Yasuo Norikane, Ph. D

• Senior Planning Manager: Research Strategy Planning Department, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), January 2024-present.
• Group Leader: Molecular Assembly Group, Research Institute for Advanced Electronics and Photonics, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), April 2020-December 2023.
• Associate Professor: Graduate school of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba (Cooperative Graduate School System), April 2016-present.
• Group Leader: Molecular Assembly Group, Electronics and Photonics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), July 2015-March 2020.
• Senior Researcher: Molecular Assembly Group, Electronics and Photonics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), April 2013-June 2015.
• Senior Researcher: Mesoscopic Group, Electronics and Photonics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), October 2011-March 2013.
• Researcher, Mesoscopic Group, Electronics and Photonics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), April 2011-September 2011.
• Researcher: Molecular Thin Film Group, Photonics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), January 2010-March 2011.
• Researcher: Molecular Smart System Group, Nanotechnology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), October 2005-December 2009.
• Postdoctoral Research: Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, CA, USA), January 2004-September 2005. Advisor: Prof. M. Reza Ghadiri
• Postdoctoral Research: Institute for Materials and Chemical Process, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), April 2001-December 2003. Advisor: Dr. Nobuyuki Tamaoki
• Doctoral Research: Department of Chemistry, University of Tsukuba, April 1996-March 2001. Advisor: Prof. Tatsuo Arai

• University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, 1992-2001 (Arai Lab., Department of Chemistry)
• Ph. D (Science), 2001
• MS (Science), 1998
• BA (Science), 1996

1. Research Papers

• 78) Keegan McGehee, Koichiro Saito, Ryo Fukaya, Rie Haruki, Shunsuke Nozawa, Minghao Gao, Yuji C. Sasaki, Kazuhiro Mio, Yasuo Norikane
  Diffracted X-ray blinking reveals signature crystal polymorph dynamics in 1,2,3,5-Tetrabromobenzene
  Scientific Reports, 15, 10166 (2025).
  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-95316-z. [link]
  
• 77) Kengo Manabe, Makoto Saikawa, Itsuka Sato, Chuan Shen Loo, Kazunori Takashima, Yasuo Norikane
  Biomimetic 3D-Printed Armored Structures for Durable Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Integrating Macroprotection and Nanofunctionality
  ACS Apply. Polym. Mater., 6, 13701-13709 (2024).
  DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.4c02416. [link]
  
• 76) Makoto Saikawa, Kengo Manabe, Koichiro Saito, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Yasuo Norikane
  Multimode crawling motions of azobenzene crystal induced by light intensities for application as a shape-changeable microcleaner
  CrystEngComm, 26, 6274-6281 (2024).
  DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00827H. [link]
  
• 75) Makoto Saikawa, Mio Ohnuma, Kengo Manabe, Koichiro Saito, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Yasuo Norikane
  Photo-Controllable Microcleaner: Photo-Induced Crawling Motion and Particle Transport of Azobenzene Crystals on a Liquid-Like Surface
  Materials Horizons, 11, 4819-4827 (2024).
  DOI: 10.1039/D4MH00455H. [link]
  
• 74) Yoriko Sonoda, Ryuzi Katoh, Norimitsu Tohnai, Yasuo Norikane
  Singlet Fission in Diphenylhexatriene Amide Derivatives: Effects of Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonds in Crystals
  Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 128, 8277-8287 (2024).
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c00484. [link]
  
• 73) Keegan McGehee, Koichiro Saito, Dennis Kwaria, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Yasuo Norikane
  Releasing a bound molecular spring with light: a visible light-triggered photosalient effect tied to polymorphism
  Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26, 6834-6843 (2024).
  DOI: 10.1039/D3CP04691E. [link]
  
• 72) Yasuo Norikane, Mio Ohnuma, Dennis Kwaria, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Takuya Ohzono, Toshiko Mizokuro, Koji Abe, Kengo Manabe, Koichiro Saito
  Photo-controllable azobenzene microdroplets on an open surface and their application as transporters
  Materials Horizons, 11, 1495-1501 (2024).
  DOI: 10.1039/d3mh01774e. [link]
  
