Oral / Contributed
Tomohiko Kimura and Takahiro Sato*
“Aqueous Solution Properties of Amphiphilic Polymers”
International Symposium on Polymer Physics 2008 (Jun. 8-12, 2008), Xiamen, China

Poster / Contributed
Yujing Xu* and Takahiro Sato
“Ionic Strength Dependence of Micellization of an Amphiphilic Polyelectrolyte in Aqueous Solution”
International Symposium on Polymer Physics 2008 (Jun. 8-12, 2008), Xiamen, China

Takahiro Sato
“Hierarchical Structures of Amphiphilic Polymers in Solution”
International Symposium on Non-Equilibrium Soft Matter (Jun. 2-5, 2008), Kyoto, Japan

Rika Nojima, Takahiro Sato, and Shinichi Yusa
“Micellization of an Amphiphilic Block Copolymer in Aqueous Solution”
The 10th Pacific Polymer Conference (Dec. 4-7, 2007), Kobe, Japan

Takahiro Sato and Yoshiyuki Einaga
“Structure and Properties of Wormlike Micelles Formed by Nonionic Surfactants”
The 10th Pacific Polymer Conference (Dec. 4-7, 2007), Kobe, Japan

Poster / Contributed
Eriko Maruyama*, Kenta Imaich, Akihiko Takada, Yoshiaki. Takahashi
“Density and Viscosity of 1-Buthyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride/Water/LiCl”
The 4th International Workshop for Far East Asian Young Rheologists (Jan. 21-23, 2009), Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
(高橋良彰：研究の立案、解析)

Poster / Contributed
Tomochika Tominaga*, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Shinpei Tokuno, Atsushi Takano, Yushu Matsushita
“Elastic Properties of SIS/SI Mixture System”
The 4th International Workshop for Far East Asian Young Rheologists (Jan. 21-23, 2009), Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
(高橋良彰：研究の立案、解析　松下裕秀：試料の調製と特性評価)

Poster / Contributed
A. Takada*, K. Imaichi, and Y. Takahashi
“Abnormal Viscosity Behaviour of Ionic Liquid 1-n-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride”
International Conference of Rheology (Aug. 3-8, 2008), Monterey, USA
(高橋良彰：研究の立案、データ解析と議論)

Oral / Contributed
Y. Takahashi, A. Takada, K. Imaichi, and Y. Nakamura
“Viscoelastic Properties of Cellulose in 1-Buthyl-3-MethylimidazoliumChloride”
International Conference of Rheology (Aug. 3-8, 2008), Monterey, USA
(高橋良彰：研究計画、データ整理と議論)

Oral / Invited
Keiji Tanaka
“Surface and Interfacial Characterization of Polymer Thin Films by Neutron Reflectivity”
The IUMRS International Conference in Asia 2008 (Dec. 9-13, 2008), Nagoya, Japan

Oral / Invited
Keiji Tanaka
“Aggregation Structure of Polymers at Interface with Non-Solvents”
The 3rd Taiwan-Japan Workshop on Neutron Scattering of Bio-materials and Soft-matters for Nanotechnology and Biotechnology (Dec. 4-6, 2008), Kyoto, Japan

Oral / Invited
Keiji Tanaka
“Aggregation States of Poly(methyl Methacrylate) at the Water Interface”
The 3rd International Symposium on Polymer Science (Nov. 10-11, 2008), Nagoya, Japan

Oral / Invited
Keiji Tanaka
“Local Conformation of Poly(methyl methacrylate) at the Water Interface”
2nd Japan-Korea Joint Seminar 2008 and International Symposium: Synthesis and Application of Advanced Functional Materials (Nov. 5-7, 2008), Tokyo, Japan

Oral / Contributed
Keiji Tanaka
“Glass Transition Temperature of Polystyrenes at Inorganic Solid Interfaces by Time- and Space-resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy”
Japan/Korea Polymer Young Scientist Symposium (Oct. 22-25, 2008), Niigata, Japan

Oral / Invited
Keiji Tanaka
“Enrichment of Higher Energy Component at Polymer Blend Surface Using Fluoroalkyl Chain Ends”
Fluoropolymer 2008 (Oct. 19-22, 2008), Charleston, SC, USA

