Participating Group（2020-2021）
A01（2020-2021）
| Rational design of crystal transforming behavior by using anisotropically transforming soft crystals responding to external stimuli. | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Kenta Kokado | Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University | Associate Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Kazuki Sada | Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University | Professor |
| Precise synthesis and new development of metal oxide soft crystals | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Kosuke Suzuki | School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo | Associate Professor |
| Structural elucidation of gas-crystal reaction vapochromism in organic crystals | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Hidehiro Uekusa | School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology | Associate Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Akiko Sekine | School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology | Assistant Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Haruki Sugiyama | The Research and Education Center for Natural Science, Keio University | Assistant Professor |
| Solid-State NMR Study of Vapochromism in Metal Complexes | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Motohiro Mizuno | NanoMaterials Research Institute, Kanazawa University | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Yasuhiro Shigeta | NanoMaterials Research Institute, Kanazawa University | Assistant Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Fumiyuki Ishii | NanoMaterials Research Institute, Kanazawa University | Associate Professor |
| Development of Defect-Induced Soft Crystal by Using Ionic Crystal of Belt-Shaped Metal Complex | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Yoko Sakata | Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University | Assistant Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Shigehisa Akine | WPI Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University | Professor |
| Development of Emissive Soft Crystals through Control of Dynamic Motion of Negatively Curved π-Frameworks | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Yoshihiro Miyake | Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University | Associate Professor |
| Construction of Selective Responsive Soft Crystals by Weak-stimuli Based on Pillar-Shaped Macrocyclic Compounds | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Tomoki Ogoshi | Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Fa Shixin | Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University | Assistant Professor |
| Chiral Property Control by Crystal Phase Transition | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Arimasa Matsumoto | Faculty of ScienceFaculty Division of Natural SciencesNara Women’s University | Assistant Professor |
| Periodic QM/MM Study on the Geometry and Electronic Structure of Soft-Crystals | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Naoki Nakatani | Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University | Associate Professor |
| Development of Mechanical Soft Crystals by Photo-Triggered Phase Transition | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Takuya Taniguchi | Center for Data Science, Waseda University | Assistant Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Hideko Koshima | Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University | Adjunct Researcher |
| Development of Stimuli-Responsive Metal Soft Crystals | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Youfeng Yue | Electronics and Photonics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology | Senior Researcher |
| Analyses and Development of Functional of Soft Crystals with Molecular Domino Transformation | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Shotaro Hayashi | Graduate School of Environmental Science Engineering, Kochi University of Technology | Associate Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Michio Katouda | Waseda University | Researcher |
| Co-Researcher | Satoshi Watanabe | Kumamoto University | Assistant Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Norihisa Hoshino | Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University | Assistant Professor |
A02（2020-2021）
| Excited States and Emission Mechanisms of Molecular Crystals | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Takeshi Iwasa | Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University | Assistant Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Tetsuya Taketsugu | Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University | Professor |
| In-situ synchrotron radiation X-ray structural studies of soft crystals. | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Eiji Nishibori | Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Hidetaka Kasai | Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba | Assistant Professor |
| Dynamical Measurement of Soft Crystals Characteristics by Diffracted X-ray Blinking | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Masahiro Kuramochi | Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo | Assistant Professor |
| Elucidation of Excited Structure of Luminescent Network Complex | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Masaki Kawano | Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Munetaka Iwamura | Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama | Lecturer |
| Co-Researcher | Hiroyoshi Ohtsu | Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology | Assistant Professor |
| Rational Creation of Mechanical-Stimuli-Responsive Soft Crystals and Sophistication of Quantitative Analytical Method | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Suguru Ito | Graduate School of Engineering Science, Yokohama National University | Associate Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Ken Nakano | Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Izuru Kawamura | Graduate School of Engineering Science, Yokohama National University | Associate Professor |
| High-Speed AFM Visualization of Structural Dynamics of Porous Coordination Polymers Induced External Stimuli | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Takayuki Uchihashi | Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Nobuhiko Hosono | Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo | Lecturer |
| Co-Researcher | Shohei Tashiro | Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo | Associate Professor |
| Developments of Soft Crystal Based on Ionic Compounds with Structural and Electronic Flexibilities | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Shuichi Suzuki | Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University | Associate Professor |
| Planned creation and development of organic metastable crystals using salt-cocrystal continuum phase | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Toshikazu Ono | Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University | Assistant Professor |
| Stimuli Responsiveness and Mechanical Properties of Soft-Crystal-Like Supramolecular Assemblies | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Kazunori Sugiyasu | National Institute for Materials Science | Principle Researcher |
| Co-Researcher | Hayato Anetai | National Institute for Materials Science | ICYS Researcher |
