Program - Soft/Hard 2025

Program

January 30: Registration & Individual Discussions

January 31: Main Session 1

• 9:50: Opening Remarks
• 10:00–11:30: Keynote Lectures (Session Chair: Prof. Kei Ameyama)
  • 10:00: Prof. Hyoung Seop Kim, POSTECH
    Heterostructuring for Mechanical and Functional Properties in Metallic Materials (View Abstract)
  • 10:30: Prof. Pierre Audebert, University of Limoges
    New advances in tetrazines and heptazines chemistry: Fluorescence, photocatalysis and applications to OPV (View Abstract)
  • 11:00: Prof. Prabusanker Ganesan, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
    d10 Metal Based Clustoluminance Materials (View Abstract)
• 11:30–13:00: Lunch Break
• 13:00–15:00: Invited Lectures (Session Chair: to be announced)
  • 13:00: Dr. Kohsuke Matsumoto, Ritsumeikan University
    Controlling Mechanical Properties of Chiral-Nematic Liquid Crystalline Elastomer by Multi-Layer Method (View Abstract)
  • 13:30: Dr. Yohei Haketa, Ritsumeikan University
    Ion-Pairing Assembly through iπ–iπ Interactions for Functional Materials (View Abstract)
  • 14:00: Dr. Tomoko Kuno, Ritsumeikan University
    Development of the novel rare-earth magnet with high heat resistance (View Abstract)
  • 14:30: Prof. Tomoko Fukuyama
    Reinforced Concrete Durability: Exploring New Maintenance and Construction Techniques (View Abstract)
• 15:00–17:00: Poster Session (Room C607)
  • View Poster List
• 17:30–19:30: Banquet

February 1: Main Session 2

• 10:00–11:30: Keynote Lectures (Session Chair: Prof. Osamu Tsutsumi)
  • 10:00: Prof. Benjamin Guennec, Tokyo Denki University (View Abstract)
  • 10:30: Prof. Andrey Iljin, Universität Münster
    “Floating” chiral LC/polymer system as a displacement novelty sensor (View Abstract)
  • 11:00: Dr. Takuya Mori, Nitto Denko Corporation
    Polymer polarizer supporting electronic displays (View Abstract)
• 11:30–13:00: Lunch Break
• 13:00–14:30: Young Scientists’ Invited Presentations (Session Chair: Dr. Kosuke Matsumoto)
  • 13:00: Yuki Shikata, Department of Applied Chemistry, Ritsumeikan University
    Formation of In-Plain Uniaxial Alignment of Helical Axis via Polymer Concentration Gradient Induced by Photogradient Polymerization (View Abstract)
  • 13:15: Maki Ogata, Department of Applied Chemistry, Ritsumeikan University
    Molecular Alignment Change in Chiral-Nematic Liquid Crystal Polymers by Applied Strain (View Abstract)
  • 13:30: Tatsuya Ishibe, Department of Applied Chemistry, Ritsumeikan University
    Formation of Reflection Color Patterns in Chiral-Nematic Liquid Crystal Films Induced by Molecular Diffusion During Photogradient Polymerization (View Abstract)
  • 13:45: Yuto Maruyama, Department of Applied Chemistry, Ritsumeikan University
    Lyotropic Liquid Crystals via Amphiphilic Charge-by-Charge Assembly (View Abstract)
  • 14:00: Atsuki Tsuji, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
    Solid-State Electrochemical Imprinting with Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Stamps for Functional Microstructure on Copper Surface (View Abstract)
  • 14:15: Yuki Nakai, Department of Applied Chemistry, Ritsumeikan University
    Broadband Photochromism of Semiconductor Nanocrystals Controlled by a Supramolecular Gel (View Abstract)
• 14:30: Closing Remarks & Poster Award Ceremony
• 14:45: Group Photo

February 2: Specialized Session & Laboratory Tour