Oral / Invited
Kenji Urayama
“Experiments and Modeling of Electro-Opto-Mechanical Effects in Swollen Liquid Crystal Elastomers”
5th Workshop on Advanced Computational Electromagnetics (Jan. 12-14), Rome, Italy

Oral / Invited
Kenji Urayama
“Liquid Crystal Elastomers and Gels with Strong Coupling of Molecular Alignment and Macroscopid Deformation”
The IUMRS International Conference in Asia 2008 (Dec. 9-13, 2008), Nagoya, Japan

Oral / Invited
Kenji Urayama
“Nonlinear Elasticity of Elastomers and Gels as Revealed by Multiaxial Deformations”
XVth International Congress on Rheology (Aug. 4-8, 2008), Monterey, USA
(伊藤耕三：環動ゲルに関する実験と議論)

Oral / Invited
Kenji Urayama
“Stimuli-Responsive Nematic Elastomers and Gels”
Polymer Networks Group Conference 2008 (Jun. 22-26, 2008), Larnaca, Cyprus

Oral / Invited
Kenji Urayama
“Dynamics of Stimulus Response of Swollen Nematic Elastomers”
International Symposium on Non-Equilibrium Soft Matter (Jun. 2-5, 2008), Kyoto, Japan

Oral / Contributed
Tomohiko Kimura and Toshiyuki Shikata*, Takuya Nishida, and Laurent Bouteiller
“Viscoelastic Behavior of Supramolecular Polymers Formed by a Bisurea Type Compound in Apolar Solvents”
The XVth International Congress on Rheology (Aug. 3-8, 2008), Monterey, USA

Oral / Plenary
Kazuya Saito
“Microphase-Separated Multicontinuous Phase in Low-Molecular-Mass Thermotropic Liquid Crystal”
20th International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics (Aug. 3-8, 2008), Warsaw, Poland

Oral / Contributed
*K. Saito, K. Ozawa, Y. Yamamura, S. Yasuzuka, H. Mori, and S. Kutsumizu
“Molecular Aggregation Structure of Exotic Liquid Crystals Formed by Thermotropic Mesogen BABH(n)”
XXI Congress and General Assembly of The International Union of Crystallography (Aug. 23-31, 2008), Osaka, Japan
(MicroSymposium: Liquid crystals and crystallography: A tribute to Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932.10.24-2007.5.18))

Oral / Contributed
Kenji Urayama*, Etsuko Kohmon, Ryo Mashita and Toshikazu Takigawa
“Polydomain-Monodomain Transition of Randomly Disordered Nematic Elastomers with Different Crosslinking Histories”
American Physical Society, March Meeting (Mar. 10-14, 2008), New Orleans, USA

Oral / Invited
Kenji Urayama
“Deformation Mode of Nematic Elastomers during Director Rotation under Electric and Mechanical Fields”
4th International Liquid Crystal Elastomer Conference (Sep. 27-29, 2007), Ljubljana, Slovenia

Oral / Invited
Kenji Urayama
“Electro-Optical Effect Coupled with Macroscopic Deformation of Swollen Nematic Elastomers”
SPIE, The International Society for Optical Engineering, Photonics & Applications (Aug. 26-30, 2007), San Diego, USA

Oral / Invited
Kenji Urayama
“Deformation Coupled to Director Rotation in Nematic Elastomers under Electric and Mechanical Fields”
4th Annual European Rheology Conference (Apr. 12-14, 2007), Napoli, Italy

Oral / Invited
Yoshiaki Takahashi*, Shinpei Tokuno, Atsushi Takano, and Yushu Matsushita
“Effects of Middle Block Conformations on Elasticity of Sphere-Forming Triblock Copolymers”
Meso-scale Dynamics on Interface 2008 (Mar. 28-29, 2008), Tokyo, Japan
(高野敦志、松下裕秀：試料の調整と特性評価)

Oral / Contributed
Yoshiaki Takahashi
“Structure and Viscoelastic Properties of Wormlike Micelle in Shear Banding Regions”
The Second International Symposium on Polymer Materials Science (Dec. 10-11, 2007), Gaithersburg, USA