• 71) Koichiro Saito, Kouhei Ichiyanagi, Ryo Fukaya, Rie Haruki, Shunsuke Nozawa, Daisuke Sasaki, Tatsuya Arai, Yuji C. Sasaki, Keegan McGehee, Makoto Saikawa, Minghao Gao, Zhichao Wei, Dennis Kwaria, Yasuo Norikane
  Visualization of the Dynamics of Photoinduced Crawling Motion of 4-(Methylamino)Azobenzene Crystals via Diffracted X-ray Tracking
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24, 17462 (2023).
  DOI: 10.3390/ijms242417462. [link]
  
• 70) Kengo Manabe, Yasuo Norikane
  Graphene composite self-healing antifog/frost-resist transparent coatings with zwitter-wettability
  Surfaces and Interfaces, 42, 103363 (2023).
  DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2023.103363. [link]
  
• 69) Suyi Liu, Yasuo Norikane, Yoshihiro Kikkawa
  Two-dimensional molecular networks at the solid/liquid interface and the role of alkyl chains in their building blocks
  Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 14, 872-892 (2023).
  DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.14.72. [link]
  
• 68) Suyi Liu, Yasuo Norikane, Seiji Tsuzuki, Shotaro Ito, Yoshihiro Kikkawa
  Effect of metal coordination on two-dimensional assemblies in curcumin derivatives
  Chemistry Letters, 52, 564-568 (2023).
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.230189. [link]
  
• 67) Koichiro Saito, Kouhei Ichiyanagi, Shunsuke Nozawa, Rie Haruki, Dongxiao Fan, Tomoki Kanazawa, Yasuo Norikane
  Transportation of Nano/Microparticles via Photoinduced Crawling of Azobenzene Crystals
  Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10, 2202525 (2023).
  DOI: 10.1002/admi.202202525. [link]
  
• 66) Suyi Liu, Yasuo Norikane, Seiji Tsuzuki, Shotaro Ito, Yoshihiro Kikkawa
  Tuning the odd-even effect on two-dimensional assemblies of curcumin derivatives by alkyl chain substitution: a scanning tunnelling microscopy study
  Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25, 10917-10924 (2023).
  DOI: 10.1039/D3CP00368J. [link]
  
• 65) Dennis Kwaria, Keegan McGehee, Suyi Liu, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Shotaro Ito, Yasuo Norikane
  Visible-Light-Photomeltable Azobenzenes as Solar Thermal Fuels
  ACS Applied Optical Materials, 1, 2, 633-639 (2023).
  DOI: 10.1021/acsaom.2c00189. [link]
  Supplementary Coverに選ばれました。 [link]
  
• 64) Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Mayumi Nagasaki, Yasuo Norikane
  Two-dimensional self-assemblies of azobenzene derivatives: effects of methyl substitution of azobenzene core and alkyl chain length
  Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24, 29757-29764 (2022).
  DOI: 10.1039/D2CP05097H. [link]
  
• 63) Minghao Gao, Dennis Kwaria, Yasuo Norikane, Youfeng Yue
  Visible-light-switchable azobenzenes: Molecular design, supramolecular systems, and applications
  Natural Sciences, e220020 (2022).
  DOI: 10.1002/ntls.20220020. [link]
  
• 62) Shuai Zhao, Hiroshi Yamagishi, Yasuo Norikane, Shotaro Hayashi, Yohei Yamamoto
  Optical Control of Aggregation-Induced Emission Shift by Photoisomerizable Precipitant in a Liquid Droplet Microresonator
  Advanced Optical Materials, 2202134 (2022).
  DOI: 10.1002/adom.202202134. [link]
  
• 61) Kengo Manabe, Koichiro Saito, Miki Nakano, Takuya Ohzono, Yasuo Norikane
  Light-Driven Liquid Conveyors: Manipulating Liquid Mobility and Transporting Solids on Demand
  ACS Nano, 16, 16353-16362 (2022).
  DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c05524. [link]
  
• 60) Koichiro Saito, Keegan McGehee, Yasuo Norikane
  Visible-Light-Induced Reversible Self-Assembly of Gold Nanorattles Using Anionic ortho-Fluoroazobenzene
  Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 39, 2200123 (2022).
  DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.202200123. [link]
  Front coverに選ばれました。 [link]
  
• 59) Osamu Oki, Hiroshi Yamagishi, Yasuhiro Morisaki, Ryo Inoue, Kana Ogawa, Nanami Miki, Yasuo Norikane, Hiroyasu Sato, Yohei, Yamamoto
  Synchronous assembly of chiral skeletal single-crystalline microvessels
  Science, 377, 673-678 (2022).
  DOI: 10.1126/science.abm9596. [link]
  筑波大、関西学院大よりプレスリリース「お椀型多面体マイクロ単結晶の均一かつ精密な成長制御に成功」 [link]
  
