Functional supramolecular polymers

T Aida, EW Meijer, SI Stupp - Science, 2012 - science.org
Supramolecular polymers can be random and entangled coils with the mechanical properties
of plastics and elastomers, but with great capacity for processability, recycling, and self-…

Toward intelligent molecular machines: directed motions of biological and artificial molecules and assemblies

K Kinbara, T Aida - Chemical reviews, 2005 - ACS Publications
… Takuzo Aida was born in 1956. He received a BS degree in Physical Chemistry from
Yokohama National University in 1979 and then studied at The University of Tokyo, obtaining a Ph.…

Photoconductive coaxial nanotubes of molecularly connected electron donor and acceptor layers

…, S Seki, S Tagawa, M Taniguchi, T Kawai, T Aida - Science, 2006 - science.org
Controlled self-assembly of a trinitrofluorenone-appended gemini-shaped amphiphilic
hexabenzocoronene selectively formed nanotubes or microfibers with different photochemical …

Molecular ordering of organic molten salts triggered by single-walled carbon nanotubes

…, Y Ishimura, T Yamamoto, T Takigawa, N Ishii, T Aida - Science, 2003 - science.org
When mixed with imidazolium ion-based room-temperature ionic liquid, pristine single-walled
carbon nanotubes formed gels after being ground. The heavily entangled nanotube …

An anisotropic hydrogel with electrostatic repulsion between cofacially aligned nanosheets

…, Y Ebina, T Sasaki, T Hikima, M Takata, T Aida - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
… When attenuating the applied magnetic field from 10 T to <4 T, the TiNS dispersion began
to lose its optical anisotropy owing to thermal structural relaxation (Supplementary Fig. 5). As …

High-water-content mouldable hydrogels by mixing clay and a dendritic molecular binder

…, M Yoshida, E Lee, M Lee, K Okuro, K Kinbara, T Aida - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
With the world’s focus on reducing our dependency on fossil-fuel energy, the scientific community
can investigate new plastic materials that are much less dependent on petroleum than …

Comprehensive approach to intrinsic charge carrier mobility in conjugated organic molecules, macromolecules, and supramolecular architectures

A Saeki, Y Koizumi, T Aida… - Accounts of chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
t , and the spatial distribution of the sites as Σ t , and the overall dependence of μ on E and T
… As seen from eq 11, the actual values of mobility are strongly dependent on E and T, which …

Supramolecular ferroelectrics

AS Tayi, A Kaeser, M Matsumoto, T Aida, SI Stupp - Nature Chemistry, 2015 - nature.com
… obtained at room temperature and the Curie temperature (T C ) of the system was 377 K. …
Deuteration further raises T C to 304 K and enables room-temperature ferroelectricity in this …

A rubberlike stretchable active matrix using elastic conductors

T Sekitani, Y Noguchi, K Hata, T Fukushima, T Aida… - Science, 2008 - science.org
By using an ionic liquid of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide,
we uniformly dispersed single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) as chemically stable …

Self-Assembled Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene Graphitic Nanotube

…, T Shimomura, K Ito, T Hashizume, N Ishii, T Aida - Science, 2004 - science.org
An amphiphilic hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene self-assembles to form a π-electronic, discrete
nanotubular object. The object is characterized by an aspect ratio greater than 1000 and …