Oral / Contributed
Yoshiaki Takahashi*, Shinpei Tokuno, Atsushi Noro, Atsushi Takano, and Yushu Matsushita
“Effect of Composition Distribution on Viscoelastic Properties of Microphase-separated ABA Triblock Copolymers”
The 10th Pacific Polymer Conference (Dec. 4-7, 2007), Kobe, Japan
(Atsushi Takano, and Yushu Matsushita：試料の合成と特性評価)

Oral /
Yoshiaki Takahashi* and Satoshi Hasegawa
“Flow Effects on the Loop Bridge Ratio in Sphere-Forming Triblock Copolymer”
International Conference on Advanced Technology in Experimental Mechanics 2007 (Sep. 12-14, 2007), Fukuoka, Japan

Oral / Contributed
Yoshiaki Takahashi*, Mitsunori Maeda, Koji Saeki, and Akihiko Takada
“Thermoplastic Elastomeric Behaviors for Mixture of Carboxyl-terminated Telechelic Poly(ethylene-butylene) and Stearylamine”
4th Annual European Rheology Conference Meeting (Apr. 12-14, 2007), Napoli, Italy

Oral / Contributed
Keiji Tanaka*, Yoshihisa Fujii, Masahiro Hino, and Toshihiko Nagamura
“Swelling of Poly(methyl methacrylate) at the Interface with Non-Solvents”
The 10th Pacific Polymer ConferenceI (Dec. 4-7, 2007), Kobe, Japan

Oral / Invited
Keiji Tanaka*, Kei-ichi Akabori, Michel Schappacher, Alain Deffieux, Kenji Sugiyama, Akira Hirao, and Toshihiko Nagamura
“Interfacial Characterization of Poly(methyl Methacrylate) with Non-solvents”
International Symposium on Advanced Macromolecules and Nano-materials with Precisely Designed Architectures (Oct. 4-5, 2007), Hokkaido, Japan
International Symposium on Advanced Macromolecules and Nano-materia

Oral / Contributed
Keiji Tanaka*, Yoshihisa Fujii, Hironori Atarashi, Masahiro Hino, and Toshihiko Nagamura
“Interfacial Characterization of Poly(methyl Methacrylate) with Non-solvents”
Asian Chemistry Network Workshop on Polymer & Fiber Sciences (Jun. 2, 2007), Fukuoka, Japan

Oral / Contributed
H. Yokoyama*, L. Li, and K. Sugiyama
“Block Copolymer Template with Carbon Dioxide for Nanocellular and Porous Structures”
ACS Annual meeting in Boston (Aug. 19-23, 2007), Boston, USA
(横山英明：実験・解析)

Oral / Contributed
S. Sakurai*, A. Yasui, Y. Jeong, H. Masunaga, S. Sasaki, H. Okuda, M. Yamato, F. Kimura, and T. Kimura
“Magnetic Orientation of Cylindrical Microdomains in a Thin Film of SEBS Block Copolymer”
International Conference on Magneto-Science (ICMS2007) (Nov. 11-15, 2007), Hiroshima, Japan

Poster / Contributed
A. Yasui, Y. Jeong, F. Kimura, T. Kimura, and S. Sakurai
“Magnetic Orientation of Lamellar Microdomains in which Iron-Chelate Compound was Selcetively Doped”
International Conference on Magneto-Science (ICMS2007) (Nov. 11-15, 2007), Hiroshima, Japan

Oral / Invited
S. Sakurai
“Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Analyses of Fiber Structures Using Synchrotron Radiation”
JSPS Asia-Africa Science Platform Program on Neo-Fiber Technology. Seminar Series 1. “Establishment of the Basic Idea of ‘Neo-Fiber Technology’ for Collaborative Research in Asia and Africa” (Oct. 24-25, 2007), Kyoto, Japan

Oral / Invited
A. Yasui, F. Kimura, T. Kiyoshi, T. Kimura, Y. Jeong, and S. Sakurai*
“Microdomain Orientation in Chelate-Doped Block Copolymers with High Magnetic Field”
International Conference of Research Institute for Chemical Science (ICRIS’07 The Science and Technology of Well-Controlled Polymer Assemblies (Jun. 11-13, 2007), Kyoto, Japan