• 58) Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Mayumi Nagasaki, Seiji Tsuzuki, Thierry N. J. Fouquet, Sayaka Nakamura, Yasumasa Takenaka, Yasuo Norikane, Kazuhisa Hiratani
  Well-organised two-dimensional self-assembly controlled by in situ formation of a Cu(II)-coordinated rufigallol derivative: a scanning tunnelling microscopy study
  Chemical Communications, 58, 1752-1755 (2022).
  DOI: 10.1039/d1cc05991b. [link]
  
• 57) Kengo Manabe, Miki Nakano, Yasuo Norikane
  Green Superlubricity Enabled by Only One Water Droplet on Plant Oil-Infused Surfaces
  Langmuir, 37, 14878-14888 (2021).
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02689. [link]
  Supplementary Coverに選ばれました。 [link]
  
• 56) Yasuo Norikane, Masaru Hayashino, Mio Ohnuma, Koji Abe, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Koichiro Saito, Kengo Manabe, Koji Miyake, Miki Nakano, Naoki Takada
  Photo-Induced Crawling Motion of Azobenzene Crystals on Modified Gold Surfaces
  Langmuir, 37, 14177-14185 (2021).
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02494. [link]
  Supplementary Coverに選ばれました。 [link]
  
• 55) Takuya Ohzono, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Emiko Koyama, Yasuo Norikane
  Impact of Crystallites in Nematic Elastomers on Dynamic Mechanical Properties and Adhesion
  Macromolecules, 54, 8987-8995 (2021).
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01160. [link]
  
• 54) Yasuo Norikane, Masaru Hayashino, Mio Ohnuma, Koji Abe, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Koichiro Saito, Kengo Manabe, Koji Miyake, Miki Nakano, Naoki Takada
  Effect of Surface Properties on the Photo-induced Crawling Motion of Azobenzene Crystals on Glass Surfaces
  Frontiers in Chemistry, 684767 (2021).
  DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.684767. [link](Open Access)
  
• 53) Kengo Manabe, Emiko Koyama, Yasuo Norikane
  Cephalopods-Inspired Rapid Self-Healing Nanoclay Composite Coatings with Oxygen Barrier and Super-Bubble-Phobic Properties
  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, 36341-36349 (2021).
  DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c09588. [link]
  
• 52) Takuya Ohzono, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Emiko Koyama, Yasuo Norikane
  Unlocking Entropic Elasticity of Nematic Elastomers Through Light and Dynamic Adhesion
  Advanced Materials Interefaces, 2100672 (2021).
  DOI: 10.1002/admi.202100672. [link](Open Access)
  
• 51) Koichiro Saito, Keegan McGehee, Kengo Manabe, Yasuo Norikane
  Facile fabrication of self-assembled nanostructures of vertically aligned gold nanorods by using inkjet printing
  RSC Advances, 11, 22376-22380 (2021).
  DOI: 10.1039/D1RA03900H. [link](Open Access)
  
• 50) Kengo Manabe, Miki Nakano, Koji Miyake, Yasuo Norikane
  Bioinspired extremely rapid self-repairing coatings for long-life repeated features
  Chemical Engineering Journal, 424, 130568 (2021).
  DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.130568. [link]
  
• 49) Koichiro Saito, Keegan McGehee, Yasuo Norikane
  Size-controlled synthesis of cyclodextrin-capped gold nanoparticles for molecular recognition using surface-enhanced Raman scattering
  Nanoscale Advances, 3, 3272-3278 (2021).
  DOI: 10.1039/D1NA00125F. [link](Open Access)
  
• 48) Youfeng Yue, Yasuo Norikane, Jian Ping Gong
  Ultrahigh-Water-Content Photonic Hydrogels with Large Electro-Optic Responses in Visible to Near-Infrared Region
  Adv. Opt. Mater., 9, 2002198 (2021).
  DOI: 10.1002/adom.202002198. [link]
  
• 47) Youfeng Yue, Reiko Azumi, Yasuo Norikane
  Fatigue-Resistant Crosslinked Azopolymers with Inhibited H-Aggregation for Efficient Photopatterning
  ChemPhotoChem, 4, 5383-5391 (2020).
  DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202000151. [link]
  
