Papers

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33. Photoswitchable Flexible-Brittle Transition with Reversible Cracking and Healing in a Photochromic Crystal

Ryo Nishimura, Jun Fukuchi, Yuichi Hirai, Takahito Ohmura, Haruki Sugiyama, Masakazu Morimoto

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 17958−17966 .DOI: doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c01187.

32. Phototunable Polychromatic Luster in Microcrystalline Film Using Photocyclization-Cycloreversion and Photochemical Side Reactions of Diarylethene

Ryotaro Shiromae, Yuma Nakagawa, Ryo Nishimura, Masakazu Morimoto, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kingo Uchida

Cryst. Growth Des. 2025, 25, 4140−4150.DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.4c01546(Selected as "Supplementary cover picture")

31. A Visible-Light-Responsive Fluorescent Diarylethene Having a Betaine Structure

Ryo Nishimura, Naoki Kaisho, Masakazu Morimoto

Chem. Eur. J. 2024, 30, e202403076.DOI: doi.org/10.1002/chem.202403076

30. Reversible Change of Luster Color from Pale Yellow to Wine Red in Microcrystalline Film by Photochromic Diarylethene Having a Naphthyl Group

Ryotaro Shiromae, Yuma Nakagawa, Shota Watanabe, Ryo Nishimura, Masakazu Morimoto, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kingo Uchida

CrystEngComm, 2024,26, 5090-5098.DOI: doi.org/10.1039/D4CE00717D

29. Polymer Replica on Microcrystalline Surface with Dual Wettability, Mimicking a Termite Wing

Yuki Hashimoto, Amane Hase, Ayumu Tani, Ryo Nishimura, Yohei Hattori, Hiroyuki Mayama, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kingo Uchida

Polym J, 2024, 56, 847–853.DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s41428-024-00926-5

28. Molecular design of pyrene and its derivatives to make microcrystalline films with silver luster effect using drop-casting method

Tatsuya Maeda, Yuma Nakagawa, Ryo Nishimura, Masakazu Morimoto, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kingo Uchida

Cryst. Growth Des. 2024, 24, 11, 4563–4571. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.4c00218

27. Mechanically induced transient fluorescence of photochromic diarylethene crystals for sensing and security material

Ryo Nishimura, Yuka Kobayashi, Hikaru Sotome, Hiroshi Miyasaka, Masakazu Morimoto

Adv. Optical Mater. 2024, 12, 2400143.DOI: doi.org/10.1002/adom.202400143(Selected as "Inside front cover picture")

26. Straightforward Fabrication of Double Roughness Structures on Microcrystalline Film of a Diarylethene Derivative

Yuki Hashimoto, Amane Hase, Ryotaro Shiromae, Ryo Nishimura, Masakazu Morimoto, Yohei Hattori, Hiroyuki Mayama, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kingo Uchida

Langmuir 2024, 40, 14, 7661–7668.DOI：doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00365

25. Self-assembly of chiral diarylethene microcrystals by sublimation process to form foliage scroll pattern

Ryo Nishimura, Ayako Fujimoto, Takashi Kamitanaka, Haruki Sugiyama, Akiko Sekine, Nobuhiro Yasuda, Yohei Hattori, Masakazu Morimoto, Hiroyuki Mayama, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kingo Uchida

Cryst. Growth Des. 2024, 24, 7, 2791–2798.DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.3c01424(Selected as "Supplementary cover picture")

24. Photoinduced Multi-step Bending of 7-Acetoxy-4-methylcoumarin Crystal

Misaki Kitagawa, Yuma Nakagawa, Takato Ii, Ryo Nishimura, Masakazu Morimoto, Keita Kirito, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kingo Uchida

Cryst. Growth Des. 2024, 24, 3, 913–922.DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.3c00738(Selected as "Front cover picture")

23. A turn-on mode fluorescent diarylethene having an azacrown ether receptor: Metal-ion-gated enhancement of the photoreactivity and fluorescence

Shota Takaku, Ryo Nishimura, Masakazu Morimoto

Dyes Pigm. 2023, 216, 111354.DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2023.111354

22. Multicolor Photochromism of Two-Component Diarylethene Crystals Containing Oxidized and Unoxidized Benzothiophene Groups

