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• B.S. - Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama - 1993
  
• M.S. - Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama - 1995
  
• Ph.D. - Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama - 1998 - (Prof. Masamichi Fujihira) (Engineering)
  

• JSPS Research Fellow for Young Scientist (DC) - 1995 - 1998
  
• Researcher - Osaka National Research Institute - 1998 - 2001
  
• Researcher - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) - 2001 - 2005
  
• Senior Researcher - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) - 2005 - 2023
  
• Planning Officer - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) - 2007 - 2008
  
• Associate Manager for Industrial Science and Technology Program - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) - 2015 - 2017
  
• Visiting Professor - Kansai University - 2021 - 2023
  
• Leader, Hybrid Actuator Group - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) - 2023 - present
  

1. Papers

1. "Bending motion induced by near-infrared laser irradiation of polymer films made by UV-curable liquid crystalline monomer containing gold-coated fine particles", Takumi Shimono, Haoxuan Guo, Hiroyuki Aota, Takahiro Yamamoto, and Hirosato Monobe, Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical, 2024, 377, 115770.
2. "Actuation and blocking force of carbon nanotube/polymer actuator with platelet-shaped graphene", Hirosato Monobe, Nobuyuki Tsuchiya, Masahiro Yamamura, Ken Mukai, Takushi Sugino and Kinji Asaka, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 2020, 59, SDDF08.
3. "Effect of platelet-shaped graphene additives on actuating response of carbon nanotube/ionic liquid/polymer composite actuators", Hirosato Monobe, Nobuyuki Tsuchiya, Masahiro Yamamura, Ken Mukai, Takushi Sugino and Kinji Asaka, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 2018, 57, 03EH08-1-4.
4. "Charge transport property of asymmetric alkyl-BTBT LC semiconductor possessing a fluorophenyl group", Hirosato Monobe, Lingling An, Ping Hu, Bi-Qin Wang, Ke-Qing Zhao, and Yo Shimizu, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 2017, 647, 119-126.
5. "Influence of temperature variation on field effect transistor properties using a solution-processed liquid crystalline semiconductor, C₈BTBT", Hirosato Monobe, Masaomi Kimoto, and Yo Shimizu, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 2016, 629, 181-186.
6. "Influence of Temperature Variation on Field Effect Transistor Properties Using a Solution-Processed Liquid Crystalline Semiconductor, 8TNAT8", Hirosato Monobe, Masaomi Kimoto, and Yo Shimizu, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2016, 16, 3277-3281.
7. "Carrier transport property of truxene discotic liquid crystals with three different ring substituents", Hirosato Monobe, Hai-Liang Ni, Ping Hu, Bi-Qin Wang, Ke-Qing Zhao, and Yo Shimizu, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 2016, 55, 03DE01-1-4.
8. "Solution-Processed Organic Field Effect Transistor Using a Liquid Crystalline Semiconductor, 8TNAT8", Hirosato Monobe, Masaomi Kimoto, and Yo Shimizu, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 2015, 613, 88-93.
9. "Carrier transport and viscosity of discotic liquid-crystalline photoconductor hexaoctylthio-triphenylene", Hirosato Monobe and Yo Shimizu, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 2014, 53, 01AE06-1-4.
10. "Manipulation of Liquid Filaments on Photoresponsive Microwrinkles", Hirosato Monobe, Takuya Ohzono, Haruhisa Akiyama, Kimio Sumaru, and Yo Shimizu, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2012, 4, 2212-2217.