• 46) Takuya Ohzono, Yasuo Norikane, Mohand Saed, and Eugene M. Terentjev
  Light-driven Dynamic Adhesion on Photo-sensitized Nematic Liquid Crystalline Elastomers
  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 12, 31992-31997 (2020).
  DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c08289. [link]
  
• 45) Joshua P. Barham, Thierry N. J. Fouquet, and Yasuo Norikane
  Base-Catalyzed C-Alkylation of Potassium Enolates with Styrenes via a Metal-ene Reaction: A Mechanistic Study
  Org. Biomol. Chem., 18, 2063-2075 (2020).
  DOI: 10.1039/c9ob02495f. [link](Open Access)
  
• 44) Takuya Ohzono, Mohand O. Saed, Youfeng Yue, Yasuo Norikane, and Eugene M. Terentjev
  Dynamic Manipulation of Friction in Smart Textile Composites of Liquid‐Crystal Elastomers
  Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 1901996 (2020).
  DOI: 10.1002/admi.201901996. [link]
  
• 43) Youfeng Yue, and Yasuo Norikane
  Gold Clay from Self-assembly of 2D Microscale Nanosheets
  Nat. Commun., 11, Auticle number: 568 (2020).
  DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-14260-5. [link](Open Access)
  
• 42) Gijo Raj, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Luca Catalano, Renu Pasricha, Yasuo Norikane, and Pance Naumov
  Supramolecular Organization of Model Polycyclic Aromatic Molecules: Comparison of 2D and 3D Assemblies
  CHEMNANOMAT, 6, 68-72 (2020).
  DOI: 10.1002/cnma.201900415. [link]
  
• 41) Koichiro Saito, Mio Ohnuma, and Yasuo Norikane
  Negative Phototactic Behaviour of Crystals on a Glass Surface
  Chem. Commun., 55, 9303-9306 (2019).
  DOI: 10.1039/c9cc03826d. [link]
  
• 40) Joshua P. Barham, Emiko Koyama, Yasuo Norikane, Noriyuki Ohneda, Takeo Yoshimura
  Microwave Flow: A Perspective on Reactor and Microwave Configurations and the Emergence of Tunable Single-mode Heating Toward Large-scale Applications
  Chemical Record 19, 188-203 (2019).
  DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201800104. [link](Open Access)
  
• 39) Emiko Koyama, Noriko Ito, Jun-ichi Sugiyama, Joshua P. Barham, Yasuo Norikane, Reiko Azumi, Noriyuki Ohneda, Yoshinobu Ohno, Takeo Yoshimura, Hiromichi Odajima, Tadashi Okamoto
  A Continuous-flow Resonator-type Microwave Reactor for High-efficiency Organic Synthesis and Claisen Rearrangement as a Model Reactions
  J. Flow. Chem., 8, 147-156 (2018).
  DOI: 10.1007/s41981-018-0021-6. [link](Open Access)
  
• 38) Youfeng Yue, Yasuo Norikane, Reiko Azumi, and Emiko Koyama
  Light-induced Mechanical Response in Crosslinked Liquid-crystalline Polymers with Photoswitchable Glass Transition Temperatures
  Nat. Commun., 9, Auticle number: 3234 (2018).
  DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05744-x. [link](Open Access)
  
• 37) Takahiro Yamamoto, Yasuo Norikane, Haruhisa Akiyama
  Photochemical Liquefaction and Softening in Molecular Materials, Polymers, and Related Compounds
  Polymer Journal 50, 551-562 (2018).
  DOI: 10.1038/s41428-018-0064-4. [link]
  
• 36) Joshua P. Barham, Satoko Tanaka, Emiko Koyama, Noriyuki Ohneda, Tadashi Okamoto, Hiromichi Odajima, Jun-ichi Sugiyama, and Yasuo Norikane
  Selective, Scalable Synthesis of C60-Fullerene/Indene Monoadducts Using a Microwave Flow Applicator
  J. Org. Chem., 83, 4348-4354 (2018).
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b03209. [link](Open Access)
  
• 35) Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Satoko Tanaka, and Yasuo Norikane
  Photo-triggered Enzymatic Degradation of Biodegradable Polymers
  RSC Advances, 7, 55720-55724 (2017).
  DOI: 10.1039/c7ra10598c. [link](Open Access)
  
