Nakajima/Liang Laboratory, Institute of Science Tokyo

Original Articles

Title: Periodic Surface Undulation in Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Author(s): Hama Nagai, Xiaobin Liang, Yukihiro Nishikawa, Ken Nakajima, and Kenji Urayama*
Source: Macromolecules Volume: 49 Pages: 9561−9567 Year: 2016
Published: 12 Dec., 2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01688

Title: Size-dependent elastic modulus of ultrathin polymer films in glassy and rubbery states
Author(s): Hung K. Nguyen, So Fujinami, Ken Nakajima*
Source: Polymer Volume: 105 Pages: 64-71 Year: 2016
Published: 06 Oct., 2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2016.10.012

Title: Two-Dimensional Skyrmion Lattice Formation in a Nematic Liquid Crystal Consisting of Highly Bent Banana Molecules
Author(s): Sungmin Kang,* Eun-Woo Lee, Tianqi Li, Xiaobin Liang, Masatoshi Tokita, KenNakajima and Junji Watanabe
Source: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Volume: 55 Pages: 11552-11556 Year: 2016
Published: 11 Aug., 2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201606388

Title: A study of the nanoscale and atomic-scale wear resistance of metallic glasses
Author(s): D. V. Louzguine-Luzgin,* H. K. Nguyen, K. Nakajima, S. V. Ketov and A. S. Trifonov
Source: Mater. Lett. Volume: 185 Pages: 54-58 Year: 2016
Published: 08 Aug., 2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2016.08.035

Title: Huge reduction of Young’s modulus near a shear band in metallic glass
Author(s): S. V. Ketov,* H. K. Nguyen, A. S. Trifonov, K. Nakajima, D. V. Louzguine-Luzgin
Source: J. Alloys Compd. Volume: 687 Pages: 221-226 Year: 2016
Published: 12 Jun., 2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.06.116

Title: Elastic and viscoelastic characterization of inhomogeneous polymers by bimodal atomic force microscopy
Author(s): Hung K. Nguyen, Makiko Ito and Ken Nakajima*
Source: Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. Volume: 55 Pages: 08NB06 Year: 2016
Published: 01 Jul., 2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7567/JJAP.55.08NB06

Title: Intrinsic correlation between B-relaxation and spatial heterogeneity in a metallic glass
Author(s): F. Zhu, H. K. Nguyen, S. X. Song, Daisman P. B. Aji, A. Hirata, H. Wang, K. Nakajima and M. W. Chen*
Source: Nat. Commun. Volume: 7 Pages: 11516 Year: 2016
Published: 09 May., 2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11516

Title: Probing stem cell differentiation using atomic force microscopy
Author(s): Xiaobin Liang, Xuetao Shi,* Serge Ostrovidov, Hongkai Wu,* Ken Nakajima
Source: Appl. Surf. Sci. Volume: 366 Pages: 254-259 Year: 2016
Published: 13 Jan., 2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.01.082

Title: Graphene induces spontaneous cardiac differentiation in embryoid bodies
Author(s): Samad Ahadian,* Yuanshu Zhou, Shukuyo Yamada, Mehdi Estili, Xiaobin Liang, Ken Nakajima, Hitoshi Shiku and Tomokazu Matsue*
Source: Nanoscale Volume: 8 Pages: 7075-7084 Year: 2016
Published: 10 Mar., 2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5NR07059G

Title: Elastic modulus of ultrathin polymer films characterized by atomic force microscopy: The role of probe radius
Author(s): Hung K. Nguyen, So Fujinami, Ken Nakajima*
Source: Polymer Volume: 87 Pages: 114-122 Year: 2016
Published: 01 Feb., 2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2016.01.080

Title: Hybrid hydrogel-aligned carbon nanotube scaffolds to enhance cardiac differentiation of embryoid bodies
Author(s): Samad Ahadian, Shukuyo Yamada, Javier Ramón-Azcón, Mehdi Estili, Xiaobin Liang, Ken Nakajima, Hitoshi Shiku, Ali Khademhosseini*, Tomokazu Matsue*
Source: Acta Biomater. Volume: 31 Pages: 134-143 Year: 2016
Published: 24 Nov., 2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2015.11.047

Books

Title: Chapter 17 “Polymer Surface Topography and Nanomechanical Mapping”
Author(s): H. Liu, S. Fujinami, D. Wang, K. Nakajima and T. Nishi
Source: Polymer Morphology: Principles, Characterizaiton, and Processing. pp.317-334　 Year: 2016