Yoichi Takanishi

9.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
278 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Yoichi Takanishi is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Spectroscopy and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoichi Takanishi has authored 278 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 261 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 123 papers in Spectroscopy and 95 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Yoichi Takanishi's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (260 papers), Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (121 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (67 papers). Yoichi Takanishi is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (260 papers), Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (121 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (67 papers). Yoichi Takanishi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, South Korea and United States. Yoichi Takanishi's co-authors include Hideo Takezoe, Ken Ishikawa, Atsuo Fukuda, Junji Watanabe, Jun Yamamoto, Suzushi Nishimura, Michi Nakata, Tasuku Isozaki, Suk‐Won Choi and Teruki Niori and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yoichi Takanishi

277 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

Bent-Core Liquid Crystals: Their Mysterious and Attrac... 1994 2026 2004 2015 2006 1994 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Bent-Core Liquid Crystals: Their Mysterious and Attractive World
    2006 741 citations Hideo Takezoe, Yoichi Takanishi Japanese Journal of Applied Physics profile →
  2. Antiferroelectric chiral smectic liquid crystals
    1994 542 citations Atsuo Fukuda, Yoichi Takanishi et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yoichi Takanishi Japan 46 7.6k 3.3k 3.0k 2.2k 1.8k 278 8.5k
David M. Walba United States 47 6.7k 0.9× 2.8k 0.9× 3.7k 1.2× 1.8k 0.8× 2.3k 1.2× 206 9.2k
S. T. Lagerwall Sweden 42 7.6k 1.0× 3.1k 0.9× 2.4k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 1.6k 0.9× 173 7.9k
Joseph E. Maclennan United States 41 5.8k 0.8× 1.8k 0.5× 2.2k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 141 6.7k
Atsuo Fukuda Japan 50 9.3k 1.2× 4.8k 1.5× 3.2k 1.1× 2.7k 1.2× 2.7k 1.5× 340 11.0k
J. K. Vij Ireland 38 5.0k 0.7× 2.2k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 2.1k 1.1× 336 6.7k
R. Dąbrowski Poland 45 8.2k 1.1× 3.1k 0.9× 3.0k 1.0× 2.6k 1.1× 2.3k 1.2× 664 10.3k
Ken Ishikawa Japan 45 5.9k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 2.1k 0.7× 2.5k 1.1× 1.9k 1.1× 343 8.4k
Ewa Górecka Poland 46 6.8k 0.9× 2.7k 0.8× 3.4k 1.1× 1.1k 0.5× 2.7k 1.4× 326 8.3k
J. W. Doane United States 43 7.0k 0.9× 1.9k 0.6× 1.6k 0.5× 3.1k 1.4× 2.1k 1.1× 199 8.3k
Antal Jákli United States 49 6.2k 0.8× 1.7k 0.5× 2.2k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 294 7.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fukuda, Atsuo, J. K. Vij, & Yoichi Takanishi. (2021). Variety of subphase emerging sequences, the frustration of three main phases, SmCA*, SmC*, and SmA, and the long-range interlayer interactions. Physical review. E. 104(1). 14705–14705. 2 indexed citations
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Ishii, Yoko, Ye Zhou, Yoichi Takanishi, et al.. (2020). Structural transformations in tetravalent nematic shells induced by a magnetic field. Soft Matter. 16(35). 8169–8178. 6 indexed citations
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Takanishi, Yoichi, Atsuo Iida, Neelam Yadav, et al.. (2019). Unexpected electric-field-induced antiferroelectric liquid crystal phase in the SmCα* temperature range and the discrete flexoelectric effect. Physical review. E. 100(1). 10701–10701. 4 indexed citations
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Iida, Atsuo, Yoichi Takanishi, Atsuo Fukuda, & J. K. Vij. (2016). Transitional subphases near the electric-field-induced phase transition to the ferroelectric phase in Se-containing chiral smectic liquid crystals observed by resonant x-ray scattering. Physical review. E. 94(5). 52703–52703. 7 indexed citations
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Takanishi, Yoichi, et al.. (2014). Layer modulated smectic-Cphase in liquid crystals with a terminal hydroxyl group. Physical Review E. 89(4). 42503–42503. 6 indexed citations