• 34) Minoru Ishikawa, Takuya Ohzono, and Yasuo Norikane
  Photo-enhanced Aqueous Solubilization of an Azo-compound
  Scientific Reports 7, 6909 (2017).
  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06947-w. [link](Open Access)
  
• 33) Yasuo Norikane, Satoko Tanaka and Emi Uchida
  Azobenzene Crystals Swim on Water Surface Triggered by Light
  CrystEngComm 18, 7225-7228 (2016).
  DOI: 10.1039/C6CE00738D. [link](Open Access)
  
• 32) Yasuo Norikane, Emi Uchida, Satoko Tanaka, Kyoko Fujiwara, Hideki Nagai and Haruhisa Akiyama
  Photoinduced Phase Transitions in Rod-shaped Azobenzene with Different Alkyl Chain Length
  J. Photopolym. Sci. Tech. 29, 149-157 (2016).
  DOI: 10.2494/photopolymer.29.149. [link]
  
• 31) Mina Han, Sung June cho, Yasuo Norikane, Masaki Shimizu and Takahiro Seki
  Assembly of an Achiral Chromophore into Light-Responsive Helical Nanostructures in the Absence of Chiral Components
  Chem. Eur. J. 22, 3971-3975 (2016).
  DOI: 10.1002/chem.201600227. [link]
  
• 30) Emi Uchida, Reiko Azumi, and Yasuo Norikane
  Light-Induced Crawling of Crystals on a Glass Surface
  Nat. Commun. 6, Atricle number: 7310 (2015).
  DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8310 [link](Open Access)
  
• 29) Haruhisa Akiyama, Satoshi Kanazawa, Masaru Yoshida, Hideyuki Kihara, Hideki Nagai, Yasuo Norikane and Reiko Azumi
  Photochemical Liquid-Solid Transitions in Multi-dye Compounds
  Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 604, 64-70 (2014).
  DOI: 10.1080/15421406.2014.967743. [link]
• 28) Mina Han, Sung June Cho, Yasuo Norikane, Masaki Shimizu, Akinori Kimura, Tomokazu Tamagawa and Takahiro Seki
  Multistimuli-responsive Azobenzene Nanofibers with Aggregation-induced Emission Enhancement Characteristics
  Chem. Commun. 50, 15815-15818 (2014).
  DOI: 10.1039/C4CC06938B. [link]
• 27) Haruhisa Akiyama, Masaru Yoshida, Hideyuki Kihara, Yasuo Norikane and Reiko Azumi
  Organic Photofunctional Materials Composed of Azobenzene Derivatives: Liquid-solid Phase Transition in Multi Azobenzene Compounds with Partially Substituted Structures
  J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol. 27, 301-305 (2014).
  DOI: 10.2494/photopolymer.27.301. [link]
• 26) Yasuo Norikane, Emi Uchida, Satoko Tanaka, Kyoko Fujiwara, Emiko Koyama, Reiko Azumi, Haruhisa Akiyama, Hideyuki Kihara, and Masaru Yoshida
  Photoinduced Crystal-to-Liquid Phase Transitions of Azobenzene Derivatives and Their Application in Photolithography Processes through a Solid-Liquid Patterning
  Org. Lett. 16, 5012-5015 (2014).
  DOI: 10.1021/ol502223u. [link]
  
• 25) Yoriko Sonoda, Midori Goto, Yasuo Norikane, and Reiko Azumi
  Crystal Structures and Fluorescence Spectroscopic Properties of Cyano-Substituted Diphenylhexatrienes
  Cryst. Growth Des. 14, 4781-4789 (2014).
  DOI:10.1021/cg5009363. [link]
• 24) Emi Uchida, Reiko Azumi, and Yasuo Norikane
  Switching between Solid and Liquid Phases of Spiropyran by Photochromic Reaction
  Chem. Lett. 43, 1619-1621 (2014).
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.140582. [link]
  