11. "Bipolar Carrier Transport in Tri-substituted Octyloxy-truxene DLC", Hirosato Monobe, Chao Chen, Ke-Qing Zhao, Hu Ping, Yasuo Miyake, Akihiko Fujii, Masanori Ozaki, and Yo Shimizu, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2011, 545, 149-155.
12. "Anisotropic Photoconduction of Triphenylene-based DLC in Aligned Domains by Wavelength Tunable CO₂ Laser", Hirosato Monobe and Yo Shimizu, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2011, 542, 151-157.
13. "Carrier Transport and Viscosity of Discotic Liquid Crystalline Photoconductor Hexaoctyloxy-Triphenylene", Hirosato Monobe, Shuichi Okamoto, Hiroyuki Enomoto, and Yo Shimizu, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 2010, 49, 01AF04-1-4.
14. "Alignment change of discotic liquid crystal domains with wavelength tunable CO₂ laser irradiation", Hirosato Monobe and Yo Shimizu, Key Engineering Materials, 2010, 428-429, 284-287.
15. "Alignment Change of Hexahexylthiotriphenylene in the Helical Columnar Phase by Infrared Laser Irradiation", Hirosato Monobe, Kunio Awazu, and Yo Shimizu, Thin Solid Films, 2009, 518, 762-766.
16. "Alignment Control of Columnar Liquid Crystals with Wavelength Tunable CO2 Laser Irradiation", Hirosato Monobe, Kunio Awazu, and Yo Shimizu, Thin Solid Films, 2008, 516, 2677-2681.
17. "Ambipolar Charge Carrier Transport Properties in the Homologous Series of 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexaalkoxytriphenylene", Hirosato Monobe, Shuichi Okamoto, Hiroyuki Enomoto, and Yo Shimizu, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2007, 476, 31[277]-41[287].
18. "Alignment Control of Columnar Liquid Crystals for Uniformly Homeotropic Domain with Circularly Polarized Infrared Irradiation", Hirosato Monobe, Hironobu Hori, Kunio Awazu, and Yo Shimizu, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2007, 475, 13-22.
19. "Alighnment Control of a Columnar Liquid Crystal for Uniformly Homeotropic Domain with Circularly Polarized Infrared Irradiation", Hirosato Monobe, Kunio Awazu, and Yo Shimizu, Adv. Mater., 2006, 18, 607-610.
20. "Homeotropic Alignment Change for Discotics in Plastic Columnar Mesophase by Infrared Irradiation", Hirosato Monobe, Hironobu Hori, Manabu Heya, Kunio Awazu, and Yo Shimizu, Thin Solid Films, 2006, 499, 259-262.
21. "Alignment Change of Discotic Liquid Crystal Domains by Wavelength Tunable Infrared Laser Irradiation", Hirosato Monobe, Manabu Heya, Kunio Awazu, and Yo Shimizu, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2005, 443, 211-217.
22. "Change of DLC Domains by IR Irradiation for a plastic columnar mesophase", Hirosato Monobe, Kenji Kiyohara, Naohiro Terasawa, Manabu Heya, Kunio Awazu, and Yo Shimizu, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2005, 437, 81[1325]-88[1332].
23. "Alignment Behavior of Discotic Nematic and Rectangular Columnar Mesophases on Self-assembled Monolayers of Alkanethiol and Asymmetrical Alkyl Disulfide", Hirosato Monobe, Hiroaki Azehara, Akihiko Nakasa, Naohiro Terasawa, Kenji Kiyohara, Yo Shimizu, and Masamichi Fujihira, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2004, 412, 229[1839]-236[1846].
24. "Controlling the orientation of the columns in a DLC by irradiation with IR", Hirosato Monobe, Kenji Kiyohara, Manabu Heya, Kunio Awazu, and Yo Shimizu, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2004, 410, 29[557]-38[566].
25. "Anisotropic Change of Liquid-Crystal Domain by Polarized Infrared Pulse Laser Irradiation for a Columnar Mesophase", Hirosato Monobe, Kenji Kiyohara, Naohiro Terasawa, Manabu Heya, Kunio Awazu, and Yo Shimizu, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2003, 13, 919-924.
