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Nano-Organization Lab
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A lab that creates new soft matter from liquid crystals and polymers.
AboutAbout the lab
Giving molecules ordered structures to create new soft matter.
The Nano-Organization Lab (Kikuchi-Okumura Lab) studies how to give functional molecules such as liquid crystals and polymers distinctive ordered and organized structures, creating new "soft matter."
The lab investigates the structures and physical properties of these materials, aiming to apply them to materials with advanced functions in electronics and photonics.
A distinctive feature is that synthetic chemistry (making things) and physical property evaluation (understanding their essence) can be carried out at the same time within a single lab.
From the standpoint of physical properties, the lab aims to train people who can carry out the molecular design and creation of new substances with advanced functions.
Key terms
- Soft matter
- A general term for soft materials, including liquid crystals and polymers
- Ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal
- A liquid crystal in which the molecules are aligned in one direction and which has an electrical bias (spontaneous polarization) even without an electric field
- Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal
- A material that combines a liquid crystal with a polymer. Turning an electric field on and off switches it between a state that transmits light and a state that scatters it
NewsLab news
At the Japanese Liquid Crystal Society Annual Meeting, a master's student received the Wakaba Award and a research fellow received the Kosai Award
A master's student received a Poster Award at the 62nd Joint Kyushu Conference of Chemistry-Related Branches
A master's student was awarded the Major Award for outstanding academic performance
At the Japanese Liquid Crystal Society Annual Meeting, a PhD student received the Kosai Award and a master's student received the Wakaba Award
A master's student received a Poster Award at the Summer Seminar of the Low-Dimensional Photofunctional Materials Study Group
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to create materials that combine the functions of the molecules themselves with the functions that arise from the way those molecules assemble. In an environment where synthetic chemistry and physical property evaluation can be carried out at the same time within one lab, it works from material design through to understanding of material properties.
*Illustrative imageCreating new soft matter
The lab gives liquid crystal and polymer molecules distinctive ordered structures to create new soft matter, and investigates its structures and physical properties. Together with materials manufacturers and device manufacturers, it also develops fast-response liquid crystal display devices.
*Illustrative imageResearch on ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals
The lab studies ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals, which have spontaneous polarization. It has reported that in a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal made with them, the response time after the electric field is switched off became 1/100 of that obtained with standard liquid crystal materials.
MembersFaculty
Members of the Nano-Organization Lab (Kikuchi-Okumura Lab) consist of faculty, staff, and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorYasushi Okumura
- Project Assistant ProfessorHiroyuki Matsukizono
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Blue Phase Core-Shell Liquid Crystals” Aecohen64 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Creating new soft matter: “Core-Shell Liquid Crystals” Aecohen64 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Research on ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals: “Nematic liquid crystal” Ingo Dierking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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