A03（2020-2021）
| Soft-crystal and photophysical transformations from lanthanide complex to coordination polymer | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Yasuchika Hasegawa | Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Yuichi Kitagawa | Hokkaido University Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discover | Lecturer |
| Dynamic HOF: A New Soft Crystal and its Function | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Takashi Takeda | Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University | Assistant Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Tomoyuki Akutagawa | Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Norihisa Hoshino | Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University | Assistant Professor |
| Structural dynamics of soft crystals filmed by table-top ultrafast electron diffraction | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Masaki Hada | Tsukuba Research Center for Interdisciplinary Materials Science (TREMS), University of Tsukuba | Associate Professor |
| Precise Measurement of Thermophysical Properties of Soft Crystals and the Understanding of Phase Transitions using Thermal Imaging Technique | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Junko Morikawa | School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Meguya Ryu | The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) | Researcher |
| Large Reversible Change of Persistent Room-Temperature Phosphorescence and/or Light Scattering Characteristics Triggered by External Stimulus | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Shuzo Hirata | Department of Engineering Science, The University of Electro-Communications | Assistant Professor |
| Development of printable soft-crystal electronic devices utilizing potential liquid-crystalline properties | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Masanori Ozaki | Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Akihiko Fujii | Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University | Associate Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Hiroyuki Yoshida | Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University | Assistant Professor |
| Single-Particle Emission Observation of Stimulation-Induced Structural Dynamics of Soft Crystals | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Takashi Tachikawa | Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University | Associate Professor |
| Development of Elastomer-wrapping Soft CPL Material with Solid Stimulus Response Characteristics | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Yoshitane Imai | Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University | Associate Professor |
| Development of Semiconducting Soft Crystals and Application to Opto-Electronic Devices | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Takashi Okubo | Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa | Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Maekawa Masahiko | Research Institute for Science and Technology, Kindai University | Professor |
| Development of new functions of soft crystal using solid-state electrochemical reactions | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Hirofumi Yoshikawa | School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University | Associate Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Daisuke Tanaka | School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University | Associate Professor |
Participating Group（2018-2019）
A01（2018-2019）
| Development of anisotropically transforming soft crystals with stimuli-responsivity by softening porous crystals | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Kenta Kokado | Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University | Associate Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Kazuki Sada | Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University | Professor |
| Development of Electron-Conductive Soft Crystals Based on Porous Molecular Conductors | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Hiroaki Iguchi | Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University | Assistant Professor |
| Creation and function control of metal oxide soft crystals | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Kosuke Suzuki | School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo | Assistant Professor |
| Two-Dimensional Soft Crystals Using a Ferrocene as a Pivotal Unit | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Hiroshi Sato | School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo | Lecturer |
| Co-Researcher | Yu Hijikata | Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University | Assistant Professor |
| Structure Analysis of Organic Vapochromic crystals by SDPD | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Hidehiro Uekusa | School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology | Associate Professor |
| Construction of Weak-stimuli Responsive Soft Crystals Based on Pillar-Shaped Macrocyclic Compounds | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Tomoki Ogoshi | Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Takahiro Kakuta | Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University | Assistant Professor |
| Development of Defect-Induced Soft Crystal by Using Ionic Crystal Having Intrinsic Pores | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Yoko Sakata | Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University | Assistant Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Shigehisa Akine | WPI Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University | Professor |
| Theoretical Study of Molecular Property and Reaction Behavior of Transition Metal Complex in Molecular Crystal | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Shigeyoshi Sakaki | Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University | Research Fellow |
| Co-Researcher | Shinji Aono | Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University | Fukui Fellow |
| Co-Researcher | Masayuki Nakagaki | Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University | Post-Doctoral Fellow |
| Development of Chirality Controllable Soft Crystal | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Arimasa Matsumoto | Faculty of ScienceFaculty Division of Natural SciencesNara Women’s University | Assistant Professor |
| Creation of Polymer Soft Crystals with Photofunctional Properties | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Tomiki Ikeda | Research and Development Initiative, Chuo University | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Toru Ube | Research and Development Initiative, Chuo University | Associate Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Naoki Urazoe | Chuo University Graduate School of Science and Engineering | Graduate Student |
A02（2018-2019）
| Theoretical Study of Excited States and Emission Mechanisms of Molecular Crystals | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Takeshi Iwasa | Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University | Assistant Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Tetsuya Taketsugu | Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University | Professor |
