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Force measurements with the atomic force microscope: Technique, interpretation and applications

The widespread use of controlled molecular-level motion in key natural processes suggests that great rewards could come from bridging the gap between the present generation of synthetic molecular systems, which by and large rely upon electronic and chemical effects to carry out their functions, and the machines of the macroscopic world, which utilize the synchronized movements of smaller parts to perform specific tasks. This is a scientific area of great contemporary interest and extraordinary recent growth, yet the notion of molecular-level machines dates back to a time when the ideas surrounding the statistical nature of matter and the laws of thermodynamics were first being formulated. Here we outline the exciting successes in taming molecular-level movement thus far, the underlying principles that all experimental designs must follow, and the early progress made towards utilizing synthetic molecular structures to perform tasks using mechanical motion. We also highlight some of the issues and challenges that still need to be overcome.

Synthetic molecular motors and mechanical machines.

Rapid improvements in sequencing and array-based platforms are resulting in a flood of diverse genome-wide data, including data from exome and whole-genome sequencing, epigenetic surveys, expression profiling of coding and noncoding RNAs, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and copy number profiling, and functional assays. Analysis of these large, diverse data sets holds the promise of a more comprehensive understanding of the genome and its relation to human disease. Experienced and knowledgeable human review is an essential component of this process, complementing computational approaches. This calls for efficient and intuitive visualization tools able to scale to very large data sets and to flexibly integrate multiple data types, including clinical data. However, the sheer volume and scope of data pose a significant challenge to the development of such tools.

Integrative Genomics Viewer

Over the 100 years since its discovery, liquid crystals have been the intriguing subject for both academia and industries. The textbook of de Gennes The Physics of Liquid Crystals published in 1974 is still the bible for many LC researchers, but new subjects unmentioned in the book have also risen for these years. This chapter describes the story of the recent developments and the future perspectives in physics of liquid crystals, especially focusing on the contributions by Japanese research groups for the last decade.

Physics of Liquid Crystals

Dynamic atomic force microscopy methods

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a treatment method and a treatment apparatus of wastewater capable of removing organic matters, nitrogen, and phosphorus in the wastewater at the same time.SOLUTION: The wastewater treatment method includes a step of serving the wastewater to aeration treatment in the presence of pearlite.

Simultaneous removal system of organic matter, nitrogen, and phosphorus in wastewater using pearlite filling ventilation tank

A liquid crystal device includes a light source, a first transparent substrate, a first transparent electrode, a switchable or tunable micropatterned alignment layer arranged in an array of pixels, a liquid crystal layer, a fixed alignment layer, a second transparent electrode, and a second transparent substrate The switchable micropatterned alignment layer is disposed between the liquid crystal layer and one of the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate The fixed alignment layer is disposed between the liquid crystal layer and one of the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate Light from the light source is not visible outside the liquid crystal device when the switchable or tunable micropatterned alignment layer is in an off-state

Transparent liquid crystal device

Pathology of a Microsporidian Inodosporus fujiokai in Two Onchorynchus spp.

A hybrid surface-stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal (SSFLC) having an intervening interfacial layer with a graded transition temperature is determined to be successful for preventing the structural transformation from C1 to C2 chevrons during the cooling process. As a result, a zigzag defect-free SSFLC medium with C1 structure can be obtained. A hybrid SSFLC fabricated by deliberately lowering the SmA-SmC phase transition, temperature (TAG) in the surface region takes C1-uniform structure, and on the other hand, a hybrid SSFLC having a surface layer with TAC higher than the bulk region prefers twisted orientation to uniform. The C1-twist structure of the layer hybrid SSFLC is caused by the suppression of C1-C2 structural transformation in the surface region due to the bulk region with lower TAC and the easy formation of electrical coupling between the FLC dipole and the substance surface because the bulk region still takes the SmA phase just after the SmA-SmC transition of the surface region.

Hybrid surface-stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystals having an intervening interfacial layer with a graded transition temperature

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Hiroshi Yokoyama

Papers

Simultaneous removal system of organic matter, nitrogen, and phosphorus in wastewater using pearlite filling ventilation tank

Transparent liquid crystal device

Pathology of a Microsporidian Inodosporus fujiokai in Two Onchorynchus spp.

Hybrid surface-stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystals having an intervening interfacial layer with a graded transition temperature

Workshop Summary Report: Scanning Probe Nanolithography Workshop