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Yoshizawa, Atsushi, et al.. (2009). A binaphthyl derivative with a wide temperature range of a blue phase. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 19(32). 5759–5759. 92 indexed citations
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Okada, Yoshinori, Fumito Araoka, Yoichi Takanishi, et al.. (2007). Electro-optic Kerr effect in the isotropic phase above the columnar phase of a urea derivative. Physical Review E. 75(5). 50701–50701. 7 indexed citations
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Jeong, Soon Moon, Na Young Ha, Yoichi Takanishi, et al.. (2007). Defect mode lasing from a double-layered dye-doped polymeric cholesteric liquid crystal films with a thin rubbed defect layer. Applied Physics Letters. 90(26). 42 indexed citations
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Čepič, Mojca, Sung Heo, Jong Gun Lee, et al.. (2006). Interpretation of the odd-even behavior for the emergence of ferroelectricity and antiferroelectricity in bent-core mesogens. Physical Review E. 74(2). 21704–21704. 20 indexed citations
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Choi, Suk‐Won, Takashi Fukuda, Yoichi Takanishi, Ken Ishikawa, & Hideo Takezoe. (2006). Light-Induced Macroscopic Chirality in Thin Films of Achiral Main-Chain Amorphous Polyazourea System. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 45(1S). 447–447. 15 indexed citations
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Hwang, Jisoo, Myoung Hoon Song, Byoungchoo Park, et al.. (2005). Electro-tunable optical diode based on photonic bandgap liquid-crystal heterojunctions. Nature Materials. 4(5). 383–387. 270 indexed citations
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Song, Myoung Hoon, Yoichi Takanishi, Ken Ishikawa, et al.. (2005). Enhancement of Laser Emission Intensity in Dye-Doped Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with Single-Output Window. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 44(6R). 3748–3748. 10 indexed citations
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Takanishi, Yoichi, et al.. (2005). Novel chiral filament in an achiral W-shaped liquid crystalline compound. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 15(44). 4688–4688. 20 indexed citations
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Kim, Heekyung, Tong Lim, Sung‐Hee Shin, et al.. (2004). Coexistence of polar and nonpolar domains and their photocontrol in the B_{7} phase of a bent-core liquid crystal containing azo dyes. Physical Review E. 69(6). 61701–61701. 9 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Jun, et al.. (2001). Observation of a soft smectic liquid-crystal phase in a mixture showing V-shaped switching. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 63(5). 51707–51707. 1 indexed citations
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Nakata, Michi, Darren R. Link, Jirakorn Thisayukta, et al.. (2001). . Journal of Materials Chemistry. 11(11). 2694–2699. 42 indexed citations
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Takanishi, Yoichi, et al.. (2000). Alignment Mechanism of Nematic Liquid Crystal on Rubbed Polymer Surface Studied by Subsequent Processes of Rubbing and Photoalignment. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 39(3A). L185–L185. 17 indexed citations
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Takanishi, Yoichi, Tatsuya Izumi, Junji Watanabe, et al.. (1999). Fieldinduced molecular reorientation keeping a frustrated structure in an achiral bentshaped liquid crystal. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 9(11). 2771–2774. 35 indexed citations
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Ema, Kenji, Haruhiko Yao, Atsuo Fukuda, Yoichi Takanishi, & Hideo Takezoe. (1996). Non-Landau critical behavior of heat capacity at the smectic-A–smectic-Cα*transition of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal methylheptyloxycarbonylphenyl octyloxycarbonylbiphenyl carboxylate. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 54(4). 4450–4453. 6 indexed citations

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