2014).
  10. Shigenori NAGATOMO, Yasuhisa YAMAMURA and Kazuya SAITO,
    "Cyclic Oligomers via Hydrogen Bonds in Organic Liquids" (in Japanese)
    Netsu Sokutei (Calorim. Therm. Anal.), 40 (3), 107-113 (2013).
  11. Kazuya SAITO,
    "Molecular Thermodynamics of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals while Paying a Special Attention on "Core and Tail" Structure" (Account in recognition of JSCTA Award 2012, in Japanese)
    Netsu Sokutei (Calorim. Therm. Anal.), 40 (1), 2-9 (2013).
  12. Kazuya SAITO,
    "What Roles Do Alkyl Chains of Mesogens Play?"
    Liquid Crystals XVI (Editor: I.C. Khoo), Proc. SPIE, 8475, 84750C (9 pages) (2012).
  13. Kazuya SAITO and Yasuhisa YAMAMURA
    "Materials with Negative Thermal Expansion in Wide Temperature Range" (in Japanese)
    Ceramics (Bull. Ceram. Soc. Jpn.), 46 (11), 922-926 (2011).
  14. Kazuya SAITO and Yasuhisa YAMAMURA
    "Ceramics That Shrinks on Heating" (in Japanese)
    Chemistry & Education, 59 (2), 86-87 (2011).
  15. Shoichi KUTSUMIZU and Kazuya SAITO,
    "The Aggregation Structures of Ia3d and Im3m Cubic Phases Formed by Rod-Shaped Mesogens ANBC and BABH"
    Liquid Crystals XIV (Editor: I.C. Khoo), Proc. SPIE, 7775, 7506 (9 pages) (2010).
  16. Kazuya SAITO,
    "Microphase-Separated Multicontinuous Phase in Low-Molecular-Mass Thermotropic Liquid Crystal"
    Pure Appl. Chem., 81 (10), 1783-1798 (2009).
  17. Kazuya SAITO and Shoichi KUTSUMIZU,
    "Structure Analyses of Highly Symmetric Superstructures Formed by Rodlike Mesogen" (in Japanese)
    Nihon Kesshougakkaishi (J. Crystallogr. Soc. Jpn.), 51(2), 169-174(2009).
  18. Shoichi KUTSUMIZU and Kazuya SAITO,
    "Bicontinuous Structures in Thermotropic Liquid Crystals" (in Japanese)
    Kotai Butsuri (Solid State Phys.), 41(6), 379-388 (2006).
  19. Nobuyoshi KOGA, Yasuhisa YAMAMURA, Kazuya SAITO, Yuko NISHIMOTO and Haruhiko TANAKA,
    "Significance of Education on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis and Teaching Materials for Laboratory at Universities" (in Japanese)
    Netsu Sokutei (Calorim. Therm. Anal.), 32(1), 26-35 (2005).
  20. Kazuya SAITO,
    "Thermotropic and Lyotropic Liquid Crystals: Are They So Different? " (in Japanese)
    Netsu Sokutei (Calorim. Therm. Anal.), 32(3), 133-140 (2005).
  21. Kazuya SAITO,
    "Role Played by Alkyl Chain in Mesogenic Molecule" (in Japanese)
    Teion Center Dayori (Newsletter of Low Temp. Ctr., Osaka Univ.), 127, 8-13 (2004).
  22. Michio SORAI and Kazuya SAITO,
    "Alkyl-Chains Acting as Entropy Reservoir in Liquid Crystalline Materials"
    Chem. Rec., 3(1), 29-39 (2003).
  23. Kazuya SAITO
    "Lectures on Experimental Techniques: Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis" (in Japanese)
    Ekisho (Liquid Crystals), 7, 342-350 (2003).
    Also as Chapter 9 in Ekisho Kagaku Jikken Nyumon
    (Introduction to Experimental Liquid Crystal Science),
    ed. by the Japan Liquid Crystal Society, Sigma Publishing (Tokyo), 2007.
  24. Michio SORAI and Kazuya SAITO,
    "Exotic Condensed States of Matter: Discotic Mesogen and Optically Isotropic Liquid Crystals"
    in "Hyper-Structured Molecules III: Chemistry, Physics and Applications",
    ed. by H. Sasabe, Taylor & Francis (New York), Chapter 11, pp.172-189 (2002).