Ryo Nishimura, Yurika Nagakawa, Masakazu Morimoto

Crystals 2022, 12, 1730.DOI: org/10.3390/cryst12121730

21. PhototunableGolden Luster Microcrystalline Film of Photochromic Diarylethene

Yuma Nakagawa, Ryo Nishimura, Masakazu Morimoto, Satoshi Yokojima, Sinichiro Nakamura, Kingo Uchida

Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2022, 95,1438-1444. DOI: org/10.1246/bcsj.20220169

20. White light emission generated by two stacking patterns of a single organic molecular crystal

Yuma Nakagawa, Kuon Kinoshita, Megumi Kasuno, Ryo Nishimura, Masakazu Morimoto, Satoshi Yokojima, Makoto Hatakeyama, Yuki Sakamoto, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kingo Uchida

Mater. Adv. 2022, 3, 6466–6473. DOI: org/10.1039/D2MA00670G(Selected as "inside back cover picture")

19. Turn-on mode fluorescent diarylethene having neopentyl substituents that undergoes all-visible-light switching

Ryo Nishimura, Eri Fujisawa, Ifu Ban, Ryota Iwai, Shoya Takasu, Masakazu Morimoto, Masahiro Irie

Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 4715-4718. DOI: org/10.1039/D2CC00554A(Selected as "back cover picture")

18. Molecular Crystalline Capsules that Release Their Contents by Light

Akira Nagai, Ryo Nishimura, Yohei Hattori, Eri Hatano, Ayako Fujimoto, Masakazu Morimoto, Nobuhiro Yasuda, Kenji Kamada, Hikaru Sotome, Hiroshi Miyasaka, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kingo Uchida

Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 11585-11592. DOI: org/10.1039/D1SC03394H

17. Spontaneous combustion of 2-bromo-3-methoxythiophene: A Study on reaction pathways and energetics by quantum chemical calculations

Shinichiro Okude, Kenichi Koizumi, Yuki Sakamoto, Makoto Hatakeyama, Masamitsu Wakabayashi, Satoshi Yokojima, Ryo Nishimura, Yohei Hattori, Kingo Uchida, Shinichiro Nakamura

J. Phys. Chem. A 2021, 125, 5615-5625. DOI: org/10.1021/acs.jpca.1c01569

16. Photoinduced Topographical Surface Changes and Photoresponse of the Crystals of 7-Methoxycoumarin

Kanae Yano, Ryo Nishimura, Yohei Hattori, Masakazu Morimoto, Haruki Sugiyama, Takashi Kamitanaka, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kingo Uchida

CrystEngComm, 2021, 23, 5780-5787. DOI: org/10.1039/D1CE00444A(Selected as "inside front cover picture")

15. Autopolymerization of 2-Bromo-3-Methoxythiophene, Analysis of Reaction Products and Estimation of Polymer Structure

Ryo Nishimura, Yohei Hattori, Masako Akazawa, Jun-ichiro Kitai, Shinichiro Okude, Yuki Sakamoto, Seiji Yamazoe, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kingo Uchida

Polym J. 2021, 53, 429–438. DOI: org/10.1038/s41428-020-00435-1

14. Measurement of glass-transition temperature of thermoreversible photochromic materials based on mechanochemical amorphization

Tsuyoshi Tsujioka, Yuuki Nakanishi, Ryo Nishimura, Kingo Uchida

Dyes Pigm. 2021, 186, 109069. DOI: org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.109069

13. Photoinduced swing of a diarylethene thin broad sword shaped crystal, A study on the detailed mechanism

Ayako Fujimoto, Noriko Fujinaga, Ryo Nishimura, Eri Hatano, Luna Kono, Akira Nagai, Akiko Sekine, Yohei Hattori, Yuko Kojima, Nobuhiro Yasuda, Masakazu Morimoto, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Ben L. Feringa, Kingo Uchida

Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 12307–12315. DOI: org/10.1039/D0SC05388K(Selected as "inside back cover picture")

12. Theoretical Consideration of Wetting in Cassie-Baxter State on Multi-Pillar and Multi-Hole Surfaces: Thermodynamics and Laplace Pressure

Hiroyuki Mayama, Tomoki Nishino, Atsushi Sekiguchi, Ryo Nishimura, Kingo Uchida, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Yoshinume Nonomura

J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol. 2019, 32(2), 279-285. DOI: 10.2494/photopolymer.32.279

11. Crystal Growth Technique for Formation of Double Roughness Structures Mimicking Lotus Leaf

Ryo Nishimura, Hiroyuki Mayama, Yoshimune Nonomura, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kingo Uchida

