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  1. Acoustic metamaterials based on polymer sheets: from material design to applications as sound insulators and vibration dampers

    Article • Polymer Journal, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masanari Nakayama

  2. Experimental probing of dynamic self-organized columnar assemblies in colloidal liquid crystals

    Article • Nanoscale Advances, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Masanari Nakayama

  3. Biomineral-Inspired Colloidal Liquid Crystals: From Assembly of Hybrids Comprising Inorganic Nanocrystals and Organic Polymer Components to Their Functionalization

    Article • Accounts of Chemical Research, June 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Masanari Nakayama

  4. A practical acoustic metamaterial sheet available for ultra-lightweight sound insulators

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, March 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Masanari Nakayama

  5. Bioinspired selective synthesis of liquid-crystalline nanocomposites: formation of calcium carbonate-based composite nanodisks and nanorods

    Article • Nanoscale Advances, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Masanari Nakayama

  6. Shear-induced liquid-crystalline phase transition behaviour of colloidal solutions of hydroxyapatite nanorod composites

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Masanari Nakayama

  7. Liquid-Crystalline Hydroxyapatite/Polymer Nanorod Hybrids: Potential Bioplatform for Photodynamic Therapy and Cellular Scaffolds

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, April 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Masanari Nakayama

  8. Static structure and dynamical behavior of colloidal liquid crystals consisting of hydroxyapatite-based nanorod hybrids

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Masanari Nakayama

  9. Stimuli-responsive hydroxyapatite liquid crystal with macroscopically controllable ordering and magneto-optical functions

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masanari Nakayama

  10. Liquid-crystalline calcium carbonate: biomimetic synthesis and alignment of nanorod calcite

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Takashi Kato, Dr Masanari Nakayama