  25. Kazuya SAITO
    "Molecular Entropy Reservoir: A Novel Function of Long Alkyl Chains" (in Japanese)
    Seisan to Gijutsu (The Production and Technique), 54(4), 46-48 (2002).
  26. Kazuya SAITO and Michio SORAI,
    "Thermodynamics of Thermotropic Cubic Mesogens: Cubic Liquid Crystals as a "BinarySystem" between Molecular Cores and Conformationally Melted Alkyl Chains" (in Japanese)
    Ekisho (Liquid Crystals), 5(1), 17-24 (2001).
  27. Kazuya SAITO,
    "Physical Properties and Intramolecular Motional Degrees of Freedom of Molecular Crystals" (in Japanese)
    Kotai Butsuri (Solid State Phys.), 36(4), 191-199 (2001).
  28. Kazuya SAITO,
    "Lecture "Heat Capacity" 2. Lattice Vibration" (in Japanese)
    Netsu Sokutei (Calorim. Therm. Anal.), 28(5), 200-209 (2001).
  29. Harukazu YOSHINO, Kazuya SAITO, Keizo MURATA and Isao IKEMOTO,
    "Measurement of Thermoelectric Power of Small Fragile Crystals and Multistep Metal-Insulator Transition of 2-Band Quasi-One-Dimensional Organic Conductors" (inJapanese)
    Netsu Sokutei (Calorim. Therm. Anal.), 27(2), 77-87 (2000).
  30. Kazuya SAITO,
    "Glass Transition in an Organic Superconductor" (in Japanese)
    Teion Center Dayori (Newsletter of Low Temp. Ctr., Osaka Univ.), 107, 8-14 (1999).
  31. Yasuhisa YAMAMURA and Kazuya SAITO,
    "Phase Behavior and Intramolecular Motional Degrees of Freedom in Crystals" (in Japanese)
    Netsu Sokutei (Calorim. Therm. Anal.), 25(2), 33-42 (1998).
  32. Kazuya SAITO and Tooru ATAKE,
    "Molecular Motion and Phase Transition in Molecular Crystals" (in Japanese)
    Nihon Kesshougakkaishi (J. Crystallogr. Soc. Jpn.), 37(1), 26-34 (1995).
  33. Tatsuya SHIRAKAMI, Kazuya SAITO and Tooru ATAKE,
    "Heat Capacity of Solids at Low Temperature - After the Anderson's Theory" (in Japanese)
    Netsu Sokutei (Calorim. Therm. Anal.), 21(3), 134-143 (1994).
  34. Kazuya SAITO and Isao IKEMOTO,
    "Coupling between Internal and Lattice Degrees of Freedom in Crystals of Flexible Molecules: Biphenyl and Bis(4-chlorophenyl)sulfone"
    Order/Disorder in Solids, 9(4), 12-16 (1994).
  35. Tooru ATAKE and Kazuya SAITO,
    "New International Temperature Scale: ITS-90" (in Japanese)
    Kotai Butsuri (Solid State Phys.), 26(9), 515-522 (1991).
  36. Koichi KIKUCHI, Kazuya SAITO and Isao IKEMOTO,
    "New Organic Superconductors, (DMET)2X" (in Japanese)
    Kotai Busturi (Solid State Phys.), 23(1), 49-54 (1988).
  37. Kazuya SAITO, Tooru ATAKE and Yasutoshi SAITO,
    "Theoretical Analysis of Classical DTA, Power-compensated DSC and Heat-flux DSC" (in Japanese)
    Netsu Sokutei (Calorim. Therm. Anal.), 14(1), 2-11 (1987).
  38. Kazuya SAITO
    "Thermodynamic Studies of Molecular Motions in p-Polyphenyl Crystals" (in Japanese)
    Netsu Sokutei (Calorim. Therm. Anal.), 13(4), 200-207 (1986).
  39. Tooru ATAKE and Kazuya SAITO,
    "Commensurate-Incommensurate Phase Transitions" (in Japanese)
    Netsu Sokutei no Sinpo (Adv. Calorimetry and Therm. Anal.), 4, 49-59 (1986).