Langmuir 2019, 35 (43), 14124-14132. DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02358(Selected as "outside back cover picture") 

10. Aggregation-Induced Emission Effect on Turn-Off Fluorescent Switching of a Photochromic Diarylethene

Luna Kono, Yuma Nakagawa, Ayako Fujimoto, Ryo Nishimura, Yohei Hattori, Toshiki Mutai, Nobuhiro Yasuda, Kenichi Koizumi, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kingo Uchida

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2204-2212. DOI:10.3762/bjoc.15.217

9. Object Transportation System Mimicking the Cilia of Paramecium aurelia Making Use of the Light-Controllable Crystal Bending Behavior of a Photochromic Diarylethene

Ryo Nishimura, Ayako Fujimoto, Nobuhiro Yasuda, Masakazu Morimoto, Tatsuhiro Nagasaka, Hikaru Sotome, Syoji Ito, Hiroshi Miyasaka, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Ben. L. Feringa, Kingo Uchida

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58 (38), 13308-13312. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201907574 (Selected as "Hot Paper" and "back cover picture") (Highlighted in ChemistryViews, October 15, 2019)

8. Dual Wettability on Diarylethene Microcrystalline Surface Mimicking a Termite Wing

Ryo Nishimura, Kengo Hyodo, Hiroyuki Mayama, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kingo Uchida

Commun. Chem. 2019, 2, Article number: 90. (Open Access) DOI: 10.1038/s42004-019-0192-6

7. Study on the Mechanism of Diarylethene Crystal Growth by In Situ Microscopy and the Crystal Growth Controlled by an Aluminum Plasmonic Chip

Taiga Kadoyama, Ryo Nishimura, Mana Toma, Kingo Uchida, Keiko Tawa

Langmuir 2018, 34 (14), 4217-4223. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00200

6. Photochromic Crystalline Systems Mimicking Bio-Functions (Minireview)

Kingo Uchida, Ryo Nishimura, Eri Hatano, Hiroyuki Mayama, Satoshi Yokojima

Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24 (34), 8491-8506. DOI: org/10.1002/chem.201883463.(selected as "Frontispiece") 

5. In Situ Optical and Spectroscopic Imaging of Photochromic Cyclization and Crystallization of a Diarylethene Film with Optical Microscopy

Keiko Tawa, Taiga Kadoyama, Ryo Nishimura, Mana Toma, Kingo Uchida

J. Photochem. Photobiol. A 2018, 356, 397-402. DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2018.01.0222

4. Photosalient Phenomena that Mimic Impatiens Are Observed in Hollow Crystals of Diarylethene with a Perfluorocyclohexene Ring

Eri Hatano, Masakazu Morimoto, Takahito Imai, Kengo Hyodo, Ayako Fujimoto, Ryo Nishimura, Akiko Sekine, Nobuhiro Yasuda, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kingo Uchida

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56(41), 12576-12580. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201706684(Selected as "Hot Paper") (Highlighted in ChemistryViews, September 30, 2017)

3. Metal-Vapor Integration/Transportation Based on Meta-atom Desorption From Polymer Surfaces with a Low Glass-Transition Temperature

Tsuyoshi Tsujioka, Riku Shirakawa, Saki Matsumoto, Ryo Nishimura, Kingo Uchida

J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 2017, A35, 020603. DOI: 10.1116/1.4971415

2. Fractal Surfaces of Molecular Crystals Mimicking Lotus Leaf with Phototunable Double Roughness Structures

Ryo Nishimura, Kengo Hyodo, Haruna Sawaguchi, Yoshiaki Yamamoto, Yoshimune Nonomura, Hiroyuki Mayama, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kingo Uchida

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138 (32), 10299-10303. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b05562

1. Photoinduced Topographical Changes on Microcrystalline Surfaces of Diarylethenes

Noriko Fujinaga, Naoki Nishikawa, Ryo Nishimura, Kengo Hyodo, Seiji Yamazoe, Yuko Kojima, Kazuki Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Tsujioka, Masakazu Morimoto, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kingo Uchida

CrystEngComm, 2016, 18 (38), 7229-7235. DOI: 10.1039/C6CE00718J (selected as "outside back cover ")

Reviews

11. 機械刺激応答性結晶の最近の動向

   西村 涼

   Org. Cryst. Div. Newslett. 2026, No. 62, 9. (2026年1月31日発行)