26. "Alignment Change of Columnar Liquid Crystal by Polarized Infrared Irradiation", Hirosato Monobe, Kenji Kiyohara, Naohiro Terawasa, Manabu Heya, Kunia Awazu, and Yo Shimizu, Chem. Lett., 2003, 32, 870-871.
27. "Infrared Photoinduced Alignment Change for Triphenylene-based Columnar Liquid Crystals by using Free Electron Laser", Hirosato Monobe, Kenji Kiyohara, Naohiro Terasawa, Manabu Heya, Kunio Awazu, and Yo Shimizu, Thin Solid Films, 2003, 438-439, 418-422.
28. "An Infrared Technique for Alignment Control of Discotic Liquid Crystals: A Possible Fabricatioin Technology for Organic Micro/Nano Electronic Devices", Hirosato Monobe, Kenji kiyohara, Manabu Heya, Kunio Awazu, and Yo Shimizu, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2003, 397, 359-365.
29. "Orientational behavior of discotic nematic phase for a discotic liquid crystalline triphenylene on polyimide and alkylammoniumbromide coated substrates", Hirosato Monobe, Shoji Mima, Masakatsu Ukon, Takushi Sugino, and Yo Shimizu, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2001, 370, 241-244.
30. "Alignment Behavior of Discotic Nematic and Rectangular Columnar Phases on Self-assembled Monolayers of Alkanethiol and Asymmetrical Disulfide", Hirosato Monobe, Hiroaki Azehara, Yo Shimizu, and Masamichi Fujihira, Chem. Lett., 2001, 30, 1268-1269.
31. "Photoconductive properties of a mesogenic long-Chain tetraphenylporphyrin Oxovanadium(IV) Complex in a symmetrical sandwich-type ITO cell", Hirosato Monobe, Shoji Mima, Yoshihiro Miyagawa, Takushu Sugino, Kingo Uchida, and Yo Shimizu, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2001, 368, 4079-4086.
32. "Infrared photoinduced change of liquid crystal domains for a columnar mesophase", Hirosato Monobe, Kunio Awazu, and Yo Shimizu, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2001, 364, 453-460.
33. "Photoconductive Properties of a Mesogenic Long-Chain Tetraphenylporphyrin Oxovanadium(IV) Complex", Hirosato Monobe, Yoshihiro Miyagawa, Shoji Mima, Takushi Sugino, Kingo Uchida, and Yo Shimizu, Thin Solid Films, 2001, 393, 217-224.
34. "Alignment behaviour of the discotic nematic phase of 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexa(4-n-octyloxybenzoyloxy)triphenylene on polyimide and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide coated substrates", Hirosato Monobe, Shoji Mima, Takushi Sugino, Yo Shimizu, and Masakatsu Ukon, Liq. Cryst., 2001, 28, 1253-1258.
35. "Mesomorphic and photoconductive properties of a mesogenic long-chain tetraphenylporphyrin nickel(II) complex", Hirosato Monobe, Shoji Mima, Takushi Sugino and Yo Shimizu, J. Mater. Chem., 2001, 11, 1383-1392.
36. "Change of Liquid-Crystal Domains by Vibrational Excitation for a Columnar Mesophase", Hirosato Monobe, Kunio Awazu, and Yo Shimizu, Adv. Mater., 2000, 12, 1495-1499.
37. "Carrier Mobility of Discotic Lamellar Mesophases of 5,10,15,20-Tetrakis(4-n-pentadecylphenyl)porphyrin", Hirosato MONOBE, Shoji MIMA, and Yo Shimizu, Chem. Lett., 2000, 29, 1004-1005.
38. "Scanning near-field fluorescence microscopy of a phase-separated HC-FC mixed monolayer", Hirosato Monobe, Amane Koike, Hiroshi Muramatsu, Norio Chiba, Noritaka Yamamoto, Tatsuo Ataka, and Masamichi Fujihira, Ultramicroscopy, 1998, 71, 287-293.

2．Awards

• 2003.10.16 Encouragement Prize, The Japanese Liquid Crystal Society
• 2004.03.28 Young Scientist Award for the Presentation of an Excellent Paper, The Japan Society of Applied Physics
• 2006.12.14 Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, The 7th International Conference on Nano-Molecular Electronics