• 23) Manabu Hoshino, Emi Uchida, Yasuo Norikane, Reiko Azumi, Shunsuke Nozawa, Ayana Tomita, Tokushi Sato, Shin-ichi Adachi, and Shin-ya Koshihara
  Crystal Melting by Light: X-ray Crystal Structure Analysis of an Azo Crystal Showing Photoinduced Crystal-Melt Transition
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 9158-9164 (2014).
  DOI: 10.1021/ja503652c. [link]
• 22) Haruhisa Akiyama, Satoshi Kanazawa, Yoko Okuyama, Masaru Yoshida, Hideyuki Kihara, Hideki Nagai, Yasuo Norikane and Reiko Azumi
  Photochemically Reversible Liquefaction and Solidification of Multiazobenzene Sugar-Alcohol Derivatives and Application to Reworkable Adhesives
  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 6, 7933-7941 (2014).
  DOI: 10.1021/am501227y. [link]
• 21) Emi Uchida, Kouji Sakaki, Yumiko Nakamura, Reiko Azumi, Yuki Hirai, Haruhisa Akiyama, Masaru Yoshida, and Yasuo Norikane
  Control of the Orientation and Photoinduced Phase Transitions of Macrocyclic Azobenzene
  Chem. Eur. J. 19, 17391-17397 (2013).
  DOI: 10.1002/chem.201302674. [link]
  
• 20) Hideyuki Kihara, Yasuo Norikane and Masaru Yoshida
  Regioselectivity Control of Photodimerization of Liquid-Crystalline Cinnamoyl Compounds by Phase Variation: Dual Functionality of p-Terphenyl Substituent as a Mesogen and a Triplet Sensitizer
  Tetrahedron, 68, 5513-5521 (2012).
  DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2012.04.083. [link]
• 19) Yasuo Norikane
  Physical and Photochemical Properties of Macrocyclic Azobenzenes
  J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol. 25, 153-158 (2012).
  DOI: 10.2494/photopolymer.25.153. [link]
• 18) Mina Han, Takumu Honda, Daisuke Ishikawa, Eisuke Ito, Masahiko Hara and Yasuo Norikane
  Realization of Highly Photoresponsive Azobenzene-Functionalized Monolayers
  J. Mater. Chem. 21, 4696-4702 (2011).
  DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03697H. [link]
• 17) Yasuo Norikane, Yuki Hirai and Masaru Yoshida
  Photoinduced Isothermal Phase Transitions of Liquid-Crystalline Macrocyclic Azobenzenes
  Chem. Commun. 47, 1770-1772 (2011).
  DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04052E. [link]
  
• 16) Mina Han, Yasuo Norikane, Ken Onda, Yoko Matsuzawa, Masaru Yoshida and Masahiko Hara
  Light-driven Modulation of Fluorescence Color from Azobenzene Derivatives Containing Electron-donating and Electron-withdrawing Groups
  New J. Chem. 34, 2892-2896 (2010).
  DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00353K. [link]
• 15) Yasuo Norikane, Riju Davis and Nobuyuki Tamaoki
  Photochromism of Spiroperimidine Compound in Polymer Matrices
  New J. Chem. 33, 1327-1331 (2009).
  DOI: 10.1039/B822914G. [link]
• 14) Yasuo Norikane, Riju Davis, Yoshinobu Nishimura, Tatsuo Arai and Nobuyuki Tamaoki
  Drastic Solvent Effect on Thermal Back Reaction of Spiroperimidine Photochromic Compounds
  J. Photochem. Photobiol. A:Chem. 205, 116-121 (2009).
  DOI :10.1016/j.jphotochem.2009.04.016. [link]
• 13) Yasuo Norikane, Ryuzi Katoh and Nobuyuki Tamaoki
  Unconventional Thermodynamically Stable Cis Isomer and Trans to Cis Thermal Isomerization in Reversibly Photoresponsive [0.0](3,3')-Azobenzenophane
  Chem. Commun. (2008) 1898-1900.
  DOI: 10.1039/B718813G. [link]
• 12) Yasuo Norikane and Nobuyuki Tamaoki
  Photochemical and Thermal cis/trans Isomerization of Cyclic and Noncyclic Azobenzene Dimers: Effect of a Cyclic Structure on Isomerization
  Eur. J. Org. Chem. 5, 1296-1302 (2006).
  DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200500682. [link]
• 11) S. Anitha Nagamani, Yasuo Norikane, and Nobuyuki Tamaoki
  Photoinduced Hinge Like Molecular Motion: Studies on Xanthene Based Cyclic Azobenzene Dimers
  J. Org. Chem. 70, 9304-9313 (2005).
  DOI: 10.1021/jo0513616. [link]
• 10) Yasuo Norikane and Nobuyuki Tamaoki
  Light-Driven Molecular Hinge: A New Molecular Machine Showing a Light-Intensity-Dependent Photoresponse that Utilizes the Trans-Cis Isomerization of Azobenzene
  Org. Lett. 6, 2595-2598 (2004).
  DOI: 10.1021/ol049082c. [link]
  アメリカ化学会ホームページの"Heart Cut"のコーナーで取り上げられました。
  