10. 光応答性分子結晶を用いた，機械刺激応答性動的発光材料の設計

   西村 涼

   化学と工業 2025, 885. (2025年12月発行)

9. 光駆動結晶ロボットの新たな展開

   西村 涼, 内田欣吾

   光化学 2024, 79-86. (2024年8月発行)

8. Molecular crystalline capsules that release their contents by light.

   Kingo Uchida, Akira Nagai, Ryo Nishimura

   SPring-8/SACLA Research Frontiers 2021, 80-81. (2022年8月発行)

7. シロアリの翅の表面構造と特殊な濡れ性を模倣した結晶膜の作成

   内田欣吾, 西村　涼, 横島　智, 眞山博幸

   公益社団法人 日本しろあり対策協会 機関誌しろあり, 2021, No. 175, 1月号、pp.1-7. (2021年1月20日発行)

6. Object transportation system mimicking the cilia of Paramecium aurelia making use of the light-

   controllable crystal bending behavior of a photochromic diarylethene

   Kingo Uchida, Ryo Nishimura, Ayako Fujimoto

   SPring-8/SACLA Research Frontiers 2019, 50-51. (2020年8月31日発行)

5. ハスの葉の表面構造を模倣した光制御可能な超撥水性表面

   西村 涼、眞山博幸、横島 智、内田欣吾

   日本化学会コロイドおよび界面化学部会ニュースレター (C&I Commun), 2020, 45 (1), 46-48. (2020年3月27日発行)

4. テングシロアリの翅を模倣した膜で霧から水を作る

   西村 涼、眞山博幸、横島 智、内田欣吾

   (一財)バイオインダストリー協会　バイオサイエンスとインダストリー(B&I), 2020, 78 (2), 120-122. (2020年3月10日発行)

3. 二つの濡れ性を示す表面を創る！シロアリの翅の表面構造を模倣した材料

   西村 涼、眞山博幸、横島 智、内田欣吾

   化学, 2020, 75 (1), 44-50. (2019年12月12日発行)

2. 光照射により可逆的に生成する超撥水性表面と超親水性表面

   西村 涼,　内田欣吾

   塗装工学, 2019, 54 (1), 20-31. (2019年1月30日発行)

1. 光応答性バイオミメティック材料「生物の表面機能を模倣した光応答性結晶表面の開発」

   西村 涼,　内田欣吾

   科学と工業, 2018, 92 (11), 330-336. (2018年11月20日発行)

Books

4. Photoresponsive Crystals with Bio-Mimetic Functions

   Ryo Nishimura, Satoshi Yokojima, Kingo Uchida （分担執筆）

   Chapter 4 (pp 63-85)Advances in Organic Crystal Chemistry: Comprehensive Reviews 2025 on Crystal 

   Functions

   H. Uekusa & S. Kobatake, Eds

3. シロアリの翅を模した二重ぬれ性をもつ表面構造の作成

   内田欣吾、西村　涼、横島　智、眞山博幸 （分担執筆）

   第2章 第3節　（pp 37-46）撥水・撥油・親水性材料の開発動向

   穂積　篤　監修

   シーエムシー出版 2021年3月12日発行.

2. Crystallization Control of the Photoresponsible Diarylethene Film with an Aluminum Plasmonic Chip

   Keiko Tawa, Taiga Kadoyama, Ryo Nishimura, Kingo Uchida

   Chapter 34 (pp 581-593) in Photosynergetic Responses in Molecules and Molecular Aggregates.

   H. Miyasaka, T. Kawai, J. Abe, Eds.

   Springer, Berlin (2020). 2020年9月7日発行.

1. Biomimetic Functions by Microscopic Molecular Reactions in Macroscopic Photoresponsive Crystalline 

   System

   Kingo Uchida, Ryo Nishimura, Hiroyuki Mayama, Tsuyoshi Tsujioka, Satoshi Yokojima, Shinichiro

   Nakamura

   Chapter 24 (pp 405-425) in Photosynergetic Responses in Molecules and Molecular Aggregates.

   H. Miyasaka, T. Kawai, J. Abe, Eds.

   Springer, Berlin (2020). 2020年9月7日発行.

Patents

1. 表面構造体、およびそれを用いた液滴の回収方法

   発明者 内田欣吾、西村 涼

   特願2020－060314 (出願日：2020年3月30日)

   特許第7427240号（登録日：2024年1月26日）