| In-situ SR structure observation of soft crystal. | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Eiji Nishibori | Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Hidetaka Kasai | Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba | Assistant Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Pal Rumpa | Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba | Assistant Professor |
| Development of a soft crystallization method by using a crystalline nano-channel with molecular arrangement ability | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Shohei Tashiro | Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo | Associate Professor |
| Creation of Multi-color Emissive Organic Soft Crystals and Quantitative Analysis of Mechanical Stimuli-responsive Property | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Suguru Ito | Graduate School of Engineering Science, Yokohama National University | Associate Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Ken Nakano | Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Izuru Kawamura | Graduate School of Engineering Science, Yokohama National University | Associate Professor |
| Development of Evaluation Techniques for Structure and Physical Properties and Dynamics of Soft Crystals Based on High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Takayuki Uchihashi | Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University | Professor |
| Photogeneration of Soft Crystals Containing Metal Complexes | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Tomoyuki Mochida | Graduate School of Science, Kobe University | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Ryo Sumitani | Graduate School of Science, Kobe University | Graduate Student |
| Development of Soft Crystals Based on Mechanofluorochromism of D-π-A Fluorescent Dyes | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Yousuke Ooyama | Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Keiichi Imato | Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University | Assistant Professor |
| Controlling photo-induced charge-separation and emission from charge-recombination processes using soft crystals | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Ryota Kabe | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) Organic Optoelectronics Unit | Associate Professor |
A03（2018-2019）
| Synthesis and Photo-functional Characterization of Chiral Lanthanide Coordination Polymer with Soft Crystals Transformation | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Yasuchika Hasegawa | Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Takayuki Nakanishi | Graduate School of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science | Lecturer |
| Co-Researcher | Yuichi Kitagawa | Hokkaido University Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discover | Lecturer |
| Development of Organometallic Halide Perovskite Crystals with Innovative Photonics Functions | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Takumi Kinoshita | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo | Assistant Professor |
| Precise Measurement of Thermophysical Properties of Softcrystals and the thermal control using Thermal Imaging Technique. | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Junko Morikawa | School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Meguya Ryu | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) | Researcher |
| Mechano-Responsive Persistent Room-Temperature Phosphorescence using Soft Chiral Molecular Crystals | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Shuzo Hirata | Department of Engineering Science, The University of Electro-Communications | Assistant Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Martin Vacha | Department of Materials Science and Engineering | Professor |
| Real-time observation of structural change dynamics of molecular | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Munetaka Iwamura | Graduate School of Science and Engineering for Research at University of Toyama | Lecturer |
| Development of Soft Crystals based on Liquid Crystal Science and Exploration of their Novel Functions | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Masanori Ozaki | Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University | Professo |
| Co-Researcher | Akihiko Fujii | Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University | Associate Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Hiroyuki Yoshida | Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University | Assistant Professor |
| Ultrafast terahertz switching in organic bistable material | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Makoto Nakajima | Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University | Associate Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Tatsunosuke Matsui | Faculty of Engineering, Mie University | Associate Professor |
| Single-Particle Emission Observation of Stimulation-Induced Structural Changes of Soft Crystals | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Takashi Tachikawa | Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University | Associate Professor |
| Photoinduced phenomena of soft crystals filmed by table-top ultrafast electron diffraction | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Masaki Hada | Tsukuba Research Center for Interdisciplinary Materials Science (TREMS), University of Tsukuba | Associate Professor |
| Study on Nanoporous Molecular Crystals and PCET Conductive Mechanism by Using Hydrogen bonding Metal Complexes | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Makoto Tadokoro | Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Hajime Kamebuchi | Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science | Assistant Professor |
| Co-Researcher | You Suzuki | Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science | Post Doctor |
| Co-Researcher | Kenji Yamane | Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science | Post Doctor |
| Co-Researcher | Daiki Kan | Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science | Post Doctor |
| Co-Researcher | Daiki Nagatome | Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science | Post Doctor |
| Application of Electrical Field Sensitive Soft Crystals to Optoelectronic Devices | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Takashi Okubo | Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University | Assistant Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa | Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University | Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Maekawa Masahiko | Research Institute for Science and Technology, Kindai University | Professor |
| Optical characteristics control of soft crystals using solid electrochemical reaction | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Hirofumi Yoshikawa | School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University | Assistant Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Daisuke Tanaka | School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University | Assistant Professor |
| Development of Photo-switchable Multifunctional Soft Crystal Devices Combining Magnetism and Conductivity | |||
| Principal Investigator |
Ryuta Ishikawa | Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University | Assistant Professor |
| Co-Researcher | Satoshi Kawata | Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University | Professor |