• 9) Yasuo Norikane, Hiroki Itoh, and Tatsuo Arai
  Photophysical Properties of 5-Hydroxyflavone
  J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 161, 163-168 (2004).
  DOI: 10.1016/S1010-6030(03)00285-5. [link]
• 8) Yasuo Norikane, Kogorou Kitamoto and Nobuyuki Tamaoki
  Novel Crystal Structure, Cis-Trans Isomerization, and Host Property of meta-Substituted Macrocyclic Azobenzenes with the Shortest Linkers
  J. Org. Chem. 68, 8291-8304 (2003).
  DOI: 10.1021/jo0341160. [link]
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• 7) Yasuo Norikane, Naofumi Nakayama, Nobuyuki Tamaoki, Tatsuo Arai and Umpei Nagashima
  Quantum Chemical Studies on Photoinduced Cis-Trans Isomerization and Intramolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer of 2'-Hydroxychalcone.
  J. Phys. Chem. A, 107, 8659-8664 (2003).
  DOI: 10.1021/jp027824i. [link]
• 6) Yasuo Norikane, Kogorou Kitamoto and Nobuyuki Tamaoki
  [1.1](3,3')-Azobenzenophane: Novel Crystal Structure and Cis-Trans Isomerization of Distorted Azobenzene
  Org. Lett. 4, 3907-3910 (2002).
  DOI: 10.1021/ol026760r. [link]
• 5) Yasuo Norikane, Hiroki Itoh and Tatsuo Arai
  Photochemistry of 2'-Hydroxychalcone. One-Way Cis-Trans Photoisomerization Induced by Adiabatic Intramolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer
  J. Phys. Chem. A, 106, 2766-2776 (2002).
  DOI: 10.1021/jp0133081. [link]
  
• 4) Yasuo Norikane and Tatsuo Arai
  Hydrogen Atom Transfer of 5-Hydroxyflavone in the Excited Triplet State
  Chem. Lett. 30, 416-417 (2001).
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.2001.416. [link]
• 3) Yasuo Norikane, Hiroki Itoh and Tatsuo Arai
  Control of the Photoisomerization Mode of Carbon-Carbon Double Bond by Intramolecular Hydrogen Bond; One-way Photoisomerization of 2'-Hydroxychalcone Induced by Adiabatic Intramolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer
  Chem. Lett. 29, 1094-1095 (2000).
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.2000.1094. [link]
• 2) Yasuo Norikane and Tatsuo Arai
  Direct Evidence of the Hydrogen Atom Transfer in Methyl Salicylate in the Triplet State
  Chem. Lett. 28, 909-910 (1999).
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.1999.909. [link]
• 1) Tatsuo Arai and Yasuo Norikane
  Direct Observation of the Photoinduced Hydrogen Atom Transfer in 2'-Hydroxychalcone
  Chem. Lett. 26, 339-340 (1997).
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.1997.339. [link]

2．Book Chapters

• 3) Yasuo Norikane, Koichiro Saito and Youfeng Yue
  Photosynergetic Responses in Molecules and Molecular Aggregates
  Chapter 27: Crawling and Bending Motions of Azobenzene Derivatives Based on Photoresponsive Solid-Liquid Phase Transition System
  Springer, September 2020.
  ISBN: 978-9811554506 [link]
• 2) Yasuo Norikane and Koichiro Saito
  Mechanically Responsive Materials for Soft Robotics
  Chapter 4: Crawling Motion of Crystals on Solid Surfaces by Photo-induced Reversible Crystal-to-Melt Phase Transition
  Wiley-VCH, December 2019.
  ISBN: 9783527346202 [link]
• 1) Mina Han, Yasuo Norikane
  Aggregation-induced Emission: Fundamentals
  Chapter 9: Photoisomerization and Light-Driven Fluorescence Enhancement of Azobenzene Derivatives
  John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., September 2013.
  ISBN: 978-1-118-39430-4